Executive coach Lynn Harris answers the question of why there are so few women on top in the business world. And resident Dream Coach Joyce Chapman answers listener questions and guides you in making your dreams reality.

In Unwritten Rules: What Women Need to Know About Leading in Today’s Organizations, Lynn Harris dispels the gender biased leadership myths prevalent in today’s workplace. She offers women essential information on how to lead and make informed career decisions. Harris is an executive coach and organizational development consultant who works internationally with individuals, teams, and organizations.

Once again, our resident Dream Coach Joyce Chapman offers advice and encouragement in answering listener questions. Let her help you turn your dream into reality!

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Hailed as “the undisputed mistress of the mystery novel” by the Tucson Citizen, J.A. Jance has over 15 million novels in print. Vicki discusses her latest work, Queen of the Night, and her unparalleled success. Later, international medical expert Dr. Alessio Fasano reveals many of his findings regarding how to cope with Celiac Disease. 

J.A. Jance has enjoyed extraordinary success as a novelist over the last three decades. She has regularly appeared on the bestselling lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. In addition to her prolific writing career, she is an avid crusader for many charitable causes including the YWCA, Humane Society, and the Girl Scouts. She spends her time between her Seattle and Tucson homes with her husband and two beloved dogs.

As the director of The University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research, Dr. Alessio Fasano leads a team of specialists and nurses to develop individual treatment plans for people with Celiac Disease. He sheds light on why so many people are misdiagnosed, how to treat it, and how to cope if your children are inflicted with this disease.

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Today, mystical and visionary writer Chanson Duvall takes you on a spiritual, yet down-to-earth journey in his new book, haunting murder mystery Our Lady of Dreams. Later, we discuss the current state of live theatre with Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Production Director Deana Duncan.  

It took Chanson Duvall nine years to complete his new novel, Our Lady of Dreams. He relied on his background in prayer and meditation to produce a work that is both profound in it’s simplicity and devastating in it’s implications. Duvall lives and teaches in-depth meditation in Southern California where he continues to write.

Now in it’s 14^th year, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) offers a variety of performances year-round. Production Director Deana Duncan is currently looking for talent for the 2010-2011 season auditions. She will discuss why it’s vital to keep the arts alive and active in schools. Duncan holds a degree in theatre arts, and has been with WICA for over ten years.

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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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