Sunday Morning Magazine

Joseph Cardillo PhD is a national leader in holistic healthcare and best-selling author of several books in the fields of health, mind-body-spirit, and psychology. His latest book: The 12 Rules of Attention: How to Avoid Screw-Ups, Free Up Headspace, Do More and Be more at Work, is so relevant. We know it's easy to have scattered thinking whether at work or at home, so with the stories and the sim...

Dr. Gary Simonds is a neurosurgeon, now retired, but who continues to teach and write. He and his coauthor Wayne Sotile PhD, have written 3 books on thriving in Healthcare. The 3rd-- Thriving in Healthcare: A Positive Approach to Reclaim Balance and Avoid Burnout in Your Busy Life, is the focus for this conversation. Selfcare is really key in our lives--in general. At this time, it is even more cr...

Dr. Col. Michael Lewis (Ret. Army--31 year career) is the founder of Brain Health Education and Research Institute which focuses on nutritional interventions for brain health following concussions and TBIs. He discusses Sleep as a critical factor in our good health, and particularly important during this stressful CoVID time. Sleep is important for a healthy immune system, and affects concentratio...

Lisa Conyers is a co-author with Phil Harvey of-- Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End up in Millionaires' Pockets--and What You Can do About it". Lisa focuses on the intersection between economic policy and real-world outcomes. Her passion is explaining complex economic issues to the layman. In this new book she focuses on welfare, trade, and regulatory policy, on state and federal tax...

Risha Grant is an internationally renowned diversity, inclusion and bias expert. Her book is a good resource as she shares stories which are a great tool for understanding situations: That’s BS! How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures". She also has a corresponding “BS” Video Series. Risha shares that the simple steps we as families and communities need to be doing to create change are: Liste...

Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield is a Professor of Sociology at Washington University. Harvard Business Review wrote that: Washington University in St. Louis has one of the more racially diverse sociology departments in academia today. Therefore when Dr. Wingfield speaks and writes on inequity in the workplace, she does so with the experience of equity being possible. Her most recent book: Flatlining: Ra...

Jack Shriner is the Lead Psychotherapist at PacMed, where he works with people of all ages, and he has a keen desire to help kids. Having now spent months in this CoVID reality is a challenge for most of us. It can be very impactful on our kids, so it is important to be observant, engage with them, and seek professional help when it's needed. And this is adolescents and teens. Appointments are bei...

Cynthia Fisher is a life sciences entrepreneur, independent investor, and corporate board director. Cynthia is also the founder and Chairman of PRA, Patient Rights Advocate.org...a non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides a voice for consumers --you and me, to have transparency in healthcare. A perfect conversation on Independence Day weekend, when we can consider contacting our Senator...

Dr. David Nuremnberg is a professor, educational consultant and writer in the Boston area who teaches courses at both the high school and graduate level. Dr. Nuremberg is the author of "WHAT DOES INJUSTICE HAVE TO DO WITH ME?: Engaging Privileged White Students with Social Justice". This book evolved over the past few years because Dr. Nurenberg found that his high school students expressed this v...

Carew Papritz is an award-winning author and education thought leader. The message that resonates through the pages of "The Legacy Letters" is timeless, and so critically important in our life and world today. So ideal for Father's Day, Carew talks about fatherhood, male role models, and experiences with students. Carew divides his time between Washington state--which is home, and Arizona. Check o...

Dr. Sanam Hafeez is a neuropsychologist in New York City, and she is a faculty member of Columbia University. She has conducted research in the area of 'what makes a mentally fit police officer' and she has worked with the NYC police department. She has the credentials to help us gain some understanding and some insights into the huge issues we are seeing with police departments across this countr...

Earl Johnson is one of the founders of the Spiritual Care Division of the American Red Cross. And he is the author of "Finding Comfort During Hard Times: A Guide to Healing After Disease, Violence, and Other Community Trauma". Beginning his work in the '80s during the AIDS epidemic, Earl has the experience of seeing that with basic disaster training, the people doing the work have less compassion...

