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This Week on WomanTalk Live: “Resilience – The Power of the Human Spirit” with Mother and Daughter, Carol Downing and Erika Brannock

Erika Brannock and Carol Downing

For just about everyone, adversity will be a part of life.  At some point or at many times during our lives, we may wonder how we’ll keep going and how we will cope.  The world as we know it has turned upside down.  It could be a relationship that has fallen apart, a job loss, the death of a loved one, an illness, or a catastrophic event that’s totally out of our control.  How do we go forward?

My guests this week know something about coping with the unexpected, dealing with the barrage of feelings that can overwhelm, and choosing to embrace life.  Joining me in the studio will be Erika Brannock, the 29 year-old pre-school teacher from Towson, MD, who was seriously injured in the Boston Marathon bombings and her mother, Carol Downing, who was in Boston to run her first marathon there and who was cheered on by Erika and her other daughter, Nicole, and her son-in-law, who were also injured that day.

What started out as a beautiful, joyful day turned into everyone’s worst nightmare and touched hearts all over the world.  Be sure to join us this week when these two amazing women talk about the power of the human spirit and what keeps them going.

Saturday, October 12th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online.   

 You can also download the WCBM 680 app at iTunes or for Android  

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LaQuisha Hall, Ann, Alexia Clifton
and Kim Fabian

Be sure to check out last week’s show – Being There: Giving Back Through Mentoring – when I talked with Alexia Clifton  – a health, fitness and wellness consultant with over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry; Kim Fabian – a Senior Vice President for Junior Achievement of Central Maryland; and, LaQuisha Hall – Mrs. Essence 2013, the founder of iEAT (Empower. Aspire. Transform.) and Queendom T.E.A. Mentoring, and the author of Positively Bodyful, a self-esteem journal for girls, in the Conscious Conversations Café about the impact mentoring has on our young people.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, it’s in the podcast archive now.  It’s the October 5th show!

This Week on WomanTalk Live: “Being There – Giving Back Through Mentoring” – a Conscious Conversations Café Show with Alexia Clifton, Kim Fabian & LaQuisha Hall

        
      Alexia Clifton                 Kim Fabian                   LaQuisha Hall

Mentoring young people has proven to be an effective strategy for not only boosting academic achievement, but also for providing them with social development skills and improving their overall lives, which increases their opportunities for long-term success.

Joining me this week in the Conscious Conversations Café are three women who are “being there” for young people in the community and making a big difference:

Alexia Clifton  – a health, fitness and wellness consultant with over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry.  She has owned and operated No Sweat Fitness, Inc. in Baltimore for the past 11 years.  She has been a volunteer with First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative for the past 5 years and also volunteers for “Marathon Kids”, another youth based organization.  Her television series, FitWorld is aimed at children and teens and will debut on Howard County Cable TV in the near future.

Kim Fabian – a Senior Vice President for Junior Achievement of Central Maryland. Serving more than 38,000 K-12 students each year, JA empowers young people to own their future success through programs in work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.

LaQuisha Hall – Mrs. Essence 2013, the founder of iEAT (Empower. Aspire. Transform.) and Queendom T.E.A. Mentoring, and the author of Positively Bodyful, a self-esteem journal for girls. Her mission is to empower women and girls through building their self-esteem and educating them on the issues of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

Tune in to hear, from their perspectives, why “being there” and giving back is so important for our young people and what giving back has meant for them.

Saturday, October 5th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online.   

 You can also download the WCBM 680 app at iTunes or for Android  

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Ann and Leonard Raskin

Be sure to check out last week’s show – No Surprises: Year-End Tax Planning and What to Prepare for in the Coming Year – with Leonard Raskin, the CEO of Raskin Global and Women Getting Wise on Wealth, and the WTL Wealth Expert about what you need to pay particular attention to this year and just how recent changes will be affecting your overall finances.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, it’s in the podcast archive now.  It’s the September 28th show!

This Week on WomanTalk Live: “No Surprises – Year-End Tax Planning Considerations and What to Prepare for in the Coming Year” with Leonard Raskin

Leonard Raskin

It’s that time of year when, like it or not, it’s time to take a look at your tax planning for the year and be prepared for upcoming changes in current laws and just how those changes may affect you.

