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UNWINDING ANXIETY: New Science Shows How To Break The Cycles of Worry & Fear to Heal Your Mind, by neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer, suggests new ways to to cope with stress and find our focus. For more, visit drjud.com.

As families look ahead, choosing schools for the fall, there may be more questions worth asking for parents of special needs children. Julie Mower of the Phoenix Center in Nutley, NJ, explores considerations for parents when choosing the best school for their special needs child. For more, visit ThePhoenixCenter.org

CPA Ed Slott’s new book is THE NEW RETIREMENT SAVINGS TIME BOMB: How to Take Financial Control, Avoid Unnecessary Taxes and Combat the Latest Threats to Your Retirement Savings. A book showing readers in all stages of retirement planning how to keep more of their money for themselves. For more, visit irahelp.com

March is National Social Work Month. Kate Mohan, Hospice Social Worker at Calvary Hospital, talks about her role helping people through end of life care, and about the experience of hospice care during COVID-19. For more, visit the National Association of Social Workers at socialworkers.org and to learn more about Calvary Care, visit calvaryhospital.org

The New York Blood Center has issued an emergency call for donors, as the region’s blood supply is dangerously low. Type O and type B blood are especially needed. Senior Executive Director of Donor Recruitment Andrea Cefarelli explains the donation process and COVID-19 safety measures. The New York Blood Center has 19 donor centers across New York and New Jersey that operate up to 7 days a week, with morning and evening hours. Schedule an appointment at NYBC.org or call 800-933-2566.

Korean American Story is a NY based group, supporting and promoting storytelling in all forms to build pride and cultural awareness among the community. Board Member and Emmy-winning news anchor and reporter, Vivian Lee, talks about the new feature film produced by Korean American Story, “Happy Cleaners”, and recent anti-Asian bias. For more, visit KoreanAmericanStory.org.

Easterseals, New Jersey’s Largest Disability Services Non-Profit, has launched a statewide campaign to help knock down the physical and systemic barriers that keep people with disabilities from reaching their goals. Dr. Amanda Stylianou, VP of Mental Health Services for Easterseals New Jersey has details. For more, visit eastersealsnj.org

During the pandemic, the nonprofit Josephine Herrick Project provided free photography classes to longtime women residents of Queensbridge Houses, in Long Island City. The project and its impact is illustrated in the film, "The Way I See Now," presented by online by Queens Theatre. JHP Executive Director Miriam Leuchter talks about the film’s photographers, expansion of the project, and what makes a good photo. For more, visit jhproject.org and to see the film, visit queentheater.org.

The Noel Pointer Foundation, a non-profit, string music education program has been teaching young musicians across New York City for over 25 years. CEO Chinita Pointer talks about the challenges of remote teaching and getting kids into classical music. NPF is currently enrolling both in-person and virtual summer music programs. For more, visit noelpointer.org.

THINK AGAIN: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, by organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant, examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people’s minds.

Queens Public Library is one of the nation's largest public library systems with 66 locations in the most diverse urban area in the world. President and CEO Dennis Walcott discusses QPL’s most in-demand services and during the pandemic, initiatives for Black History month and the Library’s 125th anniversary in 2021. For more, visit QueensLibrary.org

THE DATA DETECTIVE: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics, by economist, broadcaster and award-winning columnist Tim Harford, is a guide to help us clarify the political, economic and advertising data we see every day from an objective point of view.

The Lemon Tree Food Helpline helps New Yorkers find food pantries, soup kitchens and apply for Snap Benefits seven days a week. Community Manager Kasumi Quinlan talks about how the non-profit completely changed its mission in 2020 to become a resource for struggling New Yorkers. For more, visit foodhelpline.org, or you can text FOOD to 90847 to talk to a real person.

Bestselling author and life coach, John Kim, discusses his new book, SINGLE. ON PURPOSE., guiding readers from being alone and lonely, to alone and fulfilled. John Kim created the Catalyst Life Coaching Course, and blogs at theangrytherapist.com

TADA! Youth Theater is a unique NYC non-profit organization, producing award-winning original musicals by and for young kids and teens. Executive and Producing Artistic Director and Founder, Nina Trevens, talks about working with their family of students remotely and new initiatives for BIPOC students. For more, visit tadatheater.com

To begin Black History Month, we speak with poet Rio Cortez, author of THE ABCs of BLACK HISTORY, a book that uses the alphabet a frame to introduce American Black History. Rio Cortez is a writer and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet who has received fellowships from Poet’s House and other foundations. Her work has appeared in the The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Mother and elsewhere.

Ellen Baer, President of the Hudson Square BID, talks about the massive challenges of the pandemic and how they’ve pivoted in an effort to create new opportunities for small businesses and customers in their particular Manhattan neighborhood. For more, visit hudsonsquarebid.org

Personal Finance Expert Erin Lowry returns with her new book, BROKE MILLENNIAL TALKS MONEY: Scripts, Stories, and Advice to Navigate Awkward Financial Conversations. Her first book BROKE MILLENNIAL TAKES ON INVESTING: A Beginner's Guide to Leveling Up Your Money, was named by MarketWatch as one of the best money books of 2017.

This past summer and fall amidst widespread cancellations, Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, itself facing a shuttered theater, formed bubble residencies for performing artists in the Hudson Valley. General Manager Duke Dang talks about the experiment, captured as a 4-part docuseries, Isolation to Creation, premiering this Wednesday, January 27th at 8pm on WNET’s All Arts TV channel, and for free on the ALL ARTS app, allarts.org. For more, visit worksandprocess.org.

In TROUBLED: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs, Journalist Kenneth Rosen follows four graduates on their journeys through “tough love” programs, and exposes the facts about this unchecked industry. For more, visit kennethrrosen.com.