Psychjourney Podcast

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Christine Comaford-Lynch, author of Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality published by McGraw-Hill.

Bill Gates calls her “super high bandwidth.� Bill Clinton has thanked her for “fostering American entrepreneurship.� Newsweek says “by reputation, Christine is the person you want to partner with.�

Christine Comaford-Lynch is CEO of Mighty Ventures, an innovation accelerator which helps businesses to massively increase sales, product offerings, and company value. She has built and sold 5 of her own businesses with an average 700% return on investment, served as a board director or in-the-trenches advisor to 36 startups, and has invested in over 200 startups (including Google) as a venture capitalist or angel investor. Christine has consulted to the White House (Clinton and Bush), 700 of the Fortune 1000, and hundreds of small businesses. She has repeatedly identified and championed key trends and technologies years before market acceptance. Christine’s popular column on www.BusinessWeek.com/SmallBiz launched January 2007.

Christine has led many lives: Buddhist monk, Microsoft engineer, geisha trainee, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Her triumphs and disasters are revealed in her best-selling business book: Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality.  Christine has appeared on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, CNET and is frequently quoted in the business, technology and general press at large. Stanford Graduate School of Business has done two case studies on her and PBS has featured her in three specials (Triumph of the Nerds, Nerds 2.0.1, and Nerd TV ). CNET has broadcast two specials covering her unconventional rise to success as a woman with neither a high school diploma nor college degree. Christine believes we can do well and do good, using business as a path for personal development, wealth creation, and philanthropy.  Visit her website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Mr. Tom Antion about his CD-ROM Wake 'em Up! How to Use Humor & Other Professional Techniques to Create Alarmingly Good Business Presentations.

Tom Antion is an internationally acclaimed expert in Internet Marketing for small business. He is a full time professional speaker who has been featured on major news media worldwide including the Canadian Broadcast Network, The Australian Broadcast Network, Associated Press, The Tokyo Today Show and hundreds of radio, television and print outlets across the United States.

Tom has a very simple "Three Prong Attack" on Internet marketing, which is extremely simple and easy to understand. Tom is no "techie" . All he cares about is where to click to make money and he teaches his students the exact techniques he uses to pull in $75,000.00 to $220,000.00 in a month from his home office. These consistent high profit / low overhead Internet sales have made Tom an Internet Multi Millionaire in a very short period of time.

Since Tom consistently makes large sums of money while sitting in front of his computer this gave him the idea for his infamous "Butt Camp" Seminars where you learn to make more money sitting on your “rear� than going out and working for a living.

Tom has students in his mentor program who are e-millionaires and many are making 5, 10, 15 or $20,000.00 US per month.

Tom has the largest Internet magazine in his industry with over 130,000 subscribers in 80 countries. Visit his website.

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Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider" interviews Dr. Robert Klitzman, author of When Doctors Become Patients published by Oxford University Press, USA.

Dr. Klitzman  is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the School of Public Health, also a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is the Director of the Ethics, Policy, and Human Rights Core of the HIV Center, and the Co-Founder of the Center for Bioethics at Columbia. He has written widely about ethical issues concerning genetics, HIV, and other areas in academic journals, as well as the New York Times and other publications.
 
His books include: Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS,
Being Positive: The Lives of Men and Women with HIV, The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease, A Year-long Night: Tales of A Medical Intern. Visit his website.  Contact Dr. Klitzman by email at rlk2@columbia.edu.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Ms. Sandra Blakeslee, co-author with her son, Matthew Blakeslee of The  Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: How Mind Maps  In Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better published by Random House.

Sandra Blakeslee  is a regular contributor to The New York Times who specializes in the brain sciences. She has co-written many books, On Intelligence with Jeff Hawkins, and Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce with Judith S. Wallersein. She is the third generation in a family of science writers.

Matthew Blakeslee is a freelance science writer in Los Angeles. He represents the fourth generation of Blakeslee science writers. This is his first book.

Visit Sandra Blakeslee's website and Matthew Blakeslee's website.

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Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider" interviews Nicki McClusky, LCSW, about life coaching.

Nicki McClusky has a dual practice in therapy and coaching, head-quartered in St. Louis , Missouri. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Professional Counselor; serving her patients for the last 27 years. Nicki is a Fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association, and is an active member (and past board member) of the Missouri Society for Clinical Social Work.

Nicki has studied coaching through Mentor Coach, The Institute for Life Coach Training, and is currently completing her next level of coaching certification through the International Coach Academy. She serves her Life, Spirit and Voice Coaching clients in person and internationally by phone. Visit her website and blog.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Ms. Kelly Howell, author of The Secret Universal Mind Meditation published by Brain Sync Corp.

With over 2 million audio programs in print, Kelly Howell is highly acclaimed for her pioneering work in healing and mind expansion. She’s been actively involved in personal development and consciousness research for more than two decades and is recognized as a thought-leader in the field of personal transformation.

Over the years, she’s worked in cooperation with eminent scientists, medical professionals, brain researchers and spiritual teachers to develop her groundbreaking transformational audio techniques. Her clinically proven Brain Wave Therapy CDs are embraced by both individual users and by medical professionals.  Visit her website and podcast.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Ms. Geri Weis-Corbley, Founder and Publisher of the Good News Network International.

Topic: News That Reflects Our Values

WHO

Geri Weis-Corbley graduated with a degree in TV/Radio from Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, and went on to work in TV news and video production in Washington, D.C., in the 1980's. That's when she first conceived of the Good News Network as a television show and cable network (abbreviated GNN, like CNN). Ten years later she left her freelance career in television to raise a family at home during the 1990's.

WHEN

In 1997, she could stand it no longer. The declining state of the U.S. news media and the rising tide of the Internet combined to compel her into action. She bought some software and created the online edition of the Good News Network, premiering in August 1997.

WHAT (What else happened?)

She designed, wrote and uploaded weekly good news to the site for six years. A bimonthly printed newsletter, Some Good News, earned 75 paid subscribers.

A treatment for a weekly TV magazine news show and radio pilot for series of two-minute segments were produced, pitched to Hollywood, then set aside.

The number of visitors to the Web site jumped in a salient spike on 9/11 and the following day in 2001, when terrorists attacked the United States. (Commemorative 9/11 Edition, pdf format)

WHERE (Where’d she go in 2003?)

In 2003, Geri left the Good News Network on an 18-month sabbatical to work on a presidential campaign, or two. All during this sabbatical — even through September 2005 — GoodNewsNetwork.org was visited nearly 1,000 times a day, even without the benefit of any new content, for 18 months.

WHY (Why did she engage in politics and then return to the GN Network?)

"I dove into politics for the same reason I created the GN Network. I couldn't stand it any longer. I had to try to make a difference to my country when I saw it veering sharply from wiser paths.

But while I made inroads with my grassroots work, I couldn't help but notice that politics is mostly a negative business. Its very nature is divisive and seems to direct our focus onto the worst in people (opponents) ...

In our grassroots campaign, though, I experienced a tremendous outpouring of camaraderie from people young and old who, like me, had never been involved in politics before. It was spurred on by anger, yes, like the GN Network had been, but it was mostly a joy-filled effort infused with positive thinking, rather than negative.

Many, many Americans of every stripe appreciated the way we talked to them — on train platforms, sidewalks, libraries, and doorways — with respect, like citizens, rather than consumers.

However, I gladly returned to work on the GN Network with a goal to bring compassion back into our discourse. Instead of polarizing society into two camps (which politics necessarily must), we instead focus on the commonality of human experience, infusing both sides with the eagerness to overcome adversity and improve the human condition. We will nurture the instinct for community and cooperation over competition and tribalism."

HOW (How is the past relevant to the future of GNN-i?)

Working on all aspects of communications in the high-tech campaign world of 2003–04 imparted a vast array of knowledge to Geri along with ideas about how to build an exciting online community that empowers its members and elicits pure joy. 

"In an 'Aha moment' I realized that community is what the Good News Network was missing. Community will be the key to creating my success on the internet. And if Charles Schultz’s Linus were here, he'd say... 'Community is what the world is all about, Charlie Brown.'"

Visit the Good News Network website

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. Thomas Holm, author of The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era published by University of Texas Press.

Dr. Thomas Holm (Creek/Cherokee; Ph.D., 1978, University of Oklahoma) came to The University of Arizona in 1980 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science.  He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and to Full Professor in 1995.  In 1982 Professor Holm, Robert K. Thomas, Larry Evers, Vine Deloria, Jr., Emory Sekaquaptewa and N. Scott Momaday developed the M.A. program in American Indian Studies.  In 1994, Professor Holm transferred full time to the American Indian Studies Program.  He has taught over fifteen Native-related courses, nine of which he developed.  He has served as the chair of over thirty-five M.A. committees in both Political Science and American Indian Studies at The University of Arizona and has sat on a number of doctoral committees in American Indian Studies and for the departments of History, Political Science, Education, and Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies.

 Professor Holm served as the chair of the first Ph.D. graduate—J. Diane Pearson—of the U of A American Indian Studies Program.  Four doctoral students whose dissertations he supervised—Pearson, Jeff Boyd, Elise Marubbio, and Ian Record—have had their work published as books.  Professor Holm is currently supervising two doctoral dissertations.  Twice the recipient of the Outstanding Native American faculty award, he has also been selected for an Excellence in Teaching Award during the U of A’s “year of the Undergraduateâ€? in 1988.  In 2004 he was honored with the Graduate College’s Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award. 

Since receiving his degree from the University of Oklahoma, Professor Holm has published over 50 articles, books, pamphlets, government reports, book reviews and essays, editorials and book chapters.  His 1996 book, Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: The Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War was a finalist for the Victor Turner Prize in ethnographic writing in Canada.

 His most recent articles and book chapters have dealt with the historical militarization of Native American peoples and the development of the “Peoplehood Matrixâ€? as a theoretical construct for Native American/Indigenous Peoples Studies.  A contributor to a large number of historical dictionaries and encyclopedias, Professor Holm has also been called upon to add to forthcoming works on peoplehood, Native American diasporas, Native American leadership, and the late Vine Deloria’s contributions to scholarship.

 Professor Holm currently is working on another book, tentatively entitled “Warfare and the Cherokee Stateâ€? under contract at the University of Nebraska Press.  In 2006 he completed a book for younger readers, entitled Warriors and Code Talkers: Native Americans and World War II for Chelsea House/Facts on File.  It will be released in the spring of 2007.  He is a reviewer for several academic presses and journals and is an advisory/editorial board member of Ethnic Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Red Ink and Wicazo Sa Review.
 Recently, Professor Holm has written two novels: the first is a mystery set in 1920’s Oklahoma and the second an action/adventure set in South America.  The mystery, entitled The Shelby Rose, is to be published by the University of Arizona Press in 2008.  The action/adventure novel is still under consideration at a commercial press.  His latest academic book, The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era was released in 2005 by the University of Texas Press.  

A Cherokee-Muskogee Creek from Oklahoma, Professor Holm has served on numerous Native American boards, panels, and working groups.  He is a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and has taken part in several federal programs dealing with veterans’ affairs.  In the 1980’s he served as an advisor for the Readjustment Counseling Services and as a member of the Native American commission on veterans’ affairs for the Veterans’ Administration.  Professor Holm also has done presentations on Native American veterans before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. 

In 2001, he was appointed to the Council of One Hundred Chiefs, Leaders, and Scholars for the American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the organization that handles the Gates Millennium and American Indian Scholarship Fund scholarships.  Visit Dr. Holm's website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. C. Scott Littleton about his study and research into and first hand experiences with UFO's. A native Californian, C. Scott Littleton received his B.A., M.A.,and Ph.D from UCLA, and has taught anthropology at Occidental College in Los Angeles for many years. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at UCLA in 1957. In 1991 he received The Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award, given annually to a distinguished member of the Occidental College faculty.

He’s also received grants from the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation (1963), the American Council of Learned Societies (1972, 1978), the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1983), and The American Philosophical Society (1983). In 1960-61, he was a Haynes Foundation-Town Hall Fellow.

He is considered an expert in comparative mythology and folklore, as well as in traditional Japanese culture, having lived and taught in Tokyo on several occasions. Littleton is the author of 8-9 scholarly books, including The New Comparative Mythology (3rd Edition, University of California Press, 1982), From Scythia to Camelot: A Radical Reinterpretation of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table,and the Holy Grail (paperback edition, Garland Publishing Inc., 2000), and Understanding Shinto (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), and numerous articles in professional journals.

He has also researched the mythological dimensions of the UFO phenomenon, and his article "Divine Rebels, Alien Dissidents: Does the Mythology Surrounding Lucifer, Prometheus, and the Ancient Mesoamerican Deity Quétzalcoatl Reflect a Pro-Human Faction in the 'Alien Raj'?" has appeared in UFO Magazine. He has authored one science fiction novel. His latest book, 2500 Strand: Growing Up In Hermosa Beach, California, during World War II  is scheduled for release within the next few weeks.  Visit Dr. Littleton’s website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Dr. David Ricco, author of The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know published by Shambhala.

David Richo, Ph.D., M.F.T., is a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader, and writer who works in Santa Barbara and San Francisco California.  He combines Jungian, transpersonal, and mythic perspectives in his work.  Visit his website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Dr. Bud Harris, author of The Fire and the Rose: The Wedding of Spirituality and Sexuality published by Chiron Publications.

Bud Harris began learning about Jungian psychology when he joined a Centerpoint group during the early 1970s. In the pursuit of his path, he and a number of others founded the C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta. Later, he went to Zurich, where he trained as a Jungian analyst. Since 1989, he has been in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina. He is the author of Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance and The Father Quest: Rediscovering an Elemental Psychic Force, as well as the coauthor of Like Gold Through Fire: Understanding the Transforming Power of Suffering. Visit Dr. Harris's website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, clinical psychologist and host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Gay Hendricks, author of Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True published by New World Library.

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, Spirit-Centered Relationships, and The Corporate Mystic. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at University Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars in North America, Asia and Europe.

In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.  Visit The Hendricks Institute website and the 5 Wishes website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Sifu Glen Doyle about Irish stick fighting.

Born in Avondale (Middle Arm), Newfoundland, Canada, Glen Doyle began his martial arts education at a very young age. Greg Doyle, Glen's father, was a military man who was also a marathoner and a boxer. Greg ran for Canada many times and boxed for the Canadian Armed Forces during and after the Korean War.

Greg felt his son would need the education of the fighting arts to help give him confidence and drive. At the tender age of four, Glen put on his first pair of boxing loves and began his pugilistic career. Under the strict guidance of his father, Glen continued to train for over eight years in both boxing and the Doyle family style of Irish stick fighting.

However, at age twelve, Glen startled his father with an observation about his boxing art. He told his father that although boxing was an outstanding sport for both endurance and coordination, he found it limited in its realism for street combat. Glen sat his father down and mapped out boxing limits with respect to striking and defending below the waist, and weight disadvantages.

With the support of his father, Glen decided to look for a more complete fighting art. The search took him through a sampling of the Japanese and Korean arts, and even into the military for a few years to test out its hand-to-hand combat program. Nothing seemed to make him feel complete.

Then in 1983, strictly by chance, Glen met an elderly Chinese gentleman, Mr. James Lore (Lore King Hong). Lore was a Hung Gar Gung Fu teacher at the Jing Mo Kung-Fu Club, which operated out of the Chinese Community Center of Ontario. Glen watched one class and signed up...the partnership had begun.

For the next five years, Glen trained every day for six to seven hours and moved up his club's pecking order. Though Glen was not Chinese, he threw himself totally into both his martial art and the Chinese culture and became a recognized face in Toronto's Chinatown, earning the Chinese name of Lok Siu Fung (after a figure in Chinese mythology).

Glen's next step was the competition circuit, and on his first outing he won the Eastern Canadian Championships and won a chance to compete in the Canadian National Championships, which saw teams from all over Canada and numerous teams from the U.S. The competition was fierce, but Glen emerged as the Canadian Champion, and would keep the title, until he stepped down to pursue other interests in the form of training sports teams and adopting his fighting theories to all aspects of life -- from self-defense to self-help.

