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In the book “Living with and overcoming depression and feelings of suicide” . Letricia Hendrix offers personal insight and understanding into what it’s like to just want to die, and why. Crisis of society, crisis of faith, the personal hells we impose on each other and the personal hell within ourselves. Feelings and reasons are explored, questions are pondered and hope can be found. Know what your loved one is going through. Find out that you yourself are not alone in these same feelings.

When You Have to Be the Man published by Outskirts Press, illustrates the extraordinary things that can be expected with God as the man of the house. Single mothers are overloaded and overwhelmed with more responsibilities than any one person can handle. Often, these women set aside personal dreams and give up hope of living an extraordinary life due to family obligations. Single mothers are great warriors, women who will sacrifice their lives for their children. Their lives can be difficult and complex. When You Have to Be the Man reveals the great strength and resilience women and mothers have together with God. When You Have to Be the Man, challenges the traditional pattern of “thinking like a mom” by examining how one single mother found countless triumphs in her home and with her children by allowing the Christ within her to have authority in her life – by allowing Got to become her man.

When you consider that the teen years are a period of intense growth, not only physically but morally and intellectually, it's understandable that it's a time of confusion and upheaval for many families. Most parents and teenagers wonder why they have trouble communicating. Every little bit of insight helps, especially when it comes from you the parent and you the teenager. I have shared with you what the teenagers have said from my book, 471/2 things to say to your teens and how to say them. Today I will share with you what the parents want the teenagers to know from my book, 47 ½ things Teens need to know about getting along with their parents. Despite some adults' negative perceptions about teens, they are often energetic, thoughtful, and idealistic, with a deep interest in what's fair and right. So, I hope this show will help to bridge that communication gap and help the teenagers understand where their parents are coming from.

Many teenagers are convinced that their parents have a running list of all the ways they can embarrass them in front of their friends, trick them into doing more chores or make their curfew earlier. One problem that teens have consistently complained about is parenting books are written by adults and not teens themselves. So I decided to write two books released last month June 2013 to give both the parents and teenagers a forum to bridge the gap between them. Today I will share with you what the Teens wish parents knew from my book 471/2 Things To say to Your Teen and How to say them and then Next time I will share with you what the parents wish their teens knew from my book 471/2 Things Teens Need to Know About Getting Along with Their Parents.

This is a stirring testimony of how faith and confidence in the promises of God are keys to overcoming any attacks designed to destroy the believer’s mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Our specialized journey begins and ends with God. Lucinda shares experiences in her journey to get to the other side of poverty, abuse, insecurity, fear and health challenges while revealing a resilient determination to succeed. There is not an age group that will not be touched by the experiences in this book. It will inspire and encourage readers of all ages to know that you can counter negative challenges with light for living found in the good news of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. In Jeremiah 29:11 in the Bible, there is a scripture we often use to refer to the concern God has for our individual lives: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

Many people walk around in a haze, feeling vaguely unsatisfied with their lives and unsure what the answer is to feeling better. What Our guest has discovered is that most people aren’t lacking for joy in their lives, they just haven’t realized that it’s there, so they’re not taking the time to experience and appreciate what’s already available to them. If we can help teens to discover the pathway to joy, it’s something that will serve them for the rest of their lives; and if we can help their parents to discover the pathway, they can model the behavior for all of their children, regardless of age.

So! You have figured it out. You understand who you are, you know what you want and why. Most of all, you are willing to do what it takes to get there. That is a huge step; celebrate it. However, it is important for you to realize that your dreams will not come over night, But every step counts. It will all make sense. Unfortunately, just before you take your first step on the righteous journey to pursue your dreams, people around you, even the ones who deeply care for you, will give you awful advice. It’s not because they have evil intentions. It’s because they don’t understand the big picture—what your dreams, passions, and life goals mean to you. They don’t understand that, to you, the reward is worth the risk. So they try to protect you by shielding you from the possibility of failure, which, in effect, also shields you from the possibility of making your dreams a reality. Today together with my guest Mr Steve Muzite, we will discuss some tips to help you throughout the process

Everyone faces challenges. Our resilience is how we respond to those challenges, which is guided by our understanding of four Ss: self, situation, supports, & strategies. Unfortunately, our neurological reaction to challenge is often counterproductive to framing those four Ss in a way that is resilient. I would like to talk a bit about how the brain works and why we have that reaction, how to stop the reaction, and how to use the Four Ss framework to use challenges as opportunities to build resilience.

The program is divided into three modules that build upon another. In Module One we want our participants to first understand that they have culture; Learning that culture is not something they are born with but is something that is learned through imitation and teaching. In Module two, participants gain more personal insight as they learn what their value behaviors are on a value dimension continuum. We also learn about different cultural perspectives, verbal and nonverbal techniques practiced by different cultures. We stress that people must understand themselves first before we look at some cultural norms across other cultures. The last of our three modules deals with application of knowledge gained in modules one and two.

As a Parenting Author & Motivational Speaker, Lisa has two books that will save a day for any parent out there. She is the author of Manifesting God's Love In Your Family-Growing Together in Faith, and another best seller I'm Doing The Best I Can! (They won't always be cute and adorable. In her own words Lisa says “my passion is to be completely honest about how we can do a great job at parenting. The importance of bringing up children who are secure and know who they are, not only in the family but with their spirituality is crucial.We must take this position seriously by not encouraging bad behavior, but empowering each other to stand above what is going on around us. Her passion is to inspire parents, with children of all ages, to share God's love and to inspire them to do the same. She says, 'It's important to build a solid foundation of spirituality and to give our children the tools they need to stand on should negative situations come against them.

We all love our children and we don’t want to see anything happen to them, it’s our parenting nature; but when we know our children have severe allergies or face bullying among peers it’s easy to become what experts call a “helicopter parent”. The term refers to a parent who hovers overhead to ensure their child is safe. This behavior by the parent could be just as hindering to the child as their allergies. It can also hurt your life as it consumes your every moment. Haleh Rabizdeh, a renowned parenting expert, has a child with severe allergies to foods. She is able to help parents first hand deal with the strain from her own experiences. Haleh will be discussing how to avoid being a helicopter parent by answering our questions and sharing her experience.

Dale Quotes Christopher Robin who said to Winnie the Pooh: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Her memoir, The Hooker's Daughter, presents a child’s journey into womanhood and reveals a family embroiled in prostitution, shoplifting, stolen cars, homelessness, homosexuality, and terminal illness. This candid and shocking memoir delivers a stunning account of shame, survival, and triumph. She not only wishes to discuss her memoir, but, more important, to deliver the inspirational message that it is possible to overcome overwhelming and difficult circumstances. Through her own life experiences, She wishes to share that one can find inner strength and courage. The miracle of the human spirit is that, paradoxically, the more broken you are, the more whole you have the chance to become.

This show is based on the book “Let’s Play SHESS,” by our guest the SHESS Queen herself, Wendy Oliveras, who talks about how to succeed in your game of life and business, from Pawn to Queen. This show is about inspiration, motivation & empowerment. SHESS is designed to inspire women of all ages and backgrounds to not only believe in their abilities, but to learn a fun game of chess because the chess-playing skills inherent in this fascinating game can be successfully transferred into daily activities, including business development. Wendy’s father taught her how to play chess when she was 14 years old and for the past 35 years, she has been playing chess for fun. What she did not realize is that by playing chess all of these years, she was sharpening her intellectual weaponry and preparing herself for all battles in her life and in business. Now, Wendy Oliveras wants to share her journey through chess, life and business with all women to empower them to do the same.

Are you graduating from college this month without a job? About 50% of the “successful” recent grads that our guest David DeLong studied for his new book : Graduate to a Great Job didn’t know what they wanted to do for work when they got their diploma. So stop beating yourself up if you don’t know yet. It’s time to take action. Maybe you have no clue yet about what kind of job you want. Or you may have some strong ideas but limited knowledge of the actual job market in those areas. Wherever you are, David DeLong has some helpful suggestions for all graduates and their parents.

