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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Brantley, MD., author of Five Good Minutes at Work: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Relieve Stress & Bring Your Best to Work published by New Harbinger Press.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Brantley completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is Board Certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with persons seeking healing in their lives. Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for over 25 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for over 10 years.

 As the founder and Director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at the Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures.

Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic and Five Good Minutes in the Evening: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Unwind from the Day & Make the Most of Your Night available from New Harbinger Press.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Carolyn DeRoo, co-author of What's Right With Me: Positive Ways to Celebrate Your Strengths, Build Self-esteem, & Reach Your Potential published by New Harbinger Publications.

Carlene DeRoo, Ph.D. and Carolyn DeRoo are a mother and daughter writing team. Carlene is a psychologist with over fifteen years of practice specializing in pain management and mind-body connections. She was assistant director of a large metropolitan pain management center and was the director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Using positive affirmations and visualization, she helps her patients control pain and gets great results. Carolyn is a writer who spent five years in Silicon Valley providing technical support to stressed-out computer users. She discovered that focusing on the positive was the quickest way to resolve their issues and reduce their anxiety.

The techniques that Dr. DeRoo and Carolyn DeRoo use in their careers are the basis for What's Right With Me. They have seen the overwhelming advantage of affirming an individual's strengths and successes and want to share these highly efficient tools to help people get the confidence and peace of mind that they deserve. Visit their website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Gareth Furbercreator of PsychSplash- Inspiration for clinical psychologists, researchers, and students PsychSplash is a project aimed at reviewing the web
for Clinical Psychologists, researchers and students. The fundamental
goal is to identify and showcase interesting and practical websites and
resources.Visit Dr. Furber's personal webpage.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jane Brackman, co-author of The Dog in the Picture written by Jane Brackman and Barbara Brackman published by Sirius Press.

Jane Brackman specializes in the cultural history of canine domestication. The author of two books about pets in 19th century America, she consults with museums and her articles appear regularly in popular publications.   She was a guide dog school administrator for several years and currently works as the Executive Officer for the California State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind, a consumer affairs board that regulates guide dog schools in California. Brackman's interest in the dog as a social science topic is a result of a unique combination of experience in a variety of disciplines including education, special education, guide dog school management, canine biology and history.  Visit her website.

  

     

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Laurence M. Westreich, M.D., author of Helping The Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment published by Fireside.

Laurence M. Westreich, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients with addictions to alcohol and drugs of abuse, and those dually diagnosed with addictions and mental disorders.

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich has served since 1992 on the faculty of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York University of Medicine. His responsibilities there include teaching psychiatry residents, fellows in addiction psychiatry, and attending psychiatrists on the Bellevue Wards.

Dr. Westreich is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the treatment of addiction, presents regularly to professional groups, and is board certified by the American Board on Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry, and as an addiction specialist by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich is the consultant on drugs of abuse to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and serves on the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the drug-testing agency for the American Olympic Athletes. Dr. Westreich lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.  Visit his website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Forum, interviews Mr. Mathew Boggs and Mr. Jason Miller, co-authors of Project Everlasting: Two Bachelors Discover the Secrets of Americas Greatest Marriages published by Fireside.

Mathew Boggs and Jason Miller have been best friends since their childhood outside of Portland, Oregon. Mat attended the University of San Diego and earned a Pre-Med degree with cum-laude distinction, while Jason was a football star at the University of Montana, graduating magna-cum-laude with degrees in Business and Communications. After college, Mat earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Oregon, and Jason headed to Los Angeles to act in national commercials for companies such as Pepsi, UPS, and Edge Shave Gel. In 2003, they joined forces for Project Everlasting. Both authors live in Portland, Oregon. Visit their website

Visit Jason and Mathew on My Space.

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Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Forum, interviews Mr. Mathew Boggs and Mr. Jason Miller, co-authors of Project Everlasting: Two Bachelors Discover the Secrets of Americas Greatest Marriages published by Fireside.

