Sunday Morning Magazine

David Magee is the best-selling author of "Things Have Changed: What Every Parent (and Educator) Should Know About the Student Mental Health and Substance Misuse Crisis", and "Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss", the latter a heart-wrenching tome of a father making sense of his son's fatal overdose. As a pathfinder for student and family mental health, as well a...

Anna Gottlieb is the Executive Director of Cancer Pathways. She joins us to highlight key programs anyone impacted by cancer can participate in for free. Case in point, their major fundraiser - the Surviving with Style Fashion Show & Gala, happening at The Westin in Seattle October 21st. The 25 models featured are all survivors of a confrontation with cancer, and we see that cancer does not di...

David Coffey serves as Executive Director of The Recovery Cafe in Seattle. And he extends an invitation to their fundraising luncheon, Thursday September 21 at the Seattle Center. "Standing in the Gap" is an excellent opportunity to support persons in our community living with substance abuse, mental health issues and other life challenges. For over two decades, Recovery Cafe has been an empowerin...

Jeff Arnold is a leadership expert, having bought and sold over 40 different companies in varying industries. Through his work, he's built extensive experience leading and motivating teams comprised of different age groups and backgrounds. Jeff is also a best-selling author, with his latest book entitled "Leading Across Generations: A Guide to Managing and Motivating a Multi-Generational Workforce...

Tyler Pagel is the Development Director for Susan G. Komen in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California, and brings us the details for the first Breast Cancer Walk in quite some time. It's a great celebration set for Saturday, September 23 at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, with speakers and salutes to the Survivors, Thrivers, and those who lost their respective cancer battles. Following this, part...

Jae Oh is a certified financial planner and chartered financial consultant. He's the author of a top-rated, top-selling book: "Medicare: Maximize Your Medicare". Jae takes us some of the questions to ask ourselves as we plan for retirement, factoring in our life expectancy and our overall financial picture. As the saying goes, "failing to plan is planning to fail". It's important to start early an...

Peggy Cleveland has chosen the Tacoma Area as her forever home. And all after moving around the US and abroad around 33 times, including many prior visits to Tacoma. The adventures she encountered have led to a career as a travel writer, an inspiring story in itself. Now Peggy has written a fun and informative book, entitled "100 Things to Do in Tacoma Before You Die." It's a great way to spend a...

Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a multiple award-winning education and psychology instructor, author, and resiliency expert . And considering the highly stressful age in which we are living, she provides us with the tools to help navigate, via accessible and relatable materials, while offering practical and sustainable strategies.  She specializes in resiliency against stress and change, personal welln...

Joy Farrow is a former Deputy Sheriff and Laura Frombach is a technologist and engineer, along with being a domestic violence survivor. Together, they've authored the book "Street Smart Safety for Women: Your Guide to Defensive Living." They speak from experience and with authority, to teach, and guide us on what to look for, and how to be safe. They do so because there is a crisis of violence lea...

Kristina Marusic is an award-winning journalist, covering environmental health and justice for Environmental Health News. She is also the author of a new book - "A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention." With all the research done over the last 50 years, the statistics are that 1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women in the U.S. lose their lives to cancer.  Yet, up to two-thirds of...

Alicia Dunams is a Communications Expert, Mediator, and Peacemaker. Her experience in these fields led to her writing a book detailing her coaching The book, entitled "How to Talk to Your Enemies: 101 + Ways to Turn Hostility into Peace," is a tool carrying a substantial role in our modern world, where we see so much turmoil and upheaval.  Alicia quotes Archbishop Desmond Tutu in her book, "If you...

Ed Hajim had a rough childhood, kidnapped by his father, moving between numerous foster homes, and he shared that story in his book 'On the Road Less Travelled'. Ed found mentors along the way, even the rough childhood was a teacher on his way to success. Ed has a new book: The Island of the Four Ps--A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future. Ed's desire is to share his experience and be a me...

Christina Gerhardt is an environmental journalist and a professor of journalism. Utilizing her skill and awareness from both these fields, she has crafted a unique approach in having us look at our environment, and at our earth, all within the format of a stunning coffee table book:  Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean . Christina weaves together her essays with poetry and prose from...