Developing his and martial arts cross-training techniques, Glen went on and became the martial arts coach for figure-skating mega-star Elvis Stojko (who still works with him), ice dancers Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz,Pro-Roller Hockey teams, AHL and OHL players, soccer teams, football teams and more.

Glen now offers unique, highly effective martial arts cross-training classes and seminars specifically tailored for hockey,figure skating, running, soccer, basketball, and other sport. Using his keen ability to analyze motion and movement within sport, he takes the muscle explosion, muscle awareness, focus, breathing, power, control,and emboldening self-confidence found in the martial arts and directly applies them to each specific sport and athlete. This streamlined approach allows the athletes to reap many of the benefits of martial arts that are directly applicable to their sport without the time required for studying martial arts in the traditional manner.

Glen's style, flair, and open approach to his martial arts has landed him on the cover of numerous magazines, seen him perform at both national and international events, on television shows throughout Canada and the U.S., and even won him the prestigious honor of being the special guest performer at the historic Opening Ceremonies of the World Wu Shu Championships in 1995, held in Baltimore. It was the first time the games had been held outside Asia, and the event was to be seen by millions via satellite.

Always looking for new ways to spread his teachings, Glen accepted assignments as a fight choreographer for Cynthia Rothrock and for Canadian film and television programs. This helped him realize his potential to both teach and learn, and Glen began to set aside much of his time to explore this area. Studying film arts and screenwriting at Ryerson University and then journalism at Humber College, Glen developed new creative avenues to increase his power to teach and invent. However, he did not want to stray from the purity of his art, and he still had a drive to continue to educate and help those wishing to better themselves so Glen decided to put some of his thoughts and ideals into a book entitled The Martial Artist's Way. It is not a picture-filled "how to" book, but rather a simple set of thoughts and suggestions for those wanting to get more from their martial art or sports experiences.

Glen recently opened his own martial arts club in Milton, Ontario. The Céad Bua Club offers traditional Kung Fu, Irish stickfighting, Sports Cross-training, as well as Theatrical Martial Arts forFilm. Contact Glen at cead_bua@yahoo.ca for more information.

Glen has made foray into the entertainment world via screenwriting. He has had three of his scripts produced within the last few years - and they have been seen at numerous international film festivals and TV networks. Look for Sometimes a Hero, The Circuit, and Circuit II at a video store near you.

Visit Sifu Glen Doyle's website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Sifu Glen Doyle about Irish stick fighting.

Born in Avondale (Middle Arm), Newfoundland, Canada, Glen Doyle began his martial arts education at a very young age. Greg Doyle, Glen's father, was a military man who was also a marathoner and a boxer. Greg ran for Canada many times and boxed for the Canadian Armed Forces during and after the Korean War.

Greg felt his son would need the education of the fighting arts to help give him confidence and drive. At the tender age of four, Glen put on his first pair of boxing loves and began his pugilistic career. Under the strict guidance of his father, Glen continued to train for over eight years in both boxing and the Doyle family style of Irish stick fighting.

However, at age twelve, Glen startled his father with an observation about his boxing art. He told his father that although boxing was an outstanding sport for both endurance and coordination, he found it limited in its realism for street combat. Glen sat his father down and mapped out boxing limits with respect to striking and defending below the waist, and weight disadvantages.

With the support of his father, Glen decided to look for a more complete fighting art. The search took him through a sampling of the Japanese and Korean arts, and even into the military for a few years to test out its hand-to-hand combat program. Nothing seemed to make him feel complete.

Then in 1983, strictly by chance, Glen met an elderly Chinese gentleman, Mr. James Lore (Lore King Hong). Lore was a Hung Gar Gung Fu teacher at the Jing Mo Kung-Fu Club, which operated out of the Chinese Community Center of Ontario. Glen watched one class and signed up...the partnership had begun.

For the next five years, Glen trained every day for six to seven hours and moved up his club's pecking order. Though Glen was not Chinese, he threw himself totally into both his martial art and the Chinese culture and became a recognized face in Toronto's Chinatown, earning the Chinese name of Lok Siu Fung (after a figure in Chinese mythology).

Glen's next step was the competition circuit, and on his first outing he won the Eastern Canadian Championships and won a chance to compete in the Canadian National Championships, which saw teams from all over Canada and numerous teams from the U.S. The competition was fierce, but Glen emerged as the Canadian Champion, and would keep the title, until he stepped down to pursue other interests in the form of training sports teams and adopting his fighting theories to all aspects of life -- from self-defense to self-help.

Developing his and martial arts cross-training techniques, Glen went on and became the martial arts coach for figure-skating mega-star Elvis Stojko (who still works with him), ice dancers Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz,Pro-Roller Hockey teams, AHL and OHL players, soccer teams, football teams and more.

Glen now offers unique, highly effective martial arts cross-training classes and seminars specifically tailored for hockey,figure skating, running, soccer, basketball, and other sports. Using his keen ability to analyze motion and movement within sport, he takes the muscle explosion, muscle awareness, focus, breathing, power, control,and emboldening self-confidence found in the martial arts and directly applies them to each specific sport and athlete. This streamlined approach allows the athletes to reap many of the benefits of martial arts that are directly applicable to their sport without the time required for studying martial arts in the traditional manner.

Glen's style, flair, and open approach to his martial arts has landed him on the cover of numerous magazines, seen him perform at both national and international events, on television shows throughout Canada and the U.S., and even won him the prestigious honor of being the special guest performer at the historic Opening Ceremonies of the World Wu Shu Championships in 1995, held in Baltimore. It was the first time the games had been held outside Asia, and the event was to be seen by millions via satellite.

Always looking for new ways to spread his teachings, Glen accepted assignments as a fight choreographer for Cynthia Rothrock and for Canadian film and television programs. This helped him realize his potential to both teach and learn, and Glen began to set aside much of his time to explore this area. Studying film arts and screenwriting at Ryerson University and then journalism at Humber College, Glen developed new creative avenues to increase his power to teach and invent. However, he did not want to stray from the purity of his art, and he still had a drive to continue to educate and help those wishing to better themselves so Glen decided to put some of his thoughts and ideals into a book entitled The Martial Artist's Way. It is not a picture-filled "how to" book, but rather a simple set of thoughts and suggestions for those wanting to get more from their martial art or sports experiences.

Glen recently opened his own martial arts club in Milton, Ontario. The Céad Bua Club offers traditional Kung Fu, Irish stickfighting, Sports Cross-training, as well as Theatrical Martial Arts forFilm. Contact Glen at cead_bua@yahoo.ca for more information.

Glen has made foray into the entertainment world via screenwriting. He has had three of his scripts produced within the last few years - and they have been seen at numerous international film festivals and TV networks. Look for Sometimes a Hero, The Circuit, and Circuit II at a video store near you.

Visit Sifu Glen Doyle's website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Damon Harper

Mr. Damon Harper is a  physical trainer and life coach who does most of his training on the beach and also in the water. He describes his physical activity and connection to nature as part of his therapy for ADD and how he helps his clients. His passion and purpose reveal the gift of ecological  consciousness in ADD.  Visit his website.

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Part One of a Two Part Interview

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Maestro Edgardo Pérez about  the Guazabara Fighting Arts & Hapkido/Warrior System.

Guazabara's Chief Instructor,  Edgardo Pérez has more than 28 years of training in Hapkido in both the United States and South Korea, a Full Instructor in Filipino Largo Mano Eskrima as well as being the founder and Chief Instructor of The Defense Training Institute & The World Guazábara Federation. Master Perez began his Hapkido training in 1979 under the Fowler Brothers in Aurora, Illinois. Perez then took his training to South Korea where he trained under Grandmaster Yu Chong Su (Chong Su Kwan Hapkido) who in turn was trained by Grandmaster Choi Yong Sool (Founder of Hapkido).

Perez is a law enforcement veteran of more then twenty years who has also been teaching Police Defensive Tactics to local, state and military personal during that time. He is a member of  Illinois Tactical Officers Association and a  charter member of The International Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association (ILEETA). He has conducted numerous seminars in the United States and Puerto Rico.  As a veteran with tactical and combat training, and as a police sergeant who has quelled many dangerous situations. Maestro Pérez has reintroduced to the modern era  a realistic weapons system that can adapt to any hostile circumstances.

Honoring his Taino Warrior bloodline, Maestro Perez, who's family is from the mountains of Camuy & Lares, P.R., is also a  Nitaino-Chief of the Bramaya Tribe, Tequina (teacher) of Taino Tribal Warrior Ways and the Illinois Representative of The United Confederation of Taino People.

The reintroduction of this martial art from Boriken and the Caribbean islands to modern society is not only a tribute to the indigenous people of Boriken (Puerto Rico) but of tribal people everywhere. In the ancient Taino language, Guazabara can be interpreted several ways; but it ultimately means war, fighter, protector, hunter or warrior.   The Way of Guazabara has always been and remains a method of self-preservation.   Visit Maestro Perez's website.

May our ancestors find us worthy.  Maestro Pérez.

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Part Two of A Two Part Interview

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Punong Guro Mike Schwarz about Serrada Escrima, martial arts and self defense.

In 1979 Mike Schwarz began instructing Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido(Moo Du Kwon) under Master Change Hee Jhoon.  It was thru his TKD/Hapkido training that he was able to develop unmatched body conditioning/hardening skills.  While in the military he continued training with Moo Du Kwon and obtained his 2nd and eventually 3rd Degree Black Belts.

His initial introduction to the FMA came in 1985. Upon his return from the military in 1991 he continued to study in Serra Escrima. Under Punong Guro Churk Caddell III, he achieved Pansiang Guro status. His empty hand, blade and stick/cane abilities increased under his instruction.

Most recently he obtained the status of Master Instructor level & 2nd degree Master Instructor level in the Davis/Cabales System of Escrima. Additionally, he has been asked to represent Martial Arts International & WSEF (World Serrada Escrima Federation) throughout the midwest and east coast.  He represents the ICSDA as a Combat Martial Arts instructor. Recently he was honored by becoming a member of the WMAU Board of Directors and nominated to President of the WCAU (World Combat Arts Union.)  Visit  Punong Guro Mike Schwarz's website and blog.

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Part Two of a Two Part Interview with Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming

Dr. Kevin L. Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming about his final mission: to transmit his complete knowledge to the next generation of teachers and preserve the Chinese martial and healing arts.

Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yang’s division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yang’s Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yang’s Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. David Richo, author of The Five Things We Cannot Change: And The Happiness We Find By Embracing Them published by Shambhala.

David Richo, Ph.D., M.F.T., is a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader, and writer who works in Santa Barbara and San Francisco California.  He combines Jungian, transpersonal, and mythic perspectives in his work.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.

 Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, with Ms.Barbara Abercrombie about her book Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story published by New World Library.

Barbara Abercrombie has published two novels for adults, plus books for children, including the award winning picture book, Charlie Anderson. Her novels have been optioned for films and published in six languages. Her essays, articles and poems have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor and United Airlines Hemisphere magazine.

She teaches in the Writers' Program at UCLA Extension where she won the outstanding teacher award in 1994. She also conducts workshops for The Wellness Community, a nationwide organization for people with cancer. Her book, Writing Out the Storm, Reading and Writing Your Way Through Serious Illness or Injury, published by St. Martin's Press in October 2002, is part memoir, part writing guide, and based on her Wellness Community workshops. Recently she and her daughter, Brooke Abercrombie, started a website/blog featuring weekly posts for writers.

Barbara lives in Santa Monica, California and Twin Bridges, Montana with her husband. She has two grown daughters and three grandchildren. Visit her website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.

Dr. Kevin L. Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming about his final mission: to transmit his complete knowledge to the next generation of teachers and preserve the Chinese martial and healing arts.

Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yang’s division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yang’s Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yang’s Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine. Watch the YMAA Netcast. Donate to the nonprofit YMAA Retreat Center.

Dr. John Riolo, host of The Insider, interviews Mr. Garry Cooper, LCSW, about the treatment of depression and his C.E. course Depression: The Therapist's Toolkit offered online through the Zur  Institute.

Garry Cooper, LCSW, is a contributing editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. His “Clinician’s Digest,� appearing in each issue, is read by over 55,000 psychotherapists, psychiatrists and social workers. The Digest covers the latest news, research, trends and ideas that affect mental health and the clinical and business aspects of therapy. His psychotherapy practice, in Oak Park, IL, has recently celebrated its 25th year working with adults, couples and adolescents on the usual issues. Cooper is also a writing coach and free-lance editor. His essays and other non-psychological writing have appeared in magazines and newspapers. His latest work appears in the Spring, 2007 issue of Another Chicago Magazine.

Learn more about  the classes offered by Garry Cooper, LCSW CEU at the Zur Institute.

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Punong Guro Mike Schwarz about Serrada Escrima, martial arts and self defense.

In 1979 Mike Schwarz began instructing Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido(Moo Du Kwon) under Master Change Hee Jhoon.  It was thru his TKD/Hapkido training that he was able to develop unmatched body conditioning/hardening skills.  While in the military he continued training with Moo Du Kwon and obtained his 2nd and eventually 3rd Degree Black Belts.

His initial introduction to the FMA came in 1985. Upon his return from the military in 1991 he continued to study in Serra Escrima. Under Punong Guro Churk Caddell III, he achieved Pansiang Guro status. His empty hand, blade and stick/cane abilities increased under his instruction.

Most recently he obtained the status of Master Instructor level & 2nd degree Master Instructor level in the Davis/Cabales System of Escrima. Additionally, he has been asked to represent Martial Arts International & WSEF (World Serrada Escrima Federation) throughout the midwest and east coast.  He represents the ICSDA as a Combat Martial Arts instructor. Recently he was honored by becoming a member of the WMAU Board of Directors and nominated to President of the WCAU (World Combat Arts Union.)  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of North Star Guardians and Warrior Traditions, interviews Grandmaster Rene Latosa about Filipino martial arts and the warrior tradition.

Grandmaster Rene Latosa has been actively teaching  the Filipino martial arts since 1968. He was strongly influenced by his instructors at the Stockton Escrima Academy in California, including Grandmaster Angel Cabales, Max Sarmiento, Dentoy Revilar and Master Leo Giron, as well as the teachings of his own father. Latosa has received full instructorship certification in the Serrada system and Cadena de Mano.  He is the only person ever to be certified in Cadena de Mano by Max Sarmiento

Rene Latosa has been teaching martial arts for over 30 years.  He has schools worldwide and teaches seminars all through the U.S. He is the first person to introduce the Filipino martial arts to Europe.

He has taught martial arts to special police tactical units on the East Coast, West Coast, special combat units within the Air Force, the California Highway Patrol, U.S. Probation Department, sheriff departments, various security firms/bodyguards and various police and special police units in Europe.  He has designed several self-defense courses for women and children.

He has several series of videos out on the market, published several books on the subject, and has been the main theme for several major martial arts magazines as well as television stories both in the U.S. and in foreign countries.  He acts as a consultant to several kick-boxing and martial arts schools in Northern California.

Latosa Escrima / Concepts is the study and development of the best concepts and strategies of many systems.  It is the idea of understanding what you do, how you do it and why it is done.  The system is an education in body control, awareness and weapon efficiency. Visit Grandmaster Rene Latosa's website.

Purchase Grandmaster Latosa's DVDs on his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of North Star Guardians and Warrior Traditions, interviews Grandmaster Rene Latosa about Filipino martial arts and the warrior tradition.

Grandmaster Rene Latosa has been actively teaching  the Filipino martial arts since 1968. He was strongly influenced by his instructors at the Stockton Escrima Academy in California, including Grandmaster Angel Cabales, Max Sarmiento, Dentoy Revilar and Master Leo Giron, as well as the teachings of his own father. Latosa has received full instructorship certification in the Serrada system and Cadena de Mano.  He is the only person ever to be certified in Cadena de Mano by Max Sarmiento

Rene Latosa has been teaching martial arts for over 30 years.  He has schools worldwide and teaches seminars all through the U.S. He is the first person to introduce the Filipino martial arts to Europe.

