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Aired Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 8:00 PM ET

Cheryl Richardson - Waking Up In Winter

Do these words describe you? You’ve come to a point in your life where you begin to question what’s come before and what’s yet to come. Whether you are in your thirties, forties, fifties or older, there are times that these deep and profound questions and thoughts are in the forefront of our consciousness. What steps can we take to lead the lives that we consciously choose and find personal, professional, emotional and spiritual fulfilment?

My very special guest this week on Destination Unlimited, New York Times bestselling author of Life Makeovers and Take Time for Your Life, and beloved spiritual teacher, Cheryl Richardson, found herself asking these same questions. She delivers her most intimate and profound work to date on the obstacles and opportunities of reaching mid-life in her new book, WAKING UP IN WINTER: In Search of What Really Matters in Midlife. It is the breath-takingly candid account of the most impactful year of Cheryl’s life. With passages that capture the intricacies of marriage, friendship, success, money, and self-care, Cheryl offers her experiences as an illustration of how to grow, reflect, laugh, and change. A lifelong journal writer, Cheryl had been for years documenting her inner most thoughts, desires, and hopes. She recognized that these passages and reflections were exactly what her readers need from her, representing teaching in action and life being lived.

Aired Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 1:00 PM EST

Holiday Ho Ho Hum

The end of the year can bring a mixed bag of emotions with it. Since this time of year tends to be family-oriented, it can be both blissful for some and agonizingly stressful for others. It is also a time when many souls cross over, leaving their loved ones feeling the anticipation and sadness of the anniversary of their beloved’s death. Join Joyce and Jennifer as they discuss the deeper elements of this season’s significance, and how to move through it with peace, joy and meaningful memory-making.

Aired Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 5:00 PM EST

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES: Breaking the Trance of War and Standing for Justice

A Conversation With Author David Swanson (War Is a Lie) and Activist Jul Bystrova

“If war is a necessary evil, why not stand for peace as a necessary good?” — Swami Beyondananda

It used to be that the “work of heart” I most associated with Christmas was the Frank Capra movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” But ever since my friend Shanti Norman recorded John McCutcheon’s song, “Christmas in the Trenches” in 2000, I have held that extraordinary piece of work as best symbolizing the light that can shine in times of greatest darkness.

After World War I started in 1914, the Pope suggested a truce around Christmas time. The generals pursuing the war didn’t like this idea one bit, and in fact one of their concerns was that the enemy trenches were so close, that soldiers could hear the enemy speaking to their comrades, and even smell the food they were cooking.

What came to be known as the “Christmas truce” happened at a number of places along the front lines. As the song suggests, peace might have “broken out” due to soldiers hearing their enemies singing Christmas carols in their native tongue, and then joining in singing in two languages. As soon as the “enemy” was “re-humanized” after the dehumanization necessary to get ordinary humans to kill other ordinary humans, the trance was broken. In some cases, the trances lasted a day, in others three days. Despite this brief respite of sanity, the war continued nearly three more years, killing 18 millions soldiers and civilians and wounding another 23 million.

This week’s first guest, David Swanson, talks about how humanity can collectively break the trance of war. David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War.

We then talk with activist Jul Bystrova, founder of Era of Care, who has literally been “in the trenches” as an activist for justice. Last year, she spent months at Standing Rock, as a witness and as one “making a stand” against the war of exploitation against native peoples and the earth. Please join us this week to explore the “new edge” that encompasses activism and pacifism.

Aired Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 2:00 PM ET

Self-Care Remedies for Healing Mind, Body & Soul

Never has the idea of mindfully checking in with ourselves and creating a “whole body” health—health that is more than simply the absence of illness—been so appealing. In today’s show, self-care, wellness and beauty educator and bestselling author Mary Beth Janssen reveals how introspection, ritual, and love can help cure existential woes.

About the Guest: Mary Beth Janssen

Mary Beth Janssen is an award-winning educator, writer, author and Wellness Director for a large health care organization in the Chicago area, as well as a longtime certified mind-body health/Ayurveda educator for the Chopra Center for Well-Being—personally trained by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and partner David Simon M.D.

Her dharma is to work for a more loving & sustainable world. Her company provides experiential mind-body health and stress management seminars and workshops worldwide. She has shared the same stage with the likes of Dr. Oz, Bob Greene and Suze Orman, among others.

Mary Beth writes for a number of media outlets, most notably her column, “Ask the Organic Wellness Expert,” for Organic Spa Magazine and has authored seven books. Her newest, The Book of Self Care: Healing Remedies for Mind, Body and Soul (Sterling Ethos) is now available.

Website: https://marybethjanssen.com/

Facebook Personal Page: https://www.facebook.com/marybeth.janssen

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cosmicdenmother

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marybethjanssen

Aired Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 10:00 AM ET

ENERGY REPORT for the Week of December 18th-24th, 2017

NEW MOON, Winter Solstice, Mercury Retrograde goes direct!!! This week is an incredibly exciting week for all and your energy is best spent receiving blessings from others. Magic is in the air and sprinkled all throughout this week. Open your heart and receive a new blessed career change, financial prosperity, successful projects and assistance from others. Everything you touch turns to gold this week. Smile and be joyful.

