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In her latest book, A Year Without Men - A Twelve-Point Guide to Inspire & Empower Women, Allison Carmen uses the events of a harrowing year in her personal and professional life to offer simple, practical tools to help women. She leads women to look within to find their values, morals, passions and work on their skills. Connecting with other women and forge new ways to do business. Together, women can create new ways to earn money, new ways to look at beauty, and many other new ways to be in the world. Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master's of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her law firm and built a successful practice. After 15 years of practicing law, she transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching, and life coaching. Today, Allison's clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She is also the author of The Gift of Maybe. Allison is als

Have you ever wondered how some students are so far ahead of the class? The question now is, can the so-called average and even the below-average students catch up and do well academically? At Eurekademics, students learn life-long skills that transform their minds from the ground up using scientifically proven ways and groundbreaking theories in quantum intelligence to increase grades dramatically in as little as 30 days. Voted the best tutor in Los Angeles for four years in a row, Eurekademics help students rewire their brain to learn more by supercharging their focus, unlocking the joys of learning, while planting the seeds of wisdom. Gene Nech is the Founder and CEO of Eurekademics. Besides being a tutor, philosopher, education reformer, 4th Degree Black-Belt with the World Taekwondo Federation, Chess, and Origami enthusiast, Gene is also known as the "Student Whisperer" in Los Angeles. Known for his scientific method of hacking the learning algorithm, Gene is obsessed over how learning occurs and how

Are you looking for solutions to help your kids struggling with questions like Who am I, Do I matter, Where do I fit in, What is my purpose, Where do I go from here, or How do I manage my emotions? If your answer is yes, Marissa Leinart, the founder and executive director of the non-profit Parent Led Academy and her team of experts can help you. Their mission is to equip parents to know themselves better, so they have the healthy social-emotional skills to model them to their kids. Marissa was a former adjunct professor at Arizona State University for five years. She was also a former two-time Emmy Award Winning TV news anchor and reporter. Marissa followed a personal calling and homeschooled her two children for 17 years. Desiring to help parents raise their children to be responsible, make good decisions, and be kind to others, she and her husband Bill, a former high school teacher and basketball coach for 12 years and 4 years at a community college, created the academy. Marissa and her team empower stud

Caring for elderly family members is one of the most demanding jobs and one of the most rewarding. But family caregivers are operating in confusing new territory when they take on eldercare for the first time, especially if Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia are involved. Caregivers also face health risks as they sacrifice time for exercise and self-care, and they often feel overworked, under-appreciated, and even depressed. This holds true whether their loved ones are cared for at home or in outside facilities. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia is a book that acts as a portable support group for family caregivers. The book’s 101 Stories to Support Family Caregivers highlights revealing personal stories in which people who have “been there, done that” share their best advice for family caregivers. Readers will feel less alone and more empowered after reading the great advice shared by other families. They’ll learn how to join their loved ones with dementia in their new reali

Are you looking for solutions to think more clearly and manifest the best of your goals and desires to fruition? Would you like to learn a step-by-step approach to increase your vibration to attract success into your life? If your answer is yes to these questions, then you are in for a treat!  Sherry Gideons is the High Vibe Nation founder and host of High Vibe Thought Leader Radio & Live Show. She inspires, motivates, and brings out the infinite greatness in people to live extraordinary lives. Sherry has been in the fitness & wellness industry for more than thirty years and has achieved several top honors as a professional bodybuilder and fitness expert.  Her passion for excellence of total mind, body, and spirit integration has led her to acquire unique knowledge and training in metaphysics and thoughts' power. As a life mastery coach, Sherry helps people transform their way of thinking about their body image, health, and the pursuit of happiness. She uses her own life's journey as an example, sha

