Advice Goddess Radio -- Tonight, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: Dr. Sian Beilock, How Not To Choke Under Pressure
Amy Alkon's Advice Goddess Radio: "Nerd Your Way To A Better Life!" with the best brains in science.

This show is a "Best Of" replay -- an extremely helpful one. On it, University of Chicago psychologist and researcher Dr. Sian Beilock explains why we choke under pressure and how we can avoid doing it.

Her book is Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To.

Join us tonight to find out how you can exhibit the sort of grace under pressure that makes for winning performances -- in life, business, sports, public speaking, and the arts.

Listen live at this link at 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/06/17/dr-sian-beilock-how-not-to-choke-under-pressure

And don't miss last week's show with cognitive psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman laying out why intelligence tests currently used are far too limiting in determining a student's true potential.

Kaufman is a rigorous researcher whose work I know and respect, but his new book, UNGIFTED: Intelligence Redefined, offers much more than science. It offers inspiration in Kaufman's own story as a "late listener" (due to a spate of ear infections) who was put into learning disabled classes. And then, in 9th grade, through sheer determination, pushed his way into a gifted kids' class -- ultimately going on to Yale, getting a Ph.D., then going on to become a young professor at NYU.

On this show, we'll discuss the limitations of current testing and a host of other things that matter in whether a child succeeds and how Kaufman thinks we would better assess talent, creativity, and "the many paths to greatness."

Listen or download the podcast at this link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/06/10/dr-sb-kaufman-your-child-can-be-more-than-his-test-scores-1

Join me and my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.

A NOTE: Sorry about the replay for this week. I had a fascinating guest booked (who's been very understanding about my rebooking him for another week). It's been a really tough week and I'll explain why next week -- just didn't have it in me to do it just yet. It's not my health or Gregg's, in case anybody is wondering.