He has taught martial arts to special police tactical units on the East Coast, West Coast, special combat units within the Air Force, the California Highway Patrol, U.S. Probation Department, sheriff departments, various security firms/bodyguards and various police and special police units in Europe.  He has designed several self-defense courses for women and children.

He has several series of videos out on the market, published several books on the subject, and has been the main theme for several major martial arts magazines as well as television stories both in the U.S. and in foreign countries.  He acts as a consultant to several kick-boxing and martial arts schools in Northern California.

Latosa Escrima / Concepts is the study and development of the best concepts and strategies of many systems.  It is the idea of understanding what you do, how you do it and why it is done.  The system is an education in body control, awareness and weapon efficiency. Visit Grandmaster Rene Latosa's website.

Purchase Grandmaster Latosa's DVDs on his website.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jason Sokol, author of  There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975 published by Vintage.

Jason Sokol grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball. He attended Oberlin College, and double-majored in History and Philosophy. Jason graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1999 with Highest Honors in History. From 1997 to 2000, he worked variously for the Springfield Union-News, the New Haven Advocate, and The Nation. Jasons writings on American history, politics, and race have appeared in those publications, among several others.

 He received his doctorate in American History from the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of Leon Litwack. His dissertation would become the basis for There Goes My Everything. Jason moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2005 and served as a Non-Resident Fellow at Harvard? W.E.B. Du Bois Institute. In that capacity, he worked on assorted television projects dealing with African-American History.

Jason is now a Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. He lives in Ithaca, New York, with the playwright Nina Louise Morrison.

Jason was recently named one of America's "Top Young Historians" by the History News Network.  Visit his website.

Part one of a two part interview-  Conversation will be concluded in part two

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of North Star Guardians and Warrior Traditions, interviews Kyoshi Gary Moro of Yachigusa-Ryu Aiki-Bugei Dojo in San Francisco, CA.

Gary Moro started his martial arts training with Hiroshi Yachigusa in 1975. His studies began with the art of Aikijutsu, based on the system developed by Yachigusa Sensei's family which had been influenced by Jukishin-Ryu, Shinkage-Ryu and various other Japanese sword and spear arts.

In traditional Japanese Ryu there are no belts to represent promotions, and Hiroshi Yachigusa did not believe in awarding certificates to denote achievement. Though not his custom, in 1989 he granted Gary Moro to the rank of Kyoshi (instructor).

During his martial arts career, Kyoshi Moro has also studied various other martial arts, including Karate, Judo, Kenpo, Arnis, and two forms of Kung Fu. Though he has over 30 years of training in the martial arts, he still considers himself a student of them. Always interested in learning new information, Gary Moro continues to attend numerous martial arts seminars each year, exposing himself to different arts, philosophies, and martial technique.

Some of the instructors he has trained with formally are: Neil Laughin (Judo), Joseph Wong (Long Fist Kung Fu), Michael Daivs (Serrada Eskrima), Ralph Castro (Kenpo), Joseph Halbuna (Kajukenbo), Kenneth Leung (Kung Fu) Tobias Johnston (Karate/Kobudo), Joseph McCullan (Western Boxing) and Kyong Lee (Kuk Soo Won). 

Visit Kyoshi Moro's website and blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Andra Medea, author of Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families published by PivotPoint Press.

Andra Medea is a specialist in conflict management who has taught for Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.  Her model, the Conflict Continuum, forms the basis of her book, Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families. Her work is a valuable tool for administrators, HR professionals, educators, parents, mediators and others who cope with conflict.  Her latest book is Going Home without Going Crazy: How to Get Along With Your Parents & Family (Even When They Push Your Buttons) Visit Andra's website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, clinical psychologist and host of North Star Guardians and Warrior Traditions  interviews Mr. Marc "Animal" MacYoung about martial arts, self defense, and warrior training.

Marc MacYoung has been called a Renaissance man in the study and management of violence. He has more then 35 years of training in 8 different martial arts systems including wing chun and Tai Chi. Perhaps, more importantly he has 47 years of experience in training in city jungles. Mr. MacYoung is the author of 15 books and 7 DVD's covering a broad range of topics in self-defense. He provides training to military personnel, police officers, bodyguards, and the general public.  His website, No Nonsense Self Defense is the largest and most visited web site on self-defense in the world.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Holly George-Warren, author of Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry published by Oxford University Press.

Holly George-Warren is an award-winning writer, editor, and a frequent commentator on Western films, music, and fashion.  A contributor to more then 40 books on popular music, she is the author of Cowboy! How Hollywood Invented the Wild West and co-author of How The West Was Worn: A History of Western Wear.  She is also the author of the children's books Honky-Tonk-Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country & Western Music and Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll.

Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, and many other publications.  Beginning in Fall 2006, she will be Adjunct Professor of Journalism at NUNY-Paltz.  Visit her website.

Read the Gene Autry cowboy code

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of the The Sweet Spot, interviews Ms. Lisa Sarasohn, "Belly Queen" author of The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure published by New World Library.

Lisa Sarasohn is a veteran yoga instructor and bodywork therapist. Her favorite professional designation is Belly Queen. "These are words," she says, "for a woman who owns herself." Having gained and lost more than 2,000 pounds during twenty years of dieting and bingeing, she's discovered how to move beyond this misery into a fulfilling sense of personal power and purpose. In The Woman's Belly Book, she shares this life-affirming information and these life-saving skills with you. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, M.D., author of The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs published by Praeger Publishers.

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller M.D. is a behavioral/developmental pediatrician in Walnut Creek, CA and on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. 

Dr. Diller is the author of many professional articles and the books,  Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with and without Psychiatric Drugs and Running on Ritalian: A Physician Reflects on Children , Society and Performance in a Pill.

He has offered testimony to a House Congressional Subcommittee and was an expert witness to the President's Council on Bioethics.  Dr. Diller has appeared on every major talk show several times and is called reguarly to speak on TV and radio whenever children's psychiatric medication is in the news. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Harville Hendrix, author of Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved published by Owl Books.

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a couple’s therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the “most socially redemptive� daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazine’s team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Harville Hendrix, author of Getting The Love You Want: A Guide for Couples published by Owl Books.

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a couple’s therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the “most socially redemptive� daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazine’s team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Riche' Richardson, author of Black Masculinity And the U.S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta published by the University of Georgia Press.

Professor Richardson is a Southerner who was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. She joined the English Department faculty at UC Davis in the fall of 1998.

Her scholarly essays have appeared in journals such as American Literature, The Mississippi Quarterly, and the Forum for Modern Language Studies. She is the co-editor, with Jon Smith, of the new book series, The New Southern Studies, at the University of Georgia Press.

Professor Richardson regularly gives lectures and serves on panels at national conferences. Professor Richardson recently completed a two-year term on the Executive Council for the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, and also serves on that organization's Publication Committee. Most recently, she was elected to the Southern Literature Discussion Group in the Modern Language Association (2006-09).

In addition to being a scholar, she is an artist who makes mixed-media appliqué art quilts. Her body of art work will be featured in an upcoming exhibition in Montgomery, Alabama, which will be accompanied by a catalog and site online.  Visit her webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Courtney E. Martin, M.A., author of  Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body (Simon & Schuster, Free Press).

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Dr. John Riolo, host of The Insider, interviews Dr. Parker Wilson about mindfulness in psychotherapy.

In his South Denver based practice, Dr. Wilson specializes in the treatment of psychological trauma, addiction and compulsion, grief, depression, and family and couple's issues.

Over the years, Dr. Wilson has worked with thousands of people who have been victimized by childhood abuse, become addicted to alcohol and substances, are battling depression and grief, are grappling with intimacy/sexual issues, or are just struggling to stay together as a person, a couple, or a family.

Over the last decade, Dr. Parker Wilson has studied with some of the greatest Buddhist meditation masters in the world and he has brought the wisdom of mindfulness to bear in his psychotherapy. Dr. Wilson's practice and deep understanding of Buddhist mindfulness serves as the bedrock that Mindful Healing Psychotherapy is built upon. Mindfulness is the primary foundation upon which a client begins to cultivate a profound awareness of his or her own mind (thoughts, feelings, memories, beliefs, perceptions, fantasies, memories, and judgments.) This increased awareness in the client' level of mental balance, clarity, peace, stability and happiness.  From here, the unpacking process of psychotherapy can truly begin.  Visit Dr. Wilson's website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Ms. Jennifer Louden author of The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year published by New World Library.

Jennifer Louden is the best-selling author of The Woman's Comfort Book, The Couple's Comfort Book, The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book, The Woman's Retreat Book, Comfort Secrets for Busy Women, and the newly released The Life Organizer: A Women's Guide to a Mindful Year. She is both a personal coach and social commentator, who has taken the concept of "comfort" and self-care, and made these essential concepts irresistible and essential to women around the world. Jennifer is a cultural visionary, harnessing her extraordinary ability to recognize women's comfort as both a fundamental need and an innate desire.

Jennifer's name has become synonymous with comfort and the multi-minding woman. Recognizing the genuineness of Jennifer's vision and the depth at which people have bonded with her message, major forward-thinking companies - from Procter & Gamble to Martha Stewart's Omnimedia - have seen the value of utilizing Jennifer as spokesperson, editor, or purveyor of truth, and always as an embodiment of authenticity.

Jennifer lives on an island in Puget Sound with her husband, cinematographer Christopher Mosio, and their daughter, Lillian.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Tanya Biank, author of Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage published by St. Martin's.

Tanya Biank is a Fulbright scholar and graduate of Penn State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and was a member of the University Scholar’s program.

Tanya comes from a family of combat veterans and active-duty service members. During her father’s thirty-year career in the Army, she grew up on military posts throughout the world and considers the Army home. As an Army brat and Army wife,Tanya understands, appreciates and respects military families. She is frequently interviewed about military family life issues and speaks regularly to both military and civilian groups about the military.

  As a journalist specializing in the military, Tanya writes about the military lifestyle and has traveled around the world with troops. She has appeared on several national television and radio shows discussing military issues. Her coverage of the 2002 Fort Bragg Army wife murders led to Congressional inquiries and changes in Army programs and policy,

Her book, Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage (St. Martin’s Griffin, May 2007) is the basis for the Lifetime Television series drama, ARMY WIVES starring Emmy winner Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) and Catherine Bell (JAGappears Sunday nights at 10 PM on Lifetime and is produced by Touchstone Television and the producers of Grey’s Anatomy, The Mark Gordon Company. Tanya serves as a show consultant.  

Tanya’s book “Army Wives� was originally published in hardcover as Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives (St. Martin’s Press, Feb. 2006).Tanya is a columnist for Military.com and LifetimeTV.com. She is a regular contributor to several military-related publications including Military Spouse Magazine, Military Officer Magazine, CinCHouse.com and the Better Business Bureau’s Military Line.

She currently lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Michael, who is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army assigned to the Pentagon. The couple has an infant son. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Barbara Bizantz Raymond, author of The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption published by Carroll & Graf.

Barbara Bisantz Raymond is an adjunct professor, adoptive mother, and writer. She has received two awards for feature writing from Women in Communications, and was an author of a child care section that won the National Magazine Award for Public Service. She contributed to The Handbook of Magazine Article Writing, and has written for The New York Times, USA Today, Working Mother, Parents, Writer's Digest, Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, McCall's, and Ladies' Home Journal. She lives in New York City.Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Keith Sawyer author of Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration published by Basic Books.

R. Keith Sawyer is one of the country's leading experts on the science of creativity. He studies creativity, everyday conversation, children's play and everyday social life. He is particularly interested in group dynamics and collaboration. He is the author of numerous books including Pretend Play as Improvisation (1997), Creating Conversations (2001) and Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (2006). His topics of research include business innovation, organizational dynamics in work teams, children's play and preschool, artistic and scientific creativity and language and conversation research.  Visit his website.

Dr. John Riolo, host of  The Insider,  interviews Dr. Philip Zimbardo, author of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil  published by Random House.

Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as the 'voice and face of contemporary American psychology' through his widely seen PBS-TV series, Discovering Psychology, his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment, and authoring the oldest current textbook in psychology, Psychology and Life, in its 18th Edition. Past president of APA, and the Western Psychological Association, Zimbardo has received numerous awards for his research, teaching, and writing.

Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now an Emeritus Professor), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He has been given numerous awards and honors as an educator, researcher, writer, and service to the profession. Recently, he was awarded the Havel Foundation Prize for his lifetime of research on the human condition. Among his more than 300 professional publications and 50 books is the. His current research interests continue in the domain of social psychology, with a broad spread of interests from shyness to time perspective, madness, cults, vandalism, political psychology, torture, terrorism, and evil.

Zimbardo has served also as the Chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) representing 63 scientific, math and technical associations (with 1.5 million members), and now is Chair of the Western Psychological Foundation. He heads a philanthropic foundation in his name to promote student education in his ancestral Sicilian towns. Zimbardo adds to his retirement list activities: serving as the new executive director of a Stanford center on terrorism -- the Center for Interdisciplinary Policy, Education, and Research on Terrorism (CIPERT). He was an expert witness for one of the soldiers in the Abu Ghraib Prison abuses, and has studied the interrogation procedures used by the military in that and other prisons as well as by Greek and Brazilian police torturers.

Noted for his personal and professional efforts to actually 'give psychology away to the public', Zimbardo has also been a social-political activist, challenging the U.S. Government's wars in Vietnam and Iraq, as well as the American Correctional System.  Visit his websites  Philip Zimbardo.com and  The Lucifer Effect.org

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Ann Fessler, author of The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade published by Penguin.

Ann Fessler is a Professor of Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design and a specialist in video-installation art. She won a prestigious Radcliffe Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at Harvard University, to complete her extensive research for this book. The original video-installation project out of which this book grew traveled to museums around the country. She is also the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the LEF Foundation, Boston; the Rhode Island Foundation; the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities; Art Matters, New York; and the Maryland State Arts Council. Her award-winning short videos have been screened widely at festivals and in gallery installations. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Ted Zeff, author of The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World published by New Harbinger Publications.

Ted Zeff, Ph.D., received his doctorate in psychology in 1981 from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. He currently teaches workshops on coping techniques for highly sensitive people. He has taught stress reduction and insommnia management for over fifteen years at various hospitals and medical groups.  Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, MA author of Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep? published by Harper Paperbacks.

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, MA, is a best-selling author and internationally recognized lecturer and parent educator. Her books Raising Your Spirited Child, Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook; Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles; and Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep have been translated into ten languages.

As director of parentchildhelp.com, Mary provides training nationally and internationally for families and professionals, including medical personnel, educators, and social service providers who serve families. Licensed as a parent educator and early childhood teacher, she has pioneered efforts to bring topics such as temperament, neurobiology, the importance of sleep, and emotion coaching into homes, schools, medical practices, and businesses. She is as comfortable as a keynote speaker for major professional conferences as she is working one on one with families in their homes or teachers in their classrooms.

Known for her real-life examples, Mary links research-based information with typical challenging behaviors and provides practical solutions that really work. Her presentations have helped hundreds of thousands of parents and professionals to understand children better, and themselves as well.

Mary’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Parenting magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parent Magazine, Working Mother, First for Women, and Speaker Magazine and on Good Morning America, National Public Radio, Good Morning Canada, Fox Nine News Good Day, and many other national and local television, radio, magazine, and newspaper venues.

She has also presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, National Conference.

A former director of one of Minnesota's largest Early Childhood Family Education programs, Mary is the founder of the Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles workshops. She also provides individual parent consultations for families and professionals.

Mary graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in Family Social Science and from Iowa State University with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education.

Born on a third-generation dairy farm, Mary lives with her husband in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the proud mother of one son and one daughter — now adults with whom she loves to spend time.  Visit her website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, interviews Ms. Cora Daniels, M.A., author of Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless published by Doubleday.

