National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated hit series Brain Games returns to the airwaves with Johns Hopkins psychologist Dr. Susan Carnell kicking things off! Publisher’s Weekly calls Susan Wiggs latest work, The Beekeepers Ball, “a dazzling intergenerational tale of courage and hope.” This great summer read continues in her tradition of writing heart warming novels with substantive plot lines and her trademark engaging writing style.

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Susan Wiggs is a Harvard graduate and former math teacher who has enjoyed immense success as a writer, becoming internationally recognized with millions of copies of her books in print. Her legions of fans will not be disappointed with her latest work, The Beekeepers Ball, as it cements her reputation as a writer with richly imagined plots that weaves secrets, family ties, and the inedible imprint love can make on the heart. A #1 NYT and USA Today bestseller, Susans first novel was published in 1987 and since then her 40 contemporary and historical novels have garnered her numerous prestigious awards, and her works regularly appear on “Best Of” lists including those featured on NPR and Booklist. Based in Bainbridge Island, Susan is a frequent workshop leader and speaker at writers’ conferences and libraries across the country.

Have you ever heard the phrase “thinking with your stomach?” National Geographic’s Brain Games returns with an episode in which you will discover that what ends up in your belly has more to do with your brain than your mouth. Johns Hopkins psychologist Dr. Susan Carnell guests on the first episode this season and helps educate viewers on topics such as some VERY surprising ingredients that may color your food, why many food companies are more concerned with what’s on the box rather than what’s inside, and why seeing red can make you reach for something you might otherwise pass up.  Dr. Carnell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.  Her research focuses on the psychological and biological drivers of appetite.

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Today Vicki and staff cordially invite you to help us celebrate the 7th anniversary of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair! Join us as we enjoy some of the best moments and favorite books from the past year. We’d like to thank all of our listeners… those who have been with us for all 7 years and those who have recently discovered our show… for helping us to create one hour a week of enlightened discussion that has stood the test of time. It’s your feedback that keeps us going and helps us to keep on top of what you want to hear!

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Learn to transform grief into healing with Dr. Jamie Turndorf and her new book Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace with the Deceased. Do you have an “executive edge?” It’s almost an indefinable quality but is crucial to advancing in today’s competitive landscape. After working with over 100,000 people in the last 22 years, Kim Zoller and her co-writer Kerry Preston’s new book Enhancing Your Executive Edge: How to Develop the Skills to Lead and Succeed can help you put that promotion within your reach.

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Fortune 500 companies name strong interpersonal skills as the most important criteria for success in management positions. Branding and leadership experts Kim Zoller and Kerry Preston have teamed up to present Enhancing Your Executive Edge: How to Develop the Skills to Lead and Succeed. In their over 2 decades of experience coaching and training leadership, they have discovered there are two sides of the coin to advancing your career: technical and job skills, and interpersonal skills. Once you learn to master both, you get the “executive edge” you need to make the sky the limit! Zoller and Preston are partners in Image Dynamics, where they build highly successful and customized coaching training programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

When loved ones die, we often say we “lost” them, but relationship expert and therapist Dr. Jamie Turndorf learned in an intensely personal way that they are not lost at all. With Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace with the Deceased, Dr. Turndorf shares the amazing true story of her spiritual reconnection with her deceased husband and the emotional healing that transformed her life. Known to millions as Dr. Love, Dr. Turndorf is considered the “go to” relationship expert on CNN, CBS, VH1, WebMD, and MSNBC. She blends her spicy wit with her professional expertise to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that can help change lives.

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Are you where you want to be profesionally? Whether you want to advance faster, switch jobs, or even jump to a new field entirely, branding expert Dorie Clark offers a step-by-step guide to a brighter future in Reinventing You. As we approach the 7th anniversary of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair, Vicki hand-selected some of her favorite segments, today we will be enjoying Po Bronson’s insights into winning and losing, and Austin Kleon on how to get your body of work noticed!

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Building a career that thrives on your own unique passions and talents can be a challenge. Branding expert Dorie Clark believes that in order to achieve that goal at some point you will need to reinvent yourself professionally. With Reinventing You, Clark mixes personal stories along with interviews from well known success stories such as Mark Zuckerberg and Al Gore to create a step-by-step guide to take control of your career and build a reputation that allows you to live the life you want. Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. She is a former presidential campaign spokeswoman and consults and speaks with a diverse range of clients, from Google to the Mt. Sinai Medical Center to the National Park Service.

