KCAA: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa (Thu, 28 Aug, 2025)

KCAA: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa on Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
David, jump off that exhausting amster wheel and into balance.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Living with Doctor.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Marissa from Miss Joy mis.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Doctor Marissa, also known as the Asian Oprah. Her mission
to be a beneficial presence on the planet, Her purpose
to be your personal advocate, to live, lap love, learn
her life motto, don't die wondering, Take back your life
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Speaker 4 (00:36):
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So there's no gossip, no scandal, no kwords, no p ditty,

(01:19):
no T words. Instead, I want to balance out all
the bad news out there. No headlines here, So if
you're looking for that, you've got plenty places to go,
because if it bleeds, it leads, and I am not
into having you start your day saying what is wrong
with people? Instead, for the last six hundred and seventy

(01:40):
eight consecutive weeks, celebrating thirteen years. Today, this is a
show about hope and happiness, and today I'm so delighted
to celebrate literally my thirteenth year. I purposely scheduled two
past beautiful, wonderful guests who are with me in studio

(02:01):
today live on my YouTube TV channel Free subscribe give
me the finger, not that one, but this one.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
You will know her.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Lucy Desiree Arnez is an American actress and singer with
over fifty years in show business.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
She's the daughter of actors.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, and her career began on
The Lucy Show with her mother, where she started as
a recurring role and later became a series regular at
age fifteen. She went on to star in her own
CBS series, The Lucy Arnetz Show and Sons and Daughters.
She still performs and just finished a show at the

(02:41):
Museum of Musical Instruments in Phoenix, Arizona. And by the way,
I forgot to tell you I played the piano there.
They have a beautiful grand piano there as well, and
back to the studio.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Every year I.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
Support, you know, I wish I could support all nonprofits
and all the work that they do, but because I
have eight jobs and time is a non renewable energy,
I do select a handful, and Doors of Change is
a five to one c the organization that I've been
supporting for years now, very very staunchly, because they're actually

(03:19):
making a difference. And I don't talk about problems on
this show like homelessness unless there's a solution, and certainly
Doors of Change does so much for this particular temporarily
dark place of homelessness. For the first time in over
twenty two years, they have placed six hundred and eighty

(03:40):
eight youth per year in safe housing. In the last
couple of years, shattering records from previous years. They've reached
another milestone of helping place for over twenty eight hundred
youth in safe housing since two thousand and one. Please
welcome to my studio. Back to my studio, Jeffrey Sitcoff

(04:01):
and Lucy Arnett.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Thank you. That's a lovely introduction. Thank yours absolutely absolutely.

Speaker 4 (04:14):
I'm just so delighted we're going to have breakfast first,
y'all know, for the last couple of years to anchor
the fact that we're not going to start with bad
news or fake news. Top of the butt is what
am I grateful for outside of myself, and bottom of
the bun is what am I grateful for inside of

(04:34):
myself otherwise known as appreciation.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
And we start every show.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
With my guests or co hosts or myself the same way.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
So I'll start off.

Speaker 4 (04:44):
I am grateful for six hundred and seventy eight consecutive
weeks of doing this, which most eighty eight percent of
the time it's fabulous and fun and easy, and twelve
percent of the time I really do I I want
to do this again every morning. But I am so
grateful to continue to come at.

Speaker 3 (05:05):
You and be so supported.

Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thank you so much to all my listeners and watchers
for continuing to support and want some good news. So
that's what I'm grateful for this morning.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Let's go to Lucy. What are you grateful for outside myself?
You know, I'm grateful that I've been married to the
same incredible guy for almost forty five years. We celebrate
our forty fifth anniversary in June. June twenty second, we're
going to go down to Las Cruss in Mexico where
we have a little house. And I wake up every morning,

(05:41):
you know, just kind of like, I feel like the
same thing you just did. Twelve percent of the time,
I think I can't do this any The rest of
the time, I am so grateful to have this partner,
this guy who cheers me on no matter what. The
delia is always, always, always there. I ended up with

(06:02):
the best husband ever, and I when I start to
count my blessings, he always comes first, and then my children,
you know, when it goes down from there to every
little coctamamy thing. But I would guess at the top
of the list, I would have to say how lucky
I am to have paired up with somebody so positive
and smart and creative. I just love Larry Luckinbille very much.

(06:22):
And outside of myself, I mean, is that outside of myself?
I guess that's out inside of myself. I think I'm
I'm most grateful that I haven't given up with the
amount of crazy that's going on. There's a lot of
crazy going on, and I wake up sometimes and I
just did. I just dream that. Then I go back. Okay,

(06:46):
I'm a battery charger, you know, that's what I do
for a living. I go out and I entertain people
so we could recharge our batteries and come back the
next day and help Jeffrey and and help the immigrants
and help you know, social security not get taken away
and all it takes. And I'm just grateful that I
could still wake up every day and have it.

Speaker 4 (07:05):
I still have my energy, absolutely, absolutely, that's great.

