Sunday Morning Magazine

Rabbi Elezar Bogomilsky is the Director of Friendship Circle Washington, based on Mercer Island and serving the Puget Sound Region. The Friendship Circle is a great organization that works with youth, typically-abled and special needs, and matches them in pairs, to spend time together. Lasting friendships evolve. The programs that promote these connections need funds, and the October 22 Walk on Me...

Dr. Brent Bauer is the founder of the Mayo Clinic Integrative Medicine and Health Program and coauthor of : MAYO CLINIC’s INTEGRATIVE GUIDE TO GOOD HEALTH: Home Remedies Meet Alternative Therapies to Transform Well-Being. We know that everything we can do to be proactive in our own health is going to result in a better quality of life. Dr. Bauer shares some of his ideas as a medical doctor in be...

Holly Tucci is a model...she looks like she cook be on the cover of any fashion magazine, but the better model is one of making good health choices. Holly was born with congenital heart disease, a heart block. She was a typically active kid, but by age 9 was exhausted much of the time, and told her parents and doctors it was time for a pacemaker. She's had 7 replacements in the intervening almost...

Dr. Cornelius Grove is an independent scholar and author of books on education. His newest book: The Drive to Learn: What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Raising Students Who Excel, can be a good guide for parents wanting to see their kids do better in school. It's no secret that in the US while we have big schools, lots of the newest and greatest equipment, students still fall short of t...

Heath Fogg Davis is a scholar-activist, Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University, a trans man, an author. His book-- Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter provides important insights and perspectives on gender in society, and he examines four areas where we need to re-think our sex-classification systems. Those are sex-marked identity documents such as birth certificates, driver's...

Bob Le Roy is Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association in Seattle. It's a devastating disease that affects each one of us, either directly or indirectly. And the incidence of it keeps rising, which is why we need to be proactive and involved in the various ways to fund research. Bob tells us of the numerous Walks in the Puget Sound area, with the big one in Seattle on Sunday morning Septe...

Laura & Todd Crooks are the parents of Chad, a brilliant young man, with so many dreams, who died too young as a result of mental illness. Laura and Todd have not allowed their grief to stop them from doing something that will help other families, other young persons, not have to deal with such pain. They have created "Chad's Legacy Project" a non profit "committed to the advancement of mental...

ARC of King County--an incredible and important non-profit organization in our community that serves the needs of the intellectually and developmentally disabled (IDD) and their families and support systems. Stacy Gillett and several of her staff: Eric, Madeline, and Robin provide insights and extend a big invite to the "5K for Inclusion" to walk, run, roll and learn about the services and support...

The "Ancestral Health Symposium 2017" happens at the University of Washington--Sept 7-9. 70 speakers from around the globe discuss healthful living and effective healing. To provide insights: Nora Gedgaudes (Portland, OR) has worked in the field of nutrition for a couple of decades and is an author, whose recent book is "Primal Fat Burner". Darryl Edwards (London, England) has lived the health lif...

PAWS Walk is Saturday August 26 at Marymoor Park in Redmond. You are invited: Tracey Rodgers, PAWS Program Manager, Jennifer Rubens--Top Mom for the Walk along with totally adorable Labradoodles, Top Dogs: Boomer and Bailey, all say--Please come on out! We know the important work PAWS does--they care about all animals, provide adoption for all ages of cats and dogs, provide spay/neutering, and reh...

Jarod Munzer, Zoo Manager for "Cougar Mountain Zoo" shares the Big News of birth of 5 reindeers--which should make the holidays that much more fun! It's so ideal for kids to see the babies in their natural habitat, and watch them grow. The zoo features a great variety of animals, with docents who have great stories to share. Jarod suggests it as a great place for birthday parties that provide grea...

Angie Ward is Program Manager for the WA Traffic Safety Commission. She provides some details on the new "Distracted Driver Law" that takes effect Sunday July 23. NO hand-held cell phone use! Hands-free is allowed, such as thru Bluetooth, or cell placed in a holder. BUT with that, only a single touch action is allowed: to start a function such as GPS or music before you drive. "Research shows that...

