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With the tragic events that are so prevalent in the news these days, it's overwhelming to think that we could be so affected; the thought of recovery is just plain out-of-sight. How do we deal with the pain of a tragic event and turn it into a means of recovery? Why do bad things happen to good people? How do we deal with something that is so unfair? Did we do something to deserve such grief as the results of a mad man's destructive behavior? 

This week we're talking about Intuition and Energy and our esteemed guest is none other than Penney Peirce!   Penney is a respected and gifted intuitive empath with deep psychological understanding, visionary ability, and business sense. She is one of the early pioneers in the intuition development movement, having worked since 1977 with organizations like the San Francisco-based Center for Applied Intuition, The Institute for the Study of Conscious Evolution, and The Intuition Network.  A popular author, lecturer, counselor, and trainer, Penney specializes in intuition and sensitivity development, "skillful perception," personal energy and frequency training, dreamwork, and future trends. She travels widely, working throughout the US, Japan, South Africa, and Europe as an advisor to business executives, scientists, psychologists, other consultants and trainers, and those on a spiritual path. She has counseled tens of thousands of people worldwide about life and business direction, and the fulfillment of destiny. Penney is the author of:  • FREQUENCY: THE POWER OF YOUR PERSONAL VIBRATION (Beyond Words/Atria/Simon & Schuster 2009) • THE INTUITIVE WAY: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO INCREASING YOUR AWARENESS (Beyond Words 1997; second edition Council Oak Books 2005; 3rd edition Beyond Words 2009)  • DREAM DICTIONARY FOR DUMMIES (Wiley 2008)  • DREAMS FOR DUMMIES (Wiley 2000)  • THE PRESENT MOMENT: A DAYBOOK OF CLARITY AND INTUITION (McGraw Hill 2000)  More information can be found at penneypeirce.com

We're honored and so pleased to present this very special Tuesday edition of The Council Fire Show with Posi Artist, Singer-Songwriter Karen Drucker. We'll be talking with Karen about her passion and service to raise the vibration of the world with her music and art.   Karen Drucker has recorded 11 CDs of her original inspirational music and has won numerous awards for her volunteer work for performing and producing shows for organizations in need. Karen has been called a master of communicating presence and spirituality through music. She has been a professional comedienne, led her own band for corporate events, and has been the spokesperson for “Bread and Roses” (performing in convalescent hospitals, prisons, children's hospitals, etc.). She started her own organization, “Artists For A Cause,” to raise awareness and funds for organizations in need by producing concerts featuring local entertainers. She has been the music director for 3 different New Thought churches, Music Director for the UCRS Regional and National Conferences and co-music director for RSI's Asilomar Conference. For her musical contribution to UCRS, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate. She sings, speaks and leads workshops at women's retreats, mind-body & health conferences and various churches around the country. She also performs music for ministers, workshop facilitators, and authors including Joan Borysenko, SARK, Alan Cohen, Mary Manin Morrissey and many others. She loves making music, making a difference, and touching hearts. Karen Drucker this Tuesday on CFire Radio.

Making Sense, Episode Four. You know how it looks over there... On the other side of the fence... Look at it... All green and nice and pretty..  Be careful, though... Looks can be, and quite often are, very deceiving! What you think is something better... is just an illusion.  When you feel like you're "stuck" with what you've got on your side of the fence, maybe you just need to alter your perception in order to "green up your own grass..." Jumping over the fence may get you away from your grass for a short time, but sure as clorophyll, you'll soon realize that your grass simply follows you around until you get out your gardner's tools and "green it up" and the only one who can do that is you.  But once you do, just think how many people will be looking at your grass thinking, "Hmmmm.. Sure does look nice and green over there! Wonder what they've got that I don't have?"

Prayer is a challenge for many of us. What should we ask of God? Is anyone listening? Why aren't our prayers being answered? The hard truth is this: God doesn't fulfill needs. For thousands of years, humanity has brought needs to God with little success, often resulting in disillusionment. Now is the time to try something new: A nine-step prayer practice created by our very special guest, Jim Rosemergy, called The Gathering. The Gathering will lead you to the avenues through which God's power and presence can be expressed. You'll see that prayer isn't something you do; rather, it's an experience of God's presence. Author Jim Rosemergy has seen thousands truly connect with God and transform their lives through prayer. The Gathering is divinely inspired. Whether practiced individually or within a group, in just 40 days, The Gathering will become your foundation for a genuine, ever-deepening experience of God's immanent presence and unlimited power. Jim Rosemergy is a spiritual seeker and explorer of the mystical life. His focus is conscious oneness with the One, a perpetual practice of the presence of God. He is the author of more than a dozen books about the spiritual journey, and he is a very popular speaker at churches and spiritual centers across the U.S. He is also a regular columnist for Unity Magazine and contributing author to New Thought for a New Millennium. He has created many audio programs, including a four-meditation series titled God, My Friend, and teacher's guides for two of his books, Even Mystics Have Bills to Pay and The Third Coming. Jim is the minister at Unity of Fort Myers, FL.

Moving through challenges with intuition, grace and dignity. Sometimes it's easy to lose your focus and lose your mind when your faced with what seem like unsurmountable odds.  In this episode of our series "Making Sense," Johnn & Shelley discuss how to take a breath and move through what ails ya!  Join us for this insightful and well-timed episode of "The Council Fire!"

Imagine you're waiting on the other side of the veil to incarnate into this earth-plane. Perhaps you're a new soul, perhaps an old one. Now, imagine that you're choosing the circumstances for your upcoming journey on this particular planet. What will you need to get your assignment completed? Who will be your parents that will give you their persuasion on your lessons? What geographical location will you inhabit early on or for your lifetime? How will you choose to live, as a victim or as an advocate of life? If you can look at life this way, even for a moment, it's easy to see that there are no mistakes; only lessons to be learned. In fact, it's the reason you're here, to learn the lessons that will take you to the next stage, the next plane of your existence, the next step closer to Unity, the Union with the Divine.  So here's your assignment, your contract: You will receive a body. You will learn lessons. There are NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS. A lesson is repeated until it is learned. Your learning never ends. "There" is no better than "Here." Others are merely mirrors. What you make of your life is completely up to you. The answers lie INSIDE you, not OUTSIDE. Whether you think you CAN or CAN'T, in either case you'll be correct. Join us for this interesting look at our "Sacred Contracts," as Caroline Myss so eloquently calls them. Our life lessons. Remember, there are no mistakes.

In this exceptional episode of The Council Fire, we're speaking with Rique Patire, a Hospice Volunteer and the Creator/Producer/Performer of “Centered in the Storm,” a musical exploration of life, death, and family matters told in a humorous, poignant and uplifting way. The program follows Rique's blue collar Jersey family's journey to accept the loss of their son and brother. It features songs from multiple Grammy winner, Emmylou Harris. Hospice care focuses on bringing comfort, self-respect, and tranquility to people in the final years of life believing that the end of life is not a medical experience; it is a human experience that benefits from expert medical and holistic support. Hospice cares for patients' families as well, to help them cope with what is happening and provide care and support to keep the patient at home. Rique combines his program, “Centered in the Storm,” with Local Hospice organizations as a co-fundraiser and to raise awareness of the many benefits that hospice organizations provide. For more information about Rique and his work, visit Rique.net Set a reminder to tune in and take part in this invaluable episode!    

In this episode of our groundbreaking series, "Making Sense," we're talking about the dynamics of our upbringing and what we're given by our parents and caregivers to take into our relationships as adults . This is true recovery from codependency; knowing your family of origin and the dynamics of how you were taught to perceive the world around you is crucial to recovering your authentic self. This work affects everyone! Codependency is the number one epidemic on the planet today. Absolutely no one is immune to the contribution of this pursuit, even in healthy systems. Having this knowledge will enable you to move from victim to victorious, allowing you to perceive the world as happening "for you" and not "to you." In this episode, we'll talk about how to reclaim your power, make peace with the past, add forgiveness to your list of qualities of life and show up for yourself like never before. It's simply a matter of empowerement! Please join us and share this episode with your family and friends!  

