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Alison Armstrong Helps You Understand & Appreciate the Opposite Sex

Women, do you get baffled as to why your significant other or your would-be honey behaves a certain way?

Men, do women mightily confuse you and you just don't know how to please them?

Fret no more!

Join us on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show to gain an understanding and appreciation of the opposite sex.

My guest on Wed., Jan. 27 at 2 pm EST is the renowned transformational leader Alison Armstrong, creator off the acclaimed Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women and author of the fascinating books Making Sense of Men and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as the creator of the In Sync with the Opposite Sex CD and other transformative products.

Remember, as with all Gab With the Gurus Radio Shows, you can listen to the show with Alison Armstrong either live or later, at your convenience.

You'll get goodies galore on this Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.

You'll undoubtedly be entertained, educated and motivated as Alison Armstrong shares insights and tips on how to get along with and please the opposite sex.

This radio show --will make you realize, I predict, how little you know about men or women. For instance, you will learn many things such as:

• How most women are "frog farmers," who turn princes into frogs. (You'll love this fascinating concept, I'm convinced.)
• What the biggest gifts men can give to women. (Guys, these presents are free!)
• What 3 traits men consider appealing. (Ladies, you may be surprised.)
• What men really mean by the phrase "high maintenance" and how most of us women completely misunderstand the concept.
• How from the get go, as we grow up, we've been given false premises regarding men or women.
• How much fun it is to appreciate the opposite sex.
• How men seek to score points. (Ladies, you'll love this concept, I suspect, and you'll learn how to use this in your favor.)
• What we ladies look for in men. (You'll be intrigued.)
• What drove Alison to become one of the leading experts on men with thousands of followers worldwide. (Hint: It started with a bad relationship.)
• How many of us go-getting chicks have been acting like "men in skirts." (Uh-oh! Mea culpa! But no more!)
• How women on the fast track are denying their femininity and killing themselves.
• What "feeling safe" means to women.
• How saying heartfelt thank yous to the men in your life can work wonders in your relationship.
• How eating sugar, white flour and drinking coffee can make you masculine.
• And much more.

You'll also learn how Alison's company, PAX Programs, offers amazing programs to help you become authentic, fun, self-loving and more enticing to the opposite sex.

• In fact, women, I strongly recommend that you sign up now for this remarkable, eye-opening course, Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women.
• And men, I invite you to discover the joys of the female sex by learning about the Understanding Women, Unlock the Mystery course.
• And I encourage everyone to learn about Alison's fascinating books, Making Sense of Men and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as other fascinating products.

Now it's time for me to be transparent with you wonderful Sugar Shock Blog readers. Despite the fact that I'm a trained journalist, who strives for objectivity, and a life coach and health counselor, who seeks to help clients find answers themselves, I'm biased about Alison! Suffice it to say that I'm what can best be called a "groupie," who has attended several PAX programs!

However, the reason for my enthusiasm and excitement is valid. As I've discovered, PAX programs offered by Alison and other trained workshop leaders are powerful, insightful, entertaining and simply life changing!

I'm in good company. Thousands of women and men around the world rave about PAX programs, including singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, who said this:

“Alison’s deep understanding and love of men moved me to a whole other level of clarity and peace about a gender that has confounded me for a long time. I feel like the wool has been pulled from my eyes and I can see men in a new and more loving way.”

Alanis Morissette, Singer-Songwriter

So do yourself a favor now!

• First, women and men, listen to this fun, enlightening Gab With the Gurus Radio Show with Alison Armstrong. (You can tune in any time that's convenient for you.)
• Then, ladies who are unfamiliar with PAX Programs, sign up for the amazing Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women course and/or other workshops in Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Seattle and other cities.
• And women and men, no matter where you live around the world, you'll be intrigued by Alison's books so I recommend that you get her fascinating books Making Sense of Men and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as other fascinating products.

Listen now to this eye-opening Gab With the Gurus Radio Show with Alison Armstrong.

Please feel free to spread the word and tell your friends and loved ones about this Gab With the Gurus Radio Show with Alison.

Learn to be Happy With Gretchen Ruben on Wed., Jan. 6

The Gab With the Gurus Radio Show begins 2010 on a very happy note!

Our first guest of the year is Gretchen Ruben, who will give you valuable tips on how to become happy on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m..

Gretchen also will tell you all about The Happiness Project, which is also the name of her new book. (The subtitle is: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun.)

