Turning Points with Sean and Corrine

Sara has been inquisitive since she was a child and considers herself a lifelong seeker. Doing some research on her own on the tainted history of the Catholic faith, she made an educated decision to leave the faith she was raised with. Finding the gifts in discomfort, Sara learned a new way of being that began after she left her corporate job and started working for Deepak Chopra and her world opened up and her deeper journey really started.  About Sara HarveyWith decades of progressively expanding leadership at American Airlines and 7 years of C-suite experience at Dr. Deepak Chopra's center for health and wellbeing in Carlsbad, CA, Sara Harvey has refined her talent and passion for effective business leadership. She is a student, coach and instructor in the practice of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, conscious communication and authentic leadership. Sara is certified to teach meditation and mind-body health using curricula developed and systemized by Dr. Deepak Chopra and has presented Dr. Chopra's content to thousands of people at Chopra Center® events as well as major companies such as the LA Lakers and Merrill Lynch.Today, in combination with her Gallup® CliftonStrengths® Certification, Sara coaches and trains business leaders in productively applying their unique talents to achieve meaningful results in both their personal and professional lives. Her coaching career began by providing Gallup Strengths coaching to her senior leadership team at the Chopra Center, in turn creating a culture that thrived through understanding their greatest core strengths and confidently using those strengths to execute at the highest level.Currently, Sara owns and runs her own company called, innertelligence, where she coaches and trains leaders and leadership teams to access and apply the talents, systems, and resources that naturally exists within them but so often remains untapped.Above and beyond her coaching and corporate leadership experience, Sara's unique set of skills granted her an invitation to serve on the board of advisors for the Chopra Foundation, for 4 years where she effectively contributed to its success through education and outreach. Sara holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.A. in Spanish/French from the University of Arizona. Proficient in Spanish, she has lived in Mexico, Spain and Puerto Rico and currently resides in Carlsbad, California with her partner and two beautiful children.Find SaraLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-harvey-bba8767/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaraKellyHarveyIG: https://www.instagram.com/innertelligencecoaching/Website:  www.innertelligencecoaching.comCompany Name:  innertelligence sara@innertelligencecoaching.comFind Sean and Corrine:Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: https://www.instagram.com/corrine_champigny/, https://www.instagram.com/turningpoints_podcast/FB: https://www.facebook.com/corrineblissed, https://www.facebook.com/TurningPointsPodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPqvCGgL9IAlLZeepSqm7OQWebsites:https://corrinechampigny.com/https://blissed.com/https://theivyhouse.org/ https://globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org/ 

After an a specific experience and understanding in a psilocybin trip Laren became interested in the relationship between people who had psychosis experiences to spiritual awakening.Laren shares his tumultuous journey of how he became a heart centered therapist by literally going through the darkest depths including drug addiction and a psychotic breakdown and so much more.Laren Corrin I utilizes the evidence-based approach of Emotion Focused Therapy as a framework to explore your felt experience and bring harmony to different parts of yourself. He shares mindfulness tools from his over 20 years of study in yoga, meditation, and nondual self-inquiry. The evidence is strong and growing that these practices can bring profound benefits to mental and emotional wellness.Laren has a special interest in exploring and integrating the lasting impact of spiritual, kundalini, entheogen/psychedelic, and other extreme experiences that are frequently misdiagnosed as mental illness. These experiences can often be distressing and disabling and, combined with a history of trauma, often take significant time, space, and support to make peace with. He believes you are the expert of your own experience and that is where he starts, by listening to your experience.http://whoamifreetobe.org/Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points Podcast

In our third interview with Alaya, we dive more deeply into the difference of the apparent functioning from separation or the opening and yes into what is always here. Join us for a Satsang, (truth gathering), with Alaya.  Presence heals all suffering. Satsang invites us to meet what is here so deeply that nothing is left to keep us apart. With inquiry and tenderness, with curiosity and truth, and with your deepest prayer we find what is real. Our natural ground of being is calling us into this moment to heal, to end separation, calling you home.Alaya's invitation is to meet what is here so deeply that separation cannot be maintained. When separation falls away, what remains is our true nature: open, loving, and free. But first we are invited to meet what is here, whatever it is.“You are my very Self; your suffering is my suffering.We are the same.Your awakening is my awakening; I am at your feet.Our deepest desire is truth, and I can only bow to that.How may I be of service to you, my Beloved?” - AlayaAlaya lives in Asheville, NC with her husband and two daughters. She began teaching in 2011 giving small local Satsangs with the support from her teacher and friend Adyashanti.  Alaya currently holds Satsang over Zoom on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. This and more information can be accessed through https://www.alayasatsang.org/ Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: https://www.instagram.com/corrine_champigny/, https://www.instagram.com/turningpoints_podcast/FB: https://www.facebook.com/corrineblissed, https://www.facebook.com/TurningPointsPodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPqvCGgL9IAlLZeepSqm7OQWebsites:https://corrinechampigny.com/https://blissed.com/https://theivyhouse.org/ https://globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org/ 

Being raised in the Church of the Science of Mind, Devavani  had a wonderful foundation of spirituality from a young age. Changing their name to Center for Spiritual Living and based on the writings of Earnest Holmes who had studied the many religions of the world, Holmes found the common thread that "as a man thinketh, so is his life."  As a working mother going to school at night, Devavani recommitted to her church and eventually became the Music Director at a prominent church in San Diego and so began her music ministry for the next 17 years. In the 60's Devavani had a teenage pregnancy and got thrown into adulthood, got married and stayed married for many years. Listen to her journey of re-awakening in the third, 3rd of her life. Devavani is a gifted singer, recording artist, composer, poet and teacher.  Mother and grandmother of two beautiful daughters and three grandbabies, she has shapeshifted her life for nearly seven decades around the needs of family, her passion for teaching, and her present soul-work of listening to the voice of her muse. If you asked, she would say her greatest talent has been  taking leaps in life, finetuning the art of courageous change.After decades of raising family, teaching and performing in San Diego, she now spends her days quietly writing, singing and gardening on the tiny island of Guam with her little dog Scout and her loving wife Donna.DevaVani Vocal Arts on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevavaniVoiceJourneysON LEAVING by DevaVaniI left the horse life, the church life, the teaching life, the married life.Left home, left my town, my country, community and friends.Pulled up roots gently.Walked away from the familiar, the beloved, the history of my past.From childhood haunts. From place, people, things. From trainings and degrees, performance stages, classrooms, and houses.Freed myself from expectation and predictability, watched layers of conditioning and tradition melt.Dropped the burden of my responsibility to others to answer the whispered sighs of my own heart asking, “If not now, then when?”Answered with gratitude and goodbyes. Farewell desert mountains, and soft California beaches. Farewell tribe…until we meet again.Nothing is wrong. I love you.Gazing ahead into the unseen Unknown, I felt her breathing. Closed my eyes and felt the Stillness beckoning.Listened to the hush of waves moving and gates swinging open.Followed that secret sound until Time chose my moment…And I leapt.~ Devavani, 2021“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and  as there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.  If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how it compares with another's expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to stay open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive...”-  Martha GrahamFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

