When illness struck Catherine in 2005, her life turned a corner. Reluctantly, she exchanged her active existence as a budding Speaker and multifaceted Entrepreneur for a sedentary life.

Unwilling to give up her desire to make a difference in the world around her, Catherine made a decision. With a string of published articles behind her, she decided to pursue writing her first book. The years subsequent to 2005 deepened Catherine as she re-evaluted the validity of her belief in God, and rediscovered its staying power. Then in 2007, when cancer hit, her faith held up.

Convinced intimacy with God through Jesus Christ is the secret to true success and inner peace, Catherine shifted her focus and in 2008 began preparing for ministy.

Based out of South Central Alaska, Catherine and her husband, Jeff, are semi-retired with a part-time business. Along with sea kayaking and fishing, she pursues her biggest passion – helping others experience God.

Join our Host, Kelli Claypool, as she talks with Catherine J. Craig, Author of The Golden Thread, on the next DivaTalkRadio show.

When: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Where: http://divatalkradio.com/live
Our interactive chat room will be open during the LIVE show to take your questions and comments

Join us!

The Chamberlain Negotiation Principles: A Tale of Five Must Know Negotiation Tenets and the Insight Behind the Principles to Help You Succeed is a negotiation/business fable that teaches five critical negotiation tenets through a touching & poignant story about Richard, a young man struggling to start his sales career who finds success by befriending Chamberlain, an elderly subway dweller who holds the negotiation secrets young Richard desperately seeks.  Woven throughout the book are five in-depth nonfiction analysis chapters that expand & explore the negotiation tenets presented in the fable.  The Chamberlain Negotiation Principles is a creative and valuable negotiation resource that will touch your heart and challenge your mind.

The Chamberlain Negotiation Principles is an excellent book not just for business professionals looking to enhance their negotiation skills, but the fable format is perfect for anyone interested in learning about negotiations that normally would shy away from the typical non-fiction business “How-To” books.

About the Author:  Jared Kelner’s career started in the mid 1990s in California where he opened a chain of secondhand children’s clothing stores. “The Well Dressed Baby” was featured in the August 1998 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine in an article entitled “10 Best Children’s Businesses You Can Start Now.”

Our Divas are off spending time with their families over the next two weeks. Both Kelli and Gina are traveling and will not host a live until the new year. Our next live show is scheduled for January 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Spend some time this Christmas to love a little hard, smile a little longer, and keep joy in your heart always. We love you beyond measure and look forward to spending 2012 with YOU!!

Until next time Divas, wear your heels and sneakers well..and be blessed!!

Celebrate your child’s talents, gifts, accomplishments, awards and even challenges. How? Glad you asked – by developing their resume.

Choosing activities that provide your child with life skills as well as build character is a key element to their success. Documenting those is also a key element to their success. Why? Keeping before them a present visual reminder of their activities, awards, accomplishments, gifts, talents, etc., gives encouragement and pride in what they do and have done. It also allows them to see how well they have progressed over the years. In other words, you will assist your child in “behaving” their way to success.

A resume for a child:

* Boosts self-esteem
* Presents a child in such a way that others will want to invest in that child
* Shows that a child’s accomplishments go beyond his or her report card
* Affirms the importance of what a child does

Kris Manley wrote this wonderful guide, Resumes for Children – 17 Years Old and Under, because she saw a missing piece. Parents talk about their children’s activities, accomplishments, awards, and challenges, but most parents don’t document them. Resumes for Children – 17 Years Old and Under gives parents a great start because a child will someday need a resume. So let’s be proactive and begin early.

Join the Divas as they talk with Kris Manley on the next DivaTalkRadio.

When: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Where: http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Chitoka Webb is a successful business owner, motivational speaker and author who lives in Hendersonville, TN.

Raised by her single mother, Webb grew up in the Preston Taylor housing projects, landed her first job in a grocery store at only 13 years old. When a senior in High School, she was told by school authorities she couldn’t graduate with her class just a week before the ceremony due to being one point short in her chemistry class. Now, in her mid-30s, Webb owns several businesses—that she founded.

She began her self employed career at 23. In 1999 Webb left Nashville and moved to Atlanta, where she nurtured numerous relationships with professional athletes and successful business leaders. Working as the only female barber alongside 14 other male barbers. Her highlight moment came during Super Bowl XXXIV when she was invited by her client Anthony Dorsett (Son of football great Tony Dorsett) to attend the event as their barber. After much success and accomplishing set goals she returned to Nashville in pursuit of a dream to own her own barbershop, which she opened in October 2001. She worked three full time jobs for three months to make this dream a reality.

Her life and business motto is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” pulling herself up by the bootstraps these humble beginnings brought more success. After developing two health care agencies and a new state-of-the-art barbershop Webb developed Chitoka L.Webb Holdings, Inc. which oversees her professional ventures, and the early development stages of a Foundation which supports her community service projects

Through her impressive business growth, Webb suffered blindness for six months as a result of Behcet’s disease. High doses of Steroidal eye injections and medications corrected her failed eye sight. The Behcet’s diagnosis led Webb to write her memoir, Something Inside of Me (Greenleaf Book Group, July 1, 2011).

