Quality of Life Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio features author Anna Monardo who discusses her new and award-winning memoir, "After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage" (Bordighera Press, May 14, 2024).

Author of "The Courtyard of Dreams" and "Falling in Love with Natassia," Anna pivots from her career as an established fictional author to reveal the truths she discovered while investigating her family’s story. Starting in Southern Italy, ...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's QUALITY OF LIFE Podcast features Dr. Ronald Ruff who discusses his book, "Raising Children to Thrive: Affect Hunger & Responsive, Sensitive Parenting."

In this world of information overload and constant distraction, parents are experiencing an urgent need for direction on how to raise their children based on the cutting-edge science of child development. New research shows that infants possess ...

Did You Know that Heart Disease remains the Number One Killer of Women in the United States, killing more women than breast and lung cancer combined? In honor of Women's Health Month, this inaugural episode of Big Blend Radio's HEART HEALTHY LIVING WITH DR JACKIE Podcast is all about Heart Health for Women. Hear about prevention, along with easy (and fun) lifestyle and dietary changes that can boost heart health. 

Dr. Jacqueline Eu...

An irresistible compulsion to travel and a nervous affliction: put these together and you get the collywobbles, that jittery feeling one gets from anxiety. 

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Vacation Station" Travel Show features author and world traveler Faye Brenner who chats about some of her travel experiences and her book "Collywobbles: Tales of Travel, Life, and Anxiety." 

Part memoir and part travelogue, "Collywobbles" take...

This episode of Big Blend Radio celebrates Earth Month and National Poetry Month with Lauren Martin who discusses her book, "Night of the Hawk: Poems" which will be out on May 14, 2024 through She Writes Press. 

A powerful and wise poetry collection on shamanism, feminism, and disability, "Night of the Hawk" tells untold stories of the marginalized. Inspired by the Lauren's own experiences as an aging woman living with chronic illn...

Enjoyed this shared episode from Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" Podcast featuring Cheryl Leutjen, author of "Love Earth Now: The Power of Doing One Thing Every Day."

As a geologist, environmental law attorney, spiritual practitioner and, most importantly, devoted mother, Cheryl understands that most people don’t have an endless reservoir of time, money and energy to devote to Earth-friendly practices. That’s why she wrote "L...

After working in the climate-tech industry for the past fifteen years, debut author Aaron Arsenault is excited to inspire readers ages 9-12 to combat climate change. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, he discusses his climate fiction novel, “The Climate Diaries, Book One: The Academy” (Borrowed Planet Press, April 2024).

"The Climate Diaries: Book One," takes readers on an eco-adventure with troublemaker Jax Wilkinson, who is recr...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani focuses on earth-friendly memorials and burials. Featured guest is Alethea Valley, General Manager of the Point Arena Forest for Better Place Forests.

Better Place Forests offers a sustainable memorial within a protected place in the forest for ashes of a loved one to be returned to the earth. Each tree can accommodate more than one loved ...

If you've ever known and loved a dog, it's not hard to understand why they're dubbed "[human’s] best friend." But they're often so much more – our confidants, our teachers and even our healers.

This episode of Big Blend Radio features Moth StorySLAM winner Anne Abel who discusses her new memoir, "Mattie, Milo, and Me" (She Writes Press, April 2024). The book shares the central role her dogs played in her healing journey as a surv...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features Reginald “Reggie” Reed who discusses some of his life story that's shared in his True Crime memoir, "The Day My Mother Never Came Home"

It's an emotional rollercoaster as he recounts the unimaginable tragedy that shook his world at just six years old. From the heart-wrenching murder of his mother to the shocking revelation 35 yea...

April marks National Stress Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the pressures we face and how they impact our lives. Today's episode of Big Blend Radio's QUALITY OF LIFE Show is shared from Big Blend Radio's SOUL DIVING SUNDAY Show with transformational life coach Shelley Whizin. In this conversation she focuses on how to navigate stress so you can find joy amidst life's challenges. Read her article that shares insight and advice...

What is Death Cleaning? And, Should You Be Doing It?

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea explains death cleaning. Hear about steps to getting started, and how it can benefit someone stay organized in daily life and ultimately alleviate stress at their end stage of life as well as for their family.

Death Cleaning Aligns with Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Dou...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Tracy Mayo.

Tracy Mayo had a successful career, but one choice from her past continued to haunt her: forcibly giving up her baby at the age of fifteen. Now she’s sharing the inspiring story of her impossible journey to find him during the pre-Internet era in her memoir, “Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self” (V...

In honor of March 7, 2024 being Plant Power Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast celebrates vegetarianism and reducetrianism with this Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" interview with Brian Kateman, President and Co-Founder of the Reducetarian Foundation.

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This episode of Big Blend Radio features transformational life coach Shelley Whizin and mindset mentor Susan Rosenthal who share tips on how to transform challenges to joy and bridge one's personal and professional lives. Read Shelley's article about it here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/transforming-challenges-into-joy/

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SHELLEY WHIZIN is the founder and CEO of ...

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's SOUL JOURNEY DOULA podcast with death doula Lea Brovedani, Lea talks about how to handle the end-of-life stage of a spouse or beloved partner.

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Lea's 5 Pillars of Support as a Death Doula:

* Spirit - Uphold beliefs and practices

* Emotion - Honor feelings

* Mind - Life review and gleaning meaning

* Body - Increase comfort, health and ...

Kendra Petty began life by enduring years of childhood abuse, culminating in a stunning breakout from a cult led by her own parents that nearly consumed her. She married a physically and emotionally abusive woman with a hidden drug habit. She successfully climbed the corporate ladder – only to discover she worked for an organized crime family that later attempted to poison her. And after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she fina...

In honor of Arizona becoming the 48th state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, today's episode of Big Blend Radio features Lisa Hopper, Executive Director of the Arizona Heroes Memorial.

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The AZ Heroes Memorial pays tribute to Arizona's veterans, active military, first responders, and healthcare workers. The site in Naranja Park, Oro Valley, AZ is currently und...