David's journey began in the early '70s when he explored brain research and consciousness. This curiosity led him to meditation where he started Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 1974. Davidya had many spiritual awakening experiences that eventually caused him to leave his job as a web developer. He then found another teacher, Lorn Hoff where he became ‘awakened' to his true nature.Now known as Davidya he has been interviewed on the popular spiritual podcast Buddha at the Gas Pump twice. In 2017 he spoke at the Science and Non-duality conference in San Jose, California. He launched Davidya Publishing as an imprint to publish books.and share more on this topic. After his awakening happened he felt called to share his knowledge and began a free blog called in2deep. He found writing a useful exercise for clarifying his understanding.Find Davidya online; https://davidya.ca/Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Katherine has been listening to her dreams and using them to guide her life for most of her life. Yet it wasn't until her appendix ruptured that she started to pay more attention and her life began to transform. A message from Katherine:I am Katherine Bell of Experiential Dreamwork. About two years ago I had a dream of zebras: a simple image of striped backs with frisky foals all around me. When I felt into this dream moment I realized that I was one of the herd! This powerful, untamed community of fierce family had recognized me as one of their own.This dream was an initiation into a waking life reality where I felt deeply supported and loved for the first time in my life, a sense of true belonging… and I wish the same for you!A group of zebras is called a dazzle. Today the dazzle of my life is my community of dream friends. We don't all do the same practices. Some are clients, some mentors, some participants in my public events, some are fellow travelers on parallel paths. Some live close by and some are on the other side of the world. All are allies and friends, they are my Dream Mates.FIND KATHERINE: https://experientialdreamwork.com/https://www.facebook.com/experientialdreamworkhttps://www.instagram.com/experientialdreamwork/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF4rO26WhnMVn945ygKXJ6whttps://ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/And links to where you can listen to Katherine's podcasts:https://ksqd.org/feed/podcast/dreamjournalhttps://ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dream-journal/id1477932534https://open.spotify.com/show/1NJFUfvjPzQGjidk7pyxfChttps://www.stitcher.com/show/the-dream-journalFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org  

An unconventional awakening happened when Ilona and her husband took some psilocybin mushrooms. It changed her perspective when her mind suddenly went completely quiet.In Ilona's words:I WENT FROM CONFUSION, NOT KNOWING WHAT I AM, FEELING THAT LIFE IS INCOMPLETE TO RECOGNITION OF BEINGNESS, CLARITY, EASE AND LIGHTNESS SO THAT I COULD ENJOY LIFE AND SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN TOO.I was 28, living in Brighton, England. One rainy autumn day, with the help of mother nature's substance, I had an extraordinary experience. That night my entire view of reality fell away.I was sitting in a candlelit room on my sofa, with eyes wide open, with no thoughts coming, just being. It felt so light and free, delicious, peaceful, and blissful. That night I experienced stillness of the thinking mind that I never thought was possible. Being in that state felt like home, very natural. No worries, no memories, no fantasies, only peaceful stillness, and clarity of being. Once the experience wore off, days later, I knew I had to find home again. The trip unexpectedly opened the door to a new way of seeing reality and had set me up for a search.http://ilonaciunaite.com/https://youtube.com/c/IlonaCiunaitehttps://www.facebook.com/ilona.ciunaiteFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Katherine had hints of spirituality throughout her life but didn't fully awaken to this until she walked into her first metaphysical bookstore at the age of 27.  She went from corporate business woman to living in a spiritual community where she lived for the next twenty years.  Listen to how her story unfolds in her own words. Katherine Dreyer is founder of ChiLiving and co-author of ChiRunning, ChiWalking and ChiMarathon with her husband and business partner, Danny Dreyer. Although she officially announced her retirement in March 2021, Katherine's legacy and work will continue.Over the last thirty years she has combined her career in publishing information about health and fitness with her living study of Eastern philosophy, meditation and mindful practices. She is an author, teacher, speaker and a life and business coach.Katherine was president of New Hope Communications, the leading communications company for the natural health business, from 1989 – 1995. She helped launch and was vice president of HealthShop.com, a natural health business. Katherine spent the first 10 years of her career in New York, working for top advertising agencies, Time Warner and HBO Video.In 1999 it was Katherine who convinced Danny that ChiRunning was worthy of their focus and attention. As she says, “As soon as I heard how people were responding to Danny's classes I knew that it was important that this information get out to more people.”As co-founders of ChiLiving, Inc., Katherine and Danny have spent the last 20 years writing the ChiWalking and ChiRunning and ChiMarathon books and newsletter, producing DVD's, the ChiRunning School and teaching Workshops and Instructor Training Courses throughout the country and all over the world. To continue spreading their legacy, five Master ChiRunning Instructors from around the world have stepped up to assume the operations and executive leadership roles to ensure a smooth transition building on the work of the Dreyers. Combined, the team has more than 40 years of ChiRunning/ChiWalking experience.They continue to live with their daughter, Journey, in Asheville, NC.www.chilivecoach.com Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

In our second interview with Alaya, we dive into an experience of Satsang, (truth gathering). “Presence heals all suffering. Satsang invites us to meet what is here so deeply that nothing is left to keep us apart. With inquiry and tenderness, with curiosity and truth, and with your deepest prayer we find what is real. Our natural ground of being is calling us into this moment to heal, to end separation, calling you home.“You are my very Self; your suffering is my suffering. We are the same.Your awakening is my awakening; I am at your feet.Our deepest desire is truth, and I can only bow to that. How may I be of service to you, my Beloved?” - AlayaAlayaAlaya lives in Asheville, NC with her husband and two daughters. She began teaching in 2011 giving small local Satsangs with the support from her teacher and friend Adyashanti.  Alaya currently holds Satsang over Zoom on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. This and more information can be accessed through www.alayasatsang.org.Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Born and raised in the UK, Sharon felt disconnect as well as a discontent that incited her interest in A Course in Miracles as well as many other spiritual books and teachers. After brief careers in both hair styling and acting, Sharon moved to Africa where she met her husband and  their five children were born. Her story is fascinating and we found her to be a compassionate, humble and profound in her sharing. Enjoy!About Sharon: Sharon is a lifelong student of A Course in Miracles, having studied, practiced, and taught the principles for almost three decades. She is a certified breath-work teacher and responsible for introducing the Shiyimͻ Breath to the West, she is trained in Kundalini yoga, and in the Transformational Embodiment Method.Sharon is an Alternative and Holistic Therapist. Her offerings include Counselling and Life Coaching using Spiritual Psychology, working with the breath, and Energy Healing. Sharon gently guides you to listen to the wisdom of your heart as this is where your truest nature will be revealed.Find Sharon online: https://www.sharonattoh.comSharon's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjS30RHfe0REnVi92rTazVQFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Being raised in the Lutheran religion, Maren's world view was narrowed to the belief system she was raised with until after College.  An experience in Lutheran seminary school caused her to leave and then her spiritual seeking journey really began. Seeing Jesus in the hallway didn't seem to fit into the religion of her childhood. Maren Aspaas is a Spiritual Health Practitioner and Mindfulness instructor.  She has been working in hospitals, and more specifically psychiatric hospitals for over 18 years.  Having been raised in the midwest in a small farming town, Maren bugged out of the U.S. soon after college and lived in Japan for three years.  She has left her Lutheran Christian roots to study Andean Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism, but is most at home with mysticism.  Maren has a growing private practice of spiritual life coaching and mindfulness coaching:  Primordial Love.  Maren fills her life with the excellent company of her fellow humans, time in nature, good food, poetry and music.Find Maren online: www.primordiallove.commaren@primordiallove.com"Love is the source of all things."  - MarenFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