Our very special guest this week is Spiritual Coach and Author, Scott Kalechstein Grace, but you may know him as "The Spiritual Dr. Suess!" "Am I a psychic coach? Yes. You betcha! I see auras, read the chakras, hear and talk to guides, the whole nine yards. And yet, when people hear that I am psychic, clairvoyant, intuitive, etc. they often ask me questions about the future. They sometimes even want me to make decisions for them. I don't read or predict the future, as I consider that a cheap use of my gifts, as helpful for my clients as serving them junk food.  I do see, read, and articulate the soul lessons and blessings behind each challenge that a person is facing, the ways Life is attempting to help each person grow out of their stuck places and into their authentic Selves and authentic Power.  I help people uncover, see and change the subconscious beliefs that are holding them back and give them tools to release them.  I hold up a soul mirror and reflect their magnificence right back at them.  That's what I do with my psychic gifts. Predictions are spiritual junk food. The only thing I predict is that as you stop holding hands with your fears, your life will move forward in wondrous ways.  Who needs predictions, when you have personal power and a magical universe? AND I DO IT ALL IN SONG!!!!!!" This will be the show not to miss! Tell your friends and family to set a reminder, reserve the time and call in. Scott has promised that he'll do some live coaching on the air with some lucky callers and even create some songs on the spot! Visit scottsongs.com for more information including links to his wildly poular "Spiritual Dr. Suess Videos."  

This week on The Council Fire, we're speaking with Rev. Ogun Holder about his new book, "Rants to Revelations." Rev. Holder's many titles include speaker, teacher, author, radio show host, blogger, musician, husband, parent, social media consultant, and self-proclaimed geek. His first book, "Rants To Revelations: Unabashedly Honest Reflections on Life, Spirituality, and the Meaning of God" was published by Unity Books in Fall 2012. A popular and engaging speaker, Ogun is the Senior Minister and Executive Director of Unity for All, an online nonprofit ministry on a mission of Global Transformation through Spiritual Education, Empowerment, and Engagement. Originally from Barbados, Ogun moved to the USA in 1994 to pursue a degree in Music Therapy. He's worked successfully with a variety of populations in schools, hospitals, adult day-care facilities, and his own private practice. Also an experienced church music director, having served multiple Unity communities, Ogun currently lives in the Washington DC metro area with his wife and their daughter Joy.  

Our good friend Kanta Bosniak returns for a visit! Kanta is an author, artist, coach and interfaith minister with over 40 years experience as a spiritual growth teacher and a nationally recognized expert on “Abundance Triggers.” She uses art, interior design and other anchors to enhance positive focus. She has had solo shows in PBS and NPR radio galleries, at UNCW, Omega Institute and Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment. Her books include Surviving Cancer and Other Tough Stuff, Lose Weight in Alpha State, Abundance Triggers, The Becoming Process: A New Paradigm for Life Change, and Love Poems. Audios include Guided Meditation CDs and Audio books Surviving Cancer: A Sacred Journey for Women, Lose Weight in Theta State, Abundance Triggers: A Journey of Self- Discovery, Surviving Cancer: A Sacred Journey for Men, Sweet Dreams! Guided Imagery for Peaceful Sleep, and Sweet Dreams for Kids! Guided Imagery for Peaceful Sleep, all with music by her son, Joshua Bosniak. More information can be found at kantabosniak.com

You're at a crossroad in your life! You know that this life you're living is not want you want, but you don't know how to change it! You've just ended a relationship, career or made a big move and now what! You are ready to claim your own power, because you know you can if you know how! Does this sound like you? Knowing your numbers is like having a map of your life. However, maps simply serve to show us direction but will not do the traveling for you. There will be road choices to make as well as obstacles and unforeseen occurrences but it is up to you, the driver, to make the necessary changes, shifts, and decisions to succeed in your voyage to your destination. Plan on calling in early with questions for Stefanina!

Tune in and call in this week as Shelley flies solo with her very own show, Shelley And The God Box. This will be a delightful opportunity to get into the mind of one of today's brilliant coach-counselors and really stretch the envelope! Surprise guests, facinating topics, it's a Spirit Party just waiting to happen and YOU are invited!

This week our very special guest is Satya Kalra. The founder of Path to Anandam is popularly known for her Anandam life style (Blissful Living). Satya's mission in life is to live in love, peace and Anandam and spread the same to others by leading, practicing and propagating spiritual living and helping others to become more self-dependent and self-reliant, specially destitute women and children. Prior to finding Path to Anandam, Satya has been through many facets in her life. She has been a veteran in the biotech industry for 35 years serving as a visionary, entrepreneur, scientist, founder, CEO, president and chairperson, a dedicated mother to three beautiful children, a responsible wife and a committed social worker. Path to Anandam is a spiritual and non-profit organization. The purpose of our organization is to guide you to reach your untapped eternal happiness and peace within – Blissful living. At Path to Anandam, we offer you proven, simple, practicable techniques, and spiritual practices that will help you to self-transform by removing or substituting your negative emotions with positive emotions (Love, Peace and Anandam). We have developed techniques which will help you to identify the purpose of your life and assist you in attaining it through Self-awareness, Self-analysis and Self-action. More information is available at pathtoanandam.org  

