About Catherine

Catherine Bradford
Biography

Looking over my shoulder, it is apparent that my love of people and interest in wellness came to me at quite an early age. I remember my mother telling stories about how she would often find me sitting in the laps of people, staring up intently at them while they talked, even before I could speak myself. She often said, “You were always so willing to listen and always eager to help.” I remember my own early childhood being filled with a deep curiosity about what seem to be states of people being out of balance. If I found myself witnessing any upset, whether physical or emotional, I would quickly spring into action to see what I could do to bring the situation back into balance. It came as no surprise to my family when I declared my intention to attend nursing school upon finishing high school. My career in the field of health began when I worked alongside a well known retinal specialist at a clinic near Stanford. I loved medicine and the intellectual stimulation, however found myself devoting many hours, off duty, visiting patients in their homes, helping to guide, support and heal the emotional trauma that often accompanied their physical issues. I found myself incorporating a hands-on technique during surgical procedures, knowing intuitively that my ‘touch’ was healing in and of itself. This came at a time when little was known about energy healing. My many years helping care for patients came to an end when I moved to France where I remained for many years. While there I married and gave birth to identical twin daughters. Over the next fourteen years, marriage, and raising four children became my focus.

My mid forties brought a new path as a single parent as well and back into working world. I made the decision to train in esthetics at a local highly regarded school, the Euro Institute. Graduating at the top of my class I took the next six months to study privately, combining what I had recently come to learn about health and skincare with what I had previously learned from my years working in ophthalmology. My decision to create a practice in medical aesthetics brought me into the office of a plastic surgeon at Evergreen Hospital. Simultaneously, a deep love of teaching put me into the community health program at the hospital where I began lecturing on a variety of skin related topics. For nearly twelve years I conducted skin cancer screenings, taught classes or lectured, while maintaining a private esthetic practice.

My private practice in esthetics evolved into the creation of Ostara Center for Well Being. For many years this center housed a talented and varied group of holistic practitioners all dedicated to offering the best in alternative health care for our clients. From this rich and diverse experience that my interest and devotion to holistic wellness continued to grow, along with my desire to reach out to a much larger community. I founded and facilitated women’s support groups, professional support groups and worked hard to provide our local community with opportunities that led to increased health and well being. I was approached often by many talk radio hosts wanting to interview me on their programs. I declined, explaining to those around me that, instead, one day I would have my own show. It was a natural next step to enter into broadcasting and after receiving an invitation from Contact Talk Radio to host a show I began to follow a new path that opened the door to creating wellness opportunities on a global level.

And so began my first one-hour a week radio show, Wellness Roadshow: Searching for Whole Being. My passion grew quickly, as did my interest in connecting to the flow of consciousness that was emerging around the world. My goal was simple, “Raise consciousness through conversation.” I found myself at home on the air, and fell into the rhythm of interviewing the most amazing authors and experts in all areas of wellness all over the world.

Many months after hosting the Wellness Roadshow I began a second show, Dot to Dot: Creating Global Community. Dot to Dot offered our listeners yet another way to connect to the energy that is rising up all over our world. And then began yet another show, Everything Animal, which offered me a vehicle to discuss important issues around animals, animal rights and animal abuse. Everything Animal was followed by Eye on Obama, where together with my co-hosts, I reported on current events taking place in politics. Finally, growing interests gave birth to Our View, a two-hour weekly show that covers current top news stories from around the world. It’s been a year now that I changed my shows name to The Catherine Bradford Show, placing previous shows within this context as special segments. Clearly, as I grow as a broadcaster, my interests have also expanded.

To my amazement, six years have already passed and I continue to bring four hours of new material to the airwaves each week. I am thrilled to have this opportunity to offer stimulating, provocative, inspiring, intelligent, heartfelt, honest and cutting edge conversations with men and women from all over the globe who are not only leaders in their fields, but more importantly, individuals who are devoting their own lives to help others take strong and confident steps toward a life rich in wellness, abundant in joy, inspired by heart.

It is my deepest hope that through these shows you will be touched, inspired, stimulated, encouraged, motivated, renewed, and returned to your natural state of balance and perfection.

Blessings and with deep love for all,

Catherine Bradford, Host