A curious person, Ryan Hagan's life turned upside down in 2018 when his life changed dramatically.  Leaving his comfortable corporate job and salary, Ryan did a 360 in his life and moved to Nashville to pursue his passion of music. Join us as we hear how Ryan left his Evangelical Christian back ground to follow a more inward spiritual journey. Social Media Links for Ryan: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ryanhaganmusic/FB: https://www.facebook.com/RyanHaganMusic/Website: www.ryanhaganmusic.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4a2r1404ChrojUrT2wvsU8?si=b-zeY3DARWmOr8lkKwNKnQApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-hagan/id1429479070YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC8gj14xPECyU94CvZ84cStAFind Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Maya felt disconnected from her Catholic upbringing and felt it was filled with fear and guilt. With her parents having a loving marriage, Maya found herself falling into an expectation of love and marriage and ended up in an abusive situation. Maya would get direct symbols and signs helping her with clarity and eventually knew that if she didn't leave the relationship, she would die. Her light work started to grow and eventually Maya felt this experience was a blessing. When you commit to yourself, the teachers show up in your life.Maya Starhawk's special link to the world was inspired by the teachings of Peruvian and Native American shamans. She is a master of the ancient art of reading the soul, bringing to the surface its deepest meaning and infinite connection to the cosmic journey. She teaches others by walking the path of the ancient ones to a place of personal transformation and extracts the innate knowledge of our connection to all things. Her special view of the world is a gift to others of the capacity for individual empowerment and embracing one's truth. Maya's gentle footsteps are impressed in the red dirt of the trails Arizona where she resides.Connect with Maya: Mayastarhawk@yahoo.com; or on FB Maya Starhawkhttps://mayastarhawk.com/Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

At the age of fourteen as a young girl born in Germany, Nicola had a near death experience. She saw and was emerged in an enormous light that sent her back to life on earth for what she was told was important. At the age of 18 Nicola was drawn to travel to India where she spent a year working in Calcutta with Mother Theresa and also spent some time with Tibetan monks in the Himalayas. With a veracious hunger for Truth with a capital T, Nicola wanted to find love and live it. She now embodies this  inclusive unconditional love, welcoming the pain and discomfort, holding space for compassion and tenderness.Highlights from our conversation with Nicola:Coming home to what is real that merges the presence and the love, the horizontal and the verticalNothing will open up unless it is touched by the presence of loveYou should not be at war with your humanity. The ego is an old fashioned language that creates more separation The well being of others is the well being of ourselves and vise versaSelf reflection can become an occupationSurrender to the truth and and this shall be my home. Then build a camp and  everyone can come. Your presence is then touched by all. Dealing with the human condition can be in stark contrast to the spiritual experiences. Embracing and welcoming your humanity is vital. Dr. Nicola Amadora& Living Connection WorksRetreats, Training, Therapy, Consultation Nicola Amadora PhD. is a spiritual teacher and speaker, psychologist & psychotherapist, and the founder of the living connection work. For 30 years she has been guiding people and groups through retreats, sessions, and professional trainings around the world. With heart, expertise, and passion, she unites spirituality, psychology, relationships, and the feminine path in her teachings. Nicola is deeply dedicated to supporting people to awaken, heal and embody who they are to usher in the great turning for our world.Nicola's website: nicolaamadora.comEvents: https://nicolaamadora.com/calendar/Nicola's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002653471525Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Carolyn Cole experienced tragic events at a young age. After losing her brother when they were both teenagers, she knew she had to move forward and live a full life enough for the both of them. Yet even that was not enough and she needed to figure out why bad things happened to good people. After spending time in Isreal, she traveled to Greece and was kidnapped and the victim of a sexual assault. Her perpetrator strangled her and left her on the side of the road and fortunately she was found and brought to a hospital. She continued down the road of her life until the emotional scars of her traumas showed up in a long term relationship. Even to this day, Carolyn has never had anger towards her perpetrator. She came to a place of understanding where her trust issues came from. Join us for a revealing and uplifting conversation with one of Corrine's closest friends as she shares her journey with us.Connect with Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Corrine and Sean break out of their usual 'turning points' format and enjoy hearing all about returning guest Lissa Coffeys' passion project that she mentioned in her first Turning Points Interview. Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell rocked the world in the 1970s. In 2015 Hamilton turned the Founding Fathers into rap stars. Now, 5,000 years after the Bhagavad Gita first appeared, Krishna and Arjuna have gotten the rock star treatment in a new east-meets-west rock opera.Best-selling author/songwriter Lissa Coffey and award-winning producer/composer David Vito Gregoli have created Song Divine: The Bhagavad Gita Rock Opera. Based on the iconic text, which is included in the epic Mahabharata, Song Divine is a collection of original songs with a pop/rock vibe infused with Indian instruments and flavor. Each chapter of the Gita is a song, and each song is based on a traditional Indian rag.This is a double album, with 18 songs and a bonus track, on independent label Dharmapala Records. The first single, “Know Who You Are” was released on September 10 with a music video across all streaming services. The entire album will be available on all streaming services on October 13. “Pre-Save” options are available now. Direct links are posted at SongDivine.com.  Connect with Sean and Corrine:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Zachary's spiritual journey began in 2011 when he had a profound kundalini awakening six months after passing the bar and beginning his legal career. At the time of his initial awakening Zachary says he wanted to run off to a monastery or ashram and simply ruminate in the blissful energies that accompanied his awakening. But God had other plans, and worldly obligations kept him in the world to walk the path of a householder yogi. Zachary has spent the last ten years studying the perennial non-dual wisdom tradition and cultivating his initial awakening through the practice of Kriya Yoga, a comprehensive path of self and god realization popularized in the west by Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. While walking the path of a devoted spiritual seeker, Zachary has built a successful legal career and served in many leadership roles in his community and profession. Zachary says the need for balancing worldly obligations with spiritual aspirations has made him more effective at both, and has helped him cultivate a deeply embodied spiritually. In 2020 Zachary felt called to emerge from the “cave” of the householder yogi, and began public teaching and offering spiritual guidance and healing. Zachary Adama is a spiritual guide, healer, and host of the Yoga of Ascension podcast and youtube channel.Highlights from our chat with Zachary:*The universe is not a great clock but a great thought*Kundalini awakening experience and internal purification process*Integrating spiritual experiences into the personality *Non-dual experience of life*Living in the world and being at peace with your fellow human beings *We need awake people living in our culture as householders *Karma and attraction in relationships for healing opportunities and how sometimes attraction turns to repulsion. *The obligation to your soul and your soul growth *Ayahuasca and why now is the time to integrate spiritual practices with these plant medicines Note from Corrine: I did a private healing session with Zachary a few weeks after our interview with him and I loved it! I wholeheartedly recommend a session with him. Zachary is intuitive and his therapy is subtle and super potent at the same time.FIND ZACHARY:Website: https://www.zacharyadama.comOfferings: https://www.zacharyadama.com/servicesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZacharyAdama/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yoga-of-ascension/id1514889314Find Sean and Corrine on Social Media:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

