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Imagine your loved one is fine one day, then is suddenly hospitalized for weeks and needs two years of recovery treatment. It’s happening to around 50,000 people a year in the U.S. alone, including the family of our special guest today, beloved actress Michael Learned who you know from shows like The Waltons, Scrubs, and more. She is joined by her nephew, Andy Kavoian to share the story of his brother, Nathan. Also joining us is Lindy Boone Michaelis, who was a founding member of Ryan’s Reach, a nonprofit designed to help individuals with brain injuries through recovery

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He’s won 14 Grammy awards and has been named Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. On today’s program we are honored to have country great Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White Skaggs, member of the Grammy Award-winning and Dove Award-winning group The Whites.

What makes for a strong and happy marriage?  Actors Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays keep renovating their relationship and home to anchor their nearly three decade long relationship.  They share their secrets for creating a tight family unit and strong marriage bond as well as tips to create a home that supports your family.

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Juggling marriage, career, and children takes great care and effort. Our guests today make it look easy. But is it really? We’ll find out when we talk about life, love and everything else with singer Debby Boone and actress Daphne Maxwell Reid.

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COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is a lung disease often caused by smoking. More than 11 million people have COPD. It is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Our expert guest, Dr. James Krueger, a pulmonologist in private practice from Long Beach, California helps us understand COPD also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Actress Loni Anderson, made famous from her role in the hit sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati, and nominated for two Emmy awards and three Golden Globe awards, has been a spokesperson for COPD since 1999. She is passionate in creating awareness, especially to the young people on the dangers of smoking, since her experience with her parents suffering from COPD. Also sharing his story on COPD is Terry Ridgeway.

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Our two guests today are actors Raymond J. Barry and Michelle Stafford.  One is an athlete and one has a skin care line. Two very different people, very different stories and yet regardless of their life situation they saw something they wanted and went for it.  From star student athlete to successful veteran actor, playwright, painter, sculptor, Raymond J. Barry is quite the renaissance man. He’s been married more than 30 years with four kids. Emmy Award actress Michelle Stafford is best known from The Young and the Restless and General Hospital. She created her company called Skin Nation, providing organic plant-based natural skin products and is a single mom of two kids.

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Pastors Phil and Jan White, who had health challenges share three steps to their lifestyle that made incredible changes in their health.  Our second guest, Nancy Montuori from Ordinary Vegan, certified in plant-based nutrition, shares her amazing journey on becoming a vegan after seeing the documentary Fork Over Knives.  Her passion is to teach people how to transform their life through plant-based nutrition.

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Our guest today has played many different roles, most of them villains.  Today we’re going to meet the real side of actor Donna Mills known for her role on Knots Landing, The Bait and many other television series and films.  She also shares her story about adopting a child as a single mom.  Donna recently played the role of a mom of a daughter with Down Syndrome in Carol of the Bells, a very special film produced and directed by Joey Travolta were 70% of the film crew were disabled.

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Falling asleep at the wheel is more of a problem than drunk driving. Our guest, Anson Williams from the popular show Happy Days is with us and we’re going to hear how he almost lost his life falling asleep while driving. This horrific experience inspired him to make a commitment to create a solution to drowsy driving.

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It can come on gradually or suddenly. The symptoms can disappear, only to come back months or even years later. It can make you feel tired, nauseous. It can even be painful. I’m talking about ulcerative colitis, and 1.6 million Americans are affected by it.

Our first guest, John York, has starred on General Hospital as Max Scorpio since 1991. He’s also had ulcerative colitis for over 44 years. Our expert guest joining him is Dr. Benedict Garrett. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He received his medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine and is currently a member of the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center staff.

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