Strategies to become healthy, wealthy, and wise (without having to go to bed early).

Hi BBS Radio TV Team,  

O-Books is excited to share advance reader copies of our upcoming release, How Humor Helps - a self-help book showcasing how humor can help us with our happiness, health and wealth.

We would be thrilled if you might consider interviewing the author Dr. Lewis R. Franzini. His unique perspective and insights promise to make for a compelling conversation.

Physical, PDF, and ePub copies are available upon request.

If there’s anything else you need to help consider this request, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

O-Books presents

How Humor Helps

Strategies to become healthy, wealthy, and wise (without having to go to bed early).

by Lewis R. Franzini Ph.D.

Release date: January 06, 2026

Categories: Self-help, Psychology, Humor

Synopsis

The judicious use of humor is often cited as the reason a new relationship began. It is also frequently recognized as the reason it has lasted. People like to be with others who make them laugh and who, in turn, enjoy their own humorous comments. Humor is an effective tool in nearly all settings, from formal interactions in the workplace to casual exchanges with strangers.

How Humor Helps… informs its readers how to determine what is funny and what is not. Complicating the picture is that the appropriate use of humor has recently changed drastically in terms of topics and language. This book emphasizes the positive values of humor in many areas of life and how to deliver it effectively.

Based on the scientific literature, the views of professional comedians, and our awareness of cultural changes, the author’s recommendations are all designed to affect major personal benefits to the reader. Maybe greater longevity, too, as the latest evidence is that strong social connections, facilitated by clever humor, actually can make people happier, self-confident, and even physically healthier. This book stresses the value of using humor in most areas of your life and how to do it successfully to garner the greatest benefits.

Book Link: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/o-books/our-books/how-humor-helps

Louis R. Franzini, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist
Licensed in FL and CA
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
Practitioner, teacher, researcher for 35+ years
Lived and taught abroad in Belgium and Singapore
Books translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Bulgarian

Humor-related Credentials—
Humor researcher for last 20+ years
Published over 75 professional and trade articles, chapters, and two books on humor
Book: “Kids Who Laugh: How to Develop Your Child’s Sense of Humor”
Book: “Just Kidding: Using Humor Effectively”

Speaking Credentials—
35+ years of university teaching at all levels
Award-winning humorous speaker
CTM status in Toastmasters International
Formal presentations to professional conferences nationally and stand-up comedy experience in a variety of U.S. cities
Interview experience on radio (U.S. & Australia), local & national television (U.S. & Canada) plus print media.

Hi there!

I’m Holly May Cormier, author of Memphis, an emotional domestic thriller about love, survival, and reclaiming your power after abuse. I’m also a true crime YouTube creator, where I dive into stories of real-world domestic cases, narcissistic abuse, and the thin line between devotion and danger.

My work bridges fiction and reality — exploring how the same psychological patterns that make true crime so gripping also play out in women’s lives every day. I’d love to join your podcast to talk about:

🖤 The psychology of control and survival in relationships
💜 How fiction and true crime overlap — and what they teach us about human behaviour
🧡 Healing and empowerment after trauma
💔 Why readers are drawn to stories about resilience and redemption
✨ The making of Memphis — and the inspiration behind my focus on women’s strength through darkness

Listeners who enjoy thrillers, emotional women’s fiction, or true crime storytelling would resonate with this discussion. I always aim to leave audiences with both goosebumps and hope — reminding them that survival can be a story worth celebrating.

You can find my work here:
📚 Memphis 
🎥 YouTube 

Thank you for considering me! I’d be honoured to bring a thoughtful, heartfelt perspective to your audience.

Warm regards,
Holly May Cormier
Author & True Crime Creator
📩 hollymaycormier@gmail.com | www.hollymaycormier.com

Holly May Cormier is a Canadian author and lifelong storyteller based in Toronto. A former actress and songwriter, her work blends emotional depth with gripping suspense. Through her writing and online platform, she advocates for survivors of abuse, exploring the power of stories to heal and empower. Visit HollyMayCormier.com for more books, true crime insights, wellness tips, and behind-the-scenes content.