With a desire to have a baby and at the same time feeling like she needed another person to complete her, she felt disempowered. And so began her ManFast adventure that eventually turned into a book.Natasha Scripture is an author, poet, health coach and former aid worker. As an emergency spokesperson for the United Nations, Natasha covered humanitarian crises around the world, including conflicts and natural disasters in Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, and Pakistan. Before the UN, she worked as a writer, producer and editor for a variety of organizations, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera English, TED, National Geographic and Condé Nast Publications. She has been interviewed by CNN, ABC News, BBC Radio, the Irish Examiner and Women's Health (Australia), among other news outlets, been published in the New York Times, The Telegraph, Marie Claire, Glamour UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, the New York Post and The Atlantic, among other publications, and been featured in Marie Claire, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Sunday Times Style magazine. Natasha has a Masters of Science in Gender and Development Studies from the London School of Economics, a Bachelors degree from New York University and a health coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is certified in Ayurveda Foundations from the California College of Ayurveda and has studied the Ayurvedic art of health and healing with Dr. Vasant Lad, founder of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Natasha has lived in several different countries and travels frequently. Yet no matter where she is in the world, she seeks to inspire and empower women with her writing and storytelling.Sign up for Natasha's newsletter:  https://www.natashascripture.com/Follow her on social media: https://twitter.com/natscriptIG: @natashascriptureTurning Points Podcast Contact:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Jumping with both feet in, Jac has always trusted the unknown force guiding her life.  About Jac O'KeeffeJac O'Keeffe is a spiritual leader and teacher with a unique style. Her teachings cultivate wisdom, honesty, and integrity. She exposes taboos that are usually avoided in spiritual circles and encourages conversations around issues that are fundamental to our human experience. Jac's work is driven by her capacity to envision the possible future of spirituality. She speaks about the required evolution of both teachers and methods to impart teachings to make spirituality relevant and applicable to regular life. To her students, Jac offers insights and skills so they are empowered in their own inner exploration. She helps them cultivate inner autonomy and encourages them to take responsibility in both their spiritual and human evolution.Jac is also a founding member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI), an organization that encourages spiritual leaders to support one another in a process of growth and spiritual development.Work with Jac in her Truth Serum CafeThe Truth Serum Cafe is a weekly online gathering with Jac O'Keeffe on Sundays from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET. Experience deep meditative states with Jac's guidance and expand and resource your spiritual awareness. Enjoy better understanding of your true nature while Jac astutely weaves our esoteric realizations with the practicality of living in the world. Her tips are grounding, useful and REAL and help us to live from a place of Truth in everyday situations. Her books include Born to Be FreeandHow to Be a Spiritual Rebel.To learn more about Jac and to register for any of her programs visit jac-okeeffe.com.

Susan's interest in helping people heal from their emotional trauma's and find their spiritual (not religious) path stems from her childhood where she experience emotional, physical and sexual abuse.  Additionally, having grown up in poverty, Susan understands the feelings of lack, not enough, failure and rejection.  It was through psychological modalities such as gestalt, re-decision therapy, cognitive and emotional reframing, neurolinguistics, Susan found a way to heal from her past.  Through her spiritual and religious journeys and teachings Susan found her way to inner-peace and inner freedom.  Susan is the founder of Spirit Wisdom You, an organization dedicated to healing, well-being and inner-peace.  She also co-founded several other companies:  Linceis Conscious Business Group, Spirit Wisdom You, and Stop At Nothing, Inc.  Through these three businesses, she works with executives helping to find their inner being and inner spirit.  Teaching conscious business practices, Susan helps executives become more human in their leadership approach, transforming leaders who can transform corporate cultures. She is co-author of “Spirits of Sedona”, with her Native American Elder, Tsolagiu.  She is the author REAL Leadership:  Waken to Wisdom.  REAL Culture:  The Catalyst for Conscious Business will be published June 2020.  She is also the author of a soon-to-be published book, “Finding Joy After Trauma and Abuse.”Over the years, Susan studied with many teachers.  Growing up Catholic, she was strongly influenced by her 10th grade teacher Sister Marie.  During Susan's teenage years, Sister Marie taught Susan esoteric practices involving breath-work, chanting, drumming, praying, astral projection, clairaudience, and telekinesis.  Susan also studied with Tsolagiu and Rahkwees Keh, both Native American elders for nearly 30-years.  Maria Lucia Sauer, a Brazilian shaman and healer, passed on her teachings of Spiritual Massage.  Susan's worldwide journeys to sacred healing areas allowed her to study with a Tao-ist Master at the foot of the Himalaya's. On the eclipse August 21, 2017 Susan's dear friend, teacher, mentor, coach, mother and elder, Tsolagiu returned home.  Since then, Susan's spiritual path has taken a new direction.  First, deepening the years of practice and teachings of Tsolagiu.  And now, her journeys to Ireland, Susan is deepening her ancestral heritage and Celtic roots.  Susan's websites: www.spiritwisdomyou.com  www.lcbgroup.comTurning Points Podcast Contact:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Being raised in the church, Donna  remembers being as young as 4 and understanding the scriptures but feeling like the traditional church teachings were not getting it right. She was searching for a deeper meaning of the Bible and it wasn't until she found Unity Church when she was 17 that their message resonated with her. A huge turning point, losing her husband felt like half of herself was gone until she found Deepak Chopra's teaching. Donna felt like Deepak was speaking the language of spirit and ended up at the Chopra Center in 1995. Her life opened up and she was no longer  at the mercy of her life experiences and started living a more aware life. Donna Miesbach has been on a spiritual path all her life, which led her to extensive study with some of today's premier teachers of spirituality. She has studied with Dr. Deepak Chopra for over twenty years and is one of the Chopra Center's certified meditation and yoga instructors. She has achieved the level of Quantum Explorer in Remote Viewing after training with Dr. David Morehouse, and has studied with Roger Gabriel both in the United States and in India. Donna has also completed the advanced level of intensive training in Sound Healing with Jonathan Goldman and is a member of the Sound Healers Association.Donna is quite active, both as an author and as a Chopra Center Instructor, teaching in and around the Omaha area.Donna's book, From Grief to Joy, received the Silver Nautilus Award in 2013. More recently, she co-authored two books with Greg Roeszler of Playmakers Mentoring Foundation – “Coaching for a Bigger Win,” and “Coaching Character and Leadership. Please go to the Books page for more information on these and other booksDonna is a retired organist and music instructor, and has thirteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.https://www.donnamiesbach.com/Turning Points Podcast Contact:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org 

The legacy he created was based on his 30-year practice of T'ai Chi and his 45 years of running, racing and coaching hundreds of thousands of runners in energy efficiency, injury-prevention and “intelligent movement.” The integrity of his technique and instruction continues through the hundreds of Certified Instructors who continue to teach under the leadership of  5 Master Instructors who purchased the global company.Founder of ChiRunning, Danny Dreyer recently retired, but his legacy lives on. Danny's best-selling book ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-free Running, has been instrumental in revolutionizing the world of running for the past two decades.President and Chi Energy Officerhttps://www.chirunning.comhttps://www.chirunning.com/blog/founders-retire-announce-new-ownership/FB: @CorrineChampigny, @Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.corrinechampigny.com www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: @CorrineChampigny, @TurningPoints_Podcast, @theseanron

 Having early memories from childhood  of coming from a place of much fluidity of understanding; What was felt and thought  was communicated through an instant understanding. Yukiko couldn't figure out why there was so much pain and whenever she saw people who were sad, would try to cheer them up. These are some of the early memories of a woman who walks a mystical path on earth.  Her quest began as a teenager when she saw that there was no lack in the world and that it was already beautiful.  Within this restricted human format, she saw that experiencing beauty and perfection in the world was possible and has spent her life helping others experience it for themselves. The harder the challenge, the bigger the portal that is opening up. -Yukiko AmayaYukiko Amaya is passionate about fully embracing the unique life path and potential of each one and loves to guide and accompany her students and private clients to that spaciousness. Much of her work for the past 40 years or so has been at the confluence of embodiment, energy and consciousness. There, we become Radiant and Empowered, connected to All and yet singular. Yukiko is a mentor, healer, teacher, shaman, yogini, dancer, Priestess of Avalon and Priestess of Goddess. Special deal on 12 Full Moon Ritual package:https://fullmoonpackage.mygoddesspath.com/12-full-moon-rituals-special-promowww.EarthGoddessImmersion.comyukiko@MyGoddessPath.comSEAN and Corrine:FB: @CorrineChampigny, @Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.corrinechampigny.com www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: @CorrineChampigny, @TurningPoints_Podcast, @theseanron

