Nobody Told Me!

We're excited to welcome our guest on this episode, social justice leader Tamika Mallory, who's a globally recognized civil rights activist and cofounder of the historic Women's March on Washington, the day after President Trump was inaugurated back in 2017.  Tamika gave what has been called, "the speech of a generation" in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. She is a co-fo...

On this show, we're talking all about your heart with our guest, cardiologist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Sandeep Jauhar.  Among other things, he's the author of the book,  Heart:  A History,  and the presenter of an incredibly popular TEDtalk called  How Your Emotions Change the Shape of Your Heart. In this episode, he explains how fear, stress, and grief impact the heart and why r...

What does it take to find true love these days?  What can you do to improve your chances of finding love?  And, what mistakes do people make in their search for Mr. or Mrs. Right? Our guest on this episode, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger, has plenty of thoughts on those questions.  In addition to starring on the Millionaire Matchmaker television show, Patty founded the Millionaire's Club 20...

We feel we can say with certainty that you'll love our guest on this episode, Maryanne O'Hara. As a mother-daughter duo, we were gripped by her new book, which is a memoir of her daughter Caitlin's life and death after having cystic fibrosis for 31 years.  The book is called, 'Little Matches: A Memoir of Grief and Light'. In it, Maryanne navigates her own existence during and after an adulthood de...

We're the guests on this special episode! As you probably know, we're a mother-daughter duo and one of the reasons we started this podcast is to share and compare life lessons between our two generations. We always love to hear what our guests have to say about their Nobody Told Me! lessons. Those are the things you had to learn the hard way in life because nobody told you about them.  One of the...

Have you ever thought about what your parents did right and what they did wrong in terms of giving you the skills you needed to thrive in life? And, if you're a parent yourself, do you feel you have the tools to teach your kids how to flourish and be happy? Our guest on this episode is educational psychologist and best-selling author, Dr. Michele Borba, whom you may know from her appearances on Th...

As you may know, we're a mother-daughter duo and that's why we're so interested in the non-profit organization empowerHer, which was started by our guest on this episode, Cara Belvin. The mission of EmpowerHer is to empower, support and connect girls and young women who have experienced the loss of their mothers. These girls and young women up to the age of 24 are paired with women 25 and older wh...

With most meetings taking place remotely today, it's more challenging than ever to communicate with our co-workers in the workplace (something we likely struggled with in the past as well!). Our guest, Alissa Carpenter, is a workplace communications expert who joins us to talk about how we can connect with our team effectively online, how to have difficult and uncomfortable conversations, why diff...

Puberty can be a tough time for boys.  It's a time when they may get quiet and withdraw.  It's a challenging time for parents who want to help their sons navigate the physical and emotional changes they're experiencing. To help parents on this journey, we turn to our guest, bestselling author and widely respected pediatrician, Dr. Cara Natterson, author of the book,  Decoding Boys:  New Science Be...

We are thrilled to talk once again with our guest on this episode, Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway. She first joined us on Nobody Told Me! back in 2018 to discuss how we can improve our working memory. Dr. Alloway is an award-winning psychologist and teaching professor who's published 13 books on the brain and memory. Her latest book is called, ' Think Like A Girl: 10 Unique Strengths of a Woman's Brain...

* As we all know, our world has been permanently impacted by the pandemic. And, our guest on this episode has been a knowledgable and calming voice helping millions of Americans understand what the crisis has meant to virtually every aspect of our lives.  Our guest is ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who's appeared on the ABC Network at times up to 14 hours a day, from Goo...

Have you ever wished you could set healthier boundaries with your family, friends, co-workers and others in your life? Do you feel your mental health has suffered because of a lack of healthy boundaries in various aspects of your life? If so, you'll get some great suggestions from our guest on this episode, relationship therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of the new book, Set Boundaries, Find Pe...

