Sunday Morning Magazine

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...

Steph Jagger is a Bainbridge Island-based author, coach, and mentor, and she brings us her new book, a beautiful love story, "Everything Left to Remember... My Mother, Our Memories, And a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains". This book is a wisdom, comfort, coach, and love story.  Whether our mothers are still here with us, or if as for Steph and me, our mothers have left this world, there's so mu...

Barbara Woodworth is a licensed clinical social worker in Seattle, and a contract counselor with Able To, a pioneer in virtual behavioral health care, committed to delivering the highest quality mental health support. Her outlet is an invaluable resource committed to delivery high quality mental health support for anyone in need. And particularly for persons living in remote locations, or those wi...

Dr. Holly Geyer is an Addiction Medicine Specialist at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. Her passions lie within educating and building awareness toward prevalent drug issues. Specifically, the interpersonal link, what we can do to help ourselves and those we know who are struggling. A key part of her work focuses on quality of life and the best use of nondrug interventions for diseases such as cance...

Christina Foxwell is the Global CEO/Founder of  Ignite Purpose . A consulting practice where, over the past decade, she has supported leaders in team-based navigation, and helped people find their purpose and flow. This has led to her supporting them in their own life-changing journeys to follow their passions, transform their lives, and grow into the people they were always meant to be. Christina...

Jane Healey is an author of historical fiction, whose latest novel has just been released. "Goodnight From Paris" introduces us to Drue Leyton, an American actress who was living in Paris at the outbreak of WWII. Married to a French man, Drue embraces France as her home relishing in the liberation of the Resistance. This is a captivating story which reveals the strength and courage of people risin...

Pamela Gockley is a certified bullying prevention specialist and founder of The Camel Project.  We know that bullying is a serious problem in our world, and it feels as though it's getting worse. Pamela believes in there being a solution, and she shares the way that we go through and heal ourselves and the world. Her personal story is found in the book "Not All Camels Are in the Desert: An Amazing...

Shelly Tochluk is a Professor of Education at Mount Saint Mary's University-Los Angeles. For over 18 years, she has worked with AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere-Los Angeles) to host dialogues and an annual 4-day institute, Unmasking Whiteness, which leads white people into a deeper understanding of their personal relationship to race and systemic racism. Shelly is the author of...

Joe Yogerst is a National Geographic writer, photographer, speaker, and an avid hiker whose travels have spanned the globe. His latest book, " 100 Trails, 5000 Ideas :   Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do" aspires to bring us inspiration for all levels of hikes. Joe includes an abundance of extra tips to make the hike work out the best! It's a great guide for us, and also an excellen...

Jae Oh MBA is a Medicare Expert & Certified Financial Planner and the author of "Maximize Your Medicare: Qualify For Benefits, Protect Your Health, and Minimize Your Costs". As aspects of Medicare continue to change, Jae is the dedicated expert at interpreting what we need to know and the timing. Jae guides us through the specifics of Parts A-D, and reminds that the ACA is still available, but...

Dr. Ronald Crutcher is an inspiring man and leader. In his life's work, he is a world-class classical cellist, an educator--a Professor of Music at a number of universities, and currently is President of Richmond University, in Virginia. He believes strongly in mentorship and relates the various mentors who have played significantly in his life.  His memoir "I Had No Idea You Were Black: Navigatin...

Kyra Smithlin has a huge "heart story" that both directs us to learning CPR, and highlighting National Wear Red Day on Friday February 3, to focus attention on women and heart health. 10 years ago, Kyra's heart stopped. Her 9-year-old son found her in her bed, called his dad, they called 911 but also began CPR. It was the difference in Kyra living another hour, being here today and a strong advoca...

Dean Regas has been the astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000. He's a renowned educator, author, and national popularizer of astronomy.  The science of space and space travel is something we're hearing much more of nowadays and in various forms. While that is still the area of a select few, Dean's new book in collaboration with National Geographic "1000 Facts About Space" is a way w...