Smart Women Talk Radio with Katana Abbott

Maddy Dychtwald author, regular contributor to the Wall Street, and co-founder of Age Wave on “The Secret to Your Successful Future”. Join us as we discuss: Why is longevity suddenly a big issue? And why is it more important for women than men? What are the 3 things women can do right now to prepare successfully for longevity in terms of their health? What are the 3 things women can do right now to prepare successfully for longevity in terms of their finance? In a word, it would be “longevity.” And the real secret to a successful future would be to prepare for it, especially in terms of your health and your wealth. What makes this even more complicated for women is they live longer than men, yet their retirement savings is about half that of men and they’re often the one’s caregiving their loved ones. How can women change the game so that they will live long AND well? Maddy is a nationally recognized author, co-founder of Age Wave, and leading expert on the changing demographic trends shaping the marketplace, the workplace and our lives. Having spent almost 30 years investigating and forecasting implications of the age wave, she has also emerged as an authority on the economic ascent of women. Maddy is the author of three books and has been regularly featured in prominent media, including: Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Fox Business News, CNBC and NPR. She is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal’s Retirement Expert Panel, The Huffington Post, thirdage.com, and caring.com. She is also one of the co-founders of Women Against Alzheimer’s and on the Board of the Bright Focus Foundation. To learn more about Maddy Dychtwald go to www.maddydychtwald.com

Katana will interview the founder of Feminine Mastery and author of True Calling, Awaken the Power of your True Self, Cyndie Silbert. Join us as we’ll discuss: - 3 Feminine Mastery shifts that create miraculous wealth - How your Mentor Archetype can lead to their Calling and greater success in business - There is a new pathway to Feminine Success bringing women more fulfillment, prosperity and true happiness Cyndie Silbert is the founder of Feminine Mastery™ and the Feminine Masters™ Interview Series as well as the celebrated author of True Calling, Awaken the Power of Your True Self. Cyndie guides successful women to live their legacy by finding true love, discovering their true calling and creating wealth and prosperity. Her transformational approach and out of the box mentoring free women from stress, struggle, self-doubt and fear so they can reach an entirely new level of mastery and success – without the stress. Through private and group mentoring, retreats and a vibrant online community, Feminine Mastery offers a new pathway to feminine success for women who seek authentic expression and the deepest level of fulfillment in all areas of their lives. Cyndie has transformed the lives of women all over the world through her Feminine Masters Interview Series with guest speakers such as Arielle Ford and Dr. Sue Morter. Cyndie is considered a global transformational leader with an emphasis on the Feminine Principle. Her deep understanding of women’s inner desires coupled with life and business challenges has made her a world-renowned Mentor for Women. She’s been featured at the Chopra Center’s Spiritual Success Event, as a guest speaker at the Awaken Your Impact Event, and alongside top business leaders, coaches and experts via Online Summits. She has over 10 years experience leading workshops, online programs and her signature Maui Women’s Retreat. To learn more about Cyndie Silbert go to www.femininemastery.com

Special guest host Chris Freer will interview Speaker, Author and Executive Consultant, Beth Wonson. What are the three top rocks that steal our time and energy. How holding onto something can feel like it serves us. Simple strategies that facilitate letting go! Beth Wonson is a speaker, author, executive coach, business consultant, former school administrator and lover of life! She works with organizations, businesses and individual clients across the United States. Known as the employee whisperer, Beth is able to get to the heart of the matter quickly and empathetically facilitating others to move from being stuck, isolated and frustrated to inspirational, empowering leaders who give meaningful feedback and hold staff accountable. Originally from Boston, Beth’s candor, wit and style engage any size audience as if she were chatting one-on-one! You can learn more about Beth’s work at: http://www.bethwonson.com

Katana will be interviewing Author, Speaker and Women Empowerment Advocate, Crystal Andrus. Join us as we’ll discuss: What is the Emotional Age and how can we become more empowered? How to live from Woman Energy rather than Daughter or Mother Energy. How to set new healthy boundaries with others- and your self. Crystal Andrus is a 3 time Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Women Empowerment Advocate. Founder of the S.W.A.T Institute (Simply Woman Accredited Trainer) -The World’s Premier Coaching Certification exclusively for Women, Crystal is a dynamic speaker and has shared the stage with leaders such as Dr. Phil, Naomi Judd, Suze Orman, Louise Hay, Sarah Ferguson and many more. To learn more about Crystal go to www.swatinstitute.com