Cora Daniels is an author and award-winning journalist. Her work has appeared in Fortune, the New York Times, Essence, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Heart & Soul, FSB: Fortune Small Business, and Savoy. She has been a staff writer at Fortune and an editor at Working Mother magazine and is currently a contributing writer for Essence. A sought after expert on diversity and business issues she has served as a commentator on ABC News, CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, and the Charlie Rose Show. In 2002 she spearheaded Fortune's first ever search for the 50 most powerful Black executives in America. In 2005 her much acclaimed Fortune cover story The Bravest Generation, about the original Black corporate pioneers, created national attention for this overlooked part of civil rights history.

As an author Cora has been called "dynamic", and "perceptive" and "a powerful voice from the younger generation." Her first book, Black Power Inc., was dubbed "thought provoking" by the Washington Post and a "must read" by Black Issues Book Review. Her much anticipated second book, Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless (Doubleday) will be released March of 2007.

Cora is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of Yale University with a BA in history and has a masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University.   Visit her website .

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr.  Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War  published by Viking Adult.

Joe Bageant writes an online column that has made him a cult hero among gonzo-journalism junkies and progressives. He has been interviewed on Air America and comments on America’s long history of religious fundamentalism in the BBC/Owl documentary The Vision: Americans on America. Until recently he worked as a senior editor for the Primedia History Magazine Group. Bageant and his wife recently downsized their lives in America so that Joe could spend half the year in Belize, where he writes and sponsors a small development project with the Black Carib families of Hopkins Village.  Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts shares a guided imagery to provide guidance with a specific problem you might be facing.

Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in private
practice in Walnut Creek, CA. She is author of The Gift of ADHD, The Gift of ADHD Activity Book: 101 Ways to Turn Your Child's Problems into Strengths and Listening to Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life, and more than twenty-five scholarly articles. Her work has been featured in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly as well as newspapers across the country and local and national radio and television.

She specializes in the treatment of ADHD and depression and the psychology of pregnancy and motherhood; she speaks regularly on her areas of expertise. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and was, until recently, an assistant professor teaching graduate students. She offers telephone therapy to residents anywhere in California,  Visit her website and blog.

Dr. Kevin Keough, interviews Dr. David J. Linden, author of The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God  published by Belknap Press.

David J. Linden, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular substrates of memory storage in the brain. You can see a list of some of his lab’s recent scientific papers here.

He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two children. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mr. Marc Allen, author of The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment  published by New World Library.

Marc Allen has had a multi-faceted career. He studied music as a child, and began composing at age 16. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota in 1968, with a degree in Theater Arts and English Literature.  He worked as an actor and composer, then spent most of his twenties studying yoga, Eastern philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism.

At the age of 30, he co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain. Marc has guided the company, as President and Publisher, from a small start-up operation with no capital to a major player in the independent publishing world.

He has written several books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success and A Visionary Life. He has also composed several albums of music, including Breathe, Awakening, and Solo Flight. He lives in Novato, California with his wife and two children.  Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On, 5th Edition published by Goofy Foot Press.

Paul Joannides is a research psychoanalyst, which means he went to school for way too long. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sex Education. Paul is also the cow superintendent at his county fair. He lives on a remote bay in the beautiful Northwest with his wife, daughter, dogs and small herd of livestock. 

Paul writes (and rewrites, and rewrites, and rewrites) the Guide, typesets it, and handles the marketing. In all of the years he has been working on The Guide, the new 5th edition is the first he's ever been happy with. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Dr. Sameet Kumar, author of Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate And Spiritual Guide To Coping With Loss published by New Harbinger Publications.

Sameet Kumar, Ph.D., is a Buddhist psychotherapist whose areas of expertise include palliative care, spirituality in psychotherapy, stress management and relaxation, and grief and bereavement. He received his doctorate at the University of Miami, and has also trained with many leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers. He has traveled extensively in India, China, and Tibet, and works at the Mt. Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami Beach and Aventura, Florida.

Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Stephen Murdoch author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea published by Wiley.

Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjects—from legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.

In the 1990s, before becoming a writer, Murdoch was a human rights lawyer in Cambodia and practiced civil litigation in Washington. Murdoch currently lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three daughters. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Brenda Anderson, author of Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life published by New World Library.

Brenda Anderson is vice president for global business development for SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company. She also serves as CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE), a global society with members from eighty-two countries.

She holds a master of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago and has been named an honorable professor by Shanghai Normal University. Recently, Brenda became an associate with Quantum Ties Inc. a consulting company that operates in the Field every day for its clients. A Chicago resident, she lectures internationally, is a Certified Reiki practitioner, and does One-on-One Intuitive Readings for her clients around the world.  Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Sage Bennet author of Wisdom Walk: Nine Practices for Creating Peace and Balance from the World's Spiritual Traditions published by New World Library.

Dr. Sage Bennett is an ordained minister at Agape International Spiritual Center and the author of Wisdom Walk. She offers seminars, retreats, counseling, and coaching to those exploring the deeper mysteries on their spiritual journeys. A teacher at a number of universities, she lives in Marina Del Rey, CA. Visit her  website. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Larina Kase co-author of The Confident Speaker: Beat Your Nerves and Communicate at Your Best in Any Situation written by Harrison Monarth and Larina Kase and  published by McGraw Hill.

LARINA KASE, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist and the President of Performance and Success Coaching LLC, a national career and small business coaching company. She has helped executives from companies such as Verizon, Intel, and Ernst & Young. With expertise in marketing, she has helped dozens of professionals to build their practices or businesses. For more information visit her websites Performance and Success Coaching LLC and The Confident Speaker.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Jennifer Niesslein author of Practically Perfect In Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help- And Back .

Jennifer is the co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers in 2000. Her work has been featured in The Nation, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, on Alternet, and other places. PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, published by Putnam, is her first book. She lives with her husband, son, and dogs in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Martha Lasley, M.B.A., author of Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization published by Fireside.

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty at CoachingthatWorks.com. Martha's passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002 she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Anatasia Goodstein author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Anatasia Goodstein is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens, teens and early twentysomthings. Ypulse.com reaches a highly influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as social marketers trying to reach youth.  The blog has been featured in several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company.

Ms. Goodstein was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of Journalism's new media program at Northwestern University where she earned an MSJ in 1999. Visit her websites YPulse and Totally Wired Book.

Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Nordine Zouareg, author of Mind Over Body: The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head published by Springboard Press.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide. His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever. Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Forum, interviews Mr. Mathew Boggs and Mr. Jason Miller, co-authors of Project Everlasting: Two Bachelors Discover the Secrets of Americas Greatest Marriages published by Fireside.

Mathew Boggs and Jason Miller have been best friends since their childhood outside of Portland, Oregon. Mat attended the University of San Diego and earned a Pre-Med degree with cum-laude distinction, while Jason was a football star at the University of Montana, graduating magna-cum-laude with degrees in Business and Communications. After college, Mat earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Oregon, and Jason headed to Los Angeles to act in national commercials for companies such as Pepsi, UPS, and Edge Shave Gel. In 2003, they joined forces for Project Everlasting. Both authors live in Portland, Oregon. Visit their website

Visit Jason and Mathew on My Space.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Laurence M. Westreich, M.D., author of Helping The Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment published by Fireside.

Laurence M. Westreich, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients with addictions to alcohol and drugs of abuse, and those dually diagnosed with addictions and mental disorders.

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich has served since 1992 on the faculty of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York University of Medicine. His responsibilities there include teaching psychiatry residents, fellows in addiction psychiatry, and attending psychiatrists on the Bellevue Wards.

Dr. Westreich is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the treatment of addiction, presents regularly to professional groups, and is board certified by the American Board on Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry, and as an addiction specialist by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich is the consultant on drugs of abuse to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and serves on the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the drug-testing agency for the American Olympic Athletes. Dr. Westreich lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jane Brackman, co-author of The Dog in the Picture written by Jane Brackman and Barbara Brackman published by Sirius Press.

Jane Brackman specializes in the cultural history of canine domestication. The author of two books about pets in 19th century America, she consults with museums and her articles appear regularly in popular publications.   She was a guide dog school administrator for several years and currently works as the Executive Officer for the California State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind, a consumer affairs board that regulates guide dog schools in California. Brackman's interest in the dog as a social science topic is a result of a unique combination of experience in a variety of disciplines including education, special education, guide dog school management, canine biology and history.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Gareth Furber
creator of PsychSplash- Inspiration for clinical psychologists, researchers, and students

PsychSplash is a project aimed at reviewing the web for Clinical Psychologists, researchers and students. The fundamental goal is to identify and showcase interesting and practical websites and resources.

Visit Dr. Furber's personal webpage.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Carolyn DeRoo, co-author of What's Right With Me: Positive Ways to Celebrate Your Strengths, Build Self-esteem, & Reach Your Potential published by New Harbinger Publications.

Carlene DeRoo, Ph.D. and Carolyn DeRoo are a mother and daughter writing team. Carlene is a psychologist with over fifteen years of practice specializing in pain management and mind-body connections. She was assistant director of a large metropolitan pain management center and was the director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Using positive affirmations and visualization, she helps her patients control pain and gets great results. Carolyn is a writer who spent five years in Silicon Valley providing technical support to stressed-out computer users. She discovered that focusing on the positive was the quickest way to resolve their issues and reduce their anxiety.

The techniques that Dr. DeRoo and Carolyn DeRoo use in their careers are the basis for What's Right With Me. They have seen the overwhelming advantage of affirming an individual's strengths and successes and want to share these highly efficient tools to help people get the confidence and peace of mind that they deserve. Visit their website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Brantley, MD., author of Five Good Minutes at Work: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Relieve Stress & Bring Your Best to Work published by New Harbinger Press.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Brantley completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is Board Certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with persons seeking healing in their lives. Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for over 25 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for over 10 years.

 As the founder and Director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at the Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures.

Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic and Five Good Minutes in the Evening: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Unwind from the Day & Make the Most of Your Night available from New Harbinger Press.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Brantley, MD., author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You of Anxiety, Fear, and Panic  published by New Harbinger Press.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Brantley completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is Board Certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with persons seeking healing in their lives. Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for over 25 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for over 10 years.

As the founder and Director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at the Center for Integrative Medicine Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures. Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You of Anxiety, Fear, and Panic, and Five Good Minutes: 100 Morning Practices to Help You Stay Calm & Focused All Day Long available from New Harbinger Press.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Beverly Engel, MFCT author of The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome: What to Do If Someone in Your Life Has a Dual Personality - or If You Do   published by Wiley.

Beverly Engel, MFCT is an internationally recognized psychotherapist and an acclaimed advocate for victims of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. She is the author of 18 self-help books, including 3 best selling books on emotional abuse: The Emotionally Abusive Relationship, The Emotionally Abused Woman, and Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman.  Engel is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and has been practicing psychotherapy for 30 years.

In addition to her professional work, Beverly frequently lends her expertise to national television talk shows. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Starting Over, Sally Jesse Raphael, Donahue, and other programs in the United States and Canada. She has regularly contributed to Psychology Today, and has been featured in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, and Shape.

Beverly has also participated in several radio and Internet programs, including Airtalk with Larry Mantle, The Joan Hamburg Show, Psychology Today (answering emails with show host Robert Epstein, Ph.D.), and responding to viewer mail on Channel One. She is also a dynamic speaker, workshop leader, and teacher. Engel lives in San Luis Obispo, CA. Visit her website .

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Linda Kohanov, author of The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through the Way of the Horse published by New World Library.

Linda Kohanov is an author, speaker, riding instructor, and horse trainer who specializes in Equine Experiential Learning and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. In 1997, she founded Epona Equestrian Services, a Tucson-based collective of riding instructors and counselors exploring the healing potential of working with horses. In addition to formal equine-facilitated psychotherapy sessions, Epona offers equine experiential learning programs in stress reduction, parenting skills, leadership techniques, consensus-building relationship models, mindfulness, intuition, creativity, sensory awareness, and women�s empowerment.

Kohanov has fifteen years experience as a radio producer and announcer and has also worked as a music critic and print journalist, writing for such publications as CD Review, Down Beat, JAZZIZ, Jazz Times, Pulse! and New Age Journal.  Her books include  Riding Between The Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse and  Spirit Horses.

She lives with her husband, composer and musician Steve Roach, and their horses outside Tucson, Arizona.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. David Richo, author of The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know published by Shambhala.

David Richo, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer who draws on Jungian, Buddhist, and poetic perspectives in his work. He leads popular workshops at the Esalen Institute, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College. He is the author of How to Be an Adult, How to Be an Adult in Relationships, and Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side . He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Mr. Julian Sher, author of Caught in the Web: Inside the Police Hunt to Rescue Children from Online Predators  published by Carroll & Graf.

Julian Sher is an award-winning writer and investigative journalist, TV producer and author of five books including Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs Crime Empire, which has been translated into four languages and sold in seven foreign countries. He wrote and directed the New York Times-CBC TV investigation called Nuclear Jihad which recently won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

His freelance writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, CNN.com, the Toronto Globe and Mail and Walrus, Canada's leading current affairs magazine. His Web page, JournalismNet,is ranked among the top ten journalism sites in the world by Google. He lives in Montreal, Canada. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Thomas Ottavi, author of Why Is Johnny So Detached? A School Professional's Guide to Understanding and Helping Students With Attachment Issues published by YouthLight, Inc.

Thomas M. Ottavi, Ph.D. is a practicing licensed psychologist and Director of Clinical Services with Hillcrest Family Services which serves the mental health and social services needs of many communities in eastern Iowa.  He earned his bachelors in Psychology from University of St. Thomas, his doctorate from the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Iowa, with a pediatric psychology clinical internship at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

He has over 13 years experiences in psychological evaluation, therapy, school and agency consultation, with hundreds of school cases, professionals, and parents for students having attachment or trauma issues and significant disruptions of their early years that impact school functioning. He has led numerous workshops and training sessions for school professionals, health and mental health professionals, foster-parents and adoptive-parents who help youth with attachment, trauma, and neglect issues at local, regional, national, and international conferences.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Lisa Alther, author of Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree- The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors published by Arcade Publishing.

Lisa Alther was born in 1944 in Kingsport, Tennessee, where she went to public schools.  She was graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in English literature in 1966. After attending the Publishing Procedures Course at Radcliffe College and working for Atheneum Publishers in New York, she moved to Hinesburg, Vermont, where she has lived for thirty years, raising her daughter. She taught Southern Fiction at St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont and Southern fiction at East Tennessee State Univ. in Johnson City, TN.

Alther is the author of five novels -- Kinflicks, Original Sins, Other Women, Bedrock, and Five Minutes in Heaven.  Her reviews and articles have appeared in many periodicals, including the New York Times, Art and Antiques, Los Angeles Times,  and the Boston Globe.

 Having lived in London and Paris, she currently divides her time between Vermont and New York and Tennessee. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Sue Palmer author of Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It  published by Orion.

Sue Palmer is a writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and other journals, and author of more than two hundred books, TV programs and software for 3 to 12 year-olds including the popular skeleton materials, used in over 10,000 schools. She is also a popular speaker, addressing thousands of teachers each year across the UK and around the world, and acts as an independent adviser to many organizations, including the Department for Education and Skills and the BBC. In 2006 she published Toxic Childhood, about the impact of contemporary lifestyles on child development. Visit her website .

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. David Quammen, author of The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution published by W.W. Norton.

David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo and Monster of God, is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award, most recently for a National Geographic story on Darwin.  He has also written for Harper’s, Rolling Stone and New York Times Book Review.  He wrote a column, called “Natural Actsâ€? for Outside magazine for fifteen years (for which he won two National Magazine Awards.) Quannen lives in Bozeman, Montana. 

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Dennis Cass author Head Case: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying To Understand My Brain published by HarperCollins.

