And now here are your hosts…
The Happy Wednesday Ladies, Joanie Winberg and Angie Strader.
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Turnup your speakers and tune in for your midweek boost from the Happy Wednesday Ladies!

Today’s Inspirational Quote:

Integrity
~Ralph Marston

“Practice integrity with those things that don’t really matter.
And your integrity will shine brightly in the things that really matter.

Integrity by very definition cannot be turned on and off.
True integrity is indivisible.

To be able to act with integrity in any area of your life, you must live with integrity at all times, in all situations. Otherwise, you are merely attempting to imitate integrity and that is an exercise in futility.

Practice integrity even when you’re sure that no one else will ever know. That will build in a true, living integrity that does not need to be announced.

Be quick to forgive and slow to offend.
For integrity has no use at all holding grudges.

Live each moment with integrity and make it who you always are. For a real living integrity can take you places you otherwise could never go.”


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Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie and Angie

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Joanie Winberg, CHBC, CLL
Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, speaker,
Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader
www.HappyWednesdayFoundation.org
www.NADWC.org (The National Association of Divorce for Women and Children)
jw@joanwinberg.com

Angie Strader
A Happiness Leader with a focus on helping others find happiness within.
Blogger, Podcaster, Motivator and Entrepreneur
www.TheWorldNeedsMoreHappy.com
www.morehappyhealth.com
angie@theworldneedsmorehappy.com
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Today’s Inspirational Quote

 To Be Happy is Your Goal
~ Pauline Oliver

A friendly smile, a kindly wave
A cheery disposition
To cultivate happiness every day
Shall be your new found mission.

Hold only thoughts that serve you well
And banish all the rest.
They have no place inside your head
This will surely prove a test.

Fight bravely on and steel yourself
For your goal is crystal clear.
One day you’ll steadfastly affirm
Only happiness lives here.

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Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie and Angie

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Joanie Winberg, CHBC, CLL
Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, speaker,
Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader
www.HappyWednesdayFoundation.org
www.NADWC.org (The National Association of Divorce for Women and Children)
jw@joanwinberg.com

Angie Strader
A Happiness Leader with a focus on helping others find happiness within.
Blogger, Podcaster, Motivator and Entrepreneur
www.TheWorldNeedsMoreHappy.com
www.morehappyhealth.com
angie@theworldneedsmorehappy.com

And now here are your hosts…
The Happy Wednesday Ladies, Joanie Winberg and Angie Strader

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Today’s Quote

Friendship
~ Jean Kyler McManus

“A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.

A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.

A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy and grace.

And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.”

Today’s Message

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast’s mission is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday.

One way to make a difference today is to share this poem with a friend(s) or reach out to a friend(s) and tell them how much you care or love them.

Today’s audio message from the Happy Wednesday Ladies…

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Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie and Angie

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Joanie Winberg, CHBC, CLL
Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, speaker,
Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader
www.HappyWednesdayFoundation.org
www.NADWC.org (The National Association of Divorce for Women and Children)
jw@joanwinberg.com

Angie Strader
A Happiness Leader with a focus on helping others find happiness within.
Blogger, Podcaster, Motivator and Entrepreneur
www.TheWorldNeedsMoreHappy.com
www.morehappyhealth.com
angie@theworldneedsmorehappy.com

And now here are your hosts…
The Happy Wednesday Ladies, Joanie Winberg and Angie Strader

Today’s Happy Wednesday Broadcast is about making positive affirmations.

First…what is an affirmation?
An affirmation is a statement designed to bring positive change in oneself or into one’s life. It should be stated AS IF the desired outcome has already occurred or is in the process of occurring, not as something that will happen in the future.

How can affirmations change your life?

Tune in and listen to the Happy Wednesday Ladies as they each share one of their favorite affirmations.

Don’t have a favorite affirmation?
Feel free to use Angie’s or Joanie’s affirmation to help you get started.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie and Angie

Joanie Winberg, CHBC, CLL
Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, speaker,
Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader
www.HappyWednesdayFoundation.org
www.NADWC.org (The National Association of Divorce for Women and Children)
jw@joanwinberg.com

Angie Strader
A Happiness Leader with a focus on helping others find happiness within.
Blogger, Podcaster, Motivator and Entrepreneur
www.TheWorldNeedsMoreHappy.com
www.morehappyhealth.com
angie@theworldneedsmorehappy.com

And now here are your hosts…
The Happy Wednesday Ladies, Joanie Winberg and Angie Strader

Today’s Quote
“One day at a time—is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”
~ Unknown author

