It's All About The Questions

What if what you have come to accept as normal levels of health are not normal and definitely not optimal? What if the level of pain, swelling, physical and mental fitness that snuck up on you as you got older didn't need to stay? How would your life be different? Be better? I have been dealing with health issues for a number of years now and been asking question after question. Once I was told I was sick because I was depressed because I wasn't with a man. As a woman, our symptoms are often discounted. It is up to all of us, women or men, to be our own best health advocate and to challenge the in-range blood work when we know there is something wrong. My guest today challenges us to ask those questions and also gives us answers. It IS all about the questions you ask and on this show we learn some questions to ask yourself and your doctor and a few tests that everyone should have run the next time they go to the doctor's for a physical. Dr. Anna Cabeca is a board certified Gynecologist and Obstetrician, as we

How to Control and release overwhelm in 5 minutes or less. Sound too good to be true? From personal experience and according to my producer who had never heard of EFT or Tapping, it is. Emotional Freedom Technique, AKA EFT or tapping has been around for a long time yet it amazes me that more people don't know about it and use it on an everyday basis. I know about it and yet I keep forgetting to use it. Then I use it and POW. Unstuck, pain reduced or gone and overwhelm banished. Today's show is all about how you can release overwhelm and how emotions get trapped int eh body and can cause pain. During the show my guest guides us through a short session to release overwhelm and then my producer tells what happened for him while he followed along. You won't want to miss this one especially as we head full steam into the holiday season! Faye Nulman-The Soul Pro  EFT-ADV, CYT, CMT Faye is an Intuitive Transformational Empowerment Specialist; a human GPS for emotional, personal and life guidance. She is an Internati

40 years of books being an everyday part of life. Growing up in a bookstore with access to any book you could possibly want to read. I can only imagine what that would be like! My guest today runs the family bookstore that is an integral part of the local community and that regularly gets some of the top authors in the world today to come and speak and sign books and interact with their fans.  What makes them so successful when so many bookstores are closing? What have they learned about what makes a book successful? How do they work with new and emerging authors who don't have major publishing deals yet have something to say in their books? How do you, as a potential author make sure you are doing the best things to get your books into a bookstore? What are they doing to celebrate 40 years of success? And we answer the question everyone wants to know the answer to: Can you judge a book by its cover? In this episode I ask questions of Chad Leonard, second generation bookstore owner of the Vero Beach Book Cent

When I first met Sally Armstrong I knew instantly that my life would never be the same. When she spoke, my perspectives were challenged and my worldview shifted. What I thought I knew about women, men, culture and world religion went out the window and I realized how the power of a voice can change the world. My producer was almost in tears when the show was over because he had never heard about some of the things we talked about and others he thought were no longer in practice. Sally challenges us to walk in the world with our eyes, minds and hearts open. I challenge you to look at your life, after you listen to the show and tell me, and the world where you have been silent in your life and how you are now going to use your voice. I am on twitter @TheLauraSteward and Sally is @SallyArmstrong9 Human rights activist, journalist and award-winning author Sally Armstrong has covered stories about women and girls in zones of conflict all over the world. From Bosnia and Somalia to the Middle East, Rwanda, Congo and

From Goldman Sachs to Philanthropist and Chief Engagement Officer of Women Moving Millions to producing movies about rape on campus and making the Top 50 Global Diversity List by The Economist of individuals who have used their position in public life to make an impact in diversity my guest today reveals the questions that drove her and still drive her to make an impact each day. Jacki Zehner dedicates her time and resources towards the advancement of women and girls. As the President of The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation, a role she has held for the past 15 years, Jacki funds a variety of projects and organizations, with a particular focus on women's rights, women's foundations, movement building, and media. In 2012, Jacki became the Chief Engagement Officer and President of Women Moving Millions (WMM), a non-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to mobilizing unprecedented resources for the advancement of women and girls. With more than 240 members, each contributing a million dollar

PR does not have to overwhelm your budget. Actually it does not have to cost anything other than a little sweat equity and if you do it in air conditioning you won't even have to sweat. With just a few simple PR Tips and PR Hacks you can book your own media tour, get your products featured in top magazines, have reporters calling you as their expert and have celebrities endorsing you and your products. How? My guest today shares some simple and easy strategies and tips to figure out where you should be interacting to get PR, where your client hangs out and how to get reporters coming to you from local and national media outlets. Plus you get a free tips sheet on how to get noticed on HARO. Christina Daves is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and run five successful companies over the past 20 years.  With no resources remaining when she launched her latest venture, CastMedic Designs, Christina taught herself everything she could about generating her own publicity, which basically provided her free advertis

Reinventions come in all shapes and sizes but the key to a successful one is in the quiet time you give yourself. With today's increasingly connected world it can be difficulty to get some uninterrupted quiet, reflective time to unlock the you that is wanting to burst out from inside yourself. Today, reinventions are not just business ones. They can be physical reinventions, I need one of those, spiritual, financial, relationship and yes, business and career reinventions.  But how do you create a successful one? How do you start figuring what the reinvention means and how to make take root? Enter my two guests. Experts at reinvention in their own lives and in helping others figure out their own. What I love is they thought outside the box and created an environment to help you dive deep into your own reinvention. Take a listen and let me know what your reinvention looks like! @TheLauraSteward or [email protected] After a thirty year career in retail selling everything from socks to stocks, with only a co