On June 23, 1936, Edgar Cayce, the most documented and renowned psychic of the twentieth century and the father of holistic medicine, gave a Life Reading for two-day-old Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) Davis, the nephew of his secretary, Gladys Davis. In this reading, Cayce identified one of the child's past lives as that of Thomas Jefferson, adding this stunning prediction—that he "may become more important in the affairs of the WORLD than this entity in its previous experience has been to America—Thomas Jefferson."  Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn examines all the reasons why that prediction never happened. It is an endearing look at the relationship between Cayce and young T.J., who was tutored by Cayce for nearly the first nine years of the boy's life in preparation for the great work ahead of him. But it also explores how decisions made by T.J.'s absentee parents put their son's soul on a different path. Joanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, has been actively involved with Edgar Cayce's

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat - 101 Laugh Out Loud Stories is the second collection of humorous true stories readers will from people who have lived through embarrassing, hilarious, and truly human experiences. The book highlights stories shared in chapter titles like Domestic Disasters, Happily Ever Laughter, I Can’t Believe I Did That, Doggone Funny, My Crazy Family, Holiday Hiccups, That Was Embarrassing, Getting Catty, Senior Moments, and It’s All Relative. No one is safe from the storytellers — from spouses to parents, to children, to friends, to other relatives. And, of course, the funniest stories of all are the ones people tell about their mishaps. No one is holding anything back, including the stories that husbands and wives are telling about each other, the ones that show how much they love each other but are hysterically funny. Join Amy Newmark and me on Tuesday, May 4, 10-11 A.M. CT U.S. Amy and I will have a conversation about stories that will make you Laugh Out Loud from the

There are about 27 million nurses worldwide, the unsung frontline heroes who care for us, who are the eyes and ears of the doctor when he or she isn't there. May 6 to 12 is National Nurses Week. Operation Scrubs, started by Pamela Jane Nye, is a permanent virtual Nurses' Wall of Gratitude at www.thankanurseteamchallenge.org. You can leave a "Thank You" starting May 6. There is no cost to participate. With very little time or effort spent, your message will mean a great deal to those who give so much, especially during the last year and a half battling the global pandemic. Pamela Jane Nye, RN, MS, CNS-BC, is the Owner/CEO of Operations Scrubs and Neuroscience Nursing. She was named "the Nurse of the Year" for excellence in nursing at a prominent Los Angeles medical center. As the modern-day Florence Nightingale, Pamela is an advocate for educating and honoring nurses worldwide. She is also an Associate Professor at UCLA School of Nursing. Join Pamela Jane Nye and me on Tuesday, April 27, 10 - 11 A.M. CT US.

Are you looking to sharpen your networking skills and present your best self at the next virtual or in-person networking meeting? Did you know that between 70-80% of all jobs are obtained through networking regardless of the industry? Another way of looking at this is that 70-80% of all jobs are not posted. These missing job posts make up what is called the Invisible or Hidden Job Market. It's real, and it all works by word of mouth. Nathan A. Perez is a multi-award-winning author, national speaker, and executive career coach at Career Innovation. Coming from an unusually unique and diverse professional background, Nathan brings his clients a rare viewpoint on networking, job search, and career development. A formally trained actor with a BFA in Theatre, his 20-year career in the arts was supported by simultaneously developing a business career, which involved an excessive amount of resumes, networking meetings, and interviews in multiple businesses and industries. Utilizing that background, Nathan ties tog

Ladies, ever wonder if your uniqueness is a Superpower? The answer, Absolutely YES! Chicken Soup for the Soul's latest release, "BE YOU," will take you on a journey to find your very own truth. Whether you are 18 or 80, you will find your power from personal stories from women who unselfishly share their successes, failures, insecurities, and epiphanies! The 101 Stories of Affirmation, Determination, and Female Empowerment, will validate your unique superpower as you find plenty of role models and advice in the book to help you make the most of that power! According to Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: BE YOU is a new collection of stories and poems written by women of all ages about how they found the best versions of themselves by honoring and embracing what makes them unique. The book is a source of affirmation and inspiration for women to help them find courage, confidence, and the best paths for themselves. Join Amy Newmark and me on Tuesday, April 6, 10-11 A.M. CST U.S. Amy and I will have a c

