Eric Franklin, author of Peanut Butter Principles. Topic: Leadership lessons every parent should teach his or her kids Issues: Building the internal skill set of self-confidence, self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-control; the importance of setting, pursuing, and achieving goals; fundamental wisdom that will smooth out the bumpy journey; learning how to […]
Steve Biddulph, author of Raising Girls and Raising Boys. Topics: How to help your daughter or son grow up to be happy, healthy, strong, and well-balanced. Segment 1 (on girls): The five stages of girlhood and how to help them go smoothly; how to deal with bullying, mean girls, and […]
Jonathan Catherman, author of The Manual to Manhood. Topic: How to cook the perfect steak, change a tire, impress a girl, and 97 other survival skills for young men. Issues: As a man in the making, you’ll need to know how to do stuff. You also need a strong moral […]
Quanyu Huang, author of The Hybrid Tiger. Topic: Secrets of the extraordinary success of Asian-American Kids. Issues: The differences between Chinese and American education; the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches; is it possible to say that one is better than the other> developing kids’ ambitions before discovering their interests. […]
Brandi Dion and Steven Dion, coauthors of The Pregnant Athlete. Topic: How to stay in your best shape ever before, during, and after pregnancy. Issues: How to gauge your limits as your pregnancy progresses; eating well to support pregnancy and fuel your workouts; common myths and misconceptions about pregnancy; finding […]
Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, co-authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect. Topic: Finding happiness and success in modern motherhood. Issues: Motherhood and technology; the new mommy wars; do you feel you’ve lost track of what makes you truly happy? Is it possible to “have it all”? […]
Kristine Barnett, author of The Spark Topic: A mother’s story of nurturing, genius, and autism Issues: A conversation with the mother of a child whose IQ is higher than Einstein’s, taught himself calculus in two weeks, and became a paid researcher in quantum physics at age 12—but who doctors thought […]
Kat Duff, author of The Secret Life of Sleep Topic: What happens between the time you fall asleep and the time when you wake up? Issues: What is sleep? Stages of sleep; commercialization of sleep; dreams; babies and sleep; insomnia; Valerie Davis Raskin, coauthor of This Isn’t What I Expected […]
Paula Franzese, author of A Short & Happy Guide to Being a College Student Topic: How to be your best self in school, at work, and in life Issues: 10 reasons to be happy about school; guideposts to live by; how to assure success and significance in school; finding your […]
Keri Tice, from Hofsas House Hotel in Carmel by the Sea, California Staci Giovino, owner of Carmel Food Tours