The Gale Hill Radio Hour

As the world spins with endless streams of input, this short excerpt from my recent interview with Jondi Whitis, a master trainer in EFT, offers what I hope is a soothing salve for chronic anxiety. Here, Jondi gives us a gentle reminder that we are in control of ourselves — what we're thinking and what we choose to do about what upsets us. And also that we can be healing agents for ourselves and others. How empowering is that?This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Jondi Whitis' calling is helping others feel better fast. She's a master trainer in EFT, which stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques, otherwise known as “tapping.” In this episode, Jondi talks about what we can do to alleviate chronic anxiety. So many of us are feeling anxious these days because it seems that everything is coming at us all at once and all the time. To get off that merry-go-round, you need tools that you can access at any time. Jondi says it doesn't matter whether you choose tapping or some other modality. Just find a practitioner you feel safe with, someone who can help you find the truth in what's bothering you. With the right technique for you, you'll have the power to help yourself — and others.To learn more about Jondi and her work, please visit her website. Also, you could listen to a previous Gale Hill Radio episode that focuses more on tapping. It's episode 27, titled "EFT Trainer Jondi Whitis on Tapping for Emotional Freedom."This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is the second of two episodes with Song of the Day creator Sheldon Zoldan, who wrote tributes to musical titans who passed away in 2023. The tributes and featured songs are in chronological order according to the date of each person's passing, and the numbering picks up where Part 1 left off. In the audio, the tributes are separated by original music by sound engineer and musician Mike Villegas. You'll find links to the YouTube videos in the chapters.21.  Astrud Gilberto, June 5  "Girl From Ipanema"22. Tony Bennett, July 21  "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"23. Roger Sprung, July 22  "One Morning in May"24. Randy Meisner, July 26 "Take It to the Limit"25. Sinead O’Connor, July 26  "Nothing Compares 2 U"26. David LaFlamme, Aug. 6  "White Bird"27. DJ Casper, Aug. 7  "Cha Cha Slide"28. Sixto Rodriguez, Aug. 8  "Sugar Man"29. Robbie Robertson,  Aug. 9  "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"30. Ray Hildebrand, Aug. 18  "Hey Paula"31. Bob Feldman, Aug. 26  "I Want Candy" 32. Jimmy Buffett, Sept. 1  "Margaritaville" 33. Steve Harwell, Sept. 4  "All Star"34. Gary Wright, Sept. 4  "Dream Weaver"35. Charlie Robison, Sept. 10  "New Year's Day"36. Katherine Anderson-Schafner, Sept, 20  "Please Mr. Postman"37. Terry Kirkman, Sept, 23  "Cherish" 38. Dwight Twilley, Oct. 18  "I'm on Fire" 39. Rudolph Isley, Oct. 11  "It's Your Thing" 40. Jean Knight, Nov. 22  "Mr. Big Stuff" 41. Shane MacGowan, Nov. 30  "Fairytale of New York" 42. Denny Laine, Dec. 5  "Mull of Kintyre" 43. Laura Lynch, Dec. 22  "Pink Toenails"44. Tommy Smothers, Dec. 26  "Yo-Yo Man"To receive Sheldon's Song of the Day emails, send a message to [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Sheldon Zoldan is  the creator of the Song of the Day project, daily music-related stories and yearly tributes to musical titans who passed away. In this episode, we present the first 20 of music greats who left us in 2023, beginning with Jeff Beck. Most of the links go to YouTube videos, while the others take you to some of Sheldon's once-a-week posts on the website of WGCU, the NPR station in southwest Florida where he lives. Here is a list of the tributes and featured songs in this episode. They're in chronological order according to the date of each person's passing. In the audio, the tributes are separated by original music created by sound engineer and musician Mike Villegas.1. Jeff Beck, Jan. 10  "Beck's Bolero"2. Lisa Marie Presley, Jan. 12  "Lights Out"3. Robbie Bachman, Jan. 12, and Tim Bachman, April 28 "Roll On Down the Highway"4. David Crosby, Jan. 18  "Déjà Vu"5. Barrett Strong Jan 28 "Money (That's What I Want)"6. Burt Bacharach, Feb. 8 "Walk On By" 7. David Jolicoeur, Feb. 12 "Me Myself and I"8. Huey “Piano” Smith, Feb. 13 "Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu"9. Wayne Shorter, March 2  "Footprints"10. Gary Rosington, March 5 "What's Your Name"11. Jim Gordon, March 13 "Layla"12. Bobby Caldwell, March 14 "What You Won't Do for Love"13. Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, March 17 "I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everyone Got A Thing"14. April Stevens, April 17 "Deep Purple" 15. Harry Belafonte, April 25 "Day-O"16. Gordon Lightfoot, May 1 "If You Could Read My Mind"17. Pete Brown, May 19  "Sunshine of Your Love"18. Ed Ames, May 21 "Rag Mop"19. Tina Turner,  May 24 "Nutbush City Limits"20. Cynthia Weil, June 1 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" Sheldon sends his Song of the Day stories to an email list of subscribers. To get on the list, all you have to do is email [email protected] with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

