Jamie Hess with Chloe Melas and Joan Lunden: The Gratitude Shift

Jamie Hess is a media personality, podcaster, TEDx & keynote speaker, brand ambassador, and professional development coach. She runs her popular Instagram account @jamiehess where she shares wellness tips, lifestyle hacks, and personal growth advice to her audience of over 250k followers.

On stages across the country, Jamie talks about her proprietary Gratitudeology™ system. As a former drug addict, Jamie feels like she “didn’t wake up until she almost died”…. when she got sober it was like someone “turned on the light.” Today… she helps people turn on their light… no matter where they are in their life.

She is the executive producer and host of The Gratitudeology™ Podcast (featured on the TODAY Show), where she deep dives with her guests to find “that moment” in their story where “the switch flipped” and they started seeing life through a lens of gratitude. Past guests include Rainn Wilson (The Office), Teddi Mellencamp (Real Housewives), Gabby Bernstein (Oprah endorsed guru), and Nev Schulman (Catfish).

She contributes lifestyle advice to shows including TODAY, Good Morning America, The View, and beyond, and has been a trusted on-air brand ambassador on QVC for nearly a decade.

Jamie is also the daughter of iconic television personality and former Good Morning America host, Joan Lunden. Today, Jamie lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two little boys Mason and Asher, and their 80-pound Bernadoodle named Bodhi.

Chloe Melas is an award-winning journalist and on-air correspondent for NBC News, appearing across TODAY, NBC Nightly News, and NBC News Now. Throughout her 17 year career, she has broken major culture and entertainment stories and conducted high-profile, headline-making interviews with some of the world’s most influential leaders and artists, including Sting, Jane Goodall, Jeff Bezos, Oprah, Formula One champion Lando Norris, Richard Branson, Meek Mill, Tom Hanks, Barry Manilow, Natalie Portman, Hugh Jackman and more.

While at NBC News, Chloe led the network’s coverage of the Sean Combs criminal trial, and also co-hosted a daily Dateline podcast from outside the courthouse. She also covered the most recent criminal trial of Harvey Weinstein, landing the first sit-down interview with one of the accusers, the rise of AI in Hollywood, the Los Angeles fires and big media moments like the battle between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.

Chloe has delivered lectures on journalism at Columbia University and her alma mater Auburn University, and has led conversations at some of the world’s most influential forums like: Global Citizen, Town & Country, Create & Cultivate, TIME’S UP, Women of the World, Female Founder Collective, and Collision.

Beyond her reporting, Chloe has used her platform to advocate openly for issues that impact families and women. She has spoken publicly about undergoing IVF to have her two children and was the recipient of The National Infertility Association’s Hope Award for Advocacy in 2020. In 2025, following her own experience with a house fire, the American Red Cross honored Chloe for her work bringing national attention to home fire safety by inviting her to turn the Empire State Building red.

In addition to her broadcast career, Melas also published her late grandfather’s World War II memoir with St. Martin’s Press, which became a New York Times bestseller, which is also one of the stories used for Apple TV’s Masters of the Air, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. A fierce advocate of our nation’s veterans, she serves on the boards of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force and the 100th Bomb Group Foundation, supporting efforts to preserve and honor World War II history.

Chloe is also an author, with her debut book The Girl’s Guide To Guts about living with IBD, IBS and other gut health issues coming out this fall. The book, which is being published by Penguin Random House, hits shelves November 10.

Chloe lives in New York with her husband, two sons, two dogs and two cats.

Joan Lunden is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, television host, and motivational speaker who has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than fifty years. For nearly two decades, she greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America, becoming the longest-running female host in early morning television history.

Throughout her career, Lunden has championed issues related to health, caregiving, and aging. She hosts the PBS television series Second Opinion with Joan Lunden and the Washington Post podcast Caring for Tomorrow, which explores the future of healthcare. Lunden is a spokesperson for Longevity Life+ a precision care program focused on genomics and disease prevention, and she also serves as an ambassador for the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise for Seniors initiative. Lunden has also served as a visiting professor at Lehigh University’s College of Health, where she taught Population Health and the Media.

In June 2014, Lunden was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. Ever the optimist, she turned her diagnosis into a mission to help others, becoming a powerful advocate for breast cancer awareness, testifying before the Food and Drug Administration in support of mandatory mammogram reporting, and before the Connecticut State Legislature on breast exam insurance coverage. She chronicled her cancer journey in her book, Had I Known: A Memoir of Survival.

As a member of the sandwich generation, Lunden is a mother of seven and like many boomers, she has balanced a demanding career while also caring for an aging parent. This experience fueled her passion as an advocate for seniors. In 2020, Lunden testified before the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee in support of expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act to include senior caregiving needs.

A multiple New York Times bestselling author, her most recent book, Joan: Life Beyond the Script, offers her most personal and revealing work to date. In it, Joan shares the untold stories behind her groundbreaking career, the realities of being one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling in television news, the challenges of balancing ambition with motherhood, and the lessons she’s learned through reinvention, advocacy, and perseverance. The book has been praised for its honesty, humor, and heartfelt reflection, giving audiences an even deeper appreciation for the woman behind the public persona.

Lunden has served as national spokesperson for numerous organizations including the American Heart Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, American Lung Association, American Red Cross, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Colon Cancer Alliance. She continues to connect with audiences daily through her social media platforms and her website, JoanLunden.com.

Joan Lunden remains one of America’s most recognized and trusted public figures, inspiring generations with her warmth, resilience, and authenticity.

Lunden’s books include: Joan: Life Beyond the Script / Why Did I Come into This Room: A Candid Conversation About Aging / Had I Known: A Memoir of Survival / Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregiving / Growing Up Healthy: Protecting Your Child from Diseases Now Through Adulthood / Wake-Up Calls; Making the Most Out of Every Day / A Bend in the Road is Not the End of the Road; 10 Positive Principles for Dealing with Change / Joan Lunden’s Healthy Living; A practical, inspirational guide to creating balance in your life / Joan Lunden’s Healthy Cooking / and Good Morning, I’m Joan Lunden.