Smart Women Talk Radio with Katana Abbott

Katana will be interviewing recovering lawyer, chronic overachiever, and two-time Amazon best-selling author Caroline Greene, founder of Caroline Greene Coaching, Caroline Greene. Join us and you will learn: What it means to build a life that truly matters to you The most common mistakes you see people make when they are trying to make positive changes in their lives How to know when it’s the right time to make a change Caroline Greene is a recovering lawyer, chronic overachiever, and two-time Amazon best-selling author of MATTER: How to Find Meaningful Work That’s Right for You and Your Family and NEXT: How to Start a Successful Business That’s Right for You and Your Family. As a life and business coach, Caroline helps determined moms build businesses – and whole lives - that truly matter to them. To learn more about Caroline Greene go to http://carolinegreenecoaching.com/

Katana will interview entrepreneur and a business high performance strategist, Stacy Tuschl. Join us and you will learn: High performance tips How to level up and get out of your comfort zone Why you can’t do everything yourself and what to do about it Stacy Tuschl is an entrepreneur and Business High Performance Strategist. She started her first business in her parents' backyard at the age of 18 and turned that company into a 7 figure business. Author of, “Is Your Business Worth Saving?” she reveals proven strategies for pulling entrepreneurs out of a rut and launching them toward business success and is the host of the top rated podcast Business Rescue Road Map. To learn more about Stacy Tuschl go to www.stacytuschl.com

Katana will interview retired foreign language teacher now author, documentarian, screen writer, Pierette Simpson. Join us and you will learn: The pluses and minuses of being driven to reach a huge goal The secret to creating and managing a team How to maintain momentum in times of adversity Pierette Simpson retired from teaching after 37 years, and being recognized Michigan Foreign Language Teacher of the Year. She left the profession in order to follow another passion, write about the Andrea Doria tragedy at sea. Six years after her publication, she decided to write the screenplay and produce the docufilm, Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved? Pierette is considered a subject-matter expert on the shipwreck and has been interviewed by many media, nationally and internationally. To learn more about Pierette Simpson go to www.AndreaDoriaMovie.com

Join us as we discuss: A new definition and understanding of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and cognitive decline The multiple, reversible causes of Alzheimer's The role of hormones, lifestyle, and supplements in reversing Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan Sklar is a nationally recognized Harvard trained physician who is dedicated to figuring out the root cause of her patients’ symptoms. She is a fierce health detective who believes that you can age gracefully and feel great while doing so. She utilizes the cutting edge science of functional medicine to support your body to heal itself through diet, lifestyle and appropriate supplementation. To learn more about Dr. Susan Sklar visit www.sklarcenter.com

Join us and you will learn: How to discover costly marketing mistakes you must avoid to be a successful brand The secrets of small business brands which THRIVE in their competitive space How to increase your bottom line by creating a lasting brand that people know and trust In 1993, Linda Kleist founded Identity Creative with her husband, Bill. Identity Creative has worked with hundreds of businesses to help them differentiate their brand in a unique and powerful way that increases sales. Linda speaks to business groups about how to create a brand that outshines the competition and attracts their ideal customers. Identity Creative brings exceptional graphic design and brand development to established businesses, start-ups, and non-profit organizations for logos, identity systems, outstanding marketing campaigns and full-scope implementation into print and web. Their brand strategy workshops help organizations create a brand blueprint for a powerful and lasting brand. To learn more about Linda Kleist go to www.indentitycreative.com

Guest host Chris Freer will interview Author, speaker, and financial coach Janice Goldman. Join us as we’ll discuss: How what you don’t know will hurt you. How love and money are two different things. Love shouldn’t have anything to do with money, and vice versa. Why Financial ignorance is not bliss! Having developed the Women's Financial Services Division at Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett and worked as Senior Vice President/Vice President at such prominent financial institutions as Salomon Smith Barney, Mesirow Financial and Merrill Lynch, Janice Goldman has over 32 years of financial experience under her belt. She specializes in working with women who need to learn how to make the necessary choices in order to thrive in their financial and personal lives. She is a speaker, financial coach, and author of Let’s Talk about Money: Girlfriends’ Guide to Protecting Her ASSets. To learn more about Janice Goldman go to www.askjanicegoldman.com

