Do you tend to flip out over little things, later realizing all you have done is made a bad situation worse? Dr. Judith Siegel can help you control your emotional reactions, thereby improving your relationships with others and yourself! Dr. Kerry Crofton explains why kids under 18 are among the most at risk from cell phone radiation.

Ever have a day where you started off feeling like Dr. David Banner, and before lunch your inner rage is bugging your eyes out and turning your skin green? Dr. Judith Siegel’s new book, Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions can help you understand and overcome those intense reactions to difficult situations. Dr. Siegel is an Associate Professor at the New York University Silver School of Social Work where she has taught for over twenty years.

Dr. Kerry Crofton is a health educator and the author of Wireless Radiation Rescue: Safeguarding Your Family from the Risks of Electro-Pollution. Her research shows why kids and pregnant women are most at risk, why the government safety standards offer little protection to us, and how we can protect our kids from these dangers.

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Amy Harcourt uses 25 years of experience as a marketing professional to answer vital questions about bidding, pricing, and more for any size business. And today, our resident Dream Coach Joyce Chapman discusses how to move on and regroup if a dream no longer fits you.

Amy Harcourt considers herself a business catalyst for entrepreneurs. With over two decades of in the business world specializing in strategic planning and new business development, she has used her experiences to develop progressive strategies for bidding and pricing. Today she discusses how to set price points, compete with lower bids, how to compromise if you really want a job and the client won’t bend, and more.

And today’s second segment features our resident Dream Coach Joyce Chapman. She answers how to get through the times when life forces your hand and you need to make a u-turn to move forward.

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Over 200 million Americans have a Vitamin D deficiency. Dr. Michael Holick explains why Vitamin D is vital to our health. And Dr. Craig Martin delves into how to live, laugh, and love more by understanding your elemental love styles.

Dr. Michael Holick is the director of the General Clinical Research Unit and professor of medicine, bio-physics, and physiology at Boston University Medical Center. In his landmark book, The Vitamin D Solution: a 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problem, he identifies the causes of Vitamin D deficiency, debunking myths and providing an easy way to attain optimal levels of this essential vitamin.

Dr. Craig Martin is an astrologer, spiritual counselor, and holistic healer who found an intuitive system to determine your love style by looking to the four elements: air, fire, earth and water. His book, Elemental Love Styles, gives readers the tools to create deep and lasting relationships. He shows how astrology can play a role in your romantic relationships.

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From comic books, to New York Times bestselling novels, to co-creating a critically acclaimed tv series, Brad Meltzer has shared his prodigious writing skills with the world for most of his life. But no project has been as close to his heart as his latest book, Heroes For My Son. Vicki discusses this touching project as well as the rest of Meltzer’s eclectic body of work.  

Having written six New York Times Bestselling works of fiction, Brad Meltzer takes his first foray in the world of non-fiction writing with Heroes For My Son, a collection of stories about remarkable historical figures, some famous, some unknown. He finds the single moment within each of these stories that makes the person a hero, his goal being to inspire and teach his son that anything is possible, even with the odds stacked against him.

Along with his success as a novelist, Meltzer had a stint writing the Justice League of America comic book series, among other comic book projects. He was also the co-creator of the television series Jack and Bobby. In addition to his writings, Meltzer runs his own charity site, www.Ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com.

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Dr. Barbara King examines why we care so deeply about our furry, scaly, and most of all irresistible friends in the animal world. And Gordon Grice introduces us to some amazing and fascinating true stories of encounters with wildlife.  

Barbara King has studied monkeys in Kenya and various apes in captive settings to advance her thesis that humans and animals have deeper emotional connections than previously thought. She is Chancellor Professor of Anthropology at The College of William and Mary, and is the author of the recently released Being With Animals.

In his funny and fascinating book, Deadly Kingdom, Gordon Grice makes it clear we are not necessarily on top of the food chain. Today he shares remarkable tales of life in the wild, from the menacing, to the beautiful, to the gory and downright disturbing. Eric Reidar, Conversations Live studio producer and musician, is our special guest interviewer.

