Lian and Julie connect on Tuesday and discuss: Holiday Visit in Dallas: Art Museums, Shopping, Arboreteum and Lunch at Neiman Marcus In the News: Martha Stewart opens a cafe Sony Gets Hacked and Julie knows why From Self Magazine: The Busy Vortex. Surprising generational statistics. Movie news: The Theory of Everything Thanks to Audible for Supporting Satellite Sisters. To download a free audiobook, go to our special URL: http://www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters Lian recommends The Glassblower by P...
Dec 03, 2014•49 min
On today's Mother's Day Special, we have a two-parter. In Part One, Liz and Lian share all of the Mother's Day messages you posted on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Thanks to all who shared with us there. In Part Two, we interview Julie's daughter-in-law Vera Ogorodnikova. Vera is raising her three children in Dallas, Texas but she grew up in Kyrgystan, a former Soviet republic. They did not have Mother's Day there, so she's really get to love the whole Mother's Day concept. Plus, an upda...
May 11, 2014•50 min
Lian interview Singer/songwriter Susan Cattaneo about her work and new album Haunted Heart, For more information, visit http://susancattaneo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 01, 2014•45 min
The College-Bound Chronicles 120: SAT Shake Up A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Nancy and Lian discuss parental panic and the implications of the redesigned SAT. Nancy reviews a list of tips from top college consultant...
Mar 17, 2014•25 min
Lian Dolan is back behind the microphone and discussing: Meeting her hero at an author's event in Santa Barbara Daylights Savings Distraction: Waking up teens and car accidents Young Entrepenuers: They invent apps and they get bad grades. Phew! Life Animated: The new book by Ron Siskind about educating his autistic son through Disney animated movies Books: the 50th Aniversary Special of harriet the Spy and forcing my son to listn to The Fault in our Stars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Mar 11, 2014•44 min
The Satellite Sisters Tuesday show from Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan Whole Food Brain vs. trader Joe face What Google Wants in its Employees Tuesday trends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 28, 2014•49 min
Today on the show, Lian, Julie and Sheila connect along with Satellite Sisters Next Gen Meghan Dolan Saporita joins us from Long Island: We catch up with what's up with Meghan after her spectacular summer wedding. New job and maybe new house Sheila opens up about the worst field trip ever and then compares the death or her blow dryer to her personal relationships. Julie has a canine legal question and a theory about Pleshenko's withdrawl from the Men's Fgure Sakting Lian on Footloose & Forty...
Feb 16, 2014•54 min
New Chaos Chronicles Podcast. Modern Motherhood with a Laugh! Gap Year Meltdown Freelance Life Coaching Tiger Mom is back! Three Traits of Successful Groups . Check out the article from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/opinion/sunday/what-drives-success.html?_r=0 Philip Seymour Hoffman and the lessons of his death To Do List: Detoxing my Office Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 04, 2014•37 min
Lian Dolan's show on Modern Motherhood: Two Terrifying Mom Duties: Teaching the Teen to Drive & Taking the Dog to the Vet A Life Lesson: Shut Out of Coachella Moms Go Viral: The P&G Olympic Mom ad and the Old Spice Stalking Mom Ad Bogus Velveeta Shortage and my To Do List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 10, 2014•36 min
Lian Dolan's weekly podcast on motherhood and more: Deb Balls: Eat First! Make It Count: Lian's theme for 2014 is already working! What's your theme for 2014? New studies on eating Nuts while Preganat and the benefits of Reading Novels Plus, Vegas bound for Art, Tea and Podcast Conferences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 03, 2014•35 min
A bonus podcast for The Chaos Crew. Lian's got a new theme for 2014. Here what it is and tell me your own theme, Plus: Holiday Movies Reviews Audio Book round-Up Advice for caring for agining parents and Take the Dialect Quiz from the New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Lian Dolan's weekly show on Modern Motherhood: The Mashed Potato Bar & Chicken Marbella The Solumnity of Newtown Anniversary. Read Lisa Belkin's piece from the Huffington Post In the news: Safe Holiday Driving Tips from State Farm. For more information, clikc to go to the State Farm site Strange Bedfellows: Pope Francis & Gisele Bundchen and Does Your Blood Actually Thin in Cold Weather Finally: Holiday To Do List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 19, 2013•38 min
Lian Dolan interviews writer, radio host and reverend Ian Punnet on his wise and wonderful new book, How to Pray When You're Pissed at God. Going through a tough time? Feel angry ro depressed at the Holidays? A conversation with Ian Punnett about turning that ager into healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2013•31 min
Welcome to a new series of interview featuring guests of the Satellite Sisterhood. Lian Dolan talks to Nancy Berk, Parade Magazine's Show Biz Analyst, on her series of interviews with the kids of the original cast of The Sound of Music. What are the film Von Trapp Kids up to now? Nancy shares her insights on the actors then and now, secrets from the set of The Sound of Music, their remembrances of Julie Andrews and what they think of the new Carrie Underwood Production. To listen to the Whine @ ...
