Smart Women Talk

Katana will interview retired foreign language teacher now author, documentarian, screen writer, Pierette Simpson.
Join us and you will learn:
The pluses and minuses of being driven to reach a huge goal
The secret to creating and managing a team
How to maintain momentum in times of adversity

Pierette Simpson retired from teaching after 37 years, and being recognized Michigan Foreign Language Teacher of the Year. She left the profession in order to follow another passion, write about the Andrea Doria tragedy at sea. Six years after her publication, she decided to write the screenplay and produce the docufilm, Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved? Pierette is considered a subject-matter expert on the shipwreck and has been interviewed by many media, nationally and internationally.

To learn more about Pierette Simpson go to www.AndreaDoriaMovie.com

Join us as we discuss:
A new definition and understanding of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and cognitive decline
The multiple, reversible causes of Alzheimer's
The role of hormones, lifestyle, and supplements in reversing Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Susan Sklar is a nationally recognized Harvard trained physician who is dedicated to figuring out the root cause of her patients’ symptoms. She is a fierce health detective who believes that you can age gracefully and feel great while doing so. She utilizes the cutting edge science of functional medicine to support your body to heal itself through diet, lifestyle and appropriate supplementation.
To learn more about Dr. Susan Sklar visit www.sklarcenter.com

Join us and you will learn:
How to discover costly marketing mistakes you must avoid to be a successful brand
The secrets of small business brands which THRIVE in their competitive space
How to increase your bottom line by creating a lasting brand that people know and trust
In 1993, Linda Kleist founded Identity Creative with her husband, Bill. Identity Creative has worked with hundreds of businesses to help them differentiate their brand in a unique and powerful way that increases sales. Linda speaks to business groups about how to create a brand that outshines the competition and attracts their ideal customers.

Identity Creative brings exceptional graphic design and brand development to established businesses, start-ups, and non-profit organizations for logos, identity systems, outstanding marketing campaigns and full-scope implementation into print and web. Their brand strategy workshops help organizations create a brand blueprint for a powerful and lasting brand.

To learn more about Linda Kleist go to www.indentitycreative.com

Guest host Chris Freer will interview Author, speaker, and financial coach Janice Goldman.
Join us as we’ll discuss:
How what you don’t know will hurt you.
How love and money are two different things. Love shouldn’t have anything to do with money, and vice versa.
Why Financial ignorance is not bliss!
Having developed the Women's Financial Services Division at Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett and worked as Senior Vice President/Vice President at such prominent financial institutions as Salomon Smith Barney, Mesirow Financial and Merrill Lynch, Janice Goldman has over 32 years of financial experience under her belt. She specializes in working with women who need to learn how to make the necessary choices in order to thrive in their financial and personal lives. She is a speaker, financial coach, and author of Let’s Talk about Money: Girlfriends’ Guide to Protecting Her ASSets.

To learn more about Janice Goldman go to www.askjanicegoldman.com

How to discern real fear from false fear and know if you’re living in false fear.
How to move through fear so it can stop driving your decisions and your life.
What it means to live life in the flow and why this is so important to us as individuals and a society.
Andria Corso is an award winning Life and Leadership Coach with 20 years’ experience working with clients to develop leadership skills, develop themselves, advance their careers and businesses, and create whole-life success. She is currently the owner of AndriaCorso & Co., a life, leadership coaching firm specializing in helping individuals reach their highest potential.
Andria is also a bestselling author of Fear to Flow: How to Give Up Your Struggle and Allow Life to Unfold Perfectly. This is her third book and is about how to stop allowing false fears to control you and instead, step into living in the Divine flow of life.

To learn more about Andria Corso go to http://www.andriacorso.com

Join us as we’ll discuss:
- 70% of aging is voluntary, how you can avoid it until you are near the end of life.
- How can you avoid many major illnesses and accidents (heart disease, stroke, diabetes etc.) altogether.
- Do women age differently than men?