Lori Jones is a massage therapist and reflexologist that aspires to help clients to live in body/mind/spirit consciousness. Studying at Irenes Myomassology then mentored with Charlotte Irwin and Dr.Jesus Manzaneres, Lori believes in the healing power of touch to return oneself to their authentic self. Lori is currently building a coaching practice and writing a book on Self-Realization. "Be kind to yourself, so you can be kind to others." - Lori Jones FB: @CorrineChampigny, @Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.corrinechampigny.com www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: @CorrineChampigny, @TurningPoints_Podcast, @theseanron 

She found herself communing with mother earth, talking to trees and feeling the oneness very early on in her childhood. Mother Mary spoke directly to her as a child but she was punished for telling her parents about this sacred conversation. One of the survivors of the Mumbai Hotel shooting in 2008, Rudrani wrote a book called Soul Survivor about her experience. Her newest book is called Choosing Happiness.website: http://rudranidevi.comyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiHVmusyGHMCL0Mu-WlZ2TQtwitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RunningRuRudrani/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rudrani.deviDevi Clinic/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Devi-Clinic-Inc/127140604047519Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rudranidevi/AC Certified Facilitator: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/public-profiles/rudrani-devi/ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/a_ru9“In her latest book, aptly titled Choosing Happiness, the author explores the many reasons why a person might not choose happiness, and offers her tips & tricks to living a more joyful, aware life.”— THRIVE GLOBALFB: @CorrineChampigny, @Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.corrinechampigny.com www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: @CorrineChampigny, @TurningPoints_Podcast, @theseanron 

After a profound trip to India with Deepak Chopra where Brent found himself praying to be guided to his dharma, his life purpose, Deepak asked Brent to represent the Chopra Center in Vedic Astrology.  Having a masters degree in psychology, Brent treats his readings like a therapy session. A wonderful story about following the twists and turns of life and finding a meaningful place in the world. Having a deeply spiritual mother, Brent always had a sense there was something bigger going on and was curious about where his prayers would go.  By the time he was a teenager, Brent was no longer resonating with his Catholic upbringing and found some Edgar Casey books that spoke to me and became a yoga teacher in his 20's. After moving to Boulder, Brent found Swami Satchitananda and eventually Transcendental Meditation.  Brent recounts the story of working with Deepak Chopra  in the early days in Boston and eventually helping open the Chopra Center in San Diego in 1993. Deepak was a rising star back then  and shares the story of how Deepak first met Maharishi  and how he was being groomed to be the spokesperson for the TM Organization. After being interviewed by Oprah for his book Perfect Health, he was launched into the public eye. An avid 20 year interest in astrology, Brent was blown away when he found Vedic Astrology which is  much more specific then the western astrology we are more familiar with. Vedic astrology is based on  a different constellation, the one that astronomers use. He shares that Western astrology is not accurate to the observable constellation.  With a passion for Vedic Astrology Brent is available for readings. Check out his website below. Mr. BecVar has practiced astrology and counseling over the past 35 years, and has studied with respected teachers in this country and in India. He has worked directly with Dr. Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Center for Well Being as an administrator, teacher and therapist for over 30 years, is trained as a psychotherapist, certified yoga/ meditation instructor, Ayurvedic educator and a longstanding member of the American Council of Vedic Astrologers. Jyotish consultations last one hour and may be conducted in person but are typically given over Zoom.us, a free video conference platform. All sessions are recorded for participants and remain completely confidential.www.brentbecvar.comwww.chopra.com/jyotish-astrologyBrent on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pX0wl-AZT8FB: @CorrineChampigny, @Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.corrinechampigny.com www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: @CorrineChampigny, @TurningPoints_Podcast, @theseanron

At 60 years of age, Lissa wonders why she didn't start all of this earlier in her life. We mix it up this week and chat with one of Corrine's current coaching clients. Join us for a lively conversation about changing your habits to live a happier life. Lissa shares that it helps her to talk with like minds so that she does not feel alone on this journey into understanding life and herself more clearly. Meditation is not a magic pill but it does give us the capacity to deal with life head on and grow. She is heading off to her first silent retreat and we look forward to checking in with her for a follow up soon!

At the tender age of ten Selena bought a book about the Buddha and she was exposed to the idea that there were many other ways to reach the truth.  Her parents supported Selena's curious nature. She explains that it is the journey of no distance because  you are always it. What does that mean? Listen to her explanation of how she arrived home within her own being. Selena Sage is an author of inspiring books, owner of ZenTao Books (publishing), and inspirational speaker. Sage hosts the podcast, Live Free with Selena Sage + developed and facilitates Instantly Zen live events and sessions to help others overcome stressful thoughts and discover lasting peace.Born and raised in Austin, TX, Selena Sage graduated from the LBJ Science Academy (now LASA), and then went on to graduate from the Honors Program of Engineering and Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. After working for twelve years as an executive at various Fortune 500 companies (including Motorola and Google), Sage's search for freedom compelled her to leave everything behind and move to Cabo Verde, Africa.Zen Author | California | Cabo Verdewebsite: selenasage.comevents: instantlyzen.compodcast: anchor.fm/selenasagebooks: amazon.com/author/selenasageeBooks: zentaobooks.cominterviews: soundcloud.com/selenasageFind Sean and CorrineIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanron  

A successful corporate leader, Laurel Geise had her first spiritual experience out of body experience during finals week in College.  After College she met the love of her life Bob and they began their country club life until her young husband died of cancer.  Spiraling downward to a deep depression, Laurel went to a dark place for a year. Screaming out to God one night, she heard  the word meditation and shortly thereafter found herself at the Chopra Center where she learned meditation and eventually became a meditation teacher.  After being relocated to Florida in her corporate position, in a meditation Laurel started hearing spirit guides. And then her story gets really interesting and fun...take a listen! As an author, she has written four books and is currently writing her fifth book.The Book of Life: Universal Truths for a New Millennium (2000)The New Laws of Spirit (2001)Prophetic Leadership: A Call to Action (2002)The Jesus Seeds: Igniting Your Soul-Guided Life (2013) http://www.laurelgeise.comDr. Laurel Geise, MBA, D.Min., is a leader in the Mindfulness at Work movement, a professional speaker, an author and an expert trainer.Combining 30 years as a global C-level executive in Fortune 500 companies with 25 years as an expert Meditation and Mindfulness Trainer, she founded The Geise Group, a corporate training and consulting company that helps organizations implement Mindfulness Programs to enhance personal and corporate wellness while positively impacting bottom line profitability. Her clients include high-performing Fortune 500 and Inc. 5000 companies in diverse industries that recognize the importance and impact of corporate wellness programs.  http://www.TheGeiseGroup.comIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanron

A sensitive child, Lissa Coffey had  many allergies and one time even passed out and had an out of body experience.  She had an inner confidence and felt like she got it and saw the world in a more mysterious and magical way.  Lissa shares a fun story about dancing around as a little girl to  American Bandstand on TV announcing she would some day be on the show. In college Lissa's vision manifested and she danced on the show for a year. Later a pregnant Lissa had to quit all of her jobs due to severe morning sickness. Synchronistically she found a  healing center and learned all about the healing arts. She later found Deepak Chopra when she was researching ayurveda and wrote a book called What's Your Dosha Baby. From The Chopra Center she found Vedanta and that has been her passion since.  Best-selling author Lissa Coffey is a lifestyle expert and relationship expert who serves up piping hot Lifestyle and relationship advice! She is a refreshing radio and TV guest known for her inspiring blend of ancient wisdom and modern style. She also hosts various TV shows and media tours. You can find all of Lissa's books, blog, podcast and contact info on her website.www.coffeytalk.com

Out of a desire to stay home so she could look after her family, Nikki was first drawn to the Law of Attraction and  manifested her own successful business. A social media influencer in the beauty business with her own online company, Nikki wrote a book for L'Oreal. But the law of attraction was just the beginning and when a friend pointed her in the deeper direction of self inquiry she was on her way to being a thirsty seeker. As she describes it, ‘the present announced itself here and now,' and Nikki started reading veraciously, finding new teachers and putting all of her time and energy into waking up to the truth also known as non duality. Nikki hosts a podcast called The New Growth Podcast and has interviewed the musician Majaer, guru Sad Guru Jaggi Vasudev, Non dual teacher Rupert Spira, The Work's Byron Katie, kirtan singer Krishna Das and was recently on The Dr. Oz Show.Nikki Walton is a best-selling and NAACP Image Award-nominated author, TV personality, podcast host, and licensed psychotherapist (UNC Chapel Hill). In 2008, Walton launched CurlyNikki.com, which became the #1 natural haircare / beauty blog in the world, reaching millions of women in over 30 countries, and influencing the marketing and formulation of products for major beauty brands.https://www.curlynikki.comIG: CurlyNikkiFB: Curly NikkiPodcast: New Growth Podcast with Nikki WaltonNikki's Fav Book: Chants of  a Lifetime by Krishna DasTurning Points Podcast Contact:IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

Checkpoints are episodes with Sean and Corrine where they discuss the recent interviews and aha moments.  The interview with Alaya was powerful for both of them. Are we even use to being fully listened to? How do we know when we are on auto pilot and how do we become more conscious and stay  fully present.  When you find yourself on any kind of band wagon whether it's political or any other strong opinions you have, there is a tendency to go into a dicertatcion or autopilot. We do this when are exhausted and just trying to get through the day.  Enjoy a thoughtful and fun conversation. IG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.org

As a child Kathy was different and could feel energy but it wasn't until she became an oncology nurse and took a Healing Touch workshop that she understood what it was. From there she was drawn to learn meditation because that was how she was able to feel the energy she experienced in the workshop. After some inner struggles Kathy feels that her meditation practice has brought her closer to her connection to her own Christian religious beliefs. Yet that realization has taken time and has been a theme for most of her life, finding her tribe. You wouldn't know that Kathy has had many challenges in her life as that is just not the way she looks at it. When life is hard or she is faced with a challenge, she asks God/the Universe for help and direction and it always comes. Through life's challenges, Kathy always knows everything is going to be okay.IG: @peakerelief Twitter: @KattRNLMTFB: Kathy.Peake.18 Founder at Peake Relief, Holistic Health Practitioner at Integrative Solutions For Health Holistic Nurse Consultant. Meditation and Mindfulness  Instructor. www.peakerelief.com coming soon

Mahaila shares how she trusted her gut early on and started to carve her own path when what her preacher was telling her did not feel like her truth. As a professional dancer on tour Mahaila  came across an astrology book that felt like the next turning point to when she became a seeker. The books she found laid down the path for her to find Tarot cards, crystals, crop circles and eventually meditation. A natural mystic but also a cynic Mahaila had a profound experience with the transchanneler where she felt like she had touched a familiar feeling within. When Mahaila was four she use to have light beings visit her in her room at night, almost like seeing a golden shadow or silhouette and they came back when she was pregnant with her first daughter. Listen to our fascinating conversation with Mahaila as she shares her life long mystical journey. These days she shines her bright light on TikToc and shares her cooking, her eternal youthful energy and the love of her daughters and her grandchildren.https://www.facebook.com/mahaila.mckellarTikTok: Mahaila.McKellarIG Mahaila McKellar

Savanna Riker describes her life's journey as a bouncing ball as she has just kept following the next step much like a bouncing ball. Savanna travelled extensively and looking back she is able to see how  none of it was by accident and it was all a part of the evolution of her spiritual growth. Her pain and her dreams both helped her on her journey. At 37 years of age Savanna is the youngest ordained minister in The Center for Spiritual Living's organization. She never saw herself as the white picket fence person and Savanna shares how life has shown her the way both through both pain and joy.If you move in the direction of your vision, our pain can only move us so far and that it is our vision that eventually pulls.-Dr. Michael BeckwithSavanna Riker is a speaker, teacher, and spiritual counselor. An ordained minister with a Master's Degree in Consciousness Studies, Savanna has been a guest speaker and teacher at events in London, Vancouver, and Cairo, and has a passion for culture, language, and metaphysics. Her teachings come out of the New Thought movement. She is based in Seattle, WA. http://www.savannanoelle.com IG: Savinoelle 

Valerie Gangas is a speaker, transformational life coach and the author of Enlightenment is Sexy. With the passing of her mother in 2011 Valerie went into a deep depression being almost suicidal. A friend sent her to learn TM and her life was never the same after that first meditation experience. Looking back on her religious studies in College she realized that it was all book learning and what she was getting with her meditation was experience and knowingness at her core. Valerie and Corrine discover a deep connection as they  both had profound experiences with the TM Siddhis program. We discuss how suffering is part of the process and although it is hard to watch others in pain,  we each have to find our own way on the path to awakening even if it includes great discomfort and some suffering. https://www.valeriegangas.com/about-valerieInstagram: ValerieGangasFacebook: Valerie C. Gangas

Not being able to differentiate between the christian bible stories and her childhood storybooks such as Hansel and Gretel, Alaya grew up intuitively. Even the things she was learning in school seemed to her to be very fishy and by high school her internal world became very painful as she was yearning for light and love and openness. By College even though Alaya was living a somewhat ‘normal' life, she realized that she was not a repeat offender and moved through things quickly.Alaya's next Turning Point came  while she was bartending in Atlanta where in a moment there was a recognition that ‘now it's time to get to work.' Dramatic changes happened as she left her job, stopped drinking and partying and started shifting into reading spiritual books. A dramatic diet change helped her become more clear headed. Shortly after that she awoke from a nap and her ego was no longer present and she felt she was a part of everything. Then her real spiritual journey begins. Listen in to the awakening story of Alaya. "If you pick it up, you are going to have to drop it." Alaya as she explains that her path has been the path of life. “You are the dream maker and you are the dreamers in the dream” - paraphrased by Alaya from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.Celestine ProphecyConversations with God by Neale Donald WalshAlaya lives in Asheville, NC with her husband and two daughters. She began teaching in 2011 giving small local Satsangs with the support from her teacher and friend Adyashanti.  Alaya currently holds Satsang over Zoom on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. This and more information can be accessed through www.alayasatsang.org .  