Speaker 2 (07:11):
And Jeffrey, I'm grateful for my wonderful wife or my
wonderful family, and for amazing staff and doors have change
because these people are so passionate, so loving and so great.
That's why we've been able to help twenty nine hundred
kids get housing over the last twenty four years. It
would never happen without our amazing staff. So I'm grateful

(07:32):
for both of those. Inside, I guess I'm grateful that
I've done everything I can to help, you know, help
these youths over the last twenty four years. I don't
have any guilt that I couldn't have done more, and
I'm so appreciative that I have the time to do it.

Speaker 4 (07:48):
Fantastic. Absolutely, I'm gonna do one more. I'm grateful for
hot showers, something that not everybody gets to enjoy. And
let's do a quick little one like that. Jeffrey, what
are you grateful for?

Speaker 2 (08:07):
I'm grateful that I'm able to travel every year to
take a little time off so that it don't burn out,
so I can recharge and help more people. And I'm
grateful that I had the opportunity to do that.

Speaker 4 (08:16):
Fantastic. Where was the last place you went?

Speaker 2 (08:19):
Went to? New Zealand?

Speaker 4 (08:21):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (08:21):
I was there too last year?

Speaker 2 (08:24):
Did you go to that country? The South Island.

Speaker 4 (08:28):
Queenston though?

Speaker 3 (08:30):
Where you go?

Speaker 4 (08:31):
Wasn't that beautiful?

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yes, it's gorgeous. I love it there. My wife loved
it there, and we're going to go there every year
for the next couple of years to get away and
relax and enjoy and be a wonderful environment.

Speaker 4 (08:43):
Fantastic and Lucy. One last gratitude, Just.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
One last that's the hardest part, just going out. Just
one last gratitude. I'm grateful that I got all my
chicks all near me, all my kids, all my grandchildren
live within twenty minutes of my house. Right now, that's
a miracle, and I'm so grateful because I don't expect

(09:08):
it to last forever. You know, kids move and jobs
change and things. But right now they're all here playing
together like they lived across the country from each other.
And now, for some bizarre reason, we're all here in
Palm Springs and all three grandchildren play together like playing together.
You know, they have cousins. I didn't really have that
growing up. I didn't get a lot of that. They're

(09:29):
so lucky. So as a family, we're just really blessed.

Speaker 4 (09:32):
Right now, that's fantastic. I am going to specifically ask
you to do one more thing for the bottom of
the bine. And the reason why appreciation of self is
so important is we're told don't toot your own horn.
You're not all that seven out of ten of us

(09:53):
have We're told as kids, you're not good enough, you're
not worthy. And so it's super important for me in
the morning to talk about what we like about ourselves. Actually,
we're going to model this for you before you go
to bed.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
So before you go to bed.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
I want you to remember this exercise that we're going
to do. What is one thing that you like about yourself,
so that you're not looking for likes in all the
wrong places like social media. Literally, So do you know
one thing that you know is you know you're pretty
good at and you like about yourself, and no matter
what people say about you, you just go, Okay, you're

(10:34):
entitled to your own opinion. But I do really appreciate
myself for these things. Okay, that way you're going to
get a good night's sleep instead of thinking about what
I didn't get done, who done me wrong? So this
is a good life exercise, and I'll start with that.
I appreciate my ability to continue to be you know,

(10:55):
put my life jacket on with a silver lining, and
that because of that. In New Zealand, I accidentally and
accidentally not accidentally met someone walking who's when I introduced myself.
She said, I know you from New Zealand. Okay, And

(11:16):
I thought maybe because of my interview with Halle Berry
or John Travolta, which people in Bondai Beach in Australia did,
or Sydney, but she said, my coach, she's the number
one life coach in New Zealand, tells people to tune
in to you and listen to your content. So that
is I so appreciate that. I'm like, if you build it,

(11:40):
they will come. And I don't care about numbers. I
do care that I'm consistent with this message.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
And for that, I.

Speaker 4 (11:50):
Appreciate myself and I'm going to give myself some love
or that.

Speaker 3 (12:02):
How's that?

Speaker 5 (12:03):
I love that?

Speaker 3 (12:04):
I love that. Thank you, Lucy. I got two things.
One is something that we were taught as kids. My
father always used to say, and I wake up every
day and I approach everything that happens in my day
there must be a way. So call that optimism, call
it the glasses have full, call it just guts and

(12:24):
puts bah. I don't know, but he would always say, well,
he wouldn't get discouraged, and he wouldn't blame other people
things didn't go right. And he taught us to look
at things and go, okay, okay, okay, that looks bad,
but that looks like it's a no. But there must
be a way. There must be a way to turn
that into a yes. And right on the heels of that,
because I think that he approached things like that too

(12:45):
with humor. I have, Thank god, I still have humor.
I don't know what I would do without a sense
of humor, and even when I am the most depressed
about something these days, there's a plethora of things to
choose from. I sometimes don't want to see it funny.
It's like, don't be funny, like you know, serious funny.