Dennis Cass is a writer, journalist, and occasional teacher and public speaker. His work has appeared in the New York Times magazine, GQ, Slate, Harper's Magazine, and Restaurant Business, where he once wrote an informative, exceptionally well-crafted article about pudding. He lives with his wife and son in Minneapolis, MN, and wouldn't have it any other way. Visit his blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Charlote M. Mathes, LCSW, Ph.D., author of  And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart: Moving from Despair to Meaning After the Death of a Child published by Chiron Publications.

Charlotte M. Mathes, LCSW, Ph.D., is a certified Jungian analyst, a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. She received her doctoral degree in psychoanalysis from the Union Graduate School in Cincinnati and is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors as well as a board certified supervisor for clinical social workers. Dr. Mathes has been in private practice in New Orleans for twenty years. She lectures and leads seminars in Jungian psychology, family therapy, and bereavement. For more information, please visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., co-author of Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes by Sharon Lamb, Ed.D., and Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., is a mom, professor, and community activist. Her acclaimed work on girls social and psychological development has consistently broken new ground and challenged old perceptions. 

 She is the co-author, with Carol Gilligan, of Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, a 1992 New York Times Notable Book of the Year that helped spark an international debate about the lives of girls and redefine our understanding of female development.  Dr. Brown has written three other acclaimed books on girls� social and psychological development: Raising Their Voices: The Politics of Girls' Anger, Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection Among Girls, and most recently Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters From Marketers Schemes (with Sharon Lamb; 2006 winner of a MS Books For A Better Life Award.

Dr. Brown received her doctorate from Harvard University in Human Development and Psychology. She is Professor of Education and Human Development at Colby College in Maine and co-creator of the nonprofit Hardy Girls Healthy Women  She has also consulted for numerous film and television projects, including shows on PBS, and Fox Childrens Network. 

Dr. Brown lives in Waterville, Maine with her partner Dr. Mark Tappan and their twelve-year-old daughter, Maya. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Sam Binkley, author of Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s published by Duke University Press.

Sam Binkley is professor of sociology at Emerson College. His research and teaching interests focus on questions of identity formation in the context of contemporary cultures of consumption with a focus on the role of lifestyle movements, from the counterculture movements of the 1960s and 70s to contemporary anti-consumersit movements. He has also published in the Journal of Consumer Culture; the Journal of Material Culture; Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies; Consumption, Markets and Culture; Cultural Studies and the Journal for Cultural Research. Visit his blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Allan V. Horwitz, co-author of The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder written by Dr. Allan V. Horwitz and Dr. Jerome C. Wakefield and published by Oxford University Press.

Allan V. Horwitz earned a doctoral degree in Sociology from Yale University where he was trained in psychiatric epidemiology and in deviance and social control. He came to Rutgers in 1975 as an assistant professor and is currently a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology.

 Professor Horwitz has studied a variety of aspects of mental health and illness, including the social response to mental illness, family caretaking for dependent populations, the impact of social roles and statuses on mental health, and the social construction of mental disorders. His current work integrates biological and sociological perspectives in distinguishing between normal and dysfunctional types of depression.

He has published over 50 articles and chapters in the main journals in his field. In addition, he has published several books including The Social Control of Mental Illness (Academic Press 1982; new edition Percheron Press 2002); The Logic of Social Control (Plenum Press 1990); and Creating Mental Illness (University of Chicago Press 2002). He is also the co-editor, with Teresa Scheid, of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems (Cambridge University Press 1999.  Visit his webpage.

Part Three of a Three Part Interview  Click to Part One

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Tim Kasser, author of The High Price of Materialism published by the MIT Press.

After receiving his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Rochester in 1994, Dr. Kasser accepted a position at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is currently an associate professor of psychology.  

 He has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, and goals, among other topics. His books include, The High Price of Materialism, Psychology and Consumer Culture, (co-edited with Allen D. Kanner. 

Dr. Kasser also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences. In the last several years, he has become increasingly involved with activist groups who work against the commercialization of children and who work towards a more inwardly rich lifestyle than what is offered by consumerism. He lives with his wife, two sons, and assorted animals in the Western Illinois countryside.  Visit his webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Janine Latus, author of If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation published by Simon & Schuster.

Janine Latus is a freelance writer, radio commentator, and regular speaker on domestic abuse issues. She has also taught writing and journalism at several universities and is on the board of directors of the American Society of Journalists and Authors . Her work has appeared in O, the Oprah magazine, More, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Parents, All You, American Baby. She has written for WomensWallStreet.com and her commentaries have aired on Public Radio International's Marketplace, and she routinely speaks at conferences, workshops and press events. If I Am Missing or Dead is her first book. She lives in Virginia. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Norman Doidge, M.D., author of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science published by Viking Adult.

Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry. He is a four time recepient of Canada's National Magazine Gold Award. He has presented his scientific research on effective therapies at the White House.

A native of Toronto, he divides his time between Toronto and New York. Visit his website

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Victoria Pitts-Taylor, author of Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture published by Rutgers University Press.

Victoria Pitts-Taylor received her PhD at Brandeis University. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, Univ of New York. 

Dr. Taylor is the author of In The Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification as well as a number of articles and book chapters. In 2002-2003 she won a Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Award from the American Sociological Association. Visit her webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Katherine Parkin, author of Food Is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America  published by University of Pennsylvania Press.

Katherine Parkin is an assistant professor of history at Monmouth University . She received her B.A. in History and Sociology/Anthropology from Lake Forest College and her Ph.D. in History from Temple University (2001). The American/Popular Culture Association awarded Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America ( University of Pennsylvania Press ) the 2006 Emily Toth Award for best book in feminist popular culture.  Visit her webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of Shes Not There: A Life In Two Genders  published by Broadway.

Since 1988, Jenny Boylan has been a professor of creative writing and American literature at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine. Boylan was a visiting professor at University College Cork, Ireland, in 1998-99.  She was promoted to the rank of full Professor in May of 2001, and was chosen by students as the Charles Walker Bassett "Professor of the Year" in 2000.  At present she is Director of Creative Writing at Colby.

Her books include The Planets, and The Constellations,  and Remind Me To Murder You Later. Her stories have appeared in such literary magazines as Confrontation, Florida Review, Quarterly West, Western Humanities Review, Writer's Digest and Southwest Review. She lives in Maine with her family. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Michael Breus, author of Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4- Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health published by Dutton.

Michael J. Breus, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders and Neuropsychological Testing, is one of only 159 doctors in the world with his credentials and distinction. He is the co-founder of SoundSleep Solutions, a direct-to-consumer, sleep-related information Web site, and currently serves as Chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board for Sleep Holdings, LLC, the only publicly traded sleep diagnostic and therapy company in the world.  Visit his website. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Nancy D. Wiseman, author of Could It Be Autism? A Parents Guide To The First Signs And The Next Steps published by Broadway.

 

Since 1999, Nancy Wiseman has made a significant contribution to changing policy, improving awareness, and changing pediatric practice in how we screen, refer, and detect young children today. As the founder and president of First Signs, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate professionals and parents about the early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders, Nancy is dedicating her life to improving the lives of children and families affected by developmental disorders.

Before devoting herself to First Signs, Nancy worked in corporate communications for over 20 years. She has counseled thousands of parents nationwide and she has appeared in interviews with USA Today, Parents, and NBC's Today Show. She is the author of Could It Be Autism? A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps. Nancy is the 2006 recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of child development. Visit her website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of Public Forum, interviews Dr. Les Carter, author of Grace and Divorce: God's Healing Gift to Those Whose Marriages Fall Short published by Jossey-Bass.

Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas.  He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Keough's website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Caroline Moorehead, author of Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees published by Henry Holt and Co.

Caroline Moorehead wrote a column on human rights first for The Times and then for the Independent (1980-91) and made a series of TV programmes on human rights for the BBC (1990-2000). She has written the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1998); and has helped to set up a Legal Advice Centre for refugees in Cairo, where she has also started schools and a nursery. Currently she works as a volunteer on the legal team for the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, while also continuing to review and write on human rights in many different papers. Her books include Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life, and  Selected Letters of Martha Gelhorn.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Christopher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up published by Crown.

Christopher Noxon has worked as a costumed character at Universal Studios, a speechwriter for Michael Milken, and a music supervisor for the television series, Weeds. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine, Salon, and GQ.  He lives with his wife and three children in Los Angeles.  Visit his website www.christophernoxon.com and the Rejuvenile website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Then We Think, published by Bantam.

Brian Wansink (Ph.D. Stanford 1990) holds the John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, where he is Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Previously, he was a professor at Dartmouth College, the Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands), the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, INSEAD (France), and he was a visiting scientist at the U.S. Army Research Labs in Natick, MA.

He is a Fulbright Senior Specialist in food marketing and nutrition, and in addition to writing Mindless Eating, he is author of the books Marketing Nutrition, Asking Questions, and Consumer Panels. His award-winning academic research on food has been published in the worlds top marketing, medical, and nutrition journals. It has been presented, translated, reported, and featured in television documentaries on every continent but Antarctica.

An Iowa native, he lives with his family in Ithaca, NY, where he is a mediocre saxophone player in a rock-and-roll band and where he regularly enjoys both French food and French fries. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Arnold Rampersad, author of Ralph Ellison: A Biography published by Knopf.

Arnold Rampersad is the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities and is a member of the Department of English at Stanford University.

His books include The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. DuBois (1976); The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols., 1986, 1988); Days of Grace: A Memoir (1993), co-authored with Arthur Ashe; and Jackie Robinson: A Biography (1997). In addition, he has edited several volumes including Collected Poems of Langston Hughes; the Library of America edition (2 vols.) of works by Richard Wright, with revised individual editions of Native Son and Black Boy; and (as co-editor with Deborah McDowell) Slavery and the Literary Imagination. He was also co-editor, with Shelley Fisher Fishkin, of the Race and American Culture book series published by Oxford University Press

From1991 to 1996, he held a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Visit his webpage.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Nordine Zouareg, author of Mind Over Body: The Key To Lasting Weight Loss Is All In Your Head published by Springboard Press.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide.  

His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Cathy O'Neill, co-author of Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows by by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill, and Julia Stone published by Collins

Cathy Mc Neill is an AOL Coach on issues relating to family and kids. She speaks regularly to parents of small children about how to survive the cataclysmic shift from coupledom to parenthood, dealing with everything from sex (or lack thereof) to in-law management.  Cathy has appeared on NBCs Today Show, Fox News and over 30 radio stations across the country.  Overseas Cathy has appeared on the BBC and Sky News. Cathy is originally from Dublin, Ireland.  She now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Mike and their two daughters, Kate and Maeve.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Christina Robb, author of This Changes Everything: The Relational Revolution in Psychology by Picador.

Christina Robb was a writer at the Boston Globe for more then twenty years, where she was one of five staff reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1983.  Educated at Stanford University and at Somerville College of Oxford University, she lives in Massachusetts with her family.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Shawn Decker, author of My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure published by Tarcher.

Shawn Decker and his wife, fellow HIV educator, Gwenn Barringer- who is HIV negative, belong to CAMPUSPEAK, a speaker's bureau specializing in health issues. Since 2000, Shawn and Gwenn have spoken to over 50,000 students on colleges campuses, traveling nationally to share how they keep Gwenn HIV negative in their program, A Boy, A Girl, A Virus & The Relationship That Happened Anyway. Together they've been featured on MTV, the BBC, CNN.com and have appeared in an HBO documentary as well as in Cosmopolitan. My Pet Virus is Shawn's first book. They live in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Amy J. L. Baker, author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind published by Norton.

Dr. Amy J. L. Baker has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has over 15 years experience conducting research in parent-child relationships and children�s well being. She is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind . She has authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Vanessa Vega, author of  Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope  published by AMACOM/American Management Association.

Vanessa Leigh Vega is a high school English teacher and motivational speaker in Irving, Texas. She is a contributing author to the award-winning Taste Berries for Teens Volume IV.  She has been nationally recognized for excellence in teaching by being named to the Whos Who Among Americas Teachers in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She resides in Irving, Texas where she is working on her next book.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Les Carter, author of The Anger Trap: Free Yourself from the Frustrations that Sabotage Your Life published by Jossey-Bass.

Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas.  He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. James Baughman, author of Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961 published by the John Hopkins University Press.

 

James L. Baughman became Director of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of  Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. An Ohio native, he earned his B.A.at Harvard, and his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. While earning his doctorate, Baughman worked for Facts on File, the Kirkus News Service and WNET-TV.

Baughman has been a member of the UW faculty since 1979,teaching the history of mass communication and news and editorial writing. He has also been a lecturer in the History Department. Baughman was awarded the UW's Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 for his efforts in the classroom and the Wisconsin Alumni Association's Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award in 2005.

Baughman has written extensively on the history of the American news media and broadcasting. He is the author of three books, Television's Guardians: The Federal Communications Commission and the Politics of Programming; Henry R. Luce and the Rise of the Modern American News Media; and Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Broadcasting, and Filmmaking in America since 1945. He has recently published a book on the rise of television during the 1950s (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006).

Baughman was a member and chair of the Wisconsin Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and was chair of the Erik Barnouw Award Committee of the Organization of American Historians, which honors outstanding historical documentaries.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Marietta McCarty author of Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy With Kids published by Tarcher.

Marietta McCarty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has brought philosophy to children in rural, suburban, and city schools in the central Virginia area for over fifteen years, as well as schools around the U.S. "Her Philosophy in the Third Grade" program is nationally acclaimed and she lectures and gives demonstrations around the country on this one-of-a-kind program. While focusing on third graders, she philosophizes in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms. Previous children's philosophy programs include her Summer Program for Inner City Children staffed by her college philosophy students, and her work with the Peabody School for Gifted Children in Charlottesville.  

She has published many articles in scholarly journals and books; two of her articles appeared in The Journal, a national magazine published by the American Association of Community Colleges, detailing the wisdom of child-philosophers and their service activities in the community. "Love Yourself Enough" is McCarty's chapter in the Jossey-Bass book, Promoting Community Renewal Through Civic Literacy and Service Learning.

A Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate in philosophy from Hollins College, she was inducted into the Hollins Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. She received her Masters in Philosophy from the University of Virginia.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present published by Doubleday.

Harriet A. Washington has been a fellow in ethics at the Harvard Medical School, a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University. As a journalist and editor, she has worked for USA Today and several other publications, been a Knight Fellow at Stanford University and has written for such academic forums as the Harvard Public Health Review and The New England Journal of Medicine. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards for her work. Washington lives in New York City. Visit her website.

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Terry Burnham, co-author of Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts by Terry Burnham, Ph.D. and Jay Phelan, Ph.D. published by Penguin.

Terry Burnham, Ph.D., is an economics professor at the Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard in 1997, and has an MBA from MIT, a master in computer science, and a bachelor's in biophysics from the University of Michigan. Terry has worked on Wall Street and co-founded Progenics, a biotechnology firm with promising treatments for cancer and AIDS. Terry has studied wild chimpanzees in Africa, and served with distinction as a tank driver in the U.S. Marine Corps.  Visit the Mean Genes website and his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Mr. Neil Chethik author of FatherLoss: How Sons of All Ages Come To Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads published by Hyperion.

Neil Chethik is an author, speaker and expert specializing in men's lives and family issues.  He is an author of two acclaimed books, Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads and VoiceMale: What husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment.

Previously, Neil was a staff reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, and writer of "VoiceMale," the first syndicated column on men's personal lives. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Ky., where he lives with his wife Kelly Flood, and son, Evan.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment published by Simon & Schuster.

Neil Chethik is an author, speaker and expert specializing in men's lives and family issues.  He is an author of two acclaimed books, Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads and VoiceMale: What husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment.

Previously, Neil was a staff reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, and writer of "VoiceMale," the first syndicated column on men's personal lives. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Ky., where he lives with his wife Kelly Flood, and son, Evan.  Visit his website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Square, interviews Dr. Herb Goldberg, author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love published by Barricade Books.

