Blog for June 14th: The Feminine Energy

by admin | Jun 15, 2012

I hope you’ve had the chance to download the last few podcasts of the show, as we’ve had a fantastic mix of women sharing their feminine energy about an array of topics:  entrepreneurs (also termed solo-preneurs), healthy & conscious eating, energetic coaching, authoring, and of course, cycling from coast to coast!  We finished up the month of May with Robin Maynard-Dobbs, a support therapist who, as Todd Alan likes to say, “is in the groove” with food intake.  She explored reasons why women impulsively reach for those scrumptious foods when they’re NOT hungry.  I offered my favorite downfall–CHOCOLATE–and we discussed the mind games so insidious to habitual eating AND the path to reclaiming healthy, conscious habits.  Robin is a nurturing soul talented in leading people through a transformative experience.

We also met Sue Hammond on the first Tuesday in June who is passionate that no person should ever quit striving toward a dream.  Her story began in childhood–a girl from a poor and rural community who knew she would one day be famous for her talents.  She carried a vision that she shares in her book, Don’t Quit: Follow Your Dream.  This is available on Kindle, too, and is a quick moving and inspiring story about finding a place on the stage, literally and figuratively.

We followed up with a spotlight guest from Seattle, Chris Porchaska, who specializes in helping women tune in to their true voice.  Just like Robin and Sue, Chris is also very connected to the energy women possess and must reveal through their life work.  A soothing voice and an open-heart give her the calm presence so many women appreciate from a mentor.  She conducts her work with clients face-to-face, online, and by telephone.

Finally, we met with a business mover and shaker, Stephanie Marie Beeby who not only reads her clients energy, but also helps them shift from uncertainty to a planned vision.  Known as a business coach, she supports the feminine model of business by encouraging a flow of masculine counterpoints just where they’re needed.  Success is then measured by showing up and commanding the most integral way of being in business for the self.

Todd Alan also brought on a spokesperson, Katy, for Patricia Ann Hansen’s biking journey across the US.  She is peddling for the hungry and working everyday to raise $50,000.  Patricia has inspired every women on the show, let alone the listeners.

I commend Todd Alan for offering these last weeks of air time for powerful women to share their passions. Download the podcast and enjoy the shows!

Blog for May 15, 2012: Annie Burnside and Soul to Soul Parenting

by admin | May 15, 2012

If I could only pick five soul sisters in this lifetime, I’d be hard pressed to make my choices, but I know one of them would have to be Annie Burnside.  What an amazing human being!  She fills the room with a sincere, genuine presence that turns any blank face into a glowing smile.  I could feel myself grinning ear-to-ear through the entire interview.

She’s a joy to be with for many reasons.  First, she’s the sort of parent we all desire having and becoming–an authentic, joyful, inspired being ready to support every creative idea and challenge that only kids can  conjure.   Her teachings are rooted in the conscious thought that parents must be, “… moving down a path of self-realization to heal old wounds, uncover hidden beliefs,  release denied emotions, and allow greater joy so that they can become a clear mirror for their children.”  Essentially,  parents must be committed to their own spiritual growth, maturity, and self-awakening so that their presence is an available reflection of intentional living.

And these are deliberate reminders due to the never-ending “busy ness” that we create to keep employment and family obligations afloat.  To see the young people of the world as “intuitive, creative, eternal spiritual beings–much larger than simply their physical form–filled with infinite possibilities,” we must know how this first exists in us, the adults, their mentors.

Annie interweaves all the tasks of parenting with the soulful work of being awake every moment of our lives.  She is dedicated to the notion that a child’s moment of challenge can also be an educational lesson where we–the adults, parents, and mentors–simply show up to reflect a heart-felt, encouraging message.  Annie inspires all adults, but especially parents to “provide the space and opportunity for children to focus on their interior world as much as the exterior world, allowing greater intimacy with the voice of their own soul to feel what resonates as truth for them.”

As an abstract concept, it might feel distant to “show up” and really know what that means. Yet I firmly believe it all comes back to the model of self-care Annie prescribes, by truly taking the time to be grounded spiritually so that when our eyes meet a youngster in need–with any need at all–we are there, listening, feeling and being with that special, infinite little being.

Blog for April 10th: THE ZONE

by admin | Apr 12, 2012

Our focus on “The Zone” turned into a very active show!  Mark Wenner, an extreme skier, facilitated his ideas about connecting with Source and how he lets it be the motivator and recovery agent in his life as well as the lives of famous athletes he has sponsored, such as Michael Jordan. I believe his story will captivate the attention of millions in his soon-to-be released docudrama, “Tapping Universal Source.”

