Wellness Radio with Dr. J

Have you worked harder than ever on your life, your sobriety, your addictions, and suddenly, without a warning, relapse in your recovery?  Slam; you can hear, feel, sense and regret hitting the cement wall with vengeance.  Now what the heck do you do? Blame, anger, pity, anxiety and depression on the table and you just can't seem to 'clear the palate' of all your past and present patterns. My gues...

Did you find yourself grasping for 'the meaning of life' or the reason to get up and face the ever changing world each day while taking the lashings that you feel to your body, mind and spirit?  Rest assured, you are not alone.  Life has taken a hard right turn and if you were not intune, balanced, or in 'shape', you may be noticing the weight of life and fearing what may be around the next corner...

Are you feeling overwhelmed; you don't really know what to do with your kids who are pulling at your patience and heart, help is here.  The summer is upon us and it may be a rip roaring time of stress, anger and frustration or it can be a learning experience for the whole family.  You choose, what will it be?  My guest today is Dr. Craig Wiener, author of Parenting Your Child with ADHD, a guide fo...

From children to adults, help for mental health conditions is here, now, without adding drugs.  If you have an overactive child, a young adult who is 'out to lunch', a spouse who just 'never seems to get it together', our parents who are seeming to be 'slipping away' .... these are a few of the responses we have heard about our loved ones.  While we love their every being, we are constantly battli...

Which side of the earth are you on when it comes to your health:  the side that hurts, gets a test, gets a name and gets a drug.  OR  the side that hurts, looks for answers, questions those answers, tries to find what might fit for you personally and then institute that treatment.  How can you make that choice and how can you even find out what else is available if you were never exposed to it in...

We have all heard it:  'just breathe' and sometimes when we are in the heat of a big stress situation or other emotional upset, we feel that if we just breathe we will explode!  Don't you?  Sometimes, we even say 'if I hear that ONE MORE TIME, I am going to .......'.  Yep, we are with you. How can something so simple as breathing, relaxing, meditating and calming ourselves down be so darn hard!  M...

Do you have any issues with your ears, nose or throat in these days of environmental exposures or allergens?  Love to take the anti histamines and feel groggy your entire day?  Kids slobbering all over the place and driving you crazy trying to find ways to help them?  Help is here with non medical solutions to many common day ailments.  Unless of course, you love taking prescription medications, i...

Cancer:  a word of many emotions which you are supposed to navigate yourself if you are ever to get to the other side, remission.  What just happened in the diagnosis, what should I expect for the process of trying to get through this, what support will I need and how will I keep it all together? These are just a few of the questions that will be running through your head if you are diagnosed with...

Have you ever heard the words "But he did...but she needs to... but they owe... "  Or, have you used these words in the last week?  Can you own up to it?  Is there a chain that is binding you from living a happy life?  Betrayal?  What?  Not me? My guest is Holli Kenley, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of the book we will be talking about today Breaking Through Betrayal:  And Re...

Are you faced with the possibility of not having a child of your own?  The shock of infertility issues can affect anyone.  Do you know what to do next? My guest, Iris Waichler, the author of 'Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster' shares her personal journey through infertility treatments.  She has solutions to the many challenges that must be addressed along the way, legal, relationship, health,...

Does your body hurt?  Do you have any idea where your chronic pain may be coming from or rather what may be contributing to it?  If you are hurting, the first place to go is the Dr. and tell your story, get tests, a prescription and sometimes rehabilitation.  Are you all better now? Medications help with pain, tests sometimes don't say much and after stretching and exercising for a few weeks, you...

Is the possibility of overcoming lung cancer a reality or a dream?  Is it a possibility that may work for others?  What if?  Why not?  Listen. My guest today is Carl O'Helvie, who has overcome lung cancer being told he had only 6 months to live.  He has written a book:  You Can Beat Lung Cancer:  Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions which clearly outlines his experience.  But wait, think th...

How are you supporting your mental health condition, with micronutrients or high power drugs?  Do you think there may be a better way than drugging you to overload?  Can your children be helped with something other than drugs or special classes at school?  Is a mental health condition always considered a handicap or can it just be called 'the body asking for nutrients'? A must listen for all brain...

