8/26-Toxic People

I'm sure we all have someone in our life that we believe their only purpose is to drives us crazy! Is there someone who gives you low self-esteem, only talks about themselves or just makes you plain miserable? These are TOXIC people. Dr. Lillian Glass discusses her book, Toxic People: 10 Ways of Dealing With People Who Make Your Life Miserable, and provides tips and techniques on how to handle these type of people.

8/19-Stress, Sleep, and Health

According to Dr. Lawrence Epstein, recent President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep, sleeping is as important to health and well being as diet and exercise. However, as we are constantly bombarded with commercials for sleep medications, it is clear that America is having a difficult time getting a good night’s sleep.

One of the nation’s premiere sleep experts, Dr. Epstein arms readers with his proven, six-step plan to improve sleep. He presents tips for dealing with common issues such as insomnia, disrupted sleep, daytime exhaustion, restlessness, sleepwalking, and the many other chronic sleep conditions suffered by more than 70 million Americans.

In addition, The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep offers readers advice on how to silence snoring, help their children go to sleep and stay asleep, handle jet lag, cope with shift work, and stay awake at the wheel. Those who have trouble sleeping will find that they don’t necessarily need to take a pill to fall and stay asleep.

8/12-You're On Your Own, But I'm Here If You Need Me

Marjorie Savage - You're On Your Own, But I'm Here If You Need Me

You can't run your child's race, but you can be there if they stumble. Marjorie Savage, the Parent Program Director at the University of Minnesota, shares advice for parents and young adults on how to transition from home to a new school.

8/5-Dr. Barbara Fredrickson and POSITIVITY

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson and POSITIVITY

We all know what negativity is and how it affects us, but what about positivity? Dr. Barbara Fredrickson tells us how positivity can enhance your relationships and drastically improve your health.

7/29-Bob Dvorchak: Game Over: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, and the Culture of Silence

Bob Dvorchak: Game Over: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, and the Culture of Silence

Bob Dvorchak digs deep and investigates the horrific scandal of the year. He reveals shocking stories of how Penn State's once beloved legendary football coach turned his cheek on morals and allowed children to suffer when there were so many opportunities to end it all.

7/22-Face it: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change

Vivian Diller, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist from N.Y.C. who appears regularly on television and radio as an expert on lifestyle issues. Dr. Diller's book, "Face It: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change," examines the emotional impact women have from aging and suggests innovative ways to approach beauty throughout life.

7/15-Stress Puts You At Risk For Heart Disease

Dr. Carol Scott talks with Dr. Rodger Blumenthal, the Director of Preventive Cardiology at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He tells us how to live with a healthy heart and how to avoid the ER.

7/8-Dr. Linnda Durré and Surviving the Toxic Workplace

Listen to Dr. Linnda Durre talk about her book, Surviving the Toxic Workplace and find successful strategies that can help you deal with problems and issues you could possibly face in the workplace.

7/01-Parenting Without Stress

Marvin Marshall is a lecturer, educator, and a writer. He gives healthy tips from his book, Parenting Without Stress: How to Raise Responsible Kids While, on how to reduce stress and improve relationships with your children.

6/24-Can Women REALLY Have it All?

The job, family, self care and everything else!  What does work-life balance REALLY mean?  Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter in the Atlantic Magazine a couple days ago gave her answer: a resounding NO! Princeton University professor, Public Policy scholar and public servant shared her story; and its generated lots of conversation.  But its not your mother’s conversation anymore, or is it?  Perhaps you can recall your Mom chiding you,”...just because you can do it doesn't mean you should!”

This week's show is a conversation for YOU. We will talk about the issue and an alternative way to think about all this. Listen then join the ongoing conversation on www.facebook.com/stressreliefradio.

If you want to learn more about how to have it all, check out Optimal Stress: Living in Your BestStress Zone (John Wiley 2009)  http://amzn.to/MtMu0r

6/17-Need a new, better, different JOB?

Paul Hill is recognized as a new breed of job search expert by his loyal followers, dedicated to guiding and educating professionals to be proactive about career management by adopting professional Internet branding best practices through his work as chief instructor and principal of Transition to Hired, a division of ADV Advanced Technical Services Inc. (ADV).

6/10-Need a new, better, different JOB?

