Smart Women Talk

Listen Now as Katana interviews the Author of The Kickass Single Mom, Emma Johnson.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•How to break out of the single-mom poverty mindset even when the entire world assumes you will be a broke single mom!
•Why you should say ‘no!’ to alimony, and even child support.
•Why every divorce negotiation should start at 50-50 custody

Emma Johnson is an award-winning business and personal finance journalist (former AP Finance staff reporter and MSN Money columnist), and founder of the world’s largest platform for single mothers, WealthySingleMommy, as well as the award-winning podcast, Like a Mother. As an expert she has appeared on CNN, Headline News, TIME, FoxNews.com, Oprah.com, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, won Parents magazine’s ‘Best of the Web,’ and is cited as host of a ‘Top 15 Personal Finance Podcasts.’ The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children (Penguin), will be released October, 2017. She has presented at the United Nations Foundation for Gender Equality, and is founder of the Kickass Single Mom Monthly $1K Grant. She lives in Astoria, New York with her children.

To learn more about Emma Johnson go to weatlhysinglemommy.com

Listen Now as Katana interviews the Author of The Kickass Single Mom, Emma Johnson.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
How to break out of the single-mom poverty mindset even when the entire world assumes you will be a broke single mom!
Why you should say ‘no!’ to alimony, and even child support.
Why every divorce negotiation should start at 50-50 custody

Emma Johnson is an award-winning business and personal finance journalist (former AP Finance staff reporter and MSN Money columnist), and founder of the world’s largest platform for single mothers, WealthySingleMommy, as well as the award-winning podcast, Like a Mother. As an expert she has appeared on CNN, Headline News, TIME, FoxNews.com, Oprah.com, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, won Parents magazine’s ‘Best of the Web,’ and is cited as host of a ‘Top 15 Personal Finance Podcasts.’ The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children (Penguin), will be released October, 2017. She has presented at the United Nations Foundation for Gender Equality, and is founder of the Kickass Single Mom Monthly $1K Grant. She lives in Astoria, New York with her children.

To learn more about Emma Johnson go to weatlhysinglemommy.com

Katana interviews Author of the newly released book, “Third Real: Conscious Creation Goes Back to the Movies,” and Contributing Expert on Smart Women’s Empowerment, Brent Marchant.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•How movies illustrate the principles of conscious creation philosophy
•How the conscious creation principles outlined in Brent’s new book build upon the basics he introduced in his first two works
•How these principles can help us manifest better-targeted and more fulfilling lives
A lifelong movie fan and longtime student of metaphysics, Brent Marchant is the award-winning author of “Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies,” “Consciously Created Cinema: The Movie Lover’s Guide to the Law of Attraction” and the newly released “Third Real: Conscious Creation Goes Back to the Movies,” books that provide reader-friendly looks at how the practice of conscious creation is illustrated through film.

Brent maintains an ongoing blog about metaphysical cinema and other self-empowerment topics on his web site, www.BrentMarchant.com. He is also Featured Contributor for Smart Women’s Empowerment, Movie Correspondent for The Good Radio Network, Contributor to New Consciousness Review magazine and radio, and Cinema Scribe segment contributor to Project Bring Me 2 Life radio.

To learn more about Brent Marchant go to www.brentmarchant.com

Listen Now as Katana interviews Documentary Filmmaker and Producer of Normal Is Over The Movie, award-winning documentary looking at SOLUTIONS to reverse the path of global decline, Renee Scheltema.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•Normal is Over The Movie, connects the dots, and shows that climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, and income inequality are not just independent issues but are all linked.
•How are these issues not just problems but they are symptoms of a deeper system problem.
•How everyone can do something within his or her own means, and how it will create a ripple effect.
Renée Scheltema is a Dutch documentary filmmaker and photographer, living in Cape Town. Her latest feature documentary is called Normal Is Over The Movie (2016) Drs. in Criminology at Leiden University, The Netherlands M.A. University of California, Berkeley. USA. TV-Journalism & Photo-Journalism. B.A. at Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Renée has worked for Dutch television as a Director, Producer and Camera-person for 35 years. Many of her documentaries were selected at International Film Festivals.

As a photographer, Renée has worked for Magazines and Newspapers in Holland, the US, and South Africa. She was a member of Gamma Liaison in New York, now called Getty Images.

To learn more about Renee Scheltema go to http://normalisoverthemovie.com

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•Tips and Tools to find ME time (it doesn’t take much to make an impact)
•Why building your personal foundation (body, mind, community) is KEY to launching any idea.
•Why mindfulness is key to enjoying the dance of motherhood and productivity- and how to do it.
Randi Zinn is the founder of Beyond Mom and BeyondMom.com. Born from her own experience of motherhood, and the desire for a more connected community- Beyond Mom offers: content, podcasts, mixers, events, and retreats for forward-thinking Moms. She encourages moms to cultivate a life “Beyond Mom”- one that embraces the gifts of motherhood but expresses all that they are as individuals: creators, businesswomen, thinkers, friends, and so much more.

