Episodes

NAACP Race Controversy and Early Trauma and Chronic Illness
July 8, 2015

NAACP Race Controversy and Early Trauma and Chronic Illness

Kathryn interviews psychologist Dr. Jay Richards about the psychology around the recent NAACP race controversy. Rachel Dolezal, the former President of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP, has come under fire for mis...
An Unexpected Life and Entrepreneurship Revolution
July 1, 2015

An Unexpected Life and Entrepreneurship Revolution

Kathryn interviews Tracy Slater, author of “The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World”. When she took a short-term job teaching English to businessmen in Japan, Slater had no intention of falli...
Child Sexual Abuse and Brain Health
June 24, 2015

Child Sexual Abuse and Brain Health

Kathryn interviews legal expert Norman D. Bates, author of “Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth-Serving Organizations: Guidelines for Managers and Parents”. Adults come in contact with teens through youth-serving organizat...
Trauma in Developing Brains and Bald, Fat and Crazy
June 17, 2015

Trauma in Developing Brains and Bald, Fat and Crazy

Kathryn interviews neuroscientist Dr. Frances E. Jensen, author of the book “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults”. Dr. Jensen discusses how aspects of the teenage brain...
Inflamed Fat Cells and Intimate Separateness
June 10, 2015

Inflamed Fat Cells and Intimate Separateness

Kathryn interviews diet and nutrition expert Lori Shemek PhD, author of “How to Fight FATflammation: A Revolutionary 3-Week Program to Shrink the Body’s Fat Cells for Quick and Lasting Weight Loss”. Dr. Shemek says a successf...
Improving Relationships and The Power of Resiliency
June 3, 2015

Improving Relationships and The Power of Resiliency

Kathryn interviews Family Systems Institute founder and director Jenny Brown MSW, author of “Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring the Best to All of Life’s Relationships”. It’s in our relationships that we can experience the ver...
Father-Daughter Relationships
May 27, 2015

Father-Daughter Relationships

Kathryn interviews journalist Sarah Tomlinson, author of the book “Good Girl: A Memoir”. Told with raw honesty, this father-daughter memoir from Tomlinson recounts her unconventional upbringing as colored by her complicated r...
Redefining Masculinity and Fatal Cyberbullying
May 20, 2015

Redefining Masculinity and Fatal Cyberbullying

Kathryn interviews psychotherapist Rob Garfield MD, author of “Breaking the Male Code: Unlocking the Power of Friendship”. Traditional notions of masculinity have changed and men are now forced to take on new roles within the...
Why Men Fight and Female Money Makers
May 13, 2015

Why Men Fight and Female Money Makers

Kathryn interviews Washington & Jefferson College Distinguished Research Fellow Jonathan Gottschall on his latest book “The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch”. Throughout the last decade, cage figh...
Facebook Fallout and Benefits of Stress
May 6, 2015

Facebook Fallout and Benefits of Stress

Kathryn interviews co-founder of ADDO Worldwide Kevin Paul Scott, author of “8 Essential Exchanges: What You Have to Give Up to Go Up”. Many believe that Facebook’s efforts to compete with the latest and greatest social media...
Cancer Diagnosis and 5 Million New Jobs
April 29, 2015

Cancer Diagnosis and 5 Million New Jobs

Kathryn interviews oncologist Kevin P. Ryan MD, author of “When Tumor is the Rumor and Cancer is the Answer: A Comprehensive Text for Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients and their Families”. Stressing patient autonomy, Dr. Ryan a...
Watching Psychopaths and Sugar Danger
April 22, 2015

Watching Psychopaths and Sugar Danger

Kathryn interviews writer and producer Joel Silberman, author of the LA Times article “Why do we love to watch psychopaths?” The success of HBO’s “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” and shows like CSI, Dexter, and...
Diabetes Reset and Elder Chicks
April 15, 2015

