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MGK Radio: The Survivors Club

by Steve on 8, March, 2010

Guest: Ben Sherwood – “The Survivors Club” – Survive & Thrive When Life Knocks You Down
Listen to our interview with Ben Sherwood ~ HERE (or visit the link on the bottom of this post to listen and download the interview)
Earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, record breaking blizzards.  It almost seems like the natural world has it out for [...]

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Parenting with “Love & Logic” and the amazing physical, mental and emotional benefits of CranioSacral Therapy were the double-barreled interviews we had on this episode of our radio show.
Listen to our interviews on Love & Logic and CranioSacral Therapy ~ HERE (or visit the link on the bottom of this post to listen and download the [...]

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Milk, eggs, fish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy and shellfish.
Those are the top eight food allergens (literally accounting for 90% of all food allergy reaction in the US) and when they hit the system of somebody with food allergies it leads to their system going bonkers.  Okay, not a very scientific [...]

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The Debate Over “Retarded”

by Steve on 3, March, 2010

I’m really tired of the ongoing debate that’s been raging in recent weeks about the “R” word (I guess it’s more impactful when we only use the first letter of words).  Not because I don’t agree that there is the potential for offense when the word is used or because I think it’s okay to [...]

Adjust Your Mirror, Prevent A Crash

by Steve on 20, February, 2010

I really like this kind of stuff.  Random trivia, tech ideas, cool tips, hacks and items like this one today where I learn I’ve basically been driving wrong for, well, as long as I’ve been driving.
According to a Society of Automotive Engineers report if we all would simply adjust our mirrors properly we could pretty [...]

Ben Heywood  from PatientsLikeMe.com joined us this morning for a far reaching interview that covered ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease), his brother Stephen’s struggle with the disease which ultimately lead to the creation of the outcome based patient data website www.PatientsLikeMe.com and in a larger sense what REAL health care reform looks like.
Never heard of [...]

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You’ve probably heard a lot about the study that came out recently about the amount of time that kids 8-18 are consuming electronic media.  I’m reading the full study now and will probably comment on it later but wanted to share this PDF summary presentation from the study.  Interesting stuff (especially if like me,  you [...]

MGK Radio: The Out-Of-Sync Child

by Steve on 3, February, 2010

Itchy tags.
Doesn’t like socks.
Won’t sit still.
Always fidgeting and moving around.
Sensitive to sounds.
Sensitive to light.
Difficult time properly using pens, pencils, etc.
Could it be you’ve got an Out-Of-Sync child?
These days it seems like there’s a condition for everything under the sun.  If your child (or you even) does anything short of sit still and follow directions there’s [...]

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It’s not everyday you get the chance to speak with a Guiness Book World Record Holder for memory.
How good is this guy’s memory?
Try this one for size – he memorized 59 decks of cards randomly shuffled together.  Now that’s some serious brain power.
Even more than that it’s some seriously MANAGED brain power and that’s what [...]

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We had the great honor on October 25th of last year to interview Peter Wright from Wrightslaw.
Pete is a pioneer in the area of Special Education Law and truly one of the ultimate child advocates in this country.  We had the joy of being able to host a Wrightslaw conference in 2008 and were stunned [...]

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WHO Calls Us “Irresponsible”?

by Steve on 25, January, 2010

The World Health Organization (aka WHO) is getting really annoyed at all of the people questioning them.  It seems this H1N1 “flu pandemic” fizzled out so much faster than all the hype around it that some folks are starting to ask questions … namely why all the hype?
An answer being suggessted, to the WHO’s obvious [...]

This seems like a story from the Department of Made Up Afflictions but since I’m dedicated to keeping you informed and this is a real story (Google reports over 73 news stories about it this morning), here goes ….
Exotic wooden toilet seats and harsh chemical cleaners may be behind a new resurgence of toilet seat dermatitis, [...]

Love & Logic and Hot Stoves

by Steve on 23, January, 2010

We had the great pleasure of interviewing Dr. Charles Fay from the Love and Logic Institute this past weekend.  The full interview was longer than what we were able to air on Sunday so we’ve included the full interview above for your listening (and hopefully learning) pleasure.
What is the Love and Logic approach to raising [...]

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Ahhh, the good old days.  When you could take the family to a movie and not have to worry about it warping the minds of your little children or offending the senses of the adults.
A friend and I were just talking last night about how hard it is trying to let our kids enjoy the [...]

You Missed A Show?
Missed a show?  How could you?
Okay, besides you have a family and the show is on early Sunday mornings.
Then here’s your chance to catch up.  I’ll be posting full breakouts of all the shows we did in 2009 but in the meantime check out any of the shows that you might have [...]

Getting organized – your life, your kids, your house, your car, your office, your closet – it shouldn’t really be that hard, should it? Afterall, it’s one of the very first things they start trying to teach us, the very first time we walk into school (coats on your hook, bags and shoes in [...]

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