Children Are Human Too: Children’s Rights

‘Under the law, children have long been regarded as the PROPERTY of their parents. State statutes and case law nationwide protect the constitutional rights of parents, often disregarding the rights of children. What is now common knowledge among professionals and the general public with respect to the importance of loving, appropriate child rearing, is generally not reflected in the law.‘ – Parenthood in America Stacey’s story was another interview that taught me so much about our world. I had no idea Read More

Allan Takes Off His Shirt For The Ladies Behind The Scenes

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-UQ7EKCp0&list=PLQIikebAPmLVcVTihdWXF0y9SUaCdC3HK&index=8[/youtube] Meet my friends Shay, Jules and Allan who are some of my most regular Kouch Time guests. This behind the scenes footage is a glimpse into why I love these smart and funny people! You can see how they believe that discussions on topics that we cover like addiction and overcoming tragedy are important ones to have. Shay Moore is an entrepreneur/humanitarian, writer/producer/lyricist, who believes we all should be a beacon of light at the end of a lonely tunnel for Read More

Video Sneak Peek – Custody Battle To Keep Her Daughter

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmO81ZX6U60&list=PLQIikebAPmLUxsO_Wt4h2R4fe47A_yq1V&index=8[/youtube] Stacey Doss is an incredible woman who has spent the past 4 years in a bitter custody battle fighting to keep her little girl whom she’s raised since birth. One million dollars later, with mounting legal fees that forced her to file for bankruptcy, she shares her story with us on Kirsty TV. Stacey’s case was a landmark win in the area of ‘adopted parent vs biological parent’. Today, she has custody not adoption, which always hangs over her Read More

Fighting For My Child’s Life: Adopted Parent VS. Biological Parent

Stacey Doss is an incredible woman who has spent the past 4 years in a bitter custody battle fighting to keep her little girl whom she’s raised since birth. One million dollars later, with mounting legal fees that forced her to file for bankruptcy, she shares her story with us on Kirsty TV. Stacey’s case was a landmark win in the area of ‘adopted parent vs biological parent’. Today, she has custody not adoption, which always hangs over her head. Read More

Video – Richard Simmons: Tutu, Fairy Wings And All

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCSlhaGbPk&list=PLQIikebAPmLWnoONVNCfK-ToC2YPeeNhq&index=2[/youtube] [powerpress] Meeting Richard Simmons for the first time was everything I expected it to be and more. His loving nature and silly eccentricities are infectious!  I had never interviewed a man in a tutu, covered in crystals before. It really was quite an experience. I first met Richard when I went to work out at his studio, Slimmons in Beverly Hills.  There, I met so many fabulous people & one of his oldest members a 73 year old woman Read More

When Fear Comes To Visit…

There is nothing less attractive than someone full of fear, lacking confidence and in full-blown scarcity mode. I really don’t like it when fear comes to visit but unfortunately when we head off on a journey into unfamiliar and unchartered waters it can be a regular visitor, dropping in at the most unexpected and unwelcome of times. Right when you were just making progress, or having such fun, fear comes knocking at the door and stops you in your tracks. Read More

Video Sneak Peak – Discussion On Oversexualization Of Girls

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83dDepBMZRU&list=PLQIikebAPmLVcVTihdWXF0y9SUaCdC3HK[/youtube] During our Kouch Time Discussion, I learned that kids are having contests via social media as to who can post the sexiest pictures. That took me by surprise.  What will be next? Where does this problem of oversexualization stem from? And how can we send them out into the world with higher standards?  I think what could make a huge dent into the momentum of this things is if our media and pop culture changed. I love what is happening Read More

Too Sexy For Our Kids

Does society encourage women to be oversexualized? By ‘sexualization,’ we are referring to the perception of a person in regards to their sexuality.  So, by ‘oversexualized,’ in particular women, we want to discuss how girls and women are being bombarded with the pressure to be sexy.   Let’s start by addressing the sexualization of girlhood.  I’m talking about sexy media, dolls, video games, clothing, teenage magazines, just to name a few.    ‘Ample evidence testing these theories indicates that sexualization Read More

Strip Clubs: Preferred Over Fine Arts In America

I just read this statistic aloud to my good friend. They giggled and said, “That’s funny, slash sad.”  I then proceeded to tell him a couple more; there are 5,000 strip clubs in America (sourcefirstamendmentcenter.org) and 9 out of 10 strippers will be assaulted AT LEAST once while at work (guardian.co.uk). “Damn, that’s not cool,” he said. Nope, not cool at all.   From an outsiders perspective, strip clubs can seem fun and wild but on the other side of the spectrum Read More

Video Sneak Peek – Skin Disorder To Stripping

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4MyU28M7nI&list=PLQIikebAPmLUxsO_Wt4h2R4fe47A_yq1V&index=7[/youtube] As a girl or woman, I think all of us at some stage have felt not pretty enough or wanted to change something about the way we look. Christine’s story taught me that we don’t all get a choice and that we don’t all have control over that. For Christine, it was a skin disorder, for others it can be as simple as aging and weight gain or as severe as being a burn victim. So life happens and Read More