by admin | Jan 13, 2016
January 19, 2016 –
In our current mental health system, there are two primary ways of dealing with distress:
1. Medication
2. Talk
In his new book, The Future of Mental Health, Dr. Eric Maisel illustrates the insufficiency of this paradigm and why our labeling system, our language, and our sense of personal responsibility has to change if we want healthier children and a less medicated society.
In this important, timely episode, Dr. Maisel joins us again to continue a conversation we started back in November. We delve deeper into the role of a “Human Experience Specialist” and the hopeful vision for our mental health practitioners of the future.
To learn more visit thefutureofmentalhealth.com.
Formal Bio:
Dr. Eric Maisel is the author of more than 40 books. His interests include creativity, the creative life, and the field of creativity coaching, which he founded; and the areas of meaning, life purpose, mental health, and mental health reform.
Dr. Maisel’s recent books include The Future of Mental Health: Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm (Transaction Publishers, 2015), Life Purpose Boot Camp (New World Library, 2014), Settled (Motivational Press, 2014), Secrets of a Creativity Coach (Motivational Press, 2014), Why Smart People Hurt (Conari Press, 2013), Making Your Creative Mark (New World Library, 2013), Rethinking Depression (New World Library, 2012), Mastering Creative Anxiety (New World Library, 2011), and (with his wife Ann Maisel) Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions (New World Library, 2010).
His books for creative and performing artists include Fearless Creating, Coaching the Artist Within, Secrets of a Creativity Coach, The Creativity Book, Affirmations for Artists, Performance Anxiety, Write Mind, Deep Writing, A Writer’s Space, A Writer’s Paris, A Writer’s San Francisco, and Creativity for Life.
His books on life purpose, meaning, mental health, and mental health reform include The Future of Mental Health, Life Purpose Boot Camp, Why Smart People Hurt, Brainstorm, Rethinking Depression, and The Van Gogh Blues.
Visit here for a complete description of Dr. Maisel’s books, including readers’ and reviewers’ comments and purchase information.
Eric’s blog https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rethinking-mental-health
Eric’s Website http://ericmaisel.com/
by admin | Jan 8, 2016
January 12, 2015 – “Welcome to Haiti. We see you as if God as arrived.”
~ Haitian man
Seattle activist and speaker, Greg Bennick, jumped on a boat in Miami that was headed to Haiti after the earthquake of 2010 to provide aid.
Years later, after hearing of Greg’s experience, retired seamstress, Gwen Whipple, asked herself – how can I help?
Greg and Gwen talk with Life Mastery Radio about how our time and energy are just as vital a resource as our money. Like Gwen, we can tap into our skills and resources to help those who need it most.
Formal Bio:
Greg Bennick is a premiere keynote speaker and entertainer: he makes people laugh while inviting them to think. He provides one-on-one speaking coaching and personal development to individuals seeking to improve their communicative and creative abilities.
In the last year alone, Greg has spoken in over twenty-three countries, including the first ever spoken-word tour across Russia from coast to coast.
Greg’s ideas on speaking with impact and his creative work have been experienced on ALL seven continents (a claim that very few if any other speakers can make), and in dozens of countries for tens of thousands of people.
Greg follows up his ideas about connection with solid actions. He is the founder of One Hundred For Haiti (http://www.onehundredforhaiti.org), a humanitarian relief and development organization helping to rebuild post-earthquake Haiti utilizing drive from within the local population as a vehicle for development.
Looking for one of Gwens Purses? Find them here www.pursesforhaiti.com
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Gwen Whipple retired last year but decided to stay busy.The Seattle resident has a love both
for fabrics and for the work One Hundred For Haiti is doing in Haiti. She recently decided
to take her passion and transform it into a fundraising campaign for us.It was all her idea.
Gwen makes handmade purses and has set a goal to sell one hundred!She has raised hundreds of dollars so far!
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Listen to “Helping Haiti with Greg Bennick and Gwen Whipple 01/12/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jan 4, 2016
January 5, 2016 – Julie Hamilton and partner, Lynn Kitchen join Life Mastery Radio to talk about their work together in the Four Dames.
Their message in that to be truly rich, you must be open to every area of your life. You must give your energy with family, lovers, colleagues, and you must receive.
Wealth isn’t merely relegated to money; it’s about allowing yourself to take action in all areas and receive the benefits.
To listen to the full episode, go here.
Formal Bio:
Do you want more out of life but you don’t know what to do? Are experiencing change and uncertain of which way to go? Well, that’s good news! That’s nature saying it’s time to grow. It’s the longing of more life to be expressed by the means of you. Now is your time to be, do, have and give all that you want to. It’s life beckoning you into a fuller, freer, expanded YOU! I believe it is not by accident you are on this page. When we are ready for transformational change we are lead to the right people at the right time.
