About Our 100th Guests
Tina Tessina, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist in S. California, with over 30 years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 11 books, including The Commuter Marriage: Keep Your Relationship Close While You’re Far Apart and Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting About the Three Things that Can Ruin Your Marriage. She answers relationship questions at Yahoo!Personals and, www.CouplesCompany.com. She is also a Redbook Love Network expert and “Psychology Smarts” columnist for First for Women. She's been happily married for more than 25 years. For more about Dr. Romance, visit: www.tinatessina.com or her Dr. Romance Blog. Listen to our interview, Marriage and Sex.
Charlie Williams (a.k.a. The Noise Guy) is part storyteller, part comedian. He's a story-median! The Noise Guy has been making noise in schools and libraries since he was a kid. He's worked as a DJ, MC, Cartoonist, Storyteller and Children's Librarian. He is the Vocal Foley Effect Artist for Sound Safari Theater, an audio production company that creates children's albums and educational programs about onomatopoeia. He also writes, illustrates and performs noisy picture books and CD's such as Flush! An Ode to Toilets, Noisy Tales and Sugar Frosted Noisy Tales. Check him out at The Noise Guy's Website. Listen to our interview, The Noise Guy: A Family Special!
Jamie Novak is a dynamic speaker, television personality, and best-selling author who inspires people to calm the chaos of clutter and live a life based on their priorities in a humorous and heartwarming way. In her #1 best-selling book, 1,000 Best Quick and Easy Organizing Secrets™, Novak offers over one thousand easy to implement no fail solutions for clearing clutter in every area of your life. To learn more about Jamie, go to her website, check out her Clutter Challenge Newsletter or read her Blog. Listen to our interviews with Jamie: Simple Time-Saving Strategies and Simple Time-Saving Strategies (Part 2) where we discuss her other book 1,000 Best Quick and Easy Time-Saving Strategies as seen on HGTV.
Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe, MD, is an experienced columnist, educator, and practicing pediatrician. In 2005, she founded PediatricsNow. As a mother and pediatrician, Dr. Gwenn saw a void in consumer health information for today’s busy families and began her quest to get practical health information out to as many local parents as possible. Using her columns as the backbone, PediatricsNow provides families with the health information they want. Popular features of the site include an extensive library of resources including summaries of current health studies, the popular Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog, and reviews of resources and web sites. Listen to our Easy Pediatrics Series with Dr. Gwenn and read her guest blog enteries on our blog.
Monica Ricci is an Atlanta-based speaker, organizing expert and the author of Organize Your Office In No Time. She teaches people how to de-clutter their homes, streamline their offices, create effective filing systems, and evaluate business processes so they can be more effective, productive and successful. Her mission is to help people remove the roadblocks that prevent them from being who they are and creating a life they love. Recently Monica teamed up with Beazer Homes to design homes where storage spaces make sense, living spaces freel great and life can be simple. Find out more about Monica at www.catalystorganizing.com and www.monicaricci.typepad.com. Listen to our The Big O: Organization Series.
Karly Randolph Pitman wants to revolutionize the lives of women through self-care. Her call to arms -- that a woman put herself, first, for the highest good of all -- stems from healing her own mommy Martyrdom, body hatred, and sugar addiction. A mother of four, Karly is the founder of First Ourselves, www.firstourselves.com, a website with tips on loving your body, feeling beautiful, and making self-care a priority. She's the author of Heal Your Body Image: An Inspiring, Step-by-Step Guide to Loving Your Body, Overcoming Sugar Addiction: How to Kick Your Sugar Habit, and a forthcoming daybook for moms, Mother Care: A Woman's Guide to Reclaiming her Happiness. Listen to our interview with Karly, Simple Self Care.
Lauren Niemes M.Ed., RD, LD is a registered dietitian and the Executive Director of the Nutrition Council. Lauren has over 20 years of experience in the field of nutrition and dietetics. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association and The Society for Nutrition Education. Her areas of expertise include nutrition and disease prevention and nutrition education. She loves to garden, cook and scuba dive! Visit www.nutritioncouncil.org to find nutrition fact sheets, recipes, tips on dining out and more. Listen to our series with Lauren, Nutrition Matters: Fads Diets, Childhood Obesity, Organic, and Food Label Facts.
The Sneaky Chef is the brainchild of Missy Chase Lapine, whose New York Times bestseller, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals inspired a whole new brand in the healthy eating/lifestyles category. Her highly anticipated second book, The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your
Husband in the Kitchen, debuted in 2008. Visit thesneakychef.com for sample recipes and more information about Missy. Listen to our interview with her, The Sneaky Chef and The Sneaky (and Cheating) Chef.
Our 100th Contest Sponsors |
King Arthur Flour
America’s oldest flour company is making baking with kids a fun family event with the introduction of its new Kids Mixes. Made of the best all-natural and organic ingredients, they feature the mild flavors and softer texture kids love.
The Pampered Chef
Ice Cream Dipper: Heavy-duty dipper uses the heat of your hand to warm the nontoxic defrosting liquid sealed inside the handle to easily cut through hard ice cream. Pizza Cutter: This oversize stainless cutting wheel is beveled on both sides, so it glides right through them all. The ergonomic handle is contoured to take pressure off your wrist and hand, while providing a sure grip. Great for quick, even slices of brownies, quesadillas and garlic bread. You can even mince herbs!
Klutz
After 30 years of creating books, Klutz is giving someone else a turn. This time, it’s any kid’s chance to write a book about themselves. Each Build-a-Book: Me by Me kit contains everything any kid needs to make his or her own unique book. Ages 6+
Flip & Tumble
A bag that’s designed for those of us who only seem to remember our reusable bags the moment we need them. A stretchy pouch makes it a cinch to go from a full size bag to small ball in seconds flat. Stash a Flip & Tumble bag in your messenger bag or purse, ready to go, 24-7.
DaysAgo®
The award-winning DaysAgo is unique in that it can be used in every room in your house! In the family room, track how long it’s been since you watered the plants or changed the filter in the fish tank. In the bathroom, track how long it’s been since you’ve taken your medication. Outside, track how many days it’s been since you fertilized the vegetable garden.
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