Guest host Chris Freer will be interviewing Certified Executive Coach and co-Founder of the Itafari Foundation, Victoria Trabosh. Join us as we’ll discuss: Why sharing our stories is so important. 3 lessons to help you through a great crisis. How to keep your voice during a difficult experience. Victoria Trabosh is many things but mostly she is determined to change the world through her life and her work. With over 40 years of business experience and a wealth of health issues that caused her to refocus her energies, she’s clear that overcoming is about how she behaves through her circumstances, not the circumstances. She believes that faith and wisdom can guide us through all things that happen in our lives. She has certainly found that to be true in her very recent journey through oral cancer. Author, sought-after international speaker, columnist, radio show and TV personality, executive coach ad philanthropist, she works in the world so that she and others may become their best and change the world. Parent to four and grandparent to eight, her greatest joy is spending time with her family, especially her husband John. You can learn more about Victoria’s work at : victoriatrabosh.com and itafari.org

Join us as we’ll discuss: Should you retire overseas? What country should you retire to? What are some of the things you need to know before you move? Kathleen Peddicord has been researching, writing, speaking, and presenting on the topics of living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 28 years. Her newest book, "How To Buy Real Estate Overseas," is the culmination of decades of personal experience living and investing around the world. Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets from the East Coast of the United States first to Waterford, Ireland, then, seven years later, to Paris, France, and, most recently, to Panama City, Panama. To learn more about Kathleen Peddicord go to www.liveandinvestoverseas.com

Katana will interview President of DreamSpinner Communications and author of 30 Days to Social Media Success and the upcoming Fresh Start Success: Reinvent Your Work, Reimagine Your Life and Reignite Your Passion, Gail Martin. Join us as we’ll discuss: Why your Fresh Start story attracts your unique ideal clients How to stop taking miracles for granted to find great transformation stories Why personal branding and marketing can reposition you for success with your own reinvention and create Fresh Start Success Gail Z. Martin is a bestselling author, international speaker and new media marketing expert. She owns DreamSpinner Communications, a marketing consulting firm. Gail is the author of 30 Days to Social Media Success, she holds an MBA in marketing and she has sold more than 500,000 books world-wide. 30 Days to Social Media Success made TheWashingtonPost.com’s Top 5 Business books, and has been mentioned in media including Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Worth, and Fox Business News. To learn more about Gail Martin go to www.DreamSpinnerCommunications.com

Katana will interview Hay House Author, Dr. Jamie Turndorf who is known on radio and TV as “Dr. Love.” and bestselling author of "Love Never Dies. Join us as we’ll discuss: Why she believes relationships don't end in death. What we’ve been told about the afterlife is dead wrong Techniques that enable the bereaved to make peace with the deceased. Known to millions as "Dr. Love," radio and television personality Dr. Jamie Turndorf has been delighting audiences for three decades with her engaging blend of professional expertise and spicy humor. Her success is largely due to her remarkable ability to turn clinical psychobabble into entertaining and easy-to-understand concepts that transform lives. She has authored several books on resolving relationship conflicts with partners, friends, family members and children. Hay House published her book Kiss Your Fights Good-bye: Dr. Love’s 10 Simple Steps to Cooling Conflict and Rekindling Your Connection. She has been an invited expert on numerous television networks such as CBS, VH1, WebMD, and MSNBC. Most recently, CNN has been featuring her as the resident authority on relationship advice and human behavior. Dr. Turndorf also hosts the popular “Ask Dr. Love” radio show, which is heard in 80 countries. To learn more about Dr. Jaime Turndorf go http://www.askdrlove.com

Katana will be interviewing the Author of “Bully Free” , Dr. Jo Anne White. Join us as Dr White will discuss: Parental Behaviors that Creates an Easy Target for Bullying Ways to Insure Your Child’s Safety How we can create Bully Free Environments Jo Anne White, Ph.D is an International Award-Winning, Bestselling Author and Speaker, Certified Professional Coach and Energy Master Teacher who has helped millions of individuals and organizations shape their dreams, overcome adversity, master their own success and triumph. Known globally as the “Success Doc,” Dr. White is the Executive Producer and Host of the popular Power Your Life TV and Radio Shows. She’s been featured online and in national and international media outlets, such as CNN.com, Good Housekeeping, More, and WebMD. She’s made frequent guest appearances on Radio and Television Networks such as NBC, CBS, FOX, and Voice America. Dr. White, founder of the recently launched Power Your Life Network was named a 2015 Worldwide Branding Top Female Executive for Professional Coaching by Worldwide Who’s Who and will be featured in Women of Distinction Magazine in 2015. To learn more about Dr. Jo Anne White visit www.drjoannewhite.com or www.poweryourlifenetwork.com