How to discern real fear from false fear and know if you’re living in false fear. How to move through fear so it can stop driving your decisions and your life. What it means to live life in the flow and why this is so important to us as individuals and a society. Andria Corso is an award winning Life and Leadership Coach with 20 years’ experience working with clients to develop leadership skills, develop themselves, advance their careers and businesses, and create whole-life success. She is currently the owner of AndriaCorso & Co., a life, leadership coaching firm specializing in helping individuals reach their highest potential. Andria is also a bestselling author of Fear to Flow: How to Give Up Your Struggle and Allow Life to Unfold Perfectly. This is her third book and is about how to stop allowing false fears to control you and instead, step into living in the Divine flow of life. To learn more about Andria Corso go to http://www.andriacorso.com

Join us as we’ll discuss: 70% of aging is voluntary, how you can avoid it until you are near the end of life. How can you avoid many major illnesses and accidents (heart disease, stroke, diabetes etc.) altogether. Do women age differently than men? Chris Crowley is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia Law School. For 25 years he was a litigation partner at a leading Wall St law firm. He retired at 56 to “lead more than one life”. He and his wife, portrait painter Hilary Cooper, moved to Aspen for five years to ski, write and so on. He had the idea for and co-authored Younger Next Year which has sold some million copies in 20 languages. The most recent book in the series is Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program, which came out this past January. To learn more about Chris Crowley go to http://youngernextyear.com

Join us as we’ll discuss: What it takes to be a successful business owner. How to follow your dreams and pursue your goals. The importance of women in business. Florine Mark is President and CEO of The WW Group, the largest franchise holder of Weight Watchers International. Mark acquired franchises throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Some of these franchises were sold, but Mark retained all operations in Michigan, and Northern Ontario, Canada. She serves as an adviser and board member on approximately 40 committees and civic organizations. Mark is a highly sought after motivational speaker, radio show host, and can be seen each week on “Ask Florine,” on WDIV (NBC-Detroit). Mark is an author and has received numerous accolades, including being the first woman inducted in the National Management Association Hall of Fame. To learn more about Florine Mark go to www.8883florine.com or www.askflorine.com

Join us as we’ll discuss: How to integrate powerful tools into your energetic systems of being so you can change whatever you desire to change in your life -- hence ‘The Change Agent’ The Freedom Cycle & Flow Cycle How ‘WE’ are connected and how to play in the world of oneness without it impacting you in way you don’t desire! Over the past decade, Jeneth Blackert has a wildly successful global change movement, Real Raw You, encourages people around the globe to open to greater energy, more radiant lives and expanded healing possibilities. With a background in nutritional neuroscience blended with the tools of Access Consciousness and her very unique approach to creative flow, Jeneth has an ability to profoundly deepen her client’s lives. She has appeared on television and radio shows worldwide including Martha Stewart Radio, NPR, Fox News and hundreds of radio acronyms around the nation. She’s also the author of several books and programs including Falling In Stilettos, Seven Dragons: A Guide to a Limitless Mind. To learn more about Jeneth Blackert go to realrawyou.com.org

Katana will interview Williams and Associates Leadership Coaching and Coaching the Global Village, Dr. Patrick Williams. Join us as we’ll discuss: The importance of Naked Conversations about the good and the scary… How hiding our shadow prevents us from total well being How to have a Courageous conversation or be a committed witness to another’s naked conversations Dr. Patrick Williams, psychologist, author of 7 books, and leadership coach, is a pioneer in the field of Life Coaching and founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training, and Coaching the Global Village. A developer of leaders for 3 decades he founded Coaching the Global Village in 2006 to bring the power of the coach approach to the underserved and resource poor of the world. CGV associates provide leadership training to grassroots organizations and/or non-profits, NGOS or corporate social change initiatives. Pat's message is that leadership is an activity, not just a position. Pat's speaking and training is inspirational, providing an igniting spark to individuals, communities or organizations offering methods and tools to "keep the fire burning" after the training. To learn more about Dr. Patrick Williams go to www.DrPatWilliams.com or www.CoachingTheGlobalVillage.org