What do you do when you feel lonely, frustrated, confused, angry, happy, feel loved and so on?

If the answer is, "Eat," you are an emotional eater. 

There are three types of eating:

Most programs focus on habitual eating and ignore Emotional Eating

This program provides an awareness method for dealing with habitual eating and then by learning how to acknowledge and take the emotion straight with the power of suggestion, you forget about food and achieve your healthy weight. 

Richard Kuhns, B.S.Ch.E., is a private consultant, author, and innovator in the field of personal transformation. With a background in chemical engineering, Richard brings a unique analytical lens to emotional wellness, blending science with deep insight into human behavior.

During his years in active practice, Richard was a certified hypnotist and biofeedback practitioner, specializing in stress management, cognitive restructuring, and relaxation techniques. His engineering mindset allowed him to approach healing with creativity and precision, helping thousands of individuals overcome stress, build self-esteem, lose weight, and improve their overall health.

Known for his progressive and integrative approach, Richard combined hypnosis with mindset shifts, nutritional strategies, and emotional resilience training. His work consistently went beyond surface-level fixes, guiding people to transform from the inside out.

For over twenty years, he operated the Biofeedback Center of NJ and Hypnosis Consultants, where he developed groundbreaking programs for emotional and physical well-being. Today, he continues to support others through private consulting and by offering more than fifty self-empowering audio programs at www.DStressDoc.com

Richard is also the author of Prosper with the Power of God on Your Side, a provocative and enlightening book that challenges conventional religious beliefs and redefines our understanding of God through the lens of science. Written in 2013—before Stephen Hawking publicly shared his own definition of God—the book explores how physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and probability can illuminate spiritual truths and empower individuals to create health, wealth, and purpose.

With revealing insights into the history of organized religion, the book dares readers to reconsider their spiritual foundations. Many who read it may never walk into a church again—not out of rebellion, but because they discover a deeper, more personal connection to divinity that transcends labels and institutions.

Richard’s mission is clear: to help people break free from outdated paradigms and embrace a life of emotional clarity, spiritual freedom, and personal power. His work continues to inspire those ready to evolve beyond limitation and prosper with the infinite power of God on their side.

Richard Kuhns, hypnotist and stress management specialist has worked with thousands on an individual or group setting to shed weight and achieve their ideal weight. 

He operated the Hypnosis and Biofeedback Center in Red Bank employing psychologists and psycho therapists for nearly 20 years. He is now retired from clinical practice. 

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Richard Kuhns, B.S.Ch.E. is the author of How to Get Your Life Back from Morgellons and Other Skin Parasites and the creator of the King Diet Protocol which is a very strict diet that has helped hundreds reclaim their health from debilitating skin parasites. After developing the King Diet in the mid-1990s to overcome his own battle with skin parasites, Kuhns has become widely recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the condition.

Unlike conventional perspectives that isolate Morgellons as a standalone issue or dismiss it as psychological, Kuhns takes a holistic view. His research and experience suggest that Morgellons acts as a trigger, awakening dormant organisms in the body. Organisms such as nematodes, fungi, mites, Lyme disease, Strongyloides, and others that collectively contribute to the complex symptom profile. Through his free online program and extensive library of educational resources, Kuhns empowers sufferers to take control of their health by addressing the root causes through diet.

With a background in chemical engineering and decades of hands-on experience, Kuhns blends scientific insight with practical guidance. His work continues to inspire a growing community of individuals seeking answers beyond the limitations of conventional medicine.

Richard Kuhns, B.S.Ch.E. is the author of other books!

Everyone talks about empowerment, but few know what it actually looks like when life gets real. My work bridges Austria and Tanzania, the West and the Maasai community - two worlds that challenge everything we think we know about freedom, self-love, and women’s rights. I coach women in the West through emotional healing and clarity, and in Tanzania I run Empower Her, a grassroots project fighting FGM and supporting Maasai girls. I challenge the comfortable narratives, expose the blind spots, and show what true empowerment looks like when culture, humanity, and transformation collide.

