Podcast appearances and mentions of cindy griffith bennett

Aging Isn't About Aging - What? "Be yourself - everyone else is already taken," . . . ever hear that quote before? In the previous podcast I mentioned David Bennett and Cindy Griffith-Bennett and their book Voyage of Purpose. I’m on my third read of this book. The stories of David’s Near Death Experience and the unfolding processes he grew through over the years always awakens something in me that I hadn’t heard in the previous read. I find that there are some books that stay on my bookshelf - the ones nearest to my attention, so I can continue to pull the wisdom to me over and over again. Voyage of Purpose is one of those books for me. In Voyage of Purpose, David quotes Joseph Campbell. “Where there is a way or a path, it’s someone else’s way.... I have a theory that if you are on your own path things are going to come to you. Since it’s your own path, and no one has ever been on it before, there is no precedent, so everything that happens is a surprise and is timely.” (Campbell, 1991) If you are open to considering the truth of these words, or if you know this to be true, and you practicing living into this, I believe this is where miracles happen. I know it is for me. I titled this Podcast Aging Isn’t About Aging - What?. Aging, like any other context or life is about letting go of what others have said and done before you. It requires thinking for yourself and deferring to no one else. Anita Moorjani, David Bennett and thousands of individuals who experienced Spiritually Transformative Experiences, which include Near Death Experiences, share that life on Earth is a unique experience for each of us. We are here to discover our own unique path - that road less traveled, as Scott Peck writes about. I’ve taken the road less traveled myself, and as challenging as it has been, the surprises that are for me, and are mine alone, are so worth it! If we look at aging from the perspective of our consensus reality, we see the path well worn and littered with beliefs and judgements focused on the inevitable dependency on the medical, insurance and pharmaceutical support - ‘till death do us part.’ This is a path that most of us will walk - because we are told this is the only path there is. So many of us are afraid to stray from this path, and so we limit our awareness and our choice-making to only this. A long time Orcas Islander, Emily, who lived to be close to 100, shared with her friend Barbara, “Don’t ever take the path of pharmaceuticals - it will kill you!” I was fascinated by this statement and so appreciated Emily’s clarity and conviction. Emily walked her own path in so many ways. Her life was full of joy, love and wonder up to her passing. In the AA tradition, I would say “I want what she’s got!” I’ve been struggling for the past few weeks - probably since I began working on these podcasts. This should be really fun and easy, and it is fun and easy. And at the same time it’s really challenging. I’ve been struggling with a sense of loss, a sense of grief and emptiness. It’s not a happy feeling. It makes me just want to lie done and ignore life. In reading Joseph Campbell’s words - “Where there is a way or a path, it’s someone else’s way....” I realized that this is what is occurring for me. I’m beginning, again, to walk a path that is mine alone. That although there are lots of podcasters in the world, lots of information about aging on the internet, lots of do’s and don’t of how to age, I’m compelled to walk the path that is mine alone. The way I coach, the way I live, the choices I make, is almost always self-directed, in alignment with something other than consensus reality. At the same time, I’m always wanting to do it like other people do. I want to be like everyone else, having a sense of belonging that my less than wise-self believes is true. I walked on the “tried and true” path for decades and I never felt comfortable in my own skin. What’s the point of being in my skin if I’m never feeling happy in here?! I don’t know about you, but the magnetic pull of my intuition, which always feels like inspiration and like I’m being guided by my highest-self - my highest-truth, has me taking steps on my own path. Sometimes it feels really uncomfortable. It is full of uncertainty and self-doubt, the fear of aloneness and inevitably I’ll die! I question whether I’m really hearing correctly, and maybe I’m making it all up. It is a dilemma! Inevitably, I experience those timely surprises and confirms I’m on the track with my own path. Over time, it become easier, and my happiness grows exponentially!  Here’s the deal - it’s scary to choose to follow the tried and true of our consensus reality. And it is scary to choose to walk your own path. Either way it is scary. Either way you are presented with life choices that reveal that you are at the crossroads of your awakening into self-empowerment. So aging isn’t about aging. It is about standing in your truth, standing in your knowing, standing in your courage, standing on your path being scared and alone - sometimes, but knowing that you are given the potentiality to live a life that is unprecedented. Being extraordinary, because you are! And you are never alone! I’m grateful that over the years my inner guru continually speaks to me in a way that I can hear. Even though I live alone with my dog Gracie, I can share with you that there is more conversation going on between me and my inner guru than if I was living with someone else. I’ve experienced more loneliness when living with others that I do living alone with Gracie and my inner guide. So that’s it! I encourage you to be curious about how often you think about taking alternative and less worn paths, but hold back from making that choice for fear of.... There’s nothing to do differently. There’s no choices to make. Just noticing how you be in your everyday crossroads, how you choose what you choose will be a big enough adventure for you, until you are ready for more ease, more surprises, and more alignment with your inner-guru. And, you are never alone!   -- For more blogs, books, videos, or if you are interested in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com   For Voyage of Purpose by David Bennet and Cindy Griffith-Bennett, click here!        

