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Wellness For The Real World with Dr. Veronica Anderson

Dr. Veronica is a dynamic advocate for living with optimum health and wellness every day. During her career, she has counseled thousands of patients to incorporate healthier food plans or eating styles (Dr. Veronica hates the word diet) and motion (not exercise) into their lives. These are but a few of the ingredients she adds to her recipe for full, happy lives. She also models what she teaches: she runs marathons for charities and has a black belt in tae-kwon-do.
Given her drive and desire to reach out to millions, Dr. Veronica is emerging as a voice for healthy living in today’s media.

As an entertaining, lively and provocative guest, she has appeared on national talk shows such as Our World with Neil Cavuto (Fox News Channel), and Live with Adam Carolla (syndicated). In addition, radio hosts coast to coast have seen their lines light up as listeners clamor to hear more of Veronica’s straightforward, pull-no-punches philosophy.

Dr. Anderson is the host of Medicine Woman, Modern World (www.veronicamd.com), a healthy living travel adventure magazine for the web. Loaded with practical tips and info-packed segments, it celebrates the mind/body/spirit connection as Veronica unlocks secrets to health and happiness from around the world and shows us their relevance to our lives today.

Archived Shows

• Wellness For The Real World – CONFESSIONS OF A CALL GIRL: WHY YOU MIGHT WANT ONE OR WANT TO BE ONE

  Many women change course at some point in their lives, but today's guest chose an unusual new path: she became a prostitute at age 54. She tells a remarkable, unexpected and inspiring story. Also, former competitive bodybuilder Shana Ross, founder o...

• Wellness For The Real World – THE VIAGRA MONOLOGUE II: WHY WOMEN FAKE ORGASM

  It has been estimated by various sources that 70% of women fake their orgasms at some point. Why, exactly, should that be? Is it because men lack the sexual skills to satisfy enough? Or on the other hand, how would a man know he's not a great lov...

• Wellness For The Real World – Week 1043

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• Wellness For The Real World – DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE BLACK OR WHITE: THE ANGELINA, MADONNA & SANDRA TREND

  It's a trend that's long overdue: is it becoming fashionable to adopt a child outside your own race and background? Dr. Veronica, herself an adoptive mother (though from within her own race) talks to Rhonda Y. Miller, JD, author of Unveiling the Adopt...

• Wellness For The Real World – ROMANCE IN WYOMING: DR. VERONICA'S SPICY LIFE

  Pop Quiz: Can you name one man who is a lifelong cattle rancher in a 10-gallon hat (think Lorne Greene from Bonanza) AND a prolific author of Old West romance novels? The answer is Reid Lance Rosenthal, conservation-minded owner of thousands of acres...

• Wellness For The Real World – ARE YOU MY GURU? WEIGHT, ILLNESS & RELATIONSHIPS

  Many things can tax a relationship, and one is the serious or prolonged illness of a partner. Wendy Shanker, author of Are You My Guru? How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life and The Fat Girl's Guide to Life, humorously shares her long road ...

• Wellness For The Real World – HOW TO BE A SEXY MAN: A 21-DAY TWITTER MAKEOVER

  Two guests share their personal formulas for weight loss, fitness and better health. Brian Stelter, TV & Digital Media Reporter for The New York Times, is well-known to thousands who follow him on Twitter, where he regularly tweets what he's eatin...

• Wellness For The Real World – HAPPILY SINGLE, PART 2

  Stereotypes support the notion of the happy, secure married person and the lonely, desperate single. But where are the actual statistics to support those views? Bella dePaulo, Ph.D. and author of Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, a...

• Wellness For The Real World – HAPPILY SINGLE

  We're all searching for the perfect relationship—or are we? Are some people truly, happily single by choice, and not just because they have retreated in defeat from the dating scene? Perhaps there is a way to be single without being lonely, isolated ...

• Wellness For The Real World – THE VIAGRA MONOLOGUE: THE WAR OVER THE PENIS

  What's the story with men's sexuality? Is Viagra a boon to men (and their partners) who feel their sex lives reinvigorated? Or does it tamper with a man's lifelong sexual arc and actually stifle creativity and experimentation as he reinvents his sexual...

• Wellness For The Real World – MARRIED MEN DATING: THE SINGLE WOMAN'S DILEMMA

  As always, the dating scene is brimming with married men who either pretend to be single, or feel justified in stepping out on their wives. Well guess what? It's not just men. Cyber-dating expert Julie Spira, bestselling author of The Perils of Cybe...

• Wellness For The Real World – COUGARS AND BOY TOY BABES

  From Courteney Cox’s hit television show Cougar Town to cougar conventions popping up across the country, older women dating younger men are en vogue everywhere. It's not exactly a new phenomenon—remember Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate? And more rec...

• Wellness For The Real World – PREDATORS AMONG US: HOW TO CURE SEX ABUSE

  It is difficult enough for each of us to grow into a happy, productive adult with relationships that fulfill us personally and sexually. But children who were sexually abused have an even tougher path: they often face lifelong issues with intimacy, tr...

• Wellness For The Real World – SUGARBABE: HOW TO BE A "KEPT" WOMAN

  Holly Hill is an attractive, successful professional from Australia who fell in love with a man who turned out to be married. He made her his mistress and covered her financial needs 100%. Then, when he told his wife of his intention to leave her and...

