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Giving Back: Make It a Family Affair

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Molly Shattuck

Not only does Molly believe that living a vibrant life involves giving back, she’s a big believer in teaching kids to give back.  And her own family practices what she preaches and she wants to encourage other families to join in.  Besides the obvious benefits of helping the community and having a tangible impact on another individual’s life, family volunteering can be fun; it can be a real bonding experience for family, friends or colleagues; and, it can be a child’s first lesson in charity.  As the founder and leader of the United Way of Central Maryland’s Families Living  United program and the Healthy Food Ambassador for UWCM, Molly helps coordinate many activities such as the Stone Soup Gatherings and the Harvest Helper events – perfect events for the whole family to support.  In four Stone Soup Gatherings over the past year, more than 460 volunteers of all ages have fed 4,000+ hungry people in Baltimore more than 550 casseroles and 3,200 sandwiches.  It’s amazing what can get done in these two-hour events!   Listen in and find out how you, your family and friends can come together for the good.
Guest: Molly Shattuck, United Way of Central Maryland’s Healthy Food Ambassador and Founder & Leader of UWCM’s Families Living United program

The Company of Women: How Women Are Influencing Change at Work

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Susan Bishop, Amy Connolly, Jodi Hume
and Beth Terrence

The women on this show are involved in amazing work that is transforming organizations and their work is part of a larger effort and movement in our country to honor and even accentuate “feminine” traits in organizations for the purpose of greater effectiveness and success.  Organizations everywhere are recognizing the value of the “female” side of the equation and making a shift to a wholly new way of leading and working together – one in which wholeness and humanity are highly honored and in which we can all be more fulfilled and engaged.  Anyone going to work today who thinks their organization is stuck in dysfunction can be assured that thought leaders like these guests are doing more than talking. They have taken action – perhaps action that’s coming soon to a workplace near you.
Guests: Amy Connolly, Jodi Hume, and Beth Terrence
Guest Host: Susan Bishop

Writing to Heal

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Ellen Koronet, Ann Quasman,
Andrea Hylen & Lisa Stearns

For twenty women who participated in the very first Heal My Voice Book Circle Project, the past year has brought much awareness and growth.  Committing to write their stories of “fearlessness” to help heal an old wound brought unexpected gifts.  Their stories were compiled in a heart-touching book, Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women.  Listen in and find out how writing, sharing and being supported by others can transform your story.
Guests:  Andrea Hylen, the founder of Heal My Voice;
Ellen Koronet, who owns and operates a full service marketing research and creativity firm, LNK Creative: Focus Groups & Surveys for the Entrepreneurial Spirit; and
Lisa Stearns, a successful coach, athlete, teacher, author, wife and friend, and the creator and coach of the Finding Your Voice™ Program, providing women the tools they need to express themselves with confidence and clarity.

Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit

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Barbara Holt Streeter, Ann, Cheryl Wood & Sonya Smith-Valentine

For all sorts of reasons, women are starting businesses more than in the past.   Whether they’ve lost a traditional job or are following a dream, it’s happening and the goal is once they’ve started the business, to get it going and growing.  Cheryl Wood, Sonya Smith-Valentine and Barbara Holt Streeter have all done that.  They are following their dreams to run businesses they are passionate about.  However, one thing they know for sure is that support from other women can make all the difference in the world.  Being involved with a group of 50 women entrepreneurs in Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit (WEPP), a program started by Cheryl Wood, has taught all of the women something about the power of real networking, real relationship building and real collaboration.  If you’re thinking about starting your own business and/or know that good, solid support from other women is just exactly what you need to soar, then listen in to these amazing women who are doing it.
Guests: Cheryl Wood, award-winning author, speaker and Empowerment Coach and founder of Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit (WEPP)
Sonya Smith-Valentine,  CPA, Esq., and CEO of Financially Fierce, LLC
Barbara Holt Streeter, founder of The PR &  Protocol Group

The 5 Biggest Stumbling Blocks to Communication (and What to Do About Them)

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Lori and Bob Hollander

Whenever the WomanTalk Live Relationship Experts show up in the studio, I know that Tori (the WTL Producer) and I will have lots of “Oh, yeahs”, lots of eye rolling, and lots of explaining to do.   That’s because when Lori and Bob Hollander of Relationships Work show up, they ALWAYS hit the nail right on the head. We talked about the five biggest stumbling blocks to communication and, trust me, you know them and you’ve probably done every one of them.  Not only did Lori and Bob talk about these blocks, they also left us with some things to do to keep them from getting in the way of having a loving and open relationship.  Listen in and see how you can change some of the dynamics in your own relationship.
Guests: Lori and Bob Hollander, Relationships Work