Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Ellen T. White, author of Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, With Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--women in History published by Running Press Book Publishers. Ellen T. White discovered her siren power at age 17 when two men fought each other for the chance to take her home. She works as the managing editor of the New York Public Library and has also worked as theater critic for The New Haven Register, as a cultural writer and editor for numerous publications, and as founder of her own underground comic newsletter for "the ironic and unattached." She lives in New York City. She is a Companion Siren with Competitor overtones. Visit her website www.ellentwhite.com. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Ashley Rhodes-Courter, author of  Three Little Words: A Memoir published by Atheneum. Ashley Rhodes-Courter was born in North Carolina in 1985 and entered foster care in 1989. Over the next nine years, she lived in 14 placements before being adopted at age 12 by Phil and Gay Courter of Crystal River, Florida. Ashley just graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and will walk with her class in May. She was the recipient of Eckerd's Trustee's Scholarship, their most prestigious full-tuition award. She has won several other national and local scholarships. She completed a double major in communications and drama with a double minor in political science and psychology. At college, Ashley was a residential advisor, student public relation spokesperson, and speech coach. She spent her January term, 2006 in South Africa working with a children's literacy project. In the community, she has a job in marketing for a local television station, works with the Pinellas County Heart Gallery and also does on-camera work. Ashley was the 2004 Youth Advocate of the Year for the North American Council on Adoption and won the Child Welfare League of America Kids to Kids National Service Grand Prize. In 2004, she and her family jointly won the Angels in Adoption from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and nominated by Congresswoman, Ginny Brown-Waite. Ashley has been on the professional staff at the Kinship Center's adoption camp in Pacific Grove, CA for three summer sessions. On June 1, 2003, the New York Times Magazine published her grand prize winning essay (out of 3000 high school entries) about her adoption day. She expanded her essay into a memoir which has just been published by Simon & Schuster. In 2007 she was one of 20 college students selected for the USA Today All-USA Academic Team. She also was one of the four GOLDEN BR!CK Award winners for outstanding advocacy by Do Something, and was named one of Glamour Magazine's Top Ten College Women. Ashley has been featured on Montel Williams, Good Morning America, and other national and local television shows. She has done over 100 speeches, mostly paid, including more than 25 keynotes. She has a passion to tell her story and share hope with other foster children and encourage adoption and permanency.  Visit her website. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Irene Spencer, author of Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife published by Center Street. Irene  Spencer lives in Anchorage Alaska, with her faithful husband of twenty years, Hector J. Spencer, who never leaves her side. At 84 years of age, Hector travels with Irene, proudly basking in her recent, new-found success. They currently reside in Woodbridge, California with Irene's oldest daughter, where Irene continues to write and work on various projects. Irene's number one love is her family, so when she's not writing or speaking, she is on the road, traveling the globe from Alaska to Mexico, Idaho, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Louisiana to visit her "family forest". Irene attends as many new births, birthdays, weddings, etc. as possible.  Despite the demands on her time to fulfill her speaking engagements, Irene finds time to continue her writing and spend time with her family. With plans to author additional books, Irene just smiles when asked when she will take time to rest and responds "When I'm 6 feet under!" Her next book (title to be determined) will be available in May 2009. Visit Ms. Spencerâs website.

Jamie Mason, co-host of the North Star Guardians Podcast, interviews Ms. Terri Cheney, author of Manic: A Memoir published by William Morrow. After graduating Vassar College with honors, Ms. Cheney attended UCLA School of Law. She then specialized in intellectual property and entertainment litigation at several prominent L.A. firms, including Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Over the course of her sixteen-year career, Ms. Cheney represented many celebrities and major motion picture studios, including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Universal, Columbia, etc. Her pro bono work ranged from counseling local theaters to petitioning the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the ACLU. After years of secretly struggling with manic depression, Ms. Cheney decided to leave the law and devote her advocacy skills toward a cause that is closer to her heart: writing about her illness, and encouraging the mentally ill to tell their own stories. In recognition of her efforts, she was appointed a member of the Community Advisory Board of the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program, the nationâs largest nonprofit research consortium regarding manic depression. She also founded a weekly community support group at UCLAâs Neuropsychiatric Institute. Ms. Cheney currently lives in Los Angeles.  Visit her website. Visit Jamie Mason's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap published by New World Library. In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

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