Your ‘get up and go’ fix! Join Sharkie and her guests to get fired up with inspiration on empowerment, fitness, yoga and anti-aging. Sharkie is a part time Professor at El Camino College in the areas of health, fitness and yoga. A former All American and National Team volleyball player Sharkie was honored as being one of the top 25 …

Episode Description: In the second half, Marina Shakour Haber will be talking about her book, “Dream A Better Dream”. She is urging Americans to transform the negativity of our society and come together to bring the American Dream back to life. [su_button url=”https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/109451/vicki-salloum-and-marina-shakour-haber/57734″ target=”blank” style=”flat” size=”9″]Listen Here[/su_button]

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/299510127″ width=”880″ height=”720″ autoplay=”yes”] Earnings by the top 1% of Americans nearly tripled, while middle-class wages have been basically frozen for four decades, adjusting for inflation. Nearly 1 in 5 children in the US are now at risk of going hungry. Today, just over 40% of all American workers make less than $15 an hour—the equivalent of $30,000 annually. …

Kathryn also interviews Iranian immigrant Marina Shakour Haber, author of “Dream a Better Dream: Change Your Mind to Save the World”. Today the American Dream is falling out of reach – especially for minorities. Our once-optimistic and hopeful society has become toxic and negative with increasing levels of divisiveness, racism, bigotry, misogyny and isolationism. Haber’s inspirational memoir is a unique …

There was a breaking news flash the other day about yet another school shooting, this time at the Central Michigan University. As it came across my screen, I continued with my daily activities, as if this were a normal occurrence. Sadly, it has become a commonplace event in America. We only differentiate our responses based on the numbers – the …