Podcasts about aunt sharon

I'm so excited about today's episode. Today we're talking about how to have less stress and set healthy boundaries during the holidays!   As this episode is airing, the holidays are right around the corner. I know for a lot of us this means spending more time with our family, which can come with a whole range of emotions. Family dynamics can be complicated and figuring out what to say or what not to say in different scenarios can feel overwhelming. But today's guest is going to help us work through this! Our guest for today's episode is my new friend, Courtney J Burg. Courtney is a writer and the founder of Discover Your Worth, an online membership designed to support women with practical tools to break free from codependency while establishing a healthy boundary practice. She has a new book coming out on December 12th called, Loyal to a Fault: How to Establish New Patterns When Loving Others Has Left You Hurting. In this episode she's helping us work through the common scenarios a lot of us face during the holidays. Scenarios like your Aunt Sharon commenting on your weight or your cousin Joe asking when you're going to have kids. She's also teaching us how to set boundaries with difficult family members in a healthy and loving way. This episode is full of practical tools we can all use to make the holidays, and really any family gathering, as smooth and stress free as possible! I can't wait for you to hear from her! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Shawn talks about Friday, August 25, 2023 when it all started with a phone call to him around 3:30pm! Things went downhill from there. RIP, to his cousin, Bruce Lane DeCant. Sudden passing & unexpected. Hear how Shawn deals & views death and as he talks about his cousin & pays tribute to him with song. We've all experienced death, but not like this...(dedicated to Aunt Sharon, Bruce's wife Kathy & the rest of the family, during this most difficult time.

Host Nancy Miller turns the beat around in Episode 3 with composer Jeff Russo to better understand the task of creating the musical backdrop for a compelling drama. Miller also speaks with Kyrsten Ritter, who attributes her Aunt Sharon to the inspiration behind her character, Sherry Cleckler. Texas Monthly executive editor Mimi Swartz comes on the podcast to discuss the Texas woman, then and now.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two adolescent cousins—one from the city and one from the rez—bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's Navajo Nation ranch in the 1990s. They learn about their family's past and themselves. That's the story told in a new Native-led indie comedy Frybread Face and Me. Writer and director Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo) creates a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story starring Martin Sensmeier. Today on Native America Calling, Billy Luther takes your calls along with Morningstar Angeline (Navajo, Chippewa, Blackfoot, Shoshone), who plays Ann, and Nasheen Sleuth (Diné), who plays Aunt Sharon.

Two adolescent cousins—one from the city and one from the rez—bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's Navajo Nation ranch in the 1990s. They learn about their family's past and themselves. That's the story told in a new Native-led indie comedy Frybread Face and Me. Writer and director Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo) creates a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story starring Martin Sensmeier. Today on Native America Calling, Billy Luther takes your calls along with Morningstar Angeline (Navajo, Chippewa, Blackfoot, Shoshone), who plays Ann, and Nasheen Sleuth (Diné), who plays Aunt Sharon.

Ah, the dreaded holiday interaction with a long-distance, sometimes well-meaning, relation who doesn't understand boundaries. Which aunt or uncle or great-grand-something will comment on your holiday sweater being a little tighter this year? Or ask if you've finally started dating again? Or how that embarrassing surgery went? Who will ask the most awkward and inappropriate question?  Nice, Spice, and Ice could be your answer. You can't control others asking odd questions or commenting on your food choices. But you can control your response. You can choose to be nice (We don't use that word anymore, Aunt Sharon), be spice (Thanks for telling me my sweater's too tight. Did you know that Frank isn't your real father?), or be ice (Rude.) Listen in as JoyGenea and Michelle talk about these options and a real sense of taking back the power at large social gatherings.  https://youtu.be/FFuKNIh3Hn0

As the investigation into the murder of my aunt, Sharon Birchwood, continued it became clear that she wasn't killed on the 7th of December 2007 after all. But in a hoarders home, with piles and drawers full of paperwork, will the police find the evidence that they need to get to the truth? Find us online. Support the show by joining our Black Label by becoming a Patron on Patreon. Black Label can also be subscribed to on Apple Podcasts! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook. You can find Shane's history podcast Hometown History here. Find Foul Play: Crime Series on all podcasting outlets here. Episode Sponsors: - Go to Talkspace.com and use promo code FOULPLAY to get $100 off of your first month. -  Get up to 25% off subscription orders of $40 or more at NextEvo.com promo code FOULPLAY.

