2012

1/1/12 Guest: Sheryl Eberly, author of 365 Manners Kids Should Know.
	Topic: Games, activities, and other fun ways to help children and teens learn etiquette. Issues: When and where it’s appropriate to text? How and why to write thank-you notes; the proper way to handle on-line bullies; When is it okay to take a phone call during a meal? What’s the protocol for receiving a Facebook friend request from a stranger?
1/8/12 Guest: Linda Cohen, author of 1000 Mitzvahs.
	Topic: How small acts of kindness can heal, inspire, and change your life. Issues: The importance of doing small things for other people. These could be volunteering at a soup kitchen, visiting someone in an old folks’ home, donating books to the homeless, and hundreds more; how doing even small things for other will make you a better, happier, more fulfilled person.

1/15/12 Guest: Kevin Leman, author of Have a New Teenager by Friday.
	Topic: From mouthy and moody to respectful and responsible in five days. Issues: Communicating with the “whatever” generation; turning selfish behavior around; establishing healthy boundaries and workable guidelines; becoming the major decision maker in your teenager’s life; gaining respect from your teen.
1/22/12 Guest: Barbara Greenberg, coauthor of Teenage as a Second Language.
	Topic: A parent’s guide to becoming bilingual. Issues: Realizing that “me, me, me” is actually age appropriate; learning how not to criticize, judge, or become angry; letting your teens set the rules—and the consequences for breaking them; maintaining good communication, healthy interactions, and a strong connection with your teen no matter what.
1/29/12 Guest 1: Heath Dingwell, author of Stress-Proof Your Teen.
	Topic: Helping your teen manage stress and build healthy habits. Issues: Recognizing when your teen’s behaviors and eating habits signal a problem; helping a teen manage a psychological disorder; helping teens maintain healthy dating relationships and friendships.
Guest 2: Carol Jones, author of Toward College Success.
	Topic: Is your teenager ready, willing, and able? Issues: Why you need to start college planning when your child is still in middle school; giving your child the tools he or she will need to handle stress, peer pressure, and the responsibility that go along with being a college student.
2/5/12 Guest: Ken Keis, author of Why Aren’t You More Like Me?
	Topic: The secrets to understanding yourself and others. Issues: Why certain kinds of people irritate you—and what you can do about it; increase team compatibility and leadership effectiveness; stop feeling offended and emotionally hooked; select the right job style for yourself; understand and encourage your spouse and children.

2/12/12 Guest: Sharon Silver, author of Stop Reacting and Start Respondoing.
	Guest: Sharon Silver, author of Stop Reacting and Start Responding. Topic: How to discipline consciously and become the parent you want to be. Issues: Immediate solutions to help you switch from reacting to responding; sample conversations with children ages 1-10.

2/19/12 Guest: Crystal Paine, author of The Money Saving Mom’s Budget.
	Topic: Slash your spending, pay down your debts, streamline your life, and save thousands a year. Issues: How to set big goals and break them into bite-sized pieces; streamline your life and cut the clutter; never pay retail again; set up a workable, realistic budget; taking the cash-only challenge.

2/26/12 Guest: Gary Small, author of The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program.
	Topic: Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life. Issues: How to improve virtually every type of memory task—from where you left the keys to never forgetting a name; brain teasers to cross-train the brain to sharpen your mind and promote brain efficiency; the importance of healthy nutrition.
3/4/12 Guest: Robert Melillo, author of Reconnected Kids.
	Topic: Help your child achieve physical, mental, and emotional balance. Issues: Using knowledge of brain development to resolve negative behaviors in children, empower every member of the family to practice positive living, empower every member of the family to reach for and attain what’s most important to him or her, show parents how to give their children the best opportunities to rise to their full potential.
3/11/12 Guest: Kathleen Holtz Deal, coauthor of Two Plus Two.
