How She Really Does It

Do you ever wonder how to protect your kid s childhood in a grow-up-too-fast world? Today we have Washington Times family columnist, radio personality, speaker and author of Bringing Up Geeks to advise us on raising our children. smiling,

The weather is changing, the kids are back in school. We have fall sports, theatre, music and oh that s right HOMEWORK!!!! We have Nancy Kalish here today to talk about our children and their homework. She is the co-author of The Case Against Homework: How Homework is Hurting Children and What Parents Can Do About [...]

Today s guest wears many different hats: she is a mother, wife, NPR commentator, an Atlantic Monthly contributor, a successful performance artist, and author of five books. Her latest book is Mother on Fire: A True Mother f%#$ Story About Parenting! smiling,

It is that time of year where front lawn signs are going up, commercials are airing, and soon our mailboxes will be overflowing with voter information. Do you know how you are going to vote on November 4th? When discussing the upcoming election, I have been talking about McCain/Palin, Obama/Biden, Measure W and Prop 8. [...]

Did you ever wonder what life was like for a singer-songwriter? Do you wonder the journey of a singer-songwriter. Today we have Rich Driver, from Davis to discuss his personal journey and his first solo CD (self-titled), Rich Driver. smiling,

Feeding our families – what an important thing to do. But how do we do it with limited time in our daily lives. Doesn t it seem easier to go and pick up some fast food or take out? Get some pizza delivered? It is Friday night and we are too tired. Well Tosca Reno, health [...]

Have you ever looked back at your life and wished you could have given yourself advice, reassurance, or a way to look at your situation with different lenses? Today we have Ellyn Spragins returning. You may remember Ellyn as the author of New York Times bestseller: What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self. [...]

We talk a lot on this show about feeling stuck, wanting to change your current job, learn more about how to take care of yourself, or where to find information to improve your life. Well today, we have someone here who will tell you about how you can accomplish any of those with the opportunities [...]

Do you feel stuck, uncertain, or blocked? Do you know who you are? What is your purpose? Today we have life coach, Martha Beck. Many of you may have seen her on the Oprah Winfrey Show, read her monthly column in O magazine or read one of her many books such as Finding Your Own [...]

You have a child who is a great athlete. Life is full of swim meets, baseball and soccer games. Most weekends you are just trying to get through the schedules. Then you find out your child has cancer. What next? Today we have Davisite, Mark Barr here to talk about his personal journey, what he [...]

Libby Gill was an entertainment industry veteran spending fifteen years heading public relations and corporate communications as Senior Vice President at Universal Studios; Vice President at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. She was also the branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show for Paramount Studios. Libby decided she needed to completely [...]

Today we have Kathleen Baird-Murray, beauty editor for the UK magazine Telegraph and regular contributor to the Sunday Times Style. Kathleen is the author of How to Be Beautiful, The Thinking Woman’s Guide and her first novel Face Value – based on her work at Tatler magazine (UK). She will discuss her career transitions and [...]

Shannon Coe s life thus far is inspiring and powerful. She was afflicted with polio as an infant in post-war Vietnam. As a young refugee growing up disabled and losing her father at a young age in inner-city Los Angeles she has persevered to become a human rights advocate who has traveled to 41 countries, the [...]

Brenda Youngerman, author of the bestseller Private Scars, describes the passage of a mother struggling to keep her children safe amidst an abusive marriage in her newest release, Public Lies. It is the story of a woman who chooses to take her children and flee her marriage to start a brand new life. Reality sets [...]

We ve all been there-those exasperating, circular I m right, you re wrong! conversations with friends, family members, customer service representatives, or the cable guy. You say one thing and they say something else. How do you get what you want. Dr. Xavier Amador is a practicing clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at Teacher s College, Columbia University in [...]