Chris Crowley is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia Law School. For 25 years he was a litigation partner at a leading Wall St law firm. He retired at 56 to “lead more than one life”. He and his wife, portrait painter Hilary Cooper, moved to Aspen for five years to ski, write and so on. He had the idea for and co-authored Younger Next Year which has sold some million copies in 20 languages. The most recent book in the series is Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program, which came out this past January.
To learn more about Chris Crowley go to http://youngernextyear.com

Join us as we’ll discuss:
What it takes to be a successful business owner.
How to follow your dreams and pursue your goals.
The importance of women in business.
Florine Mark is President and CEO of The WW Group, the largest franchise holder of Weight Watchers International. Mark acquired franchises throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Some of these franchises were sold, but Mark retained all operations in Michigan, and Northern Ontario, Canada. She serves as an adviser and board member on approximately 40 committees and civic organizations. Mark is a highly sought after motivational speaker, radio show host, and can be seen each week on “Ask Florine,” on WDIV (NBC-Detroit). Mark is an author and has received numerous accolades, including being the first woman inducted in the National Management Association Hall of Fame.

To learn more about Florine Mark go to www.8883florine.com or www.askflorine.com

Join us as we’ll discuss:
How to integrate powerful tools into your energetic systems of being so you can change whatever you desire to change in your life -- hence ‘The Change Agent’
The Freedom Cycle & Flow Cycle
How ‘WE’ are connected and how to play in the world of oneness without it impacting you in way you don’t desire!
Over the past decade, Jeneth Blackert has a wildly successful global change movement, Real Raw You, encourages people around the globe to open to greater energy, more radiant lives and expanded healing possibilities. With a background in nutritional neuroscience blended with the tools of Access Consciousness and her very unique approach to creative flow, Jeneth has an ability to profoundly deepen her client’s lives.

She has appeared on television and radio shows worldwide including Martha Stewart Radio, NPR, Fox News and hundreds of radio acronyms around the nation. She’s also the author of several books and programs including Falling In Stilettos, Seven Dragons: A Guide to a Limitless Mind.

To learn more about Jeneth Blackert go to realrawyou.com.org

Katana will interview Williams and Associates Leadership Coaching and Coaching the Global Village, Dr. Patrick Williams.
Join us as we’ll discuss:
The importance of Naked Conversations about the good and the scary…
How hiding our shadow prevents us from total well being
How to have a Courageous conversation or be a committed witness to another’s naked conversations
Dr. Patrick Williams, psychologist, author of 7 books, and leadership coach, is a pioneer in the field of Life Coaching and founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training, and Coaching the Global Village.
A developer of leaders for 3 decades he founded Coaching the Global Village in 2006 to bring the power of the coach approach to the underserved and resource poor of the world. CGV associates provide leadership training to grassroots organizations and/or non-profits, NGOS or corporate social change initiatives. Pat's message is that leadership is an activity, not just a position. Pat's speaking and training is inspirational, providing an igniting spark to individuals, communities or organizations offering methods and tools to "keep the fire burning" after the training.

To learn more about Dr. Patrick Williams go to www.DrPatWilliams.com or www.CoachingTheGlobalVillage.org

Katana will interview the founder of Speakertunity and Conscious and Transformational Speakers, Jackie Lapin.
Join us and you will learn:
What to do to make yourself irresistible to speaker bookers
What NOT to do that will take you out of the running
How to make sure you take advantage of being on stage
Where to find speaking engagements more easily and with reduced time investment
Jackie Lapin is a leader in helping transformational leaders, authors, practitioners, speakers and messengers connect with their next followers around the globe. For the past 10 years, her internationally acclaimed Conscious Companies have been providing PR campaigns, radio media tours and speaking engagements to support the growth and revenue of change-makers. Her clients have included Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr. Joe Vitale, James Twyman, Denise Linn, Arielle Ford, Hay House and more.

The success of her companies has been built on her detail-oriented, comprehensive proprietary one-of-a-kind data-driven lists—the information from which she is now sharing with the world! Her most recent offering is SpeakerTunity™, the twice monthly transformational speaker leads tip sheet, providing speakers with the direct contacts to book themselves on stages across North America.

To learn more about Jackie Lapin go to www.Speakertunity.com