Coping With Death & The Questions We Don’t Ask, Answered (Video)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnvKBiVu-hQ&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=2[/youtube] [powerpress] Coping with death is something we all face at some point in life. Some of your questions about death are answered here on Kirsty TV, in this interview by Family Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care, Therese Gibson. Therese helps people through life’s transition. Her first patient was her sister in law, who was 38 years old when she passed away from cancer. She passed at home, in the care of Therese and her family. Time Flies When You’re Read More

Addiction & When Our Numbing Becomes An Addiction, Allan’s Story (Video)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwGrWYXjjRM&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=8[/youtube] [powerpress] Alcohol Addiction would have been the last thing I thought Allan suffered from, when I meet my friend and guest.  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 Read More

Video – Breast Implants Gone Wrong, Sybil Goldrich Warns Women

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F-yXZKIwR8&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=6[/youtube] [powerpress] I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be lying in a hospital bed, waiting for them to come and remove your breasts. I imagine it would be one of the hardest decisions for any woman to have to make. Do you know anyone who has had a mastectomy?   After her double mastectomy in the 80’s, my guest, Sybil Goldrich discovered that breast implants had never been approved by the FDA. She went Read More

Video – Petra Survived Sex Slavery: Healing After Abuse

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0phtoqB2o&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=5[/youtube] [powerpress] “It felt like I was walking around naked screaming for help and no-one could hear me.” My guest Petra Sojka suffered unimaginable cruelty at 16 years old when she was kidnapped while waiting at a bus stop in the Czech Republic. She was taken into the vile underworld that is the sex trade industry. Interviewing Petra is a day I will not forget. Prior the interview, I read her story and cried for days. We all know that Read More

Video – Down In The Dumps Or Dealing With Depression?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lOV-VbDJM4&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=4[/youtube] [powerpress] Today on Kirsty TV, meet my guest Jules Bruff, an award winning actress and filmmaker.  Suffering from depression since her early 20′s, she has decided to share her story despite the fact there is still a stigma attached to depression. Meeting Jules who is so vivacious and fun, you would never imagine that she suffers from clinical depression. In this episode of Kirsty TV, Jules shares how she identified that she was suffering with clinical depression and how 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

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

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