JOYRadio with Pattie Welek Hall

Mark your calendars for 2.24.16 at 11 AM, ET and listen to Joy Radio interview John Daly, Colorado author of the Sean Coleman thriller novels, Blood Trade and From a Dead Sleep. Sean Coleman is back in the latest thriller from John A. Daly, set in the mountains of Winston, Colorado. Six months after the murder of his uncle, Sean is trying to get his life together. He’s stopped drinking, he’s taking better care of himself, and he’s working hard to keep a fledgling security business afloat. At a blood plasma bank Sean frequents to earn extra income, he meets the distraught relative of Andrew Carson, a man who went missing weeks earlier on the other side of the state, with a pool of blood in the snowy driveway of his home as the only clue to the man’s fate. Sean decides to help in the search for Carson and quickly finds himself immersed in a world of deception, desperation, and danger—a world in which nothing is what it seems, and few can get out of with their lives. A lifelong Coloradoan, John graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 1996 with a degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems. He spent the next fifteen years developing accounting software and Internet-based, workflow collaboration solutions. He currently writes political, cultural, and media-analysis columns for the website of Bernard Goldberg, former CBS News journalist and New York Times bestselling author. John felt compelled to take his writing to the next level after watching a television interview with former NFL football player, Tim Green. Inspired by Green’s career transition from a professional athlete to an accomplished author, John found the motivation to begin work on his first novel, “From a Dead Sleep”. John lives in Greeley, Colorado with his wife and two children.

Joy Radio invites you to listen to an interview with David Brown, Jr., coach and author of Letters for Lucia: 8 Principles for Navigating Adversity on 1.27.16 at 11 AM, ET.David will be talking about how his personal experience has made him realize that his purpose is to be of service to others and reading one of his endearing and heartfelt letters to his daughter, Lucia.  David Brown Jr. is dedicating his life to helping others learn to love, forgive and heal from difficult situations. Managing through the traumatic separation from his young daughter awakened his heart to loving kindness and compassion; birthing 8 principles which he shares in his book Letters for Lucia: 8 Principles for Navigating Adversity. David uses these principles as a foundation in his transformational coaching practice, where he helps clients to navigate their own challenging life circumstances. David’s methods include coaching the “whole individual” in order to create a truly transformative experience. David Brown Jr. is a former senior leader in financial services. He earned a degree in finance at University of Delaware and an Executive MBA at Villanova, and continues studying organizational leadership. David is also a part of the adjunct faculty at Villanova University where he teaches MBA students who partner with local Philadelphia social enterprises how to lead semester long consulting engagements using a systems thinking approach to solving business problems. To learn more about David Brown, Jr., please visit his website: www.davidbrownjunior.com

Please join us! Joy Radio will be interviewing award winning author Ann Hite on January 8, 11 AM, ET, to discuss her newest novel, Where The Souls Go. At the age of ten, Annie Todd finds not only is her mother quite mad but that Annie has inherited an unusual legacy. The ghost of a young girl visits Annie in her new home deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where Annie’s mother, Grace Jean, has hidden them away from the life they used to know. Annie finds an unlikely ally in Pearl, a young woman who keeps house in Annie’s new home. The secrets that surround Pearl take Annie’s mind off her loneliness and soon her family history is revealed to her.  This book follows three generations of the Pritchard family, not only telling the story of how Hobbs Pritchard became the villain of Black Mountain, but highlighting women’s struggles in Appalachia, beginning in the Depression Era and ending in the mid-sixties. Ann Hite is the award winning author of three novels and a novella. Her latest book, Where The Souls Go, was published by Mercer University Press in September 2015. Her debut novel, Ghost On Black Mountain, became a Townsend Prize Finalist and won Georgia Author of the Year in 2012. Ann is a confessed book junkie who lives in Marietta, Georgia. To learn more about Ann Hite visit her website--www.annhite.wordpress.com