	Topic: Couples and their couple friendships. Issues: Friendships have been linked to healthier, happier, and longer lives—but very little research has been done on couples’ friendships with other couples; how couple friendships can enhance or undermine a marriage or relationship; how couples seek, form, and maintain friendships with other couples; what if you like one member of the couple but not the other? how does divorce affect couples’ friendships? And much more.
3/18/12 Guest: Don MacMannis, coauthor of How’s Your Family Really Doing?
	Topic: Ten keys to a happy, loving family. Issues: Understand the characteristics of healthy families and ways to bring out the best in each other; identify your family’s strengths and areas for improvement; facilitate conversations between yourself, your partner, your parents, and your children; find specific ways to strengthen your skills in areas where you need the most help.
3/25/12 Guest: Richard Eyre, coauthor of The Entitlement Trap.
	Topic: Creating a new family system of choosing, earning, and ownership. Issues: Teaching children to work for what they want; spur enthusiasm about responsibility in unmotivated children; cultivate values of discipline, integrity, and self-reliance; foster smart, economically savvy children.
4/1/12 Guest: Stephen Apaliski, author of Beating Asthma.
	Topic: Seven simple principles to help you cope with and manage asthma. Issues: Discover which factors may trigger your asthma and how you can avoid them; the many tests available to assess asthma in order to best treat it; medications ot keep asthma under control; creating an action plan to avoid frightening attacks and keep daily life (largely) symptom free.
4/8/12 Guest 1: Joe Rawlinson, author of Dad’s Guide to Twins .
	Topic: How to survive the twin pregnancy and prepare for your twins. Issues: Preparations you need to make for newborn twins; answers to “how am I going to pay for all of this?” what twin gear you need and what you can skip; special challenges twin dads must face.
*Guest 2: Priscilla Dunstan, author of Child Sense.*
	Topic: Make sleeping, eating, dressing, and other everyday activities easier while strengthening your bond with your child. Issues: Understanding your child’s—and your own—dominant sense and sensory personality; how sensory overload plays out from infancy through age 5; how and why your child’s sensory personality shapes the way he or she instinctively reacts to new experiences and people; help your child thrive in the outside world.
4/15/12 Guest: Anat Baniel, author of Kids Beyond Limits.
	Topic: Breakthrough results for children with autism, Asperger’s, brain damage, ADHD, and undiagnosed developmental delays. Issues: The need to shift to connecting with the child rather than fixing him/her; nine steps to improve the child’s brain, which will produce remarkable—and sometimes immediate—results; harnessing the brain’s capacity to heal itself; how parents can incorporate the nine steps into everyday life.
4/22/12 Guest: Susan Stiffelman, author of Parenting without Power Struggles.
	Topic: Raising joyful, resilient kids while staying cool, calm, and connected. Issues: Getting kids to do homework without meltdowns, threats, or bribes: how to have a drama-free morning where the kids actually get out the door in time for school; how to better manage the kids’ screen time without them wanting to hide what they’re doing; keep your cool when your children push your buttons.
4/29/12 Guest 1: Brian Sanders, president and COO, i9 Sports
	Topic: Keeping youth sports safe. Issues: Making youth sports fun and safe; reducing concussion risk.
*Guest 2: Karyn Hall, author of The Power of Validation.*
	Topic: Arming your child against bullying, peer pressure, addiction, self-harm, and out-of –control emotions. Issues: Respond to your child’s internal experiences in healthy ways; acknowledge your child’s thoughts and feelings; help your child establish his or her own sense of identity; help your child develop essential self-validating skills.
5/6/12 Guest: Amir Levine, author of Attached.
	Topic: The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find—and keep—love. Issues: Three attachment styles (anxious, avoidant, secure); understanding your own (and your child’s) attachment style; what happens when styles conflict? How secure attachment is essential not just for emotional well-being but for physical well-being as well.
05/13/12 Guest 1: Michal Chesal, Creator of Baby K’tan baby carriers
	Topic: Baby carriers. Issues: Latest safety concerns; differences between various kinds of carriers (slings, wraps, etc).
