Jeff DePalma - Certified Identity Protection Advisor

Jeff DePalma is a Certified Identity Protection Advisor, entrepreneur and author. In a roundabout way, his successful 15 year run in the mortgage business lead Jeff to his current position as a consumer advocate for Identity protection. As Jeff was working his way up to branch owner, it didn’t take long to see how credit was built and sometimes, devastatingly destroyed. While performing his various duties such as originating mortgages, Jeff came into contact with many clients whose lives had been turned upside down by the growing epidemic of identity theft. A combination of vocational burnout and an innate drive to right these injustices culminated in a paradigm shift. A few months after leaving the mortgage business for good, Jeff got his Identity Protection Advisor Certification. He then authored a popular e-Book on identity protection. “How to Protect Yourself from identity Thieves during the Holidays” is Jeff’s first e-Book on the subject and is available through http://www.holidayidentitytips .com Education:

A born leader with a head for business, Jeff got his bachelor in business administration with minor in marketing from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida. There, he was elected president of the illustrious business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi. He lives in Southern New Jersey with wife Diane and son Gavin. When he’s educating people on how to protect themselves from identity thieves, he enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with his family .

Marc Halpern - Ayurveda and Yoga: Complete Care for the Body, Mind and Consciousness

Most everyone today is familiar with Yoga. Fewer are familiar with its sister science, Ayurveda. Together, Yoga and Ayurveda offer a complete system of care for body, mind and consciousness. Together, they lead each person toward peace of mind, happiness and optimal health. Ayurveda is the healing side of yoga. It is complete system of Holistic Medicine with specialties in both preventative and clinical medicine.

The list of therapeutic practices utilized by Ayurvedic practitioners is astounding and includes; diet, herbs, lifestyle, color therapy, aroma therapy, sound and music therapy, purification programs and yoga therapies, including meditation, yoga exercise and breathing practices. Using all of these “medicines,” ayurveda is a complete system healthcare. In India, patients with serious diseases go to Ayurvedic hospitals. In the United States, most Ayurvedic care is outpatient but a few centers such as the clinic at the California College of Ayurveda offer limited in-patient care as well.

The human body is much like a plant. When a plant receives everything it needs (the right temperature, soil, water, sunlight) the plant will have a deep rich color and lots of blossoms. Likewise, when a person receives everything she/he needs from their environment, that person will have a deep rich color and fully blossom reaching their full potential. This is the science of Ayurveda. The goal is a fully functional human being that is strong enough to stand up against stress and who body is able to resist disease. Once sick, the goal of ayurveda is to restore the normal physiology of the body and in doing so, support the body to heal itself. What is the ideal environment? Simply put, it is that which your body and mind find balancing. In Ayurveda, we recognize that there is no one environment that is right for everyone.

We are all unique individuals. Ayurveda calls this uniqueness our “constitution”. Your constitution was determined at conception and it is with you for the rest of your life. It determines what will support your body and mind and what will cause you to get out of balance and become sick. Your constitution is your unique physiology. Ayurveda describes three physiological functions: the function of motion; the function of metabolism, and the function of structure. Motion, metabolism and structure define who we are. In the language of Ayurveda these are called the three doshas and they are vata dosha, pitta dosha and kapha dosha respectively. Each of us has more or less of each function. Some people have a lot of motion and speak and move quickly. Others have a lot metabolism and digest both food and information quickly. Others have a lot of structure and have thick strong bones. Each person has their own balance of these three physiological functions in their body. Your unique balance is called your constitution. Due to the stresses of life, these three functions become altered and imbalances in motion, metabolism and structure define all disease and suffering from an ayurveda perspective.

The goal of Ayurvedic healing is to restore normal function to the body. This is achieved by creating an optimum environment for healing to take place. Your environment is everything that you take in through your senses. Herbs are utilized to quicken the process. Imagine a life of health and happiness. It is not only possible; there is a science behind creating it. Ayurveda is that science.

Dr. Marc Halpern is the Founder and President of the California College of Ayurveda. Established in 1995 in Nevada City, California, the college is the oldest school of Ayurvedic Medicine in the United States. He is also the author of the popular book, Healing Your Life; Lessons on the Path of Ayurveda. A leader in the profession, Dr. Halpern co-founded the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. He also sits on the advisory boards of several journals in both the United States and in India and has received awards in both countries for his service to the profession. A Doctor of Chiropractic, a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, a certified Yoga Teacher, a certified Specialist in Holistic Medicine, an author, teacher and businessman, Dr. Marc Halpern gives 100% to his passion for healing and removing the causes of suffering. www.ayurvedacollege.com www.healing-your-life.com

JJ Flizanes - Your Body Blueprint Part 1

When I read Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott’s book, If Love is a Game, These are the Rules, it was the first time I really understood the concept that how others treated me was a direct result of how I treated myself. When I could stand back and be objective about my behavior toward myself and what messages that sent out to others, I realized that the relationship I had to focus on most to get what I wanted was with myself. If I was not willing to treat myself like a queen, then how could I expect someone else to?

Your turn. How do you treat yourself? When you wake up in the morning, what do you say to yourself? Do you compliment or criticize your body? Do you try on clothes, pinpointing all of the negative things you can, secretly wishing you could have someone else’s body? This common practice of most women is the exact behavior that drives the fitness and weight loss industry—and I hate it. We focus on perfect bodies and how can I spot reduce this area so I will like myself, or so someone else will find me attractive and valuable?

