Episodes

Join Patricia Raskin when she interviews Diane Bischoff James, a Midlife Reinventionist and author of THE REAL BRASS RING: Change Your Life Course Now. She details her struggles to reset the clock by utilizing her business acumen and modern metaphysical skills to battle depression, weight loss, divorce, midlife cougar dating, physical afflictions, the recession, an encore career and even the death of a loved one. Through a tenacious journey filled with trials and tears, she renovates her entire ...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Thomas Moore, author of A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World. Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and fifteen other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He has a Ph. D. in religion...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Elaine Chaika, linguist, professor, author of the Language of the Social Mirror on psychotic speech, wordsmithing coach and international speaker. Elaine will discuss her forthcoming book Amazing Dogs: Yours and Mine and how we communicate human to dog and dog to human. ElaineChaika.com http://www.dogsandwolves-smartoldlady.blogspot.com

Tune in as Patricia interviews Zeev Kolman, a world renowned healer, psychic, intuitive and spiritual teacher acknowledged by the international Institute of Human Sciences is One of the greatest living healers on the planet today. Using the BlueDiamond Energy projected from his hands in individual, group and long distance sessions, he has helped tens of thousands from all walks of life across the globe, including Goldie Hawn, Barbara Streisand, Robin Williams, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden and Ro...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Jamie Cat Callan, author of Ooh La La!, Bonjour, Happiness! and the wildly popular French Women Don't Sleep Alone which has been translated into sixteen different languages and is in its seventh edition. Jamie’s work has been featured in the Vanity Fair, Woman’s World, The Huffington Post, Allure Magazine and in The New York Times Sunday Styles Modern Love column. Jamie taught creative writing for many years and is the inventor of The Writers Toolbox. Jamie Cat Cal...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Linda Yellin, an American memoirist, novelist, and humorist. Linda discusses her new novel, WHAT NORA KNEW, an homage to Nora Ephron and romantic movies, about a cynical journalist who’s assigned to write about romance Nora-style. Linda's memoir is THE LAST BLIND DATE, about moving to New York for love but finding condo boards, contractors, step-children, private schools, Ivy League name-droppers, and the challenge of making new girlfriends all waiting for her, too...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Lynne Bryan Phipps, who has multifaceted accomplishments as an equestrienne, yachtswoman, ordained minister, founder of Inspirited Living, educator and founder of The Compass School, a top-ranked public charter school which operates independently in Rhode Island. Inspirited Living is an online magazine, a site designed to awaken your heart and soul to joy and connect you with others on a similar path, a community which helps you stay connected.

Tune in as Patricia interviews Kurt Koontz, author of A Million Steps. After retiring early from his job as a successful sales executive for a Fortune 500 technology company, Kurt Koontz volunteered in his community and traveled across Europe and North America. He never considered writing a book until he walked nearly 500 miles across Spain in 2012. Those million steps were so compelling that he returned home and began writing and speaking about his life-changing adventures. A Million Steps clim...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Lynette Turner, Positivoligist™ and author of The 10 Be’s Of Positivity-10 Steps To A More Positive Way of Living. She will share ten steps she has taken in her own life that has enabled her to add light, peace, happiness and positivity to her life The 10 Be’s of Positivity are Be honest (about what is and is not working in their lives; this sets the stage for action); Be You (their “authentic self” vs. what others tell them to be), Be Open-Minded, Be Loving, Be a ...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Dianne Collins, author of Do You Quantum Think?: New Thinking That Will Rock Your World. Dianne is an original thinking and one of the foremost thought leaders of our time. She will discuss how to master your mind which masters your life, and frees yourself of thoughts that stop you or stress you

Tune in as Patricia interviews Deborah Jane Wells, empowerment coach, inspirational speaker, and author of Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life. Her radio show can be heard on VoiceAmerica's empowerment channel on Wednesdays at 11am/11pm Mountain Time. She will discuss her book, her five part mind set for living in flow and how her near death experience at birth shaped her life path. For further information, contactdjwlifecoach.com

Join Patricia Raskin when she interviews Mary Rockwood Lane (RN, PhD), co-author of Healing with the Arts: A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community, with Michael Samuels, to help people heal mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual ailments. Based off of their proven program used in hospitals across the country, Samuels and Lane wanted to teach communities everywhere how to heal. Both authors know what it's like to heal through art: Mary painted her way through depression and Mich...