As the calendar flips to a fresh page, I'm sharing a wish from a dear friend for a light-filled new year filled with goodness and wonderful possibilities. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

'Tis the Season for an illuminating storybook, and here's one I definitely recommend: "The Light," a tale compassionately told by Scarlett Lam and vibrantly illustrated by Mindy Lee.  Published in November 2023, this board book has the potential to be an enduring favorite among kids and all of us who are kids at heart. You can order a copy at readthelight.com.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Sandra Tjoa teaches Qi Gong and Tai Chi, ancient practices that helped her reclaim her health and have now become an integral part of her daily life. In this episode, she explains how these practices may benefit you.Chi, also spelled Qi, is life force energy. This energy travels in pathways in the body, but it can become stagnant or stuck due to unresolved emotions. The practices of Tai Chi and Qi Gong focus on the body's energy pathways, helping us loosen stuck energy and open us up to more flow. Sandra explains all this way better than I do, but at least that's a start. In this episode, she emphasizes the power of the body to heal, and she offers tips for starting your day and decreasing stress. You'll also learn that we actually have five bodies: our physical body, of course, and our mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic or energy bodies. As Sandra explains, paying attention to the health of the energy body also will support our other bodies, which have energetic aspects as well. Before she began practicing Qi Gong and Tai Chi, she was not in good shape. As she tells it, she was depressed, sleep deprived, haggard. Now, she's the picture of strength and good health, as you can see from her photo. For the complete story about her health turnaround, please visit her website.A resident of Nelson, British Columbia, where she lives with her family, Sandra teaches Qi Gong and Tai Chi classes online, where she also conducts month-long healing programs. You can learn more on her site and find her on YouTube, as well as on Facebook and Instagram.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Best-selling author Tony Robbins wrote about hunger in his latest newsletter on LinkedIn, and he included his own childhood experience with food insecurity. He also shared a decision he made long ago to take action to help solve this worldwide problem. His post is a powerful piece of writing that ended up inspiring a meditation with a message, which I talk about in this episode. You can follow this link to Robbins' newsletter to learn the outcome of his decision and much more. I recommend it highly.For more thoughts about inner power, please go to Gale Hill Radio's "The Force is With Us," episode 72 .This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

With all the great dining and sightseeing that we did in Ireland this year, the enjoyable encounters we had with locals may have left the biggest impression on us. At least, that's what we talk about most. So in this episode, I'm sharing a few of them with you. Also, I've put pertinent links in the chapter markers, just in case you'll want them when you plan your next trip to the Emerald Isle. If you go in 2024, maybe we'll see you there.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

