Sunday Morning Magazine

Frank Shaw is a practicing trial attorney, a husband, dad of 7 sons, and a recovering alcoholic. Frank writes of his life and experiences in "Signals of Transcendence" in the hope that some part of the story will help, encourage, support others going through something similar. One other big part of Frank's story is the death of his son Fletcher, just 20. Fletcher was in recovery from drug abuse. T...

The Arc of King County in an 82 year long non-profit organization that serves all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the lifespan: from prenatal diagnosis through end of life care. The programs are free to families and help the individual to live to the best of their ability, to learn self advocacy; and for parents and care givers there is good peer-to-peer support that...

Pati Poblete is a longtime Bay Area journalist and has used her writing talent to relate a devastating story--the murder of her 23 year old son, Robby, 4 years ago, and her journey of healing. A Better Place--A Memoir of Peace in the Face of Tragedy is a raw and honest recounting of the tragedy and is balanced with the portrayal of Robby's deep engagement in, and love of life! Pati knows that we e...

May is stroke awareness month. Dr. Dennis Wang is a stroke specialist with CHI Franciscan Health- and provides us with important guidelines on awareness and practicing prevention--blood pressure being key in this area. We also meet Bill Monroe, a stroke survivor who underscores Dr. Wang's insights and directions. Both highlight "FAST" as an indicator of a stroke happening: F--change in the face/dr...

David Richart, Executive Director of Susan G Komen Puget Sound extends the invite to join and support the annual--Big 25 this year!--Race for the Cure. Takes place Sunday morning, June 3, at the Seattle Center. Fundraising and financial support are critically important--to support continued research, as well as support women and families with financial challenges that often supersede getting treat...

Lisa Rosenblum is the new Executive Director of KCLS--King County Library System, coming across the country from her former position at the Brooklyn Public Library. Lisa is the first female director in more than 5 decades, so great new energy for the Northwest. KCLS is the #1 library system nationwide in digital checkouts and Lisa is here to continue this trend but acknowledges that 'paper' is sti...

Luke Minor, Senior Associate Director of Washington State's GET Program--Guaranteed Education Tuition, shares much information about this important action to take on behalf of our kids. Ideally, we begin young, at their birth, even before--baby showers are a great event where the host can suggest contributions to a child's future education. GET, a 529 prepaid college tuition plan is viewed as tops...

Dr. Cheryl Al-Mateen is Medical Director of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, and Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Psychiatry. She is passionate about helping kids and youth because it's known that half of mental illnesses start before age 14. This being the case...we need to get a better understanding and be proactive on behalf of these kids, the...

Christian Davenport is a staff writer at the Washington Post where he covers the space and defense industries for the financial desk. So he's had the opportunity to be up close with the recent history of space activities. Christian is also an author whose newest book is: The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos. Christian will be in Seattle at the Museum of Fli...

Bruce M. Beehler is an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, author, and lecturer. He is a research associate in the division of birds at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. And, he has published eleven books about nature. His new one is: North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring. Besides bringing a focus on our environment, it may inspire some special...

Dr. Ilona Jerabek is the founder of Psychtests, based in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Jerabek is a specialist in the field of psychometric assessments. They do Testing of classical IQ, personality, self esteem, for individuals and companies. Recent research revealed that EQ, emotional intelligence, self awareness, carries greater weight in a person's life. As Dr. Jerabek states: people with high emotiona...

Thomas Reynolds, CEO of Northwest Harvest directs the spotlight to the hunger issues that still face our community. Children in low income families now will get a healthy school breakfast as a result of state law Gov. Inslee signed recently--Breakfast After the Bell. Notes of thanks are great to send--email, or call the Legislative Hotline: 1-800-562-6000. A big challenge facing NW Harvest is find...

The March of Dimes/March for Babies coming soon and this is an important fund raiser. The funds support research that focuses on the health of mothers and newborns. The goal is to prevent premature births, but still 1 in 10 births nationally are premies. Kristen Almgren from the local March of Dimes office, and Stephen Berry, a major Volunteer as well as a dad who has experienced 3 premie births--...

Patti Shelton-McGougan CEO of YES, Youth Eastside Services. YES celebrates 50 years of providing now expanded services, programs that support LGBTQ youth, the Latino community, recovering youth, those with mental health issues, and these services are for children from birth to age 22, along with parental support. Because this support is offered to all regardless of ability to pay, financial suppor...

Gail Luxemberg is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County and provides a good overview of the work of Habitat in collaborative work with lower income families to build their own home. There's a good deal of education that accompanies the actual building so that the new home owners have a good awareness of how to deal with mortgages, maintenance, as well as leadership. Maclovia Varner,...

Cancer Pathways was formerly Gilda's Club in Seattle. Things change, but the mission of providing services continues, and is very locally centered and serving all of Washington state. Anna Gottleib Founder and Executive Director of Cancer Pathways provides a big overview of the services and support anyone connected to cancer can receive. Liz Lange, Program Manager oversees numerous Programs that e...

Rob Barnett is an economist, author, energy expert, and public speaker. His work as author is in collaboration with his mentor and co-author, Chris Payne. Based on their lives and results both found in their life style, weight gain, and then major weight loss, they've written: The Economist's Diet. They attribute weight gain, becoming obese, to having a good paying job, working long hours, eating...

Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals is a truly great figure in history and in this country. She is one of the high school students from 1957, the Little Rock 9, who played a significant role in desegregation. The Federal Court had ruled on integration in all schools. Even at a very young age Melba did not understand segregation, so she was a natural candidate for the group of black students selected to atten...

Dr. Jay Cohn-- professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Dr. Cohn wants us to learn of our medical predispositions and treat those early, not end disease--which is our mode. And to support our education at our own pace, Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional...

In light of the sexual harassment cases, and associated cases of power and bullying tactics, we have Dr. ArLynn Diamond joining us. Dr. Diamond is an internationally recognized Leadership, Management, Professional Development, and Organizational Development consultant who works with clients across the country and internationally. Dr. Diamond mentions a card that the Ritz Carlton would supply to th...

Mary Lou Balasone, as a single woman, chose adoption to create her family. She was offered a brother and sister and welcomed them to her home. Kayla joins her mom to give us insights into foster care and adoption, which is the route Luther Community Services uses. It is a journey with bumps along the way, but it is such a critically important one that ultimately touches all of us. But the focus is...

Sylvia Tara PhD is a biochemist who has worked at the world's largest biotech companies. Yet the thing that compelled her to the research of the past 5 years culminating in her new book was her own struggle with weight and particularly with 'fat'. She realized that with her science knowledge she had the tools to study 'fat', the reasons that we all are affected differently by it. Her book: The Sec...

James Kilgore is a writer, researcher and educator at the university level, and a man who spent some years locked in a high security prison. Because of the experience and seeing the disproportionate numbers of minorities being imprisoned, he has written: Understanding Mass Incarceration--A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time". Since 2002, the US has had the highest incarcer...

Aaron Jafferis is a hip hop poet and playwright. He is also a writer-in-residence at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, CT. The result of the creative 'collision' of these 2 careers is a new hip hop stage musical "How To Break", and it's make its debut here at the Village Theater in Issaquah. "How To Break" presents the story of 2 teenagers battling not just their disease but the system providing...

Betty Lockner is the Director of Washington state's GET--Guaranteed Education Tuition--Program. It's been in a hold and revamp place for about 2 years, but is back and continues to be the best plan to save for college tuition for our children, particularly if started at a young age. It's a great baby gift, great gift to add funds for special occasions, and can even be used for our own education! i...