I am Julie Jones Hamilton and I support you in creating a blueprint for the life you love living filled with deep, caring relationships, vibrant health, financial freedom and creative expression or a fulfilling career. I believe life is supposed to feel good; we are meant to be happy and we are meant to satisfy our dreams. When we align with our core values we discover our purpose and joy in life. I help you discover and uncover the path to your full potential and support you in creating the structures to make welcome a life filled with abundance and joy.
For twenty-three years I have had the privilege to inspired thousands of women and families in dependency and beyond and by supporting others in empowerment, personal freedom and potential. I am a highly trained consultant specializing in global transformation principles and human development after traversing and navigating through personal success and extreme failure. I work with individuals, professionals and entrepreneurs to accelerate success, create results and build dreams by teaching how to apply a technology, which turns defeating failures or roadblocks into stepping-stones of soaring success. I offer resources, memberships and a wide range of life changing courses, programs, seminars, retreats and workshops.
I live in Lexington Kentucky and Newport Beach, California with my amazing husband, two married daughters, a son and three grandsons, who are my passion.
Listen to “Uncovering your potential with Julie Hamilton 01/05/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Dec 26, 2015
It’s funny to Marc Allan that Westerners associate the word Tantra with sex.
Because really, at its root, Tantra is about weaving the tapestry for your life.
It’s about Life Mastery.
On our individual paths to become self-realized, we encounter life’s most difficult emotions: anger, fear, anxiety, sadness.
But should we dare to go into those dark, “poisonous” places, we will inevitably return with our brightest treasures.
Marc believes the capacity to become such a careful observer of the emotional world is a gift.
And in observing that world, we come to know there are 3 levels to everything: It’s outer, it’s inner, and it’s secret level.
As we go deeper into ourselves, we go deeper into our secret.
This episode of Life Mastery Radio with Marc Allan is filled with old, yet renewing wisdom.
Listen to “Tantra with Marc Allen 12/29/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Dec 18, 2015
December 22, 2015 – “
Natural Success is predicated on the idea that we all have Genius, a metaphysical force within us that works outside the limitations of time and space and our rational senses to support us in living life as an expression of our highest potential.” ~
William WhitecloudBorn in the small African country of Swaziland, Whitecloud was immersed in the supernatural worldview of the tribes people around him.However, after boarding school, a career in finances, battles with addiction, money loss, and a critical health diagnosis, the magic of childhood was long gone.
With life at rock bottom, his attention turned from merely observing the phenomenon of life at work to seeking ways to direct it, creating a life of health, wealth, love and creative expression.
His studies led him to discover the alchemical principles of Hermetic Philosophy and the ideas of Robert Fritz, founder of Technologies For Creating.
Both modalities pointed to the premise that people subconsciously create their own reality and that there is a way in which they can direct the subconscious mind to create the reality they choose. In other words, Whitecloud changed his life story.
He is founder of the program Living From Greatness, a personalized course dedicated to empowering participants in discovering and living their authentic nature and potential. He’s involved in the LFG program and the Natural Success project.
He is the author of two books, The Magician’s Way and The Last Shaman. Currently, William lives in Santa Monica, California, where he’s devoted to developing the Natural Success curriculum, his community, writing, and family.
Listen to “Natural Success with William Whitecloud 5/26/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Dec 14, 2015
Do you ever feel like you’re suffering from a lack of clarity? Maybe you have plenty of ideas but kind of halfway go at something only to give up on the project later?
We get stuck because we haven’t truly decided what we want to do.
It happens to me too. Sometimes I get a fear of making something happen; it’s a commitment issue. I’ll ask myself:
Is this really what I want? Do I really want to commit to this?
And the big one: Is this going to change my reality?
You see, many of us can create a vision, but it’s going to radically change our reality…and we don’t like that.
So we have to create a clear vision of what our goals look like with us IN it. This is how we get unstuck and get serious about our commitments.
One way to do this is to take your visualized goal or idea and ask yourself these 5 questions to see if it’s worth your time and energy:
1. Does this dream enliven me? Am I charged? Energized?
2. Is this dream in alignment with what I believe?
3. Do I need help from a Higher Power to make this dream come true? (Which is a big consideration if you don’t have a belief system.)
4. Will this require me to grow into more of my true self?
5. Will this dream help others?
If you can answer yes to all these questions, then it’s a goal deserving of your commitment. If it’s no, you need to take another look.
by admin | Dec 14, 2015
December 15th, 2015 – Bernie S. Siegel, MD, is a well-known proponent of integrative and holistic approaches to healing that heal not just the body but also the mind and soul.