Hello y'all! This episode has been a long time coming! We finally have the long anticipated conversation with elders / leaders of MrD713's family. Aunt Brinda, Aunt Sharon, and Uncle Rod shared their life with us and now we sit down and discuss family. We share as a family where we came from, where we are at now, and where we want to be. Thank you for tuning in for this joyous and emotion filled episode. Don't forget to listen to their "Makings of You's" too! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/everythang-culture-podcast/exclusive-content

Ask us about what the real true meaning of Independence Day really is about, talk about how people's True Colors really show and also talk about how my Aunt Sharon really made true and good on her threat about me not be able to get a job at Poplar Chapel Church of Christ. Plus, a whole lot more --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mikel-desilvis/support

Kathryn interviews Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research Simon Critchley PhD, author of “Bald: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts.” The moderator of the NY Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. Critchley brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of the world as he offers philosophically informed and insightful considerations of happiness, violence and faith. Kathryn also interviews Filmmaker Bo McGuire, director of “Socks On Fire.” His award-winning film is a lyrical testament to Southern women couched in the familial battle for his beloved grandmother's throne. McGuire returned home from New York City to Hokes Bluff, Alabama to find that his Aunt Sharon—his favorite childhood relative—had locked her gay, drag-queen brother, his Uncle John, out of the family home. As a queer Southerner who is both protective and skeptical of the South, this family rupture stoked a fire within McGuire to document the place and the people he calls home. Through a series of stylized reenactments spun in with family VHS footage, McGuire documents the fluidity of identity, personality and performance in his hometown among his kin and the many women who've been a force in Bo's life.

Kathryn interviews Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research Simon Critchley PhD, author of “Bald: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts.” The moderator of the NY Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. Critchley brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of the world as he offers philosophically informed and insightful considerations of happiness, violence and faith. Kathryn also interviews Filmmaker Bo McGuire, director of “Socks On Fire.” His award-winning film is a lyrical testament to Southern women couched in the familial battle for his beloved grandmother's throne. McGuire returned home from New York City to Hokes Bluff, Alabama to find that his Aunt Sharon—his favorite childhood relative—had locked her gay, drag-queen brother, his Uncle John, out of the family home. As a queer Southerner who is both protective and skeptical of the South, this family rupture stoked a fire within McGuire to document the place and the people he calls home. Through a series of stylized reenactments spun in with family VHS footage, McGuire documents the fluidity of identity, personality and performance in his hometown among his kin and the many women who've been a force in Bo's life.

Kathryn interviews Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research Simon Critchley PhD, author of “Bald: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts.” The moderator of the NY Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. Critchley brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of the world as he offers philosophically informed and insightful considerations of happiness, violence and faith. Kathryn also interviews Filmmaker Bo McGuire, director of “Socks On Fire.” His award-winning film is a lyrical testament to Southern women couched in the familial battle for his beloved grandmother's throne. McGuire returned home from New York City to Hokes Bluff, Alabama to find that his Aunt Sharon—his favorite childhood relative—had locked her gay, drag-queen brother, his Uncle John, out of the family home. As a queer Southerner who is both protective and skeptical of the South, this family rupture stoked a fire within McGuire to document the place and the people he calls home. Through a series of stylized reenactments spun in with family VHS footage, McGuire documents the fluidity of identity, personality and performance in his hometown among his kin and the many women who've been a force in Bo's life.

