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I'm Hosting a New Show on Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network has a new show: Families Matter with hosts VS Grenier and Kecia Burcham. The Families Matter show will air live once a month on the 3rd Wednesday at 6pm EST.

The idea of this new show on Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network is to have guests (adults or kids) share information to help empower children and their families. The first show on June 15, 2011 will be about bullying and how children and their families can deal with this ever growing problem.

Host Kecia Burcham works as a middle school counselor and holds a masters degree in education/school counseling as well as being a certified trainer in the "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" curriculum. She is also a certified NLP life coach, business coach, master weight loss coach and social/emotional intelligence coach. Kecia is a published poet, author and songwriter. She has worked in the field of education/psychology for 20 years and has one grown daughter.

Host VS Grenier is a mom of three beautiful children ranging in age from Teenager to a toddler. She writes in the children's genre and has been doing so for over 6 years. Grenier is also the Founder and Owner of Stories for Children Publishing, LLC, which puts out Stories for Children Magazine and SFC Newsletter for Writers; along with running a successful blog SFC: Families Matter, the World of Ink Virtual Tours and other writing services. Along with raising her children, writing, and running SFC, she is also the Chief Editor at Halo Publishing and does freelance work as an editor. She has two books published and over 30 short stories, articles, and crafts.

You can tune in to Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network at http://blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork to find out more. (Note: if you can’t make the show, you can listen on demand at the same link.)

Learn more about Stories for Children Publishing, LLC at: http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com

Learn more about Families Matter at: http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.com 

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