Mathew Boggs and Jason Miller have been best friends since their childhood outside of Portland, Oregon. Mat attended the University of San Diego and earned a Pre-Med degree with cum-laude distinction, while Jason was a football star at the University of Montana, graduating magna-cum-laude with degrees in Business and Communications. After college, Mat earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Oregon, and Jason headed to Los Angeles to act in national commercials for companies such as Pepsi, UPS, and Edge Shave Gel. In 2003, they joined forces for Project Everlasting. Both authors live in Portland, Oregon. Visit their website

Visit Jason and Mathew on My Space.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Nordine Zouareg, author of Mind Over Body: The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head published by Springboard Press.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide. His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever. Visit his website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Nordine Zouareg, author of Mind Over Body: The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head published by Springboard Press.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide. His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever. Visit his website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Anatasia Goodstein author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online published by St. Martin's Griffin.Anatasia Goodstein
is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens,
teens and early twentysomthings. Ypulse.com reaches a highly
influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as
social marketers trying to reach youth.  The blog has been featured in
several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company.Ms.
Goodstein was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of
Journalism's new media program at Northwestern University where she
earned an MSJ in 1999. Visit her websites YPulse and Totally Wired Book.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Anatasia Goodstein author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online published by St. Martin's Griffin.Anatasia Goodstein
is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens,
teens and early twentysomthings. Ypulse.com reaches a highly
influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as
social marketers trying to reach youth.  The blog has been featured in
several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company.Ms.
Goodstein was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of
Journalism's new media program at Northwestern University where she
earned an MSJ in 1999. Visit her websites YPulse and Totally Wired Book.

Keywords: authors, books, build a private practice, interviews, law, legal, podcasts, psychologist, psychology, social workers, therapist

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews
Ms. Martha Lasley, M.B.A., author of Courageous
Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your
Organization published by Fireside.

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm
that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty
at CoachingthatWorks.com.
Martha's passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent
communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for
International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams
and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002
she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more
than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews
Ms. Martha Lasley, M.B.A., author of Courageous
Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your
Organization published by Fireside.

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm
that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty
at CoachingthatWorks.com.
Martha's passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent
communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for
International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams
and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002
she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more
than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Jennifer Niesslein author of Practically Perfect In Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help- And Back .

Jennifer is the co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers in 2000. Her work has been featured in The Nation, on National Public Radioâs âMorning Edition,â on Alternet, and other places. PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, published by Putnam, is her first book. She lives with her husband, son, and dogs in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Jennifer Niesslein author of Practically Perfect In Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help- And Back .

Jennifer is the co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers in 2000. Her work has been featured in The Nation, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, on Alternet, and other places. PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, published by Putnam, is her first book. She lives with her husband, son, and dogs in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Larina Kase co-author of The Confident Speaker: Beat Your Nerves and Communicate at Your Best in Any Situation written by Harrison Monarth and Larina Kase and  published by McGraw Hill.

LARINA KASE, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist and the President of Performance and Success Coaching LLC, a national career and small business coaching company. She has helped executives from companies such as Verizon, Intel, and Ernst & Young. With expertise in marketing, she has helped dozens of professionals to build their practices or businesses. For more information visit her websites Performance and Success Coaching LLC and The Confident Speaker.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Larina Kase co-author of The Confident Speaker: Beat Your Nerves and Communicate at Your Best in Any Situation written by Harrison Monarth and Larina Kase and  published by McGraw Hill.

LARINA KASE, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist and the President of Performance and Success Coaching LLC, a national career and small business coaching company. She has helped executives from companies such as Verizon, Intel, and Ernst & Young. With expertise in marketing, she has helped dozens of professionals to build their practices or businesses. For more information visit her websites Performance and Success Coaching LLC and The Confident Speaker.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Dr. Paul Babiak co-author of Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work written by Paul Babiak, Ph.D., & Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. published by HarperCollins.

Paul Babiak, Ph.D., is an industrial and organizational psychologist and president of HRBackOffice, an executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in management development and succession planning. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. He lives in Dutchess County, New York, with his wife. Visit Dr. Babiak's website and the Snakes In Suits website.

Note:  There was a technical glitch that abruptly terminated the interview.  The conversation will be continued in part two.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Sage Bennet author of Wisdom Walk: Nine Practices for Creating Peace and Balance from the World's Spiritual Traditions published by New World Library.

Dr. Sage Bennett is an ordained minister at Agape International Spiritual Center and the author of Wisdom Walk. She offers seminars, retreats, counseling, and coaching to those exploring the deeper mysteries on their spiritual journeys. A teacher at a number of universities, she lives in Marina Del Rey, CA. Visit her  website. 

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Sage Bennet author of Wisdom Walk: Nine Practices for Creating Peace and Balance from the World's Spiritual Traditions published by New World Library.