Are you focusing on impact? If you do, money will follow. The old ways of doing business aren't working as effectively as they used. "If you build it they will come" is no longer true. What is true is that if you make an impact on and in people's lives with your business they will buy and they will continue to buy and they will tell their friends who will tell their friends. As long as you focus on the impact you and your business will have for them, their business and their lives. But how do you do that? My guest today is Wendy Lipton Dibner. One of my personal mentors and friends and someone I have great respect for because of the impact she has made in my life and the lives of others I know. Forbes is following her current book tour as she makes an impact in each city she visits.  One of the lessons she teaches is "don't try to fit yourself into a model that is not you." And then she shows you how to create your model of business. Her current book is titled Focus on Impact, The 10-Step Map to Reach Million

How do you move when moving hurts? The one thing that calms my body and my mind and doesn't make me feel like I got hit by a truck the next day is Pilates. Since I have a radio show I thought, why not bring my personal Pilates trainer, mentor and friend to the show so you could get to know her, ask her your questions and learn a few things you can do at home to get your body and mind back into alignment. Especially your body. The first time I went to Pilates I had been in pain for a long time after some injuries to the discs in my lower back after a VERY bad round of golf. After 15 minutes, the pain was gone and my body and mind felt calmer. I got hooked and each time I go, I not only learn more about my body but more about the mind body connection and how they play tricks on each other.  If you aren't sure what I mean just tell yourself to stand up straight with your chin back to align the head and then look in a mirror. It surprises me every time. If you are a breast cancer survivor, Gini Murphy also shares

Which comes first? Your purpose or your objective? Do you know the difference? Does your plan further them? Do you know how the language you use matters at all levels of your life and business? We often hear that we must know our purpose and that if we are not living our purpose that is why we are left unfulfilled at the end of the day. I have struggled with this concept for many years and felt like I was failing because I couldn't articulate my purpose as it seemed it is supposed to be articulated. Then I met my guest, Barry Laub and he presented the concepts in a different way that challenged me to look at the words I was using and the words being used by others. Pieces started to fall into place that had not seemed even remotely relevant to success and purpose. Listen with an open mind as we discuss how objective is the thing we want to be looking at and defining and once you have that, the rest begins to fall into place. Tweet to me @TheLauraSteward and to Barry at @BarryLaub to share your insights and as

The business of being an author matters almost even more than the books do. Once you have a book or an idea for a book, what do you need to do to get it published? I was fortunate and made connections to to the right people to get my book, What Would a Wise Woman Do? Questions to Ask Along the Way published. I learned from some of the best on how to keep my book selling and ranking and winning awards. But what if you don't know those people? Well now you do. My guest. mentor, publisher and friend is the Publisher of Morgan James Publishing and THE top PR guy for the industry for over 38 years. An 18 time bestselling author himself, we talk about the different types of publishing, what you need to do before, during and after publishing happens for you and share how you can get a free ticket to the top author event in the U.S. Rick Frishman is Publisher at Morgan James Publishing in New York and founder of Planned Television Arts (now called Media Connect), has been one of the leading book publicists in America

My favorite question that helps me get through so many challenges in my life and in my business is, "why?" Not just, "what is my why?" but, "why this goal?", "Why did we end up where we are right now?" "Why did my brother die so young?". Get the idea? I never forgot the other questions like, Who?, What?, When?, Where? and How? but they were not the questions that seemed to unlock the door to my inner knowing like why? did. I would use all the other questions to dig deeper into the why yet there seemed to be a piece I was missing somewhere. I understood my why but I needed to also know an essential piece of me, my what. The what is essentially the core essence of who you are and what you were born to do. I would get glimpses but then it would slip. It would manifest in many different ways yet I could not verbalize it other than to describe myself by what I did for a living. As I was preparing for this show, I was watching Wayne Dyer's movie, The Shift and thinking, how do you unlock what is already inside of y

What happens when you get Terry Brock in the studio and record the first video of the radio show? No, this is not the song video killed the radio star! Yet it did create some interesting conversations and interactions and raised a few questions in my mind about video and its place in making an impact.   My guest on this episode is the incomparable and totally fun Terry Brock. We challenged each other to figure out how to add video to the live radio show when the studio does not have any cameras and has no capability of accepting newfangled methods of communicating like internet calling. How were we going to do it and still provide a good show, which you are all used to by now!, for the live listening audience that has a radio in their car, home or was listening on iHeart radio? If the show was just a recorded podcast we could always redo it but we were live on terrestrial radio!   Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the planning and inability to test in the studio until we went live, I decided to ask my guest ho