Some of Webb’s successes include being appointed by the governor of Tennessee as a board of trustee to a state appointed board, a mentor for the Nashville Juvenile Justice Center, president of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce Business Council and being elected to the prestigious Entrepreneurs Organization. Webb currently volunteers as an auditor for the Nashville United Way and serves as a board member for the Middle Tennessee YMCA.

Join Kelli & Gina as they interview Chitoka Webb on August 31, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST

http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

When cancer stole Kim Malchuk’s husband, she didn’t let it rob her spirit. As her broken heart began to mend, Kim likewise took steps to redirect her life to a course of inspired purpose. Leaving a lucrative career in the corporate world, Kim embarked on a journey of self-discovery, pursuing hopes and dreams that had previously seemed impossible. Why now? Why not?

In defining the “Kiminitions” that would illuminate her path, Kim sought to share her story and the result? Tasting Rain. The message within the pages of Kim’s best-selling memoir is simple, poignant and universal. Kim is determined and focused on helping others realize that it is possible for the ordinary person to achieve the extraordinary to make a difference in our world. When we realize that changing our thoughts can change our lives, a new world of possibilities unfolds. An acclaimed motivational coach and public speaker, Kim is eager to continue asking the question, “Why not now?”

Enjoying tremendous audience response, she welcomes the opportunity to reach out to others with her inspiring, down-to-earth message.

When the path of life takes painful twists and turns, our wounded spirits need a place to take refuge. Having experienced the despair of loss, Kim creates this sanctuary on an inspirational journey of hope and healing that gives others the courage to endure, excel and Taste the Rain.

Divas, we are honored to share Kim’s story with you on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST. When Kim and Kelli first talked, they formed an immediate bond…a Diva-hood of sorts. Kim inspired Kelli to continue “tasting rain”. And, we’re certain that you too will be inspired and encouraged by Kim.

Be sure to invite your friends and family to join us on the show. The interactive chat room and the phone lines will be open during the LIVE show. Here’s the direct link to the show: http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

About Kim Malchuk:

Kim Malchuk is a best-selling author, speaker and motivational coach who focuses on the importance of living in the moment and overcoming life’s challenges. Kim was educated and schooled by a master professor who trained her how to live a life of inspired purpose. Her teacher was CANCER.

Kim’s  formal education and professional business career never prepared her for the journey that she now thrives in. Kim captivates her audience with her contagious enthusiasm, high energy and fun sense of humour that consistently leaves people wanting more. She is best known for her inspiring and refreshing ‘WHY NOT NOW’ philosophy that empowers her readers, audiences and clients to stop holding back and start living the life of their dreams.

On the next episode of DivaTalkRadio, we will be exploring the topic of divorce. Often times when a divorce is involved, the wife ends up poverty stricken, says our guest Diane Tegarden, author of How to Escape a Bad Marriage – A Self-Help Book for Divorce Women.

Show Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EST on http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Diane Tegarden, an author of three published books, lives in Pasadena, with her husband and three cats. She’s been a print journalist since 1992, writing on a wide range of subjects including; renewable energy, environmental concerns, holistic health, women’s issues, and Native Spirituality. Her work has been published in: The Pasadena Star News, Security Sales Magazine, The Pasadena Weekly, The Solar Flare, The Feral Forest, Earth Luvyrs Calendar, The Daily Sundial, the West Coast Well Being, Associated Content, Health Breakthroughs and The Examiner.com.

In April 2004, she self-published her first book, “Getting Out Of Limbo– A Self Help Divorce Book For Women,” which provides step by step instructions on how to achieve financial and emotional independence in preparation for a divorce. She’s been interviewed extensively on Radio Talk Shows about divorce and domestic violence, referencing her experiences in “How to Escape a Bad Marriage – A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”.

Her company, FireWalker Publications Inc. was formed in 2004 to promote her passionate, original written works, materials, ideas and creations. She’s writing for two online content producers, Associated Content and Examiner.com as the LA Renewable Energy Expert.

She released her first poetry ebook, “Light Through Shuttered Window”, in December 2007. The 90 page ebook is a compendium of her poems about life, love and the process of creativity.

Her newest release “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time” (2009) is a unique science fiction novel set in the distant future with its hooks deep into renewable energy and the changing face of the planet. She hosts her own Talk Radio Show, The FireWalker Flare- A Renewable Energy and Environmental Solutions Talk Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio.

MEin5D® (me in five dimensions) is the way to Dress To Manifest™ your unique personality characteristics. Through the application of MEin5D Style Guides, the Holistic Fashion and Lifestyle concept explores how design elements (e.g. color, material, silhouettes) can be used to activate and enhance empowering aspects of the personality. MEin5D’s mission is to inspire self exploration and authentic expression of the individual.

The following 5 dimensional (5D) aspects of the human experience are examined for the creation of Style Guides and on a more individualized basis when designing custom collections.