Guest 2: LeAnn Morrissey, Chief Shower Officer, Operation Shower
	Topic: Baby showers for expectant military mothers. Issues: Supporting military moms while their husband is deployed; gifts and other resources for military moms.
05/20/12 Guest: John Graves, author of The 7% Solution.
	Topic: You can afford a comfortable retirement. Issues: Getting a clear understanding of you financial situation in retirement; gathering income and expense data; understanding what financial advisors do—and don’t do; the importance of bonds; borrowing from retirement accounts; structuring your retirement so you can earn up to 7 percent/year.
05/27/12 Guest: Kelly McGonigal, author of The Willpower Instinct .
	Topic: How self-control works, why it matters, and what you can do to get more of it. Issues: Willpower is actually three powers: I will power, I won’t power, and I want power; willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health; willpower is a biological function that can be controlled through mindfulness, better sleep, and even what we eat.
06/03/12 Guest: Arthur Bradley, author of Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family .
	Topic: How and why to create a preparedness plan for your family. Issues: Food, water, shelter, light, electrical power, heating/cooling, air, sleep, hygiene/sanitation, medical/first aid, communications, financial preparedness, transportation, and protection.
06/10/12 Guest: Kenneth Ryan, author of Finding Your Prince in a Sea of Toads .
	Topic: How to find a quality guy without getting your heart shredded. Issues: How girls can learn to talk with guys; building rational relationships; handling breakups, being “just friends” with a guy; loneliness and sex; and much more.
06/17/12 Guest 1: Bob Cavert, with the Talking with Heroes video project
	Topic: Interviews with American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and other places. Issues: The good stuff we almost never hear about on the news; deployed military dads; keeping military families together, and more. You can listen to Bob’s interviews with servicemembers at Talking with Heroes or Thank You for Your Service
Guest 2: Paul Banas, Publisher of Pregnancy Magazine
	Topic: New roles for dads in today’s changing society. Issues: How does a man become publisher of Pregnancy Magazine? How have dads’ roles changed over the years; what’s expected of today’s dads? Get a free issue of Pregnancy Magazine by clicking here or visiting pregnancymagazine.com/mrdad
06/24/12 Guest 1: Jennifer Hoekstra, Safe Kids Program Coordinator at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI
	Topic: Two recent studies showing an increasing in emergency room visits among children. Issues: Dangers of button batteries; making sure your batteries are out of the way; why swallowing batteries is so dangerous; dangers of sippy cups, pacifiers, and bottles; basic household safety; protecting your child’s teeth and mouth from falls.
Guest 2: Jayne Welch, Director of Production at U.S. Legal Forms
	Topic: Wills, trusts, power of attorney, and other important legal documents. Issues: Why over half of Americans don’t have a will or trust; what happens if you die without a will or trust (hint: chances are very slim that your family will be protected in the way you want them to be); simple, affordable solutions for creating wills, power of attorney, and other important legal documents.
07/01/12 Guest: Lesli Gee, coauthor of The Family ROI Experience .
	Topic: A step-by-step guide to realizing your best family. Issues: Helping families discover their power to realize their dreams; applying proven business principles to revitalize, focus, and strengthen families..
07/08/12 Guest: Kay Hymowitz, author of Manning Up .
	Topic: How the rise of women has turned men into boys. Issues: The increasingly female-friendly economy (women are the majority of college grads and taking over new sectors of the economy); with no clear script in life, men no longer know what’s expected of them; understanding the dramatic changes that are taking place among young people around the globe.
07/15/12 Guest 1: Tom Sturges, author of Grow the Tree You Got.
	Topic: 100 ideas for raising amazing adolescents and teenagers. Issues: Learning to let go; the importance of making mistakes; punishing with kindness; what rivers can teach us about adolescents; seven ways to keep the peace.