Kathryn interviews Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research Simon Critchley PhD, author of “Bald: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts.” The moderator of the NY Times' Stone column and the author of numerous books on everything from Greek tragedy to David Bowie, Critchley has been a strong voice in popular philosophy for more than a decade. Critchley brings together thirty-five essays, originally published in the Times, on a wide range of topics, from the dimensions of Plato's academy and the mysteries of Eleusis to Philip K. Dick, Mormonism, money and the joy and pain of Liverpool Football Club fans. In an engaging and jargon-free style, Critchley writes with honesty about the state of the world as he offers philosophically informed and insightful considerations of happiness, violence and faith. Kathryn also interviews Filmmaker Bo McGuire, director of “Socks On Fire.” His award-winning film is a lyrical testament to Southern women couched in the familial battle for his beloved grandmother's throne. McGuire returned home from New York City to Hokes Bluff, Alabama to find that his Aunt Sharon—his favorite childhood relative—had locked her gay, drag-queen brother, his Uncle John, out of the family home. As a queer Southerner who is both protective and skeptical of the South, this family rupture stoked a fire within McGuire to document the place and the people he calls home. Through a series of stylized reenactments spun in with family VHS footage, McGuire documents the fluidity of identity, personality and performance in his hometown among his kin and the many women who've been a force in Bo's life.

Dave drives an Econoline Van down Miami Beach. Dave sets the bar very high as it relates to fashion in the 80's (Jason also rocks the tucked in T-Shirt), and Jason learns that whilst traveling with Aunt Sharon, it is every person for themselves! At least as it relates to chocolate cookies…

00:00 Intro 04:36 food 05:24 Dancing 06:18 Easter 07:35 Easter Egg hunts 08:06 Easter Sunday Church 08:53 feeling old 09:17 Mother's Day 09:35 Virginia City 09:50 Browsing 11:00 Jail 11:35 sense of humor 11:46 Spring 12:35 it just smells good 12:59 kids come out running and yelling 13:59 I have good kids 14:20 Visiting with Aunt Sharon

This Week on Home Improvement… When Jill’s Aunt Sharon dies, she leaves her a vast sum of money that she stipulates to spend on herself and on something frivolous. She decides that she wants a sports car. This naturally excites Tim, however when he finds out that she opted for a British Austin Healey, he […] The post Whose Car Is It Anyway? (with Topé Suicida!) first appeared on Grunt Work Podcast.

@grailseekerstarotshop 's Aunt Sharon. She is our guest interview, and has been reading tarot since the early 1970s. @mysticalmillennial and I get a little chatty with wild tarot business ideas and early Star Wars film icons. We do have an original hippie guest star, after all. The deck we are talking about in the cold open is @mysticalmillennial's Before Tarot. The spreads are courtesy of Aunt Sharon. The first, her "Down and Dirty," is a twist on the trusty past-present-future spread; and the second is her go-to spread. We try both after her interview. Visit our Instagram @fabulousfoolstarot for images from the readings in the podcast. Images feature the plaid RWS, which was always her deck. Thank you for listening! Please share.

What did you Aunt Sharon say about her buying a home in the '80s? Coworkers had a terrible experience? This episode covers how to handle the mortgage process.... For the most important person - You! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/FernandoMortgage/support

