Love Your Heart, Backyard Deer Hunting, Be the Star You Are! Essay Winner

Heart Disease is the #1 killer of women. A Harvard study found that 92% of women are in jeopardy of developing cardiovascular disease. In T42, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany give you heartening truths to help you be heart healthy. www.bethestaryouare.com

Prize-winning author Wm. Hovey Smith has written 13 books, numerous magazine and newspaper articles as well as contributed to many blogs. Three recent titles “Practical Bowfishing,” “Crossbow Hunting,” and “Backyard Deer Hunting: Converting Deer to Dinner for Pennies Per Pound” stress eating natural foods from the outdoors. In these hard times “Backyard Deer” provides a healthy way to cut food bills and eat healthy meals.

Announcing the 6^th Annual Be the Star You Are!® essay contest winner sponsored by Bill Gladstone’s book, The Twelve. The topic for the competition was “Who is your role model and/or mentor? In what ways has this person changed your life for the better?” And the winners are…Pamela Lewis and Margaret Montet. Read their stories at www.bethestaryouare.org under WRITING

Helping Haiti, Secrets of the Lost Symbol, The Gift of Goals

with Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany

There is only one Dan Brown. And there is also only one “Secrets” team that has achieved worldwide bestseller success providing the curious reader with compelling and authoritative explorations into the thought-provoking ideas that lie behind Dan Brown’s action-adventure novels. Cynthia Brian interviews award-winning journalist and bestselling author Dan Burstein about the mysteries, revelations, and fiction behind The Lost Symbol. www.SecretsOfTheLostSymbol.com

In T42, A Mother-Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany share ways we can help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The dynamic duo will also give tips on how to prepare for a disaster in your backyard. Visit http://www.charitynavigator.orgfor a list of reputable organizations who are assisting in Disaster Relief.

Are you still sticking to your goals and resolutions? Since the early 1980’s Cynthia Brian has been empowering clients and anyone she meets to live their dreams. Secrets to being the star you are and living on purpose with passion are the topics for this segment as Cynthia talks about how to set goals. Her newest book is Be the Star You Are!® for TEENS published by Morgan James. http://www.bethestaryouare.com.

Contraception, Angels in My Hair, Badass

In T42- A Mother/Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany continue the conversation about available contraceptive methods. Heather offers knowledgeable researched information concerning the safety ad efficacy of a variety of bill control.

Direct from Ireland, Lorna Byrne talks about her best selling book, Angels in My Hair. Lorna has been seeing and talking to angels since she was a baby. Very unusually she sees angels physically – just as you see someone sitting across from you. Dyslectic and diagnosed as retarded as a child, she has never read a book. The angels are her teachers.

Throughout history—from the bone-crushing age of antiquity to the sack-tearing modern era—there have been warriors. They built empires, smashed armies, and ravaged civilizations for wealth, glory, and ultimate supremacy. Ben Thompson brings us an unstoppable collection of villains, heroes, criminally insane, that had one thing in common: They were all . . . Badass.

The 6th Annual Essay Contest is underway. Enter Today! Sponsored by The Twelve.

HELLO 2010! We set goals to be healthier, exercise more, work smarter, love deeper, and of course earn better wages. The trouble is that we make our goal list so long and often unachievable that we lose our confidence and give up. In T42- A Mother/Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany give your smart goals and simple ways to be accountable and successful.

Florrie Kichler is the President of the Independent Book Publishers Association, (IBPA) formerly known as PMA. Her job is to build strategic partnerships and expand programs. She’ll discuss the current state of independent publishing plus the challenges that publishers and authors are facing in 2010. IBPA educates, supports, and advocates for independent publishers.

Can one person make a difference in a world filled with chaos?  YES, after working sixteen years as a nurse in emergency rooms throughout the United States, Mary Lightfine joined an organization called Doctors Without Borders.  A decision that gave her the chance to feel what war, starvation and desperation was like from a new perspective that changed her life forever.. She’ll discuss her book, Nurses, Nomads, and Warlords.

Read the article: http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0322/Digging-Deep-with-Cynthia-Brian-Read-Plant-Grow.html

It has been 10 years since the millennium. Have the 2000’s been what you expected? Ten years of world events will be discussed with the effects on individuals from tragedies to triumphs. So much has changed. Have you? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany let the ball fall on the new year. www.heatherbrittany.com

Cynthia Brian provides a forward look into the possibilities for you for next year. What are your plans for 2010? Have you made resolutions or goals? How are the teens in your life celebrating? Cynthia offers nine big changes you can make that will change your life for the better. www.cynthiabrian.com and www.bethestaryouare.com

Not Intuitively Obvious: Transition To The Professional Work Environment is a uniquely concise combination of a senior manager’s memoir of lessons learned and business book culling from over twenty-six years of experience in the professional work environment. Author, J.A. Rodríguez, Jr. is a Senior Manager for a Fortune 200 company. He has over twenty-six years of professional work environment experience. www.NotIntuitivelyObvious.com

The 6th Annual Be the Star You Are! Essay Contest is in full swing. Visit www.bethestaryouare.org and go to WRITE for guidelines. Buy autographed copies of the book, Be the Star You Are!® for TEENS at www.bethestaryouare.c

Christmas Traditions, Men that Don’t Cheat, Little White Whys

What traditions do you celebrate during the holidays? Do you spend time with family, do you travel, watch videos, eat crab? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany take a peek inside the festivities of the season.

