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This week's show highlights:

Single moms doing it all
Parenting teens

Aria Craig is an Empowerment & Leadership Strategist: Award-Winning Author, Certified Coach/Consultant, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and MBA. Her core objective is to mentor, motivate and empower parents (particularly single, divorced or part of blended-family households) in developing strong leadership strategies that can transform the three most important aspects of their lives:

- Parenting (through support)

- Relationships (through guidance)

- Careers/Professional Development (through coaching)

In addition, she is the Award-Winning Author of The Single Mother Diaries^TM, Volume 1: Tips and Wisdom on Being a Fabulous and Successful Single Mother and currently completing Volume 2: Tips and Wisdom on Being Career Savvy (available this Spring). In addition, she has developed several workshops for teen mentoring and also leadership development for parents aspiring to move into the next level of their careers. She is working on her next big venture for mothers entitled The M.I.L.E. Movement (Moms Influencing Leadership & Empowerment). She has been featured on several blogs and magazines with a mission of service to other parents who have a desire to transform their goals into results. Please visit her website, www.AriaCraig.com, for more information.

Russ Irving is the author of TEENS! IMPROVE YOUR LIFE - DON'T OVERLOOK THE OBVIOUS. He has spent years in human services working with diverse populations, which allowed him a unique perspective when dealing with family and relationship issues. He has been a counselor for substance abusers, including 1-1 sessions, and groups, Health and sexuality advisor for adolescent girls, and manager of a group home serving as a pilot program for emotionally troubled and developmentally challenged adolescent males.