Today’s Message
Is stress and the feeling of being overwhelmed a normal lifestyle for you?
Be inspired in less than two minutes! Tune in and listen to powerful stress tips from The Happy Wednesday Ladies’ inspirational message.
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Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie and Angie

Joanie Winberg, CHBC, CLL
Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, speaker,
Certified Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader
www.HappyWednesdayFoundation.org
www.NADWC.org (The National Association of Divorce for Women and Children)
jw@joanwinberg.com

Angie Strader
A Happiness Leader with a focus on helping others find happiness within.
Blogger, Podcaster, Motivator and Entrepreneur
www.TheWorldNeedsMoreHappy.com
www.morehappyhealth.com
angie@theworldneedsmorehappy.com

And now here are your hosts…
The Happy Wednesday Ladies, Joanie Winberg and Angie Strader

Today’s Quote
“The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always,
rather than wait for our outer circumstances to make one happy.”
~ J. Donald Walters

Today’s Message
Where does happiness come from?
To listen to Joanie and Angie’s inspirational audio tips every week, go to www.Happy Wednesday.com to sign up and receive the Happy Wednesday Broadcast e-mail every Wednesday @ 10:00AM EST.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday
Joanie and Angie

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?

Simply e-mail your inspirational video, audio or quote/poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you or your business and a link to your web site.

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast’s mission is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

The World Needs More Happy is a place where people can rely on meeting and communicating with like-minded people who are dedicated to achieving happiness in their own world. The World Needs More Happy website has blogs, podcasts and articles to help people look at their own life and their own circumstances and realize that we all have many reasons to be happy no matter what.
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Happy Wednesday!
Welcome to the Happy Wednesday Broadcast…
For another midweek BOOST to help make your Wednesday a
“Power” Day and banish “hump” day from your life forever.

And now here is your host, the Happy Wednesday Lady, Joanie Winberg

A Special Message
~ Steve Wilson

“Great leaders know that if employees don’t find some fun about their jobs on a regular basis, morale will sag, followed in short order by productivity and customer service. They know that encouraging positive humor and discouraging toxic humor will increase job satisfaction, communications and customer rapport, and will ward off charges of harassment or a hostile work environment.

They use humor and a light touch to reward and to deftly harmonize and smooth over certain conflicts. They use the light touch to boost optimism and allay anxieties. They encourage good-natured banter and discourage zingers and put-down humor.”
Steve Nelson
Known internationally as The Joyologist and the Cheerman of the Bored, Steve is the
Founder of the World Laughter Tour and creator of a popular and effective laughter therapy program, organizing laughter clubs, training Certified Laughter Leaders and preventing hardening of the attitudes.

8 Tips on How to Let Go and Have FUN!
From the book “Play or Pay- 77 Ways to Have Fun” (author- Susan Schanerman).

1) Dry your hair by sticking your head out the car window.

2) Make a list of the silly things you would like to try once.

3) Helen Keller said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Do something daring.

4) Play your favorite show tunes and sing along at the top of your lungs…dancing optional.

5) Make a date with yourself. Take yourself to a favorite spot that you haven’t been to in ages.

6) Take a “Well Day” from work or from life, in general, instead of a sick day! Notice how much better you feel!

7) Buy a disposable camera…take pictures for no apparent reason…let your creative juices flow.

What does it mean to “let your hair down”? When was the last time you did it?

Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady…

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?
Simply e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you or your business and a link to your website.

Our mission is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader.

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What’s New
MEET Our Sponsors for the Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend and receive free gifts!

How to enter the contest…

Tell us in 300 words or less why YOUR FRIEND deserves a Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend. (For example has she had some extenuating circumstances, struggles, challenges, or just plain needs a break?) Best of all, if your story is chosen, you get to go, too!!

Imagine all expenses paid…a poolside room for three (3) days/two (2) nights at the gorgeous Hotel Hershey, air fare, limo service to and from the hotel, over $400 worth of spa treatments and much, much more! Tell me more…

And now here is your host, the Happy Wednesday Lady, Joanie Winberg

Today’s Tips
Warning:
This recipe may cause intense happiness and works best when doubled and tripled.
Excessive portions will bring prosperity in all good things.

Recipe for Happiness

Ingredients:

1 cup Positive Assumptions
1 heaping spoonful of Perspective
3 Good Things
Tons of caring for yourself and others

Directions:
As a base, place one large cup of positive assumptions in a big bowl. Use positivity blended with hope, optimism and gratitude (not available in most media outlets).

Add one heaping spoonful of perspective (fresh is best). To accelerate the process, engage others for an even broader perspective. During this step, please wear rose-colored glasses.

