Clarity from Chaos

By: Dave Campbell

More Heaven: Because Every Child is Special

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Dr. Jo Anne White is an International bestselling and award winning, author, and has 20+ years of experience helping others reach their full potential. Jo Anne pioneered a program for the Philadelphia school system for children who weren’t allowed to attend public school until a Federal law mandated that every state in US serve these children.  More Heaven: Because Every Child is Special is based on the true story of educating these kids and the successes and challenges they faced.

Jo Anne’s other passions led her to pursue; writing, speaking, coaching and helping people find their successful path in life and business. Today, she’s the CEO and Founder of the Power Your Life Network, a broadcasting network, and the Power U Online University, both aimed at helping individuals, families, businesses and professionals grow, soar and succeed. Known globally as the “Success Doc,” Jo Anne’s also the Executive Director and Host of the popular Power Your Life TV & Radio Shows, and CEO/President of Dr. Jo Anne White Consulting Services, LLC.

“We have the capacity to manifest the inner gifts and talents within us to fulfill our own desires and pressing goals, and also help others and make a difference in their lives,” Jo Anne said. “

As her career goals shifted, she became a certified professional coach, lead generation expert, trainer, and image and branding specialist. Jo Anne also became a Therapeutic Energy Healer and was trained in several alternative modalities to enhance her skills and what she could offer to her clients.

She’s been featured online and in national and international media outlets, such as CNN.com, Good Housekeeping, More, and WebMD and made frequent guest appearances on Radio and Television Networks such as NBC, CBS, FOX, and Voice America. Dr. White was named a 2015 Worldwide Branding Top Female Executive for Professional Coaching by Worldwide Who’s Who and is featured in Women of Distinction Magazine in 2016. She’s authored and co-authored numerous books for women, men and businesses as resources for personal, professional and spiritual growth, leadership, success and empowerment. They include Amazon International Bestseller Bully Free, Mastering the Art of Success, JOY, The Self Architect and more. Keys to Conscious Business!  Bully Free was awarded a Mom’s Choice Award for Excellence in 2015, and named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services.

http://www.drjoannewhite.com/more-heaven/

A Case for Fatherhood

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It’s the dirty little secret of parenting: Children take things from us. It starts with our sleep, time, and dignity. And it ends with our savings and, sometimes it seems, our sanity. And yet, somehow, in the end, it’s all worth it. That’s the strange, engrossing, occasionally bizarre phenomenon of fatherhood.

Part instructional guide, part meditation, and part war journal, THE DADLY VIRTUES is a collection of gut-busting chapters from an all-star lineup of essayists and humorists, edited by Jonathan V. Last. At a time when 40% of children are born out of wedlock with no father committed to raising them and when manliness – and one of its central components, fatherhood – often seems under assault in the popular culture, THE DADLY VIRTUES is a hilarious rallying cry in defense of dads everywhere.

Fatherhood is a mixed bag of fun, fury, and failure. So much is lost—no more catnaps during football commercials, no more exotic vacations or impromptu day trips. And yet, as acclaimed authors P. J. O’Rourke, Jonah Goldberg, Tucker Carlson, and others write, there is so much to be gained.

The book includes tongue-in-cheek encouragement and guidance through every stage of fatherhood, from pacifying babies to prepping for the senior prom, from cutting the umbilical cord to getting your first “Best-Grandpa” T-shirt. Topics include:

(1) P.J. O’Rourke on the uncanny similarity between fathers and turkey basters.

(2) Tucker Carlson on how to fill a kid’s life with adventure and excitement – without getting her killed.

(3) Stephen F. Hayes on why a sibling is the best gift your kid will ever receive – even if they resent you for it.

(4) Jonah Goldberg on the moral case for every family having a pet.

(5) Matt Labash on talking to your child about the birds and the bees – and why the birds and the bees aren’t anything like they used to be.

(6) Matthew Continetti on mastering the art of changing a newborn’s diaper while keeping his urine off the wall.

(7) Toby Young on the things fathers think, but never say – and why Machiavelli is the best guide to parenting you’ll ever read.

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Above all, you’ll want to be a dad – and if you’re already a dad, it will make you nostalgic for the best moments of fatherhood and a little less depressed about the worst.

Jonathan V. Last, editor/author of The Dadly Virtues: Adventures from the Worst Job You’ll Ever Love.

The Irena Sendler Project

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This week’s guest is Norman Conard, director of the Irena Sendler Project. Ms. Sedler was a Polish woman who saved 2500 children from the Holocaust. The project is dedicated to sharing her story, which was discovered by students in rural Kansas.

Norm Conard taught social studies at Uniontown High School in Uniontown for 20 plus years, he has left the classroom to develop an international education center. The Lowell Milken Center celebrates unsung heroes in history. A third generation educator, Mr. Conard made sure that his teaching style exceeded traditional classroom boundaries by encouraging his students to develop projects of tolerance and diversity. His dream and the dream of his students was to develop a foundation which can assist schools and students across the country to develop such projects….like Life in a Jar. One of his great sources of pride is having seen over 200 of his students win state history championships and 80 of his students achieve national recognition in the National History Day Competition. Norm has received numerous state and national teaching awards. Mr. Conard says, “Irena Sendler has changed my life and the lives of my students. She continues to make a huge difference in our world.” Norman and his wife Karen still work with the original student founders of the projects, all of which are in their late 20’s.