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Kathryn Schulz allays our fears of being wrong, Dr. Eric Maisel talks about how to make obsessions work for you, and Dream Coach Joyce Chapman with your monthly tip to achieve your dreams! 

In her book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Kathryn Schulz demonstrates that it’s ok to make mistakes, and examines why we pressure ourselves to be right all the time. She is an author and journalist who claims (quite credibly) the dubious honor of world’s leading “wrongologist.”

Eric Maisel, P.H.D. proves the old adage “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” in his new book Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions. He shows how being mindful, focused, and engaged in one thing can help us achieve our dreams, even long forgotten ones! Maisel is an author and family therapist who is widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach.

And of course, Joyce Chapman, our resident Dream Coach, joins us with this months coaching tip to help you live your dreams!

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You might be surprised about what really goes into the development of new drugs and getting us to buy them … especially since two-thirds of the US population now take prescription drugs. And Americans spend more on medicating themselves than all the people of Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina–combined! Researchers say that one American dies every five minutes from prescription drugs “taken as directed.” Find out what you need to know … listen to podcast now or tune in today at noon Pacific Time.

Melody Petersen is a former reporter for The New York Times, where she covered the pharmaceutical industry. Her investigative reporting won a Gerald Loeb award – one of the highest honors in business journalism. She’s been on Bill Moyer’s Journal and in her new book – Our Daily Meds – Petersen, investigates the pharmaceutical industry and how its marketers “invent diseases to sell the pills that ‘cure’ them”. The New York Times calls this Melody Petersen’s work “Tough, cogent, and disturbing … A chilling investigation.” Rebroadcast.

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Journalist Jonathan Green gained rare entrance into the shadow-land of the Himalayas to examine the lengths we will go to fight oppression and achieve freedom. And Kurt Hoelting takes us inside his yearlong car-free adventure from the San Juan Islands.

Jonathan Green is an award winning author and journalist who examines the enduring true story of a Buddhist nun whose life was taken as she tried to gain her freedom from Chinese occupied Tibet. He brings a firsthand account of the plight of the Tibetans in his book Murder in the High Himalaya.

As a personal response to the challenge of climate change, Kurt Hoelting made a commitment in 2008 to spend the year car-free, and explore the riches within a 60 mile radius of his home. He documents his year of wilderness exploration, conservation, and contemplation in his book The Circumference of Home: One Man’s Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life.

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No one escapes hurt, sadness, or fear at some point during their lives. But your real story begins when you work through those feelings and decide, “Okay, what’s next?” Listen to rebroadcast at Noon PT on KKNW. Or listen to PODCAST of live show. First aired June 2008. Happy Memorial Day!

She was a CNN anchor for 12 years, facing what she called “the big blank slate” of her life. After 20 years in television, she’d lost her passion; CNN would not be renewing her contract at year end. And she had no idea what to do or in which direction to head. But she did know that she wanted to make a difference. Daryn Kagan joins Vicki to share the inspirational journey of how she reinvented herself and her life, going from hard news and sports reporter to inspirational story teller. Her new book, What’s Possible! 50 True Stories of People Who Dared to Dream They Could Make a Difference. Learn more about today’s dynamic guest and the life-changing work she now does at DarynKagan.com.

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Sheri Winston is a trained medical professional and an expert in the field of sex therapy. We also speak with CEO, author, business coach, and life-strategist Tom Ferry. 

Sheri Winston has helped thousands of men and women have mind-blowing sex! Her latest book, Women’s Anatomy of Arousal, won the 2010 Book of the Year Award from AASECT. Learn more at www.intimateartscenter.com.

Tom Ferry is a success coach, motivational leader, and author who’s on a mission to reveal his secrets to acheivment and balance at work and home. His cutting-edge approach aims to conquer the four addictions that he says hold us back from living to our greatest potential. See more about Tom Ferry and his work at Life! By Design.

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