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Tina Malia – Miraculously Medicinal Mantras

Aired Thursday, 21 February 2019, 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST

What is the best medicine? Could it be laughter? Joy? Music? Perhaps all these elements in concert. “I attribute my sense of well-being to chanting mantra. It is so simple and yet so extraordinary” states world-renowned visionary musical artist, Tina Malia. Join Kara Johnstad and Tina Malia for a joyful conversation on the seemingly miraculous qualities of mantras.

A prolific singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and sound engineer, Tina expresses her radiant inner landscape through song. Tina’s love of sacred chant is reflected on her 2005 album Jaya Bhagavan, and now again on her newest release – Anahata – Mantras for a Heart Wide Open, where she sings deeply moving Sanskrit mantras to heal us and guide us back to wholeness Tina Malia is a beloved pioneer in a growing community of people around the world dedicated to residing in harmony with the Earth, and expressing it through art, health, education and music. Tina claims that “music, through its sheer beauty, has the power to free the heart, uplift the soul and connect communities all over the world. When we gather together to sing, dance, pray and remember our connection to life and one another, we are touched by the simple act of love moving through sound. I can not think of a better way to spend my time than sharing this joy.”

Shai Tubali – The Seven Chakra Personality Types

Aired Wednesday, 20 January 2019, 8:00 PM ET

Chakra is a lovely word derived from Sanskrit and usually translated as wheel or disc. Referring to the spinning wheels of energy or light making up the subtle body, each chakra is associated with an aspect of body, mind and spirit. Meditation on the Chakras promotes health, balance and peace. Do the chakras also relate to our personalities, our relationships with others and the way we see ourselves in the world?

My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Shai Tubali, says there is a direct correlation between each of the seven major chakras and our personalities.

Shai Tubali is an author, speaker and innovator in the field of inner transformation and personal development. He is a leading authority in the field of self-development and self-empowerment. In his writings and teachings, he skillfully combines psychology, philosophy, Yogic traditions and Eastern thought and practices, into powerful processes of inner transformation. Shai has lives in Berlin where he runs the Human Greatness Center. At his center, he leads yearly schools and holds seminars, training, and talks, all broadcast online drawing participants from around the world. Born in Israel in 1976, Shai became an active journalist and columnist in Israel’s major newspapers and one of its leading radio stations. His writing career started at the age of 19, where he became nationally recognized as a novelist. Though he is mainly dedicated to direct guidance, he has never neglected his artistic passions. His latest creation is as a filmmaker, writing and directing his first short film, “After The Future”. He is the author of several best-selling books and joins me this week to discuss his latest work, The Seven Chakra Personality Types.

Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood with Irene O’Garden

Aired Wednesday, 20 February 2019 at 4:00 PM EST / 1:00 PM PST

Irene O’Garden has won or been nominated for prizes in nearly every writing category from stage to e-screen, hardcovers, children’s books as well as literary magazines and anthologies. Her critically-acclaimed play Women on Fire (Samuel French), starring Judith Ivey, played to sold-out houses at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre, and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. Her new play, Little Heart, won her a Berilla Kerr Playwriting Fellowship and was awarded full development at the New Harmony Play Project. O’Garden was awarded a Pushcart Prize for her lyric essay “Glad to Be Human,” (Untreed Reads.) Harper published her first memoir Fat Girl and Nirala Press recently published Fulcrum: Selected Poems, which contains her prize-winning poem “Nonfiction.” On January 31, 2019 O’Garden’s upcoming memoir, Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood is being published by Mango Publishing.

O’Garden’s poems and essays have been featured in dozens of literary journals and award- winning anthologies (including A Slant of Light, USA Book award Best Anthology), and she has been honored with an Alice Desmond Award and an Oppenheimer for her children’s books.

A seasoned and entertaining presenter both on stage and video, O’Garden has appeared at top literary venues: including The Player’s Club, the Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poetry Café, and KGB in Manhattan; The Poetry Café, Mycennae House and Vinyl Deptford in London, and all throughout the Hudson Valley. She’s a regular contributor to 650―Where Writers Read, in New York City and Sarah Lawrence College and has received several grants from Poets and Writers. Irene also presents to an audience of hundreds annually at the Global Seth Conference.

O’Garden has presented at children’s literature conferences at Vassar and NYU and teaches poetry workshops at New York City schools. She is especially pleased to bring the national River Of Words program to Hudson Valley schools under the auspices of The Beacon Institute of Rivers and Estuaries. O’Garden is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild, The Authors Guild, Actor’s Equity Association, The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and The Society of Scribes.

Irene O’Garden has lived joyfully with her husband John Pielmeier for over 40 years. Pielmeier, who is most known for his play Agnes of God, also writes movies and miniseries for television. In 2018 Scribner published his first novel, Hook’s Tale, and his stage adaptation of The Exorcist played London’s West End and will open in New York this year. They live and write in Garrison, NY.

