OMTimes Radio Archives

Stephanie Kaza – Mindfully Green, Compassionate Action In Uncertain Times

Aired Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

We’re living in unprecedented times with climate deniers occupying the highest levels of government and the USA pulling out of the Paris climate accords… with species rapidly disappearing, global temperatures rising, and a growing urgency to do something meaningful to act on the ecological crises we face… two key questions arise… How can we stay sane in the face of such blatant denial? And how can we take wise action”

Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. A leading Buddhist environmentalist, she has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology, and is the author of Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking, Conversations With Trees: An Intimate Ecology, the editor of Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. And co-editor of Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism.

Stephanie Kaza joins Sandie this week o talk about her latest book – Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times which offers guidance on how Buddhists, can be a critical voice in the green conversation, and what we can learn from them.

www.stephaniekaza.com

Riane Eisler – Exploring Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body

Aired Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

“Our deepest and most powerful human yearning is for connection – for sex, for love, for all that gives pleasure and meaning to our lives. Yet sexual violence is commonplace, and the ‘war of the sexes’ continues to perpetuate misunderstanding and pain. Why does this struggle persist? What can we do to reclaim our innate power to give and receive pleasure and to find meaning in our lives?”

That short passage was taken from a book published 24 years ago. As has become evident over the past few years, those words have been growing more relevant with each passing year. The book is Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, And the Politics of the Body… New Paths to Power and Love. Its author, cultural historian, social systems scientist, and best-selling author of The Chalice and the Blade, Dr. Riane Eisler, joins Sandie this week to discuss:

* The truths about sex that have been swept under the rug of religious dogma and scientific jargon.
* The sexual myths that have corrupted male/female relationships over the millennia
* How and why domination and violence have been eroticized and even sanctified
* How sexuality is constructed differently in a partnership Vs. dominator
* And, most important of all, how we can construct a society in which the unfolding of our higher selves through physical and spiritual union can be socially supported instead of distorted and repressed.

RIANE EISLER is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the lives of people worldwide. She is President of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS) and Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies.

A refugee from Nazi Europe as a child, she has addressed the UN General Assembly, the US Department of State and Congressional Briefings, and authored over 500 articles published in outlets including The Christian Science Monitor, Human Rights Quarterly, and International Journal of Women’s Studies. Her book The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future is an international bestseller.

Connect her at: www.rianeeisler.com and www.centerforpartnership.org

Synchronize Your Energies – November 2019

Aired Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

When your life and work revolve around tapping in to the unseen realms to support others in understanding their lives and experiences from an expanded perspective, what do you do in your down time? How do you stabilize YOUR energies? Where do you find the support YOU need? With whom do you share your rawest and most honest thoughts, feelings, and experiences wrought by the rapid evolutionary shifts in consciousness that are upgrading us all? When it comes to decompressing and stabilizing their energies, Sandie Sedgbeer, Lee Harris, and Suzy Miller’s regular off-the-record, no-holds-barred 3-way conversations have always been a useful way of gathering up the stand-out pieces of the month and extracting the juice from their personal observations, lessons and insights so they can navigate the month ahead with insight, equanimity, and purpose. Now they’re inviting you to join them too. But be warned, just like eavesdropping on a regular kick-off-your-shoes gathering between three good friends, the conversation’s completely unscripted, totally raw, and authentic, so, chances are you may hear some personal confidences you might never have expected to hear… But there’s wisdom in that too. And you’ll also get to benefit from a unique and powerful Synchronize Your Energies session with Suzy that’s designed to set you up to thrive, not just survive, these tumultuous times. Join us on the Last Thursday of every month, 7-8pm ET/4-5pm PT.

SANDIE SEDGBEER is a professional journalist who cut her teeth in the ultra-competitive world of British newspapers and magazines. A veteran Talk TV/Radio broadcaster, author, and media consultant, and host of OMTimes’ Magazine’s weekly flagship radio show, Sandie has interviewed some of the world’s leading thinkers, scientists, authors, educators, and spiritual teachers.

LEE HARRIS is an energy teacher, intuitive, channeler, artist, and musician. He began as a part-time healer in 2004, doing intuitive readings out of his home in England. His work currently reaches hundreds of thousands around the planet, through his videos, audio recordings, writings, workshops, and online events.

Now based in California, Lee manages an international team of creatives in his self-growth company Lee Harris Energy; a worldwide multi-media and event production house. Lee and his team are passionate about grounding creative spirituality into these challenging times. As a transformation guide and teacher for others, he is determined to see people experience impactful and abundant lives while supporting each other through community. https://www.leeharrisenergy.com/

A visionary speaker, author, telepathic communicator, and multidimensional seer, SUZY MILLER is the founder of the groundbreaking Awesomism Practitioner Process and The Journey Back to Love Series. While exploring the field of leading-edge consciousness, she has personally undertaken intense physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual inquiries which have grounded her work in a practical, accessible way.

