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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Tom Boellstorff, author of Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human published by Princeton University Press. Tom Boellstorff is associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of A Coincidence of Desires: Anthropology, Queer Studies, Indonesia and The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia. Visit his webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Kerry Cohen, MFA, MA, author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity published by Hyperion. Kerry Cohen received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and an MA in counseling psychology from Pacific University. A practicing psychotherapist and author of the young adult novel, Easy, she lives with her husband and two sons in Portland, Oregon. Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Darby Penney and Dr. Peter Stastny co-authors of The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic written by Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, and Lisa Rinzler and published by Bellevue Literary Press. Darby Penney is a leader in the human rights movement for people with psychiatric disabilities and a former state mental health official who has experienced the mental health system inside and out. A Senior Research Associate with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., she is a 2007 fellow in Nonfiction Literature from the New York Foundations for the Arts. Dr. Peter Stastny is Senior Psychiatrist at South Beach Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn, New York .a filmmaker of several documentary films dealing with mental health subjects, and the author of numerous scholarly papers on psychosocial treatments, self-help and empowerment, film history and mental health. Visit The Lives They Left Behind website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Pamela Paul, author of Parenting, Inc.: How We are Sold on $800 Strollers, Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Sleeping Coaches, Toddler Couture, and Diaper Wipe Warmers- and What It Means for Our Children published by Times Books. Pamela Paul is a contributor to Time magazine and the author of is a contributor to Time magazine and the author of Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families and The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony. She writes for such publications as The New York Times Book Review, Psychology Today, Self, Ladiesâ Home Journal, and The Economist, and she blogs for the Huffington Post. She and her family live in New York. Visit her website.

Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D. is a social and cultural psychologist and author of the 2006 book, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.

Janette Merrill is a mother of three, living in Portland Oregon. She will be presenting the Podcast series entitled Birthing Soul which will focus on the Feminine, women's issues and inner growth with a wide range of topics including feminine archetypes, sacred sexuality, parenting, natural childbirth and childcare, partnership studies, raising kids body-positive, reconnecting to the body, menarche and menopause celebrations, and holistic psycho-spirituality. Janette has a B.A. in Social Science and intends to pursue an M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology Visit Ms. Janette Merrill's blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of the The Sweet Spot, interviews Ms. Lisa Sarasohn, Belly Queen author of The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure published by New World Library. Lisa Sarasohn is a veteran yoga instructor and bodywork therapist. Her favorite professional designation is Belly Queen. These are words, she says, for a woman who owns herself. Having gained and lost more than 2,000 pounds during twenty years of dieting and bingeing, she's discovered how to move beyond this misery into a fulfilling sense of personal power and purpose. In The Woman's Belly Book, she shares this life-affirming information and these life-saving skills with you. Visit her website.

Stephen Post, Ph.D. is lead author of the 2007 book Why Good Things Happen to Good People: The Exciting New Research That Proves The Link Between Doing Good and Living A Longer, Healthier, Happier Life.

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