A week ago we finished taping season 3 of Living Smart. Production went more smoothly than past shows because now, by the third try, we are getting better at it! I am really proud of the guests this season. This time around I wanted to choose people who are living extraordinary lives. These are people who have a purpose. They set an example by how they live their lives.
Topics range from the latest on nutrition and why we can’t lose weight, to tips on effective living and coping with addiction, depression and environmental degradation.
The focus of this series is to introduce experts in our community in an entertaining way by providing new and insightful information that will empower and benefit our lives.
Some of the most complex challenges we face as a society is our obesity epidemic. This season we feature four programs that answer difficult questions about permanent weight loss, childhood obesity, food addiction and the new trend towards organic foods. Another common problem in our society is addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Substance abuse destroys lives in many different ways. What works to overcome cycles of addiction in families? Recently the murder of five children after post partum psychosis brought a much more common problem to the forefront, post partum depression and how depression affects women much more than men.
We have millions of Americans behind bars. Most go back to a life of crime after they served their sentence. The recidivism rate is 50 to 60 percent. We feature a program that has lowered that rate substantially by focusing in both victims and perpetrators of crime. The environment is once again a hot topic in the news. People are beginning to ask hard questions about the air we breathe and the waste we produce. In Living Smart we answer some of those questions.
How do we reach children and particularly men who feel alienated from society? We’ll feature a writer who gives at risk children a stage to share their inner voice through the arts and a radio talk show host whose own life led her to have a special appreciation for the wounds of men. Also learn breakthrough information on what you need to know about social security and how it adversely affects women if they don’t make the right decisions about marriage, divorce and employment. Finally, how do we learn to live a more balanced and spiritual life? A religious sister shares her effective living program.
Season three guests include: Eliza Duncan on addiction, John Sage on restorative justice, Sehba Sarwar on empowering at risk youth through the arts, Dr. Robert Moore III on permanent weight loss tactics, Laury Adams on women and social security, Juan Parras on protecting the environment, Sister Elizabeth Mozina on effective living, Dan Phillips on building homes from recycled materials, Hitaji Aziz on healing men, Gracie Cavnar on childhood obesity, John Fain on natural foods and supplements, Laurel Spence on women and depression, Joan Ifland on food addiction. The series airs every Sunday at 3:30pm and rebroadcasts Thursdays at 1:30pm.
Living Smart Season Three Show Descriptions
Show #301
Are you or someone you love addicted to drugs? Find out what this addiction counselor and former alcoholic can teach us about understanding, treating and overcoming addiction.
Guest: Clinical social worker, Eliza Duncan.
(Living Smart by overcoming and understanding addiction)
Show #302
How can we make our community safer? Restorative justice aims to repair harm done by crime and restore the well-being of victims and offenders.
Find out what proponents of restorative justice are doing to reduce crime. Guest: John Sage, Founder of Bridges to life program.
(Living Smart by reducing recidivism and healing victims and prisoners)
Show #303
Want to find out how to empower youth to find their inner voice? Writer, Teacher and Founder of Voices Breaking Boundaries, helps at risk teens and non mainstream artists find the art within to cross borders, sustain dialogue and incite change through living art.
Guest: Sehba Sarwar
(Living Smart by empowering youth to find their inner artistic voice)
Show #304
You can’t lose weight and don’t know why? Understanding how the body works is the first step. This physician and fitness expert walks us through the maze of diets and exercises that lead to permanent weight loss.
Guest: Dr. Robert Moore III
(Living Smart by understanding how the body works effectively)
Show #305
While Most Americans worry about the solvency of our social security plan, they don’t realize the decisions they make about marriage, divorce and employment may have an even bigger impact on what they get the last years of life than how much money is in the system. Learn the truth with groundbreaking information on social security.
Guest: Financial Resource Consultant Laury Adams.
(Living Smart by protecting your future assets and social security)
Show #306
While many breathe contaminated air, few understand how to protect themselves and their environment. Learn what this environmentalist and activist does to empower communities to fight back.
Guest: Juan Parras, Founder of Texas Environmental justice advocacy services.
(Living Smart by protecting the environment)’
Show #307
What can we do about low self esteem? This Effective Living Program walks us through what we can do to rebuild our lives through affirmations and inner wisdom.
Guest: Sister Elizabeth Mozina, Lecturer Effective Living Program.
(Living Smart through affirmations and positive thinking)
Show #308
Can you really build affordable homes from free, recycled, and salvage materials? This builder and social revolutionary not only does it, but he believes it will be the trend of the future.
Guest: Dan Phillips Founder of the Phoenix Commotion.
(Living Smart by building homes from free, salvage and recycled materials)
Show #309
Do you have a son, a husband a brother struggling with a difficult past? This talk show host and community activist understands men’s pain and why they fear asking for help. Learn how she reaches them to heal, change and transform.
Guest: Hitaji Aziz, talk show host, community activist entrepreneur.
(Living Smart by healing young at risk men)
Show #310
Is your child overweight? Are you frustrated? It may not be as difficult as you think. Learn how to start to make a difference when you hear how this philanthropist motivated hundreds to take a stand against childhood obesity.
Guest: Gracie Cavnar, Founder of Recipe for Success.
(Living Smart by battling childhood obesity)
Show #311
What do you need to know about organic foods, supplements and vitamins. As more and more Americans turn to alternative health care, this natural foods pioneer explains how he leads a natural healthy lifestyle.
Guest: John Fain, counterculture entrepreneur and Founder of Moveable Feast, a natural food store in Houston.
(Living Smart by following a natural healthy lifestyle)
Show #312
Why are women twice as likely to suffer from depression than men? What is the difference between baby blues and post partum depression? Learn from this physician assistant’s own personal and professional experience the truth about depression and women.
Guest: Laurel Spence, Maternal Childcare Director Baylor College of Medicine Physician’s Assistance school and mother of three.
(Living Smart by coping with depression)
Show #313
Are you tired, overweight and depressed? Is there a possibility you could be addicted to sugars and flours? Learn from this author and PhD candidate in nutrition about food addiction and what you can do about it.
Guest: Joan Ifland, Author of Sugars and Flours and how they make you sick and fat.
(Living Smart by understanding the effects of sugars and flours on body chemistry)
Thursday
Living Smart with Green Energy
I am both excited and concerned about writing on Green Energy. I do believe each one of us should do something to conserve energy and care for our environment in our own way. For instance I just bought compact light bulbs and three months ago I signed up with GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY, But I am afraid to say I had a problem with them. My bill went from 50 dollars in November to about $300 in December and up to $400 in January. Needless to say I was shocked and in my 16 years of living in my apartment I had never paid more than usually 90 dollars. My highest bill those sixteen years was $175. I have been investigating this and would like to know if you have had any experience or know of anyone who has had experience with Green Mountain Energy please write me back. I am sure if I had problems with this, many others have too. So far my cousin in Dallas and a friend here in Houston had similar problems.
Have you experienced a problem like this? What did you do about it? What are your thoughts about green energy? I would love to hear your feedback.
Have you experienced a problem like this? What did you do about it? What are your thoughts about green energy? I would love to hear your feedback.
Wednesday
Welcome
This blog is an exciting opportunity for me to exchange ideas with you regarding ways to improve our lives and our world. For those of you who know me, you know that I always include a quotation by Bonnie Acker beneath my email signature that reads, “Always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end.” It has been an inspiration to me and a guidepost for my work. Let’s see what we can do together to make a difference.
Patti
Patti
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