I had a great interview today on BlogTalkRadio with Carmela Tursi Hobbins about her newest book, Celebrations With Carmela’s Cucina. I can’t wait until I get my copy and try some of her recipes (especially Tuscan Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce). To listen, CLICK HERE.
Debbie Johnson: new film with Bob Proctor
23 04 2011
Debbie Johnson, is the best-selling author of THINK YOURSELF THIN (and five other books). She is a
respected success trainer and has appeared on national network television shows such as The Carol and Marilyn Show and The Other Side. Debbie wrote THINK YOURSELF THIN after losing 40 pounds without special diets or exercise regimens. She has kept the weight off for over 25 years, strictly using “thinking thin” techniques.
Debbie developed a special technique all her own that she terms “focused imagination.” Her background in education, psychology, sales and spiritual studies gave her the raw materials she needed to come to the realization that fat is only as firm as the imagination believes it to be! Her key point is that the imagination controls the subconscious and the subconscious controls all major glands and functions. Thus, we can control weight via the imagination. MORE…
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Categories : books, health, Radio, Video, weight loss, women's issues
Becky Henry talks about eating disorders
19 12 2010
My guest Becky Henry, is passionately committed to the empowerment of women and girls. She believes
that true healing comes from love and compassion, and has been a source of strength to countless families living with eating disorders.
Her clients say that the coaching services they were provided, gave them a safe nurturing place to be heard, receive answers and comfort while bringing them out of the dark woods of caring for someone with an eating disorder, to connect with their strength, and save financial resources while reclaiming their lives.
Becky Henry, CPCC, became an “unwilling expert,” as she and her family went down that challenging road that is an eating disorder. They quickly learned that often a family’s sweet daughter “disappears,” as her body is taken over by the eating disorder’s strong and powerful hold on her mind. To listen to the radio interview with Becky, click here. To read the print version, click here.
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Categories : books, Food, health, Publishing, Radio, women's issues
Rhonda Zweber: author of Mommy’s Hats
24 11 2010
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, Rhonda Zweber relied on her faith and humor to get her through her year long treatment. Having three daughters, she and her husband felt it was important to be open and honest with them when they had questions or concerns and to reassure them that God would take care of them. Sally, their youngest, was just four years old and she asked the questions that many friends and family wanted to ask but didn’t. Those questions and their answers developed into a book called, Mommy’s Hats. More…
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Susan Powter: What’s Shakin’ 2011
11 11 2010
She’s filming weight-loss ”reality”, she’s doing a new book (titled Mothering, Menopause and Madness), and a movie: Fitness and diet guru, Susan Powter, the internationally-known brand name, three-time New York Times best-selling author, AOL’s third largest seller in TV history, and the woman dubbed “the Lenny Bruce of Wellness” by Shape magazine, shares some exciting new things coming up for her in 2011. To listen to the complete interview Click here.
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Jean Denham–a Chef’s Journey
22 10 2010
My guest is Jean Denham. Jean lives in Port Angeles, Washington, and prior to that she and her husband owned a farm and vineyard in California. Jean is a chef, caterer, and author of three cookbooks and co-author of another. More
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Sid Korpi, actress and more
19 10 2010
My October 18, 2010 guest is the multi-talented, Sid Korpi. (Check out the video clip with Sid at our video blog page.) We
talked about all the interesting things she’s done in her life. Among them: English teacher, Journalist/freelance writer, Prize-winning novelist, co-author of a book on Reflexology, Jewelry designer, Actor/member of a comedy troupe, Game inventor, Aerobics/fitness instructor, Singer with an early jazz band/band manager, Halloween party mogul—Morticia Stewart’s Party Kits, Murder mystery dinner theater playwright/actor/host and also her involvement with the movies of Minneapolis filmmaker, Christopher R Mihm. More…
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Eileen Flanagan: The Wisdom to Know the Difference
21 09 2010
My guest on September 22, 2010, Eileen Flanagan, writes about how to apply the Serenity
Prayer in daily life—to accept the things we cannot change and change the things we should change. She joined me to talk about her newest book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference: When to Make a Change–and When to Let Go. It has been endorsed by the Dalai Lama and won a Silver 2010 Nautilus Book Award. Eileen is also a popular speaker, appearing on television and radio, at national conferences, and on college campuses. Her topics include How to apply the Serenity Prayer, How to Live with Less Anxiety, Finding Your Calling, and Quaker Spirituality. A graduate of both Duke and Yale, she teaches at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. CLICK HERE to listen to an audio version of this interview. CLICK HERE to read a transcript.
