Dr. Steve Maraboli

Steve welcomes best-selling author Kristine Carlson for a deeply moving and inspirational conversation about love, loss, and her new book, "Heartbroken Open". Kristine Carlson had an idyllic life. She and her husband, Richard, had a romantic marriage, two beautiful daughters, and—thanks to the success of Richard's bestselling Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series—all the comforts of the American Dream. But on December 13, 2006, that perfect story took a sudden turn when, on a typical flight to New York, a pulmonary embolism would take Richard's life, catapulting Kristine into heartbreak and uncertainty. It was the end of life as Kristine knew it and the beginning of a journey through the depths of grief and mourning that would reveal to Kristine her true strength and an immeasurable love that cannot be broken. This book is a courageously honest memoir. It is the true story of a wife, a mother, a woman forced to come face-to-face with fear, insecurity, and the painful but ultimately precious teachings Kristine Carlson discovered along the way. This wise little book offers a timeless message of inspiration, empowerment, and courage for anyone who has experienced loss or hardship of any kind.

Steve is joined by speaker and best-selling author, Mike Robbins, for a powerful discussion about grattitude, success, and his book, "Focus on the Good Stuff". The book gives you a way to transcend your negativity by focusing on the great things around and within you. Separated into three sections - obsessions with negativity, the Five Principles of Appreciation, and action - this book not only reminds you of the universal power of appreciation and gratitude, but also shows you how to utilize your energy positively on a daily basis.

Steve is joined by best-selling author Robert Schwartz for an enlightening conversation about life, awakening, and his book, "Your Soul's Plan". Would you like to understand the deeper meaning of your greatest challenges? So often, when something "bad" happens, it may appear to be meaningless suffering. But what if your most difficult experiences are actually rich with hidden purpose-purpose that you yourself planned before you were born? Could it be that you chose your life's circumstances, relationships, and events? Your Soul's Plan tells the stories of ten individuals who-like you-planned before birth to experience great challenges. Working with four gifted mediums and channels, author Robert Schwartz discovers what they chose-and why. He presents actual pre-birth planning sessions in which souls discuss their hopes for their upcoming lifetimes. In so doing he opens a window to the other side where we, as eternal beings, design both our trials and our potential triumphs.

Steve welcomes artist and international best-selling author Mary Anne Radmacher for part 7 of a new series that is sure to inspire you. Mary Anne brings her timeless wisdom and signature soothing style of conversation for an entertaining and inspiring conversation about life, courage, fear, goals, family, and love. In this show, Steve and Mary Anne will discuss "Risk Love". Do not miss this special series!

Wouldn't it be great to do what you love for a living?... Steve welcomes best-selling author Nancy Anderson for a powerful conversation about her book, "Work With Pasiion"... Are you as happy on Monday morning as you are on Friday afternoon? Do you work with or for people who have the same values? Do you wake up in the morning looking forward to a new day of challenge and growth? Does your work give your life meaning and purpose? Do you make the money you need? If you answer no to any of the above questions you will want to listen as Nancy shows you how to create your ideal job...Thorough, inspiring and richly documented, Work with Passion shows that the process of seeking what one loves and turning it into a successful career is not only possible but logical.

Part 2 of this entertaining, empowering, and powerful new series with Steve and Colette Baron-Reid!!! Colette is an internationally renowned intuitive counselor, educator and bestselling author who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential and purpose. Colette uses her extraordinary spiritual gifts to empower her clients to live a life that is ‘awake and authentic’ and to create a reality that is spiritual, deliberate and meaningful. This series will welcome all your feedback... AOL Instant Messenger: abtradioshow or Instant Feedback at www.empoweredlivingradio.com or Toll Free: (877) 829-5035

Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin started a movement when they wrote their best-selling manifesto, "Skinny Bitch". Both a wake-up call and a kick in the ass, Skinny Bitch exposed the horrors of the food industry while inspiring people to eat well and enjoy food. "Skinny Bitch" is a no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous! There is a common misconception that Skinny Bitch is all about deprivation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Skinny Bitch is the lifestyle we live, and rest assured, we would never maintain it if we felt deprived. Whether it's shopping for food, talking about food, thinking about food, dreaming about food, cooking food, or eating food, we can't get enough. We devised the Skinny Bitch plan so we could have our cake and eat it! BTW: A Skinny Bitch is someone who enjoys food, eats well, and loves her body as a result. It has nothing to do with how much you weigh or what size you are! Skinny Bitches come in all beautiful shapes and sizes!