April 3, 2021, is the 48th anniversary of the first cell phone call made in public. That call was made on 6th Avenue at 52nd in New York City by the "father of the cell phone," Martin Cooper. In 2007, TIME magazine named him one of the "100 Best Inventors in History" because he has revolutionized how we communicate. Martin Cooper is an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and futurist. He led the creation of the world's first cell phone at Motorola. Over nearly three decades at Motorola, Cooper contributed to the development of pagers, two-way radio dispatch systems, quartz, and crystal manufacture. As a serial entrepreneur, Martin and his wife, Arlene Harris, have cofounded numerous wireless technology companies; Cellular Business Systems, SOS Wireless Communications, GreatCall, and ArrayComm. Martin is currently chairman of Dyna LLC and a member of the FCC's Technological Advisory Council. He was the first to observe the Law of Spectrum Capacity, known as Cooper's Law. In 2013, Martin became a member of the

Do you have a division between who you are as a business leader and who you are as a spouse, friend, sister, brother, mother, or father? Having an awareness of this existing division creates space for your inner voice. Would you like to learn a better, easier way of leading and fulfilling your inner voice? Alexsys Thompson, MLC, BCC, is the creator of the Trybal Gratitude Journal, a keynote speaker, a board-certified executive coach, and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. She also serves as adjunct staff for The Center for Creative Leadership and is the author of The Trybal Gratitude Journals, curated a collection of short stories called Gratitude 540, and is building a retreat center in Vermont that will be a “safe space for souls to show up.” In The Power of a Graceful Leader, Alexsys, shares how you can begin integrating who you are and how you lead. Through her experience with this disconnect in her leadership style and having coached hundreds of leaders in their integration journey, Alexsys offers

Deborah Gaal abandoned her love of theater to take over the family flooring business and ended up running a wholly-owned subsidiary of DuPont. After leaving DuPont, she coached entrepreneurs and corporate executives and created and guided leadership seminars for women. Finally, she returned to her dream of living a creative life by writing. Her first novel, The Dream Stitcher, was named a finalist in Debut Fiction for the 2018 National Jewish Book Awards and won the IndieReader Discovery Award in literary fiction. Synchronicities on the Avenue of the Saints delves with subjects of love, acceptance, and the importance of connection. How does the weight of the past lead to awareness and expansiveness in the present? And when can everyday magic step in to help? Physicist Noah Friedman is bipolar and is racing against time before the experimental drug he takes steals his mind, then his life. His deranged psychiatrist aims to clear $10 million on the sale of this drug and has become Noah's enemy. As Noah star

Although we cannot always change the stressors that come up in our life, we CAN forever change the way we respond to them. Would you like to learn a system to handle your stress better using the holistic way? Dr. Alice Fong is a Naturopathic Doctor, AKA "The Virtual Stress Doc." She specializes in anxiety and stress management and helps people develop more awareness of their minds and bodies to give them the power to heal themselves. Dr. Alice is also the Founder, CEO & Medical Director of Amour de Soi Wellness with practices in both the Bay Area and Sacramento, California. Her mission is to help people discover self-love and happiness through the mind-body connection component of health. Dr. Alice and her team use her 5-step holistic approach called the AMOUR system to help busy professionals break free from stress and anxiety to have a competitive edge at work by increasing Focus, Energy, Motivation, Productivity, and Performance. She is also the Co-Host & Creator of the Podcast, HappyTalks with D

“If there’s anything we’ve learned during this pandemic, it’s that life is unpredictable and nothing is guaranteed. You’ve got to live it with joy while you can. And you’ve got to spend as much time as possible with your favorite people while you can, devoting those hours to the people who mean the most to you and add the most value to your life.” That’s how Amy Newmark, editor-in-chief and publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul, starts this new collection of inspirational stories that will show you how to put self-care and “me time” at the very top of your to-do list. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making “Me Time” - 101 Stories about Self-Care and Life Balance, focuses on the value of making “me time” and prioritizing self-care. “Me time” is different for everyone. Whatever your psyche needs, whether that means exercising, reading, meditating, seeing friends, communing with nature, or a host of other methods, they all have the same result: making people happier, less stressed, and healthier. Join Amy Newmark