To get you in a cheerful mood, here are happiness some tips, which Gretchen kindly shared with you. 

She recommends the following:

• Remember your body. Get enough sleep, get some exercise and manage pain.
• Make keeping strong relationships with other people a priority. Strong bonds with others is the KEY to happiness. Show up, make plans, smile, help others and don't gossip.
• Clean up. For most people, outer order contributes to inner calm, so take the time to tackle the big piles in your house, car, and office, and try to follow little habits to keep the clutter under control.
• Make someone else happy. Volunteer, smile, be considerate, use good manners and go out of your way to do something that will help someone else.
• Take time for fun! Make sure you have time in your life for some things YOU find fun. Learn to do something new, have an adventure, make time for a hobby or join a group of people who are interested in something that interests you.

You can get more wonderful tips to become happy by listening live on Jan. 6 at 2 pm EST or later (below), at your convenience.

How to Make Vision Boards as in "The Secret" With Joyce Schwarz on Dec. 22

Get ready to make 2010 your best year ever despite the economy!

Want to know how to make your New Year's resolutions come true?

For this last Gab With the Gurus Radio Show of 2009, on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 2 pm EST, award-winning strategist and Hollywood celebrity Joyce Schwarz, author of the book, The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life, will tell you how you can create your ideal life and make your dreams a reality by creating vision boards. (Listen to the show below live or later, at your convenience.)

I added this show on Dec. 22 to join the exciting 22-hour virtual vision book launch party. Click here to learn about this exciting event, which will feature a variety of interviews with experts and vision-board users. Also, sign up on Facebook to join in the fun. 

You'll learn from Joyce how your vision board -- also known as dream boards or treasure maps -- serve as an effective technique to help you set and reach goals that you really want.

Joyce, who runs a career strategy business called Center for Successful Recareering, will tell you how vision boards are real, concrete ways to picture your dreams as reality.

Joyce -- who spoke with more than hundreds of people and included photos of successful vision boards in her book, The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life -- has worked with a variety of movers and shakers as clients,  including Hollywood producers, network and film studio executives, TV personalities, Fortune 1000 corporate leaders and high technology entrepreneurs.

On the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, Joyce will tell you how to use a vision board:

• To tap into the power of an ancient ritual, "visioning," like Jim Carrey did to make $20 million and more.
• To find love or spice up your sex life;
• To get the job of your dreams or start your own business; and 
• Much more.

Check out below what John Assaraf said to Larry King about his vision board:

You'll listen to tales from Joyce such as how numerous celebrities used vision boards, including:

• Aras Baskauskas, CBS "Survivor" $1 million and winner;
• Marisa Petroro, actress and model on NBC’s "Deal or No Deal";
• Jim Stovall, author of "The Ultimate Gift";
• Mark Chasan, founder of emusic.com and creator of A.W.E.;
• Marie Diamond, Feng Shui Expert;
• Beth Greer author of "Supernatural Mom";
• Jaynse Jaud, voice of Hasbro’s The Pink Pony;
• Renee Piane, founder of Rapid Dating;
• And more than 75 other wisdom leaders, celebrities and real people like you and me.

Joyce has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and Money Magazine, and she has been on NBC National News and NPR. She has logged more than 50,000 hours doing CEO-level coaching and she has spoken to more than 200,000 people at more than 500 public seminars.

In addition, she served as a keynote speaker at more than 100 conferences, including the Consumer Electronics Show and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).

Listen to the show live here or later, at your convenience:

Living Oprah: Robyn Okrant Shares Insights Feb. 17

Before Oprah announced that she's ending her show in September 2011, Chicago resident Robyn Okrant was dedicating herself to following the talk show guru's advice, from reading the books to dressing the way the talk show guru recommended.

Join the Gab With the Gurus on Feb. 17 to  listen to Robyn discuss her year-long adventure, which she chronicled on LivingOprah.com and in her funny new book, Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk (Center Street.

Robyn will chat about how her amazing experiences, which began as a New Year’s resolution but soon evolved into a prolonged process, where her days were filled with checking off items from Oprah's to-do and must-have lists. 

On the Gab With the Gurus on Feb. 17, Robyn will share with our listeners:

• What were the easiest and most difficult parts of the Living Oprah project 
• How Living Oprah changed her life and what she learned from the experience 
• How she thinks Oprah’s influence has evolved with the changing media landscape 
• What she thinks of the self-help industry as a result of her project and
• How the project affected her husband, her family, her friends, and her pocketbook.