Corrine and Sean go to the heart of the matter really f&%cking quick. It's good to have somebody in your life that keeps you accountable and able to reflect and see yourself clearly. After 16 episodes Corrine and Sean discuss where they are at now and what they have been getting out of doing these weekly podcasts. Letting go of the searching and coming from a place of being is how Sean has been impacted and he is feeling more present and mulling over  things less. Corrine shares that it takes almost a Herculean effort to make changes and drop habits. Corrine and Sean share a veracious thirst for these conversations and have found some similarities in these conversations.We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.- TS Elliot

Coming from a family that identified as achievers, Kendall Warson  mapped her life out at twelve. Then as a young adult she came face to face with her ego in one day knowing she wasn't living authentically. Her life changed in one day as she shares her first turning point: A young investment banker friend had a heart attack, a dog died in front of her eyes, and she saw a homeless man foraging through the dumpster pulling out the clothing she had sweated over designing. Her life map crumbled as she quit her job and had a panic attack as her identity and ego started to crumble. Kendall knew she had to get off of auto pilot and find a relationship with herself. After some time at a retreat center, everything she had given meaning to was starting to crumble.Kendall has found herself and her passion.  Listen to her transformation! Instagram: KendallWarson, @co-hart_betaWebsite: Cohart.co

Singer/songwriter Scott Krueger was somewhat of a  rebel and knew he wasn't designed for the normal human experience. He wanted to be on a skate board or snow board and listen to punk music and resist any type of authority.  As fast as he could go, he wanted to get out of the small town in Wisconsin where he was raised. Scottie was looking for an unorthodox method to leave his home town. Starting to feel pressure from his family to go to a trade school,  he made it through the intro on orientation day and walked out, knowing that was not his destiny. Once Scottie found the guitar, he became obsessed. Through friends, Scottie was introduced to Jake who was a musician with connections to Nashville which ended up being Sean Truskowski, our co-host here on Turning Points. The feeling of deciding to go to Nashville is still a visceral memory for Scottie and once he got a taste he was hooked and wanted to stay and become worthy to record and live in music city. Scottie and Sean became fast friends and they decided to pursue writing and recording together and the band Elliot Root was born. With more then a million listeners on Spotify, the band Elliot Root became a success. We discuss Scottie's creative process which is basically no process. As long as he doesn't name the spontaneity of the moment, he can stay in that. If he tries to lock creativity in, it is gone like a wisp of smoke. This then is key to living a creative life, being open to the beauty of the unfolding rather then trying to grasp or put it in a box or label it. Scottie is the most spiritual, un-spiritual person and it was a joy to hear his story. Instagram: @elliotrootFacebook: Elliot Root

Brian Hilliard has lived an extraordinary life. He was a pro athlete in several sports, a successful business man, had close friendships with  Deepak Chopra,  Osho, the hugging Saint Ammachi and Bob Marley.  From a deep immersion into the martial arts to many kinds of meditation, successful business man Brian finally left the business world to spend more time on the streets with his friends, the homeless. At four years of age he heard a clear voice telling him to listen to his heart, trust yourself and to trust God. Even as a young man, the unseen was always more important to Brian as he was learning to become a human-being and cultivate being-ness rather than a human doing. This was nourished and supported by his Mom who they called the Buddha Mom.Brian is the love guy and lives by ‘love is compassion in action,' gravitating to the work of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and the HeartMath Institute that promotes, studies and teaches emotional intelligence.  Brian says we have to get out of the caves and run out of the temples, churches and synagogues. Whatever we are downloading and experiencing in those sacred buildings, we have to share it with the world and engage in our own expression.  We discuss the difference between trauma versus expansion. Being a seeker is like a pull, you are being pulled into a portal of information and energy. The esoteric teachings refer to it as silent knowledge.The final story Brian shares is an intense ten year health crisis he calls an odyssey where he was brought to his knees and at deaths door.  He continues even now to recalibrate his physical body. Brian's breath work and love from and to his beloved wife Arielle Ford brought him back to life.“I've always been looking for the thread that tugs on our humanity and that's being a seeker really.” - Brian HilliardI have been a seeker, and I still am, but I stopped getting downloads from books and the stars and I learned to listen to the teachings of my soul and my heart. -RumiSelf realization is the knowing in the body, mind and soul that we are one with the omnipresence of God. That we don't have to pray, it comes to us. That we are not merely near it at all times, but that God's omnipresence is our omnipresence. That we are just as much a part of him/her now as we will ever be. All we have to do is improve our knowing.-YoganandaStep out of the circle of time, and into the circle of love. -RumiLove is my religion - Bob Marley and Brian HilliardBrian lives with his beloved wife Arielle Ford in La Jolla, California.Netflix Documentary on Osho is called Wild Wild CountryCorrine's documentary about her kids in India is here: https: //vimeo.com/492262201/bd3188f7a8

Author and mindfulness and meditation expert Sarah McLean gets real and shares her personal journey and turning points. Sarah has always been interested in the mystery of life. Her first experience of silent meditation was profound, she felt she had come home which changed the trajectory of her life. Sarah shares candidly the pit falls that can happen along the spiritual journey and discusses how she pretended she was better than she was for awhile. In a Zen Monastery Sarah discovered there was a way out of suffering and that was discovering your true nature. Working and studying with some world renowned teachers such as Deepak Chopra, Gary Zukav and Byron Katie, Sarah has done the work on herself and now shares her vast and profound knowledge with others. Love yourself first and everything else will fall into place. - Carol Burnett Sarah has been a popular facilitator at retreats for the Chopra Center, Esalen Institute, The Art of Living Retreat Center, and many other world-class destinations. She has been interviewed on national television, featured in a variety of award-winning movies, and her work has been touted in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.  She teaches, writes, and lives in Santa Barbara, California. Her best-seller, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation (Hay House), has inspired study groups worldwide. Her latest release, The Power of Attention: Awaken to Love and its Unlimited Potential with Meditation  (Hay House) has received rave reviews. https://mcleanmeditation.com/ https://feastforthesoul.org/ mcleanmeditation: https://www.youtube.com/user/McLeanMe... Byron Katie: www.thework.orgSHOW LESS 

A successful entrepreneur, Marty Birrittella shares honest and intimate details of his spiritual journey including some intense kundalini experiences that happened to him spontaneously. From a young age Marty was drawn to church and even had thoughts of becoming a priest until his parents yanked him out of catholic school. From Paramahansa Yogananda to Baba Muktananda, Marty was fascinated with the teachings from the east. Sean and Marty discuss the similarity between DMT and kundalini experience. Marty shares some of his knowledge of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and then goes on to share how his inner voice told him to walk up to a total stranger and ask her to marry him. Surrender, meditate and listen is the way Marty brought two companies public. You have to listen to the podcast to hear how that story unfolds!Download Marty's Free Ebook on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Field-Love-H-ow-Experience-ebook/dp/B00GU57LNI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1www.MartinBirrittella.comMarty lives in Santa Barbara with his lovely wife Sarah McLean

Arielle Ford  was the publicist for a young Deepak Chopra, Louise Haye, Don Miguel Ruiz, Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, Dean Ornish, her sister Debbie Ford, Gary Zukav,  Wayne Dwyer and many others. As she shares, they all became famous together as she found herself in the forefront of a brand new niche of spirituality and self help in the early 90's. Arielle simply followed her own passion and interests. A successful author herself, Arielle shares some delightful stories of the synchronicities and turning points along her dynamic career and personal life. Corrine shares that Arielle's book Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul was a huge influence in her early spiritual journey. Arielle shares the secret to living in the uncertain covid times. She lives her life in two hour segments and is all about finding and being in contentment in life. Spirituality for Arielle is about how much love, compassion and service you put out into the world.Arielle's current passion is www.JustLikeMyChild.orgTransforming the World, One Girl at a TimeJust Like My Child Foundation's mission is to empower vulnerable adolescent girls by enabling them to create healthy, self-sustaining families who prosper without further aid. Here is a great zoom call with Arielle about this inspiring program. https://youtu.be/GFg-4wITCiUArielle Ford is a gifted writer and the author of eleven books including her latest Turn Your Mate Into Your Soulmate and the international bestseller, THE SOULMATE SECRET: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction. She has been called “The Cupid of Consciousness” and “The Fairy Godmother of Love.”She lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband/soulmate, Brian Hilliard and their feline friends. www.soulmatesecret.com

Growing up with strong catholic roots, around middle school Trisha found that some of the beliefs that she was raised with didn't seem to fall in line with what she felt. She started thinking for herself. The beliefs about women, the absolutes, the rules didn't sit right with her. As she got older she found a sense of loneliness and emptiness inside yet once she started a meditation practice in the 70's it changed her trajectory. The next turning point was when she was given the book by Yogananda called Man's Eternal Quest and she knew that book spoke truth and right to her heart.

