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Epidsode #38: Helping Vets Heal with Judith Broder

Episode #38

Airdate: 6/15/10

Helping Vets Heal

 

Dr. Judith Broder created the Soldiers Project to provide free, confidential counseling for soldiers – and their families.  Her goal is to help soldiers come home in the fullest sense, not just physically but mentally, by preventing problems and offering treatment early.

As a psychiatrist, she knew that without help some soldiers would never get past what they had seen and done. And, though she knew very little about the military health system before she started, this social innovator knew enough about how people react to trauma to be convinced that with more than a million soldiers returning to their old lives - sometimes after multiple deployments - there would be a need for help.

Judith’s journey to her encore career and the great work she’s doing will give you an inspired perspective on your own “what’s next”.  Tune in!

Judith T. Broder, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who practiced in Los Angeles from 1972 until her retirement in 2009. She was active in teaching psychiatric residents and candidates at psychoanalytic institutes throughout her career. She is a Training and Supervising analyst at LAISPS.

She founded The Soldiers Project, which provides unlimited, free, confidential therapy to combat veterans, in 2005. The sessions aim to alleviate the behavioral problems that can result from combat trauma and address personal, moral, and spiritual crises that may follow grim wartime experiences or personal actions.

The five-year-old program has a network of more than 200 volunteers, has treated more than 300 patients in the Los Angeles area, and is being replicated in other cities. Judith is a 2009 Purpose Prize winner.

Episode #37: Refuse to Choose (To Do Just One Thing!) with Barbara Sher

Episode #37

Airdate: 6/8/10

Refuse to Choose (To Do Just One Thing!)

Barbara Sher's latest book, Refuse To Choose: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything You Love, deals with people who have so many interests they’re unable to choose only one.  Sound familiar?  If you’ve ever been called a dilettante or undisciplined, don’t worry.  According to Barbara you’re a “Scanner” and you’re highly intelligent, multi-talented and just need to have more interests than the average person.   

If your passions and interests are taking you in too many different directions, find out which of the seven types of Scanners you are – from the Serial Specialist (learning all about one subject, only to get bored and move on to the next) to Sybil (with so many areas of interest, you can’t finish a thing).  Barbara wants you to know that you must do everything you love instead of zeroing in on just one pursuit, and she’ll share some powerful techniques to keep you from “goal paralysis”.

Barbara Sher is a business owner, career counselor, and best-selling author of seven books (including I Could Do Anything if I Only Knew What It Was and It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life At Any Age) – each of which provides a down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts method for uncovering natural talent, pinpointing goals and turning dreams into reality. 

Her first book, Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, has become a classic, selling over one million copies in more than a dozen translations.  Wishcraft is used as the text for university classes all over the world and is a standard handbook for career counselors, coaches, social workers and teachers.
Barbara has presented seminars and workshops throughout the world, and joining forces with public television, she has created five hour-long special programs that continue to air in cities around the U.S.

 

Episode #36: Women & Philanthropy in the 21st Century with Abbie von Schlegell

Episode #36

Airdate: 6/1/10

Women & Philanthropy in the 21st Century

Abbie von Schlegell knows that there are lots of ways to give in the 21st Century that may never have occurred to you.  You can give of your time, your talent or your treasure (yes that would be money) or your wit, wisdom and work. Making smart giving decisions doesn’t require a PhD, but it does require some basic knowledge about the differences between how women and men give, and some fresh ideas for how you might give – like women’s giving circles.  Tune in as Abbie shows you that you don’t need millions to make a difference or leave a legacy. 

Abbie has been in the development field for over 35 years, as a consultant with several national firms for half of her career and as a senior development officer with four institutions. She has special expertise in women’s philanthropy. 
 
Abbie held key development positions at Stanford University and at The University of Chicago. She also was the Chief Development Officer for both the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. and for Enterprise Community Partners in Columbia, MD.  
 
She is the editor of Women as Donors, Women as Philanthropists. This bestselling handbook about women’s giving is the second issue in the series New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising.

Abbie speaks widely on the subjects of major gifts, women’s philanthropy, capital campaigns and building successful development programs.  In addition to her professional expertise, Abbie is an active volunteer. 

Episode #32: From CNN Anchor to Good News Guru with Daryn Kagan

Episode #32

Airdate: 5/4/10

From CNN Anchor to Good News Guru

Daryn Kagan has a positive outlook—yes, even after more than 20-years in the news business at CNN—and believes in the adage, “Create what you seek.”  Seeking inspiration in her encore career, she created a home where inspirational stories could live.  The result: Daryn Kagan.com, an inspiring online community that features a daily Web cast of stories that (in her own words), "Show the world what is possible" one story at a time.

