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Myrtle Beach Days – a Visual & Literary Celebration of the Grand Strand

2012-09-27T03:28:43.000Z

Myrtle Beach Days – a Visual & Literary Celebration of the Grand Strand

Exhibition Sept. 1 – Oct. 3, 2012

Reception & Book Signing Saturday, Sept. 29, 1 – 4 p.m.

Myrtle Beach Days – a Visual & Literary Celebration of the Grand Strand opened at Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. on Sept. 1 and runs through Oct. 3. It includes photography by famed Myrtle Beach historian Jack Thompson and paintings by Gwen Dumas (oil), Steve Jameson (acrylic), and Babs Ludwick (watercolor). Several books about the area will also be included in the display, including “Memories of Myrtle Beach” by Jack Thompson, “Fat Harold: Legendary King of Shag” by Howie Thompson, and“The Ocean Forest” and “Damn Yankee” by Troy D. Nooe.

There will be a reception and book signing on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. The artists and authors will be on hand to meet the public and answer questions about their work and experiences. The event is free. No reservations are required.

Gallery owner Ginny Lassiter said, “Myrtle Beach is such an iconic landmark and holds so much history for so many of us, I’ve been wanting to put together an exhibition for some time now. Since we have a section of local literature and host many local writers in our Coffee With the Author series, it made sense to feature them, too.”

Acrylic artist Steve Jameson is known throughout the Grand Strand for his colorful, larger-than-life depictions of iconic Myrtle Beach landmarks such as the carousel at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion and downtown eatery Mammy’s Kitchen. He has also illustrated children’s books, including “Just Imagine” (2006), which earned a Seal of Excellence from Creative Child magazine in 2007.

Calabash, N.C. artist Babs Ludwick works mainly in water media. She is free spirited as both a woman and an artist, unencumbered by expectations or labels. Her giclee print of Fat Harold’s in the Ocean Drive section of North Myrtle Beach is well known in shag and beach music circles, but this is the first time she will be offering the original for sale.

Gwen Dumas prefers to work in oil. The Southern Pines, N.C. artist has an affinity for Myrtle Beach, creating snapshots of the beach, the Pavilion and other landmark moments on her many canvases.

Originally from Greenville, S.C., Jack Thompson has been photographing Myrtle Beach happenings since he took a job at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion in the early fifties. That was Jack behind the camera snapping “mug shots” at the Myrtle Beach Jail. He was there during the heyday of the Ocean Forest Hotel and he was there when it imploded. Some of his most sought-after images, including his iconic photo of The Pad, will be in the Myrtle Beach Days exhibition at Sunset River Marketplace. Jack will also be on hand with his coffee table book, “Memories of Myrtle Beach” during the book-signing on Sept. 29.

Other authors include Troy D. Nooe (“The Ocean Forest” and “Damn Yankee”) and Howie “Coach” Thompson (Fat Harold: the Legendary King of Shag).

Mystery writer Troy Nooe is originally from Baltimore, Md., but resides in Myrtle Beach now. His pair of retro mysteries combine classic noir suspense with local historical fact, and both feature the escapades of low-budget gumshoe Frankie McKeller. The two books are set in Myrtle Beach, but are getting noticed all around the country. “The Ocean Forest” has been nominated for a Shamus Award by The Private Eye Writers of America.

Howie Thompson was born in Darien, Ct. He was active in sports as a child and continued through college. After moving to Durham, N.C. in 199, he coached softball and soccer for both boys and girls. After moving to Little River, S.C. in 2006, he met many people in the shag and beach music community. He has written both fiction and nonfiction books and has been a columnist for the Savannah Daily News Online magazine. “I met Harold Bessent in the fall of 2011 and we became good friends,” says Thompson. His book chronicles the life of the legendary beach club own and includes interviews with many key players in the local music scene.

Sunset River Marketplace is located at 10283 Beach Drive SW (Hwy. 179) in Calabash, N.C. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website: www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com . Daily updates are posted on the gallery’s Facebook page.

Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD Announces Workshop Series at AWAREMed

2012-09-20T11:09:53.000Z

In an expanded effort to educate the community and healthcare professionals, Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD, Founder of AWAREMed Health and Wellness Resource Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, will be leading a weekly series of workshops combined with a new internet radio show and blogs surrounding the given topics. Beginning on Wednesday, October 3, at the AWAREMed location, from 6-7:30 ET, the series will focus on various topics of health, wellness, prevention and disease treatment options covering aspects of the complete body, mind, and spiritual health.

Dr. Akoury's presentations are geared towards the medical profession and anyone who is interested in learning how to find complete wellness for themselves. The presentations are easy to understand, given in a relaxed and serene atmosphere, and in terms the general public can comprehend and embrace.

Dr. Akoury says, "It's every patient's responsibility to advocate for their options in their personal health care. We strive to allow all known options to be given and explained and work with patients on an individual basis to create a complete environment of wellness no matter what their condition."

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the October series will speak intelligently to the issue of breast cancer, covering important topics such as breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment options. Dr. Akoury will also talk about relevant pharmaceutical grade supplements available to help in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer and will have them available at the AWAREMed location or for purchase through the online store.

The Breast Cancer Workshops will be interactive allowing participants to learn more by receiving "lesson plans" to follow and take home with them in order to best comprehend each session of the workshop and carry the message beyond themselves. At the end of the workshop sessions they will receive a diploma from AWAREMed's Wellness U stating they have completed all of the workshop sessions in the course.

To reach the widest audience possible, Dr. Akoury will be broadcasting on a new internet radio show weekly, from Inside Lenz Network, details to follow at a later date. Listeners will be guided to download the lesson plans in order to follow along as well as submit any questions they would like to have answered on air. Listeners will be able to listen live and take part in the interactive chat room, or listen later to the podcasts at their convenience. There will be an occasional lineup of interesting guests to address the topics of discussion as well.

Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD is fellowship trained and certified in anti-aging functional and regenerative medicine, as well as having more than twenty years of accumulated experience in emergency medicine, pediatrics, and a master’s degree in public health. She has also served fellowships in pediatric hematology/oncology and has preformed research in leukemia and the effects of smoking.

“My mission is to ignite the spark of health deep within everyone, and to allow this sparkle of wellness to shine through everyone’s eyes, becoming one with the universe, and aligning body, mind, and spirit.”….Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD

In the near future, AWAREMed will be announcing dates for a planned retreat to take place in beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Targeted towards healing and education, the retreat will be open to health care professionals as well as those who wish to learn more about how to effectively change the course of their lives and transform into a better state of health.

AWAREMed October Breast Cancer Awareness Workshops:

Wednesdays, October 3-10-17-24 6pm-7:30pm ET
AWAREMed Health and Wellness Institute
4710 Oleander Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
RSVP 843.213.1480 or news@awaremed.com

Taste of Confusion

2012-09-18T19:15:54.000Z

It's just...a...small....obsession.

nothing I can't handle!

It's just....one thing.....eating me alive!

It's your face I see when I close my eyes,

(my bright day turns to darkness.)

I breath you in,

I scream you out

(break again.)

Not strong enough to put the wall up inside.

Everything touched by you is poison,

( let your fingers trail my skin....)

so why am I so eager?

(so fragile?)

I can't pretend I don't enjoy the darkness in your eyes.

cab't pretend I don't revile in your wicked smile.

( pretend it's not spreading)

I...fought so hard....to keep my distance

Don't know how many time I can turn away...

but your siren call is .......dragging

(keep me fading)

Close my eyes to this.

(have to keep conrol of me)

I don't see how I can win,

with all you anger pushing me

(pulling me.)

Whats become of me?

Should adult adoptees have access to their own record?

2012-09-16T15:09:59.000Z

I did not write this, this is a research paper done by Gina Miller, and adult adoptee

http://http://www.facebook.com/notes/gina-miller/should-adult-adoptees-have-access-to-their-own-records/10150412430372829

Research Paper

Gina Miller

Should Adult Adoptees Have Access to Their Own Records?

In 1965, Jeff Hancock was born in the city of Buffalo and had lived in Western New York State his entire life. Jeff was used to crossing the U.S./Canadian border for business and pleasure as a routine part of his life. In late 2006, the U.S. State Department announced plans to require all U.S. citizens to possess a U.S. Passport for the purpose of entering and returning from Canada. Jeff began to get documents in order, and requested his birth certificate from his mother as part of the application process for a United States Passport. His mother was very reluctant to give him his birth certificate, and only provided it after Jeff mentioned that he could purchase a replacement copy through his state’s Vital Records Department. This is how Jeff found out at age 41 that he was adopted.

At this point the term “birth certificate” needs to be defined. Adoptees actually have two birth certificates. The first certificate is the “Original Birth Certificate,” otherwise referred to as an “O.B.C.” The second is referred to as an “Amended Birth Certificate.” The differences between the two are fundamental. The O.B.C. contains the adoptee’s name at birth, the name of the birth mother and father, attending physicians, hospital, time and date of birth, and location. In contrast, the Amended Birth Certificate lists adoptive parents as birth parents, and is void of any information that reveals the adoptee’s pre-finalized adoption past.