The underlying emotion here is fear. Our actions are motivated consciously or subconsciously by either love or fear. Fear is defined as a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by present or imminent danger and a feeling of disquiet or apprehension. Fear can be a good tool when you think your life is in danger, but most people live in this emotion all day long with no such threat. Fear is uncomfortable to be in and around. Fear can also be defined as lack of trust. Love is defined as a deep, tender feeling of affection and care toward a person, such as that arising from kinship or a sense of oneness, and a person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction. Love feels good, and we seek it all the time.

We hold others as objects of our attention to give love to, and we want to receive love from others. How often do you deflect a compliment? Someone tells you that you look pretty, and you say, “Oh no, I just rolled out of bed, and I am having a bad hair day.” This blocks a compliment. And you are training them how to treat you. Many women do it because they have a hard time receiving. You want to feel attractive, then someone gives you a compliment, and you reject it. Can you see what message you are sending to that person? Why would anyone compliment you again?

Take out a sheet of paper and answer these questions to see what your body blueprint says about you based on every area of fitness and self-care, including exercise, diet, rest, play, and self-talk.

1. List all the thoughts you can remember you had today, from the time you woke up to now, about how you look or any judgments on your character. For example, if you made a mistake, did you quickly internalize with a thought like “I am so stupid,” or did you think “Oh well, glad I learned that now?” List all of your thoughts in a single column.

2. Underneath the last thought, write a list all the actions you did today, from taking a shower to eating breakfast. Also include things you would have like to have done or should have done and didn’t. For example, you did not take your supplements today. You should have one long vertical row that contains all the thoughts you were aware of today and all the actions you have accomplished so far. Now make another column to the right of the first one and answer these questions.

1. Next to the thoughts you had, write down if they were positive comments or negative. If you criticized yourself, that is negative. If you brushed your teeth, that is positive.

2. Next to the actions, write down a brief reason for doing that action and whether it came from love or fear. For example, if you wrote down ‘had a cup of coffee, went to work and skipped breakfast,’ do you think skipping breakfast was an act of love or disregard? You know the body needs fuel, so if the reason you skipped breakfast was because you were too busy, you put work before yourself, which sends the message that you are not as important as your work.

JJ Flizanes is the Director of Invisible Fitness. An Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core, JJ was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. She is a finalist for IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year 2011 and has been featured in many national magazines such as Shape, Fitness, Muscle and Fitness HERS, Elegant Bride, and Women’s Health. JJ’s passion is transforming men and women’s bodies and relationships through their fitness and self care routines.

James Craven - Tunnel Vision

Tim Emerson - Talk Story Radio

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Two perspectives hold us back from the healing, health and happiness we deserve.  

First, we don’t hold a clear vision of what health means.   We hold a idea of freedom from disease instead—if we aren’t sick, we’re healthy.   But there’s a world of difference among broken, not-broken, and thriving.   How many people get up in the morning feeling rested, grateful, and passionate about what they’re off to do that day, Monday through Sunday?    How many of us are spending that time with the people we really like, the kinds that jazz us up, as well as loved ones?  How many of us are doing the things that renew and sustain us, not just in the corner of a day, week, or year, but daily, even in the work we do?  And how many of us are living for someday, rather then appreciating in joy each moment of beauty? 

Truly, even if they manage to remain relatively disease-free, many people aren’t truly living, and we can’t really call this condition “health,” not mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or even physically—just look at the physical posture, facial expression, walk and breathing of such a frazzled creature.  It’s not healthy, and in fact, not infrequently precedes eventual disease.  Contrast this, for example, with health from the view of a shaman, who might ask not about medical symptoms but rather questions like “When did you stop singing?  When did you stop dancing?  When did you stop enjoying stories?”  Notice these too are physical symptoms—singing, dancing, smiling—but they are not only harbingers of illness, but also indicators of perhaps a better term than health:  well-being. 

I worked with a client recently who reported her chiropractor was amazed to see that her neck, injured in an auto accident the previous year, had straightened back into place (C1) and that her chronically high blood pressure had dropped to normal.  “Something else,” she told me.  “I found myself singing along with the radio in the car.  I can’t remember the last time I did that.”  Bingo.  Well-being. 

When we’re not sneezing, but still living for one day when things will be different, we aren’t healthy, and we need to learn to stop accepting this condition, and especially not as normal.  Our lives are supposed to feel good to us.  Instead, we waste them in embracing mediocrity, instead of insisting on living as we were meant to live, fully, passionately, vibrantly alive. 

Second, we don’t understand we are energy, frequency and vibration.  Yes, physics has told us this for over a century.  The technical aspects of this are not only well-known, but well-established as well.  What we perceive as matter is the interaction of vibrating energy frequencies.  It’s all we are—energy, frequency, vibration.   Here, we can look to not only our physical symptoms, but our emotions and thoughts as well.  If we aren’t feeling healthy, happy, peaceful emotions, we aren’t thinking quality thoughts.  Change the thoughts, and the feedback mechanism of the emotions changes with them.  And clarity and coherence of light at the spiritual level is reflected in clear, calm thoughts and emotions. 

This is healing.  On one level, it’s as easy as letting go of what’s not working—conditions, emotions, thoughts, spiritual practice…it’s all tuning to different vibrations and frequencies.  Energy flows where attention goes, and when we’re hurt, we focus on the hurt—physically, emotionally, mentally, even spiritually.   Stop.  It’s re-creating the pain.  Instead, let go.  All healing is releasing.  Whether physical pain, emotional, etc., just let it radiate out in all directions.  Try it—the pain will stop.  Feeling mentally overwhelmed?  Stop thinking.  Focus on your heart energy instead.  Feeling spiritually empty?  Construct a daily spiritual practice meaningful to you;  focusing here instead of the emptiness will work wonders day to day.

