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— In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to become disconnected—from ourselves, from one another, and from the natural world. We're constantly chasing the next task, the next notification, the next destination, often forgetting that some of life's greatest healing happens when we simply slow down and pay attention. But what if one of the most powerful practices for reducing stress, restoring mental clarity, and reconnecting with a deeper sense of peace wasn't another productivity hack—but simply spending intentional time among the treesToday, we're exploring the beautiful practice of forest bathing, also known as Shinrin-yoku—a gentle invitation to step away from the noise of everyday life and immerse ourselves in nature through our senses. We'll talk about the growing science behind this practice, how it supports our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being, and why slowing down may be one of the most profound pathways to joy. Valeria sits with Amanda Chapman — She has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 1997 and has worked with people from all walks of life and ages from diverse backgrounds. Amanda is also a Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy; a Certified Heart Math Practitioner; a Certified Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapist; and a Certified Life Coach, with a specialty in Spiritual Direction. Amanda currently offers both counseling and nature-based services through a branch of Elizabethton Counseling and Arts Center, located at Shakti in the Mountains, in Johnson City, Tennessee. Within her practice, Amanda specializes in what she calls Psycho-Spiritual Counseling, a blend of traditional psychotherapy or "talk therapy", outdoor or nature connection experiences, and spiritual direction or guidance. In addition to her counseling services, Amanda offers seasonal forest bathing experiences, which are guided nature walks, inspired by the Japanese practice of "shinrin-yoku," an outdoor practice that opens doors for physical and mental system regulation and relaxation and a reconnection to Mother Earth. Amanda also offers workshops and facilitates community talks on various subjects, such as Spiritual Awakenings, How to Age with Grace and Gusto, the Hidden Powers of the Highly Sensitive Person, Animal Communication, and Embracing the Inner Child. She also hosts and guides a local monthly group that explores the nature of reality and spirituality. Amanda's personal story of spiritual awakening will be coming out in a soon-to-be published nonfiction anthology, What Happened Next: Stories of Life Altering Encounters, and she is currently working on her memoir. Amanda is a proud native of her community and loves sharing the magic of what nature and spirit can do for our hearts, bodies, and minds. When not working, Amanda can be found spending time with her granddaughter or just sitting in silence in her backyard woods, listening to the birds and watching the deer and squirrels, and the occasional neighborhood bear. To learn more about Amanda Chapman and her work, please visit: https://www.oneforestworld.com/
https://vimeo.com/1205966336?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci If you notice everything has been quickening on the planet. Since about 2012, consciousness is lifting. Realizations are coming more swiftly. People are embodying at rapid rates. And it's all because now is the time that our planet is being elevated to a higher consciousness. Today’s guest, Hope Fitzgerald, is going to speak with us about The Infinity Wave that she began receiving and transmitting, since around 2012. Join us to find out more! Hope Fitzgerald is a Spiritual Teacher, Intuitive Dowser, Coach, Healer, End-of-Life Midwife, Neurofeedback Practitioner, and author of The Infinity Wave: Mastering the Art of Love, Compassion & Flow. Her path was illuminated after a powerful spiritual awakening in 1976 and in 2010, she began receiving messages about The Infinity Wave. Every Monday evening, Hope hosts a connection event. On the first Monday of the month, she leads The Infinity Circle, a live group call filled with upcoming astrological insights. On the second Monday, she releases a new meditation to add to her library of channeled meditations, created for daily practice to help us stay balanced and positive. On the third Monday of the month, she hosts The Channeling Salon, a live call where she channels messages from beings in other dimensions, beyond the veil. On the fourth Monday of the month she leads a live Community Call to connect with other like minded, heart centered people. Hope Fitzgerald also offers her guidance in her Life Coaching and Certified Neurofeedback Practitioner private practice with options of single and/or multiple session private coaching packages. Watch or listen to the show for tips to unlock the infinite possibilities that already lie within you to guide your spiritual growth toward a more evolved and fulfilling life. You’re Invited! FREE: Monday Meditations https://www.spreadinfinitehope.com/meditations READ: The Infinity Wave: Mastering the Art of Love, Compassion & Flow https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Wave-Mastering-Love-Compassion/dp/B0DVTKXG HOPE FITZGERALD BIO Hope has dedicated her life to helping others awaken to their highest potential, and her journey, sparked by a profound series of visions, has guided her from quiet devotion to a public platform where she now shares the transformational power of the Infinity Wave. Her work is a call to action, a reminder that the time is now to embrace love, evolve spiritually, and flow with the universe. For 30 years, Hope has utilized Intuitive Dowsing to access a guidance system that provides rapid life insights and transformations for herself and her clients. Additionally, she serves as an energy healer integrating sound, Reiki, and essential oils into her work. Hope also leads groups to potent global sites to teach the art of communicating with landscapes, believing that when the powerhouse of the human heart interacts with a highly charged site, an alchemy occurs that can create a profound shift in consciousness. LINKS Web: www.spreadinfinitehope.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spreadinfinitehope Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spreadinfinitehope/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/spreadinfinitehope YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
Full Title Name: Family business? Hiring Catholics? Missed priesthood, married instead? All baptized are Catholics? How to read Bible? Scorzelli cross? Marrying non-Catholic? Boy-girl friends? Guardian angels for all? Veil colors in Church? The Our Father: "super-substantial bread"? Vatican II Modernism inevitably leads to New Order of idol worship, neo-paganism and Marxism. Modernism is synthesis of all heresies; the Blessed Mother is the Destroyer of Heresies. This episode was recorded on 8/25/2026. Our Links: http://linkwcb.com/ Please consider making a monetary donation to What Catholics Believe. Father Jenkins remembers all of our benefactors in general during his daily Mass, and he also offers one Mass on the first Sunday of every month specially for all supporters of What Catholics Believe. May God bless you for your generosity! https://www.wcbohio.com/donate Subscribe to our other YouTube channels: @WCBHighlights @WCBHolyMassLivestream May God bless you all!
