Prior to getting into broadcasting, Grant maintained a private practice, counseling former Vietnam veterans and later working with autistic children and people with schizophrenia.
[3] She first got started in radio as a guest expert on psychology on controversial Los Angeles talk show host Bill Ballance's Feminine Forum, in 1972 on station KGBS, and then on KABC.
Almost immediately, she gained a sizeable following and received critical acclaim for her ability to handle the advice-giving genre, while being both informative and entertaining.
Said Los Angeles Times media critic James Brown, "Grant... is a soothing, reinforcing sounding board for people with problems.
She also wrote a best-selling book called Being A Woman, in which she advised women to return to more traditional roles and embrace the idea of home and family.