Resonance is the Sweet Spot of Aging Gracefully What are you listening for? Where are you listening From? For those of you listening to this podcast or those I’ve previously broadcast, I suspect that you were attracted to something that resonated with you. Something engaged your curious mind. Something engaged a knowing, a familiarity, a resonance with a part of you that is looking for confirmation, looking for connection, that knows of your inner guru, or perhaps desires to experience collaboration, union, and harmony as much with another as with yourself. The intention of these podcasts Aging Like a Guru - Who Me? is to deepen the listening that occurs within you, so that you more willingly tune into your own personal guru channel.  Each of us has a listening for something. We tune in to music channels and people talking channels because we are looking to sit for a few moments in the resonance of a familiar tone, a familiar languaging, a familiar message. When we tune into a channel to learn something new, quite often unless what is being taught resonances with you on some level, you won’t take that specific learning on as yours. It’s a funny thing that throughout our childhood, we are taught that learning occurs only in the brain. The truth is, and I learned this only while working on my 3rd Masters Degree and Ph.D., that only when we’ve had a direct experience - a resonance with what is being taught - can we truly integrate that information into our system. Direct experience occurs in our bodies, through our bodies, through a knowing that resides in every cell, in the meta physical levels of life. The Learning Pyramid reflects studies that show that you will generally retain only 5% from what you are listening to, and only 10% of what you read. And, we retain 75%  of what we learn by practicing and doing, and we retain 90% by teaching others. I think this is really great information, because it reflects a truth not only about how we learn in an educational environment, but also how we learn to be in life too! We have certain patterns we follow and resonate with, and that’s how we do life. My friend David Bennett wrote a book called Voyage of Purpose. In Voyage of Purpose David wrote about his near-death experiences and the learning and practice that evolved because of these experiences. I go back to David’s book over and over again because so much of what he is saying resonates with me. His relaxed story-telling style of writing invites me into his life. The story that he tells engages my desire to have a vicarious experience of what he is sharing. I don’t want to have the near-death experience, but I do long for the level of light and love that he experienced, and for the learning that occurred for him. Furthermore, his teachings inspire me to engage a greater degree of devotion and dedication to my relationship with my spirit-self, my inner guru. As I wisen up and listen to my inner guru, I choose more carefully who I hang out with in all areas of my life. If the resonance doesnt jive with my well-being, I’ll pick up and head to a more peaceful place, or a place that allows me to experience me - being myself. Why am I telling you this? I’m telling you this to acknowledge - as much for myself as for you, that you are listening for a resonance of being that allows you to feel into yourself, into your truest nature. You are listening for a resonance of truth - not my truth, but a truth that rings true for you. You are listening for an experience that creates an Ah-Ha moment, within which you find yourself breathing more deeply than you have for a while. As you listen for something that resonates for you, you are also listening from a place in you that desires recognition, confirmation, and a clarity of knowing that wishes to say, “HELL YES! I Knew That All Along!!!”  As we go forward, one foot in front of the other, progressing through this human process called aging, we have the opportunity to listen for and look for the resonance of that Hell Yes. We have a gazillion opportunities to practice living into every moment as a “Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!!! That place within us, the place from which we listen, delights when we experience the resonance of our personal truth. It is a wonderful moment of harmony and union. Now, I know that you may not stick around for more podcasts on Aging Like a Guru - Who Me?, if there isn’t a resonance. My words may match what rings true for you. Your “Hell Yes” resides somewhere else. That’s a good thing to know! I only ask that you keep being open to what you are listening for. The best part about aging is that I can declare for myself what is true for me, much more often than I used to. And, I no longer defer to anyone else what I know to be true! I want that for everyone. It’s the best feeling in the world!   -- For more blogs, books, videos, or if you are interested in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com   For Voyage of Purpose by David Bennet and Cindy Griffith-Bennett, click here!   For the Learning Pyramid, click here!  

Cindy Griffith Bennett returns to the show, this time joined by co-author Lisa K., PhD, to more deeply explore the powerful wisdom in their book Grow Your Spiritual Business: How to Build a Business in the Internet Age. The steps to start and grow a new business effectively are amazingly approachable.  As you release your blocks to bringing in abundance, you can learn ways to create and keep a stream of customers and income flow, using spiritual marketing and the power of the internet to reach more people.  Born a businesswoman, Cindy started managing the family business in her early 20's, opening her first spiritual business in 1993.  Utilizing a strong internet and social media presence, Cindy now teaches spiritual development and offers psychic readings in the United States, Europe and Japan.  Lisa K. is an intuition expert with degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, Psychobiology from the State University of New York, and a PhD in Metaphysical Sciences from the University of Metaphysical Sciences. Lisa is also certified in many energy healing and intuition modalities.  Host of the popular radio show  Between Heaven and Earth, Lisa teaches workshops online and in person. Cindy's web site:  CindyGriffith.com Lisa's web site:  LMK88.com Program music copyrighted by Grammy award winner Larry Seyer (LarrySeyer.com), included in this podcast with his permission. Visit FrontierBeyondFear.com to learn about the inspirational outreach of this program, now in its 6th year.