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. Richard Tarnas, author of Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View published by Viking Adult.

 Richard Tarnas is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also teaches archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.  Born in 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland of American parents, he is a graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute. 

 From 1974 he lived and worked for ten years at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, studying with Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith, Gregory Bateson, and Stanislav Grof, and serving as its director of programs and education.  He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that became both a best seller and a required text in many universities.  His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, just published in paperback by Plume, won the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network in England.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Eleanor D. Payson, M.S.W., author of The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family published Julian Day Publications.

Eleanor Payson is a licensed martial and family therapist, practicing individual, marital, and family therapy for the past twenty-four years. Graduating from the University of Michigan in 1983 with her Masters in Social Work, she has continued her education on issues ranging from; chemical dependency and codependency, adult children of alcoholics, narcissism and borderline personality disorders, relationship therapy, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

In 1993, Eleanor trained personally with Dr. Harville Hendrix to become a certified imago therapist. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., in his book, Getting the Love You Want, develops the concepts, techniques, and skills of imago therapy. Helping couples achieve more rewarding and fulfilling  relationships is one of Eleanor's greatest passions and goals. She has conducted numerous workshops teaching couples conflict resolution skills and the beginning concepts of imago therapy.

Since 1993, Eleanor has increasingly specialized in the unique and challenging difficulties that adult with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder face. Eleanor has been a presenter with Authur Robin, Ph.D. at the national ADDA and CHADD conferences.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Tina Kotulski, author of Saving Millie; a daughter's story of surviving her mother's schizophrenia published by Extraordinary Voices Press.

Tina Kotulski, full time stay at home mom (S.A.H.M.) and author of Saving Millie; A Daughter's Story of Surviving Her Mother's Schizophrenia has played an active role in bringing awareness to the special needs of children, as well as families of the mentally ill. In 2006, she received an Award of Excellence in Consumer and Family Support from the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, as well as a recipient of a Global Award from the National Network of Adult and Adolescent Children who have a Mentally Ill Parent in Australia. Her most recent award was from the Midwest  Independent Publishers Association (MIPA) where Saving Millie won First Place in the category of Social Sciences.

Tina is founder of Extraordinary Voices, a national group of the "voices of those that have grown up in the shadow of mental illness", as well as President of of Extraordinary Voices Press.

Along with her husband, she is co-founder of Between The Bridges Healing Center, LLC,  a comprehensive medical center where personalized, comprehensive care and optimal health and wellness meet.

Tina speaks on the special needs of children of persons with mental illness, as well as the needs of families of those that have mental illness at conferences, seminars, churches, health care centers, schools, community centers and prisions. Tina, along with her husband Jeffrey Kotulski, D.O., and three children live in southern Minnesota. Visit her website.

Purchase the documentary about  Millie, created by her daughter Susan Smiley, Out of The Shadow.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong published by HarperSanFrancisco.

Dr. Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of award-winning books of philosophy, history, and poetry. Her Doubt: A History (HarperCollins, 2003) demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt from the origins of written history to the present day, all over the world. Hecht's The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism and Anthropology (Columbia University, 2003), won the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2004 prestigious Ralph Waldo Emerson Award �for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.
Hecht's first poetry book, The Next Ancient World won the Poetry Society of America's 2002 Norma Farber First Book Award. Her most recent poetry book, Funny, won the University of Wisconsin's 2005 Felix Pollak Poetry Prize, and Publisher's Weekly called it one of the most original and entertaining books of the year. Her book reviews appear in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Hecht earned her Ph.D. in the History of Science and European Cultural History from Columbia University in 1995 and now teaches at New York University and The New School University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband John, and their two children.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Redford Williams, MD. and Virginia Williams, PhD., authors of  In Control: No More Snapping at Your Family, Sulking at Work, Steaming in the Grocery Line, Seething in Meetings, Stuffing Your Frustration published by Rodale.

Dr. Virginia Williams received her MA in Teaching at Brown University, and her MA and PhD in History from Duke University

 Along with Dr. Redford Williams, she researched and assembled the ten skills taught in the Williams LifeSkills workshops. Over the past several years, she has worked with a variety of groups, led numerous LifeSkills workshops, and trained many facilitators.

Dr. Virginia Williams co-authored Anger Kills: 17 Strategies to Control the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health and LifeSkills: 8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly and Improve Your Health

Dr. Redford Williams, MD. has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in scientific and medical journals. He has authored or co-authored nine books, including Anger Kills: 17 Strategies to Control the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health and LifeSkills: 8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly and Improve Your Health.

He received his BA at Harvard College and his MD at Yale, where he also did his internship and residency training in internal medicine. He has been at Duke University Medicine Center since 1972. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center.Visit their website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Maia Szalavitz, author of Help At Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids published by Riverhead.

Maia Szalavitz is a journalist who covers health, science and public policy. She is co-author, with Dr. Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide: How You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000). She is the co-author of The Boy Who Was Raised as A Dog and Other Stories from A Child Psychiatrist's Notebook, co-written with Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD. Her second book, Help at Any Cost, an investigation into boot camps and tough love programs, was published by Riverhead Books in February 2006. Visit the STATS website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, author of Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women published by New York University Press.

Sharpley-Whiting is Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also directs the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies and serves as Director of the W.T.Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies. A graduate of Brown University (1994), she is the 2006 winner of the Horace Mann Medal, an award given annually to a Brown Graduate School alumnus or alumna who has made significant contributions in his or her field inside or outside of academia. She is the first humanities professor to receive this distinction. 

She lectures widely throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean Basin, and Africa. The author of four books, Frantz Fanon: Conflicts and Feminisms (1998), Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears and Primitive Narratives (1999), Negritude Women (2002), she has also co-edited three volumes, including Fanon: A Critical Reader (1995), Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions (1996), and The Black Feminist Reader (2000). She is currently on tour with Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop. This years dialogue is on Gender and Hip-Hop: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?  She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Claire Fontaine, co-author of Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back written by Claire Fontaine and Mia Fontaine published by Harper Collins.

Claire Fontaine is an author and screenwriter who has worked with numerous award-winning producers and directors. She continues to write and leads writing workshops.  Visit her website  and blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Richard Moss, author of The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness published by New World Library.

Richard Moss, MD, is an internationally respected teacher, visionary thinker, and author of five seminal books on transformation, self-healing, and from the importance of living consciously. For thirty years he has guided people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines in the use of the power of awareness to realize their intrinsic wholeness and reclaim the wisdom of their true selves.  He teaches a practical philosophy of consciousness that models how to integrate spiritual practice and psychological self-inquiry into a concrete and fundamental transformation of people's lives. Richard lives in Ojai, California, with his wife, Ariel.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Kristin Henderson, author of While They're At War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront published by by Houghton Mifflin.Kristin Henderson is an author and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post Magazine (read the latest). Her writing has also appeared in Military Spouse Magazine and various literary journals, and she's the recipient of a Bread Loaf nonfiction fellowship. She regularly lectures on the challenges faced by military families and has appeared on BBC's "Outlook", NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air", NBC's "Weekend Today Show", MSNBC, Air America, and C-SPAN. 

 Kristin, a Quaker, is married to a Navy chaplain who served with the Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her latest book, While They're At War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront is an in-depth portrait of military spouses in wartime. Her critically praised memoir, Driving by Moonlight: A Journey Through Love, War, and Infertility, details her own experience during her husband's deployment to Afghanistan following 9/11, as well as her struggle with infertility. She has participated in the Marine Corps' Key Volunteer family support program and Compass, the Navy's spouse mentoring program.  

Kristin is a member of the National Military Family Association, the National Writers Union, and Military Reporters and Editors.

Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. David Schmid, author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture published by the University of Chicago Press.

David Schmid is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the University at Buffalo's English Department, where he teaches courses in British and American fiction, cultural studies, and popular culture. Born and raised in England, he received his B.A. from Oxford University his M.A. from the University of Sussex, and his Ph.D. from the Modern Thought and Literature program at Stanford University.

He has published on a variety of subjects, including celebrity, Dracula, crime fiction, and African-American literature anthologies. He is the author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2005, and he is currently working on two book-lengths projects: Mean Streets and More: Space in Crime Fiction and The Scarlet Thread: A History of Homicide in American Popular Culture.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Eric Maisel, author of Toxic Criticism: Break the Cycle published by McGraw Hill.

Eric Maisel, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and is a licensed family therapist and creativity coach. He is the author of Fearless Creating and numerous other books. He lives in San Francisco. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Charles Barber, author of Songs From The Black Chair: A Memoir of Mental Interiors, published by University of Nebraska Press.

Charles Barber is a lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. Barber won the 2005 Pushcart Prize for the title essay, Songs From The Black Chair. Excerpts or pieces related to Songs From the Black Chair have appeared in the New York Times, UTNE Reader, Psychotherapy Networker, and on National Public Radio.  Visit his website

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Paul R. Amato, co-author of Alone Together: How Marriage Is Changing written by Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Stacy J. Rogers published by Harvard University Press.

Paul R. Amato is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Demography, Human Development, and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include marital quality, the causes and consequences of divorce, and parent-child relationships over the life course. He has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters, along with five books, including (with Alan Booth, David Johnson, and Stacy Rogers) Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing (Harvard University Press, 2007).

He received the Reuben Hill Award from the National Council on Family Relations for the best-published article on the family in 1993, 1999, and 2001. He received the Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research Award from the American Association of Family and Conciliation Courts in 2002, the Distinction in the Social Sciences Award from Pennsylvania State University in 2003, and a Distinguished Career Award from the Family Section of the American Sociological Association in 2006. View his webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Joanie Farley-Gillispie, Ph.D., co-author of Cyber Rules: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet published by Norton.

Joanie-Farley-Gillispie, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin Counties, where she works for juvenile justice. She is a Certified National Trainer, APA HIV Office of Prevention and Education (HOPE), and has taught law and ethics for mental health providers. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Pagan Kennedy, author of The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution published by Bloomsbury.

Pagan Kennedy has published eight books. Her biography, Black Livingstone was named a New York Times Notable Book. Her novel Spinsters was short listed for the Orange Prize and won the Barnes and Nobles Discover Award. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, and the Village Voice among others. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Bob Tarte, author of Fowl Weather: How thirty-nine animals and one sock monkey took over my life published by Algonquin Books.

Bob Tarte is a freelance writer who has written for a number of publications, including The Beat magazine, the Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Whole Earth Review, and the Miami New Times. He lives in Lowell, Michigan, with his wife, Linda, and more animals than we can list here. Bob is also the author of Enslaved By Ducks.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Bob Tarte, author of Enslaved by Ducks: How one man went from head of the household to bottom of the pecking order  published by Algonquin Books.

Bob Tarte is a freelance writer who has written for a number of publications, including The Beat magazine, the Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Whole Earth Review, and the Miami New Times. He lives in Lowell, Michigan, with his wife, Linda, and more animals than we can list here. Bob is also the author of Fowl Weather: How thirty-nine animals and one sock monkey took over my life.  Visit his website.

Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider" interviews Dr. Elliot Aronson, co-author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts written by Dr. Elliot Aronson and Dr. Carol Tavris published by Harcourt.

Elliot Aronson is one of the most distinguished social psychologists in the world. His books include The Social Animal and The Jigsaw Classroom. Chosen by his peers as one of the 100 most influential psychologists of the twentieth century, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the only psychologist to have won all three of the American Psychological Association's top awards-- for writing, teaching, and research. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Visit Dr. Riolo's websites Your Advocate Online and Law and Ethics In Mental Health

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., author of  I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame, published by Gotham.

 Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., is an educator, writer, and nationally renowned lecturer, as well as a member of the research faculty at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, where she recently completed a six-year study of shame and its impact on women. She lives in Houston Texas, with her husband and two children. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Rachel Rubin and Professor Jeffrey Melnick, co-authors of Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction published by New York University Press.

Rachel Rubin is associate professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature.  Visit her web page.

Jeffrey Melnick is associate professor of American Studies at Babson College. He is the author of A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song and Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New South.  View his web page. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. William Poy Lee, author of The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother published by Rodale Books.

William Poy Lee was born in the North Beach-Chinatown districts of San Francisco on January 16, 1951 where he lived with one foot in a very traditional Chinatown and one foot in the bohemian arts, music, and politics of North Beach. He received his Bachelors of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969 and his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law, University of California, San Francisco in 1978.

 A lawyer since 1979, he lives in Berkeley, where he writes full-time. The Eighth Promise is his first book. For more on the author, please visit www.TheEighthPromise.com.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Glasgow Phillips, author of The Royal Nonesuch: Or, What Will I Do When I Grow Up? published by Grove Press.

Glasgow Phillips is a film and television writer in Los Angeles. His credits include seasons on South Park, and Father of the Pride, and catastrophic pilots for Comedy Central and MTV.  He wrote and directed the important zombie-western feature film Undead of Alive.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Cris Beam, author of Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers published by Harcourt.

Cris Beam is a journalist who has written for several national magazines as well as for public radio. She has an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Columbia and the New School. She lives in New York.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Shapiro, author of Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, And Everything Else I Love in Life Except Sex published by Delta.

Susan Shapiro has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Boston Globe, The Nation, Salon. com, Village Voice, and many other media.  She is the co-editor of the anthology "Food for the Soul," and the author of the acclaimed memoirs "Lighting Up" and Five Men Who Broke My Heart which was optioned for a movie by Paramount Pictures. She has appeared on the Today Show, Dateline, Good Day New York, E!, Entertainment, and prime time documentaries on ABC and the Oxygen network. Susan lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, a TV/film writer and teaches journalism at NYU, the New School, and Mediabistro.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Shapiro, author of Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir published by Delta.

Susan Shapiro has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Boston Globe, The Nation, Salon. com, Village Voice, and many other media.  She is the co-editor of the anthology "Food for the Soul," and the author of the acclaimed memoirs "Lighting Up" and Five Men Who Broke My Heart which was optioned for a movie by Paramount Pictures. She has appeared on the Today Show, Dateline, Good Day New York, E!, Entertainment, and prime time documentaries on ABC and the Oxygen network. Susan lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, a TV/film writer and teaches journalism at NYU, the New School, and Mediabistro.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Michael J. Diamond, author of My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives published by Norton.

Michael J. Diamond is a practicing clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and was recently named Distinguished Psychoanalyst of the Year by the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.  He is also an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Crandell, author of Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife published by Warner Wellness.

Susan Crandell left the top editorial job at More, a magazine for women in their forties and fifties to launch a new career and explore new areas of life. She has made numerous appearances talking about the new adventurous spirit of midlife, including the Today Show, and Good Morning America. She lives in Crownwall on Hudson, New York, with her husband Stephan Wilkinson, who is also a writer. Their daughter, Brook is an editor at a leading travel magazine.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, author of The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change published by Oxford University Press.

Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard in 1974, summa cum laude, he directed day school and residential programs for children with developmental disabilities for three years. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1983. He taught in the Psychology Department at UCLA from 1986-1990 and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1990.

Hinshaw has authored over 170 articles, chapters, and reviews on child psychopathology. His books include Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity Disorder, and The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder. Visit his website.

Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider", Vice-President of Psychjourney, interviews Attorney & Founding Partner Dorothy Clay Sims.

Dorothy Clay Sims is founding partner of her own law firm Sims, Amat, Stakenborg, & Henry in Ocala, Florida and was the first woman chair of the Worker's Compensation Section of the Florida bar in 22 years. She was president of the Marion County Bar Association; co-founder/past president, Florida Worker's Advocates; CEO, Florida Academy of Impairment Rating, Inc.; and co-founder, International Forensic Medical Association.

Sims has carved a significant niche deposing defense doctor witnesses in brain injury, malingering, and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) cases that lead to favorable trial outcomes and frequent awards to plaintiffs nationwide. Sims is CEO of MD in a Box, an online business she founded in 2005 to provide other lawyers real-time access to fully trained medical doctors during deposition or trial while they cross-examine the opposing doctor.  Visit her website.