With Tiger Woods infidelities all over the news, it is apropos to do a show on cheating. In segment two, we’ll talk with author Charles E. Hughes about his book, How to get a Man that Doesn’t Cheat. Mr. Hughes believes that honest and true blue men are out there and he wants to help women find them.

In our final segment, Dr. Ish Major reveals the lies that men tell women in his relationship guide, Little White Whys. Dr Majors shares the problems and offers the solutions to love that work. What do you really want and are you happy with yourself?

Learn to love and be loved this holiday season and enjoy a true relationship of equality.

The 2009 6th Annual Essay Contest is underway. Enter Today! Sponsored by The Twelve.the Miracle Moment for today is brought to you by Karmony Kollection of handmade handbags, cluthes, candles and hair adornaments.

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Interview One

Christmas Traditions

Engineered Foods, In His Service, Pet Companionship

You are what you eat! But what are we eating today and is it safe? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany investigate our food and offer ways to make healthy choices. www.bethestaryouare.com

Joy and Adventures in His Service by Alene Dalley shares true stores from the mission field. From witch doctors to water wells, language barriers to interpreter humor, you’ll travel on a journey of the heart.

Whether you are fortunate enough to currently be living with an animal companion or whether you are simply thinking about purchasing or adopting a pet, PET PARENTHOOD:  ADOPTING THE RIGHT ANIMAL COMPANION FOR YOU written by animal expert Diane Pomerance, Ph.D.  offers readers vital information regarding the joys, sacrifices and responsibilities associated with pet “guardianship.” www.animalcompanionsandtheirpeople.com

Don’t forget the 6th Annual Essay Contest for Be the Star You Are!®. Go to www.bethestaryouare.org

Best of success!

Staycations, All About Animal Massage, Saving Money

Are you going away for the holidays or are you creating holidays at home? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany have fun in the backyard. www.bethestaryouare.com

Megan Ayrault teaches animal lovers the principles of animal massage with her visionary books, The Dog’s Lovers Guide to Massage and The Horse Lover’s Guide to Massage. Megan is the founder of AllAboutAnimalMassage.com, an on-line resource for everything you need to know about massage and bodywork for the animals you love.

Haitian native, Patrick Edouard, invites today’s youth to become tomorrow’s millionaires by knowing the process of managing, saving, and investing money with his book, Young Friends, Let’s Talk about Saving Money. http://talksavingmoney.com.

In T-42, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany share options and safety tips on birth control to help you make informed reproductive health choices.

For lovers of dumplings in every shape, size, and variety, the book, Connie Lovatt shares The Dumpliing, a startlingly thorough collection of recipes and techniques for dumplings from all over the world and all around the year.

Lorna Sass is a culinary historian and a James Bear Award winning author of numerous cookbooks. From the elegant to the ethnic to the traditional, Cooking Under Pressure contains a wealth of flavor-packed recipes for fast, healthy, and delicious meals developed for the pressure cooker.

Buy her newest book, Be the Star You Are! for TEENS at www.bethestaryouare.com

How high can you bounce? Cynthia Brian gives the secrets to resilient people. Learn how to navigate the bad times and come out on top. www.bethestaryouare.com

Annie Barrows was born in a year that had a two and a six in it. She always loved libraries, couldn’t spell very well, and decided to write children’s books. Her Ivy and Beans series have won numerous awards. The characters are complete opposites but become best friends.

The bestselling author of Abraham and host of the PBS series, Walking the Bible, Bruce Feiler, turns his attention to America in a groundbreaking look at how Moses shaped the nation’s character–and how he can guide us in a time of crisis. The book is America’s Prophet.

INTOLERANCE, IN THE BACKYARD, DIRT IS GOOD FOR YOU

Millions of innocent people around the world throughout history have been slaughtered because of intolerance, prejudice, superstitions, and discrimination. In T42, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany look at ways we can develop acceptance.

Eating local can start right in your backyard. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian shows you ways you can grow you own edible garden to become an architect of sustainable chance. www.goddessgardener.com

Rufus Griscom’s book Dirt is Good For You shares an anthology of true stories of surviving parenthood from the editors of the popular web site, babble.com.

