Wellness For The Real World

The "hormone of love" makes mothers more nurturing & people more giving. But may it also fuel intolerance & discrimination? Guests include TED speaker/researcher Paul J. Zak (author, The Moral Molecule);  Susan Kuchinskas (author, The Chemistry of Connection); Bryan Post (child behavior expert & manager OxytocinCentral.com);  longevity expert Alison Heath; psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Shrand.

We hear plenty about the male libido and the notorious male roving eye and thirst for variety and fresh conquest. But women are wired differently. What makes a woman turn outside their relationship?  Guests include relationship expert Charles J. Orlando (bestselling author of The Problem With Women... Is Men.), who went undercover with dating service Ashley Madison to get some answers; Holly Hill (bestselling author of Sugarbabe and Toyboy); Dr. Diana Kirschner (media psychologist and bestselling author of Love in 90 Days and Sealing The Deal); and author Elizabeth Abbott (Mistresses: A History of the Other Woman).

Why do some women seem to be keep choosing bad or unscrupulous men, even though they bright and able to take care of themselves financially?   Guests include: radio host and relationship coach Alan Roger Currie, (author Mode One: Let The Women Know What You're REALLY Thinking); Jonathon Aslay (author of Understand Men Now—The Relationships Men Commit To And Why); Ms. Jay West (author of Be That Bitch (Being In Total Control Of Herself); Elliott Katz (author of Being The Strong Man A Woman Wants); and psychologist Sam Alibrando (found of Alibrando Psychological Consulting).

  A woman can experience a lessening of her sex drive at many different points in her life (not necessarily connected to menopause).  In this episode you'll learn the WHY, the HOW, and most importantly, the WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.  Guests:  Kim Whittemore (a Director at San Diego's The Institute Of Sexual Medicine); Heidi Houston (Executive Producer of the new movie Hot Flash Havoc, a film of menopausal proportions); menopause & sexual dysfunction specialist Dr. Alan Altman (an expert for the film, and author Making Love The Way We Used To...Or Better);  "Canada's Leading Sexpert" Maureen McGrath (creator of yoursexualhealth.ca); and integrative gynecologist Sara Gottfried MD (author of the fortchoming The Hormone Cure).

Many think that "the little blue pill" solves everything for men, but it does nothing for a low sex drive or lack of interest in sex. Low libido can mean a loss of sexual expression for men and frustration for their partners.  Guests include urologist and sexual dysfunction specialist Michael A. Werner, MD; relationship coach Byron Williams (former Eminem bodyguard and author Womanizer: The Uncomfortable Truth About Men & Marriage and Shady Bizzness); gerontologist and intimacy coach RabbiEd Weinsberg (author Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine, Faith, Love and Sex Can Renew Your Life); natural health expert Susanne Morrone; and naturalist Dr. Jim Ochiogrosso (author Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life).

Babyboomers are not through revolutionizing our society. Now, as they start to become seniors, they are taking along their expectations of an active, fulfilling sex life. Having grown up with The Pill, today's seniors have a different mindset about sex from their parents: intimacy, romance, even recreation. And that other pill (the little blue one) doesn't hurt either. Even nursing homes are now adopting policies so they don't "interrupt" their patients' private moments. Guests are Joan Price, author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty, Hattie Wiener, author of Sex and the Single Senior: A Cougar's Search for Love, author/psychiatrist/sex therapist Susan Delphine Delaney, age transition specialist Patricia Weaver, psychologist Dr. Michael Nuccitelli and Rabbi Ed Weinsberg (Conquer Prostate Cancer: How Medicine, Faith, Love and Sex Can Renew Your Life).

Widely popularized by the 2006 book and film The Secret, The Sedona Method is a technique to dissolve the negative emotions that make us anxious, fearful and prevent us from living our lives fully. That leaves us able to experience the peace and happiness we all have at our core. Our guest is Hale Dwoskin, author of The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-Being and CEO of Sedona Training Associates in Arizona. Similarly, psychologist Jean Fain joins us to explain that the best way to lose weight and look your best is to start with loving who you are. Her new book is The Self-Compassion Diet: A Step-by-Step Program to Lose Weight with Loving-Kindness.

Romance and passion are hard to define, but when they vanish from a long-term relationship, we know it. If you've decided breakup or divorce are inevitable, can it be done without bitterness and vengeance? Is a loving divorce possible, for the sake of all concerned including the children? Guests include America's Romance Guru Leon Scott Baxter, relationship expert Dr. Jackie Black, bestselling author of Meeting Your Match, psychologist Dr. Kathryn R. Weston, host of the Take Charge radio show, counselor Patricia Bubash, author of Successful Second Marriages, and author Bill McLeod (Kickin' Butt As A Single Parent).

As always, the dating scene is brimming with married men who either pretend to be single, or feel justified in stepping out on their wives. Well guess what? It's not just men. Cyber-dating expert Julie Spira, bestselling author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online, tells how you can know if your date is really available or not. Then psychologist Deborah Taj Anapol has a very different viewpoint: perhaps monogamy is not so natural for us in the first place. Is there a way devoted couples can retain their trust and honesty with each other, yet still experience different partners? Dr. Anapol is author of Polyamory in the 21st Century: Love and Intimacy with Multiple Partners.

Many women change course at some point in their lives, but today's guest chose an unusual new path: she became a prostitute at age 54. She tells a remarkable, unexpected and inspiring story. Also, former competitive bodybuilder Shana Ross, founder of Shana Ross Fitness, joins the discussion.

This week, a different kind of wellness. Guest Pastor Tramp Barber describes his life of vicious crime—murder, rape, assaults on police and others—fueled by drug addiction and the deranged value system of a violent motorcycle gang. Can a life like this possibly lead to a place of spiritual wholeness centered around helping others? Tramp is here to say yes—he is born again and is now Pastor of his own church, aimed at people like himself who find it tough to be welcomed into most churches. This is a brutally honest, often upsetting and ultimately uplifting interview as Dr. Veronica guides us through his life and even his views on sex and society today. She also shares resources for helping young people make better choices, adoption, and help with addictions.

Holly Hill is an attractive, successful professional from Australia who fell in love with a man who turned out to be married. He made her his mistress and covered her financial needs 100%. Then, when he told his wife of his intention to leave her and marry Holly, she replied, "If you do this, I will kill myself and our two children." Overnight, Holly was alone and on the brink of bankruptcy. What to do? She placed an ad offering her good looks, wit, skilled conversation, excellent company, gourmet cooking, and sex and massage skills in exchange for "a generous monthly allowance" and received over 11,000 responses. What happened next is a funny, fascinating, provocative story that Holly, author of Sugarbabe, The Controversial Story of a Real Woman in Search of a Sugar Daddy, shares with Dr. Veronica.

Dr. Veronica talks with Byron Williams former bodyguard of Eminem and best-selling author of "Shady Bizzness, Life as Enimem's Bodyguard" and his recent book "Womanizer, The Uncomfortable Truth about Men & Marriage". Dr. Veronica and Byron talk about Eminem, Relationships and male private parts and their workings (or not). Byron is a 'Leading authority on Hollywood, addictions, dating and mastering life."