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Episode 10 ~ BE Empowered ~ Relax, Nothing is in your control Do you have control of your life? Are situations spiraling out of control? Listen to Enolia, Bukeka and Chaz Wesley as they discuss what we truly have control of in situations and circumstances as well as within ourselves. About our Guest: Chaz Wesley is a widely recognized inspirational coach, speaker, and writer. Chaz maintains a private practice in transformational individual coaching, grief counseling, and corporate consultancy. Connect with Chaz at chazwesley.com. -- Meet Bukeka and Enolia! Two powerful women who mean business when it comes to your well-being. We all go through distractions and rejections both external and internal. Listen in to our podcast and bring a greater sense of power back to your life. It's time to align with the power of your vision and know your worth! So grab your coffee or tea and sit at the table with us while we have THAT conversation. The conversation that takes your life and your business to the next level. B.E. Empowered! The universe is calling you to BE. The Presenters BUKEKA As an international recording artist and speaker, Bukeka helps entrepreneurs, professional groups and individuals, empower themselves to know their worth without guilt, judgement or shame and begin trusting they are worthy of wonderful at all times. www.bukekastyle.com ENOLIA Known for her international workshops and retreats, Enolia helps entrepreneurs, global influencers and high profile leaders transform their life and activate their true potential to contribute to the world without risking professional image or legacies with World Class Personal Development and Business Coaching. www.enolia.live --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beempoweredpodcast/message
On today's program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley welcomes back Dieter Randolph, cofounder and minister of Water and Stone Church. They discuss the process of letting go of beliefs and paradigms of the past, and the transformational choice to reinvest in the now.
Returning special guest, author, and grief guide Georgena Eggleston joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss the feelings of uncertainty in times of change, loss, and pain—and allowing a path of peace to unfold with action and grace.
On this World Day of Prayer in Unity, host Chaz Wesley is joined by Randy Fikki, spiritual leader at Unity Southeast in Kansas City, Missouri, discussing this year's theme, "Peace in the Midst."
Each step of our journey holds a certain necessity of lessons and possibility. On today's program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley offers insight into the choices and opportunities we have to honor and trust each sacred step of loss and grief so we may walk this journey with love and grace.
The Buddha once said, "If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." On today's program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley introduces enlightening conversation and self-care activities of mind, body, and spirit that can sustain energy while minimizing the fatigue commonly associated with grieving.
On today's program From Grief To Grace, host Chaz Wesley discusses the value of finding meaning in our journey of grief. Becoming mindful of the transformative capacity of grief is one of the most empowering ways to understand loss, cultivate acceptance, and honor compassion toward yourself and others.
Whether in life, on our spiritual path, or our grief journey, releasing that which no longer serves us is an important task in our search for peace. On today's program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares words and music of comfort, ease, and letting go.
Loss and grief shatters the world we have known, thereby creating a tidal wave of emotions in the wake of our everyday life. On today's program, host Chaz Wesley shares insight and clarity on what these emotions mean. We can allow the current of Truth and meaning to guide us back to shore.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews Michel Pascal, author of the book Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-Being. Michel Pascal is a french writer, meditation teacher/singer, photographer, and director for spiritual documentaries. Before moving to the United States, Michel lived in the largest monastery in the Himalayas, Kopan Monastery in Nepal. The high master Chepa Dorje Rimpoche (descendant of Milarepa) was his meditation teacher for 15 years. Michel has written 19 books in French about spirituality. Drawing on his experience of living at the Kopan Monastery in Nepal, Michel shares his new and easy method of meditating in the moment to calm the mind and break the cycle of stress addiction. In the midst of one's grief experience, Michel's book is a guide to a revolutionary meditative techniques for finding peace, quiet, mindfulness, and centeredness. A true authority in meditation, Michel introduces readers to the power of meditation as a coping mechanism for daily stress, anxiety, and depression—and yes, grief!
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews writer and poet Deirdre Hade, coauther of the book The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises. A verbal and graphic trip to the unexpected, whimsical, and wise worlds, Hade and her husband and graphic visionary Will Arntz (What the Bleep Do We Know!?), with images provided by award-winning photographer Endre Balogh, will inspire the reader. They also allow for a lot of smiling and moments of clarity and wonder. The prose and poetry will raise your awareness to the level that great art does when truly enjoyed. The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises marries practical guidance for navigating our increasing busy and chaotic world with deep mystical insight to awaken the sleeping soul within us.