For those of us who feel adrift in these seemingly crazy times, here's a daily routine that can get us back on course. This routine serves as a regular reminder to tap into our inner wisdom, and it's incredibly easy and quick to do both first thing in the morning and whenever we feel stressed or off-balance during the day. I learned it from my friend Ashley. I'm truly grateful to her for sharing it with me.Hope you get something useful out of this episode, which is the latest in my Everyday Exuberance series. To listen to the other shows in the series, please go to A Happiness Exercise (episode 24), Move Forward with Confidence (32), A Cheerful Start to Your Day (33), Be Our Authentic Selves (36), Focus on Light, Not the Dark (38) and Healthy Conducting (48).This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is the second part of a fascinating interview with Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton, the authors of a collaborative project called The Haunted Series. In the previous Gale Hill Radio Hour episode, appropriately titled "Scary Stuff," we shared details about these award-winning books filled with psychological suspense. In this episode, we turn to other aspects of Bibiana and Veronica's creative output. You'll hear how Veronica published her first book, a cozy mystery, in 2018 and now has eight books in the series with another one underway. She also has two other books, the Hygge & Bisous Holiday Mysteries series, whose main character is Rikkhe St. Claire. Then you'll hear about Bibiana's Irish Phantom Series, which is gothic and mythological, before delving into a disturbing future with Aether, her series about "the digital world, about artificial intelligence, about a world that has basically left its humanity behind and is so controlled by technology that it loses its way." Here are links to their sites: Bibiana's and Veronica's.Finally, writers and would-be writers can learn a lot about writing, collaborating and  publishing from these master storytellers. Hope you enjoy their insights.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In this episode, venture into the worlds of Bibiana Krall and Veronica Cline Barton, prolific writers on their own and collaborators on the award-winning Haunted Series consisting, so far, of four books each with six spine-tingling tales set around the globe. Stretch your imagination with these riveting short stories filled with psychological suspense in the styles of Alfred Hitchcock and Daphne du Maurier. No gore, though a lot of paranormal scariness and some madcap elements as well. Here, you'll learn about the latest book in the series, "Shadow Reflection" (published in September 2023), along with "Wicked Mist," "Tangled Webs" and "Hearth Fires." These tales will take you far and wide, from Big Sur to Mount Kilimanjaro.To learn more about Bibiana and Veronica and where to purchase these works, please visit their sites.  I bought my books on Amazon.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is Kate Jones, here to talk about a brand of socks with style and function. Recently, I came across Sockwell's Essential Comfort line at Dave’s Boot Shop in Petoskey, Michigan. The key component of these socks is merino wool that comes from free-grazing sheep raised in the U.S. In other words, as the packaging notes, the wool comes from "happy sheep." I bought a pair of non-cushion socks with an attractive “Big Bloom” flower design, which lives up to the company’s stated intent to bring “fresh modern styling to every sock we make.” The socks are super comfortable too. Visit sockwellusa.com to find out about all the Sockwell lines and also the company's commitment to wellness, sustainability and ethically raised sheep .If you’re going to Petoskey and want to check out Dave’s Boot Shop, you can find the address and phone number by visiting the store hours page on the website. Sockwell socks weren't on Dave's site when I visited it, but the store doesn't list its entire inventory online.This is the third in an occasional series that I call GHR Recommends. It's a service of The Gale Hill Radio Hour. The first episode in the series is Ep 62 about my favorite granola; the second is Ep 69 about a stylish and beautifully made robe.  As always, no payment or goods are exchanged for these recommendations. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is the second installment of my occasional series, GHR Recommends. It's a service of The Gale Hill Radio Hour. In this episode, I talk about Martinique® Banana Leaf sleepwear produced by Sant and Abel in partnership with CW Stockwell. I have personal experience with this line thanks to a beautifully crafted summer robe that my husband gave to me as a birthday gift in May.  I love the pattern, which is bright, colorful and also vaguely familiar.There's a reason that it looks familiar. CW Stockwell is known for its iconic Martinique® Banana Leaf pattern, created in 1942 and still one of the most recognizable wallpaper designs ever produced. Judging from the fine fabric and details of my robe, Sant and Abel + CW Stockwell has created a line of meticulously made clothing that will last a long time.  I think that's a very good thing. For more information, please go online to Sant and Abel or CW Stockwell.To hear the first installment of this series, which is about granola, please go to Gale Hill Radio's episode 62.One last note: No money or goods were exchanged for this or any GHR Recommends segment. I just recommend what I like. My husband, Bernie Jones, shot the accompanying photo on Gale Hill, where we live.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Venice, flashbacks from another lifetime, the impossible becoming possible. And love and friendship. That's what this episode is all about.At the heart of it is "Venetian Rhapsody," a novel with a soundtrack about a grand love from another time that reignites in the wondrous City of Canals.The collaboration behind this project is as magical as the story itself. Suffice to say that its award-winning creators are friends who live on different continents, and they've produced something truly special. In this episode, you will meet author Tonya Penrose and classical musician David Bazo, who talk about the inspiration for this project, what they've learned from their transcontinental friendship, and so much more. Clearly, it's been a growth experience for both of them, and a fun, satisfying one at that.As we mention in the episode, the book and the album don't come packaged together because the creators live in two different countries. However, you can order the book and album wherever you buy books and music. I read the Kindle version of Tonya's novel, which also is available on Amazon, and I purchased David's album on Apple Music.  Another really good way to purchase both is to go to the creators' sites.  Visit Tonya's website or go directly to David's store page on his site. For the latter, just scroll down a bit and you'll see the links. The album also is available to download from all the streaming services. Please enjoy the results of this remarkable collaboration.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

A food and wine extravaganza in Northern Michigan becomes so much more when every friend matters, and everyone's story counts. Learn more in this short episode inspired by Jackie Stevenson's book, "Someday We'll Live Like Horses: Authentic Presence in Leadership and Life."  The accompanying photo by Zane DeLong shows two members of the Pebble Ledge Ranch Herd, which Jackie writes about in her book. Many thanks to Jackie for giving us a tour of the ranch where she lives with her husband, Herb, along with six horses and four dogs.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Chauncey, the friendly and free-spirited feline that showed up on our porch a little over a year ago, loves exploring his self-proclaimed territory. My husband put an AirTag on his collar to track his whereabouts, and Chauncey does trot home when he's called. He's just not a homebody kind of cat.When we're away on vacation, Aunt Debbie takes care of him. In this episode, I share some of his antics in Chauncey's "own" words. Hope you enjoy hearing about them, and please check the chapter markers for pictures and captions. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

