Episodes

March 4, 2015

Avoiding Financial Infidelity & Cookie Cutter End-of-Life Directives

Kathryn interviews debt therapist and attorney Leslie Tayne, author of “Life & Debt: A Fresh Approach to Achieving Financial Wellness”. When it comes to financial infidelity, Tayne has seen it all — borrowing from a 401(k) wi...
Feb. 25, 2015

Innocent and Exonerated & Women’s Legal Issues

Kathryn interviews attorney Nikki D. Pope and chef Courtney B. Lance, authors of “Pruno, Ramen, and a Side of Hope: Stories of Surviving Wrongful Convictions”. If you were given a prison sentence of 25 to life for a crime you...
Feb. 18, 2015

End-of-Life Care Talk & Plastic Surgery Secrets

Kathryn interviews Harvard Medical School Researcher and Physician Angelo E. Volandes MD, author of “The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care”. Dr. Volandes has witnessed far too often the unnecessary suffe...
Feb. 11, 2015

Global Volunteering

Kathryn interviews nine-time Emmy award-winning writer, director, and producer John Marshall, author of “Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family’s Lives Forever”. In 2010 John Marshall needed a c...
Feb. 4, 2015

The Family Dinner Table & Skip Resolutions, Make Changes

Kathryn interviews Harvard Medical School professor Anne Fishel PhD, author of “Home for Dinner: Mixing Food, Fun, and Conversation for a Happier Family and Healthier Kids”. If we could lower rates of obesity, break the cycle...
Jan. 28, 2015

Winning The Amazing Race with Diabetes & Protecting Your Child from Bullying

Kathryn interviews Dr. Natalie Strand, author of “A Women’s Guide to Diabetes: A Path to Wellness”. Dr. Strand provides a personal perspective to a number of challenging issues, including mental and physical wellness, sexuali...
Jan. 21, 2015

Online Risks for Teachers

Kathryn interviews attorney and educational consultant Frederick S. Lane, author of “Cybertraps for Educators”. Today's highly connected age brings with it a whole new set of challenges and concerns, each posing significant l...
Jan. 14, 2015

Female Athletes & FBI Tactics in Everyday Life

Kathryn interviews clinical and sports psychologist Joan Steidinger PhD, author of “Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete”. The book's research and in depth interviews reveal how unique female stre...
Jan. 7, 2015

Stress Sabotage & National Adoption Month

Kathryn interviews resiliency expert Jenny Evans, author of “The Resiliency rEvolution: Your Stress Solution for Life, 60 Seconds at a Time”. Everyone who works is under enormous pressure almost daily. We’re continually asked...
Dec. 31, 2014

A Legacy of Philanthropy & TO THE MARKET: Survivor-made Goods

Kathryn interviews SeriousFun Children’s Network’s Clea Newman on how she has made giving back a lifelong family tradition. As the daughter of one of the most philanthropic and famed couples, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, ...
Dec. 24, 2014

LA Galaxy Soccer Star Comes Out & Embrace the Paradox

Kathryn interviews Championship-winning soccer star Robbie Rogers on his book “Coming Out to Play”. In February 2013, when Rogers came out as gay via a letter that he posted online, he made sports history. After having kept h...
Dec. 17, 2014

Finding Your Inner Elegance & Motivating Kids

Kathryn interviews psychologist Sherrie Campbell PhD, author of “Loving Yourself: The Mastery of Being Your Own Person”. Many of us are emotionally out of control, lacking presence of mind, allowing life to take us on an emot...
Dec. 10, 2014

Mental Illness and Family Dynamics & Selfless Acts of Love

Kathryn interviews behavior research scientist Rachel Pruchno PhD on her memoir “Surrounded by Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets”. Mental illness is the most prevalent of all diseases suffered in the Unit...
Dec. 3, 2014

The Power of Positivity & Invisible Disabilities

Kathryn interviews The Human Behavior Coach Beverly Flaxington, author of “Self-Talk for a Calmer You”. Flaxington lays out detailed step-by-step approaches with powerful positive exercises designed for those who have experie...
Nov. 26, 2014

Soul Searching Through Nutrition & Working Your Bad Boss

Kathryn interviews nutritionist Talia Fuhrman, author of “Love Your Body: Eat Smart, Get Healthy, Find Your Ideal Weight, and Feel Beautiful Inside and Out”. As the daughter of doctor and bestselling author Joel Fuhrman, Fuhr...
Nov. 19, 2014

Next Generation Children & Apple CEO “Comes Out”

Kathryn interviews Meg Blackburn Losey PhD, bestselling author of “The Children of Now…EVOLUTION: How We Can Support the Fast-Forward Evolution of Our Children and All of Humanity”. For the past few years, a new kind of highl...
Nov. 12, 2014

Motherhood and Business & Future Thinking for Better Health

Kathryn interviews coach, entrepreneur and speaker Lara Galloway, author of “Moms Mean Business: A Guide to Creating a Successful Company and Happy Life as a Mom Entrepreneur”. American women are starting businesses at a rate...
Nov. 5, 2014

Let's Talk About Sex & Learning From Your Children

Kathryn interviews sexuality educator Al Vernacchio, author of “For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Health”. Your kids know more about sex than you think they do. In For Goodness S...
Oct. 29, 2014

Losing Everything

Kathryn interviews writer, speaker and blogger Suzanne Falter, author of Surrendering to Joy: My Year of Love, Letting Go and Forgiveness. For Suzanne Falter, 2012 was a year filled with one heartbreaking situation after anot...
Oct. 22, 2014

Overdiagnosing Everyday Life & Award-winning Journalist Gail Sheehy

Kathryn interviews professor emeritus at Duke University School of Medicine Allen Frances MD, author of “Saving Normal: An Insider Revolts Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalizatio...
Oct. 15, 2014

Living with Alzheimer's & The New Face of Heroin

Kathryn interviews award-winning investigative reporter Greg O’Brien, author of “On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s”. Without a cure, Alzheimer’s is expected to exceed heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of de...
Oct. 8, 2014

Strategic and Effective Disciplining & Prestigious Private School Hides Decades of Abuse

Kathryn interviews UCLA School of Medicine professor Daniel J. Siegel MD, author of “No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind”. The pioneering experts behind the best...
Oct. 1, 2014

Ditch the Divorce Drama & Life After Abuse and Trauma

Kathryn interviews attorney Angie Hallier, author of “The Wiser Divorce: Positive Solutions for Your Next Best Life”. Based on Hallier’s many years of experience as an attorney working in family law, The Wiser Divorce is abou...
Sept. 24, 2014

Tough Truths About Surgery and The Myth of Time Management

Kathryn interviews practicing general surgeon Dr. Paul Ruggieri, author of “The Cost of Cutting: A Surgeon Reveals the Truth Behind a Multibillion Dollar Industry”. Joan Rivers’ tragic death raises serious question about how,...