Conversations with Dr. Nancy
Dr. Nancy talks with experts who empower and motivate women to enjoy life's journey, regardless of their ages or circumstances. These women laugh at their fears and give candid answers about sexuality, careers, health, domestic abuse, passion and purpose.
Find out how amazing women tackle ways to sharpen their brain, keep a marriage fresh, survive the beauty culture, overcome barriers, manage finances, and much more.
Timeless Women Master Their Money
Are you a slave to money or its master? Sharon Lechter, financial advisor and international best selling author, says if you don't control your money, it controls you. She has worked tirelessly for years developing tools to help families become financially literate.
Sharon tells Dr. Nancy about her financial education organization, "Pay Your Family First," her "YOUTHpreneur" program, which sparks the entrepreneurial spirit in children, and her game to teach financial literacy through play, "Thrive Time for Teens," winner of the Game of the Year.
Sharon also describes her role as co-author of the new book, Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold. The purpose of this book is to update Napoleon Hill's 1930s message of success to address current financial times, with inspiration and experiences from today's successful business leaders.
Finally and most exciting, Sharon tells about her new DVD release, "Money for Women by Women," which she and other professional women developed to help women learn and become successful at mastering their money.
Click here to learn how to become the master of your money.
Timeless Women Get In The Mood
Is your sexual relationship with your partner a dim memory of your youth? If you are too busy, too tired and too involved in other things to care any more, you are not alone.
Genie James, M.M.Sc. says that over 40 million Americans are in either a “no sex” or “low sex” relationship and she’s here to help. She co-wrote her new book, In the Mood Again, with her husband, C.W. Randolph, M.D. R.Ph., to help people regain their natural energy and sexual fire.
A trailblazer in women’s health, Genie has written, consulted with clients and spoken to groups about achieving maximum health for more than 20 years. She maintains that the lust for life doesn’t have to change as we age, but can be kept alive through diet, exercise and holistic approaches to health.
Genie tells Dr. Nancy that natural fire isn’t limited to sex. It’s also an indicator of creative fire that makes life worth living. She shares signs, symptoms and research about the dangers of out-of-balance hormones.
Click here to find out how you can get and stay healthy, energized and re-activate your sexual desire.
Timeless Women Build Self-Esteem And Self-Confidence
How much are you getting out of your relationship? Are your needs being met? If so, how much: 5% -- 20% -- 60%? These are the questions Dr. Catherine Cardinal says that you need to ask yourself in her new book, Men to Run From, So You Can Find the Right One to Run to.
Called “The Self-Esteem Doctor” by her clients, Dr. Cardinal discusses the importance of having a healthy self-esteem and loving your “self” before you can share that love with someone else. Living and working in Los Angeles, she tells Dr. Nancy how her clients often have powerful self-confidence in what they do, but lack the self-esteem that gives them balance in all aspects of their lives.
This “Conversation with Dr. Nancy” analyzes how our lives are a work in progress for each of us. Dr. Cardinal breaks it down into several aspects of the self and talks about how her new book is a workbook for taking a close look at yourself and your most significant relationship.
Click here to listen to this thought-provoking conversation.
Timeless Women Share Strategies for Fame
Why do the media choose your press release over a thousand others? What creates an “Oprah Winfrey” out of a weather girl or a “Rachel Ray” from a grocery store food sampler?
Maggie Jessup knows how to make you the star of your profession and she shares pivotal elements of her “fame formula” from her book, Fame 101.
Maggie used her expertise as an investigative journalist to embark on a successful career as a publicist. She co-founded Platform Strategies, Inc., a leading publicity and brand strategy firm. Working daily to find stories that were newsworthy, Maggie is uniquely qualified to create those stories for her clients.
In this compelling conversation, Maggie charts the path of several celebrities and examines how they became the top name in their field. No matter what you want to achieve, following Maggie’s strategies can help you get recognized.
Click here to find out more about her blueprint for success.
Timeless Women Expect Success
Ainslie Waldron, “Australia’s Leading Business Thinker,” tells women if they expect success, they will achieve success—expect great returns and that’s what you’ll get.
That’s just one pearl of wisdom, Ainslie shares in this “Conversation with Dr. Nancy.” She outlines many concepts from her new book, The Ultimate Secret for Business, including those characteristics women have that help them naturally succeed at business, what puts businesses in the doldrums and how that slump can be turned around in just a few months.