Part 3 of this special series as Steve teams up with 'Celestine Prophecy' author James Redfield for a powerful discussion about life, success, environment, health, relationships, spirituality, and a myriad of other topics selected by you, the listeners. This special series welcomes all your feedback and questions! You can participate through AOL Instant Messenger - ScreenName: abtradioshow or at www.empoweredlivingradio.com and now you can CALL IN toll free: (877) 829-5035

Steve is joined by international best-selling author and listener favorite, Robert Mack, for a powerful and inspirational conversation about life, success and relationships. Robert has already helped countless people across the world experience the kind of unconditional happiness and authentic success they’ve always wanted. Rob is a master at distilling down complex psychological and spiritual concepts into simple, witty, easy-to-apply, bite-size pieces. He makes all that’s scientific and dry into something interesting and understandable. This is sure to be a must listen!!

Steve welcomes best-selling author, Rick Hansen, for a powerful discussion about life, happiness, and the power of your brain to create change. Rick will be sharing the wisdom found in his book, "Buddha's Brain". Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history. With the new breakthroughs in neuroscience, combined with insights from thousands of years of contemplative practice, you, too, can shape your own brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom. Written with neurologist Richard Mendius, M.D., and with a Foreword by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and a Preface by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom joins modern science with ancient teachings to show you how to have greater emotional balance in turbulent times, as well as healthier relationships, more effective actions, and greater peace of mind.

Steve welcomes artist and international best-selling author Mary Anne Radmacher for part 6 of a new series that is sure to inspire you. Mary Anne brings her timeless wisdom and signature soothing style of conversation for an entertaining and inspiring conversation about life, courage, fear, goals, family, and love. In this show, Steve and Mary Anne will discuss "LAUGH". Do not miss this special new series!

Steve is joined by best-selling author, John Welshons, for an inspirational and entertaining conversation about BEING FULLY ALIVE. John brings his engaging and entertaining presentation that entices the listeners to examine their lives; to look at what might be lacking; and to fill what gaps there are with love, awareness, fulfillment, and gratitude. A variety of techniques and perspectives give the listeners practical tools that can be employed immediately; tools that will help them find balance in their lives; how to have calmness and peace, excitement and exhilaration; how to feel complete whether they're old or young, sick or healthy. He shows them how to have happier family relationships and more gratifying work relationships.

Steve welcomes best-selling author Joann Davis for an inspiration conversation about life, prayer, spirituality, and her new book, "The Book of the Shepherd". Set in a mythical time in an unnamed land, "The Book of the Shepherd" follows the shepherd, a small boy, and a former slave as they discover that sometimes the greatest treasures are inside us all along. In the words of Paulo Coelho, this book is an “inspiring and moving fable.”

Steve is joined by best-selling author Melanie Joy for an informative and empowering discussion about our relationship with food. In her groundbreaking new book, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Melanie Joy explores the invisible system that shapes our perception of the meat we eat, so that we love some animals and eat others without knowing why. She calls this system carnism. Carnism is the belief system, or ideology, that allows us to selectively choose which animals become our meat, and it is sustained by complex psychological and social mechanisms. Like other “isms” (racism, sexism, etc.), carnism is most harmful when it is unrecognized and unacknowledged. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows names and explains this phenomenon and offers it up for examination. Unlike the many books that explain why we shouldn’t eat meat, Joy’s book explains why we do eat meat—and thus how we can make more informed choices as citizens and consumers.

Steve welcomes best-selling author Sandra Ingerman for an empowering discussion about her book, "How To Thrive In Changing Times". In a time when people feel overwhelmed by global problems Sandra Ingerman shares with us spiritual practices we can all engage in that have the power to create positive change. Listeners will be guided toward living a conscious life; they will learn how their thoughts and words impact the world they live in and how their core beliefs influence what they believe is possible. They will learn different ways to release and dissolve limiting beliefs and to utilize ancient principles of creation and manifestation to usher in healing the planet. Readers will be encouraged throughout to perceive themselves as members of a growing global community of conscious change agents, because that, Ingerman believes, is how we will survive changing times and how the earth will be healed.