It's the original source material for the Law of Attraction and it's the inspiration for thousands of books, films, essays and lectures that are responsible for the current paradigm shift in consciousness. Our special guest this week is Terry Laird, a student and teacher of the Abraham-Hicks material since 2003. Terry's intuitive gifts are many and his informal and easy-to-understand style make him a delight to be a part of his programs. Make a plan to be a part of this show! Call in with your questions for Terry Laird.

We often make resolutions at this time of year... We're going to quit smoking, shed a few pounds, cut back on the booze, give up trying to change our coworkers to suit our desires... And after a week or two, we discover we're right back to our old ways... But what about making some Spiritual Resolutions that would really change your life? How about creating a prayer journal that would give you a deeper insight to your true beliefs? Maybe a meditation practice that would bring you a heightened sense of peace and prosperity? Would those types of resolutions have value and meaning? In this episode, we'll be talking about how to create and STICK TO your spiritual resolutions and how that may benefit us at a much deeper level... Make plans to be here!

It's the holiday season! In this festive episode, we'll be speaking with special guest Rev. Donna Majetic about what it means to have the consciousness of Christ within us all.  Reverend Donna is the Spiritual Leader and Teacher for Unity of the Hills Spiritual Center in Branson, Missouri.  

It's the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year. According to some, the end of the world as we know it. Other's simply foresee the dawning of a new age of enlightenment. A chance to create a deeper understanding of the relationship of our hearts and souls intertwined, co-creating the next chapter of our lives.  Cosmic energy is usually felt in subtle ways; how will we know if anything changes?  What do you expect on December 21st? Join us for a rousing discussion on being prepared for the dawning of the age of Aquarius!

Our very special guests this week are Minister, Author, and Visionary Vocalist, DAVID AULT and TY ANDREWS, Owner and Creative Lead at Think Up Creative. The union of David's charismatic message and heartfelt singing has elevated him to keynote speaker of choice in many nationwide churches, centers and global organizations. THINK UP, LLC founded by Ty, is an Atlanta-based brand consulting service that helps startup companies, entrepreneurs, artists, non-profits and other vision-led entities engage more effective communication through the power of marketing and design.  Click here to visit: thinkupcreative.com for more information As an ordained minister, David founded a Center for Spiritual Living in Mobile, Alabama and served as its senior minister for 4 years before accepting the position as senior minister for Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 2010. As a respected teacher, writer and columnist, David is the author of the bestseller, Where Regret Cannot Find Me and the upcoming The Grass Is Greener Right Here. We'll be talking with David and Ty about how to design, manifest and create the life of your dreams, right down to the nuts and bolts! This is going to be a GREAT show! Make sure you make plans to Listen in and Call in! 

Join us for the second installment of our series "Making Sense." We'll be exploring our family of origin and the roles of family dynamics with our real life family. We're together for the holidays and we're bringing sibling sisters Jerry Florman and Sandy Jones-McClintic into the studio for what promises to be an informative, entertaining hour of fun! This is an opportunity for listeners to catch a little "Hey, that sounds like my family" and "I can relate to that" inspiration. Please plan to spend a little time with the Jones kids as we explore the roles we created as children and see how they're playing out even today! This will be a blast!

She's back! In this fun and very informative episode, our special guest Stefanina Campione returns to talk about Numerology and offer FREE readings to some very lucky callers. We'll also be talking to Stefanina about her coaching platform, P3 Coaching for Women. The three Ps are Purpose, Power and Pride. Plan to call in early! There will be a line! For more information about Stefanina, visit P3Coach.com.  

