Maggie Craddock is the founder of Workplace Relationships. She is a former Lipper-award winning portfolio manager on Wall Street, and author. Maggie's newest book : "Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption" is just the antidote we need for these 'interesting' times we live in. Maggie uses the metaphor of the Lifeboat from the sinking of the Titanic. In 8 chapters she takes us throught a life and death situation, with critical questions--such as how do I find inner strength u...
Aug 02, 2020•31 min
Cynthia Fisher joins us once again both to remind and inspire us to "Act"--to contact our Senators Murray and Cantwell to support -- the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act. The vote for another stimulus package is up, happening the beginning of August, so 'this ask' of them to support this bill that allows us to know prices of hospital care before hand, is hugely important. Cynthia is the founder and Chairman of PRA, Patient Rights Advocate.org...a non-profit, non-partisan organization that prov...
Jul 26, 2020•31 min
Dr. Rosie Ward is a strong advocate for humanity, who companies seek out to help rehumanize workplaces. Rosie Ward is the author of: Rehumanizing the Workplace: Future-Proofing Your Organization While Restoring Hope, Well-Being, and Performance. This couldn't be more timely with our world in such flux and change, highlighting things that really have needed tweaking, and this is an ideal time to reevaluate and institute positive changes. Dr. Ward serves on the leadership team for the Twin Cities ...
Jul 19, 2020•30 min
Judith Matloff is an author, teaches at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and is a media safety advocate. Judith's career began as a foreign correspondent, so travelling to hot spots around the globe. Those experiences led her to write this newest, very relevant book for our life: How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need --Survival Tricks for Hacking, Hurricanes, and Hazards Life Might Throw at You". Long title but has a wealth of information. Bottom line--Be Prepa...
Jul 12, 2020•30 min
Susan Wiggs is a NY Times #1 best selling author, who we might feel is one of us--because her chosen home is here in the Puget Sound. Plus Susan is responsible in supplying us with great reading and escapes--a couple of the things we really value here in the northwest. Susan brings us her newest novel--The Lost and Found Bookshop, a wonderful read for this summer time, and a perfect reminder to remember our friends, our local book shops, and support them--they also make deliveries. www.susanwigg...
Jul 05, 2020•31 min
Karen McGregor is a thought leader and motivational speaker who works with leaders across the globe. And I believe that each of us is a leader and we each have a role to play in this whole large drama of life. Karen helps us to gain a better self understanding and bring calm within, have the skill to live in these chaotic times. Karen's book is "The Tao of Influence--Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and Entrepreneurs". www.karenmcgregor.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca...
Jul 01, 2020•31 min
Raven Magwood an international speaker and achievement expert who graduated with honors from Clemson University at just 19! She was a national gymnastic champion at age 11 and was encouraged to write a book about her experiences. Raven now has her 4th book, and discusses with us the '7 Practices of Prosperous Women'. One of the practices is to write down our goals, along with smaller goals to reach the bigger one. She shares that one goal was to give back to the community. Along came the opportu...
Jun 21, 2020•31 min
Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon is a clinical psychologist and the founder of The Climate Mobilization where she helped pioneer the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign. This had led to more than 1400 global governments to declare a climate emergency. She is the author of Facing the Climate Emergency--How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth. It's an invaluable resource and guide that each of us needs to save our planet, and thus--save ourselves--from climate catastrophe! The first chapter can ...
Jun 14, 2020•30 min
Kati Nickerson is the Director of Youth Education and Community Outreach at Village Theatre in Issaquah and Everett. But in these current days Kati is with us all across the state, and even state borders--virtually. If you are wondering about what you could have your kids involved in this summer, Kati has some great opportunities which are virtually accesible. As they promote: Skills for Theatre, Skills for Life. Nothing could be more true. Theatre 'classes' open up an exciting world of experien...
Jun 07, 2020•31 min
Nina Sossamon-Pogue is a truly inspiring woman, a best selling author who brings us just the perfect book, a tool kit of sorts to help navigate life at any time, and is so ideal for the time we ALL are living in currently. The Book-- This is not the End: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life. couldn't be more perfect than if Nina had a crystal ball to know we would need it now. This is a unique and succinct guide with Nina using personal life experiences most of which I t...