Jack Shriner is the Lead Psychotherapist with PacMed here in the Puget Sound area, with 12 years of meeting with clients. He and other staff continue to do their critical work--virtually. This is important as mental health during this pandemic time, can potentially be more hidden when we are socially distancing. And it has the potential to be additionally stressful on our kids. Jack is dedicated t...

Scott Turow, best-selling author and attorney, launches book #11 in his legal thriller genre, The Last Trial. The title references his long time lead character in his last courtroom appearance. Lots of drama, lots of twists, and interesting pharmaceutical plot, which we might find relevant to the current search for a CoVID vaccine. Scott also provides interesting comments about our judicial system...

Luke Minor, Director of WA529, has the information about the 2 parts of our state prepaid tuition program: GET--which opened in 1998, and has had over 56,000 students access it to pay for part or all of their college tuition or expenses. The DreamAhead College Investment plan, launched in 2018 allows flexibility in the investment $$. Between the 2, families have good choices. The important thing t...

Talking about the "Virtual Walk to Cure Arthritis". Together let's do all we can to support research funding and educational and comfort resources for those living with arthritis and their family. The "Walk" is nationwide on Saturday, May 16, 1pm PT. Participate on their Facebook page. 54 is a 'magic' number, reflecting the creativity of the organizers in a unique time. 54 Million people suffer wi...

Dr. John Knutson is a physician with PacMed and with his specialties being in the fields of Allergy and Immunology, he brings good and important knowledge--afterall, knowledge is power! So, if dealing with CoVID 19, were not enough, we have allergy season going on, and that is just making our life a bit more challenging. But we get some important insights from Dr. Knutson, among them: Staying indo...

Give Big 2020 is already underway. It's a great annual fund-raising event for our community to come together and support many of the non-profits in the Puget Sound area. And to underscore the need is greater than ever this year! We hear from leaders in just 2 of the nonprofits we can choose to support: Kathy Ulrich is Development Director for Communities in Schools Renton-Tukwila. This reaches the...

Jack Kerfoot is a scientist, an energy expert, and the author of: Fueling America--An Insider's Journey. Jack talks of the energy conundrum over the millennia, and ours now is: finding sustainable, reliable energy that doesn't hurt our environment. He tells us of some major renewable energy projects under construction--wind power off the east cast, solar in the SE/Florida, and wind turbines in the...

Elyse Dickerson shares some of her life and navigating tips to help us along in this CoVID reality, and suggests we might be discovering some new good habits. As a wife, whose husband works in another state during the week, and a Mom of 2 adolescents, Elyse shares how this has created some great family time of cooking togeher, sitting at the table for meals together, playing board games. Elyse is...

Dr. Richard Bandler is co-creator of NLP--Neuro-Linguistic Programming, conducts NLP seminars, is a philosopher, teacher, and author of over 30 books. The latest: Thinking on Purpose: A 15-Day Plan to a Smarter Life, is a simple and perfect tool to use during this time of 'change' in our lives. We have time that is different from our hectic past pace (at least for most) and a great time to learn a...

Hope Jahren is a geobiologist, professor and author. Hope was a curious spirit from a young age, spending time in her father's college lab and she was hooked into science and research. And as a master storyteller and teacher she can share her discoveries/her stories in just the best way. Hope's newest and ultra important book is: The Story of More--How We got To Climate Change and Where to Go From...

Dr. Mark Engelman is one of the top doctors in integrative functional medicine. It's a common sense approach in the best of the times, and now in a challenging time, an approach that can serve us well. We are hearing some of the basics on self care. Dr. Engelman is here to share important insights on controlling stress and our gut health (gut health controls 70-80% of our immune system) to avoid d...

Chuck Potrykus is a licensed mental health counselor deeply committed to his work of educating and helping persons dealing with a spectrum of mental health issues. The focus of this visit was to speak about addiction and the help that is available, and that it's not a one size fits all situation. Learning and demonstrating compassion are a key way that all of us can be supportive. And this could b...

David Downing, COO of YES--Youth Eastside Services gives a important overview of youth suicide, with specific note of the situation on the Eastside. David has worked in the field of family services for 30 years and says that until the last decade suicide did not factor into teen life situations. Now 'new' stressors--excelling to be in the best, the A colleges, on the best sports' team, keeping up...