In this week’s segment, a manifesto about clairaudience and communicating with spirit — communicating with the higher self, with divine wisdom, with inner guidance, with guides — through the concept of Voices. MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Star Trek Star Trek: Discovery The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Who are You Talking to When You Talk to Yourself Dissociative Identity Disorder HOST LINKS - SLADE ROBERSON Slade's Books & Courses Get an intuitive reading with Slade Automatic Intuition BECOME A PATRON https://www.patreon.com/shiftyourspirits Edit your pledge on Patreon TRANSCRIPT You know how I talk about starting the blog Shift Your Spirits back in 2006 with a dozen or so essays … This was one of those original pieces. Originally published in September 2006, about a month after I started blogging, under the title “Who are you talking to when you talk to yourself?” It’s buried in the archives, about as deep as it can be, but it still enjoys pretty decent traffic. And oddly, or interestingly, in the past week, three different fans of this show mentioned it by name and called it as one of their favorite posts. It was a foundational post. A kind of manifesto of how I approached the concept of communicating with spirit. Before I ever did a reading or started blogging with your questions and emails requests as prompts, I thought this was the topic I would focus on. The concept of Voices was something Seth and I had explored at length only a few years before I started all this work, and it was so life-changing for me, I really thought a deep dive into Voices was going to be the whole point. It’s disparaged in our society — hearing voices, listening to the voices in your head, doing what the voices tell you to do … talking to yourself. It’s the punchline to a lot of lazy jokes. And yet it’s something we all experience. It’s a psychic channel we all have access to. The one thing that has evolved for me the most since I first wrote about this is that Voices are less about external voices, or proof of entities outside yourself, and more an awareness of archetypal programs and partitions in the mind. The idea of programming has come full circle — Seth and I were philosophizing about this in 1999, I took the principles deeper into new age space, and then more recently I’ve found myself using smart phone metaphors when I’m attempting to explain how I wrap my head around it all—that the archetypes, the higher self, the still small voice within, the collective unconscious, the hive mind are like apps on a handheld mobile device—they can be downloaded from the cloud, they can be accessed, opened up and run… I’m going to leave my original vocabulary as it is, but just know, even if communicating with angels or talking to ascended masters or channeling spirits makes you uncomfortable because it’s a little too woo woo, it also works from a purely psychological angle. There are mansions of the mind that can be explored in this way… Once you begin paying closer attention to the Messages of Guidance you receive every day, what the Voices of these Messengers sound like, where they’re coming from, when they pop in, and what their original Source may be, you can begin to Identify them, carry on intentional conversations with them, start building a better relationship with them... You may also want to tell some of them to sit down and shut the hell up. You carry on conversations with yourself all the time. Some of the things you say you literally speak out loud. And you talk about talking to yourself. You acknowledge this to other people and nobody assumes you're crazy. Think about the last time you muttered something under your breath when there was someone else in the room and you apologized: "I'm just talking to myself." Or "Don't pay any attention to me, I'm just thinking out loud…" Think about the times you've said to another person: "I try to tell myself everything will work out for the best…" "Part of me wants to believe…" "Something tells me…" "I just can't trust myself on this…" "My heart says one thing, but my head says another…" Ring any bells? You clearly talk to yourself. You acknowledge that there are interior dialogues taking place and most people regard this as perfectly normal. Of course, I am not speaking to you as a psychiatrist, and my musings on this subject are just that — musings, thoughts, opinions — listening to me on a podcast is not a substitute for a real mental health diagnosis.  But talking to yourself is not mental illness. It’s not schizophrenia or multiple-personality disorder. Here's a simple way to tell the difference: Multiple personality disorders are defined by a lack of conscious awareness, there is no dialogue taking place, the different personalities coming through are all taking turns in the driver's seat of consciousness and they are usually unaware of one another. They may be aware that there are others, but they don't know necessarily connect anymore or even know how to contact each other. They don't have relationships -- they don't communicate with one another. Multiplicity or dissociative identity disorder is even considered by some psychologists to be more a survival mechanism than a disorder or disease. The ability of the different parts of oneself to scatter, split up, when the self comes under attack. Like covering the eyes of a child you’re with so that they can't see the gruesome details of the car crash on the side of the road. Or mouthing or spelling out certain words so that young children in the room won't know what you're talking about. Multiple Personality Disorder is a kind of protection -- a hardcore survival mechanism. Multiplicity is an advanced form of the impulse to scatter the flock so that the Whole can't be taken out with one shot. This splintering of the Self is a superhuman ability like the burst of adrenaline or physical strength or courage we experience under extreme conditions. This is called a disorder because once the multiple parts of the Self get lost they may not be so easy to regroup. They separate for the sake of survival, and they run so far, in such extreme emotional terror, they can't find the Others again in order to integrate. The different selves divide the traumatic information and carry only pieces of the puzzle, because to put all the pieces back together and see the Whole Story -- and identify with it, to become the trauma, at a deeply personal level -- is just too much for any one mind to bear and go on... By becoming consciously