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Ella Hope Hauschildt story: brain tumors in children
5 09 2010
Erika Hauschildt joins me on the radio show September 7, 2010. Her seven year-old daughter, Ella Hope, lost her battle with an inoperable brain tumor (DIPG) in November of 2008. Erika shares Ella’s heartbreaking–and inspiring story, and we discuss the facts and statistics around DIPG. To listen to the podcast: Click Here. Or for a printed transcript, click here.
To support the cause: http://chapters.thecurestartsnow.org/minnesota.
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Diane Keyes, professional house stager
2 09 2010
One of the nation’s first staging professionals, Diane Keyes has been bringing her innovative approach to the real estate industry for over twenty years. Her unique talents have taken her to four-star restaurants, multi-million-dollar island get-aways and thousands of private homes. And when they needed someone to prepare the Minnesota Governor’s mansion for the Swedish royal family, the governor’s wife called Diane.
Along with being a stager, Diane is an award-winning author and has worked as a floral
designer, lay minister, grief counselor, and book reviewer. Her do-it-yourself staging book, This Sold House, has been endorsed by HGTV’s Joan Steffend and received two Midwest Book awards in both the business and how-to categories. She has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and is also the author of the popular children’s book, Spirit of the Snowpeople, a book dedicated to helping children deal with grief and loss.
If you’d like to visit Diane’s website or see any of her appearances check out her website at www.thissoldhouse.biz. To read more about Diane, click here, and to listen to the radio broadcast, click here.
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Mary Treacy O’Keefe, Thin Places
30 08 2010
Mary Treacy O’Keefe is co-founder and executive director of Well Within, a nonprofit
wellness resource center in West St. Paul, Minnesota, that provides integrative healing services to people living with chronic and/or live-threatening illnesses. She is a certified spiritual director with a master’s degree in theology, and conducts workshops on spirituality and healing. Her writings have appeared in magazines and books, including Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul. Mary talked with Nadia about her wellness work and her book, “Thin Places”. To listen tot he broadcast, click here. A transcript of this broadcast is under construction here.
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Categories : books, journal entry, Publishing, Radio
Roshini Rajkumar talks about her book, Communicate That!
18 08 2010
“It really doesn’t matter what you know if you don’t know how to present
it.” That’s why Roshini Performance Group constructed Communicate That!™, an unparalleled communication toolbox that ensures you always present your best. And that’s not all Roshini does. To listen to Nadia’s interview with Roshini, CLICK HERE.
Roshini is also one of the co-authors of the newly-released Power of the Platform: Speakers on Life. 
The book is an anthology of inspirational, motivational, and business messages, and the co-authors are professional and personal development experts from around the world–including notables Jack Canfield, Les Brown, and Brian Tracy. Check it out.
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What you need to know before you drop your drawers–Maryanne Comaroto
5 08 2010
Author and Relationship Expert, Maryanne Comaroto
Nadia’s exciting interview today with “America’s favorite relationship expert”, Maryanne Comaroto was a eye-opener for the audience. Maryanne is the author of the jaw-dropping book, Hindsight: What You Need to Know Before You Drop Your Drawers. Publisher’s description: “Have you noticed that you have a knack for attracting Mr. Wrong (or Not-Exactly-Right)? When it comes to relationships, timing is everything. Knowing what you need to know before you drop your drawers can save you tons of heartache, money and time. For some of us, finding a man any man totally eludes us. While others have become adept at finding a man, he is rarely the right man, and rarely does the relationship last, nor should it. Let’s face it, there isn’t much worse than literally and figuratively waking up to the reality that we have been sleeping with disaster.
HINDSIGHT: What you need to know before you drop your drawers guides the reader through the challenges of dating and mating in the twenty-first century and shares powerful solutions on how to find the right man, get him, and keep him, so you are fully equipped to create healthy, sustainable, fulfilling relationships. Maryanne Comaroto, award-winning author and media personality, has been inspiring people to create and attract healthy relationships for nearly a decade. In HINDSIGHT she reveals the six tools you must have in your tool belt to create the perfect mate. In her fun-to-read, talking-to-her-girlfriends, storyteller style, Maryanne takes you through the toxic choices we make in dating, and then teaches you how to turn six tools into lifelong skills and Self-Love Prescription exercises designed to help you achieve mastery.”
Maryanne shared with Nadia Giordana lots of inside information about her new book, and about what you can learn from reading it. To listen to the podcast: http://tiny.cc/0a29t.
