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Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness, Non Fiction, Self-help, Spirituality

May 24: Shamanic Healing with Dr. Sharon Martin

Maximize Your Healing Power & Overcome Health Challenges

Shamanic Healing with author Dr. Sharon Martin

Dr. Sharon Martin blends allopathic medicine with ancient shamanic knowledge to help her patients heal and increase vitality.

Today we discuss aspects of Dr. Martin’s new book Maximize Your Healing Power: Shamanic Healing Techniques to Overcome Your Health Challenges including how she blends five medicine wheels; her proprietary matrix of mind qualities; how to set intention. Why we need to lose the story. And how to identify and work with our Power Animals to bring about positive change.

About Sharon E. Martin, M.D., PhD

Dr. Sharon Martin holds a doctorate in Physiology, and worked as faculty and research scientist at Emory University School of Medicine. She graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, completing a medical residency in Internal Medicine. During the last year of residency, Dr Martin served as Chief Resident.  She is currently the Medical Director of a Rural Health Clinic in south central Pennsylvania.

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Health & Wellness, Nature, Non Fiction, Spirituality, Yoga

Mar 08: Heal Your Heart & Soul with Rebecca Wildbear

Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth

Wild Yoga with author Rebecca Wildbear

Rebecca Wildbear describers herself as an earth-centred writer and soul guide. She writes, “When we are in our bodies, at one with nature, we are in touch with intelligence more significant than our minds. Nature can inspire our movements, align us with our instincts, initiate us into living our soul’s purpose, and guide us in tending the well-being of all life.”

Rebecca shares what she believes differentiates the soul from the spirit. We talk about the importance of stillness, of listening to trees, of sitting with the earth, of allowing. And how to flow in the river of your heart waters.

About Rebecca Wildbear

Rebecca Wildbear is the author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth and has guided Wild Yoga programs since 2007. She worked as a yoga teacher trainer at Nosara Yoga Institute for many years and now guides nature and soul programs through Animas Valley Institute.

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Health & Wellness, Non Fiction, Self-help

Jan 11: How Food Supports Emotional Well-being with Mary Beth Albright

Eat & Flourish

Food expert Mary Beth Albright draws on cutting-edge science to explain how food has the power to nourish your mind and support emotional wellness.

Eat & Flourish is not a diet book. It’s a whole system, whole living look at how nutrition, environment, psychology, biology, and even pleasure work together to help alleviate depression, anxiety, and stress.

We also discuss: The food-mood connection. How Mary Beth redefines emotional eating. The power of the gut microbiome. And what you need to know about the gut-brain connection.

About Mary Beth Albright

Mary Beth Albright started this research while she worked at the Surgeon General’s office, with Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. She’s now a correspondent and editor at The Washington Post, writing for Health/Science, Food, Travel, and Book World (as she says – the things that make life good). She’s also a public health attorney with two award-winning video series, including Secret Table and Teach Dave to Cook.  Her latest book, Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-being.

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Health & Wellness, Self-help, Women's Issues

Jan 04: Dr. Nita’s Crash Course for Women: Better Sex, Better Health, Better You

What Women (& Men) Need to Know About Enjoying Better Sex, Health, & Life

Starting the year as we mean to go on, Dr. Nita Landry shares tips from her manifesto for women on good health, great sex, and living with vibrancy!

Dr. Nita answers questions about female sexuality, including orgasms, what the orgasm gap means, and why we should focus less on orgasms and more on just having fun. She also shares what we need to know about STDs. And the latest medical guidance on health screenings for cancer of the breast and cervix.

About Dr. Nita Landry

Nita Landry is an MD, OB-GYN. In addition to cohosting The Doctors, she served as a medical expert on other TV programs including Good Morning America, Today, Dr. Phil, CBS national news, and Black Entertainment Television. She served as an ambassador for National Women’s Health Week from 2018 through 2021. Dr. Nita Landry’s new book is Crash Course for Women: Better Sex, Better Health, Better you.

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Health & Wellness, Memoir, Non Fiction

Nov 30: Topher Brophy with Dog Dad

When you rescue an animal, who rescues who?

Life changed for Topher Brophy when he adopted his four-legged, look-alike  ‘love battery’ – aka Rosenberg.  One thing led to another, and today Brophy and Rosenberg have almost a quarter of a million followers on Instagram.

The title of Topher’s new book tells you exactly what we talk about today, DOG DAD: How Animals Bring Out the Best in Us and Can Help Save the World.

Studies show that living with animals can help improve our overall health. Pets provide emotional support proven to lower blood pressure, lift depression, reduce anxiety, increase feelings of joy and happiness – and they help us get out of our head and into nature.

*If you’re thinking of getting a new companion, Adopt Don’t Shop. Contact Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair for shelters near you, if you need help.*

About Topher Brophy

Topher Brophy is a New York-based Dog Dad artist who’s gained international attention through the socially conscious, imaginative photos of him and his son, Rosenberg The Dog.  Topher is donating all author proceeds from DOG DAD to American Humane.