Silvia Resnik is a certified Life Purpose & Fulfillment Coach and the founder of Simple Life Journey, a company that offers transformative coaching and authentic travel experiences in Tanzania. She helps women break free from lives that look perfect but feel empty, guiding them back to authenticity, joy, and personal freedom.

With a background in early childhood education, a Master’s in Business Economics, and years of experience in HR and entrepreneurship, Silvia combines deep coaching, intuitive insight, and ancient Maasai wisdom - teachings she discovered during her own journey of transformation in Tanzania.

Through Simple Life Journey, Silvia organizes immersive trips to Maasai bomas, offering travelers the chance to experience connection, simplicity, and community in their purest form. She is also the co-founder of EmpowerHER, a grassroots initiative supporting Maasai women and girls through health education, entrepreneurship, and culturally sensitive efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

I would be a great interviewee because we can talk about my entertainment career, my unique journey to where I am now and my new single "Finish Line".

Mark Buchwald (Aka Policy) - Drummer. Mark is an Award-Winning Drummer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Producer/DJ, Recording Engineer and Educator. An accomplished studio session player with credits that included session work in Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, Chicago and Cleveland. Mark has studied with Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Star), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and Dave Weckl (Chick Corea). Mark is also an accomplished Producer having released two electronic albums under is alias, Policy.

Marc J. Defant is a professor of geology/geochemistry at the University of South Florida. Before he became involved in research related to the misuse or misunderstanding of science by society, he specialized in the study of volcanoes—more specifically, the geochemistry of volcanic rocks, the associated processes within the mantle, and the origin of the continental crust. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, the American Chemical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences, and has published in many internationally renowned scientific journals including Nature. He has written a book entitled Voyage of Discovery: From the Big Bang to the Ice Age and published several articles for general readership magazines such as Skeptic, Free Inquiry, and Popular Science and appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. He has been Editor of Geology and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research. Dr. Defant was also invited by the Chinese Government to be a keynote speaker at a symposium on the continental crust and has given invited talks at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Universitè de Bretagne (Brest, France), University of California at Los Angeles, University of Georgia and Tennessee, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as many others. Defant was one of the first American scientists allowed to work on volcanoes in the isolated and militarily sensitive area of Kamchatka, Russia, when it was still part of the old Soviet system through a cooperative joint grant between the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation. He has presented a Tedx talk on Why We are Alone in the Galaxy. He has also done research on volcanoes in Costa Rica, Greece, Indonesia, the Lesser Antilles, Panama, and the Philippines. Defant has been a consulting geologist on diamonds and gold for de Beers, Placer Dome, Falconbridge, Anglo American, Aurcana Gold, Diamond Fields, along with several others in West Africa and the Soviet Union/Russia.

In 2023, Dr Olapeju Simoyan recorded an album featuring 13 popular Christmas songs, and this book is a collection of essays that tell the inspiring stories behind those songs. 

Behind every Christmas carol lies a story — of faith, hope and the enduring power of music. In her new book, I Played My Best for Him!, physician, author, musician and photographer Dr. Olapeju Simoyan uncovers the remarkable histories behind timeless Christmas classics. It’s a book that reminds us why these melodies still move us, and how the gift of song continues to bring peace and joy to the world.

Just in time for holiday wish lists, I Played My Best for Him! The Inspiring Stories Behind The Little Drummer Boy and Other Christmas Favorites, by physician, photographer, musician and author Dr. Olapeju Simoyan, invites readers to rediscover the music of Christmas through the fascinating true stories behind its most treasured carols.

Perfect for music lovers, singers and anyone who delights in heartwarming holiday tales, I Played My Best for Him! explores the history and inspiration behind classics like O Holy Night, Joy to the World and Silent Night. Each chapter delves into the lives of the lyricists and composers, revealing the moments of faith, hope and perseverance that gave birth to these timeless melodies.

From enduring hymns to modern favorites like Feliz Navidad, Simoyan traces how carols have transcended time and culture — uniting generations through shared expressions of joy, peace and love. With engaging historical detail and an inclusive perspective, I Played My Best for Him! captures the universal spirit of giving and connection that defines the season.