(13:06):
Don't make fun of this. I can't help myself. You
have to. And it's just great because in a way,
you go, you know what, when all is said and done,
none of that matters, right, Really, it's already happening inside
and you can and I sounds a little woo woo,
but you know, you're you're familiar with unity and all
that stuff. So I truly believe that everything is already

(13:29):
given and you just have to be willing to accept
what you say you want. And so I spend a
lot of time just saying, okay, okay, all right, I'm willing.
Am I really okay? Maybe I'm not. Maybe I figure
out why I'm not. That's why I'm not getting it.
But you can look at life through that lens every

(13:49):
single day and just get through every little moment a
little happy, you know, a little more positive and more
optimistic and stuff. That's that's the other.

Speaker 4 (13:59):
Thing, very well said, very well said. Thank you, Wait wait, wait, no, yes, yes, yes.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
I love it.

Speaker 4 (14:15):
Absolutely absolutely, and and I apologize I was slow on
the on the uptake on that. And somebody, Jeffrey, your
Internet is making Lucy frozen with her laugh.

Speaker 3 (14:31):
Open, which is good. Which is good.

Speaker 4 (14:34):
Jeffrey, What are you grateful for about yourself? What are
you appreciating about yourself?

Speaker 2 (14:42):
I'm grateful that I've always, always really been positive, always
make lemonade at a lemons. I've done that my whole life,
and I'm grateful for that.

Speaker 4 (14:52):
Awesome, and thank you so much for joining us for breakfast.
This is a good life it and a hashtag discipline
that I'm hoping you will continue for the next twenty
eight consecutive days, with or without me on the air
on camera. If you do this, it's a it's science.

Speaker 6 (15:13):
Now.

Speaker 4 (15:13):
If you continue this for twenty eight consecutive days, it
will become a good life habit and it will wrap
and sandwich your day in the most positive way. Thanks
for joining us for breakfast.

Speaker 3 (15:30):
And now for the topic of the day.

Speaker 4 (15:34):
I won this set Dave and Busters. It says everything
is awesome. The topic of the day is Doors of Change.
It is one of the best organizations I know, in
the area of getting youth off of the streets. And

(15:57):
we do have the founder, president Jeffree sit Cough here
with us today and then his fabulous spokesperson and she,
you know, she, like me, I'm sure, gets bombarded with
people asking for support and help and a name to
back up what they're doing. But she has specifically chosen,

(16:20):
like I have as well, this particular organization. And I
was going to start with that, Lucy, why is this
the organization that you want to put your name and
your efforts and your time behind.

Speaker 3 (16:35):
Well, that's a good question. It's instinctual. I mean you
meet the people and you have a feeling that this
is their life's work, that they would do anything for
the cause. And I believe that about Jeffrey and his people.
And he was introduced to me by a mutual friend
who I trust, So that's part of it. You know,

(16:57):
if somebody else says no, you can trust these people
and they would really benefit from your help. I was like, okay,
because we all want to try to help the things
we see going you know, o rye in the world,
and especially homeless youth. If that doesn't affect you, everybody,
then you're dead. Already, you know, And it affects me

(17:18):
a lot. And because I have children and grandchildren, I
can think, you know, what would I do? And a
couple of my kids have actually lived on the street
from time to time because the choices that they they
decided to make and I had to let them go
through it, and you can only help so much, and
then they come out of it and they go, Okay,
I don't want to do that again. And maybe that's
sometimes that helps, but a lot of kids can't get

(17:39):
that far. They can't go I don't want to do
that again. They're stuck there and they don't have anybody
to help them out. And Jeffrey has taken that on
as his cause, and I just think it's a valiant
and if I can be of any assistant because I
have some tiny little voice in the universe, then then
that's a piece of cake for me. He's doing all
the heavy lifting, you know. I just want to show

(18:00):
up and tell people about it because it's a big problem.
And I believe unfortunately every time we have these conversations Jeffrey,
you know, we say it's getting worse, but now I'm
afraid it's really going to get worse because we are
not going to be funded possibly and local. They're not
going to get the kind of funding that they've been
getting in the past to help the problem. And so

(18:23):
the more of the brunt of the problem is going
to land on people like Jeffrey Sitkoff and Doors of Change,
and so we all have to start speaking up, you know.
And there's and the good thing is, I think people
were lazy for a while about a.

Speaker 2 (18:37):
Lot of stuff.

Speaker 3 (18:37):
We're just involved in ourselves and our social media and
how big is our TV, And I think things are
changing now we're realizing that that isn't going to help
the world get better. We have to pay attention. We
have to gather together and help the little guy, help
the people who can't help themselves right now. And so

(18:57):
that's maybe that's happening, and maybe maybe it took the
crazy to wake us up to that thing. And so
that's why I'm involved in it. I think it's a
good cause and I trust Jeffrey Saidkov to use the
money wisely that he raises.

Speaker 4 (19:13):
Absolutely, And I'm just going to play a little clip
looking for the link there.

Speaker 3 (19:19):
It is for us.

Speaker 4 (19:20):
Also, you can see the impact of this particular fabulous organization.

Speaker 7 (19:42):
The thing that made me leave home when I was
twelve that was so bad was my new stepfather. He
started to abuse me physically, emotionally mentally. Would call me names,
drag me by my hair, hit me, kick me. He
was basically torturing me.