The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse arrives the night of August 27th into the early morning of the 28th, with 96 percent of the moon in shadow... almost total. This culminates the final eclipse gateway of 2026, the one that opened with the Lions Gate and the total solar eclipse on August 12th. If these recent days have felt chaotic, or whole areas of your life feel like they are collapsing or falling away, this eclipse energy is likely part of why. In this energy update, learn the 3 things you need to know so you can make the most of this eclipse energy and ride the waves of change and timeline shifts with grace. ✨ In this video you will learn: ✨Why the timeline shifting feels chaotic, and how to roll with the changes instead of resisting them ✨How to return to center and stay the calm light amidst the storm ✨The reframe that changes everything... everything is happening FOR you ✨How to welcome forgiveness and let go of the dense energies you have been holding ✨How to invite your inner child forward and release the inner protector that says stay small ✨What is amplified in the field right now... revelation, intuition, inspiration, and divine downloads Plus a card pull for this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, and a reminder that Mother Earth is your most invaluable ally through every shift. ✨⏰ Timestamps: 0:00 Why the Energy Feels Chaotic Right Now 0:22 The August 27-28 Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, 96% Covered 1:18 Thing 1: Timelines Are Shifting... Roll With the Changes 4:09 Thing 2: Everything Is Happening FOR You 7:03 Thing 3: Forgiveness and What Wants to Arise 8:15 Welcoming Your Inner Child 10:03 Cutting the Cords With Archangel Michael 10:22 Revelation, Intuition and Divine Downloads 11:08 Card Pull for the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse 11:49 Mother Earth Is Your Ally 12:20 Blessed Eclipse ✨ Get Your Free Full Moon Ritual Guide Here: https://www.freefullmoonbook.com Ready for more? Free Angel Message: http://www.Ask-Angels.com/love Free Cord Cutting Meditation with Archangel Michael: • 7 Minute Cord Cutting Meditation with Arch... Experience the Full Moon Eclipse activation here: https://www.theangelsolution.com With love, gratitude, and bright blessings, Melanie #FullMoon #LunarEclipse #Eclipse2026 #FullMoonEclipse #EnergyUpdate #Pisces #TimelineShift #SpiritualAwakening #Ascension
Hello Beautiful, I'm so grateful you're here with me. The earth has a quiet way of reminding us to slow down, breathe deeply, and trust life's natural rhythms. In this meditation, we'll reconnect with the grounding strength and steady wisdom that nature so generously offers. This meditation for grounding, mindfulness, emotional healing, stress relief, resilience, and inner peace helps you feel supported and connected. Love,
There are some life journeys that are extremely challenging, and if you're a person who's having one of those life journeys, or if you're a person who loves somebody who's having one of those really challenging life journeys, this episode is for you. We're gonna have a conversation with Ronnie Figueroa, who has gone through so many difficult experiences: addictions, drugs, and abusive behaviors, chronic health issues, homelessness, disability, so many challenges, and now is a therapist that helps other people. At 72 years old, thriving and counseling, taking no medication, and living in inner peace. Join us to find out more! Ronnie Figueroa has an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. He is licensed as a Mental Health Counselor and is the author of, A Simple Path to Healing: EMDR and Awareness Practices for Emotional and Physical Healing as well as, Life and Death: We Are All That. He is certified in Life Coaching and Nutritional Advising and has extensive training in Reiki, EMDR, EFT, NLP, Neuro-Associative Conditioning, and The Sedona Method. He is a graduate of One Healing Light Energy School and is a Certified Hypnotherapist. Ronnie integrated conventional counseling techniques with diverse alternative healing modalities to heal himself of addiction, anxiety, chronic asthma, a seizure disorder, and a heart condition and then trained for a rigorous test of strength and endurance, finishing 3rd place in the Spartan DEKA Strong World Championship. Ronnie has a clinical mental health private practice specializing in life coaching, anxiety, self-esteem, addiction support and holistic wellness. He offers individual coaching, group coaching and energy healing and teaches workshops, webinars and courses in life development and helps students become certified life coaches. Watch or listen to the show to be inspired to learn how you can heal yourself from any health condition. You’re Invited! READ: The Journey Within: Spiritual Growth and Personal Development for Seekers https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Within-Spiritual-Personal-Development-ebook/dp/B0CM2VZW47/ RONNIE FIGUEROA BIO Ronnie Figueroa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Hypnotist, Life Coach, Nutritional Advisor, and Energy Healer. In his mid-fifties, his life had fallen apart trying to cope with personal losses. Abusive behaviors, addiction to alcohol, drugs and smoking led to a heart condition requiring a pacemaker, chronic health issues, a seizure disorder, a disability and periods of homelessness. Today, Ronnie is seventy-two. He takes no medications. He runs a thriving counseling practice. He built a business serving individuals on the autism spectrum. Ronnie developed a simple, trainable practice of being aware in one’s body, vulnerable risk-taking and trusting in heart awareness, paired with breathwork to rebuild his life. His life perception is living proof that it’s possible to move from coping to thriving by living a life of Conscious Awareness with breathing exercises and heart connection that can change our DNA structure. LINKS Web: https://thrivingcampus.com/providers/ronnie-figueroa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557131344651 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnie-figueroa-a0739523/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RONFIGGY YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
Susan Manewich is a leadership and organizational consultant, trainer, counselor, published author and researcher, speaker, intuitive with expertise in emotional intelligence, consciousness, new emerging moral technologies and geomagnetic changes affecting our planet and humanity. She has led two organizations dedicated to new energy technology and consciousness. Popular on many esteemed lecture circuits, Susan offers Leadership courses on Emotional Intelligence and Electro & Geomagnetism. In the first part of our two-episode conversation, Susan takes us back to her earliest memories where she recalls being conscious inside her mother's womb, making contact with extraterrestrials and at the age of seven being kidnapped by what we would now call Men in Black.Susan is an authentic, inspiring, humble and engaging voice for the evolution of humanity and Mother Earth. Our conversation spilled over into a dynamic second hour that delves deeper into dialog around concepts of co creating a new earth many of us are eager to hear about and we're sure you will be enthralled not only by her experiences, but how they shaped her world-view of compassion, peace and service as we move through these turbulent times.Learn more about Susan's work at https://www.ietevolve.comhttps://substack.com/@ietevolvehttps://www.instagram.com/susanmanewich?igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==INTERSTELLAR COMMUNITY GATHERING: September 2026 Swiss Alps (Interlaken) https://givebutter.com/interstellar-gathering-2026
In this episode of The Observatory, Samuel Beautysta joins the show to discuss the ancient art of Zapotec weaving and the living stories carried in each thread. Samuel, a traveling weaver from Oaxaca, Mexico, shares how his curiosity about identity and lineage led him deep into the Benizaa tradition, uncovering the meanings behind patterns, the natural colors drawn from the earth, and the symbols that honor life, death, and ancestry. He reflects on his family's response to his search for knowledge, his experiences traveling and teaching, and how weaving becomes a language that connects cultures and generations. Timestamps[02:31] How Scott and LaRae first met Samuel Bautista[05:36] Samuel's background information on the weaving culture and tradition[13:33] How things unfolded for Samuel after the curiosity of wanting to know who he is[19:02] Samuel's experience in the United Kingdom[20:10] The similarities of Samuel's culture to that of other cultures during his research[25:46] How Samuel's parents reacted to his journey of seeking knowledge about their tradition [29:11] How Samuel discovered the natural colours of weaving[38:43] Samuel's episode on The Reluctant Traveler Show about the Day of the Dead[49:27] Connecting to one another and the Mother Earth[55:34] How Samuel created a community of collaboration and co-creationNotable quotes:“History is always written with an agenda and a hidden power, like governments and institutions. It's up to us to answer questions for ourselves, who we are, our lineage, and our story.” - Samuel Beautysta [11:59]“When we start to discover that we are more similar than we are different, it changes our whole perspective on what our parents taught us.” - LaRae Wright [25:46]“To survive the hottest days of summer, you have to feed your roots, your ancestors, and remember your teachings.” - [43:25]“For us, instead of fearing death, we embraced it and added it to our symbols and rituals.” - Samuel Beautysta [50:38]“All the knowledge is lying dormant within you, just like a seed that is buried in the ground and ready to sprout. ” - Samuel Beautysta [01:07:42]Relevant links:Samuel Beautysta Website: https://dixza.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sam_dixza/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dixzarugsSubscribe to the podcast: Apple PodcastsProduced by NC Productions