This will be a wonderful episode of The Council Fire. Our guest is international recording artist and musician, Nathen Aswell. We'll be talking with Nathen about sound and how music heals and we'll be playing some tracks from his new CD, "I Say Yes." Nathen believes that his calling in this life is to inspire and heal through his heart-centered music-making. His debut CD, “Little By Little”, and his new EP, “I Say Yes”, are powerful realizations of this calling, fully intertwining his two passions of music and spirituality and joyously reminding us that LOVE is all there is, and that we are all ONE. Nathen honors his calling by performing at faith-based Conferences, Church Services, Kirtans (devotional chanting events) and House Concerts in both Canada and the United States, presenting his “Conscious Pop” music with his voice and the NS Stick (an 8-stringed electronic instrument that can be plucked like a bass, strummed like a guitar, or tapped with both hands like a piano). Nathen is a proud supporter of Seva Canada, whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world. (Nathen donates 10% of all performance fees, and $1 from every CD and DVD sale, to Seva Canada.) Visit nathenaswell.com for more information and join us for this very special edition of The Council Fire!

Our guest this week is Paulette Morris, Tibetan Buddhist and Teacher for the Open Heart Sangha in Colorado Springs, teaching meditation and the Buddha-dharma since 2004. We'll be chatting with Paulette about the role and the power of compassion in the Buddhist traditions and looking at ways to bring more compassion into our daily lives. We'll also be discussing how the dharma can help us find a more peaceful and practical way of living. Paulettetook the Bodhisattva Vow with His Holiness The Dalai Lama in 2008. We'll also celebrate Paulette's 28th year of sobriety this week! This will be a tender and beautiful show, please don't miss it!

In what seem to be tumultuous times, it's more important than ever to stay centered in gratitude. Not an easy task, however, when things seem to fall completely apart on us on a daily basis. Here's the challenge: How can we be grateful, even, for things that look like landmines and bear traps in our paths? How do we look at confrontations and provocations as teachers? How do we rethink our perception to be able to look at life from a different angle, to know that EVERYTHING that comes along is a lesson, a teacher, a mentor? It's easy to be thankful for the good stuff, but what about the junk? What if it were just as simple to become thankful for that? Would that make your life easier? When you can be grateful for something that would normally bring you pain, sorrow, or suffering, you're an alchemist, doing the work of the Saints. You're turning garbage into gold! What R U Grateful For?

On this episode, Spiritual Medium and Teacher, Sharlette Pumphrey joins us for a chat with our spirit guides. This is a rare opportunity for callers to get a chance to receive a FREE reading from Sharlette! Informational and enlightening, Sharlette provides a gentle and loving approach to interdimensional communication and allows her clients to connect with themselves and their deepest connected relationships providing healing and a deep sense of knowing, unlike any other source. This will be a wonderful show, make plans to be a part of it!  

In this first episode of our groundbreaking new series "Making Sense," we're talking about the dynamics of our upbringing and how we're developed by our parents or caregivers to be the functional or nonfunctional adults we are. This is true recovery from codependency; knowing your family of origin and the dynamics of how you were taught to perceive the world around you is crucial to recovering your authentic self. This work affects everyone! Codependency is the number one epidemic on the planet today. Absolutely no one is immune to the contribution of this pursuit, even in healthy systems. Having this knowledge will enable you to move from victim to victorious, allowing you to perceive the world as happening "for you" and not "to you." In this and upcoming episodes, we'll show you how to reclaim your power, make peace with the past, add forgiveness to your list of qualities of life and show up for yourself like never before. It's simply a matter of empowerement! Please join us and share this episode with your family and friends!

Our very special guest this week is Robert V. Taylor, a nationally recognized leader, author, and sought-after speaker and media commentator. He is absolutely passionate about helping individuals and organizations to realize their full human potential and impact in the world—and has invested a lifetime in doing just that. Born and raised in South Africa, Robert saw firsthand the difference that could be made when oppressed people are given the freedom to discover their voices, trust their imaginations, and find the courage to be who they are. These experiences deeply empowered him, transforming his life. As a young adult, Robert worked tirelessly to end apartheid. In 1980 his mentor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu sent Robert to the United States to avoid imprisonment for his anti-apartheid activity. He graduated from Rhodes University, South Africa, and completed graduate work at Union Theological Seminary, New York, eventually becoming the highest-ranking openly gay clergy person in the Episcopal church at the time. Robert lives by his own belief that goodness and kindness are possible each day as we show up for life. He continues to explore integrating personal spirituality and values-driven strategies with the question of how we each leave a footprint of compassion in the world—both at home, and in the corporate marketplace. His book, A New Way to Be Human: 7 Spiritual Pathways to Becoming Fully Alive (New Page Books, April 2012)offers a path to an integrated life of purpose. More information about Robert and his work can be found at robertvtaylor.com. Make sure you catch this show!