Katana will interview the founder of Speakertunity and Conscious and Transformational Speakers, Jackie Lapin. Join us and you will learn: What to do to make yourself irresistible to speaker bookers What NOT to do that will take you out of the running How to make sure you take advantage of being on stage Where to find speaking engagements more easily and with reduced time investment Jackie Lapin is a leader in helping transformational leaders, authors, practitioners, speakers and messengers connect with their next followers around the globe. For the past 10 years, her internationally acclaimed Conscious Companies have been providing PR campaigns, radio media tours and speaking engagements to support the growth and revenue of change-makers. Her clients have included Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr. Joe Vitale, James Twyman, Denise Linn, Arielle Ford, Hay House and more. The success of her companies has been built on her detail-oriented, comprehensive proprietary one-of-a-kind data-driven lists—the information from which she is now sharing with the world! Her most recent offering is SpeakerTunity™, the twice monthly transformational speaker leads tip sheet, providing speakers with the direct contacts to book themselves on stages across North America. To learn more about Jackie Lapin go to www.Speakertunity.com

Join us and you will learn how to: Reclaim the relaxed center of power in your core – and thereby clarify and add effortless power to your direction and impact. Let go of the excessive willpower you are exerting and that is silently defeating you. Relax into a state of joy, harmony and equilibrium with the wealth you have. A remarkable living synthesis of eastern wisdom and of western practicality, Satyen Raja combines the power of the Warrior and the wisdom of the Sage to inspire audiences worldwide. He is a unique blend of power and of heart. Satyen teaches with clarity, power and provocation. In his presence you are compelled to search within and to draw out your latent abilities. Through dynamic examples, compelling stories, cutting edge ideas, spontaneous humour and proven practices, Satyen motivates, provokes and inspires you into accepting and cultivating your own greatness. Satyen’s focus on bringing the teachings into your physical body and into you real life, rather than just lecturing, sets him apart from other teachers and empowers you to make lasting changes in your life. Suzanne Raja is the embodiment of true Feminine radiance and of deep Feminine power. Simply being in Suzanne’s presence brings men into their depth and women into their natural glow. Suzanne does not just practice what she teaches, she is what she teaches. Suzanne is Love. To know Suzanne is to glimpse what is possible for your own life. She delivers teachings with exceptional intuitive perception and clarity. Suzanne demonstrates that true power is subtle, and that it is possible for all of our lessons to come encased in Love. As our world heads into a new era, it is teachers like Suzanne who will lead the way. To learn more about Satyen and Suzanne Raja go to WarriorSage.com

Katana will interview Public Speaking, Message and Marketing Mentor, Marjorie Saulson. Join us as we’ll discuss: Why it is important to overcome one’s fear of public speaking. The three basic fears people experience and what usually causes them. Strategies people can immediately apply to help overcome their fears. Marjorie Saulson is dedicated to working with people who are nervous about using public speaking and networking to promote themselves and their business. This results in their income suffering. She is passionately committed to helping them to uncover their unique voice, and to gain confidence and ease in sharing their message; so that they can easily attract their ideal clients and build the business and lifestyle of their dreams. To learn more about Marjorie Saulson go to http://www.VibrantVocalPower.com

Katana will interview Global Speaker & Author of POWERING UP! How America’s Women Achievers Become Leaders, Anne Doyle. Join us as we’ll discuss: Why the “Woman’s Card” is no longer a Joker – but an Ace, if played effectively. Men who are “leading the way” in addressing gender bias in their organizations are overwhelmingly either: 1) Fathers of daughters or 2) Sons of strong single mothers. Insight about the International Women’s Forum – one of the preeminent women’s leadership organizations in the world with over 6.000 members in 33 countries. Anne Doyle is a Global Speaker, Journalist and Mother. Her book, POWERING UP! is a field guide for women have already “leaned in” and are “powering up” to leadership roles. Doyle has been on the front lines of women’s progress for over four decades – as a pioneering TV news and sports broadcaster, auto executive and elected official. As a respected advocate for women and girls, she has raised awareness on five continents, including work for the U.S. State Department in Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Spain. Most recently, she has been in South Africa and Israel engaging with women leaders from all over the world. To learn more about Anne Doyle go to www.annedoylestrategies.com