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Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

Koren — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:41:45 +0000

Dr. Harriet Lerner is a practicing clinical psychologist and is best known for her work on the psychology of women, marriage and family relationships.

She is the author of eleven books including the New York Times bestseller The Dance of Anger. Her latest book is MARRIAGE RULES; A MANUAL FOR THE MARRIED AND THE COUPLED UP.

Dr. Lerner and I talked about Marriage + Sex + Affairs.

why vulnerability is important for relationships
the unconscious mind and sexual fantasies
what to do after the affair

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Lisa Bradshaw

Koren — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:17:31 +0000

She is an author, cancer survivor, radio host and founder of The DON’T WAIT Project. Lisa shares her journey of what can be gained when one is willing to learn from the unimaginable such as her cancer or losing her husband after a double lung transplant.

We discuss:

her family’s journey
how one keeps moving forward after hardship
The DON’T WAIT PROJECT

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Ryan Jones

Koren — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:53:15 +0000

What’s it like to be a super star athlete?

What did the parents do to have such a stand out athlete?

At 10 years old Ryan Jones had spent a few years breaking records, qualifying for All-Star teams, and was a “living legend” in his town, Davis.

At 31 he still holds many records, some are 23 years old. He was part of many successful high school water polo and swim teams and then left Davis for a scholarship to the University of California.

We discuss:

What’s it like to be a successful youth sport athlete?
What does it take to be so successful?
Waht did his parents really do to help him?

Success at a young age (9).

Relay at Far Western Championships in 1989.

After overcoming struggles in his swimming career, Jones qualifyied for the Junior Nationals in the 100 backstroke (14).

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Kristen Henderson and Sara Ellis

Koren — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:08:00 +0000

Kristen Henderson and Sarah Ellis are two women who have dreamed about becoming mothers their entire life. Kristen, a rock-star whose band had opened for the Rolling Stones, and Sarah a vice president of marketing for Real Simple and previously the creative services director at Vogue were a couple who wanted to have a baby.

Their book Times Two: Two Women in Love and the Happy Family They Made chronicles their journey to motherhood together.

During our conversation we discuss:

intention of writing the book
laws surrounding same sex parents
careers
pregnancy
The Takeaway

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Diane Hunter

Koren — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:46:24 +0000

Leadership, horses, parenting, autism? How do these all connect?

Coach Diane Hunter teaches leadership. Diane’s classroom can be a round pen with horses where she teaches her clients how to lead from their core and connect with their inner guidance system . She also teaches parents how to use these leadership skills to lead their own children and let go of the resistance and battles with our children. Diane not only teaches these skills but also practices this daily as she parents who pre-verbal son who has autism.

We discuss:

Leadership
Communication
Trusting our guidance system
Two Takeaways – to help you practice leadership

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Zac Bissonnette

Koren — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:13:32 +0000

College costs are escalating. Many of us worry how will we pay for our children’s education. Zac Bissonnette, personal finance expert and author of Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents.

What gives Zac the creditbility to write about personal finance for college students? He is a senior at University of Massachusetts – Amherst and has been paying for his college education himself. Zac is “living it to give it.” During this interview we discuss:

athletic scholarships
the student loan myth
private versus public education
networking opportunities in public institutions
financing college without ruining your future
two takeaways

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After listening to Zac, what did you takeaway?

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Raychel Adler

Koren — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:02:26 +0000

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered. Listen as my guest Raychel Adler discusses genetic breast and ovarian cancer.

• FORCE mission

• support services

• Raychel’s own journey with genetic breast cancer

Websites

FORCE

Raychel Adler

Raychel’s blog

Kathy Stilego Breast Reconstruction Handbook

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Daniel Coyle

Koren — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:56:09 +0000

Author Daniel Coyle returns to discuss talent. Winter Olympian Apollo Ohno states “Daniel Coyle digs deep into the core of the insatiable desire to become ‘better.’ An amazing read with many practical applications for everday life.” Listen as we discuss:

How the brain is connected with talent
What is really possible for our kids in school, music, sports
Can adults build talent? Listen to Dan discuss his experience.
The Takeaway – two things the listeners can do

Follow Dan on twitter

Find Dan on facebook

The Talent Code

Dan’s website

After listenting to Daniel Coyle, what are your thoughts about talent? Did this open an awareness or change your insight?

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Another interview with Dan Coyle

Interview 1 – background and how talent is really created

Peter Walsh

Koren — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:47:45 +0000

Peter Walsh is a regular contributor on The Oprah Winfrey Show and is a New York Times bestselling author and has a new dvd out called It’s All Too Much! Listen as we discuss:

overcomming overwhelm
two important words to change your relationship with your stuff & your life
creating luck
two takeaways to help your improve your life

Peter on facebook

Peter’s website

After listening to Peter and the two takeaways, what are you going to implement in your life? Please share your experience with us. Please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to have future interviews delivered to your feed reader. Sign up for our newsletter to receive upcoming info and newsletter only promotions.