Their mission is to joyously use their God-given gifts—writing, singing, and speaking—to successfully inspire, uplift, and transform the lives of as many people as they can touch in their lifetime and beyond. And with their new double-CD, Beautiful Brokenness, they are doing just that! On today's journey From Grief To Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews inspirational speakers, singer/songwriters, and best-selling authors, Karen Taylor-Good and Stowe Daily—the powerful duo known as StoweGood.
When caring for someone who is chronically ill or dying, we may start to grieve that person long before their physical death. Often, we grieve the loss of the person's “former self.” Primary caregivers often experience exhaustion, regret, or even guilt or shame for “wishing it were over." It is important to recognize these feelings as normal. Ultimately, anticipatory grief is a way of allowing us to prepare emotionally for the inevitable. On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares thoughts and coping skills for caregivers and the anticipatory grief reactions of the physical, emotional, and spiritual nature that occurs before an impending loss.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley is joined by coauthors Dieter and Jenny Randolph of Unity Society about their new book, Branching In. Explaining their mantra of grace as, "you don't need anything extra to be who you already are," Branching In is the process of understanding this now moment as the fruit of a more profound life experience. By following it through—branch and trunk and back to root—we can use that expanded awareness as the seed for life's next now moments.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares how the spiritual faculty of faith becomes an action step we can take as we affirm that the healing, loving presence of the Divine is working to bring peace and harmony in the midst of chaos and fear.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares the metaphysical interpretation of the spiritual power called "Love"—and the strength of its presence in our lives when we are healing from loss.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, author Rob Goor joins host Chaz Wesley as we discuss the authors beautiful novel to his son, Dear Andrew, a chronicle of life and death, loss and love—expressed through letters from a father to his deceased 8-year-old son. Letter by letter, this father processes at such depth that peace is made tangible and grace is discovered.
The only moment we have is now. “The New Now” is where we are alive without our dead person. Grandma will not be here this Thanksgiving to make her butterhorn rolls. She is dead. Granddad will not be here to host the Friday after Thanksgiving football game, complete with corndogs and root beer floats. He died in July. Now What? On today's journey From Grief to Grace, author and grief guide Georgena Eggleston joins host Chaz Wesley to guide us through a process of permission—and a more peaceful holiday season. Click here to invest in the greatest gift you can buy this holiday season—an online video course and one-on-one coaching that honors and nurtures you!
Join host Chaz Wesley as he gently guides listeners through a new thought process of letting go in the midst of chaos and change.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews author Keidi Keating, whose books The Light: A Book of Wisdom and Experiences From the Light bring together a collection of astounding and inspiring true stories. They also share insights from renowned teachers and authors such as don Miguel Ruiz, Neale Donald Walsch, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and many more. The Light presents profound guidance for discovering inner light, living from the heart, oneness with humanity in a spiritual realm, and connection to others through service.
On today's program, host Chaz Wesley speaks with trauma specialist, grief guide, and author Georgena Eggleston about personal loss, permission, and assurance. With an awareness of synergetic methods and self-care strategies, Georgena explains the difference between raw, fragile, and gentle grief—and how discovery and curiousity helps one move beyond grief. Georgena teaches mindful grieving and intentional mourning so people have the tools to discover where grief lives in the body—and how to release it and replace the thoughts that keep us stuck in the grief loop.
Compassionate listening is a practice that provides a road map for those in grief. It allows one to reach deep into the heart and "discover the power within, and unleash your divine potential." It is also a hallmark of Silent Unity® and the theme for this year's Unity World Day of Prayer. On today's journey From Grief to Grace, Rev. Patricia Bass, interim vice president of Silent Unity, joins host Chaz Wesley in affirming the old adage, “What one heart cannot bear alone, many hearts can bear together.”
Part Two of Two: On today's program, host Chaz Wesley shares more guidance, more questions, and more reflective meaning in our search for trust and clarity in a world shattered by loss and grief. Join us on the journey, From Grief to Grace ...