*Guest 2: Abby Kohut, author of Absolutely Abby’s 101 Job Search Secrets* .**
	Topic: Success tips for teen job seekers and their parents. Issues: Why you’re on a Never Ending Interview whether you know it or not; How to be resilient in the face of rejection; The importance of LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook to your job search; How and why you should interview your next boss; How to use retro technology as part of your new strategy.
07/22/12 Guest: Dianne Goddard, coauthor of I Am Intelligent.
	Topic: A mother and daughter’s journey through autism. Issues: A heartbreaking—and inspiring—story of how a child who couldn’t speak or control her body and who was diagnosed as mentally retarded and severely autistic, was able to communicate electronically at age 22; what it’s like to be trapped in your own body, and what it’s like to be the mother of a child you know is smart but who is continually misdiagnosed and abused.
07/29/12 Guest 1: Stephanie Lucianovic, author of Suffering Succotash.
	Topic: Why we hate the foods we hate. Issues: The science behind food preferences and aversions; how someone (the author) who lived on grilled cheese for years ended up graduating from culinary school and became a food writer how picky eaters can survive dinner parties and even order in restaurants without driving their companions nuts; is there a cure to picky eating?
Guest 2: Natalie Digate Muth, author of Eat Your Vegetables.
	Topic: Redefining how to raise healthy eaters. Issues: The reverse psychology of getting kids to eat healthy; why the “clean plate club” contributes to childhood (and adult) obesity; how using food as a reward causes more long-term damage than short-term parental sanity; how marketing and packaging sabotage healthy eating habits.
08/05/12 Guest: Steve Hodges, coauthor of It’s No Accident.
	Topic: Breakthrough solutions to your child’s wetting, constipation, urinary tract infections, and other potty problems. Issues: 30 percent of kids 2-10 are chronically constipated and 25 percent of 5-year olds have problems with accidents and bedwetting; how it is that most bed-wetting problems are actually the result of constipation; why toilet training kids too so can lead to wetting problems later; the dangers of holding it in.
Guest 3: Peggy Neu, president of The Monday Campaigns
	Topic: Starting your week of on the right foot. Issues: Why Monday is the day “all health breaks loose”; Getting kids and parents cooking together; the importance of having family meals; Kids Cook Monday, Meatless Monday, and more.
08/12/12 Guest 1: Christie Mellor, author of Fun without Dick and Jane.
	Topic: A guide to a delightfully empty nest. Issues: Handling the initial adjustment period after the kids leave home; how to say “goodbye”; how to get your little darling to stay in touch—without begging; how to cope when he or she comes home for the Holidays, spring break, and maybe even for several years.
Guest 2: Nina Shapiro, author of Take a Deep Breath.
	Topic: Clearing the air for the health of your child. Issues: Why 80-90% of children will have a breathing problem at some point during childhood; which breathing problems are truly worrisome and which are perfectly normal; getting a clearer understanding of what’s really going on when your child breathes in and out.
08/19/12 Guest 1: Mary O’Donohue, author of When You Say ‘Thank You,’ Mean It.
	Topic: 12 lessons for instilling lifelong values in your children. Issues: A 12-month program (that’s easy to implement and actually works) for teaching values: gratitude, self-respect, respect for others, integrity, compassion, forgiveness, a sense of joy, commitment, lifelong learning, inner strength, spirituality, and a sense of purpose.
Guest 2: Quinn Cummings, author of The Year of Learning Dangerously.
	Topic: Adventures in homeschooling. Issues: Making the decision to enter the unfamiliar water of homeschooling; the highlights and pitfalls of taking your children’s education into your own hands; what do to—and what not to do along the way.
08/26/12 Guest: Anne Crossman, coauthor of Getting the Best out of College.
	Topic: Insider advice for success in college. Issues: Ensuring that college-bound students are actually getting the most out of their college experience—and their money’s worth—once they arrive on campus; mastering every important aspect of college life (academically, socially, and beyond); how to full advantage of your college career and still have fun in the process.
