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USA Today reported the way you position your portfolio is dependent on the outcome of the presidential election. Financial adviser Gary Sirak returns to Conversations Live to respond. Later, social media expert Amy Jo Martin shares behind the scenes success stories from noteworthy personalities on how to make social media work for you!
Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair airs every Monday at noon Pacific on KKNW 1150AM and 94.9FM HD.

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The excitement of the election is now over, and now that Obama has been re-elected. Are there certain financial products that are set to benefit from this? Or can you build a secure future right now by sticking with safe, low risk investments? Gary Sirak, author or If Your Money Talked… What Secrets Would It Tell? and president of Sirak Financial Services, Inc. has the answers!

In Renegades Write The Rules, author Amy Jo Martin, founder and CEO of social media agency Digital Royalty, reveals the innovative strategies behind the social media success of today’s top celebrities and brands, and how to follow their lead in unconventional ways!

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“When I grow up, I want a mundane, 9-5 workaday cubicle life.” Perhaps no one has ever uttered this phrase, but many wind up in just that predicament. Avoiding that fate, Seattle based Holly Brown took her passion as a foodie to develop her own unique career on her terms! Today’s show also features returning guest Roxi Hewertson to follow up on her conversation with Vicki regarding what it takes to be a great leader! 

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If it’s food related, Holly Brown has the answer. On her exclusive website, The Brown Lounge.com, Holly features recipes including appetizers, entrees, desserts, ethnic foods, and how to pair it with the perfect wine from her award-winning winemaker husband! Let Holly inspire your next dinner party!

Roxi Hewertson is back to follow up on her recent segment on Conversations Live, sharing her unique expertise on the skills needed to be an effective leader versus a contributor. She has decades of experience in learning the truths about how and why leaders – great, mediocre, and awful – lead the way they do. Roxi is the CEO of Highland Consulting Group, Inc.

Paul Huljich was a successful CEO, but what led to his achievements also created enough unchecked stress to send him barreling into a severe nervous breakdown. Despite doctor’s repeatedly telling him he was beyond repair, Huljich found a way to cure himself through a nine-step lifestyle solution he shares in his new book Stress Pandemic: The Lifestyle Solution.

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A breast cancer diagnosis can be one of the most frightening moment’s in a person’s life. The Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Lynn Hartmann joins Vicki today to discuss the most recent information available on Breast Cancer research. Vicki will also talk with Seattle writer Diane Mapes about what she calls her ‘madcap adventure’ with breast cancer… and what it’s like to date following a double mastectomy! 

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A breast cancer diagnosis is a lightning bolt of panic and confusion. Today Dr. Lynn Hartmann joins Vicki to discuss the latest in breast cancer research, and The Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Book, written to help take the mystery out of breast cancer and give women and their families a better understanding of the disease and to help them make informed decisions regarding treatment and care. Dr. Hartmann is a Professor of Oncology at The Mayo Clinic and is Associate Director for Education at The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.

Diane Mapes is living proof that you can not just survive breast cancer, but thrive! After being diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2011, Diane underwent a double mastectomy and spent the better part of the rest of the year undergoing chemotherapy, followed by seven weeks of near-daily radiation treatments. A fulltime freelance writer and former Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist, she takes a candid and sometimes humorous approach to her ordeal on her breast cancer blog Double Whammied.

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Whether yours is a daunting challenge, a great success story, or a question regarding making your dreams a reality, don’t miss the fun and inspiring Patti Dobrowolski today on Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair. Vicki also chats with CEO and leadership authority Roxi Hewerston to discuss her 5 do’s and 5 don’ts that separate great from failing leaders!

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Drawing Solutions: How Visual Goal Setting Will Change Your Life was written for those who want to make bold new strides in their life, but are not sure where to start. Author Patti Dobrowolski uses a fun, step-by-step approach, showing readers how to actualize a mapping process to turn their dreams into reality. Patti is a comic actor, business consultant, and TedX speaker who works one-on-one with individuals or with teams at Fortune 500 companies to help create more effective workplace strategies.

Roxi Hewertson has spent her entire career revealing myths and honing truths as to what makes a leader successful in their role… or not. As an expert who helps emerging and entrenched leaders excel, she has developed 5 specific behaviors and attitudes that show up consistently in leaders who succeed, as well as 5 more that are chronically present in those who fail. Hewertson doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks the walk as CEO of Highland Consulting Group, Inc.

