Ep: 1766 Loretta Graziano Breuning PhD - Why You're Unhappy
Release Date: 06/11/2025
Ep: 1773 Robyn Koslowitz PhD - Post Traumatic Parenting
The Kathryn Zox Show
Every good parent wants to create relationships with their children that are filled with joy, connection, and healthy attachment. Yet well-meaning but traumatized parents--those who suffered as children or who are dealing with traumatic events as adults--tend to see the world from a survival point of view. If that's you, you might suspect that your own trauma is negatively influencing your parenting behaviors. Where can you turn for support and wisdom? Renowned traumatic parenting expert, workshop leader, speaker, and founder of the Center for Psychological Growth, child psychologist Dr....
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Ep: 1772 Erin Clifford JD - Wellness Reimagined
The Kathryn Zox Show
For so long, 'work-life balance' has been the brass ring to strive for but have we considered that maybe there’s a better goal? Author and wellness coach Erin Clifford invites you to take a break from the chaos of daily life to redefine what wellness truly means to you. Wellness isn’t just the absence of illness; it’s the presence of a vibrant, harmonious life that nurtures your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. She shares a holistic, flexible approach that integrates nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, mindful living, and intentional self-care....
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Ep: 1771 Sheryl Gonzalez-Ziegler PhD - The Crucial Years
The Kathryn Zox Show
There is a pivotal sea change happening in children’s development. The age of puberty has been trending earlier for decades. Bullying doesn’t just happen on the playground, but over text and DM. Couple earlier puberty with ill-equipped, developing brains and the onslaught of new media and stressors that never existed when we were kids, and it’s clear that parents need a new guide to raise this new generation. Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler knows firsthand how challenging these years can be—yet she also recognizes that this is a tender age and pivotal opportunity to connect with your...
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Ep: 1770 Patricia Grayhall MD - A Place For Us
The Kathryn Zox Show
Jo, a driven environmental attorney based in Washington, DC, and Lauren, a spirited young woman from Britain on a journey of self-discovery, find themselves in a serendipitous encounter at a lively London pub in 1981. Their brief yet profound connection generates a whirlwind of emotions, but the vast ocean, Jo's career aspirations, and immigration hurdles thwart their burgeoning romance. Fast-forward 22 years, and Lauren and her partner travel from Europe to visit Jo in her San Francisco home. The reunion is electric, rekindling a storm of emotions neither can suppress. Old passions...
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Ep: 1769 Anna Gomez - Somewhere Along the Way
The Kathryn Zox Show
Charlotte “Charlie” Hastings never missed her mother. But when her late father visits her in a dream and reveals the letters her mother had written to him over the years, she begins yearning for a connection she never desired to make. Reeling from a mix of emotions, she embarks on a soul-searching cross-country journey to California to find the mother she thought she never needed. Anna Gomez, an award-winning Asian American author brings us along on this emotional trip guided by letters left behind by her late father, unraveling her family's past and confronting the complexities of a...
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Ep: 1768 Annie Guest - Design For Your Mind
The Kathryn Zox Show
How many of us have to endure the loss of parents and are then left with the sobering task of cleaning out their houses, dividing up their belongings among siblings or friends, and trying to make the houses ready for someone else to live in? Annie Guest, a mental health therapist, and attorney, inherited her house after her parents passed away and this is her story of how she brought new life to the house for a new resident – herself - and how she reclaimed her identity doing it.
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Ep: 1767 Marshall Runge MD -The Great Healthcare Disruption
The Kathryn Zox Show
Drawing from his experience as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan and CEO of Michigan Medicine, Dr. Marshall Runge examines how technological advances, policy changes, and emerging business models are fundamentally transforming American healthcare. He argues that healthcare stands at a revolutionary inflection point where multiple disruptive forces are reshaping every aspect of care delivery. He systematically analyzes major healthcare disruptors including retail medicine (Amazon, CVS, Walmart), emerging gene and mRNA therapies, artificial...
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Ep: 1766 Loretta Graziano Breuning PhD - Why You're Unhappy
The Kathryn Zox Show
Unhappiness is our brain’s natural default state, but we’re taught that happiness is “normal.” This makes your natural ups and downs seem like a disorder. It suggests that others are happy and you are missing out. It diverts you from building skills that would actually spark your happy brain chemicals. Why are we getting such bad information about our biology? It’s politics. Not politics in the sense of electing leaders, but politics in the sense of winning support by saying what’s popular. Dr. Loretta Graziano Breuning explains how our brain evolved to promote survival,...
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Ep: 1765 Christopher Hadnagy - Human Hacking
The Kathryn Zox Show
As a species, we are increasingly characterized by stress, isolation, and digital detachment. Christopher Hadnagy, a leading expert in global security and a master hacker, reveals how principles of human communication can be employed to establish rapport, enhance relationships, and influence others' decisions constructively. This isn't about manipulation, but rather about building genuine connections and regaining confidence in our interactions. With his guidance, readers can soon find themselves winning friends, influencing people, and making positive strides toward their aspirations. His...
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Ep: 1764 James T. Hamilton - You Got In! Now What?
The Kathryn Zox Show
Once you’ve been admitted to college, the next step is to develop a strategy of how to find your best life there. Some avoid challenging experiences, follow a path of familiar expectations, and rely on shortcuts. Others aim for perfection, ignore their friends and health, labor over what subjects to study, and neglect spending time outside the classroom. The pressure to make college valuable and interesting can feel overwhelming. Now James T. Hamilton shares important lessons to help you find purpose, manage time, maintain friendships and family relationships, stay physically and mentally...
info_outlineUnhappiness is our brain’s natural default state, but we’re taught that happiness is “normal.” This makes your natural ups and downs seem like a disorder. It suggests that others are happy and you are missing out. It diverts you from building skills that would actually spark your happy brain chemicals. Why are we getting such bad information about our biology? It’s politics. Not politics in the sense of electing leaders, but politics in the sense of winning support by saying what’s popular. Dr. Loretta Graziano Breuning explains how our brain evolved to promote survival, not to make us happy. And explains how we can rewire our brain for more happy chemicals. She has a BS from Cornell U and a PhD from Tufts U and is founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and is Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay.