Relationships

Resolving conflicts in your relationship with The Sense Connection

Resolving conflicts in your relationship with The Sense Connection
and Natalie Robinson Garfield
Natalie Robinson Garfield who has been a practicing psychotherapist in Manhattan and Long Island for over thirty years, specializing in parent-child education and the author of The Sense Connection joins eHealth Radio. She works with with individuals, couples, families and institutions as a consultant.
Listen to interview [audio player below] with host Eric Michaels & guest Natalie Robinson Garfield discuss the following:
How can someone be appealing to different types of people…even before the first date?
How can a couple enhance their relationship and sex life?
How can you resolve conflicts in your relationship?
How do you know if she/he is the right life partner?
How concerned should we be with our partners past?
Tell us about the sense connection.


Natalie Robinson Garfield has been a practicing psychotherapist in Manhattan and Long Island for over thirty years, specializing in parent-child education. Holding a degree in Infant and Toddler Development and Administration, Garfield has had an extensive career working in individual, couple, family and group therapy. THE SENSE CONNECTION, based on the theory of sense channel hierarchy, draws on her experience working with private patients and conducting large conferences, discussion groups and workshops. Garfield has primarily focused on psychological and developmental work, but she also has a background in program design, staff training and administration.
Garfield was part of the New Age movement in the 1970s, working with The Association for Humanistic Psychology, which sought to move toward a more aware and humane global society. She also designed and directed various programs within the Children’s Aid Society, which provided education for families about subjects ranging from childbirth preparation through parenting. Garfield has also served on the United Nations Commission for the International Year of the Child, bringing awareness to problems such as malnutrition and lack of educational access, affecting children around the world.
She has had over forty years experience as a consultant, supervising and training staff for various institutions, including AT&T, American Express, The Gesell Institute for Child Development, The Montefiore Medical Residency Program, The Gestalt Learning Center, and the Kings County District Attorney’s office.
Garfield is a founding member of the Association for Parent Education and is a featured expert on various television documentaries and radio shows, such as WYNY, CBS Documentary, CBS Evening News, Current Affair Extra, and ABC Eyewitness News. She is also frequently interviewed by news media such as New York Magazine, Self, Working Woman, Cosmopolitan and Parents Magazine. She lives and works in New York City.

Links: thesenseconnection.wordpress.com

Three essential elements needed to change destructive messages with Thomas Gagliano

Three essential elements needed to change destructive messages
with Thomas Gagliano
Thomas Gagliano, the author of the book The Problem Was Me joins eHealth Radio. Thomas is a life coach who is also involved with parenting groups, individual therapy and marriage counseling.
Listen to interview [audio player below] with host Eric Michaels & guest Thomas Gagliano discuss the following:
How does a successful business man decide to write a self-help book?
In your book, you talk about a warden?  Who is this warden?
Can you give me an example of these  roles? People pleaser, caretaker, failure, invisible, defiant role...
How is your book different from other self-help books?
You discussed three essential elements that a person needs to change their destructive messages. Can you briefly discuss them?


Tom Gagliano was born in Brooklyn in 1958. He spent 27 years as a successful business man. In the last 10 years he spent less time in the world of business and more time helping others who suffered like he did from negative childhood messages. In 2011 he published his first book, "The Problem Was Me", and in that same year he graduated with a Masters in social Work from Rutgers University.

Links: www.thomasgagliano.com

Finding good people to date on the web with Ronnie Ann Ryan

Finding good people to date on the web with Ronnie Ann Ryan
Ronnie Ann Ryan, who is an internationally-known Dating Coach, professional speaker, workshop leader and author of MANifesting Mr. Right and the Home Study Course How to Sizzle vs. Fizzle Online joins the show.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Ronnie Ann Ryan discuss the following:
Why is dating part of a healthy lifestyle?
Is online dating really worthwhile? Can you really find good people to date on the web?
What are some of the Pros and Cons of Online Dating?What are a few Cons or drawbacks?
What about safety? Are there a lot of Scammers and players?
What makes a good profile?
Can you give listeners a few tips for what t o avoid in their profile?
Do you know of any real live cases of people who met on line and married?


