Last week, as you all know, was Valentine’s Day Week. Yes, it seems Valentine’s Day is not just a one day thing, it goes on all week with preparation, gift buying, and the media hyping the whole thing. This is where I come in. As “The Romance Whisperer,” I was given many opportunities to talk about what I love talking about most– love. I tried to get people to use Valentine’s Day as a barometer to measure where your love life is and where you would like it to be. If you dreaded buying your mate a card because there wasn’t one that said, “This relationship sucks, so take this holiday and shove it,” then it’s time to think about how to make your relationship better or how to end it in a kind and just manner. If you currently went solo on Valentine’s Day, then reevaluate if you would like to spend another Valentine’s Day without a significant other. If you are happy with your singlehood — then by all means celebrate. If you’re not, then take steps toward Soul Mate love by doing your inner healing, by manifesting love in all you do and say, and to pray and ask God to, “Grant me a higher love.”
I really enjoyed my morning radio show the other day with Tyler Irving (KDPS 88.1, Des Moines, IA). He is such a bright, young man. I know he will go far in his career — he’s shooting for television, and I hope he gets his own show some day. He called to say, thank you and that I made him sound like a really good interviewer. I venture to say, we were a very good team. He did his homework, checked out my web site, and asked some really good questions.
For the evening commute home, I joined Dave Wilson (WIBC), who was once a stand-up comedian, and now does a radio show in Indianapolis. We talked about embracing your single self on Valentine’s Day. He is a remarkable radio personality and made me feel relaxed during the interview. The idea that the greatest invitation to love is to be loving first came out during the interview, and I think if you’re single, this is some really good advice.
I also enjoyed talking to some listeners in Albany, NY (104.9, The Edge). John Mulroony is a radio personality who is funny and right on target with his observations of the human condition. From this interview, I realized how important discussing the State of the Union — Marriage in America — really is. John is an American comedian, humorist, TV host, actor, teacher, and spiritualist. I was happy to see someone besides me with a long list of “things we do” following his name. He has invited me back to be on the air on Thursday at 8:00am to do some live relationship Tarot readings. Oh boy, here comes the circus act, the parlor game, gee, I hope I know what I’m getting myself into.
I liked doing a radio show for the ski bums in Frisco, Colorado with Tom Fricke on KYSL. He was a funny guy, and doing shows around the country really teaches me a lot. For one thing he said about men and women finding love in ski country that the women say, “The odds are good that you’ll find a man, and the goods you’ll find are likely to be odd.” And the men say something like, “And the women are like finding a parking space. The only one’s left are handicapped.” Boy, that place needs more than a ten minute pep talk from me, if anyone is going to find true love there.
I found Jack Ebling the host of “Ebling and You,” coming out of Lansing, Michigan (WICS), to really be a man who believes in the concept of more compelling talk radio. He asked many probing questions about love and relationships and seemed happy with my observation that many women “fall in love with the plan and not with the man.”
Claudine Struck hosts a radio show on Voice America that I really enjoyed doing. She is the author of the book, How to Stay Sane When Life Isn’t. We dicussed my favorite topic love and romance.
My message went out as far as Canada this week, when I was on “The Biggshow,” hosted by John Bigg (Talk 820). He is a fun, entertaining, and incredible radio personality as well. He manages to bring out the best in his guests, and it was a pleasure to be on his show.
Today when you drive home from work and listen to talk radio, I want you to really acknowledge the hard job these people have. They keep us company. They make us laugh. They keep us informed. And they, know, no matter what the show must go on.