The Ask Beatty Podcast

Ask Beatty - 06.07.21

1.  Why is doing what is in our interest so hard?  Ways to learn to get out of your own way.
 
2.  NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE IN LOVE AGAIN.  Are you tired of relationships that go nowhere and frustrated that you always end up in the same destructive, self-destructive and unhappy situations?  More importantly, are you ready to finally DO something about this sorry state of affairs?
 
3.  NAOMI OSAKA......AND WHAT SHE'S TAUGHT US ABOUT SUCCESS.
 

Ask Beatty – 05.25.21

1. Beatty's daily reminders that will help you make your life and relationships  healthier and more satisfying. Just say YES to doing what is in your best interest!!!
 
2. GREY DIVORCE- NO ONE EVER REALLY KNOWS WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
An increasing number of older couples are deciding to divorce after many years of marriage. The divorce rate has roughly doubled since the 1990's for American adults ages 50 and over.  And the divorce rate for people over  50 who have been married more than once is 2.5 times higher than those who have been coupled with the same person throughout their life. .Why is this happening?   And what should women in particular DO to protect themselves emotionally, financially and legally?
 
My 2 guests today are  STACY FRANCIS, CFP, CDFA ,CES, a nationally recognized financial expert and President and CEO Of Francis Financial.  She is a Certified Planner (CFP) and Certified Divorce Financial analyst (CDFA) who provides advice t
o women going through transitions, such as divorce, widowhood and sudden wealth.  She is also the founder of Savvy Ladies, a nonprofit that has already provided free personal finance education and resources to over 15,000 women. (francisfinancial.com)
 
 LISA ZEIDERMAN, Esq, CFL, is a Matrimonial Attorney and Managing Partner at Miller Zeiderman  LLP.  She is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and regularly handles  complex financial and custody divorce matters for high-net-worth individuals.  Named a 2020 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, Ms Zeiderman is also a founding member of the American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators and a member of the panel for Attorneys for Children.  (lz@mzw-law.com)

Ask Beatty - 05.18.21

1.  CROSSING the T's and DOTTING the I's.  My weekly reminders of ALL of the things that we can DO every DAY that can help improve the quality of our life and relationships. Are you on-board?
 
2.  THERAPY CHOICE- How Home Assessments Keep Seniors Safe, Independent and Empowered In-Home
 
My guests today are Mike Gaskiewski, Occupational Therapist and Co-Owner with his brother Ed Gaskiewski, Physical Therapist, of THERAPY CHOICE and Greg Donahue, Executive Director of THERAPY CHOICE
 
In less than 2 decades, the graying of America will be inescapable.  Older adults are projected to outnumber kids for the first time in U.S. history. By 2060, nearly one in four Americans will be 65 years and older, the number of 85-plus will triple and the country will add a half million centenarians. With this swelling number of older adults, the country will see greater demands for healthcare, in-home caregiving and assisted living facilities
 
                                                                                                                                            GOOD NEWS
My guests have devoted their professional lives to finding ways that seniors can remain in their own home for as long as possible, despite the reality of the physical and mental challenges that we all face as we grow older.
 
This interview could change the quality of your life or a loved one's FOREVER!
 
THERAPY CHOICE WEBSITE:  www.therapychoice.net
 
3.  Imagine going to a drugstore and buying shampoo and then being able to see a therapist....all in one trip...all at the same place!   Learn about how pharmacies are going into the business of offering therapy to their customers.
 
TO LIFE!!
xxBEATTY

Ask Beatty – 05.11.21

1.  GOOD NEWS!!   Research is telling us that more and more people are turning to therapists and asking for help.  In fact drugstores around the country including CVS, Walmart and Walgreens are setting up walk-in sessions for mental health treatment.   And in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, mental health experts across the country say they have seen African-Amerians, whose skepticism of therapy has been documented by research, seeking it in growing numbers. 
    
SO IF YOUR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF YOUR LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS, DO WHAT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST AND GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO REACH OUT AND ASK FOR HELP.
2.  AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING A TSUNAMI OF INFORMATION AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.   THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY TRAUMATIC, VIOLENT AND RACIALLY CHARGED SITUATIONS IMPACTING AFRICAN AMERICANS MENTAL HEALTH.THE PANDEMIC HAS FURTHER IMPACTED MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT INCLUDES DEPRESSION, ANGER, ANXIETY, LONLINESS AND ISOLATION.
 