Ainslie is a professional small business turnaround expert. She works globally with business leaders helping them to overcome barriers by seeing them with the fresh perspective of an outsider with excellent business acumen.
Hear more of Ainslie’s insights about how to accelerate your business. Click here and listen now.
Timeless Women Change the World
Are you are angry about some injustice? Or do you wish you could help someone who needs it desperately and has no where to turn? Do you feel powerless to help?
This amazing young woman will inspire you to get engaged in what you care about and take action to change the world.
At 13 years old, Dallas Jessup, a Martial Arts Black Belt, saw a news clip about a girl who was abducted and murdered. She realized that this could have happened to her or any of her classmates. She also thought that if this girl only knew a couple of self-defense techniques, she could have escaped.
Dallas embarked on a journey to make a difference with a home movie. Her mother suggested she take a scriptwriting class; her teacher asked permission to share it with others. 100 extras with celebrity appearances, professional staff and $600,000 worth of donations later, “Just Yell Fire” was offered for free on-line. It had over one million downloads in two years and has launched a non-profit effort to protect young people from abduction, rape and abuse.
Now a college student, Dallas has written a book, telling the amazing stories of other “kids” who took action to change the world. Her book, Young Revolutionaries Who Rock: An Insider’s Guide to Saving the World One Revolution at a Time, is an inspiration to everyone to stand up and make a difference.
Click here to listen to Dallas tell Dr. Nancy her personal story that started with baby steps and became a world event.
Timeless Women Connect on Facebook
Is there someone you’d like to find? Perhaps there’s a childhood friend, a long-lost relative or Mr. Wonderful somewhere out there…if only you knew where.
Hundreds of millions of people are connecting on Facebook. Dr. Nancy’s guest, Emily Liebert, has written about the most amazing 25 stories of impossible connections in her new book, Facebook Fairytales: Modern-Day Miracles to Inspire the Human Spirit.
An award-winning writer, Emily stopped work on her debut novel to write a time-sensitive book of true fairytales from around the country. If you think your own dreams are impossible, listen to some of Emily’s incredible tales. She introduces the most remarkable tale of a young mother who was dying of kidney failure. She lives today thanks to the gift of a kidney she received from a complete stranger, whom she met via Facebook.
Emily and Dr. Nancy talk about the miracle of adoptive couples finding their babies and other stories of connection on Facebook.
Click here to listen to Emily talk about how Facebook has developed into a comfortable and effective communication tool.
Timeless Women Manage Menopause and Diet
Do you feel like you’re losing your mind? If you are in your 40’s or 50’s and you are suddenly angry, sobbing, anxious, always hungry, gaining weight like a Sumo wrestler, and flashing heat like uranium 235, you’re probably experiencing menopause.
Dr. Nancy’s guest says not to worry. It’s a natural part of life and you should not suffer. There are lots of ways to deal with menopause and she’s here to help.
Dr. Vee Bhide is known as "Vitamin Vee" on her free website and her goal as a doctor is to help people find a way to feel good and healthy. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Her emphasis is to be healthy and feel good through prevention: diet, lifestyle and fitness. She volunteers lots of information on the subject as a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, a journalist and frequent guest of radio and TV.
This Conversation is full of advice with a complete list of menopausal symptoms, Dr. Vee’s suggestions about diet, attitude, choice of a physician, dietary supplements and more.
Click here to listen to this valuable advice.
Timeless Women Get Financially Fit
Where does all your money go? If you spend more time sipping your latte than thinking about how much it cost, it’s time to get smarter about your money.
Catey Hill can help. As a young writer living in New York City, Catey woke up to her own need for financial fitness when she was promoted to financial marketing manager for “Forbes” magazine. She learned about finance on the job and saw the error of her expensive lifestyle.
Now Catey gives financial advice to others as money editor for the “New York Daily News Online,” money advisor for many other venues, including CBS ‘s “The Early Show,” “Access Hollywood,” “Cosmopolitan,” “Woman’s World” and now WomenSpeak.com.
Listen to Catey introduce the high points of her new book, SHOO! Jimmy Choo, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Spending Less and Saving More. Catey tells Dr. Nancy why women need their own personal finance book. She also shares valuable information about websites that can help you to budget, get out of debt and more.
Click here to hear how you can get financially fit in a few easy steps.