If you're a woman in her 40s, 50s, and 60s and you're navigating pre-menopause and menopause and you're feeling exhausted. Your guts are all a mess and you're wondering what to do. Well, you've entered the wild, wild west of menopause. Because everybody has a different theory. Today’s guest, Cindy Dupuie is here to help us untangle that mess, get some clear guidance and direction. She's a functional medicine practitioner nutritionist, whose specialty is digestion, thyroid, bloodwork, and women in their pause years. So join us for a very revealing conversation! After Western medicine failed to provide Cindy Dupuie with any hope of healing her health crisis or relieving her from chronic illness, she took matters into her own hands. By following functional medicine's, root cause approach, Cindy healed herself. She became a nutritionist, and has been certified in functional medicine since 2008. Cindy is the founder of A Living Balance. Where her wellness practice is focused on diet and lifestyle modification to improve metabolic health, diabetes, heart disease, and to reverse the aging process by finding the root cause of chronic disease and by correcting any imbalances found within the digestive system, in hormones, or in the detoxification system. Watch or listen to the show to be inspired to make small lifestyle changes today and get your healing started to feel better and live a balanced life at the top of your game. You’re Invited! FREE GIFT: Download Lab Checklist for The Pause Years https://mailchi.mp/ec838eef0e74/lab-checklist WATCH: What End Is Up When It Comes To HRT https://youtu.be/A-jMfvQifjo Signature Course: Grace In Transition for Women Of A Certain Age https://alivingbalance.net/course/ CINDY DUPUIE BIO Cindy's been helping both men and women for over 20 years who were sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. She's a functional medicine practitioner/nutritionist whose specialty is digestion, thyroid, blood work, and women in their Pause years. It's her goal to educate and empower women to advocate for themselves. Cindy received her BS degree in Dietetics many moons ago and then found Functional Medicine over 23 years ago when she was going through a very difficult time in her life- her digestive system was rebelling like a teenager, and was thrown into an early menopause at the age of 43. Since that time, she's never looked back and has helped 100's of clients heal through the functional medicine lens. One of Cindy's super powers is to research, connect the dots, listen and to teach. She likes to dig deep. She doesn't take things at face value. She's happiest when she's in front of an audience, even an audience of one. Along with helping her ladies in her 1:1 telehealth practice, she offers courses, lab work assessments and teaches yoga. She's also a mom and grandma. Her main goal is to help women have the ability to be their own healthcare advocate. LINKS Website: https://alivingbalance.net Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cindy_dupuie/ YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@alivingbalance YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. 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Discover how to weave Animal Reiki and nature healing into your everyday life with practical Reiki tools and active observation. In this session, the Reiki Lifestyle team demonstrates real-world animal communication and consent, sharing how to leave "Reiki Trails" wherever you walk to support animals, land, and urban environments. Key Insights *Observing Animal Consent: Animal Reiki begins with telepathic consent and passive observation. When an animal stays neutral or shifts its body language toward you, it signals acceptance. Always allow the animal to dictate the length and dynamic of the session. *The Exchange of Reiki Trails: Activating your foot chakras with Reiki or the Tree of Life symbol creates an active energetic exchange with Mother Earth. As you step forward with intention, you leave light behind while pulling up grounding Earth energy. *Nature Is Everywhere: The Spirit of the Earth resides in raw wilderness, ocean currents, human-made city structures, and daily community spaces alike. You do not need to be deep in the woods to connect with Tree of Life energy; urban centers have their own vital rhythm. *Surrogate & Distance Applications: You can send Reiki Trails ahead of time to veterinary clinics, dog parks, or rescue facilities by using your current space as a surrogate. Distance Reiki removes time and physical barriers, helping ease anxiety before you even step foot on site. People Also Ask (FAQ) *What are Reiki Trails and how do you activate them? Reiki Trails are energy footprints created by activating your foot chakras with Reiki or Tree of Life energy. By walking with intention, you create an energetic exchange where you leave light upon the earth while simultaneously drawing up grounding earth energy. *How do you ask an animal for consent before giving Reiki? You request consent telepathically or with clear mental intention while carefully observing the animal's body language. If the animal remains neutral, fluffs its feathers, relaxes its breathing, or stays nearby, it is interpreted as a "yes" to receiving energy. *Can you send Animal Reiki to nature using videos or webcams? Yes, distance Reiki operates beyond time and space. You can channel Reiki to animals, forests, and oceans through live webcams, recorded videos, or still photographs to support environmental healing anywhere in the world. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction which support the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional health care providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional health care providers may offer. Results vary by individual. Continue using AI Cursor?Keep it onTurn Off
This morning, the cicadas are loud.They are singing outside as I record this week's episode of A Life That Lets Me Breathe - that unmistakable sound of late summer here in the Midwest.I could go inside and find somewhere quieter. But I don't want to.There is something I love about letting these conversations hold the sounds of the season we're actually living in. The birds. The wind. The cicadas. The imperfect, ordinary life happening around us while we sit together and talk about what it means to be human.I've been noticing how much is changing. Not only in my own life. Almost every conversation I have seems to circle back to the same thing:Something is ending.Something is beginning.And we aren't entirely sure what comes next.For some, it's a relationship. For others, a job. A role. An identity. A way of living that once felt tolerable, but suddenly doesn't anymore.Some people are choosing the change.I'm done with this.I can't carry this anymore.This isn't mine.Others feel as though life is making the choice for them.And then there are those who can't even name what is changing yet. They simply feel it.A restlessness. An anticipation. A strange knowing that something is coming.Maybe you feel it, too.Sometimes we change before our lives do.I think one of the most disorienting parts of transformation is that the change often begins inside of us long before there is evidence of it outside of us.Something shifts. We begin wanting different things.What once felt normal starts feeling uncomfortable. What we once tolerated becomes intolerable. What once seemed impossible begins whispering, maybe.And yet, when we look around, our lives may still look mostly the same.That space can be incredibly unsettling. Our minds want to understand. Where is this going? What am I supposed to do? How will this work? Am I making a terrible mistake?We want the map before we take the first step. But perhaps some seasons aren't asking us for a map. Perhaps they are asking us for self-trust. To listen. To notice what lights us up and what drains the life from us. To recognize what we can no longer pretend not to know.And then to trust that the next