Authors Episodes

Dr. Adah Kennon has multiple advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. in Psychology and Master’s Degrees in psychology, education and counseling. Adah has worked for 31 years as a School Psychologist and Counselor. She is also a Certified Mental Health Counselor. Adah has enjoyed traveling, gardening and helping her husband, Dr. Walter B. Hammond, with his stress management and self-hypnosis business. In the present day, Dr. Kennon has assumed an even more important role, She is the caregiver for h...

Esther Sekiziyivu has seen that many marriages are suffering shipwreck and dissolution because of the human inclination to natural desires. The absence of personal knowledge and understanding of marriage fundamentals has created casualties in the marriage institution. Many have experienced violent storms in their marriages resulting in emotional pain, broken hearts and families. Overcoming Emotional Pain in a Divorce Crisis discusses the beauty of marriage; challenges experienced in a marriage, ...

Elizabeth Porter is the author of Pathways to Fluency: Changing how we think about language in the United States. This book is a journey into language and culture and why they are so important. It also suggests practical ways in which we can integrate language, culture, and global citizenship education into our home, family life, and classroom. Click here to learn more about Elizabeth at the Bon Voyage World Languages Academy website. Click here to connect with Elizabeth on LinkedIn, click here...

Ralph B. Alexander, Ph.D. is the author of Science Under Attack. It is Dr. Alexander’s belief that Evidence and logic are lacking in many areas of public debate today on hot-button issues ranging from dietary fat to vaccination. In Science Under Attack, Dr. Alexander shows how science is being abused, sidelined or ignored, making it difficult or impossible for the public to form a reasoned opinion about important issues. Readers will learn why science is becoming more corrupt, and also how it i...

David Kaufman, Ph.D. is a published author with several years' experience in writing academic works, journal articles, and books, both fiction and nonfiction. His recent book, Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley histories: language, archaeology, and ethnography, was published by the University of Nebraska Press (2019). David offers an analysis of social, cultural, and linguistic change in the Lower Mississippi Valley from 500 to 1700. He charts how linguistic evidence aids the understanding of ear...

Chloe Isabelle Morris is a talented 5th-grade writer and artist. Her book, Memories of the Past, was inspired by her mom, who died in 2016 when Chole was 7 years-old. Her mom, Julia Kalontarova, was an accomplished animation artist, who worked on the movie, Frozen and on The Wild Thornberrys, an American animated television series that originally aired on Nickelodeon. Chloe uses art and poetry in her book to communicate her feelings about her friendship with her mother, and about her feelings ab...

Andy Cowan is an award-winning writer, producer, and performer. He began his career as a segment producer, writer and performer on The Merv Griffin Show during the '80s, and interviewed hundreds of luminaries, from Orson Welles to Jerry Seinfeld. He is the only writer associated with multiple episodes of Cheers, Seinfeld and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Numerous other comedies and talk/variety shows are among his writing credits. He won a CableAce Award for producing, writing and starring in the Showt...

Jasmine & Kay West are the Co-Authors of the Legends of The Eternal Realms: The Legend of Forsythia: Book one Foretold. The Eternal Realms is a world that 'worlds' exist in. The books brings to life The Legend of Forsythia, a magical adventure melding skill and strategy as two foreordained groups rise up to finish what their parents started and end a contrived civil war before the finale can start. Jasmine & Kay share their back-story of how they met and began to co-create their fantasy world. L...

Lori Vann, M.A., LPC-S is on a GLOBAL MISSION to PREVENT the start of Self-injurious behaviors (NSSI) and stop needless deaths by suicide. She is a Global Authority on Self-injury and a Suicide Interventionist. Lori holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S), with over 20 yrs of Clinical experience, and she is an International Speaker. Lori has offered numerous books on the Amazon website, including: A Practitioner's Guide to the Treatme...

William (Bill) Funnemark is the author of "Last Lunch", his story of what it is like to lose your best friend, your wife, your lover, the mother of your children, and then pick up the pieces and go on living. It is a story of his faith in God and the love of family and friends. Bill invites you to reach out to him and learn more about his book and what he’s up to, on the Last Lunch Facebook page. Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/william-bill-fun...

Tim Hicks has been a conflict resolution practitioner and teacher for 25 years. From 2006 to 2014, he was the first director of the conflict resolution Master’s degree program at the University of Oregon. His book, "Embodied Conflict: The Neural Basis of Conflict and Communication”, explores how our brain’s capacity to encode and store experiences within the neural structure, inform what we know, think, create beliefs about, and understand the world we live in. This understanding enables us to a...