Joy Radio "turns the tables" as host, Pattie Welek Hall and author of A Mother's Dance is interviewed by Bren McClain, author of One Good Mama Bone. McClain nudges Hall to read an excerpt from her memoir A Mother's Dance and asks--What is the story about? Why did you write the story? Who’s your audience? And so much more.  Pattie Welek Hall is the author of two books: A Mother’s Dance, a Memoir: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward, Full Circle, which will be released by WriteLife Publishing November 6, 2015, and a children’s book, Believe, that was also translated into and available in Spanish, Creer. She has also been published in International Brain Injury Association 10th World Congress scientific journal, “Brain Injury,” and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, and hosts an Internet radio talk show, Joy Radio. www.pattiewelekhall.com

Lori Nelson Spielman, #1 international bestselling author of The Life List returns to Joy Radio on October 7 at 11 AM, ET, to discuss her newest novel Sweet Fogiveness in which a woman’s receipt of two “forgiveness stones” sends her searching for atonement. Filled with warmth and humor, Lori Nelson Spielman’s Sweet Forgiveness is a novel about family that will make you rethink everything you know about forgiveness and love. Lori Nelson Spielman is an insightful storyteller who captures your heart and keeps you turning the pages.— Amy Sue Nathan, author of The Glass Wives Lori Nelson Spielman is a former speech pathologist, guidance counselor,  and homebound teacher. She enjoys fitness running, traveling, and reading, though writing is her true passion. Her first novel, The Life List, has been published in thirty countries and optioned by Fox 2000. Her second novel, Sweet Forgiveness, was released in June, 2015. She is currently working on her third book. She lives in Michigan with her husband and their very spoiled cat. http://lorinelsonspielman.com

On August 18, 2015 at 11 AM, EDT, Joy Radio will be interviewing Kathy L. Murphy, author of The Pulpwood Queens: Tiara-Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life, and the creator of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club, the largest “meeting and discussing” book club in the world with 550+ chapters. Join us and listen to Kathy as she shares her wisdom: Life isn’t over at the age of 40, it’s over when it’s overBooks can change your lifeFollow your passion when life hands you lemons! To learn more about The Pulpwood Queens or to start your own chapter, check out Kathy’s website http://www.beautyandthebook.com/about/. And while you’re on the page, be sure to click the tab “Girlfriend Weekend,” and sign up for the annual book club hosted festival.

Join Joy Radio on 7.22.15 at 11 a.m., EDT, as Terri Ann Leidich, President and Publisher of BQB Publishing and WriteLife Publishing, an imprint of Boutique of Quality Books, takes us on her journey as an author and publisher.  Born and raised in northern Minnesota, Terri Ann has lived in the South most of her adult life and has traveled extensively both within the United States and internationally. She spent many years in Corporate America in a variety of marketing positions. Then, with her background in marketing, for the last 20+ years, Terri Ann has been an entrepreneur and owner of several companies ranging from a small diner in Minnesota, to an event and travel organization for mid-life singles, to a hybrid publishing company. An English teacher in high school helped her recognize her love of words and talent for writing, and Terri Ann has been writing ever since. She is the author of two nonfiction books: From a Grieving Mother’s Heart and For a Grieving Heart. Her debut novel, Family Inheritance, was released in October of 2014 by BQB Publishing. In 2015, Family Inheritance won the Silver Finalist in the Benjamin Franklin awards.

Are you undergoing changes in your life? Does life appear to be shifting rapidly? Would you like to know how these strange revelations are bringing in new knowledge and experiences? Then please tune into Yvonne Perry's interview on Joy Radio, July 15th at 11 a.m. EDT. She will be discussing these shifts and the ways we are being affected by them. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms--body changes, emotional changes, mental patterning, a higher vibration of your soul (walk-in soul aspects), multidimensional experiences, experiencing parrallel lives, jumping timelines, or light language--you won't want to miss this show. A starseed walk-in and shamanic practitioner of galactic light codes, Yvonne Perry accesses the wise guidance of advanced beings of light to help people integrate multidimensional soul aspects and shift into their most loving selves. Holding a bachelor of Science in Metaphysics from the American Institute of Holistic Theology Yvonne understands the "homecoming" or ascension process of the soul. She offers light language activations, galactic readings, and coaching for walk-ins, empaths, and those seeking to merge the higher self with the body and personality. http://weare1inspirit.com