May 31, 2020•32 min
Bernice Lerner is an author and senior scholar at Boston University's Center for Character and Social Responsibility. Bernice joins us to introduce us to her mother, one of the main characters, subjects of her new book: All the Horrors of War--A Jewish Girl, A British Doctor, and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen. This is a war story different than any we have read or seen before. We are at the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII. We can commemorate it with reading 2 new perspectives of that time-...
May 24, 2020•31 min
Teri Secrest is a Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Natural Health Educator, and CEO of the Joy of Living. Teri's passion is to put the natural back into our life and our health. Teri has helpful, simple tips for maintaining health, strength, and a positive attitude, important at any time, and especially for this time. Power walk each day, and be sure to hydrate--water, and add a drop or 2 of essential oils--lemon or orange, for flavor if needed. Also balance the amount of news watched or r...
May 17, 2020•33 min
May 10, 2020•31 min
Deanna Brown CFP has almost 20 years in the investment and financial services industry. And if we ever needed this education, this would be the time. We might be discovering our relationship with money is different and we might make some good, significant changes going forward, Deanna suggests. She stresses the need to communicate with banks and mortgage holders, landlords--make our case known. She notes that if we have an IRA or 401K that it's a good source for a loan, with lessened 'penalties'...
May 03, 2020•30 min
Janet McKee is a high performance Success Specialist, and author of: Stressless Success: The Surprising Secrets to a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity. Janet comes to this new phase of her life from experiences of being a Corporate CEO, suffering a debilitating health crisis, and more. Her passion is to help others/us to face challenges, much as we are now. Janet provides direction, support, quality education -- to learn important tools for navigating and creating the life we want, that i...
Apr 26, 2020•32 min
Mental and Physical Health challenges during this time of CoVID. Dr. Sanam Hafeez is a neuropsychologist with a practice in New York City. It makes sense that the combination of her professional work, and being a mother of young sons, a wife, a daughter, a friend, provides a good foundation to look at our current circumstances and have a concern about the coping mechanisms. She addresses that some people will turn to alcohol/drugs/binge foods. It's important to maintain a routine as close to wha...
Apr 19, 2020•31 min
Amy Shira Teitel is a spaceflight historian, one of very few academically trained women in the field, an author, and public speaker. She shares about her new and exciting book: Fighting for Space--Two Pilots and Their Historic battle for Female Spaceflight. This is such a great and informative read...something to definitely help us during this time when we have more time for things like reading. And the inspiration--the hopes, the dreams are just a great thing to embrace and share with our kids....
Apr 12, 2020•33 min
Anita K is a certified Executive & Life Coach and author of "Behaving Bravely: How to Mindshift Life's Challenges" . The title says it all--all of us can use a bit of shifting our mind during a challenging time--which is one description of our current reality. It's tough to do on our own, so to have a coach, collaborate with friends (virtually) we can surprise ourselves with a new sense of self going forward, because the world has already changed. We can prepare ourselves with some 'mindshif...
Apr 05, 2020•30 min
Vicky Durand is the author of "Wave Woman--The Life and Struggles of a Surfing Pioneer". That pioneer is Vicky's mother, Betty Winstedt. It's an amazing story--Betty was 40 when she decided to take up surfing in Hawaii, and go on to win championships. But this was the case with many things in her life, and she was a role model then and in reading her story we can capture a spirit and step out on a new adventure. www.wavewomanbook.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...
Mar 29, 2020•31 min
Hannah Kubiak, Communications Manager for Bartell Drugs gets us updated on all things Teddy Bear. First, to say this is now called: Operation Teddy Bear due to an expansion of reaching out to schools and counselors. Hannah also brings the good news that the time line has been extended--until Sunday April 12! What a great Easter gift, have our kids participate in donating teddy bear hugs to other kids! What has not changed is that Bartell Drugs matches each teddy bear purchased--a truly great dea...