Angela James is an Educator, Story Writer & Poet. Her book, Flower Among Ash, explores how, when faced with tragedy and unprecedented circumstances, and even the opportunity to throw in the towel, it is not enough to dissuade us from pursuing our dreams. Click here to find and connect with Angela on LinkedIn. Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/angela-james-author-of-flower-among-ash.html

C. J. Jones is a true CCSU Blue Devil. "99 1/2% Won't Do" has been his mantra while earning a B.A. and M.A. at Central, and serving the university as a basketball coach, director of the Educational Opportunity Program, and director of athletics. He was inducted into the CCSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. He is also the author of A Method to March Madness: An Insider's Look at the Final Four, written in collaboration with Tom Hazuka. As of the 2017-2018 academic year, more than 2,000 students ...

Robena Egemonye, Ph.D is a retired teacher. Her first fiction novel, "The Fence Mender," was published in December 2016. In 2012, she wrote a children's book about Alzheimer's called "When My Grandma Sings," and years before that she wrote a teacher's classroom discussion guide. You can click here to communicate with Robena on her website. Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/robena-egemonye-is-educator-and-author.html

Amor Traceski is a two-time cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and then ovarian cancer in 2016. Not only did she NOT dwell on her negative circumstances, she embraced life and found a higher purpose: a mission of life for life! She believes that she survived so that she can share her knowledge and wisdom, borne from experience with others and help them cope and continue living life, despite the disease. Thus, authoring her first book, “Been There, Done That: Practical ...

Adi Tantimedh is the author of a Detective Crime Trilogy, The Ravi PI Series: Her Nightly Embrace (Book 1), Her Beautiful Monster (Book 2) and Her Fugitive Heart (Book 3). Adi has written radio plays and television scripts for the BBC and screenplays for various Hollywood companies, as well as graphic novels for DC Comics and Big Head Press, and a weekly column about pop culture for BleedingCool.com. He also wrote "Zinky Boys Go Underground," the first post-Cold War Russian gangster thriller, wh...

Jonathan Branfman, Ph.D. is a Gender Studies researcher and children's book author. His work focuses on LGBTQIA diversity and social justice. His book, You Be You!: The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family, is an illustrated children's book for ages 7-11 that makes gender identity, sexual orientation, and family diversity easy to explain to children. Throughout the book, kids learn that there are many kinds of people in the world and that diversity is something to be celebrated. It cover...

Tulip Chowdhury is a freelance writer and a retired teacher. She has written features, short stories, and poems for newspapers and magazines from an early age. Though she often tackles difficult subject matter, her message is one of love and happiness. Tulip has published a collection of essays, Reaching Beyond Words; a compilation of fiction, poetry, and essays, Rainbow; a collection of short stories, Stars in the Sky; and two collections of poetry, The Raindrops and Nature and Love. She autho...

Ron Simplified Myers is an Author, Creator of Simplified-U, highly sought after speaker and Uplifting Life Partner (meaning we are all partners in life and here to uplift each other) and the author of the book, The Relationship Success Handbook: Get Rid of Your Problems Not Your Partner. Ron Shares that his drive and desire to bring out the best in himself and those around him moved him into the financial services arena, where he became a Regional Vice President. Through that company, he had th...

Joe Duffy is the former President of the Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson NJ and Executive Director of Straight & Narrow, Inc. Years in the making, Joe just published his new book, “Being a Supervisor 1.0: A Handbook for the New, Aspiring & Experienced Supervisor”. Joe chats with Howard how about his career trajectory and how this informed that the chapters and content in the book. Recognizing that resource material for supervisors was spread across many sources, Joe sent out to compile ...

Jack Finnell, CEO at Growth Accelerators, stops by the SuccessInSight Podcast to chat about his new book, DO YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER OR A MANAGER?: If You Can Do One, You Can Do Both. Jack shares select insights on how his career as a leader and C-level executive with two highly successful start-ups, and with an organization like Gartner, Ameritech Communications, Xerox, and the U.S. Navy, informed the content in his book. Jack shares proved activities and techniques that anyone who wants to ca...

Jeff Tippett is known to many as Mr. Persuasion. He is a subject matter expert on persuasive communications and is the Founder of Targeted Persuasion. Jeff speaks to international audiences through keynotes and seminars, in which he helps attendees increase their effectiveness, gives them powerful tools to reach their goals, and empowers attendees to positively impact and grow their organizations or businesses. His second book, titled: Unleashing Your Superpower: Why Persuasive Communication I...

#SuccessInSight is pleased to introduce David DuPont, President of Shure-Step. David shares about his passion for "fixing things", whether it was learning to fix lawn mowers with his dad that led to his first taste of entrepreneurship, to inventing the Shure-Step to keep automotive mechanics safe while working on all sizes of vehicles, and creating the Senior-Step for seniors to prevent "Slips, Trips, and Falls". Along his path to success & insight, David has learned and been mentored by sales...