Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., is one of the most influential relationship experts of our time. For the past 25 years, she has reached millions of people with her positive messages about love, happiness and the search for meaning in our lives. In 1994, she wrote and produced the award-winning TV infomercial, "Making Love Work." Barbara also has written regularly for numerous magazines, hosted her own television and radio shows, and has appeared weekly on CNN. She's been on Oprah, Donahue, Leeza and Geraldo. Barbara is a popular television personality, and the author of fourteen best-selling books, including How To Make Love All The Time and the #1 New York Times blockbusters, Are You The One For Me? and Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know were on the NY Times bestseller list for months. " Ask Barbara, Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup For The Couple's Soul.

Barbara returns to Power Surge -- Read a transcript of Barbara's first visit -- to discuss her newest book -- How Did I Get Here? Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns. All of us find ourselves at one time or another, facing the unexpected and thinking, "How did I get here?" Whether because of disappointments in love, crises in health, family or finances, professional dissatisfaction, or events beyond our control. In her new book, Dr. De Angelis illustrates how life's challenges bring people to emotional and spiritual crossroads. People feel a longing to somehow make sense of everything, to take control of their lives however possible, to find peace and inspriation wherever it resides. Often, however, disappointment and disbelief keep many individuals "stuck" in places that are supposed to be temorary -- trapped in the past or stagnating in the present. "Lingering too long in this gap," Barbara De Angelis explains, "may lead to a turning off of the erotic self, a feeling of nagging discontent, and a loss of a sense of purpose in life."