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Looking for ways to make your life happier? Give to others. It is as simple as that. Think you don’t have enough to give, well think again. You don’t always have to give money or even time you don’t have. How about just some kindness or praise, they can both make a huge difference in someone else’s life.

Listen today to former soap star Freeman Michaels (he played Drake Belson on the Young and the Restless) . He is now a nationally known life coach and author and he will be talking about how giving to others can change your life. He has some interesting tips and advice. I think he is really on to something important here.

You can find out more about Freeman and his new book, Weight Release: A Liberating Journey by going to www.servicetoself.com. Listen in today so you can learn how to really make good choices ~

One of my favorite authors Annie Fox (www.heyterra.com)  has a new book out in her Middle School Confidential Series (book 3), titled, What’s up with My Family?

This is a fabulous book for kids chock full of helpful and really instructive information. This book addresses one of the most important aspects of kid’s life in middle school - dealing with growing up and their family. If you remember, in the KidsHealth survey they found that the most important issue to kids was their family. Annie Fox’s new book answers so many questions for kids and talks about what matters most to them: “I am not a Kid Anymore!, Struggling with Siblings, Moods and Attitudes,Things are changing around here” are some of the chapters, which are insightful. She also has quizzes for kids to analyze how they really feel - a very useful tool!

This is an essential book for kids in the middle school stage of growing up - not a kid and not a full teen either. I love this book and I can’t wait to talk to Annie about all that is in it,  especially if you have a middle schooler or a child soon to be one, so you can make good choices ~

If a disease runs in your family, would you like to know whether or not it has passed down to you? Some of us would; others would not. I think I fall into the latter category - well, at least I thought I did until I read Gary Reiswig’s new book, The Thousand Mile Stare: One Family’s Journey through the Struggle and Science of Alzheimer’s. (www.thethousandmilestare.com)

Mr. Reiswig’s book takes you through the journey of his family where for many years they “kept the information about forgetful grandparents, dotty parents, loopy aunts and childish uncles to ourselves.” But there was no mistaking that there was a problem in this family and once the DNA was exposed, it opened the family secrets to the world.

This is a book about Alzheimer’s. On today’s show Mr. Reiswig explains the warning signs of Alzheimer’s, what the new treatments are and when to get genetic testing. I now think I would like to know if I had a disease looming in my future. As scary as it is, by knowing I can take advantage of early cures and possibly change my destiny. So listen in today at 1:00 so you can learn how to always make good choices ~

(Due to the snow, we are replaying February Heart Health Awareness Month with Dr. Insel today at 1:00. Annie Fox will be joining me on March 2nd. In the meantime go to her website and look at her terrific new book!)

A subject many of us never want, or luckily ever need, to think about is kids killing themselves. However it happens and teen suicide is on the rise being the third cause of death in 15-24-year-olds.  But what is even more disturbing than that is kid suicide - young elementary school kids. Suicide  is the sixth leading cause of death for 5-14-year-olds.  Surprising and very alarming statistics.

Recently a 9-year-old boy, a fourth grader,  hung himself in his elementary school bathroom. How could this happen and why? Kids are so happy and when they are not can’t they get help at home and school? Why is this happening now and what should we know about it?

Joining me today is Dr. Wendy Walsh (www.wendylwalsh.com) pyschological expert from Momlogic.com. I recently saw her on CNN talking about this and I want you to hear what she has to say today at 1:00 so you and your family can always make good choices ~   

February is Heart Health Month and Friday Feb. 5th is the day to wear red to support heart health. We know about men and heart attacks and we hear about women and heart attacks too, but did you know that more women than men die of heart disease each year?

That is not all that is surprising about women and heart disease. Listen today when I talk with Dr. Herbert Insel Senior Cardiologist and member of the Advisory Board at EHE International (www.EHEINTL.com) and he tells us more alarming facts and gives us tips to prevent heart disease. Five years ago 38 women from EHE began the Red Dress Campaign and we are still honoring it today to give women power over their own health, and the number one killer of women: Heart Disease.

Listen in today at 1:00 to learn what you need to know about women and heart disease so you can continue to make good choices ~

Kidshealth and TIME for Kids teamed together and asked 1,000 kids about life at home, at school and in the U.S.   The result was the survey State of the American Kid: 2010.

What they wanted to know is, “What is it like to be a kid, aged 9-13, now living in the United States.” And today I am going to talk to Dr. D’Arcy Lyness from KidsHealth (www.KidsHealth.org) about the findings. Some are surprising and some are reassuring.

Listen in today at 1:00 and learn what matters to kids today so you can make good parenting choices ~

We are all aware of the sad case of Caylee Anthony, the toddler whose remains were found in a field not far from her home. Her mother, 23-year-old Casey Anthony, is now awaiting trial and facing a first-degree murder charge for killing her daughter.

A sad and very publicized story. Unless you live under a rock, you have heard of it and formed and opinion. But do you know everything? Listen in today to my guest Diane Fanning, author of Mommy’s Little Girl: Casey Anthony and Her Daughter Caylee’s Tragic Fate. Go on her website to get the book and read it www.dianefanning.com

Did she kill her? How did she do it and why? Listen in today at 1:00 and learn more about this sad story so you can make good choices ~

Job interviews may be tough to come by these days and when you finally do get to sit down and talk with a potential employer did you know that the way you sit, stand or look at others reveals volumes about your true intent?

Body Language. It can be your secret weapon or you disadvantage in getting and keeping a job if you don’t know about it. Learn about body language with expert Carol Kinsey Goman, PhD, who will be joining me today is a frequent guest on the NBC Nightly News, CNN’s Business, Fox Morning New and many other shows and is the author of The Nonverbal Advantage: Secrets and Science of Body Language at Work (http://www.nonverbaladvantage.com). (more…)

Happy New Year! A new year, maybe a new career? Or do you just need to revamp the one you have or possibly find your life’s work?

Well, in these challenging times you may just need to know your career options - and yes! you do have some. Allie Roth (www.allieroth.com) is a career development counselor for over 25 years and is the founding director of the Center for Creativity and Work, in New York. 

She will be joining me today to give you some useful tips and tell you about her workshops - Career Options in Changing Times, Discovering Your Soul’s Work  - and many others she holds here in the Hudson Valley and in the city. Her work has been profiled in Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, as well as Smart Money, Healthy Living and Spirituality and Health magazines.

Listen in today at 1:00 so you can make good career choices in 2010!