Focus on wellness, on how a healthy body works and feels, on what emotions you want to feel, on what thoughts you want, on what spiritual condition.  What do you want?  Focus on that—not on continually feeling the lack.  Feel the joy of living your desires in the Now.  You will be happy, whole, peaceful, joyful, balanced—and truly healthy.

Tim Emerson

Kwan Yin Healing

http://kwanyinhealing.com

Brian Smith - Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak

Yes, I admit it. Just like the book's title suggests - I was once a control freak. I was an "old school" micro-manager! But the good news is I've seen the errors of my ways and I'm here to confess my sins. In my 40+ year career of managing and leading others I've committed my fair share. Trust me - I've been there and done that, and have the t-shirt to prove it. I consider myself a card-carrying graduate of the "School of Hard Knocks". There is no question that if I knew then what I know now - I would have managed differently. I wrote this book in the hope that you can learn from my mistakes. "The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them." are woven into the ten chapters of this book.

Each chapter is dedicated to one of those sins. I've spent a lifetime working with and managing others as a general manager for a major corporation and an award winning entrepreneur. I know from my own experiences what works and what doesn't work when it comes to communicating and interacting effectively with people at all levels throughout the organization. After all, think of a job that you could do that didn't involve dealing with others. You'd be hard pressed to find one. Times have certainly changed. What you need to decide now is - will the management style that got you here - be the same style that will sustain you or get you to where you want to go? Are you promotable? Would you work for you? I think there has been a dramatic shift in the way that others want to be managed.

For the first in our lifetime there are four different generations working in the same workplace. Each generation communicates and interacts differently. Each generation manages and wants to be managed in a style that they like. I believe we're not born knowing how to manage or lead people effectively. It's a learned behaviour. We all start out making certain assumptions based on our past experiences and perceptions as to the kind of role we think managers and leaders should play. But we also have come to know from experience that our perceptions may not always be correct, and that sometimes, we have to change our way of thinking if we are to become better at what we do. Today's managers and leaders need to change the way they manage others to stay in step with a changing workforce.

Managers must do three things very well. They must be able to communicate, educate and delegate. "Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak - The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them." will teach you how. Don't put your career at risk. Learn to manage the 21 st Century way. Copyright © Brian Smith 2012. Not to be copied or reproduced without written permission.

Anita Haque - How to get rid of back pain and LOSE FAT at the same time!

Dr. Anita Haque is a practicing Chiropractor in Livermore, California who has teamed up with her husband and Fitness Expert, Don Parker to help people who have back pain and want to lose weight. “There seems to be an increased correlation between weight gain and back pain. The two issues not only affect each other but for many people with this issue, it is also what prevents them from getting better.” Dr. Anita explains. “We have found out from many of our patients who suffer with back pain that they are AFRAID to exercise because of causing more pain and/or further injury.”

This undeniably over time leads to increased weight gain and strain on their spines. It’s a negative cycle that Dr. Anita and Don Parker are passionate about putting an end to. That is why they put their heads together and teamed up to create 3 exercise routines for people who want to lose weight safely and suffer with back pain. They have found out that it is specific movements that will help strengthen the back and in many cases help to rehabilitate the back. A few tips you can begin immediately are:

1. Contract your stomach muscles and b-r-e-a-t-h! This is not only a gut reducer but it also protects the lower spine from injuries. Dr. Anita and Don Parker recommend doing this movement as much as possible but especially with bending, lifting, twisting and changing positions.

 2. Stay flexible! With 26 vertebrae that houses the spinal cord and the delicate connections between your brain and body, remaining flexible is vital to youth, and optimal functioning. Practicing a few simple stretches daily can be all that someone needs to do! Dr. Anita shows her patients regularly to lie on their backs and bring both knees to the chest and rock the knees side to side and up and down while breathing to open up the spine in the back and promote flexibility.

 3. Fitness expert and trainer Don Parker also recommends combing movements as much as possible for fat burning! This is easily demonstrated in their exercise videos as he performs exercises that work on the back, stomach, arms and legs in one exercise. He believes that exercise should be fun and provide the most amounts of results in the shortest period of time. He recommends combining strength training and cardiovascular movements together to decrease the amount of time needed to spend on exercise. For example you may want to do some conditioning movements of your chest while preforming squats for strengthening and fat burning at the same time!

So change it up and get creative when working out to minimize the time you spend at the gym. Keeping your spine healthy is what Dr. Anita Haque and Don Parker advocate for a healthy life and maximum functioning of your body. They also advocate with their video that weight loss does not have to be a struggle for someone who has back pain by preforming specific exercises which can be found at www.safeexerciseforweightloss.com . For more information you can either email Dr. Anita at drhaque@haquechiropractic.com or phone at (925)90-1960.

Marcia McMahon - Messages From John

I am so delighted to be a guest featured on Dorothy Mercer's Talk Story TV program airing this coming week. Today, Julia Widdup, the owner and producer of talk story TV asked me to submit a brief article. That is very ironic because today is December 8, 2012, and today is the anniversary of John’s remembrance!