As usual, you can listen live to the radio show or later, at your convenience, below:

Heartfelt Holiday Gifts on Dec. 2 (Listen Live or Later)

Every holiday season, people get stumped as to what to get their loved ones.

We're here to help you give memorable gifts that will nurture and nourish your loved one.

You will learn learn How to Find Heartfelt Gifts from:

• Gift-giving guru Robyn Spizman and Giftionary.com founder, 
• Health gifts expert Randi Luckman,
• Relaxation/guided visualization expert/Love-Mind Guru Debra Berndt, (who will tell you about her amazing Complete Relaxation Set (9 MP3s) and Weight Loss Hypnosis Set (4 MP3s) and 
• Arielle Fierman, who creates amazing jewelry, especially the I Love You ring.
• Terry Walters, author of Clean Food: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close tot he Source With More Than 200 Recipes for a Healthy and Sustainable You.

If you get any of our guests' amazing gifts, make sure to tell them that Connie Bennett sent you.

Join the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show (either live on Wed., Dec. 9 at 2 pm EST or later, at your convenience) to find out about Heartfelt Holiday Gifts.

Listen below at any time.

Chris Brogan Joins Gab With the Gurus on Nov. 24

This Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 2 pm EST, I’m pleased to present the renowned social networking expert Chris Brogan on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.

Chris is a 10-year veteran of using social media, as well as web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations and individuals.

The renowned social media expert will give you tips so that you can become Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust (also the name of his book.)

Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at ChrisBrogan.com, a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati. 

Read his interesting post, "Prioritize Your Social Media Efforts."

This is sure to be an interview jam-packed with "goodies."

Join us LIVE at 2 pm EST – or listen later – at your convenience.

Learn to Connect With Others With Maribeth Kuzmeski on Nov. 10

Join us Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 2 pm EST when you'll learn how to meaningfully connect with others, when I interview marketing expert Maribeth Kuzmeski.

Maribeth is a strategic marketing consultant, speaker, president of Red Zone Marketing and author of the new book, The Connectors: How the World's Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life.

My guest will tell you how if you build strong relationships and connect with your customers and colleagues, you'll get your piece of the proverbial pie.

To learn more about Maribeth, you can catch her Red Zone Marketing Radio Show  show here on Blog Talk Radio.

You also can read articles on her company's website, including the intriguing piece, "Five Easy Secrets for Delighting Your Clients."

Catch the radio show with Maribeth here or listen below, at your convenience. 

Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing Debuts on YouTube - Peter Shankman is First Guest

I'm pleased to announce that the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, which is hosted on BlogTalkRadio, now has a video companion.

You can now get inspired, educated and educated by watching the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing channel on YouTube.

Interviews will be quickies. (No off-color innuendo intended.)

Given all of your busy schedules -- from the gurus to you -- each guest will participate in what I'm calling "Speed Interviewing," where they will answer only two questions. This means you'll get "goodies" quickly, in roughly 2 minutes -- enough time to give you juicy info and to entice you to make changes or learn more.

The Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviews -- which will feature experts in a variety of fields, including health, fitness, social media, relationships and more -- are being taken on my new Flip Video.

I met the first three gurus, thanks to the New York Press Club Foundation 17th Annual Conference on Journalism at New York University Kimmel Center on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Visit the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing channel to watch quickie interviews with:

• Entepreneur expert Peter Shankman, who discusses the importance of relevancy in social media. Peter, founder of Help a Reporter. took out a little time to give you tips on what to do before you begin tweeting. (I'd like to thank Peter, a master marketer, for graciously suggesting the two-question limit.)
• Award-winning CNBC anchor and producer David Faber, who chats about his new book And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees. (You can read a book excerpt here.)
• WCBS NewsRadio 880 anchor Steve Scott, who shares what it's like to be a broadcaster and how things have changed over the years.

Some Gab With the Gurus videos will be posted on this Gab With the Gurus Blog, and selected videos -- usually when they're related to health, wellness and social networking -- will be featured here, too.

You're also encouraged to subscribe now to the new Gab With The Gurus YouTube channel.

Experts for the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing Show on You Tube will come from a variety of fields, as they do for the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.

Like my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, which you can catch experts in:

• Health
• Wellness
• Fitness
• Social networking
• Book marketing
• Relationships

Make sure to tell your friends and loved ones now about the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing Show on YouTube.

