Mental Illness and Family Dynamics & Selfless Acts of Love
December 10, 2014
Hosted by Kathryn Zox
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Episode Description
Kathryn interviews behavior research scientist Rachel Pruchno PhD on her memoir “Surrounded by Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets”. Mental illness is the most prevalent of all diseases suffered in the United States. According to NIH estimates, approximately 78 million Americans - about one in four - battle a diagnosable mental illness each year. In her fiercely candid memoir, Dr. Pruchno shows how mental illness threatened to destroy her own family, not once but twice.
Kathryn also interviews bestselling author Jennifer S. Holland on her book “Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and Heart from the Animal Kingdom”. Holland’s devotion to all species sent her on a journey to discover everything she could about the animal world. During her research she found a common thread: animal heroes act not for recognition or fame, but for kindness, loyalty and love. Holland has written for National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, NPR, and The Washington Post.
The Kathryn Zox Show
Wednesday at 7 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel
Kathryn Zox is your Social Worker with a Microphone™. She’s informative and fun and opens up the mic with conversations that women need to hear. The Kathryn Zox Show is savvy and relationship oriented. Kathryn has counseled hundreds of women and their families who have suffered from eating disorders, addiction problems, marital, family and geriatric issues as well as persons coping with mental and physical disabilities. She combines her feminine perspective, social work skills and acting talents to produce a show that’s smart, upbeat, informative, sometimes irreverent, but never boring! Tune in Wednesdays at 7 AM/PT, 10 AM/ET to The Kathryn Zox Show be a part of Kathryn’s lively interviews on wealth, health, kids, divorce, travel, menopause, recipes, diets, and relationships. Serious and not so serious topics include hair loss, weight gain, face lifts, obsession, and rejection and even male contraception. That’s the Kathryn Zox Show, right here on VoiceAmerica Variety.
Kathryn Zox
Kathryn Zox is your social worker with a microphone™. She has been producing and hosting The Kathryn Zox Show Lunchtime Talk in Albany, NY for over five years and is excited about bringing her show from the capital of NY State to the Nation's Capital. She has also recently been a co-host and featured life expert on Doug Stephan's syndicated Good Day Show. Kathryn's interviewed thousands of guests including lifestyle experts, celebrities, authors, lawyers, psychiatrists, physicians and dieticians. At Albany Medical College she has trained doctors and medical students to communicate effectively with their patients. She's an actor who can be seen on the Sopranos and Law and Order and even admits to modeling for AARP! She has Masters' Degrees in Social Work and Counseling Psychology and is a graduate of the New School of Radio and Television. Much background for her show comes from traveling the world and raising three boys now in their twenties - a rock star, an actor and a film maker. There's also one ex-husband, one boyfriend, two brothers and an aging mom!