I have been working with the spirit of John Lennon for some 7 or 8 years now as his scribe for both messages and lyrics to songs from the other side. Is that divine timing or what? I just finished polishing and editing the manuscript to be ready its for publication. As a longtime channel for John I can sense him all around me today just smiling, because he wants his fans to know how much he appreciated them and this material has never before been published!

I have been privileged to hear from the great John Lennon, and Princess Diana and they are both working from behind the scenes you might say, on world peace issues. I have published 3 other books; my 1st was titled Princess Diana's Message of Peace. John came to me with a special request in 2005 to put together messages and then lyrics- at the same time he also came to Robert Murray another channel for John Lennon. That is how my work began with John Lennon and in a short time I was given a radio show. John recommended I title this show” the Peaceful Planet” after the first’s song I channeled in with John. I hosted that show for some 5 years on www.bbsradio.com.

I now present to you a brief sample chapter from my book. “Strawberry Fields Remembrance” – 25 Years after John. As I watched the thousands gather at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, via television the evening of John’s anniversary of his tragic death some 25 years earlier, his image began to form in my living room. Suddenly, John stood before me, open faced, smiling and keen to give a heart-warming message to his fans from all over the world. I felt the strongest presence I ever had in my years of medium ship, and he even gave me the mental impression of how wonderful he looked and felt that evening. He was strong and handsome, clean-shaven with shorter hair that he is remembered for. Here is John’s message to his fans. My eyes, which were tear filled, dried up and I felt the most wonderful presence of unconditional love.

Whenever I channel John I connect to his loving vibration. He really was the world’s most sincere troubadour of love. John’s 25th Anniversary Message to His Fans Channeled by Marcia McMahon December 8, 2006 John: Hey, yeah, it’s me, John. I’m showing’ ya how I look now; you see, no scars, no fear. My hair is shorter and I’m clean-shaven! Read More About Marcia McMahon at: Showcase of Guests

 

Malachi Stewart Talks About Healing from Sexual Abuse

Malachi's sexual abuse began when he was a mere first grader and continued to the end of his second grade year of school. His abuser was a young man that his mother had entrusted to walk him home from school since she could not afford the luxury of being a stay at home mom. They lived in an urban apartment building filled with single mothers who often left their children home alone. To them, it was better to leave your child alone while you go “win the bread” than to stay at home with them and live limited by the confines of public assistance. His mother would never have left him with a baby sitter because you simple couldn’t trust people to hold your child’s best interest as paramount. There are a lot of sick people in the world, so keeping Malachi home alone was her way of protecting him from those people. After meeting another single mother with a son in middle school, she found a solution to her problem. Surely, she felt she could trust him to be a companion for Malachi and keep him safe everyday as they made the block and a half journey home from school. Malachi begin to form a deep relationship with the young man and a brotherly bond. He trusted him, because that is what small children do; they trust the world around them and idolize the people they look up to. The naivety of a child is what makes them precious to many members of society but for a predator the scent of an innocent child without proper protection oozes like blood in shark filled waters. The ‘blood’ of Malachi's innocence was seeping into the waters of danger in great quantities as each day my trust grew stronger and the opportunities to capitalize on them multiplied. Finally, on a day where both their parents were just in the next room, the molestation began. It began with games and strange touches that lead to sexual acts. No one ever forgets the first time. The images never leave your mind of a first sexual experience stolen years before sexuality should be awakened and turned into something perverted. So what did Malachi do? He kept silent.

The abuse eventually stopped as his abuser replaced him with another victim. He never told another living soul; he tucked the memory of abuse away in his mind and hid them deeply into the sanctum of his soul where not even he would dare go to visit its archives. He wouldn't realize how much the abuse affected his life until he was almost an adult. It changed the way he valued himself as a person and framed the way he treated others and expected to be treated. It made Malachi very distrustful of others and very cold in relation. It defined his sexuality and caused him to equate intimacy with immorality and shame.

One of Malachi's favorite moments in the movie (based on the play/book) “For Colored Girls” is when one of the characters breaks into a soliloquy about how somebody almost walked away with all of her stuff. The character opens saying: “…stealing my [stuff] from me don’t make it yours, makes it stolen.
Somebody almost run off with all of my stuff & I was standing there looking at myself the whole time
& it wasn’t a spirit that took my stuff…. it was a man whose ego walked around like Rodan’s shadow…it was a man faster
 than my innocence…” This was exactly how he felt. Like somebody had come at the very start of his life, before the first crush and school dance, and walked away with all of 'his stuff'. They walked away with his self-image and left him self-aware. They walked away with his sexual freedom and left him sexually confused. They walked away with his innocence and left him corrupted. They walked away with the twinkle in his eyes and left deep sadness and a desire to be protected from an invisible monster. They walked away with his decision to give my body to someone one day by just just taking his body! They took his legs, thighs, his smile, his bruises and birth marks and left a little boy that he didn’t recognize; the thief left a boy who who was angry, afraid and insecure.

The WORSE part is that his abuser walked away with all of Malachi and no one even noticed! He had to get himself back. It was many years later, and after a lot of downward spirals and negative attempts to ‘self- medicate’, he finally realized what had happened to him wasn’t his fault. He finally realized he was a victim and not a participant. Malachi found himself a survivor that desperately wanted, no needed, to be an over-comer. So he started by taking back the first thing the abuser stole from him, HIS VOICE.

Malachi's first book, 'Journey to Malachi' is a result of that decision to take back his voice!  The follwing list is provided to help others regain their won voices as well.