step will reveal itself when we need it.What becomes unbearable when we love ourselves more?I've been thinking about this a lot lately:Sometimes the thing that changed isn't the job. Or the relationship. Or the circumstance. We changed.Something we could tolerate for years suddenly becomes unbearable because we have grown in our capacity to love ourselves.And perhaps that discomfort isn't evidence that something has gone wrong.Perhaps it is contrast.It shows us where we have abandoned ourselves. Where we have made ourselves smaller. Where we have stayed because staying was familiar. Where an old role, expectation or identity no longer belongs to the person we are becoming.The things that once taught us how to love ourselves may eventually have to fall away because we learned.And that doesn't always mean leaving everything behind.Sometimes a relationship changes with us. Sometimes a job becomes something different. Sometimes an old dream transforms into a new one.And sometimes, yes, we realize something has reached its ending.We don't always know which it will be while we're standing in the middle of it. That is where trust comes in. Learning to live without the straight line.I don't have answers for this season. I'm living it, too. I'm letting what makes me feel alive guide me. I'm practicing staying in the moment instead of demanding that I know what happens five steps from now.I'm learning that uncertainty doesn't always mean I'm lost.Sometimes uncertainty simply means I have left the old path, and the new one hasn't appeared yet.And maybe we're allowed to stand there for a while. At the edge of the forest. Listening.This morning, as I was thinking about all of this, I opened a voice note and began speaking.I wasn't trying to write anything. But when I finished, I realized a poem had arrived.So I'll leave it here for you, too.The Wild WithinSometimes what you need mostis not more movement.Not force.Not the right answers.Not making sense of it all.Sometimesyou don't want to walkthe straight line - linear,certain,understandable,predictable,sure.Sometimes what you long for mostis a new rhythm.To step outside of time.To flow.A time to honor the uncertainty.To throw caution to the wind.To be brave.To take a new path.To get off the path altogether.To see what waitsbeyond the edge of the forest.To shine brighter.Expand wider.Allow your heart to becomefuller,freer,more alive.There is a callto return to the wild within you.The wild that knows the next step.The wild that has faithand trusts - the process,the moment,your own creative energy.The fire.The power.The wildnessthat knows where it wantsto take you next.Now is not the timeto fear the dark.Not the timeto run from the shadowor hide from change.But to walk toward it.To stand taller within it.And to remember - your ancestors,your angels and guides,Mother Earth herself,and all of the starsare holding you,guiding you,cheering you on - one beautiful,messy,imperfect,uncertain,wild stepat a time.Maybe you don't need to know where the path leads today. Maybe you only need enough courage for the step that is here now.And then another.And another.Until one day you look around and realize that the life outside of you has finally begun to resemble the life that was quietly taking shape within you all along.Keep taking good care of you, my friend.I'll be over here doing the same.With love,ShannonCome gather.
The New Moon invites you to 'Be True' to your highest self. Take this moment to anchor into Mother Earth and give way to all that inhibits you from being true to you. When you are true to self...you have the ability to be an authentic in all aspects of your life and others. During the entry into this lunar cycle...the new moon provides a deeper ability to receive and release. Your willingness to trust you, honor you and authentically BE TRUE to you...will lead you to SPEAK UP for self and others. May your voice be held with your grace, wisdom and divine love. Pause. Listen. Reflect.The NEW Moon reached full potency on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. From the traditional ways of the earth, these moments like the New MOON(s) are best met with silence and non-verbal listening. Coupled eclipses are meant for the region they intersect with and best honor from within. Silent meditative listening. Look IN. Contemplation:How can you BE TRUE to your highest self?What is the simplest way to practice being true to you and others? Where are you being guided to speak UP?How can you champion for self and other from LOVE?Weekly talks are an offering to assist you in diving deeper into a spiritual practice, exploring your inner landscape, and cultivating inner peace.Time Stamps: Dharma 0:00 | Meditation 13:00 | Sound 28:00 | Outro 58:00MusicRandom Rab Up Coming Shows:‘Just Me' by Cadre Scott Sound Suzanne Toro Producer: Dante Marino Production brought to you by OmToro Wellness + MediaMind Training: 8 Limbs Yoga Session: Weekly Writings and Well BeingHumanity + Earth Friendly Goodies:SuperfeastLiving TeaKindSpringFormula FlawlessBalance + Focus Quick LinkOra CacoaBook: SunPlay
Episode: 140 Taking Charge After Stroke: Self-Determination and Recovery with Vivian Fu In this episode you will discover: ● The Conversation Is the Intervention — A structured, facilitated conversation that centers a person's identity, hopes, and vision for their best day produces measurable improvements in quality of life and independence a year after stroke. Connection isn't soft — it's evidence-based. ● Reframe the Expert in the Room — Take Charge asks clinicians to resist offering advice, validation, or direction — and to trust that the person with stroke already holds the wisdom they need. The hardest part of the facilitator role is staying out of the way. ● Self-Determination Is Not a Luxury — When people with stroke are supported to set their own direction, outcomes improve, costs decrease, and the effects last for years. Building systems that protect that autonomy isn't idealistic — it's what the data demands. Welcome to the Aphasia Access Aphasia Conversations Podcast. I'm Katie Strong from Central Michigan University and a member of the Aphasia Access Podcast Working Group, a community dedicated to supporting better aphasia care. Today I'm speaking with Dr. Vivian Fu, a stroke neurologist living and working in Kelowna, British Columbia, the unceded territories of the Syilx / Okanagan people. Vivian trained in Aotearoa New Zealand, where she completed her PhD running the Taking Charge After Stroke trial. Take Charge showed that people with stroke who were supported to follow their own self-determination had much better quality of life and independence a year after their stroke. The second Take Charge RCT showed that two sessions about six weeks apart produce better outcomes than one session. Vivian strives to embed the Take Charge philosophy in her daily practice, and is focused on improving access to high quality stroke care for rural, regional, and underrepresented populations. I have been looking forward to this conversation. What drew me to Take Charge was how it reframes the question entirely — from what does the clinician do for this person to what does this person want for their own life. That shift is deceptively simple, and as you'll hear, the evidence behind it is anything but. Let's get into it. Katie Strong: Welcome, Vivian. Vivian Fu: Thank you so much for having me, Katie. I'd like to start off with my Pepeha. This is an introduction in Te Reo Māori, which is the indigenous language of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and I'll just translate each line. Nō Hong Kong ōku tīpuna. My ancestors come from Hong Kong. I tipu ake au ki Aotearoa. I grew up in Aotearoa, New Zealand. E noho ana au ki Ki-Low-Na. I live in Kelowna, British Columbia. Ko tēnei taku mihi ki ngā tāngata whenua o te rohe nei. I like to pay my deepest respects to the first peoples of this land. I live on the unceded territories of the Syilx and Okanagan peoples. Ko tēnei taku mihi ki ngā maunga, ki ngā awa, ki ngā roto, ki ngā Papatuānuku, o te rohe nei. I'd like to pay my deepest respects to the mountains, rivers, and the lakes, and to Mother Earth. All these important landmarks that have been here for millennia. Nō reira, tēna koutou, tēna koutou, tēna koutou katoa. Therefore, hello, hello, hello, Ko Vivian Fu tōku ingoa. Lovely to be here. Katie Strong: Well, I'm so glad you're here. And I wanted to start off today asking about the Take Charge program that you've been working with, and talk to me about how that began. What was the origin of that? Vivian Fu: Sure, so really this work began in probably the late 90s early 2000s when clinicians in Aotearoa New Zealand realized that there were different outcomes for people who were Māori compared with non-Māori, and I guess an important point to illustrate is that in Aotearoa society we view things in a very bicultural lens, and by that I mean Tangata Whenua, who are the people of the land, so indigenous people of the Māori and Tangata Tiriti, so everyone else are people