Randi is an ambassador for Athleta and has partnered with Comptoir Des Cotonniers, SoulCycle, Mio Skincare, TOWN Real Estate, The Mother Company, Body Conceptions and IntenSati. Her writing has appeared in Honest Company Blog, FitBump, Epoch Times, Well Rounded NY, and Elephant Journal. She is a certified yoga instructor through Laughing Lotus NY and has taught since 2008. She is the author of Going Beyond Mom: How to Activate Your Mind, Body and Business after Baby.

To learn more about Randi Zinn go to www.beyondmom.com

Katana interviews Transformational Coach and Speaker, Mat Shaffer.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
The wonder of worthiness and how not living your purpose can kill you
How passion and purpose are related
The power of our beliefs and how to break out of the “belief box”
Mat Shaffer is a transformational coach and speaker who lives his purpose every day connecting other people with their highest purpose. He uses his extensive training in emotional intelligence and background as an attorney and restaurant owner to serve clients from around the world. He currently volunteer coaches hundreds of students at Ascension Leadership Academy in San Diego, in addition to his private coaching practice and various live and online speaking engagements (many of which he does with his beloved Boston Terrier, Bosco).

To learn more about Mat Shaffer go to www.matshaffer.com

Katana interviews journalist, author, speaker & producer, Robb Lucy.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•A new definition of ‘Legacy’ that takes it away from money and death. Legacy is Connection, Happiness, Enhanced lives, Full use of your natural talents and skills… and you enjoy your Legacies NOW… and for years to come.
•Learn three distinct ways to create your Legacies…. from tiny to huge.
•Leave the podcast with the ability to create one of the most powerful legacies you could ever leave your family.
Robb Lucy is an author, producer, and connector. He was a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before forming his own company, producing mixed media for corporations and governments around the world.

Robb spent 25 years on the local, national, and international boards of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and continues to help develop non-profits in prostate cancer awareness and his local Search & Rescue team. Robb knows all of us will, at some time in our life, ask “How will I be remembered?” He knows we’ll be remembered by the legacies we create, legacies that give us a connection to others, happiness and purpose.

To learn more about Robb Lucy go to www.createmylegacy.com

Listen Now as Katana interviews the Author of Damsel In Dis Mess, Patty Clark.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
Finding humor in life’s struggles
Write your memoir to leave as a legacy
You will learn that you’re not alone in your experiences.
Dubbed a modern-day Erma Bombeck, her screwball short essays offer therapeutic-and comic-relief that everyone can relate to. Patty Clark is a six time contest winner on Humorpress.com and formerly penned a column for The Parson’s Sun newspaper in Kansas. She feels that humor is especially important in today’s spicy and unsettling world. Born in Detroit Michigan, she lived with her parents and nine siblings. The comical narrator currently resides in Encinitas, California.

To learn more about Patty Clark go to www.damselindismess.com

Listen Now as Katana interviews Co-Founder of the Living Legacy Project, Dennis Stack.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
Why legacy matters
How to start a legacy talk with loved ones
How to use the Legacy Stories website, App and handbook
Dennis is Co-Founder of the Living Legacy Project, The International Association of StoryKeepers (I-ASK), and LegacyStories.org.
Over the past 12 years he developed life review methodologies to help hospice caregivers record legacy stories of their patients when being remembered matters most. His interactive story capture tools have been used in over 800 Hospices, Home Care, Assisted Living and Veterans communities. In the process he trained more than 5,000 volunteers and students to perform the role of StoryKeepers in their respective niches.

Dennis has adapted his resources to pave the way for the financial services industry to bring added value to their clients in a meaningful way. As a former Senior VP of Business Development for Paine Webber, he has a unique perspective as to how estate planners and wealth managers can help clients pass down their wisdom along with their wealth to the next generation.

To learn more about Dennis Stack go to https://www.legacystories.org/
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Listen Now as Katana interviews Author and publisher, Laurie Harris and former first president and CEO of Save Orchestra Hall, Inc. Paul Ganson.

Join us as we’ll discuss:
•The original Detroit Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1887.
•It has gone out of business three times, but has come back three times, showing its resilience in the face of economic, demographic, and cultural challenges
•In many ways, the changing fortunes of the DSO parallel those of the city it has called home for the past 130 years, and a new book seeks to tell the fascinating story of glory, collapse, and renewal

Laurie Harris is an author, editor, and publisher based in the Detroit area. She was the director of the Literary Criticism Series at Gale, where she began both “Shakespearean Criticism” and “Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism.” She was also the editorial director of Omnigraphics, where she began both “Biography Today” and “Biography for Beginners.” Laurie is currently the publisher of Favorable Impressions, which continues to publish “Biography for Beginners” as part of the FactCite database. Her most recent book is “The Great Migration North: 1910-1970.”

Bred and born in Detroit, Paul Ganson, was the first president and CEO of Save Orchestra Hall, Inc., from its beginning in 1970 until its consolidation with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1989. He retired from the DSO after thirty-five years as assistant principal bassoonist but continues as its historian.