Author Maribeth Ditmars shares her personal journey From Grief to Grace in an intimate, brave retelling of how losing two sons has forever changed a family's life. Her testimonial of illness, death, loss, and love has inspired two books (Christopher's Journey and The Bald-Headed Princess) and a new blog, Journeys of the Heart. Listen in as Maribeth and host Chaz Wesley share the wonders of life, wisdom, and laughter.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares simple practices and in-depth understandings of what grief teaches us about ourselves and how it guides us to a life more fully lived, expressed, and appreciated.
Of the many responses you may expect to hear from a griever, laughter can be the most surprising. It is common, however, for people to find humor and use laughter in times of sorrow—both as a defense mechanism and as a coping strategy. On today's journey From Grief to Grace, award-winning author, poet, and essayist Mark Liebenow joins host Chaz Wesley to honor a history of cultures and religions that boasts ministries of fools, clowns, humor, and compassion—all of which provide evidence that when we can laugh at death, then death doesn't win.
Do you feel as if you're barely getting by day-to-day? Does the emotional roller coaster of your grief experience leave you wondering if you're the only person in the world feeling this low? On today's journey From Grief to Grace, grief coach Laura Jack joins host Chaz Wesley to guide us step-by-step through a process of patience, perseverance, and discovery—identifying who you are after loss and how to recreate the life of your choice.
In her TEDxCUNY Talk, Rachel Stephenson shares her own experience of loss and grief, speaking loudly about grieving quietly. The writer and speaker joins host Chaz Wesley to share a personal journey From Grief to Grace, the cost of hiding one's grief—and why she believes it's vital to break the silence.
Your relationship with your pet is special—a bond that is different than those human beings share, yet every bit as significant and meaningful. With the loss of a dearly beloved pet, people often resort to incorrect mechanisms to deal with their grief, often trying to move too quickly from their loss (dismissing the real impact), or even attempting to replace the pet immediately. On today's journey From Grief to Grace, author Russell Friedman joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss the common myths that limit us from trusting our natural reactions to loss while offering effective guidance in dealing with the loss of your pet(s) and finding peace.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares perspectives of two seemingly opposite feelings—grief and love—and offers insights into a greater understanding of the true nature of our inner knowing: we grieve, not only because we have lost, but because we have loved.
Busy, successful people grieve too. And our guest today personifies just that. Founder and CEO of InnerView Consulting Group and editor in chief of ExcellStyle magazine Carmen White Janak joins host Chaz Wesley to share a personal journey From Grief to Grace—one whose expression of mindfulness and emotional self-care is witnessed by the many who rely on her daily presence. The author of What's Hiding in Your Lingerie Drawer? Janak is a master facilitator, consultant, and speaker who has more than 25 years' experience coaching others in unleashing their gifts by discovering and reimagining their unlimited potential.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, Board Certified Holistic Health Coach and Wellness Inventory Facilitator Branda Piersall joins host Chaz Wesley to share the importance of self-care. With 20 years of experience as a hospice nurse, Coach Branda has firsthand knowledge of the pressures caregivers face as well as the impact such stress has on the body temple. Having received her health coach training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where she was trained in more than 100 dietary theories, Coach Branda is an affiliate coach with Wesley Enterprises and offers a whole-person approach—including, but not limited to, diet and exercise to reclaiming one's birthright of health and well-being.
Sean's life was wondrously mixed with joy and sorrow, pain and success, addiction and inspiration. On today's journey From Grief to Grace with Chaz Wesley, Sue Baggett-Spears beautifully honors a personal and spiritual evolution through grief and healing after her husband's death—and how hope brought her back to life. Sue Baggett-Spears is a licensed Unity teacher and serves as spiritual leader at Unity of Springfield, Missouri.
Author, blogger, and comedian Barry Friedman is known for his radio commentary on NPR, articles in Esquire magazine, and a stand-up shtick that can best be described as “comedy with an edge.” On today's journey From Grief to Grace, the comedian joins host Chaz Wesley to share the memories of his 24-year-old son Paul—and offer a recommended daily dose of life's best medicine.
For grievers, the season that once brought joy may heighten an awareness of the feeling of despair and intense pain. What can you do when the world is saying “Let's be merry!” while you are feeling “I must honor my sorrow?” Join host Chaz Wesley on today's journey From Grief to Grace as he offers coping skills and suggestions for both adults and children, while validating that the holidays do not suspend one's grief—or healing.
