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Florham Park, NJ – Healthy is personal to each person. It’s not just what you eat and drink. It’s your entire life. To be truly healthy means that after all the challenges life throws your way, you’re still smiling. Denise Taddeo is the founder of The Glitter Cookie, LLC, an integrative health coaching practice offering a uniquely structured health coaching and wellness counseling program that is individualized for each client. Denise empowers her clients to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing by encouraging them to implement and sustain lifestyle and behavior changes that that will contribute to the achievement of their personal wellness goals.  “It’s about staying healthy and out of doctor’s offices and away from the junk that they overprescribe,” says Denise. “You have to look at your career, spirituality, relationships and, most importantly, your relationship with yourself. That’s why we’re called integrative health coaches." Denise is trained not only dietary theory, but also works wit

Cliffside Park, NJ – When we help someone in need, we are both made stronger. Dr. Ani Kalayjian is a board-certified expert in traumatic stress, professor of psychology at Columbia University and the founder of Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP), better known as Meaningful World, a charitable organization dedicated to training humanitarian outreach professionals as well as responding to global and local disasters. “We understand the challenge of creating peace,” says Dr. Kalayjian. “These atrocities are part of us, part of humanity. This is an everyday effort, so we have to focus on considering each day as a new dawn, a new hope.” Meaningful World is about building community and developing humanity, transforming the traumas of the past to create meaning and give deeper purpose to our lives. Meaningful World’s Humanitarian Outreach Teams have helped rehabilitate survivors in over 45 countries, making a difference by transforming tragedy and trauma into healing through resilience, mindfulne

Boca Raton, FL – Nobody does it alone. Mentoring and coaching are critical to achieving success. Without a "Truth teller" you are operating at a disadvantage. Dr. Betty Orlandino is the truth-teller. She helps her clients understand how other people are seeing them to help bring out their best. As a clinician, master executive coach and mentor, Dr. Betty Orlandino has been empowering people for 30 years. “You would be surprised at how many senior executives plateau or derail due to critical interpersonal skills,” says Dr. Orlandino. Whether you're a career professional, an up-and-coming C-suite superstar, a high-level expert, or a leadership hopeful who knows you deserve more than you're getting, Dr. Orlandino can offer practical advice and a generous helping of reality to guide you to new career heights. An exceptional executive coach, Dr. Orlandino is an expert on women and leadership in the 21st Century. “I understand the world through a woman's eyes, being a woman and a mother,” says Dr. Orlandino. “So

Las Vegas, NV – CUTV News today announced that Anna Louise Gaspar will be featured in an exclusive, one-on-one conversation to discuss her experiences as a member of the Peace Corps. Anna Louise Gaspar had been an elementary school teacher for more than 32 years in the Los Angeles area, when she retired. But unlike most retirees who find a hobby to pass the time, Anna joined the Peace Corps, where she helped to open a resource center for teachers in Swakopmund, Namibia. “We were 35 people to start with,” recalls Anna. “You had to do your own laundry. You had to cook. You had to clean. We were interacting with children who didn’t speak English. They had different customs and different food.” Namibia had recently transitioned from South African control, declaring its independence in 1994. Unfortunately, they had been dominated by South Africans for so long, they didn't have proper books. Some children in the villages had no education at all. “The idea was to set up a resource center so the teachers could come t

CUTV News Radio host Jim Masters continues his conversation with Susan Kohler of Connected Hearts in Part 2 of our series with Susan.  Susan Kohler is a dementia care specialist and co-founder of Connected Hearts, a unique experiential training program that teaches the sublte powers of communication to make meaningful, emotional connections with persons living with dementia.    www.connectedheartsllc.com