The WomanTalk Live Wealth Expert, Leonard Raskin, the CEO of Raskin Global and Women Getting Wise on Wealth, will be joining me to educate us all about:

• FHA policy changes – thinking about buying a home?
• Itemized deduction changes (just when you thought you knew the rules)
• New unearned income tax
• New Medicare tax
• New Capital Gains tax
• New Top Income Tax Bracket

We’ll even discuss the state of Obamacare and what you will want to be aware of as you make decisions about your future healthcare.

So what do you need to do now?  Join us, get smart about your financial situation and be prepared.  No surprises.

Saturday, September 28th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online.   

 You can also download the WCBM 680 app at iTunes or for Android  

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Bob, Ann and Lori

Be sure to check out last week’s show – Where Has All the Romance Gone (And How to Find It) – when I talked with the WTL Relationship Experts, Lori and Bob Hollander of Relationships Work, about the cycles our relationships go through as a matter of course and how to keep the spice, the romance and the love alive.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, it’s in the podcast archive now.  It’s the September 21st show!

This Week on WomanTalk Live: “Where Has All the Romance Gone? (And How to Find It)” with Lori and Bob Hollander

Bob and Lori Hollander

“Love never dies a natural death.  It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source.” – Anais Nin

My guests this week, Lori and Bob Hollander of Relationships Work, know a thing or two about love and relationships and the good, the bad and the ugly that can show up in them.  One thing they know for sure, after working with couples for over twenty years, is that there is a romantic crisis going on with most couples today.

They see that most people believe in the “Fantasy of Romance” – that everything will stay fabulous, hot, sexy and attentive forever.  So, when the normal life cycle of a relationship or marriage takes place and when the little ones come along… everything changes.

What to do?  Is it a hopeless cause?  Not necessarily.  But, each partner has to put some effort in the equation and spice things up again.

Tune in this week if you and your partner have fallen into the routine of ho-hum boredom and you’d like to do something about it.  In fact, the “doing something about it” might be the most fun you two have had in a while.

Saturday, September 21st, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online.   

 You can also download the WCBM 680 app at iTunes or for Android 

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Tish Squillaro

Be sure to check out last week’s show – Cleaning Up the HeadTrash – when I talked with business consultant, Tish Squillaro, co-author of HEADTRASH: Cleaning Out the Junk that Stands Between You and Success, about the 7 emotions and behaviors that can get in the way of effective leadership and your relationships at work and at home.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, it’s in the podcast archive now.  It’s the September 14th show!

This Week on WomanTalk Live: “Cleaning Up the HeadTrash” with Tish Squillaro

Tish Squillaro

Why do leaders get stuck and sometimes find themselves pushing hard but not gaining traction? Frequently it’s because they’re working against themselves, defeating their best efforts with their own thoughts and emotions.

Everybody feels afraid, insecure, guilty, not good enough from time to time. That’s normal. But when problematical thoughts and feelings become patterns in your business and consistently affect your decision-making and leadership behaviors, they’re HeadTrash that requires cleanup on your part.

My guest this week, Tish Squillaro, the CEO and Managing Partner of Candor Consulting and the co-author of  HeadTrash: Cleaning out the Junk that Stands between You and Success, has spent more than 18 years assisting CEOS and senior leaders of many of America’s top corporations to develop their leadership skills. Through her extensive experience of training and coaching leaders, she and her co-author, Timothy I. Thomas, have identified the seven emotions that muddy the thinking of top executives to the point that they lose their ability to lead effectively.

Tune into our conversation to find out how to understand and control the unproductive emotions and fears that undermine effectiveness in the workplace and ultimately, your whole life – no matter where your leadership skills are being used.

Saturday, September 14th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online.   

 You can also download the WCBM 680 app at iTunes or for Android 

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Renee, Ann & Katie

Be sure to check out last week’s show – Creating an Independent Life – when I talked with Katie Allston, the Executive Director of Marian House, a transitional and permanent housing program serving homeless women in Baltimore, and Renee, a former Marian House resident who is creating her independent life.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, it’s in the podcast archive now.  It’s the September 7th show!