Brian Tom is a visionary speaker and business leader who went blind from glaucoma at the age of 20. He takes Dr. Marissa back to that time when the sadness and anger was transmuted into a desire to be more. Instead of becoming one of the statistics (less than 19% of the blind employment aged individuals were gainfully employed, and less than 1% of all disabled Americans own a home so the American dream is out of reach), Brian Tom built a successful business that helps over 10,000 students cross the finish line. Brian also took his business savvy, his personal philosophy of “No Excuses” and his desire to give back to start his award-winning 501 ©3 Non-Profit Organization, Blind Start of America, with the mission of “Helping the Blind Cross Finish Lines!” This year, BLINDSTART’s Dragon Boat Race Team made history, being the First Blind American team to represent the USA at the Club Crew World Champions in Australia this March 2016. Although Blind, Brian has a clear vision to inspire, and teach entrepreneurs how to be highly profitable with stewardship no matter what challenges arise. He's been featured on NBC, CNN Headline News, has authored 3 books and educates "the Asian Oprah"...winning Dr. Marissa's Beneficial Presence on the Planet Award. Staff interpreter Romina Mena makes this episode one of the Radio for a Deaf community series.

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Dr. Marissa takes a follow-up call from Tynyetta and smog checks the definition of a good mom/perfect parents and 'puts the moose on the table' about family dysfunction. Tynyetta then asks for advice on implementing her vision of capturing wisdom from her elders at a family reunion, which entails balancing her desire with an understanding that she cannot control people's reactions which leads to a strategic business lesson on implementing ideas. Dr. Marissa also turns her advice to listeners who are going home for Christmas but don't really want to...and how to resolve the anxiety that comes up when we dread the questions that might come about life disappointments and the internalized critic. Caller Robert from Memphis Tennessee gets some ideas from Dr. Marissa, the kinder gentler Dr. Laura, on staying focused on his own happiness when his ailing father won't see things his way to help himself get better. Balancing one's desire to control others and one's desire to help others is much easier to feel better about when acceptance is the answer. The alternative version of the Serenity prayer is the Balance tool: God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the people I can, and the wisdom to know that it's me! Episode sponsored by www.Selfiestation.com/DrMarissa and www.4Balance.org

With a successful career spanning over 3 decades, keyboard magician Keiko Matsui shares her life milestones, her life philosophy and the joy, pain and passion behind her compositions which have been on the Billboard charts a myriad of times. Dr. Marissa finds out that she may have found her twin flame...with another strong Leo woman who allows inspiration to spread in and through her soul, who shares a similar zest for life. Keiko brings listeners back to her discovery of her keyboard gifts from the age of 5, the role of her parents in her choices, and what is required to make music your life work. The two Leos talk about one path to World Peace through focusing on our similarities instead of our differences...because we are all One. Dr. Marissa recognizes Keiko for all of her humanitarian efforts..using the proceeds from specific songs/albums to raise money for a plethora of organizations...from cancer to Africa to Tsunami relief, 9/11 and the astronauts lost in the Challenger by presenting her with the Beneficial Presence on the Planet Award. Episode sponsored by UBNSelfieStation.com Promo code Dr. Marissa, and Signature Perfume by [email protected]

Dr. Marissa welcomes back Damona Hoffman, the first dating coach in California to be certified by the International Dating Coaching Association and nominated as iDate’s Best Dating Coach of 2014 and 2016 to work on her own lack of love life for this episode of sexual healing with Dr. Marissa. Her top three strategic steps to be successful in romance and online dating are knowing who you are, knowing what you want, and you'll have to listen for the third one! Tactics to improve your chances of meeting a lifetime partner are talked about...and laughed about! The former Mrs. D shares her own success stories as well as her current project on the #BlackLove reality tv show. Damona refuses to allow any negative BS (Belief Systems) into the studio about the availability of a perfectly compatible man for Dr. Marissa and challenges her to go after what she wants, not to give up hope and not to give it all out at once! Episode sponsored by Signature Fragrances by [email protected]