Music Therapy is a unique and individualized approach in the health field. And there's likely nothing more touching and heart-warming than the work being done at Children's Hospital in Seattle. The group of 3 music therapists (and these are college certified therapists) include David Knott, Betsy Hartman, and Evelyn Pinder. They combine their talent, their love of music, and their heart for helpin...

Dr. Jay Cohn is professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Cardio vascular disease--includes all the various heart conditions and stroke, together are the #1 killer of people in the US. Vascular disease is also connected to dementia. Dr. Cohn's campaign is to work on the prevention, acknowledging o...

Eric Metaxas is a New York Times best selling author, a historian, philosopher, cultural commentator. Especially for this holiday, July 4, Eric's comments on his latest book: If You Can Keep It, The forgotten Promise of American Liberty, ring strong and deeply. He reminds us that this along with all our holidays are rooted in the ways this country was founded, in this great experiment of Democracy...

Kim Kelley is the Program Coordinator of the WA Coverdell Acute Stroke Program, part of Washington State Department of Health. A stroke is a 'brain attack', and along with heart disease ranks at the top of health issues that kill the most people. Awareness and fast response SAVES lives. FAST indicates what we need to do: F: face drooping? A: arm weakness? S: any speech difficulty? T: time to call...

Fred Krug works with the organization "Year Up", here in our Puget Sound area. This is just the greatest and most hopeful opportunity for young people 18-24 who have challenges around their future, their career, and finding their place in the world. "Year Up" is a year long, intensive education both in the classroom and an internship, largely in the tech and business fields. There are 2 locations-...

Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle consider themselves--professional nomads. A few years ago on a visit, they found that Tim's 90 year old mother was ill. The doctors offered conventional treatments. Tim and Ramie offered her an opportunity to 'hit the road', and that was her choice. She had an amazing year, became a FB sensation, and is the subject of TIm and Ramie's book: Driving Miss Norma-- One...

Ashley Fontaine is Executive Director of NAMI Seattle -- National Alliance on Mental Illness. 1 in 5 Americans lives with a mental health condition. NAMI has many great programs, peer-to-peer programs to help those with mental health conditions and their families. Education and awareness are key. One way is to join and support the NAMIWalk on Saturday morning June 3 in Kirkland. Also we can ask ou...

Peter Gethers is an American publisher, screenwriter and author of television shows. He also wrote the off-Broadway play "Old Jews Telling Jokes". Peter's latest book is his memoir: My Mother's Kitchen--Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of life. The book doesn't just honor Peter's mother, it provides a good opportunity to think about and have conversations about aging, and end of life wish...

Sunday Morning Magazine: David Richart, Exec. Director of Komen Puget Sound and Susan Grasdahl, Race for the Cure coordinator, extend the big invite to support this important event-- Sunday morning, June 4, at Seattle Center. A large % of the funds raised here, stay here-- used to provide free mammograms to low income women, a variety of support programs both for women and their families. And the...

James Forman Jr. is an attorney and Yale Law Professor. He's the author of: "Locking Up our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America". James provides an honest and balanced look at the history which began in the late '60's, and looks at the ways we can engage in solving the problem. James will be at Town Hall in Seattle, Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 pm for an engaging conversation. www.jamesformanjr.co...

We have two guests this weekend on Sunday Morning Magazine! Gary Stone has devoted 25 years to researching, analyzing and successfully investing in stock markets, and the result is his book: Blueprint to Wealth--Powerful Time-tested Investment Strategies to Grow Your Nest Egg. It along with the website is virtually your own online finance class. www.blueprinttowealth.com Beth Kobliner is a persona...

Richard Watts is a personal advisor and legal counsel to the super wealthy, work he's done for several decades. He's accumulated stories and observations he shares in his new book: "Entitlemania: How Not to Spoil Your Kids and What to do if You Have". www.entitlemania.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

At 5:30AM on Sunday Morning Magazine: "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way". Spoken by Erik Weihenmeyer (Wine Mayor) co-founder of the movement called No Barriers. Erik speaks and challenges us/everyone from a personal place. He summited Mt. Everest in 2001, the only blind person to have done so. He has since climbed the highest mountains on all 7 continents. In 2014 he kayaked t...