The Kathryn Zox Show

Kathryn interviews journalist Healther Shumaker, author of "It's Okay to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids". Shumaker has an unusual stance on many hot-button parenting topics. For one, she believes we should ban homework and allow our kids to spend their time doing better things, and studies support her opinion. According to recent research, homework has no a...

Kathryn interviews End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, author of "We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out". Across the US students are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual assault on college campuses. Pino elevates the stories of more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism. Pino's own story is featured in the documentary The Hunting Ground, whic...

Kathryn interviews Caron Levis MFA, award-winning author of "Ida, Always". Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn't going to get better. The friends help each other face the difficult news with whispers, sniffles, cuddles and even laughs. MSW candidate...

Kathryn interviews holistic wellbeing expert Randi Ragan, author of "A Year of Mindful Living: Seasonal Practices to Nourish Body, Mind and Spirit". More than 50% of adult Americans suffer adverse health effects due to stress. Excluding the trauma of living in a war zone, most of our stress comes from the makings of our own mind: our perceptions of our experiences that arise out of daily living. R...

Kathryn interviews DKT International President & CEO Chris Purdy MS. With the outbreak of the Zika virus many countries are recommending avoiding pregnancy through 2018 due to the high potential risk of babies being born with microcephaly. DKT International, one of the largest private providers of family planning and reproductive health in the developing world, has donated 15,000 IUDs and condoms...

Kathryn interviews metastatic prostate cancer survivor Paul Steinberg MD, author of "A Salamandar's Tale: My Story of Regeneration – Surviving 30 Years with Prostate Cancer". What happens if you're 35 and you're told you have an aggressive form of prostate cancer? If you're Dr. Steinberg — married, lusty, a successful and beloved doctor — your life dissolves into a mystery of survival, and you bec...

Kathryn interviews award-winning novelist Jim Grimsley, author of "How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood". In his memoir Grimsley chronicles his own coming of age as a boy in a small eastern North Carolina when federally mandated integration of schools went into effect in 1966. Grimsley looks back at that school and those times, remembering his own first real en...

Kathryn interviews Psychology Today blogger Peg O'Connor PhD, author of "Life on the Rocks: Finding Meaning in Addiction and Recovery". This is the first book to address addiction and recovery from a Western philosophical perspective, offering a powerful set of tools sharpened over millennia. O'Connor draws upon the wisdom of philosophical tradition from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, illuminating...

Kathryn interviews NYTimes bestselling author & "obesity warrior" David Ludwig MD, PhD. Dr. Ludwig is a renowned endocrinologist and the author of "Always Hungry? Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently". Dr. Ludwig's groundbreaking studies show that overeating doesn't make you fat; the process of getting fat makes you overeat. Dr. Ludwig has been featured on NPR, ABC...

Kathryn interviews award-winning journalist Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of "DRINK: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol". Named one of Washington Post's best books of 2013, DRINK takes aim at an alarming epidemic: the worrisome rise in binge drinking and alcohol abuse among girls and women. Dowsett Johnston reveals how dangerous levels of female drinking are on the upswing, precipi...

Kathryn interviews organizational psychotherapist Joan Kingsley, author of "The Fear-Free Organization: Vital Insights from Neuroscience to Transform Your Business Culture". Leadership that makes a difference takes guts and confidence, plus belief in oneself and belief in the key players in the organization. It is built on trust, not fear. Kingsley draws on her experience as an Executive Coach to...

Kathryn interviews nationally-known nutritionist Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD and author of "The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss". Megyn Kelly recently revealed how she keeps her slim figure – The F-Factor. Zuckerbrot encourages readers to ditch the fad diets in favor of a diet that emphasizes fiber consumption without worrying much about carbs, fats or calories. Zuckerbrot...

Kathryn interviews Harvard graduate and researcher Farai Chideya, author of "The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption". Today's careers are episodic — they don't happen on a smooth path, but move through many phases. Chideya shares advice on how to enhance growth in an existing career, rebound from being out of work or move from a job that is no longer rewarding. Chideya...

