Join us at Empowerment Library on Tuesday, September 2^nd at 7 PM Eastern for a hilariously funny conversation with Janette Barber & Laura Banks, Authors of Embracing Your Big Fat Ass! You don’t want to miss this show!!

Embracing Your Big Fat Ass is not your typical self help book. It is the truly genius weaving together of real stories and anecdotes that artfully balance between the hysterically funny and deeply poignant struggles & experiences commonly faced by women everywhere.

This book encourages women toward self empowerment, self love, and self acceptance, all the while making you cry until you laugh and laugh until you cry.

Janette Barber, a former stand up comic, is a 6 time Emmy award winning TV producer (winning for The Rosie O’Donnell Show & The View). She is also a writer, having co-authored the USA Today Bestseller, “Breaking the Rules” with her writing partner Laura Banks.

Janette is a former TV Food Network Host and executive producer. She has been a spokesperson for Molly McButter where she created original low fat recipes and healthy eating tips for their website and ad campaigns. Janette wrote a year-long recipe column in the famed cook book section of First for Women Magazine, “Winning at Slimming with Janette.”

Currently she creates healthy recipes for her blog, www.janettesblog.com and is now in development with ElmLife on creating a web-based, interactive, artificially intelligent software guide. An animated version of Janette, herself, will host the guide and interact with users to help them develop better, healthier eating habits.

Janette has lost over 100 pounds and has maintained that loss for over twenty years largely by learning new ways to make favorite recipes so that they tasted fattening but were actually healthy. This was the concept behind her TVFN show, “Lighten Up! with Janette and Christina,” which she co-hosted with Martha Stewart producer, Christina Deyo.

Laura Banks has toured the country as a stand up comic and improvisational player originally working with Whoopi Goldberg in the troupe Spontaneous Combustion in San Diego. Next came starring roles in three indie films for Roger Corman, followed by the Manhattan Dating Project in 2002, which Laura wrote, produced, and starred in.

Laura has hosted the TV talk show Inside Space for the SciFi Channel as well as having hosted a TV infomercial for the famous Pierre Michael Salons, 5th Ave. at the Trump Tower, New York. Her radio career began writing and performing nationally syndicated comedy bits for Dick Clark’s United Stations Radio Networks. She was also the voice of the NBA (National Basketball Association).

She then co-authored, with writing partner Janette Barber, the USA Today Bestseller Breaking the Rules, Last Ditch Tactics for Landing the Man of Your Dreams (Career Press) and Love Online (Career Press).

Laura is the host of Star Gal Radio, broadcasting on CRN Digital Talk, and writes a humorous astrology column on Tarot.com, boasting a million readers per month.

Laura is also currently the co-owner of Targeted Nutritionals, LLC with her business partner, Dr. Alan Pressman working as a producer within the radio infomercial industry.

 Comment Contest - Win a free Dyan Garris’ CD!!

 
Author & Musician Dyan Garris will be a guest on Empowerment Library on Tuesday May 13^th from 2-4 PM Eastern. To celebrate Dyan’s guest appearance, we’re offering our listeners the chance to participate in a comment contest!

Here’s how it works: 

Each person who posts a comment on any or all of the blog tour spots on the day that Dyan is scheduled will be entered in a random drawing for a copy of Dyan Garris’ new CD, Release! Stop by and share your thoughts and comments with Dyan. She will check in throughout the day to answer questions. You’ll learn more and you have a chance to win a CD!

 
To leave a comment for Dyan at Empowerment Sanctuary on Tuesday May 13^th or to listen to her live, click here

 
For more information about Dyan Garris and her virtual tour, check the full schedule  or get even more details here  

 
Dyan’s website is full of great details about all of the items within her spiritual toolbox, as well as many special features!

 
Dyan provides the tools you need to have a full and happy life. It’s not as hard to achieve as you may think!

 
Visit Dyan’s Amazon profile to view her many products

Cate Cavanagh Biography & Book Data

Cate Cavanagh - Poet, Columnist, Author, Radio Commentator

Cate Cavanagh grew up in Ocean-Hill Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York where it was as ethnically diverse as her own mixed racial heritage. Although Cate had been a social worker for much of her adult life, she always wanted to be a writer.

