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What do you need to do to live to 100? Heather Brittany visits regions of the world where people routinely live to be centenarians. Is the food, water, lifestyle? Find out how to lengthen your lifespan. DIANE VON FURSTENBERG: A LIFE UNWRAPPED is a captivating portrait that does what no memoir can, offering a comprehensive view of the designer’s life and putting it into perspective as never before. Seasoned biographer Gioia Diliberto takes full measure of Diane’s past and present, revealing original details and untold stories, and drawing on scores of interviews th family, friends, colleagues, employees, lovers, and the legendary designer herself—who shared information she’d never told anyone, “not even my children.” Affection is kinship with another, an emotional bond, a true fondness from the heart. Humans are programmed to give affection, but don’t know how to receive it. Cynthia Brian reads The Gift of Affection from Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing,

Do you wake up tired every day and attribute your exhaustion to stress, work, or other lifestyle choices. It could be that you have a sleep disorder that is stealing your zzz’s. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany gives you’re the signs that could be the culprits keeping you up at night. Geoffrey James spent decades observing and documenting how savvy business people manage bosses, coworkers, customers and careers to turn their working life from a chore into a joy. His column on Inc.com, his book Business Without the Bullsh*t, his free weekly newsletter, and his webinars and seminar teach time-tested secrets that set you free to have the success you deserve. We underestimate how our own personal agenda affects people we know and don’t know. Smiling is an incredibly effective affirmation. Even when you feel down, just making yourself smile will improve everyone’s mood, including your own. Learn how to affirm and be affirmed with Cynthia Brian’s Gift of Affirmation.

Brittle fingernails? Dry,stringy hair? Or maybe it’s persistent acne or red patches on your skin? What ever it is, your body may be trying to tell you something. Heather Brittany looks out the outside to see what’s going on in the inside in Health Matters. Kate White, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and New York Times bestselling author of acclaimed stand-alone novels Hush, The Sixes, and Eyes on You, chats about her newest exhilarating novel, The Wrong Man. Yeah! It’s summer. Time for vacations, swim meets, barbecues, swinging in hammocks!, and…conserving water resources. Brown may be the new green, but I prefer to call our gardens California gold. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, gives us hope for a thriving garden throughout the worst drought in California history.

On the 4th of July, parades, picnics, barbecues, and fireworks are the main events. What many forget to honor are our courageous founding fathers who risked their lives to gain freedom from an oppressive British monarchy. Today’s program will discuss freedom, what independence means for all of us, and how we can make sure that we embrace liberty, justice, and freedom for all. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, will take us outdoors to discuss what we can do in the July garden to conserve water and still enjoy our backyards. Cynthia will also relate a true story from her award winning book, Be the Star You Are!® for TEENS with the Gift of Freedom.

In 23 states and the District of Columbia, Cannabis is legal for some medical uses, and a majority of Americans favor legalization for recreational use. Other countries are taking a second look at their current view of Marijuana. Research supports the health benefits of pot and same say it saves lives. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany investigates growing hope. Everyone is a leader and everyone has an opportunity every day through actions and behaviors to model leadership qualities. Life success coach, Cynthia Brian increases your leadership potential with qualities you can embrace. Beginning this week, Cynthia Brian will read a chapter from her award winning collectible book, Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference. In today’s program she’ll discuss The Gift of Abundance and what it means to be wealthy in body, mind, and spirit.

Are you wasting your life worrying about things that don’t matter. Get a grip. Plan for tomorrow but live for today. Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany share ways to cherish the moment and celebrate the seconds. Everyone experiences a complainer once in awhile but if you own a business or work in one, you need to learn to deal with dissatisfied customers and turn a wrong into a right. Cynthia Brian helps you deflect defensiveness and acknowledge what’s important to the client. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, visits a garden where both the dad and the mom dreamed their desires to fruition with the result being a secret sanctuary and robust vineyard where peace, tranquility, and surprises reside. Take a walk through the garden gate!

Technology has the potential to keep us healthier. Apps on smartphones, virtual doctors, personal monitors, video counseling, and electronic medical portals are the new normal. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany explains what is useful and what may actually harm us. No matter what your job or place in life, you are a sales person. Turn basic sales skills into a lifetime of selling success with a few tips from Lifestyle Coach Cynthia Brian. Medical billing errors are costly and more common than most of us know. Health insurance costs are affected by the mistakes made by medical centers and these errors are taking money out of your pocket. Find out how to understand your medical bills and what to do when something is incorrect.

