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Tracy Morris has written extensively for the Internet, beginning with About.com as their first Guide to Infertility (1997-2002) and as a Consultant to Moms Online (1998-2000), an original part of the Oxygen Media network. Following those earlier years in Web publishing, bringing patients and experts together online, Tracy expanded her freelance availability to include health care media and public relations and writing/editing for consumer magazines.
Thoughout her prior career of family-centered and medical social work, Tracy spent 15 years in the arenas of substance abuse prevention, residential adolescent psychiatric treatment, foster care, battered women’s shelters, HIV services, and hospitals -- all of which may explain why, second only to running around town with her son, her favorite activity is being alone with a computer.
Tracy retreated in 1997 to work as a writer from her home while raising the boy and their menagerie. Her varied professional and personal experiences provide an abundance of rich sources for creativity and solid information. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, and is presently editor of several patient education newsletters and contributor to websites, blogs, and magazines on health care topics. |
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Your Relationships |
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Josie Brown is a feature writer whose articles on relationships and couples communication have appeared in Redbook and Complete Woman, as well as AOL’s Women Channel, Yahoo.com’s Personals Channel, askmen.com, affluentmale.com and numerous news and media outlets. She is also the editor of John Gray’s Mars Venus Advice, Dr. Gray’s internationally syndicated question-and-answer columns; and co-author, along with her husband, Martin, of Marriage Confidential: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know [Signal Press].
She left the advertising industry to become a crusading investigative reporter. But because we live in a voyeuristic culture vulture society with an insatiable appetite for celebrity journalism, Josie found more work (and better pay) by rubbing elbows (not to mention egos) with the rich and famous. These days Josie still writes about celebrity, sex and scandal, only now it’s fiction—which, she insists, is just as strange as what she knows to be fact. Her two novels are IMPOSSIBLY TONGUE-TIED and TRUE HOLLYWOOD LIES. You can read excerpts of all her books on her blog: www.josiebrown.com. She lives in Marin County, California, with Martin and their two children. |
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Your Family |
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Melissa Chapman is a 34-year-old New York City writer, editor and columnist who has over ten years experience writing, editing and researching articles on parenting and pop culture.
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Your Escapes |
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Gretchen Kelly has traveled solo around the world to over 50 countries in the past five years. As the former News Editor for Business Traveler magazine, she reported from the road on global business travel and trends for five years. As a freelance travel reporter working for the New York Post, Executive Travel, Women’s Health and the Travel Channel, among others, she has written about global leisure travel trends and destinations from locales as far flung as Armenia, the Transylvanian mountains of Romania and the North Pole. When not on the road and living like Lara Croft, Kelly can be found tucked safely in bed with a steaming cup of hot tea and her significant feline others, Boots and No Boots. |
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Your Looks |
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Erin Donnelly is an accomplished fashion and beauty writer who has traveled the globe in search of miracle wrinkle creams, comfortable heels, and bikinis that create the illusion of perfect abs. In addition to overseeing SingleMindedWomen.com’s Your Looks, Erin also covers style topics for TopButton.com, Body-Philosophy.net, UptownScoop.com, PursePage.com, Clubplanet.com, and Free, a NYC-based men’s magazine.
As the former senior editor for Sheckys.com, Erin wrote and edited the annual Beauty Book, a guide to New York City’s premier spas and salons and top beauty products. Erin has also written for WWD Scoop, Bust, Tango, Rave*SQ, Upscale, Red Nightlife, and the new in-flight magazine from Skybus Airlines, as well as numerous New York City travel guidebooks.
Erin’s style and nightlife expertise has caught the attention of several media outlets, including: “Good Day NY”; CBS 2 in New York; Crain’s Business News; The Daily News, NYC; and Century FM in the UK, for which Erin posted dispatches as “The ‘Sex and the City’ Girl.”
After spending the past five years living in New York City and London, Erin is currently based in the mellower climes of Austin, TX. |
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Your Career |
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Paula Santonocito has extensive experience as a business journalist and editor covering a wide range of employment issues. She is the author of nearly 1,000 articles that are featured in many global and domestic publications and information outlets. In addition, her work been posted at more than 100 websites throughout the world, referenced in academic publications, and translated into several languages.
Paula also serves as AIRS News editor, overseeing news content for the award-winning recruitment training and sourcing technology company, and she is features editor of the North American edition of Online Recruitment Magazine, a publication of the highly-respected UK-based organization Onrec.
Because Paula often writes from the employer side of the desk, she brings a unique “insider” perspective to topics important to SMW readers--topics like what employers are looking for in new hires, how to best use the Internet when searching for a job, why your online image matters, and much more.
An early adopter of Internet technology, Paula is passionate about the opportunities the Internet offers with regard to career advancement--from job search to business networking to education and training, and beyond.
