With over 50 million copies of his books in print, John Gray, PhD, is one of the bestselling authors of all time, and one of today's most trusted voices in relationship advice. In his new book, Venus on Fire Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance - the Key to Life, Love, and Energy, Gray reveals the connections between hormone levels and happiness and advises men and women to harness the connections between stress, blood sugar, body fat, and behavior to create lifelong passion and better health. Gray, whose Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus series reinvented the ways in which men and women differ in their chemical makeups, demonstrates here that the differences between the sexes, and how they relate to one another, can be explained - and managed - by our hormones.
Gray will be interviewed on stage by journalist Jane Ganahl, author of the middle-age memoir, "Naked on the Page." During their conversation, Gray will tackle some of the following questions:
Ø How do hormones have an impact on my relationship? Ø What is oxytocin and how can it help reduce stress for women? Ø How does testosterone help men reduce their stress levels? Ø What is man-o-pause? Ø Why do women score lower than men on tests that measure happiness? Ø What is cortisol and how can it be a benefit/detriment to my relationship? Ø How does the cycle of action and rest helps men cope with stress? Ø How does the cycle of giving and receiving support help women cope with stress? Ø What are superfoods and how can they help in replenishing hormones? Ø How is balancing blood sugar connected to balancing hormones?
John Gray, Ph.D is the author of 16 books, including the relationship classic, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and an internationally recognized expert in the fields of communication and relationships. His unique focus is assisting men and women in understanding, respecting and appreciating their differences. For more than 30 years, he has conducted public and private seminars for thousands of participants. He is a popular speaker on the national and international lecture circuit and often appears on television and radio programs to discuss his work. He has made guest appearances on such shows as Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The CBS Morning Show, Live with Regis, The Early Show, The View, Politically Incorrect, Larry King Live, The Roseanne Show, CNN and Company, and many others. He has been profiled in USA Today, Newsweek, Time Magazine, TV Guide, People, Forbes, and numerous other major publications across the United States. His nationally syndicated column reaches 30 million readers in many newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, New York Daily News, New York Newsday, The Denver Post, and the San Antonio Express-News. Internationally, the columns appear in publications in England, Canada, Mexico, Korea, and in Latin American and the South Pacific. He lives with his wife and family in Marin County.
Jane Ganahl has been a journalist, author, editor and arts organizer in San Francisco for more than 25 years. She is the co-founder and co-director of Litquake – the west coast’s largest independent literary festival, the author of “Naked on the Page: the Misadventures of My Unmarried Midlife,” and editor of the anthology, “Single Woman of a Certain Age: 28 Women Writers on the Unmarried Midlife.” She has contributed essays to five other anthologies. Ganahl has also been a journalist for almost three decades, most of that time with San Francisco newspapers, covering everything from City Hall to pop culture. During her final five years at the Chronicle she penned the “Single Minded” Sunday column about the unmarried life. Jane has chaired panels at the Commonwealth Club, Book Expo America, Book Group Expo, and various other conferences. She has appeared on numerous TV programs, including “The Today Show,” and innumerable radio shows, from Sirius network to NPR. Her work can now be found on Huffington Post and Match.com; she has also contributed to Harper’s Bazaar, Ladies’ Home Journal, Harp, Parenting, Book, Salon.com, Vanity Fair.com and Rolling Stone.com.