Elgin, IL – According to recent studies, as many as 2.5 million people in the United States suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. a devastating multi-system disease that causes dysfunction of the neurological, immune, endocrine and metabolic systems. Beckie Butcher is the author of My Battle With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which chronicles her struggle with the disease. “We may not die, but our lives are taken away from us,” says Beckie. Beckie says after three years of keeping a stiff upper lip and reminding herself things could be worse, she had to step back and mourn her loss. The experience inspired her to finally sit down and process the profound change in her life. The result was My Battle With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. “It was cathartic,” says Beckie. “The more I wrote the more came out about how I handled what's going on inside of my body. I’ve come a long way but I still have a long way to go.” At least 25 percent of patients are homebound or bedbound. Beckie was both. Today, Beckie is no longer bedri

Montreal, QC – To sleep, perchance to dream. Each night we dream all manner of strange, wondrous and frightening experiences. There is value in decoding and understanding our dreams. All it takes is learning what questions to ask. Layne Dalfen is a dream analyst and the founder of The Dream Interpretation Center, where she helps clients understand the language of their subconscious. “All dreams have meaning,” says Layne. “Dreaming is just thinking. There’s always a reason for today’s dream. It’s not random. The subconscious mind is brilliant and very sophisticated.” Layne’s own interest in dreams stems from her early experience in Freudian analysis where dream work was the primary tool. As a dream analyst, Layne looks at dreams from a psychological perspective. The dreamer tells her the dream and she knows the right questions to ask. Ultimately, it’s the dreamers themselves who uncover what their dream is about. “Dreaming is problem solving. Your subconscious mind prioritizes the thing that’s bugging you the

Las Vegas, NV – CUTV News today announced that Anna Louise Gaspar will be featured in an exclusive, one-on-one conversation to discuss her experiences as a member of the Peace Corps. Anna Louise Gaspar had been an elementary school teacher for more than 32 years in the Los Angeles area, when she retired. But unlike most retirees who find a hobby to pass the time, Anna joined the Peace Corps, where she helped to open a resource center for teachers in Swakopmund, Namibia. “We were 35 people to start with,” recalls Anna. “You had to do your own laundry. You had to cook. You had to clean. We were interacting with children who didn’t speak English. They had different customs and different food.” Namibia had recently transitioned from South African control, declaring its independence in 1994. Unfortunately, they had been dominated by South Africans for so long, they didn't have proper books. Some children in the villages had no education at all. “The idea was to set up a resource center so the teachers could come t

Dallas, TX – There is so little we understand about the true nature of chronic pain and dis-ease, what causes it and why it can be so severe. And yet doctors routinely prescribe incredibly addicting drugs to manage it. It makes sense to take a step back and look from a completely different angle with a different perspective. There’s an energetic component to our traumatic experiences and they deserve to be explored, especially if the alternative can offer no reasonable hope. Cindy Ormiston is the founder of Tranquil Vibrations, an energy healing practice that specializes in reconnective healing, realigning you emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. Cindy reconnects your body to the meridian lines of the universe and the infinite wisdom of the universe and facilitates reconnective healing in person or distance. “Often times our energy flow is shut down and we need to get it set back up,” explains Cindy. “By reconnecting with that energetic source, the life force itself, we’re able to access what we

San Francisco, CA – Change, in its simplest form, is the act of moving from a current state, through a transitional state, to a future state. Many of us fear change, but change is inevitable. We can either wait for change to happen and react to it or we can utilize change as a tool. According to John Spenker, change is not a thing that has to be managed but rather an energy source. Spenker is the author of Pivot Your Perspective: Your Change Journey. “I want this book to be a tool for anyone seeking to reconnect with themselves,” says Spenker. “For anyone who feels frustrated or empty and has a hunger for more, this is a book they can go back to time and time again.” John Spenker has spent the last 15 years as a catalyst for change through his practice Synergistic Coaching & Consulting, where he specializes in change management for organizations, teams and individuals. He says he wrote Pivot Your Perspective to help readers say yes to change and open doors to possibility, potential and purpose. By underst