Kathryn interviews USC Professor Margaret Fetting MSW, PhD and author of "Perspectives on Substance Use, Disorders, and Addiction with Clinical Cases (Second Edition). Partaking in drugs and alcohol can be fun and pleasurable. There are times and places where imbibing is enjoyable. However, overusing alcohol and drugs can also lead to a wide range of negative and even dangerous outcomes. Dr. Fetti...

Kathryn interviews healthy living strategist Lisa Lewtan, author of "Busy, Stressed, and Food Obsessed! Calm Down, Ditch Your Inner-Critic Bitch, and Finally Figure Out What Your Body Needs to Thrive". New research shows that stressful lifestyles result in a desire to eat. Lewtan has the answer: an honest exploration of your relationship with food. Lewtan is the founder of Healthy, Happy, and Hip...

Kathryn interviews Wallethub analyst Jill Gonzalez on their recent report of "2015's Most & Least Charitable States". Gonzalez shines the spotlight on the most generous of the 50 states by analyzing eight key metrics such as volunteer rate, taxpayers who donated to charity and growth in giving. She is featured in The NY Times, The Washington Post and Fortune. Kathryn also interviews Center for Fam...

Kathryn interviews Lian Dolan, the youngest Satellite Sister and co-author of the book "You're the Best: A Celebration of Friendship". The Satellite Sisters have turned their focus on the most important relationships in our lives – friends, the women (and men) we call when the best or worst things in your life happen. Dolan, a broadcaster and writer of two bestselling novels, created The Chaos Chr...

Kathryn interviews Christopher Cerf, Emmy award-winning composer, lyricist, and NY Times bestselling author of the book "Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language". If you want to succeed without really lying, you must perfect the art of modern spin. Cerf, with co-author Henry Beard, have compiled a handy dictionary that will make you an expert in misdirection in no t...

Kathryn interviews Randy Haveson MA, author of "Party with a Plan: College Edition: The Guide to Successful Drinking". It is estimated that four out of five college students drink alcohol, and of those students half engage in binge drinking. To address this Haveson developed the Party with a Plan 0-1-2-3 code to help students assess their alcohol consumption. Haveson's innovative alcohol education...

Kathryn interviews award-winning author and caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent MBA on her book "The Caregiver's Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself". With 13 million U.S. baby boomers caring for elderly parents, thousands of adult caregivers struggle with determining if their parent is fit to remain living alone. To help ease the proc...

Kathryn interviews John Connolly EdD, President and CEO of the Castle Connolly Medical "America's Top Doctors" listing. Not only is it America's most trusted source for identifying top physicians, it's the only site whose doctors are recommended by other doctors. Dr. Connolly is one of the nation's foremost experts on identifying top physicians and is featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tr...

Kathryn interviews journalist and award-winning TV host Michaela Haas PhD, author of "Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks into Breakthroughs". Eighty-nine percent of Americans experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Dr. Haas explores the revolutionary scientific research of posttraumatic growth through the transformative, uplifting stories of many famous and recognizable n...

Kathryn interviews David Roddenberry, founder of HealthyWage, the world's leading purveyor of corporate and team-based weight loss challenges and financially-induced diet contests for individuals. HealthyWage recently announced that so far this year it has paid out winnings of over $2,500,000 to participants for a collective 750,000 pounds lost through its various cash rewards-based weight loss pr...

Kathryn interviews teacher Ken Murray, author of "Eulogy: A Novel". What effect does growing up with fundamentalists have on children? In his powerful debut novel, Murray explores an unusual, Rapture-obsessed fundamentalist Christian family that places all of its hopes on catastrophic destruction. Although Eulogy is not a memoir, Murray has first-hand experience with growing up in this kind of env...

Kathryn interviews humanitarian Andrew Faas, author of "The Bully's Trap: Bullying in the Workplace". Whistleblowers often pay a heavy price for exposing corporate corruption. Late in his career Faas exposed a corrupt executive who retaliated against him. Because of this bullying, Faas' health deteriorated and he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. "The Bully Trap" provides a comprehensive a...