aware of who's talking -- what part of your Self is coming through -- you clearly don't fit this general description of mental illness or multiple- personality disorder. Eckart Tolle in The Power of Now talks about "watching the thinker." There's a part of your mind that can stand back, as a director, and watch all the Voices performing on your inner stage. You know how you have that "professional phone voice" you use at work? You may have accidentally answered your personal cell phone like that before - once or twice - but you don't slip up and allow the "wrong" voice to grab the microphone very often... You don't have to think about all this -- much of it is on autopilot. What I'm leading you toward is the practice of monitoring and micro-managing the Voices you've been taking for granted and not paying so much attention to... On some level, there's a Director Self, a Managing Consciousness, that is always running - it's the Boss - it's the Big Self you refer to when you say Me. It manages, directs, and prompts the various sub-Voices you use in everyday situations. The Thinker decides which of your Voices should pop in and do their thing, given the context. Actors and Singers and Writers will quickly identify with this phenomenon -- they have consciously developed their acute sense of Who- says- what- when- and- how. This is how someone can direct and star in a film simultaneously. You are the director and star and producer of your life. This is your greatest project. It's being written by you, for you, you're playing the lead, casting the other players... Most of it is improvisational. You have a Voice that tells jokes... Some of us have a more talented inner-comedian than others. Sometimes he's performing live at a party or a table of friends and he's on fire, cracking everybody up. That’s just one example of the internal species of Voices. Are you always aware of choosing them, or do many of them just "know" when it's their line? When you start identifying them, you find them all over the place. I used to call them my Chorus... (back during a time when my life felt a little too much like a Greek Tragedy : ) Or maybe an Orchestral metaphor would work here: when you're listening to a piece of music you're familiar with, you start to pick out "that killer bass-line" or wonder "who's that on the back-up vocal?" Would you call your ability to do this Psychic with a capital P? Probably not. But you see where I'm going with all this… You can think of a ton more examples I haven't named. Start listening for the different instruments in what you call your Head — there are different sounds coming in, taking over for solos, at different times, in different contexts... All together, they are kind of a Piece of Music, right? Now you're getting warmer. You are in the general vicinity of the Place you will go to when you want to listen for Voices of Spirit, or your Higher Self, or Divine Guidance... You've got to identify who everybody is in that head of yours, what solo they play, what keeps refraining… And by everybody, I mean Voices. Which voices are the "loops" that play over and over? The hateful, self-critical voices are the ones that creep into the background, like a grinding, low sample that's been repeating behind everything else. It undermines your more conscious, intentional solo efforts... You're belting "I will survive" but there's a loop on this remix version of your affirmation, and it's back there, softly chanting "I suck... I always... I'll never..." That’s what’s killing your ability to manifest your intentions by the way. You hear it now — how could you have missed it? Of course! Now you're on your way to cleaning up that Master Mix and getting rid of the noise that you didn't consciously ask to be there. You also channel external voices. In a very real, third-dimensional, everyday experience, you can hear and express the voices of individuals, living or dead, with whom you've had a relationship. You can also channel the Voices of people you've never met before — authors or singers from other times and places whose personas, wisdoms, and messages, have been preserved in media. This could even be considered the most obvious form of immortality. What are Ghosts, if they are not the memories that continue in the minds of the living? When you and a buddy are planning some delicious, wicked mischief like sneaking out after curfew, or skipping school, or borrowing your dad's car without telling him… Or maybe you're considering a course of action that you know your parents or your boss or your boyfriend will disapprove of... You say things like: "I know exactly what he's going to say…" "She is going to be livid!" "I can hear my mother now, saying…" "My grandpa is rolling over in his grave right now…" Impersonations are a form of channeling. You might even imitate the Voice of your Dad: "How many times have I told you kids…”  And your sister shrieks with laughter because she recognizes that Voice. She’s amused and delighted by your ability to "bring that Voice through" with so much truth and accuracy, she might even cover her ears in mock-horror and squeal: "Stop it! You're freaking me out!" Consider the phrase: What would Jesus do? This was a large-scale social meme several years ago. Kind of like the equivalent of the "Got milk?" campaign for Christian marketing… This Question is meant to [re]activate the voice of Jesus that you carry within. Christians believe that if you experienced some form of being saved and/or baptized that Jesus has come into your heart and resides there, eternally, whether you pay attention to his presence or not. The idea is that once you've become aware of the Christ Consciousness within and invited Him to be with you, work through you, speak through you, guide you, you can then say "God is my co-pilot." You have free will — you're doing the driving, but when you're lost, you have a presence there you can call on to be your soul compass, your navigator — a voice you can trust to check the map and tell you which way to turn to get yourself back on track. When someone is Born Again or rededicates his life, he has become consciously aware of the fact that he has access to a Higher Power, but he may have failed to make use of it as he could... Or maybe he's heard it and willfully ignored it. At some point he strayed from his path or began shutting that voice down or muting it; he sees the error in this and chooses to change the behavior and begin listening again. Let’s talk about: Talking about Yourself