Aired Monday, 18 December 2017, 9:00 PM ET

The Planets this Week: December 18, 2017

What do the planets have in store for this week? The astro headline of the week is responsible Saturn moving into its home sign of Capricorn where it will be until December 2020. It has not been in Capricorn since 1991.

Saturn restricts, disciplines, and wears away. It doesn’t obliterate, like Pluto, or suddenly, like Uranus. Saturn erodes over time. Saturn isn’t necessarily a destroyer, though. It also strengthens and solidifies whatever passes its test. Saturn is a teacher. It’s not the cool teacher, giving out As to everyone (Jupiter). Saturn makes you learn and earn.

The sign of Capricorn is determined, ambitious, hard-working, and practical. Saturn in Capricorn is a leader, but it leads by example. Everything it has is useful and earned. During this transit, we may see a global return to focusing on achieving real, practical goals. Also this week, there’s a New Moon. The Sagittarius New Moon awakens an inner need for many kinds of stimulation. Having recently completed a contemplative period, your body craves for some excitement now. You may find yourself daydreaming about travel to foreign lands, or maybe tackling a philosophical conundrum.

On Thursday the Sun moves into Capricorn where it will be until January 19th. While the Sun is in Capricorn, and depending on how it influences your natal chart, you may feel driven to succeed. You could find yourself working long hours to achieve your goals and bring long-term projects to completion. You might not have much time for your personal life, and might even neglect your health. In your drive to get the job done, be sure not to sacrifice too much. Make sure that what you’re working for is your definition of success, and not someone else’s.

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

Aired Monday, 18 December 2017, 5:00 PM ET

Claiming a New World for a New Year

A new epoch is rising: the outcome is in our hands. Will we be way-followers, who cling to the outdated patriarchal religious and cultural institutions, or will we be way-showers, who choose planetary citizenship over religion, race, politics, and borders? What does that mean for our daily lives? Call in to chat or get a mini-reading.

Aired Monday, 18 December 2017, 4:00 PM ET

Creating With Your Body

If you included your body in the creation of your business what could change? What does your body know?

What contribution can it be you have never considered? Join Dr. Glenna Rice on this weeks Joy Of Business Show as she talks about Creating With Your Body.

About the Guest: Dr. Glenna Rice

Dr. Glenna Rice, DPT is a physical therapist, wellness and parenting coach, and certified facilitator of several Access Consciousness® special programs, including Joy of Business and Access Body Class.

She is the owner of Access Physical Therapy in San Rafael, CA and is an instructor for ESSE, (The Energetic Synthesis of Structural Embodiment) for bodies. She earned her degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California and has been working with dancers, athletes, children and other individuals for more than 25 years.

Glenna is a single mother of three, and knows firsthand how to negotiate raising incredible children whilst building and running several successful practices and businesses. She teaches Conscious Parenting, Conscious Kids classes worldwide, hosts a monthly radio show, The Questionable Parent, and is a contributing author for two bestselling books on parenting. Glenna travels internationally, facilitating workshops to create greater awareness with bodies. She maintains that anything that the body is creating, such as injury, pain, disease, discomfort or disability, can change when you are asking questions from a place of awareness, consciousness and no judgement.

Aired Monday, 18 December 2017, 12:00 PM ET

The Happiness Marathon

How do we sustain happiness ? How can we get there quicker, stay there longer, and experience it deeper?

Robyn Wiley, author of ‘My Happy Book’, a guided journal to light up your life, shares with us how to enjoy long lasting happiness through prompted journaling.

To be happy:

~ Having clarity of our purpose
~ Feeling fulfilled
~ Tapping into our wisdom
~ Experiencing positive emotions such as joy and gratitude

For those who are struggling to consistently feel positive emotions or for those who are desiring a heightened happy sense of being.

Robyn will be sharing key practices such as how to reflect, how to focus more on the beauty and goodness around us and the importance of being honest with ourselves that will meet you any level of happiness you’re at.

Join us as we explore how to enjoy a creative self expression way to become more.

Aired Friday, 15 December 2017, 7:00 PM ET 

Using Leadership Skills to Regain Your Health - A First-Hand Story

What would happen if you woke up one day and worried you’d never speak again? When Kari Saddler, consultant, and business manager got her diagnosis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, this motivated business leader took her 20+ years of experience and jumped into action to regain her health. Kari and Sharon share their insights in how leadership skills and healing are closely related including:

~ ways to change stress and create work-life balance
~ how to find resilience and grit balanced with realistic expectations
~ steps to give grace and assume people are doing the best they can
~ discovering the gifts from autoimmune
~ embracing your creativity and passion
~ Plus so much more…

Kari Saddler, MBA, has been a leader at JP Morgan Chase, WellCare, and at Tampa General Hospital. Now, Kari is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the ICF, and has spent the last 4 years teaching hundreds of coaches at one of the top coaching programs in the US. In September 2017, Kari brought a vision to life when she launched Daily Leadership Coaching, a free mobile app designed to help leaders become better leaders. With more than 1000 downloads so far, Kari is on a mission to remove the time and cost barrier to leadership development and coaching. Learn more about Kari and her Leadership Development app at www.DailyLeadershipCoaching.com and listen to our fun and informative interview Friday, December 15th, at 7PM ET at www.LifeInterruptedRadio.com/Kari (Available later in podcast.)