Speaker 8 (19:58):
It's quite difficult. You were possible to trust people, really
because they were always looking out for themselves.

Speaker 3 (20:05):
I had to do the same lookout for myself.

Speaker 9 (20:08):
The longest time period I didn't eat for it was
probably like three days. I was chain smoking. Cigarettes were worn.
I figured the heat from the smoke, you know, would
keep me warm for the night.

Speaker 7 (20:19):
I slept in a lot of crazy places. I would
sleep like on park benches and parks.

Speaker 3 (20:25):
I slept on the beach a lot.

Speaker 7 (20:27):
I eventually had a tent. Where was One night I
slept in the dumpster on top of a piece of cardboard.
Thankfully it wasn't trash day.

Speaker 9 (20:35):
I was able to sleep in front of anybody no
matter what. It was like, Hey they kill me, they
killed me, you know. If they try to rob me,
they robbed me. It's like, that's just what it was.

Speaker 3 (20:44):
I would perform in the streets. You get some money,
I would just do tricks on a soccer ball.

Speaker 10 (20:51):
The toughest thing about being homeless is the loss of
hope and trying to hold onto that.

Speaker 11 (21:01):
I first heard of Doors of Change through outreach, but
Jeff was walking around doing outreach.

Speaker 2 (21:07):
We're going on an outreach which we've done now for
eighteen years, twice a week, trying to find homeless kids
between the age primarily of sixteen to twenty five. When
we find them, we ask them if they'd like to
come to a music and arts program. They get free
music lessons, free art, free dinners, free food, free clothes,
case management, whatever they would like. We've seen now over

(21:27):
seventy three hundred visits now in six years.

Speaker 8 (21:32):
The staff of Doors of Change are kind. They're always
in a great mood. They're always asking to help anyway.
It's really nice. It feels like a family.

Speaker 10 (21:47):
Doors have changed to help me because I was homeless
at seventeen because my biological dad got involved and he
punched me in the face repeatedly. And now I'm about
to graduate from college computer engineering homeless degree. Pretty clear line.

Speaker 11 (22:12):
It's really important that people that are able to donate
to Doors of Change can provide the financial support that
We need to continue to provide opportunities for these kids,
whether it be music, instruments, referrals, life skills, you know,
anything that they need help with.

Speaker 7 (22:30):
They need a lot of support. And even if it's
just five dollars, I mean really anything can help these kids.
And the bigger the donation, the more children are going
to end up with opportunities like me that they.

Speaker 3 (22:42):
Can make themselves.

Speaker 7 (22:43):
And make an impact in this world. And that's why
it's so important that we have donors.

Speaker 3 (22:48):
They really make the whole organization run. It's great, great,
beautiful film you put together. That's really nice. It says
it all.

Speaker 4 (23:08):
Yes it does, am I muted? Oh I'm good.

Speaker 3 (23:12):
Wait hold on.

Speaker 12 (23:14):
Nah, you're going to get a double dose today.

Speaker 4 (23:24):
That was for Doors of Change, and certainly the work
that Jeffrey started and founded back in two thousand and eleven.

Speaker 3 (23:32):
Is that the.

Speaker 2 (23:33):
Two wow, twenty four years.

Speaker 3 (23:38):
Four years wow.

Speaker 4 (23:40):
So I'm a baby at thirteen, twenty four years ago,
and Jeffrey, did you know when you grew up that
you would be the founder and president of an organization
that takes homeless youth off the streets?

Speaker 2 (23:56):
No way, I'm a physical therapist back perfect I practiced
for eighteen years. I had a successful practice with seventeen employees,
and I had a spinal cord injury twenty five years
ago and that led me to this. If I wouldn't
have got injured, this would never happen. So it really
was a blessing to disguise. I know that I was
chosen to do this, and that's why I take it

(24:17):
very seriously. But you know, it's only I'm the quarterback.
We have a tremendous amount of angels that you know,
support us, and Lucy is one of them. You know,
without the team, we would never be where we are.
Our case managers, our program directors are just amazing people
that the youth trust them very quickly. And trust is everything,

(24:39):
doctor Marissa, because these youth don't trust anybody, and why
would they, right, I mean, they've been taking advantage of
by every adult that they know. But our case managers
and our program director and our staff, they are so
passionate about helping them that the kids very quickly get
that they are safe to be around. And that's why

(25:00):
we've gotten the successes that we've gotten, because you know,
unless you trust you, they're not going to go for
mental health referrals. They're not going to go to get housing.
But because they trust you know, uh, Turquoise Angel Joan,
our wonderful staff. That's why they got off the street.
And that's why they have a successful life. They have
to work hard, but we have the angels that will

(25:22):
help them lift up a little. Get me a hand out, not.

Speaker 4 (25:25):
A handout, absolutely, And I do love your staff. Shout
out to the staff who you know they They are
so kind to me every year. They just love and
I know that they follow me on social doc Balance,
on Instagram, doctor Marus everywhere else and they are truly
they care. And I think that I want to put

(25:47):
the moose on the table for a second. And that's
my Canadian version where I was born, version of talking
about the elephant in the room.