in the Third Person  You've overheard parents programming these voices in their children, speaking about the Voice as if it is clearly meant to be something the children have already received and should "know better" — which is to understand how to access these Parental Guidance Voices on their own. The Parents quiz their children, inviting them to call up, or call in, or channel that Voice: The Mom says to the four year old "What does Mommy say about leaving your legos all over the living room floor?" Is Mommy having a schizophrenic moment, or is she acknowledging her child's capacity to download her wisdom, make it part of his conscious, decision-making process, and "run the program" at will, on his own, without her prompting? A good mother knows that her child needs a piece of her that will always be with him, even when she can't be. He needs to be capable of simulating her wisdom in a variety of situations, and applying that Voice in both circumstances she has anticipated and the ones that she never dreamed he would encounter. The Mom acknowledges her child's ability to do this. She guides him in developing and using this particular type of channeling. She openly discusses it with other moms and dads — maybe from a very different perspective than this — vague, unnamed... Parenting discussions may not involve a psychic vocabularly, but the principles are definitely talked about. The How To is considered traditional and important. Child development is so fundamental that we don't think to call it supernatural — that's because it's not. It's the perfect example of a human communication phenomenon that is common, practical, and incredibly psychic, all at the same time. Consider these other snatches of common dialogue: When you say you've had a change of heart, what changed? What shift occurs when we consider another person's point of view? What are we doing when we step into another person's shoes? Why are we told to be careful what we wish for? Why is it notable when two people suddenly say the same thing at the same time? "Jinx! Buy me a Coke." Why do we knock on wood when we speak of an intended, hopeful outcome that we fear influencing by saying it out loud? Why do we say "I'm afraid to even say it…"? Why do we say "famous last words" when we put something out to the Universe? What Source are we referring to when we say "I should've listened to my gut…" Some people don't believe in the presence of invisible entities, guardian angels, ghosts, spirit guides, and the like would prefer to use a different vocabulary to describe these internal dialogues: Imaginary friends The subconscious mind Your ego Your intuition If you require logic — or feel more comfortable taking "baby steps" as you approach the idea of communicating with spirit entities, that's cool. I personally find that neurologists and clinical psychotherapists have empirical data that supports the common ways that the human mind functions; I discover plenty of corresponding vocabulary and supportive explanations in various fields of study. It seems unrealistic and unlikely that you will have profound, otherworldly, out-of-body experiences on a daily basis — spirit entities may very well knock you over the head once in a while with something Big you just can't explain away... To get your attention, to start a conversation, to inspire you to start asking Questions... But, for the most part, receiving Higher Guidance on a daily basis requires that you integrate new perspectives and new habits into your common experiences. The Shift is introduced, practiced, and maintained over an accumulation of millions of moments — all of them opportunities to ask all the little questions that will add up to a relationship — a lifestyle — that features the Big Mysteries. Whatever your vocabulary or what camp you approach the Questions from — the religious, the medical/scientific, the spiritualist — we clearly can agree that we all talk to ourselves, we have different facets of our personalities that we can access consciously and subconsciously. We all experience complex relationships with others and the Self. We all talk to ourselves, and it's perfectly normal. This behavior is more commonplace than it is aberrant. I'll tell you what is crazy: Asking questions of a roomful of people you trust Immediately hearing their responses — advice, warnings, instructions... and totally ignoring them, suppressing them, or proceeding as if you have no voices of wisdom to work with. The Voice that speaks to you, the Name you give it, and the way you choose to define it is crucial — but the identity of a Voice remains secondary to its Messages for you and what you do choose to do with that information. When you: Ask a question Pray Meditate The Voice that answers you may be: your intuition your higher self your God your Spirit Guide your grandmother who has already passed your imaginary friends the psychic who reads for you your best friend, over coffee your Aunt Sharon, who's the greatest listener on earth, the one you call whenever you're having trouble making an important decision... What matters most about these dialogues is: What is the Answer you receive? Does the answer resonate with you? Do you agree with it? Are multiple sources giving you the same advice? Are you listening for the truth or looking for something to tell you what you want to hear? Does the answer support you, your best interests, and empower you to make good decisions? Who is being served by your acting on the advice you're being given? The Inner Critic, Fear, and Shadow Guides  Just as your consciousness downloads programming of Voices of Advice that you may call on — or your psychic sense can listen to — the benevolent entities who support you — however you choose to perceive your relationships to all these Voices you're experiencing — there are good ones and bad ones. You are your own worst critic because you decide who to listen to and who to dismiss. You have free will, and you are responsible for your behavior. Do you let the bossy, nagging, belittling voices hog your inner microphone? Do you allow hurtful remarks that undermine your confidence to play over and over again? Do you recognize the Source for the Voices that have something to gain by scaring you, paralyzing you, playing on your insecurities? Learn how to identify the Voices you already have access to, create working relationships with the guides who attend you on your Mission, and use the information you receive to create the life you know you were meant to live.