For Male Survivors Support: http://www.malesurvivor.org/
To Contact a Help Hotline: http://www.rainn.org/
For Christian Counseling: http://www.miraculumcounsellingservices.com/
For Counseling on SSA: http://exodusinternational.org/

Craig Sim Webb Talks About Dreaming

Dreaming for Fun, Adventure, and Personal Transformation by Craig Sim Webb Dreams provide what star trek fans might call a nightly holodeck experience or what hi-tech buffs might see as the ultimate virtual reality, where there is no limit to graphics resolution, computing power or on-line storage. In dreams and in lucid dreams especially, where the world somewhat avails itself to the suggestions of the dreamer, adventure and intrigue are almost guaranteed because the usual laws of physics and of society no longer apply, and many of the apparent blocks set by age, sex, race or religion simply fall away. In dreams we can be the hero of our own adventure, find romance, fly, travel through "solid" objects, breathe underwater, and perform feats free from embarrassment, peer pressure, monetary limits, and even physical handicaps. The boundaries of imagination are the only limits. One can even follow in the footsteps of Tibetan monks who master lucid dreaming as a spiritual illumination stepping stone on the path to enlightenment. Watch upcoming columns for a further description of lucid dreams and tips on how to have them. "All my life I've taken wondrous adventures upon the wings of my imagination while dreaming. I have flown many nights, talked to bears, dogs, raccoons, and owls; I have swum with dolphins and whales, breathing underwater as if I had gills" (L.G. Chico, CA) “Heading up this passage to get refreshments ahead of a crowd of friends, I fill up this large glass with milk and notice a head of lettuce floating in it. This is odd and I wonder if I’m dreaming. To check, I catch someone's eye nearby, and he smiles and nods without me having to say anything. I consider taking off to fly, but the dream seems to be tugging at my chest with quite some force. It doesn't hurt, but it feels as if I should follow, so I give my mental okay and let it take me. I begin zooming horizontally and then down to the left, in some kind of dark void, accelerating until I'm really, really moving – faster than I've ever flown before. I hesitate, afraid that if I go any faster I won’t survive. But remembering again that it's just a dream, I urge myself past this fear. Immediately, my arms sort of ‘snap’ outwards a bit and I instantly accelerate to some tremendous velocity such that I seem to become nothing less than the quality of pure speed itself. After a short while, I slow and feel myself being "brought back together” to view where I have just been. There's an RCA electronic component in a small circuit of some kind and I realize I was just an electron! Very slowly, I awaken buzzing with energy, and my hands tingle for quite some time afterwards.” (C.W., Montreal, Qc) "I suddenly realize I'm dreaming from surprise and excitement, recognizing that I've become a salmon swimming upstream! Leaping high into the air, I climb a series of chutes. Then I flip onto the shore and the flipping sensation feels so odd that I awaken." (W.D., Palo Alto, CA) "Falling asleep, I remember wondering what truly 'knowing myself' would be like. Dreaming, I become aware of this incredible, indescribably powerful 'Love Light'. The thought comes that there is no power like it - it's absolutely non-judgmental, and dwarfs every worry or desire I've ever had. It is peace and simplicity and well-being. It includes sexuality but encompasses far more. Basking in what feels like 'an ocean of grace', I soon realize that I'm not looking at it, but rather that I AM it, recognizing myself." (C.W., Palo Alto, CA) Craig Sim Webb, Executive Director of the DREAMS Foundation (www.dreams.ca), is a dream analyst/author/ researcher, as well as physicist/inventor, and performing/recording musical artist, who has done pioneering dream and lucid dream research at California’s Stanford University and at Montreal’s Sacré-Coeur Hospital. He has had the privilege to be an invited expert for major motion pictures, Fortune 500 corporations, and well over a thousand international TV, radio, print, and online media. To learn about the Dream Interpretation Mastery and Lucid Dreaming interactive online teleclass adventures Craig leads, please visit www.dreams.ca/teleclass.pdf, or email: training@dreams.ca

Richard Barnes Talks About Luzon

Richard Whitten Barnes is a native Chicagoan, graduating as a chemist from Michigan State University. He is now retired from a career in international chemical sales and marketing, which has taken him all over the world. Barnes is a veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division and an avid sailor. He lives in Lake Wylie, S.C., but spends summers with his wife Marg and dog Sparty at their cottage on St. Joseph Island, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Huron. Barnes is the author of The FAIRCLOTH REACTION, The CORYDON SNOW, BRINK, and BAD MEDICINE. LUZON is his second historical novel set in WWII and has just published from Wings Press this month. America has broken Japan’s “Purple” code, and a captured U.S. Navy officer knows it. Someone has to make sure the Japanese don’t find out. It’s 1941, and Riza Manceda, a beautiful American intelligence officer, needs someone to impersonate a Japanese officer for a dangerous mission to her homeland of the Philippines. Her search uncovers the ideal man in Daniel Suhiro, a first generation Nisei with perfect credentials for the job…but maybe not so perfect. The mission is to prevent the Japanese from discovering the Allies have broken their “unbreakable” Purple code. This secret could shorten – or lengthen – the war by years, and is known by an officer captured in Luzon. Riza and Daniel train to either rescue the officer or, if necessary, assassinate him. The compelling story of their harrowing venture meticulously comes to life as the pair becomes drawn closer to each other and then thrown headlong into incredible peril. Richard Whitten Barnes is meticulous in getting the historical details of the WWII years right. "Luzon" is sprinkled freely with nonfictional characters saying and doing things relevant to the times.