A retired surgeon, and a lover of animals, Bernie has been at the forefront of spiritual and medical ethics issues of our day and has been named one of the top twenty Spiritually Influential Living People by Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit magazine (London).
Bernie and his wife Bobbie live in a suburb of New Haven, Connecticut. They have five children, eight grandchildren, four cats, two dogs, and much love.
Bernie joins Life Mastery Radio to discuss:
•How animals teach our children to become caring, gentle people
•What grace is, and how we welcome it into our lives
•What we can learn from children and animals
•How animals deliver important messages to people in dreams
•How animals have helped people heal from mental and physical trauma
•Why animals choose people to adopt — it’s not always the other way around!
•Positive, documented ways that animals improve human health
His new book is called: Love, Animals, and Miracles.
More about Bernie here.
Listen to “Love Animals and Miracles with Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. 12/15/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Dec 3, 2015
We’re winding down 2015 with hardly 30 days left in the year. As 2016 approaches, that gets many of us thinking: What do I want to do in the brand new year? What do I want for myself?
I’ve blogged a lot about manifesting and the Law of Attraction, and I’m sure many of you have your New Year rituals and techniques: writing down your goals, vision boarding, etc.
But I’m curious – How many of you take the time to reflect on the old year? Have you noticed what you accomplished? Did you celebrate? Are you hanging on to things that bummed you out? Are you shouldering some guilt over what hasn’t happened yet?
It’s just as important to give yourself a pat on the back for your wins as well as clear the clutter around the things that didn’t happen.
It’s kind of like cleaning out your car. Doesn’t it feel good to throw away old receipts and food wrappers, vacuum the dog hair out, and Armor All the dash? You want to get in that car!!
So if you’re still hanging on to the breakup from June or the painting you never started or the 10 lbs that didn’t go away, forgive yourself.
One stellar way to go about doing that is to recognize and celebrate the classes you did complete, the job you decided to quit, the one month you gave up caffeine, or that awesome speech you gave.
I’ll be doing the same thing – giving myself an attaboy and plucking the dog hair from my sleeves. I want a clean interior before I start driving along 2016.
by admin | Dec 3, 2015
December 8, 2015 – We must follow children through their passion and connect skill-based learning to that passion, so we can make it joyful.
Our interview with Anita Rose Mirando packs a punch. We talked about:
- Connecting to a new internal narrative
- How we evaluate children in school
- Learning disabilities
- Ways to be literate in the world besides through writing
Anita Rose’s work as an educator has been to teach children that their stories have nothing to do with pencil and paper – they’re about generating ideas.
Her creative storytelling work lives through the medium of music, and her CD’s (yes, she’s darn proud of those anachronistic relics) are ready for purchase on Amazon.
Formal Bio:
As a teacher, I have long been committed to a constructivist view, meaning that for learning to be meaningful, the teachers, families and students join together on a journey that makes sense to the learner.
As one who suffers with reading / writing disabilities, I have dedicated my teaching career to education that goes beyond seeing children as traveling a pre-determined trajectory toward skills based results.
I am committed to meaningful teaching that honors the child as invested agents of their own learning. I’m there to guide, support and in the process travel my own learning path.
This has led me to a successful career that allows me to teach developing readers and writers, and aspiring teachers. The narratives that are generated by teaching in this way empower children to know that they are successful, capable and integrated participants in la life-long learning journey.
Anita’s website: www.thecoffeestories.com
Listen to “Seeking Personal Narrative with Anita Rose Merando 12/08/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Nov 25, 2015
December 1, 2015 – How can we use food as an expression of self-love?
Robin Maynard-Dobbs goes straight to the heart of the answer in our interview.
Instead of simply surviving with our eating habits or seeking calm with sugar, we can cultivate a relationship with our food that’s more kind and more fun.
With mindfulness, we can:
- Find pleasure in food instead of eating behind our backs
- Bid farewell to our harsh inner critic
- Stop dieting
- Distinguish between our actual hunger and a desire for something besides food
Formal Bio:
After suffering for many years with compulsive eating followed by excessive exercise, Robin now feels at peace in her body.
When she learned how to listen to her body’s messages, the cycle of bingeing ceased. Now food is no longer a source of struggle, but instead brings her relaxation, pleasure and delight.
she calls this process “coming home” because it’s such a sweet relief to stop the war with the body!
For more than 22 years, Robin has been helping women overcome obsession with food through personal coaching, body awareness, mindfulness and connection to spirit.
As an artist, she is passionate about helping others discover their creative expression. Inspired by a lifelong meditation practice, she teaches others to look inside themselves for the wisdom they seek.
Listen to “Robin Maynard-Dobbs 12/01/15” on Spreaker.
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