The family that plays together stays together. Are you taking mini vacations with your loved ones? Does spending time in an exotic locale help or hinder relationships. Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany chat about their recent family adventure and how it encourages more get-aways. End of the school year, graduations, Father’s Day, weddings, baby showers, vacations…June signals the beginning of summer and the season of outdoor celebrations. With so many milestones to check off our fun to-do lists, we hardly have a moment to think about gardening. And that’s exactly why, Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian gives you a step by step guide for your June outdoors. The sensation of touch enhances our pleasurable emotions making you feel happier. Petting an animal, walking barefoot on the grass, sleeping on satin sheets all trigger sensations with big mental and physical benefits.

If you have a pimple, dabbing toothpaste on the skin may reduce the swelling. Listerine kills lice. Get muscle relief from Vicks Vaporub. Find out more ways you can use over the counter medications to remedy a variety of frustrations in Health Matters with Heather Brittany. The high tech gadgets that simplify our life also can be causes of traffic accidents. Are you a distracted driver? Find out a few things you can do to keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the steering wheel. Are you a leader and the first born? Or maybe the baby that gets all the attention and gets away with everything? Cynthia Brian shares the facts and myths about birth order

Fish and kale are really good for us. But what happens when we consume too much of a good thing? Heather Brittany offers insights on how to eat a balanced, moderate diet. People have acquaintances, friends, and best friends. In the world of nature, plants have favorite companions as well as ones that they wish they’d never encounter. Learn the benefit of companion planting with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian Money is the most common stressor in America yet parents are not teaching kids how to handle it. Money matters and it is important to help kids understand the value as their brains are developing.

Did you know that indoor allergens like dust mites, mold, and pet dander are cause for more allergy suffering than outdoor allergens. Detox your environment with tips from Heather Brittany in Health Matters. Another teen star to come from Express Yourself!™ Teen Radio is high school senior Ryan Sim who has been the Global Talk Reporter and frequent show host. For three years, Ryan also worked to discover appropriate authors who would be of interest to young people. He has been accepted to Harvard and will tell us how is life has changed and is evolving. Among all children age 8 or under, nine out of ten (89%) watch TV, four in ten (43%) use a computer, three in ten (31%) play console video games, and two in ten use video iPods or tablet devices (25%), play on handheld gaming devices like Gameboys or PSPs (22%), or play on smartphones (21%) Is anyone reading anymore? Cynthia Brian looks at how digital technology is affecting our lives

From time to time everyone has trouble getting to sleep. But if you have become an insomniac, you are imprisoned by the anxiety of exhaustion. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany investigates the sleep anxiety spiral and what you can do about it. Express Yourself!™ Teen Radio is in its 4th year of being a top rated Young Adult program in the world on the Voice America Kids Network. Two of our talented hosts, Henna Hundal and Asya Gonzalez discuss how being part of this radio phenomena has enhanced their lives. Henna was accepted to Harvard and Asya was honored as one of five Top Teen Entrepreneurs in the USA. Read More about these power houses! May! What a glorious month, perhaps the most fragrant feast for our senses of the entire year. May magnificence lavishes the landscape with color, texture, birdsong, and a painter’s palette of picturesque pleasures. This is the time to experiment with new plants to lift our zapped spirits to new heights. Grab your gloves, shears, shovel, and a bucket and join Godd

When it comes to kidney cancer, by the time symptoms are detected, it may be too late for a cure. In Health Matters, health professional Heather Brittany shares the latest developments in tests for early detection. Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian has answered readers gardening questions in a column called “Ask Cynthia Brian” for several years. She’ll relay several of the most asked questions from the year with easy tips on how to do what you need. Do you put yourself down? Are you always thinking that you are too tall, short, fat, skinny, ugly, or frumpy? It’s time to take a look in the mirror and admire the wonder of creation you are. Learn a few tricks that will boost your negative self image through positive self talk.

Technology is changing the way we communicate. Social media is now the go to place for sharing just about everything. As it evolves, what are the rules of etiquette? Do you give shout outs, tags, use hashtags, or geolocations? In T42-Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian will venture into the social media fray to find answers. April is the month of re-birth. California is experiencing a drought not seen since the mid 1800’s while the East coast is bombarded with snow storms. What can you do in your April garden to prepare for the upcoming summer? Cynthia Brian shares her nature expertise. “Tell me more” may be the three most important words in the English language. Whether you are in a business negotiation or a romantic relationship, these words enlighten and enliven your horizon. Cynthia Brian engages in active listening to help us communicate more effectively.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question frequently asked of children. A new early chapter book series, The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob, by Brooks Olbrys helps kids develop skills, principles, and habits for success. Dive into learning and fun with the newest book in the series, The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob, A Challenging Job. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone knows how to effectively apologize. Apologizing proves competenace because you admit what you did and how you will fix it. In T42, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany show ways to own our faults and pave the way to building better relationships. Setting boundaries to external negative sources is crucial to maintain a sense of love and security for kids in this age of technological overload. Cynthia Brian advocates for limits on media exposure for children.