Stir in 3 Good Things. Add one good thing about yourself, one good thing about family, and one good thing about work. Start with 3 Good Things but feel free to add additional to taste.

Stir all ingredients together with an attitude of possibility and love and let rise and bake at 98.6 degrees for several hours, days, weeks, months and years. This recipe serves several people. Once you consume this, you will infuse many others and you and your happy friends will be able to perpetuate happiness as long as you choose.

As a garnish, fill your plate with tons of caring for yourself and others. Take hot baths, talk to friends, laugh and play. Take action to help others accomplish their dreams, hold the door open, say thank you and express your love.

With regular consumption of this recipe you will NOT be one of the 70% of Americans who report being less than very happy. Or one of the 46% percent of workers who feel unappreciated. Or one of the 54% of Americans concerned about the level of stress in their everyday lives. And you will AVOID higher medical costs, lower work efficiency and missed days at work.

A SPECIAL THANKS

Today’s Recipe for Happiness is brought to you by:
Erika Oliver specializes in building communication and leadership capacity in organizations of all shapes and sizes with expertise in marketing, interpersonal communication, facilitation, and project management. Erika’s approaches all projects from a positive perspective and with the intention of building organizational capacity.
Erika is also the author of “Three Good Things: Happiness Every Day, No Matter What!” and a companion coloring book for adults.

Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady…

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?
Simply e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you or your business and a link to your website.

Our mission is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader.

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What’s New
MEET Our Sponsors for the Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend and receive free gifts!

How to enter the contest…

Tell us in 300 words or less why YOUR FRIEND deserves a Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend. (For example has she had some extenuating circumstances, struggles, challenges, or just plain needs a break?) Best of all, if your story is chosen, you get to go, too!!

Imagine all expenses paid…a poolside room for three (3) days/two (2) nights at the gorgeous Hotel Hershey, air fare, limo service to and from the hotel, over $400 worth of spa treatments and much, much more! Tell me more…

Today’s Quote-
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Today’s Tip-

10 Things You Can Do For Yourself… Without Ever Needing a Reason Why

1. Take a day off.

2. Easily say no when you want to…and feel great instead of guilty while doing so.

3. Celebrate how fabulously brilliant you are.

4. Realize that demand can be an okay thing for you to do.

5. Have regular “Pamper Yourself” time that you never, ever, ever consider rescheduling.

6. Take a chance.

7. Take another day off…this time from everything and everyone.

8. Treat yourself to something that can be described with one or more of the following adjectives: sparkly, yummy, divine, rich, adventurous, adorable, posh, sexy, beautiful, fun, and exhilarating.

9. Love, accept, and respect yourself exactly as you are (and understand that your opinion of you is the only one that counts).

10. Know that you deserve to have an infinite number of items on this list! Go ahead and add some more.

Before we can ever make the world a better place, we have to be willing to make our world the best world possible. Each of us deserves to receive this gift of permission from ourselves. Are you willing to give it?

A SPECIAL THANKS

Today’s quote and tips are brought to you by:

An excerpt from author Shelly Rachanow’s latest book, What Would You Do If You Ran the World?: Everyday ideas from women who want to make the world a better place is a culmination of brave, beautiful, brilliant and totally possible ideas we can do to make things better for ourselves, our loved ones, our community, and the world.

Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady…

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?
Simply e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you or your business and a link to your website.

Our mission is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader.

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What’s New
MEET Our Sponsors for the Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend and receive free gifts!

How to enter the contest…

Tell us in 300 words or less why YOUR FRIEND deserves a Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend. (For example has she had some extenuating circumstances, struggles, challenges, or just plain needs a break?) Best of all, if your story is chosen, you get to go, too!!

Imagine all expenses paid…a poolside room for three (3) days/two (2) nights at the gorgeous Hotel Hershey, air fare, limo service to and from the hotel, over $400 worth of spa treatments and much, much more! Tell me more…

Today’s Quote-
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”
~ Unknown author

Today’s Tip-
When we see a butterfly, our thoughts may be…what a beautiful creature! How wonderful to fly about freely, bringing beauty to whomever’s path it crosses. We don’t think about the journey that butterfly took to become this awesome display of nature.

This butterfly was once a creeping and colorless caterpillar. Who, may or may not survive harsh weather, a landscaper’s freewheeling tool or just simply the process it must undergo to become that beautiful butterfly.

And that cocoon… some say how they wish they could be in a cocoon. They see it as a “safe” place, a warm and comforting place. But, like the butterfly of this quote, it could also be construed as a dark place, a lonely place, wondering how long before the “light” shines through.