Visit Dr. Riolo's new website Law and Ethics In Mental Health.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Louis Cozolino author of The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain published by Norton.

Dr. Cozolino has diverse clinical and research interests and holds degrees in philosophy and theology, in addition to his doctorate in clinical psychology. He has conducted  empirical research in schizophrenia, child abuse, and long-term impact of stress. Recently, his interests have turned to a synthesis of the biobehavioral sciences and psychotherapy. He is the author of The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain and The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey, as well as numerous articles and chapters on various topics.  He maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Angeles. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Louis Cozolino, the author of The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brian  published by Norton.

Dr. Cozolino has diverse clinical and research interests and holds degrees in philosophy and theology, in addition to his doctorate in clinical psychology. He has conducted  empirical research in schizophrenia, child abuse, and long-term impact of stress. Recently, his interests have turned to a synthesis of the biobehavioral sciences and psychotherapy. He is the author of The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain and The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey, as well as numerous articles and chapters on various topics.  He maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Angeles. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Eric Liu, author of  The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker published by Vintage.

Eric Liu is the author of Guiding Lights: How to Mentor- And Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month.  He is also the author of The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary Matters of Race, and he edited the Norton anthology Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation.

Eric served as a speechwriter for President Clinton in the first term and as White House deputy domestic policy adviser in the second. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. He's also been a frequent commentator of CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. In 2002, Eric was named by the World Economic Forum as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow."  He lives in Seattle, where he teaches at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs and hosts an acclaimed television interview program called Seattle Voices. In addition to organizing the annual Guilding Lights Weekend, Eric speaks regularly at conferences, corporations and campuses around the country. Visit his website.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Eric Liu, author of Guiding Lights: How to Mentor-and Find Life's Purpose  published by Ballantine Books.

Eric Liu is the author of Guiding Lights: How to Mentor- And Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month.  He is also the author of The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary Matters of Race, and he edited the Norton anthology Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation.

Eric served as a speechwriter for President Clinton in the first term and as White House deputy domestic policy adviser in the second. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. He's also been a frequent commentator of CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. In 2002, Eric was named by the World Economic Forum as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow."  He lives in Seattle, where he teaches at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs and hosts an acclaimed television interview program called Seattle Voices. In addition to organizing the annual Guilding Lights Weekend, Eric speaks regularly at conferences, corporations and campuses around the country. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Margaret Sartor, author of Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets, And Growing Up In the 1970s published by Bloomsbury USA.

Margaret Sartor is a writer and photographer. She currently teaches at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and lives with her husband and two children in Durham, North Carolina.

Sartor's most recent book, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s is a New York Times bestseller and was chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the Chicago Tribune.

Margaret Sartor's photographs of her family have been widely published and exhibited and are in a number of permanent museum collections. As an editor, Sartor has published three books, What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney (co-edited with Geoff Dyer) was chosen as one of the Top Ten Photography Books of 1999 by the Village Voice.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion- The Spiritual Memoir of a twenty-first century Christian published by Ballentine.

Sara Miles is the author of How to Hack a Party Line: The Democrats and Silicon Valley and co-editor of Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan and the anthology Opposite Sex. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Out, The Progressive, La Jornada, and Salon, among others.  She has written extensively on military affairs, politics, and culture. The Founder of St. Gregory's Food Pantry, she lives in San Francisco, California with her family. Visit her website.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. William McKeen, author of Highway 61: A Father-Son Journey Through the Middle of America published by Norton.

Dr. William McKeen is the  author of five books and editor or three more. He has been copy editor and reporter at several newspapers, and was staff editor at The Saturday Evening Post and production editor for The American Spectator. His latest book, Highway 61, is a memoir of a 6,000-mile road trip with his college-age son. In addition to his anthology, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, Mckeen has written critical biographies of Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. He is working on a full-scale biography of Hunter Thompson, an anthology about childhoods in Florida and a rock'n'roll book called Rip This Joint.

McKeen specializes in media history, popular culture and literary journalism. He has earned his B.A. in history and his M.A. in journalism from Indiana University and his Ph.D. in education from the University of Oklahoma. He is married and has seven children.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Solicitor Adrian C. Laing, author of R.D. Laing: A Life published by Sutton Publishing.

Adrian C. Laing, is a practicing Solicitor Advocate of his own firm Laing and Co, and regularly writes and presents on issues relating to media and entertainment law. Adrian studied law at Exeter University and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple, London) in 1979 (aged 21). He subsequently studied under Michael Foucault at the College de France, Paris.

Adrian is the co-author (with his wife Deborah Fosbrook) of two leading law titles: 'The A-Z Contract Clauses' and 'The Media Contracts Handbook'. Adrian has five children and lives in Highgate, North London. Visit his website.

Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider", Vice-President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Maia Szalavitz.

Ms. Maia Szalavitz is a journalist who covers health, science, and public policy. Her most recent book, co-written with leading child trauma expert, Bruce D. Perry, MD. PhD, is The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing (Basic 2007).

She is also the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead 2006) and co-author, with Dr. Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, of Recovery Options: The Guide You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000).

She is a Senior Fellow at Stats.org, a media watchdog organization, which investigates coverage of science and statistics.

She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle, Newsday, New York Magazine, New Scientist, Newsweek, Salon, Redbook, O: The Oprah Magazine, and other major publications. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN, MSNBC's News with Brian Williams, and NPR.

Maia Szalavitz has also worked in television--first as Associate Producer and then Segment Producer for PBS' Charlie Rose, then on several documentaries including a Barbara Walters' AID special for ABC and as Series Researcher and Associate Producer for the PBS documentary series, Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home.  Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Babette Rothschild, LCSW, author of Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma  published by Norton.

After living for nine years in Copenhagen, Denmark, Babette returned to her native Los Angeles where she maintains a small private practice while spending most of her time traveling the globe giving lectures, professional trainings, international consultation, and writing more books. She is the author of three books, all published by Norton, The Body Remembers, The Body Remembers CASEBOOK, and Help For the Helper. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychourney, Ms. Mary Roach, author of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife published by Norton.

Journalist and former Salon com. columnist Mary Roach has written for Outside, GQ, Vogue, and The New York Times Magazine. She writes the humor column "My Planet" in Reader's Digest and is contributing editor for the science magazine Discover. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Ed. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews, Ms. Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers published by Norton. photo credit: Phyllis Christopher

Journalist and former Salon com. columnist Mary Roach has written for Outside, GQ, Vogue, and The New York Times Magazine.  She writes the humor column "My Planet" in Reader's Digest and is contributing editor for the science magazine Discover.  She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Ed.  Visit her website.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, author of From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava with Melinda Roth, published by Lyons Press.

Jay Kopelman is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA in September 2004, as the Special Operations Forces Liaison Officer for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF), Jay deployed to Iraq to train the Iraqi Special Forces. In October, he was assigned as the liaison officer to an Iraqi Army battalion, and in November they entered Fallujah to battle insurgents for control of the city. It was there that he met and adopted Lava, a five week old puppy abandoned during the during the invasion.

Following his return to the United States, based on his experiences in Iraq, Jay was asked to help train the Marines who would return to Iraq as advisors to the Iraqui armed forces and the police. He currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for advisor training at I MEF.

Jay lives in La Jolla, CA, with his wife, Pam: son Mattox; stepson Sean; their two dogs, Lava and Koda, and Cheddar the cat.  Both Jay and his wife, an anthropologist, are avid surfers who make annual pilgrimage to Costa Rica. They also spend time skiing, camping, waterskiing/wakeboarding and rock climbing. Visit his website.  Watch a video of Jay and Lava.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews lawyer Dylan Schaffer, author of Life, Death & Bialys: A Father/Son Baking Story published by Bloomsbury USA.

Dylan Schaffer has been a criminal defense lawyer in the Bay Area for 15 years. He writes the Misdemeanor Man legal thriller series. His first book, Misdemeanor Man, won Mystery Ink's 2004 Gumshoe for best debut. Misdemeanor Man and his second book in the series, I Right The Wrongs, were Booksense selections. His new book, a memoir called Life, Death & Bialys: A Father/Son Baking Story was a Chicago Tribune 2006 best book of the year and a 2006 Barnes & Nobles Discover New Writers selection. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Roy Richard Grinker, author of Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism published by Basic Books.

Roy Richard Grinker is Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Institute for Ethnographic Research at George Washington University. He is the author of four other books including the widely acclaimed In The Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnball and editor-in-chief of Anthropological Quarterly. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, and the National Geographic Channel, and on regional and national NPR. Visit his website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Nan Mooney, author of I Can't Believe She Did That!: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work published by St. Martins Griffin.

Nan was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, graduated from Scripps College, and has worked in both the film and publishing industries. Along the way, she's held numerous other jobs including, but not confined to: actor, nanny, office temp, exerciser of polo ponies, caterer, fact-checker, and- most dangerous of all- floor demonstrator for an at-home waxing device. Nan is the author of My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track (2002). Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, The Daily News, The Seattle Weekly, Hamptons, Jitney Magazine, The Blood-Horse and various other publications.

She currently works as a teacher and freelance writer, living in (and in times battling with) New York City.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz, author of The Brightening Glance, Imagination and Childhood published by Pantheon.

Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz is a professor in the Honors College and Department of Visual Arts at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The author of Inside Pictures Books, she has written and lectured extensively on children's aesthetic and psychological development.  A visual artist and dancer, she has taught at Columbia, Stanford, and New York University, among other academic institutions. She lives in Baltimore. Visit her webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Stephen P. Kiernan, M.A., M.F.A., author of Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System published by St. Martin's Press.

Stephen Kiernan was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. A graduate of Middlebury College, he also received an MA degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA degree from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. In over two decades as a journalist he has won 40 awards, including the Bechner Institute's Freedom of Information Award, the Gerald Leob Award for financial journalism (two time commentary finalist) and the 2003 George Polk Award. He has taught at Middlebury College and the New England Young Writers Conference, and has worked on the staff of the Breadloaf School of English and the Breadloaf Writers Conference. He has served on the board of The Brautigan Library and the Young Writers Project.

At present Stephen is traveling the country, speaking to civic groups, colleges, senior centers and churches about ways to improve the end of life.

Stephen has also performed on the guitar for many years. In addition to recording 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, he has composed music for dance, the stage, documentaries and TV specials. He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Daniel B. Smith, author of Muses, Madmen, and Prophets, Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucinations, published by Penguin Press.

Daniel B. Smith is a new York based journalist and author. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Granta, and n+1.

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Harriet Brown, author of Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About The Men We Used to Love published by Ballantine Books.

Harriet Brown is the award-winning author of the Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of A Day Care Center and the Promised Land, a collection of poems. Her poems have appeared in Poetry and Prairie Schooner, among other literary magazines. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and other national publications. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Madison, Wisconsin. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. John Higgs, author of I Have America Surrounded: A Biography of Timothy Leary published by Barricade Books.

John Higgs has spent 10 years writing and producing in a wide range of media, making him the only man who can boast of producing both a long running series for BBC Radio 4 and a best selling videogame for the PlayStation 2.

He created the innovative historical and geographical quiz show X Marks The Spot for BBC Radio 4. The series has now been running for eight years. Videogames that he has produced include Crash and Burn, and ATV: Quad Power Racing 2, which has sold over three quarters of a million copies.

In between these very different endevours he has worked extensively in television and animation, writing and producing programmes including Audrey & Friends, Pen Monkeys, and TooMuch TV, for which he earned a Best Children's Entertainment Programme BAFTA nomination. He has written for publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Mojo, and is a judge in two categories for the BAFTA Games Awards. He has a degree in Computer Science.

He lives in Brighton with his partner and two children. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interview Ms. Kat Albrecht, author of The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective with Jean Murphy, published by Bloomsbury USA.

Kat Albrecht is an award-winning former police bloodhound handler, crime scene investigator, search and rescue manager, and police officer turned investigative pet detective. She is the founder of Missing Pet Partnership, a national nonprofit organization working to establish community-based lost-pet services.

Kat lives in Clovis, California, with her three dogs and three cats.  Visit her website. For suggestions on how to find a lost pet, visit Missing Pet Partnership.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, author of Listening To Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life interviews Michael Neill, author of You Can Have What You Want: Proven Strategies for Inner and Outer Sucess published by Hay House.

Michael Neill is an internationally renowned success coach and licensed Master Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). He has written hundreds of articles in the areas of business success, money, relationships, health, happiness, well-being, and spirituality, and his weekly coaching column is syndicated in newspapers and magazines worldwide. He is the author of the audio series The 7 Myths of Success. Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, author of Waiting' Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power In America published by Henry Holt.

Peniel E. Joseph teaches in the Department of Africana Studies at SUNY-Stony Brook. The recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Ford Foundation, his work has appeared in Souls, New Formations, and the Black Scholar, and he is the editor of a forthcoming anthology entitled, The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil-Rights Power Era. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Mark Regnerus, author of Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers published by Oxford University Press.

Mark Regnerus is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin (PhD, 2000, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and a faculty associate at the university's Population Research Center. He is the author of over 25 published articles and book chapters.

Winner of the Best Article Award twice from the American Sociological Association's section on the Sociology of Religion, Regnerus is also a collaborator on the National Study of Youth and Religion, and Principal Investigator of a NIH grant entitled, "Race, Religion, and Adolescent Sexual Norms and Conduct." He is currently co-investigator (along with Weinreb) of the NIH-funded Malawi Religion Project, is an editorial board member of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, and a council member for the American Sociological Association's Section on the Sociology of Religion.

Results from his published research have been featured in USA Today, The Washington Post, Detroit News, Time Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, and Christianty Today, among other media outlets. He lives in Austin with his wife Deeann and two children. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Kenneth Adams, author of When He's Married To Mom: How To Help Mother-Emeshed Men Open Their Hearts To True Love and Commitment published by Fireside.

Dr. Kenneth M. Adams began his professional career in 1981 treating children, adolescents, and their families.  In 1985 he began private practice with the Children of Alcoholic Parents program, an outpatient progrm for treatment of adults who had grown up in alcoholic families. It was there, that he began to notice that many of these clients had addictions and emeshment issues, two of his primary specialties today. He wrote his first professional article in in 1987 on covert incest and sex addiction in alcoholic families and has since written three books and numerous peer reviewed articles.

Dr. Adams maintains his clinical practice and directorship at Kenneth M. Adams and Associates. Visit his website.

 

 

 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Mindy Lewis, author of Life Inside: A Memoir published by Washington Square Press.

Mindy Lewis is a writer, painter, and graphic designer based in New York City. Her essays have been published in two anthologies and in Newsweek, Body & Soul, Poets & Writers and Lilith magazines. A finalist in The Writer's Voice 1999 New Voice Creative Non-Fiction Awards. She has been a resident at Vermont Studio Center, Palenville Interarts, Byrdcliffe Colony, and Banff Center for the Arts.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jonathan Haidt, author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truths in Ancient Wisdom published by Basic Books.

Jonathan Haidt is associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His research examines morality, the moral-emotions, and the intuitive foundations of liberal and conservative's worldviews. He is the co-editor of Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit his website.

Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider", interviews Stephen A. Karp, MSW.

Stephen A. Karp, MSW is the Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers, CT Chapter, a position he held from 1989 –1999, and again since August 2001.

Mr. Steve Karp obtained his MSW in 1983 from Fordham University , with a concentration in community organization. Mr. Karp has a long history of involvement with NASW, first as a volunteer , then as the Political Director for the New York State Chapter. He served the CT Chapter and was later the Director of Chapter Services and Continuing Education at the national office of NASW from 1999-2001.

Prior to working for NASW Steve spent over ten years in the fields of aging and developmental disabilities, where he did a combination of direct service and administration. He has been an adjunct professor of social work, teaching at several colleges and universities and on the advisory board for the Institute for the Advancement of the Practice of Political Social Work at the UCONN School of Social Work and the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman. 

Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider" interviews Dr. Richard J. McNally, author of Remembering Trauma published by Belknap Press.

Richard J. McNally received his B.S. in psychology from Wayne State University in 1976, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982. He completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Behavior Therapy Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Temple University School of Medicine. In 1984 he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School where he established the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and directed the university counseling center. He moved to the Department of Psychology at Harvard University in 1991 where he is now Professor and Director of Clinical Training.

He has more than 290 publications, most concerning cognitive aspects of anxiety disorders (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder), including the books Panic Disorder A Critical Analysis (Guilford Press, 1994) and Remembering Trauma (Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 2003). Recent laboratory studies concern cognitive functioning in adults reporting histories of childhood sexual abuse, including those reporting to having repressed and recovered their memories of trauma. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.

He served on the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV PTSD and simple phobia committees, and now serves on the DSV-V fear circuitry and stress-induced disorders workgroup. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, winner of the 2005 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology, and on the Institute for Scientific Information's "Highly Cited" list for psychology and psychiatry [top 0.5% of published authors worldwide in terms of citation impact.] Visit his webpage.

Visit Dr. Riolo's websites, Your Advocate Online and The Insider.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D., author of Thinking Parent, Thinking Child: How to Turn Your Most Challenging Everyday Problems into Solutions published by McGraw Hill.

Myrna B. Shure is a developmental psychologist and professor of psychology at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA), developed the "I Can Problem Solve" (ICPS) program, on which Raising a Thinking Preteen and her two previous books are based. She has won three awards from the American Psychological Association (1984, 1986, 1993) and one from the National Mental Health Association (1982) for her work developing the ICPS program.

Her programs, I Can Problem Solve, for schools, and Raising a Thinking Child, for families, have been recognized as exemplary mental health programs by the National Association of School Psychologists, and as model violence and substance abuse prevention programs by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has recognized Dr. Shure's Raising a Thinking Child as a model prevention program for families, and that book was also a 1996 Parent's Choice Award winner. Visit her website .

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Hella Winston, Ph.D., author of Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels, published by Beacon Press.

Hella Winston was born and raised in New York City. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Barnard College with a B.A. in Religion, she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Sociology Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

In addition to her work on Hasidic Jews drawing upon what has been hailed as unprecedented field work among the Satmar and Boboz sects  Winston has also been involved in extensive Sociological research and writing in other areas, including the Sociology of Education, the Sociology of the Professions, and the interaction between culture and identity.

She is the co-author of Children of the Digital Divide, with Paul Attewell, which appears in an edited collection entitled Disadvantaged Teens and Computer Technologies (Waxman, 2002). The paper reflects some of the fruits of a two-year, NSF-funded ethnographic study of the influence of computers on the academic achievement of disadvantaged youth. She is also working with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein on a study of the process of identity formation among Public Interest lawyers. Winston's writing has also appeared in Lilith magazine, New York Newsday, and The East Hampton Star.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Attorney Dawn Davenport, author of The Complete Book Of International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child published by Broadway.

Dawn Davenport is an adoption expert, writer, attorney, and speaker specializing in international adoption. Her book, The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child (Random House/Broadway, Nov. 2006), and website, help families through the international adoption process.

She has published on adoption in national and regional publications, including Conceive Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today. She is interviewed frequently about adoption, including numerous times on National Public Radio. Her research has been featured on CBS News 60 Minutes and People Magazine. Ms. Davenport has served as a background consultant to CBS News 60 Minutes and ABC News Primetime Live on adoption issues. She loves to speak at infertility and adoption conferences to help others on their journey to find their child. Perhaps most important, she is a mom of four by birth and adoption and cares passionately about this issue.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney  interviews Dr. Joy Castro, author of The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses  published by Arcade.

Born in Miami, Joy Castro studied literature at Trinity University and Texas A&M University. She began publishing short stories during graduate school and took a position in 1997 teaching literature and creative writing at Wabash College, where she lectures on women's literature, race and gender issues, literary modernism, and the Harlem Renaissance. An award-winning teacher, she publishes articles on innovative strategies for the post-secondary classroom, and her published literary scholarship focuses on experimental women writers of the twentieth century such as Jean Rhys, Meridel Le Sueur, Sandra Cisneros, and Naomi Shihab Nye.

Committed to broadening the reach of higher education to communities in need, she has offered free courses to at-risk teenagers, low-income adults, and victims of domestic violence, and she runs the biannual Creative Writing/ Creative Teaching conference for Indiana high school and middle school teachers.

 Her honors include the Charles Gordone Award for Poetry and a Frank B. Vogel Scholarship in nonfiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and her short fiction and creative nonfiction appear in anthologies and in journals such as North American Review, Cream City Review, Chelsea, Quarterly West, and Puerto del Sol.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Valerie E. Whiffen, author of A Secret Sadness: The Hidden Relationship patterns that make women depressed published by New Harbinger.

Valerie E. Whiffen, Ph.D., has been a professor and clinical psychologist in private practice since 1988 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a professor of psychology in the APA-accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Ottawa. She teaches graduate courses in Psychopathology, Basic Clinical Skills and Interpersonal Therapy, and she supervises the training of clinical psychology doctoral students who are learning to do interpersonal therapy with depressed women and couple therapy with couples who are struggling with one partner's depression. She serves as a peer reviewer for several professional journals and granting councils.

Whiffen has authored numerous chapters in professional books and more than forty journal articles and she is coauthor of Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy with Susan Johnson. Her primary research interest is gender and depression. She is currently engaged in two major funded research projects. One is a longitudinal study examining the interpersonal influences on adolescent girls' depression, and the second is a longitudinal study of how couples cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Hillary Carlip, author of Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan published by Harper.

Award winning author and Multi-Mediast, Hillary Carlip's memoir Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan  is an American Bookseller's Association Book Sense Pick, and was selected by Borders as one of the Top Literary Memoirs of 2006. She has appeared on countless radio and TV shows, including Oprah, who dedicated an entire episode to Hillary's first book, Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out, and the Ellen Degeneres Show, where she taught Ellen how to eat fire (complete with Liza Minnelli running onstage--unplanned--with a fire extinguisher!) Hillary's second book, Zine Scene, won an American Libray Association Award.

Hillary is the creator, host and editor of the acclaimed literary website FRESH YARN, an NPR commentator, an artist, and a creative and motivational consultant and speaker.  Currently Hillary is working on her fourth book, and developing a network television show based on Queen of the Oddballs.  You can find out more about her, see video clips, etc. at her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Evelyn McDonnell, author of Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock' n' Roll published by Da Capo Life Long Books.

Evelyn McDonnell is the pop culture writer at the Miami Herald, where she has worked since 2001. She is the author of Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock 'n' Roll and  Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork.  She coedited the anthologies Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap and Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth. 

A former senior editor at the Village Voice and associate editor at SF Weekly, her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including Ms., Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Spin, Travel & Leisure, Us, Billboard, and Option.

Evelyn lives in Miami Beach with her husband, Bud, her stepdaughters, Karlie and Kendra, her son Cole, their dog, Otis, and two cats, Paleface and Moonpie.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Abby Seixas, author of Finding The Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance & Meaning In Everyday Life published by Jossey-Bass.

Abby Seixas is an author and psychotherapist specializing in issues of life-balance and “the art of slowing down.â€? She has been interviewed on The Today Show and the Hallmark Channel, as well as on CBS4-TV in Boston and KRON-TV in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in national and local print media, including O Magazine, Body + Soul magazine, Self magazine and The Boston Globe. Abby has been in the mental health field for more than twenty-five years and has been a consultant and clinical psychotherapy supervisor at training centers in the United States and abroad. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Portia Iversen, author of Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism published by Riverhead.

Portia Iversen, an Emmy-winning art director, has been a vigorous proponent of autism research since her son Dov was diagnosed in 1994. Together with her husband, Jon Shestack, she established the Cure Autism Now Foundation, one of the largest nongovernmental funding resources for autism research worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.  Visit her website and new online community.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Allen Shawn, MS, author of Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life published by Viking.

Allen Shawn grew up in New York City and currently lives in Vermont, where he is on the faculty of Bennington College. He started composing music at the age of ten, and has produced a large catalogue of orchestral, chamber, and piano works, as well as music for ballet, theater, and film. He performs frequently as a pianist, and he has contributed articles to The Atlantic Monthly, The Musical Times, and The Times Literary Supplement . Allen is also the author of the book "Arnold Schoenberg's Journey. He is the father of Annie and Harold Shawn.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews David Kessler, author of The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter published by Harper.

David Kessler is the author of The Needs of the Dying, which received praised by Mother Teresa. It has now been published in over 11 countries worldwide. He also co-authored Life Lessons and On Grief and Grieving with Elisabeth  Kubler-Ross. He is Director of Palliative Care for Citrus Valley Health Partners, which has three hospitals and a hospice in the Los Angeles area with over 900 physicians and 2000 nurses. His volunteerism includes serving as a member of the Red Cross Disaster Team and as a Specialist Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department, serving on its critical incident stress team.

His work has been discussed in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Business Week, and Life Magazine, and has been featured on CNN-Cross Fire, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, Entertainment Tonight and Sally Jessy Raphael. He has also written for the Boston Globe, LA Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle.  For more information visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Jeff Bell, author of Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder published by Hazelden.

Jeff Bell is a longtime veteran of radio and television news. He currently co-anchors afternoon drive at KCBS-AM, the CBS Network's San Francisco flagship and one of the most successful all-news radio stations in America.

Prior to joining KCBS, Bell spent eight years hosting drive-time news programs at KFBK in Sacramento. His reporting has aired on the CBS Radio Network; and The Associated Press, The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Northern California, and The Sacramento Bee have all recognized him for his radio work. On the television side, Bell spent several years as a writer for KTVU-TV's Mornings on Two, a ground-breaking and hugely successful Bay Area news program.

Bell holds a master's degree in business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two daughters. Visit his websites RewindReplayRepeat and Beyond the Doubt.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Daniel Burston, author of Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics and Evolution published by Jason Aronson.

Daniel Burston, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology who holds doctorates in Psychology (1989) and in Social and Political Thought (1985) from York University in Toronto. Dr. Burston is chair of the psychology department at Duqusense Univeristy. He is also an Associate of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, the Advisory Board of Janus Head, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Society for Eistential Analysis.

 His books have been reviewed in numerous journals and newspapers, including The New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books, The Boston Sunday Globe, The Boston Book Review, the New Republic, and the Washington Times.  Visit his webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Les Carter, author of Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize and Manage the Narcissists in Your Life published by Jossey-Bass.

Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas. He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Trap and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Michael Datcher, M.A., author of Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story published by Riverhead Trade.

Michael Datcher is the author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times Bestseller RAISING FENCES -- a TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB Book of the Month pick. The film rights were optioned by actor Will Smith's Overbrook Productions, who hired Datcher to write the screenplay. He is co-editor of TOUGH LOVE: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur. Datcher's latest play SILENCE was commissioned by and premiered at the Getty Museum. He has appeared on both news programs Nightline and Dateline as an analyst and is a frequent commentator on BBC Radio. He is co-host of the weekly public affairs news magazine BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE on 90.7 FM KPFK. Datcher's writing has appeared in the Washington Post, LA Times, Baltimore Sun, The Source, Ladies Home Journal, Vibe among many other publications. He has curated and/or presented his work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hammer Museum and other art institutions.

Datcher is the former Director of Literary Programs at the World Stage Writer's Workshop in Leimert Park. He is co-editor of the new national journal of literary nonfiction THE TRUTH ABOUT. Datcher is a professor of English at Loyola Marymount University.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Traer Scott, author of Shelter Dogs published by Merrell.

Traer Scott, a fine art photographer with a background in portraiture and fashion, was raised as an only child in a house full of animals. A menagerie of cats, wounded wild animals, birds, snakes and dogs were her most constant childhood companions. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her husband and two beautiful rescued dogs.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Janja Lalich, co-author of Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships with Madeleine Tobias published by Bay Tree Publishing.

Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has served as a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media and legal professionals, as well as to members, former members, and families of members of controversial groups. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

Her recent book is Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively and is author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, articles, and chapters. Her most recent book is Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships. Her other books include Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? and Cults in Our Midst both coauthered with the renowned cult expert and clinical psychologist Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer. Also Dr. Lalich was guest editor of Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups, a special issue of the Cultic Studies Journal (vol. 14,1,1997).

 Dr. Lalich is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Influence & Control, a cult research and resource center. Over the years she has met with and interviewed hundreds of current and former members of groups and their families. She has also been a consultant to attorneys, mental health professionals, health professionals, educators, and the media. She is often interviewed about cult-related events.

A member of the American Sociological Association, the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Lalich presents regularly at academic and lay conferences. She has appeared on Meet the Press, national and local news programs, talk shows, cable documentaries, as well as on radio and Internet programs, such as NPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge and Morning Edition, the BBC's Thinking Allowed, and Time/CNN Impact and Omni magazine's LiveScience online. She can be reached at 530-898-5542 or JLalich@csuchico.edu.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Janja Lalich author of Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?coauthered with Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer.

Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has served as a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media and legal professionals, as well as to members, former members, and families of members of controversial groups. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

Her recent book is Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively and is author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, articles, and chapters. Her most recent book is Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships. Her other books include Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?  and Cults in Our Midst  both coauthered with the renowned cult expert and clinical psychologist Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer. Also Dr. Lalich was guest editor of Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups, a special issue of the Cultic Studies Journal (vol. 14,1,1997).

Dr. Lalich is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Influence & Control, a cult research and resource center. Over the years she has met with and interviewed hundreds of current and former members of groups and their families. She has also been a consultant to attorneys, mental health professionals, health professionals, educators, and the media. She is often interviewed about cult-related events.

A member of the American Sociological Association, the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Lalich presents regularly at academic and lay conferences. She has appeared on Meet the Press, national and local news programs, talk shows, cable documentaries, as well as on radio and Internet programs, such as NPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge and Morning Edition, the BBC's Thinking Allowed, and Time/CNN Impact and Omni magazine's LiveScience online. She can be reached at 530-898-5542 or JLalich@csuchico.edu

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Reverend Gary Kowalski, author of Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet published by New World Library.

Reverend Gary Kowalski is the author of bestselling books on animals, spirituality and nature. His first volume, The Souls of Animals, which explores other species's capacities for love, creativity, and self-awareness, has been re-released from New World Library, after being translated into Chinese, German and French, and selling over 80,000 copies worldwide. His second book, Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom For Anyone Who Has Ever Lost A Pet, was featured in both One Spirit and the Quality Paperback Book Clubs and remains a valued resource for those grieving their animal companions.

In 2001, he published The Bible According To Noah: Theology As If Animals Mattered (Lantern Books), a critical look at our religious traditions and the need for a more earth-friendly scripture. Most recently, his book Science and the Search for God (Lantern, 2003) probes discoveries in physics and life sciences that point toward a new estimate of humanity's place within the wider universe.

A graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Kowalski is an ordained minister currently serving the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont.

Kevin Keough, Psy.D., clinical psychologist and host of The Public Square interviews Attorney James  Gardner, author of The Intelligent Universe: AI, ET, and the Emerging Mind of the Cosmos published by New Page Books.

James Gardner, the author of The Intelligent Universe: AI, ET, and the Emerging Mind of the Cosmos, is a widely published science essayist and complexity theorist. His science essays and peer-reviewed scientific papers have appeared in Nature, Biotechnology, Wired, World Link (the scientific journal of the Santa Fe Institute), Acta Astronautica (the scientific journal of the International Academy of Astronautics), the International Journal of Astrobiology, and the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.His first book, BIOCOSM, was selected by Amazon.com's editors as one of the ten best science books of 2003.

Gardner is a former Oregon State Senator and a partner in the Portland law and lobbying firm of Gardner & Gardner. He is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale Law School, where he was Article Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Following law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge Alfred T. Goodwin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Potter Stewart on the United State Supreme Court.  Visit his website.