Perfectly Imperfect with Lee Woodruff
June 30, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk, self
Embracing the chaos of life and accepting imperfection!
Guest: Lee Woodruff author of In an Instant and her new book, Perfectly Imperfect
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Podcast: Aired live July 8, 2010
After the success of her first book, In an Instant, co-authored with husband and ABC anchor Bob Woodruff who survived a traumatic head injury in Iraq, Lee Woodruff writes a lighter chronicle of real life as a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend in Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress.
Just like her book, Lee will charm you with her humorous whit and ability to get personal to give us her view on raising teens, aging, being a not-so-sports mom, having style (or not) and surviving a crisis.
Don’t miss my up close interview with Lee Woodruff and her take on living a great life without having to be perfect.
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Lucky to Get Fired & Find Happiness
June 30, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk, self
When your purpose changes, it’s time to find a new purpose.
Guest: Dominique Browning, author of Slow Love
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Podcast: Aired live July 1, 2010
As editor-in-chief of Conde Nast’s House & Garden, Dominique Browning found herself fired when the magazine folded on November of 2007. She had four days to pack up her belongings and was suddenly, without warning, out of work.
Slow Love is Dominique’s new book and as she describes it, ” it’s about wearing your pajamas to the farmer’s market, packing up a beloved
home and downsizing to a more rural setting, making time to play the piano and go kayaking, picking up the Bible, reinventing yourself, and not cutting corners when it comes to love, muffins or gardening.”
We’ll talk about what it means to reinvent yourself when life suddenly changes beyond your control and how to find humor, joy and unexpected surprises in living a life that was never sought, but just happened. With excerpts from her book, Dominique fills us in on her journey from the fast paced Manhattan lifestyle of magazine deadlines and high-end events, to slowing down to love life and find happiness.
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Mother-Daughter Duos
June 16, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
Moms and their daughters making successful partnerships
Guests: Lisa Wexler, radio host of The Lisa Wexler Show and her mom Gloria Kamen, authors of Secrets of a Jewish Mother, and
Margie Greenberg and her daughter Abbey Alpert, owners of Flour Pot Cookies and authors of The Flour Pot Cookie Book
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Podcast: Aired live June 17, 2010
No matter what kind of relationship they have, mothers and their daughters are bonded for life. Meet two mother-daughter teams who not only laugh and cry together, but have partnered to write a hot new book and run a successful business.
Find out how these mothers and daughters are both different and similar, survive the up’s and down’s together, juggle their personal and professional relationships and use their bond to achieve life and career success.
- Margie Greenberg & Abbey Alpert owners of Flour Pot Cookies
- Secrets of a Jewish Mother co-authored by Lisa Wexler, Gloria Kamen and sister Jill Sarin
Secrets of a Jewish Mother
The Lisa Wexler Show
Flour Pot Cookies
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Organize Your Life!
June 10, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
Get a handle on your spaces, time and goals and make space for you.
Guest: Lisa Lelas, professional organizer, author of Simple Steps: 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life and tv host of Simply Organized.
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Pre-recorded / Aired: June 10, 2010
Getting organized not only clears the clutter in your home and office but also in your mind as you make room to bloom! Lisa will amaze you with simple and easy tips and ideas on how to streamline and get things in order so you can start controlling your life instead of life controlling you.
Lisa Lelas
Not just a how-to, we’ll also get to the root of why so many of us feel overwhelmed, out of energy and even stuck , and how organizing your life will help you move forward in so many ways!
Lisa’s Website: www.LifeStylingwithLisa.com
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Supermodel Emme Awakens Our Inner Magnificence!
May 20, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
Body Image, self esteem, living a healthy lifestyle and more from full-figured Supermodel Emme!
Guest: Emme
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Aired: March 11, 2010
Photo: Robert Ashcroft
Emme, supermodel, television personality, author, lecturer, clothing designer, and nationally recognized body image and self esteem advocate has a clear mission: to awaken the inner magnificence inherent in each of us. It’s no wonder People magazine selected her twice as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” and Ladies’ Home Journal chose her as one of the “Most Important Women in America” and one of the “Most Fascinating Women of the Year.” And the accolades don’t stop there: she was honored as a Glamour magazine “Woman of the Year” and as one of Biography magazine’s “25 Most Influential Women.”
Emme burst onto the scene as the world’s first full-figured supermodel hosting E! Entertainment Television’s “Fashion Emergency” and became the first full figured model ever to land a spokesperson’s contract with a cosmetics company when she signed with Revlon.
Emme is a vocal advocate for people of all ages to be fit and to live a healthy lifestyle and blogs on her website and in the Living Section at The Huffington Post. She promotes and exemplifies a wellness lifestyle, positive body image and self-esteem and self-acceptance and has penned several books including her latest, What Are You Hungry For? (Harper Collins, 2007), a children’s book that addresses the reality that children have many hungers, including emotional ones.
Recipe: Emme’s Garlic Black Eye Pea Soup
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I’m Out of Touch with My Body!
May 20, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
It’s that time of year again … when we think about how we look and how we will ever get back in shape again.