In this fun and very informative episode, our special guest Stefanina Campione will be talking about Numerology and offering FREE readings to some very lucky callers. We'll also be talking to Stefanina about her coaching platform, P3 Coaching for Women. The three Ps are Purpose, Power and Pride. We'll also be speaking about Stefanina's new program, "Abundance Through Inner Wisdom, Conversations With The Masters." This online virtual event will begin on October 12th... For more information about Stefanina, visit P3Coach.com.

Why is it so tough to adhere to the changes we make? It seems so easy to slip back into our old patterns and belief systems. How can we stay true to our new values and beliefs? In this episode we'll talk about how to remain "emotionally sober" and the value of "one day at a a time." This will be a positive, life-changer for some folks. There's a tremendous benefit to accepting and learning to live with and love your new life; we'll talk about the ways to make that happen and keep you from falling back into a tailspin!

It's a challenge for those of us who were raised without them. Why would anyone want to hold themselves within a set of boundaries? Because without them, we can't and don't control our behavior when we pass the trigger points. Without a healthy sense of creating and maintaining a well-defined set of boundaries, we're likely to repeat our "unhealthy" behaviors continuously, with no desire to stop until we manifest a "crash" event. In this powerful and enlightening episode, Shelley and John reveal the steps to recognize patterns and triggers and avoid the traps to allow yourself to make different, more discernable and empowering choices for your life.

In this prerecorded special, Shelley and John talk openly and candidly about John's 10th "Soberthday." This will be a powerful episode that will inspire anyone moving through and with the energies of addiction and the 12 Step Program. Because this episode is prerecorded we won't be taking callers! Namaste'

The Soul Inspired Tune Up®, created by our very special guest, Mercedes Warrick,  is a personal renaissance in which you renew, energize and elevate your emotional and spiritual frequencies.  Refreshed and reconnected you thrive from your Spiritual Source, an innermost peace and intuitive wisdom. Each action, thought or feeling, wish, dream or desire has an emotional frequency.  Through the Love that this process aligns with, your personal artistry flourishes creating new visions and landscapes, solutions and expansiveness.  This is spiritual rejuvenation and strengthened connection with your Higher Source at the Highest Vibration! Mercedes Warrick is a spiritual intuitive, speaker and leadership consultant.  Over the past two years The Soul Inspired Tune Up®, her book and energy practice, has evolved through Spirit to become a guiding pathway to intuitive love aligned living for professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders. The practice enhances a deep inner connection igniting a personal renaissance of spiritual rejuvenation and renewal. This will be an IN-Spirational Episode! Don't miss it!

What if there were a way to communicate with our loved ones after they've departed this plane? Our very special guest Sharlette Pumphrey does exactly that. A Spiritual Medium and Teacher, Sharlette is also an Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Master Instructor, Reiki Master-Teacher, a SomaEnergetics Practitioner, and a Certified Hypnotist specializing in spiritual hypnosis, past-life regressions, and self-empowerment hypnosis and an active member and past president of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists. Sharlette's belief is that anyone can learn to communicate with Spirit, in fact many people regularly do so without even realizing it. On this episode of The Council Fire, Sharlette will be taking calls and helping people make connections and reconnections to those who've transitioned to the next phase of their existence. This will be a very popular show, make plans to be a part of it!

What if you had a set of action steps and a toolbox of tools to activate your greatest life possible and you could start to implement it immediately? Well, the time is now and the toolbox is "Abundance Triggers," just one of many books written by our very special guest, Kanta Bosniak. Kanta is an author, artist, coach and interfaith minister with over 40 years experience as a spiritual growth teacher. She's a nationally recognized expert on what she calls  “Abundance Triggers,”  using art, interior design and other anchors to enhance positive focus. She has had solo shows in PBS and NPR radio galleries, at UNCW, Omega Institute and Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment. Group shows have included both the Perspectives and Armory Galleries at Virginia Tech, liturgical art shows, churches,  and galleries throughout the East Coast. Other books by Kanta include Surviving Cancer and Other Tough Stuff, Lose Weight in Alpha State, The Becoming Process: A New Paradigm for Life Change, and Love Poems. Guided Meditation CDs Surviving Cancer: A Sacred Journey for Women, Lose Weight in Theta State,and Abundance Triggers: A Journey of Self- Discovery, all with music by her son, Joshua Bosniak. Kanta's books and CDs are available HERE through Amazon and other book sellers. More information is available, visit kantabosniak.com and facebook.com/kanta.bosniak.