In her new book, The Listening Project: Lessons of Life, Love, and Listening to God, author Christine C. Williams tells the true story of a woman who decides to make an unusual and quirky deal with God to become a better listener. What starts out as a step-by-step business model approach to learn about listening to the Divine voice within soon turns into a far more personal and unexpected journey of loss, grief, healing, and love. The author joins host Chaz Wesley on today's journey From Grief to Grace to share her experiences of sorrows and joys, and to encourage listeners to explore the ways we listen to God, and the inherent human challenges and rewards of hearing and following divine guidance.
Just as each new awareness throughout our journey is necessary for us to learn and evolve as spiritual beings, each experience of life reveals the opportunity to trust the process. Join host Chaz Wesley on today's journey From Grief to Grace as he honors each sacred step of loss and love.
Her debut novel, Moments in Time, is strongly inspired by author Nina C. Payne's real-life experiences. Having lost her brother, who also happened to be her best friend, in 2012 of cancer and then her father four months later to a broken heart, the book explores the obstacles many of us face and the courage it takes to overcome them. A yoga instructor who has studied the philosophical, psychological, and physiological side of it, the author joins Chaz Wesley on the journey From Grief to Grace to share her path of self-discovery and the story that emerged—literally.
Join host Chaz Wesley on this special episode marking Unity World Day of Prayer and the 125th anniversary of Silent Unity®. Providing a road map for so many in their time of need, the prayer partners at Silent Unity offer active, compassionate listening to many grievers on a day-to-day basis as they travel the journey, From Grief to Grace. Listen in as Chaz honors several different aspects of prayer, meditation, and affirmations—all of which honor the adage, “What one heart cannot bear alone, many hearts can bear together.”
Not only is it none of your business what people think of you, the beliefs behind their thoughts and the words used are not usually about you to begin with. They're about the consciousness of the person speaking them—a projection of their individual thinking and their own reality. When we take things personally—especially in our time of grief—we feel offended or attacked and then become defensive; and defense is the first act of war. When we allow ourselves permission to be immune to the opinions and actions of others, we avoid many upsets in life—including becoming the victim of suffering. In the same regard, whatever you feel and say (to others or to yourself) is simply a reflection of the way you're seeing the world in this now-moment. Regardless of the circumstances, we are always choosing to take something personally—or not. Join host Chaz Wesley as he shares how one choice leads to (a consciousness of) hell, and the other to a greater knowing of peace.
You feel this urge to do something different. Something that can help people heal their hurting hearts—but you think, “What could I possibly do that would make a difference?” And yet, the urge keeps calling you. Join host Chaz Wesley and grief expert Ann Leach on today's journey From Grief to Grace as they share tips and insights of supporting others by getting in touch with your own past to help others cope with their present.
Join host Chaz Wesley on today's journey From Grief to Grace as he gives voice to the mystery of life, loss, and the process of change—not as a problem to be fixed, rather as an invitation to actualize the wisdom and compassion that make us both fully human while honoring the evident manifestations of the Divine.
Whether you are in the midst of caregiving, saying goodbye, or planning a funeral or time of remembrance, Beverly Molander's new book Heartfelt Memorial Services (cowritten by Dave Savage) provides comfort, reassurance, plans of action, and a voice of grace. The author joins host Chaz Wesley to share thoughts and ideas about creating meaningful experiences when families gather on the journey, From Grief to Grace.
On today's journey From Grief to Grace, Certified Intrinsic Coach, shamanic practitioner, and author Paula Rosenfeld joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss the global phenomenon of the Oneness Blessing. The Oneness Blessing, also known as Deeksha, is a nondenominational transfer of energy from one person to another. It works in a neuro-biological way, activating the frontal lobe of the brain and deactivating the parietal lobe. Deeksha can catalyze a letting go of resistance to people and situations, relief from tension and stress, and a shift in brain function opening the heart, quieting the chattering mind, and allowing for an infusion of grace.
Megan Devine is the author of Everything Is Not Okay, and creator of the popular Writing Your Grief courses. An engaging teacher, speaker, licensed psychotherapist, and popular blogger, Megan knows grief firsthand. After the accidental death (by drowning) in 2009 of her partner Matt, Megan quit the counseling field and took up a brief career as a farmer and cheesemaker. While the quiet rhythm of farming suited her, she couldn't bear the thought of newly-grieving people enduring the wasteland of support she'd found when first widowed. The author joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss what she describes as her “love letter to people in pain” as she journeys with others, From Grief to Grace ...