Speaker 3 (25:56):
So the moose is going.

Speaker 4 (25:58):
To say, uh, the average response that I see and
hear when someone mentions homelessness is eyeballs rolling or they
just need to get a job. So and then these days,

(26:21):
as Lucy was alluding to, it's even worse because we
have you know, I have a rule we don't talk
politics and religion on the show. However, I will just
allude to the fact that the leadership has given rise
to a permission.

Speaker 3 (26:42):
To continue that.

Speaker 4 (26:45):
Untrue BS belief system, that the reason why people are
on the streets just because they're lazy and don't want
to get a job. So let's just deal with that
head on in your experience and both Lucy you were
talking about personally as well. Jeffrey, you've been doing this

(27:06):
for twenty four years.

Speaker 3 (27:09):
What is the breakdown?

Speaker 4 (27:13):
Okay, it's not all you know one reason or the other,
but give us you're the expert when you seek youth
on the street.

Speaker 3 (27:23):
Yes, we just heard.

Speaker 4 (27:25):
From four Okay, what is the profile? Why are kids
seventeen to twenty four or the age group? Why are
they on the streets?

Speaker 2 (27:37):
That is such a great question, doctor Marissa. And this
is the biggest misconception I've seen in twenty four years.
Ninety eight to ninety nine percent of the youth that
are on the streets are there because they have to be,
they don't want to be. Forty percent of the four
point two million youth that are homeless in America today
between seventeen to twenty four are there because they're LGBTQ

(28:00):
plus kids they tell their parents that they're gay and
within an hour, they've thrown out of the house. They
don't give them food, clothing, money, nothing. They're out's that's
forty percent of the four point two millions. The other
sixty percent come from very dysfunctional families. Their parents are
drug addicts, they're alcoholics, they're mentally ill. They're not safe
to be in the house. They literally it's safer for

(28:21):
the youth to be outside than in their house, which
is terrible, but that's the way it is. And once
they're around the streets, they don't know who to trust.

Speaker 3 (28:28):
Yeah, And you know it's funny because you say, why
don't they just get a job? I know people say
they go, well, first of all, a lot of them
are like fourteen, fifteen or sixteen, And do you ever
try to get a job when you didn't have an address?
You know, like it's I have adult children, went to college.
They can't get the right job. I mean, do you
think you're just just some homeless persons? Just why don't

(28:49):
they just get a job? That's not that easy? And
then what so then they have some money, they're still
on the street, just have a little job. They can
barely buy bread with that. They're not gonna be able
to get an apartment. They're not gonna be able to
guarantee now, they're not gonna. I mean, I you know,
have purchased places and rented places for many, many years

(29:10):
in my dotage here. I know what that's like. These
these people, that's just ridiculous to say that. And they
there's a reason you're supposed to stay home with your
family for a while until you get launched. You know.
That's why you go to school, that's why you get
jobs while you're living at home. And if it gets
all thrown out a whack because the family's nuts or

(29:32):
their religious crazy you know, beliefs make them kick out
their own children because they say they love somebody, Like
are you kidding me? I don't think I could kick
out my children if they told me they killed somebody.
I mean, I still have to say, oh my god,
what what what happened? You know, and I'd still be
their parents. So it's absolutely disgusting to me to realize

(29:57):
that so many of these human being are being treated
worse than the stray animals in the street. You know,
we treat some of them better than we treat some
of the people, because, like you said, we just look
at them and think, oh God, they're so dirty. Why
don't they just get out of my way, stop entering
my parking lot, get away from the market. You know,

(30:19):
it's like you see the faces on the patrons that
passed by, and they have no sympathy for the most part.
And like Jeffrey taught me a long time ago, carry
some water in your car and an apple or something.
I don't know if they take apples anymore, Jeffrey. They're
always afraid somebody's gonna poison them. But you know, closed
bottle of water is a nice thing to hand somebody

(30:40):
who's homeless, especially if you live in the desert like
I do.

Speaker 4 (30:44):
Yeah, absolutely, go ahead, Jeffrey.

Speaker 2 (30:47):
The transitional age kids we're talking about seventeen to twenty four,
called transitional age youth. They're the most underserved in the
entire population because exactly what you're talking about. They feel,
oh they're adults, they can you know, get buy an
their own. They have never been taught the skills by
their parents to succeed, and so they have no idea
how to do it. But the good thing is that

(31:07):
the highest age group of breaking the cycle of homelessness
of any age group is the transitional age kids. So
if you give the hand up the highest rate of
breaking this cycle, they will break the cycle more than
any other age group. So when you give a donation,
when you say I want to volunteer, this is the
age group that you're going to get the biggest bang

(31:28):
for your buck because they will succeed if you give
me a hand up and they trust you. They want
to get off the streets, they will follow what you
recommend because they will trust you eventually, and thank God,
they trust us very quickly. That's why in the last
three years alone that Lucy's been helping us eight hundred
and five youth we've been housed because of help that Lucy,

(31:49):
our team, our case managers, our program director. Together we've
helped over eight hundred kids get off the streets in
just three years alone.