For more info: ireneogarden.com

Magician to Mystic: A Mediumistic Path to a Spiritual Life with Brian Robertson & Simon James

Aired Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 3:00 PM ET

Join us for another “Wisdom Wednesday” of INSPIRED LIVING RADIO as we welcome to the show for the first time, Internationally known mediums, teachers, senior tutors, and course organizers at the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, England and Directors of ‘The Inner Quest Foundation’ in Victoria, Canada, Brian Robertson and Simon James! We will be discussing their new book, ‘Magician to Mystic: A Mediumistic Path to a Spiritual Life’ (Sorry… NO READINGS during the LIVE show). This is going to be a FANTASTIC show as we discuss the many pathways to mediumship and spiritual development!

TOPIC – ‘Magician to Mystic: A Mediumistic Path to a Spiritual Life’

As long as we believe that enlightenment is to be found outside of ourselves, we miss the point. We live in a culture which rarely encourages the natural faculty of intuition. Instead, we create heroes, follow mentors, and idolize Hollywood stars because we fail to recognize the greatness within ourselves. In our tradition, we nurture the intuitive nature, the natural inner knowing that leads us back to our Beauty. When you awaken to who you are, to your true nature, then you may truly begin on the path of enlightenment. Enlightenment is not just about sitting and bathing in the light, becoming one with everything. We must act. We must do. We must feel. Then we may come to know.

“Everyday Mediumship:” All human beings have the potential to be both the inspired and the inspirer because we are all connected to the Soul of All. Practical inventions, works of art, mathematical theories, musical compositions, and medical discoveries – in short, everything we have ever created is the outflowing of inspiration. We all become the medium for inspired thought and, in this sense, we become an everyday medium.

About the Guests:

Brian Robertson is an internationally known medium, spiritual lecturer and highly respected teacher of transcommunication. He is founder and president of the Inner Quest, a center of study for the ethical development of mediums and serious students of the intuitive arts. He teaches at major colleges and institutions around the world, and is a much sought-after advisor to multi-faith religious organizations, sharing the breadth of his esoteric knowledge both as a keynote speaker on international platforms and in documentary film, radio, and television.

Simon James is one of today’s finest classical spiritual mediums and a living link to the British tradition of the early 20th century, having been one of only five mediums chosen to be personally trained by the renowned Gordon Higginson. He is a director of the Inner Quest in Canada and teaches at major centers in Australia, Great Britain, the United States, Europe and around the world. Simon James holds a degree in Applied Psychology and has extensive knowledge of mythology, the tarot and related disciplines which inform his work with mediums, teachers and medical professionals worldwide.

MORE INFORMATION: https://www.innerquestfoundation.com

Release Your Inner Thriving Artist with Adrienne Lloren

Aired Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 12:00 PM ET

Rapper, Songwriter, Entrepreneur Adrienne Lloren joins us to share how she’s leveled up in leadership, integrity, and being of service through music, ALL IN as a thriving artist.

She’ll share how she started out with Toonie Tuesday’s on YouTube and went on to create The Thriving Artist Masterclass Series where she interviewed 25 music experts in the industry.

Sharing her personal philosophy of ‘job security’ while keeping humanity flourishing she truly inspires us all to share our own gifts to build sustainability.

Join us as we hear some of Adrienne’s own tracks and learn how to MASTER our art in a profitable way.

“Your creative work is a gift that the world needs” – Adrienne Lloren

Change the Energy of Your Life!

Aired Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 7:00 PM EST

This week on Miracle Guidance for Everyday Life, Dr. Harra shows you how to switch the energy influencing your life from negative to positive.

It’s a universal law: when it rains, it pours. When one aspect of your life shifts in energy, other elements follow suit. This holds true for good or bad situations: you can get married, get a new job, and get pregnant in one year, or you can get sued, get sick, and get evicted all in the same month! The biggest mistake you can make when you notice negative energy creeping into your life is sitting back and waiting for it to pass; getting “stuck” in a cycle of low energy is unhealthy and dangerous. You must take action to turn the energetic tides in your favor, increasing motivation and momentum. Dr. Harra will offer strategies to resolve even the most unfortunate circumstances and bring back your blessings. She’ll take your calls and teach you how to transform problems into solutions.

Tune in to Miracle Guidance for Everyday Life this Tuesday at 7pm ET and get the universe’s forces back on your side.

Are You Restricting Your Future? with Jennifer Cramer Lewis

Aired Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 6:00 PM EST

Have you noticed all of the media and posts lately about budgeting and dieting and cutting back? What if there was a different possibility available? Are you willing to make an investment in your own progress and possibility by not restricting?

Join Betsy and her guest Jennifer Cramer Lewis as they talk about what might open up in your life by stopping restrictions!

Jennifer Cramer Lewis loves showing people simple changes they can make to drastically improve their financial welfare. With over 20 years in business and finance including Banking, Real Estate Sales and Management and Mortgage Banking, she has always found it easy and natural to implement processes to heighten productivity.

These skills combined with her love of people had financial coaching as a natural progression from working within other people’s businesses.

ennifer has written three bestselling books and is mum to two fantastic teens who are learning early to master the language of Prosperity.

Most Of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong with Mauricio Miller!