Emotional  *  Mental  *  Physical  *  Spiritual  *  Soul

Stephanie Ford was born in Washington D.C. in October 1982. Raised mainly in the suburbs of Maryland she was fortunate to be exposed to diversity and culture on an international level during childhood. While many interests were fleeting she was drawn to nature, exploration and had a tendency to make cardboard handbags for craft projects.

After completing undergraduate studies in Business Management and Marketing at Drexel University in 2005, Stephanie entered the corporate world working for an IT consulting firm. Instantly stifled by the 9-5 grind Stephanie decided that an immediate re-evaluation of her life goals and expectations was in order.

She relocated to Paris in January 2008 in discovery of the creative side of life and to complete post graduate studies in Fashion Design Management at IFM (Institut Français de la Mode). Impassioned and inspired by her experience in the French Fashion world and her rapid acquisition of the French language Stephanie decided to leave the IFM in 2009 to
pursue the creation and development of MEin5D®.

Join us on the next DivaTalkRadio as we talk to Stephanie about fashion, personal styles, and empowerment!

When: Wednesday, June 1st at 2:00 p.m. EST

Where: http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Until next time, wear your heels well and I’ll see YOU at the show!

Kristyn Burtt is a Streamy Award nominated host, new media producer, and pop culture writer.  She began her hosting career with a children’s dance video teaching the world how to Electric Slide and Hokey Pokey.  Since then, she has moved on to more serious ventures with the pilot episodes of The Arena with Jesse Ventura on MSNBC and host/reporter stints with QVC, ShopNBC, and PAX. She just completed coverage for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards from the Nominations to the Red Carpet for Starpulse and Mingle Media TV. With 5 running infomercials, she is also a fixture on televisions all across the globe.

For the last four years, she has co-hosted a live show for Toyota around the U.S. and she has interviewed the hottest celebrities on the red carpet for Focus Hollywood and Dance Channel TV.  In July of 2009, she created the first online entertainment show focusing in on web series, “web celebs”, and new media called The Web Files.  The show was named the Best Original Web Non-Fiction show for 2009 by Clicker.com and Kristyn was nominated for a 2010 Streamy Award for Best Web Series Host.  Recently, Newstex syndicated her pop culture blog, Red Carpet Closet.

Kristyn is an entertainment reporter who started out as a dance major at NYU.  She’s had an interesting journey from the stage to hitting the red carpet at the Oscars.  Additionally, she changed up her career mid-stream all thanks to one job that turned everything upside down.  Kristyn’s story is a good fit for Diva’s who are looking for direction and focus in their careers.

Be sure to join us on Wednesday, May 25th at 2:00 p.m. EST at http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Imagine life with unlimited possibility, where fear, misconceptions, and insecurities don’t have the power to rob us of our potential or our dreams. Many women have trouble seeing this vision because they are bound by mental ties that keep them from living free.  In Set Free to Live Free, Saundra Dalton-Smith shows women how to break free from seven mental ties that hold them back, including striving for perfection, comparing themselves to others, all-or-nothing attitudes, and more. Through case studies and inspirational writing, she encourages women to embrace spontaneity, be transparent, nurture their bodies, and cultivate a balanced life.

During this show, Dr. Dalton-Smith will share with our audience how the images and false claims of many diets set us up for feeling as if we fail and how to be free to enjoy the journey to fitness. She’ll teach us how diet and exercises are the building blocks God uses to shape our body and health. Specific lifestyle changes will be addressed and our loyal listeners will be given 5 questions to ask themselves before starting their next exercise program. This will be a great show for the summer weight loss season.

Saundra Dalton-Smith MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician who has been practicing medicine since 1999. She treats a predominantly female patients and has firsthand experience with the struggles women face trying to imitate the American dream. Dr. Dalton-Smith has been an adjunct faculty member at Baker College and Davenport University in Michigan. She lives in Alabama.

You do not want to miss this all this valuable information packed into a 30 minute show. Be there live to ask your questions to Dr. Dalton-Smith. You will love her and will be blown away by her candor, her sincerity, and her willingness to set aside seeing patients in her active medical practice just to be with us on DivaTalkRadio.

When: Wednesday, May 18th at 2:00 p.m. EST

Where: http://divatalkradio.com/live

Plan to join us LIVE on the show and invite all your friends & family to join us as well. As usual, the interactive chat room will be open during the live show.

That’s it for now. Until next time, where your heels well & be blessed!

Please read below for more information regarding Dr. Dalton-Smith’s book: Set Free to Live Free: Breaking Through the 7 Lies Women Tell Themselves

Imagine life with unlimited possibility, where fear, misconceptions, and insecurities don’t have the power to rob us of our potential or our dreams. Many women have trouble seeing this vision because they are bound by mental ties that keep them from living free.

In Set Free to Live Free, Saundra Dalton-Smith shows women how to break free from seven mental ties that hold them back, including striving for perfection, comparing themselves to others, all-or-nothing attitudes, and more. Through case studies and inspirational writing, she encourages women to embrace spontaneity, be transparent, nurture their bodies, and cultivate a balanced life.