A Fine Time for Healing

Today's special guest, former Congressman Ric Keller, who rose from humble beginnings to the U.S. House of Representatives, shares both conventional and unconventional self-help ideas in his new book, Chase the Bears: Little Things to Achieve Big Dreams. Inspirational, humorous and original, Chase the Bears offers readers helpful tips on how to discover their gifts, pursue their dreams and find happiness.

To quote Ric, “Chase the Bears is about becoming the best version of yourself by using your gifts and taking chances that are aligned with your purpose." With humility and humor, he guides readers to pursue their dreams and find happiness with tips and techniques to turn their aspirations and thoughts into reality. The inspirational messages in his book provide practical, actionable steps woven with fascinating anecdotes about others who have made their dreams come true by trusting their instincts, using their gifts, taking risks and never quitting.

Former Congressman Ric Keller served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He chaired the House Higher Education subcommittee and served on the Judiciary and Education committees. Today, he is an attorney, writer, humorist, motivational speaker and television commentator. His TEDx Talk, “The Power of Self-Deprecating Humor,” was the sixth most-watched TEDx Talk in the world in May 2022. Ric received his bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State University, where he graduated first in his class, and his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School. He lives in Winter Park, Florida, with his wife, Lori, and their blended family.

One common emotion experienced by people thinking about divorce is fear.  It’s so prevalent that it stalls people from making good decisions, paralyzing them from going forward, staying in abusive marriages, losing assets, and confusing their children. Having someone guide you through the process of feeling scared to get divorced and answer all of the questions that come up is invaluable.Not only will your stress level be reduced, but you will save yourself a huge amount of time and wasted expense in the process.

Today's special guest Susan Shofer is a dear friend of mine, a colleague, and an outstanding divorce coach. She is renowned world-wide for the powerful Ted Talk she gave on Parental Alienation. Susan will share the details so you can watch it if you'd like to. I highly recommend that you do.

As a divorce and custody ally, she helps women and men navigate the troubled waters of a family breakup by sharing her own organized and pragmatic approach to the divorce process. Susan successfully crossed her own highly contentious divorce and post-divorce battle and was triumphant in her fight against Parental Alienation.

Susan is the author of The Divorce Recovery Ladder and a forthcoming book about parental alienation. She is a former private investigator, and has an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and BA from the University of Maryland in Ancient Studies, Archaeology and Classics.

The symptoms can be different for everyone: weight gain, fatigue, anxiety, depression, heart palpitations, breathing difficulty, dry skin, dry hair, digestive difficulties, insomnia or hair loss. But the doctors keep telling you your tests are normal, or they are treating you with drugs, but you aren’t getting better. Maybe they know it is thyroid, but they are giving you thyroid meds that keep having to be adjusted upward because they are not fixing the problem, only masking it.

Hashimoto’s is a disease where the immune system attacks your thyroid, but the medical community either can’t diagnose it, will tell you it’s just stress, or are treating the symptoms instead of addressing the underlying reasons your immune system is haywire!

None of this is new to today's special guest, Dr. Gil Kajiki, the nation’s leading expert in non-drug management for hypothyroidism, low thyroid and Hashimoto’s disease and founder of the Valley Thyroid Institute, a worldwide center. In his new book Sick, Tired, Untreated and Abandoned: How the Medical Community Fails Hashimoto’s Patients and How You Can Get Your Life Back, he cites the thousands of patients who have come to him out of desperation because the doctors ignored them, made them think they were crazy, misdiagnosed or failed to fix what was wrong. They were miserable and suffering. 

Dr. Kajiki is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Chiropractor (C.F.M.P., D.C.) and patient educator with clients on four continents. His clientele include celebrities, corporate leaders, women stressed by family life and work, computer programmers, athletes, homemakers, radio show hosts, admin assistants, health practitioners and doctors. Dr. Kajiki creates his personalized program with dietary changes, nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals and enzymes and lifestyle enhancements that improve lab test results and reduce symptoms.

Research from the CDC shows that more than 60 percent of adults report having had a least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), and nearly 25 percent report three or more. The most prevalent are emotional abuse, parental separation or divorce, and household substance abuse. But other examples include physical abuse, domestic violence in the home, and emotional and physical neglect. 

It may sound odd, but many people who were victimized by their families don’t fully realize it until they are well into adulthood. Growing up in a home with addiction and abuse creates very distinct and predictable dynamics.

Today's special guests, sisters and survivors Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver found a way to emerge from a tragic cycle of inter-generational trauma and abuse. The authors share it in their book Healing Begins With Us: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Abuse and Rebuilding the Sibling bond.

Ronni Tichenor has a PhD in sociology, specializing in family studies, from the University of Michigan. Jennie Weaver received her degree from the Vanderbilt School of Nursing and is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with over 25 years of experience in family practice and mental health.

As narcissism requires constant validation, social media serves as a drug for many people. From constantly uploading pictures and 'selfie obsession' to nervously counting the number of likes on their pictures and followers are all tools of social media sites that make narcissists feel better about themselves. A study conducted by San Diego State University on 16,000 university students found that 30% of teenagers were narcissistic in psychological testing.

When we look at social media, all the tools used on a social networking site feed a narcissist’s need for validation and approval. Here, social media creates a vicious cycle, where already existing narcissists receive their daily dose of validation by uploading pictures, while social media itself assists people in developing and maintaining traits of narcissism.