The book’s title pays tribute to The Little Drummer Boy, whose humble gift of music became a timeless symbol of devotion. Readers are reminded that the greatest gifts often cost nothing at all — and that music remains one of humanity’s purest offerings. A companion devotional, Heartfelt Offerings, expands on the themes of I Played My Best for Him! with 25 days of reflections, questions and creative activities inspired by beloved carols. Wishing everyone peace, joy and love, now and always! 

Dr Olapeju Simoyan (aka The Doctor Writer and The Doctor Singer) is an addiction medicine physician, professor and longtime advocate for the intersection of art and science. She helped establish medical humanities programs at Geisinger commonwealth School of Medicine and Reading Hospital, and has served as editor of several literary journals.

She combines her writing and photography in The Amazing World of Butterflies and Giraffes are Amazing. Her other books include the devotional Living Foolproof! Wisdom for Daily Living and the academic memoir Girls Become Doctors and Much More. Along with Dr. William Santoro, she co-authored Navigating the Methadone Maze: A Guide for Patients and Professionals.

our audience will enjoy my perspective because I speak as a young author who created a book that highlights the voices of women in many fields. My work Bows and Ties grew from a desire to understand how women build confidence, find purpose, and shape their paths. I gathered nineteen interviews with founders, creators, leaders, and innovators who shared their stories with honesty and generosity. These stories show that ambition can begin at any age, and that inspiration often arrives when we see real people who faced real challenges and still continued to grow. I believe this message is powerful for listeners of all ages because it shows that achievement is not limited by background or youth. It begins when someone decides to take the first step.

I speak not only as the author but also as a student leader who knows what it feels like to have an idea that seems too big. Many young people think that they have to wait until adulthood to make an impact. My goal is to help them understand that they can start now. I created this book at sixteen, while balancing school, leadership roles, and community work. I learned that meaningful projects are built one choice at a time, and that storytelling is one of the strongest tools for empowerment. When listeners hear the voices of these women, they feel encouraged to imagine themselves in new ways. They see that success is not linear. It is shaped by creativity, mentorship, resilience, and the confidence to try even when the outcome is uncertain.

What makes my perspective unique is the contrast between my age and the depth of the stories I gathered. I approached each interview with curiosity about what motivates women and what lessons they would want younger generations to carry forward. Many of them shared insights about identity, leadership, community, and the importance of trusting your own voice. These themes resonate with listeners because they speak to universal experiences. People of all ages understand what it means to doubt themselves or to question their place in the world. My interviews show that doubt and progress often exist together, and that confidence is something we build through action.

I also hope to be interviewed about the creative process behind Bows and Ties. Listeners will enjoy hearing how the book came from a simple idea and grew into something larger than I expected. I can share how I selected interview subjects, crafted questions, and shaped the book into a cohesive narrative. I can also talk about the challenges of writing and editing as a young author, from learning how to manage deadlines to finding the courage to ask accomplished women to share their stories. These behind the scenes details help listeners understand that big projects are approachable when broken into steps.

Another topic I hope to discuss is how young people can use storytelling to build community. I speak about how stories create connection, spark empathy, and inspire new opportunities. I also love to share the impact the book has had so far. I have brought Bows and Ties to schools, libraries, and events where students have told me that the book made them feel seen. That is the greatest outcome I could hope for.

I would also welcome questions about leadership, motivation, and what it means to pursue goals with purpose. Many listeners enjoy hearing how teenagers think about ambition and responsibility. My message is simple. Your ideas matter. Your voice matters. Your dreams are allowed to take up space.

Kavya Thakrar is a teen author and student leader whose work focuses on creativity, empowerment, and the voices of women across many career paths. She is the creator of Bows and Ties, a collection of nineteen interviews with founders, creators, executives, and innovators who share their stories of resilience and ambition. Kavya wrote the book to show young people that meaningful ideas can begin early and that confidence grows when we learn from the experiences of others.

Along with her writing, Kavya is an active student leader involved in business, media, community projects, and youth advocacy. She speaks to schools, after school programs, and community groups about the value of storytelling, leadership, and believing in your potential at any age. Her goal is to inspire young people to take ownership of their ideas and to see themselves as capable of creating change now, not later.