What can politicians, parents and other leaders learn from horses? Turns out, a lot! For starters: the lessons include how to listen without judgment and respect differing opinions. And there's much more in this short episode with Jackie Stevenson, who provides leadership training  sessions — with horses — at the ranch where she lives with her husband, Herb, four dogs, and six equine members of the Pebble Ledge Ranch herd. Each training session has a human facilitator, in addition to Jackie, who guides the trainees in relating to the herd. One of the best facilitators, Jackie says, is Kathy Telban, who has spent a lot of time both in business and with horses, and is now running for city council in her community.In this episode, Jackie makes it clear that the qualities that Kathy brings to her role as a facilitator are the same qualities that she will bring to public service.  Jackie also talks about politicians in general, and how some horse sense might help them better serve their constituencies. To learn more about Jackie's leadership programs or to purchase her book, "Someday We'll Live Like Horses: Authentic Presence in Leadership and Life," please visit the Spirit of Leadership website, where you also can purchase a deck of very cool Horse Spirit Wisdom cards. Jackie's book is available on Amazon as well.To learn more about Kathy Telban, please visit her campaign website. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Please join me in being captivated by Jackie Stevenson, founder and CEO of Spirit of Leadership LLC, as she eloquently describes what can be learned from the planet's oldest living mammals. I'm sure you'll notice my enthusiastic exclamations and appreciative murmurings throughout this short episode. If you have 10 minutes to spare, you'll learn important lessons about trust and respect, appreciation, cooperation and more.  My son and I spent three hours with Jackie one summer day. It was fun and  enlightening. Thank you, Jackie, and many thanks to the Pebble Ledge Ranch herd: Majestic, Lucky, Raven, Tikka, Reggie and Toby!By the way, in 2018, Jackie published a book about members of the herd and the work that they do. Titled "Someday We'll Live Like Horses: Authentic Presence in Leadership and Life," it's available on the Spirit of Leadership website and on Amazon. Jackie also has a beautiful deck of Horse Spirit Wisdom cards, also available on her site.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Hello, Kate Jones here, bringing you the first of an occasional series called GHR Recommends.  The idea is to use my platform to highlight something that’s exceptional in one way or another, and no money or goods are ever exchanged. I just recommend what I think may be worth your while.I'm starting off with one of my absolutely favorite products, Witzi's Raw Granola, and for this launch, I'm presenting a short interview with Amy Witzigreuter, founder and owner of the company, to give you a figurative taste of the granola that's become a staple in my pantry.Amy is the creator of all the granola recipes in the line, and if you want to hear more of her compelling story, please go to Gale Hill Radio's episode 59, titled Raw Magic: Witzi's Granola.The accompanying photo was taken by my husband, Bernie Jones. It shows my usual breakfast:  Witzi's Lemon Raspberry granola on yogurt. On that particular morning, I added blueberries and strawberries . This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In Kathy Telban's decades-long career working to improve outcomes at corporate and nonprofit organizations, she observed a tendency among team members not to ask questions. That intrigued her enough to do some research, which led her to Marilee Adams, PhD, a pioneer in inquiry-based coaching, leadership and organizational effectiveness. Dr. Adams coined the phrase Question Thinking, which Kathy talks about in this episode. Kathy took a course with her and highly recommends Dr. Adams' book, "Change Your Questions, Change Your Life," now in its fourth edition. Asking the right questions, of others and yourself, will help you avoid assumptions and instead get to the truth of the matter at hand. "Assumptions are very invisible" Kathy says. "We think everything we think might be a fact." That is not necessarily true, which means you may not be getting a clear picture of a given situation.Based on Kathy's work with Question Thinking and the expertise she developed over her 40-year career in business, she made the decision to run for City Council in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, where she lives. In this episode, hear about why she's running for public office for the first time; pick up practical strategies that could dramatically change how you ask questions and make decisions; and, finally, get a glimpse into a topic that's close to Kathy's heart: Leadership and Horses. I think that's a future podcast in the making!This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

One recent evening, my husband and I poured a North Shore Pomegranate Martini into two glasses, each garnished with a slice of orange and a sprig of lettuce leaf basil. We enjoyed the martinis very much. Flavorful and not overly sweet, they were a perfect happy hour refresher. And here's what's remarkable about them: All that deliciousness comes from a can.Alison and Steven Cravens are marketing majors and the masterminds behind this new line of North Shore Crafted Cocktails. There are two full cocktails in each can, and the ingredients are what sold me: Fresh juice with zero preservatives and premium spirits. The cocktails also are gluten free and 12% by volume. What began as a pandemic-inspired project is now a full-fledged Ohio-based business selling two flavors with more to come. For now, they're sold in Northeast Ohio and breaking into the Columbus market,  and Alison and Steven have big plans to branch out into other states. Their cocktails are based on those served at their family's restaurant, Lager & Vine in Hudson, Ohio, and their parents, Katie and Cliff, have been with them all the way in this endeavor.In this episode, you can learn more  about the young marketers' entrepreneurial journey, which is as intriguing as the cocktails themselves.Also, here are some related links to their website, the family restaurant, and to their Aug. 2 appearance on the New Day Cleveland morning show on Fox 8.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Amy Witzigreuter's youngest child was only seven days old when she and her husband learned that their little boy would require a liver transplant before he turned one, and a kidney transplant sometime after that. With his gastrointestinal issues, it soon became clear that he was unable to tolerate many foods, so Amy rose to the challenge of preparing food that he actually could eat and that the rest of the family would enjoy. It took a lot of trial and error and many failures, but Amy kept at it, ultimately creating favorite recipes that were hits with her immediate family and friends and relatives as well. The biggest hit of all was her granola, a unique and healthful blend of organic nuts, seeds and fruits. Amy uses the same basic recipe today in her line of Witzi's Raw Granola, which is 100 percent plant-based and free of gluten, grain, dairy, corn, sugar alcohols, or added oils.  The nuts are presoaked and dehydrated slowly at low temperatures instead of baked in hot ovens.She launched the business in 2018 with the mission of providing job skills training to students with autism. In this episode, hear about the lessons Amy learned on the way to becoming an entrepreneur, including perseverance and empathy, and the importance of trusting yourself.  Her Cleveland, Ohio-based business has grown a lot in its five years of existence. To order one or more of Witzi's seven flavors, visit the company online. Right now, the granola also is available in 60 stores in Northeast Ohio and Columbus.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

