ABOUT US

Co-Founder, Strategic Director

Robin Ducharme is the founder and CEO of Real Love Ready. A former matchmaker and love coach, she’s the host of Let’s Talk Love, a podcast all about relational literacy. She also hosts the Ask the Experts series on Instagram where she collaborates with global relationship thinkers. Robin is the creator and producer of the popular In Bloom Summit, held in Vancouver, BC, and online each spring. A passionate advocate and love entrepreneur, Robin is leading a movement to help people understand themselves and each other more deeply. She believes love is the foundation of a thriving society—shaping how we partner, parent, lead, and do business. Her forthcoming book, Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy, is set for release in April 2026.

Co-Founder, Builder of Writers

John Kim is a licensed therapist, speaker, and author of best sellers, "I Used To Be A Miserable F*ck" and “Single. On Purpose."  He is a writer for Psychology Today among many other publications and has been featured in The New York Post, NPR, Armchair Expert, Vice, has a television show in development at ABC based on his life.  John changed the temperature of therapy fifteen years ago, after going through a divorce.  He started a blog called The Angry Therapist and quickly built a devoted following of fans who loved the frank and authentic insights that he freely shared on social media.  He pulled the curtain back and showed himself by practicing transparency and sharing his story, something therapists are taught NOT to do.  Today he lives in Costa Rica after losing his home in the Altadena fires.

Co-Founder, Head of Studio

Tarah is a 5x content studio builder and creative executive who has spent 20+ years pioneering emerging platforms before most people knew they mattered. He launched the first digital studio at NBCU, headed the advertising industry's first real-time content studio at Hearst, and built the Man Enough podcast and positive masculinity platform (which reached hundreds of millions of people). He has built branded entertainment, social impact storytelling, and community-driven content for some of the world's most recognized brands and media companies. At the intersection of storytelling and purpose, he knows how to create content that doesn't just reach people — it finds them, moves them, and keeps them coming back. He knows how to turn a book into a podcast, a podcast into a movement, and a movement into something none of us knew to expect. Because the goal was never just to broadcast. It was always to build the community that forms around an idea when it finally finds its people.

Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief

Hilary Swanson is a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, collaborator, and editor who crafts paradigm-shifting books at the intersection of mental health, feminism, and personal growth. After nearly a decade acquiring and editing culturally defining titles in traditional publishing, she left to work independently, partnering closely with authors to create bold, voice-driven memoir and self-help that move important issues and conversations forward. Her past collaborations include Christine Blasey Ford, Jonathan Van Ness, Rose McGowan, Shannon Watts, Nadya Tolokonikova and Sunny Hostin. Hilary has worked on more than ten national bestsellers, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, The New Yorker, and People. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.