Episodes
Aug. 26, 2009
Creating Authentic Power
Today we are so honored to have Gary Zukav and Linda Francis here to talk to us about how we can create our own authentic power. For years now, Gary Zukav has helped us all to see the most complex insights through his use of a language we can all understand. Author of four consecutive NY Times Bestsellers, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, The Seat of the Soul, Soul Stories, as well as The Heart of the Soul and The Mind of the Soul, co-authored by our guest Linda Francis, both of which also became NY T...
Aug. 19, 2009
De-stressing your Life
Wouldn’t we all like to have a stress-free life? Don Goewey, has found a way. After a job loss, the diagnosis of a brain tumor and the loss of his marriage—all occurring within a ten-day period—Don experienced a defining moment that left him free of stress and its complications. After that he took a keen interest in the brain’s ability to overcome stress. His career in human potential spans more than three decades and includes collaborations with Carl Rogers, Ph.D., the founder of humanistic psy...
Aug. 12, 2009
Medium John Holland
John Holland, one of the most sought after mediums in the country, is our guest today. Internationally renowned as a medium and spiritual teacher, he is the author of the best sellers: Power of the Soul, Psychic Navigator, Born Knowing, and his latest release The Psychic Tarot Oracle Deck. He wants to help us all clear up the distinctions between a psychic—who reads the aura of a person for current and future events—and a medium—who acts as a conduit between the spirit and the physical worlds. H...
July 29, 2009
The Art of Listening Within
Very often we do not know how to listen to others—even those about whom we care a great deal. How much harder is it then for us to learn to listen to what is going on inside of ourselves! Listening to others requires a certain lack of defensiveness that allows us to move beyond hearing only the first two words and spending the rest of the time they are talking planning our next statement. Listening to ourselves requires the same kind of defenselessness. But more than that, we need to learn how b...
July 22, 2009
Nameless Grace
How do you talk about the silence that moves you and is simply unsayable, but by its synchronistic moirai, its seemingly miraculous events, its moments in which the veil lifts and we see clearly? Sitting in the quietude of such a moment while holding its power, as if one were holding in hand the wave of a tsunami, can only be described as sacred. But the most amazing thing about these moments is that we all too quickly dismiss them by doubting what just happened to us or calling them coincidence...
July 15, 2009
Premonition—Fact or Fiction?
Dr. Larry Dossey, our guest for today, is known around the world for his keen ability to bring scientific understanding to spirituality and for his advocacy for the role of spirituality in healthcare and wellness. He is the author of eleven books, including the New York Times Bestseller “Healing Words,” and, the topic of today’s discussion, “The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future can Shape our Lives.” During his distinguished career as a practitioner of integrative medicine, he helped...
July 8, 2009
Exploring the Sacred
What is sacred to one of us may not be to another, but there is a sense of the sacred in all of us. But how does one explore the sacred without necessarily exploring the prototypes and doctrines of religion per se? Sometimes we may look to the sacred to help us to connect to the religion, but that does not always work in reverse order. Our guest for today has studied many diverse religions and spiritual pathways and can guide us in our search for the sacred. Jonathan Ellerby, PhD, is the author ...
July 1, 2009
Authenticity, the Mother of Your Complaints
Ever accuse yourself of whining? Then kick yourself back into gear and get back into the same old rut, only to end up whining again later? Our parents all taught us not to whine. And, frankly, nobody else wants to hear it. But underneath that whine may be the voice of your authenticity, trying to inform you of your soul’s longings. So, instead of kicking yourself back into gear, maybe it’s time to stop and listen awhile. But how does one begin to listen? And how does one listen without falling i...
June 24, 2009
The Steel Trap Called Bargaining
One of the stages of grief is bargaining. It’s when, for example, someone is dying and s/he makes a bargain with God to live longer. It’s natural, in that sense, to want to get what we want through bargaining. But like all the other stages of grief, bargaining is also a stage of acceptance—a stage in which many of us get stuck for entire lifetimes. Bargains look like this: IF I THEN you’ll…. Or, IF you, THEN I’ll…. IF/THEN. That’s a bargain. But often these are bargains with the devil in which w...
June 17, 2009
Talking—And Listening—to Your Teen
Having trouble talking, even listening to your teen? Do discussions turn into eruptions? Today’s expert in teen-parent relations can offer you some real help. Linda Wolf is the founder and executive director of Teen Talk Circles, a not-for-profit organization that provides local groups for teenage boys and girls, and national training for adults who interact with teens. She is the co-author of “Speaking and Listening From the Heart,” “Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Me...
June 10, 2009
Guidance Anytime, Anywhere
One of the basic problems with receiving guidance is that we don’t believe we can tap into the right channel when we most need it. Then our fear gets in the way and we are left to fly by the seat of our proverbials. Christel Nani, a medical intuitive, has some information that might be helpful to you in that regard, for she has written the book on guidance, entitled “Guidance 24/7.” Christel’s medical intuitive readings are known for their pinpoint accuracy, a fact that has ignited her internati...
June 3, 2009
You Are Not Going Crazy, Just Waking Up!