of the treaty. It doesn't really matter where you come from, but you are a person of the treaty if you live in Aotearoa, and so it's a bicultural lens, and so we always look at things in that way, and that's how our kind of entire society is grounded upon that. And so when we look at health outcomes, what we could see back then, and unfortunately what we, in a way, still see now is that Māori were experiencing a stroke at about 20 years younger than non-Māori, and they were more likely to die from their stroke, and also more likely to be severely disabled. And so there was a difference in life expectancy, a difference in overall rehabilitation access, difference in overall outcomes, and so it started off with Professor Matire Harwood's work. She is Tangata Whenua, and in her PhD, she was looking at why there were these differences in outcomes and wanting to address them. And so that started off with the Māori and Pacific Stroke Study, which was essentially conducted in just Māori and Pacific people in Aotearoa, New Zealand, out of many different centers around the country. It was a four arm study.. It was a randomized control trial, and it looked at a conversation, which was labeled as the "Take Charge" session, but it was, it was really a connection and a conversation versus a professionally made DVD from the New Zealand Stroke Foundation about people's experiences and stories after stroke. And then the fourth arm of the trial was getting both of those interventions, and there was a control group. So there were three active groups in one control group. And what the researchers basically found was that anybody who had received this session of discussion and connection did much better a year after stroke in terms of quality of life, independence, and caregiver strain. And so that was the first sort of indication that there was something in that conversation that was really important. Unfortunately, it didn't really take off in terms of being able to be implemented, and so then Dr. Harry McNaughton, who was Dr. Harwood's supervisor wrote multiple grants and tried to get this session into much more of a bigger trial with some some type of implementation, and that's where I came along and we essentially did two things. We operationalized the intervention into something that had a bit of a framework, so with a bit of a booklet and a bit of a structure to follow. Really looking into what was it about that conversation that was so powerful and made such a difference to people, and tried to put those things into practice. Then, secondly, to conduct a second trial in New Zealand out of seven centers for people with stroke who were non-Māori and non-Pacific, because the struggle that we came across was that it was only shown to be effective in a small group of people, but not in everybody, and so we had to do things backwards. And so that was really where it all began, from these principles of self-determination, so Tino Rangatiratanga, which is a really important principle in Te Ao Māori, and in the world of Māori, but also knowing that Māori and a lot of indigenous peoples, we think of health as this concept called Te Whare Tapa Whā, for example, which is the house with four walls. So a person is never just their body and their physical health, there are other walls that keep the house upright. So mental health, spiritual health, and family health, whānau is so important, and feeling as though you have strong foundations in where you belong is also really important. So it's that really holistic look at health of an individual and how we can address all of those things in an intervention is really where it all came from. Katie Strong: Thank you for sharing. I appreciate the backstory, and also just the idea of what you're thinking about from a holistic health standpoint. I know our listeners are probably curious, some of them might not have heard about Take Charge before, so this is the first time of them hearing about this, and so I was hoping, Vivian, you could give us an overview of what the intervention is, and then maybe walk us through what a session actually looks like in practice. Vivian Fu: Yeah, absolutely. So I'll talk you through the session in the way that it was done in the larger Take Charge trial. So this was done in 400 non-Māori, non-Pacific people with stroke, and our trial there had three arms. So there was a control group, there was a group that received just one session, and then there was a group that received two sessions six weeks apart roughly. The sessions were provided by a trained facilitator, and they were timed roughly somewhere between three to 18 weeks after stroke. So quite a large window, really, depending on when the person with stroke was ready to receive it. So the short version of what it looks like is it's based off the booklet and it's done face to face. It's a conversation and the facilitator is trained at the beginning to really try and establish a relationship…to build a relationship. There's a concept in Te Ao Māori called Whakawhanaungatanga, which is really sort of seeking another person's identity, recognizing who they are as a person, and trying to build connections. And so I guess in English, we think of that as building rapport, building trust. And so it in our trial was done face to face. We have also looked at ways of doing this via telehealth as well, which is, you can imagine, is a little bit different. But that step is really important, and we knew that it was important also in the initial Māori and Pacific trial, because the facilitators who were trained were actually ethnicity matched. So that's something where I think it came quite naturally in that trial, but in the second trial we really wanted to ensure that a relationship was built, and then there are three pages, initial pages in the booklet that look at different things. So the first page is looking at how the person has been affected by the stroke, and then asking them to think about actually who they really are as a person. It's a very simple concept, and a very sort of simple question, but for many people that's the first time they've really been asked that and have had to think about that. So anything that comes to mind that they can relate to, you know, who they are. An individual, and what it is that they love, so for example, for me, I would say, "I'm a mum, and I'm, I'm a stroke neurologist, I am a painter, I'm a poet, I'm someone who loves going for walks in hikes," and, you know, so those kinds of things, and it, and it kind of really builds on on that person's identity and who they are in the world. And so that's that sort of page one. It's really about establishing identity and sense of self. And then the second page is talking then about my hopes and fears. And that might be a tricky one, really, for a lot of people to start talking about and thinking about. They may not want to express that, they may not have been asked that. Sometimes it brings out a lot of emotion, and that's why that initial beginning part of establishing trust and in a kind of a psychological safety space is really important. And then the third page is imagining or envisioning what my best day looks like. And you can be as wild and fantastical about that as you like. When we train our facilitators, we asked them to do these exercises as well themselves, so they can get a really good sense of what that's like, and I had a lovely training session with community health workers from Tanaha First Nation in Cranbrook, BC, and one of one of the attendees in the group said she'd love to have breakfast with a Sasquatch, and so that was absolutely, you know, it was so culturally relevant, so important. Katie Strong: That makes my Pacific Northwest roots just smile there! Vivian Fu: Exactly! Just so unique to that individual and to where they are in the world. And it's not something you can, you can pluck out of a textbook or pluck out of anything, right. It's where they are. I love that activity. It's quite magical what comes out. And then after those three pages are done, then there are some pages that are specifically related to goal setting, which may or may not be relevant to the person in front of you, things like a physical page, emotional, social, financial, health management type pages. And that really is a way to think about or encourage the person to think about, or we know what are the things that do matter to you, and and what are the things you would like to achieve in the long run, and what are some ways you might be able to break that down into achievable steps that you would personally want to do. But the session in practice can look like anything out of that. It can look from a person at session one being completely clammed up about not wanting to dig deep or not not being ready to engage in that. Or just kind of being, you know, keeping it all to themselves, and thinking about it, and ruminating about it, and then session two, looking very different after they've had that six weeks to think about it themselves. It can look like blank pages, or