Ronnie Ann Ryan, MBA, CCC, is an internationally-known Dating Coach, professional speaker, workshop leader and author of MANifesting Mr. Right and the Home Study Course How to Sizzle vs. Fizzle Online. She has worked with thousands of single women to transform their love lives. Ms. Ryan has been interviewed by BBC, FOX and ABC News, Sally Jesse Raphael, NPR, MSN.com, and MORE.com, plus a variety of other print, broadcast and web articles in the US, UK and Australia.

Links: www.NeverTooLate.biz

What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying with Dr. Karen Wyatt

What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying
with Dr. Karen Wyatt
Dr. Karen M. Wyatt, author of What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying, who is a family physician who has spent her 25-year medical career working with patients in challenging settings, such as hospices, nursing homes and indigent clinics joins the show in an enlightening interview.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Karen M. Wyatt discuss the following:
How have you handled the career transition from full-time medical practice to author?
What or who inspired you to write What Really Matters?
What do you believe “really matters” after writing this book?
Who can benefit the most from reading this book?
How have you been able to overcome our society’s reluctance to talk about death and dying?
Which 3 lessons from the book should readers pay attention to right now?

Dr. Karen M. Wyatt, author of What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying, is a family physician who has spent her 25-year medical career working with patients in challenging settings, such as hospices, nursing homes and indigent clinics.  She has twice testified at Senate briefings on integrated medical care, combining physical and behavioral health, which she helped create and implement in her clinic for the uninsured. Dr. Wyatt is also the author of  A Matter of Life and Death: Stories to Heal Loss & Grief as well as the ebooks Loss and Grief Survival Guide and Coping With Life-Threatening Illness and is a frequent lecturer for hospices and other groups on end-of-life issues.

Links: www.whatreallymattersbook.com
Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of the show host or it's owners.

Why bullying is not effectively handled in the schools with Dr. Wren

Why bullying is not effectively handled in the schools
with Dr. Wren
Dr. Wren, a former public school teacher, current college professor, published author, and educational researcher joins the show.  She brings to us 20 years of knowledge and insight into the world of education and our topic today which is bullying.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Wren discuss the following:
From a school teacher's perspective, why do you think bullying is not effectively handled in the schools?
If a student is being bullied, what can that student or parent do to bring attention to the situation?
As an educational researcher, you analyzed the U. S. Department of Education's report on state anti-bullying laws and policies.  What did you determine from that report?
Would you say that with more higher level attention being brought to bullying that one day bullying can be eradicated in the schools?
If I see a form of bullying in the street, or anywhere in any form what would you reccomend that I do that is wisest?

Dr. Wren is a former public school teacher, current college professor, published author, and educational researcher.  She is the president and CEO of Wren's Research and Consulting, LLC an educational consulting company that focuses on continuous school improvement.  She is a member of the Michigan Quality Council Board of Examiners who is responsible for assessing, recognizing, and ultimately awarding the Michigan Quality Leadership Award that is the highest recognition of performance excellence in the State of Michigan. Additionally, Dr. Wren is the owner of www.doctorwren.com.  Doctorwren.com is devoted to becoming the central location for all things education.

Links: www.doctorwren.com

How we can help end bullying among children in America

How we can help end bullying among children in America
with Richard Kincaid
Richard Kincaid, a classically trained Chicago-based singer and former businessman who founded the BeCause Foundation, a not for profit organization that combines documentary films and outreach campaigns to start and strengthen social movements joins the show.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Richard Kincaid discuss the following:
Why did you decide found the BeCause Foundation?
How did BeCause get involved with the Bully movie?
What are your thoughts on the controversy over the R rating?
How do you believe we can help end bullying among children in America?
BeCause is also involved in helping set up "121.Help me"- what is it?
I understand you're also a rising music artist on the FMQB charts- tell me a little about that!


