The Shift With Skip

It’s more than the ‘skinny jean boo’ it’s transformation of the mind body and spirit. This week join Ana and Skip as they interview TV Producer, screenwriter and comedy writer Angela Nissel author of the “Mixed: My Life in Black and White” and “The Broke Diaries.”  Take 30 minutes to tune in and get your laugh on.

Listen in as Skip talks exercise, alternative medicine, how to avoid colds during the height of season and more with Emill Kim an acupuncturist and Kathleen Bywater of Revive Juicery. Call in with your questions about healthy living and more. 

There are many things that we can do for our bodies that can keep us from constantly feeling fatigued, unwell or unmotivated. It all begins with a health plan. Loving your body naturally, fueling it with foods for the soul, and adding exercise can dramatically change your quality of life.

This week we jump into a new way of thinking. Why become a victim of things that 'happen to you' every single day when we can challenge the world and take it on with positivity in mind. 

Shola Richards is a dynamic public speaker, an in-demand leadership trainer/consultant, an award-winning Director of Training for UCLA Health, and a positivity blogger with a passionate worldwide following. His blog, The Positivity Solution, was created in May 2013, and his articles have been read by readers in over 160 countries and counting. His unshakable optimism and unquenchable passion for creating a more positive world at work and home for millions of people have caught the attention of mainstream media. He has made multiple appearances on Huffington Post Live as an expert on workplace happiness and engagement, and his thoughts on how to create a more positive workplace have been published in The Chicago Tribune, Black Enterprise, The Good Men Project, and Business Insider Australia.

The author obtained his Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology from one of the top Liberal Arts colleges in America (Union College in Schenectady, NY), he is a certified Emotional Intelligence practitioner, he has appeared on national television numerous times, hosted his own television show for the CBS affiliate in New York, and proudly notes that the late literary icon Chinua Achebe was his godfather.

Additionally, Shola is a father, husband, identical twin, and a self-professed “kindness extremist” who will not rest until bullying and incivility is extinct from the American workplace.

Join us this week on the Shift with Skip as we replay one of our best episodes, all about Vegan cooking and learning to change your ways, if you so desire. 

Have you ever thought about becoming a vegetarian and giving up meat all together? What if we said go one step further and give up every type of animal product so that you can live a fuller and cleaner life inside and out? Sarah Taylor and Mark Reinfeld are here to help steer you in the right direction easily, by showing you what the benefits of giving up milk and eggs are. Check out their latest book called Vegetarian to Vegan, available on Amazon where you can read all about the way livestock are treated, how food is prepared from slaughter house to shelf and maybe you too will want to make the switch.

This week on The Shift Radio, we look to long lasting love. Those who believe in long lasting love that are still looking, no need to worry. Dr. Susan Allison shares her tips for finding long lasting love. Join us as we talk dating, relationships, getting back into the dating life and so much more. Your questions on love will be addressed. There's someone out there for everyone, we just have to know where to look.

Love and relationships are built into our DNA, it's what makes us human. Love and be loved this week.

Kristina Tester is a 2014 graduate of Harvard University, with degrees in African and Global Health.  She is the founder and executive director of So Others May Learn, a non-profit organization based in Zimbabwe and Uganda that is dedicated to providing bright and motivated students in sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to further their educations through comprehensive scholarships that support them through their four years of  secondary school. The scholarships cover tuition, room and board, transportation, uniforms, and supplies for qualified students who would otherwise never have the opportunity to further their dreams. 

Kristina traveled to Uganda twice a year while in college, spending summers and winters working at the hospital and with Uganda's Ministry of Health to coordinate village health teams that could more effectively reach rural communities. Her senior thesis, titled “Increasing the Effectiveness of Healthcare Delivery to Rural Areas: A Case Study of Village Health Teams and Childhood Malnutrition in Rukungiri District, Uganda”, was awarded the Harvard Hoopes Prize for outstanding research and scholarly work, and she was the recipient of the Phillipe Wamba Prize for highest achievement in her Division. Kristina is planning to begin medical school in the fall of 2016 and hopes to combine her medical degree with a Masters in Public Health. She is committed to continuing her efforts to provide education and medical services to underserved communities at home and abroad.

Asher Fox thought that becoming a personal fitness trainer would give him the tools, motivation and activity to conquer his yo-yo weight gain. And at 22, starting with only $300 left over from student loans, he built one of the largest personal training businesses in the state of Florida with multiple locations and a host of trainers working for him. But it's hard to maintain your credibility with clients, when you reach 300 pounds-just as Asher did at his peak.

Working in the business could not inoculate him from his own lack of self-esteem and the things that were literally eating at him. And so he began his quest to find a permanent solution for himself and others. It led him ultimately to create the most comprehensive arsenal of psychological tools assembled to date to overcome, convert and enroll the subconscious mind in the healing process. Fat to Fearless: Enjoy Permanent Weight Loss and End Emotional Eating...For Good! is what everyone who struggles with emotional eating has been waiting for. Why Fearless? Because, Fox says, it is fear that lies at the heart of every emotional overeater...an often - unconscious fear that reinforces the desire to eat to avoid some aspect of pain. That's why reaching and changing the subconscious - which is exponentially more powerful than the conscious mind - is so critical.

Join us as Skip talks the unconventional approach to therapy with leading clinical psychologist, Dr. Denee Jordan. Dr. Jordan takes pride in her idea that we begin where we are when it comes to therapy and life in general. She believes that we all are already well and shouldn't let society dictate how we should feel or what we should become. She will be putting on a piece of theatre coming up this month at the Lounge Theatre in Santa Monica California that is all about her program, Already Well, called 'I Am Already Well'. Check her out at http://www.AlreadyWell.com and to see her show please visit Brown Paper Tickets to get yours today.

Listen in as Skip talks exercise, alternative medicine, how to avoid colds during the height of season and more with Emill Kim an acupuncturist and Kathleen Bywater of Revive Juicery. Call in with your questions about healthy living and more. 

There are many things that we can do for our bodies that can keep us from constantly feeling fatigued, unwell or unmotivated. It all begins with a health plan. Loving your body naturally, fueling it with foods for the soul, and adding exercise can dramatically change your quality of life.

With the Martin Luther King holiday this week, we are reminded of the power words have and the actions they can inspire. Join us for our replay of Patricia Moreno and Skip Jennings, as they talk about the power of words, mantras and affirmations. This week they interview Patricia Moreno, creator and author of The IntenSati Method: The Seven Secret Principles to Thinner Peace.