Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years

John Cazander of Help 4 Hidden Disability Services - Life Skills Coach Training Center, joins us from British Columbia to talk about health and wellness for professionals through preventing stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Jo James from Los Angeles is now living here and will be joining us in the studio to talk about his music and plans for Austin.

Dr. Mara will discuss her new book about to be launched this summer, "The Passionate Life:  Creating Vitality and Joy at Any Age,"  including what personal experiences led to writing the book and influenced the direction of the book along the way, and a discussion of some of the topics written about. We'll discuss a retrospective of guests who have been on this show and how their interviews influe...

Yoga teacher, Steve Kane, joins us, once again, this time from his new home in L.A.  Steve will talk about the secret of enlightenment! Curt Weiss will be the guest artist, joining us from Seattle, Washington to talk about his new book,  Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride -A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls, and Punk Rock. Using the stage name "Lewis King," Curt Weiss drumme...

Chief Executive Officer of Henson Consulting Group and Author, Cindy Henson, joins us from San Diego to talk about her new book, "Jungle: A Journey to Peace, Purpose, and Freedom."   Nearly two decades into her corporate career, Henson was awakened to a lifelong addiction to overworking and "taking one for the team" by a debilitating illness, which led her to the jungle of Costa Rica to pursue a m...

This is going to be a special program that is dedicated to our disabled chidren of today and an incredible woman, Jennifer Young who has created and developed a beautiful program for chidren with Autism, and other disabilities.  The Red Arena horse ranch located in Dripping Springs is a incredible place with magical healing surroundings with horses.  Jennifer Young will discuss the history, today'...

Yoga teacher, Steve Kane, joins us, once again, this time from his new home in L.A.  Steve will talk about the secret of enlightenment! Curt Weiss will be the guest artist, joining us from Seattle, Washington to talk about his new book,  Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride -A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls, and Punk Rock. Using the stage name "Lewis King," Curt Weiss drumme...

estselling author, Rabbi Naomi Levy, has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, and NPR.  And she joins us from the West Coast to talk about her latest book, Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul.  In this book, Rabbi Levy explores the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving father.  As Levy discovered on h...

Roberta Marcus Leiner, LMSW, is the daughter of Rabbi Robert Marcus, whose heroic story during and following the Holocaust is written about in the book, Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul, by the bestselling author and rabbi, Naomi Levy.  (You can hear Levy's interview on this program on the podcast from April 8, 2018.)  Roberta Leiner is currently the Chief of Population and Community...

Bestselling author, Rabbi Naomi Levy, has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, and NPR.  And she joins us from the West Coast to talk about her latest book, Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul.  In this book, Rabbi Levy explores the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving father.  As Levy discovered on...

Long Term Care Ombudsman of the Iowa Dept on Aging and Former Congressional Candidate,Kim Weaver, joins us, once again. Kim works as a "Senior Advocate" for the very important, Federally-mandated program, developed as a result of the Older Americans Act. The last time that Kim Weaver was on the show, she was running for Congress for 2018 elections in the State of Iowa.  However, Kim has dropped ou...

Speaker, author, and grief coach, Stephanie Harris joins us from down under in Auckland, New Zealand to talk about her new book, "Death Expands Us:  An Honest Account of Grief and How to Rise Above It." And MORE!

Motivational Speaker, Founder of Crimson Woman Leadership Consulting, Artist, and Author, Felora Derakhshani, joins us live in our Austin studio to discuss her latest book, The CODE - How to Unlock your Inner Genius for a life of Equanimity:  Achieving Success Through the Six Pillars of Desire.   Art will talk about this year's SXSW Music Festival in Austin, that seems to be growing larger every y...

Lecturer at University of Texas San Antonio, Educator for 20 years, Director of 21st Century Literacy, Josh Beach joins us live in the Austin studio.  Josh Beach has advanced degrees in English, History, Philosophy, and Education and his scholarly research focuses on several distinct, but interrelated subjects: The philosophy of knowledge, the science of culture and society, the history and philos...