Irina Shapiro Talks About Precious Bones

Talk Story TV presents Irina Shapiro talking about her new book, Precious Bones on Oct. 15th at 1pm MT. Here is some of what Shapiro has to say about Precious Bones - When the skeletal remains of a young woman and her baby are found entombed behind the kitchen wall of a historic Tudor building, Cassandra is overcome with grief. She seems to know who the young woman was, but not how she knows this, or how the woman came to be there. Cassandra becomes inexplicably drawn to the house, and the mystery of the "Bones of Blackfriars." At the risk of sabotaging her well-ordered life, Cassandra moves into the house, where she is suddenly confronted with strange happenings that she can’t understand or rationalize to herself. Most people would probably just dismiss the situation to avoid shaking up their safe lives, but being a writer, Cassandra just can’t walk away from a great story, especially if she happens to be the leading lady of her own tale. To complicate things further, Cassandra’s boyfriend is furious with her for buying the old house and ruining their plans to move in together, and her mysterious new publisher seems to be something more than he appears to be, stirring up feelings that could only lead to disaster. As Cassandra settles into her new home and begins to learn the truth about the Thorne siblings, who occupied the house during the reign of Elizabeth I, her own life takes an unexpected turn, and she finds that her fate is linked to the Thornes in ways she never dreamed of.

Divya Chandra Guest on Talk Story Radio Show

Divya Chandra will be the guest on The Talk Story Radio show tomorrow at 10:30 am MT at DreamtimeRadio.com Divya Chandra is the Director of BooGio11 Productions and member of the " Happy to Help Theatre Company". Divya's explorations have led her to the stage, to dancing, singing, conscious living and empowerment. Divya works out of New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, London and New York.Divya's journey as an actor, director & playwright has given her a unique eye and an understanding in to the limitations we put on ourselves. As an actor, Divya is committed to work on projects that break the certified notions of glam and affectation prefixed with the profession, framing new foundations of transformative-mission oriented art. As a writer & director she aims to create work that transcends cultural confines in story-telling, co- creating opportunities for like-minded artists to explore and re-define ‘performance’ as a movement for self-discovery & empowerment. Divya has worked on several Indian and international projects,collaborating with directors, filmmakers and artists to create conscientious work escalating both the ‘self’ and societal awareness. Working with people from all ages and backgrounds, through her workshops she facilitates a more conscious connection with the self and helps participants tap and explore their aspirations and potential. http://wherespiritmeetsart.blogspot.in/

Meradeth Houston - The Color of Memories

A bit about the Colors Like Memories: Julia has a secret: she killed the guy she loved. It was an accident—sort of. Julia is a Sary, the soul of a child who died before taking her first breath. Without this 'breath of life' she and others like her must help those on the verge of suicide. It's a job Julia used to enjoy, until the accident that claimed her boyfriend’s life—an accident she knows was her fault. If living with the guilt weren't enough, she's now assigned to help a girl dealing with the loss of her mother, something Julia's not exactly the best role model for. If she can't figure out a way to help her, Julia's going to lose her position in the Sary, something she swore to her boyfriend would never happen. Available from MuseItUp Publishing. A bit about Meradeth Houston: Meradeth’s never been a big fan of talking about herself, but if you really want to know, here are some random tidbits about her: >She’s a Northern California girl. This generally means she talks too fast and use "like" a lot. >When she’s not writing, she’s sequencing dead people’s DNA. For fun! >She’s been writing since she was 11 years old. It's her hobby, her passion, and she’s so happy to get to share her work! >If she could have a super-power, it would totally be flying. Which is a little strange, because she’s terrified of heights. http://www.MeradethHouston.com http://meradethhouston.blogspot.com https://twitter.com/#!/MeradethHouston http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13030422-colors-like-memories http://www.shelfari.com/books/28925571/Colors-Like-Memories http://www.facebook.com/ColorsLikeMemories

Talk Story TV Presents Richard Barnes

Richard Whitten Barnes is the author of The FAIRCLOTH REACTION, The CORYDON SNOW, BRINK, and BAD MEDICINE. LUZON is his second historical novel set in WWII and has just published from Wings Press this month. America has broken Japan’s “Purple” code, and a captured U.S. Navy officer knows it. Someone has to make sure the Japanese don’t find out. It’s 1941, and Riza Manceda, a beautiful American intelligence officer, needs someone to impersonate a Japanese officer for a dangerous mission to her homeland of the Philippines. Her search uncovers the ideal man in Daniel Suhiro, a first generation Nisei with perfect credentials for the job…but maybe not so perfect. The mission is to prevent the Japanese from discovering the Allies have broken their “unbreakable” Purple code. This secret could shorten – or lengthen – the war by years, and is known by an officer captured in Luzon. Riza and Daniel train to either rescue the officer or, if necessary, assassinate him. The compelling story of their harrowing venture meticulously comes to life as the pair becomes drawn closer to each other and then thrown headlong into incredible peril. Richard Whitten Barnes is meticulous in getting the historical details of the WWII years right. "Luzon" is sprinkled freely with nonfictional characters saying and doing things relevant to the times.

