The Dr. Brenda Wade Show

Katherine Webster could have titled her book “Confessions of A Bad Ass Widow” because she takes no prisoners when it comes to how she rebuilt her life. Today she will share three key questions that can help redefine life after a tragedy: "Who am I now? What weaknesses are holding me back, and how can I conquer them? How can I reinvent myself to be who I truly choose to be? She’ll also share simple tools for rebuilding your life after the death of a spouse, or virtually any personal tragedy. Her book is actually called “Becoming Madam Widow.” Her website is www.katherinewebster.com.

Planning a wedding can be stressful. As an award-winning couture designer and founder of the world renowned Bridal house St. Pucchi since 1985, Rani St. Pucchi has personally dressed more than 15,000 brides, celebrities and influentials. During her career in the Bridal Industry that spans more than 30 years, Rani has become well known as a savvy expert on bridal style and everything a bride wishes for on her journey to saying “I Do”. In her new book, Your Bridal Style: Everything You Need to Know to Design the Wedding of Your Dreams, Rani shares her expertise to educate and empower every bride to design the wedding of her dreams. Her website is www.stpucchi.com. Welcome to Modern Love, Rani!

Sharkie Zartman is the editor of “Empowered Aging: Expert Advice on Staying Healthy, Vital and Active”, a guide for people 40 and up who want to keep their bodies and spirits humming as long as possible. Whether you are in your forties, fifties, sixties or beyond, "Empowered Aging" is written for you. Sharkie recruited thirteen renowned experts in their respective fields to write a valuable guide to aging with gusto despite living in a society obsessed by youth. Sharkie holds degrees in kinesiology and instructional technology and is a professor of health and fitness.

Best-selling author Gregg Braden merges his expertise in leading-edge science with present-day realities to reveal the strategies for embracing stressful change in our lives. Tonight he will help you answer this question: How do I make everyday life better for myself and my family? Through his skillful synthesis of easy-to- understand science and real-life circumstances, Gregg uniquely provides the answer, describing: ? State-of- the-art discoveries that are the key to embracing big change in a healthy way ? The three shifts that will transform the way you think of your career, lifestyle, and finances ? The simple strategies of heart-based resilience that you can learn and use His updated book Resilience From the Heart contains an all-new chapter not included in the original release, featuring material on the surprising discovery of brain-like cells—sensory neurites—located within the human heart, and the role they play in creating personal resilience. A New York Times best-selling author and 2015 Templeton Award nominee, Gregg is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science, spirituality,and the real world. His website is www.greggbraden.com.

Michael S. Sorensen is an award-winning author and marketing executive by day, and an avid reader, researcher, and personal development junkie by night. Obsessed with finding the best principles and practices for living a rich, fulfilling, and connected life, he seeks out and experiments with new and interesting ideas to discover what actually *works.* Having benefited from years of mentoring from coaches, counselors, and executives (and the wisdom of countless self-help books), he's set out to share his explorations, insights, and discoveries with others.