Richard Kincaid is a classically trained Chicago-based singer and former businessman and CEO of Equity Office Properties Trust, the nation’s largest publicly traded office real estate company.  After having put aside his singing dreams for a long time, Kincaid recently decided to follow his passion and pursue music full time, currently promoting his latest single, "Ain't No Sunshine", a powerful cover of the Bill Whithers classic, which has recently reached the #15 position on the FMQB Hot AC Charts.
But, as he set about to finally fulfill his long set aside creative dreams, Kincaid, struck by the altruism of folks he met in the non-profit world, embraced his philanthropic side and founded the BeCause Foundation, a not for profit organization that combines documentary films and outreach campaigns to start and strengthen social movements. The documentaries the organization makes tackle such hot button issues as homelessness and healthcare, human rights in East Burma and sexual abuse of children.

Links:
BeCause Foundation: www.becausefoundation.org
Richard Kincaid:  www.richardkincaidmusic.com

The Globalisation of Love with Wendy Williams

The Globalisation of Love with Wendy Williams
Wendy Williams, the author of The Globalisation of Love, a book about multicultural romance and marriage joins the show.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Wendy Williams discuss the following:
You’ve written a book titled THE GLOBALISATION OF LOVE. Can you tell the audience what this book is about and what you think the audience will get out of reading this book?
You use the term ‘GloLo’ frequently in the book and even have a cocktail, the GloLoTini. What does GloLo mean?
Why do you feel more people are getting involved in biracial and multicultural relationship?
What do you feel are the advantages and I want to say disadvantages of being in a multicultural relationship?
You interviewed dozens of multicultural couples from around the world. Is there one story, in particular that truly impacted you?

Wendy Williams is the author of The Globalisation of Love, a book about multicultural romance and marriage. Wendy has lived in six different countries and worked internationally for 18 years. She has had lots of multicultural relationships, however revealing the exact number would be unladylike, wouldn’t it? Wendy is Canadian, from the same small town in Northern Ontario as Shania Twain she is proud to say, and has been married to an Austrian for thirteen years. She lives in Vienna, Austria with her husband and their daughter.
Wendy has a Bachelor's degree from Canada, a Master’s degree from Switzerland and a PhD from Austria.  During maternity leave, Wendy wrote The Globalisation of Love. The book was published on November 13th, 2011, Wendy's 13th wedding anniversary. It is based on dozens of interviews with multicultural couples from around the world.  The book includes chapters on multicultural weddings, religion, race, food, language and children and much more. It is both humorous and factual and Wendy includes personal anecdotes from her own experience in a multicultural family. The Globalisation of Love is a must read for anyone who is in a multicultural relationship or thinking about it!
Note on Her Namesake
Wendy Williams shares her name with many famous personalities. For clarity, this Wendy Williams is not a racy talk show host, she is not the scandalous lead singer of the 1980s band the Plasmatics, and she is not a transsexual pornography star of more than 50 movies. Nor is she the author of ‘The Best Bike Paths of New England’. This Wendy Williams is the author of The Globalisation of Love. She coined the term ‘GloLo’ and invented the GloLoTini cocktail.

Links: www.globalisationoflove.com
Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of the show host or it's owners.

The abuse and bullying he endured from an older brother with Patrick Dati

The abuse and bullying he endured from an older brother with Patrick Dati
Patrick Dati who has now broken his silence and has written a memoir about the abuse and bullying he endured from an older brother throughout his childhood and adult life joins the show.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Patrick Dati discuss the following:
When you were 9 years old, what happened in the department store?  What happened when you got home?
What was your childhood like?
When you experienced physical abuse by your brother, what did your parents do to intervene?
Do you think the violence in your past has had an effect on relationship choices in your adult life?
What do you feel new and expecting parents most need to know about what it takes to stop the cycles of family violence?
What do you think needs to happen for family violence to be reduced or ended in the United States?
As someone who recently has taken on advocacy, what does this work mean to you, in your recovery?

