Shasta Nelson is a keynote speaker, author, and leading expert on friendship and healthy relationships. Whether she’s speaking at conferences or on TEDx stages, giving media interviews to outlets such as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post", appearing as a guest on The Harvard Business Review podcast or The Steve Harvey Show, or consulting with visionary leaders, she is constantly teaching all of us how to create healthier and more fulfilling relationships in our lives. Shasta’s research and wisdom can be found in her three books: "The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of the Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time" which teaches us how to improve our work satisfaction through better relationship, "Friendships Don’t Just Happen!" which teaches us how to make new friends as adults, and "Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness" which teaches us how to make our closer relationships more meaningful and healthy.