Suzy has collaborated with professionals in a variety of fields from psychology, social work, mainstream education and medicine to leading-edge scientists, metaphysicians, healers and new thought leaders. She collaborated twice with Dr. William Tiller, Professor Emeritus Stanford University and featured physicist in the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know?” spearheading both The Autism Intention Healing Experiment as well as an experiment for the elevation of collective human consciousness. www.suzymiller.com

Gabrielle Bernstein – How To Be A Super Attractor

Aired Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

In less than a decade, motivational speaker, life coach, and spiritual activist Gabrielle has pretty much cornered the market as the go-to spiritual guru to the next generation.

Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey as a “a new thought leader,” she appears regularly as an expert on The Dr. Oz show, and was named “a new role model” by The New York Times. The author of several New York Times best-selling books, including May Cause Miracles, Spirit Junkie, The Universe Has Your Back,Judgment Detox, Gabrielle Bernstein joins Sandie this week to discuss her latest book, Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, in which, drawing on the teachings of Abraham Hicks and A Course in Miracles, she not only provides a timely reminder of where our true power lies.

www.gabbybernstein.com

Gary Malkin – What the Future of Healthcare Sounds Like

Aired Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

According to award winning media composer, public speaker, and music and health innovator, Gary Malkin, the very first sense we humans develop, at roughly 16 weeks in utero, is our listening sense. on the other end of life’s spectrum, hearing is the VERY last sense to go before we die. This suggests that vibrations – and our ability to be affected by them- can serve a meaningful role to keep us healthy and vital throughout our lives.

Gary Malkin joins Sandie this week to discuss not what the future of healthcare looks like, but what it sounds like. Topics include:

How research is showing that sound and music interventions can lessen physical pain and emotional and spiritual suffering

Engaging the unified field through the power of music

Why loss assimilation really significant in the context of promoting optimal health, and the role that music can play in this

How music, and the emotionally vibrant genre of film scoring can help reconnect us to who we truly are and what matters most

How music can be utilized to address society’s and the planet’s challenges… and more

GARY MALKIN is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning composer, performer, public speaker and music and health innovator who empowers the world to embrace music and sound strategies as catalysts for health, wellness, and a connection to what matters most. He is dedicated to redefining music’s role in healthcare, with a particular focus on developing listening tools to support patients, care providers and families who are facing life transitions at both the beginnings and endings of life. He’s also dedicated to creating resources that generate inner “heart coherence” with musical tools that catalyst “heart-centered mindfulnessTM. His globally acclaimed palliative classic, Graceful Passages, co-created with award-winning filmmaking team Michael and Doris Stillwater, has touched nearly a million people worldwide, offering psycho-spiritual support for patients and caregivers engaged in all phases of the life-threatening illness and end-of-life processes.

Gary Malkin received a Best Soundtrack Award from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the groundbreaking documentary, THRIVE, seen by 90 million people in 40 languages since 2011. He has presented at places such as Stanford Health, UCSF, Houston Methodist, Google, Harvard’s Conference on Spirituality and Health, Scripps Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente – and is frequently asked to speak and perform for integrative health, wellness, and life-affirming communities all throughout the world.

WisdomoftheWorld.com

Shayne Traviss – Living A Radically Authentic Life

Aired Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

Sometimes, growth involve digging up the dirt and planting a new… So, says this week’s guest, Shayne Traviss, who, after 20 years of marketing, promoting and producing others, decided to embark on a new chapter in his life.

He left the corporate world, and set out on a journey of self-discovery which led him down some unexpected roads… into bankruptcy, fear, anxiety, and love. Followed by heart-rending loss, the founding of a personal development movement that reached millions around the globe, and an invitation to meet face to face with the most famous media mogul in the world, self-help guru Oprah Winfrey.

Shayne Traviss joins Sandie this week to discuss his challenging life, from abuse and bullying to chasing an ideal of success that wasn’t the healthiest, as he struggled to find his place in the world. While life’s challenges can shut some people down, Shayne Traviss uses each experience to learn more about himself and integrate the lessons, which he shares with others in his new book Your Vivid Life: An Invitation to Live a Radically Authentic Life.

www.vividlife.me

Synchronize Your Energies – October 2019

Aired Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

When your life and work revolve around tapping in to the unseen realms to support others in understanding their lives and experiences from an expanded perspective, what do you do in your down time? How do you stabilize YOUR energies? Where do you find the support YOU need? With whom do you share your rawest and most honest thoughts, feelings, and experiences wrought by the rapid evolutionary shifts in consciousness that are upgrading us all? When it comes to decompressing and stabilizing their energies, Sandie Sedgbeer, Lee Harris, and Suzy Miller’s regular off-the-record, no-holds-barred 3-way conversations have always been a useful way of gathering up the stand-out pieces of the month and extracting the juice from their personal observations, lessons and insights so they can navigate the month ahead with insight, equanimity, and purpose. Now they’re inviting you to join them too. But be warned, just like eavesdropping on a regular kick-off-your-shoes gathering between three good friends, the conversation’s completely unscripted, totally raw, and authentic, so, chances are you may hear some personal confidences you might never have expected to hear… But there’s wisdom in that too. And you’ll also get to benefit from a unique and powerful Synchronize Your Energies session with Suzy that’s designed to set you up to thrive, not just survive, these tumultuous times. Join us on the Last Thursday of every month, 7-8pm ET/4-5pm PT.