• Wellness For The Real World – HOW COULD SHE NOT KNOW? SEX ABUSE UNDER A MOTHER'S NOSE

  Guest Stacey A. Lundgren is a model mom—who happens to have married a man who secretly had sex with her children. So as at other difficult times in her life, she did the right thing and got her away from him. Eventually she remarried and had a seco...

• Wellness For The Real World – EATING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN: WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH ABUNDANCE

  When is the last time you were actually hungry? Think about it. We frequently grow bored, dissatisfied or emotionally uncomfortable and get the urge to eat, but seldom are we responding to actual hunger that says it's time for fuel. According to gue...

• Wellness For The Real World – FROM FAT TO FIT: THE TAMING OF THE CHEW

  The problem no one can overlook anymore: obesity in America. Carole Carson (author of From Fat to Fit: Turn Yourself into a Weapon of Mass Reduction) discovered that ending 40 years of weight trouble began with changing her mind, and how she has inspi...

• Wellness For The Real World – THE NO GROWN-UPS ZONE: YOUNG PERSPECTIVES

  Do you sometimes wonder what kind of a world we are handing the next generation? Find out what they think about everything from oil spills, politics, morality, love and sex to their own hopes for the future as Dr. Veronica interviews 3 young adults: h...

• Wellness For The Real World – DEATH: WHY AMERICANS EXPECT TO LIVE FOREVER

  Everybody has to do it. So why are Americans so afraid to die, especially as we grow older? Dr. Veronica welcomes Tani Bahti, founder of Passages Education, an organization which helps people prepare for the death of their loved ones through knowledge...

• Wellness For The Real World – MEAN GIRLS & GREEDY BOYS: THE NEW AMERICAN ADULT

  What's going on in the world today? Have you noticed a new level of nasty in the way people treat each other? Today we routinely encounter name-calling, vicious gossip and devious scheming everywhere from reality shows to political discussions to the c...

• Wellness For The Real World – WIRED TO SLEEP: AMERICA THE UNRESTED

  Is your digital, super-connected life getting you down? Are your gadgets that keep you in touch with the world costing you peace and quiet (and a good night's sleep)? Guest Joanne Cantor, PhD (author of Conquer CyberOverload) visits with ways to tame...

• Wellness For The Real World – HEALTHCARE REFORM 101: IS SICKO CURED?

  Michael Moore's 2007 documentary on America's healthcare system, Sicko, chronicled a well-insured couple who lost their home and were forced into bankruptcy due to medical bills. Can this still happen in the new world of America's healthcare reform? T...

• Wellness For The Real World – SPIRITUAL, NOT RELIGIOUS

  Got an hour? Looking for the meaning of life? It's Consumer Reports meets Faith & Religion as guest Jen Bilik (author, The Savvy Convert's Guide to Choosing a Religion) lets you explore 99 Top World Religions based on practical issues: What will I...

• Wellness For The Real World – WEIGHTY MATTERS: THE REAL REASON YOU'RE FAT

  Wondering why you don't seem to lose weight, even though you eat nothing but fat-free foods? It's no mystery, according to today's guest, Dr. Veronica Collings. She shares the story of how she turned around her own weight and health issues, in an int...

• Wellness For The Real World – SEX IN THE CITY . . . AND THE COUNTRY

  Are we doomed to our usual relationships, even though we know they so often fade and go wrong? Here are two variations on the traditional. Guest Diana Daffner, author of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples, defines tantra as a means to slowing down the lovem...

• Wellness For The Real World – FEELING GOOD WITH FIDO

  This week's focus is on holistic pet care, and the emotional benefits of keeping a pet. Dr. Veronica's first guest is Jan Allegretti (author of The Complete Holistic Dog Book: Home Health Care for Our Canine Companions), who discusses natural preventa...

• Wellness For The Real World – FROM HELL TO HEAVEN ON A HARLEY (LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED)

  This week, a different kind of wellness. Guest Pastor Tramp Barber describes his life of vicious crime—murder, rape, assaults on police and others—fueled by drug addiction and the deranged value system of a violent motorcycle gang. Can a life like ...

• Wellness For The Real World – FARMERS MARKETS AND THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT

  Slow Food aims to be everything fast food is not. It's slow — in the making and the eating. It's fresh — not processed. It's from neighborhood farms and stores — not from industrial growers. Guests Kristin Perry (creator of The Kitchen Potager) a...

• Wellness For The Real World – The State of Health: Can Your Govenor Make You Well?

  Guest Jonathan Saidel, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia's City Comptroller for 16 years, shares innovative ideas on how government can promote wellness while satisfying its own needs. His 1999 book Philadelphia: A New...

• Wellness For The Real World – RELIEVE PAIN WITH THIS NEEDLE: ACUPUNCTURE 101

  Guest Rula Giosmas, formerly an opthalmic technologist, shares the fascinating story of her critical injuries as a young woman and years of excrutiating pain that Western medicine could not treat. After finding relief with alternative medicine, she em...

• Wellness For The Real World – COFFEE, TEA or ME

  Guest Leopold Ntab, professional soccer player from Senegal and owner of Lynn's Coffee Beans and Teas. Leo was born in Portugal and has lived all over Western Europe, South Korea, China, Japan and Brazil, and has traveled extensively with Senegal's soc...

• Wellness For The Real World - GET YOUR MOVE ON!

  Forget that dreaded word exercise, let's look at simple ways to get motion back into your life as a key to the mood and body changes we crave for spring. Guest Rob Ortega, personal trainer and fitness entrepreneur, shares his secrets. And we introduc...