MY GUEST ON THE ASK BEATTY SHOW ON THE PROGRESSIVE RADIO NETWORK IS COLETTE WINLOCK.   COLETTE IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR, HER 1ST NOVEL UNDOING CRAZY DEALS WITH THE EFFECTS OF RACISM AND DEPRESSION ON AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY LIVING IN OAKLAND AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER SECOND NOVEL.
 
SHE HAS WORKED WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.  FOR 10 YEARS SHE WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OAKLAND, CA. HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE EDUCATION CENTER'S BLACK WOMEN'S MEDIA AND WELLNESS PROJECT AND WORKED FOR 5 YEARS AT THE NATIONAL BLACK ALCOHOLISM COUNCIL, CA. CHAPTER. 
 
COLETTE SERVED AS THE HEALTH DIRECTOR FOR THE BAY AREA BLACK UNITED FUND FOR 8 YEARS, WHERE SHE HEADED UP THE HARRIET TUBMAN CRITICAL MASS HEALTH CONDUCTORS AND THE BAY AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH SUMMIT.  COLETTE HOLDS DEGREES IN KINESIOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.  SHE IS IN MULTIPLE SPORTS HALL OF FAMES FOR TRACK AND FIELD AND AN INDUCTEE IN THE WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME. 
 
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING:
 
1.  HOW DOES SYSTEMIC RACISM AFFECT AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS? 
 
2.  WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE PULLED OVER AND STOPPED BY THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN?  LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. 
 
3.  WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SOCIAL MOVEMENT?  DO YOU FEEL THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO FEEL A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT!!  
 
4.  SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT USING THE PHRASE BLACK LIVES MATTER INSTEAD OF ALL LIVES MATTER NEGATES THE FACT THAT INDEED  ALL LIVES DO MATTER.  HOW DOES USING THE TERM BLACK LIVES MATTER  FURTHER THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL EQUALITY?
 
5.  WE ARE FINALLY SEEING MORE BLACK AND BROWN FACES IN COMMERCIALS, ON TELEVISION SHOWS IN THE MOVIES AND IN POLITICS.  DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS MAKING AFRICAN AMERICANS FEEL MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO 'MAKE IT' IN WHAT HAS BEEN A TRADITIONALLY WHITE MEDIA AND POLITICAL WORLD?
 
6.  DO YOU THINK THAT BOTH BLACKS AND WHITES ARE STARTING TO WANT TO COME TOGETHER AS HUMAN BEINGS OR DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE IS AN INCREASING DESIRE ON ALL FRONTS TO CONTINUE TO WANT TO LIVE SEPARATELY?
 
7.  NOW THAT WHITE SUPREMACY IS BROADLY EXPOSED IN THIS CENTURY, WILL IT BECOME NORMALIZED AND DECONSTRUCTED?
 
8.  WHAT IS VICARIOUS TRAUMA AND CAN YOU INTERVENE?
 
 
 
 

Ask Beatty - 05.04.21

1.  Daily Reminders for Living Your Life In Ways That Are In Your Best Interest.  EDUCATION IS THE KEY YO EMPOWERMENT IN ALL FACTS OF OUR LIVES!
2.   My guest today is BETH BATTAGLINO, RN-C, CEO of HEALTHYWOMEN, the nation's leading independent, nonprofit health information source for women.  Its mission is to educate women to make informed health choices for themselves and their families by providing objective, research-based health information.  To learn more, please visit HealthyWomen.org.  
 
3.   When Best Friends Become Platonic Spouses.  A conversation with Sociologist Jim Vrettos, host of The Radical Imagination on MNN.
 
To Life and Love and Empowerment,
xxBEATTY

Ask Beatty - 04.27.21

1.  Are you living your life in ways that are in your best interest in both your personal and professional life?  Are you being good to yourself?  Are you taking care of your emotional, psychological and physical well-being?  Take my test and find out.
 
