4/05 - Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, Dava Krause, Barbara Nicholson, Lysa Parker, Little Eva

 Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil  Relationship Expert

Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil is internationally acclaimed and one of America’s best-known relationship experts; she was named by New York Magazine as one of New York City’s top therapists. In her book, Make Up, Don’t Break Up, Dr. Weil takes you step by step through a new understanding of relationships-the mysterious process of connecting, dis-connecting, and reconnecting- to help you find and keep the lasting love you want.  Dr. Bonnie’s success rate is phenomenal – 98 percent of the couples she works with stay together..even with the perils of adultery. “I can save almost any relationship” she says “if I’m given the chance and the people involved are willing”. And remarkably, 98% of the singles she works with find love and stay in love using “smart heart” skills (see her book). This success rate also applies to her work with women who want to get married and/or whose biological clock is ticking.

Comedian DAVA KRAUSE  "CHILD OF THE 80’s,”  (Debut CD)

As a little girl, Dava Krause would entertain her mother by performing impressions of family and friends while they cooked dinner. Wanting to broaden her audience past the kitchen, Dava threw herself into performing and creating original material.  Dava has a recurring role on House, M.D on FOX! She is also a voice over artist and can be heard on television and radio commercials nationwide.   Dava signed a distribution deal with the indie label New Wave Dynamic and in February 2010 her first album, “Child of the 80’s” will be available on over 300 websites including itunes and Amazon. Dava also wrote the theme song to the pilot, “Women’s Work,” which is currently in development.  In Los Angeles, Dava performs stand-up regularly at The Hollywood Improv, The Ice House and on Tom Arnold's show "Laughing with the Stars “ at The Laugh Factory. She has also traveled all over the country performing in clubs, colleges and festivals.  Dava is no stranger to improvisation and sketch and studied at The Second City Conservatory and The Improv Olympic Training Center in downtown Chicago, while earning her B.S in Theatre at Northwestern University. She is one of the youngest writers to have her jokes published in “She’s So Funny” by Judy Brown. In addition, she has written several specs, an original film and two original Web Series.

Barbara Nicholson / Lysa Parker "Attached at the Heart"

The long-range vision of Attachment Parenting is to raise children who will become adults with a highly developed capacity for empathy and connection. It eliminates violence as a means for raising children, and ultimately helps to prevent violence in society as a whole. The essence of Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. Attachment Parenting challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them the way we'd like them to interact with others. Attachment Parenting isn't new. In many ways, it is a return to the instinctual behaviors of our ancestors. In the last sixty years, the behaviors of attachment have been studied extensively by psychology and child development researchers, and more recently, by researchers studying the brain. This body of knowledge offers strong support for areas that are key to the optimal development of children, summarized below in API's Eight Principles of Parenting.

Pop History of  "The Locomotion" 

"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 popular music song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is notable for appearing the American Top 5 three times – each time in a different decade: for Little Eva during 1962 (U.S. #1); for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 (U.S. #1); and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 (U.S. #3).  The song is a popular and enduring example of the dance-song genre: much of the lyrics are devoted to a description of the dance itself, usually done as a type of line dance. However, the song came before the dance.  "The Loco-Motion" is ranked #350 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".  "The Loco-Motion" is also one of only nine songs to reach US #1 by two different artists. The widely-believed story of how the song "The Loco-Motion" came to be is that Carole King was playing music at home and Eva Boyd was doing some chores and started dancing to it; the dance The Loco-Motion was born. However, this is not true. Eva Boyd was introduced to Goffin and King and they realized she had a good singing voice, so they had her record "The Loco-Motion." Carole King stated this during an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) shortly after Little Eva died.