Video – Poem & Song By Guest DJ Verrett ‘Outta Myself’

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-wU6l_cGz8&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=3[/youtube] [powerpress] This blew me away! My favorite part of my interview with DJ Verrett, was when he read his original poem, ‘Outta Myself,’ which inspired his rap song by the same title. We captured it on camera and later he sent me his song to share with you. The last line in the poem gets me every time! POEM –  OUTTA MYSELF Now once upon a time,  when I was on the grind, out committing crimes, I thought the Read More

Video – 16 Years In Prison: How DJ Verrett Found Himself

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5R4HN67-H4&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=2[/youtube] [powerpress] DJ Verrett spent 16 and a half years in federal prison for drug related charges, being constantly transferred to 13 different prisons throughout the United States. He tells me that during this time, he finally figured out how to heal and free himself by going inside of himself.  ‘Imagine being locked up in Federal prison as a teenager and coming out 16 years later a grown man! Mista DJ Verrett made a decision to change everything about his 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

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

Scarred, But Not For Life: A Skin Disease Led Her Life To Spiral Out Of Control

I want you to meet my friend and guest, Christine Macdonald (pictured above in the yellow thong and totally awesome 80’s hair).  Christine is an author, speaker and self diagnosed recovering narcissist. She is also extremely brave to share with the world, details of her past in hopes of helping others.   At age 14, Christine was diagnosed with a skin disease that left her face severely scarred. By 19 she was working as an exotic dancer and by 21 was a drug addict. Read More

Video Sneak Peek – Putting Down The Bottle

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN80n8VTN6I&list=PLQIikebAPmLUxsO_Wt4h2R4fe47A_yq1V&index=6[/youtube] Meet my friend and guest, Allan Anderson.  I originally met Allan as my personal trainer, so when he opened up to me about his recovery as an alcoholic I was surprised because he is just so fit! What shocked me most was when he shared that he used to get up and have vodka and orange juice for breakfast everyday. It was almost like he was talking about someone else; one of his clients who lived an unhealthy lifestyle.  Read More

Vodka For Breakfast

Having his first drink at age 16, Allan’s social drinking escalated over the years to a full blown drinking problem. By age 35, he was an alcoholic. His alcoholism lasted just over a decade. In our interview, Allan admits that at the height of his addiction, he would wake up and need a vodka orange for breakfast. Anyone can be an alcoholic. Does it surprise you to learn that well-educated people are more likely to drink than less-educated people? And Read More

We Live In A Numbing Culture. What’s Your Vice?

Meet my friend and guest, Allan Anderson.  I originally met Allan as my personal trainer, so when he opened up to me about his recovery as an alcoholic I was surprised because he is just so fit! What shocked me most was when he shared that he used to get up and have vodka and orange juice for breakfast everyday. It was almost like he was talking about someone else; one of his clients who lived an unhealthy lifestyle.  Allan Read More