it could look like a person coming up with all sorts of brilliant ideas. Hopefully, you know, we always encourage if they can write the person with stroke as the one who is writing in the notebook. They keep it. They stick it on their fridge. They do whatever they like with it. They write in it in their own time, but it's completely fine to have blank pages. It's completely fine to have nothing come out of that conversation, nothing verbal, but it's just a space to an invitation to dig deep, and if there's something to say to feel heard. And I guess there was another question. I think that's quite important with regards to what the facilitator is doing, what are they not doing, and the facilitator is trained specifically to listen and ask questions and reflect the ideas that are being expressed by the person with stroke, but what they're not doing is they're not offering any advice or suggestions or pathways forward or how abouts or what abouts. They are not, and this is probably the hardest part. They're not passing any judgment, and that includes good judgment. So, by saying something like, "oh, that sounds like a really good idea", which seems like a really normal response from most people, it kind of implies that there are other ideas that are less good. Or the person with stroke might feel as though they are needing to have that kind of external validation, that external approval, and, and what we don't want is to for them to feel like they're doing this or saying this or thinking these things for the facilitator. We want them to think about it for themselves. And so all we encourage people to respond, is "oh, so you'd like to ride your bike, that's really interesting. How, how do you think you'll, you'll go about doing that?" You know, it's, it's much more neutral, but reflective way of speaking and listening, I guess. Katie Strong: I am curious, how long is the training, or you know, what kinds of.. what we didn't talk about this, but I know people are going to want to know. So, what does it take to be trained? Vivian Fu: This is quite funny. This is a thing that sort of been on my mind ever since we've started implementation around the world, and I have this ultimate goal of operate like actually making the training have some type of qualification and fidelity, and some structure. There is structure, but it's essentially myself or Harry doing a Zoom with people, and it takes maybe say four hours. But ideally, what we'd love to do is to have sort of recorded videos, and then we'd have live sessions, and then we'd have assessments, and then you get a certificate at the end. I have neither the budget or the… Katie Strong: There's always the next step, for sure. Vivian Fu: I'd love to be for people to be able to say, "Oh, I'm Take Charge trained" and for them to be able to like "Look, I've got this qualification, I'm Take Charge trained, I know how to do this," and especially for if we were thinking about doing it in more clinical trial settings, I think that's really important, but also, you know, for people, you know, to have on their CV, if they're moving between jobs and things, I think it's so useful. But yeah, basically people get in touch with myself or Harry and say, "Hi, we'd like to be trained, can you fit us in?" And we just do it for free. Katie Strong: Lovely, I love it. And the other question I had as you were talking was how long is a typical session or or is there is there length? Vivian Fu: So in the trial what our facilitators did was they because it was face to face and they had to drive between people's houses, they booked in the session, usually at 10:30 in the morning, and then another session, I think, if I remember correctly, either maybe it was 1:30 in the afternoon. And so you can probably surmise that for people with stroke, usually the 10:30 slot is the most popular. And you know, some people would would prefer to wake up earlier and be ready earlier, so they might ask for something like 9 o'clock and then they might usually go for about an hour and a half to two hours if it's a good going session, and they're really digging deep, and there's a lot to say. And often you know that first half an hour is, "Here's a cup of tea and a biscuit. Let's get to know each other. Tell me all about what happened with your stroke." That kind of stuff, so that listening and connecting stuff actually takes takes a while to establish, and I think people just allowed for that time. Then they'd do a second session in the afternoon again. There are lots of things, you know, cognitive problems, fatigue is a big one. So, if people felt like they couldn't keep going, the facilitator would say , "That's totally fine, we'll book in for, you know, do the rest of this another time, is that okay?" It was fine to really just, you can truncate it and break it up as much as the person really wants. Katie Strong: Thank you. I appreciate the extra information. You had a recent publication in 2025 with some colleagues that looked at this work from a qualitative lens. You came up with some themes about doing things my way, coming to my own wisdom, and they're just so deeply related to identity, and what struck me was the contrast participants drew between Take Charge care and standard care, where they described being put in a box receiving scripted advice that had really nothing to do with who they were as a person. And when someone gets to tell the story of who they are to a genuinely good listener, something shifts. I was just curious, if you could think about what you think is happening there, or what you found in your study. Vivian Fu: Well, I think for the most part, as a, you know, as a clinician, if we think about from the moment the person has a stroke, they disempowered from that very moment. Something happens where they just aren't themselves, and they are brought into a merge. A bunch of things happen to them that they can't really even speak up about. You know, they're popped in a scanner. They might get thrombolised, you know, all these things are happening. And the person doesn't really know what's going on. There are a lot of important qualitative studies that have been done, looking at that element of feeling disempowered, and what somebody in New Zealand study described as feeling gut-wrenchingly emotional. You know, experiences that that aren't heard and aren't ever expressed to to anyone in the healthcare side and aren't dealt with, and so, if you think about that, just that trauma of having a stroke and then going through all of that stuff, and you know, ending up in a bed somewhere on a ward with strangers on the other side of a curtain, and it's really pretty traumatic. And so I think what was powerful with Take Charge was it's an it's an opportunity for someone to finally tell their story and feel heard and for all that stuff to just come out. And a lot of the time you know people might say, "Oh, well, you could talk to your family, you can talk to your kids, or, you know, whatever. Once you get home" but actually, a lot of people don't feel like talking to those who are closest to them about how much it affected them, and there is still an element of stigma. There's still an element of, "Oh, you know, you look great physically, you to someone we know having had a big health scare, and then kind of coming back into that. But there's there's a real dissonance between what is going on inside a person and and how other people are reacting to them coming back into "normal spaces". And so I think the ability to tell your story from the very get go. You know, all of the messiness of it. All the things that went wrong, and then to have somebody listen to that really gives meaning to it and makes it real, but it also helps that person really reestablish their sense of power to regain some power from that that they had lost. And there's a lot of power in story, and I think the kind of, you know, lovely thing about it is that sort of all indigenous cultures sort of be like, you know, First Nations, Māori, Gaelic, a lot of cultures really put a lot of value in the power of storytelling. And that is how historically things were really passed down, and so I think it's through that ability to be able to feel heard and to tell your story that then the person who is speaking can actually hear themselves say things out loud for the first time. And then understand the power and the value and the worth in their words and their experience, and that is that process of coming to my own wisdom, is "Oh, actually, you know, I do know about my body. I am, I am the expert, not these people in their white coats, or you know, with their expertise, I am the expert. I know what I need. I can plan my rehabilitation. I can go back to the things that I want to do, and this is how I'm going to do it." And it's that, that kind of reestablishment of confidence and strength and hope that is so powerful. I think. Katie Strong: I agree. I agree, Vivian. As you know, our listeners are primarily speech language pathologists working with people with aphasia. We also have people with aphasia that are listening, and researchers as well. But you know, the capacity for language being disrupted by aphasia. I was just curious, with Take Charge, as you've studied it, is you know, really a talking therapy with writing, and, and those sorts of things, and so I was just curious, you know, what would it take to extend this kind of intervention to people with aphasia, and what principles would you want to most preserve in the adaptation. Vivian Fu: Yeah, thank you. That's such an important question. We certainly, in the Take Charge trial, included people with aphasia in the trial, and the way that we sort of just included them was if they could understand or the consent form and could mark an "x" on the form, we'd be happy to to have them included, and so we had people with mild to moderate and moderate to severe aphasia in the trial. And we hadn't made any specific changes or tweaks to the intervention, the facilitator just did what they could with what we had. But I think what has come out of reviews of the implementation of Take Charge now in New Zealand is that it is really important for us to look at how we can adapt the intervention for people with aphasia. I think for the facilitators in the trial, what they did was they allowed a lot more time, so the usual two and a half hours became three and a half hours, and that was fine if the person could continue. But also I think from the report we need to look at alternative ways of how we can complete some of these activities, whether it's providing images where people can point, whether it's a lot more inclusion of their family, their whānau important people to them who can help with, you know, subtle guidance, and, and, and having sort of lived with the person now, can read their non-verbal expressions a lot better than a stranger, a facilitator can and can help with the guidance of participating. And really, while Take Charge has been translated, I think, now into seven or eight different languages, we really need to adapt Take Charge to other communication needs and other languages, but what I.. so my role.. sorry, I didn't.. I'd actually say this, but my role in the in the large trial was as the blinded outcomes assessor, so I went around at one year after stroke. I traveled around to the 400 or so different other people, participants' homes around the country, and I sat in their living rooms, and I listened to their stories again. And then I did all of their outcome instruments and got all of their outcomes done, but I did not know which group they were allocated to. And then I locked all the data, and then I'd say, "Hey, so which group did you get Take Charge or not?" And it was really, it was good. I think out of the 400 there were only two people who, when I turned up, actually had the booklet on the table, and so you know, I just ignored it, and then, but yeah, it was, it was really good in terms of sort of blinding and masking, and then sort of having a guess as I was going through and checking where things were at. It was such a privilege for me to, as a stroke doctor, I think you know people don't usually get to do this as a physician, but to, to meet so many different people with so many different stories, and a number of people who still had moderate to severe aphasia, and and were telling me about the impacts of that on their life. But we were still able to communicate a year after stroke, and so I think it is so important that we don't exclude people with cognitive and communication difficulties. We have to adapt the things that we have to make it work for them. What I'd love is to be able to have some kind of focus group with people with aphasia, and, and show them Take Charge, and realize, oh, what can we do? How would this work better for you? Katie Strong: I love that, and well. Well, and we haven't talked about the materials yet, but I do have to say they're so accessible, or they're very accessible from a visual standpoint as well. Vivian Fu: Thank you. Yes, we are actually modifying them and making the font bigger and having better graphics. We started off with stick figures that Harry drew, and then I think we're actually making them a lot nicer in terms of the graphics, but what we do have at the moment is actually available online for free, and you can just download them as a package. It's if you Google it, it's the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, or www.mrinz.ac.nz and then under programs, and we spell that as p r o g r a m m e s, and then under programs slash forward slash stroke, I think is where it lives, and at the bottom of the page you should be able to download, a training package and the booklet itself. Katie Strong: Yes, lovely, and we'll have the links on our show notes as well, so you can check those out, listeners, if you're interested. So, thank you. You have two randomized controlled trials that you've talked a little bit about, and a cost effectiveness analysis and qualitative work, all pointing in the same direction that the cost data suggests that Take Charge actually might save money, and that is remarkable, and lots of evidence showing that, but still, it's a challenge in implementing into standard practice, and I was curious if you could talk with us about what you think stands between what the evidence shows and what actually gets implemented. Vivian Fu: Sure, gosh, I love this question. It's it applies for so many interventions, I think, specifically for Take Charge, it's a number of things. So definitely the stuff that affects other interventions being implemented, but for Take Charge itself, it started off with a huge amount of disbelief bias, so people, you know, even after I presented the main results of the second trial at the European Stroke Conference in gosh, when was that? 2019 pre-COVID in Milan. So this is a huge international stroke conference, and this was a plenary session. People stood up and took photos of the results and went, you know, there was this collective gasp throughout the audience of 6000 odd people, but there's just this disbelief that something as simple as a conversation can make a difference to people's objective quality quantitative outcomes, like the, you know, Bartel or the FIM, what they, you know, what their physical outcomes are like at a year. And what their quality of life is like. I think for people who are stroke researchers, a lot of the focus is on that initial 24 to 48 hours after stroke. And you know, that that's kind of where that's kind of where all the funding goes, isn't it? So it's the pre-hospital stuff, and then the interventional things you can stick catheters into and thrombolysis, and you know that's, and that's all great. You know, I, as a stroke physician, I love that part of stroke as well, but to think that you could possibly do something at three to 18 weeks after stroke that could change a person's outcome by a year, and actually we've got a long-term follow-up study now that says that those those same magnitude of changes are still present at five years between the groups is, you know, kind of gobsmacking. And people just go, surely you've fudged this, or surely this can't be true. And so there's this huge disbelief bias that stopped us from being able to publish initially, and it was only after I presented the results in Milan that that we got accepted into a journal. And we'd been trying for about a year beforehand, and, and so there's, there's that disbelief. But also in the way that it has to be provided, you know, it's probably considered quite labor intensive. You know, one on one home visits, and that's why people of other researchers who do believe in Take Charge are now looking at providing take charge in different ways. Like I did a telehealth trial in Canada, in southern Alberta, when I was there as a fellow in Calgary, and there's potential other work that's being. Done in Australia with Take Charge, looking at providing it by computer avatars, by even maybe even AI, and maybe in a larger sort of telehealth format. And so you know other ways of doing it, but I think ultimately it's kind of cultural inertia, because you know, "We've never done this, this is not part of who we are. Why would we need to start something new?" There's probably kind of an established way of thinking about clinician and, and patient, rather than person with stroke, in still in how we practice, and this idea that the therapist and doctor are experts. And so I think it really challenges that dogma and challenges clinician's role, and therefore there's a resistance to accept that this is something that is useful and helpful, and actually doesn't, you know, you don't need to take it personally. You're still doing great work. Take Charge is just a tool that helps supplement everything else that's going on, and so there's a lack of time, and I think we also get quite, as practicing clinicians, we get quite tunnel visioned into this, you know, hamster wheel of go to work, treat all these people, go home. We just keep doing it. Hoping that things