Jasmina Agrillo Scherr knows about resilience. Jasmina has lived through personal upheaval, illness, and stressful conditions throughout much of her life. Her near-death experience while fighting a brain tumor brought her to a place of surrender, where she found the strength to carry on and rise from adversity to a place of wholeness. Her new book Mirror of My Soul, Sanctum of My Heart is a spiritual memoir and inspiring treatise about how heart-resonance, intuition, and resilience can get you past the tough times and into the thrive times! The author joins host Chaz Wesley to talk about resiliency, soul, and heart—on the journey, From Grief to Grace.
As freedom rings more and more for LGBTQ people, it also drums up the shadows of sadness, loneliness, self-destruction, and internalized homophobia, which this disenfranchised group has known for centuries. Mark Anthony Lord joins host Chaz Wesley to look at those shadows and honor the pain that is real. No stranger to New Thought circles, Mark will share his vision for the Global Pride Summit (June 1–5, 2015) and introduce the line up of very special guests whose voices will usher in truth, inner transformation, and healing.
After Trauma to Art founder Lauren Muscarella's mother died, she avoided coping for years. She went on to write the book she wanted to find when she was struggling to find meaning and ways to honor her mother's memory. Lauren's book, Alice's Law, acknowledges the unique and individual experience of grief, offers ideas and practical steps to healing, and honors the role remembrance plays in our ability, not to move on, but to thrive. The author joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss her journey, From Grief to Grace ...
Join host Chaz Wesley as he guides listeners through the foundational understanding that grief is the whole-person response (emotional, physical, and spiritual) to the loss of someone or something important. By clarifying the terminology associated with bereavement, Chaz will devote today's episode to what he calls the "three faces of grief"—Mind, Body, and Spirit. While old paradigms of grief therapy focused on grief as mental or emotional suffering, new grieving ideas create new ways of thinking about loss, address healing the bodily effects, and honor the spiritual struggles. Join Chaz as he explains the basics of effective grieving by attending to all dimensions of a person.
Mark Liebenow is an award-winning author, poet, theologian, and photographer. His most recent book, Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite, combines his many talents to showcase his personal encounters with nature, spirit, and the wisdom held in the mystery of it all. Joining host Chaz Wesley to discuss how going into nature to deal with the death of his wife became his healing balm, the author shares an aspect of grief's landscape through narrative, meditation, and the perspective of one widower through the lens of reflection.
Elaine Mansfield is a writer and bereavement facilitator whose spiritual perspective and insightful wisdom reflects more than 40 years as a student of Jungian psychology, mythology, Buddhism, and meditative practices. Her popular TEDx talk, "Good Grief! What I Learned From Loss," speaks to her belief that there is power in grieving both intentionally and purposefully. Mansfield's best-selling book, Leaning Into Love: A Spiritual Journey Through Grief, is a memoir that beautifully honors her husband's life and death, their love, and her personal and spiritual evolution through grief and healing. Sharing the transformative and ongoing love beyond their time together and into her new life, the author joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss her journey, From Grief to Grace ...
Grieving is not a linear process. Sometimes everything crashes in at once; sometimes there is a feeling of grace; sometimes you just don't know what to think or do. Chaz Wesley is a grief expert and host of From Grief to Grace on Unity Online Radio. He says the grief journey really begins when we can accept that the loss is real. Then we experience the pain. The New Normal is where we learn how to move on and live fully, even in the absence of what we lost. Chaz describes his own grief journey and how he eventually found his New Normal. There is grace, mercy, and goodness in your personal journey as well.
The fourth edition of The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace has been endorsed by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, New York Times best-selling authors, and a growing chorus of prestigious global luminaries. The recipient of 16 literary awards, the book illuminates the common ground in the world's major wisdom tradition, also known as universal principles. Author Brent Hunter joins host Chaz Wesley to share the vision of peace and unity that comes from deep inside the heart of humanity, offering a road map to honor both life and death, and the great mystery of All That Is.
Death shatters the world we have known, presenting a reflective challenge to our normal experiences of meaning. On today's program, we discover the profound resources myth can offer as we grieve the loss of a loved one and contemplate our own mortality. With a Ph.D. in mythological studies, Kay Todd is the author of The Gift of Grief. Kay joins host Chaz Wesley to explore how the wellspring of the unconscious can guide us through the necessary encounter with meaninglessness and suffering; how archetypal patterns expressed in myth influence the way we address grief, loss, and trauma; and how changing our myths of grieving can make deep and necessary personal and social changes.