Paul Hill - The Panic Free Job Search


Be a candidate NOT an applicant according to Paul Hill.  Take the stress out of your job search!  Hill is recognized as a new breed of job search expert by his loyal followers, dedicated to guiding and educating professionals to be proactive about career management by adopting professional Internet branding best practices. He is impacting the lives of displaced, fired, professionals as well as new grads and the underemployed through his work at TransitionToHired. His coaching and products including his ground breaking “Be Irresistible: Get Found, Get Hired” a step-by-step guide to proactive virtual job search. 

6/3-Continuous Partial Attention Disorder

DO U HAVE CONTINUOUS PARTIAL ATTENTION DISORDER?

The answer is yes if you keep your devices constantly 'on' because of fear of missing something....anything that might be sent to you via text, email, phone, tweets....you get the picture. Learn why this is stressful and lifesaving solutions with our guest Linda Stone, creator of the Attention Project.

Linda Stone - Writer, Speaker and Consultant

Widely recognized as a visionary thinker and thought leader, Linda Stone is a writer, speaker and consultant focused on innovation and the physicology of our relationship with technology and how our relationship with technology can evolve. 

Articles on her work have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, The Economist, Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, and hundreds of blogs. She has spoken at Supernova, the ETech conference, GEL, the Collaborative Technologies Technologies Conference, the Hidden Brain Task Force for the Center for Work-Life Policy, and to executives at companies such as Price Waterhouse Coopers, Edelman.  She was invited by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to speak to the Medici gathering of positive psychologists, an invitation-only gathering of leaders in this field.

Previously, she spent close to twenty years as an executive in high technology. In 1986, she was persuaded to join Apple Computer to help “change the world.” In her 7+ years at Apple, she had the opportunity to do pioneering work in multimedia hardware, software and publishing. In her last year at Apple, Stone worked for Chairman and CEO John Sculley on special projects. In 1993, Stone joined Microsoft Research under Nathan Myhrvold and Rick Rashid. She co-founded and directed the Virtual Worlds Group/Social Computing Group, researching online social life and virtual communities. During this time, she also taught as adjunct faculty in NYU’s prestigious Interactive Telecommunications Program. In 2000, CEO Steve Ballmer tapped Stone to take on a VP role, reporting to him, to help improve industry relationships and contribute to a constructive evolution of the corporate culture. She retired from Microsoft in 2002.

Over the years, Stone has been recognized by Upside Magazine as one of the Upside 100 Leaders of the Digital Revolution, by I.D. Magazine as one of the I.D. 40, and she was featured in John Brockman’s book, THE DIGERATI, which described her as a visionary both within Microsoft and to the industry at large.

Stone serves on a variety of Advisory Boards, including:  Chill.com, Jillslist.com, Orchestra.com, Semi-Linear, Vigilo Networks, and others. 

5/27-Exercise is Medicine

Edward M. Phillips, MD - Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitationat Harvard MedicalSchool and Director of OutpatientMedical Services of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network in Boston, Massachusetts

Phillipsfounded and directs The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) in the Departmentof Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School,www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org.

Additionally,Phillips is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serveson the Executive Council that developed and leads the Exercise is Medicine™ global initiative. He is co-author ofACSM’sExercise is Medicine™, The Clinician'sGuide to the Exercise Prescription (Lippincott,2009) and is chair of theExercise isMedicine Education Committee.

Phillips is anactive clinician and researcher who speaks and consults nationally guiding a broadbased effort to reduce lifestyle-related death, disease, and costs throughclinician directed interventions with patients. The President’s Council onFitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized both Dr. Phillips and the ILM withits Community Leadership Award. He appears on national media including GoodMorning America, ESPN radio, and in Time Magazine.

5/20- Dr. "ROADMAP"

Dr. David Rizzo - Dr Roadmap

David, DR. ROADMAP, Rizzo burst upon the traffic scene in late 1987 as the first person in Los Angeles to offer alternate routes to motorists who were sick and tired of being stuck in traffic. In 1990 he released the most comprehensive guide ever written of off-freeway commuting in Southern California. The following year he became the first traffic reporter to offer daily alternate routes in real time over the air on one of the most popular morning radio shows in Los Angeles. Dr. Roadmap continues to provide “commute management” solutions with the 2006 release of his book, "Survive the Drive!  How to Beat Freeway Traffic in Southern California," his numerous media appearances, and as one of the more popular public speakers on the topic of driving stress.