Bill Gottlieb has spent his lifetime learning about and writing about health--and helping millions of Americans achieve their health goals. For 20 years (1976-1995), Bill worked at America's leading health and wellness publisher, Rodale, Inc. He started as an associate editor of Prevention Magazine in 1976, and became a senior editor of Prevention in 1978 and assistant managing editor in 1980. In 1982, he was promoted to managing editor of Prevention Magazine Health Books, and in 1984 to executive editor. In 1986, he became editor-in-chief of Rodale Books, including Prevention Magazine Health Books. From 1986 to 1995, Bill was the editorial executive who helped lead Rodale Books from $100 million to $250 million in yearly sales, managing an editorial staff of 125 people, and supervising the publication of 75 books a year, including the mega-selling The Doctors Book of Home Remedies (16 million copies sold). A longtime spiritual practitioner, Bill decided to leave Rodale in 1995 to become the volunteer publishing director of The Dawn Horse Press, the publication division of his spiritual community, Adidam. In 1997, he returned to for-profit publishing. Since then, he has: Written 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies, including the bestselling Alternative Cures. Written hundreds of articles for many national publications, including Prevention, Reader's Digest, Bottom Line Personal and Bottom Line Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural Solutions. Worked as an editorial and marketing consultant for many companies, including Time-Warner, Hearst and Boardroom Inc. Formed the book packaging and editorial consulting company, Good For You Books, which packaged the award-winning Healing Spices (Sterling, 2011). Trained as a Holistic Health Coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Bill also has extensive media experience. He was the spokesperson in a commercial for The Doctors Book of Home Remedies that was broadcast 50,000 times and generated sales of 2 million copies. He has appeared on national television and radio--including Good Morning America, CNN, NPR--and dozens of local TV and radio shows. He recently was the featured spokesperson in an infomercial for his book Speed Healing (Bottom Line Books), which was broadcast in cities nationwide. Bill lives in northern California.

My second guest, Andrea Beaman is a Natural Foods Chef, author, and television host dedicated to alternative healing and green, sustainable living. Andrea was a featured contestant on Bravo's hit reality TV show, Top Chef (season 1). She is a regularly featured food and health expert on CBS News, and has appeared on Barbara Walters, The View, Emeril Live and Whole Living on Martha Stewart Radio. She is the host of the Award Nominated Fed UP! A cooking show that educates guests and viewers how to cook for, and cure, bodily ailments. She maintains www.AndreaBeaman.com, her personal website that offers recipes, video blogs, food tips, holistic health coaching, books, DVD's, and other health-related information. Andrea teaches fun cooking classes and health seminars to a wide base of clients and students at The Institute For Integrative Nutrition, the Natural Gourmet Cooking School, The James Beard House, The Open Center, and other schools around the country, to over 2000 students annually. Andrea is the author of The Whole Truth - How I Naturally Reclaimed My Health, and You Can Too! and The Eating and Recipe Guide - Better Food, Better Health, and Health is Wealth - Make a Delicious Investment in You! She is featured in the Top Chef Cookbook, Escape From Corporate America, Integrative Nutrition Case Histories and Louise Hay's Modern-Day Miracles. She has contributed articles to Women's Health Magazine, Whole Living, Forbes Traveler, Dish Du Jour, Physician Assistant Magazine, Quick & Simple, Delicious Magazine, Nick Jr. Magazine, Delicious Living, and others.

My third guest is Ellie Peterson. Ellie is the creator of an innovative technique that brings improved health, enthusiasm and well being through the synergy of affirmations like "I can", "I am loved", and "I release fear" with yoga balance/flexibility, cardio, and strengthening, movements. Ellie's holistic approach is effective in bringing about changed lives because it combines both exercise movements and affirmations into an active process thereby energizing individual's mind, body and being. This new, one-of-a-kind fitness program is embraced by any age: elementary & high school students, new mothers, busy working adults and seniors. Ellie is author of the Meditative Yoga eBook, Meditative Movements book, and Power of Positive Aerobics DVD and as a speaker she inspires people of all ages to affirm themselves as they move.

Today on the Holistic Health Show my first guest will be Janice Stanger, Ph.D. an author, educator, and health industry expert. Janice was motivated to research plant-based nutrition by the examples of her two daughters, who stopped eating meat at ages 11 and 13. She spent 14 years critically analyzing scientific findings until perfecting the whole foods discoveries she wants to share with you now.

My second guest is Debbie Johnson. As Best-selling author, Debbie Johnson has traveled world-wide giving workshops and media interviews, on both national and local levels.  She is also a Success Trainer and has worked with sports professionals as well as businesses for thirty years with great results, using a technique she developed herself called "focused imagination." She used this technique to be successful in sales and business, then applied it to her extra forty pounds, lost it all with her technique, and has kept it off for over 25 years! She is the only expert in this unique area.

My third guest is Trudy Scott. Trudy has a nutrition practice with a focus on Food, Mood and Women's Health. Trudy loves to share the amazing healing powers of food and nutrients, and how they can be used to eliminate anxiety and other mood problems. 

My last guest is Susan Schenck. Susan, LAc, is a raw food coach, lecturer, and author, where she gained a reputation for writing the encyclopedia of the raw food diet.