Due to current passport application requirements that are only revealed on his O.B.C., Jeff will never travel outside of the United States of America again. He will never lay on a beach in Mexico, climb the Eiffel tower, or kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland. How frightening to think that every person whose adoption is completed more than a year after their birth is to be denied their birthright to possess a passport? Jeff and other adoptees that were in foster care past their first birthday are living in betrayal through the hands of the only government they have ever known. Presently there are only eight states in the U.S.A. that are considered “Open Access States.” These states offer unlimited adoptee access to his or her OBC. Unless an adoptee lives in Tennessee, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Kansas, Oregon, Alaska, or Alabama, access to their original identity is forbidden. Jeff’s story is only one example of how adoptees are discriminated against in the United States.

Adoption has existed from the time that Pharaoh’s daughter drew Moses from the waters of the Nile. Adoption was common in ancient Rome, where Patricians that did not have an heir that they deemed suitable would adopt someone to become their heir. Julius Caesar adopted Octavian to be his heir, and Octavian adopted Tiberius. Adoption has been around as long as human life has existed. From the beginning of time, there have been mothers who have been either unable or unwilling to parent their babies.

Betty Jean Lifton accounts in her book, “Journey of the Adopted Self” how in the time of the ancient Greek myths Oedipus was a victim of lies and secrecy in adoption. Oedipus was an adoptee who was unaware of his adoption. His father was warned by the Oracle at Delphi that he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus grew up not knowing he had been hung by his pierced heels from a tree, and survived because a kindly shepherd cut him down and gave him to King Polybus and Queen Meriope of Corinth to develop as their own child. Like so many well meaning adoptive parents, the king and queen kept Oedipus’ past from him. When he eventually found out his history, he confronted his adoptive parents, who lied to him. Oedipus fled to another kingdom, and on the way he murdered an imperious stranger, then marrying the stranger’s widow. Had Oedipus been told the truth from the beginning, he would not have fled. The man he murdered was revealed to be his birth-father and the widow he married was indeed his birth-mother. The lies and secrecy surrounding his adoption led to his fulfillment of the oracle’s prophecy. (22)

However, adoption records were not always sealed. E. Wayne Carp in his book, “Family Matters, History of Secrecy and Disclosure in Adoption” tells of the history of adoption secrecy. From the time of World War I social workers were more concerned with keeping families together and kinship then they were with placing children for adoption. Many states began to require registers of births and deaths so that the whereabouts of these people could be tracked. Child placement agencies took every step when the children of unwilling or deceased parents were placed for adoption to conserve the information that may be of vital importance to the adoptee at one point later in his or her life.

An official of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Children stated, “It is better to write a thousand records that are not used than to fail to be able to supply a vital bit of family history when it is needed. By the beginning of World War II collecting family information by adoption agencies and social workers was considered ideal. Ora Pendleton, executive secretary of the Children’s Bureau of Philadelphia and vice chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers, insisted that “information may be desired at some future time either by the adopting parents or by the child who has been adopted. These people should have access to whatever part of it they need.” While there may be many who never would ask for the information; Pendleton insisted “they are entitled to it if they do want it. The very knowledge that it can be made available to them if they want it is in itself a reassurance to them.”

As late as 1946 at the National Conference of Social Work Grace Louise Hubbard, supervisor at SCAA Child Placing and Adoption Committee, stressed the importance of “preserving the child’s true heritage through complete records.” Post World War II, agencies and child placement workers began to be concerned about the stigma of illegitimacy, and began looking for ways to prevent the adoptees from being discriminated against due to their illegitimate status at birth. It must be stressed that initially records were sealed to prevent outsiders from having access to whether or not an individual was illegitimate. There were separate cultural stigmas at the time, and mothers who were pregnant out of wedlock were highly discriminated against. Opposing the stigma birth-mothers faced was the stigma of infertility that married couples faced.

Children were perceived as being of bad blood, and were discriminated against because of the stigma of illegitimacy. Records were never intended to be blocked from access to any members of the Adoption Triad (Birth-Parents, Adoptive-Parents, and Adopted peoples). (37-101) Today this stigma no longer exists, but adoption records remain sealed in all but less than 10 states.

One reason for this is because adoption has become a multi-billion dollar industry. It is largely unregulated, and sealed records have allowed in the past for corrupt deeds to go undiscovered. Seymour Fenichel was an adoption attorney out of New York. He is one of many corrupt adoption facilitators, and one of the very few who was caught and imprisoned. Seymour Fenichel would encourage young mothers to give up their babies, and set up prospective adoptive parents with the possibility of an infant adoption. He would charge high rates, and the amended birth records were falsified with phony birth dates, locations, and names. He is only one of countless unscrupulous facilitators that saw a cash cow in providing babies to infertile couples.

William and Lila Young, Thomas Hicks, Dr. Katherine Cole, Bessie Bernard, and Georgia Tann all were unscrupulous providers of adoption services. Their practices charged outrageous fees to prospective adoptive parents. They charged huge, imaginary “fees” while relying on secrecy in the practice of sealed records to cover up their trade of human flesh. These baby-thieves would set up shop in one state, advertise in another, and send expectant mothers to yet a third state while finalizing the adoption in a final fourth state. Mirah Riben, author of Big Business in Babies: Adoption, the Child Commodities Market, is a biological mother of an infant lost to adoption. Riben states that, “Expectant mothers are isolated from their families, and a dependent bond is created with them by having prospective adopters pay their living and medical expenses, and virtually hold them hostage, blackmailing them to relinquish or pay back those expenses. The babies are then placed with a family after the family pays tens of thousands of dollars in fees.”

Closed records facilitate countless dastardly deeds in adoption by denying adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents any knowledge of the origin of these children. Alex Caldez, Jr, spokesman for the California Department of Social Services, says, “Essentially, [adoption facilitators] are required to have a business license, publish a list of their services, and [have a] $10,000.00 bond before they hang a shingle.” These untrained specialists can charge between six and ten thousand dollars simply to introduce prospective adoptive parents to a mother who is only considering adoption. If the match fails the facilitator can collect the fee again and introduce the couple to yet another expectant mother. Adoption is a gold mine for the unscrupulous that see only dollar signs when they speak to unfertile couples and unwed mothers.

Adoption has become an industry intent on fulfilling a childless couple’s wants, rather than a child’s needs. There is empirical proof that this secrecy in the 42 states that remained sealed is devastating to the adoptee. In the book “Being Adopted; The Lifelong Search for Self” Dr. Brodzinsky, Dr. Schechter, and Ms. Henig clearly show that individuals feel incomplete without knowing heritage and history. Discovery of their roots perpetuates mental health in that it gives the adoptee some feeling of control over his or her history, even if the search results are not good ones. (142)

“National Council for Adoption” is one adoption business that perpetuates several myths in their quest to keep adoption records secret. First is the myth that the birth parents want and were promised confidentiality. Linda Gale (a natural mother) states, “I was not promised confidentiality and did not want it either. Being concerned about me was the last thing on the agency's mind.... I feel angry when they try to deny adoptees the truth about their own lives by blaming it on me and other mothers.”

Reasoning that the concerns of natural parents outweigh the needs of adult adoptees also ignores one basic and central tenet of adoption law: the best interest of the child (adoptee) controls. Adoption does not exist as a legal policy for the benefit of natural parents, but for the benefit of adoptees. There is no indication that when an adoptee becomes an adult his or her interest is suddenly usurped by perceived (and empirically false) desires of their natural parents.

A second myth perpetuated by the adoption industry is their claim that there will be more abortions should Original Birth Certificates be unsealed. Actual statistics reveal this claim to be entirely false. The Guttmacher Institute’s independent research indicates that in states with recently unrestricted access to Original Birth Certificates abortion rates have declined from 16 to 25 percent as compared with the nation as a whole. Both Kansas and Alaska have the two lowest abortion rates of all. This stands entrenched in complete defiance of the myths spewed by the NCFA when considering neither Kansas or Alaska have ever sealed away Original Birth Certificates in their states histories. Independent research has determined that birth mothers prefer to relinquish their child, whom they feel unable to care for, when the strong possibility exists for them to later reconnect. The thought of carrying a child to term and never seeing that child again is a terrifying thought for mothers.

A third myth is that open adoption will decrease the number of adoptions. The Guttmacher Institute’s research indicates the opposite. Alaska has the nation’s highest adoption rate followed by Kansas and the other open records states. The evidence appears that open access to Original Birth Certificates will increase adoption, rather than reduce it. The National Center for Court Statistics shows that the rates of adoption are 31.2 per 1,000 nationally. For the perpetually open states of Alaska and Kansas the adoption count per 1,000 live births are 53.3 in Alaska, and 48.8 in Kansas. Rates for surrounding states with sealed record laws are much lower. Colorado’s rate per 1000 live births was 26.0, Missouri is 27.5, Nebraska is 42.4, and Oklahoma is 27.6. The question has to be asked; why the secrecy? Could it be that the adoption industry has something to hide? As an adopted adult, along with countless other adoptees and birth parents who have fallen victim to the human trafficking perpetuated by these unscrupulous individuals and agencies, we scream “Yes!”