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Interview with Susan Whitfield, author of the Logan Hunter mystery series
15 07 2010
“Revolver, lace panties and pepper spray–don’t leave home without them.” (book one, 
Genesis Beach). “Just south of sanity.” (book two, Just North of Luck). “A suspenseful roller-coaster ride.” (book three, Hell Swamp). “A sliver of water where wickedness and decadence take precedence over decency.” (Sin Creek, coming in 2010).To listen to the original radio broadcast as Susan Whitfield talks to Nadia Giordana about this mystery series and also about some upcoming special projects, CLICK HERE. if you want to read a written transcript of this interview, CLICK HERE. This link is also found in the sidebar/archive.
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Susan Whitfield interviews Penny Sansevieri about Internet marketing for authors
11 07 2010
I feel that Penny Sansevieri’s book, Red Hot Internet Marketing is so important for authors to read that I’ve linked to a great interview I just read. To read it at Susan Whitfield’s blog, CLICK HERE. Ms. Whitfield is an accomplished mystery writer and a great interviewer. I have the distinct pleasure of interviewing her in a few days. Watch this blog for an update and more info about Susan.
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Gloria Vandemmeltraadt helps hospice residents write memoirs
30 06 2010
I just interviewed a wonderfully delightful and talented woman, Gloria Vandemmeltraadt. We talked about her life, it’s ups and downs and how those things let to a very unique book, Musing and Munching. Gloria shares what she knows about making memoirs in her volunteer work at local hospice centers, helping some hospice residents write their life stories. To listen to the audio interview at BlogTalkRadio, follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/2bbk5ap. To read a written interview with Gloria, CLICK HERE.
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Interview with Ali Vincent, first female Biggest Loser
15 04 2010
For those of you who don’t know the particulars, Ali Vincent weighed 234 pounds whe
n she started as a contestant on the Biggest Loser reality show. At the spectacular finale, she had lost 112 pounds and weighed in at a petite, 122 pounds, winning the title. Ali Vincent talked with listeners about her Biggest Loser experience, and about her new book, Believe it, Be it. She shared how losing weight changed her life and also what life is like as the first female Biggest Loser. She reveals her favorite tips and tricks and a lot more.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Nadia Giordana talked with Ali Vincent on Interviews with Extraordinary Women. Click here to listen to the podcast interview at BlogTalkRadio.
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Live interview with novelist Mary Deal
16 02 2010
Show time: Thursday, February 18th at 4:00 p.m. CST. LISTEN HERE at airtime, or anytime after 2-18-10. This program will remain available on demand for your convenience.Mary Deal is the award-winning author of four published novels, The Tropics, The Ka, River Bones, and her
newest, Down to the Needle. All are available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. She has written numerous stories and articles and her website, www.writeanygenre.com is a valuable resource for writers. Mary was a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee, and she is the Associate Editor for Mississippi Crow magazine. She lives on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
newest, Down to the Needle. All are available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. She has written numerous stories and articles and her website, www.writeanygenre.com is a valuable resource for writers. Mary was a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee, and she is the Associate Editor for Mississippi Crow magazine. She lives on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Mary talks with Nadia live on Interviews with Extraordianry Women about each of her books. She will also share some of the ins and outs of POD publishing–good information for other authors considering their options.
CLICK HERE to read a transcript of the interview.
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Interview with performance poet, Wendy Brown-Báez
5 02 2010
February 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. CST. Nadia talked to Wendy Brown-Báez on BlogTalkRadio about some of her most exciting endeavors. Wendy also performd some of her poetry for the audience. To listen to the broadcast, CLICK HERE.
About Wendy: Among other things, she has facilitated writing groups, mana
ged shelters for the homeless, visited penitentiaries and half-way homes and worked as a hospice volunteer. She studied alternative healing, ceremony, and spiritual traditions and is a member of a woman’s Moon lodge. Wendy has performed nationally (and in Mexico) in cafes, bars, galleries, bookstores, schools, cultural centers, peace centers, writers groups, art festivals, and women’s retreats. In 2008, she received a McKnight grant to teach a bilingual writing workshop with at risk youth and in 2009, a McKnight grant to develop a writing workshop with impoverished youth into an art installation, both provided through COMPAS Community art program. She is the author of Ceremonies of the Spirit, a full-length collection of love poems published by Plain View Press in 2009. For more info, go to Wendy’s website, Writing Circles for Healing. To read a transcript of the broadcast, click here.
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Interview with Nadia Giordana
3 02 2010
I’m usually the one conducting the interviews, so when I was asked recently to answer questions about my book, Thinking Skinny, I said, “Absolutely, I’ll do it!” It’s fun when the tables are turned, and I’m pleased to share it with you. Follow this link to listen to the podcast, or to read a transcript, CLICK HERE.
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