Guest: Andie Hight, award winning journalist and host of Native Wisdom Radio
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Thursday, May 20th, 3pm EST
Since you’ve ignored it for a while, probably all winter or longer, maybe it’s time to check in with your body.
Just like calling an old friend who you haven’t talked to in a while and dealing with the initial feelings of guilt for not being connected and fear that there will be no response, you know that once you do get in touch it will be a good thing. Do you want to feel your body move again and nourish it with healthy foods? Then it’s worth it to reconnect even if it’s been some time.
Andie Hight
Join me and my fellow radio host on the Her Insight Network, Andie Hight, as we explore our body, mind and spiritual connection. Through her own journey to identify with her body after a life-threatening illness, Andie brings insight which goes deeper than just trying a new diet or exercise regime to get back to feeling comfortable with your body again. It’s about awareness to manifest the physical body that you can have and loving the skin you’re in.
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Banish Mother’s Guilt & Dream Big!
May 6, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
Our kids inspire us to dream and want us to soar! So why the mother’s guilt?
Guests: Dr. Dale Atkins guest psychologist on NBC’s Today Show and author of Sanity Savers: Tips for Women to Live a Balanced Life and Renata Bowers children’s author of Frieda B. Herself.
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Aired: Thursday, May 6th, 3pm EST
Another Mother’s Day tribute to inspire moms to bloom!
Remember when you were a child and you could dream big? And as a mom you saw your own kids’ imaginations running wild too. No matter what their age, toddlers to adults, our children have much to teach us about how to live our lives and how we can encourage them to live theirs.
Dr. Dale Atkins
Renata Bowers
Flush out mother’s guilt and give yourself the best Mother’s Day gift of all. The gift to be all that you can be!
Frieda B. Website (Renata’s book)
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Women Talking Money
April 29, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
What every woman needs to know about her relationship with money: Making it, saving it and growing it!
Guests: Pam Otten, The Financial Mom and host of Intelligent Investing, and Olivia Mellan, Money Coach and author of Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and Relationships
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Aired/Pre-recorded: April 15, 2010
Are you good with money? Do you procrastinate with your finances? Do you know where your money is? Are you saving or spending? What’s your relationship with money? Where do your money messages come from? What do you know about investing? Do you put a value on your own worth?
Let’s answer these questions and lots more when we gather some savvy experts and talk money. This is not a “how to” about investing and you won’t get lost in financial jargon. Instead, we’ll talk about how to become more aware of your money and how your relationship with money affects your overall worth.
If you’ve been avoiding the subject of investing or saving or want a better relationship with money, this show is for you!
Pam Otten’s Website: FinancialMom.com
Olivia’s Website: MoneyHarmony.com
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Spa Day for a Beautiful You (Inside & Out)
April 27, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk
A Bloom spa day over the air waves to nurture your authentic self and all that you are inside and out!
Guests: Mary Jones radio talk show host of The Mary Jones Show and co-author of Incredible Life and Jennie Fresia owner of the Jennie Fresia Beauty Library
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Podcast: Aired live July 29, 2010
Taking care of “you” and living an authentic life is your best beauty trick! Enjoy an hour with Barb’s guests who know all about enhancing your best assets to project a positive self image and how to radiate your positive energy to truly be beautiful.
As a popular radio host on four stations and a weekly segment on NBC Connecticut, Mary’s signature sign-off and theme is “Believe in Yourself”. She empowers and inspires women to create the life they want to live and contributed her message in the The Power of Persistence which reached #1 on Amazon’s self-improvement list.
Jennie Fresia
Mary Jones
Jennie Fresia worked with the high end beauty products company Trish McEvoy and now runs her own makeup studio with a signature mineral cosmetics line. Jennie knows that beauty goes deeper than what’s on the surface and will give us simple tips on how to feel great in your own skin.
Close your eyes, put your feet up and relax with a lavender pillow or some cool cucumber slices over your eyes. This is your personal spa time for a beautiful you inside and out!
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Best of Bloom Talk!
April 24, 2010 by Barb Scala
Filed under Bloom Talk, self
You’ve got to plant Seeds for Success to Bloom
Hosted by Barb Scala with Guest Cameos (pre-recorded) from Emme, Nancy Anderson, Dr. Dale Atkins, Lisa Lelas, Pam Otten, Olivia Mellan, Dale Allen, Martha Hoffman, Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager and Desiree Fontaine.
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Podcast: Aired live June 24, 2010
It’s been an amazing 6 months of wonderful guests and topics since Bloom Talk hit the airwaves. What a better way to celebrate than to reflect as we plant Seeds for Success!
Through the months, my fabulous guests have inspired you to Be positive, Love what you do, Organize your life, Own your life, and then Make it happen. And who would have thought? These “seeds” just happen to spell BLOOM!
Barb Scala, host of Bloom Talk Radio
That’s what we do on Bloom Talk …dream, create and grow the life and lifestyle you want to live. Jam packed with the essential seeds everyone needs to bloom day after day, season after season, year after year, don’t miss one of my favorite shows!
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