TravelinGirls

Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne host Nancy McBride . She is the National Safety Director for NCMEC and authors many of the child safety publications, including Know the Rules…When Your Child is Flying Unaccompanied, For Child Safety in Amusement or Theme Parks, For Child Safety in Youth Sports, After School Safety for Children Who Are Home Alone, and New Neighborhood Safety Tips, She is a frequent lecturer on the issues of child safety and exploitation. She is often a guest on television and radio programs dealing with child exploitation and has been widely quoted in print medium, including, TIME, December 27, 1993, and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, May 1996, and USA TODAY, February 10, 2004. The publication, Child Safety in Youth Sports, authored by Ms. McBride, was adapted for a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED cover story, “Who’s Coaching Your Kid? The frightening truth about child molestation in youth sports,” September 13, 1999. Her article Child Safety is More Than a Slogan dispelling the “stranger-danger” myth has been widely distributed. Learn about very important back to school safety tips as well as internet safety for children and teens.

Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne talk to Kathy Curatolo about Big Brothers Big Sisters. Their motto is: Our work is as elementary as putting a friend in a child's life and as essential as putting hope in a child's future!

Denise and Meri chat with Holly about her second home in Costa Rica and her family's recent photo safari in Africa. She will also talk about her family's love of animals and their exotic pets which include a ring-tailed lemur!

Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne, co-creators of TravelinGirls introduce themselves and talk about their new show. They plan to feature weekly guests that share their mission to empower girls with knowledge. Topics will include travel, multicultural education, going green, and promoting unity through social awareness.

Denise and Meri talk with Michelle Mendez. She is a belly dance instructor, mother of two, and former radio personality of the South Florida 97.3 Coast show: Those Two Girls in the Morning. She will discuss her passion for dance and how she enjoys teaching and performing Middle Eastern dance as a form of exercise. She strives to inspire and empower women of all ages. We will also talk about her multicultural background and how learning dances of other countries has given her an appreciation on the different cultures.

Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne, co-creators of TravelinGirls are very excited to have Suzanne Catty as our guest this week. She is recognized as one of the top Aromatherapists in the world, “The only one consistently moving us forward” and is a featured speaker and teacher at conferences, on TV, radio and in print, lecturing in Canada, the US, UK, Germany, Australia and Japan. She will tell us how to use aromatherapy to keep our home and family healthy. A healthy home is a happy home. A happy home makes for happy children. We love that! Sheri Lewis will join us as well she is a yoga Master and Esthetician.

Denise and Meri talk with award winning author, Laura Ramirez about her book, Keepers of the Children.Laura uses little known Native American concepts and teaching stories to show parents how to raise children to know their nature and use their strengths to create lives of meaning and contribution.

Denise and Meri welcome Sophie Gonin, the Marketing Manager and Deals Editor for the travel community website Virtualtourist.com. Sophie will tell us all about this exciting web site. She will then share her personal story of her multicultural upbringing and relocation to the United States from Switzerland as a young girl. We will learn about her many cultural experiences!

TravelinGirls talk to Sheri Lewis (mother, entrepreneur, and yoga master). She tells us how she encourages her two talented daughters to express themselves and how she helps them build a positive self image. Nine year old Kalin performs an original song she wrote for TravelinGirls!.

TravelinGirls talk to Misha McK, actress, producer and host of "Wake Up With Misha" on NBC2 in SW Florida. We will discuss her campaign "Positivity Rules Across America" and how it empowers children.

Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne, co-creators of Travelin Girls feature Laura Young (teacher, mother and avid traveler).Laura talks about her adoption of her Chinese daughter and the multicultural makeup of her family. We discuss how she uses her teaching skills and family vacation to educate her daughters on different cultures and foster acceptance of others.

A getting to know us show Denise Cochran and Meri Wayne will be discussing what our show TravelinGirls is all about.Our mission is to empower girls with the knowledge of other cultures and countries so that love can travel and unite the world.