Thrive In Balance  

Meet Mom Inventor Dana Hanh Contey as she shares her Ah-Ha moment! The idea for Instant Button® for Jeans started after my third child. I was constantly adjusting the waistband of my favorite jeans’ because I was stuck in-between sizes. I tried using belts to secure my jeans, but it was bulky and added another layer of thickness to my waist. Then I tried using safety pins to shrink the waistband. After months of poking my fingers and body with the pins, I knew that I was on a mission to find a solution. In addition to my own struggle, I learned that many more people, including my family, and friends, were experiencing other factors that impact their waistband such as weight loss, the infamous "gap" between the body and the back of the waistband, and pop-off buttons. In the Summer of 2007, I had my "Ah-ha!" moment.

Meet professional Organizer Michelle Poteet. She is the owner of Reclaim Order. Her company helps you to bring order to your space and your life. Michelle will join Jordan Mercedes to discuss her work and her Ah-Ha moments in life!

Don't miss this fun interview. You'll be inspired to organize as well as get engergized for the things you love to do most!

As the daughter of Grammy award winning record producer David Foster and singer BJ Cook, Amy was exposed to great music and legendary artists from an early age. She grew up as an “industry kid,” with music in her blood.

After publishing a small collection of poetry, making the transition into writing songs was a natural progression. The first “proper” lyric Amy ever tried to write was a favor for her father, who was producing the then unknown vocalist Josh Groban.

The song entitled "Home to Stay" made it to the record, which went on to sell over 5 million copies. Since then, Amy has gone on to be one of the most successful lyricists in the world, penning songs for many artists, including Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Destiny’s Child, and Andrea Bocelli.

Amy S. Foster’s debut novel, When Autumn Leaves, is the first installment of The Jaen Saga.

Christine is an inspirational catalyst for women and girls everywhere, daring, inspiring and guiding them to be, love and live their REAL MEs… instead of the images they often find themselves trying to live into. It all began with an unexpected wake up call in 2001, when Christine was walloped with a ‘universal 2x4’ to the soul, a.k.a. her fiancé announced, on the way to their engagement party, that he didn't love her or want to marry her. Most would have crumpled into devastation right there. Not Christine. There was a party to go to, an image to uphold and to that party they went… pretending through the toasts that everything was AOK. Of course, pretending only worked til the party ended and then Christine had to face the reality that her life as she knew it was over, and she had to accept the painful fact that she had betrayed herself in order to keep a man and live up to an image – rising marketing executive, social butterfly, smart cookie and woman in control.

Joshua is the Co-Host of Thrive Solutions, a monthly show where he shares useful tips and resources for getting organized and creating life balance.

Joshua Zerkel, is a Certified Professional Organizer and the President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

He is also the founder of Custom Living Solutions, productivity and organizing consulting firm based in San Francisco.

Josh specializes in helping entrepreneurs and small businesses find easy ways to get control of their information, technology, and clutter so they can reduce stress and make more money.

He also specializes in working with men. Although he doesn’t consider himself freakishly organized, Josh does admit to spending his free time alphabetizing his comic books and fixing the tags on his MP3 collection.

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger discusses his new book The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature's Tool for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family and Work. He is the author of 8 books, including NY Times bestsellers. In his career as an author, Hendrie has previously been on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and Oprah. In Hendrie's book, The Genius of Instinct, he uses the concept of instinct in the broader concept of human nature. Human Nature refers to the daily behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and emotions you have that are instinctually rooted. Thus, the genius of your instincts is the best of human nature.

Kris Hampton is the owner of SmartEze Tutoring in Tyler, TX. While they offer plenty of academic services, she specializes in motor and cognitive skills and the ways they affect how a person learns.

Ms. Hampton is certified in a number of developmental programs for children and has taught classes for teachers and parent s on motor skills and the importance of proper motor skill development.

She is often used as a resource for parents needing help, but don’t necessarily need tutoring services for their child.

Pam Allyn is the founder and executive director of LitLife, and the author of What to Read When.

Allyn offers parents and caregivers essential advice on choosing appropriate titles for their children—taking into account a child’s age, attention ability, gender, and interests— along with techniques for reading aloud effectively.

But what sets this book apart is the extraordinary, annotated list of more than three hundred titles suitable for the pivotal moments in a child’s life.

With category themes ranging from friendship and journeys to thankfulness, separations, silliness, and spirituality, What to Read When is a one-of-a-kind guide to how parents can best inspire children through reading together. In addition, Pam Allyn includes an indispensable “Reader’s Ladder” section, with recommendations for children at every stage from birth to age ten. With the author’s warm and engaging voice throughout, discussion questions to encourage in-depth conversations, as well as advice on helping kids make the transition to independent reading, this book will help shape thoughtful, creative, and curious children, imparting a love of reading that will last a lifetime.

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