North Ajax, Ontario -- Many of us deal with countless symptoms of depression, stress, and anxiety by taking antidepressants and other countless drugs.  Often enough this comes with unwanted debilitating side effects. Gillian Small is a leading Transformational Life Coach offering clients three modalities yoga, reiki, and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for life long healing. EFT, also known as meridian tapping, is an energy psychology tool and the main modality she uses, which she describes as getting to the core root of the underlying anxiety. “Tapping is a cross between cognitive behavioral therapy and Chinese acupuncture but without the needles,” explains Gillian. “As your talking about the issue at hand whether it be a trauma, bothersome event, anger, grief and even the physical pain in your body, you tap with your fingertips on specific acupressure points. This acknowledges, processes, and then releases anything that is not serving you and keeping you stuck in your life.” According to Gillian there ar

Cleveland Heights, OH – When you find the right caterer, you can taste the difference. Marigold Catering is a premier boutique food service company offering five-star, restaurant-quality dining with outstanding event execution. Led by its founder Joan Rosenthal, Marigold has produced and catered hundreds of high-profile events, addressing every detail from menu creation, to venue selection, flowers, lighting, linens, entertainment and ambiance. “Good word-of-mouth created my business; bad word-of-mouth would destroy it,” says Rosenthal. “I don’t care if it’s a wedding or a bagel for one: the standards I set and the standards I insist on are the same.” And Marigold’s 80 employees and 300 servers and bartenders have embraced Rosenthal’s vision, model and brand. Recognized as Cleveland’s Top Off-Site Caterer by CBC Magazine, Marigold boasts the highest quality products, cutting-edge presentation and responsiveness no other caterer of its size can offer. “You’re getting the love, the highest quality product and p

Tolland, MA – An Ascended Master is a person who has raised their vibration to a sustained frequency of light to become self-realized and serve humanity. According to Barbara Hardie, every single person on this planet has the exact same soul’s purpose: to raise their vibration and become an ascended master. Barbara Hardie is the founder of Angel Connections, where she helps people to solve the challenges they are experiencing in life with input from the Angelic Realm. Barbara helps her clients connect with their spiritual self as well as what she calls their “Heavenly Helpers:” guardian angels, angels, archangels, spirit guides and ascended masters. “Life can be less complicated and more peaceful if you have a connection with God and the angelic realm,” says Hardie. “We have all the resources we need within us. We can draw on our own inherent wisdom – the Higher Self – to determine what we’re supposed to be doing in this life time.”   According to Hardie, within every individual’s soul’s purpose is a life’s m

Brampton, ON – Over a BBQ on a Labor Day weekend, Claudia Harvey and a friend had been discussing how easy it was to ruin their manicured hands in the garden. For women who love to take care of their nails as much as they enjoy gardening, this was a big problem. “It sounds silly but when you look at the investment that women put into their hands and their style, as much as $52 every two or three weeks, only to destroy it the next day when they work in their garden, there was no product for that,” recalls Claudia. They soon discovered both industries – hand care and home gardening – were growth sectors, with a huge gap in the market for women who wanted to protect their nails in the garden. Today, Claudia Harvey is the co-founder and CEO of Dig It Apparel®, which specializes in manufacturing utility gloves for women that protect a woman’s nails in the garden and any DIY project. Dig It’s gloves have an Industrial Design patented pillow-top protector that sits on top of the fingernail inside each fingertip, whi

Helena, AL – Writing isn’t just putting words on paper; it's reaching out to people, inspiring and encouraging them through the words. A great story can offer an immersive experience where the reader observes the drama unfold like they’re a character in the same room. No one knows this better than Annie Jones Holmes, acclaimed author of Beneath the Willow, a collection of short stories, and its sequel Willows Under Trial. First published in 2015, Beneath the Willow, follows the lives of residents of Willow Bend, a settlement of people who had left a sharecropper’s farm in postbellum era. “It's not a true story,” Holmes admits. “It's historical fiction with a realistic concept. It deals with the issues that happened during that postbellum era. They endured many hardships with humor, as well as attempting to deal with the grievance of the situation.” Originally a playwright, Holmes adapted her plays into the short stories collected in Beneath the Willow. “I call it a "divine revelation." I can sit and write wor

