Psychjourney Audio Book Club

The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story

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Length-40 minutes, 0 seconds

Jamie Mason, co-host of North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton, author of The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story published by Kensington.

Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton

Dr. Thornton is a double-Board Certified specialist in obstetrics, gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine. She has risen to the academic rank of Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is a member of the Association of Women Surgeons, a life member of The New York Academy of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Surgeons.

As senior perinatologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Thornton established and developed the program for a new form of early prenatal diagnostic testing known as CVS (chronic villus sampling). Dr. Thornton was one of the original American investigators whose CVS results were relied upon by the FDA prior to its granting approval for the procedure in 1989.  Visit her website.

Visit Jamie Mason's website and blog.

Her biography is presently in  Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. She is listed in The Best Doctors -- New York Metro Area. She was listed in New York Magazine as one of the Top Ten Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists in New York City.

Doctor Thornton was the first black woman in the United States to be Board-certified in High-Risk obstetrics and to be accepted into The New York Obstetrical Society.

Dr. Thornton is the national best-selling author of the Pulitzer prize-nominated book entitled, The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story published in 1995, with over 300,000 copies in print. This family biography (co-authored with Jo Coudert) is a tribute to her parents and was condensed in The Reader's Digest, adapted into a World Premiere Movie and nominated for the Peabody Award and the Cable ACE Award for Best Picture.

In 1996, the American Library Association named it as one of the Best Books for Young Adults and Doctor Thornton was given the "Excellence in Literature" Award by the New Jersey Education Association. She has authored two other books;a medical text entitled, Primary Care for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Woman to Woman: Leading Gynecologist Tells You All You Need Know abt your Baby your Health.

Introduction to Birthing Soul- An Interview with Host Janette Merrill

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Length- 46 minutes, 39 seconds

Ms. Janette Merrill

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians interviews Ms. Janette Merrill, host of Birthing Soul.

Janette Merrill is a mother of three, living in Portland Oregon She will be presenting the Podcast series entitled Birthing Soul which will focus on the Feminine, women's issues and inner growth with a wide range of topics including feminine archetypes, sacred sexuality, parenting, natural childbirth and childcare, partnership studies, raising kids body-positive, reconnecting to the body, menarche and menopause celebrations, and holistic psycho-spirituality.

Janette has a B.A. in Social Science and intends to pursue an M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology.  Visit her blog.

Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes

Length-42 minutes, 12 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., co-author of Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes by Sharon Lamb, Ed.D., and Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D.

Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., is a mom, professor, and community activist. Her acclaimed work on girls social and psychological development has consistently broken new ground and challenged old perceptions. She is the co-author, with Carol Gilligan, of Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, a 1992 New York Times Notable Book of the Year that helped spark an international debate about the lives of girls and redefine our understanding of female development. Dr. Brown has written three other acclaimed books on girls social and psychological development: Raising Their Voices: The Politics of Girls' Anger, Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection Among Girls, and most recently Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters From Marketers Schemes (with Sharon Lamb; 2006 winner of a MS Books For A Better Life Award.

Dr. Brown received her doctorate from Harvard University in Human Development and Psychology. She is Professor of Education and Human Development at Colby College in Maine and co-creator of the nonprofit Hardy Girls Healthy Women She has also consulted for numerous film and television projects, including shows on PBS, and Fox Childrens Network. Dr. Brown lives in Waterville, Maine with her partner Dr. Mark Tappan and their twelve-year-old daughter, Maya. Visit her website.

What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love- Part Two

1 hour, 53 minutes, 28 seconds

Part Two of a Two Part Interview Click to Part One

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Square, interviews Dr. Herb Goldberg, author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love  published by Barricade Books.

Dr. Herb Goldberg

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis), What Men Really Want.

Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others. Visit his website.

VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework, and Commitment

Length-39 minutes, 42 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment published by Simon & Schuster.

Neil Chethik

Neil Chethik is an author, speaker and expert specializing in men's lives and family issues. He is an author of two acclaimed books, Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads and VoiceMale: What husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment.

Previously, Neil was a staff reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, and writer of "VoiceMale," the first syndicated column on men's personal lives. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Ky., where she lives with his wife, Kelly Flood, and son, Evan. Visit his website.

What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love

Length-36 minutes, 15 seconds

Part One of a Two Part Interview-  Click To Part Two

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Square, interviews Dr. Herb Goldberg, author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love published by Barricade Books.

Dr. Herb Goldberg

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis), and What Men Really Want. Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today.

He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others. Visit his website.

I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

Length-43 minutes, 37 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., author of I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame, published by Gotham.

Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.

Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., is an educator, writer, and nationally renowned lecturer, as well as a member of the research faculty at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, where she recently completed a six-year study of shame and its impact on women. She lives in Houston Texas, with her husband and two children. Visit her website.

I Can't Believe She Did That!: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work

26 minutes, 48 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Nan Mooney, author of I Can't Believe She Did That!: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work  published by St. Martins Griffin.

Ms. Nan Mooney

Nan was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, graduated from Scripps College, and has worked in both the film and publishing industries. Along the way, she's held numerous other jobs including, but not confined to: actor, nanny, office temp, exerciser of polo ponies, caterer, fact-checker, and- most dangerous of all- floor demonstrator for an at-home waxing device. Nan is the author of My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track (2002). Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, The Daily News, The Seattle Weekly, Hamptons, Jitney Magazine, The Blood-Horse and various other publications.

She currently works as a teacher and freelance writer, living in (and in times battling with) New York City. Visit her website.

Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love

Length-34 minutes, 23 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Harriet Brown, author of Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About The Men We Used to Love published by Ballantine Books.

Ms. Harriet Brown

Harriet Brown is the award-winning author of the Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of A Day Care Center and the Promised Land, a collection of poems. Her poems have appeared in Poetry and Prairie Schooner, among other literary magazines. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and other national publications. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Madison, Wisconsin. Visit her website.

A Secret Sadness: The Hidden Relationship Patterns That Make Women Depressed

Length-55 minutes, 3 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Valerie E. Whiffen, author of A Secret Sadness: The Hidden Relationship patterns that make women depressed published by New Harbinger.

Dr. Valerie E. Whiffen

Valerie E. Whiffen, Ph.D., has been a professor and clinical psychologist in private practice since 1988 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a professor of psychology in the APA-accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Ottawa. She teaches graduate courses in Psychopathology, Basic Clinical Skills and Interpersonal Therapy, and she supervises the training of clinical psychology doctoral students who are learning to do interpersonal therapy with depressed women and couple therapy with couples who are struggling with one partner’s depression. She serves as a peer reviewer for several professional journals and granting councils.

Whiffen has authored numerous chapters in professional books and more than forty journal articles and she is coauthor of Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy with Susan Johnson. Her primary research interest is gender and depression. She is currently engaged in two major funded research projects. One is a longitudinal study examining the interpersonal influences on adolescent girls’ depression, and the second is a longitudinal study of how couples cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Visit her website