Losing Everything Taught Her Major Life Lessons

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTKxSptcTjQ&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Kristen Moeller writes a blog called, Walking Through Fire which is about the Denver forest fires in 2012 to which she lost her all of her earthly possessions and home.  On that fateful day, the home owners in her area were all warned to evacuate. As she was packing up her belongings, it didn’t occur to her that she would actually lose her home and everything inside.     Kristen tells us that it started like any other day, Read More

Celebrity Pie Baker Shares Her Apple Pie Recipe

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHY76Xkr13w&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=1[/youtube] Easy apple pie recipe and how to make a homemade pie from scratch with celebrity pie baker, Beth Howard. Beth has made pie for stars like Barbra Streisand (lemon meringue), Dick Van Dyke (strawberry rhubarb), and Steven Spielberg (coconut cream). She’s also a rebel pie maker! Beth doesn’t like to measure. She says, “Every pie should be unique and reflect your personality. Pie is not about perfection. It should look homemade. People should know that you made this with Read More

Widow Finds Purpose in Life Again

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRkP9J7Vrg&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Beth Howard believes that the joy of pie is about more than eating–it’s also about providing connection, community, comfort and bringing people together. So not only are we going to bake the pies, but we are then going to give them away to people. So, I’m here in gorgeous Pasadena, California where I’m about to have my first pie baking lesson. Part of the reason Beth loves making pie is for the sensual, tactile experience of really engaging Read More

His Story Will Scare The Texting Out of You

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxsWGl9Khgw&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Reggie Shaw was 19 years old when he took the lives of two men by texting and driving. Reggie talks about his extreme regret for making the choice to text and drive. At 19 years old, he thought he was invincible. His young and immature self thought he could do no harm.  Since the accident, his life took a different turn. He wasn’t able to accomplish what he set out to do in his youth. In a way, Read More

Push Girls TV Star, Mia Dispels Your Thoughts on Wheelchairs

 [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qpq0rv4xqs&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] Mia Schaikewitz is one of the stars of the hit reality TV show, Push Girls. As a vibrant young girl she was a competitive swimmer, when at just 15 years old, her life was changed forever. A ruptured blood vessel in her spinal cord (AVM) left her paralyzed from the waist down, but has not stopped her.    Mia takes us through the day when the blood vessel ruptured. At that time, there was a 2 year window Read More

Sexual Passion in Marriage Long After the Honeymoon

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUBl8l9A2Ac&feature=c4-overview&list=UUXPZYJgS01zVyF5zzs4Q8rQ[/youtube] [powerpress] Let’s talk about bringing back desire! Ande Lyons is here to talk to us about how to have a passionate relationship. When Ande met her partner 28 years ago, they had instant chemistry. Over the years they have been able to keep that chemistry alive because they cultivate it. Usually when you first fall in love the feelings of euphoria last for about 18 months. They’re lust levels dropped when they were trying to have a child and Read More

Persistence to the Point of Almost Stalking Pays Off

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2wfsS6wh_0&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=1[/youtube] [powerpress] OWNers, this is for you! Paolo Presta and I shot some extra footage and an interview all about what is was like for Paolo to meet Oprah and how that changed his life. Watch it to the end because we have some extra funny footage! I love Oprah, the OWN Network, Spoonful of Paolo and this amazing community who continues to support us and each other.     Oprah hit the road in her Wildest Dreams Bus back in Read More

Oprah Made Paolo’s Dream Come True

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2rLclhtVY&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=2[/youtube] [powerpress] Oprah hit the road in her Wildest Dreams Bus back in 2004 to make people’s dreams come true. One of her stops was at a family owned grocery store where my guest Paolo Presta worked. She offered this aspiring actor a speaking role on the TV show Will & Grace and it went down in Oprah’s show history as one of the best viewer surprises of all time. Paolo talks about his incredible experience on the Will & Read More

Obese Weight Loss Transformation

 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLieB0Wui3E&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE&index=1[/youtube][powerpress] David Garcia tipped the scales at 402 lbs and has lost 158 lbs to date after meeting Richard Simmons on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. He’s sharing with us today, the details of his struggle as an obese man, what he did to lose the weight and how he keeps it off today. We talk candidly about the ups and downs of his journey to becoming a healthier person and what it was like for him to be overweight. Doesn’t Read More

Anorexia – I Almost Exercised Myself To Death

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ExaQrW94Q&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE[/youtube] [powerpress] Anorexia, particularly Sports Anorexia is an eating disorder that started in her teens. Robyn Baker describes her journey to recovery and what was happening before she started an unhealthy relationship with her body, food and exercise. She was feeling intense pressure scholastically and her home life was unpredictable as her father was an alcoholic. She was overwhelmed and didn’t know how to handle the stress in her life. At an attempt to make herself feel better, she cut Read More