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Heart & Home
by Sabah Fakhoury
Matters from the heart that affect your mood, your relationships — both personal and professional — your home, and your life. Learn how to win in life and live each day on your terms.
Episodes
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Ep. 123: Your Well-Being & Naomi Osaka
This podcast is dedicated to your mental well-being. I share portions of an interview with Naomi Osaka that was conducted by sports journalist and anchor Taylor Rooks for the virtual portion of the 2023 California Women’s Conference in Santa Clara earlier this month. We begin with you. Women…
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Ep. 122: The Powers of Me, We & Us - Ginni Rometty
Ginni Rometty became CEO of IBM in 2012 and retired from the company in 2020. Under Rometty’s leadership, IBM achieved record results in diversity and inclusion through programs that extended parental leave and made it easier for women to return to the workforce. She is the author of GOOD POWER:...
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Ep. 121: Healing Trauma With Lion Goodman
In Ep. 24 (Feb. 16, 2020), I read Lion Goodman's Near Death story on the Heart and Home Podcast. When I shared his story it was because it had such a profound impact on me. As a journalist stories are our currency. Stories come and stories go. But his story never left me. After learning about...
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Ep. 120: A Woman’s Roar
International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday that has been celebrated globally on March 8 for 100 years. Today, I share a few words from modern women from Malala Yusafzai in Britain (who is part of a short documentary called Stranger At The Gate, which you can stream on The New Yorker's site at...
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Ep. 119: Prince Harry The “Spare”
“Spare,” the new memoir by Britain's Prince Harry, sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication (Jan 20, 2023) and is currently a best seller. It’s a personal view of what the press did to his life since he was a child … what his mum, Princess Diana, endured, and...
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Ep. 118: Your ♥️ Heart ♥️
In this short message on Valentine’s Day, I share the importance of caring for your heart. This message is important if you consistently push yourself, work 50-60 hours five, six, seven days a week, if you live with stress and don’t take time for yourself, rejuvenate or allow your mind and body…
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Ep. 117: Finding Love With Rayna
Our second guest on The Heart And Home Podcast is a person I admire for her work and dedication to helping both men and women find love in their life. We speak with Life By Rayna, a self love and soul purpose coach, who spent five years alone to work on herself after a 10-year-long streak of bad...
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Ep. 116: Family Love With Dr. Roberto Vargas
As we begin the month of February, we speak with Dr. Roberto Vargas who says we should not only celebrate Valentine's Day on the 14th but practice "radical love" especially among our family for the entire month. With the state of California being rocked with three mass shootings in the first…
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Ep. 115: Invest In Yourself (Goal Setting)
Let’s make 2023 the year you look back on and honestly say it changed everything. that’s why we are beginning the new year with goal setting and not new year resolutions because generally, many of us view the month of January as a good time for a fresh start. 🔰 RESOURCES 🔰 Following are links…
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Ep. 114: What Happened to Ukranian Refugees
In a blog post on March 1, 2022 about refugees being created due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of refugees first increased to one million that fled the country to bordering states, according to the United Nations. Additionally, there were another two million to three million...
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Ep. 113: The Freedom Convoy 2022
For 23 days a trucker protest, also known as the Freedom Convoy 2022, who opposed the vaccine mandates came to a forceful end with the arrest of the Convoy leaders and the towing of at least 21 vehicles that were blocking the Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. The blockade had choked the city for more...
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Ep. 112: Remembering Bob Proctor (1934-2022)
The world lost what some refer to as the "grandfather of personal development." Bob Proctor was described by his business partner as "a true legend in the Personal Development industry whose concepts and teachings have literally changed the lives of millions of people around the world for the...
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Ep. 111: Remembering MLK Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader who left a lasting legacy. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, and helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, DC, where he delivered his famous August 1963 “I Have a...
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Ep. 110: Book Review of Ginger Zee’s “A Little Closer To Home”
Ginger Zee’s book “A Little Closer To Home” (out today 1/11/22) is intended to provide an educational resource for those struggling with mental illness. It deals with the guilt and shame of having an abortion, which consumed her brain and robbed her energy for the past 17 years. This is a book to...
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Ep. 109: Democracy Under Siege
Today marks the one year anniversary since the United States Capitol Building was attacked by Americans, jolting our democracy and this nation to its feet. It was unheard of. It was unimaginable. But those who witnessed it could only weep. Others tried to explain what they experienced. Today, we...
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Ep. 108: Bad Blood at Theranos
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, in a rare, large-scale investor fraud prosecution of a technology executive that lasted 15 weeks, the United States government put on trial Silicon Valley’s fake-it-until-you-make-it culture. In Theranos’s case, prosecutors said the head of the startup —...