A hopscotch grid on the sidewalk prompted this super short commentary regarding bad behavior in general and Ohio's Issue 1 in particular. A neighbor child's blunt — and completely charming — declaration served as a necessary balm during the tense time before and on the day of the special election. The accompanying photo is an actual shot of the child's message. I enhanced it in red for readability.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In this excerpt from a longer interview with cartoonist and historian Bentley Boyd, he talks about how he came up with his Choice Comix concept in which he does his best to replicate the vibrancy of the history that's made every single day. "I really have always wanted to put the reader in the middle," he says, "because today we are living history and we don’t know how tomorrow’s going to turn out."   You can order Bentley’s books from his website, chestercomix.com , on Amazon, or digital versions on his app, available for iPhone and iPad. Please share this brief episode with fellow history buffs and anyone who wants to learn U.S. history in a fun and painless way.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is an excerpt from a longer interview with cartoonist and historian Bentley Boyd, creator of Chester Comix. In his comic book series, he tells stories from U.S. history with the help of his narrator, a Chesapeake Bay blue crab named Chester. In this segment, Bentley talks about how the world has changed since he first began drawing Chester for the newspaper where he worked. That was 1999, long before he started doing books. Today, his work is more important than ever.You can order Bentley’s books from his website, chestercomix.com , on Amazon, or digital versions on his app, available for iPhone and iPad.Please share this brief episode with fellow history buffs and anyone who wants to learn U.S. history in a fun and painless way.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

History, art and a Chesapeake Bay blue crab come together to create engaging stories about the people and events that shaped the United States into what it is today.Cartoonist and historian Bentley Boyd created his character Chester the crab as a way to explain Earth Day to readers of the daily newspaper in Williamsburg, Va. Chester evolved into the narrator of stories geared toward fifth-graders to help them learn U.S. history to meet state requirements. From there, Bentley spun him off into Chester Comix, now celebrating its 20th year with 36 books and counting.Bentley combines knowledge, skill and humor to tell tales from U.S. history in a way that's both fun and educational for audiences from fifth grade to adulthood.To learn more, especially why it's important for Americans to know the history of their country, please listen to the episode and check out Bentley's website.I purchased four of his printed books on Amazon and a digital book on his app, which is available for iPhones and iPad. The app has an amazing privacy policy — there are no ads and Bentley does not share users' personal information.Please share this episode with anyone who wants to learn more about U.S. history in a fun and painless way.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In this short segment, Madeline Lepidi-Carino offers her perspectives on age and professionalism in politics.Madeline, who's running for public office for the very first time, has a wealth of experience in the fields of mental health, juvenile law and mediation. She also stands firm in her strong belief in the power of collaboration and civility in resolving differences. Active listening and maturity play important parts as well.I applaud all those who work hard to serve the public good. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