Google, IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Baidu, Foxconn, and others have recently made multi-billion dollar investments in artificial intelligence and robotics. Some of these investments are aimed at increasing productivity and enhancing coordination and cooperation. Others are aimed at creating strategic gains in competitive interactions. This is creating “arms races” in high-frequency trading, cyber warfare, drone warfare, stealth technology, surveillance systems, and missile warfare. Cynthia Brian finds out what ASI is and how it will affect our world with scientist, author, entrepreneur, professor, and expert on artificial super intelligence, Dr. Steve Omohundro. Fat shaming has been a #hashtag topic of conversation with people posting negative comments on social media about people’s body. Now the new trend is skinny shaming. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany tackles way to stop the cyber-bullying and harmful judging.

Being a parent is tough. Being a great dad is often tougher. Fathers, how many times do you hear the expression from your children: “Daddy Look?” Do you know how much power exists in daddy’s look? Are you truly seeing your child? Cynthia Brian discusses the importance of being an involved dad with co-author of the life-changing book, Daddy Look, Todd Battle. Written from a Christian perspective, Daddy Look, will help you make a difference in the life of your child, no matter what your race, ethnicity, religion, or beliefs. Don’t miss this insightful interview with a minister of caring. In these days of easy everything, how do you keep your relationship loving and vibrant? Marriage takes work but the misconception is that it is the big things that derail the union when in fact, it’s the build up of the little neglects and offenses that can cause resentment. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian provide helpful hints on how to keep your love alive and thriving.

Mother and daughters rock! Quite literally with the family trio of country singers, Mom Kate and daughters Lindsay and Emily Anderton who star in the docu-series, “Discovering Lucy Angel” on AXS TV. The lead-off single “Crazy Too” on their self-titled album, Lucy Angel, as heard on SiriusXM The Highway reached the Top 20's on Sirius XM's Hot 45 Countdown chart. The trio's tight harmonies and unforgettable brand has led them to open for Jake Owen, Montgomery Gentry, Charlie Daniels, Jerrod Niemann, Casey James, Neal McCoy and more. From time to time everyone has trouble getting to sleep. But if you have become an insomniac, you are imprisoned by the anxiety of exhaustion. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany investigates the sleep anxiety spiral and what you can do about it. If you’ve ever been on a holiday to a tropical island, you’ve wondered how you could bring paradise home. Cynthia Brian plants the seeds of aloha in our back yards so that you can enjoy heaven every day.

Can you be friends with your ex? Once you’ve been a lover, what are the rules about being just friends? And what about the feelings of people in the new relationship? Health Matters with Heather Brittany dives into friends and lovers. Everyone talks about a bucket list but it usually is places to go, things to do, accomplishments and dreams that haven’t yet been realized. Have you ever thought about creating a bucket list to personal growth-to help you be a better person mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally? Cynthia Brian helps you now what not to do so that you can know what’s best for you. With spring just a few days away, and our weather totally incomprehensible, gardeners need to be vigilante and diligent when it comes to the needs of our landscape. You can conserve water while protecting the environment and your pocketbook by following a few of this month’s tips with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian.

Join our power party broadcasting live since 1998 with Hosts Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany! No we are not talking about pulling up a stool at the local corner watering hole. We are talking about a full body workout that tones, tightens, lifts, and invigorates. Certified bar instructor and Health Matters host, Heather Brittany helps you get your bar on! Bay Area-based journalist, and author of the investigative story about one of the Bay Area’s most sensational crime and corruption stories , Peter Crooks, shares the scandal surrounding reality show wannabes, duplicitous soccer moms, and a conspiracy involving corrupt cops and a sociopath private investigator with his book, The Set Up. Children are sadly exposed to an inordinate amount of violence in the media. Give the gift of love to your children by limiting their television, computer, print news, and radio access with the help of youth advocate, Cynthia Brian, and Be the Star You Are!® charity.