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Ep. 107: Review of Spiderman “No Way Home”
Spoiler Alert 🚨: Marvel’s Spiderman “No Way Home” is an international hit that brings together three Peter Parkers in one film. This is 2 1/2 hours of pure super hero 🦸♂️ bliss. The story, the characters, and the special effects are outstanding. A must see. Today, the Associated Press reported...
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Ep. 106: New Year Resolutions
We all set new goals and intentions at the beginning of a new year. By the end of January the wheels usually fall off the bus. That gym membership goes unused, those 10, 20 or 30 pounds you want to lose becomes an afterthought rather than a goal. Most of us go back to our old ways, falling into…
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Ep. 105: News Roundup Week of 10/11/21
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel unanimously approved a booster shot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for select groups of people. However, the FDA is delaying a decision on authorizing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for 12-to-17-year-olds to assess whether the shot may lead to...
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Ep. 104: News Roundup Week of 10/4/21
This week a massive oil spill closed the Orange County shoreline along the Huntington Beach Pier. ————— The Los Angeles City Council approved a sweeping ordinance on Wednesday that will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to enter restaurants, bars, shopping centers and other establishments...
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Ep. 103: News Roundup Week of 9/27/21
U.S. President Biden received his booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, several days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a booster developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for people 65 and older and certain other adults at high risk of severe illness. The 78-year-old president...
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Ep. 102: News Roundup Week of 9/20/21
The United States plans to relax restrictions for vaccinated international travelers in mid-November and will re-open for air travelers from 33 countries who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The United States also extended its pandemic-related restrictions at land borders with Canada and...
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Ep. 101: News Roundup Week of 9/13/21
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel announced approval for the Pfizer booster shot for adults 65 and older and Americans who are at high risk. They did not approve it for widespread use yet because they still had too many questions for the younger population. —————- The U.S....
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Ep. 100: Remembering 9/11/2001
U.S. President Joseph Biden unveiled a six-pronged strategy to combat the Delta variant of Covid-19 that ramps up vaccine requirements. Other changes that affect an estimated 8.9 million people because they lost unemployment benefits. We mark the 20th anniversary of the deadliest attack on U.S....
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Ep. 99: News Roundup Week of 8/30/21
After 20 years, the withdrawal this week of America's military ground presence in Afghanistan Monday signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation and the end of the nearly 20-year mission that began shortly after Sept. 11 2001. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul was moved to Doha,...
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Ep. 98: News Roundup Week of 8/23/21
The U.S. FDA this week gave full approval for the Pfizer vaccine for those 16 and older. It had been approved for emergency use. It’s the first vaccine fully licensed and found to be 91% effective. 85 million Americans are eligible that have not received a shot. ———- The civil rights leader Rev....
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Ep. 97: News Roundup Week of 8/16/21
Parts of the Northeast could begin to feel the effects of Hurricane Henri as soon as late Saturday, as the storm barrels toward the region of the United States. ———— Afghanistan and Haiti dominated the news this week with stunning images from both countries in chaos. ———— U.S. health experts are...
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Ep. 96: News Roundup Week of 8/9/21
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (HOKUL) will succeed Andrew Cuomo as governor of New York after his resignation from office Tuesday following sexual-harassment accusations. She will be the first female governor in New York’s history. ——— Canada opened its border to fully vaccinated American tourists on...
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Ep. 95: News Roundup Week of 8/2/21
Turkey, Greece, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia are all fighting blazes sparked by high temperatures. Thousands of people were forced to flee wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday. Farmers drove their animals to the beach and tourists escaped on boats in...
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Ep. 94: News Roundup Week of 7/26/21
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that vaccinated Americans resume masking indoors in certain parts of the country and that K-12 schools adopt universal masking for teachers, staff, students and visitors regardless of vaccination status. The CDC’s updated guidance came...
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Ep. 93: News Roundup Week of 7/19/21
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in the largely empty National Stadium in Tokyo. Friday’s ceremony, a year late, was stripped of pomp, friends and families of competitors, most spectators and many athletes after Covid-19 forced a change to the bustling celebrations that...
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Ep. 92: News Roundup Week of 7/12/21
More than 150 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, as rescue operations and the search for thousands unaccounted for. Flooding has now spread to streets in Switzerland and the Netherlands. ——— The British government threw the holiday plans of tens of...
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Ep. 91: News Roundup Week of 7/5/21
The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated at his residence in Port-au-Prince early Wednesday. Moise, 53, had been involved in a dispute with the opposition over the terms of his presidency. ——- The Japanese Prime Minister announced a six-week state of emergency for Tokyo with the...
