Dr. Brenda Shoshanna, psychologist, Zen practitioner and author of Fearless (The 7 Principles of Peace of Mind). Brenda shares her knowledge and experience of facing fear head on in order to defeat and deflate it. Fear is a bully.

Amy & Julie discuss of role of acceptance in Being the Change.

Co-host Amy talks about the importance of consciously remembering what is most important to us.

Barbara & Phil Mansfield tell us about their late son Killian, his big heart, and the foundation he created. The mission of the Killian Mansfield Foundation is to empower children with cancer and other serious illnesses through integrative health care dedicated to treating the whole child—mind, body and spirit.

Lisa Hamilton, author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, is a writer and photographer who focuses on food and agriculture, particularly the stories of farmers.

Investigative Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, project writer at the Poughkeepsie Journal and author of Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill, talks about some of her current and past projects, and delves into what drives her in her work.

John Bradley,the acting executive director of Integrity USA. Integrity is a nonprofit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] Episcopalians and straight friends.  Since its founding by Dr. Louie Crew in rural Georgia in 1974, Integrity has been the leading grassroots voice for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the Episcopal Church and equal access to its rites.

Joan Henry of Mill Street Loft with the PASWORD Girl’s Empowerment Group.

Meghan Casey, a teacher at the Sullivan County BOCES GED program, and two of her students, Jen and Ayla, discuss their experiences in the GED program and the choices that led them there.

Honor Roll Breakfast – the musical collaboration of teenagers Max Restaino and Tamas Vilaghy – treat us to their music and their thoughts on creativity and self-expression.