The hope of becoming that beautiful butterfly can inspire. If a little caterpillar can transform into a beautiful butterfly… what are our possibilities? The “transformation” part may be difficult. It may be a quick transformation, it may take longer.

BE PATIENT! Like a butterfly, there is beauty in all of us. When you shed your cocoon and spread your beautiful wings, the world will be waiting.

Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady…

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?
Simply e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you or your business and a link to your website.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader.

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What’s New
MEET Our Sponsors for the Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend and receive free gifts!

How to enter the contest…

Tell us in 300 words or less why YOUR FRIEND deserves a Chocolate Spa Getaway Weekend. (For example has she had some extenuating circumstances, struggles, challenges, or just plain needs a break?) Best of all, if your story is chosen, you get to go, too!!

Imagine all expenses paid…a poolside room for three (3) days/two (2) nights at the gorgeous Hotel Hershey, air fare, limo service to and from the hotel, over $400 worth of spa treatments and much, much more! Tell me more…

Today’s midweek boost is brought to you by Cami Walker of www.29gifts.org
Thank you for all your inspiration!

Give away 29 gifts in 29 days. Why?… Because to see your world change, you have to do something to change your world. Plus, the best way to attract abundance into your life is to be in a perpetual state of giving and gratitude.

Be an important part of the global giving movement that inspires more generosity on our planet. Take the 29-Day Giving Challenge at 29Gifts.org.

Cami’s Inspirational Video
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Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady:

Would you like to help make a difference and be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?

Just e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you and a link to your website.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant and a Certified Laughter Leader.

To learn more about powerful tools to help eliminate harmful stress and bring more joy and happiness into your life, go to www.HappyWednesday.com.

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Tonight’s Show

February 25, 2009

Guest: Patty Hansen
Topic: Author of the new Chicken Soup for the Soul book- “Divorce and Recovery”-
101 Stories about Surviving and Thriving after Divorce

Lisa’s husband, Jimmy, bought their café 15 years ago, when it was known as the Q Restaurant. Two years ago, business was slow, so his wife — a life coach — brought her skills onboard. Thus was born the Q Kindness Café, and business has improved.

Kindness multiplied in such great amounts at the Q Kindness Cafe that St. Paul’s mayor proclaimed the first week of every month Kindness Week. Suddenly, Lisa’s one-woman quest to ramp up random acts of kindness became more than she ever imagined.

Thank you for sharing Lisa!

Imagine kindness everywhere…people giving to give and not to get…

Imagine the life lessons we’d learn
when the gifts we gave keep on giving
in ways beyond our imagination…

Imagine the stimulation in our own lives
and the lives of others as we focus
in all that we have to give…

Imagine the reality we can create by
living in the giving and not the get…

What if each one of us invites another to give…
What if we teach the world to give…in small, thoughtful ways…

What if the giving became the stimulus
that helps us spiral up and out of any mess we’re in…

Instead of going around in a vicious circle, what if we changed one simple thing?

Give a little more. Spread kindness. Offer hope. Give of our self.

Imagine that!
One good deed deserves another and on and on…

Imagine how this could
stimulate our economy;
stimulate the world;
stimulate your world.

Create a stimulus package of your own!
Today!
Now!
And feel good knowing that you make a difference every day.

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Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady:
Would you like to be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?

Just e-mail your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you and a link to your website.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

To learn more about powerful tools to help eliminate harmful stress and bring more joy and happiness into your life, go to www.HappyWednesday.com

Joanie Winberg is the Founder of the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children. We understand the challenges of divorce. You are not alone. For more information, go to www.FreshStartAfterDivorce.com.
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Single Again! Now What? with your host, Joanie Winberg.

Each week, Joanie’s special guests will share tips to support, encourage, inspire, make you laugh or just be the right thing you need to hear at this time in your life.

Show Time: Every Wednesday evening @ 6:00PM EST
Call in: 347- 215-6997

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Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach- specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant, and a Certified Laughter Leader

Michael, who defied all odds after being shot in the head, is a husband, father, social worker, author, and inspirational speaker. His “miraculous” comeback story was first published in Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul. He has a CD of 12 of his inspirational short stories, entitled POSSIBLE, available on his web site. For more information, go to www.InspirationByMike.com

“A Lesson in Love”
By Michael Jordan Segal, MSW

Audio- “A Lesson in Love”

“I never liked rings. I do not wear a high school ring; I do not wear a college ring; and I did not want to wear a wedding ring. This was not because I did not want people to know that I was married, but because I just did not feel comfortable with a ring on my finger.