A fourth myth perpetuated by the multi-billion dollar adoption industry is that open records will break up adoptive families. This argument is completely absurd. Any parent who has given birth to a second child knows that there is always enough love to go around. Rather, secrecy and lies tend to break up the adoptive families. As in the example of Jeff Hancock’s discovery of a lifetime, and the lie he was forced to live for most of his adult life, the relationship he and his adoptive family have may never recover. Judy Sickler, an adoptive parent from Kansas City Missouri, states that she was never closer to her adopted children than when she searched and reunited them with their birth parents, and proudly displays photos of her children with both sets of parents. It is not debatable that honesty and trust go forth hand-in-hand.

Nancy Verrier is an adoptive parent who did not understand her adopted child’s angst. In her groundbreaking book, “The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child” Verrier researches the all-to-real trauma caused to children by abandonment of the biological mother at birth. Through her research Verrier discovered that adoptees could never feel completely whole without knowing why they were adopted, what their roots and heritage are, and having an opportunity to reunite with birth family.

Myths aside, a valid reason to open adoption records is for access to medical history. When an adoptee goes to the doctor, their answer to the questions about family history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc. is always, “I don’t know.” Why should adoptees be denied access to their own medical history? It is a legal form of discrimination that should be eliminated. When a member of the general population needs a bone marrow transplant, or a kidney, they turn to a family member. Adoptees simply do not have that option in closed record states. One Kansas adoptee recounts the story of finding her medical history. “When I found my mother, the first thing she did was to tell me to be tested for pernicious anemia. I tested and was found positive. Pernicious anemia is a dreadful disease and is rarely tested for unless it is genetically indicated. It begins with a loss of the use of extremities, moves into numbness in the hands and legs, and eventually creates dementia and early death. It is controlled by a simple B-12 shot that is administered for pennies a day. The stakes for living are high risk across the adoptee community.

Had I been born 12 miles to the east, I would be a native of Missouri. I never would have found out this important medical information about my self. My career and my life would have been over simply because I am an adoptee.” In Missouri, and approximately 40 other states, judges simply refuse granting of adoptee’s requests. Legally adoptees have the right to petition for the court release of their files. Nearly 100% of the time judge’s reply will state that the adoptee fails to show “good cause.” Apparently medical history is not sufficient. Courts state privacy issues and confidentiality of the mothers as their primary concern. However, most mothers would be horrified to learn that their offspring were ill, dying, or unable to obtain their own history.

Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan. B. Donaldson Adoption Institute states that adoptive parents are inadequately prepared to care for their adopted children, not knowing what types of diseases to prepare for, or to take preventative action against. And ongoing contact is indicated as necessary, as the natural parent ages and health issues such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer could develop. The children that they give birth to, and keep will have this information. Why is the adoptee any less entitled to the same information?

The veil of secrecy has shrouded adoption since the World War II era. However, research indicates that this is simply absurd. In today’s society, to continue to perpetuate the lies and secrecy that a closed adoption system advocates, protects no one yet endangers many. The statistics shown above regarding abortion rates and adoption rates in open records states vs. closed record states bear out internationally.

Adam Pertman states in his book, “Adoption Nation” that “Sealed birth certificates are a destructive anachronism. They didn’t exist before the middle of the last century… and one day they will be viewed as a misguided historical aberration.” Unless adoptees had the good fortune to be born and adopted in a state with open records, they are looking at years of frustration, endless hours of searching, huge costs in legal fees to open court records, possible expenses with investigators, travel, fees for Confidential Intermediaries, as well as DNA testing, which the general non-adopted public does not have to pay. The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution clearly states that “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.” Adoptees seem to be left out of the protection of the 14th amendment, being denied their own original birth certificates and adoption records, being discriminated against, and in the eyes of the law, perpetually children, who need to be protected from their own acts. Legislation refers to adoptees as adopted children, regardless of their age.

No other group of people is singled out and told who they can and can not have contact with or a relationship with. Adoptees are the only group of citizens in the United States denied their own information because of what they “might do.” Most birth-mothers are not opposed to the idea of contact and reunion, in fact, many welcome it. In the event that the biological parent does not want contact, a simple statement or letter to the adoptee can convey that feeling without the state being involved. Adopted individuals are adults with the right to make decisions about their own lives, and to know their own heritage, medical information, and history. As author Alex Haley states, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness."

The quest for identity is a common one, yet adoptees are met with slammed doors, stamps of “Denied” on their requests for records, and mountains of bureaucratic red tape that exclaims, “You are not worthy to have your own information.” Robert Harrington Wilson McCullough, a Missouri adoptee, summarizes the dilemma with the following words, “Until I hold my original birth certificate in my hand, I will never know who I am, only who I am not.”

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::Two years Ago Today ~Lisbeth Takes Flight::

2012-09-15T07:00:00.000Z

Two years ago today, I came on this site and was rescued by four very amazing women. I was 19 years old. I was a mess mentally, physically, emotionally.

I have had a lot of "falling off the wagon"s and some very hard misadventures, but I am still trying very hard to allow myself to just be :) I am 21 years old now, and I have my driving permit!! :) Hopefully soon I can have the real deal, but it is pretty awesome :)

Life isn't easy, I still have flashbacks and occationally night terrors, but my life continues to move forward. :)

In 13 years, it took four strangers to me to get me away from a constant cycle of hell and torment. Both from myself and others. This site gave me my voice, my freedom, and listened to the cries of someone they had never met.

With that given freedom, I got my high school diploma, and have accompanied in a rescue with Dottie Laster :) Hopefully I will be in college soon!

Thank you all for your continued support and love!

The suicidal mess has spread her wings, taken off her heels, took off that god-awful makeup, and has started her life -- a life of healing and continuous growth. Thank you all for giving me this chance. A chance at life, and a chance to be able to dream and achieve those dreams!

Thank you Dottie, Kay, Vicki, the wonderful PI who piked me up, and everyone involved in making sure my rescue was a success! I owe my life to you all!

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Editor's Note: Lisbeth's (aka Ellie's) rescue on September 15, 2010 is chronicled here

Freeing up any fear, opening an inner freedom and beyond.

2012-09-15T01:39:11.000Z

For some time Ive been applying a beautiful resource titled The Sedona Method which I now aim to coach in, having experienced its gains.

Past experiences of adulthood sexual assault and rape by a known individual, a law system that seemed to not have enough evidence to even go to court, an education system that ill health retired stating totally and permanently disbaled, a health system that also agreed. I was a Health and PysEd Teacher for 13 years until it all finally came to the fore. The perpetrator was a respected and somtimes deemed hero in the media...the whole time, in his area of work. This allowed a whole lotta "resistance to what was", to eventually resurface, which at the live Sedona Method retreats in Sedona AZ allowed for - seeing that was good a thing....because then it could be released, gently, sometimes even with fun, and by the end....laughter and the serene (at peace on the inside) that I discovered we are born as, when the laughter subsided. If its any help....nobody puts laughter in the body, we are born with it...same goes for happiness, joy, peace and so on. Yet, its good for you to discover this for your own inner truth on it. As for a psychopath, according to Sandra L Brown, a specialist in the area, they are genetically born with no emotion, something that really needs to be addressed for a solution to.

Alot had been written about inner peace...simply ...its that which is not at peace inside, obviously pain, harm ,fear, hate, dislike are all normal responses to gross injustice and wanting to be safe, wanting to survive. Opening to releasing all that "blah, blah" is a godsend and also taking the safe and supportive steps to doing that.

At the time, I intended to go to the retreats and nothing was going to stop that, and it did not. I was residing in Australia and still am. Ive travelled to the USA now over 10 times for different trainings. It is worth having that inner freedom and the tool to know how to release if need be.

The Sedona Training associates now have one on one coaches via skype, free group calls, teleseminars...check the main website at sedona.com and there are others who coach with The Sedona Method too. This is something you can do right now if youre open to it. It can be applied on your own to begin, such as read the Sedona Method book, listen to the tapes, watch the intro movie. Hootless.com is great free resource area for many who also coach with The Sedona Method, yet arent listed on the Sedona site. There are many free calls right now. The teachings originally come from Lester Levenson who handed the rights to Hale Dwoskin, The Sedona Method.

I hope this really helps to discover your own true nature and your own inner truth, beyond any external control......hmm thats just what the perpetrator wouldnt want.....you knowing about a deeper true nature....not just your own either ;-) .....something that really can free up fearful beliefs... and in my experience it really can....yet that is for you to discover your own truth on by applying it, if you want to.