Why is it that at times the challenges in our lives make us feel as if we are going crazy? Though he had to cancel on his last attempt to do this show, Michael Mirdad will be here today to help you answer that question. Bestselling author of “The Seven Initiations of the Spiritual Path” and “Sacred Sexuality: A Manual for Living Bliss,” Michael is also a world-renowned spiritual teacher, healer and counselor, who has taught throughout the world on mastery, spirituality, relationships and healing...
May 27, 2009
The Mandate to Fear
Most of us are not even fully aware of the number of times a day when we operate out of fear. It compels our beliefs, our thoughts, our emotions and our actions like an underground river moves and shifts the earth. We don’t just protect ourselves, which is our right; we overprotect ourselves, and in so doing we create so many security blankets that our authenticity has to break through as a crisis in order to be heard! All the while, we are euphemistically changing its terms to anxiety and stres...
May 20, 2009
Crisis—the Mother of Authenticity
Now, I know we don’t want to think of it this way. We want to think of crises as the enemy. But really a crisis is an opportunity to expand awareness, to resolve issues that have been hanging around for a long time waiting for resolution and finally, to come to know and accept your authenticity at a whole new level. Crises usually create pain of some type, physical, mental, spiritual and/or emotional pain. And a true crisis usually cannot be solved by using the same old methods we’ve used before...
May 13, 2009
Activating Your Vision
This is a troubled time for our world. Some of you have been seriously affected by the economic changes that have occurred. We are going to talk about these issues today and try to assist you in developing a spiritual strategy for your life and your world. Caroline Casey is a Visionary Activist Astrologer, and the author of “Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche,” and the audio series, “Visionary Activist Astrology.” She believes that the cultivation of imaginatio...
May 6, 2009
Seeking Guidance
Some people go to their therapist, some to their pastor, some to their friends, lovers, and spouses; some just don’t know what to do and don’t know where to go to find out. Linda West goes to the angels and she wants to talk to you about how you can find guidance. Linda is a psychic, endorsed by Allison Dubois, that famous psychic, whose life is portrayed on the TV series “Medium.” But then, we are all psychic in some way, aren’t we? If that’s true, then there has to be some way for us to seek g...
April 29, 2009
Divining the Path
We Plan, God Laughs: 10 Steps to Finding Your Divine Path When Life Is Not Turning Out Like You Wanted. That’s the title of Rabbi Sherre Hirsch’s book and the topic of our discussion with her today. Rabbi Hirsch was the first woman rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, the largest Conservative synagogue in the western U.S., where she served for eight years. A student of eastern philosophy as well as Jewish Theology, she has spent her time after her tenure at Sinai sharing her unique blend of the...
April 22, 2009
The Body as a Path to the Soul
Down through the centuries the body has been considered to be both the instigator of all evil and irrelevant to the spiritual yearnings of the soul. But we’ve reached a level of consciousness now in which we are beginning to wonder if perhaps splitting the body off from the spirit or soul is keeping us stuck in the same old unconscious patterns. Our guest today, Elissa Cobb is going to help us consider the body as part of the internal messaging system that informs us of our soul. Elissa is the a...
April 15, 2009
Is Religion Still Valid?
Rabbi Rami Shapiro, or Rabbi Rami, as he is affectionately known, is an award winning story teller, author, poet and essayist as well as the Director of the Simply Jewish Foundation. He is the author of several spiritual nonfiction books, including “Open Secrets,” “The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness,” “The Divine Feminine,” “Recovery, The Sacred Art,” and out in the fall “The Angelic Way.” We are in a period of spiritual transition that involves every soul. But in that process we have to ask and a...
April 8, 2009
Prosperity and the Authentic Self
There’s a lot of talk going around these days about what a spiritual person can expect from life with regard to prosperity. Some of us believe that talk and have put our affirmations up on the mirrors and refrigerators of our lives, but some of us think that talk is way too materialistic. On this show, we are going to try to find the fine line between those two opposite polarities, because the question isn’t can I have what I want. The question is: Who is the “I” that wants it? Chaney Wiener, ou...
April 1, 2009
Drunk with Wonder
Recovering addict, author of three poetry books and founder of his own publishing company, Steve Ryals understands the depths of depravation and false highs as well as the heights of wonder. Author of Drunk With Wonder: Awakening to the God Within, Steve offers us a unique vision of science, spirituality, intentionality and the importance of transformative practices in creating the world of our dreams. Not only does his book give us actual practices that we can use to awaken, but it offers wisdo...
March 25, 2009
Lighten up!
Need a laugh? The witty and irreverent Loretta LaRoche is all about it. Bestselling author and international stress management and humor consultant, Loretta has spent the past 30 years raising the laugh potential in all of us. She’s on the Mass General advisory council for anxiety and depression and was recently awarded the National Humor Treasure Award. And she writes a weekly newspaper column called “Get a Life.” See, the deal is, we need to laugh. A lot. Yet the big joke among mental health p...
March 11, 2009
Me and My Shadow
You know we hear the word “shadow” bandied about quite often these days, and because most of us have this idea that the shadow is the “dark side” of us, we don’t really understand it very well. But it is the shadow that has us doing all kinds of things that we don’t even understand, both things that we consider bad and things we consider good. Why do we fall in love, for example, with Mr./Ms. Wrong over and over again? Why do we spend money we don’t have? Why did I say that? What was I thinking?...