Dr. Beth (www.drbetherickson.com) first spoke with Jayne Jones about the novel she wrote with her best friend, Alicia Long, (www.capitolhellbook) about their exploits when they were staffers for a Senator in Washington, D.C. and Minnesota. Their novel is an amalgam of their personal experiences and those of their friends who also worked on The Hill. Then she spoke with Gary Stokes (www.thepoisedlife.com) about his ideal of being balanced and poised, rather than subject to others’ moods. This is particularly important to fight the creeping cynicism many Americans experience in light of the gridlock in Washington