May 3, 2013

Interview with Glenn Smiley, author of the book All in the Name of Love

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Mike Carruthers:
How you view money in your life probably has a lot to do with how your parent's viewed money.

Glenn Smyly:
We watch how our parent's did money and then we make decisions like, "there's not enough money, I can't afford to buy that." We tend to limit ourselves in the amount of money we make to have it be just a little more than our parent's did.
 

May 1, 2013

Interview with Charles Kiefer, co-author of the book The Art of Insight: How to Have More Aha! Moments

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Mike Carruthers:
It’s often described as an “aha” moment an insight into something new, what is it exactly?

Charles Kiefer:
An insight is a fresh thought, something you’ve never thought before, it’s uncommonly good, it tends to have you reorient your view of reality.
 

Interview with Dr. Richard Besser, author of the book Tell Me the Truth, Doctor: Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions

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Mike Carruthers:
Is it a good idea for people to take a daily aspirin to help prevent heart disease?

Dr. Richard Besser:
I read the data and my risk of having a bleeding ulcer from an aspirin is higher than my risk of having a heart attack because I don’t have risk factors – so I don’t think I should take an aspirin.
 

April 25, 2013

Interview with Dr. HarvilleHendrix, author of the book Making Marriage Simple: Ten Truths for Changing the Relationship You Have into the One You Want

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Mike Carruthers:
Negativity it’s the key problem in any troubled relationship and negativity is often expressed when couples talk.

Dr. Harville Hendrix:
The most dangerous thing in the world is having a conversation. The thing that men especially dread is when their partner says can we talk?