Positive psychologist Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein is featured this week on www.womensradio.com in an interview with Lynn Thompson. Lynn Thompson, host of “Living On Purpose”, speaks with Dr. Holstein about her life, her research, her practice and her books; including Recipes for Enchantment-The Secret Ingredient is YOU! and THE TRUTH: I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! (Ladybug Press). The 45 minute interview will also run on www.radioearnetwork.com during Lynn Thompson’s show “Living On Purpose”.
The interview gives insight into what led Dr. Holstein to pursue the field of Positive Psychology and what makes the field so different from traditional therapies. Dr. Holstein also talks about her books Recipes for Enchantment-The Secret Ingredient is YOU! and THE TRUTH: I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything!
Recipes for Enchantment-The Secret Ingredient is YOU! is her second book on the concept of enchantment and shows how to incorporate positive actions within our daily lives and combine them with our own unique feelings and positive attitude to make a change within ourselves.
THE TRUTH: I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! is Dr. Holstein’s first work of fiction and is told in the first person view of a 10 year old girl.
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