Mind and Body Podcasts

Part Two of a Two Part Interview with Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming

Dr. Kevin L. Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming about his final mission: to transmit his complete knowledge to the next generation of teachers and preserve the Chinese martial and healing arts.

Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yang’s division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yang’s Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yang’s Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine

 Watch the YMAA Netcast. 

Donate to the nonprofit YMAA Retreat Center.

Join Dr. Keough on MySpace.

Dr. Kevin L. Keough, clinical psychologist and host of Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming about his final mission: to transmit his complete knowledge to the next generation of teachers and preserve the Chinese martial and healing arts.

Dr. Yang Jwing- Ming was born in Taiwan in 1946. He has studied Wu Su since the age of fifteen under different instructors, most notably Cheng Gin-Gsao, White Crane, Pai Huo Kao (Tao Tai Chi Chuan, Yang’s division) and Li Mao-Ching (Long Fist). His academic career is well rounded as well, as he received a M.S. degree in Physics from the National Taiwan University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.

He started working for Texas Instruments in Houston in 1980, founded the Yang’s Martial Art Academy in Boston in 1982, then left TI in 1984 to devote all his time to the YMAA, which has since expanded into the Yang’s Oriental Arts Association, Inc. He has published a large amount of material, most of which under Unique Publications and his own YMAA Publication Center.

  Read an article about Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and the YMAA Retreat Center by Jennifer Sexton,  published Sept 07, Inside Kung Fu magazine. Watch the YMAA Netcast. Donate to the nonprofit YMAA Retreat Center.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, MA author of Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep? published by Harper Paperbacks.

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, MA, is a best-selling author and internationally recognized lecturer and parent educator. Her books Raising Your Spirited Child, Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook; Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles; and Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep have been translated into ten languages.

As director of parentchildhelp.com, Mary provides training nationally and internationally for families and professionals, including medical personnel, educators, and social service providers who serve families. Licensed as a parent educator and early childhood teacher, she has pioneered efforts to bring topics such as temperament, neurobiology, the importance of sleep, and emotion coaching into homes, schools, medical practices, and businesses. She is as comfortable as a keynote speaker for major professional conferences as she is working one on one with families in their homes or teachers in their classrooms.

Known for her real-life examples, Mary links research-based information with typical challenging behaviors and provides practical solutions that really work. Her presentations have helped hundreds of thousands of parents and professionals to understand children better, and themselves as well.

Mary’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Parenting magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parent Magazine, Working Mother, First for Women, and Speaker Magazine and on Good Morning America, National Public Radio, Good Morning Canada, Fox Nine News Good Day, and many other national and local television, radio, magazine, and newspaper venues.

She has also presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, National Conference.

A former director of one of Minnesota's largest Early Childhood Family Education programs, Mary is the founder of the Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles workshops. She also provides individual parent consultations for families and professionals.

Mary graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in Family Social Science and from Iowa State University with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education.

Born on a third-generation dairy farm, Mary lives with her husband in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the proud mother of one son and one daughter — now adults with whom she loves to spend time. Visit her website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, interviews Dr. David J. Linden, author of The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God  published by Belknap Press.

David J. Linden, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular substrates of memory storage in the brain. You can see a list of some of his lab’s recent scientific papers here.

He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two children. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Mr. Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On, 5th Edition published by Goofy Foot Press.

Paul Joannides is a research psychoanalyst, which means he went to school for way too long. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sex Education. Paul is also the cow superintendent at his county fair. He lives on a remote bay in the beautiful Northwest with his wife, daughter, dogs and small herd of livestock. 

Paul writes (and rewrites, and rewrites, and rewrites) the Guide, typesets it, and handles the marketing. In all of the years he has been working on The Guide, the new 5th edition is the first he's ever been happy with. Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough interviews Mr. Stephen Murdoch author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea published by Wiley.

Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjects—from legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.

In the 1990s, before becoming a writer, Murdoch was a human rights lawyer in Cambodia and practiced civil litigation in Washington. Murdoch currently lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three daughters. Visit his website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Dennis Cass author Head Case: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying To Understand My Brain published by HarperCollins.

Dennis Cass is a writer, journalist, and occasional teacher and public speaker. His work has appeared in the New York Times magazine, GQ, Slate, Harper's Magazine, and Restaurant Business, where he once wrote an informative, exceptionally well-crafted article about pudding. He lives with his wife and son in Minneapolis, MN, and wouldn't have it any other way. Visit his blog.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Norman Doidge, M.D., author of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science published by Viking Adult.

Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Torontos Department of Psychiatry.  He is a four time recepient of Canadas National Magazine Gold Award. He has presented his scientific research on effective therapies at the White House.  A native of Toronto, he divides his time between Toronto and New York. Visit his website. 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Victoria Pitts-Taylor, author of Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture published by Rutgers University Press.

Victoria Pitts-Taylor received her PhD at Brandeis University. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, Univ of New York. 

Dr. Taylor is the author of In The Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification as well as a number of articles and book chapters. In 2002-2003 she won a Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Award from the American Sociological Association. Visit her webpage.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Michael Breus, author of Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4- Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health published by Dutton.

Michael J. Breus, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders and Neuropsychological Testing, is one of only 159 doctors in the world with his credentials and distinction. He is the co-founder of SoundSleep Solutions, a direct-to-consumer, sleep-related information Web site, and currently serves as Chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board for Sleep Holdings, LLC, the only publicly traded sleep diagnostic and therapy company in the world.  Visit his website.