Joy Radio's interview with Dave Pelzer, New York Times and International Best Selling author,on 2.18.15 at 11 a.m., ET! Dave is the author of seven inspirational books. Dave’s latest book, Too Close To Me, which we will be talking about today, was released in the fall of 2014 on Kindle, and will be coming out in hardcover on April 7, 2015. Dave’s first book, A Child Called “It”, was on the New York Times Best Sellers List for over 6 years and Dave’s books have been on the same Best Sellers List approaching 13 years combined. As an author Dave is the first to have four # 1 International Best Sellers and to have four books simultaneously on the New York Times Best Sellers List. Dave embodies Esprit: Spirit, Humor & Wit. As a child his resilience enabled him to overcome extreme life-threatening obstacles. As an adult, for over 25 years, Dave’s inspirational work has encouraged countless organizations and millions of individuals to recommit their efforts and remain steadfast to their personal convictions. For over two decades, Dave has dedicated his life helping others . . . to help themselves. While many make excuses and seem pessimistic, Dave carries the banner in a nation where opportunities are endless in what he calls “The Greatness of America”. And through his work, you will too. Please visit Dave’s website www.davepelzer .com to get his full bio and learn more about Dave. And his books are on Amazon.

Tune into Joy Radio today, 2.11.15, at 11 a.m., ET,  and listen to an interview with Meg Blackburn Losey, PHD. We will be discussing her book The Children of Now...Evolution. Topics we will discuss: Who are the children of now? What is the magic these children emobdy that have the foresight to see a new future for our people and our planet? How do their minds work? How do you know if your child is one of this new breed and why it isn't important to stick a label on them? Meg Blackburn Losey, PHD, is the author of the international bestseller The Children of Now along with several other books including Conversations with the Children of Now, The Art of Living Out Loud, The Secret history of Consciousness, and she is a contributor to What Wags the World. Dr. Meg is the creator of the Touching the Light healing Modality and offers Certification courses. She is an international keynote speaker and lectures worldwide. Dr. Meg is a PHD of Holistic Life Coaching and holds a Doctoral Degree in Metaphysics and has served as a consultant to Good Morning America and 20/20. Visit her online at www.spiritlite.com

Joy Radio is honored to interview poet Karla Linn Merrifield on 12/10/14 at 11 AM, ET. An eight-time Pushcart-Prize nominee and a National Park Artist-in-Residence, Karla Linn Merrifield has had some 400 poems appear in dozens of journals and anthologies. She has ten books to her credit, the newest of which are Lithic Scatter and Other Poems (Mercury Heartlink) and Attaining Canopy: Amazon Poems (FootHills Publishing). Forthcoming from Salmon Poetry is Athabaskan Fractal and Other Poems of the Far North. Her Godwit:  Poems of Canada (FootHills) received the Eiseman Award for Poetry and she received the Dr. Sherwin Howard Award for the best poetry published in Weber - The Contemporary West.  She is assistant editor and poetry book reviewer for The Centrifugal Eye (www.centrifugaleye.com), a member of the board of directors of Just Poets (Rochester, NY), and a member of the New Mexico State Poetry Society, the Florida State Poetry Society and TallGrass Writers Guild. Visit her blog, Vagabond Poet, at http://karlalinn.blogspot.com.