If you want to read the whole 10 Chapters on the book I wrote on true life experiences, simply because there may be something that really helps where youre at now, even if its just one point or resource... then go to Amazon.com The ebook is titled "Discovering the best thats within. Uncovering an android awareness. Whats beneath and beyond the human being?" by Kate Burke. Its available in USA and UK. If you dont have money please email me and I can send a pdf for free and if you are in another country other than those 2, please advise as I could make it available more so.

Please check my website too at http://www.freedomindcoaching.com where I coach just using the Sedona Method releases learned from Hale Dwoskin the head trainer of Sedona Training Associates. If you've any questions, feel free to email here. May inner freedom prevail and beyond... for safe, harm free with mutuality, in relationships and joyous, serene sustained living.

PS Its a heart felt desire to have this ebook to a screen play...hmmm! Purchasing the book would also help this for funding. Also comments, suggestions, advise, support are welcomed re this. Thank you and just know there is a "sense" beyond all senses within you...that cannot not be threatened, which is for greater good. You are that!

Fabulous & Fun Friday! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-13T20:48:29.000Z

10-11am EST (7-8am PT) Psyched! with Ms. Hicks & Friends ~ Do You Love You? How do you go from foster care to the first ordained minister to win Miss Black NC USA 2012? With a tremendous amount of hard work and a total belief in yourself. Pia Jessup went from foster care — diagnosed with severe attachment disorder and a cognitive disability — to academic scholarships where she’s earned a B.A., a B.S., and soon a Master’s of Divinity. First up, Janice Puryear from the American Heart Association. She wants women, and men, everywhere to be aware of the warning signs of heart disease. The more preventive work you do now, the better off you’ll be. So love yourself enough to take care of yourself! Listen Online

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) Big D's All Request Beach Break! Do you know what Carolina Beach Music is? It’s not Beach Boys music. It's music that will get you dancing in your office chair! Big D is ready to give us a lesson, and spin a whole lot of fun every Friday, LIVE! If you love Dustin as a show producer, wait ‘til you hear him as a DJ, and he needs your requests! Call in and leave a message anytime through the week to (315) 333-BIGD (2443), email him at ProducerBigD@gmail.com, or just chat-in live during the show. There’s no excuse-Make a request! (Read More)

12-1pm EST (9-10am PT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand~ Sit back, enjoy your lunch, and listen as Tommie spins some wonderful new Blues music to ease us into the weekend. Listen Online

1-2 pm EST (10-11am PT) The Lunch & Judy Show with Judy Stadt~ Award-winning actress, humorist, vocalist Judy Stadt creates a brand new and all original Lunch & Judy Show, direct from New York. This unique and very entertaining show had no model...it's one of a kind. So sit down, put up your feet and enjoy. Radio with Pizzazz! Listen online

2-3 pm EST (11am-12pm PT) The Colin Lively Show~ Babe Paley was the quintessential society Grande Dame and was known for her “extreme elegance”. “Mrs. P. had only one fault: She was perfect; otherwise, she was perfect,” the celebrated writer Truman Capote once wrote of his dear friend Babe Paley. Join Colin and guests as they delve into the life and career of Barbara “Babe” Cushing Mortimer Paley (1915-1978), who was THE American socialite of her time and, without trying, became very influential as the fashion editor for Vogue. She was on the best-dressed list fourteen times before being inducted into the Fashion Hall of Fame in 1958. Her personal, unconventional style was enormously influential and, as you will hear, continues to be so to this day. In 1975, the International Best-Dressed List Committee awarded her a new title: the Super-Dresser of Our Time. Listen Online

Justice Thursday ((LIVE!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-12T20:30:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) BROADSIDED with Hosts Vicki Childs and Carol Baker~It’s not often small programs like BROADSIDED are able to snag a guest like this one, but this week Carol and Vicki will be joined by Judge Jim Gray, who is the Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party with his running mate, Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico. Governor Johnson and Judge Gray will be on the ballot in all 50 states and today, they are fighting to get into the debates. Judge Gray has been one of the strongest advocates for the regulation and decriminalization of marijuana - but he's well versed on every topic, as you'll see. Though they disagree on most issues, the Judge FINALLY brings civility into civil discourse, and we are delighted to have him. Join us on the chat line or call in 1-877-500-9387. (Read More)

12-1 pm EDT (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Tommie rocks it out as she is joined by one of AC/DC's founding members, Dave Evans. Sounds like Tommie had a lot of fun with this one! Listen Online

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) True Crime Classics with Burl Barer and Co-Host Don Woldman ~ Burl and guest co- hosts Howard Lapides and fact checker Mark Boyer welcome "The Serial Killer Whisperer", Tony Ciaglia. After a serious brain injury as a teen, Tony’s friends shunned him. He began writing to serial killers on a whim and discovered that the same traumatic brain injury that made him an outcast to his peers now enabled him to connect emotionally with notorious murderers. Soon many of America’s most dangerous psychopaths were revealing to him heinous details about their crimes—even those they’d never been convicted of. The killers opened up to him, trusted him, and called him a “best friend.” But there was a price. Tony found himself being drawn deeper and deeper into their violent worlds of murder, rape, and torture. Listen as he reveals where he’s been, and what life is like now. Listen Live Online

2-3 pm EDT (11am-12pm PT) The Susan Murphy-Milano Show ~ Who do you call when it’s the officers of the court that are the criminals? Former New York State Senator and Attorney Joseph R. Pisani, lauded as a child and disability advocate, continues to steal $2,000,000 from a disabled Westchester, NY girl. Westchester County courts have allowed a special needs trust for Andie Masotti, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome (a variation of autism), to illegally be drained without any regard to what her father legally set forth in a trust for her prior to his death in 2006. Our guest is Ann Masotti, mother and legal guardian of her daughter Andie Masotti. Oh, by the way, Mr. Pisani is a convicted felon and has a very long history of questionable activity, yet the courts continually allow him to present himself as a representative for young Andie without any accountability. Read More Rebroadcast Listen online.

Wednesday on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-11T20:36:43.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9amPT) YAK with Kay Van Hoesen ~ Learn to Sell with the Confidence of Dale Carnegie. Selling can be scary, but guest Tony Parinello guarantees he can show you how to sell anything to anybody - whether you're pitching an idea, your resume or a product. Over 2.5 million high-performing salespeople from Fortune 1000 companies have used his training with huge success, increasing their sales by millions. He guarantees success. Read more. Plus Colin Lively with CLZ! Listen Online

12-1pm EST (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Tommie rocks it out as she is joined by one of AC/DC's founding members, Dave Evans. Sounds like Tommie had a lot of fun with this one! Listen Online

1-2pm EST (10-11amPT) The Deb Colitti Show-Life On Purpose ~ Super-Size Me & Polyamory: Alex Jamieson, holistic nutrition expert, author, professionally trained chef, author and one of the creators of the award-winning documentary, ‘SUPER SIZE ME’. Jeff Jacobson shares his views and personal experience in relationships with both a woman and man as life partners, at the same time. This is an important conversation on new trends in relationships and the future of marriage as we know it. Listen Online

2-3pm EST (11am-12pmPT) Your Super Natural Life with Beth Greer- Nikhil Arora, co-founder of Back to the Roots talks about how he started his 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm that transforms coffee ground waste into the growing medium for gourmet mushrooms. In one year alone his company can collect and reuse 1 million lbs. of used coffee grounds and use it to grow over 250,000 lbs of gourmet mushrooms. Meg Jordan, Ph.D., RN, author, health journalist, clinical medical anthropologist, and “Global Medicine Hunter,” talks about searching the globe for healing remedies derived not only from botanicals, but from ritual, energy work, prayer, and non-ordinary ways of knowing. She shares her insights into the benefits of taking Turmeric and Red Reishi mushrooms, and why healing circles are beneficial for people with chronic disease. Listen online.

Tuesday on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-10T19:00:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) Rivers of Faith with Donna Tyson ~ Michael Humphries, inspirational speaker and author, joined Donna to reveal how to be successful. His book, “It's All Good-Achieving Peace of Mind Every Day", is his 12-step program on how to be successful spiritually, and then everything else will follow. This show is guaranteed to lift your spirits and make you smile! Rebroadcast

12-1 pm EDT (9-10am PT)Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Tommie brings us some of her favorite new tracks from around the world. Sit back and enjoy the trip-No passport or TSA patdown required! Listen Online

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic with Dr. Margaret Cochran ~ What do you think is beyond your capabilities? What is too much, too hard or too scary to cope with? Suppose that you had to face the unthinkable and the unbearable, what exactly do you imagine would happen? Dr. Cochran talks with Dr. Gordon Livingston, author of 'The Thing You Think You Cannot Do'. Listen online.