Toneille Bent is a transformational coach with Wesley Enterprises and founder of Essence-tial Truths Coaching. Coach Toneille shares coping skills and stress relief through a practical, easy-to-remember exercise she calls ‘Push PAUSE on Panic'—an inspiring new modality of practicing peace in the midst of crisis. Coach Toneille joins host Chaz Wesley to guide listeners through a strategic action plan of essence, empowerment, and effectiveness—sharing a road map of how to live life ‘On Purpose' as we travel the journey, From Grief to Grace.
Imbolc, the Celtic name for the point exactly between winter solstice and spring equinox, marks the beginning of the return of the light and is considered an especially auspicious time for creation because our intuitive nature is more fully available to the new beginnings calling us forth. Judy Herzl, estuary artist, book birther, and founder of Connecting the Dots consultancy agency, joins host Chaz Wesley as we put our ear to the earth of our own body and listen deeply to the question on our heart and the responding impulses coming from our soul.
A “parent's worst nightmare” scenario played out in the life of successful businesswoman and married mother of four, Donna Visocky, after her daughter was killed in a car accident just one mile from home. Donna's powerful and compelling new book, I'll Meet You at the Base of the Mountain, transcends other books about grieving by shining a light on the discovery of life. The author joins host Chaz Wesley and honors the journey from grief to healing, from fear to love, and from the valley of despair to a greater perspective of hope from the top of the mountain.
Following the death of his mother in 2012, Tom Sweetman wrote From Grief to Greatness: A Collection of True Stories and Lessons on Living Life After Loss as a way to help others struggling with the array of emotions that accompany loss. For those hoping to gain a clearer perspective of potential and possibility through their experience of loss, the author joins host Chaz Wesley to share the inspirational accounts of his own and others he has met on the journey who have created moments to remember while honoring the legacy of their loved one and the life of one another.
Temple Hayes knows firsthand what it is to die to your true self and your dreams. Her remarkable new book, When Did You Die? is designed to inspire you to become more alive, more authentic, more youthful, and more energetic! A much-needed wake-up call for an emotionally and spiritually drained generation, the book offers a profound eight-step program to propel you to a healthier, happier, and more prosperous life. Author and fellow host on Unity Online Radio, Rev. Temple Hayes joins Rev. Chaz Wesley to share her journey From Grief to Grace and introduce practical ways to actually go through fear and not let it stop you.
She wrote her first song at age 11 and went on to open for such acts as John Denver and Steve Martin, produce over a dozen solo albums, and perform at Carnegie Hall. She's known for her musical gifts, among many other "Amazing Things"—and she is no stranger to grief. After losing several members of her immediate family, inspirational singer/songwriter Megon McDonough joins host Chaz Wesley on the journey, From Grief To Grace, to share how grace allowed her to move through the autumn leaves of life and behold the tree that still stands.
Jill Kraft Thompson had a life filled with love: an adoring husband, two young sons, a devoted mother, and a close extended family. Then in an instant, she lost her five closest family members in a car crash that she herself barely survived. The author of the new book Finding Jill joins host Chaz Wesley to share the coping strategies that gave her the courage to risk love, marriage, and motherhood again—demonstrating the triumph of love over unspeakable tragedy.
Grief is often most associated with physical death, although it is experienced in almost every aspect of our lives. From breakups or divorce, to geographical or career moves, or simply the changing seasons of one's life, grief is a part of our very existence. Certified Grief Recovery Specialist and transformational life coach Laura Jack joins host Chaz Wesley on the journey, From Grief to Grace, to share a holistic approach to healing through loss—guiding the bereaved from a place of merely surviving to actually thriving!
Author Gayle A. Huntress gracefully weaves the details of a true story about a girl growing up in a small New England town who loses both parents to cancer and inherits—with her brothers—a farm, a gold Cadillac, and the task of growing up. Beyond Words chronicles their heartbreaking loss, the redemptive power of love, and the community that saw them through. The author joins host Chaz Wesley to share what it means to rebuild a life after unimaginable loss and the astonishing process of transforming grief into joy.