Today's special guest, Marni Goldman will be discussing the connection between narcissism and social media, why likes and validation is so important so some, how lack of face to face interaction is affecting us, and signs that indicate you could be suffering from a social media addiction. 

Marni is a Spiritual Life Coach and author of "True To Myself: Peace, Love, Marni." Goldman, the daughter of a drug-addicted mother, has survived a life of depression, ADHD, childhood PTSD, anxiety, and a leukemia diagnosis. Goldman works with people all over the world to help them transcend and heal emotional traumas.

Has America gone completely off the rails? Is the country on the precipice of a total collapse? Not quite yet, at least not from a psychological perspective, says today's special guest, Michael Adamse, Ph.D. in his new book Make America Sane Again: A Mental Health Expert Weighs In.

To quote Dr. Adamse, "I think we should be aware and concerned about America's mental health, but not panicked."

Using his background in philosophy and clinical psychology, Dr. Adamse provides readers with sound, nonpolitical insights into America's mental state and explains what individuals can do to help pivot the American psyche from despair to hope.

Dr. Michael Adamse specializes in relationship issues and has practiced for over 40 years. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology form the University of Miami after completing a pre-doctoral fellowship at Yale University. He is also the author of Affairs of the Net, Anniversary, and God's Shrink, for which he also co-authored the screenplay, now in development.

Over the past 25 years, today's special guests, Sheila and Marcus Gillette, have empowered and educated thousands of people worldwide through intimate conversations with THEO. Sheila has been a direct voice medium for THEO, a collective of twelve archangels, since her near death experience in 1969. In partnership with Marcus, Sheila has been able to share THEO’s wisdom with an ever-widening community, imparting upon them incredible messages that foster an enlightened state of consciousness.

Today we will be discussing their new book, The Art of Relationship, an enlightening and empowering exploration of the link between self-knowing and successful relationships. Through wisdom channeled from the twelve Archangelic Guides known as THEO, the Gillette's reveal the prevailing paradigm shift that calls for a new, more joyous approach to relationships. This transformative guide to love, friendship, and familial bonds transports readers to a place of deep self-knowing and the permanence of unconditional love, and it shows why this state of being is key to relationship.

Sheila and Marcus's mission has always been clear; to spread THEO’s life-changing guidance as far and wide as possible. After a divinely guided meeting and an instant connection in 1997, their impact on the world grew, along with their love. Having been inspired by Sheila’s work and enthralled by THEO’s message, Marcus not only supported Sheila, he aligned with her. Their partnership has allowed them to expand and grow as a couple, a business and as a source of transformative wisdom.

New research sheds light on the story of Elvis’ flawed DNA and chronic illnesses. For the first time, a research-backed explanation of why the world lost Elvis on August 16, 1977, is offered.

The news reports of the day painted him as bloated and unconscious on his bathroom floor, leaving devastated fans with a graphic, tarnished final image of their shiny idol from Tupelo. Toxicology reports confirmed that he was overloaded with prescription medications — just another cliché, a rock star who popped one too many pills. Those assumptions have plagued the story of Elvis Presley for decades.

Today's special guest, historian and author Sally Hoedel, doesn’t see Elvis as a cautionary tale of self-destruction. Instead, she sees a man who struggled, every day, to survive. First, Elvis struggled through extreme poverty. Then, he struggled through extreme fame like no one had experienced before. Finally, he struggled with disease and disorder in nine of the eleven systems of the body. Five of those disease processes, Hoedel finds, were present from birth.

In her compelling, thought-provoking release, Elvis:Destined to Die Young, Hoedel offers factual and scientific data, plus never-before-published information she gained by interviewing people who personally knew Elvis, to dive deep into his struggles with multiple chronic health conditions. Having access to various medical records and relationships with Elvis’ nursing staff was also invaluable. Her extensive research provides answers to lingering questions about his death and dispels the long-held theory that abuse of prescription drugs is what killed Elvis.The result is a totally fresh, unique, humanizing approach to Elvis.

Sally A. Hoedel, a lifelong Elvis fan and historian, has a journalism degree from Michigan State University and is co-owner of Character Development and Leadership, a curriculum business.

Today's special guest, Rebecca Wiener McGregor, is an "amplifier of love" who helps people get UNSTUCK by freeing themselves from old, negative emotion and thought patterns to find their self-worth, peace and joy.

Rebecca is the author of the book Loving Her: 10 Loving Standards to Call Forward the Wealthy Woman Inside. She has worked with women across the country and around the world to release limiting beliefs and rewire their subconscious mind to feel limitless, take action, and create a life filled with abundance.

Rebecca believes in YOU! She will hold a space for you to fully be yourself and speak your truth; to stop judging themselves and start loving themselves. She encourages people to love, trust, accept, and respect themselves (and others) and enjoy life without negative judgment, to help them find their self-worth.

Rebecca is a consulting hypnotist certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists, creator of the Whole Life Happy Method of hypnosis, breakthrough-maker coach, and mentor since 2004. She has created a spiritual practice in which she has blended hypnosis, mindfulness, breathing, meditation, gratitude, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), along with neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), positive language (LOA), neuroscience, and massive doses of love and compassion.

Is it possible for a narcissist to change? Can you change one?

Expert Randi Fine will be explaining who narcissists are and whether or not it is possible for them to change.

This is a live call-in show. Call 424-220-1801 to ask Randi questions or comment on the topic of narcissistic abuse.