Can I Hold Him by Janet Stobie

Appearing today on the Talk Story TV at 1pm MT is writer and inspirational speaker Rev. Janet Stobie. She will be introducing her short story collection, Can I Hold Him- Christmas Stories for All Ages. In this short story collection, Janet Stobie offers her readers a new perspective on our beloved Christmas story. Janet invites you to let go of your preconceived ideas and step into the shoes and minds of the traditional Christmas characters. For a few moments you will become Joseph or Mary, or the innkeeper’s daughter, and more. Each unique viewpoint offers new understanding for our lives today. The four contemporary stories that Janet has included in this collection will bring chuckles to your reading experience. Janet suggests, “The Bible offers us God’s living Word. When you read my stories, open your mind and heart to receive the special surprise God has in store for you.” As the basis of a Christmas program for your group, children’s events, intergenerational worship, Bible Study, or read as part of your family’s Christmas preparations, Can I Hold Him? will give hours of pleasure. Rev. Janet Stobie, is the author of two children’s books, Spectacular Stella and A Place Called Home/ Homeless? Who Me? as well as a second collection of short stories, A Child Speaks. She writes a weekly column, Today’s Faith for the Millbrook Times. As a keynote speaker and storyteller Janet brings inspiration to groups across Canada. To learn more about Janet and to sample her books go to www.janet-stobie.com

Secondhand Sight with Rocky Leonard

Rocky Leonard will be the guest of Talk Story TV hosted by Julia Widdop on Wednesday Oct. 3rd at 7pm MT. Rocky will be talking about his new book, Secondhand Sight and his old book, Always Another One. Dan Harper is just an ordinary guy, having an ordinary day…until he ruins his tie during lunch. When he visits a thrift store near his office for an inexpensive replacement, merely touching a secondhand tie triggers a flood of gruesome images only he can see. Are they hallucinations, or suppressed memories? Dan desperately wants these visions to be nothing more than a product of his imagination, but soon enough, he discovers real crime scenes and murder victims. Dan can no longer ignore the unseen powers forcing him to confront the demons of his past. Dark forces prod him to seek the identity of the faceless murderer haunting his dreams. Dan’s worst fear is the suspicion he’ll eventually confront the face of this brutal killer in last place he wants to look – the mirror. Author bio: John "Rocky" Leonard was born in Savannah, Georgia and has spent most of his adult life in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. He holds a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia and worked as a computer programmer for more than twenty years before becoming a writer. John's writing has also been influenced by shorter stints working as a bartender, real estate investor and landlord. He has been married to wife Lisa for twenty-three years and is the proud father of two and grandfather of three, as well as pack leader for several wonderful dogs and a hostile Maine Coon cat. John writes detective novels under the pen name Rocky Leonard and nonfiction work as John L. Leonard. Secondhand Sight is his second novel. --- end ---

Anthony Burcher Talks about Storytelling Skills

This week Talk Story TV, Julia Widdop will be hosting ANTHONY BURCHER who is the current 2012 Champion Liar of the Southeast. He is a professional storyteller from Eastern VA. The show airs at Justin.TV/JuliaWiddop tonight at 7pm Mountain Time. If you miss the show, please check out the archives at: YouTube.com/JuliaWiddop He and his lovely wife & co-author Michelle Burcher have just published their 2nd book: 101 GAMES THAT TEACH STORYTELLING SKILLS. He and his wife have been Presbyterian Camp Directors for the past 26 years. Anthony also works for the Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation as an Outreach Instructor. Anthony's current project is to record a Cd of his best stories to be released this Fall by ROAD CANDY RECORDS where Anthony has just been signed as one of their new recording artists. If you want to hear more of his stories or learn how to book him, kindly visit anthonyburcher.com. Anthony opens and closes the show with a story. You will enjoy this show. Show will be broadcast on Wednesday September 26th at 7pm Mountain Time.

Robert Rosen's investigative memoir, "Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography," a Vanity Fair Hot Type pick, was published by London indie Headpress in the U.K. last year and in the U.S. in June. In "Beaver Street," Rosen defines "modern pornography" as the fusion of erotica and computers, which first occurred at High Society magazine in 1983, when they launched their "free" phone-sex lines. The book explores what Rosen witnessed over a 16-year period as an editor for such magazines as High Society, Swank, Stag, and D-Cup, and combines these first-hand accounts with research and reporting to create a detailed insider's portrait of a multi-billion-dollar industry in a state of traumatic upheaval. Michael Musto of the Village Voice called “Beaver Street” “entertaining, insightful, and hot.” Rosen is also the author of "Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon," which was an international bestseller.

Gavriel Navarro's Adventures in the Amazon

Gavriel Navarro is a Spanish-born poet, musician and artist who grew up in Venezuela and England. After graduating with a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, he spent eleven years in the Amazon as a hunter, an Eco-tourism guide and apprentice of shamanic wisdom. The multilingual Navarro now makes his home in Japan where he applies the lessons of his peripatetic life through film-making and transcendent poetry. We are pleased to have him on Talk Story TV and enjoyed hearing his poetry both in English and in Spanish. Read more about Gavriel Navarro

Sonja Gailligan Talks About Feelings

Sonja Gilligan be a guest on Dreamtime Radio September 4th at 10am MT. she will be talking about her new book, The Art of Emotional Self-Defense: finding the 4 feelings that could save your life. This book is about feelings. The author draws the surprising conclusion that there are really only four fundamental feelings: Fear, Anger, Pain and Love. All of them are positive and good for us. In fact, they are the teaching tools in the handbook of our lives. They are constantly "in motion" in keeping with the word we have for them, "emotions," constantly recycling through our minds and bodies, second by second. They are the true guiding forces in each of our lives, whether we are aware of them it or not. This book helps you understand what each of these feelings means to you.