Having suffered through an abusive marriage and carrying the world on her shoulders, Aunt Sharon has always been on the uptight side. Now almost 70 years old, she's in for the birthday party surprise of her life. 

Sunday, November 10, 2013 Meditation doesn't have to be taught. The art of slow thinking is natural. I can remember each of my children at some point in their very early life 'coming out with something unexpected'. These statements or questions could arise in any situation or at anytime. These gems of cognitive connection may bear no discernable link to the current circumstances but they always evidence meditation. It very likely that meditation performed properly, slowly and naturally will produce a crystal clear concise and relevant question. This question will reveal more about the heart and motive than the casual inattentive listener might ever realise. Suppose your child overhears a conversation about whether or not grandparents will be able to come for the child's birthday party. It seems grandma and grandpa may not make it because thier car had to go into the shop to have the transmission replaced and so they would not have a car for a week. The plan couldn't be changed because the garage was very busy and they were doing the job for grandpa for half price. Grandma and grandpa live three hours away so it was unlikely they'd make it to the party in two weeks. Days later you are in the check out line at the store buying wiper blades for your car. And your child blurts out, 'Couldn't they barrow aunt Sharon's car?' Now here is the unknown chain of thought behind the statement. The news of grandpa's absence from the birthday party means your child thinks they won't get the money grandpa always gives at birthdays. This is a real disappointment to the child. A few days later your car's wipers cause a lot of stress on a trip home from school Now it is raining hard again so you borrow the neighbour's car to quickly get some wiper blades. You need to do this before you drive to get the older kids from camp. It's pretty urgent since the weather forecast is for heavy rain. While waiting for the checkout your youngest child sees a snickers and remembered that aunt Sharon bought a snickers for grandma last time we visited. 'Then the light comes on', aunt Sharon lives near grandma and grandpa's house, aunt Sharon has a car, we just borrowed the neighbour's car...... ... 'Couldn't they barrow aunt Sharon's car?' One form of meditation is driven by the recognition of a need and the patient search for a solution to your dilemma. A lot of good meditation happens because of an acute awareness of need or desire. The child's active but relaxed mind accepts they can't solve the issues that are out of thier league. But they looking for an answer. They are listening to all the new information and sifting through the old information. Snickers, the lack of money, grandpa's gift, aunt Sharon's proximity, wiper blades, and borrowing the neighbour's car all converged on a solution. As you consider meditation and the reading of God's word this week, let me encourage you to identify your needs or the needs of the world. I've often noticed in my children a period of relative quiet during the mediation process. It is easy to miss this because you are busy and the quiet is a welcome break from nonstop requests and questions. But this quiet is the evidence of mediation. It doesn't mean that all of life stops, it does mean at times we need to concentrate. But we can concentrate in chunks while doing the washing up or standing in a queue. Meditation sees the complexity of life and draws on it all no matter how seemingly unrelated to find formerly unrecognised connections. I say unrecognised but often meditation isn't comparative between people. It is usually a personal journey. It is possible Grandpa would send the money, it's reasonable to think that grandpa had already considered Aunt Sharon's car and probably no one except the child realised the severity of the need. But meditation isn't about what others may have already considered, often it is highly personal and so it takes responsibility to weigh all the data themselves. Some where in the arena of family, cars, needs, and the wonderful world of possibilities there lies a solution and the ever attentive mind of the child is trying each block in every shaped hole until they find a match. Will you meditate on God's word? Will you find the solutions you seek for your most pressing needs?