Speaker 4 (32:03):
I was on time for that one. Thank you so much,
and I will be giving you the same award I
give you all the time, Doctor Maris's Beneficial Presence on
the Planet Award for both the spokesperson Lucy and for
Doors Have Change, the quarterback, the team captain, and then

(32:24):
all of the teams and staff at Doors of Change.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Doctor Morris's
Beneficial Presence on the Planet award.

Speaker 3 (32:39):
That's good.

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Thank you very much, the station that leaves a listener
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and great people. Especially today, as you could see in
the extended break, I am celebrating thirteen fourkeing years.

Speaker 3 (37:22):
Doing this show.

Speaker 4 (37:24):
And as you saw, there's so many wonderful, fabulous people
who have been guests, including who I have here in
studio today. I do have Jeffrey Sitkoff, the President and
founder of Doors of Change, making such a substantial difference
in taking homeless youth off of the streets. And then

(37:47):
beautiful spokesperson who has been on before as well, Lucy Arnez.
She is the daughter of Lucy Oball and Desi Arnez
and an incredible entertainer in her own right and still entertaining.
She's like the energizer Bunny. And I'd like to welcome

(38:07):
them back to the show.

Speaker 3 (38:14):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 4 (38:16):
Absolutely, and you saw the other spokesperson. I've had half
of the cast of Happy Days, or actually two thirds,
I think everybody except the Fawns and Ron who's you know,
difficult to get on a show anywhere. But I'm so

(38:37):
so grateful that Marion Ross has come twice. And you
know she is a ninety six now I believe she
and I had jim meskimon on and bring her on,
and I just wanted to give She's probably one of
my favorite guests and she's just so lovely. If you
missed that interview and her wish for all of you,

(39:00):
please do free subscribe YouTube channel, give me the finger
this thing called the thumbs up, and enjoy that interview
because I did all of this for y'all. The YouTube
channel is free. It's a free subscribe. You do not
need to pay, and you do need to support this
organization called Doors of Change. You saw the people who

(39:22):
have been impacted, just a handful. Justine's my favorite. She
will always be my favorite because she goes from homeless,
being abused by a step father, no choice, not lazy.
As a proof in the pudding for that, she graduated
first with a degree and law school. I mean, talk

(39:43):
about a shift from homeless to law school. And also
makes beautiful jewelry. So I look forward to.

Speaker 2 (39:52):
And by the way, she's our first former homeless youth
that's in our board. Now she's a board member of
Doors and channel.

Speaker 4 (39:59):
That is full circle, full circle absolutely. So Anson is
also a spokesperson and I just have to mention I
don't know how Jeffrey does this, but he he has
so many people, very name well known, who who understand

(40:21):
and want to support. So just to name drop a few, Elton,
John Billy, Joel, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana,
Tony Bennett.

Speaker 3 (40:30):
Three Dog Night which I got to Jeremia.

Speaker 4 (40:35):
Got to dance to them, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Robin Williams.
And by the way, in the silent auction or not
so silent the auction, you can get things that have
been signed.

Speaker 3 (40:47):
By all of these names.

Speaker 4 (40:50):
And then the mom's Lucy Arnez top spot for the
mom that supports this organization, Mary Ross, who I just
spoke about, Jane ks Meerk, I don't know if I
say thank you, and television performer Jane now Him in
the Middle, Jane Karen Grassole Little House on the Prairie.

(41:13):
I'm actually having Nellie Alison ar Graham on to celebrate
as well next week for the show June Lockhart Lassie
Lost in Space, Eileen Graf, Dee Wallace, my beautiful friend
who was just on as well. Uh, she's the mom
on e T. Michael learned from the Waltons and from Dahmer.

(41:38):
That was so scary, and we did have a beautiful
keynote one year that I was there, Miss Universe and
attorney Nikki Johnson Huts Houston. So if you haven't already
planned to come, I want to direct you to their

(42:00):
website that I'm going to share right now that uh,
it's a party every year.

Speaker 3 (42:06):
I think Lucy's going to be there. I'm going to
be there.

Speaker 4 (42:09):
Lucy's friend who is all of our friends, who absolutely
supports this and gets the names here, Harlan.

Speaker 3 (42:20):
Harlon Ball Hal Jeffrey. Harlan has been a saint and
he's and he keeps on keeping on. He's talk about
an energy drizer, Bunny. I don't think it's I don't
hope he doesn't mind if I say this, But Harlan
lost everything in the fires in la He lost his
house and everything in all of his beautiful Hollywood memorabilia
that he had, and it's been rough and he's still

(42:43):
out there booking Jeffrey on shows to take care of
doors have changed.

Speaker 4 (42:47):
So yes, I got a text right before I went live, uh,
the third day of the fires from Harlan.

Speaker 3 (43:01):
Yeah, my house is gone.

Speaker 4 (43:03):
I'm like what So my heart is just fully and
we support you and we love you.

Speaker 3 (43:11):
Harlan.