Another athlete and extraordinaire, Patricia Hansen, joined the show to share her experience on the road, riding her bicycle across the US to raise funds, but most importantly, to raise awareness about the millions of hungry people in our communities.  Her excursion will take her from the Northwest to the corners of the Northeast, and there she will celebrate her success and her 70th birthday!  Wow!!

All of this excitement was also fueled by the intuitive and empathic coach, DeAnna Maria DiFabio, who joined the show as a co-host for the day and offered elated messages about tapping into our source–that higher connection available to all.  She asked thoughtful questions that gave me goose bumps and led to comments from Mark such as this:  “Michael Jordan’s deceased father spoke to him” at the finale of a game because he was connected in his zone–a skill that Wenner helped him reach–and the movie will help you, too!  The Zone is for everyone!  Check out the discussion taking place at: theZoneMovie.com.  It sounds quite mysterious, but, “The Zone is an experience” that audiences will feel right away, claims Wenner.

Todd Alan and Mark had a fantastic conversation about some of our most successful athletes and how they “leave behind their ego” to benefit the kids and be an inspiration to others on a very humbling but motivational level.  I encourage you to listen to the podcast and feel the healing energy and inspiration.  A final quote I’d like to leave you with to ponder from Mark Wenner, “There’s no such thing as an aging brain.”  Now there’s inspiration 🙂

Blog for April 3, 2012: “Dying To Be Me,” by Anita Moorjani

by admin | Apr 6, 2012

I learned a new acronym while reading Anita’s book: NDE.  It stands for near-death experience.  Truthfully, I have met many individuals who can share their own story on the topic–how their bodies left the operating table or a traumatic car accident and was greeted in the after world only to find out it wasn’t their time to go.  Anita’s story, however, is one of transcendence from a sick body to a new paradigm of self-love.  She shares it with grace and an understanding that it might not align with everyone’s beliefs.  Her story is about making a choice to heal and find happiness in this life time.

Early in the interview, Anita shared that the body “talks to us” when we fail to listen to our own feelings.  She claims that before cancer, “I was a people-pleaser…” and that her strategies to keep her environment calm did the trick–it kept people quiet pleased with her–but she was not happy, and she was not really hearing that her body was enduring her emotional suffering.

Lymphoma took Anita so deep into disease that on February 2, 2006, she left her body and crossed over to another dimension.  She says, “I could feel what everyone around me was feeling…” and that the experience of having cancer had left her–she was peaceful and pain-free, no longer part of this world.   She experienced “freedom and light!  I [had] never felt so good!” On the other side, she was greeted by her deceased father and dear friend. It was through the love of a conversation with them that she found she had a choice.  Her life actually had not ended, not permanently, as long as she made the choice to return as a new, healed Anita Moorjani.

Over the years I’ve come to believe that any type of grief in our body, whether it be physical or emotional, carries a message and even a desire to be healed and awakened.  Anita claims that her experience felt very much this way, but she was not aware of it during her treatments of cancer.  She talks about reconnecting with people after her near-death experience, “I felt that people had lost the ability to see the magic of life.  They didn’t share my wonder or enthusiasm for my surroundings–and just being alive….they had forgotten how to just be in the moment.”

The story must be heard from Anita.  Her book, the interview with Todd Alan, the PBS special with Wayne Dyer are all modes to connect you to her fascinating telling of her life that ended and was then given back to her.  Some would say it was a miracle.  I get the sense that Anita feels that miracle in every step she takes, every day, cancer-free, with an awakened sense of self-love.

Blog for March 6, 2012: Discover the Gift with Shajen Joy Aziz

by admin | Mar 8, 2012

The notion that we ALL possess a gift to share with our fellow beings can be rather daunting:  Who me?  Gifted?  Really??

We let the questions of doubt take over our minds.  Yet Shajen Joy Aziz received a call that brought her to action.  A loved one invited her in, opened his heart, and asked for forgiveness.  The huge force of energy and light brought Shajen into her story, and that story is the seed of her gift.

Do yourself the favor of reading about it and pick up Discover the Gift, the book and also the documentary.  It will stir your imagination and open your own heart. I can say that the trailer alone was a moving experience!  As a college instructor, I work with group after group of students who want me to tell them what their gifts truly are.  They are concerned they don’t have real gifts, or that they have silly gifts, or small gifts, or gifts that look like another person’s gifts.  Worse case scenario, some won’t even acknowledge they possess a gift at all.

They are often like Shajen who shared that ,”…one day, I realized I was an author!”  That’s an amazing discovery, especially when it is a “gift” she had been carrying inside of her for a long time.  By becoming “connected to herself”–a common theme discussed in today’s interview with Todd Alan–her gift was born.  Her voice was shared.  By opening to that possibility, we can all give life to our most treasured gifts.

Let her share these ideas of self-discovery with you.  Check out:  discoverthegift.com