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H1N1, You Unstuck, Independence Days

In T42, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian give you the pros and cons of the getting the flu shot. Learn the difference between the Swine Flu and the regular flu, where to get vaccinated and the hype surrounding the flu. This segment could save your life!

“Are you in a rut? Is your gut reaction to change a negative response? In You Unstuck, Libby Gill will help you understand the way you look at risk-taking so you can start moving past your fears and excuses, toward success.

Independence Days by Sharon Astyk tackles all the nuts and bolts of food preservation, with tips on how to bulk buy and store food on the cheap, canning and dehydrating techniques. It also focuses on enjoying a delicious, high quality pantry diet year round.

Haunted Halloween, Quackless Duck 7, Education and Humor

In T42, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian go back through history to the haunts of Halloween. Check out the new T-shirts and Tank tops from Be the STAR You Are!® and also more gifts from the book Be the Star You Are! for TEENS. www.bethestaryouare.com

Quackless Duck Visits the White House and Misses His Ride Home is the seventh book in the Quackless Duck series by prolific author and illustrator, Jane Lowrey-Christian. These books were written in part to encourage parents and grandparents to read to their young children. www.janelowrey-christian.com

Dr. Don Martin, author of Road Map for Graduate Studies, joins Cynthia to discuss the Gift of Education along with Dr. Joel Goodman, director of the Humor Project and author of the Gift of Humor. Both authors are contributors to the Be the Star You Are for TEENS book.

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Inspired by President Obama’s call to action, the book Spirit of Service is a daily devotional that explores the many ways you can get involved in service to others. It boasts 365 specific suggestions. Ken Berger, President of Charity Navigator and a contributor to Spirit of Service shares the importance of volunteering. We hope that one of them is to volunteer with Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3.

WWW.CHARITYNAVIGATOR.ORG

Keeping with the charity theme, Cynthia Brian continues the hour with The Gift of Giving from the book, Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Make a tax deductible donation today to Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3. Check out the new T-shirts and Tank tops from Be the STAR You Are!® and also more gifts from another chapter from the book Be the Star You Are! for TEENS. www.bethestaryouare.com

Charity: www.bethestaryouare.org

ESSAY CONTEST, The Spirit of Service, The Gift of Giving,

Announcing the 2009 6th National Essay Contest sponsored by THE TWELVE. Cynthia Brian gives you the details to start your engines with this years topic of role models. Rescue gardening is our second topic with ways you can save plants and save the environment. www.bethestaryouare.com

Inspired by President Obama’s call to action, the book Spirit of Service is a daily devotional that explores the many ways you can get involved in service to others. It boasts 365 specific suggestions. Ken Berger, President of Charity Navigator and a contributor to Spirit of Service shares the importance of volunteering. We hope that one of them is to volunteer with Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3.

Keeping with the charity theme, Cynthia Brian continues the hour with The Gift of Giving from the book, Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Make a tax deductible donation today to Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3. Check out the new T-shirts and Tank tops from Be the STAR You Are!® and also more gifts from another chapter from the book Be the Star You Are! for TEENS.  www.bethestaryouare.org

THE WORLD AT 2012

In T42, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian reveal the secrets behind the 2012 stories. Is 2012 the new Y2K? Find out as the Goddess Gals dig deeper in history to chronicle the debate surrounding the superstitions. www.bethestaryouare.com

John Major Jemkins, author of the acclaied Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 brings us The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth behind the most intriguing date in history. We’ll learn how this date has been interpreted and misinterpreted by scholars, gurus, and cultures and what key controversies surround the concept of 2012.

The Twelve, by Bill Gladstone is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel about a most unusual man. As a child, Max lives in a world of colors and numbers, not speaking until the age of six. As an adult, Max ventures on a journey of destiny to discover the secret behind the ancient Mayan prophecy about the “end of time,” foretold to occur on December 21, 2012.

Tanks and T-shirts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVdNNamcIUs

Buy the books and shirts at www.bethestaryouare.com

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All proceeds benefit charity. Read, lead, succeed.

Domestic Violence Month, Friends, Lovers, and Other Paraphernalia; The Gift of Dreams

In T42, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian discuss domestic violence. How do you recognize it, how do you stop it, how do you protect yourself, your children, and loved ones.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE at 1-800-799-7233

THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE AT 1-800-656-4673

THE NATIONAL TEEN DATING ABUSE HOTLINE AT 1-866-331-9474

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Cynthia Brian debuts the new T-shirts and Tank tops available from Be the Star You Are! and reads the chapter, The Gift of Dreams from the book, Be the Star You Are! www.bethestaryouare.com

Author Ray Skop invites you to ride his roller coaster of life as he describes his adventures and misadventures in his book, Friends, Lovers, and other Paraphernalia. Ray talks about the importance of family, embracing your roots, and cherishing friends.