On November 6, 2014 at 1 PM, ET Joy Radio will be interviewing Akemi G, author of WHY WE ARE BORN: Remembering Our Purpose through the Akashic Records. Please mark your calendars and join us. Akemi is a spiritual messenger with rare clarity. People of all walks of life, whether they consider themselves as spiritual or not, are attracted to her easy-to-understand, unpretentious words. She is soft-spoken yet unafraid to point out the various spiritual myths such as "Life is a school" or the "original sin." She is naturally psychic (as we all are) and offered her insightful Akashic Record Reading, with the help of her Akashic Record Guides, until she decided to assist people through her writing instead. She is originally from Japan and has been living in the United States since 1995. She is proud of her multicultural background, which supports her ability to communicate with a wide range of people worldwide. She leads a quiet, private life near Portland, Oregon. To contact her, please use the contact form at: www.akashicrecordsofsouls.com (Akashic Records of Souls)

Patricia Sands lives in Toronto, Canada, when she isn’t somewhere else. An admitted travel fanatic, she can pack a bag in a flash and be ready to go anywhere … particularly the south of France. With a focus on travel, women’s issues and ageing, her stories celebrate the feminine spirit and the power of friendship. Encouraging women of all ages to stare down the fear factor and embrace change, she has heard from readers (men too!) ages 20 to 83. Her award-winning debut novel The Bridge Club was published in 2010 and her second novel, The Promise of Provence was an Amazon Hot New Release in April 2013, a USA Best Book 2013 Finalist and a 2014 Finalist in Literary Fiction, National Indie Excellent Awards. Patricia returned to France in 2013, to research her next novel, Promises To Keep, which was released in September, 2014. Thanks to reader requests, she is busy working on the next book in what has now become the Love In Provence series.While in France in June 2014, Patricia led two 10-day tours of the south of France, based on The Promise of Provence, for the Womens Travel Network. Find out more at Patricia’s Facebook Author Page, Amazon Author Page or her website where there are links to her books, social media, and monthly newsletter that has special giveaways and sneak peeks at her next book. She would love to hear from you!

Join us on 7.9.14, at 11 a.m., EDT when Joy Radio interviews Bette Lee Crosby, USA Today Bestsellling and award-winning author. Bette will give us insights into her career as a writer, and will be discussing her novel Previously Loved Treasures, Book 2 in the Serendipity Series. In 1997 Bette abandoned the fast-paced world of advertising and embarked on a career as a novelist. Her books, often written in a Southern voice, cover a wide spectrum of locales and personalities as they tell tales of courageous women overcoming life’s obstacles. Her novels were first recognized in 2006, when she won the National League of American Pen Women Award for unpublished fiction with What Matters Most. In 2007 she won the National League of American Pen Women’s First Place Fiction Award for her novel Girl Child; and in 2009 her latest novel Cracks in the Sidewalk received the prestigious Royal Palm Literary Award from the Florida Writers Association; and in 2011 it won the FPA President’s Book Award Gold Medal. Bette has recently completed a biography of Lani Verner Deauville, the amazing woman listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest living quadriplegic. The book is titled “Life in the Land of IS…the Amazing Story of Lani Deauville, the World’s Longest Living Quadriplegic.” Bette Lee Crosby is originally from New Jersey, but now makes her home in Southern Florida where she lives with her husband Richard and a feisty Bichon Frise. A highly entertaining public speaker, Bette makes frequent appearances to support the various charities of women’s groups, and schedule permitting, she will join book talks and book club discussion groups. www.betteleecrosby.com

Joy Radio is honored to be interviewing Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick at 11 AM, EDT, on May 20th, pub date release of her newest novel, GOING ON NINE: On a sweltering St. Louis afternoon, a child swipes her mother's ring, snatches her sister's nightgown, and runs outside to play "bride." She promptly loses the ring, rips the gown, assumes it’s about to rain daggers, and runs away from home to find a 'better' family. What happens next is a summer-long journey around her deceptively sleepy neighborhood, during which Grace Townsend travels on foot and by horseback, rides shotgun in a shiny new Plymouth Belvedere, hunkers in the back of a rattletrap vegetable truck, crawls into a crumbling tunnel, treks out to a fire in the hinterlands, explores the closet of a prom queen, keeps vigil in the bedroom of a molestation victim, and helps tame a killer dog. Those are a few of the reasons Grace will remember the summer of 1956 for the rest of her life, and why adults and older YA readers will love Going on Nine (May, 2014, Familius). Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick was born, reared, and schooled in St. Louis, the second of six children. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, she has been a staff feature writer for daily newspapers in Hannibal, St. Louis, and Milwaukee. Her articles, stories and essays have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States, and in St. Louisan Magazine, Lessons From My Parents (2013, Familius), Ruminate, The Vocabula Review, Prick of the Spindle, Sew News, Fan Story, Yesterday’s Magazette, Reminisce Magazine, All Things Girl,  and in four Outrider Press Black and White anthologies. www.goingonnine.com, www.amatterofhappenstance.com, her debut novel.

