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On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold visits with Dr. Joe Harrington, Superintendent of HEB ISD and Jenny Eyer of the American Heart Association. World Heart Day is coming up and they discuss strategies for inevitable cardiac emergencies. But first Chris talks with Judy Schmidt, the City of Dallas Sr. Public Affairs Officer about their Storm Water Management Initiative.

On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold talks with David Woody, the President and CEO of the Bridge Homeless Recovery Center of Dallas. They provide shelter services or a strategy for escaping homelessness. But first he talks to the wife of the late Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas Beckie Thomas. She discusses his legacy and their foundation providing scholarships to young gymnasts, as well as thoughts on the recent Paris Olympics.

This week on Better Living, Chris Arnold visits with Toska Medlock Lee about the "Together We Ball" presented by Project Unity. This event features Dallas police and Dallas youth pastors along with other civic leaders playing basketball for a community cause at SMU. But first, Chris talks to Wendy Reiner of Friends of Dallas Animal Services about their upcoming Clear the Shelter event on September 7th.

On this week's edition of Better Living, Chris Arnold visits with Lee Nixon, co-founder of Adreana's Angels Foundation...a non-profit providing financial assistance, resources and emotional support to children battling cancer, and to their families. With their big charity softball game coming up, she shares details as well as memories of Adreana's journey. But first, Chris talks to JaCoi James Pugh, the president of Black Women's Wall Street, a women-centric organization providing startup business training, financial literacy and education to help them impact and benefit their communities.

This week on Better Living Chris Arnold visits with Texas Dept of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller about the Farm Fresh Initiative teaching kids where our food comes from. It's a part of the Farm to School movement. Chris also talks with Suicide Prevention Advocate Fonda Bryant about the rising number of suicides by police officers across our nation and what we all can do.

This week on Better Living, Chris Arnold visits with the Dean of Success Coaching at Dallas College, Robert Reyes, about their Super Saturday fall registration event for students on all campuses. But first he chats with Sharla Kershen and Bart Lesniewicz of New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy. They use the horse and human connection to help children and adults with disabilities, and recently have added a program that specifically targets veterans with PTSD.

This week on Better Living Chris Arnold visits with Darla Shirley, the executive director of Youth World, a great organization inspiring hope and relieving economic burdens for children in need in southern Dallas. But first he talks with Dr. Simon Mak the longtime Professor of Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox School of Business about a surprising career development that will change his life and his amazing legacy at SMU. Dr Mak tells our listeners about artificial intelligence and what the present and future looks like with AI in our community.