Time Engagement? Self-Management? Time Management is a spiritual pursuit? What I do know is the time we have on this planet is finite. Once a day is over, it is over. We cannot get that time back and our future time is unknown. We may have days, weeks, months, years or just seconds left on this planet. How we spend our time is a choice. But how do you decide where to spend your time? I teach goal setting and time management and I am the first person to tell you that some days I have no idea where the day went and I certainly don't always see forward momentum towards a goal. Some days I think time managment is more perseverance than perfection. My guest just released the latest book in his Get the Nerve to Succeed Series; Time Management - 50 Lessons on Finding Time for What's Really Important. If you are looking to become more productive on what really matters, you won't want to miss this show. I myself had a few ahas as I was thinking over the show on my way home from the radio station. Share with me on twit

How do you stay focused on a goal or dream during the hard times? For that matter how do you stay focused in the good times? According to my guest, Kris Mathis, "life is going to test you and ask you how bad do you want this?" Sometimes you have to find a way out of no way. Are you living in fear of excelling? Have you learned how to win? Want to turn a struggle into a victory? Lot's of questions during this show with even more answers to help you find the right questions and answers to move you forward or perhaps just start you on your path from success to significance. And yes, we define what both of those mean in this context. After you listen to the show tweet what success and significance mean to you to me at @TheLauraSteward Kris Mathis is a Grand Rapids, Michigan native who has went on to have a successful career and reach international prominence as a world-class motivational speaker and author of the best-selling book, “From Success to Significance: The 8 Keys to Achieving any Goal or Dream” written

What happens when a Rabbi, a Reverend and a Swami walk into a radio station? That was a question I wanted answered so I invited them to my show for a conversation about faith, the journey they each took to reach their faith landing place and the questions they asked along the way and still ask. I have explored many religions and spiritual paths since my brother died when I was 10 and I got so mad at God I couldn't go to church or even pray anymore. Along the way I realized that all of the religions and spiritual practices I explored had the same goal of connection to a being or idea bigger than humanity. All the houses of worship I entered welcomed me with open arms even if sometimes it was with a bit of suspicion at first. What I learned for me is that God is bigger than any religion but that all religions had something to offer to help guide the path to a higher level of being. On this episode I speak with Rabbi Michael Birnholz of Temple Beth Shalom of Vero Beach, Florida, Reverend Casey Baggot of Communit

Are you ready to be energized no matter what time zone you travel to or from? Are you tired of feeling like you need a vacation from your vacation and not in the good way? What if you could travel with health and vitality and return home to the same? My guest on today's show is the author of the bestselling book, The Healthy Conscious Traveler: 8 Pathways to Smart and Effortless Travel, the founder of the Self Care Revolution and a 23 year veteran doctor treating over 80,000 patients. We discuss, how self care is not an event but a way of life and the one thing you can do starting today to begin the path to optimal health. Dr. Benson all shares the 6 items in your traveler's first aid kit to always carry when you travel. Dr. Robyn Benson is a pioneer of the Self-Care Revolution, which aims to transform lives and healthcare, one person at a time. This mission has been fueled by lessons she's learned and the wisdom and insights she has GAINED on her transformational journey as a doctor of Oriental Medicine whic

Do the words social media make you cringe? Or are you a regular user who wants to expand their reach more effectively? Whatever your level of experience or inexperience with social media you can begin making an impact by following a few key strategies to help you select your platform, target your audience and determine your impact. Whether using Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope or one of the many other social media platforms what matters is why you are using it and is it where your audience is hanging out. My guest on this episode is my personal social media Yoda. I don't always take his advice right away but I am learning to as just implementing one or two small changes regularly makes a significant impact on my results on social media. Cool Hunter Ken Herron increases emerging brands’ revenue and market share by using technology to develop stronger emotional connections between companies and their customers. Ken is an advisor for multiple global mobile and web startups, includin

It has been said that people remember you most when you touch their emotions. How do you touch people appropriately though while meeting your business and personal goals? What is inappropriate? What is appropriate?   What are the three things you must do in order to be authentic in your touch?   My guest today is an expert on touching people in appropriate ways and he will share what he has learned with us and pose some new questions for you to ask to have a stronger connection with clients and others you meet. For over 28 years, Peter Verlezza has been the architect of technology solutions that make sense for medical practices, businesses and non-profits.  His unique way of approaching challenges comes from a belief that it all starts with people.  In the early years, Peter worked at his family’s deli and catering businesses where the foundation of exemplary customer service was instilled by his family.  The value of serving has extended to his professional relationships with clients as well.   Peter intern

What are the four words you should never say to a man? What is the number one communication disaster between men and women that we continually do to ourselves? What assumptions do men make about women and vice versa? Is there such a thing as gender intelligence? My guest today is considered a top expert on all of the above and we don’t agree on some things, as you will hear during the interview but she does make me think. Will she make you think too? Tweet me @TheLauraSteward and let me know after you listen. As an Author, Speaker and Coach, Fiona Fine is growing a movement for women and men to live and love on their terms. Her relationship book isBabe In Total Control of Herself (affectionately known as B.I.T.C.H). Fiona turned her mess into a message​: after 30 years in a man’s world of engineering/IT, career coaching and recruiting (where she completely lost her femininity, her health and even her sense of humor to fit in and make the big bucks), she finally reclaimed her sassy, vibrant self and went from