Australian Poet, Author, Speaker, and PTSD survivor, Dr. John A. King joins us to discuss his new book, "#DealWithIt," a personal story of his life and how he pieced it back together to the point of thriving.  Dr. King's story has been featured in the recent film, "Stopping Traffic," a documentary about sex trafficking.  Dr. King currently leads seminars about sex trafficking and PTSD and is a PTS...

Cathleen Beach Grant joins us in our Austin studio to tell us about Silverlink, a community resource connecting local active adults and seniors with pre screened senior friendly businesses. Art Mendoza, producer of this program will go through some of the artists that were on this last year and some that will be coming on this year And MORE!

Kim Stanley, owner of Downsize My Home, joins us in the Austin studio to talk about DOWNSIZING with more ease and less stress! Sharon Bourbonnais will join us from here in Austin to let us know what's new in Jazz...and we'll play some of hers! Laura Gelezunas will be calling us again from the beautiful retirement location in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta where she will let us know all the great things r...

Lauren Tarrant and Jeffrey Fry, co-founders of Well Beyond Care will join us once again from here in Austin, TX to tell us about this awesome company, helping people choose their own caregivers for a better fit! AND musician, Tiffany T'zelle, also joins us from New York to tell us about her musical history and we'll be playing some of her original music, including her latest single! And Dr. Mara o...

Kathryn Shoaf, Travel Specialist, RN, BSN, ATP, Dementia- Travel Expert, Bucket-List Adventures,Certified Accessible Travel Specialist, Owner/ CEO of Cruise Planners will join us from Chicago to talk about travel cruises for people with dementia and neurological disorders and their family caregivers. Also,  Jim Oliphant, of the musical duo – RagTop,  will join us from Virginia, once again, to fill...

Australian Poet, Author, Speaker, and PTSD survivor, Dr. John A. King joins us to discuss his new book, "#DealWithIt," a personal story of his life and how he pieced it back together to the point of thriving.  Dr. King's story has been featured in the recent film, "Stopping Traffic," a documentary about sex trafficking.  Dr. King currently leads seminars about sex trafficking and PTSD and is a PTS...

Long Term Care Ombudsman of the Iowa Dept on Aging and Former Congressional Candidate,Kim Weaver, joins us, once again. Kim works as a "Senior Advocate" for the very important, Federally-mandated program, developed as a result of the Older Americans Act. The last time that Kim Weaver was on the show, she was running for Congress for 2018 elections in the State of Iowa.  However, Kim has dropped ou...

Dr. Mara will be discussing some thoughts about AGING.  She will then discuss the issue of caregiving, including 24/7 caregivers, those who live near their loved ones, and long-distance caregivers.  YOU can join the discussion by calling in during the show to discuss your caregiver experiences. Laura Gelezunas will report in from the retirement paradise, Puerto Vallarta, to tell us what the retire...

Join us for the first program in 2018 after a short break!  We are broadcasting back home in Austin, TX! Psychologist and grandparents rights advocate, Dr. Perri Jacobs, joins us from Alabama to discuss the rights of grandparents and the importance of grandparent-grandchild relationships.   Musician and inspirational speaker, Roland Kemokai, joins us once again from Austin, TX.  This time, Roland...

Addiction specialist, Amanda Miller, LSW, at AspenRidge North and AspenRidge Recovery in Denver, Colorado, joins us to talk about PTSD and the addiction connection, as well as the treatment for PTSD of EMDR. Art Mendoza, producer of this program, will also join us once more to give us a peek at what artists and musicians will be coming up in future programs. And Dr. Mara on Expanding Our Minds! An...

Yoga teacher, Steve Kane, joins us, once again from Westchester, New York.  With today's recent developments around the world Steve will talk about powerful daily practices to maintain inner peace and resilience to stress. Heather kight will be with us to talk about seniors and real estate And the Mona Lisa Twins interview we recorded this past week will be played.  They will be in Liverpool talki...

Dr. Mara will be broadcasting from New York City this week! Her guest will be Nancy Turco in Austin, returning, once again to discuss meaningful activities to do with persons who have dementia. Also, Laura Gelezunas will report in from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to tell us what the retirees are doing during this holiday season. Art will talk about his performance with Jake Cortez and Art Show on Sou...