2-3 pm EDT(11am-12pm PT) Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann: Divorce or the end of a significant relationship is a traumatic event, experienced emotionally, psychologically and financially. What is not often understood is the amount of time and effort necessary to recover. Dr. Terri Orbuch is here to show us that “Finding Love Again” is possible. Micki McWade (far right) shows that divorce recovery is possible in her book “Getting Up, Getting Over, Getting On: A Twelve Step Guide to Divorce Recovery.” Listen Online

Letting go

2012-09-10T09:30:00.000Z

Two years ago I lost a friend and roommate, we stayed in touch but had a falling out recently and neither of us talk to each other now. I had thought of this girl as a sister. Recently another friend looked me in the eyes and told me that if I hadn't been so trusting and open maybe things would have worked out differently between us.That being said I've had two years to reflect on our relationship and have come to the conclusion that maybe our relationship is better off the way it is- none at all.

It's not that I harbor any ill will towards my ex friend ( I still do love her and care about what happens to her) it's that I realized our friendship was fast becoming a toxic one. Neither one of us for varying reasons could trust the other, we would explode at the slightest percieved insult and sling accusations at one an other without really thinking about what we where saying or who we were saying it too.We no longer had the sister like friendship we formerly had. At times during the last stages of our relationship I had to restrain myself from smacking or wanting to smack her over something she said or did, and I'm very sure she felt the same way!

Yes I've had two years to wonder and agonize about this since I last laid eyes on the person and I think I've grown a bit. I no longer feel the need to wonder whats going on in her life, the memories of how we met and how we orignally got along are being replaced by better things in my life and mind. I no longer fear the repercussions of standing up to her and those like her. Still I guess it's human nature to miss the people who had an impact on your life because occassionally I do miss her, when I hear her name or see someone who looks like her I do smile a bit (depending on my mood ,frown.) but her impact is fading from my life little by little.....maybe thats a good thing, actually I am pretty sure it's a great thing.

Friendships come and go, thats one of the beauties and sadnesses of life. You have to pick yourself up and move on. I was crushed with everything that happened between us but I have come to the realization that maybe it was for the best, maybe fate brought her in my life to teach me you can't always trust a friend to be your friend till the day you die,that the world can tear you apart as quickly as it threw you together, or maybe I just learned to let go and move on. I guess letting go of someone can actually be a good thing.

Magnificent Monday (LIVE) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-09T23:28:16.000Z

12-1 pm EST (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand. It's Music Monday, and Tommie's easing us into the week with some of her favorite tunes. Listen Online.

1-2 pm EST (10-11amPT) This is YOUR Life - Courage to Change with Lisa Kratz Thomas, Frank Ferrante and Kathy Gray. Imagine surviving the streets, alcoholism & addiction only to be confronted with the diagnosis of Cancer! At 48 years of age, Jimmy Keough, a newlywed with a daughter less than 4 months old, is dealing with news that would send most people into a deep depression. Join us as he shares how recovery is not only helping him cope with his health but allowing him to live life to its fullest! This is a "must hear" for anyone struggling with sobriety, illness or recovery of any kind. You will walk away from this interview with a new sense of hope and promise for the future. (LIVE) Chat-in or call-in 877-500-ZEUS (9387)

2-3pmEST (11am-12pmPT) Lynn Thompson's Light Feed ~ Gary Dunn, publisher of the Caretaker Gazette. Know someone who needs a home or animal caretaker -- or someone seeking an assigment? Gary shares wisdom from both sides of that equation. Plus, the controversial talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger.

Fearful Family Abusive Drama - Do You Have a Suggestion or Advice?

2012-09-09T02:00:00.000Z

I am 27 years old. I am not a large person. I am immensly private, yet I am not a fearful person.

I have been out of my parents' house and away from those who have hurt me for close to 7 years now. Those things being said, somethng terrified me a few days ago.

See, because my mother is sick and has one foot in the grave, I decided to be the better person and give my parents my cell phone number and my address (I see them a few times a month now). With THAT being said, there was 2 people in my life I NEVER EVER EVER want to to have either my phone number or address. It's a rule of sorts I assume most people understand that you just don't give out someone's phone number w/o permission. Well, mommy and daddy (I hate those names) broke that rule.

Not only did they break that rule, they broke it in a HUGE way and gave my cell number to the one person who has the power to terrify me simply by hearing his damned voice.

This is someone who calls himself my brother, who beat me, who sodomized me for 14 years, who tried to kill me, who has been known to show up at people's doors holding knives in his pocket, who has tried to PAY me to go to his house to "spend time with him".

My parents don't get it (he's their beloved son) and they think he's changed. The police play dumb with me because I never officially filed a complaint or had him charged and all I got from them was "change your number" and "we can't do much because he's family and your parents want him to have it."

SERIOUSLY??? I'm freaking out over this and the cops tell me THAT?!?!?!?!?

SO what do I do now?

I get random calls from him at all hours of the day/night now.

He's made facebook accounts simply to try to talk to me.

I am not as scared as I otherwise would be because even if he tries something

he has to get through my fiance first, and
I AM NOT WEAK any more.

I just feel like I have run out of options here. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?

Fabulous & Fun Friday LIVE! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-06T21:00:00.000Z

10-11am EST (7-8am PT) Psyched! with Ms. Hicks & Friends ~ Do you or someone you know have “Angry Bird” syndrome? Victor LaRue Jones, president of Valiant Families, PC, is a licensed clinical social worker, valued speaker and presenter. His years of work in cognitive - behavioral therapy and other mental health services, including domestic violence abuser treatment, anger management and substance abuse counseling, make him the perfect person to talk with Ms. Hicks, and you, about anger management. Listen Online Rebroadcast

2-3 pm EST (11am-12pm PT) The Colin Lively Show~ ((LIVE!)) Sheepshead Bay Blvd.- The Final Scene? Say It Isn't So! Join us as we listen to the final episode, and extend a huge "Thank You" to all of the actors involved, and to Dustin for so masterfully producing this series. Thanks to Colin, of course, and Judy Stadt, Susie Sexton, Danny Kemp & Joshua Plant, for hilarious, riveting radio! Chat line and phone lines will be open! 1-877-500-9387 (Read More)

Justice Thursday ((LIVE!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-05T20:30:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) BROADSIDED with Hosts Vicki Childs and Carol Baker~ Now that the RNC is over and the DNC is ready to wrap up with President Obama tonight, Carol has some observations she’d like to pass on. On today’s show, Carol decided she’s going to be her own guest and reveal tidbits of information to think about over the next 2 months until the election. Fact checking, you bet! No one is better. So join us on the chat line.

12-1 pm EDT (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ From Our Hearts For The World-Seven wonderful international artists, Tommie being one of them, joined together for the first time to make a charity album from the heart to help raise money for The Red Cross. The need goes on and on – all over the world. All proceeds of buying the CD go to the American Red Cross. Listen Online

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) True Crime Classics with Burl Barer and Co-Host Don Woldman ~ Michael Berish worked as a patrolman, a detective, and as a supervisor on the City of Miami Police Department for twenty-two years; thirteen of which were spent as an undercover detective in the REAL Miami Vice. He worked everything from Narcotics & Vice, Prostitution, Gambling and Pornography, to Dignitary Protection of President Jose Napoleon Duarte (of El Salvador) and Pope John Paul II. Mike became an expert in the field of prosecuting Obscenity, made over 1,000 cases—mostly against organized crime syndicates—and never lost one case. His first novel, “Reflections from the Pit,” won the Best Novel Award from the Public Safety Writers Association, so Mike joins Burl and Don to reveal some of his most memorable encounters. Listen Live Online

2-3 pm EDT (11am-12pm PT) The Susan Murphy-MilanoPastor Neil Schori, the very same pastor that Stacy Peterson confided in and has helped Susan with numerous cases in the past, discusses his recent work regarding victims of violence. Neil is more than just a Pastor giving a sermon each Sunday. Neil has devoted much of his time and talent, not only with providing aid to Haiti, but also advocating and assisting victims of violence within his community. He is listed on the National Registry as a Certified Trainer on Document the Abuse (documenttheabuse.com) and is available to train for first line responders in the E.A.A. Model of Approach. Jackie Keys, a victim Susan aided years ago, recounts what it was like back in the early 90's, what she was taught to do to survive and move into a new life, free of violence and the abuser who attacked her. Along with Jackie, Tracey Murphy talks about what helped her and her children get out of an abusive relationship and what she's doing today to keep her family safe from their abuser. Rebroadcast Listen online.