We think that a spiritual journey should be all about being in a centered and loving Place, all the time. Our very special guest, Sandy Jones-McClintic MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW will remind us that our journeys are all about movement. How do you stay centered when certain changes occur? How do you react or respond when things like change, loss or grief affect your capacity to remain in balance? Ms. Jones-McClintic has worked with elderly, ill and dying persons as well as other vulnerable populations such as abused children, for over 30 years. She's worked in hospice services since 1996, and she's currently counseling patients and families through the end of life process. Contact information for Sandy can be found on our guest page at councilfireradio.com. In this moving and powerful episode we'll explore challenges encountered as well as thoughtful tools and transformative options to help us move through The Journey: When Change and Loss Overwhelm.

What is faith? And how do you  know if you've got any? Once you get it, what do you do with it? Where do you put it or direct it? And what's the difference between faith and "knowing?" What if you could join the two together? Wouldn't that be a positive resource of energy for you? In this episode, we're joined by special guest, Dr. AlixSandra Parness DD. We'll discover the differences between knowing and faith and how you can use them to create more joy, intimacy, love and abundance in your life! Dr, Parness is the founder of the Inner Focus Advanced Energy Healing School. She is a dedicated healer who has spent a lifetime refining her clairvoyant, channeling and teaching abilities. In her extensive workshops and healing school Dr. Parness has trained several thousand students; many who today have their own expanding networks and now touch thousands more. A dynamic and unforgettable presence, she teaches through seminars and teleconferences, and at special events held across the United States and Canada. She recently published her first book, ACTIVATE JOY, Living Your Life Beyond Limitations, available in bookstores and on Amazon.com.

We love this topic! In this episode, we'll talk about how simply becoming grateful for everything in your life, the good stuff as well as the challenges, create the foundation and springboard for peace, joy and abundance. At it's core, it's really about creating non-resistance and acceptance; becoming grateful for things that challenge us or bring us down takes courage and a divine willingness to come from a different place. The outcome is nothing short of a miracle! Let's create some miracles and give thanks in this inspiring episode of The Council Fire!

By clearing away the things that no longer serve us, we make room for what we want to manifest; something new, fresh and clean. Join us as we explore how to move through the process of cleaning out our spaces, both physical and emotional, and embracing a new way of creating our lives, unimpeded by clutter. Get ready to change your beliefs and attitudes around the "junk" that no longer serves your best interest and Highest Good!

John delivers the message at Unity of the Hills Spiritual Center in Branson, MO on July 29th, 2012. Highlights of this episode include moving through and transmuting the perception of fear and an action plan to inspire creativity. 

"Courage is fear that has said it's prayers." Dorothy Bernard. It's like walking through a doorway that leads to a room with all your scary stuff, your fears, your limiting beliefs, your darkest thought forms and seeing the truth in each one, inviting them back into the light and sitting down to have cookies and milk. In this episode, we'll look at one of our greatest challenges; how to be willing to see our deepest fears for what they are and transform them in such a way that they no longer have power over us. Our ego will consistently tell you that we need to be grounded. In reality, our Higher Self will assure us that it is only in becoming secure in the insecurity of it all that we will make peace with fear. It's faith that moves us into courage. It's the knowing that no matter what, who, when or why, I have to do "the next right thing." Take "the next right step" and listen and share this program with someone you love. If you've looked at the work of such luminaries as Pema Chodron and Tara Brach, we'd like to hear from you.

In this groundbreaking episode, we'll talk with special guest Rev. Donna Majetic about what Prayer actually is and what it isn't! We'll ask some tough questions; Is Prayer really effective? What is happening at the quantum level of energy when we pray? Does God "hear" our Prayers and answer them or change His directives according to our wishes? What about when a whole group of people come together and pray for one specific outcome? Rev. Donna Majetic is a teacher, counselor and the minister and spiritual leader of Unity of the Hills Spiritual Center in Branson, MO. This is going to be a great show! Don't miss it!

I'd like to do something creative, but I just can't get inspired! Why should I start writing a book? It's all been said before! No one would want to read what I write! I've got other priorities! No matter what you'd create, there's a little part of you that will try to sabotage your inspiration. Your ego gets in the way and tells you any number of excuses to make you believe that you're wasting your time. In fact, the simple act of creation is inspiring and leads to more and greater inspiration. In this episode we'll talk about Creation Block, Writer's Block, Painter's Block... we'll cover all the blocks and knock 'em down! You'll come away with a new sense of inspiration and why your Soul wants you to create something beautiful.

