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Career and business strategist Jenny Blake is author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One. We talk about her methodical approach to mapping career transitions—even during a pandemic—and gather tips about working from home. For more, visit pivotmethod.com, where she also hosts the Pivot Method podcast.

The Salvation Army, one of the nation’s largest disaster relief organizations, is serving tens of thousands of New Jerseyans in need during COVID-19. Divisional Commander Major James Betts talks about about how the NJ Salvation Army has adapted and where needs stand now. For more, visit salvationarmyusa.org and newjersey.salvationarmy.org

For a conversation on stroke signs, prevention and recovery, we speak with Dr. Mooyeon Oh-Park, SVP and Chief Medical Officer at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, in White Plains. She also discusses how Burke has adapted to the challenges of Covid-19. For more, visit burke.org.

Scott Millstein, Executive Director of Coro New York Leadership Center, New York’s premier leadership training organization, discusses how Coro’s members and alumni are adapting to the challenges of leadership during a pandemic—and how that might be useful for leaders in business. For more, visit coronewyork.org

Stephanie Bousley, author of BUY THE AVOCADO TOAST: Crush Student Debt, Make More Money, and Live Your Best Life, reveals the best side gigs, career changes and how living abroad may be the best ways to attack student debt.

Laurie Hauptman, a Partner at Hauptman & Hauptman, PC based in Livingston, NJ, discusses Long Term Care Planning, and the growing trend of more people needing it at younger ages. For more, visit hauptmanlaw.com

STAYING IN THE GAME, The Playbook For Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment, by former ESPN anchor and legal analyst Adrienne Lawrence, is an essential guide to managing workplace sexual harassment.

A conversation about the financial realities of the coronavirus pandemic, with a focus on medical debt and insurance with Personal Finance, & Financial Behavior Expert Stacey Tisdale, Certified Financial Educator & Coach Sharita Humphrey, and Lauren Jackson, an Accredited Financial Counselor with Self Financial, a financial technology company with a mission to help people build credit and savings. For more, visit self.inc

Tuesday, May 12th, is the deadline for postmarked ballots for the Newark School Board Election, a mail-in election only, and a particularly significant event because it’s the first time in 25 years Newarkers will elect fully empowered board members. Our guest is Ron Chaluisan, Executive Director of Newark Trust for Education. For a "campaign central, with full details on candidates and their platforms, visit newarktrust.org.

Time management expert Laura Vanderkam’s new book is JULIET’S SCHOOL OF POSSIBILITIES: A Little Story about the Power of Priorities. A tale about work-life balance and remaining present in the moment, even in the face of outside pressure.

Beth Finkel, the State Director of AARP New York, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the elderly in the city, why communities of color are particularly hard hit, and the questions families should asking of nursing homes. For more, visit AARP.org

INGREDIENTS: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us, by MIT-trained chemist George Zaidan, takes readers through the scientific process, exploring exactly what science can (and can’t) tell us about the packaged ingredients we eat, drink, inhale, and smear on ourselves every day.

As we’ve been told to shelter at home to protect ourselves from COVID-19, for many, home may not be a place of safety. Lawyer Karolina Denhard discusses the plight of and options for victims of domestic violence forced to shelter in place with their abusers. Karolina Denhard is a family law partner at the firm of of Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper PC in New Jersey and New York, and is the founder of Divorce Dynasty, a group of doctors, accountants and other professionals who help women in the divorce process. Karlinadenhardesq.com

MASTERING DIABETES. The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes, by guest Robby Barbaro, MPH, and his co-author Dr. Cyrus Khambatta, takes a different approach, with a method that has helped more than 3,000 people transform their diabetes health.

Our guest is Nicole Jennings, representing WHEDco, the community organization based in the South Bronx, to discuss their pilot program for marijuana education for young people, and how they’re working to address the impact of Coronavirus with their members. For more, visit Whedco.org

HOW TO BE A CONSCIOUS EATER: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet, by Sophie Egan, offers an easy-to-remember, comprehensive framework for making practical decisions about food.

For 2020, the annual WALK MS fundraisers on behalf of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are going virtual! President of the Greater NYC/Long Island Chapter Dana Miele, and Philip Terra, living with MS and member of the Staten Island Planning Committee, explain why their fundraisers remain crucial, even in the midst of COVID-19. For more, visit WALKMS.org.

HOW TO BE AN ARTIST is an inspiring guide to leading a more creative life, by Jerry Saltz, the senior art critic at New York magazine and winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism.

In response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, Why Hunger has activated their Rapid Response Fund to provide immediate relief to those most impacted. Sr. Dir. of Programs Alison Cohen discusses short and long term needs for food banks, small-scale producers and food chain workers. For more, visit whyhunger.org, or if someone you know is need of help, visit whyhunger.org/findfood.

JIM McKELVEY, Co-founder of Square and serial entrepreneur, is author of THE INNOVATION STACK: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time. He tells the story of his company’s against-the-odds survival of a direct attack by Amazon, and gives his thoughts on what businesses need now to survive after the Covid-19 pandemic.