I'm pleased to announce that the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, which is hosted on BlogTalkRadio, now has a video companion.

You can now get inspired, educated and educated by watching the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing channel on YouTube.

Interviews will be quickies. (No off-color innuendo intended.)

Given all of your busy schedules -- from the gurus to you -- each guest will participate in what I'm calling "Speed Interviewing," where they will answer only two questions. This means you'll get "goodies" quickly, in roughly 2 minutes -- enough time to give you juicy info and to entice you to make changes or learn more.

The Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviews -- which will feature experts in a variety of fields, including health, fitness, social media, relationships and more -- are being taken on my new Flip Video.

I met the first three gurus, thanks to the New York Press Club Foundation 17th Annual Conference on Journalism at New York University Kimmel Center on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Visit the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing channel to watch quickie interviews with:

• Entepreneur expert Peter Shankman, who discusses the importance of relevancy in social media. Peter, founder of Help a Reporter. took out a little time to give you tips on what to do before you begin tweeting. (I'd like to thank Peter, a master marketer, for graciously suggesting the two-question limit.)
• Award-winning CNBC anchor and producer David Faber, who chats about his new book And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees. (You can read a book excerpt here.)
• WCBS NewsRadio 880 anchor Steve Scott, who shares what it's like to be a broadcaster and how things have changed over the years.

Some Gab With the Gurus videos will be posted on this Gab With the Gurus Blog, and selected videos -- usually when they're related to health, wellness and social networking -- will be featured here, too.

You're also encouraged to subscribe now to the new Gab With The Gurus YouTube channel.

Experts for the new Gab With the Gurus Speed Interviewing Show on You Tube will come from a variety of fields, as they do for the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.

Karen Salmansohn Tells You How to Avoid "Prince Harming Syndrome"

Ladies, are you yearning to meet a man, who will treat you right as well as help you to become a better person?

Join the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show on Tuesday, Sept. 29, when bestselling author Karen Salmansohn tells you how to avoid what she dubs the "Prince Harming Syndrome" -- which is also the title of her book.

Karen, who recently become engaged herself, will give you valuable information about how to Break Bad Relationship Patterns for Good--5 Essentials for Finding True Love. She'll also give you some tips on How to be Happy, Dammit (the title of her bestselling book.)

Remember, you can listen live or later below to the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show with Karen Salmansohn:

"Speed Shrinking" Author Susan Shapiro Joins Us Sept. 22

Join us on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show on Sept. 22 at 2 pm EST, when I'll interview humorous author Susan Shapiro, who says therapy helped her quit all her addictive behavior -- smoking, drinking, pot, gum and sugar.

Sue will discuss how she was able to finally conquer her sugar habit. She'll also chat about her debut debut novel, Speed Shrinking, a humorous account about how a self-help guru goes on a shrink shopping spree, seeing 8 in 8 days to quickly find help after she relapses on cupcakes right before a major TV appearance. 

As mentioned on the Sugar Shock Blog here and then again here, Sue has been holding acclaimed, much-publicized "Speed Shrinking" events, in which people chat about their issues for 3 minutes with a variety of "Speed Shrinkers." (Sue was kind enough to invite me to be one of them.)

If you're struggling with a sugar addiction, I recommend that you listen to my upcoming Gab With the Gurus Radio Show on Sept. 22 at 2 pm EST to get Sue's take on sugar addiction and more. (As usual, you can tune in live or later. See below.)

I also encourage you to get Sue's entertaining book, Speed Shrinking, which has been getting rave reviews.

For instance, Publisher's Weekly called it: " “…bubbly…an original voice and an energy that will resonate with anyone who’s ever stared down a Twinkie.”

And Guy Nicolucci, writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien said: "Susan Shapiro does for therapy and food what Candace Bushnell did for sex and shoes.”

By the way, the plot of Sue's book strikes me as very funny. Speed Shrinking provides a humorous account about a self-help author, Julia Goodman, whose cupcake addiction gets triggered when her shrink, husband and best friend "abandon" her. The catch is: The heroine is allegedly a sugar addiction specialist, who will soon appear on the "Today Show" to promote her new book about how she conquered her sugar issues.

Rather than get "outed" for her weight gain and sugar challenges, Julia frantically sees eight shrinks in eight days to find a new one. Interestingly, all this shrink-hopping helped her lose weight.

Remember, you can get entertained, educated and inspired by listening live on Sept. 22 at 2 pm EST or later, when Sue appears on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.