An Evening with Nedra Glover Tawwab & Barb Schmidt

Join us for a book talk with bestselling author and therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab in conversation with Barb Schmidt as they discuss The Balancing Act, a powerful guide to building healthy, sustainable relationships. With her signature clarity and compassion, Tawwab explores how to move beyond hyper-independence and codependency by combining strong boundaries with meaningful connection. Through relatable stories, expert insight, and practical tools, this conversation offers a path toward relationships that feel balanced, authentic, and nourishing.

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With her signature clarity and honesty, Tawwab explores what it means to cultivate healthy dependency in contrast to the extremes of hyper-independence or codependency that so many of us struggle with. While previous books explore the importance of setting boundaries for internal peace, Nedra finds a way to combine setting boundaries with building and maintaining relationships by focusing on connection. Each chapter combines relatable vignettes, expert guidance, and reflective questions empowering readers to evaluate their patterns, navigate conflict, and build relationships that feel authentic, nourishing, and balanced. Whether you’re seeking more closeness with a partner, clarity with a friend or family member, or more agency in your own life, THE BALANCING ACT offers a path forward, helping you create connections that sustain rather than drain you.

Nedra Glover Tawwab is the author of the New York Times bestseller Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free. A licensed therapist and sought-after relationship expert, she has practiced relationship therapy for more than fifteen years. Tawwab has appeared as an expert on The Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS This Morning, to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice, and has appeared on numerous podcasts, including Good Life Project, Sofia with an F, and Therapy for Black Girls. Tawwab runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices, tools, and reflections for mental health. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family.

Barb Schmidt, known to millions as Peaceful Barb, is a globally recognized mindfulness teacher, bestselling author, and speaker dedicated to helping people cultivate inner peace and resilience. With more than 40 years of devoted practice, Barb has touched millions worldwide through her teachings, workshops, and digital content.

In 2011, she co-founded Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life® with her daughter, Michelle Maros, to share accessible tools for mindfulness, self-care, and emotional well-being. Today, their content reaches more than 70 million people globally, and together they co-host the beloved podcast Life Happens with Barb & Michelle.

Barb is the author of the bestseller book The Practice: Simple Tools for Managing Stress, Finding Inner Peace, and Uncovering Happiness, a guide that has inspired readers to find calm and clarity in everyday life. She has led transformative workshops at universities nationwide, with a special focus on supporting student-athletes, and co-founded the Health First Initiative at FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. She also co-founder alongside her daughter Michelle the Barb Schmidt Fellowship Program that mentors students in compassion, leadership, and social change.

A passionate advocate for mental health and emotional well-being, Barb continues to inspire individuals worldwide with her uplifting message and simple, actionable practices for living with purpose, presence, and peace.

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