Patrick has now broken his silence and has written a memoir about the abuse and bullying he endured from an older brother throughout his childhood and adult life.  The memoir is also a torturous coming out story of a man raised in the midst of a devout Catholic family whose members he loved and spent years trying to please by realizing their dreams for him. He attempted suicide twice, and found freedom and himself one day in three simple words: “I have survived.”
In living to please others, Patrick married twice and today is the proud father of a beautiful and loving 16 year old daughter.  Recently, he met a man he loves and is now sharing his life with his partner.  Now an advocate for several organizations devoted to preventing childhood abuse and bullying.  Available as a public speaker to help victims of abuse and bullying.
Patrick graduated with a BA in Broadcast Communications from Columbia College in Chicago.

Links: www.youandmecanstopbullies.com
Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of the show host or it's owners.

Most common mistakes people make when they first start to date

Most common mistakes people make when they first start to date
with Gina Heyen
Gina Heyen who has been a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT) since 1999 joins the show to give advice on new relationships.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Gina Heyen discuss the following:
For someone wanting to return to the dating scene, what are the most common ways people are meeting now?
What are some of the most common mistakes people make when they first start to date or begin a new relationship?
When do you take the relationship to the next level?
What advice do you have for the single parent that is starting to date again?
How do you know if the relationship will last?

Gina Heyen received her Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Friends University and her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Southwestern College in Kansas.  She is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and is licensed in Kansas as a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT).
Her practice experience encompasses children, families, couples and individuals at all stages of their development. She is the author of Learning with Matthew (for parents) and Creating a Therapeutic Classroom(for teachers).
Links: affiliatedfamilycounselors.com

Striving for perfection could equal depression

Striving for perfection could equal depression
with Barbara Neitlich
Often referred to as “The Beverly Hills Psychotherapist” Barbara Neitlich, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an expert in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression and body image issues. She joins the show to talk about how striving for perfection could equal depression.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Barbara Neitlich discuss the following:
What do you mean striving for perfection could equal depression?
Where does the idea of being perfect originate from in our mind?
Shouldn’t I always strive for more and be my best?
If I am not perfect, then what am I?
What are some strategies that one can use on a daily basis to increase realistic thoughts and decrease perfectionist thoughts?

Before Barbara began her career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she spent 10 years as a freelance make-up artist and marketing manager in the cosmetic/health and beauty industry. Combining her knowledge of body image dynamics and a desire to bring positive change, she returned to school, obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Rutgers University and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from New York University.
Barbara began her career working in New York City in an adult residential, dual diagnosis treatment center helping adult males struggling with mental illness and substance abuse. She then went on to work at Beth Israel Medical Center in Outpatient Psychiatry dealing with a diverse set of life challenges including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, bereavement couples counseling and parental psycho-education. Barbara was then invited to participate in a coveted post-graduate fellowship at The Reiss Davis Child Study Center in Los Angeles, California. During her two years as a clinical fellow, she intensively studied child and adolescent psychotherapy and play therapy; in addition she worked in their outpatient clinic providing individual, play and family therapy. During her time at The Reiss Davis Child Study Center, Barbara also worked as a Clinician at UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica. There she worked with hospital patients struggling with issues of postpartum depression, anxiety, homelessness and chronic illness.
Upon completion of her fellowship, Barbara accepted a position as a School-Based Therapist with The Help Group at their Summit View and Village Glen campuses. During her four-year tenure, she worked with children and adolescents diagnosed with anxiety, depression, behavior issues, developmental delays, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Barbara assisted students individually, as well as in the context of a classroom setting. She met with parents and families for therapy, supported them through the IEP (Individual Education Plan) process and collaborated with teachers in the classroom to increase her student’s confidence and successful learning experiences.

Barbara is currently in private practice seeing clients locally in the Beverly Hills/Los Angeles area, as well as consulting video chat and teleconferencing. She is an expert in the area of couples and relational issues, as well as the treatment of adults, adolescents and children with anxiety, depression and body image issues. She is frequently consulted and noted in the press in a variety of publications from Cosmopolitan Magazine to The Wall Street Journal. Barbara also works with entertainment companies and industry professionals as a psychological evaluator and script consultant.
Links: www.integralpsychotherapy.biz