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Denise Jaden’s Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in 30 Days provides a quick and inspirational guide to writing an engaging first draft of a novel in one month’s time! And look no further for inspiration than some great summer reads as Third Place Books managing partner Robert Sindelar joins Vicki and offers his recommendations.

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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in 30 Days is a step-by-step, day-by-day guide to writing a structurally sound and engaging first draft of a novel in one month’s time. Author Denise Jaden provides a great starting point for writers as they ditch time-wasters and take a detour from frustrations that can mount quickly. She gives readers a map to help them decide where to go with their story and how to get there.

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Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature

Tina Welling shares her insights on how to open the flow of creative energy and improve writing skills by forming a relationship with nature in Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature.

Also joining Vicki live on air, New York Times bestselling Steve Martini recently participated in the unprecedented writing event known as Faceoff, an 11-story anthology bringing together 23 of the world’s top thriller writers and their beloved series characters.

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One summer day, author Tina Welling was hiking in the wilderness when Mother Nature revealed  an epiphany, and the inspiration for Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature was conceived. Tina is the author of three novels including Cowboys Never Cry. Tina Welling’s  nonfiction work has been featured in a variety of anthologies.

NYT bestelling author Steve Martini joins Vicki to discuss a first-time event where some of the world’s greatest thriller characters are gathered in Faceoff — a collection of short stories made possible by the International Thriller Writers. Where else can you read about Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme meeting John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport. Or Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone facing James Rollins’ Gray Pierce? Two of Martini’s novels were adapted for TV network miniseries.

Full of international escapades, unforeseen disasters, and new-world twists on old-world secrets, Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris paints a picture of flourishing and following a dream even after suffering a great loss, as author Paula Moulton embarked on her journey nearly 10 years after her husband was killed in a car accident. Also today, Seattle’s Dr. Jeffrey Bland introduces us to Healthcare 2.0 in The Disease Delusion… and how his healthcare model opens the door to conquering chronic disease!

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Nearly ten years after her husband was killed in a car accident and three days before the 2003 release of the first edition of Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris, author Paula Moulton took a risk and enrolled in a wine management program at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. The second edition of her book details the adventures that ensue as she struggles to cope with the rigors of the French academic system, life as a cellar rat in Bergerac, and an internship as a sommelier at a prestigious restaurant. Paula is the CEO of A Sip Away, a viticulturist and award-winning winemaker with over 25 years in the business.

We are living in an era of chronic disease, but according to Seattle area biochemist Dr. Jeffrey Bland we no longer need to be. In The Disease Delusion, Dr. Bland notes that science has opened the door for a new kind of healthcare which can be practiced by everyone, providing a way to conquer the causes of these debilitating conditions rather than treating the symptoms with pills. Dr. Bland is an internationally recognized leader in nutritional medicine and is known for his ability to simplify complex scientific concepts to make them personable and accessible.

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Enjoy this encore broadcast of Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair.  Vicki returns live next week!
Hattie Kauffman spent over 2 decades interviewing presidents, Oscar winners, astronauts and Olympians. She has covered wildfires, murder trials, and delved into personal interest stories. Now, for the first time, she is telling her own story with her memoir Falling Into Place, at once shocking, heartbreaking, uplifting and redemptive. Later, artist author Elaine Clayton challenges you to tap into your creativity with her new book Making Marks: Discover the Art of Intuitive Drawing.

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Nationally recognized for her high-profile interviews and coverage of disasters and triumphs that affected millions, four-time Emmy winner Hattie Kauffman candidly shares the experiences that made her into a perceptive newswoman in her best-selling memoir, Falling Into Place: A Memoir of Overcoming. Thinking she had left her ghosts behind, her world came crashing down around her one Autumn day as she was forced to face all she had been running from. These events and what she learned about herself both surprised her and shaped her into the remarkable woman she became. Kauffman spent nearly 22 years with CBS, reporting for many of their top-rated news programs. Before that, she was a special correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America, and got her start on NBC’s Seattle affiliate, King 5 news. A member of the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho, Kauffman holds the distinction of being the first Native American to file a report on a network news broadcast.