So how can you feel safe when the terrorists attack without warning? How do you feel fear without it taking over your good will towards man. You cannot control tragic events from happening, but you can control how you react. Dr. Marissa brings SecurityGuyRadio.com Chuck Harold to talk about personal security and some common errors that we can correct to help make us more safe...like automatically dropping to the floor instead of freezing as we tend to do. Dr. Marissa talks about a Balanced alternative to the angry rhetoric that is shutting down borders and eliciting hate crimes towards those perceived to be terrorists just because of their religion and profile. There is a balance, a middle ground that keeps us from falling down the rabbit hole of hate, killing, hate, retaliation, hate, revenge, hate, war and more war. To do the best we can to protect ourselves from people who hate with violent crimes and at the same time take responsibility around ourselves to raise a generation that doesn't know prejudice, discrimination, bias and racism or religionism...that is what we can control...and to live our best lives so that we are not afraid of what might happen...to feel safe no matter what the conditions are...that is freedom to live this thing called life! As Dr. Martin Luther King says best, " "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Episode sponsored by Perfumier [email protected]

Tracy from Houston and Ishwari from LA get a double dose of advice about FEAR from Dr. Marissa with the acronym False Evidence Appearing Real. Tracy takes a trip down Desire lane to get in touch with what she would like to do for the next chapter in life and dispelling the BS (Belief System) that says you can only do one thing for a career in life. Her homework is to parlay her 30 year business into an educational endeavor and use her love for yoga to gain clarity around that. Ishwari has an AHA moment on the air and takes Dr. Marissa's balanced advice around self sabotaging and acting with consequences like an arrow of truth to her heart. Balance tools include the Serenity Prayer and acting on your own behalf. Dr. Marissa starts the show with an audiovisual report of her Peacework around the Planet specifically in the land Down Under and the beautiful Fiji islands...Bula!

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Award-winning actress and just now award-winning author Kathy Garvey explains why so many child actors get into trouble and how she has managed to stay out of trouble throughout her tenure in Hollywood. Dr. Marissa asks who she is what she wants and what major milestones has shaped her life...from being discovered accidentally on the set of The Ten Commandments to her role as Cissy on the CBS television series ???Family Affair,??? which was one of the highest-rated network programs in America from 1966-71. Dr. Marissa and Kathy vehemently agree about the role of choice, attitude, hope and happiness in living a good life. Kathy tells the story of her life on camera as well as behind the scenes, in her new memoir ???Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood.??? Episode sponsored by Seal Beach Physical Therapy and EMS4Baja.com

With a continued series focus on men, the 8 million dollar question on the moose's table is, can you have an orgasm without ejaculation? Devi explains the Eastern philosophy around the potency and power of sperm, and how the normal Western frequency of ejaculation does not allow for a man's body to recover from the loss of nutrients and chi that occurs at climax. Non-side effect pharmaceutical solutions to the current state of mens' increasing erectile dysfunction is discussed with a lot of tongue in cheeky as the 2 hosts play with the importance of love-making in this thing called life! Dr. Marissa, the new Asian Dr. Ruth determined to make Pleasure a G-rated AND a G-spot rated topic! Episode sponsored by www.DeviWardTantra.com and www.4Balance.org

Balancing out Dr. Marissa's interview with Geneen Roth around diet, the 'Asian Oprah' brings prime time fitness expert and fashion model on the show to enlighten us all about the other side of losing weight, body size and body image????¦ with the E word...Exercise. Getting the backstory as usual, Dr. Marissa gets Owen to outline the path of a man who abused his body, walking around with broken bones and even a broken back, medicating for the pain, now arriving in mid-life opportunity where he loves what he's doing and who he is. Owen breaks some myths about muscle bulk, gives realistic exercise routines and recommended time at the gym, and offers Dr. Marissa listeners a 10% discount on a new product that helps us with posture www.AlignMed.com Promo code MARISSA. What ends up being a playful first date on the air, Dr. Marissa and Owen compare notes on body image, being single and not dating! Episode sponsored by http://www.sealbeachpt.com/ Seal Beach Physical Therapy and M&M http://surfingschool.com/

Dr. Marissa does her first follow-up call in show with Stacie from North Carolina and Lynn from Washington DC. Six months ago Stacie was heading out for a new relationship and a new life and calls in when things are not as expected. Dr. Marissa smog checks some of her perfectionistic BS belief systems around relationships and marriage, and talks about how her happiness has nothing to do with her new man and more about her relationship to herself in her new environment. Balance tools of INTBOAD (it's not that big of a deal) and reframing her expectations helps her see the new situation with more rose-colored glasses. Lynn also requires a tune-up with respect to wanting to be in a relationship and how she is currently looking at her dating as a chore instead of a blessing. Balance tools include staying with how things feel right now in the present moment! Episode sponsored by www.ConversationsBouttheGirls.com and www.4Balance.org