In the Balance

Dr. Mierlak is a psychiatrist who has specialized in addictions since 1995. He brings his great knowledge and expertise in the treatment of addiction to this fascinating and informative conversation with Susan. He encourages all kinds of techniques, searching to customize the right method, to discover what works best for each individual. "Don't give up hope. It's a very difficult process," he says, "Keep looking until you find the person who you think can help YOU."

Sugar addiction can be harder to recognize than alcohol, nicotine, or heroin addiction - but it works on the brain in the same way. Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist who has studied sugar for years. In this conversation with Susan she illuminates the hidden addiction to sugar and how it affects us physically, emotionally and psychologically.

Cori Thomas talks with Susan about her journey from being a multiracial actress to a playwright, her (now public) sexual harassment encounter with Dustin Hoffman when she was 16, and what we can do to help erase the culture of silence.

Hannah Zimmerman is a socialist activist committed to action. Day after day she gathers her confidence and drive, her passion and her view for a better America onto her college campus and into the world. She is raising her own voice, "yelling over a lot of men," to fight for income equality and greater diversity in leadership. Hannah is energized and she will energize you - hopefully into action!

Did you know that your gastrointestinal system is called your second brain? Listen in to this fascinating and informative conversation with In the Balance's Associate Producer and Director of Online Media Taryn Kennedy and Katrina Reeve, a Naturopath from Brisbane, Australia, and discover everything you need to know about leaky gut syndrome and gut health with simple tips for improving the health of your 'second brain' starting right now!

"Pain is good. It's the brain's way of protecting you." Evelyn Hecht unpacks the confusion surrounding pain, demystifying it so we can take charge of it. "You have the inner skills to heal yourself, through persistence and patience you can retrain your brain's habitual thought responses to pain, allowing a greater capacity to experience freedom and joy."

Lou Ritter, a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, can orient us to think about "fitness" in a holistic way. Her classes are about flow, balance, sequencing, careful and connected intensity, and the right motivating music to bring a shared experience which is both individual and collective. Whew!! That's a great fitness instructor!!! Listen in as Lou Ritter unpacks your new concept of fitness for 2018.

"Our internal dialogue is a manifestation of our reality," says Paul Pitsaras of The Open Mind Institute (TOMI) but "when you hear it - don't beat yourself up over it - simply acknowledge it!"

He has much to tell us about mind capability training and how to "ACTIVATE YOUR POTENTIAL". Listen in and start 2018 off mindfully!

Walker Vreeland is an award-winning monologist and radio personality, actor, singer, voice over artist and producer of In the Balance. And he knows a thing or two about gratitude from his life journey so far. He generously shares his insights with Susan, and with us, as 2017 comes to a close.

Buddha Booth is for your overall wellness - a portable retreat from the stress, noise, and bright lights of the world. Meet Francine Steadman Krulak, the founder and CEO of this wonderful socially responsible company and listen to her entrepreneurial tips and words of wisdom as a woman in the business world.