Get Balanced With Dr Marissa

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Geri Jewell, who shattered the glass ceiling for individuals with disabilities when she was cast in the hit series "Facts of Life" and Deadwood returns to Dr. Marissa's show to help answer the Question of the Week, Why do we Sabotage our own Success? No cost Balance Tools on how to get back on track and leave the critic in our head behind are featured.

QoW: How can I love what I do and do what I love? My friend & guest Queen of Soul Kirtan C.C. White shares her life passion and gift of music and some words of advice for letting the gift that is within you come forth...Dr. Marissa's Balance formula includes reframing negative messages from your past and finding an hour a week of your time that is usually spent watching a reality show to focus on your own Reality...rediscovering your passion...at the intersection between your hearts desires, what you're good at, and what your currency value is. And 2 strong women of love sing out this episode acapulco style (a Capella ;)

Question of the Week: "Were the heck is my soulmate?" Dr. Marissa calls in world-renowned mystic Hans Christian King to help with her love life...to finish off this Romance themed month of Valentines aka Single Awareness Month. The talk meanders to other topics including spirituality, the "G" word and seeing ourselves as beautiful and enough, just the way we are. And there is a prediction that takes the doubt out of the question...a bi-shoe-ler is on his way!

Guest Dr. Pat Allen, 4-time Oprah guest and Dr. Marissa answer the Question of the Week: Do I want to be Right? or Single? On her follow-up visit, Dr. Pat continues helping Dr. Marissa shape up her own love life, so it's more like a waltz than Slam-dancing...just in time for Valentine's Day (aka Singles Awareness Day;) Actress Paula Newsome joins in the love talk and shares her own journey to opening her heart and un-learning some of the patterns that keep strong successful women alone and without romance. Duty Dating is my homework to becoming a cherished woman.

Question of the Week: Do I want to be right and single?! Guest Dr. Pat Allen, 4-time Oprah guest, continues helping Dr. Marissa shape up her own love life, so it's more like a waltz than Slam-dancing...just in time for Valentine's Day (aka Single's Awareness Day ;) Actress Paula Newsome joins in the love talk and shares her own journey to opening her heart and un-learning some of the patterns that keep strong successful women alone and without romance. Duty dating is my homework to becoming a cherished woman.

Guest Brenda Lee Eager helps Dr. Marissa anser the Question of the Week: Is there an alternative to just living for your weekends and hating work? What about living in a Friendly Universe where you get to fulfill your desires at work and at home? Platinum record singer songwriter and producer Brenda Lee Eager, who has performed and written with Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Prince talks about the joy that comes from living your dream...with and without money. Balance Tips include: Don't give up your day job...yet...but use your free time to explore and reconnect and fulfill your hearts desire...So that soon you will love what you do and you do what you love... And the money will follow. And bring more joy to your current work situation by improving relationships...in and out of work.

Dr. Marissa's first business episode brings the Balance concepts of Peace, more Joy, Hope and Less Stress into the workplace...just in time for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Her guests, fellow Alliant International University professors and consultants of Organizational Psychology and Strategy, Dr. Denise Lopez and Dr. Louise Kelly talk about the role of C.A.R. E ., Respect and Recognition in providing a motivating environment for individuals, so that we can make our jobs (where we spend 50 to 70 percent of our lives) more satisfying. Managers are challenged to deposit into their staffs' emotional bank account with 7 compliments before withdrawing and other benchmark (free business consulting) ideas that help businesses thrive in these challenging times. Sponsored by AIU where Dr. Marissa is on the Board of Trustees.

My guest Erin Runnion, Joyful Child Foundation talks about how to cope with personal tragedy and find Joy in life again, a timely topic for these times. Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation which was created 3 months after her 5-year old daughter Samantha Runnion was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered, Erin gives practical advice to parents and children on how to feel safe again, and the important work of the Foundation dedicated to preventing crimes against children through programs that educate, empower and unite families and communities. Dr. Marissa ends with 8 Balanced New Year Resolutions thatyou can actually keep to do your part in this New Era of Peace and Non-Violence for self and others.

Dr. Marissa gets up close and personal with grief and a way to come from love and compassion when your heart is broken open...remembering in a caring way all of the 26 beautiful beings that blessed us in life, and all others whom we remember during the holidays. This episode is designed for people who want a safe way to grieve and feel and send healing love through the power of chi, breath, eternal energy, and feel the grief so as to begin the healing process that is built on Hope and Love. The show ends with a balanced perspective on problem solving that tragedy offers us in a systemic and not blaming way, so that Connecticut can be a symbol of the Connect-tion that binds us all to be the change that we want to see. Sponsored by Seal Beach Physical Therapy.

Repeat guest Frank Ferrante, star of movie "May I Be Frank" helps walk through Dr. Marissa Letterman's Top 8 things that make people blue...and red through the season. Episode includes practical Balance tools lIke finding the 'fun' in dys-fun-ctional family bingo, to make it a season of joy and cheer as it was intended.

Guest Fran Drescher, Actress and Cancer Advocate talks to Dr. Marissa (aka the Asian Female Dr. Phil) about reducing your own risk of cancer as 90 percent of cancers are environmental, affecting 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women. Her organization http://www.cancerschmancer.org/ birthed out of her own experience with uterine cancer, and her new TV series Happily Divorced on TVLand, about her own marriage that ended in divorce 17 years after her husband came out, make Fran a great example of how to take the shitake in life and stir fry it into positive ways of helping people reduce their risk of cancer and not marinade in the pain of divorce. "I am famous so that I can help people with cancer awareness" earns her the Dr. Marissa's Beneficial Presence on the Planet Award this year. Fran also shares her 5S's that she looks for in a man...Sexy Smart Successful Single and Straight! Episode ends with Balance Tool for the week: "Acting on Your Own Behalf" aka how to get out of bed when you don't feel like it, and Song of the Week, "Fear Not", an original by your host. This episode is dedicated to my friend/sister May Kingi who just transitioned from cancer last week.

My 2-week mini series asking What about kids in need? Showcasing a few individuals who are beneficial presences on this planet helping children in our own backyard, this week's guest Bruno Serato has been making a pasta dinner for 300 Anaheim motel kids every day for the last 7 years and continues to be an example of not talking about how bad things are but taking personal action to make a difference. Coming from Italy With only $200 in his pocket, Bruno tells us about his journey, with Balance tips along the way...he has fulfilled the American dream and more than that...he is giving back. Special offer for Dr. Marissa listeners too... And past inspirational guest Paul Wilson calls to update us on Christy's Law, and how you can help.

Guest Gloria Allred, Super Lawyer and Super Advocate of Women and Minorities talks candidly to Dr. Marissa about her own past pain and how that fuels her passion to continue to speak on behalf of those who have no voice...this tireless 70+ year old explains what motivates her everyday and in everyway

Guests Erica Wharton ( Kids at Heart) and Deirdre Kelly, (Spectrum Infant and Toddler Montessories) talk with Dr. Marissa, your mid-lifecrisis interventionist, about how we can help kids in America in Part2 of my mini-series Question of the week "What about our kids inneed?" ...And help ourselves feel good by helping others...towards ourThanksgiving wish of feeling more happiness 88% of the time. So gofind a kid and give them a nudge tell them that they are Loving Lovedand Loveable

Dr. John Gray (www.marsvenus.com) illuminates us with the underpinnings of how women and men differ on depression as well as how to remedy natural feelings of depression with natural products that are necessary to heal. And a special gift for Dr. Marissa listeners, a free copy of his best selling book "What you feel, You can heal". And a special piece of advice for strong successful women and dating at the end of the hour...just for me ;)