Duygu Balan LPCC is a psychotherapist specializing in intergenerational trauma, having developed her expertise while working as a clinical counselor in New York City, treating patients on society's margins. Dr. Yener Balan is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and currently vice president of behavioral health and medical specialty services for a major healthcare organiz...

Jenn Drummond had a serious accident and realized you don’t get to choose when you  leave  this life…but you sure can choose how you  live  it. She shares her experience of achieving a Guinness World Record for being the first woman to climb all 7 second summits on this planet, the last one Mount Logan in the Yukon, accomplished in early June. Jenn who was not even a camper, achieved this amazing...

Dr. Michael Garko, PhD, is a practicing nutritionist who believes nutrition is a driving force in our life by which health is created, sustained, and reclaimed. Nutrition and incorporating foods and nutrients to counteract blood clots which can lead to major health issues. Some of these nutrients include--leafy green vegetables, green tea, turmeric, garlic, vitamin. Of course, work with your physi...

Pamela Gockley is a Certified Bullying Prevention Specialist, reminding us of the important program she and the Camel Project offers to schools. And at no cost! This is instruction and support for all involved in public education - particularly support staff, parents, and ultimately the students so that everyone is on the same page. The kids are ready for this, and our communities need it. www.the...

Jae Oh is a certified financial planner and chartered financial consultant. He's the author of a top-rate, top-selling book on Medicare - "Maximize Your Medicare". It keeps needing to be updated as time passes, something Jae diligently works on as the Medicare landscape continues to shift. Jae supports women to take time for the needed planning, largely because we may be the ones taking these step...

Patrick Smithwick is a husband, dad, teacher, and author. His newest book - "War's Over, Come Home--A Father's Search for His Son, Two-Tour Marine Veteran of the Iraq War", has just been released on hardcover. As we'll find in this interview, Patrick takes his role as 'Dad' to heart. And in the case of his family's years of searching for his son Andrew, every waking moment. In this story I hope we...

Dr. Greg Jantz is a psychologist and author whose latest book:   "Triumph Over Trauma" was just recently released. He is also the Founder of The Center: A Place of Hope, an award-winning inpatient and outpatient facility specializing in the treatment of addictions and mental health disorders in Edmonds. The focus is mainly on trauma in this conversation, which Dr. Jantz tells us is a spectrum of l...

Emma Nadler is an author, speaker, and psychotherapist based in Minnesota. Emma is also a wife and mother and shares her life with us in her memoir, "The Unlikely Village of Eden". Eden is Emma's 2nd child, a daughter who is a magical child and who is neurodivergent. In bringing us into her family, Emma helps us to have a greater awareness of and compassion for families that become caregivers, wha...

Luke Minor is the Director of WA529, Washington State's College Savings plans. The 2 programs - GET and the Dream Ahead college investment plan are amazing options for families planning ahead for future education. These funds can be used anywhere in the country, at most educational institutions, including technical/trade schools, along with covering costs for special instruments, and even paying o...

Ruchira Gupta is a feminist campaigner, a professor at New York University, and founder of the anti-sex trafficking organization "Apne Aap Women Worldwide." She is also an author, whose newest YA novel, "I Kick and I Fly," looks right into the harsh world of sex trafficking based on actual events Ruchira witnessed firsthand in India. Harsh as it is, this is a story of hope. Ruchira asks us to take...

Give Big 2023 is just around the corner, May 2nd & 3rd. It's an important time for over 1400 nonprofit organizations in our state. The goal this year is $15 million dollars, and it can be reached when each of us looks at just what makes our life a good life.  Nancy Long is the Executive Director of 501 Commons, the partner that brings together the many small and large organizations that need o...

Thomas Vozzo is a global business executive who left that world when he saw its injustices, and is now the unpaid CEO of Homeboy. In his book "The Homeboy Way: A Radical Approach to Business and Life", Thomas relates his story and finding his way to volunteering at Homeboy Industries in LA. Founded 30 years ago, this very successful entity assists former gang members and ex-convicts build a new an...