It's a challenge; we want to do what's right to take care of ourselves and we oftentimes do the things we absolutely have to do... but what about the playfulness that enables us to cultivate joy? Why is it that we think we don't need or deserve to have play in our lives? Is it that we feel we can do without it or that we don't need it? It's one area that should be of great importance for your self and your Self care! Playfulness is what allows you to create and cultivate JOY in your life. It's what allows you to enjoy life! We're taught to be a nation of doers, getters & havers and, really, we should be a nation of playful human beings! What are you doing for play?We want to know!

We've all got some level of psychic ability. You've heard of and maybe even have a bit of "Mother's Intuition." That phenomenon is real! In this episode we explore the value of and how to develop your intuition to a much greater degree with special guest Sharlette Pumphrey. A Spiritual Medium, Spiritual Teacher and author from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Sharlette is also an Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Master Instructor, Reiki Master-Teacher, a SomaEnergetics Practitioner, and a Certified Hypnotist specializing in spiritual hypnosis, past-life regressions, and self-empowerment hypnosis and an active member and past president of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists. More information is avaulable at SharlettePumphrey.com Don't miss this opportunity to chat with Sharlette and find out how to further develop your intuitive and psychic sense!  

It's one of the greatest challenges we each face. At some point, we are all called to forgive someone; it's one of the keys to moving forward on any path of discovery. In order to advance, we MUST learn this lesson and in order for it to happen, someone has, is, or will break your heart. The GOOD NEWS is that it doesn't need to be a pattern! In this valuable episode we'll talk about forgiveness and why we must go through this work. This will be a tough call for some, as we want to hang on to our pain and blame. Let's open our hearts to discover the tremendous gift of liberation from fear and pain by letting go and forgiving, first ourselves, then those who we feel have hurt us so deeply. This episode will be TRANSFORMING! Don't miss it!  

This episode is dedicated to becoming more JOYOUS! Our very special guest is AlixSandra Parness, DD, creator of the Inner Focus Mystery School, clairvoyant healer, teacher, doctor of divinty, and the author of a beautiful new book entitled, "Activate Joy-Live Your Life Beyond Limitations." From Dr. Parness: "I once thought, "How could a peaceful world be created where people are aware and sensitive to one another?" This idea was so strong that I dedicated my heart and soul to becoming masterful in the art of healing, and revealing the mystery of life that is held within the heart of each and every one of us. As we allow the truth of our very being to reveal it's essence, we are empowered by the emanation of our light. As this naturally occurs we come into vibrational alignment with the Source of our Being." You can find out more about Dr. Parness here: Inner Focus Don't miss an opportunity to call in and chat personally with one of today's most prominent healers, Dr. AlixSandra Parness.

In this continuation of last week's program on creating great self care, we're putting ourselves out of a job by teaching you how to become your own Life Coach! Aspects of assessment, establishing your goals & desires, creating an action plan and supporting yourself through the process are just some of the wonderful components of this valuable work! We'll cover these and more. This will be a VERY EMPOWERING program! Don't miss it!

First, you'll want to assemble your ingredients. If you don't have something you need, how and where do you find it? We'll help you look. Next, blend healthy amounts of Love, Integrity, a Peaceful Mind, Living according to your Values, Demonstrating on a daily basis “The change I want to see in the world” and Becoming your own Best Friend. Let mature and when your heart says “Ready,” you'll know it's time to serve it to the Universe.

It's been called The Great Deceiver… In this episode we'll learn to look beyond the veil of the ego… We need to know how to use our ego in this realm, but to allow it to control us is detrimental… The ego perpetuates the myth that we are separate from God, each other, all that is… In truth, we are connected, part of the whole, drops of water in a larger sea… The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. The ego may be designed to protect you but it was never intended to control you and be your operating system. We'll talk about the role of the ego and how you can learn to live with it and not let it live you!

What are YOUR core values? Do you know? We're going to help you find them!  Your core values establish your foundation. Where are the cracks and holes? How can you learn to put yourself first? Is there anything wrong with acting as your own best friend? In this episode, you'll learn how to create and maintain a Value Statement that you'll be able to use effectively to create consistency and positive changes in your life.