Children are given a series of vaccines over the first few years of their lives to prevent disease. In fact, most schools will not admit children if they have not taken these pre-emptive measures to protect their physical health. But what about mental health? What if there were a way to protect our youth against mental disease and disorder? Would you give your child a depression vaccine? Believe it or not, an inoculation as such does exist. By teaching our youth social and emotional learning skills as early as middle school we can boost their resilience and begin to mitigate childhood depression, anxiety, and even suicide. The era of reacting to trouble during the teen years is gone; the time for prevention has come. Renee Jain talks about concrete methods to teach tweens and teens how to increase their resilience and boost their overall well-being using fun and engaging research-based methods.

The true indicator of a life well lived is not about what you are doing or where you are going; it is about how far you’ve come from yesterday to today. Quote from Jon Satin and Chris Pattay, The Possibilities Coaches on our show today. They say Real Positive Change is Possible. You have the power to move your life in any direction you want it to go. In today’s show they will awaken that inner strength we all possess, to know when someone is controlling you, or your life; to know how to deal with control freaks and bullies at work, home and school. The segment is also an awakening to those who bully and enjoy it or do not realize that they are controlling or bullying someone. Bullying is not only for our teens, adults are also not living their best lives because someone else is controlling you, and someone else is holding you back. It’s time to take back the power with the help of our Possibility coaches, Jon and Chris.

Parenting teens is not an easy task. Quite often when our kids become teens, sometimes even as early as preteens, we notice a change occur in our kids and life becomes more of a struggle with them. Sometimes it's the casual rolling of the eyes, or it might be the little attitudes we pick up on, and sometimes it's the obvious distance that they put between us – where they intentionally push us away and no longer share with us or talk to us like they did when they were younger; and sometimes, we just don't see it until it's right there in front of us and we ask ourselves what happened and when. As parents, we are often left wondering, how do I close the gap and get back a good, warm and respectful relationship with our teens? At times it seems hopeless but there is always hope and there are certainly ways to relate differently with our teens and build that relationship you truly want to have with your kids.

No doubt we have heard it everywhere, from the United Nations to The New York Times: When we support the Growth and Empowering of Women and Girls, we Raise the Quality of Life for Everyone. This is because when women lead they not only lead businesses, they lead in their community, they fight for their children, and they give voice to issues that are important to our collective future -- like education and health care. Makes sense to me. Today’s Guest Founder and Owner of La Chic Modeling & La Chic Mentoring Plus, Keisha Conigliaro will share with us the unique services her programs provide to prepare girls for success today and into the future. At La Chic, their goal is to instill a positive self-image and self-confidence in each student they serve. Their Unique cultural and recreational activities combined with academics and individualized mentoring sessions, and mentors are key to what is possible for all those teens they serve.

In this segment, Dr. Stem will address the recent Trauma in Boston Mass, USA where 2 bombs exploded around 2:50pm on Boylston Street near Copley Square just before the finish line for the Boston Marathon. Three people are reported dead and about 160 injured. The city is on heightened Alert and the people are struggling to Cope and understand the heinous event. DrStem is a Certified CISD critical Incident Stress Debrief Professional; a grief counselor and Crisis Responder. She will discuss ways to cope, ways to help the children and discuss symptoms of trauma short and long term.

Children entering their teenage or adolescent years present new challenges for their parents. Most of these challenges stem from parents' preconceived ideas that their children will become difficult, moody and oppositional just because that is the stereotypical view of teenagers' behavior. Despite some adults' negative perceptions about teens, they are often energetic, thoughtful, and idealistic, with a deep interest in what's fair and right. So, although it can be a period of conflict between parent and child, the teen years are also a time to help kids grow into the distinct individuals they will become. Today’s Show is a Guide to Parents with Teens. Four Parents, Dr. Loblack, Carl Rhowe; Paulette Randolph and Rhonda Soudart all have raised teenagers and will share the good and the bad including: Talking about drugs; connecting with your teen; alcohol; smoking; understanding puberty; bullying; teen pregnancy and more.