Dr. Sage Bennett is an ordained minister at Agape International Spiritual Center and the author of Wisdom Walk. She offers seminars, retreats, counseling, and coaching to those exploring the deeper mysteries on their spiritual journeys. A teacher at a number of universities, she lives in Marina Del Rey, CA. Visit her  website. 

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Brenda Anderson, author of Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life published by New World Library.

Brenda Anderson is vice president for global business development for SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company. She also serves as CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE), a global society with members from eighty-two countries.

She holds a master of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago and has been named an honorable professor by Shanghai Normal University. Recently, Brenda became an associate with Quantum Ties Inc. a consulting company that operates in the Field every day for its clients. A Chicago resident, she lectures internationally, is a Certified Reiki practitioner, and does One-on-One Intuitive Readings for her clients around the world.  Visit her website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Brenda Anderson, author of Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life published by New World Library.

Brenda Anderson is vice president for global business development for SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company. She also serves as CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE), a global society with members from eighty-two countries.

She holds a master of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago and has been named an honorable professor by Shanghai Normal University. Recently, Brenda became an associate with Quantum Ties Inc. a consulting company that operates in the Field every day for its clients. A Chicago resident, she lectures internationally, is a Certified Reiki practitioner, and does One-on-One Intuitive Readings for her clients around the world.  Visit her website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Stephen Murdoch author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea published by Wiley.

Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjectsâfrom legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.

In the 1990s, before becoming a writer, Murdoch was a human rights lawyer in Cambodia and practiced civil litigation in Washington. Murdoch currently lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three daughters. Visit his website.

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Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Stephen Murdoch author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea published by Wiley.

Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjectsâfrom legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.

In the 1990s, before becoming a writer, Murdoch was a human rights lawyer in Cambodia and practiced civil litigation in Washington. Murdoch currently lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three daughters. Visit his website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Dr. Sameet Kumar, author of Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate And Spiritual Guide To Coping With Loss published by New Harbinger Publications.

Sameet Kumar, Ph.D., is a Buddhist psychotherapist whose areas of expertise include palliative care, spirituality in psychotherapy, stress management and relaxation, and grief and bereavement. He received his doctorate at the University of Miami, and has also trained with many leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers. He has traveled extensively in India, China, and Tibet, and works at the Mt. Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami Beach and Aventura, Florida.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Dr. Sameet Kumar, author of Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate And Spiritual Guide To Coping With Loss published by New Harbinger Publications.

Sameet Kumar, Ph.D., is a Buddhist psychotherapist whose areas of expertise include palliative care, spirituality in psychotherapy, stress management and relaxation, and grief and bereavement. He received his doctorate at the University of Miami, and has also trained with many leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers. He has traveled extensively in India, China, and Tibet, and works at the Mt. Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami Beach and Aventura, Florida.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On, 5th Edition published by Goofy Foot Press.

Paul Joannides is a research psychoanalyst, which means he went to school for way too long. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sex Education. Paul is also the cow superintendent at his county fair. He lives on a remote bay in the beautiful Northwest with his wife, daughter, dogs and small herd of livestock. 

Paul writes (and rewrites, and rewrites, and rewrites) the Guide, typesets it, and handles the marketing. In all of the years he has been working on The Guide, the new 5th edition is the first he's ever been happy with. Visit his website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On, 5th Edition published by Goofy Foot Press.

Paul Joannides is a research psychoanalyst, which means he went to school for way too long. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sex Education. Paul is also the cow superintendent at his county fair. He lives on a remote bay in the beautiful Northwest with his wife, daughter, dogs and small herd of livestock. 

Paul writes (and rewrites, and rewrites, and rewrites) the Guide, typesets it, and handles the marketing. In all of the years he has been working on The Guide, the new 5th edition is the first he's ever been happy with. Visit his website.

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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mr. Marc Allen, author of The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment  published by New World Library.Marc Allen has had a multi-faceted career. He studied music as a child, and began composing at age 16. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota in 1968, with a degree in Theater Arts and English Literature.  He worked as an actor and composer, then spent most of his twenties studying yoga, Eastern philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. At the age of 30, he co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain. Marc has guided the company, as President and Publisher, from a small start-up operation with no capital to a major player in the independent publishing world.He has written several books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success and A Visionary Life. He has also composed several albums of music, including