On this show, the Diva’s will be interviewing Kathy Gruver, author of The Alternative Medicine Cabinet. Kathy has earned her Doctorate as a Traditional Naturopath and Masters in Natural Health and has been featured as an expert is numerous publications and has written dozens of health and wellness articles.

She has appeared as a guest exp…ert on over 40 radio shows covering topics such as back pain, mind/body medicine, nutrition, and patient advocacy. Kathy has produced an instructional massage DVD, Therapeutic Massage at Home; Learn to Rub People the RIGHT Way. Free health tips and information about her and ordering her book and DVD can be found at www.TheAlternativeMedicineCabinet.com

On the show, we will be discussing how to give a sensual massage to our significant others…YES! We will also discuss ways to live a more healthier lifestyle.

It’s a new year and a new YOU…join us as we talk with Kathy Gruver!

This episode airs at 1/5/11 11:00AMPST – 1/5/11 1:00PMCST – 1/5/11 2:00PMEST. http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Kelli Claypool

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Our guest, Brenda Jones did a lot more on our show than simply tell us about her company, Hug Wraps. She imparted to us that fiery  spirit that says, “Take action now!”

When Brenda got cancer, she got angry! Angry at the situation and angry at that ridiculous, ugly hospital gown that takes away one’s dignity and simply makes you feel like a sick person.  (while leaving you freezing cold in that hospital room to boot!)

Brenda says that by the time she got home from her first treatment, she had in mind to make herself a better gown. In her words,

“I couldn’t control the cancer and the treatments, but I could control what I wore!”

As she walked in her door from that treatment, her phone  was ringing. As she vented to her friend on the other line, she heard the words, “Well, you are in luck. I’m a seamstress, and I’ll teach you how to sew.”

As soon as she hung up the phone, Brenda headed to the store and got everything she would need to get started on her new hospital gown, including buying a used sewing machine. After all, Brenda figured she would only be making ONE gown – for herself!  Little did she know that she would make hundreds of these gowns for cancer patients everywhere. With each gown she is symbolically  giving a hug and speeding someones healing.

Please listen to this great show! Not only will you be inspired by the fabulous story, but you will find yourself able to overcome procrastination and make a difference with YOUR  calling. Rise up Divas! We know you have it in you!

You can also learn more about Brenda, and you can purchase a hugwrap for a loved one or a stranger, right here:

Get a HugWrap!

Thank you Brenda, for being a wonderful guest on DivaTalk Radio.

Gina Parris

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Christy Borgeld said “Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.” And that is exactly what Brenda did. Despite having cancer and undergoing chemo, she pressed forward. She hated and was embarrassed by the treatment gowns and did something about it…she made her own! Now, she makes them for other cancer patients called Hug Wraps.

Brenda Jones felt as if her world had ended when she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in October 2008. Being forced to put on a drab, generic, embarrassing traditional hospital gown every time she went in for treatment only made the experience worse. So with a flash of inspiration — and a crash-course in sewing — she decided to do something about it. Much to her surprise, the kimono-style wrap she designed to give herself some dignity in the waiting room started garnering requests from other patients. Today? She’s not only recovered, but she can hardly keep up with the demand for her homemade Hug Wraps from cancer patients all over the world.

“As any cancer patient knows, you can’t imagine getting that diagnosis,” Jones tells Tonic from her home in Southampton, N.J. “I remember my face just draining and going white and numb — the rollercoaster of emotions was unbelievable.” After what felt like an eternity of tests, scans, mammograms, biopsies and two surgical procedures, Jones began radiation treatment in January last year. By that point, she had simply had enough and like many cancer patients, she felt angry. “I remember walking in and the staff pointed to a dressing room and said ‘go on in there and put on a hospital gown.’” When she saw the dreary, flimsy gowns in huge piles, she broke down. “It was just another smack in the face to say ‘you are a cancer patient and you are sick,’” she recalls, emotionally.

Tears streaming down her face, she put on two of the gowns (to cover her modesty), put her coat on top and sat feeling miserable in the cold waiting room. It was during this low point that she had a brainwave. “I thought, I’ll make my own gown, a cozy, fun alternative,” and right there in that hospital waiting room, she began to imagine her perfect hospital attire. “I wanted it warm, with an open front like a kimono wrap and I wanted it to be colorful and fun, not this drab, hideous thing.”

Even though she had no idea how to sew, with a friend’s help, she soon learned the ropes and in three days, she had the perfect cover-up for her hospital visits, which were scheduled five times a week for seven weeks. “We made the first one out of an old bed sheet,” Jones says laughing. But the end result was exactly as she had imagined — bright pink, adorned with yellow hearts and super cozy. “I tried it on and the first thing I said was that it felt like a nice warm hug and that’s where I got the name from.” Wearing her Hug Wrap into the hospital the following day, she says: “Everyone’s heads turned!” Stunned as she was, more importantly, Jones had experienced her own turning point. “It gave me back my dignity, I wasn’t just a patient, with a file — I was a person.” After offering to make a similar style wrap for another woman at the hospital, the requests kept coming in.

It wasn’t long before Jones was wearing a new Hug Wrap every day for her radiation sessions. She soon realized that not only did wearing them make her feel good, but making them lifted her spirits too. “The more I made … especially now that I was on a mission to make them for other patients, the more my anger reduced,” Jones says, adding: “It gave my hands and my mind something to do.” Unable to sleep more than a couple of hours at a time, she would often get up and sew in the middle of the night. “I would put my country music on, switch the sewing machine on and just keep on sewing until I was too tired to sew anymore.”  Back then, with her second-hand machine, it took Jones up to nine hours to make each wrap. “It really took my mind off what I was going through.” On her last day of treatment, she left her doctor with all of her spare wraps, to donate to other patients. “I said ‘if nobody wants them, just throw them out.’ But I was so thrilled when people got in touch and asked for more.”