Join Patricia Raskin when she interviews Ann Densmore, a language therapist and an audiologist for preschoolers and elementary children. She works with autistic children, kids that have neuro-developmental disorders and apraxia (verbal developmental disorders). She is the author of Helping Children with Autism Become More Social: 76 Ways to Use Narrative Play and Your Successful Preschooler: Ten Skills Children Need to Become Confident and Socially Engaged. Ann's work is frequently referenced on...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Robin Stern, a licensed psychoanalyst, educator, and author, with over twenty-five years of experience treating individuals, couples, and groups. Robin is the co-author of many articles in the field of social emotional learning and two books on emotional intelligence for educators. Stern is Associate Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the co-developer of Facebook's new process to help teens get help when they encounter unwanted or bullying m...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Russ Whitney, author of Inner Voice: Unlock Your Purpose and Passion. After decades of teaching people how to build material wealth, a series of circumstances taught Russ Whitney that success can’t be measured by money and possessions alone. After retiring from the day-to-day operations of his business ventures in 2008, Whitney launched a personal quest to find the answer to an age-old question: What is the meaning of life? His search for the truth took him on a fi...

Tune in as Patricia co-hosts a lively one-hour show on Positive Dating with co-host Paul Giammarco. Her guests are Fran Greene, Flirting Coach, former Director of flirting at match.com and Author of The Flirting Bible: Your Ultimate Flirting Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than You Ever Thought Possible. Also on the show are Sandy Dagneau, Event Coordinator, Pre-Dating Speed Dating and Lock and Key Events, Phil Ayoub, former Host of Single MENtality show,...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Linda Rosenbaum, author of My Husband Has ADD and the Miraculous Discovery that Changed Our Life. Linda will share a first person non-clinical account of untold turmoil that happened behind the closed doors with her ADD husband at the helm. She will describe symptoms and situations and will share how she and her husband changed their lives for the better bringing peace and harmony into their lives.

Talk Radio show host on Voiceamerica, Simran brings to the forefront a unique interpretation blending co-creative power with metaphysics and personal responsibility. Impacting thousands upon thousands with her message, her passionate style takes individuals on a journey into personal power, authenticity and presence through writing, speaking, products and creative expression.

Tune in as Patricia interviews Dr. Lynn Westphal, The Associate Professor and Division Chief of the Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Westphal is the co-author of a pioneering study on how couples can increase their fertility odds, which includes the use of FertilityBlend, a natural supplement with a surprisingly high success rate (as covered in Natural Health Magazine). From new fertility research to natural fertility-boo...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Michele Tamaren, acclaimed author and keynote speaker who weaves the science and spirit of happiness and well-being with inspiration for living our best lives, starting NOW. Michele's most recent book, ExtraOrdinary: An End of Life Story Without End, is a mystical memoir about the miracle of love and compassion that even death cannot destroy. Herman Liss, Michele's treasured step-dad, became a healer and a teacher in his mid-nineties as his life was coming to compl...

Join Patricia Raskin when she interviews Sherri Mandell, who moved with her husband, Seth, to Israel from America in 1996 because they loved Israel and wanted to put Judaism in the center of their lives and their children's lives. Their lives were devastated on May 8, 2001, when their 13 year old son Koby was murdered by terrorists. Koby went hiking with his friend Yosef Ish Ran in a canyon near the Mandell's home. There, in a cave, Arab terrorists stoned the two boys to death. The Mandells, par...

Tune in as Patricia interviews Carole Brody Fleet, author of HAPPILY EVEN AFTER: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond) the Grief of Widowhood, that addresses the most commonly asked questions by widows and those who surround them. When Carole lost her husband at age forty, there were no resources that spoke directly to her needs as a young widow. Twelve years later, she is the Founder and CEO of Widows Wear Stilettos, Inc., a non-profit organization and website founded in 2006 and devoted to s...