Posts tagged career
December 16, 2011 · Filed under My Book: BookMark, News, Personal · Tagged abuse, alcoholism, career, healing, inspiration, Jerry Sandusky, Mike McQueary, mother, optimism, pedophilia, Penn State, physical health, positive thinking, rape, relationships, self awareness, stepfather, therapy, trauma
Brutal news week.
I used to draw down a wall between my life and the news. As I anchored the news, reading about others’ pain, I didn’t feel my own. I was inured from the intrusions of decades of sexual abuse. I could focus on WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow and script the stories, read my own words, tell the story. That’s over. It’s actually been over for a few years until I could finally break down that inviolate partition. I was healed. I thought.
But this was a brutal news week. Read the rest of this entry »
May 29, 2011 · Filed under Personal · Tagged abuse, alcoholism, career, dancing, diabetes, father, fearless, happiness, healing, inspiration, Marisa Russo, mother, pedophilia, rape, therapy
For years, I hid it, never spoke about it. Until finally, it pushed up out of me like a beach ball you press down in the water – it pops out. Has to.
And, one day, the gift of that childhood trauma becomes apparent.
First, the damage and danger twists synapses, neural pathways, belief systems, trust, whom you love and who you run from. What does a four-and-a-half year old girl learn from being raped by her mother’s new husband? Handsome guy, her mother head over heels in love with him, her cutting the little girl’s real father out of every photo, changing the girl’s name, and silencing her when she tries to speak it. Mother, an alcoholic, suicidal, schizophrenic. Real father, gone, after the little girl reaches age six, because the stepfather beat him up and told him to never come back. She never saw her dad again.
Little girl escapes Read the rest of this entry »
May 6, 2011 · Filed under Personal · Tagged abuse, career, father, fearless, film, healing, inspiration, mother, movie, optimism, pedophilia, positive thinking, rape, relationships, self awareness, stepfather, storytelling, The Kings Speech, therapy
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged. And, this is, in part, an apology for not having checked in. I’ve been making my own art, and making a living. I’ve been interviewing and reading – just haven’t written here.
I decided to take tonight “off,” and not produce the 30-minute podcastor, not prep for my next appearance on KOIN-TV’s Studio 6, not rework the last two chapters of my memoir. Instead, my housemate, who is leading me into learning how to “play,” watched with me the Academy Award winning movie, The King’s Speech.
The film struck me deep. Read the rest of this entry »
January 17, 2011 · Filed under Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged career, history, manifest, positive thinking, publishing success, self awareness, success, thriller, writing
The Inner Circle
By Brad Meltzer
Published January 11, 2011 (Hardcover) Grand Central Publishing
We go back a long way. Fourteen years. In those days, I interviewed authors for a daily book show Between the Lines for AP Radio Network, and, honestly, I preferred in-studio interviews to phoners. In a sense, I took a chance on interviewing Brad Meltzer over the phone about his first book, Tenth Justice. And, every time we do an interview, Brad reminds me that I was there with him since the beginning.
In a way, Brad’s comment is a microcosm for the beautiful thread that runs through all his books, including his newest The Inner Circle. In an interview with Brad, that will air on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan tomorrow/Tuesday, and I’ll post it here later, he made a fascinating comment. Read the rest of this entry »
October 24, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged abuse, career, fearless, goals, happiness, healing, inspiration, law of attraction, manifest, optimism, passion, pedophilia, positive thinking, rape, self awareness, stepfather, trauma, wisdom, writing
Inspired Destiny: Living a Fulfilling and Purposeful Life
By Dr John F Demartini
Published July 15, 2010 (Paperback) Hay House
Of the dozens of Law of Attraction books I’ve read over my twenty-plus years of interviewing authors, Inspired Destiny is one of the best. Dr. John Demartini doesn’t lecture down from a mount. He draws from his own difficult beginnings: A dyslexic kid whom teachers told had no chance of succeeding in the world. As a teen, he ran off to be a surfer. The author of dozens of books, he was featured in the film phenom, The Secret.