DarynKagan.com has become a daily destination for thousands of Internet users who seek news stories that inspire.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described DarynKagan.com as "a lively gathering spot," while The Boston Globe noted DarynKagan.com is "bucking the media tide," with its "emphasis on stories that illustrate the triumph of the human spirit."  Find out what’s possible in the world from Daryn Kagan here on The WOW Zone!

Daryn is living her dream encore career as creator and host of the award-winning DarynKagan.com, a media company specializing in inspirational and motivational news content—no, that’s not an oxymoron. 

She was a CNN main news anchor and correspondent from 1994 to 2006, and was based in CNN's world headquarters of Atlanta, Georgia. For eight years, Daryn served as the network's mid-morning news anchor of CNN Live Today. She also served as host of the CNN/People magazine news entertainment program, People in the News, and earlier served as a CNN sports reporter and anchor. 

Daryn was nicknamed the "Good News Guru" by Martha Stewart's Body + Soul magazine, and has provided daily news updates and inspiring news stories on Oprah Radio. Her first book, What's Possible: 50 True Stories of People Who Dared to Dream They Could Make a Difference, was published in 2008. 

Episode #31: Heartbroken Open: One Woman’s Journey from Grief to Healing with Kristine Carlson

Episode #31

Airdate:  4/27/10

Heartbroken Open: One Woman's Journey from Grief to Healing

 

Kristine Carlson had an idyllic life. She and her husband, Richard, had a romantic marriage, two beautiful daughters, and—thanks to the success of Richard's bestselling Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series—all the comforts of the American Dream. But on December 13, 2006, that perfect story took a sudden turn when, on a typical flight to New York, a pulmonary embolism would take Richard's life, catapulting Kristine into heartbreak and uncertainty.

It was the end of life as Kristine knew it and the beginning of a journey through the depths of grief and mourning that would reveal to Kristine her true strength and an immeasurable love that cannot be broken.

Find out how Kristine came face-to-face with fear, insecurity, and the painful but ultimately precious teachings she discovered along the way as she shares her message of inspiration and courage. 

Kristine captivated readers worldwide with her first three bestsellers, An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love and Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Women.

Expanding on the phenomenal success of her late husband Dr. Richard Carlson's work, (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series), Kristine has continued to share her profound message of empowerment, success, emotional strength and love.

An unyielding believer of living in the moment and finding happiness in life, Kris has been featured on national radio and television broadcasts, including: The Today Show, The View, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Her most recent book, Heartbroken Open, is a courageously honest memoir of her personal journey through the depths of grief and mourning after the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband. This powerful book has gained the attention and earned accolades of readers and media across the globe.

 

Episode #29: Why Moxie -- Not Money -- Is Most Important in Lauching a Business with Karin Abarbanel

Episode #29

Airdate:  4/13/10

Why Moxie -- Not Money -- Is Most Important in Launching a Business

 

Karin Abarbanel combines her high energy, can-do style with a passion for women’s issues in her latest book, Birthing the Elephant: The Woman’s Go-For-It Guide to Overcoming the Big Challenges of Launching a Business (co-authored with Bruce Freeman).  And, because getting a business off the ground is a lot like birthing an elephant (it’s a HUGE undertaking and it takes about 22 months), Karin wants you to know that without a certain amount of moxie, your project could be permanently grounded.  Join me as Karin draws a unique emotional road map to the make-or-break first 18-22 months on how to stay motivated and get the job done. 

Karin is a published author, corporate marketing consultant, and expert on career issues facing women.  She has four books to her credit and brings extensive marketing experience to her publishing ventures.

Her book, The Dollar Bill Knows No Sex, co-authored with Wendy Rue, is the “rags-to-riches” biography of a female entrepreneur who succeeded against enormous odds, by building a support system for success, innovative marketing and putting dreams to work.  Prior to co-authoring The Dollar Bill, Karin wrote How to Succeed on Your Own, which profiled the triumphs and trials of two dozen women who left the corporate world to plunge into entrepreneurship. 

As an independent marketing consultant, Karin develops communications projects for leading companies and speaks widely on women’s issues.  She has served as a senior marketing director for Booz Allen Hamilton.

 

Episode #28: Your Money or Your Life?: I'll Take Both, Thank You! with Vicki Robin

pisode #28

Airdate:  4/6/10

Your Money or Your Life?: I'll Take Both, Thank You!

 

Vicki Robin wants you to know there’s a big difference between "making a living" and making a life.  And, while times may be tough, it is possible to have an encore career that gives you enough service to feel needed, enough silliness to have fun, and enough money to pay the bills…and then some.  Her classic book, Your Money or Your Life (co-authored with Joe Dominguez) has just been updated with Monique Tilford.  If the money you’re making in your current career is feeling more like you’re making a dying than a living, don’t miss Vicki’s timeless advice on how to create a (marvelously magnificent) encore life on a (fabulously frugal) shoestring. 