Venice, CA –  In the next 40 years, the population over the age of 65 is expected to double. This means more and more adult children will be asked to care for their aging parents. When those parents suffer from dementia, caregiving becomes an experience fraught with emotion, and above all, frustration. Susan Kohler is a dementia care specialist and co-founder of Connected Hearts, a unique, experiential training program that teaches the subtle powers of communication to make meaningful, emotional connections with persons living with dementia. Kohler’s techniques can improve quality of life for your loved one, provide safety and cooperation with daily care and greatly reduce the burden on the caregiver. “The true essence of communication is only made when there’s a connection,” says Susan. For the person with dementia, the natural process of communication no longer functions in the style, efficacy and speed in which it did before the disease manifested. Take away a person’s ability to “connect” with other human

Minneapolis, MN -- Barry ZeVan is the author of Barry ZeVan: My Life Among The Giants, A Memoir. The book recounts a lifetime of being welcomed by some of the world’s most powerful individuals with vivid memories of who they were as people.  Encouraged to write the book by his good friend Jerry Stiller, ZeVan shares some of his fondest memories of an amazing career. “Jerry encouraged me to do it about three years ago. He kept saying, ‘Barry, your life is a book. I’m telling you, you have to write your book,’ so I did,” said ZeVan. ZeVan is perhaps best known as a popular television weatherman in markets across the United States from 1957 to 1988. Since delivering his final weather forecast on KARE-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul in 1987, ZeVan has since gone on to host several TV specials, produce a number of award-winning documentaries and consult in the media relations field. The book includes a 32-page library of photographs of ZeVan, taken with some of the world’s most famous broadcasters, politicians and cele

North Palm Beach, FL – Every person has the same purpose: self-expression. The most effective way to express ourselves is through words. But according to the Stuttering Foundation, more than 70 million people worldwide stutter, about one percent of the population. In the United States, that's over 3 million Americans who stutter. Anna Deeter is a speech educator and the founder of Live Stutter Free. “When people come to me I don't just teach them to speak,” says Deeter. “The outcome of my study course is people learn how to live their life, because speech is the foundation for everything. Every single word is a program for action." Deeter is not a speech pathologist. At least not anymore. After years of practicing conventional speech therapy, she had a revelation that administration of any type of therapy for developing an adequate speech skill is completely wrong. “Speech is a skill,” says Deeter. “We don't need medical professionals to get involved in this process. We need educators and teachers.” Today,

Hawaii – Spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson once said: “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Indeed, most people are afraid of the responsibility we must take if we admit how powerful we are. Mikaya Heart is a spiritual teacher and author who has dedicated her life to helping others develop what she describes as a “broader perspective on the nature of reality:” how to learn to operate on a basis of trust instead of fear. “We are all very powerful beings of light, but we have chosen to forget that,” says Mikaya. Mikaya says in Western culture, we've been taught to value the power of the rational brain above anything else. The rational brain is very useful, but not infallible. To be “happily human,” we must integrate the mind, the emotions, and the body with soul. Today, Mikaya holds workshops on the process of spiritual awakening. “Everyone has the ability to get in touch with their own personal inner wisdom,” says Mikaya. “My job is to help people get in touch with that powerful force

North Seattle, WA- When our beloved pets need medical care, we take them to a veterinarian. There are a variety of specialty services available for animals just as there are in human medical care. VCA Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle provides 24/7 medical care with 24 board-certified doctors and over 100 technicians and staff members. Dr. Karen Kline is medical director of the hospital overseeing its daily operation to assure optimum standard of care. “Many people are unaware of the variety of specialty services available to pets,” says Dr. Kline. “Our veterinary specialists can provide advanced care for pets just like the human model.” According to Dr. Kline, it’s ideal for pet owners to obtain pet insurance starting when their animals are still very young. This makes it easier and more affordable to get the care they need. Additionally, keeping pets in good shape through healthy diet and exercise can play a tremendous role in their overall wellbeing. “Rehabilitative preventive maintenance for your pet