Wednesday Live! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-04T20:19:35.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9amPT) YAK with Kay Van Hoesen ~ Imagine 13 oncologists tell you you'll die in a few months. Desperate, you undergo a Native American Ceremony, and you're cured! Sounds like a made-for-tv movie, doesn’t it? Well, it's the real life of award-winning documentary filmmaker Carole Hart, director of "13 Indigenous Grandmothers." Join us as she reveals the healing powers of this community of amazing women. Read more. Plus Colin Lively with CLZ! Listen Online

12-1pm EST (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Tommie tries to add a little class to our lunch hour, classical music that is! Listen Online

1-2pm EST (10-11amPT) The Deb Colitti Show-Life On Purpose ~ Find Your Match - Best Relationship: Lisa Oz, best selling author, producer and radio show host on Oprah Radio is all about what it takes to thrive in relationships. It must begin with YOU, then the most important people in your life. Lisa reflects on her own relationships with her husband, Dr. Mehmet Oz, their children, and mastering the relationships that matter most. Rachel Greenwald, NY Times bestselling author of "Have Him At Hello" a renowned dating coach and matchmaker, is responsible for over 750 marriages. Fondly referred to as "The WifeMaker", Rachel has parlayed her Harvard Business School Marketing techniques into an innovative approach, all about taking action, not analyzing why you’re single or who's to blame…A very refreshing recipe for success. Listen Online

2-3pm EST (11am-12pmPT) Your Super Natural Life with Beth Greer- Depression & Women’s Earth Alliance ~ Dr. Peter Fairfield, acupuncturist, healer and medical intuitive, talks about using acupuncture, energy healing, homeopathics, and herbal remedies to treat depression and other mood disorders. He also talks about LENS, or Low Energy Neurofeedback System, to help improve brain function. Melinda Kramer, Founder and Co-Director of Women’s Earth Alliance, talks about how her organization empowers women around the world by providing them with tools like training, resources and long-term solutions around water, food, land, and climate change in Africa, India and the U.S. Listen online.

Terrific Tuesday ((Live!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-04T01:26:26.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) Rivers of Faith with Donna Tyson ~ Tammy Bennett-Daughtry founded Co-Parenting International in 2004, and is the author of “Co-Parenting Works! Helping Your Children Thrive After Divorce”. Her goal is to guide families through divorce, all the while preserving their relationships with their children and increasing the child’s self esteem. She addresses helping children feel comfortable in both homes, dating, step-parents, holiday schedules, manipulation, dealing with anger, etc. Chat line will be open! Rebroadcast

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic with Dr. Margaret Cochran ~ Are You Wealthy? What if work was a joyful thing and wealth meant more than just the accumulation of currency? This week Dr. Cochran talks with the man who has all the answers, Jeff Gitterman, award winning financial guru and author of 'Beyond Success: Redefining the Meaning of Prosperity'. Give a listen, you'll be richer for the experience! Listen online.

2-3 pm EDT(11am-12pm PT) Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann: Have you tried everything to feel good about yourself but you still experience feelings of unworthiness and inadequacy? Are you tired of failed relationships and jobs that don’t fulfill your dreams? Margaret Paul, PhD, a noted speaker, author, relationship expert, and Inner Bonding® facilitator, will provide information to help you recognize your true worth, discover your passion and purpose in life and so much more! Many people spend years waiting for a “soul mate” to make them feel happy and complete. Others settle for unhappy relationships out of fear of being alone. Lauren Mackler, a world-renowned coach, psychotherapist and author, presents a road map for achieving mastery of your own life so you can experience a sense of wholeness and well-being whether you’re on your own or in a relationship. Listen Online (Read More)

Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann Sept. 4th, Tuesday @ 2pm EDT

2012-09-03T13:20:14.000Z

STOP SELF-ABANDONING ~ LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF

MARGARET PAUL, PHD ~ INNER BONDING

Have you tried everything to feel good about yourself but you still experience feelings of unworthiness and inadequacy? Are you tired of failed relationships and jobs that don’t fulfill your dreams? Are problems with your spouse, friends, family or co-workers causing you stress? Do you turn to various addictions because you don’t know any other way of managing your painful feelings?

Margaret Paul, PhD, a noted speaker, author, relationship expert, and Inner Bonding® facilitator, has counseled individuals and couples, and led groups, classes, and workshops since 1968. Dr. Paul will provide information to help you recognize your true worth; discover your passion and purpose in life; take loving care of your mind, body and spirit; take responsibility for your feelings; and create deeply satisfying and enduring love relationships.

Dr. Paul is the author and co-author of eight books, including the internationally best-selling Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You?, Healing Your Aloneness, Inner Bonding, and Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By God? She is the co-creator, along with Dr. Erika Chopich, of the Inner Bonding® healing process, recommended by actress Lindsay Wagner and singer Alanis Morissette, and featured on Oprah.

LAUREN MACKLER ~ SOLEMATE: MASTERING THE ART OF ALONENESS

Many people spend years waiting for a “soul mate” to make them feel happy and complete. Others settle for unhappy relationships out of fear of being alone. Lauren Mackler, a world-renowned coach, psychotherapist, and author of the international best-seller, Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness & Transform Your Life, presents a road map for achieving mastery of your own life so you can experience a sense of wholeness and well-being whether you’re on your own or in a relationship. It’s about becoming the person you were meant to be, treating yourself well, and shedding the old beliefs and behaviors that limit your ability to realize your greatest potential. It’s about becoming your own cherished solemate.

Named one of the Top Ten Coaches in America by Vitals Magazine, Lauren is a blogger for the Huffington Post, and human behavior and relationships expert on CNN and FOX. Her work has been covered widely in the media, including NPR, Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Forbes, Parade, New York Daily News, and many other media.

Tuesday

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Replay Wednesday, 9 am EDT

Archives & Podcasts

Happy Labor Day! Monday on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-09-03T01:14:23.000Z

12-1 pm EST Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand. It's Music Monday, and Tommie's easing us into the week with some of her favorite tunes. Listen Online.

1-2 pm EST - This is YOUR Life - Courage to Change with Lisa Kratz Thomas, Frank Ferrante and Kathy Gray ~ Those of us at HWT Radio know Susan Murphy Milano as the “bulldog” host of “Times Up”. She is often praised as one of the most dynamic and engaging speakers of our day in the domestic violence prevention field. Susan’s books and strategies are taught world-wide and used by law enforcement, domestic abuse advocates, social workers, attorneys, health care workers, human resource departments and domestic violence agencies. But what some of you may not know is that Susan is battling Stage IV cancer. Although she is still doing what she loves, her radio show and fighting for victims rights, coping with cancer treatment zaps your energy and it is hard to get back. Susan talks candidly with us about her work, her new book and coping with cancer. We'll be on the chat line!

2-3pmEST (11am-12pmPT) Lynn Thompson's Light Feed ~ On this week's edition of Lynn Thompson's Light Feed, Lynn features a cornucopia of guests, all willing to share their insights, inspiration and humor, plus, Lynn shares one of her own stories from the road! Listen live online.

Fabulous & Fun Friday LIVE! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-30T20:00:00.000Z

10-11am EST (7-8am PT) Psyched! with Ms. Hicks & Friends ~ Let's Save Our Children & Gang Prevention-Shenekia Weeks is the Wake County Gang Prevention Coordinator and her goal is to prevent youth from ever entering a life of crime, instead of law enforcement having to deal with them after a crime is committed. She is certified to teach a myriad of substance abuse and gang prevention curriculums and has conducted numerous crime prevention seminars. As a law enforcement officer, Shenekia held several positions including: Civil Deputy, Patrol Deputy, School Resource Officer, D.A.R.E. Officer, and G.R.E.A.T. Officer. As a Corporal and Certified Crime Prevention Specialist she was responsible for all Prevention programming at the Harnett Co. Sheriff’s Office. Listen Online Rebroadcast

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) NEW SHOW! Big D's All Request Beach Break! Do you know what Carolina Beach Music is? It’s not Beach Boys music. It's music that will get you dancing in your office chair! Big D is ready to give us a lesson, and spin a whole lot of fun every Friday, LIVE! If you love Dustin as a show producer, wait ‘til you hear him as a DJ, and he needs your requests! Call in and leave a message anytime through the week to (315) 333-BIGD (2443), email him at ProducerBigD@gmail.com, or just chat-in live during the show. There’s no excuse-Make a request! (Read More)

2-3 pm EST (11am-12pm PT) The Colin Lively Show~ ((LIVE!)) Sheepshead Bay Blvd.-Week 12, only 2 episodes left until the grande finale! Summer theatre almost over? Say it ain’t so! This weeks episode, Murder At The Fashion Show. And then joining Colin is Louisa Bradshaw, the star of the 90 minute show that just opened in NYC, Siren’s Heart: Marilyn In Purgatory, whereby Louisa reveals to the audience the real woman, Norma Jean Baker. (Read More) Chat line and phone lines will be open! 1-877-500-9387

Justice Thursday ((LIVE!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-29T20:30:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) BROADSIDED with Hosts Vicki Childs and Carol Baker~ ~ Join Vicki and Carol as they welcome UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler who will share his insights on "Stand Your Ground" and the Trayvon Martin Case. Also joining the show will be the President of Protect Our Defenders, Nancy Parrish, who has graciously agreed to return to share with us updates in the progress for justice for the victims. This is a story that was first reported on BROADSIDED and we won't stop reporting on it until lasting changes are made to stop this epidemic. We’ll be on the chat line as always! Rebroadcast (Read More)

