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Is Your Life A Struggle?

April 15, 2010

Interview with Michael Neill, author of the book Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone's Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Life can seem like a struggle much of the time but maybe it’s how we look at it.

Michael Neill:
Most people look at life and they think that if they can just get things to line up a certain way on the outside they’ll get to experience the feelings that they want to have on the inside.

Michael Neill

Secrets To Improving The Flavor Of Food

April 14, 2010

Interview with George Erdosh, author of the book What Recipes Don't Tell You

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Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to improving the flavor of food one important key to any recipe is browning.

George Erdosh:
Recipes start, almost always, brown the meat first. And that browning precipitates powerful flavor enhancing reaction which gives flavor to food.

George Erdosh

Being Happy On The Job Part 2

April 13, 2010
Interview with Jessica Pryce-Jones author of Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

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Mike Carruthers:
More and more employers are spending time and effort on making sure their employees are happy.

Jessica Pryce-Jones:
The reason that organizations are interested in happiness at work is because people who are happiest at work are doing a day and a quarter extra per week in terms of effort. So you are getting sixty days a year out of your most happy employees.

Jessica Pryce-Jones

Being Happy On The Job

April 12, 2010
Interview with Jessica Pryce-Jones author of Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

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Mike Carruthers:
Just how happy and content you are at work is determined by several factors.

Jessica Pryce-Jones:
It looks to be about 50% of your happiness comes with who you are. 10-15% comes with the context that you find yourself in – but 35-40% comes from how you manage that context.

Jessica Pryce-Jones

Why Men Fall Out Of Love

April 9, 2010

Interview with Michael French, author of Why Men Fall Out of Love: What Every Woman Needs to Understand

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Mike Carruthers:
In a relationship that is unhappy, men and women generally speaking, look at that relationship very differently.

Michael French:
Men brood on their unhappiness - a lot of men who I talk to said, "Isn't it natural that you're going to have a certain level of unhappiness in your relationship?" Men never achieve total happiness in a relationship because that's not how they define their happiness.

Genes And Your Destiny Part 2

April 8, 2010

Interview with Brand Colby, M.D. author of Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions

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Mike Carruthers:
You’ve heard a million times about the benefits of regular exercise - it improves your level of fitness, it helps control body weight… and now there is new research that shows that….

Brandon Colby M. D.: Exercise slows down our genetic clock. Our genes actually have a mechanism that counts down over time.

Brandon Colby, M.D.

Genes And Your Destiny

April 7, 2010

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Mike Carruthers:
Science is learning more and more about your genes.

Brandon Colby, M.D.
Genes can be thought of as the instruction manual for your body.

Brandon Colby, M.D.

Your Child's Health

April 6, 2010

Interview with Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg, author of The Smart Parent's Guide: Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents

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Mike Carruthers:
For a medicine to be sold it must first be tested and proven safe and effective – at least that’s true for adult medicine. But for children, it’s a little different.

Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg:
Often many, many drugs or medications that we give to children we give to them “off label.” And off label is a term we use as doctors to describe a medication that is given for something different than what it’s indicated for or for an age group that it hasn’t really, specifically been tested on.

Jennifer Trachtenberg, M.D.

How Clutter Affects You

April 5, 2010

Interview with Barbara Tako author of Clutter Clearing Choices: Clear Clutter, Organize Your Home & Reclaim Your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
If you have clutter in your home or office it may be having a bigger impact on you than you realize.

Barbara Tako:
When we look at unaccomplished tasks or piles of paperwork or piles of clutter, we feel all sorts of angst and guilt about that stuff. It’s visually distracting and wearing us down.

Barbara Tako

How To Be Absolutely Fascinating

April 2, 2010

Interview with Harry Beckwith, author of the book You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want people to find you fascinating, try listening more and talking less.

Harry Beckwith:
And when you listen to someone, you appear fascinated with them and then that is fascinating to them - you're treating them as someone you regard highly, and we treasure that.

Harry Beckwith

Harry Beckwith, co-author of the book You, Inc. tells the story of his friend Gary.

Is Your Life A Struggle?

Secrets To Improving The Flavor Of Food

Being Happy On The Job Part 2

Being Happy On The Job

Why Men Fall Out Of Love

Genes And Your Destiny Part 2

Genes And Your Destiny

Your Child's Health

How Clutter Affects You

How To Be Absolutely Fascinating

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