Timeless Women Are Confident and Sexy
If your sex life is in the doldrums and you have lost your sexy, Dr. Nancy’s amazing guest can help you find it.
Pat Davis was destined to be Cupid’s messenger-girl. Born on Valentine’s Day, she knew she’d found her passion when she discovered Passion Parties, Inc. She became their president in 2001, created a tidal wave of passion with 74,000 women hosting passion parties nationwide and wrote a bestselling book, Passion Parties Guide to Great Sex.
Pat is on a mission to help every woman find their “Passion Diva.” She may be hidden and might need encouragement to come out and play, but she’s in there somewhere. Once found, this inner “Diva” can transmit self-confidence to all aspects of women’s lives.
Listen Now and learn more about Pat’s “Diva Principles” and how you can go from “stressed-out to make-out to keep your flame going.”
Timeless Women Advocate for Themselves
What if you went to the doctor and were told that you had a rare, malignant lymphoma? Then you were given the choice: get chemotherapy or die. Would you do it or would you question the diagnosis?
That’s what happened to Trisha Torrey. Amidst feelings of confusion and grief, she asked for a second opinion and found that she had another option—live. But she didn’t just get on with her life, she used her experience to empower others.
Today, Trisha is on a mission to empower people to become their own patient advocates. She founded a website, DiagKNOWsis.com; she blogs and has a radio show. In fact, she uses every vehicle she can to help people turn our “medical care system” into a “health care system” for the pursuit of health instead of wealth.
Now she has written a book called, You Bet Your Life: 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes. Dr. Nancy and Trisha talk about her book, her story and her efforts as “Every Patient’s Advocate.”
Learn the attitudes you need to develop to advocate for yourself. Click here to listen now.
Timeless Women Find Joy in Difference
Do you ever feel different? What if you resented everyone because you looked different than they did? How would you deal with it? Would you resign yourself to a lifetime of hiding your feelings on the inside while smiling at the world on the outside?
Julie Genovese was born a dwarf with lots of painful health issues associated with her condition and built up resentment from the humiliation she suffered as a child. But she was also born a creative artist and found self-worth through painting, until one day, her shoulder pain prevented even that creative outlet. She turned to writing and through the release it provided found the beautiful, lovable person inside the body she hated.
Her writing developed into her memoir. Released in March 2010, Julie's book, "Nothing Short of Joy," tells her journey from a trapped victim to empowered director of her own life. Her personal story has many lessons to teach all of us. Listen to her share her lovable wit and personal wisdom with Dr. Nancy. Click here.
Timeless Women Survive and Succeed
Can you imagine waking up in the intensive care unit and discovering that you’ve lost two months of your life? That’s what happened to Nancy Michaels and she is completely grateful to be here to tell her story.
Nancy Michaels is called “America’s Most Sought-After Fortune 500 Consultant,” but she didn’t get here the easy way. When Dr. Nancy asked her to tell her personal story, Nancy Michaels revealed a long history of denial: denial of her abusive marriage, ignoring her own health, accepting the superficial trappings of “success.” Then she got kicked on her butt. She almost lost everything, even her life.
Listen now to this amazing personal story of survival and resilience and what it sometimes takes for us to learn what is really important in our lives.
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Timeless Women Love the Single Life
Do you dread facing the holidays alone? If you’re single and looking forward to an empty house throughout the holidays again this year, you need to hear Dr. Nancy’s conversation with Wendy Braitman.
Wendy never set out to be an expert on being single. She was busy living a full life, working as an on-air journalist and producer in film and television. Then she moved on to film production where she has become a multi-faceted leader in creative approaches to film financing, worked on award winning films and much more. In other words, Wendy became outstandingly successful in her profession and never gave a thought to her marital status until her mid-30’s. It suddenly occurred to her that she was single and didn’t know why. She hadn’t planned it.
Now, an expert on being single, Wendy founded the website, First Person Singular: Notes from an Unmarried Life, to provide a forum for single people to share ideas and tips, and to share her own experiences, insights and perspectives on living life singly.
Dr. Nancy asks Wendy about making the most of single life, especially through the holidays. She also asks Wendy her creative ideas about how to get through a sex drought (in case you’re counting the months or years since you last had sex), and other tips she has for living happily single.
This is a conversation you won’t want to miss. Click here to listen.