2.  My guest today is Stacy Francis, President and CEO of Francis Financial Inc. a fee-only boutique Wealth Management, Financial Planning and Divorce Financial Planning firm dedicated to providing ongoing comprehensive advice for successful individuals, couples and women in transition such as divorce or widowhood.  She is a Certified Financial Planner (CFPR) and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFAR) with over 20 years of experience in the financial industry.  Stacy is also the founder of Savvy Ladies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering women to take control of their finances. 
 
She is a nationally-recognized financial expert featured on CNBC's Digital Financial Advisor Council, the Forbes Finance Council, Kiplinger and the Wall Street Journal.  Stacy is the host of Financially Ever After, a podcast focusing on women, money and divorce.  She is also the author of the white paper, Unveiling the Unspoken Truth:  The Financial Challenges Women Face During and After Divorce.
 
 Stacy has just been recognized by Forbes as a Best-In-State Wealth Advisor and Top Women Wealth Advisor for 2021.  As well, Francial Financial, Inc. has been ranked as one of the Best Financial Advisors in New York City by Expertise.com.
 
To Life and Love and Empowerment,
xxBEATTY

Ask Beatty - 04.19.21

1.  Daily reminders of all of the things that we DO have control over to improve the quality of our lives and relationships. Are you on board?
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NON SURGICAL AND SURGICAL AESTHETIC                                                                            PROCEDURES
 
2. In 2108 Americans spent 16.5 billion dollars on combined surgical and non surgical aesthetic procedures and that number is rising every year.  For anyone who is seriously considering surgical or non surgical aesthetic procedures, my conversation with Journalist MARSHALL ALLEN, a reporter at ProPublica who investigates the cost and quality of our health care, who wrote an article I'm a Journalist, Apparantly , I'm Also one of American's "Top Doctors" and MICHELLE MALPICA, R.N., C.N. I., C.L.O, from BeautyWorks' (www.beautyworksnyc.com) is an eye-opener. 
 
Michele is an expert clinician, who brings years of experience as a Level 1 Trauma Emergency Room Nurse, an advanced laser operator and a clinical injectable trainer to physicians and other medical professionals.  Don't even think about having any  procedures done until you listen to this show and do your due diligence in terms of research. Michelle works alongside Dr. Barry Weintraub, one of New York's top plastic surgeons and a leader in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery worldwide.
 
Here's to Keeping Ourselves Sane and Safe!
xxBEATTY

Ask Beatty – 04.13.21

1. Daily Reminders of Living Life in Ways That Are In Our Best Interest.
  2. Rates of Depression in the USA...REACH OUT AND ASK FOR HELP!     THIS IS A NOT TO BE MISSED INTERVIEW     My guest today is JOANNE HARPEL, MPhil, JD and President of COPING AFTER SUICIDE LLC and President and CEO of Rethink the Conversation.  Joanne is an international authority on suicide, bereavement and postvention response, with over 20 years of experience addressing the questions, emotions and fears that arise in the AFTERMATH of suicide.  She is certified in thanatology (death , dying and bereavement) and does deep transformative, life-changing work with organizations , schools, colleges, mental health clinicians health care professionals, clergy, funeral directors, first responders and educators, as well as providing the media with insight and perspective into the unique nature of suicide loss.     *** THE NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE NUMBER is 1-800-273-TALK (8255)***

Ask Beatty - 04.06.21

1.  Are you living your life on a day to day basis in tangible ways that are in your best interest?
  2.  How Are Most People Really Responding to Getting Back To 'Normal'.  You May Be Surprised  3. My guest today is marriage and family therapist ELLE MICHEL from Santa Monic, CA with a master's degree in clinical psychology.    She maintains a private practice in Los Angeles where she specializes in healing complex trauma, compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder using EMDR, DBT, Brainspotting and a Trauma Resiliency Model to achieve tangible results quickly.  Her clients often tell her that no other therapist has helped them in the way that she has and that they finally have the tools they need to let go of trauma and thrive.   TO LIFE AND LOVE!!! xxBEATTY

Ask Beatty - 03.23.21

1.  Self Care...You Deserve It!
2.  Depression Rates Increasing.  Remedies That Work! 3.  5 Places Where People Live the Longest and Healthiest Lives. 4.  Should Governor Cuomo Resign?  Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.  Sociologist Jim Vrettose, former professor at Yeshiva University and John Jay College and       host of The Radical Imagination on MNN weighs in.   xxBEATTY