Vicki is well-known as the coauthor with Joe Dominguez of the international best-seller, Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence, available now in ten languages, now updated for the 21st century.  She currently teaches the Your Money or Your Life approach to money – and life – through teleclasses, lectures and workshops and hosts guest speakers for educational teleclasses on sustainable living. 

She has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Good Morning America" and National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" and "Morning Edition"; she has also been featured in People magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Money, Woman's Day, Newsweek, Utne Magazine and the New York Times.  Newspapers around the world have reported on her work on lowering consumption in North America.

Episode #27: From Selling Mortgages to Making Movies with Rochelle Marmorstein

See the trailer of THE SHIFT Movie

Episode #27

Airdate:  3/30/10

From Selling Mortgages to Making Movies

 

Rochelle Marmorstein has mastered telling a human story with depth and meaning.  She is a one-woman creative powerhouse and a visionary producer, sowing the seeds of hope with THE SHIFT Movie: A Love Story about You, Me and All of Us Committed to Our Collective Future. 

This high profile film project includes global leaders, thinkers, scientists and futurists including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Paul Hawken, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Jane Goodall, Brian Swimme, Lynne Twist and Eurythmics musician Dave Stewart – and that’s just the beginning. 

Listen in as Rochelle shares her journey from mortgages to movie-making and find out how a burning passion can drive you right to your encore career.

Rochelle started her first career with famed musical artist Frank Zappa, and for 25 years owned a successful mortgage brokerage company.  Influenced by the teachings of spiritual philosophers like Deepak Chopra, Rochelle cultivated a passion to help others empower themselves.  Dedicated to raising the consciousness through the unparalleled power of media, she returned to the arts, devoting the last 5 years to developing a film that reflects the magnificence of the human spirit in action, and THE SHIFT.  

She has produced and directed two critically acclaimed documentaries: “The Pen Picture” and “Dear Great, Great Grandpa”.  Created by Rochelle, THE SHIFT trailer was released on the Internet and has received a phenomenal response from 144 countries, igniting the yearning for the hope and possibility that to a SHIFT to new worldviews and lifestyles that encourage sustainability, collaboration, love and peace.

 

Episode #26: SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION: Finding Work That Finally Matters with Marci Alboher

Episode #26

Airdate: 3/23/10

Finding Work That Finally Matters

 

Marci Alboher believes when the times get tough, the tough get going – into encore careers.  A former lawyer, Marci is currently championing encore careers as part of her own encore career as Senior Fellow for Civic Ventures.  Civic Ventures is a nonprofit think tank leading the call to engage millions of baby boomers in becoming a force for social change.  Here’s the cool part.  An encore career provides continued income, doing work that is personally fulfilling, and helps address some of society’s biggest challenges at the same time.  Tune in as Marci shares the four stages of an encore career search, as well as practical tips on how to find your perfect encore career.

Marci is one of the nation’s top experts on career issues and workplace trends.  She is a Senior Fellow for Civic Ventures, a nonprofit think tank leading the call to engage millions of baby boomers as a vital workforce committed to solving the world’s biggest problems.  A former blogger and columnist for The New York Times, Marci is the author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success (Warner Books, 2007).  She is a regular contributor to the “The Takeaway” on public radio, wrote the blog “Working the New Economy” for Yahoo!, and has appeared on or been quoted by many other outlets including The Today Show, MSNBC, The Nightly News, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, National Public Radio, More Magazine, and USA Today.  She holds an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the Washington College of Law at American University.

Episode #25: Mentoring New Americans to Succeed with Michele McRae

See the video of this 2008 Purpose Prize Winner

Episode #25

Airdate: 3/16/10

Mentoring New Americans to Succeed

Michele McRae believes doing something small is the best way to start making a difference.  This former English and French professor took a small pilot project engaging older adults as tutors for the wave of refugees being resettled in her community, and turned it into a volunteer operation of more than 500 people who teach not only basic language skills but also help these new Americans get their GEDs, pass driver's license exams, find jobs and more.  The Giving + Learning program is breaking down barriers across age, culture, race and ethnicity.  Tune in and find out how Michele is “bringing together the gifts and wisdom of our oldest generation with the needs of our newest citizens in a win-win situation."

When Michele retired to Fargo, N.D., she wondered what she was going to do.  She discovered a new passion—helping immigrants from around the world settle into American life. 

Michele is director of the Giving+Learning center in Fargo where volunteers help refugees learn English.

Fargo is famous for bitter winters, flat farmland and a population that is mostly white.  One in five is over 55.  But, an influx of refugees from more than 42 countries has changed the demographics, lured by a federal resettlement program and a strong low-wage job market.  The shift has created tremendous challenges. 

Michele thought if she could get just one retiree at a time to help one refugee learn English, things would improve.

“People in Fargo were afraid, but it’s getting less and less.  If you are helping someone work on English words in their kitchen, it’s harder to hate them,” she says.  “It’s very difficult to look at someone you’re helping and think they shouldn’t be here.”