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Ep. 90: News Roundup Week of 6/28/21
The bottom of the 13-story condo tower — possibly in or below the underground parking garage — has emerged as a possible failure point, according to structural experts. It has been deemed that the remaining portion of the Champlain Towers South needs to be demolished because it poses a public...
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Ep. 89: News Roundup Week of 6/21/21
Tragedy struck in Surfside, Florida when the foundation of a 40-year-old high-rise condominium apartment building was undermined that caused the rear end of the structure to collapse like a pancake about 6 miles north of Miami Beach, killing at least 4 persons and injuring dozens. 159 are...
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Ep. 88: News Roundup Week of 6/14/21
Juneteenth is now a federal holiday and most federal employees have today off. It’s the first new federal holiday in the United States in almost four decades. One of the top stories this week was the high-stakes meeting in Geneva on Wednesday between the U.S. President Joseph Biden and Russian...
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Ep. 87: News Roundup Week of 6/7/2021
U.S. President Biden traveled to England this week and is meeting with world leaders of the Group of 7 industrialized nations summit. World leaders are pledging to share at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with struggling countries around the world by the end of 2022. Canada plans to relax...
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Ep. 86: News Roundup Week of 5/31/21
Facebook bans former U.S. president Trump for two more years until 2023. —- U.S. President Biden wants 70% of Americans vaccinated by July 4. More than half of the U.S. adult population has reached full-vaccination status, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For those 65...
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Ep. 85: News Roundup Week of 5/24/21
Here in the United States we remember the men and women who sacrificed their lives during this Memorial Day weekend. Taps will be played on Monday, May 31, at 3 pm for a moment of silence. We also remember the 14 people who were killed when their cable car fell 60 feet into a hillside above Lake...
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Ep. 84: News Roundup Week of 5/17/21
A truce between Israel and militant group Hamas held on Friday despite clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. On Thursday, Israel’s cabinet voted to accept an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with Hamas that began at 2 a.m. local time Friday after 11 days of...
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Ep. 83: Mother’s Day
One new mother this week has a lot to be thankful for. Halima Cisse, 25, from Mali, gave birth prematurely at 30 weeks to nine babies by cesarean section on Tuesday in Casablanca, Morocco after being sent there for special care. The Guinness Book of World Records said in an email to The AP on...
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Ep. 82: News Roundup Week of 5/2/21
Violence rocked two countries overseas this week. According to CNN, at least 25 people were killed and 52 others wounded in an explosion near a high school for girls in the Afghan capital, Kabul. In Jerusalem, NPR reports after weeks of sporadic violence between Israelis and Palestinians...
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Ep. 81: Asian Flu (1957-58)
The Asian Flu of 1957 was handled differently by then-President Eisenhower. We compare how America faced a pandemic without closing schools, work, borders or require sheltering in place.
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Ep. 80: News Roundup Week of 4/26/21
Four of the 45 reported dead in Israel Lag BaOmer religious celebration stampede were American citizens. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday a national day of mourning. Travel restrictions from India to the United States go into effect on Tuesday, May 4. Australian residents and...
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Ep. 79: How Long Will the Covid-19 Vaccine Last
If you are among the more than 225 million people who have taken at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine — The big, million dollar question everyone wants to know the answer to: How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? According to the cdc.gov : “We don’t know how long protection...
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Ep. 78: News Roundup Week of 4/19/21
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted their recommendation to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson shots, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. J&J has agreed with the FDA to add language to the vaccine’s label warning about the clot…
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Ep. 77: The Way of Integrity - Martha Beck
Martha Beck has been working with people for 30 years to create their best life. This week she released a new book called The Way Of Integrity. The book was promoted by Oprah, Maria Shriver (who is the publisher) and the author of “Eat Pray Love” Elizabeth Gilbert. Yesterday, Martha taught a...
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Ep. 76: News Roundup Week of 4/12/21
Prince Philip’s coffin was interred in the Royal Vault at St. George's Chapel, alongside 24 other royals, including three kings of England. The U.S. federal government’s recommendation to pause using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine remains in place after an advisory panel put off a vote...
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Ep. 75: Post-Pandemic Dreams
As Americans slowly start to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel — hopefully by Summer 2021 — with more people vaccinated some of you may have reignited your dreams. If there’s one thing the Coronavirus lockdown taught me is time is precious. For those of us lucky to be alive, we should...
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Ep. 74: Remembering the Duke of Edinburgh
In today’s news roundup of the week of April 5, we remember Prince Philip, 99, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years. He died yesterday peacefully in his private apartment at Windsor Castle – 61 days before what would have been his 100th birthday. For more coverage and photos please see:...
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Matters from the heart that affect your mood, your relationships — both personal and professional — your home, and your life. Learn how to win in life and live each day on your terms.
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