It has been five years since last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life forever. They will have to choose which is the dream world and which is reality. Plot Leadworth, 2015. Amy Pond is stirring some custard in a bowl but starts to feel pain in her pregnant body. Rory immediately arrives on his bike (with a pony tail on his head) and Amy screams Rory's name so he can get inside thinking the baby is coming. Amy's pain then subsides and both of them are about to resume their daily lives, when the TARDIS materializes outside their kitchen window. The Doctor exits the TARDIS whilst Rory and Amy hurry to him and the TARDIS before hugs are exchanged and the Doctor stating how happy they look five years after they last travelled with him. Cast - Matt Smith Amy Pond - - Arthur Darvill Dream Lord - - Nick Hobbs Mrs Poggit - Audrey Ardington - Production crew to be added References reveals to and Rory that he threw the Manual at a because he 'disagreed' with it. The brings up the Doctor's relationship with Elizabeth I. The Dream Lord teleports himself around much like The Valeyard did in : The Ultimate Foe. The Dream Lord refers to The Doctor as the 'last of the Time Lords' and 'the oncoming storm', two nicknames he has been given. (: , et al.) Story notes The enemies the old folks play are a race known as the . The Dream Lord traps the Doctor, Rory and Amy in an alternative world and Amy has to decide what is the real world. Technically, the entire episode took place in the TARDIS. The box under the TARDIS console the Doctor opens has the words: "TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Build Site: Gallifrey Blackhole Shipyard. Type 40. Build date: 1963. Authorised for use by qualified Time Lords only by the Shadow Proclamation. Misuse or theft of any TARDIS will result in extreme penalties and permanent exile." written on it. There is no indication of how much time has passed since : The Vampires of Venice. The sign outside the old peoples' home reads "SARN Residential Care Home". was the setting for : . This is only the second episode of the series (after Time of the Angels) not to feature a Crack in time but is the first non 2 part story to not feature a crack. Ratings to be added Rumours The 'Dream Lord' was rumoured to pretend to be the Doctor because of a shot of him inside the TARDIS wearing the Eleventh Doctor's costume in the trailer. He was, in fact, the Doctor himself - at least, his dark side. Aunt Sharon will appear. This was false Filming locations to be added Production errors When Rory and Amy are running from the Eknodine you can clearly see no mud on his back, but he was thrown on his back, into mud, a minute before.It concerns a dream, that puts things in perspective.The Doctor mentions again that bow ties are cool. (: The Eleventh Hour) The Dream Lord refers to what happened between the Doctor and . (: The Shakespeare Code, , The Beast Below) The Doctor initially assumes that the TARDIS has jumped a time track (: The Space Museum) The Doctor tries to jump start the TARDIS by kicking it. (: Rise of the Cybermen) The Dream Lord accuses the Doctor of abandoning his companions in favour of younger friends, echoing remarks by Sarah Jane Smith about the Tenth Doctor and his relationship with Rose Tyler. (: School Reunion) The Dream Lord, once alone with Amy, echoes a conversation Jackie Tyler had with the Ninth Doctor about how 'anything could happen'. (: ) After Rory dies in the dream, Amy asks the Doctor "What is the point of you?", similar to how asks the same to after dies. (: End of Days) The swimming pool has turned up; the Doctor said that "it'll turn up" in : The Eleventh Hour. DVD and Blu-ray release - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Three will feature Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and . It will be released on Monday 2nd August 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray. External links to be added Footnotes DWM 421, Page 18