The Internet has impacted Paula’s life and career. After living and working for many years in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area, Paula moved to Vermont, where, thanks to technology, she has her fingers, quite literally, on what happens in the employment arena. |
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Martin Brown is a former CBS Radio Network news journalist whose articles on relationships have appeared in REDBOOK, PLAYBOY, and COMPLETE WOMAN magazines, as well as affluentmale.com, askmen.com, and redbookmag.com, AOL Women’s Network, and Yahoo!.com’s relationship network. He is also co-editor of the syndicated column John Gray’s Mars Venus Advice, and co-author, along with his wife, Josie, of MARRIAGE CONFIDENTIAL: 101 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know. |
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SMW Advisory Board Member |
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John Gray is the author of 15 best-selling books, including Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the number one best-selling relationship book of the last decade. In the past ten years, over 30 million Mars and Venus books have been sold in over 40 languages throughout the world.
An expert in the field of communication, John Grayrsquos focus is to help men and women understand, respect and appreciate their differences in both personal and professional relationships. In his many books, CDs, DVDs, tapes, workshops and seminars, he provides practical tools and insights to effectively manage stress and improve relationships at all stages and ages by creating the brain chemistry of health, happiness and lasting romance.
Dr. John Gray has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, The View, Politically Incorrect, Larry King, and others. He has been profiled in Newsweek, Time, Forbes, USA Today, TV Guide, and People , among others.
John Gray, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of communication and relationships, is the author of fifteen books, was a certified marriage and family therapist for over 15 years, and has been conducting personal-growth seminars for over thirty years. John Gray lives with his wife and three children in Northern California. |
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Michael Shimberg, himself a divorced father of two, is a certified
financial
planner for a leading financial services firm. He has mastered juggling
carpools and cooking, as well as the technique of tying bows on his
daughterrsquos dresses. He can be reached through his website www.Thecompletesinglefather.com |
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John Challenger is chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., the global outplacement consultancy that pioneered outplacement as an employer-paid benefit in the 1960s.
A recognized thought leader on workplace, labor, and economic issues, his insight is frequently sought out by major foreign and domestic broadcast and print media.
In 2003, Challenger gave testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business on the issue of permanent job loss in a global economy. In 2002, at the height of the turmoil over corporate governance, The Wall Street Journal invited Challenger to address the issue in a bylined article that appeared in The Journal on June 25, 2002. He served on the labor/human resource committee of The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for a three-year term.
Challenger was the keynote speaker at The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business “Summit at Fisher” conference in 2003, and at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2004. He delivered addresses before the World Future Society In 1998, 2001, and 2003. He has also addressed the annual conference of the Ethics Officers Association and conferences of leading business executives in Japan.
Challenger serves on the President’s Circle steering committee of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is president and board member of the Japan America Society of Chicago. In 2004, he served on the Host Committee for the Annual Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference. Challenger is also a member of the board of the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago and chaired the organization’s 2005 Summit, during which he conducted an interview with former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman.
Challenger is active in the Chicago chapters of World Presidents Organization and Chief Executives Organization. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Union League Club and is active in the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago Club and Metropolitan Club. He also was a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago International Film Festival.
A graduate of Harvard University, Challenger currently serves as Regional Director Great Lakes of the Harvard Alumni Association. He also sits on the board of the Harvard Club of Chicago and served as its President from 2002 to 2004. Challenger serves on the Parent’s Council of Miami (Ohio) University, where his oldest son is a student.
Challenger resides in Winnetka, Illinois, with his wife Nancy and five children. |
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Dr. Ablow is a controversial voice in an age of over-medication, quick fixes, and “get over it” mainstream ways. As one of the leading healing voices in America, Dr. Ablow’s core message is that no one has a perfect life, that all of us have pain we must overcome and that when we face our conflicts head-on we become more powerful than ever before.
He graduated Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is on the faculty of New England Medical Center in Boston. Board certified not only in adult and adolescent psychiatry, but also forensic psychiatry, he has a relentless passion to help people find the truth and has testified an expert witness in numerous high profile murder trials. Dr. Ablow is also a FOX News contributor and contributing editor at Good Housekeeping and Men’s Fitness.
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Dr. Susan Bartell is a nationally renowned psychologist and author who
has been helping families lead healthier, happier lives for over fifteen
years. She is the author of four books, Dr. Susan&rsquos Kids-Only Weight
Loss Guide: The Parent&rsquos Action Plan for Success, Dr. Susan&rsquos Girls-Only
Weight Loss Guide: The EASY, FUN way to Look and Feel Good!, Stepliving
for Teens and Mommy or Daddy: Whose Side am I On?. She is also the
author of the internationally syndicated parenting column, A Teachable
Moment. She is the founder and director of www.girlsonlyweightloss.com and www.havinganotherbaby.com. Dr. Susan is a popular media expert who
can regularly be found offering advice on national TV as well as well as
on radio stations across the country. She is also frequently quoted in
national print media; She is an expert advisor to KIWI parenting
magazine, Disney iParenting Media, BonusFamilies.com and Nickelodeon&rsquos
ParentConnect.com.
Dr. Susan lives and works in suburban New York, maintaining a private
practice, counseling adults, children, and teens. She is a sought after
speaker, lecturing widely on a broad range of topics and in many
different settings including schools, community centers, parenting
groups and corporations.
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