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Join Vicki St. Clair for this exclusive Conversations Live encore presentation! Vicki will return live next week. How can captioning cute photos of cats evolve into a successful Internet business featured in newspapers and magazines around the world? Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Has Cheezburger shares his insight. And what you need to know to stop the panic flow in today’s job market and how you can actually make it work for you with America’s #1 Career Consultant, Andrea Kay. 

Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair comes to you every Monday at noon Pacific on KKNW 1150AM and 94.9FM HD!

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Some call him the world’s foremost expert in the captioning of cat pictures. Some say, he is allergic to cats. Either way, his highly successful companies are party in the front, business in the back. Ben Huh describes himself as an Internet Content Connoisseur. He’s a former engineer and the CEO of Pet Holdings, Inc., the company behind the hugely popular blogs I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog and others. We’ll discuss the success of his sites, which Huh attributes to his knowledge of memes, viral content, and crowd-sourcing.

Andrea Kay is recognized as one of America’s leading career experts. A Conversations Live favorite, Andrea Kay joins us to give an update on how to navigate today’s career market. She’s noticed that many people are hurting themselves and will share how to unblock the fear that’s clouding good sense. We’ll also discuss what we need to do differently to develop a cohesive action plan and stop the panic flow; and what we need to ‘let go of’ and embrace during these challenging times. Andrea Kay is the author of numerous books; her latest is Work’s a Bitch and Then You Make It Work: 6 steps to go from pissed off to powerful.

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Forget Ikea, Crate and Barrel, and Pottery Barn! Self-made DIYer Ana White shows how ANYONE can build their ideal home from the ground up! Later, Dr. Jamie Koufman joins Vicki to share groundbreaking new information regarding acid reflux! 

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Ana White has evolved from an avid amateur carpenter with a healthy fear of power tools into an extraordinary DIYer who helped to build her home from the ground up, furniture too! Becoming obsessed with building, Ana soon discovered her greatest joy was helping others make the same discovery she has. Her blog gets over 3 million page views a month, and she is the founder of the wildly popular Ana-white.com. Talk shop with Ana at the signing event for her new book, The Handbuilt Home, at the Utah Avenue Home Depot in Seattle from 6-8PM on October 18th!

Do you consider yourself more of an introverted thinker? Maybe you are an extroverted feeler? Perhaps you fall somewhere in between. No matter how you answered, Devora Zack can help you become successful in your own skin by debunking myths regarding introverts and extroverts, examining how they complement each other, and utilizing your own natural strengths! Managing For People Who Hate Managing: Be A Success By Being Yourself addresses all of this and more! Devora is the CEO of leadership development firm Only Connect Consulting, Inc.

“We are in the midst of an epidemic,” says Dr. Jamie Koufman of the 125 million people who suffer from acid reflux. Dr. Koufman goes on to note that people with reflux are profoundly under-served and misdiagnosed. She looks to change that, however. As an internationally renowned pioneer and expert in airway reflux with over 30 years experience, Dr. Koufman serves as medical director for the flagship Koufman Reflux Center in midtown Manhattan which opened its doors this fall, utilizing cutting-edge and innovative diagnostics designed and developed by Koufman herself.

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In an ideal world, going green and saving greenbacks would go hand in hand. In her new book Ecothrifty, Deborah Niemann shows you how to make that a reality! Today, Vicki also chats with fortune 500-level executive leadership expert Cindy Wigglesworth about what she calls the frontier of our highest human potential in Spiritual Intelligence!

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Ecothrifty: Cheaper, Greener Choices for a Happier, Healthier Life is a must-read for anyone who has ever wanted to live a greener life but thought that it would be too time consuming, expensive, or difficult. Deborah Niemann has packed her latest book with simple and practical ideas and recipes to help you make homemade products for cleaning and skin care to growing your own foods and cooking more from scratch, helping you to raise your family while raising your standards and saving money! Deborah is an accomplished writer and self-sufficiency expert with several television and radio appearances to her credit.