Speaker 4 (43:11):
I'm going to give you Doctor Maris's Beneficial Presence on
the Planet Award two.

Speaker 3 (43:21):
Yeah. Those are the things that they make you question,
don't they sometimes, because you think those are the people
who are always sort of doing stuff for nothing and
pro bono this and pro bono that, and like the
good good, good people. And then that's the person whose
house gets destroyed. You know, there is you don't know
why anything is happening though, you know, right, everything happens

(43:45):
as part of a plan, and we don't know what
it is until much later sometimes, so we just got
to go with it and go, I don't know why
this is going on, but okay, what of the curriculum
I signed up for? We'll see.

Speaker 4 (43:57):
Yeah, absolutely, I have one word for that. I go
oaky doky, which is the.

Speaker 3 (44:05):
Short form for I can't wait to see what good
comes out of this. But it really does happen. It's
just inevitably. If you wait a little longer than you
you know, it's not going to be a parent the
next day. Sometimes. But if you wait, you said, almost
every single time you go, well, you know, if that

(44:28):
hadn't happened, you know, the next thing that fell into line,
or somebody that you met, or a choice you made
or a road you went down, you wouldn't have done
it because you wouldn't have had to. And it's only
stuff anyway, right, thank god, Okay, I'm just glad you say, yeah,
just stuff. We can accumulate more stuff.

Speaker 4 (44:50):
Absolutely absolutely, I pulled up here the central information hub
where you can get every thing that has to do
with Doors of Change, including this information. September sixth, twenty
twenty five, this is the concert of Home Hope and

(45:12):
we're having a Rolling Stones tribute been this year Jumping
Jack Flash with an opening act by Whitney Shay. We
have so much fun every single year. There's food, there's fun,
there's dancing. There's great ways to donate and get something

(45:34):
for your donation that is one of a kind, fabulous.
We've got instruments that are signed, We've got records that
are signed, so Jeffery can tell you more about that.
But you can get your tickets online there. I had
them here today on purpose because today the tickets go

(45:58):
on sale. So please go to Doors of Change dot
org and join the angel team. There's so much information here,
great videos, there's my Justine and yeah, so please do
bookmark this particular.

Speaker 3 (46:15):
Page for me.

Speaker 4 (46:17):
That's your call to action after today's show and celebrating
my thirteen years. This is what I would like you
to do is go and donate here.

Speaker 2 (46:27):
Thank you nicely done. Doors have Change dot org And
if someone is out of state or you know, somewhere
out of the country and you want to donate, go
to Doors of Change dot org. Any donation we appreciate.
We have to continue to have increased staff because thank god,
we're busy to help more kids get off the streets.
But we have an Angel Team that I want to

(46:47):
just talk about for a second. We actually trademark the
name Angel Team by the California Angel They gave us
permission because it has to do with homelessness. And so
for eighteen dollars a month or more, you can mee
an Angel Team member comes out of you know, out
of your auto pay. And if we get one thousand
people donating eighteen dollars a month, that gives us enough

(47:08):
money to be able to sustain ourselves for another twenty years.
We can continue to help kids get off the streets.
So we need the community the world to help us
so we can get more kids off the streets. Go
to Doors and Change out or join our Angel Team
and you'll get some benefits from it as far as
you know, signed memorabilia and stuff like that, But most
importantly you're getting kids off the streets. There are generations,

(47:30):
they're the future generation. If we don't help them, they're
going to be stuck like the thirty, forty fifty sixty
year olds that we see on the streets all across
the United States today. But we appreciate your help, doctor Mritza,
to get the word out.

Speaker 4 (47:42):
Absolutely absolutely all right, we are in the last part
of the runway for this particular day. I would like
to invite either of you to share anything that I
forgot to ask you about.

Speaker 3 (48:03):
I don't know what that would be to ask us about.

Speaker 4 (48:10):
Well, you know, just for I have a lot of
people who love you and certainly love the family that
you came from.

Speaker 3 (48:18):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (48:18):
And you you are, how do we find you? Lucy
to to uh, you know, go.

Speaker 3 (48:24):
And website Lucy r net l U c I E
A R n A Z dot com. And there's a
calendar Lucy's calendar and will tell me where I tell
you where I'm going to be. It'll tell me where
I'm going to be. Tell me where I'm going to
be and uh, yeah, basically, And I'm I've cut back
a little bit on some of the concerts towards the

(48:45):
getting into the next year here, I'm doing a little
bit more writing and producing and so, but I do
I still go out and I do my concerts. I
just did the two in Phoenix, and I've got to
at the end of August here at the Purple Room
in Palm Springs and the Plaza the New Plaza Theater
in February here. And yeah, I'm not promoting it all

(49:08):
over the place like crazy, because the places I play
they do okay, they do some good promotion for themselves.
So I'm not gonna worry about that. I'm just right now,
I'm just trying to solve world problems. I'm just trying
to be a good citizen and show up like just
to solve what's going on and to make peace in
the planet again. We start with kids on the street.

(49:33):
That's all part of the problem.

Speaker 4 (49:34):
Yes, And you can join her and I in September
with this fabulous concert that is coming up.