Katana will be interviewing two great guests, Authors Ed and Deb Shapiro. Join us as we’ll discuss: Making friends with yourself Making friends with your enemy How to turn shit into gold Ed and Deb have been on a spiritual journey for many, many years. They are mindfulness, meditation and yoga experts and are award-winning authors of 15 books, including Be The Change, How Meditation can Transform You and the World. Deb is also the author of Your Body Speaks Your Mind, now in 19 languages. Ed loves to face fear by sky-diving, bungee jumping and skiing. They have three meditation CDs. To Learn more about Ed and Deb go www.edanddebshapiro.com

Join us to hear Jan discuss the following 3 things and more: Why your LinkedIn profile is critical, and how to write your profile to be sure your buyers find you, and can’t wait to start working with you. Which is the best social media site for your business? How to decide. Is the Premium account worth it? What will it do for you? Jan Wallen, author of Mastering LinkedIn in 7 Days or Less and The New Social Selling Revolution: Change the Way You Sell. She has built her business so that 95% of her consulting, speaking engagements and mentoring clients come from LinkedIn. Because of her expertise and clear and engaging style in explaining social media in a practical use-it-today way, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox news and organizations including Business News Daily, Entrepreneur Podcast Network, the Shelley Palmer and MENG (Marketing Executives Networking Group) blogs and radio shows including BlogTalk Radio have sought her professional advice and expertise. To learn more about Jan visitwww.JanWallen.com

Katana will be interviewing Author and featured contributor to Smart Women's Empowerment, VividLife magazine, and New Consciousness Review magazine and radio, Brent Marchant. Join us as we'll discuss: How the conscious creation/law of attraction process works. How movies illustrate this process. How women can draw upon specific cinematic examples to see how this works. A lifelong movie fan and longtime student of metaphysics, Brent Marchant is the author of Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies and Consciously Created Cinema: The Movie Lover’s Guide to the Law of Attraction, both of which provide reader-friendly looks at how conscious creation (also known as the law of attraction) is illustrated through film. He is also a contributor to VividLife magazine, Smart Women’s Empowerment , and New Consciousness Review magazine and radio. He’s a frequent guest on Internet and broadcast radio shows and maintains an ongoing blog on his web site. Brent holds a B.A. in magazine journalism and history from Syracuse University. To learn more about Brent visit www.BrentMarchant.com

Join us as we’ll discuss: The 6 common (and paralyzing) blocks in the way of career happiness for thousands of professionals worldwide. How to identify your specific obstacles to more happiness, and learn where they came from and what they mean. How to chunk down and address your core fears around money, success, and power so you can move through them. The importance of embracing the idea that you CAN have what you want in your professional life, and that you deserve to. Kathy Caprino, M.A. is an international career success coach, writer, and speaker dedicated to the advancement of women in business. The author of Breakdown, Breakthrough, and Founder of Ellia Communications, Inc. and the Amazing Career Project, Kathy is a Forbes, Huffington Post and LinkedIn contributor and top media source on women’s careers and workplace issues.

Author, Speaker, Trainer, and Executive Coach, Steve Sisgold has spent the past 25 years studying and teaching the relationship between beliefs held in the body and success, how the body “billboard” sends micro messages that affect authentic communication and how self-awareness lowers stress and boosts peak performance. He has appeared on major radio and TV shows including PBS, Oprah and Montel and blogs for Psychology Today. Steve holds an M.A. in marketing, a B.S. in business and a certification in body-centered psychotherapy. His book, What’s Your Body Telling You? launched at number 7 on the S.F Chronicle Bestseller List and # 1 on Amazon.com in several categories. Steve is also the breakthrough coach to many best-selling self help authors, Grammy and Oscar winners, CEO’s, a Major League baseball President, as well as Wellness and Business leaders. Prior to being a successful author, speaker trainer and executive coach Steve Sisgold applied the principles he teaches, in the business world. He owned and directed a successful Advertising and PR firm, and was #1 of 500 salespeople and a national sales trainer with a Fortune 100 company. To Learn more about Steve go to www.wholebodyinetlligence.com

Dr. Susan Sklar is the founder and medical director of the Sklar Center for Restorative Medicine where she helps midlife men and women look and feel better and lead longer, healthier lives. She uses the view of Restorative Medicine which recognizes that hormonal and other biochemical changes cause humans to age in ways that are not necessary or inevitable. Replacement and balancing of these natural substances result in improved vitality and a longer healthy span of life with less chronic illness. Dr. Sklar has completed her fellowship training in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine after more than 25 years of experience as an obstetrician/gynecologist, placing her uniquely at the forefront of the care of men and women in midlife health transitions. She sees private patients at her center in Long Beach, California. To learn more about Susan visit www.sklarcenter.com