Do you own a spiritual business? Are you looking to start a spiritual or wellness business? Experts Cindy Griffith and Lisa K have all the answers you need for growing your business on line or off!

Is your heart guiding you to an entirely new level of work? Cindy Griffith Bennett explores groundbreaking ideas and wisdom from the new book she co-authored with Lisa K., PhD, Grow Your Spiritual Business: How to Build a Business in the Internet Age. The steps to start and grow a new business effectively are amazingly approachable.  As you release your blocks to bringing in abundance, you can learn ways to create and keep a stream of customers and income flow, using spiritual marketing and the power of the internet to reach more people.  Born a businesswoman, Cindy started managing the family business in her early 20's, opening her first spiritual business in 1993.  Utilizing a strong internet and social media presence, Cindy now teaches spiritual development and offers psychic readings in the United States, Europe and Japan.  Cindy's web site:  CindyGriffith.com Program music copyrighted by Grammy award winner Larry Seyer (LarrySeyer.com), included in this podcast with his permission. Visit FrontierBeyondFear.com to learn about the inspirational outreach of this program, now in its 6th year.

Your classes are done, your certificate is in hand, and your teacher says you are ready. Congratulations, you are on the cusp of starting your spiritual business! Now what? Are you looking to start your own spiritual business but don’t know where to begin?  Do you already have a spiritual business but it needs some help? Are you one of the many who are really good at a particular healing modality or other spiritual type business has not had any business training? No worries, you can still learn to run a business. These days the Internet is exploding with opportunities for you to market your business.  Figuring out how to do Internet Marketing in a spiritual business can be confusing.  We’ll talk about easy ways to start your Internet Marketing and get your spiritual business launched. Join my co-author, Cindy Griffith-Bennett, and me as we talk about “Creating a Successful Spiritual Business in the Internet Age.” Call in and we’ll take your questions 347-539-5930 Between Heaven and Earth is a radio show where you can learn some practical and useful tools for helping you connect to divine guidance and assist in your everyday spirituality. Each month we guide you during our show on ways to help you with your day to day spirituality. To find out more about Lisa K. go to http://www.LMK88.com or Cindy Griifith-Bennett at http://psychicsupport.com/

Our guest is Cindy Griffith Bennett who will be teaching us how to do mini meditations that ANYONE can do.  Even if you think you can't medidate, Cindy will talk about how mini meditations from her new book can help you calm your mind and center yourself, anywhere, at any time.   Cindy's book, Soul Soothers, features one-page meditations that can be practiced all day—while doing the dishes, waiting at the doctor’s office, or even in the shower—this book is designed to calm those with busy lives.  Cindy is an internationally renowned psychic, teacher, and author, with a diverse background in Metaphysics and Energetic Healing.  Call in later in our show and get a one question reading from our guest and co-hosts! Each month we'll feature a variety of spiritual topics and listeners can call in later in the show and to ask questions or get a one question reading. Join Host Lisa K. and her co-hosts for a monthly radio show, the first Tuesday of every month. Listen live or download an episode from the archive.  Find out more about Lisa K. at http://www.LMK88.com

It's the biggest excuse I hear from those who want to de-stress, up their MQ (metaphysical quotient), or learn to listen to themselves in a compassionate way. That's why I jumped at the chance to talk with my friend and colleague Cindy Griffith-Bennett, who has a brand new book on the subject. Soul Soothers is written so you can read the one page meditation and be out the door practicing your meditation all day. Meditate when doing the dishes, walking from work to your car, listening to a dog barking, waiting at your doctor, sitting at your computer, and even taking your shower!

Cindy Griffith-Bennett is the author of the new book Soul Soothers: Mini Meditations for Busy Lives.  She is an internationally recognized professional intuitive and also the  co-author of Voyage of Purpose: Spiritual Wisdom from Near-Death Back to Life. Cindy has taught meditation and spiritual development for over 20 years, including the longest running lecture series in Borders Bookstore history.  She has been a professional psychic since 1991. Cindy holds a B.S. in Spiritual Counseling & Healing. For her Masters Degree in Consciousness Development, her  thesis work involves exploring the guidance of mystics from multiple traditions. Cindy has been featured on many TV and radio programs. Join Cindy and host Susan Larison Danz for a relaxed evening discussing simple ways to meditate, as well as intuitive advice for callers. Cindy's web sites:  SpiritualSimplicityBooks.com, PsychicSupport.com Twitter: @TarotHeals Facebook: Cindy Griffith's Giving Back Page Flute music segues appearing on "The Frontier Beyond Fear" originate from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colin_Ross_-_Etherea.ogg, written and performed by Colin Ross and freely distributed under several licenses, including GPL (www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).

David Bennett is a public speaker, an author, and a teacher. His website, www.dharmatalks.com is a respected resource for those looking for information on near-death experiences (NDE). He has appeared on and consulted for numerous radio and television programs, including Oprah and Dr. Oz, as an NDE resource. Cindy Griffith-Bennett has a diverse background in metaphysics and energetic healing. She teaches Meditation and Psychic Development with clients throughout the United States. They live in Skaneateles, New York.