Join us at http://DreamtimeRadio.com and if you have any questions you’d like to ask the author, call 347-838-8427. Dreamtime Radio features writers, speakers, storytellers, and healers. If you are interested in a guest slot with Dreamtime Radio or Talk Story TV, please sign up at TalkStoryTV.com.

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Alease Michelle - The Comeback Kid

Alease will be “talking story” about her new book, Greatness is in the Comeback ISBN#0615646824

As the owner of Alease Michelle Studios, LLC and the editor of the School of Creative Business, "Alease Michelle" McClenningham combines fourteen years of teaching experience and an established artistic career with a powerful interest in online branding and marketing.

Her desire is to empower others to create new, unique, and sustainable lifestyles—and to enjoy doing it! As an expert, Alease lends knowledge to the press, editorials, and serves as a subject-matter expert. She is a sought-after presenter on the topics of creative marketing and management, personal image and branding, and fashion related topics. She serves as an Associate Professor at an art and design college in Charlotte, NC and teaches a wide range of courses in Fashion Marketing and Management. She serves on several committees and organizations, and works to improve curriculum and processes that have produced quantifiable results. Alease has risen to the challenge of teaching others how to blend their passion with today’s technology to run a successful business. She helps creative entrepreneurs produce powerful products and services that resonate with their target audience, develop a persuasive sales message, and position themselves as experts in their niche.

Talk Story TV airs each Wednesday at 7pm Mountain Time at: TalkStoryTV.com.


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Talk Story TV Presents Adventurer and Poet, Gavriel Navarro

Gavriel Navarro is a Spanish-born poet, musician and artist who grew up in Venezuela and England. After graduating with a degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, he spent eleven years in the Amazon as a hunter, an Eco-tourism guide and apprentice of shamanic wisdom. The multilingual Navarro now makes his home in Japan where he applies the lessons of his peripatetic life through film-making and transcendent poetry. He will be talking about his adventurous life and reading poetry from his book.

"Reaching the end of a voyage, we come to an important truth: The end is only the beginning!" says Navarro, "By letting go of false concepts such as accident and coincidence, we allow synchronicity to lead our lives, taking us further along the paths of clarity and discovery. The only laws we need to understand are the laws of the heart, where oceans of possibility come into being, where infinite space can balance the extremes of our imperfections. Every lesson learned is a seed planted. Detours and impediments become opportunities, and we discover the freedom that comes with allowing. Perhaps our greatest joy awaits us at the end of this physical voyage, when we look back at the seeds we planted and discover that they have become a forest, nurturing life and inviting life to return!"

Navarro's first book the "The Wind and The Sea Poems and Reflections on the Voyage of No Return" is available in Amazon.com
ISBN-10: 0985923407
ISBN-13: 978-0985923402

Talk Story TV talks with writers, storytellers, poets and healers each Wednesday at 7pm Mountain Time at: http://www.juliawiddop.pages.qpg.com/talkstorytv/

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Julia Widdop with Carolyn CJ Jones on Dreamtime Radio

Carolyn CJ Jones is an award-winning author, national speaker, and life coach whose message of hope brings people to a place of peace within. Over the past 11 years, she has shed her own grudges, bitterness, and grief to find forgiveness and peace. Now she helps others to do the same, guiding them as they go through their own transformation. Her nationally-acclaimed book, "Opening the Gates of the Heart: A Journey of Healing," is the winner of several awards in 2012, including a Silver Medal for best Gift/Specialty book, an Honorable Mention in the Spirituality category, and an award for best cover art. Prior to 2012, her book received several prizes for Photography and Spirituality alike. Whether speaking or coaching, Carolyn inspires audiences and clients, instilling an awareness of forgiveness, grief resolution, and accountability. Her services are based on her book, which is one of inspirational verses and photographs of wrought-iron gates that guides the reader from great angst to deep inner peace. In her “previous” life, Carolyn was a Registered Nurse for twenty-two years, practicing administrative nursing. “My most gratifying experience was when I was working for a state Social Services Department. While there, I initiated, developed, and operated a program that allowed technology-dependent children who were living in hospital ICUs, to be cared for at home with hourly private-duty nursing care.” Carolyn presents herself to you with the same expertise, determination, and passion that she showed for the children years ago.

Carolyn is also presenting her new book, Opening the Gates of the Heart: A Journey of Healing 9780982635209

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Talk Story TV Presents author, Robert Rosen - Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography

Julia Widdop: Talk Story TV 970-462-7132 Talk Story TV Presents author, Robert Rosen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On the world wide web – Talk Story TV will present Robert Rosen talking about his new book, Beaver Street. Show will be broadcast at TalkStoryTV.com on Wednesday September 12th at 7pm Mountain Time According to Robert Rosen his newest book, Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography, is an investigative memoir. A Vanity Fair Hot Type pick, Beaver Street was published by London indie Headpress in the U.K. last year and in the U.S. in June. “In Beaver Street," says Rosen, “I define ‘modern pornography’ as the fusion of erotica and computers, which first occurred at High Society magazine in 1983, when they launched their ‘free’ phone-sex lines. The book explores what I witnessed over a 16-year period as an editor for such magazines as High Society, Swank, Stag, and D-Cup, and combines these first-hand accounts with research and reporting to create a detailed insider's portrait of a multi-billion-dollar industry in a state of traumatic upheaval. Michael Musto of the Village Voice called Beaver Street ‘entertaining, insightful, and hot.’ I'm also the author of Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, which was an international bestseller. Talk Story TV airs each Wednesday at 7pm Mountain Time at: http://TalkStoryTV.com. ###