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More interviews with Peter

Peter’s personal journey

Success

Does Money Equal Happiness?

Indrani Goradia

Koren — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:02:07 +0000

Indrani Goradia is an author, speaker, master life coach and yoga therapist. She is the author of The Indrani Principle: Inhale Life, Exhale Joy. Indrani discusses how to stay grounded and balanced for the holidays – a time of high stress for many.

What did you take away from this interview with Indrani? How are you planning on spending your holidays?Please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to have future interviews delivered to your feed reader. Sign up for our newsletter to receive upcoming info and newsletter only promotions.

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Jonathan Fields

Koren — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:00:47 +0000

Former lawyer turned successful serial entrepreneur and author of CAREER RENEGADE: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love. Jonathan is back with us today to discuss using social media and building credible relationships for your business.

job security
building authority and online presence
steps for leaving employee status to become an entreprenuer.
your niche

Check out Jonathan’s CAREER RENEGADE interviews on his site. I have listened to them and they are worthy of your time and of great value. No he has not paid me to say this. I just think he has information that is of value for entrepreneurs or people thinking outside the box.

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Daniel Coyle

Koren — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:00:49 +0000

Is my child talented? This is the question I am asked most often? In fact this has been a subject I have been passionate about for years. Talent? Who has it? Why do some appear to have more talent than others? Is it possible to increase talent? Or is it just plain dumb luck? Daniel Coyle is author of The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Listen to my interview with Dan as we discuss the answers to so many of your questions and mine.

How has Daniel Coyle’s book affected how you think about TALENT?

Another interview with Dan Coyle

Interview 2 – More in depth about our brains and how we can build talent

Kris Radish

Koren — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:00:33 +0000

With almost a million copies of her novels in print, bestselling author Kris Radish latest book is The Shortest Distance Between Two Women. We discuss her wonderful struggle and journey to become all that she was meant to be. Kris was a prize winning journalist who left her career behind to raise her kids, later got divorced and then when she finally sold her book her agent stole her money. Listen to her candid interview as Kris discusses how she pulled herself through and how life is on the other side of this journey.

We appreciate all the wonderful emails about how our interviews help you. We would love for you to share your comments and insights with other listeners as well below.

Jeff D. Opdyke

Koren — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:25 +0000

Jeff Opdyke returns to our show. Many of you remember his Wall Street Journal column Love & Money. Jeff and his family opened up their financial life to create a discussion about personal finance. For six years we read about his wife Amy, their children and the financial discusions in their lives. Listen to the interview as we discuss:

life after Love & Money
how to blend marriage and our financial beliefs
good debt/bad debt
using money as a tool to enhance your life

Libby Cataldi

Koren — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:00:30 +0000

A mother’s journey of her son’s addiction. Libby’s son Jeff started smoking cigarettes in 5th grade. He then moved on to drugs and alcohol. All this happened with Libby working at his school and Jeff staying close to home. Listen as Libby shares their journey and what she has learned from it and hopes others will benefit from her story.

Women’s Empowerment

Koren — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:00:44 +0000

With the news of Sacramento’s homeless population reaching across the country, there are organizations that are achieving measurable results in tackling this crisis. Women’s Empowerment has an 84% success rate of getting homeless women into homes and an outstanding 68% success rate of helping them achieve financial independence even in this economy.

Listen to what this non-profit organization does to help women improve their lives. And the Point West Rotary hosted an event to benefit Women’s Empowerment last weekend Festa di Vino.

Gretchen Rubin

Koren — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Career transitions to happiness. We hear a lot these days about following your bliss. Gretchen Rubin went from law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court, to published author of four books and is currently working on her next book The Happiness Project (out in Jan 2010, Harper) and her blog alson named The Happiness Project. In this interview we discuss:

Gretchen career transition
an “interest journal”
key to happiness: make other people happy

Cary Arnold

Koren — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:00:01 +0000

From realtor to Publisher/Editor of the Davis Life Magazine. Cary Arnold discusses why she founded this fabulous online magazine for our town. How she goes about balancing her real estate business, the magazine and her family with three children. Listen to Cary’s CAN DO attitude.

Marybeth Hicks

Koren — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:21:59 +0000

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.

Nancy Kalish

Koren — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:53:06 +0000

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 It.

Tosca Reno

Koren — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:05:03 +0000

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 and fitness expert and bestselling author of The Eat-Clean Diet series is here to discuss her latest book THE EAT-CLEAN DIET FOR FAMILY & KIDS and set us straight on how we clean lead healthier lives and also get our kids on a better path.

Visit her other sites: The Eat-Clean Diet and The Eat-Clean Blog