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Happy 4th of July! A bit wet for the start of summer here in the Northeast, but the best of summer is yet to come. Maybe the weather has you down or maybe headaches have you down - or both. Can this weather trigger headaches? I have always heard that, but is it true?

 We are going to talk to Dr. Mark Green, Director of Headache Medicine and Clincal Professor of Neurology from ColumbiaDoctors Eastside in Manhattan today at noon and he is going to educate us about the different kinds of headache pain and the best medications.  There are more than 100 different types of headaches (who knew!) each with its own distinct triggers, symptoms and treatments. Listen in today and learn what you need to know about headaches.

We are also going to talk about a few things you need to know about this 4th of July so you can make good choices ~

We all know puberty can be a critical time in a girl’s life (boys too) and we want to help our kids through it as best we can. We also know they need to have a place where they can go for infomation and support - a place of their own. KidsHealth (the #1 website for kids and parents) knows that as well and have created The Pink Locker Society (www.PinkLockerSociety.org)  for tween girls as a place they can go to get information, advice and comfort via an entertaining and very cool, fun and savvy site.  

Joining me Thursday at 12 noon will be Debra Moffitt, the author of The Pink Society Book and editor of www.KidsHealth.org. Debra recieves thousands of emails from tweens and she knows what they need and what they want to discuss and learn about. The book and website gives girl-to-girl advice about growing up and all that comes with it. Join me to learn more about this exciting new site and book for tween girls so you and your kids can learn how to make good choices!

Summer is here! Are the kids going off to camp?  Or are you worried it is too late to send them? It is not too late and there is plenty you need to know when they do go to summer camp. Listen in today to Camp Experts (www.campexperts.com) Joanne and Jack who have been advising families for more than 22 years about camp. They are US Camp Experts with an office in New York and they also have have offices worldwide, London, Paris, Spain, Israel and other countries and they know everything. Listen in to learn what you need to know.

And also joining me will be Randy Loren, author of Climbing the Money Mountain: A Young Adults Guide to Reaching Their Financial Peak (www.randyloren.com). This is a fabulous and much needed book for those going off to college or joining the ‘real world.’ Money isn’t often talked about at home or in school and kids need to know more - and Randy is the man to explain what is most important.  Listen in today for his advice so your kids can make good choices ~

Did you ever wake up after the weekend and say, “Thank God it’s Monday?”  That is the name of my guest today Roxanne Emmerich’s, book and she says you should wake up and be happy to go to work. Her book (www.thankgoditsmonday.com) explains How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love. She says, and I agree, “companies that know how to have fun make more money.” Listen in today as she tells us how to do that and talks about her book.

Also joining me will be Suzanne Ross author of The Wicked Truth about Love (www.wickedtruthaboutlove.com). In her delightful and very informative book she will help you discover what your love traits are (with a great quiz in the book) and also how we are often influenced by Hollywood and not our heart. She has some great advice for all of us so listen in and learn how you can make good choices ~

Annie Fox (www.anniefox.com) is back talking about her new book in the Middle School Confidential Series, Real Friends vs. the Other Kind. This terrific and oh so valuable book for middle school kids and parents, offers insider information on making friends, resolving disputes and dealing with common concerns like gossip, exclusion and cyberbullying.  We will also talk about the now spreading problem of ’sexting.”

Annie will also share with us some tips for parents on how to help your child navigate this time and the challenges that friendships and peer groups bring to young teens - and as you may know, a parent saying the wrong thing can shut down all lines of communication. After all, it is their world not ours. Learn what you need to know to help your young teen make good choices ~

It has happened to all of us, we think of someone and the phone rings - it is them saying, “I was just thinking of you.” Is that a coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. But how about the events of your life, the ones you can’t explain, the times when nothing was going right and you met someone that -just like that - changed your life. Coincidence? Maybe, but my guest today SQuire Rushnell says that there are no random events that they are actually signposts that can help you run your life. They are “God Winks,” a message of assurance that you are never alone. And God Winks are everywhere in our lives, thankfully.

SQuire Rushnell was an ABC Network Television executive for years. He led Good Morning America to number one and was Vice President of ABC’s Family Programming. A very successful and a highly respected man in the tough world of television. He has now written four “When God Winks” Books (www.whengodwinks.com) and they are so inspiring. It is wonderful to read the stories of many famous people (and he knows them all!), and not so famous, and how ”God Winks” otherwise known as coincidences changed their lives.  These are books you can’t put down, easy to read and life changing.

Listen in today to hear what SQuire has to say and get inspired to the God Winks in your life and you will always make good choices ~

Rachel Kauder Nalebuff author of, My Little Red Book (www.mylittleredbook.net) will be joining me to talk about her new book - which is a must for adolescent girls. You may have seen Rachel talking about this on the Rachel Ray Show in March and other places. It is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around the world and it is so well done - you and your daughter will love it. It is a terrific book. Rachel thought that young girls needed a book like this, so she compiled stories and viiola! a book was made. Rachel is only 18 and she did such a wonderful job, for sure there are many books coming from her in the future. So listen in today as Rachel joins me and you can learn more about making good choices ~

The Heart of Marketing: Love your Customers and They Will Love You Back is the title of Drs. Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski (www.theheartofmarketing.com). Now for those of you who say that marketing is not for you  - think again! This is the way of the future. This is spiritually based soft-sell marketing essentially for all you who are  not really into marketing but have something to sell - either on the internet or at your business. Think you don’t know enough to do this or wonder if it is for you? Listen in today at 12 noon to hear Judith and Jim - who have been heard on CNN, 48 Hours, Oprahs radio show - and get the answers to all your questions so you can learn how to make good choices ~

“Times are tough - hike up your happy!” is what my guest today, Elizabeth Power, tells us in her new book How to Get Happier - and Why You Should Try To. (www.elizabethpower.com)  Listen in today and learn why she thinks this is so important and why being happier is an investment in our future. Sounds good to me and listen in today as she gives us many reasons to be happy and make good choices ~

 Joining me today will be Verona Fonte, PhD., who I interviewed about pandemics a few years ago. And while the swine flu is not a pandemic, today she will talk about what we need to know about all of this, what we need to plan for, how to put it all into perspective and not let fear get a hold of us. Her book, BirdFlu: What to Do, Prepare to Survive, (www.birdfluwhattodo.com) gives us information that we are all going to need - maybe not now - but in the future. It seems that pandemics, whether they be swine flu or bird flu are imment and we need to prepare. Listen in today and learn what she has to say so you can make good choices ~

Also joining me will be Gina Ingoglia from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with her new The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-ups, which is wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated by Gina. Great Book! And please note that the BBG is having its annual plant sale next week on Wednesday May 6th from 9-7 and on Thursday the 7th from 9-to noon with a members only sale on the 5th starting at 4:30. There will be over 20,000 plants for sale. For more information contact the BBG or just go and get some wonderful plants at great prices.