The Kathryn Zox Show

Kathryn interviews Psychotherapist Duygu Balan LPCC.Not long ago, cognitive behavioral therapy and medication management were the mainstays for trauma-informed care. Now patients and clinicians alike are seeking deeper, more somatic, and holistic attachment theory-based forms of treatment to re-write the trauma narrative, such as somatic psychology and EMDR. The pandemic brought about significant...

Kathryn interviews Author Lori R.Sackler. MONEY. It's still the elephant in every family's living room. Planning for a family's future often prompts a total breakdown in communication, causing lasting damage. Statistics show most families fail to successfully transfer assets from one generation to the next, resulting in not only a loss of assets but a loss of family harmony. Radio personality and...

Kathryn interviews Author Lori R.Sackler. MONEY. It's still the elephant in every family's living room. Planning for a family's future often prompts a total breakdown in communication, causing lasting damage. Statistics show most families fail to successfully transfer assets from one generation to the next, resulting in not only a loss of assets but a loss of family harmony. Radio personality and...

Kathryn interviews Author Adam Bessie. The pandemic changed our lives and society in ways that we continue to grapple with. For teachers the shifts in their daily lives was nothing short of seismic. Adam Bessie, a long-time community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area shares a moving and eye-opening graphic account of what it really meant for teachers and students to go virtua...

Kathryn interviews Author Adam Bessie. The pandemic changed our lives and society in ways that we continue to grapple with. For teachers the shifts in their daily lives was nothing short of seismic. Adam Bessie, a long-time community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area shares a moving and eye-opening graphic account of what it really meant for teachers and students to go virtua...

Kathryn interviews Author Leslie Lehr. Leslie Lehr wants to talk about boobs. She's gone from size AA to DDDD and everything in between, from puberty to motherhood, enhancement to cancer, and beyond. And she's not alone - these are classic life stages for women today. She explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman's body. She deftly blends her personal narrative with national...

Kathryn interviews Author Leslie Lehr. Leslie Lehr wants to talk about boobs. She's gone from size AA to DDDD and everything in between, from puberty to motherhood, enhancement to cancer, and beyond. And she's not alone - these are classic life stages for women today. She explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman's body. She deftly blends her personal narrative with national...

Kathryn interviews Author Jennifer Mrozek Sukalo. Informed by her work with almost fifty thousand leaders at various multinational and Fortune 500 companies, her experience with cancer survivors, and her personal journey, Jennifer Sukalo's approach shows us what makes us not only unique, but extraordinary. Through her own heartfelt experiences made transparent and case studies of others' genuine r...

Kathryn interviews Author Jennifer Mrozek Sukalo. Informed by her work with almost fifty thousand leaders at various multinational and Fortune 500 companies, her experience with cancer survivors, and her personal journey, Jennifer Sukalo's approach shows us what makes us not only unique, but extraordinary. Through her own heartfelt experiences made transparent and case studies of others' genuine r...

Kathryn interviews Simon N. Whitney MD JD. Faced with horrors such as the notorious Tuskegee syphilis study, another experiment that injected patients with live cancer cells, and a third that infected institutionalized children with hepatitis, one might expect only praise for a regulatory system intended to promote safe and ethical medical research. Simon N. Whitney is part of a chorus of critics...

Kathryn interviews Simon N. Whitney MD JD. Faced with horrors such as the notorious Tuskegee syphilis study, another experiment that injected patients with live cancer cells, and a third that infected institutionalized children with hepatitis, one might expect only praise for a regulatory system intended to promote safe and ethical medical research. Simon N. Whitney is part of a chorus of critics...

Kathryn interviews Milan Kordestani."I'm just saying." These three little words that tend to follow an intense debate are a signal that someone has given up on listening or being understood. They've dug into their position, and there will be no budging – an unfortunate symptom of living in a divided world. The lack of civil discourse and constructive conversations motivated the 24-year-old, 3x soc...

Kathryn interviews Milan Kordestani."I'm just saying." These three little words that tend to follow an intense debate are a signal that someone has given up on listening or being understood. They've dug into their position, and there will be no budging – an unfortunate symptom of living in a divided world. The lack of civil discourse and constructive conversations motivated the 24-year-old, 3x soc...