Timeless Women Awaken to Life’s Miracles
Have you ever experienced a miracle? Would you recognize a miracle if you did see one?
Lisa Jones, not only recognized a miracle, she absorbed its lessons, transformed her life and wrote a book about her journey called, BROKEN: A Love Story. Lisa Jones was a hard-headed journalist, a know-it-all A student who had a successful career, single life and thought she was in control of it all until she went to an Indian Reservation in Wyoming to write about a 4 day horse clinic.
She met a Northern Arapaho healer, named Stanford Addison, who not only gentled horses from his wheelchair, but seemed to transform everything around him. Stanford went from being a 20 year old bronc busting, drug dealing outlaw to a suicidal quadriplegic and ultimately to become a powerful healer who works tirelessly to help others.
Lisa describes herself as a “happy little baby” in his presence. And as she tells his story, she finds her own journey through troubles she didn’t know she had. With every belief challenged, Lisa reaches an understanding that there is more to life than what we see and our worst moments can give us our most valuable gifts.
To hear more about Lisa’s intriguing journey, Listen now.
Timeless Women Find Their Sexual Selves
Do you have trouble talking openly about sex? Many of us were brought up in families that didn’t talk about sex. We depend on the inaccurate media messages and myths from childhood to form our ideas about this important aspect of ourselves.
Libby Bennett, Psy.D., faced those same obstacles to talking about sex. Libby was the daughter of Southern Baptist Missionaries. In her professional life as a clinical psychologist, she discovered how awkward her clients were about sex. This lack of candid conversation resulted in misunderstandings, strain, distrust and even low libido. She became a certified sex therapist to help people open those lines of communication.
Now, with co-author Ginger Holczer, Dr. Bennett has written a book, Finding and Revealing Your Sexual Self: A Guide to Communicating about Sex. In this newly published book, the authors hope to create a bridge between avoidance and candid discussions about our sexuality.
Listen Now to how Dr. Bennett's book can help you get in touch with your own sexuality.
Timeless Women Make Successful Career Moves
Where are you on your career path? Whether you have charted your course, are stuck in a dead-end job, or are still looking, you must hear Dr. Nancy’s amazing guest this week.
Dondi Scumaci is a 20 year business veteran, international speaker and author of 3 books that offer guidance for women in business. Her first book was a best seller. You may remember, Designed for Success: The 10 Commandments for Women in the Workplace. In this book, Dondi empowered women to step forward and succeed like women can.
Her new book, Career Moves tells a story to drive home the point about how to read the signs that tell you when to make a move and provides clear-cut steps that will transform challenges into opportunities.
Dr. Nancy and Dondi discuss the special strengths women can use to create the job they dream of having and how to adjust strategies to become the MVP of their workplace.
If you think you’re undervalued and underutilized in your job, click “listen now.” Dondi’s valuable advice could have life-changing consequences for your career.
Timeless Women Speak Up to Sell Themselves
Are you facing a multi-million dollar deal or just preparing for your third job interview? Whoever you’re trying to impress, you need the valuable wisdom of Dr. Nancy’s expert guest.
From waitress to stand-up comic and radio Rock and Roll Reporter, Gayl Murphy has almost done it all. Now with more than 14,000 Hollywood interviews to her credit, she has written the upcoming best seller, Interview Tactics! How to Survive the Media without Getting Clobbered!
Gayl candidly shares her insider’s viewpoint of what’s important when you have to sell your most important asset—yourself. In her Conversation with Dr. Nancy, she covers the most basic aspects of “selling me.” Listen now and learn how Gayl says, “You’ve got to tell it to sell it.”
Timeless Women Overcome Adversity
What would you do if your mother, father, brother and your best friend all had cancer? Cry? Of course. Then what?
Lynne Klippel found herself in just that situation. She wasn’t alone. Everywhere she looked she saw someone who was facing tragedy: job loss, fear of finding work, hardships of war, entire retirement accounts gone.
As an author, Lynne felt compelled to do something about it. In only 6 months, she collected 38 inspiring stories to help herself and others overcome impossible odds and called it, Overcomers, Inc. True Stories of Hope, Courage and Inspiration.
Dr. Nancy asks Lynne how these people did it and what life skills they used to survive and succeed in the face of incredible loss. If you need a light to show you the end of your own tunnel, listen now to this conversation about truly amazing women.