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Health & Wellness, Personal Development, Self-help

Sep 28: Good Burdens: Living Joyfully in the Digitial Age with Christina Crook

Re-imagining a Life of Joy in the Age of Tech

It’s time to Forget #FOMO and aim for #JOMO with the Marie Kondo of Digital. Christina Crook shares why the internet was making her a lazy thinker, writer, and friend – and why seeing a priest bless an old Blackberry was her tipping point.

We discuss the elements of joy, the importance of commitment, the immense power of being brave. What it takes to realign your energy and prioritize your wellbeing so that tech works for you versus the other way around.  Her book Good Burdens offers conrete solutions on how to thrive in the age of the internet.

About Christina Crook

A digital mindfulness thought leader, speaker, writer, and host of the JOMO(cast) podcast, Christina Crook is a premiere voice in the world of digital wellbeing.  The author of the award-winning book The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World and the leader of a global #JOMO movement, she regularly shares her insights in outlets including The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and the BBC.  Christina’s latest book is Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully in the Digital Age.

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Health & Wellness, Journalism, Non Fiction, Psychology, Science, Self-help

JUL 06: Caroline Williams with MOVE

How the Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free

If you hate working out, loathe gong to the gym, listen up!  New science shows how even simple movement can boost your mental health.

Journalist Caroline Williams interviews Nobel prize winning scientists, yoginis, athletes, and health experts and learned that while going to the gym is great, it may not be the best solution for you.

We share how stretching lifts the draining effects of an overactive immune system. What dance can do for your emotional literacy. How core strength can help control stress and anxiety. And why emotional resilience is strengthened by physical strength.

About Caroline Williams

Veteran science journalist Caroline Williams says “I like talking almost as much as I like writing”. She has produced radio programs and reports for the BBC, across Science, Natural History, and Children’s Radio. Caroline writes regularly for New Scientist magazine, and her work’s been featured in the Boston Globe, BBC Earth, and the Guardian. She was co-presenter of the New Scientist podcast. Move! How the Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free is Caroline’s second book.

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Health & Wellness, Non Fiction, Personal Development, Professional Development, Psychology, Self-help

Jun 01: The Human Herd with Beth Anstandig

Awaken Your Natural Leadership & Become a Human Whisperer

Part guidebook, part manifesto, part wakeup call, Beth Anstandig wrote The Human Herd during what she calls The Great Pause — aka COVID lockdown — when so many people around the world felt isolated and disconnected.

Even in today’s techno world where we are constantly connected to our devices, and self-sufficiency is the norm, people still want and need human connection.  As a species, we’ve lived in herds for centuries, and need the support and connection of others to thrive. Today we discuss the 4 channels of awareness. How to look beyond project scope, and consider life scope. What horses can teach us about radical selfcare, anxiety, and giving and receiving feedback.

About Beth Anstandig

Beth Anstandig owns Take a Chance Ranch in CA where she provides leadership, culture, and wellbeing programs through The Circle Up Experience. She is a lifelong cowgirl, writer, professor, and licensed psychotherapist. For the past 25 years she’s trained and developed people using “natural leadership” —  a model that she created. Her work has been featured on BBC WORLD, PBS, and in FORBES.

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Health & Wellness, Personal Development, Self-help

Feb 23: Realign Your Energy & Prioritize Wellbeing in the Digital Age with Christina Crook

Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully in the Digital Age

Forget #FOMO and aim for #JOMO with the Marie Kondo of Digital. Christina Crook offers concrete solutions for thriving with tech. She shares why the internet was making her lazy as a thinker, writer, and friend – and why seeing a priest bless an old Blackberry was her tipping point.

From her book Good Burdens we discuss the elements of joy, the importance of commitment, the immense power of being brave. And what it takes to realign your energy and prioritize your wellbeing so that tech works for you versus the other way around.

About Christina Crook

Christina Crook is a pioneer and leading voice in the field of digital wellbeing. As the author of the award-winning book The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World and the leader of a global #JOMO movement, she regularly shares her insights in outlets including The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar and the BBC.  Christina Crook’s latest book is Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully in the Digital Age.

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Health & Wellness, Non Fiction, Science

Feb 02: Use the New Science of Body Movement to Set Your Mind Free with Caroline Williams

Move! by the author of My Plastic Brain

Studies say sitting is the new smoking — and the average American adult spends 70% of their time sitting or lying down. Imagine what that does to your body over time. And now, we know, it also affects your mind and mental health.

In Move! journalist Caroline Williams explores the emerging science of how movement opens up a hotline to our minds. Interviewing Nobel prize winning scientists, yoga gurus, and practitioners of all kinds of movement, she reveals that while going to the gym is great, it’s not necessarily the best or only solution.

Today we discuss how core strength is linked to stress and anxiety control. Why stretching can override the mood-sapping effects of an overactive immune system. What dance can do for our emotional literacy. Why physical strength translates into emotional resilience … and more.

About Caroline Williams

Science journalist Caroline Williams says “I like talking almost as much as I like writing”, and over the years she has produced and presented radio programs and reports for the BBC, across Science, Natural History, and Children’s Radio. She has more than 20 years of experience in science journalism and writes regularly for New Scientist magazine, Her work’s been featured in the Boston Globe, BBC Earth, the Guardian, and more. She was  also co-presenter of the New Scientist podcast. Move! How the Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free is Caroline’s second book.

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