A registered nurse for many years, Patty Botarri found herself very much at home the first time she walked into a zen center and sat to meditate. Studying with Jack Cornfield, Byron Katie and eventually Adyashanti, Patty knew only one thing and that was she wanted to know the truth of existence. Unlike many seekers that seem to come to the path through suffering, Patty found herself saying yes to the doors that seemed to be in front of her without the drama. Patty shares that she has always felt an ease along her life journey and has been able to listen by with discernment by noticing the resonance. In the 70's Patty was using alternative therapies with her patients even before it was known to be helpful as she intuitively knew it would be helpful. A natural empath Patty shares some deep wisdom about being with what is without a story that allows her to hold space for others without a drain to her being. Patty shares many simple yet profound insights along the self inquiry journey sitting with some powerful spiritual teachers.Patty and her husband have a beautiful retreat center in north east Tennessee: https://www.wellbeingretreatcenter.org/ 

An awake spiritual teacher, Don Oakley shares the turning points in his life that contributed to his unique journey. Not interested in spirituality Don quit Princeton University just five months before graduating in chemical engineering which he never ended up using in his life. Painfully shy even as a young adult, Don learned how to give top secret briefings in the dark after joining the army which gave him an ability to speak in front of people.  Quitting Princeton was the first time that Don felt like he had made his own decision and not gone along with what was expected of him. It was a search for what gave meaning to his life more so than a spiritual journey that propelled him to travel through Asia after his stint in  the army. For the next twenty years Don worked in the business world getting his civil engineering license.It wasn't until reading ‘The Power of Now,' by Eckhart Tolle that Don started to redirect his attention to the inward journey. Attending many retreats with Eckhart for the next five years, Don shares more turning points on his awakening journey which includes finding his next teacher Adyashanti. He shares a core awakening moment when he realized that everything he had done in his life to that point was out of a need for respect and appreciation to justify his existence. From there, Don felt an organic movement to buy some land out in the wilderness of north eastern Tennessee in Tazewell where he and his wife Patty now live and run a beautiful retreat center.Don's book on Amazon: It's Time to Wake Up Now (https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=don+oakley&ref=nb_sb_noss)Don and Patty's beautiful retreat center and information about their retreats and online sessions: https://www.wellbeingretreatcenter.org/

Former monk Tom Kelly always knew that God was the answer but his Catholic upbringing did not really satisfy his deepest questions. It wasn't until he was in College that he was introduced to the spiritual classic book, “Autobiography of a Yogi,” where he found a deep recognition of truth. He felt a profound calling to learn more about SRF, (the Self Realization Fellowship founded by Paramahansa Yogananda), and enter the monastery. Tom shares that not getting what he wanted was such a wonderful grace. He knew that he needed to enter the monastery to do some deep soul searching as he knew none of the answers were in the normal human world. Sean wants to dive deeper into Tom's struggles and the darkness that shrouded him within two days of entering the monastery. He further shares the inner demons and strong ego resistance that started to attack his psyche. His mantra/prayer daily was “Lord help me to do what I must do,” as he cried himself to sleep nightly. Yet Tom knew that he had to face it all and felt he worked through many lifetimes of depression. He had taken a vow of celibacy and found himself devoting himself to the Divine Mother just like a baby. Tom's major in College was religious studies and he discusses the difference between the eastern and western approaches to religion. How we are going to relate to consciousness or love, to the invisible, the non-physical reality is a process of discovery that is within each of us. Tom eloquently shares his profound knowingness and just listening to him, one just melts into the essence of love. Even to this day Tom shares that he is constantly having turning points daily with a choice to turn to the divine in every moment. His candid heartfelt story is a wonderful journey of courage and love.  “Pain is your greatest prod to your remembrance of God.”  - YoganandaMotivational Speaker and Life Coachhttps://loveforcerevolution.com/Book recommendation: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda)

Roger Gabriel has taught thousands of people how to meditate and also to become meditation teachers. His journey started in the 70's with Transcendental Meditation after meeting and studying with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Through his involvement with the TM Organization in the 1980's, Roger met a young Dr. Deepak Chopra and together they opened The Lancaster Ayurvedic Center and eventually went on to open the Chopra Center in San Diego, California. Roger shares rare stories with his dry British humor and never waivers from his spiritual basis of meditation. Being raised in the 60's Roger explains they all had their Indian bedspreads, incense and bells and so the foundation was there but still hidden. Roger goes on to explain that things changed for him and he woke up spiritually up from his very first meditation. He knew right then in that first meditation that was going to be the rest of his life. Within five or six months he quit his job and went off to train to become a meditation teacher. www.chopra.com Download the Chopra Center App for hundreds of guided meditations with both Roger and Deepak.https://rogergabriel.com

We chat with Erin Brophy who shares the discovery of her turning point when she realized that the thoughts in her head were not the authority. Sean finds similarities in their journeys and shares that even spiritual intellectualizing is in the mind and is not truth. Corrine shares some insights about thinking and compares it to a constant news station going on in ones own mind. Erin started writing down many of the worried and negative thoughts she was having in order to prove to herself that what she was thinking was not true. She realizes she doesn't have to hold on to her stories and that John Cabot Zinn was right when he said wherever you go, that's where you are. She further shares her insight about becoming the hero of her own journey. Sean discusses his challenge with being a pleaser and an empath and putting everyone else first before himself.

Beloved by his patients and known as the barefoot doctor Dr. Gary shares the many turning points along his journey of spirituality and medicine that are both important in his life. Discover the mind-body connection of emotions to your health. Gary shares the importance of listening to your body instead of eating you belief systems. He discusses the stress response and how it shows up in many different ways in our bodies. A long time meditator and meditation teacher, Dr. G wishes more people would learn how to go with their intuitive silent, meditative self for their health. Recorded on the eve of the big 2020 presidential election, we discuss the turning point of the nation. Dr. Gary pokes fun of Corrine not wanting to get a colonoscopy and pushes the importance of scheduling this important test even if you are on the holistic path. Learn how you can become our own best healer! We talk about the corona virus and the importance of taking care of yourself and how things have gotten overblown and how to deal with all of this with grace and balance. Dr. Gary discusses the approach Trumps doctors took in giving him natural supplements in addition to the western medicines administered to him. Our country is dealing with its' collective shadow. These are not simple times and cannot be solved with simple solutions. We discuss the importance of listening and communication and having discussions such as this for healing. It's wonderful to hear a medical doctor talk about meditation, essential oils, massage, exercise and much more. Enjoy! Dr. Gary Foresman can be found at: https://middlepathmedicine.com/