This week  my guest is leading social psychologist and scientist Roy F. Baumeister. His latest research reveals that the average person spends four hours of their day battling temptation.  It’s no wonder most of us claim our greatest weakness is lack of willpower.  But Baumeister argues this doesn’t have to be the case.  In “WILLPOWER: Rediscovering the Greatest …

This week my guests are Jeanine and Mark Earnhart, co-authors of “Marriage Works, a guide to a loving and long-lasting marriage.” Marriage Works, written in a workbook format, is based on the tools that the Earnhart’s have created and maintained over a forty two year marriage.

The Earnhart’s have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on the …

This week our guest is the extraordinary Dr. Dan Siegel. Dr. Siegel does ground breaking work in the areas of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology. In the simplest of terms his works helps us to understand our personal human experience from a scientific perspective. His work in the fields of parenting and personal experience are revolutionary. Dr. Siegel’s  integrated and accessible approach has led him to be invited to …

This week our guest is Dr. Jennifer M. Thomas. She is a motivational speaker and psychologist in private practice with Associates in Christian Counseling in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer is the co-author, along with Dr. Gary Chapman of The Five Languages of Apology. She consults with companies on leadership and relationship issues.
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This week on Healthy You our guest is author and yoga expert Sara Avant Stover. Our ancestors lived in accordance with daily, seasonal, and yearly rhythms out of necessity. But over time modern life has come to override these natural cycles — from weather and food to work, technology, and recreation. Because they are inherently cyclical and instinctually caregivers, …

This week our guest is Dr. Gary Chapman. He is author, speaker, pastor, and counselor—has a passion for people, and for helping them form lasting relationships. He speaks extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally on marriage, family, and relationships. The government of Singapore invited him to present his marriage seminar there and the Chaplain’s Office of NATO issued a …

This week’s guest is Susan Harrow. She is a respected media coach, PR & marketing expert & author of Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul.

Her clients have appeared on Oprah, 60 minutes, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, People, O, Vanity Fair etc. They include Fortune 500 CEOs, celebrity chefs, reality TV stars, rock stars, entrepreneurs, …

This week’s guest is Charlotte Kasl. She has an M.A. in Piano from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Counseling from Ohio University in 1982. She was a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota for 15 years and is currently a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Montana. She is a Certified Addiction Specialist in the areas of chemical dependency and sexuality …

This week our guest is Rick Reynolds, LCSW. He is the Founder of Affair Recovery – affairrecovery.com He holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Over the past fifteen years, he has helped hundreds of individuals and couples struggling with affairs and compulsive sexual behaviors. Rick is …

This week our guest is renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg. She has been a student of meditation since 1971, and leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She teaches both intensive awareness practice, (vipassana or insight meditation), and the profound cultivation of loving kindness and compassion, (the Brahma Viharas).

Sharon’s new book Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program, was published …