The Gale Hill Radio Hour is a show for those of us who live enthusiastically, with optimism, curiosity and humor, while also taking time to ponder life's big questions.To learn more, please listen to the trailer. It's short! This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Have you ever found yourself in uncharted territory, faced with a challenge so mammoth, you had no idea where to start? That's where Marilyn Moss Rockefeller was when tasked with saving a company she knew virtually nothing about. In this episode, the second of two excerpts from a longer interview with the author of “Mountain Girl: From Barefoot to Boardroom," Marilyn describes how she saved her first husband's company and also talks about the importance of trust, tolerance and empathy in the workplace. Hers is a story of resilience and the power of human connection. In the first excerpt, in case you missed it, Marilyn tells about acquiring her can-do attitude and learning to live by her values. Both contributed immeasurably to her success in business and in life.You can purchase a copy of "Mountain Girl" directly from the publisher, Islandport Press in Yarmouth, Maine.  It's eminently readable and also available on Amazon, Kindle and from your local bookstore. You can listen to my full interview with Marilyn in episode 51 of The Gale Hill Radio Hour.Please share this episode with others who believe in rising to a challenge while learning, growing and living by one's values.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Marilyn Moss Rockefeller was born at the end of the Depression in West Virginia, where  there was still a great deal of poverty.  Yet she was raised with a wealth of values that made her a businesswoman who built her success on integrity and resilience. In this excerpt from a longer interview, the author of "Mountain Girl: From Barefoot to Boardroom" talks about her childhood and how her dad and grandparents instilled in her the wherewithal to be a success in life. Marilyn's father was a Seabee in the Navy, and he taught his daughter the can-do attitude he'd learned in the service; her grandparents modeled their values of sharing with others and respecting everyone.  You can purchase a copy of "Mountain Girl" directly from the publisher, Islandport Press in Yarmouth, Maine.  It's eminently readable and also available on Amazon, Kindle and from your local bookstore.Hope you enjoy this segment of Marilyn's inspiring story. If you'd like to hear more, please check out the second excerpt about Marilyn saving a failing business. Please share this episode with others who believe in rising to a challenge while learning, growing and living by one's values.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In her absorbing memoir, “Mountain Girl: From Barefoot to Boardroom,” Marilyn Moss Rockefeller offers a compelling testament to the power of resilience and reinvention.  The book, which came out in late 2022, tells a story of a series of unexpected events that transformed her from a pigtailed girl in the mountains of West Virginia to the head of a multimillion-dollar manufacturing company in Maine. Marilyn overcame one challenge after another by relying on her own values as well as the "can-do" mentality instilled by her father, who passed away unexpectedly when she was young. On her way to business success, she had two children and became an accomplished weaver. She also learned the secret to baking baguettes from none other than Julia Child; became an advocate for those bearing the brunt of domestic violence and discrimination; and, from her very first flying lesson, discovered within her a passion for piloting a plane. "Mountain Girl" is Marilyn's second book. She also wrote “Bill Moss: Fabric Artist & Designer,” which is about her first husband and the business he created that she ultimately took over with no experience running a company. She turned it around from a money-loser to a multimillion-dollar enterprise recognized as a role model in Maine as a successful, socially responsible business.You can purchase a copy of "Mountain Girl" directly from the publisher, Islandport Press in Yarmouth, Maine.  It's also available on Amazon, Kindle and from your local bookstore.Hope you enjoy Marilyn's inspiring story. Please share this episode with others who believe in rising to a challenge while learning, growing and living by one's values.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Madeline Lepidi-Carino, a retired lawyer, is running for elected office for the very first time.  After a long career in mental health, juvenile law and mediation, she's now aiming to restore civil discourse in city government. Madeline has lived in Hudson, Ohio, for 47 years and has paid attention to city government throughout the decades. Recently, she says, she's witnessed a decline in civility, similar to what's happened on the national level. She wants to restore the ability to talk things out, and she considers her age to be an asset in her quest for Hudson's Ward 2 City Council seat. "During my years of experience, I've learned how to connect with people, to really listen to them and to respect their views, even if their views differ from mine," she says. "And that's why I'm running for office."Two of her core beliefs are listening respectfully to others and working collaboratively for the common good. A once fiery Italian who has learned and grown from past mistakes that she freely discusses, Madeline is feisty and rarin' to go to work on her fellow residents' behalf. I'm your host, and I also live in Hudson's Ward 2. I appreciate the characteristics and skills that Madeline could bring to council, and I applaud the courage it takes to put oneself out there. Please share this episode with others who believe in kindness, community and collaboration.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Cat owners know that you don't really "own" a cat, so I'll just say that this episode is about the cat that lives with us. In this show, you'll hear how he came to be called Chauncey, a little about his neighborly ways, and his preferred way of being held. He's a character. Hope you enjoy hearing about him.For fairly obvious reasons, I mention Peter Sellers' brilliant film Being There, which came out in 1979, a year before Sellers' death. Here are links to the trailer on YouTube and to his bio. Please share with the other people in  your life who have known cats and enjoyed them.  You may also want to check out "The Cat That Wouldn't Purr" (episode 23), which is about a squinty-eyed charmer named Talker. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Here is another installment of my occasional series, Everyday Exuberance. This one is about an efficient little exercise that I’ve been doing at home for a long time.Basically, I conduct without the benefit of an orchestra!In this episode, I explain why and offer a few tips about conducting. I'd love to hear what you think.By the way, I came across this article as I was doing a little more research about conducting for good health:This is sixth episode in The Gale Hill Radio Hour's exuberance  series. To hear the others, please go to A Happiness Exercise (episode 24), Moving Forward with Grace (32), A Cheerful Start to Your Day (33), Be Our Authentic Selves (36), and Focus on Light, Not Darkness (38).Please share these tips with anyone you know you might be interested. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

David Schunk is the creator and host of the podcast Voice of Adoptees, in which he speaks with a range of individuals who tell their stories about being adoptees, adoptive parents, adoption advocates and professionals, and birth family members. In this excerpt from my recent interview with Dave, he shared his own story about being adopted when he was 2, and what it was like to travel back to Russia as a young adult with his adoptive parents.   To hear the entire interview, please go to episode 46 titled "A Russian Adoption with Podcaster David Schunk."If you or anyone you know has an adoption story to share, please contact Dave by visiting his website.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

