Psychjourney Audio Book Club

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

MP3 File  Length-22 minutes, 53 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast interviews Dr. John Izzo, author of The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Dr. John Izzo

John Izzo is a visionary, author, community leader and professional speaker on leadership development, performance management, corporate culture, and organizational change. Dr. John Izzo has more than 17 years experience working in a wide variety of corporate settings. His clients include nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, Healthcare Organizations and mid-size companies. Over the last two decades, John Izzo has married his first career as a minister with his second career as a management & leadership consultant to help leaders create corporations and organizations where values and purpose are the foundations for success. Dr. Izzo spent five years as a senior organizational development consultant for Kaiser Permanente, and 4 years as Vice President of The Einstein Consulting Group, an international customer service consultancy prior to establishing his own firm. Currently he focuses on helping leaders and organizations reach sustainable success through the integration of purposeful leadership and business practices.

John Izzo obtained his Bachelor of Sociology from Hofstra University in 1978 before completing a dual Masters degree from McCormick Divinity School in Theology while simultaneously attending the University of Chicago to complete his Masters in Organizational Psychology. Dr. Izzo then completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from Kent State University shortly thereafter. He is the author of over 60 articles, and is the co-author of the best selling book Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work and its companion workbook. He is also the author of  Values-Shift: The New Work Ethic and What it Means for Business. His pioneering work has been featured on CNN, ABC World News, the LA Times, Canada AM, CBC Radio, The American Medical Journal, B.C. Business, The Seattle Times and the cover of Association Management Magazine on "Creating Inspiring Work Places".

Based on leading edge research and experiences with more than 200 companies, John Izzo helps people understand these shifting values and how they differ across generations and across gender.John Izzo works with leaders who are serious about finding and keeping talented people and who are willing to do what it takes to create an organization where values and purpose are the foundation of the culture. Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

MP3 File  Length- 32 minutes, 54 seconds

Jamie Mason, co-host of North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. John Izzo, author of The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Dr. John Izzo

John Izzo is a visionary, author, community leader and professional speaker on leadership development, performance management, corporate culture, and organizational change. Dr. John Izzo has more than 17 years experience working in a wide variety of corporate settings. His clients include nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, Healthcare Organizations and mid-size companies. Over the last two decades, John Izzo has married his first career as a minister with his second career as a management & leadership consultant to help leaders create corporations and organizations where values and purpose are the foundations for success. Dr. Izzo spent five years as a senior organizational development consultant for Kaiser Permanente, and 4 years as Vice President of The Einstein Consulting Group, an international customer service consultancy prior to establishing his own firm. Currently he focuses on helping leaders and organizations reach sustainable success through the integration of purposeful leadership and business practices.

John Izzo obtained his Bachelor of Sociology from Hofstra University in 1978 before completing a dual Masters degree from McCormick Divinity School in Theology while simultaneously attending the University of Chicago to complete his Masters in Organizational Psychology. Dr. Izzo then completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from Kent State University shortly thereafter. He is the author of over 60 articles, and is the co-author of the best selling book Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work and its companion workbook. He is also the author of  Values-Shift: The New Work Ethic and What it Means for Business. His pioneering work has been featured on CNN, ABC World News, the LA Times, Canada AM, CBC Radio, The American Medical Journal, B.C. Business, The Seattle Times and the cover of Association Management Magazine on "Creating Inspiring Work Places".

Based on leading edge research and experiences with more than 200 companies, John Izzo helps people understand these shifting values and how they differ across generations and across gender.John Izzo works with leaders who are serious about finding and keeping talented people and who are willing to do what it takes to create an organization where values and purpose are the foundation of the culture. Visit his website.

Visit Jamie Mason's website and blog.

Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold On To Their Money

MP3 File  Length-29 minutes, 44 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Stuart Vyse, author of Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold On To Their Money published by Oxford University Press.

Dr. Stuart Vyse

Stuart Vyse is a professor of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, CT. He earned BA and MA degrees in English literature at Southern Illinois University and MA and PhD degrees in psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He has published over thirty professional articles and book chapters on topics including autism, skepticism, belief in the paranormal, and behavior analysis. He began teaching at Connecticut College in 1986, and he has chaired the Department of Psychology on two occasions.   

Vyse’s first book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (Oxford, 1997) won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association and was translated into German and Japanese. Visit his website.

Length-21 minutes, 16 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Carol S. Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success published by Ballantine Books,

 

Dr. Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been the William B. Ransford Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and is now the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Fellowship. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.  Visit Dr. Dweck's website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, clinical psychologist and host of  The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Gay Hendricks, author of Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True published by New World Library.

Dr. Gay Hendricks

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, Spirit-Centered Relationships, and The Corporate Mystic. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at University Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars in North America, Asia and Europe.

In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.  Visit The Hendricks Institute website and the 5 Wishes website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

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Length-26 minutes, 51 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Damon Harper.

Mr. Damon Harper is a  physical trainer and life coach who does most of his training on the beach and also in the water. He describes his physical activity and connection to nature as part of his therapy for ADD and how he helps his clients. His passion and purpose reveal the gift of ecological  consciousness in ADD.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.