We love to learn about the lives of remarkable people and find out how they coped during difficult times. On this episode, we'll hear about some of the unsung heroines of World War Two—the brave young Jewish women in the ghettos of the Nazi occupation in Poland. They saw and acknowledged the truth of their time and risk their lives in the fight for justice and freedom. Joining us is author Judy Ba...

Have you ever paid much attention to your mindset? Do you wish you had emotional skills, habits and ways of looking at the world that served you better? Our guest on this episode, Julia Galef, says you can learn new ways of looking at the world and you should! Julia is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, the host of the podcast, Rationally Speaking, and the author of the new book...

This is one of our favorite episodes ever! Happiness is one of the topics we've explored a lot on 'Nobody Told Me!' and on this episode, we'd like to share with you some of the most intriguing and useful information about happiness that our guests have given us. We talk to Dr. Rick Hanson ('Hardwiring Happiness') who explains how to tap into the hidden power of everyday experiences to change your...

Nobody told me just how much we would miss getting together with friends and relatives, cooking and enjoying food, sharing good times and great memories. We all learned that the hard way with the pandemic and its necessary restrictions on gathering with those outside of our immediate household. Now that more people are vaccinated and restrictions are easing, a lot of us are looking forward to gath...

As you may know, the world's most popular and bestselling career book is What Color Is Your Parachute?, which has been in print for more than 50 years and was written by the late Richard Bolles. Now available is a new book called, What Color Is Your Parachute For College: Pave Your Path from Major to Meaningful Work.  It's described as the only guide students need for making the most of their coll...

On this episode, we're focusing on forgiveness. Do you find it difficult to forgive?  Do you wish others would find it easier to forgive you?  Joining us is Dr. Fred Luskin, who's the Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on a variety of populations.    Dr. Luskin is one of t...

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor back to our show. Dr. Taylor has given one of the most popular TED talks of all time entitled, My Stroke of Insight, which has had more than 27 and a half million views. She is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who studied her own stroke, as it happened, back in 1996. She knew what was happening as she watched her brain functions—motion,...

Joining us on this episode is plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn, who you may know from his appearances on TV programs like The Rachael Ray Show, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Doctors. He's also the host of his own podcast, The Holistic Plastic Surgery Show, and the author of the book, Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon. Note: this episode originally aired in November 2019 and is part of our...

It takes a lot of work to make a relationship work! For more than 30 years, our guest, psychologist Dr. Ellyn Bader has specialized in helping couples transform their relationships. Ellyn and her husband, Dr. Peter Pearson, co-founded The Couples Institute in Silicon Valley, where they work with entrepreneurial couples including CEOs, startup founders, and small business owners, helping them bette...

We're excited to talk with our guest on this episode, novelist Alexandra Andrews, who has written the critically acclaimed new novel, ' Who is Maud Dixon?' . The Wall Street Journal Magazine calls her, "The Breakout Novelist to Know This Year". The New York Times says the book is "one of the most anticipated books this year".  And Vogue magazine calls it "one of the best books to read in 2021". We...

* When a lot of us think of plastic surgery, we think of women as being the ones more focused on their appearance and more likely to consider going under the knife to improve the way they look. In recent years, however, the number of men having cosmetic procedures has soared. And one of the top plastic surgeons performing these procedures on men is our guest on this episode, Dr. Doug Steinbrech. F...

There are times in life when unforeseen circumstances, like the death of a loved one, a sudden illness, the loss of a job or even a global pandemic, can derail our lives. So, how can we care for, and repair, ourselves when life knocks us down? Our guest on this episode, Katherine May, has written a New York Times bestselling book on that topic. It's called, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat...

As you probably know, we're a mother-daughter duo and this episode is especially important to us because we'll be talking about the ways parents can help prepare their tweens and teens for the emotional, physical and social challenges they'll be facing. Our guest is Michelle Icard, who's a member of the Today show parenting team and NBC News Learn.  She's also the author of a great new book called...