After graduating from college I finally was about to “pop the question” to my high school sweetheart, Sharon Gail Weingarton, who continually was at my side when I was almost fatally injured during a robbery.

Sharon was the best — pretty, kind, sweet, and good-hearted. However, what would she say when I proposed and said that I did not want to wear a wedding ring? I practiced what I was going to say to her. I thought long and hard. I finally decided that there was no answer to my dilemma. I would simply tell her, and then wait five minutes listening to her explode.

So that night I proposed, and afterwards I told Sharon that I was not going to wear a ring. I simply said: “I just don’t like rings. I don’t wear a high school ring…” I expected Sharon to become enraged: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WEAR A WEDDING RING?”

However, instead, I merely heard silence. After what in my mind seemed like an eternity, Sharon calmly remarked: “Fine. If you don’t want to wear a wedding ring, I won’t change my name. I will not call myself Sharon Segal.”

On our Fifteenth Anniversary, I remembered my first lesson of marriage that was taught to me by my wife Sharon Gail Segal as I looked down upon the ring on my ring finger — COMPROMISE.”

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Special Message from Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady:

Would you like to be “highlighted” on the Happy Wednesday Broadcast?

Just e-mail your inspirational or motivational video, audio or poem with tips to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line. Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you and a link to your website.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

To learn more about powerful tools to help eliminate harmful stress and bring more joy and happiness into your life, go to www.HappyWednesday.com.

Joanie Winberg is the Founder of the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children. We understand the challenges of divorce. You are not alone. For more information, go to www.FreshStartAfterDivorce.com.
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Tune in…

Single Again! Now What? with your host, Joanie Winberg.

Each week, Joanie’s special guests will share tips to support, encourage, inspire, make you laugh or just be the right thing you need to hear at this time in your life.

Show Time: Every Wednesday evening @ 6:00PM EST
Call in: 347- 215-6997

Click here for upcoming shows…

Joanie Winberg,
A Business/Personal Coach- specializing in Divorce, Speaker,
Human Behavior Consultant, and a Certified Laughter Leader

Kim Cameron spent the last decade working up the corporate ladder but there was always something
missing in her life. In 2007, a family tragedy led her to re-evaluate her life and goals.

So Kim decided to finally break free from the corporate cage and pursue her lifelong passion for music.
As the lead singer/songwriter of Side FX, Kim Cameron is finally living her dream.

Today’s video is called “My Hero” written for our military by Kim.
Take 5 minutes out of your busy day…relax and enjoy! Click here- “My Hero”

Special Message from Joanie:

I am honored that the Happy Wednesday Broadcast is helping make a difference every Wednesday
by inspiring people across the United States as well as 20+ countries around the world.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

I hope you like the new format for the Happy Wednesday Broadcast. Be part of the excitement that is sweeping the nation…the world!

Just e-mail us your inspirational video, audio or poem with tips to help make a difference to jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast in the subject line.

Once accepted we will also include a short introduction about you and a link to your website.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

To learn more about powerful tools to help eliminate harmful stress and bring more joy and happiness into your life, go to www.HappyWednesday.com..

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I am honored that the Happy Wednesday Broadcast is helping to make a difference every Wednesday by inspiring people across the United States as well as 20+ countries around the world.

My dream is for everyone to become aware of how they can make a difference for just a few minutes every Wednesday by choosing one or more of the following:

- Do an act of kindness.
- Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour.
- Call someone and tell them how much you care.
- Do something special for yourself or the earth.
- Have FUN and laugh more often.

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast is starting a new format next week by accepting qualified poems, videos, and quotes with tips from people around the world. The broadcast will be a place where people can come together and share their inspiration to help make a difference. E-mail me for more information- jw@joanwinberg.com with the words Happy Wednesday Broadcast request in the subject line.

Today’s Special Message

The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget
~ Kent Nerburn

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pick up at a building that was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked.

“Just a minute,” answered a frail, elderly voice.

I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80’s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase.

The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.

“Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb. She kept thanking me for my kindness.

“It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good boy,” she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice.”

I looked in the rear view mirror. Her eyes were glistening.

“I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. “What route would you like me to take?” I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to go slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico. Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her. I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.

“Nothing,” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered.

“There are other passengers.”

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.

“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you.”

I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

I didn’t pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?

On a quick review, I don’t think that I have done anything more important in my life. We’re conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

Something to think about…
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID,
BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!

To learn more about powerful tools to help eliminate harmful stress and bring more joy and happiness into your life, go to www.HappyWednesday.com.

Joanie Winberg is the Founder of the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children. We understand the challenges of divorce. You are not alone. For more information, go to www.FreshStartAfterDivorce.com

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