David Schunk is the creator and host of Voice of Adoptees, a podcast that aims to empower and connect adopted people around the world.In his show, he speaks with a range of individuals, from adoptees and adoptive parents, to adoption advocates and professionals, and birth families. Not all adoption stories are alike, he says, and everyone has "the right to share their perspective of their distinct adoption journey." To that end, Dave provides a platform where they can feel comfortable doing so.In my interview with Dave, he shared his own story about being adopted when he was 2, and what it was like to travel back to Russia as a young adult with his adoptive parents.   He also talked about why it's important for adoptees to connect with one another, and how committed he feels about giving back and helping others who were adopted.Dave definitely wants to hear other people's stories about adoption, so please share this episode with anyone you know who might be interested. You can reach him by visiting his website.Voice of Adoptees is available wherever you listen to podcasts. The episodes referenced in this show are "Navigating Identity: An Adopted Russian's Story in Oregon" and "Rediscovering Smolensk: a journey of self-discovery," which features Dave's mom, Dr. Cheryl Schunk. To learn a bit more about Dave, you can check out this essay.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In this short episode of The Gale Hill Radio Hour, you'll hear about the nicknames that my brother and I were affectionately called by our mom.One of the names has to do with Warner Bros.' first Academy Award, which the studio won for an animated short that broke the streak of four consecutive wins in that category by Hanna Barbera/MGM’s “Tom and Jerry” cartoons.In addition to my personal nickname story, I'm inviting listeners to share their own stories of their nicknames from childhood. Please contact me through my new Substack account, https://jonesk.substack.com/,which I created as a way to provide extra content and connect with listeners. I’d love to hear from you.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

In 2015, Vivian Bosch brought Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Cortland, New York, where she lives, and she's received great feedback from parents who sing the program's praises. As a follow-up to Vivian's original Gale Hill Radio Hour interview, here are several testimonials, a few of which have been edited for brevity. Also, you can read all of the feedback in their entirety by visiting my new Substack account. By reading or listening to these testimonials, I'm sure that you will feel a deep appreciation for the Imagination Library. Kudos to the Dolly Parton Foundation for this terrific program.To learn more, please visit imaginationlibrary.com or Cortland Free Library's website.Here's the link to the parents' feedback on Substack.To hear Vivian's entire interview, please go to Imagination Library with Volunteer Vivian Bosch (episode 43).This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Eight years ago, Vivian Bosch brought the Imagination Library to Cortland, New York, where she lives. This is a volunteer position for Vivian, who couldn't be happier about her community's receptiveness to this remarkable program, which mails free books to children from birth to when they turn five years old.The stories Vivian hears from parents still bring tears to her eyes because reading to young children is so important, she says. And there's research to back up that claim.In this episode, you'll learn why Dolly Parton started the Imagination Library in 1995 and how the program has grown by leaps and bounds ever since. You'll hear about the steps Vivian took to bring the Imagination Library to her area and why the entire endeavor has been so meaningful to her. And she offers advice for people who don't have access to the program and want to bring it to their own communities.To learn more, please visit imaginationlibrary.com or Cortland Free Library's website.This show is also posted on Substack. Please feel free to comment.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Meaghan Milner Reed is an accomplished artist who makes visually delightful works inspired by the natural world. These works also have a deeper purpose. Meaghan's colorful depictions of plant life and butterflies are meant to feel alive and hopeful. And she wants them to offer a "literal common ground" for people to connect and build relationships with one another.This short episode with Meaghan includes a brief segment from an interview from a couple of years ago. In it, she offers insight into how she came to create uplifting art. For Meaghan, it all began in grad school. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Kent State University. You can check out her artwork online by visiting meaghanmilnerreed.com.  Also, if you happen to be in Northeast Ohio anytime soon, you can visit the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s second-floor Perennial Gallery to see her current installation, which concludes June 10, 2023. Many thanks to Jonathan the Producer for his work as audio engineer on the original interview with Meaghan, and to Mike Villegas, owner of Area 67 Recording Studio , who did the audio engineering on this episode.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This is an excerpt from a 39-minute interview with Dr. Elise Fillpot, who developed an online series of courses based on her highly researched project "Bringing History Home." The courses are focused toward children and their parents, and all have to do with social justice. Each one is a robust course of study. For example, Ancient Africa through Reconstruction has 77 lessons, including three providing Parent Instructor Preparation, along with a resources section.There are videos, maps and other visuals, and links to outside resources including, for instance, a link to the Bill of Rights in Simple Language, which takes you to the site of the American Civil Liberties Union:https://www.aclu-de.org/en/know-your-rights/bill-rights-simple-languageAnother course, on Resisting Jim Crow, has a link to an explanation of those laws: https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/what.htmThe History School also teaches U.S. Immigration History; Indigenous Resistance to Genocide in the United States; U.S. Industrialization History; and U.S Environmental History.In this brief segment, Elise answers my question about the importance of learning history.To hear the entire interview, please go to The History School with Dr. Elise Fillpot (episode 40 of The Gale Hill Radio Hour). Also, please visit The History School to check it out for yourself.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