Mar 22, 2020•31 min
Sophie Egan a journalist who also holds a master's degree in public health with a focus on health and social behavior. It is the thing that drives her to write and educate and be a source of change for our world. She has a long list of credentials and activities, and now has a new book that is a wonderful guide and can help each of us make decisions on the food we eat and its impact on our planet. How To Be a Conscious Eater--Making Food Choices That are Good for You, Others, and the Planet is j...
Mar 14, 2020•31 min
Dr. Lois Frankel is the President of Corporate Coaching International, a sought-after speaker as she is a recognized expert in the fields of workplace behavior and female empowerment. Her newest book in her list of "Nice Girls...." books is only in audio format: Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out--How to Make Your Voice Heard, Your Point Known, and Your Presence Felt. We might consider it an essential guide. As an audiobook, it can feel like you have Dr. Lois sitting on your shoulder. www.dr...
Mar 08, 2020•30 min
Anne Devereux Mills can be regarded as a role model for transitions in our life. We are certainly individuals, but there is a commonality that we can all learn something from. Anne shares about some major shifts in her life--a recurrence of cancer, losing an executive position, her last daughter off to college--all at the same time. She was questioning herself and as a result created a program, an on-going event called "Parlay House". It is an experience of women getting together at someone's ho...
Feb 29, 2020•30 min
Robyn Whitmore is a filmmaker and author who is currently a member of the "working Homeless". As odd as this sounds, it is a growing population. Robyn lives in Atlanta, but we can see the same situation all around us in the Puget Sound area, and across the country. In her book "Your Battle Scars Are Beautiful" Robyn showcases the stories of numerous women who have found themselves homeless. Her new film "Fighting for Normal" turns the camera to those who find themselves homeless. Having been the...
Feb 23, 2020•30 min
Helene Berger is the author of "Choosing Joy: Alzheimer's, A Book of Hope". Helene wrote the book after collecting many notes she made during her husband's illness with Alzheimer's. And her book and insights have much relevance beyond this disease, and it really can help us live a good and connected life each day, everyday. It has a lot to do with respect, with patience, and from this feeling a peace and love. www.heleneberger.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...
Feb 16, 2020•32 min
Dr. Nicole Beurkens is the leader of digital safety and wellbeing for kids and families. Secondhand screen time is legit, and it’s being dubbed the “new” secondhand smoking. Thirty years after the EPA warned about the dangers of secondhand smoke, research now shows that people are addicted to their screens and without even realizing, adult screen time is having a negative impact on their kids. Dr. Beurkens is a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified nutritionist, and specializes in e...
Feb 09, 2020•29 min
Holley Moseley is an amazing bundle of energy--a mom, a nurse, an advocate, a champion, and now, an author. Holley brings us her incredible story filled with so much heart. "A Ray of Hope--A mother's story of Love, Healing, and the Miracle of Medical Marijuana"--captures the essence of Holley's life for the past 14 years, caring for Ray Ann who lives with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. There are many important messages, and anyone with a special needs child, or family members, or support teams, wi...
Feb 05, 2020•30 min
Dr. Melba Patillo Bales is a truly great figure in history and in this country. She is one of the high school students from 1957, the Little Rock 9, who played a significant role in desegregation. The Federal Court had ruled on integration in all schools. Even at a very young age Melba did not understand segregation, so she was a natural candidate for the group of black students selected to attend Capital High School in Little Rock. In her memoir "March Forward, Girl" she tells of her youth and ...
Jan 19, 2020•31 min
Kekla Magoon is an award-winning author of a number of books for young adults--the latest is "Light it Up", and she's an incredible storyteller. This book is very insightful and helpful and is timely as we consider both the birthday of The Rev. Martin Luther King whom we honor and recognize next weekend, and of Black History month, which is February. We can gain some insights and awareness for compassion and understanding of recent and current situations, and the will to make a change in our soc...
Jan 12, 2020•29 min
Elizabeth Emens is a Law Professor at Columbia University, a mother of 2 youngsters, and now author of an important new book: Life Admin--How I Learned to do Less, Do Better and Live More. The book is important because it is an education--one that provides insight into the things /stuff of our own life, it presents experiences of others, and thus the means of making our life work more efficiently for ourselves. 'Life Admin' is a great term to cover all the time it takes to deal with all the extr...
Jan 05, 2020•30 min
