Episodes

Guest Cindy Lowy (www.cindylowy.com) is a jewelry artist, speaker and author of "Harmony and Me", a nurturing, comforting, book with answers to life's most pressing questions. Through personal narrative, her poetry and art, Cindy Lowy weaves a tapestry of faith, hope and miracles as she shares pearls of wisdom for living a peaceful, joyful life.

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse (sharonwcruse.com) is a nationally known consultant, educator and author of 11 books. She will discuss her newest book, "Learning to Balance Your Life: 6 Powers that Restore Your Energy and Spirit". She will discuss how to harness your power to make true life changes in just 8 weeks.

Patricia's guest, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, is a world-renowned spiritual guide and founder of Gateway Rehabilitation Center (gatewayrehab.org), one of America's premier treatment facilities for drug and alcohol addiction. Author of over 40 books, he will discuss his newest book, "From Pulpit...To Couch", where he offers a truly unique definition of spirituality together with an insightful analysis of addiction and chemical base.

Guest Steven Strassler, Ph.D. is a clinical professor at Thunderbird: The Garvin School of International Management where he teaches entrepreneurship. He is the author of "MBA In A DAY: What You Would Learn at Top-Tier Business Schools (If You Only Had the Time!)". Strassler will discuss essential business skills and concepts including negotiation, effective communication and leadership. www.mbainaday.com

Tom Robinson, who himself is coping with Crohn's disease, coaches people with chronic illnesses (www.chronicillnesscoach.com). He will discuss strategies to help you manage your disease better, how to get control of your life, how to communicate more effectively with friends, family, employers and coworkers, and how to create a sense of purpose in your life and work towards your dreams again.

Theresa M. Szczurek, Ph.D. is a successful entrepreneur and consultant to organizations and individuals and author of Pursuit of Passionate Purpose: Success Strategies for a Rewarding Personal and Business Life, a book that brings needed shape and structure for developing and benefiting from a clear sense of purpose in your own life. She will discuss the results of her extensive research on how to live a life with passion and purpose.

Richard L Evans, author of "The Historical Odyssey", "Life of the Eagle" will discuss this mystical and magical novel about a man who is literally ageless, can not die and watches generation after generation pass before his eyes. We learn from him how our nation was shaped with perseverance, courage and faith.

Dr. Ave' Sims ND staff physician and Dr. Christine Brass-Jones, D.O. medical director of the Center for True Harmony Wellness & Medicine. They will discuss women's health including prevention, diagnosis and treatments. The Center for True Harmony Wellness & Medicine (www. trueharmonywellness.com) is dedicated to promoting the self-actualization of individuals in their own healthcare through the integration of various healing modalities designed to heal, educate and create lifelong wellness of th...

Lucia Capacchione (www.luciac.com) is a Registered Art Therapist, workshop leader and best-selling author of 13 books including The Power of Your Other Hand: A Course in Channeling the Inner Wisdom of the Right Brain and Recovery of Your Inner Child. Her innovative methods spark and nurture creativity in all areas of life. She is a pioneer of self-therapy and healing through journal writing and drawing and has served as a consultant to Walt Disney Imagineering.

Psychotherapist and spiritual commentator Thomas Moore will discuss his latest book, Dark Nights of the Soul. This eighth book since Moore's extraordinarily successful, #1 New York Times Bestseller Care of the Soul considers loss, pain, conflict, confusion, anger, excess, deviance and other disturbing feelings and behaviors not as devils to be exorcised but as angelic opportunities for deepening and altering the self.

Guest Bill Irwin is a celebrity keynote speaker, author of Blind Courage. He is the only blind hiker to have completed the 2,168 mile Appalachian Trail with his Seeing Eye dog, Orient. He will inspire listeners to achieve their impossible dreams.

Dr. Joan Hangarter, founder of Dr. Joan's Miracle Makers Club & host of "Make Your Miracle Today" on the VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel. She created a major miracle in her life when she lost everything and then regained more than she ever dreamed was possible. She will discuss how she has inspired inspires millions of people to make millions of miracles For further information, log onto www.miraclemakersclub.com.

Positive Living with Patricia Raskin

David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego, specializing in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the Executive Director of the Relationship Training Institute and the author of When Good Men Behave Badly. He joins Patricia to discuss the biological, social and psychological causes for bad behaviors that so often undermine a man's ability to build a solid, loving relationship.

Bill Ferguson, former divorce attorney and author of the best-selling book, How To Heal A Painful Relationship. He will discuss how to heal hurt, end the conflict, and restore love in even the most difficult relationships. Our lives are the way they are because of how we relate to life, Bill says. When we change how we relate to life, we change what happens around us. I show people how to make this change.

Love and Addiction with Dr. Howard Halpern

Larry Cuocci, author of A Very Good Year, which was chosen as "Best Books 2004 Finalist. Larry's life changed on a summer's day in 1976 when his ailing mother asked him to end her life. A Very Good Year portrays the true story of one year in the life of a seventeen year-old boy; an angst-ridden, often comic journey through sex, drugs, love and death -- in short, a survivor's tale.

Paul Kivel, activist, trainer, writer, and violence prevention educator. He will discuss how to build community in his newest book, You Call This A Democracy? Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides? Paul Kivel's book is a penetrating and troubling look at how the U.S. ruling class and the power elite dominate wealth, power and decision-making in all aspects of our lives and institutions.

Judith Wright, author of There Must Be More MORE Than This- Finding More Life, Love, and Meaning By Overcoming Your Soft Addictions. She will discuss overeating, overshopping, watching too much TV, surfing the internet for hours and tell listeners to how have more life, love and meaning.

Sherry Wells, ordained minister, certified yoga teacher, yoga therapist, astrologer, and certified psychic. She will discuss the connection between physical, emotional & spiritual health and how healing the spirit can uncover and eliminate disease.

Alexandra Stoddard is a philosopher of contemporary living and has been called the pioneer of the Happiness Movement. Her most recent book, Things I Want My Daughters To Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life extols simple, profound truths for joyful living. Learn specific ways to extract ourselves from the chaos of life and find the calm center where personal happiness resides.

Patricia welcomes guest Dr. Larry Deutsch, MD. Dr. Deutsch has 30 years of experience in the field of medicine, counseling and hypnosis. He is the author of the Stress Busters audio program which will inspire you to take the first step to better health and happiness.

Patricia talks to guest Mike Dugan, Emmy Award-Winning Writer and Comedian. He is the author of Men Fake Foreplay... And Other Lies That Are True and will discuss the issues that block a man's ability to achieve romantic love and intimacy and offers a humorous and insightful tour of the mail psyche.

Guest Ben Frank, journalist and consultant to airlines and tourist offices and President of Frank Promotion Group, likens himself to Benjamin of Tudela, the twelfth-century Jewish traveler and recorder of early Jewish folklore and traditions in Europe and the Near East. Frank explores an uncommon side of Europe, Russia, and Ukraine and in so doing, he unlocks the mysteries shrouded in the memories of the oppression and the centuries of persecution before it.