For decades, Cognitive Intelligence (IQ) was the standard way businesses recruited the best and brightest, until the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) was embraced. Now, in her new book SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence, author Cindy Wigglesworth unlocks the final frontier to our highest human potential. She defines Spiritual Intelligence as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace, regardless of the situation. And don’t let the word “spiritual” throw you, as this is a set of skills anyone can learn, with or without having a religious tradition. Cindy founded her company, now known as Deep Change, after 20 years in human resources management with ExxonMobil.

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Ever get the feeling a tedious workaday job is holding you back from enjoying life? Gloria Burgess returns to Conversations Live with inspiration on how to make your work serve you! But first, Daniel Rechnitzer chats with Vicki about Universal Intelligence.

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Dr. Gloria Burgess loves inspiring others to create a bridge from what was, and what is, to what can be… and she has dedicated her life to doing just that. In her latest work, Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside, she uses the touching story of her father’s relationship with William Faulkner to demonstrate how to live your legacy now by connecting to the past, living with intention in the present, and freeing your talents to realize your full potential. After receiving her PhD from USC, Gloria has gone on to a fulfilling career as a speaker, author, executive coach, and consultant who engages individuals and organizations in the process of finding the vital core of their creative self.

Daniel Rechnitzer believes that our brains are capable of doing things we didn’t know were possible as he examines in his new book, The All Knowing Diary. Today, he joins Vicki to shed light on what he considers the ultimate in personal development in Universal Intelligence.

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Don’t let another opportunity slide by! Turn the most trivial encounters of your daily routines into potential life changing experiences with Kristin S. Kaufman! Later, Vicki chats with prolific writer and marketing expert Gail Z. Martin on how to turn productivity into profits!

Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair comes to you every Monday at noon Pacific on KKNW 1150AM and 94.9FM HD. Get more details on the show by following us on Facebook, and keep track of Vicki throughout the week on Twitter!

The world moves so fast these days, we are apt to miss much of what is happening ‘in the now.’ In her book Is This Seat Taken?, Kristin S. Kaufman offers a collection of highly personal stories that illustrate how a wealth of wisdom may come from the most unusual and unlikely sources. Kaufman’s business career has spanned 25 years, and has included executive positions at Hewlett-Packard, Vignette Corporation, and United Health Group. She is the founder of Alignment Inc., a unique services organization that helps individuals, corporations, and non-profits create sustainable success.

Laptops, smart phones, and tablet PCs have made today’s business owner more mobile than ever, but life on the go also makes it more difficult to stay organized, be productive, and focus on promoting one’s business. Using a short chapter/quick exercise format, 30 Days To Virtual Productivity Success introduces you to the 30 Day Results System. Thus armed, you’ll discover a wide variety of online and mobile programs and applications to boost productivity and increase visibility. Author Gail Z. Martin has a 26-year marketing career with extensive experience in virtual and traditional promotion. She owns Dreamspinner Communications, through which her live presentations, workshops and teleseminars share powerful marketing techniques for growing businesses. She is also the author of the internationally published fiction series, The Chronicles of the Necromancer.

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“Don’t sweat the small stuff” is a popular phrase, but PhD Tal Ben-Shahar, professor of the most popular course in Harvard history, suggests that it’s the little decisions we make everyday that can make the biggest impact to our happiness! 

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In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises. Now he is back with Choose The Life You Want: 101 Ways to Create Your Own Road to Happiness. Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices can have a direct, lifelong impact on our happiness. Not just the big, once in a lifetime choices, but the countless small choiceswe make every day, often barely even noticing! Tal Ben-Shahar’s classes on “Positive Psychology” and “The Psychology of Leadership” were among the largest courses in Harvard’s history, attracting nearly 20% of all Harvard undergrads. He has lectured around the world and holds a PhD in organizational behavior and a BA in philosophy.

Also joining Vicki today is Marlise Karlin, visionary pioneer and humanitarian who is recognized globally for igniting an energy of peace that brings exceptional healing to the mind and body. She is the author of The Power of Peace In You, guiding the reader through a stunningly simple methodology to find your inner peace in the face of stress and anxiety. Marlise’s journey took her from teenage runaway to successful entrepreneur and award-winning film producer. She has been interviewed on Fox and NBC news, and is a noted public speaker.

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