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Diane Eble interviews Dr. Kathy Koch, the Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc

This podcast will enlighten any parent or educator who cares about the self-esteem of children and wants to see them learn as fully as possible. Diane Eble interviews Dr. Kathy Koch, the Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc., in Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Kathy is a public speaker whose main purpose is to give people strategic solutions for their discouragement dilemma. Her practical and relevant ideas are (more…)

Aaron Smith’s book about his six months through bottomless Mother India doesn’t make for the usual mom “I’m so proud of you” kind of remark or parental glow. That didn’t stop a lot of people voting his book, Shanti, Bloody Shanti, through to Round 2 of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The Bookhabit Show talks with Aaron in Rio, and we find out how much is true in his tale of escaping Australia with a contract on his life, and exploring from the source to the mouth of the quixotic Ganges.

An X-gener’s Fear ‘n Loathing Indian Travel Memoir captures an India many a traveler will be familiar with – the senses are on overdrive as the tastes, color, (more…)

Diane Eble interviews Jim Cyr, author of the moving book, The Cracked Pot: Finding Grace in the Cracks of Childhood Abuse

This podcast is for anyone who has experienced a past marked by abuse, or knows someone who has. Diane Eble’s guest is Jim Cyr, author of the moving book, The Cracked Pot: Finding Grace in the Cracks of Childhood Abuse. Listen to the incredible story of Jim’s background of not only sexual but ritual Satanic abuse, as well as suffering (more…)

Christopher Lucas has just got through to Round 2 of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition with his entry Other People’s Children. The Bookhabit Show talks with Christopher while he visiting Wellington and learns more about the novel’s Irish American hero and what led to the writing of this gripping historical romance.

“The first chapter was so compelling that I had to get up in the middle of the night, download the whole book immediately and take my laptop to bed in order to continue reading,” said Paul Millen. (more…)

Diane Eble’s guest for this podcast is Jay Young, author of “Are You Ineffective? Discovering and Resolving the 202 Sure Signs of Ineffectiveness”.

Young spoke from his expertise as a management consultant who has worked with quite a gamut of business people, from senior executives in Fortune 500 companies to people in start-up businesses and nonprofit organizations as well. (more…)

BOOKHABIT UNPUBLISHED BOOK COMPETITION WEEK 1 Winner

Graham Allardice’s Come Motorcycling With Me has just finished top of Week 1 in the first round of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The Bookhabit show finds out about the passion that drives Graham, why he wrote his book, and how he promoted his book into the number one spot.

His first book the “The Biker’s Bible – Fun and Survival on Road-going Motorcycles” (more…)

Everyone knows Montel Williams is a very popular prime time TV show host. His fans also know he was diagnosed 9 years ago with Multiple Sclerosis. In this interview, Montel tells our listeners how they can join with him in a dazzling glamour gala where proceeds will go to fight MS and find a cure for this deadly disease.

We know how difficult it may be to find ways to make a difference in the world. We are all busy and maybe a little worn out listening to all of the woes of the world. Montel has a simple, convenient way for our listeners to help shut down this terrible disease that literally eats a person’s neural net, degenerating every function and system of the body in a long slow, painful spiral. No imaginary monster is as cruel.

So take a listen as we interview the master interviewer about joining his Poker Party Gala to beat MS. Yes…you can join in the glitzy, glamorous NYC Gala. After you listen, go to www.yaktivate.com/montelms to find out more.

Diane Eble interviews Charlene Ann Baumbich, author of the popular “Dearest Dorothy” series (Penguin Books).

Baumbich is a popular speaker and author of both fiction and nonfiction books. In this interview, Baumbich reveals how the fictional town of Partonville came to be, who the “real Dorothy” was who (more…)

Geoff Cush is judging the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The Bookhabit show finds out what it takes to win this judge over.

Geoff discusses with host, Clare Tanner, what they are looking for in the winner of the $5000 Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. Plot, characterization, the spell check ….. and what are the essential elements that make a book our friend?

In 2001 Geoff returned to New Zealand to finish his novel Son of France (2002), which was selected by the NZ Herald as one of the best New Zealand (more…)