Speaker 2 (49:44):
Jeffrey, I just I guess I just want to say
that please think about making a difference, because these youth
don't want to be homeless. They're not trying to be homeless.
They want to have a life. You can give them
a hand up, you can give them an eye opportunity
to be able to work hard, to be able to
get their dreams come true. With a little help from

(50:06):
our community and from you. So any donation of any
amount we'd be appreciated because it makes a difference and
you are saving lives. And when you see these kids
graduate law school, you know, graduate college with two degrees
and now making one hundred thousand dollars on their own
because they made it themselves with a hand up from
our community. Doors have changed dot Org. I'm just so

(50:27):
appreciative of Lucy of Antson Williams, of you, doctor Marissa,
of allowing us to get the word out of educating
people about the homeless youth community and about you know,
four point two million kids that are in this country
that don't want to be on the streets. We can
help them get a hand up so they can break
the cycle and be productive citizens. I want to say

(50:47):
one thing. We are very blessed to just get a
commitment from the San Diego Foundation, which is the largest
foundation in San Diego. They've chosen San Diego's Urban Lea
and Doors of Change to partner going to high schools
and colleges and offer scholarships for trade schools and for
colleges for free for these youth. So if they're almost

(51:09):
we'll give them a scholarship and they will actually get
trained in several different trades that they can be self sufficient.
That's a game changer. We have a four year commitment
from the Santago Foundation. We're very blessed that we just
got this. That's a huge game changer and you can
help us help even more kids have a better life.

Speaker 3 (51:33):
That's great, great news.

Speaker 4 (51:36):
Yes, and I'm glad you got the hint because I
knew that there was something you wanted to share for
the first time, and that is definitely great news. So
you've got several call to actions today. One is I
also follow what Lucy talked about is when I remember

(51:56):
I have great memory, my recall sucks water in my car.

Speaker 3 (52:03):
So when I do.

Speaker 4 (52:03):
See homeless youth or adults, the same thing applies to adults.

Speaker 3 (52:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (52:09):
So you know, anytime you hear someone say they just
need to get a job instead of walking away, I
would like you to just stop and say, actually, I heard.

Speaker 3 (52:23):
On Doctor Mersa's show.

Speaker 4 (52:25):
That that is not the truth. The truth is people
are on the streets not because they want to be,
because they have to be. And since we're not getting
support from the top anymore, it looks like it's going
that way, then it's giving us all an opportunity to

(52:45):
take some ownership because you know, we are all connected
and we can put the kind back into humankind.

Speaker 3 (52:53):
So I would like you to begin to.

Speaker 4 (52:56):
Not just walk away from people like that and roll
your eyeball that people are so ignorant. Instead actually begin
to help educate because that's how we're going to make
a difference. And that doesn't even cost money. But for
eighteen dollars a month, I think you said I'm an angel, right,
there's a quick way into angel status so that we

(53:22):
can all be of benefit. And of course we'll see
you September for the party that's going to go on
to the one fundraiser of the year. Last year I
got to interview.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
Again, Thank you.

Speaker 4 (53:40):
Casey and the Sunshine Band, three Dog Night, you name it.
Jeffrey's got the names and the support, but we want.

Speaker 3 (53:49):
You to help all of us.

Speaker 4 (53:53):
Lucy Arnes, do you have a wish for this year
or for Doors of Chain setting intentions? You know you
and I both know the power of that. I will
I will see Doors of Change continue to be a
beneficial presence on the planet, continue to draw to them

(54:14):
the support and the wisdom to work with the youth
who really want to make a difference on the planet themselves.

Speaker 3 (54:24):
Yeah, I just wish continued health for Jeffrey sitkof who
leading wonderful charge, and just an enormous amount of gratitude
goes out toward people like Jeffrey, like you too, Versa,
and like you too, lifting us at times when the balloon.

(54:45):
You know, we got to keep keep that hope up there,
and it's not always easy, and I appreciate, I so
appreciate people to do well.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
And my wish is that Doors of Change can continue
for another twenty four years helping kids have a better life.
And with the community's help, we can do.

Speaker 4 (55:05):
That, indeed, absolutely, and so it is I am so
happy that you all joined me this morning, and that
not just celebrating my thirteen years, six hundred.

Speaker 3 (55:17):
And seventy eight consecutive weeks.

Speaker 4 (55:20):
Three hundred and thirty one thousand views on my YouTube
TV channel and countless thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of
thousand reach.

Speaker 3 (55:29):
Now, I could not have done it without y'all. And
I really really.

Speaker 4 (55:34):
Know that everyone is one of a kind, wonderful, everyone
has unique talents, gifts, and abilities. Everyone is able to
support nonprofits like the Doors of Change. Thanks Jeffrey Sikoff,
Lucy Arnez. If you would join me, remember this sign.
It's all about balance. Peace in peace, out in world

(55:58):
peace through inner piece, Ratu and have the best day ever.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
Regulations.

Speaker 3 (56:09):
Thank you so much, Happy anniversary. Thank you.

Speaker 4 (56:13):
We'll see you tomorrow.

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