09/02/12 Guest 1: Kenneth Goldberg, author of The Homework Trap.
	Topic: How to save the sanity of parents, students, and teachers. Issues: The science behind homework difficulties; what homework looks like from the student’s perspective; understanding the reasons behind children’s homework problems; why the suggestions and solutions you’ve been offering may be doing more harm than good.
Guest 2: : Neil McNerney, author of Home Work.
	Topic: How to help your child without freaking out. Issues: Recognizing your personal strengths (and weaknesses) and using harnessing them; identifying the individual ways your child deals with homework and other stressors; learning to use three powerful leadership techniques to help your child achieve success.
09/09/12 Guest 1: Samantha Feuss, adoptive mother of two.
	Topic: When adoption doesn’t work out. Issues: The risks of international adoptions; what agencies don’t tell you about your adopted child’s background, age, and more; worries about being judged if an adoption goes bad; finding support from other parents and social workers who understand what it’s like.
9/16/12 Guest 1: Jill Biden, author of Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops.
	Topic: The Second Lady of the US talks about being the mother of a deployed soldier and the effects of deployment on children
*Guest 2: Sean Connolly, author of The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math.*
	Topic: Death-defying challenges for young mathematicians. Issues: How to defeat vampires using algebraic equations; destroy and out-of-control asteroid using geometry; escape an enemy spy using ratios and proportions; plus killer tornadoes, deadly spiders, zombies, and more.
09/23/12 Guest: Joshua Henkin, author of The World without You.
	Topic: A novelist talks about his recent book about a family coping with the loss of an adult child. Issues: How a family member’s death affects the survivors; struggling with moving on; and much more
9/30/12 Guest: Steve Hassan, author of Freedom of Mind.
Freedom of Mind	Topic: Helping loved ones leave controlling people, cults, and beliefs. Issues: Evaluating the situation; what all cults have in common; understanding the tactics used by cults to recruit and retain members; communicating with a cult member; planning and holding interventions; and much more.
10/07/12 Guest: Heather Shumaker, author of It’s OK NOT to Share…
	Topic: Renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids. Issues: Completely counter-intuitive but scientifically sound suggestions such as, let kids hit and kick; let her hog that toy all day; bombs, guns, and bad guys allowed; love your kids lies, be buddies with dead birds, and more.
10/14/12 Guest: Carrie Goldman, author of Bullied.
	Topic: What every parent, teacher, and kid needs to know about ending the cycle of fear. Issues: Eye-opening stats on the prevalence of bullying; the harmful effects of bullying on the brain; creating a home environment that produces neither bullies nor victims; why typical school anti-bullying/zero tolerance policies do more harm than good.
10/21/12 Guest: Mary Lamia, author of Emotions!.
	Topic: Making sense of your feelings. Issues: Anxiety can improve creativity and productivity; guilt helps you maintain your relationships; showing pride in your accomplishments can help you socially; venting anger doesn’t help; overvaluing happiness can actually lead you to be less happy.
10/28/12 Guest 1: Deborah Roffman, author of Talk to Me First.
	Topic: Everything you need to know to become your kids’ “go-to” person about sex. Issues: Teach kids to view sexually-saturated media critically; how to become an approachable, askable resource for your children; how to foster ongoing conversations about difficult topics; put meaningful context around the topic of sexuality in a world where most messages are misguided and uninformed.
*Guest 2: Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, author of Ahead of the Game.*
	Topic: Understanding youth sports concussions. Issues: What exactly is a concussion? When can a child who’s had a concussion get back on the field? How concussions negatively affect children’s GPA, school performance, and emotional behavior; helmets and mouthguards—even when properly fitted—can’t prevent concussion; why girls are more vulnerable to concussion that boys; why state concussion lawas may not be enough to keep kids safe.
11/04/12 Guest: Vicki Hoefle, author of Duct Tape Parenting .