Hear the rest of Brenda’s story LIVE on DivaTalkRadio, December 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.  http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Kelli Claypool

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Brett Smuckler graduated from Rollins College. Inspired by her work as an Elementary Education major and by the story of her great-grandmother, she wrote her first novel, Under the Same Sky. In this novel, the young author shows maturity and intelligence beyond her age. The innocence of Olivia and Emmett’s love is wonderfully juxtaposed against the harsh and complex world of politics and violence. Through her characters Ms. Smuckler captures the multidimensional nature of people and sends an important message that in life, things are rarely black and white.

Under the Same Sky is a passionate story of a girl and a boy whose lives are interwined by their unconditional love for each other but are continually kept apart by external circumstances.

Olivia Atwell was born and raised in a quaint but prestigious town called Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her childhood is dull and mundane due to her absent parents until she meets Emmett Stanton, a male neighbor of the same age. Olivia and Emmett became best friends at the age of five, and together their friendship endures childhood, adolescence, and the college years. After Olivia graduates colleges, she journeys to Haiti to assist in a shelter. While Olivia’s aspirations are selfless, Emmett’s objectives in life are aimed at climbing the political ladder.  After a twist in fate, these childhood friends’ lives change forever, and both of them learn a lesson of a lifetime.”

Currently, Brett resides in Tennessee with her two beloved dogs.  Visit her website, www.brettsmuckler.com.

And join us on DivaTalkRadio, December 15, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. on http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live.  Phone lines and interactive chatroom will be open during the LIVE show.

Kelli Claypool

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Rosanna (Rosie) Tovi is a former U.S. National medalist and Professional Champion in the sport of figure skating.  Rosie is known as “The Figure Skating Expert” for her comprehensive knowledge and experience in the varied aspects of the sport. She has been honored with numerous awards for her achievements in figure skating and has appeared on major television networks including ABC, NBC, BBC, Entertainment TV and ESPN.  Rosie currently makes her expertise available through the company she founded and serves as CEO, World Ice Events, LLC,  a New York City based operation. World Ice Events projects have ranged from providing the very first skating rink for Bronx, New York children to skating show productions for the media launch of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Rosie’s intention is to bring the beauty and joy of the figure skating experience to communities around of the world.

World Ice Events is a dynamic young company with fresh and innovative concepts that has created unique productions, including touring shows, TV commercials, customized figure skating events and rink installations for clients around the globe. The talent management and casting division connects Olympic and world class skaters with events in search of high level performers.

Rosi’s desire was to take ice skating to all parts of the world, not just to big arenas, so she developed a special flooring that will make it possible to perform in school gymnasiums, or any place where there is a flat surface.  Get this…this flooring is not made of ice!  Join us on the next DivaTalkRadio as Rosie talks about her passion for figure and ice skating and her mission to share it with the world.

This show airs LIVE on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. EST on http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live.

Join us, won’t you?

Kelli Claypool

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Steve Olsher pushed us to discover our own “what” to
line up our life’s purpose.

You can do it!

You can reach him at www.SteveOlsher.com
If you want a “Journey to You a Step by Step Guide to
Becoming Who You Were Born to Be.”

Steve challenged us to forget about the past and
focus on the future. Write down everything you
love to do and then – write a list of everything you
hate to do!

That’s right. You may find out that you are spending
way too much time and energy doing things that
drain you of energy, and that actually pull you
away from your purpose.

Catch the show for an in depth look at How to Become
Who You Were Born to Be!

Gina Parris

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Steve is a successful entrepreneur, and author of Journey To You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be and Founder of The Reinvention Workshop. A sought-after TV and radio guest, his unique slant on personal development is sometimes controversial, but always compelling and entertaining.

More than ever, people are… transitioning from the mentality of “what can the world do f…or me?” to that of “what can I do for the world?” Today’s economy only compounds this issue as lifelong employees become the victims of corporate downsizing and it’s harder than ever to find work.

Self-development expert Steve Olsher advises that the solution to these problems is found within. By tapping who you were born to be and heeding the pre-sent blueprint that already exists, a life of self-reliance, fulfillment and contentment awaits.

He has worked as a radio and nightclub DJ (“Mr. Bold”); owned his own nightclub at the age of 20 (The Funky Pickle!); developed a wine and spirits catalog business (Liquor by Wire); launched one of the internet’s first fully-functional e-commerce websites in 1995 (LiquorByWire.com); is the chairman and co-founder of San Francisco-based Liquor.com; is the president and founder of Bold Development, one of Chicago’s largest boutique real estate development companies; and is the founder and facilitator of The Reinvention Workshop.

Steve has earned the rank of purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, training under the late Carlson Gracie Sr. and now under Carlson Gracie Jr.

All of his broad, real-world experiences have contributed to the ground-breaking, field-tested ideas found within Journey To You. Steve lives in Chicago with his wife, Lena, and their three sons, Bobby, Isaiah and Xavier—who remind him every day why his motto is “Let Love Rule.”

I guarantee that this show will be enlightening, encouraging, and uplifting. Steve has a great outlook on life and believes in humor.

This episode airs at 12/1/10 11:00AM PST – 12/1/10 1:00PM CST – 12/1/10 2:00PM EST on http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Kelli Claypool

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