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11-2-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Blake D. Bauer

2020 remains a challenging year for everyone and now more than ever men of all ages need practical advice on how to approach their thoughts, emotions, relationships, and work-life in healthy ways. Rather than defaulting to the unhealthy habits that men tend to gravitate toward such as excessive alcohol consumption, getting angry, or shutting down, we will discuss practical strategies to navigate these unprecedented times.

Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer for a conversation focused on men’s emotional health and healing. We’ll discuss healthy communication practices, the relationship between vulnerability and strength, the importance of understanding one’s purpose, how to take care of the people and things that matter most, and overcoming the limitations of our fathers and grandfathers.

10-26-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Gina Gardner

Gina Gardner believes that disability can be a metaphor for life. Our limiting beliefs: I’m not worthy, not clever enough, I’m too old, too poor, not beautiful enough, etc. keep us stuck. I may have challenges with my mobility but I have the capacity to wheel away (usually at high speed) in my wheelchair.

I have learned that it is not the challenges that define us but what we do with them. Over the years it has become very clear when working with individuals, couples, teams or whole organizations that the vast majority of challenges or issues to their being happy, staying happy and be capable of spreading happiness, fall into one of five categories: beliefs, particularly self-belief, love, and relationships, achieving and sustaining success, managing change and transition and finding a sense of purpose and fulfillment.

This is why Gina has created the five secret pathways in the Thriving Not Surviving Programme, and also detail them in her latest, and supporting, book, ‘Thriving Not Surviving – The Five Secret Pathways To Happiness, Success and Fulfilment.’

10-19-20 Allen Cardoza and Marvin Smith interview Dr. Charlotte Markey

Studies have shown that the vast majority of women and over half of adolescent girls report dissatisfaction with their bodies. In fact, in pursuit of improving their appearances, Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery in 2018.

Psychologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Charlotte Markey has been a leading body image expert for more than two decades. Now, Dr. Markey applies her academic research, her findings after interviewing hundreds of girls, and her practical experience as a mother of a teen to a new, evidence-based yet easy-to-read book for girls ages 9-15.

Candidly addressing puberty, mental health, self-care, healthy eating habits, physical activity, social media, friendships, sexual harassment, and more, Dr. Markey’s book, "The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless" is a friendly, welcoming guide and essential reading today more than ever, to encourage and promote body acceptance and appreciation among the next generation of young women.

10-12-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Claudia M. Gold, MD

Society paints a picture that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy relationships, but the truth is that human interactions are messy, complicated, and confusing. According to renowned psychologist Ed Tronick and pediatrician Claudia Gold, that is not only okay, but it is also actually crucial to our social and emotional development.

In The Power of Discord, these two pillars of UMass Boston show how working through the inevitable dissonance of human connection is the path to better relationships with romantic partners, family, friends, and colleagues. Working through the volley of mismatch and repair in everyday life helps us form deep, lasting, trusting relationships, resilience in times of stress and trauma, and a solid sense of self in the world. Drawing on Dr. Tronick's research and Dr. Gold's clinical experience, The Power of Discord is a refreshing and original look at our ability to relate to others and to ourselves.

10-5-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Faith McDonald

Faith McDonald, author of On the Loving End of Crazy: Finding Hope and Help to Face Your Loved One's Crippling Anxiety and Depression, offers hope and help to those who loved one faces anxiety disorder and major depression. The story starts when Faith's son Matt begins college; however, instead of attending classes and learning to thrive, he flounders. After a series of arrests and reckless, self-destructive acts culminating in a suicide attempt, she grapples with challenges that will resonate with many people who feel helpless and don't know where to get the help they need. They feel embarrassed that we need help, and worried that their family will fall apart.

Join us as Faith shares how we can find Comfort in that you don't have to face the journey alone. She speaks to important actions of: 1) persistence in seeking professional help for their loved ones, 2) finding the courage to endure the dark days of the illness of their loved one, 3) stopping the blame for themselves or others during the dark days, 4) why coping and healing involves sharing their stories to fight stigma and shame, and 5) asking for support from those around them.

9-28-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Bridgit Dengel Gaspard

Author and therapist Bridgit Dengel Gaspard coined the term “the final 8th” to describe this phenomenon when talented, energetic, motivated individuals have accomplished many steps toward a goal (7/8 of it) but stall in front of their finish line, for no apparent reason.

In The Final 8th: Enlist Your Inner Selves to Accomplish Your Goals, Bridgit offers a powerful technique called voice dialogue to help readers recognize and free themselves from hidden internal conflicts that are blocking their ability to achieve their goals. The process Bridgit offers in the book also helps readers learn to spot and discard the negative beliefs that are holding them back.

9-21-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Matt Gdovin, PhD & Tom Roberts

According the National Cancer Society, in 2019 cancer killed a staggering 606,000 people in the U.S.

On the forefront, Vitanova Biomedical (VNB) is developing the most effective therapy yet to destroy multiple cancers with no damage to surrounding cells or side effects. Light-Activated Acidosis (LAIA), uses a focused beam of light to activate a targeted drug injected into the tumor. Once activated, this drug causes the cancer cell to become very acid on the inside triggering rapid apoptosis (cell death). LAIA therapy has proven capable of killing up to 95 percent of cancer cells including two breast cancers (MCF-7) and the very aggressive triple negative breast cancer (MDA-MB-231), two types of prostate cancers (LNCaP and 22RV1), and a pancreatic cancer (BxPC3).

Dr. Matt Gdovin, founder, states VNB’s LAIA therapy holds great promise as an alternative to the current standard of care treatments, CEO, Tom Roberts share that VNB was recently awarded a competitive National Science Foundation SBIR Program Phase I grant and together, with other equipment and funding partnerships will advance VNB’s LAIA therapy from laboratory bench to an FDA submission….and ultimately to patients across the world.

9-14-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Danah Mor

Shine Brighter Every Day is a beautiful, full-colour book packed full of unique insights into how to live well by making the right choices with food, lifestyle and well-being. In Shine Brighter Every Day, Danah introduces readers to a new perspective on food and lifestyle that helps them understand why they are attracted to certain foods or ways of life.

8-31-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Robert Hillary

In today’s digitalized world we are constantly switched on, scrolling and stressed, Bob Hillary made a decision to reject this way of living after it made him gravely ill. How did he cure himself? He abandoned city life and moved completely off the grid, living in a yurt in the Welsh mountains for two years. He relied completely on the produce of the land. No Internet. No telephone. No running water. Nothing.

Simplify provides 21 practices to help you simplify your life. You will discover how to combat this world with the secret of “Slow Living” – Sustainable, Local, Organic and Whole. This short, practical, and ultimately simple book is a manual for navigating modern life and making the right choices to result in a more peaceful, stable and happy way of living.

8-24-20 Allen Cardoza interviews Susan Priver
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What happens when our dreams of becoming professional athletes, concert pianists, singers, writers—whatever we excelled at and loved in our youth —become impossible? For Susan Priver— author of the memoir, Dancer Interrupted—a girl obsessed with ballet, a gifted child ballerina, the center of attention without ever having to speak, it was, she believed, the end of her life.

Dancer Interrupted is the story of an artist who loses her ability to practice her art. It’s a story of loss, self-recrimination, family drama, love affairs, and one woman’s vibrant, uplifting climb into a world far better than she had ever anticipated.