SANDIE SEDGBEER is a professional journalist who cut her teeth in the ultra-competitive world of British newspapers and magazines. A veteran Talk TV/Radio broadcaster, author, and media consultant, and host of OMTimes’ Magazine’s weekly flagship radio show, Sandie has interviewed some of the world’s leading thinkers, scientists, authors, educators, and spiritual teachers.

LEE HARRIS is an energy teacher, intuitive, channeler, artist, and musician. He began as a part-time healer in 2004, doing intuitive readings out of his home in England. His work currently reaches hundreds of thousands around the planet, through his videos, audio recordings, writings, workshops, and online events.

Now based in California, Lee manages an international team of creatives in his self-growth company Lee Harris Energy; a worldwide multi-media and event production house. Lee and his team are passionate about grounding creative spirituality into these challenging times. As a transformation guide and teacher for others, he is determined to see people experience impactful and abundant lives while supporting each other through community. https://www.leeharrisenergy.com/

A visionary speaker, author, telepathic communicator, and multidimensional seer, SUZY MILLER is the founder of the groundbreaking Awesomism Practitioner Process and The Journey Back to Love Series. While exploring the field of leading-edge consciousness, she has personally undertaken intense physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual inquiries which have grounded her work in a practical, accessible way.

Suzy has collaborated with professionals in a variety of fields from psychology, social work, mainstream education and medicine to leading-edge scientists, metaphysicians, healers and new thought leaders. She collaborated twice with Dr. William Tiller, Professor Emeritus Stanford University and featured physicist in the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know?” spearheading both The Autism Intention Healing Experiment as well as an experiment for the elevation of collective human consciousness. www.suzymiller.com

Miten – Devotee: Music for the Vulnerable Moments in Life

Aired Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

It’s a pretty rare thing for us to devote an entire episode of What Is Going Om to music but when we do, you can bet there’s nothing ordinary or run of the mill about the music and the musician we’re choosing to feature.

This week, we’re going to be talking about and listening to some tracks from the latest album from singer and songwriter Miten, who is celebrated worldwide, not only for his work with musical soulmate and mantra star, Deva Pemal, but also in his own right as a composer, producer and creator of inspirational albums that regularly top iTunes and Amazon charts. Miten’s new album, Devotee, is unusual in that his basic objective in creating it was to provide support for the vulnerable moments in life when our defences are down and our hearts are wide open.

www.devapremalandmiten.com

Robyn Spizman – Loving Out Loud: The Power of Kindness

Aired Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

With reports of bullying, crimes of hatred, and vicious public trolling on the rise, many might wonder if the news media’s continual focus on highlighting the worst excesses of humanity’s wrong doings rather than its right doings is evidence that once revered traits such as morals, ethics, politeness, respect, and good manners are on the decline.

Whatever happened to simple kindness?

50 years ago, Dawna Markova, co-creator of the book, Random Acts of Kindness ignited a revolution of kindness. This week, award-winning, NY Times bestselling author and popular keynote speaker Robyn Spizman, joins Sandie to talk about her latest book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word.

ROBYN SPIZMAN is the author of over 50 books and has appeared in the media for over three decades, including on NBC’s Today show more than times. The foreword to Robyn Spizman’s latest book, Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word was written by Dawna Markova, who claimed Spizman’s book to be “a powerful act of kindness in itself.” http://www.robynspizman.com

Danielle MacKinnon – Discovering Your Spiritual Connection with Animals

Aired Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

According to pet ownership statistics, America and the UK are both nations that really love their pets. As is evidenced by the huge success of books and movies about Lassie, Flickr, and Rin Tin Tin, and A Dog’s Purpose, and Marley and Me, it’s clear that to most of us our pets are not just dumb animals. But could the role that animals are here to play in our lives be greater even than many of us have considered? could it be that our animals are in our lives to help us evolve as souls?

DANIELLE MacKINNON is a gifted intuitive and Soul Connection coach who has appeared on national TV and on numerous radio stations around the world. A faculty member of the Omega Institute, the Lily Dale Assembly, and the Kripalu center, she is the founder of the Danielle McKinnon School of Animal Communication, and is a popular facilitator of online and in person seminars in animal communication, soul contracts, and the intuitive senses.

Danielle MacKinnon joins Sandie this week to share how we can develop our spiritual connection with animals and discover what they are here to teach us.

https://daniellemackinnon.com