12-1 pm EDT (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Join Tommie as she continues her conversation with Maggie Ross, a blues singer from the UK, who found out only 6 weeks ago that she has terminal cancer with no hope of any kind. Radio therapy is giving her a few extra weeks of life and she is using it to raise funds for an Appeal local to her to raise money to buy more equipment for a Cancer Centre. She is incredibly brave, peaceful and uplifting. People can help by going to her website and purchasing her latest CD - all proceeds go to the Charlie Bear Appeal - or just donating direct to the Appeal..http://www.maggierossband.com. Listen Online

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) True Crime Classics with Burl Barer and Co-Host Don Woldman ~ Cathy Scott is a true crime author, award-winning journalist, public speaker, and presenter of writers' workshops. Her books have been reprinted in the U.K. and in Poland. Scott's work has taken her to Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Panama, as well as all over the U.S. Her last major assignment was to the Gulf region to cover Hurricane Katrina and the largest animal rescue in history for Best Friends Animal Society's magazine and web site. Listen Live Online

2-3 pm EDT (11am-12pm PT) The Susan Murphy-Milano Show ~ Daleen Berry became a teen mom and by age twenty-one, had four children and was married to a man that both emotionally and physically abused her. She was cut-off from society, totally dependent on him, as he wanted. After years of hell, she made a plan to leave, successfully. She is a survivor of child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, teen pregnancy and suicidal attempts. Daleen has chronicled her amazing journey from teen mom to an award-winning journalist/author in her book, Sister of Silence. Her goal is to break the silence that shatters women and children’s lives. Daleen is also a very successful investigative journalist, and has received numerous awards for her reporting and law enforcement journals. Her story is like too many others, but with a much happier ending than many unfortunately have. Rebroadcast Listen online.

Wednesday Live! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-28T20:26:25.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9amPT) YAK with Kay Van Hoesen ~ Do you Dream of Monetizing your Blog but Don't Know How? Rob Berger makes more money from blogging than he does from his thriving law practice. Rob, the founder of Doughroller.net, reveals some little-known tips about how to make your blog work for you. Learn to blog for fun AND profit. Plus Colin Lively brings us the latest gossip on CLZ -- The Colin Lively Zone. Listen Online

12-1pm EST (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Join Tommie as she talks with Maggie Ross, a blues singer from the UK, who found out only 6 weeks ago that she has terminal cancer with no hope of any kind. Radio therapy is giving her a few extra weeks of life and she is using it to raise funds for an Appeal local to her to raise money to buy more equipment for a Cancer Centre. She is incredibly brave, peaceful and uplifting. People can help by going to her website and purchasing her latest CD - all proceeds go to the Charlie Bear Appeal - or just donating direct to the EditAppeal..http://www.maggierossband.com. Listen Online

1-2pm EST (10-11amPT) The Deb Colitti Show-Life On Purpose ~ Chris Guillebeau, author of ‘$100 Start-Up’, ‘Art of Non-Conformity’ Blog, ‘World Domination Summit’ and more. Chris is changing the world one person, one country, $100 at a time. “If you’re dissatisfied with conventional beliefs and want to do something remarkable with your life, I welcome you to the revolution.” Beverley Golden, our traveling correspondent, on the ‘World Domination Summit’, her Huffington Post “How Do You Live a Remarkable Life in a Conventional World” and trek to Peru to join ‘World Neighbors’, an organization empowering women and men to help create sustainable micro-businesses. Listen Online

2-3pm EST (11am-12pmPT) Your Super Natural Life with Beth Greer- Safeguarding Our Health from Chemical Pollution, Climate Change & Radiation: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, ecologist, author, cancer survivor, and internationally recognized, award-winning expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health, talks about her latest book, Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis. Dr. Jacqueline Chan, Integrative Medical Doctor at the Clear Center of Health in Mill Valley, CA talks about simple remedies we can take to counteract ill effects, including food, herbs, and supplements. Plus, the optimal diet to eat, and lifestyle measures to take, to detox and boost our immune systems. Listen online.

Terrific Tuesday ((Live!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-27T19:27:47.000Z

11am-12pm EDT (8-9am PT) Rivers of Faith with Donna Tyson ~ Janet Conner, author of Writing Down Your Soul, shares how to create a Soul Day, an Intention Mandala, and talks about her new book, The Lotus and the Lily. Janet is a fascinating lady that was facing bankruptcy at the end of 2009 and committed to a daily practice of exploring everything she could to turn her life around and create a magical year. In just 30 days, she went from bankrupt to bank full and was kicked out of the bankruptcy attorney’s office for making too much money! Rebroadcast-Chat line will be open!

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic with Dr. Margaret Cochran ~ Clutter And Mayhem Made Fun At Home? Not! Messiness and clutter causes stress, anxiety and disharmony. And no matter what jokes you tell or how many excuses you make it’s a bad deal. So, "who you gonna call?" Organizational expert Melissa Stacey, that’s who! She is Dr. Cochran’s guest and contributing author to the book, ‘Get Organized Today’. Listen online.

2-3 pm EDT(11am-12pm PT) Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann: I Am Potential: Patrick Hughes was born without eyes and without the ability to fully straighten his arms and legs, making him unable to walk. Additionally, two steel rods were surgically attached to Patrick’s spine to correct scoliosis. Despite circumstances that may seem overwhelming, Patrick has overcome these physical issues to excel as a musician, student, performer and public speaker. Born without arms, Jessica Cox could have lived down to the low expectations that ushered her into this world. Despite them all, she learned to swim, drive a car, fly an airplane, earn two black belts in tae kwon do, graduate from college, surf, scuba dive, and live independently using her feet in ways others who take their hands for granted can only imagine.Listen Online (Read More)

Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann Tuesday, August 28th 2pm EDT

2012-08-27T16:00:00.000Z

I AM POTENTIAL

Patrick Hughes was born without eyes and without the ability to fully straighten his arms and legs, making him unable to walk. Additionally, two steel rods were surgically attached to Patrick’s spine to correct scoliosis.

Despite circumstances that may seem overwhelming, Patrick has overcome these physical issues to excel as a musician, student, performer and public speaker. He started playing the piano at the age of nine months, and also plays the trumpet and sings. He participated in the University of Louisville marching band for five seasons with help from his father, who tirelessly maneuvered his wheel chair through the formations with the other 220+ members of the band. Patrick was a usually a straight “A” student, having received only three “B’s” during his entire primary/secondary educational experience. He graduated magna cum laude from University of Louisville.

A virtuoso pianist, vocalist and trumpet player, Patrick has won or finished very high in numerous competitions. He has been featured on ESPN, ABC, Oprah, CBS, The Ellen Show, Extreme Make Over Home Edition, FOX, NBC, The Today Show, Peoplemagazine, and Sports Illustrated, among others.

Patrick is the author of I Am Potential, and has recorded two CDs.

Born without arms, Jessica Cox could have lived down to the low expectations that ushered her into this world. In spite of them all, she learned to swim, drive a car, fly an airplane, earn two black belts in tae kwon do, graduate from college, surf, scuba dive, and live independently using her feet in ways others who take their hands for granted can only imagine.

Jessica holds the title of the first person without arms to get a black belt in the American Tae Kwon Do Association and the Guinness World Record for the first pilot to fly with her feet. Yet, her greatest triumph in life stands far above any physical feat. It is her unrepentant regard for herself a whole person, her high degree of self-acceptance that gives her the freedom and power to insist that society accept her, too, just as she is. Jessica shares her story and encourages people to be creative and innovative with the mantra, “Think outside the shoe.”

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Magnificent Monday (LIVE) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-27T00:45:28.000Z

1-2 pm EST (10-11amPT) This is YOUR Life - Courage to Change with Lisa Kratz Thomas, Frank Ferrante and Kathy Gray. Week 4-Sanctity of Life Month ~ Joining Lisa and Kathy this week are Mary Beth Bova, the Branch Director of “Bethany Christian Services”, an international agency that serves children & families in need through adoption, foster care and pregnancy counseling, and Kathleen Wilson, Director of “Mary’s Shelter”, a home that offers independent residential care to pregnant women over the age of eighteen who, for any reason, lack the moral, financial and/or spiritual resources to provide for themselves and their babies. (LIVE) Chat-in or call-in 877-500-ZEUS (9387)

2-3pmEST (11am-12pmPT) Lynn Thompson's Light Feed ~ Gossip! Conversations, listening, telling and “paying attention” with guests Pam Edgar (far left) and Margit Hesthammar. Listen Online.