Length-26 minutes, 59 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mr. Marc Allen, author of The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment  published by New World Library.

Mr. Marc Allen

Marc Allen has had a multi-faceted career. He studied music as a child, and began composing at age 16. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota in 1968, with a degree in Theater Arts and English Literature.  He worked as an actor and composer, then spent most of his twenties studying yoga, Eastern philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism.

At the age of 30, he co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain. Marc has guided the company, as President and Publisher, from a small start-up operation with no capital to a major player in the independent publishing world.

He has written several books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success and A Visionary Life. He has also composed several albums of music, including Breathe, Awakening, and Solo Flight. He lives in Novato, California with his wife and two children.  Visit his website.

Length-24 minutes, 59 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Brenda Anderson, author of Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life published by New World Library.

Ms. Brenda Anderson

Brenda Anderson is vice president for global business development for SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company. She also serves as CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE), a global society with members from eighty-two countries.

She holds a master of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago and has been named an honorable professor by Shanghai Normal University. Recently, Brenda became an associate with Quantum Ties Inc. a consulting company that operates in the Field every day for its clients. A Chicago resident, she lectures internationally, is a Certified Reiki practitioner, and does One-on-One Intuitive Readings for her clients around the world.  Visit her website.

Length-22 minutes, 52 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Martha Lasley, M.B.A., author of Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization published by Fireside.

Ms. Martha Lasley, MBA

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty at CoachingthatWorks.com. Martha’s passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002 she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

Length-28 minutes, 11 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Crandell, author of Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife published by Warner Wellness.

Ms. Susan Crandell

Susan Crandell left the top editorial job at More, a magazine for women in their forties and fifties to launch a new career and explore new areas of life. She has made numerous appearances talking about the new adventurous spirit of midlife, including the Today Show, and Good Morning America. She lives in Crownwall on Hudson, New York, with her husband Stephan Wilkinson, who is also a writer. Their daughter, Brook is an editor at a leading travel magazine. Visit her website.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Length-21 minutes, 16 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Carol S. Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success published by Ballantine Books,

 

Dr. Carol S. Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been the William B. Ransford Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and is now the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Fellowship. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.  Visit Dr. Dweck's website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website.

Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, clinical psychologist and host of  The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Gay Hendricks, author of Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True published by New World Library.

Dr. Gay Hendricks

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, Spirit-Centered Relationships, and The Corporate Mystic. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at University Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars in North America, Asia and Europe.

In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.  Visit The Hendricks Institute website and the 5 Wishes website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

The Gift of Adult ADD

MP3 File

Length-26 minutes, 51 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Damon Harper.

Mr. Damon Harper is a  physical trainer and life coach who does most of his training on the beach and also in the water. He describes his physical activity and connection to nature as part of his therapy for ADD and how he helps his clients. His passion and purpose reveal the gift of ecological  consciousness in ADD.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.

The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment

Length-26 minutes, 59 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mr. Marc Allen, author of The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment  published by New World Library.

Mr. Marc Allen

Marc Allen has had a multi-faceted career. He studied music as a child, and began composing at age 16. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota in 1968, with a degree in Theater Arts and English Literature.  He worked as an actor and composer, then spent most of his twenties studying yoga, Eastern philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism.

At the age of 30, he co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain. Marc has guided the company, as President and Publisher, from a small start-up operation with no capital to a major player in the independent publishing world.

He has written several books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success and A Visionary Life. He has also composed several albums of music, including Breathe, Awakening, and Solo Flight. He lives in Novato, California with his wife and two children.  Visit his website.

Playing the Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life

Length-24 minutes, 59 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Ms. Brenda Anderson, author of Quantum Field : How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life published by New World Library.

Ms. Brenda Anderson

Brenda Anderson is vice president for global business development for SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company. She also serves as CEO of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE), a global society with members from eighty-two countries.

She holds a master of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago and has been named an honorable professor by Shanghai Normal University. Recently, Brenda became an associate with Quantum Ties Inc. a consulting company that operates in the Field every day for its clients. A Chicago resident, she lectures internationally, is a Certified Reiki practitioner, and does One-on-One Intuitive Readings for her clients around the world.  Visit her website.

Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization

Length-22 minutes, 52 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Martha Lasley, M.B.A., author of Courageous Visions: How to Unleash Passionate Energy in Your Life and Your Organization published by Fireside.

Ms. Martha Lasley, MBA

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty at CoachingthatWorks.com. Martha’s passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002 she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife

Length-28 minutes, 11 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Susan Crandell, author of Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife published by Warner Wellness.

Ms. Susan Crandell

Susan Crandell left the top editorial job at More, a magazine for women in their forties and fifties to launch a new career and explore new areas of life. She has made numerous appearances talking about the new adventurous spirit of midlife, including the Today Show, and Good Morning America. She lives in Crownwall on Hudson, New York, with her husband Stephan Wilkinson, who is also a writer. Their daughter, Brook is an editor at a leading travel magazine. Visit her website.