Unencumbered by religious agendas and pat answers, Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died is a book that satisfies our curiosity concerning what people believe in, shrug their shoulders at, laugh at, and most care about as they enter Act 3, Scene 3, of their lives. Author and hospice chaplain Rabbi Karen B. Kaplan joins host Chaz Wesley for an up-close and unique view of the least-discussed, yet deeply important, part of life.
For 20 years, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) has offered immediate and long-term emotional help, hope, and healing to anyone grieving the death of a loved one in military service to America, regardless of their relationship to the deceased or the circumstances of the death. To honor this special day of remembering one of our nation's greatest tragedies, specially trained peer mentors from TAPS join host Chaz Wesley to bring awareness to their mission of supporting survivors and comforting the bereaved.
Jack Fowler began playing music in church, was signed to a major contract at 19, and was classically trained by the time he started performing with well-known contemporary Christian artists, such as Kathy Troccoli, and traveling the world with Conversations With God author, Neale Donald Walsch. Jack's focus shifted to using his music and speaking gifts as a healing agent to inspire, challenge, and spark changes in all who would listen—including his work with the LGBT community and Unity churches from coast to coast. Jack joins host Chaz Wesley to share his music and his soul on the journey, From Grief to Grace.
Certified life coach and fellow Unity Online Radio personality Carla McClellan joins host Chaz Wesley to share her personal journey From Grief to Grace—a path of great loss as well as growth. With 30 years' experience in health and healing professions, including being the current director of the Unity Life Coaching Center, Coach Carla safely and sacredly bridges the often-divided worlds of spirituality and science, further connecting us to the emotional experiences of grief while affirming hope and well-being.
“Suicide brings us closer than our own breath to the risks of being touched, and NOT being touched by each other's pain,” writes blogger Rev. Kelly Isola. With recent deaths such as Robin Williams, the subject of suicide is forefront in our minds—and with it comes a roller coaster of emotions. The author joins host Rev. Chaz Wesley to discuss what she describes as “wanting to understand how we as living, breathing, talking, walking portions of divinity, can rejoice in the mystery of being human when touched in such painful ways.”
Divorce is ... (We'll let you finish that sentence.) Inspirational speaker and singer/songwriter, Lorena Smith, has penned her tale of divorce, change, falling apart, forgiveness, and once again finding her individual voice. Her new book, From Chaos to Castles, is an intimate collection of thoughts which moves readers from tears to laughter while offering wisdom and hope. The author joins host Chaz Wesley on the journey From Grief to Grace, sharing her path of self-discovery, her music, and her own unique story—all of which leads to our own examination of life and love.
Growing up in a family that lived and worked in a small-town funeral home, Tom Ellis learned early in life about death and grief. Declaring he would not follow in his father's footsteps as a funeral director, in the delicious irony that is life, he returned home to do just that. His life experiences and compassion for others led him to becoming past executive director of Center for Grief, Loss, and Transition, a therapist, and author of This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss. Join host Chaz Wesley as he interviews Tom on the journey, From Grief to Grace.
Her book, Deep Change: Befriending the Unknown, explores the seven shifts of transformation, taking us beyond merely rearranging the design of our lives, to change the way we experience our self and our world. Author Susan P. Plummer, Ph.D., joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss our connection with the deeper currents of our divine inheritance and how we can embrace our true heritage of compassion, freedom, and belonging.
Founder of National Grief Awareness Day, Angie Cartwright, discusses with host Chaz Wesley a special opportunity to help raise awareness about loss and its painful impact. With a mission to bring grief out of the darkness and unite with grievers around the world, Angie explains why August 30 has been chosen as Grief Awareness Day and shares exciting new projects and possibilities for grievers on the journey From Grief to Grace.
Award-winning singer/songwriter Jami Lula will join host Chaz Wesley to explore the healing power of music on the journey From Grief to Grace. Rev. Michael Beckwith, founding minister of AGAPE International Spiritual Center, calls him “a Rock Star for God” and his music a “shiver-inducing experience in sound.” The L.A. Music Awards named him 'Best Vocalist' and his newest CD, There's A Healin Goin On, leaves an indelible mark on the soul that exudes an uplifting, healing, and inspiring message of love and positive intention.