Fabulous & Fun Friday LIVE! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-23T20:14:43.000Z

10-11am EST (7-8am PT) Psyched! with Ms. Hicks & Friends ~ Stop Bullying Now! Edie Raether is an international keynote speaker, bestselling author and behavioral psychology expert who has presented programs to 3,500 professional organizations and Fortune 500 companies on five continents, including numerous student, parent and teacher organizations. An expert resource to USA Today, Parenting, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, NBC and most media, Edie has also been a college instructor and counselor, and talk show host with ABC. As a family therapist, Edie has worked with children of all socioeconomic backgrounds, including New York City’s most at-risk youth. Her inspirational books are in numerous languages and include Stop Bullying Now! She is also the creator of an empowering children’s character building program, I Believe I Can Fly! Chat in or call in your questions 1-877-500-9387. ((LIVE)) (Read More)

2-3 pm EST (11am-12pm PT) The Colin Lively Show~ ((LIVE!)) Sheepshead Bay Blvd.-Week 11, only 3 episodes left until the grande finale! And as always, Colin will be joined by another fascinating, exciting, informative guest, just as he does each and every week. Chat line and phone lines will be open! 1-877-500-9387

Edie Raether-The Bully Buster- Live on Psyched! Friday, Aug.24th 10am EDT

2012-08-23T19:12:34.000Z

Join Shirill Hicks As She Welcomes...EDIE RAETHER- THE BULLY BUSTER GIVES CHILDREN A VOICE

Teaching Kids to Reach Out, Speak Up and Be Heard

With teenage bullying on the rise, Edie Raether, speaker, author and the CEO of the Wings for Wishes Institute, launched her anti-bullying series: STOP BULLYING NOW - Creating Caring Cultures. Her programs include training for educators, and leaders of church, community and parenting groups. Raether’s keynotes and roll-up-your sleeves intervention strategies to stop bullying in schools are presented to all school levels as well as colleges. She also offers programs to stop workplace violence. A family therapist and expert on behavioral psychology, Raether also launched an interactive, empowering character building program, I Believe I Can Fly!.

With the increase in student suicides, including very young children, the problem has become epidemic requiring immediate action. Cyberbullying and cellphones make it easier for the bully to remain elusive and the messages to become more haunting. Raether uses social sculpting, role playing and other active participation and experiential learning methods to increase awareness and build empathy from the “insight” out. Both the bully and the victim are transformed by rewriting their life scripts. The victim is empowered and the bully becomes a mentor and advocate of anti-bullying campaigns.

Distinguishing between discipline and punishment which only perpetuates the problem, Raether provides systems of psychological self-defense to give victims a voice. There is no innocent bystander. If you are not a part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Raether gives the bystander permission to speak up by differentiating between tattling (getting someone “into” trouble) and telling (getting someone “out” of trouble).

Research indicates that about one in three students report being the victim of bullying as the cycle of violence continues, for most bullies were first victims of bullying. To be part of the solution, Raether offers understanding and healing as well as tips on prevention and intervention in her eBook, Why Are Kids So Mean - Stop Bullying and Make Caring a Conscious Choice to be followed with a book to be released soon.

Raether is a Change Strategist and international speaker, author and coach, who has empowered audiences on five continents. A frequent guest on TV and radio, Edie has also been a TV and radio host on ABC. She is a behavioral psychology and family expert available for interviews upon request. Contact (704)658-8997 or edie@raether.com

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Justice Thursday ((LIVE!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-22T20:00:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9am PT) BROADSIDED with Hosts Vicki Childs and Carol Baker~ We’ve all heard it replayed over and over, Todd Akin’s “legitimately stupid” statement regarding rape. Turns out our collective uteri have figured out how to make phone calls, write letters, organize and make plans for the voting booth in November and they’ve been writing and calling us too. You don’t get to see or hear women talk about these issues in the way women are really talking about these issues until you come to Here Women Talk & Broadsided. So in true Broadsided fashion, Carol will open the show and open the mics to women who feel they have something to say. Boy, do they have something to say! Join us on the chat line and phone lines will be open 1-877-500-9387. (Live) (Read More)

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) True Crime Classics with Burl Barer and Co-Host Don Woldman ~ Amanda Lamb, brilliant journalist and reporter for CBS affiliate WRAL in Raleigh, N.C., joins Burl and Don to recount her experience meeting and covering the trial of Ann Miller Kontz, a chemist who used arsenic instead of divorce to get out of her marriage in December 2000. Listen Live Online

2-3 pm EDT (11am-12pm PT) The Susan Murphy-Milano Show ~ Battered women and custody experts and advocates Barry Goldstein and Dr. Mo Hannah are editors of the book “Domestic Violence, Abuse and Child Custody”. They presented the research behind their book this past January at the Ninth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference in Albany, NY. Barry is an attorney, teacher, author and advocate for women abused by their partner (and too often the courts). Dr. Mo Hannah is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Siena College and has focused her interest in abusive dynamics and their impact on interpersonal relationships and in forensic psychology. They have brought together the most up-to-date research and information about domestic violence, child abuse and custody, and are hopeful this information can be used to change the outcomes being seen in all too many domestic violence custody cases. Rebroadcast Listen online.

Wednesday Live! on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-21T20:30:00.000Z

11am-12pm EST (8-9amPT) YAK with Kay Van Hoesen ~ "Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips" with Lea Lane, editor of www.sololady.com, columnist for numerous newspapers, magazines & websites and author of nearly a dozen travel books. And 64-year-old widower Neil Branson joins us who is living the solo-traveler life, visiting every corner of the planet on a shoe-string budget; he has some great tips for us. Plus Colin Lively with CLZ! Listen Online

12-1pm EST (9-10amPT) Tommie Talks Music with Tommie Brewster, musician and Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador to New Zealand ~ Join Tommie as she talks with Maggie Ross, a blues singer from the UK, who found out only 6 weeks ago that she has terminal cancer with no hope of any kind. Radio therapy is giving her a few extra weeks of life and she is using it to raise funds for an Appeal local to her to raise money to buy more equipment for a Cancer Centre. She is incredibly brave, peaceful and uplifting. People can help by going to her website and purchasing her latest CD - all proceeds go to the Charlie Bear Appeal - or just donating direct to the Appeal..http://www.maggierossband.com. Listen Online

1-2pm EST (10-11amPT) The Deb Colitti Show-Life On Purpose ~ Agapi Stassinopoulos, author, speaker, and Huffington Post regular shares personal and inspiring stories taking us on a journey of inner exploration, lessons to bring freedom and grace into our lives...With a good dose of Greek wisdom, generosity and unconditional love. Peter Levine, PhD., author and originator of Somatic Experiencing, a trauma healing therapy that has touched the lives of many thousands, from combat veterans, survivors of rape or auto accidents, and chronic pain. Listen Online

2-3pm EST (11am-12pmPT) Your Super Natural Life with Beth Greer- Naturopathic Medicine & Meditation: Dr. Dennis Godby, ND, founder of “The Run,” ran from San Francisco to Bridgeport, CT in July 2011. This four-month, 90 city journey was designed to introduce the concept of “naturopathic medicine” into the national vocabulary, and make “naturopath” a household term. Thom Knoles (far right) is a master-teacher of Vedic Meditation, an effortless mental technique to experience fully-awake restful consciousness. Thom talks about the potential of the brain and its impact on the health of the body, on the relationship between quantum physics and human consciousness, and how doing daily meditation can dramatically reduce stress. Listen online.

Terrific Tuesday ((Live!)) on Here Women Talk Radio

2012-08-20T20:00:00.000Z

11am-12pm EDT (8-9am PT) Rivers of Faith with Donna Tyson ~ Afsaneh Noori, published author and expert in the art of thriving through change, has gained her expertise by experiencing change and hardship, and learning how to deal with it and not just survive, but thrive. Her newest project is Change Thrivers, based on her book by the same name. In it, she draws upon her 20 years of organizational consulting experience as well as her personal journey towards self-discovery. She teaches individuals how to embrace, change and realize their undiscovered potential. Change Thrivers empowers women to successfully navigate the uncertainty of change by understanding the nature of change and trusting the process of life. Rebroadcast

1-2 pm EDT (10-11am PT) Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic with Dr. Margaret Cochran ~ Have you ever…? Have you ever had the experience of looking into the eyes of the chimpanzee or gorilla at the zoo, or if you're really lucky on safari, and thought, "those eyes looked remarkably like my eyes", and "those hands look remarkably like my hands", and "those genitals looked remarkably like…" well you get the idea. If you have these thoughts and wondered, "where do I come from?" you are not alone. For answers join Dr. Cochran and her guest Dr. Ian Tattersall author of, 'Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins'. Listen online.

2-3 pm EDT(11am-12pm PT) Change Your Attitude...Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann: Learn To Live Through Cancer: Stewart B. Fleishman, MD, has devoted over three decades to research, patient outreach and the development of his model of supportive integrative cancer treatment. He offers a roadmap to a healthier and meaningful future following a cancer diagnosis. Sean Swarner is a medical marvel and is the only person in the world ever to have been diagnosed with both Hodgkin’s disease and Askin’s sarcoma. He has twice been diagnosed to live only weeks, but astounded the medical community when he survived both these brutal diseases. A decade later, Sean became famous for being the first cancer survivor to climb Mount Everest. Listen Online (Read More)