Psychjourney Podcast

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the North Star Guardians and Warrior Traditions Podcast, interviews Mr. Jim Rubens, author of Over Success: Healing the American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection published by Greenleaf Book Group.

Jim Rubens dropped out of Dartmouth College to join one of New England’s first communes and then discovered his passion for business startups. After a twenty-two year career as a serial entrepreneur, he entered politics in the early 1990’s serving two terms in the New Hampshire state senate. Today Rubens is a venture investor and a member of the Granite State Angels. He consults for the Union of Concerned Scientists on energy policy and spends extensive time in volunteer work.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions podcast interviews Allen R. Kates, BCECR, MFAW author of CopShock, Second Edition: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) published by Holbrook Street Press; 2nd edition.

Allen R. Kates, BCECR, MFAW, is a trauma expert and journalist. He is Board Certified in Emergency Crisis Response (BCECR) by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and has earned certificates in critical incident stress debriefing and management, suicide intervention, PTSD therapy, resiliency, crisis intervention and victimology.

Kates is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), and is author of the book CopShock, Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), first and second editions, and co-author with Sharon Knutson-Felix of Gifts My Father Gave Me, Finding Joy After Tragedy, He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing (MFAW), and is a writing coach, editor and writer who helps others succeed with their book manuscripts.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Mark Matousek author of When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living published by Bloomsbury.

Mark Matousek is the author of two memoirs, The Boy He Left Behind and Sex Death Enlightenment. He is a contributing editor for O and Tricycle and writes the “Big Idea” column for AARP. He has served as senior editor of Interview magazine and has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times magazine, Details, Harper’s Bazaar, the Utne Reader, Out, Yoga Journal, and others. He lives in New York City.  Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Daniel J. Tomasulo, author of Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir published by Graywolf Press.

Daniel J. Tomasulo is a psychologist, psychodrama trainer, and writer on the faculty at New Jersey City University.  He maintains a private practice in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he also controls all the traffic and streetlights.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the North Star Guardians podcast interviews Dr. Mario Beauregard co-author of The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of The Soul written by Mario Beauregard, PhD, and Denyse O’Leary and published by Harper One.

Mario Beauregard's groundbreaking work on the neurobiology of mystical experience at the University of Montreal has received international media coverage. Before becoming a faculty member there, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Texas and the Montreal Neurological Institute (McGill University). Because of his research into the neuro-science of consciousness, he was selected by the World Media Net to be among the "One Hundred Pioneers of the 21. Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Gregory S. Berns, MD, PhD,  author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist  Reveals How To Think Differently published by Harvard Business Press. 

Gregory Berns, MD, PhD,  is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University. He has written for numerous science publications and has been interviewed on National Public Radio, CNN, and ABC's Primetime. He has been profiled frequently in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and other media.  Visit his website.

 

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, author of Buddy's Candle published by Trafford Publishing.

Dr. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College where he graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is a former president of the American Holistic Medicine Association.

In 1989 he retired from the practice of general and pediatric surgery to travel around the world, speaking to patients and their caregivers.  His book, Buddy's Candle is available now. Faith, Hope, and Joy -- The Unexpected Side Effects of Cancer will be released early in 2009. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Brendon Burchard, author of Life's Golden Ticket: Inspirational Novel published by Harper One.

Brendon Burchard is a prominent life coach, leadership speaker, and change management consultant: his clients have included Fortune 500 companies, startups, nonprofits, universities, and thousands of individuals in seminars across the country. Brendon donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to Kiwanis International, Junior Achievement, and the YMCA. He lives in Northern California but still calls Montana, where he grew up, home. Visit his website.

Jamie Mason, co-host of the North Star Guardians, interviews Ms. Alex Kava, the author of Exposed.

Before writing novels full-time, Alex Kava spent fifteen years in advertising, marketing and public relations. Alex’s five novels featuring FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell - A Perfect Evil, Split Second, The Soul Catcher, At the Stroke of Madness and A Necessary Evil - along with her stand-alone novel, One False Move, have been published in 19 countries and have appeared on USA TODAY and the New York Times bestseller lists as well as bestseller lists in the U.K., Australia, Poland, Germany and Italy.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. Alex divides her time between Omaha, Nebraska, and Pensacola, Florida. Visit her website.

Visit Jamie Mason's website and blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Julia Flynn Siler, author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty published by Gotham.

Julia Flynn Siler is the author of The New York Times bestseller, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an Dynasty. A native Californian, Ms. Flynn Siler has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Week. The House of Mondavi, her first book, was released in paperback this summer. It began as a front-page story for The Wall Street Journal and was honored as a finalist for both a James Beard Foundation award and a Gerald Loeb award for distinguished business reporting. Her next book, The Lost Kingdom, will be published by Grove/Atlantic Press in 2011. Visit her website.