Angela Velasquez is the owner and founder of The Kitty Bodega in Houston, TX. It is the first retail store for cats in Houston, and one of less than 10 cat stores across the country.

How well do you know your cat? If you have questions about your cat’s needs, Angela has the answers. Since she was in college, cat rescue has been at the heart of Angela’s day-to-day life. After being in the corporate world for two decades, and after much soul-searching about how she wanted to spend her next 20 years, she decided to put her love of cats into action and she came up with the idea of The Kitty Bodega.

Listen to the show to hear how she started her business, how it’s going so far and her plans for the future. And, get some amazing cat tips!

Rodgers says she is in the camp who will NOT 'affirm' everything and she still believes in a holistic approach in addressing mind, body, and spirit. Rodgers says she is in the business of helping clients through challenging beliefs and choices rather than succumbing to the indoctrination of gender ideology, big pharma, insurance companies, and the medical community --- follow the incestuous relationship tied to money.

Licensed Professional Counselor and Sports Psychology Professional, Kip Rodgers, joins Bernadette to discuss why it’s important to show emotions and how outside factors such as antidepressants can hinder us from expressing our true feelings.

Find out more about Kip at braincodecorp.com.

And, attend the Association of Mental Health Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 26th & 27th!

Autumn Connolly joins us on today’s episode discussing what it means to be spiritual and how to get in touch with your own spirit guide. Autumn lives in the sky islands of Arizona with her four kiddos and her animal babies. She is the creator of Anvil Traditional Healing, a company dedicated to restoring microbiome health through diet. Autumn is also a self-taught vegan chef, a serial gardener, and an avid believer in, and a teacher of, the healing powers of meditation. To learn more about Autumn Connolly and Anvil Traditional Healing please visit anviltraditionalhealing.com.

Dr. Bob Sears is a pediatrician, father of three, grandfather of two, author of The Vaccine Book (newly revised 2019) and seven other books, and creator of The Vaccine Consult online program at DrBobSears.com. Listen to the show to learn more about the vaccine schedule and how you can education yourself on which ones are right for your child.

“Dr. Bob,” as he likes to be called by his little patients, earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1995 and did his pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He continues to practice pediatrics at his office in Dana Point, CA, where he provides a combination of alternative and traditional medical care. He has a passion for healthy natural living and incorporates this knowledge into his style of treatment and prevention by limiting antibiotic use, committing to breastfeeding success for his little patients, using science-based natural treatment approaches whenever possible, and focusing on good nutrition and immune system health.

With the new threat of mandatory vaccination laws, Dr. Bob’s new mission is to ensure that all families worldwide receive complete, objective, and un-doctored informed consent before they choose vaccination and that people everywhere retain the freedom to make healthcare decisions for themselves and their children.

Learn more at DrBobSears.com and check out his new video series, TheVaccineConversation.com, specifically created to educate new parents about the pros and cons of vaccination so they can make educated decisions….and checkout his podcast “The Vaccine Conversation” on Apple Podcasts and all other podcasting platforms.

Today on One Life Radio, we are getting to the bottom of cheating. Why do we cheat? Listen to find out why and what you can do to keep your partner from cheating. DeWone Bennett is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two Masters degrees and over 14 years of counseling experience. He currently has his own practice, DeWone Bennett Counseling in Dallas, TX. He believes the key to mental and behavioral success is mastering self-awareness and emotional control. You can find and learn more about DeWone Bennett on dbennettcounseling.com.

We are thrilled to talk to Barry Schwartz today about his book, The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less.

Barry Schwartz is an emeritus professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and a visiting professor at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley.

He has spent fifty years thinking and writing about the interaction between economics, psychology, and morality.

He has authored several books that address aspects of this interaction, including The Battle for Human Nature, The Costs of Living, The Paradox of Choice, Practical Wisdom, and most recently, Why We Work.

Schwartz has written for sources as diverse as The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Slate, Scientific American, The New Republic, the Harvard Business Review, and the Guardian.

He has appeared on dozens of radio shows, including NPR’s Morning Edition, and Talk of the Nation, and has been interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), the PBS News Hour, The Colbert Report, and CBS Sunday Morning. Schwartz has spoken four times at the TED conference, and his TED talks have been viewed by more than 25 million people.

Find Paradox of Choice and all of his books on amazon.

Elizabeth Dry has served as a classroom Teacher, Principal, and assistant Director of Curriculum for the state of Texas. She is now the founder and director of the Promise of Peace Gardens. 

Elizabeth began the Promise of Peace, (P.O.P.), Gardens non-profit in the summer of 2009 where over 500 volunteers came together and transformed a vacant lot on East Grand Ave. in Dallas, Texas into a thriving garden. She felt privileged to witness humanitarian acts that united and transformed people and their communities as folks from all backgrounds gathered in the garden. 

Since then, P.O.P., has established and sustained over 15 food farms in Dallas, Texas, and three in Mineola, Texas. Through award winning, educational programs more than 5,500 families have been impacted with farm to fork experiences that have changed the way they look at food, community members and our planet. It has been an amazing journey for her!

Now, Elizabeth has relocated to Mineola, Texas where she continues connecting the dots, lifting up farmers and teaching the Earth to Table cycle as her nonprofit , Promise of Peace Gardens creates food justice. 

Learn more about Elizabeth and Promise for Peace at:

promiseofpeace.us

And, head over to Mineola, TX for OKRAPALOOZA! A festival Tradition That Encompasses Humanity- With Loads of Love and Wholesome Fun

Sunday, September 8th from 11am-2pm

We welcome Dr. Thomas E. Levy back for the podcast to discuss the fascinating connection between vitamin C deficiency and disease. Dr. Levy is a board-certified cardiologist and a bar-certified attorney. After practicing adult cardiology for 15 years, he began to research the enormous toxicity associated with much dental work, as well as the pronounced ability of properly administered vitamin C to neutralize this toxicity. He has now written 13 books, including Hidden Epidemic and most recently Rapid Virus Recovery, with several addressing the wide-ranging properties of vitamin C in neutralizing all toxins and resolving most infections, as well as its vital role in the effective treatment of heart disease and cancer. Recently inducted into the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame, Dr. Levy continues to research the impact of the orthomolecular application of vitamin C and antioxidants in general on chronic degenerative diseases. To learn more about today’s amazing guest please visit tomlevymd.com.