Inspirational Women

on Inspirational Women: Diane Quintana is a professional organizer and co-author of the new book--Filled Up and Overflowing: What to do When Life Events, Chronic Disorganization, and Hoarding Go Overboard. The highly unusual 2020/21 might have created this in our homes as we may have had an office, a school room, a gym, a restaurant all appearing in 'our home'. Diane provides ideas on ways to clea...

on Inspirational Women: Stephanie O'Dea is a mom of 3 kiddos who wanted to be a stay at home mom when they were longer, and created a home business of writing slow cooker recipe books. She now owns 14 slow cookers--and they are a great way to entertain so that you can spend time with guests and not tied to the kitchen. This career evolved and Stephanie now is a life coach helping others to find th...

at 6am on Inspirational Women: Julia Brewer Daily M.S. Ed, is a former educator and author of 'No Name To Be Given' a novel based on her own reality of being born into a maternity home in the south during the sixties. Now with the popularity of DNA tests adults like Julia are finding and connecting with birth mothers and discovering more family, and it also means some find they are unearthing long...

on Inspirational Women: Dr. Lydia Kang is a practicing internal medicine physician and also an author of young adult and adult fiction. She's also a coauthor with Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, and their second collaborative book is Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases. Considering the time we're living in, this can really give us some good broad perspective of...

on Inspirational Women: Amy Liz Harrison has a new book, the title of which tells us much about her--Externally Expecting: A Mom of Eight Gets Sober and Gives Birth to a Whole New Life...Her Own. It captures the essence, and Amy fills in the blanks, comparing pregnancy and giving birth to her journey of finding sobriety. Amy's openness and honesty carry a lot of weight in breaking down the stigmas...

on Inspirational Women: Dr. Sylvia Earle has long been recognized as one of the world's top experts on ocean science and conservation. Dr. Earle is the president and chairman of Mission Blue and a National Geographic Explorer at Large, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA. She has been called "Her Deepness" by The New Yorker and the New York Times, a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and a...

on Inspirational Women: Serena Short is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Pacific Medical Centers. Mental and emotional health issues have either become more of a problem, or maybe we are begin more open. Being open and seeking support is an important step. Serena touches on some aspects of the challenges of this season on our mental health, both the shorter and darker days as well as all th...

On Inspirational Women: Cherish Hart is with the American Heath Association. She provides some guidelines for food donation items during this season, and at anytime of the year. Monetary donations are always helpful, but is you like to buy items, keep healthy choices front of mind. Canned goods--look for low sodium, rolled oats, unsalted nuts, shelf stable milk and milk substitutes. Canned goods w...

at 6am on Inspirational Women: Stella Ter Hart is a well-know composer, educator and adjudicator, now semi-retired from her many musical endeavors, but has turned her creative energies into writing. Her first book, Discovering Twins: No Secret is Safe Forever, is Stella's genealogy research of her family who lived in Holland, and Stella discovered that this is a captivating story that hopefully ca...

On Inspirational Women: Killian Noe is the Founding Director of Recovery Cafe which is considered a refuge for healing and recovery. Killian began the work in Seattle in 2004 and it has grown to be at 2 locations--on Boren & Denny, and in the SODO area. The healing work is done in community, is person-centered, providing the individual with the support to manage their disease and empowers them...

at 6am on Inspirational Women: Deirdre Maloney is foremost, an amazing, strong woman, and the author of her memoir "Unfold Me: Unfold Layers of Your Wounded Heart and Begin Living Your Dream Life". Deirdre is courageously honest about her life, her youth--the sexual abuse, the path into drug and alcohol abuse, prostitution, just so much harshness, and then here she is writing her story, hoping to...

Donna Jo Napoli is a professor of linguistics and social justice at Swarthmore College and the author of more than 80 books for children and young adults. Her books have won many national and state awards, and have been translated into 19 languages. National Geographic has invited Donna Jo to write a number of books, and the current wonderful 'gift' book is: Treasury of Magical Tales From Around t...