The History School is a fresh approach to teaching children about the lessons of the past. Elise Fillpot, PhD, developed the online series of courses based on her highly researched project "Bringing History Home," which she coordinated in Iowa schools from 2001 to almost 2013. The courses focus on social justice and are geared toward ages 7 through 12, though just about anyone can learn and benefit from them. Elise's father inspired her commitment to social justice at an early age.  The son  of a sharecropper in West Texas, he was born in 1933 in what could be called the epicenter of the Dust Bowl, Elise says. "His experiences growing up influenced his own commitment to justice and fairness in the world," she explains. And, as a young Baptist minister in Fort Worth, he brought community members together to integrate his church.Why study history? As Elise says, understanding the past provides ways to figure out how to deal with the present. Her goal is to inspire children to become "citizens of the world" who will feel a sense of responsibility to make it better.Visit The History School to check it out for yourself.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Inventor and researcher Tom Paladino wants to heal the world with custom-made instruments built around quantum energy.If you think that sounds like quite an undertaking, you're likely not alone. Tom's research, modeled on that of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Galen Hieronymus, has become his life's calling. He's been at it 50 years. Based in Florida, he administers light energy remotely via photographs to people all over the world. In this way, he says, he is able to disassemble pathogens and build antioxidants. No sessions are done in person. Tom invites you to try his Scalar Light™ program for 15 days for free. You can visit his website to learn more.And a quick shoutout to Deanna Radulescu, the host of Label Free Podcast, for introducing me to Tom. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This short episode, part of an occasional series on living exuberantly, offers a potentially powerful way to shift our focus from worry and anxiety to calm and comfort.To listen to the other exuberance-related shows in this series, please go to: A Happiness Exercise (episode 24), Moving Forward with Grace (32), A Cheerful Start to Your Day (33) and Be Our Authentic Selves (36).This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Rose Duignan researches and writes Golden Boomers, a blog about group living.  She knows the subject well, having lived for five years in a cooperative household in Berkeley, Calif.  Recently, Rose was the featured guest in Gale Hill Radio Hour's Group Living with Golden Boomers (episode 34). This follow-up  episode focuses on Rose's latest blog to date. In it, she writes about her interview with Joan Abrahamson, Founder and President of The Jefferson Institute, a think tank that tackles societal issues including the huge and complex issue of how the U.S.A. deals with elders. In the blog, Ms. Abrahamson shares her views about the limited choices that senior citizens in America have about how and where they can live and thrive in their later years. The blog is well worth reading. You can reach it here. For Rose, a cooperative household is an excellent choice for many reasons. In this episode, an excerpt from the original show offers a brief explanation of group living for anyone unfamiliar with the concept. The full show is available wherever you access podcasts. And you can find all of Rose's blogs here. This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

This short essay about two Dollys is part of my occasional series, Everyday Exuberance. In this episode, I recall reading a first-person piece written by Dolly Parton for Allure magazine. In the article, Parton fondly remembered her friend and mentor, Chet Atkins, even though she did not take his advice many years ago at the start of her performing career. No matter, Parton is a great success doing things her way, and that's an excellent lesson in being true to oneself.I also mention the important lessons I learned from another Dolly, my mom, who maintained her quirky sense of humor and kindness toward others no matter what life threw at her.Great lessons indeed.To listen to the other exuberance-related episodes in this series, please go to A Happiness Exercise (episode 24),  Moving Forward with Grace (32) and A Cheerful Start to Your Day (33).This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Veteran food writer Leslie Kelly's road-trip adventures with her husband, John Nelson, were featured in "Leslie Kelly, Freelance Food Writer and Nomad" (episode 31). After the interview, Leslie followed up by writing a column about what prompted them to hit the road nearly five years ago, and how they're faring now. You can find Leslie's short and charming piece on The Spokesman-Review website, which houses all of Leslie and John's "Going Mobile" articles. Leslie and John also write for other publications including Forbes online and the L.A. Times.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

Rose Duignan, who retired from the visual effects industry working for George Lucas, researches and writes Golden Boomers, a blog about group living. Rose lives with three other women, one of whom is her sister, in Berkeley, Calif. And she extols the virtues of this type of living situation. Not only is it a "financial lightening of the load," she says, it's also psychologically and emotionally healthier than living alone. Did you know, she asks, that loneliness is worse for your health than smoking?Anyway, Rose says that she and her housemates are setting a trend, and she wants to tell the world about it. Learn more about group living from her blog and also from "My House, Our House: Living Far Better for Far Less in a Cooperative Household," a book she highly recommends.  Toward the end of the show, Rose talks about her amazing career. The first project she worked on at Industrial Light & Magic was Star Wars, and then she went on to The Wrath of Khan and Return of the Jedi. She also collaborated on a book that was published about the company in 1996.To keep up with Rose's twice-a-month blog postings, you can sign up to receive email notifications. It's easy: just scroll down to the end of one of her blogs (here's a link to #8) and fill out the short form.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.

How about starting your day on a high note?  One way of doing that is by singing, saying or thinking the opening lines of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah."To get inspired, you can listen to Louis Armstrong's version from his 1968 album, “Disney Songs the Satchmo Way.”I ran across the notion of the therapeutic qualities of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" in one of Dr. Paul Bizjak's "Friday Findings" emails. If you're interested in receiving the Northeast Ohio chiropractor's wellness tips and thoughts, you can go to his website to sign up. This episode is the third in my occasional series, Everyday Exuberance. The others are A Happiness Exercise (episode 24) and Moving Forward with Grace (32). This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.