Kathryn interviews Attorney Jeffrey B. Simon. Attorney & law professor Jeffrey B. Simon recently won an historic $1.8 billion settlement against Johnson & Johnson and other pharmaceutical giants that will go towards opioid harm reduction in the state of Texas. He will share how they are spending this settlement money and how this model should be replicated across America in order to fund intensive...

Kathryn interviews Attorney Jeffrey B. Simon. Attorney & law professor Jeffrey B. Simon recently won an historic $1.8 billion settlement against Johnson & Johnson and other pharmaceutical giants that will go towards opioid harm reduction in the state of Texas. He will share how they are spending this settlement money and how this model should be replicated across America in order to fund intensive...

Kathryn interviews Author Linda Rossetti. In times of upheaval and uncertainty — in the aftermath of a breakup, the loss of a job, a troubling health diagnosis, or some other disruption occurs — we need a new response to how we imagine ourselves. We must say goodbye to what we expected would happen and embrace a new self-concept anchored by what holds value and meaning to us. The process of transf...

Kathryn interviews Author Linda Rossetti. In times of upheaval and uncertainty — in the aftermath of a breakup, the loss of a job, a troubling health diagnosis, or some other disruption occurs — we need a new response to how we imagine ourselves. We must say goodbye to what we expected would happen and embrace a new self-concept anchored by what holds value and meaning to us. The process of transf...

Kathryn interviews Author David Cravit. People are living longer and longer. Someone turning 65 today can typically look forward to an additional 15 years or more of high-quality living. Centenarians are quickly becoming the fastest growing age-group, with more and more people living into their 80s, and even their 90s. David Cravit uncovers seven simple key components—Attitude, Awareness, Activity...

Kathryn interviews Author David Cravit. People are living longer and longer. Someone turning 65 today can typically look forward to an additional 15 years or more of high-quality living. Centenarians are quickly becoming the fastest growing age-group, with more and more people living into their 80s, and even their 90s. David Cravit uncovers seven simple key components—Attitude, Awareness, Activity...

Kathryn interviews Author Kim Cantin. On January 9, 2018, heavy rainfall combined with deforestation from recent wildfires caused a series of mudflows northwest of Montecito. The incident was responsible for 23 deaths and caused $177 million in property damage. News of the mudslide that ravaged the unsuspecting community made national headlines. Among those headlines was the tragic story of the Ca...

Kathryn interviews Author Kim Cantin. On January 9, 2018, heavy rainfall combined with deforestation from recent wildfires caused a series of mudflows northwest of Montecito. The incident was responsible for 23 deaths and caused $177 million in property damage. News of the mudslide that ravaged the unsuspecting community made national headlines. Among those headlines was the tragic story of the Ca...

Kathryn interviews Strategist, Podcast Host Natalie E. Norfus. The Norfus Firm was formed by Natalie E. Norfus in 2019, born out of nearly two decades of Human Resources & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion experience. Today Norfus has an alliance of consultants that help bring organizational solutions to clients in various areas. She believes there is no "one-size fits all" approach to HR or DEI ini...

Kathryn interviews Strategist, Podcast Host Natalie E. Norfus. The Norfus Firm was formed by Natalie E. Norfus in 2019, born out of nearly two decades of Human Resources & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion experience. Today Norfus has an alliance of consultants that help bring organizational solutions to clients in various areas. She believes there is no "one-size fits all" approach to HR or DEI ini...

Kathryn interviews Author Frieda Hoffman. Upon discovering that so many other women had experienced miscarriage but had never felt comfortable sharing it, certified coach Frieda Hoffman felt not only betrayed by and furious with the patriarchy that made them feel ashamed, but also a profound sense of sadness that women seem to be made to suffer in silence. Shame and silence beget shame and silence...

Kathryn interviews Director Reed Harkness. Filmed over an expanse of 25 years, two brothers go on a 2,000-mile road trip to solve a family mystery. Shooting on nearly every camera format imaginable, from hand-developed Super 8 film to Arri 4K, Reed Harkness and his younger half-brother Sam use their creative world of fiction filmmaking to dive headfirst into dealing with the issue at hand: Sam's m...