Dr. Sheila Adams, a psychologist who lives in Redmond’s Ames Lake area, has launched a radio show “to help people reach their goals,” she said. “I offer insight regarding their problems and the goal is to help them define and create their own destiny.”

The show runs from 4-5 p.m. Mondays on Tacoma-based radio station KLAY 1180 AM. (Reception is limited in Redmond but readers can stream the show online at www.KLAY1180.com.)

Adams, who is divorced, moved here from Los Altos Hills, Calif. in 2007 to be near her son and his family, who reside in Sammamish.

Now licensed in Washington state, she provides counseling for individuals and couples and does organizational development work such as team-building. Through her psychology practice and the radio show, she has noticed that, “especially in these difficult times, many are laid off and panicking to revise their lives and find ways to survive. Often they can’t find employment so one suggestion I make is to define the hopes and dreams they’ve had, that they were ‘someday’ going to fulfill. From there, we try to organize an action plan of specific steps to reach their goals. Some will need and find other people who can assist them in their missions and generate enough revenue to make it happen.”

Adams knows a thing or two about branching out and taking chances. She’s also an artist and is giving 10 percent of sales from her new product called “Whatever Comes to Mind,” toward the cost of the radio show’s production. “I do see this as a public service,” she stated.

This isn’t Adams’ first foray into radio. She did similar shows on two stations in California.

“I talk, play some some music and get (listeners) to focus on some aspect of an issue,” she explained. “People call in and tell me what it feels like to be them. It’s not really therapy, but offers somebody else’s perspective. … With family and friends, sometimes they’re resistant to the idea of having you change. There’s the threat of loss, that they’re going to lose you. It’s hard for them to give you advice that would liberate you.”

On a recent show, Adams played a song by musician Ben Averch, with a message of “How do you get mobile? What’s in your heart and dreams?,” said Adams. “The lyrics were so moving.”

She asked the songwriter to call in and discuss his own experience of creating his own destiny. Another song by the same artist, called “Two Places at Once” was about “being immobilized, wanting to go in both directions but too scared to go in either one,” Adams said.

“I can relate because I’m doing that here. I appreciate when a person’s life is derailed in a way. A person has to regenerate and ask himself, ‘What’s special about me?’ Maybe in the midst of change, they can find something really worthwhile, meaningful. It often turns out for the better.”

She mentioned a friend who used to help others re-do their kitchens or organize their living space. Now that friend has turned what used to be done as “a favor” into a lucrative business.

Although starting over in a new hometown can be stressful, Adams said, “I love my Redmond neighbors. They’re so friendly and kind and there’s so much space here, it feels like the country.”

The new product she’s selling, “Whatever Comes to Mind,” comes “in a flat pizza box and you can develop it into a curve shape. I’m hoping it’ll be the next Hula Hoop,” she said.

“We’re going to have a contest. Send in a picture of what you’re creating. Maybe we’ll put videos on YouTube. I’ve been invited to demonstrate it in front of ACE Hardware in Sammamish.”

She hopes to sell the product at local garden centers such as The Grey Barn Nursery. It’s currently available online. For more information, visit www.artrevelations.com or www.drsheilaadams.com.