On March 28, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., EST Joy Radio will be interviewing Ester Nicholson. Former crack addict finds path to sobriety, self-realization and success. Healing comes from looking in the mirror and facing the truth. Twenty-five years ago, when Ester Nicholson looked in the mirror she saw a broken young woman--a teenaged mom hopelessly addicted to crack, food, abusive relationships, anything to bury her shame and self-hatred. Today Ester is an acclaimed healer with a breakthrough spiritual approach to the 12-Step recovery process that's proven more effective because of its integration with empowering divinity-within principles. With her book Soul Recovery--12 Keys to Healing Addiction she tells her inspiring story and systematically reveals the spiritually transforming process she used to liberate herself from crippling addiction. www.soulrecovery.org

Interested in learning how to tap into your intuition and strengthen the muscle? Then you will want to join Joy Radio on 2.26.14 at 11 a.m., ET. Scotti Holloway is an International Spiritual teacher, Six Sensory Practitioner and Angel Therapy Practitioner.She has studied at The Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, UK and with Accolade Academy UK.  In 2008, Scotti founded Earth Angels Healing Arts Center to create a place for people, regardless of religion, to reconnect with their higher self and encouraging them to be the change they wish to see not only in their personal life but also in the world. Over the years, Scotti has developed a personal intuitive coaching modality and teaching style of her own. Empowering her students to recognize the powerful guidance system within all.  By simply connecting to our higher selves, we bring clear recognition of our own spirituality and link to Divine Spirit. She has studied with some of the best motivational speakers in the Mind, Body, Spirit World including Sonia Choquette , Dr. Doreen Virtue and medium John Holland Scotti has recently joined Accolade Academy, South Wales,UK as a tutor. www.spdivineexplorations.com

The holiday season is the hardest time for those who have lost a loved one. Would you like to connect with a family member of friend that has crossed over? Call Joy Radio (1-714-868-0752) on 12.18.13 at 11 AM, ET, and speak to Daria Justyn, Psychic Medium and Intuitive Counselor. She will take your question and channel the spirit on the other side. Daria wants to bring Christmas magic into as many hearts as possible, so please, ONE question per caller. If you can't get through, keep trying. Daria Justyn is a psychic medium and intuitive counselor who has spent her life cultivating her ability to channel messages from Archangels, Spirit guides, Master teachers, the Galatics and souls that have crossed over. Daria is a messenger for what lies beyond. www.dariajustn.com

Do you want to create financial abundance, true love, exciting work, vibrant health and great relationships? Then you will want to tune in to Joy Radio at 11 a.m., ET, 11.19.13 and listen to Boni Lonnsburry. Applying the laws of attraction, to her own life, she transformed poverty, loneliness and despair to abundance, love and joy. In 2000, broke, alone, jobless and nearly homeless, Boni invested $50 with a partner in a marketing company, six months later, she bought her partner out and in five years she went from foreclosure and bankruptcy to abundance beyond even her wildest dreams – creating a $5 million company and selling it in 2011. Boni Lonnsburry is an expert on conscious creation and the author of the best selling book, “The Map: To Our Responsive Universe, Where Dreams Really Do Come True.” Learn more at www.livealifeyoulove.com.

Join Joy Radio on 11.6.13 at 11 AM, ET, for our second in a series of shows promoting The Rebel Road Tour- A One-Woman Show created by Simran Singh. Our guest, Kristi Reagor, is the Logistical Coordinator for 11:11 Media and is the 4 woman of The Rebel Road Tour. Kristi will speak about her role, bring us up to date on the latest cities Simran has visited, and the impact she is making across the country. www.TheRebelRoad.com