Diabetes Reset and Elder Chicks

Kathryn interviews George L. King MD, Research Director at Harvard’s Joslin Diabetes Center and author of “The Diabetes Reset: Avoid It. Control It. Even Reverse It.” Imagine controlling, avoiding, or reversing diabetes – tha...
Autism & Millennial Parenting
April 8, 2015

Autism & Millennial Parenting

Kathryn interviews parent and autism advocate Carrie Cariello, author of “What Color is Monday? How Autism Changed One Family for the Better”. Through hilarious mishaps, honest insights and heartfelt letters addressed to her ...
An Unlikely Caregiver & Why Weight
April 1, 2015

An Unlikely Caregiver & Why Weight

Kathryn interviews magazine and book editor George Hodgman, author of the memoir “Bettyville”. When Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his Missouri hometown to care for his aging mother, he expects to only be away for a few weeks. ...
Misconceptions about the Developing Child & The Cannabis Conversation
March 25, 2015

Misconceptions about the Developing Child & The Cannabis Conversation

Kathryn interviews licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Stephen Hupp on his book “Great Myths of Child Development”. Co-authors Dr. Stephen Hupp and Dr. Jeremy Jewell shatter the top myths that most parents believe about time-o...
Defining Sexuality & Death at Work
March 18, 2015

Defining Sexuality & Death at Work

Kathryn interviews LGBTQI activist Joe Wenke, author of “The Human Agenda: Conversations about Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity”. Despite the progress in the movement toward marriage equality, the LGBTQI community continu...
Divorcing a Narcissist
March 11, 2015

Divorcing a Narcissist

Kathryn interviews marriage and family therapist Dr. Karyl McBride on her book Will I Ever Be Free of You? How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family. Are you in love with a narcissist? Whe...
Avoiding Financial Infidelity & Cookie Cutter End-of-Life Directives
March 4, 2015

Avoiding Financial Infidelity & Cookie Cutter End-of-Life Directives

Kathryn interviews debt therapist and attorney Leslie Tayne, author of “Life & Debt: A Fresh Approach to Achieving Financial Wellness”. When it comes to financial infidelity, Tayne has seen it all — borrowing from a 401(k) wi...
Innocent and Exonerated & Women’s Legal Issues
Feb. 25, 2015

Innocent and Exonerated & Women’s Legal Issues

Kathryn interviews attorney Nikki D. Pope and chef Courtney B. Lance, authors of “Pruno, Ramen, and a Side of Hope: Stories of Surviving Wrongful Convictions”. If you were given a prison sentence of 25 to life for a crime you...
End-of-Life Care Talk & Plastic Surgery Secrets
Feb. 18, 2015

End-of-Life Care Talk & Plastic Surgery Secrets

Kathryn interviews Harvard Medical School Researcher and Physician Angelo E. Volandes MD, author of “The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care”. Dr. Volandes has witnessed far too often the unnecessary suffe...
Global Volunteering
Feb. 11, 2015

Global Volunteering

Kathryn interviews nine-time Emmy award-winning writer, director, and producer John Marshall, author of “Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family’s Lives Forever”. In 2010 John Marshall needed a c...
The Family Dinner Table & Skip Resolutions, Make Changes
Feb. 4, 2015

The Family Dinner Table & Skip Resolutions, Make Changes

Kathryn interviews Harvard Medical School professor Anne Fishel PhD, author of “Home for Dinner: Mixing Food, Fun, and Conversation for a Happier Family and Healthier Kids”. If we could lower rates of obesity, break the cycle...
Winning The Amazing Race with Diabetes & Protecting Your Child from Bullying
Jan. 28, 2015

Winning The Amazing Race with Diabetes & Protecting Your Child from Bullying

Kathryn interviews Dr. Natalie Strand, author of “A Women’s Guide to Diabetes: A Path to Wellness”. Dr. Strand provides a personal perspective to a number of challenging issues, including mental and physical wellness, sexuali...