Guest 1: Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code.
Topic: Greatness isn’t born, it’s grown.
Issues: The three elements of the talent code: deep practice, ignition, and master coaching; How to identify and encourage deep practice; motivational tools used by the worlds greatest teachers and motivators; how to recognize a growing skill

Guest 2: Andrew Cherlin, author of The Marriage-Go-Round.
Topic: The state of marriage and the family in America today
Issues: Why religious Americans have a higher divorce rate than non-religious ones; the battle over same-sex marriages; why government support of marriage (over $100 million spent per year!) doesn’t produce the desired results.

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Guest 1: Tom Heck, author of Duct Tape Teambuilding Games
Topic: Fun activities to help your team—and your family—stick together
Issues: Using team-building games and experiential learning to teach leadership, trust, cooperation, creativity, problem solving, and confidence.

Guest 2: John Bradshaw, author of Reclaiming Virtue
Topic: How we can develop the moral intelligence to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason.
Issues: The meaning of “inborn moral intelligence” and how we can cultivate it; how we can awaken in our children the desire to be good people; why our attempts to teach virtue fail so often; using movies and other cultural references to teach kids about virtue

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Guest 1: Dara Chadwick, author of You’d Be So Pretty If…
Topic: Teaching our daughters to love their bodies—even when we don’t love our own
Issues: What girls learn from mom’s attitudes about appearance; trigger words that set off a body image crisis; boys’ role in girls’ body image; what works and what doesn’t when talking to your daughter about healthy eating and exercise habits

Guest 2: Michael Gurian, author of The Purpose of Boys.
Topic: Helping our sons find meaning, significance, and direction in their lives.
Issues: What is purpose and why do we need one? How boys and girls develop purpose differently; how the loss of purpose in American boyhood is affecting families, women, and society as a whole.

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Guest 1: Izzy Rose, author of The Package Deal
Topic: One woman’s not-so-glamorous transition from single gal to instant mom
Issues: Social supports (or the lack) for step mothers; keeping expectations reasonable; dealing with the pressure to love the kids right away; dealing with the children’s biological mother; how to introduce the kids (“my step-kids” vs “my kids”)

Guest 2: Amy Tiemann, author of Mojo Mom.
Topic: Nurturing yourself while raising a family
Issues: how to negotiate a fair division of labor in the house; putting an end to the mommy wars; what happens to a new mother’s life when she brings home a baby? the huge identity shift that new parenthood creates

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Guest 1: Marie Pinak Carr, coauthor of Sending Your Child to College.
Topic: Everything you need to know and do if you have a child going off to college
Issues: Getting organized; digging through the paperwork; navigating the insurance maze; financing your child’s education; moving; staying in contact with your child

Guest 2: Jerilyn Ross, author of One Less Thing to Worry About.
Topic: Coping with common anxieties
Issues: Understanding what triggers your anxieties and the ways you respond to them; how to tell whether an anxiety is healthy, helpful, or harmful; the difference between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders; transforming anxiety from a destructive force to a positive one.

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