Dec 03, 2013•30 min
Lian Dolan's weekly show on Modern Motherhood: Lian's Follow-Up on Thanksgiving, Pate & Black Friday News from the Front: Babies and Food Allergies College Degrees that make money... and those that don't Have a Daughter interested in Math and Science? Check out engineergirl.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 02, 2013•45 min
Lian Dolan's weekly podcast on Modern Motherhood: This week: The LA Auto Show press Days become a Take Your Son To Work situation for Lian Po Culture Round-Up: Sleepy Hollow Catching Fire Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy Holiday To Do List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2013•44 min
On the show today: Are you a Morning Person? Can you change if you’re not? Please help me help my teenaged son! Featured Interview with Designer, Author and Crafter Betz White: Find her work here at betzwhite.com Plus: Advice for SnapChat kid: Take the money Outsourcing your life: Does it make good ecomonic sense to hire help , like lots of help? From the New York Times article. What would you outsource and why? To Do List: Gourmet Caramel Apples! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Nov 14, 2013•53 min
On the show this week Triumph at the DMV Can Family Dinners lead to extra Mindfulness? Lian has a theory. To read the article from the New York Times: Mindfulness Getting Its Share of Attention, click here. Birth Order, Brains and Bitterness. Lian answers the Huffington Post’s 28 Signs You’re Dealing with an Older Child with her own list of 28 Signs You’re Dealing with the Youngest Child. To Do List: Time to Plant the Tulips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 08, 2013•39 min
The Chaos Chronicles returns! back behind the mic with: Building better Classroom Environments for Boys from Time.com. Here's a link to : Chisitina Hoff Sommers: 3 Things Schools can do to help Boys Succeed Kid, Parents and Online Obligations Willow Wonder: Why Do I Worry: a new book about childhood anxiety and OCD with author Kristin Beckstrom Radcliffe. For more information, click here: http://www.kbradcliffe.com/Willow-Wonders.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Oct 30, 2013•54 min
On this episode: Lian goes to the County Fair and breake her vow never to eat a Blooming Onion Updates on Happiness and School Books for Teacher Mona and Prayers for Pastor Jill Gap Year Growing Pains and To Do List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2013•42 min
Today, it's (almost) all about the Happy on Chaos Chronicles. Or at least, the Happier! On the show this week: A Hot Chocolate Study that made me happy ( for a short time) 9 Ways to take a Bliss Trip, thanks to Health Magazine. The article by Kate Lowenstein is not online but you can find lots of other articles on Healthy & Happy here at health.com. To access and identify your Signature Strengths, the free Values in Action Inventory of Strengths Survey, click here. Click here to get Happier ...
Aug 15, 2013•50 min
The College-Bound Chronicles 119: Staying Grounded in a Sea of Panicked Parents A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Nancy and Lian discuss a different kind of college prep for families of high school seniors. The College ...
Aug 13, 2013•18 min
The College-Bound Chronicles 118: Off To College A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Lian offers updates on her family’s college-bound experiences Nancy and Lian discuss the emotional and conversational “to do” list for c...
Aug 13, 2013•23 min
On the show today: Lian's novel Elizabeth the First Wife zooms up the charts at Nook and Kindle! An Update on Lessons Learned at BlogHer 2013: Guy Kawasaki; Steamy Kitchen; Producing your own podcast; selling your blog Book Tour Last Stand at The Book Stall in Chicago Family Vacation: Block Island, East Hampton, Wesport My friend's Inn: http://www.oldtowninnbi.com/ Back to School Survey: Who is more excited? You or the kids? according ot Land's End, the answer is... Learn more about your ad choi...
Aug 09, 2013•40 min
Lian jumps on the Royal Baby Watch with Live coverage from her closet. Plus: My (Short-lived) Life as a Life Coach Those Awful Wedding Shows on TLC The Lesson of Cory Monteith and RIPD Bombs BlogHer 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 22, 2013•41 min
On this week's Chaos Chronicles: Lian's Royal Baby Predictions: A Boy named James Surprising Mood Boosters from O Magazine: Peppermint, Sleep and Surprises Media Recommendation: ESPN's Nine for IX series. Don't miss Pat XO about Pat Summit. For all of the documentaries in this series, please consult ESPN. http://espn.go.com/espnw/w-in-action/nine-for-ix/article/9157130/nine-ix-air-dates-set-nine-ix-series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2013•48 min
Lian is back from the Tour de Oregon. A review of the two week road trip, plus other ramblings on audio books, 4th of July, Harry & David, the joys of good beds and Jury Duty Limbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2013•31 min
Lian Dolan's weekly take on Modern Motherhood. On the show this week: Back from the East Coast Book Tour. Thanks to all those who showed up in Maplewood, Mattituck, Madison and Westport. Lian's Book Tour Top Ten List from Bookstores to Banana Republic to Italian food. News Round-up: Jennifer Weiner's The Next Best Thing Vladimir Putin back on the market Brad Pitt should stop talking Telephone Etiquette Apologies Martha Stewart Sundaes To Do List: Enter our Summer with Shakespeare Sweepstakes Lea...
Jun 07, 2013•42 min
A wonderful Mother's Day interview with author Amy Hatvany. Her new book Heart Like Mine is a warm, engaging story of three women and their emotional journey to find a connection to each other and their pasts. Heart Like Mine explores relationships between mothers and daughters, stepmoms and stepkids, and husbands and wives. Amy herself is a warm and engaging interview. She shares her writing porcess, how she's makes time for her creative life in a house with kids and work and her special relati...
May 10, 2013•33 min
Lian is back with the Chaos Chronicles: The College Decision is made for her son. Now what? The Elizabeth the First Wife Book Tour begins. Hear about the Summer with Shakespeare Sweepstakes Mother's Day Reflections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 09, 2013•38 min