Are you looking for a roadmap to regroup, refocus, and succeed in life? Then, this show is for YOU! With success comes more success when you learn how to navigate life's systems. Don't take anything personally; this is a waste of your time, recommends Allen Maxwell, Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of The System is Unforgiving: Play by the Rules and Win. Allen speaks from experience. His first book, The System is Unforgiving, published during the global pandemic, and within a few weeks, became a bestseller. According to Allen, there are "15 Rules of the System." When we use them to navigate life, we will experience success! He lives by these rules as being an author is Allen's fourth career. He spent 22 years in the U.S. Navy. Stationed all around the globe, he reached the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Three. Allen then became an Aero-Space Engineer at the Space and Naval Warfare Commander in San Diego. Today he is the President & CEO of Omni2Max, a defense contractor business with

According to the CPA Practice Advisor, 79% of Americans are concerned about the pandemic's impact on their finances. Are you struggling with the financial management puzzle? Would you like to know how to create a robust financial strategy for the New Normal? Mike Bernstein, EA, MBA, is the founder of Bernstein Financial Services. Known as "Your Working Out Accountant," Mike has offices in Los Angeles and San Diego, California, providing bookkeeping services for over 50 companies. He also offers consulting services that include business sales and purchases, practical financial planning, insurance planning, estate planning, and retirement planning. In his latest book, The Ultimate Guide To Planning Your Personal Finances, Mike shares the Big Six Strategies everyone needs to put together to retake control of their finances. Join Mike Bernstein and me on Tuesday, February 2, 10-11 A.M. CT U.S. We will be having a conversation about his remarkable life's journey and his passion for helping people master their f

From My Mama's Kitchen® New Year, New You initiative final guest is  Dr. Randi Ward. Her life's philosophy is "Believe! Don't dream big; dream bigger! The sky is the limit, so reach for the stars!" She is a world traveler of 60 countries on four continents. From one of her destinations came her memoir that epitomizes her view about life, Because I Believed In Me - My Egyptian Fantasy Came True. Dr. Randi is a retired American Language Arts teacher, author, a professional editor, a certified Harmony Life Coach, Holistic Emotional Intelligence Coach, NLP Practitioner, and Communication Mastery Certified Coach. Her life's journey has taken her from owning language schools teaching ESOL in Cairo, Egypt, to being a Spotlight Featured Alumni during Marshall University Virtual Homecoming in 2020. Dr. Randi's passion for life and humanity have earned her many award and honors from being the 2014 Entrepreneur in the Education Industry by Worldwide Who's Who, to 2015 Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian, and being on

Continuing with the From My Mama's Kitchen® "New Year, New You" initiative, are you looking for assistance in making a paradigm shift in your life? Would you like to learn advanced techniques in gaining clarity and understanding? How about ways to quickly assimilate and integrate positive transitions into your daily routine?  The Spark: Igniting Your Best Life by Stephanie James is a compelling and inspiring book that will facilitate your quest and journey in reinventing yourself.  Stephanie James is a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years in the mental health field. In addition to being a graduate of Colorado State University and the University of Denver, she is also an advanced level E.M.D.R. II trauma specialist, Transformational Life Coach, and Film Maker. Stephanie has been leading workshops in the Rocky Mountain Region since 2007. She is the creative leader and host of The Spark Summit, a gathering of today's thought leaders in the areas of psychology, spirituality, an

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention - 101 Stories of Faith and Hope is a new collection that shares true stories of the unexplainable. The book highlights that miracles large and small occur every day around us to people from all walks of life. These personal glimpses into the lives of ordinary people who experience the extraordinary, having their lives forever changed by a miracle. As part of From My Mama’s Kitchen® “New Year, New You” initiative, join Amy Newmark and me on Wednesday, January 13, 10-11 A.M. CT U.S. Amy and I will have a conversation about some of the 101 compelling true stories of regular people whose lives forever changed by a miracle.