Nobody Told Me!

We're thrilled to talk with our guest on this episode, actress, author and filmmaker Natasha Gregson Wagner. Natasha is the daughter of the late actress Natalie Wood and film producer Richard Gregson. She is the stepdaughter of actor Robert Wagner and the co-producer of the recent documentary called "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind". Natasha is also the author of the book, "More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood". ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's estimated that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the United States have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner. Joining us on to talk about this massive problem and possible solutions is investigative journalist Rachel Louise Snyder whose latest book is called, No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to our guest on this episode, British journalist and author Oliver Burkeman, "The average human life span is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short." It's about 4,000 weeks or 77 years. Oliver has written a new book called, 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, which Adam Grant calls, "The most important book ever written about time management." ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In recent years, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been at the top or very near the top of the list of the world's wealthiest people. Forbes Magazine recently estimated his net worth at $186 billion. Bezos has dramatically changed the way the world shops and the way businesses do business. Joining us on this episode is award-winning financial journalist Brian Dumaine who's a contributing editor at Fortune Magazine and the author of the book, "Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies are Learning From It". ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest on this episode is Regina Louise, a woman who survived a traumatic childhood. She lived in over 30 foster homes, group homes and psychiatric facilities before the age of 18. But, she didn't let those unstable early years prevent her from achieving great things. Regina put herself through college on scholarship, wrote two bestselling memoirs, and began touring the nation telling her story and inspiring others to live life on their own terms. Lifetime recently made a movie about her life called "I am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story". Regina has written a new book called, "Permission Granted: Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self-Love". ****** Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all heard how important it is to live in the moment. But, a lot of us know that's easier said than done. We also know we should try to do it, but, we don't know where to begin! So, what do we need to know about meditation and mindfulness? We'll explore that question on this episode as we talk with our guest, Rebecca Pacheco. She's an international Yoga teacher, and author of the book Do Your Om Thing, which was named one of the "top ten yoga and meditation books" by Yoga Journal . Rebecca's new book is called, "Still Life: The Myths and Magic of Mindful Living". ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> Stuff That Works: share your experience with any health condition and discover what works best for you. Go to stuffthatworks.health to check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All parents hope to have a child who's healthy and happy and untouched by developmental disabilities. But what happens when a child has a serious developmental disorder that impairs their ability to communicate and interact? How does that impact the child, the parents and the rest of the family? For some insight, we turn to our guest, Connie Post, whose adult son, Thomas, has profound autism. Connie is a long-time autism advocate who speaks to Special Needs conferences, colleges and other groups about the challenges of having a child with autism. She's also an award-winning poet whose book, "And When the Sun Drops", features Connie's poems about the feelings she's experienced as the mother of a 33-year old son who has been in a group home since the age of 6. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're very excited to welcome back our guest on this episode, bestselling author Greg McKeown. Greg is a highly respected leadership and business strategist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. That book explored how we can do less, but do better in every area of our lives by embracing the practice of "essentialism". Greg's newest book is another New York Times bestseller. It's called, "Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most". ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest on this episode is an inspiration to people around the world. She is four-time Olympic high jumper Chaunte Lowe. Chaunte brought home a bronze medal in 2008 and has held the American record for the women's high jump both indoor and outdoor. She was in training for a fifth Olympic appearance as she coped with breast cancer, chemotherapy, and a mastectomy. She rallied after those treatments, only to get Covid-19 along with the rest of her family. Her website is chauntelowespeaks.com ****** Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> Stuff That Works: share your experience with any health condition and discover what works best for you. Go to stuffthatworks.health to check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to welcome our guest on this episode, bestselling poet and author Maggie Smith. Her poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, the Washington Post and the Guardian, in addition to many other publications. In 2016, Maggie's poem "Good Bones" went viral internationally and has been shared countless times since by those of us who struggle to keep the realities of life's ugliness from children. Last year, her book, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change, became a breakout bestseller in the midst of the pandemic. Her latest book of poetry is called 'Goldenrod' and you can check out her website at maggiesmithpoet.com. ***** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices