The Sweet Spot Podcasts

10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD

MP3 File

Length-22 minutes, 18 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Stephanie Sarkis PhD NCC LMHC is the author of two books – 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD: How to Overcome Chronic Distraction & Accomplish Your Goals (2006) and Making the Grade with ADD: A Student’s Guide to Succeeding in College with Attention Deficit Disorder (2008), both published by New Harbinger.

Stephanie Sarkis PhD NCC LMHC

Dr. Sarkis maintains a private practice in Gainesville, Florida and is the Director of Assessments and Evaluations for Sarkis Clinical Trials in Gainesville. She is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Counselor Education in Gainesville Florida. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at St. Leo University in Lake City, Florida. She is a National Certified Counselor and also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. Dr. Sarkis received a 2001 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Psychiatric Association for her research on comorbid ADHD and brain function. She lectures and presents her research internationally. She can be contacted at www.stephaniesarkis.com or stephanie@stephaniesarkis.com.

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Essence of Tantric Sexuality

Length-24 minutes, 40 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of the Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand) authors of Essence of Tantric Sexuality published by Llewellyn Publications.

Patricia Johnson and Mark Michaels

Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand)a devoted married couple who have been teaching Tantra and Kriya Yoga together since 1999. Their popular workshops have been featured in several publications, including the Village Voice, Now magazine, and Breathe magazine.

The two seek to combine a traditional, lineage-based approach with the best contemporary, Neo-Tantric methods. Their approach includes breath work, meditation, chanting, and puja (a type of Hindu devotional ritual), and their "initiated Kriya yoga" practices aim to lay a spiritual foundation for bringing the heightened awareness and pleasure of sex into everyday life.

The authors are senior students of Dr. John Mumford (Swami Anandakapila Saraswati) and have been named lineage holders of the OM-Kara Kriya® system for the Americas and Sunyata, coauthor of The Jewel in the Lotus, named Michaels his lineage holder in 2001.

Michaels and Johnson have studied Bhakti Yoga with Bhagavan Das and Tantra with Dr. Rudy Ballentine, and they have been featured in Dr. Judy Kuriansky's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex.

Michaels is a graduate of New York University School of Law, is a member of the Bar in New York State, and holds master's degrees in American Studies from NYU and Yale. A playwright and translator, he translated and adapted Goldoni's The Mistress of the Inn, The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Debate, which premiered at New York's Primary Stages.

Patricia Johnson is a professional operatic soprano who tours extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and South America and has performed with the New York City Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Berlin Komsiche Opera.  Visit their website.

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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.

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