Whether doodling in a notebook or drawing in the sand, freeform drawings are windows into our intuitive selves. Every simple mark we make contains visual imagery with the power to open us up to solutions and answers, heal the past, and increase our empathic sensing. In Making Marks: Discover the Art of Intuitive Drawing, Elaine Clayton leads you on a journey where there is no need to stress about the perfect composition or style, as even the most carefree and simple drawing has a world of power and information waiting to be unleashed! Elaine is an artist, author, certified Reiki Master, and workshop instructor. She has penned and illustrated several children’s books and has done the illustrations for several noteworthy authors.

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At once neurotic and hilarious, author Brian Leaf chronicles his immersion into alternative parenting approaches in the witty Misadventures of a Parenting Yogi. But eventually children fly the coop, and Wendy Aronsson is there to counter the anxiety and help manage the changes that come with in Refeathering the Empty Nest. Finally, Dr. Jamie Koufman returns to explain why your breathing troubles may have been misdiagnosed as asthma in The Chronic Cough Enigma.

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“Brian Leaf has struck the perfect balance between honesty, humor, passion, and compassion,” says actress and PhD Mayim Bialik in her praise of the author’s new book, Misadventures of a Parenting Yogi. He begins the book by spilling the contents of his coat pocket (which includes one clean diaper and one pair of soiled children’s underwear) and takes the reader on a ever enthusiastic, neurotic and hilarious immersion into alternative parenting. Brian’s unique and humorous perspectives on life as a parent makes his advice and techniques easy to follow and easy to master. He is the owner and director of the holistic New Leaf Learning Center in western Massachusetts and has spent 23 years studying, practicing, and teaching yoga, meditation and Ayurveda.

A nice, clean and quiet house. Time to focus on leisure activities, or refocus your energy on exciting new projects you had been putting off. These are the benefits of seeing the last of your children fly the coop and embark on their own life’s journey out from under your wing. But licensed psychotherapist Wendy Aronsson knows many couples face the prospect of an empty nest with anxiety and trepidation. In Refeathering the Empty Nest: Life After the Children Leave, Aronsson provides parents with practical advice on how to face this new chapter of their lives and make the transition productively and forging stronger relationships with their now-young adults. Wendy holds her own private practice as a psychotherapist in Greenwich, CT, and has been a consultant and guest lecturer at area schools and their associated organizations.

Think you might have asthma? If you’ve been coughing and wheezing like crazy, then that seems like a reasonable diagnosis, right? Not so fast, cautions Dr. Jamie Koufman. Focus for a moment on your trouble breathing… if you have trouble breathing IN instead of OUT, you might be actually suffering from silent reflux, not asthma. “Eighty percent of people diagnosed with asthma are misdiagnosed,” estimates Koufman, a pioneering laryngologist, whose new book The Chronic Cough Enigma delves into how to recognize, properly diagnose, and treat neurogenic and reflux-related cough. Dr. Koufman has lectured widely around the globe and is recognized as one of America’s leading laryngologists. She is professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at New York Medical College. She is an award winning doctor, including receiving a lifetime achievement award from the American Laryngological Association.

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Exploring inspirational messages with returning guest Rev. Dr. Karen Tate, as she discusses her work in Goddess Calling: Inspirational Messages and Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy. Also today, NYT Bestseller Andrew Gross discusses his work as a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and his latest book, Everything to Lose.

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A very long time ago Christianity was the liberation theology of our time. But today, many realize that the ideals of the Sacred Feminine are needed to maintain a sustainable future to provide freedom, justice, and women’s rights and equality. Rev. Dr. Karen Tate delves into what it will take to achieve these goals in Goddess Calling: Inspirational Messages and Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy. Rev. Dr. Tate is a speaker, author and social justice activist who has spent the better part of 20 years fueling her intense interest in travel, comparative religions, ancient cultures and Goddess Spirituality. She is often interviewed in print, on television and radio, and hosts her own radio show, Voices of the Sacred Feminine.

Returning guest Andrew Gross has authored numerous New York Times bestsellers and has co-authored five number one bestsellers with Robert Patterson. Many of his books have gone on to become international bestsellers. He is widely regarded as one of the top thriller writers of his generation, and his latest book, Everything to Lose, is a propulsive thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns and the type of tension that keeps the pages turning way past bedtime!

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