Answers for the Family - Radio Show

SPECIAL GUEST: Dana Bedford Hilmer, Author of - Blindsided by a Diaper, founder of Lifestyle Mom and future hostvof Lifestyle Mom Radio Café on LA Talk Radio.

Dana Hilmer is with us today with suggestions on how to keep your relationship with your partner vibrant amidst the chaos of raising kids. Whatever their age! Dana is the author of Blindsided by a Diaper, an anthology revealing the inside scoop on how parenthood changes a relationship.

SPECIAL GUEST: Vanessa Van Petten, Author and Youthologist

Vanessa Van Petten is one of the nation’s youngest experts on parenting and youth. She wrote her parenting book from the teen’s perspective, called -You’re Grounded!, when she was just 17. After becoming a judge for the Mom’s Choice Awards and launching her popular parenting blog, she is now on a national speaking tour, reaching out to both parents and teenagers talking about what young people really wish adults knew about them.

SPECIAL GUEST: Nurse Barb Dehn, RN, MS, NP, Nurse Practitioner, Award-winning Author and a nationally recognized health expert Nurse Barb, who is a frequent health expert on ABC TV’s View from the Bay in San Francisco. She has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America Now and NBC’s iVillageLive. She wrote and published a series of innovative and award-winning women’s health guides know as “Blue Orchid Guides” which have been used by millions of women across the country.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Sari Shepphird, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Throughout life there are bumps along the road. Dr. Shepphird and Allen will identify the emotional triggers during the critical teens years, such as distress, anxiety, fear and sadness that may translate into live-long physical and mental disorders.

In addition, they will discuss Dr. Shepphird’s newest book - 100 Questions and Answers About Anorexia Nervosa - in which parents will find a complete guide to understanding the causes, warning signs, and diagnosis of anorexia, and includes practical suggestions on how to help their kids who may be suffering from anorexia, as well as the available treatment options.

SPECIAL GUEST: Sarah Allen Benton

Challenges the stereotype of the “skid-row” alcoholic Sarah Allen Benton and Allen lift the veil on alcoholics who believe they can hide behind their external successes. Benton’s book - Understanding the High Functioning Alcoholic - is intended to inform the audience that being successful professionally or personally and being an alcoholic are not mutually exclusive.

SPECIAL GUEST: Cathy Miller, The Literacy Ambassador

Reading can be fun, powerful and practical according to our Guest, Cathy Miller, explores with Allen her most recent national program to promote parent involvement in their children’s education through “literacy”.

In addition to the launch of her United School Preparedness Initiative (Fun Learning Moments™), she is authoring books for parents and educators on early literacy, and conducting a national research study on at-home reading.

SPECIAL GUEST: Jeff Haig

Allen’s guest, Jeff Haig, reveals the key strategies and principles successful students use to ensure their success, despite a sometimes considerably compromised background.

According to Dr. Brian Haig and Jeff Haig, what it ultimately comes down to is having the right mindset and taking the right action in your everyday pursuit to accomplish your educational goals.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dave Herz, M.A., Director of Therapeutic Services, President & Founder; and Michael Behmer, M.A., Director or Product and Media Development

After over a decade of working with thousands of families, Vive brings the Vive model of parenting and family healing to thousands of more families through our innovative product Chaos to Connection.

SPECIAL GUEST: Jenny Amory, Executive Director of Teen Voices

Allen and Jenny Amory from Teen Voices discuss their intensive journalism mentoring and leadership development program for teen girls whose mission is to support and educate teen girls to amplify their voices and create social change through media.

Through its program, teen girls create Teen Voices and Teen Voices Online, two internationally distributed print and online social justice magazines reaching 45,000 readers and receiving 88,000 visitors from 177 countries annually.

Written by, for, and about teen girls, Teen Voices is positive, powerful, and empowering, amplifying teen girls’ real voices in a world filled with too much media focused on what girls look like – not what they think.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Cara Natterson, Pediatric Doctor and and Parenting Expert

There is little doubt that children today face unprecedented dangers. Dr. Natterson joins Allen in a most enlightening discussion about what parents actually need to worry about. Dr. Natterson sets the records straight for parents regarding what is safe for their children to put in and on their bodies…Science-based and presented in an easy to understand manner. Her book “Dangerous and Safe?” focuses on educating parents about what foods and products might endanger their children.