Fun. Feisty. Fabulous!

Featured Interview: Nightsticks and Negligees is a romance novel that explores the love between two women while investigating a murder. Author Lucinda Mack wrote this novel to honor two lesbian friends who lost their lives to suicide. Lucinda, Karyn and Jean have a great discussion about acceptance and living your truth. Website: www.lucindamack.com Book: Nightsticks and Negligees  

Featured Interview: In her book, Unwanted, Linda Smith talks about moving from model/actress to advocate and successful fundraiser when she became a mother of a son with Downs Syndrome. Her son Christopher showed her what unconditional love really is. Website: www.lindaslife.com Book: Unwanted: How a Mother Learned to Turn Shame, Grief, and Fear into Purpose, Passion, and Empowerment   A Word from Your Aunties: The importance of standing up and speaking up for yourself.

Featured Interview: Are you motivated to get married? If you are Amy Schoen can help! As a life and relationship coach and author of Motivated to Marry, she helps marriage-minded men and women get off the dating merry-go-round and take that walk down the aisle. No matter your age, it’s never too late! Website: www.motivatedtomarry.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/motivatedtomarry A Word from Your Aunties!: Karyn and Jean also discuss the difference between a wedding and a marriage.

It’s time to get empowered! Straighten up. Stand up. And accept no excuses (even from yourself). Author, podcaster, and speaker Susan Burrell has tips on helping you empower yourself. In her book, Live an Empowered Life!, Susan takes readers on a 30-day journey of journaling, self-discovery and empowerment. Website: www.susanburrell.com Book: Live an Empowered Life! Podcast: Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell 

Sylvia Hubbard of the Motown Writers Network says 2020 should be the year you get that book out of your head and actually write it! Get rid of the excuses and get started. She has great tips for overcoming writer's block and actually getting your book written! Website: Motown Writers Network  Facebook: Motown Writers 

This is a replay of last year's Christmas Triva and Fun Facts episode. Jean and I will be back in the New Year with more Fun. Feisty. Fabulousness!

The mind-body connection is real. Jenny Mannion was able to heal herself of years of chronic pain in her body by spending several weeks focusing on her mind. She was able to alleviate her pain and now she helps other women make extraordinary changes to benefit their health and overall well-being. Website: https://www.jennymannion.com/ Book: Short Path to Change 

**  This is a replay of last year's Thanksgiving episode** Thanksgiving! Family. Food. Fun! Jean and Karyn swap Thanksgiving tales and traditions. Then, they share some Thanksgiving trivia.

Kinda like the movie, Stephanie Osborn is the Woman in Black! Stephanie is excitedly releasing the eleventh book in her Division One series, Tourist Trap. Her due of intergalactic agents, Echo and Omega, are ready for some rest and relaxation! Of course, it won’t be that easy. Stephanie and Karyn have an engaging discussion about reading, writing and what happens when fictional characters come alive! If you are looking for a good read, you’ve just found it! Book: Tourist Trap  Facebook 

Your next chapter might not be your second chapter. In the average woman's life, you have a book full of chapters. Podcaster and coach Angela Raspass helps women navigate and strategize to take their goals to the next level! Time to get unstuck, develop a strategy and success in your time and on your terms! Podcast: Your Next Chapter Website: https://www.angelaraspass.com

Do you have trouble meditating? Is the whole idea of focusing on your breathing, with your eyes close a little bit too much for you? Well, Psychotherapist and author Dr. Diane Gehart has the solution. The author of Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers says instead of focusing on your breath (how boring!), focus instead on a piece of yummy chocolate. Mindful focus can make a big difference in only a few minutes. Try it! Website: https://dianegehart.com/ Book: Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers 

Happiness and positivity often get a bad rap. “Don’t worry, be happy” may not be realistic but practical positivity and real happiness isn’t only possible, but achievable. Diane Lang of DL Counseling (www.dlcounseling.com) gives some steps that we can use immediately to cultivate a sustainable positive attitude. Karyn, Jean, and Diane discuss how to bounce back from the negativity that we all deal with daily.

Isn’t it funny that we call skincare products for older women ‘anti-aging’ products as if we are against aging. As if we are against something that is going to happen (and can’t be stopped). Pause Well-Aging is the first line of skincare products for menopausal women. She even has a topical spray that cools hot flashes. CEO Rochelle Weitzner stops by to discuss what menopause is, how it affects our skin and why we want to age well! Website: www.pausewellaging.com

The Women's Bean Project (http://www.womensbeanproject.com) creates and sells quality foods while providing women in need with jobs on a path to self-sufficiency. CEO Tamra Ryan and go beyond giving women a job. They also provide life skill and job-readiness training. In other words, they help provide the women they serve with the tools they need for long-lasting success.

Connie Habash (https://www.awakeningself.com) is an interfaith minister. She searched a number of religions and realized that major religions have several major concepts in common. We talk about those commonalities and religion can unite instead of divide. We also talk about the release of her new book, Awakening From Anxiety.