Concepta McNamara is a certified life coach, an abuse survivor, and advocate. Concepta is also the author of the new book: Freedom/Saoirse, which discusses the lasting impact of physical and emotional abuse, and the role of forgiveness in healing. https://concepta.life/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Professor Amra Sabic-El-Rayess was a Muslim teenager at the time of the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, 1992-96. She survived, and she epitomizes survival with a loving heart, and being positive change in our world. She shares the story of those1000 days in a griping memoir: The Cat I Never Named--A True Story of Love, War, and Survival. She is now a Professor at Columbia University's Teacher's Colleg...

Marisa Reichardt is a critically acclaimed author of young adult novels. Marisa is mom to a daughter just entering college and is married to a public school teacher, as well as having tutored high school students herself, so comes to her writing with life experience. And her latest novel "A Shot at Normal" is relevant. She began exploring the topic of kids and vaccinations a few years prior to thi...

Joanna Quinn is an educator and advocate and an author of 'Greta Grace". Joanna is a former middle school teacher and the founder of Super Empowered One, an organization dedicated to building confidence in kids. October is national Bullying Prevention Month, although bullying is an action that needs attention at all times. It does give us the opportunity to discuss this activity especially in the...

Rene Czerwinski is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Pacific Medical Health Centers. We're discussing mental illness and in particular suicide. It can be considered another epidemic as the numbers of people who have lost their life in this way have increased. The numbers of persons thinking of suicide has also increased. Talking about suicide and suicidal thoughts is important. Supporting th...

Ann Louise Gittleman is highly respected as an international leader in diet, nutrition, and the environment, and is a trendsetting pioneer in the health and healing field. She is a Certified Nutrition Specialist--from the American College of Nutrition, and a PhD in Holistic nutrition. Ann Louise is the former director of nutrition at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Santa Monica. She has authored...

Dr. Elizabeth Englander is a Professor of Psychology and is a nationally recognized expert in the area of bullying and cyberbullying, childhood causes of aggression and abuse, and children’s use of technology. She is the Founder and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University. Add to that author--most recently of: The Insanely Awesome Pan...

Elke Scholz is a registered psychotherapist with a long history of work guiding and empowering clients/readers of her books, through 'anxiety'. Stress and fear account for 90% of illnesses and this underscores the need to gain awareness and then mastery over our mind and our thoughts. It's important to find time to spend in nature, taking a walk, and limit the time listening to news. Her book "Anx...

Dawn Merydith is a behavioral health therapist with Pacific Medical Center here in the Puget Sound. Dawn joins us to address 2 key areas of mental health concern that seems to be more prominent during this pandemic time-- anxiety and insomnia, with alcohol use having risen. We can learn some life-enhancing ideas for our lives, including taking a 3 week break from a life-defeating habit, and observ...

Dr. Evonne Thompson is an author, speaker, and teacher, known for leading high-impact events. With her educational background she decided to combine her gifts as a consultant and Fortune 200 professional with faith, launching ELICI to impact new communities, and working with diverse communities. www.evonnethompson.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Dr. Christy Kane, a psychologist and former owner and Clinical Director of 2 residential treatment centers. Her work focuses on neurology, trauma, mental health stability, mental health empowerment and understanding, and how electronics are affecting the human brain. Dr. Kane is also the author of a new book: Fractured Souls & Splintered Memories--Unlocking the Boxes of Trauma. www.drchristyka...

Mary Kay Carson is an inspired and inspiring author with over 50 books to her credit--in which she aims to connect kids/youth with nature, and with history, by making it come alive. Mary Kay's latest series of books is: Outdoor School, a wonderful and interactive experience that inspires kids to be outdoors, finding their connection to all of nature. Really so helpful for parents and teachers with...

Dr. Catherine Athans is a psychologist who is a Certified Trauma Therapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for more than 25 years. She is also and author and her latest book is: The Heart Brain. This week she is with us to discuss mental health and self-care and as looks at the recent activities with World Class Gymnast Simone Biles and withdrawing from some Olympic events due to some m...