Do you have a chronic illness or cancer and your body is tired?  Have you lost the energy of each day?  Are you able to absorb the nutrients that you need to support daily bodily functions?  Has your quality of life taken a dive and you feel like you are sinking minute to minute?  Illness, medication and the need to repair the body sucks the life out of the food and nutrients you put into it.  At...

Life is changing rapidly these days and it really seems hard but even thinking about suicide is not the answer.  There are people all around you who can help, to talk and support you, even if it seems like that may not be true.  Family members, if there is talk of suicide in your home, it is time to get help, not tomorrow or next week or after a vacation, NOW!  The conversation must be of help, su...

What are you calling healthcare right now, no matter what economic level you are at?  Rich, poor, government subsidized, no insurance, small business, large corporation; all are affected.  Are you believing everyone will have coverage and it won't be on my dime anymore?  Think again.  Do you believe that you will go to a hospital and get top notch good care when you need it with no questions asked...

Are you in desperate need to create a different life for yourself by creating a small business?  Looking to start a new business and have all kinds of red flags from others you talk to?  Stop and listen to Gary Bronga.  He provides answers from creation to delivery of a product with ease. The good:  the rewards of small business ownership, fulfillment of a dream and reaching financial freedom. The...

What is domestic abuse and why should you care?  If you are not a victim, chances are, you know someone who is being abused in their home and no one is talking.  If you are being abused, guaranteed, you are not talking.  Do you really think this is something to shout to the rooftops and share with your giggly girl friends?  Really?  Talking to other family members, NOT!  Domestic abuse takes on an...

How many parents think it is cute or a great time to give a pet for Christmas but never consider about SpayFIRST!.  Was this suggested to you but cost or time stopped you short of being a responsible pet owner?  Do you know the risks of pet over population? As we see the cute dogs and cats at the mall pet store, who could resist the fluffy feel of their coat and the way they cuddle and lick you. ...

Everyone can be affected if there is a divorce in the family and holidays take on a new challenge of dealing with the aftermath of a family split.  No matter if the divorce is new or old news, every year seems to bring turmoil if you have not ironed out your feelings of loss, grief, guilt, pain, separation, loneliness or anger.  How will you handle the holidays this year?  Are you going to take ho...

Is Sea Buckthorn from Sibu Beauty providing the answer for complete support of your body both inside and out?  Are you looking for a cream to 'make you look ten years younger'?  Are you taking things and hoping they will stop your aging?  Did you see the next fad to promise if you eat it all your worries with be gone?  Have you spent thousands of dollars on your face but pay no attention to the sk...

Are all your electronics being carried around in bags, book bags, purses, clutches, duffel bags and brief cases?  What do you do with those bags when you sit down at a location to eat or use those electronics?  You put them on the floor?  All those germs?  Really?  You never know what is on the ground these days and who walked on that floor.  What germs are going around these days?  Are you bringi...

A busy weekend, the flu, the holiday season or just 'too much to do and not enough time' seem like your excuse for the fatigue that is bringing you to your knees?  Does it seem like fatigue is an everyday word for you?  Why?  Tired is one thing, crashing fatigue is another.  How do you raise up and have energy again? Life is just not sunshine and lollipops as many of us have grown up to believe. ...

Have you lost a loved one?  Has someone in your family lost a spouse?  Are you trying to relate to them but the wall seems so thick?  Have they seemed to step out of life? Time to get back into life.  There are many people who have had significant life losses and they have opened up to a glorious life.  Help, comforting arms, kind words and compassionate connections are available.  There are also...

Do you know what therapeutic humor or gratitude thinking is?  Have you had pain in your life and carried that around with you as your badge or chain?  Are you stopped from enjoying life because of a, b, c, and on and on?  Why?  Who is stopping you?  Is that real?  Do you wish to laugh again?  Want to try?  We are going to help today, not tomorrow. My guest today is Allen Klein, the world's only "J...