Cate is now a widely published poet, columnist & author with a background in both political radio commentary and political podcasting. She is also an eclectic Witch and the Founder of Quantum Spirituality: The Science of Change.

Cate’s first book, the semi-autobiographical Gifts of the Spirit, was published in 2003 and continues to receive rave reviews. Cate’s newest book, Her Godmother, was published last fall and continues to sell out at both barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com.

Cate is living her childhood dream of country life in upstate New York with her husband, Ralph. They have a menagerie of animals, including four horses, five cats, two dogs and a temperamental parrot. Cate’s third book of original poetry, entitled Grief Dance, will be released later this year.

Her Godmother - A Closer Look

Young Allie is in the chaos of a dysfunctional family. We first encounter her on her journey to upstate New York with her mother Darla, who has left Allie's alcoholic father. He has become reckless and Darla decides to relocate in order to help Allie make the transition to a single parent household.

Arriving in the charming sleepy town of Livingston Manor, Allie stays with her godmother Brigid, who has opened her heart and her home while Darla strives to build a new life for her daughter. What Allie is about to discover is that Brigid is rather…colorful.

During her time with Brigid, Allie discovers the wonder of the wildlife on the property. Some of the unforgettable characters are Jasper, the squirrel that taps on Brigid's window for peanuts, and Sally, the huge, fat bellied cat who is really a helpful and magical spirit (or familiar) that chose Brigid many years ago. Also present are Jupiter, the non-magical, huge, mischievous mutt, and a family of skunks that live under the house.

Soon Allie begins to heal from the pain of her parents' separation as Brigid teaches her about wildlife and respect for all living things. Allie is having a wonderful time until one night when, awakened by a thunderstorm, she peeks out of her window to see her godmother dancing on the lawn in the rain. Allie begins to wonder, just who is this person her mother left her with?

Readers venture with Allie on her path to healing, self discovery, and self empowerment and are able to see how ordinary life is really a series of enchantments.

Her Godmother is an honest & authentic, yet enchanting & imaginative coming of age story that tells the tale of young Allie and the godmother who teaches her to find the beauty that exists within what would seem to be a broken life. It is an invitation to readers of all ages to look beyond the obstacles they face to seek the only true magic to be found in everyday life: love, healing, and forgiveness.

Her Godmother - A Closer Look

Books about magic, including Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Harry Potter, continue to elicit rising interest in both the magical & fantasy genres and appeal to both children and adults alike.

Her Godmother is different than other books of this nature in that it dispels erroneous thinking about magic & Wicca, replacing myth and fantasy with an accurate representation of this gentle, caring belief system by offering a true depiction of magic as practiced in the magical or Wiccan community.

An additional layer of realism is added as readers discover that living in the magical community offers no guarantee against experiencing the issues of alcoholism and divorce. Her Godmother educates readers about the disease while providing insight into the healing process by introducing into the storyline the tools that are necessary for healing the wounds that children and adult children of alcoholics carry within. Her Godmother is as much a book of healing as it is of magic.

Although written for girls aged 9-12, this book is equally adored by adults. While the subject matter may be of concern to some parents, rest assured that Cate, who is a parent herself, manages this by using both a responsible and sensitive style; remembering always her audience and her goal: to help those readers who share in Allie’s experiences to draw strength and inspiration to begin their own journey of healing, self discovery, and self empowerment.

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Special Announcement: Join HAR Talk Radio on March 23, 2008 at 9:00 am PST

Suzanne Whang, actor, comedian, author, public speaker, radio host and host of HGTV’s House Hunters and House Hunters International will be joining us this Sunday, March 23rd, live on our internet radio show!

Join Suzanne and us as we kick off our Self Empowerment for Women series and hear Suzanne talk about The Secret and how she has used it to empower herself and change her life!

If you love The Secret, want to learn more about Self Empowerment, or struggle with manifesting your desires, you don’t want to miss this show!!

Click HERE for more information about our show and how to find us and tune in!