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2009

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Sep 28: Novelist Selden Edwards. Filmmakers Sue Gilbert; Jen Marlowe ~ PODCAST

Join us for a creative hour with my three very talented guests: Selden Edwards who’s just fulfilled his 30-year dream at the age of 68. Filmmaker Sue Gilbert, who says it’s easier to come out as a gay person than a wealthy one. And activist and filmmaker Jen Marlowe whose passion for effecting change in Sudan led her to the big screen. Listen to podcast.

He was an English teacher and headmaster for 30 years, and for all those years he wrote, rewrote, and wrote some more trying to fulfill his dream to become a novelist. Selden Edwards was elated to finally see his dream come true at the age of 68 with the not so little, The Little Book. He’s now on book tour and coming to Queen Anne Bookstore on Wednesday Sept 30 at 6pm. See more about Selden Edwards.

As small children, Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol fled their villages in South Sudan to escape civil war. They became a part of a group of thousands of other boys with a similar story, nicknamed “The Lost Boys” upon resettlement in the USA in 2001. Filmmaker Jen Marlowe shares their story in Rebuilding Hope premiering in Seattle the first weekend in October. See more.

Sue Gilbert grew up with five siblings and extreme wealth — so extreme that her parents bought an island named Greenaway where they were all raised. But is that as idyllic as it sounds? Filmmaker Sue Gilbert interviews her parents and siblings to share their experiences — the ups and downs, the paths they all took, and how each sibling sees things a little differently in Beyond Greenaway. See Greenaway Trailer premiering at The Tacoma Film Festival on the first Saturday in October.

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Sep 21: What’s Guaranteed to Give You the Edge in Business? ~ PODCAST

Fact: 90% of directors and vice presidents had zero training on developing strategy, yet it’s the most important competency for a leader to possess. 95% of employees don’t understand their company’s strategies. And only 4% of leaders at all levels in a company are strategic … Are you beginning to see where you could develop a competitive edge? Listen to podcast.

Rich Horwath is the Founder & President of the Strategic Thinking Institute, an organization dedicated to helping managers develop their strategic thinking skills to achieve competitive advantage. He is a former Chief Strategy Officer and serves as a Professor of Strategy at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management with a 4.9 out of 5 rating for teaching effectiveness. Rich is the author of four books and more than 50 articles on strategic thinking. He works with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to emerging growth companies located in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. And has developed dozens of proprietary strategic thinking tools including the Deep Dive Learning System, which includes his best-selling book Deep Dive.

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Sep 14: The Whole Body Approach to Wellness and Osteoporosis ~ PODCAST

Does your body talk to you? It does if you listen to it, and body-centred therapist, Steve Sigold, shares how to do just that. Also, if you think Osteoporosis is just an “old ladies’ disease”, think again. Dr. Keith McCormick examines what we all — male and female — need to know! .

Steve Sisgold has worked with Kenny Loggins, Gay Hendricks and other stars who say his work has changed their lives. He’s a body-centered therapist, author, speaker, and practitioner who has taught thousands how to use their innate body intelligence to create better health, prosperity and richer, more authentic relationships. Doesn’t that sound like something you want? Learn more about Steve at www.onedream.com; his book is What’s Your Body Telling You?

Dr. Keith McCormick is a leading expert on Osteoporosis and the changes you can make to strengthen fragile bones and avoid further loss of density. He specializes in the nutritional management of Osteo and has written a phenomenal book called The Whole-Body Approach to Osteoporosis. You can find out more about Dr. Keith McCormick and Osteoporosis at at http://mccormickdc.com.

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Sep 07: NPR’s Grumpy Eric Weiner Searches the Globe for Happiness ~ PODCAST

Enjoy Labor Day weekend with an encore broadcast at noon PT on Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair. NPR correspondent, award-winning journalist, and self-professed grump, Eric Weiner, set out on a personal odyssey across the globe. His journey culminated in The Geography of Bliss; One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Place in the World. We also feature award-winning journalist and NYT bestselling author, Susan Jane Gilman on her memoir, Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven.

Weiner spent two of the best years of his life reporting for NPR from New Delhi, covering everything from an outbreak of bubonic plague to India’s economic reforms. Over the past decade, he’s reported from more than 30 countries—most of which, he says, “were profoundly unhappy”. He traveled to Iraq several times during the reign of Saddam Hussein. Was in Afghanistan in 2001, when the Taliban regime fell. And served as a correspondent for NPR in New York, Miami and Washington, D.C. Weiner is a former reporter for The New York Times and was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. He was part of a team of NPR reporters that won a 1994 Peabody award for a series of investigative reports about the U.S. tobacco industry. More about Eric Weiner and his work.

We’ll also talk with bestselling author, Susan Jane Gilman. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, is her new memoir … a hilarious but harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness full of Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. As a writer, Gilman specializes politics, women’s issues, cultural criticism, arts, satire. She’s appeared on The Today Show, ABC World News, NBC affiliates in Portland, OR and New Haven and more. And has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Ms., Real Simple and other publications. Gilman lives in Geneva, Switzerland. See more at www.susanjanegilman.com. First broadcast in May 2009.

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Aug 31: Healing Your Broken Heart. And Can Animals Really Communicate? ~ PODCAST

Many situations can lead to heartbreak, but whether you want to mend your own broken heart, or help someone mend theirs, Russell Friedman debunks the traditional 5-step grieving process and sheds new light on how to move past loss. Tim Link shares his favorite animal communication stories.

The Grief Recovery Handbook is described as The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses. Russell Friedman joins us to share his insights … many that defy the traditional theories about grief and mourning. Friedman has spent 30 years helping people heal their broken hearts and has established more than 2500 Grief Recovery Outreach programs throughout the world.

Later, we’ve all heard about the healing power of a pet that we love. And while many people have a special bond with animals, few have the ability to understand their innermost thoughts, feelings, and desires. Author Tim Link claims to be able to do just that. In his new book, Wagging Tales, the author and Reiki energy healer details some of his most dramatic and moving encounters with the animal kingdom – from helping a lost cat find her way home, to comforting a Catalan sheepdog after back surgery.

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Aug 24: Your Survival Guide to Getting Out of Debt and Staying Out with Mitchell Allen ~PODCAST

Do financial worries keep you awake at night? Have you given up hope of ever getting out of debt? Do you fear bankruptcy is around the corner? Mitchell Allen joins Vicki to offer practical solutions – including solving credit problems on your own, tips for dealing with creditors, the facts-myths of bankruptcy, and how to emerge from the bleakness of despair and build a financially secure life. .

Mitchell L. Allen is the founder, president, and chairman of Debt Education and Certification Foundation – www.debt-foundation.org – a leading provider of personal debt management courses. Courses he helped develop have been used in over 200,000 counseling sessions, and he has personally conducted more than 1,000 interviews with individuals in financial crisis.

Mitchell previously worked for Citigroup and The Associates Financial Corporation as senior director of modeling, where he led a team of economists and statisticians in developing statistical models to predict response, risk, and fraud within various private label credit card portfolios. His new book is The Survival Guide to Debt.

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Aug 17: Trust–A Cornerstone for Business & Relationships: Vanessa Hall & Danita Delimont~PODCAST

Trust is the cornerstone of your business and personal life … but do you really understand what trust is? Or how to develop trust in all areas of your life? Award-winning author and speaker, Vanessa Hall, joins Vicki to discuss The Truth About Trust in Business. We’ll also talk with photographer’s agent and stock photography diva, Danita Delimont, as part of Conversations Live The Real Story Behind Entrepreneurism series. As a successful local business woman, Danita Delimont knows firsthand what it takes to build an international, million-dollar business, based on quality, relationships, and trust.

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Aug 10: 1) Are You a Worrywart? 2) UnBreak Your Health 3) The One ~ PODCAST

If you lie awake at night, tossing and turning, and churning that same ‘worry’ over and over, we have some serious solutions for you today! We’ll also learn about some alternative healing modalities you might not have heard of. And talk with the Reiki master who’s behind The One Gathering, right here in the Pacific Northwest. Listen to podcast.

For the millions of people who lie awake at night worrying, Dr. Beverly Potter has some solutions. Her new book is brimming with practical ideas you can try today. We’ll discuss The Worrywart’s Companion, which includes twenty-one simple things you can do to soother yourself so that you can think more clearly, cope with the worry, and let it go.

We’ll also talk with Alan E. Smith about his unique guide to alternative healing modalities—health solutions from ancient therapies to the newest technologies. See more at UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary and Alternative Therapies. And our third guest today is psychotherapist and Reiki master, Jennifer Yost, the driving force behind a growing Northwest event: The One Gathering coming to the Center House Theatre at the Seattle Center, August 30th, 4:00 – 6:30 pm.

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Aug 03: Two Dramatic True Stories: One Begins in Oregon … the Other Ends in Africa~PODCAST

How did one mother survive the anguish of, not one, but two runaway teenage daughters, then reclaim their love? Also, when an Oscar-nominated wildlife filmmaker was found dead in Africa, was it a deliberate attempt to thwart her conservation efforts? Lisetn to podcast.

Debra Gwartney is a former reporter for the Oregonian, was a Newsweek correspondent for 10 years, and the proud mother of two beautiful daughters. Following their parents’ divorce and their mother’s move to Eugene, Oregon, the girls grew increasingly angry, until they ran away at the ages of 13 and 15. They lived on the streets in Eugene, then ran to San Francisco – then disappeared altogether. Debra Gwartney joins us to share her heart-wrenching journey to find her girls, and how things stand today. Her new book is Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love.

In January 2006, Joan Root, a 69-year-old naturalist, Oscar-nominated wildlife filmmaker, and staunch conservationist, was murdered by two masked men armed with an AK-47 shortly after midnight in her bedroom on the shore of Kenya’s beautiful Lake Naivasha. The police stated it was a robbery gone bad … but was it? Root had made enemies in her efforts to save Kenya’s wildlife. Veteran journalist Mark Seal, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, set out to investigate this real-life mystery in Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa.

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Jul 20: If You Really Dared to Be Yourself, What and Who Could You Unleash? ~ PODCAST

Today we’re joined by two inspiring guests–one, a recognized author who plays a major role in today’s spiritual revolution helping others to find happiness by daring to be themselves. The other, a former Air Force man, oil researcher and developer, and inventor who traveled 6,500 miles, daring to find himself at the age of 50. Listen to podcast with Alan Cohen and Tim Tyler.

Alan Cohen, M.A., is the author of 22 popular inspirational books and CD’s, including the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, the award-winning A Deep Breath of Life, and the classic Are You as Happy as Your Dog? He is a contributing writer for the New York Times #1 bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul, and his books have been translated into 23 foreign languages. His work has been featured on Oprah.com and in 101 Top Experts. Alan’s monthly column From the Heart is featured in magazines internationally, along with his interviews.

Alaskan author Tim Tyler uses a motorcyle trip as a metaphor for life’s success journey in his inspiring, critically acclaimed, award-winning book that. In A Passion for the Edge: Living Your Dreams Now, Tyler shares his 6,500-mile adventure through the Alaskan and Canadian wilderness. It is a physical journey with spectacular scenery, historic places, wild animals, and interesting people; and a mental journey that shows how to live your dreams inspite of perceived obstacles such as age, money, and the economy.

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