	Topic: A less-is-more approach to raising respectful, responsible, resilient kids. Issues: Why helicopter mothers and fathers are bad for kids; why it’s important for moms and dads to sit on their hands and stay on the sidelines so that children can step up, solve their own problems, and develop life-long confidence.
11/12/12 Guest 1: David Marshak, author of Kids Need the Same Teacher for More than One Year.
	Topic: The most humane innovation to improve education for your children. Issues: Why having your child in a classroom with the same teacher for at least two years leads to higher academic achievement, more efficient use of school time, more positive social and emotional learning, more enthusiasm for learning; stronger and more-friendly relationships between you and your child’s teacher.
*Guest 2: Jeffrey Lee, author of Catch a Fish.*
	Topic: 21 timeless skills every child should know and any parent can teach. Issues: Can knowing how to fold a paper airplane make you a better parent? How parents can teach their children what they really want to learn. Activities ranging from the practical to the frivolous that every mom and dad can teach (and learn if you don’t already know how).
11/19/12 Guest: Rick Ackerly, author of The Genius in Every Child .
	Topic: Encouraging character, curiosity, and creativity in children. Issues: How focusing on character, curiosity, and creativity at a young age lights the path to a successful life and academic achievement; how parents and teachers can build self-worth and confidence; the importance of allowing children to take on challenges, learn from disappointment, and take on responsibility.
11/25/12 Guest 1: Aaron Snyder, author of The New Diabetes Prescription .
	Topic: Taking control of your diabetes—instead of having it control you. Issues: Is it possible to cure or reverse diabetes? How you can stabilize you blood sugar, lower your cholesterol and blood pressure, lose weight, regain energy, control your emotional eating, and get off as much medication as possible.
*Guest 2: Tracey Lanter Eyster, author of Be the Mom.*
	Topic: Overcome attitude traps and enjoy your kids. Issues: Seven “mom traps” that moms often fall into (martyr moms, busy moms, mirror moms, and more); how to avoid and escape those traps in your own life.
12/2/12 Guest 1: Ken Guilmartin, founder of Music Together, and author of Music Together .
	Topic: A research-based, developmentally appropriate childhood music program. Issues:All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning.
12/9/12 Guest 1:Carol Tuttle, author of The Child Whisperer .
	Topic: The ultimate guide for raising happy, successful, cooperative children. Issues:Have a happier, more cooperative child using less discipline; repair troubled parent/teen relationships; know exactly how to best motivate your child; foster more natural confidence and success in your child.
12/16/12 Guest 1: Kim Palacios, author of From Preschool to Grad School. .
	Topic: Strategies for success at any level of competitive admissions. Issues:Three things all schoo0ls want; two questions you must be able to answer; crafting your story; the role of social media; application fraud and cheating; admissions consultants.

12/23/12 Guest 1: Kristin van Ogtrop, author of Let Me Lie Down .
	Topic: Necessary terms for the half-insane working mom. Issues: Terms and concepts that illustrate the highs, and the lows of balancing work and family.
*Guest 2: Joe Mason, author of Bankrupt at Birth* .**
	Topic: Why child ID theft is on the rise and how it’s happening right under our noses. Issues: Who, exactly, is perpetrating child id theft and why they do it; the most common forms of ID theft and how you can tell if your child is a victim; how to protect your child’s social security number; the role of social media in ID theft.
12/30/12 Guest 1: Michael Starbird, coauthor of The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking .
	Topic: Not everyone is born a genius, but you can train your brain to think better. Issues: Learning to understand things more deeply; turning mistakes into insights; how answers can lead to questions; creating new ideas from old ones; how to promote effective thinking.
*Guest 2: Jude Bijou, author of Attitude Reconstruction* .**
	Topic: A blueprint for building a better life. Issues: Could all your problems stem from unexpressed sadness, anger, or fear? Is it possible to turn your life around in less than five minutes a day? Communication rules that let you speak up about anything to anyone.

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