As a third world refugee, Evelyn Foreman's first example of transformation was at the age of 5 when she witnessed her mother making a life-changing decision to pursue a new life by boarding a refugee boat on a perilous journey across the ocean. After her mother died 11 years later, Evelyn moved up the ladder of corporate success, finding herself living in New York City on 9/11. The host of Unity Online Radio's The Call of Spirit, Evelyn joins host Chaz Wesley to share the unbelief of her journey, the belief in the process, and saying yes to the call of spirit after having cried no for so long.
Rev. Tamara Lebak has launched her first album to raise awareness (and money) for marriage equality. In the title track of her new CD, Dear Oklahoma, she asks, “Why is it so hard to love us back?” An openly gay Unitarian Universalist minister living in the heart of Oklahoma, Rev. Lebak and her partner of 18 years have a 4-year-old daughter. Rev. Lebak joins host Chaz Wesley to share a multifaceted journey From Grief to Grace.
Since losing her 15-year-old daughter to a tragic accident in 2009 and coping with her husband's massive stroke three years later, Lynda Cheldelin Fell has become an international best-selling author, host of three talk radio shows, and board member for National Grief Awareness Day. Lynda is the author of "A Stroke of Love"—a blog focusing on grief validations, bits of wisdom, understanding, and hope. She joins host Chaz Wesley to introduce an opportunity to help raise awareness about the painful impact that losing a loved one has on the survivor's life by sharing their story in a special video project to educate our society.
Grief is not a route to be avoided. Rather, it is a process that can be embraced when we grant ourselves permission to feel the sorrow, to cry, and to experience the mourning. Join host Chaz Wesley as he gives insight as to why grieving in your own way and on your own terms is the best gift you can give yourself.
The journey From Grief to Grace takes time—and healing happens gradually. How we grieve depends on many factors, including individual personalities, coping styles, life experiences, faith walks, and even the very nature of the loss itself. Join host Chaz Wesley as he offers words of wisdom and grace-full reminders to be gentle with yourself as you allow the grieving process—and the healing—to naturally unfold.
On this holy day of reverence, Rev. Paulette Pipe, host of Unity Online Radio's Touching the Stillness, joins host Chaz Wesley in remembering one of history's most extraordinary journeys From Grief to Grace with meditative words of comfort and hope.
Compassionate listening is a practice that provides a road map for those in grief as it allows one to reach deep into the heart and find a way to peace, from the inside out. It is also one of the hallmarks of Silent Unity®—the 124-year-old prayer ministry of Unity. Rev. Lynne Brown, vice president of Silent Unity, joins host Chaz Wesley in affirming the old adage, “What one heart cannot bear alone, many hearts can bear together.”
Humor is an inevitable part of grieving. It doesn't mean we're irreverent; rather it allows for a way through life's toughest journey by cherishing the humorous moments and giving permission to enjoy its funny detours. In this episode, comedian David Naster, author of several books, including Is There Laugh After Death? joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss why laughter really can be the best medicine.
The thought of losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare. Join host Chaz Wesley as he speaks with guest Alissa Drescher about the loss of her child, and how her journey lead her to a career in grief counseling.
A song can speak the feelings that cannot otherwise be expressed. Through the universal language of music, our emotions can be met, released, and healed. Join host Chaz Wesley as he guides us on a special musical journey, From Grief to Grace—traveling to the depths of the soul, where words alone cannot go.
His story of profound loss has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, and The Today Show—just to name a few. And now, author Benjamin Scott Allen shares his journey with us. Join host, Rev. Chaz Wesley, for this powerful interview of the man whose book, Out of the Ashes, describes what it's like living in a new world—one he calls, ‘The Afterloss'—and a new state of mind and being.
Author, psychotherapist, and award-winning speaker Dr. Sherry Showalter joins host Chaz Wesley to talk about the resiliency of the human spirit. On our journey through grief, we often become fatigued and frustrated—and sometimes we just need a good cry. Dr. Sherry tells of finding her grandmothers “krumpled Kleenex” everywhere she turned and how this symbol of weakness can become a catalyst for healing.
Does your grief journey have a theme song? Join host Rev. Chaz Wesley as he interviews internationally known singer/songwriter and motivational speaker Bukeka Shoals Blakemore. Bukeka has gifted our show, From Grief to Grace, with our new theme song, "I'll Light a Candle in Your Name." She'll share the inspiration behind the music, its powerful message for the bereaved, and one of her own unexpected grief journeys.
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