A little secret from me to you: Read the rest of this entry »
October 19, 2010 · Filed under Author Interviews, Book Reviews, Open Book · Tagged career, fearless, fiction, friendship, goals, happiness, inspiration, novel, optimism, self awareness, storytelling, thriller, writing
Bodily Harm
By Robert Dugoni
Published May 25, 2010 (Hardcover) Touchstone
Tonight I met with the rest of the committee that put on the 2010 Willamette Writers Conference – and is gearing up for 2011. Bob Dugoni’s name came up. And, coincidentally, before I knew we were meeting, I had decided Bob’s show would air today. Bob Dugoni blew the freakin’ doors off during his speech at the August Willamette Writers conference. If Bob returns this year – and we hope he will – we will book him a double room for his lectures. He was so hot, Read the rest of this entry »
October 4, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews, Personal · Tagged career, fearless, happiness, healing, inspiration, interviewing Mel Gibson, magic, manifest, Mel Gibson, miracles, physical health, self awareness, video interview
Inna Segal’s show aired today on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan. You can listen to the half-hour show, here, and I also promised in my blog yesterday to give you a few more of the highlights.
Inna’s book is The Secret Language of Your Body. It is assembled much like a dream dictionary. Look up your ailing organ, or use color as preventative medicine. Look up your emotions or your body systems. It’s cool. The book’s biggest take-away is that your body is talking to you. Using Inna’s book, you can interpret its changes, and act accordingly. The other take-away is that Inna’s life has gotten phenomenally better. Doors fly open. She says these words to Universal Intelligence or Divine Intelligence, “How does it get better?” Then she focuses on her intention. Read the rest of this entry »
October 3, 2010 · Filed under Author Interviews, Book Reviews, Open Book · Tagged career, diabetes, goals, healing, inspiration, manifest, optimism, passion, physical health, positive thinking, self awareness, therapy
The Secret Language of Your Body
By Inna Segal
Published August 31, 2010 (Paperback) Atria/Beyond Words
The oddest thing happened during intermission at the Michael Beckwith/Bob Thurman event a few weeks ago. A petite brown-haired woman walked down the aisle toward my seat, and I rose, as if beckoned, to speak with her. We didn’t know each other. We had never met before. But it seemed like we were supposed to speak. So, we did. We parted a few moments later, a bit puzzled. Later in the evening, I was chatting with an event organizer from Beyond Words, and mentioned that I’d be interviewing one of their authors soon – Inna Segal. The co-founder of the publishing company pointed a few rows away, and said, “There’s Inna.” Inna was the very same petite brown-haired woman. After our interview a few days ago, we still have that sense of something more – yet to be discovered.
One thing for certain, Inna Segal has come a long way – as she mentions briefly in her book The Secret Language of Your Body, and, at length, on my show – Open Book with Diana Page Jordan – which will air tomorrow at 1:30p Pacific on www.pdx.fm. Inna – pronounced EE-nah – was barely out of her teens when her body felt ravaged with pain, particularly her back. She visited doctors and chiropractors, none able to diagnose and heal her. Finally, nearly bent in pain, she visited a chiropractor who frankly told her to go home. She was shocked and angry. He simply told her that her body was stuck, and there was nothing he could do to help her. Inna said she was so furious, she hardly felt the pain as she returned home. But it stirred her to action. Read the rest of this entry »
September 28, 2010 · Filed under Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged BP disaster, career, fearless, goals, happiness, inspiration, manifest, ocean, optimism, passion, positive thinking, self awareness, storytelling, thriller, writing
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
By Susan Casey
Published September 14, 2010 (Hardcover) Doubleday
As Susan Casey walked up the railroad ties that are the steps leading up the steep climb to my home studio, she smiled and said, “I remember you. You interviewed me for my book The Devil’s Teeth.”
Yes.
That was five years ago. In a closet-sized studio at one of my radio stations.
Casey is now the editor-in-chief of O Magazine, and she literally immersed herself in the research for her newest book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean. Susan Casey is drawn to the ocean as if she were born there, and compels herself to return. She took me on quite a journey during our interview, which you can hear here. Read the rest of this entry »
September 20, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged business, career, fearless, goals, happiness, inspiration, manifest, marketing, optimism, pitch, positive thinking, relationships, self awareness, selling, storytelling, writing
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
By Bob Burg and John David Mann
Published December 27, 2007 (Hardcover) Portfolio
Nearly always I share reviews and interviews with you about the newest books on the market. But sometimes books just show up, and they’re not necessarily new, maybe they’re even ancient.
Like Bob Burg’s three-year old book The Go-Giver. It’s a sweet little parable with five resounding lessons. A newer book just hit – Go-Givers Sell More - driving home those key points.
Go-Givers Sell More
By Bob Burg and John David Mann
Published February 18, 2010 (Hardcover) Portfolio
The books comfort. Success, the authors say, doesn’t come from the hard sell. It stems from kindness and caring, thinking of the value, you, individually, can deliver. I’ll give you the five lessons in a moment. The wise old character in The Go-Giver gently urges his so-called secrets to be given away. We’re all better for it. Read the rest of this entry »
