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The Golden Gate Chronicles: Out Of The Ruins By Karen Barnett chats with Dr. Alvin

Karen Barnett Click Here To Listen   While her sister lies on her deathbed, Abby Fischer prays for a miracle. What Abby doesn’t expect, however, is for God’s answer to come in the form of the handsome Dr. Robert King, whose experimental treatment is risky at best. As they work together toward a cure, Abby’s feelings for Robert become hopelessly entangled. Separated by the tragedy of the mighty San Francisco earthquake, their relationship suddenly takes a back seat to survival. With fires raging throughout the city, Abby fears for her life as she flees alone through burning streets. Where is God now? Will Robert find Abby, even as the world burns around them? Or has [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel, History, Women|Comments Off on The Golden Gate Chronicles: Out Of The Ruins By Karen Barnett chats with Dr. Alvin
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Beauty Queen: Inside The Reign Of Avon’s Andrea Jung By Deborrah Himsel chats with Dr. Alvin

Deborah Himsel Click Here To Listen Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world’s most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand. Avon’s board was filled with tough-minded, successful CEOs and other high achievers, but when Jung walked into a room wearing her Chanel suit, custom- blended lipstick and signature pearls, every head turned and she had them eating out of her hand. She seemed incapable of making a wrong move, until, amid declining sales, an investigation by the SEC, and a brand in crisis she stepped down in late 2012. In Beauty Queen, former Avon VP Deborrah Himsel uses Jung’s story as a case [...]

By |May 29th, 2014|Biography, Business, Leadership, Women|Comments Off on Beauty Queen: Inside The Reign Of Avon’s Andrea Jung By Deborrah Himsel chats with Dr. Alvin
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Last Conversation With Dr. Maya Angelou: Thoughts On Electing Barack Obama with Dr. Alvin

Dr Maya Angelou Click Here To Listen Tribute. Prose, Words & Music in celebration of an American Treasure. My only and last conversation with Dr. Maya as she encourages us to elect Barack Obama for president of the United States. This chat is dedicated to my daughters Dr. Alisha Lola and Rev. Angela Jones.

By |May 29th, 2014|Biography, Poetry, Politics, Women|Comments Off on Last Conversation With Dr. Maya Angelou: Thoughts On Electing Barack Obama with Dr. Alvin
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Make Your Shift: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make To Get Where You Want To Go By Beverly D. Flaxington chats with Dr. Alvin

Beverly Flaxington Click Here To Listen From the Gold-Award winning author of the book Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior comes a groundbreaking approach to achieving your goals. Based on 25+ years of successful experience helping individuals change their circumstances and reach higher levels of effectiveness, Beverly Flaxington offers a dynamic, easy-to-understand proven approach for getting from here to there. Useful for anyone who wants to make a shift to a better place, this process has been endorsed by successful self-help individuals from all areas. Ready to make YOUR shift? Start today!

By |May 28th, 2014|Business, Self-Help, Women|Comments Off on Make Your Shift: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make To Get Where You Want To Go By Beverly D. Flaxington chats with Dr. Alvin
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Listen To The Squawking Chicken By Elaine Lui chats with Dr. Alvin

Elaine Lui Click Here To Listen Live From Toronto, Canada   As the 800,000+ U.S. fans of Elaine Lui’s site know, her mother, aka The Squawking Chicken, is a huge factor in Elaine’s life. She pulls no punches, especially with her only child. “Where’s my money?” she asks every time she sees Elaine. “You’ll never be Miss Hong Kong,” she informed her daughter when she was a girl. Listen to the Squawking Chicken lays bare the playbook of unusual advice, warnings, and unwavering love that has guided Elaine throughout her life. Using the nine principles that her mother used to raise her, Elaine tells us the story of the Squawking Chicken’s life—in which she walked [...]

By |May 22nd, 2014|Biography, Parenting, Women|Comments Off on Listen To The Squawking Chicken By Elaine Lui chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Year She Left Us By Kathryn Ma chats with Dr. Alvin

Kathyrn Ma Click Here To Listen   The Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her "home" orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, Charlie must endure the prickly scrutiny of her beautiful, Bryn Mawr–educated mother, Gran—who, as the daughter of a cultured Chinese doctor, came to America to survive Mao's Revolution—and her sister, Les, a brilliant judge with a penchant for ruling over everyone's lives. As they cope with Ari's journey of discovery and its aftermath, the Kong women will come face-to-face with the truths of their lives—four powerful, [...]

By |May 20th, 2014|Adoption, Fiction, Parenting, Women|Comments Off on The Year She Left Us By Kathryn Ma chats with Dr. Alvin
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Astonish Me By Maggie Shipstead chats with Dr. Alvin

Maggie Shipstead Click Here To Listen   From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the background. She will never possess Arslan, and she will never be a [...]

By |May 15th, 2014|Dance, Fiction, Performing Arts, Women|Comments Off on Astonish Me By Maggie Shipstead chats with Dr. Alvin
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Forbes Women Summit 2014: The New Age Of Feminism By Carly Fiorina chats with Dr. Alvin

Carly Fiorina Click Here To Listen The New Face of Feminism   For decades feminists have made their mark in unconventional ways and charted paths that their fore-bearers could not have imagined. Feminism today is no longer viewed through a singular lens, but rather through the collective efforts to empower women to achieve success, however they define it. How are new generations channeling their power and influence to impact the global dialogue? Meet the women who are shaping the new dynamics of feminism for the next decade and beyond. Khalida Brohi, Founder & Executive Director, Sughar Empowerment Society Felicity Huffman, Actress & Founder, WhatTheFlicka.com Diane von Furstenberg, Founder & Co-Chairman, DVF Studio LLP Maysoon Zayid, [...]

By |May 15th, 2014|Business, Women|Comments Off on Forbes Women Summit 2014: The New Age Of Feminism By Carly Fiorina chats with Dr. Alvin
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All My Belongings By Cynthia Ruchti chats with Dr. Alvin

Cynthia Ruchti Click Here To Listen Where do you turn when changing your name doesn’t give you the anonymity you want? When running hundreds of miles away isn’t far enough? When your search for a place to belong lands you right back where you began? One phone call destroys all hope Becca Morrow has for a life beyond the shame of her past. Further discredited by the death of her elderly, ailing patient—the mother of the influential businessman, Isaac Hughes—Becca’s new life is shattered and her longing for love slips away. Working to clear her name, Becca must learn to see the beauty in the ugliness of dying, to accept the precious tenderness in forgiveness, [...]

By |May 14th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel, Women|Comments Off on All My Belongings By Cynthia Ruchti chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Madwoman In The Volvo By Sandra Tsing Loh chats with Dr. Alvin

Sandra Tsing Loh Click Here To Listen In a voice that is wry, disarming, and totally candid, Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller coaster through “the change.” This is not your grandmother’s menopause story. Loh chronicles utterly relatable, everyday perils: raising preteen daughters, weathering hormonal changes, and going through the ups and downs of a career and a relationship. She writes also about an affair and the explosion of her marriage, the pressures of keeping her daughters off Facebook while managing the legal and marital hijinks of her eighty-nine-year-old dad, and a despairing withdrawal to a tiny cabin where she combined wine and Ambien, paralyzing her arm into a [...]

By |May 14th, 2014|Biography, Medical, Women|Comments Off on The Madwoman In The Volvo By Sandra Tsing Loh chats with Dr. Alvin
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