Aired Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 5:00 PM EST

An Interview with Mauricio Miller, Founder of The Alternative Project

“The war on poverty? It’s over. The poor people have surrendered.” — Swami Beyondananda

At a time when the gap between rich and poor is the widest in ninety years, we need more funding for poverty programs, right?

Well … maybe and maybe not. This week’s guest, Mauricio Miller, author of The Alternative, points out that poverty programs over the past 50 years haven’t really moved the dial. What if the poverty programs themselves kept the conditions in place? What if the real beneficiaries have been those who have SERVED the underserved community? What if these programs promote dependency and not self-reliance?

What if the current way of giving help has left people helpless, and actually created a “industry” that makes sure the problem stays in place, largely unsolved?

Here is a quote from The Alternative that may shed some light on the “shadow” of anti-poverty programs:

In a letter to pastors, while in the Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote:

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate.” Noting their paternalism, he continued, “Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill.”

Mauricio’s understanding comes from his own upbringing in a single-parent family. His mother — proud, resourceful, independent and smart — found herself up against stereotyped images of who people thought she was, and a social welfare system that discouraged all of those things!

After years of watching that same system disempower and fail to serve the next generation, he presented California’s then-Governor Jerry Brown with a radical plan to encourage poor communities to cultivate their own resources and find their own solutions. He founded the Family Independence Initiative (FII) in 2001, to capture the stories and data which demonstrate that low-income families, when working together, have the capacity to help themselves and help one another towards sustained upward mobility. Now working independently on the “Alternative Project”, Mauricio seeks to utilize those proof points to challenge the negative stereotype that low income families are “takers” from society. The project advocates for investing directly in family and group self-determined efforts, increasing mobility and their contributions to society.

In recognition of his unconventional approach to generating economic mobility among low-income families, Mauricio was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2012. He was appointed by President Obama to the White House Council for Community Solutions, is an Ashoka Fellow, a Prime Mover Fellow and a Purpose Prize winner among other awards. He was honored with an invitation to President Clinton’s 1999 State of the Union address, has served on bank and philanthropic boards and started small businesses. He is the author of “The Alternative: Most of what you believe about poverty is wrong” among other publications.

If you’ve wondered why the issue of “poverty” has been so intractable this past half-century, you’ll definitely want to catch this lively discussion. Tune in this Tuesday, February 19th at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET http://omtimes.com/iom/shows/wiki-politiki-radio-show/

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To find out more about Maurico Miller and The Alternative please go here: https://www.thealternativebook.org/

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The Heart of Self-Care

Aired Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 2:00 PM ET

Self-care! It’s a topic that many women struggle with. With today’s fast paced world, it seems we’re always at the bottom of our to-do lists. My guest, author and healer, Sharon Rosen is passionate about helping women to stop being so hard on themselves, to set clear boundaries and create time for wise self-care.

About the Guest: Sharon Rosen

Sharon Rosen is an author and healer who works with busy, accomplished, spiritually aware women. Through her hands-on bodywork, meditation instruction, Kabbalistic healing, and wellness coaching, she helps them establish healthy boundaries while connecting to the power of their innate wisdom and goodness so they can do their best work in the world.

Her first book, Crazy World, Peaceful Heart: 6 Core Practices for Cultivating Joy and Resilience, is filled with simple, effective practices and inspiration. Sharon offers her transformative programs and retreats both in-person and long-distance, and loves helping groups and organizations make meditation and self-care strategies a part of daily life.

WEBSITE: http://www.heartofselfcare.com

FACEBOOK BIZ PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/HeartofSelfCare/

FACEBOOK PERSONAL PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/sharonhelene

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Happy Birthday Pisces

Aired Monday, 18 February 2019, 9:00 PM ET

This show is dedicated to the twelfth sign of the zodiac – Pisces. This week, the Sun moves into Pisces where it will be until March 20th. This is a good time to pursue creative endeavors, performing arts and spiritual pursuits. Pisces is symbolized by the Fish, those two little creatures whose scales glint in the sun as they follow where the stream takes them. And just as that stream can symbolize the subconscious mind or the winding path of life itself, Pisces is like those fish, swimming along in the currents, taking what comes and throwing off rainbows as it goes.

During this time, you could find that ‘reality’ is in fact only a small bit of the true larger picture; the spirit world is really where it’s at. Try not to avoid or escape the so-called Real World in order to hang out in that preferable alternate reality. Be very careful that this does not devolve into evasion or avoidance.

Also, this week, we have a Full Moon Super Moon in Virgo. During the Virgo Full Moon, you’ll probably feel a sense of achievement as you notice the progress of your efforts to tidy up at home and at work. Things seem to be a lot easier to locate now that you’ve organized your stuff into more manageable piles. Although you may not be completely finished putting things away or tossing them out, you’re beginning to actually see some open space in your environment. In matters of health, you feel the effects of your exercise routine — or lack of one. Give yourself more time to reach the optimal goal that you originally set out to accomplish.

Tune in on Monday at 6pm PT/9pm ET to find out more…