will get better for them, but, you know, we, it's only when we start looking at alternative interventions and alternative things that work and start trialing them and being open to that, that I think things will really start to change. We've certainly had interest from random little parts around the world. I think it's been translated into Latvian. I've got people from Sweden who are interested. A little hospital in Germany, and then parts of it's been trialed in pilot studies in the UK. And Harry and I last year trained a whole bunch of occupational therapists in Hong Kong, so you know it is, it is kind of picking up, slowly but surely. Katie Strong: Well to me, you know, most stroke survivors, or people with stroke, as you're referring to them, have chronic challenges, and so all of the early intervention, while important, doesn't necessarily help somebody navigate that longer term change. And so I love that this is just such an empowering way of putting that power back into the person's life, which it seems like it is showing up n in the results that you're sharing. Vivian Fu: Oh, absolutely. I mean, if we think about it, if we just think about thrombectomy and thrombolysis, somewhere between five to 15% of all people with stroke are eligible, and then receive the treatment. That leaves what?, 85 to 95% of people who don't get to receive that. And even after they receive the treatment, there are consequences of stroke that are beyond the physical that don't you know don't have any other thing to address them apart from our routine care, so I completely agree with you. Katie Strong: Well, thinking about what clinicians might be able to do tomorrow or you know, in the near future, for our speech-language pathologists or other practitioners who are listening today and are feeling the pull of this work, and you know, really encouraged by it, but are you know working in an embedded productivity driven impairment focused system, what's one thing that they could do differently in the very next clinical encounter that they have? Vivian Fu: We have a paper, I think it's written. Oh gosh, where did it.. where did it get published? I think it was published in Practical Neurology. It's titled something, something intrinsic motivation. I should know better. Katie Strong: I'm going find out, and I don't think I read that one, so I'm gonna find it, and I'll put the link in the show notes for everybody. Vivian Fu: Sorry,Harry about the promo, but yeah, I'll send it to you, but essentially it's written to give some guidance on how you can embed Take Charge into your daily clinical practice. And it's written for neurologists, but honestly it applies to everybody. One of the key things is when you have that next encounter, obviously you know therapists do this a lot better than doctors do, but they ask a lot about, you know, what's outside of the person's life and what's important to them, but maybe move away just, you know, from the very practical questions like "How many steps do you have going in and out of your house?, and How do you hang up your washing?", or whatever, but it's, you know, really much less functional, but more, "Who are you? Tell me a bit more about yourself. What do you love doing? What gets you out of bed?" You know, if I might, the one that I like to use a lot on my ward rounds is, "If you weren't in this hospital bed right now, where would you rather be? What would you rather be doing?", and I do that on my rounds, and it's incredible, because you know, I'll hear all sorts of things, "I'll, you know, be on my boat fishing out on the lake", or I think this lady was like 84 or something. "I'll be with my girlfriends, we'll be having coffee at Tim Hortons", you know, and it's just, I don't know, it's something so unique to that person that I could never, you know, they're in their hospital pajamas with a whole bunch of stuff stuck to them, and I can't envisage them doing that, and yet I'm like, I want you to imagine yourself there. Where would you rather be? Okay, so everybody, that's our goal. It's not to get her home or to get her walking again. Our goal is to get her back in Tim Hortons with her eight friends, having coffee, like that is what this person loves to do. And I think that you know that inquiry, that it shows you care, it shows you see them as an individual, and I think it completely shifts your rehab focus, and then you can ask more questions about that, and they, you know, then you have this whole conversation about about what their life is like. And I think that part of being seen, even if it's only within 60 seconds, makes such a difference to that person. So that's one thing. The second thing I'd be, you know, doing is I'm trying to involve family as much as possible, as much as the person wants, and basically, just seeing them as an individual makes a huge difference already to the way you practice, that would be what I'd focus on. Katie Strong: Agreed, agreed. Well, Vivian, is there something you wish people asked you about this work that they rarely do, something about Take Charge or stroke recovery more broadly that you think the field hasn't quite caught up to yet. Vivian Fu: Oh gosh, this is a tricky one. I think one thing we ought to recognize is that everybody is doing the best that they can with what they have. And you know, we're not as clinicians on the ground on the front line, we're not involved with funding decisions, and what projects get funded and which ones don't. And there will be the ambitious amongst your listeners, who I really hope will be like, "Oh my gosh, I can apply for this little grant, and I'm going to pilot this, and I think we should give this a go with our people." and I think that is absolutely a great idea to have. And, and I would, myself and Harry will do everything that we possibly can to help support such projects from where we are. I think the important thing to think about is that every little bit that you do makes a difference, and to not feel as though, because you know your funding runs out, or you don't get it, or the world is such a bleak place that you know it's not worth continuing to try. Because people with stroke who see you do this work, they will be grateful for it. And also the patient partners I've met that I've spoken with, and all of the people whom I've interviewed with the qualitative work, they're also happy to be part of something like this. And so even if it's a pilot project. Even if it's, you know, something that may not last, you'd be so surprised at how much momentum you can build with a movement of people who see the value in this and then take it further and further, And that's what I've been really impressed by, and kind of stunned by in all these different locations around the world who have contacted me. I've just been like, "Wow, can't believe [this]." There's this wonderful group in Hunter Medical Research Institute down in Australia, who basically took Take Charge back to their own unique Aboriginal community, the Gamilaroi peoples of that particular area of Australia. They have, like Canada and like the States, they have 1000s of tribes and lots of different groups that all speak completely different languages, but they took it to their local group, and they broke down, take charge into little bits, and then rebuilt it into an intervention that just works for them, and it's called "Yarning Up after Stroke", because what they do is they have a yarn. They yarn, and that's the way they tell their stories. It's yarning, and so you know, I just think it's incredible. Like, they got funding for it, they did it, and now it's an ongoing project that just keeps on in the community being provided to their people, and it's fantastic. So, I think it'll evolve. I love to see how it evolves, and I certainly don't think of, you know, this isn't the kind of intervention that we go around patenting and making a ton of money out of. It's the kind of intervention that everybody makes their own, and hopefully with a lot of input by people with stroke, Katie Strong: I love it. Thank you. Thank you so much for being our guest today, and sharing about Take Charge, and your generosity in sharing about the intervention, and if people are interested in reaching out to contact you, so thank you so much, Vivian. Vivian Fu: Thank you so much for having me. I hope I haven't spoken too long. Katie Strong: Oh no, it's perfect. Vivian Fu: I'm always happy to be contacted, and yeah, very happy to support anyone who'd like to explore this further. Katie Strong: Thanks so much. On behalf of Aphasia Access, thank you for listening. For references and resources mentioned in today's show, please see our show notes, available on our website at www.aphasiaaccess.org. There you can also become a member of our organization, browse our growing library of materials, and find out about the Aphasia Access Academy. If you have an idea for a future podcast episode, email us at info@aphasiaaccess.org. For Aphasia Access Conversations, here at Central Michigan University in the Strong Story Lab, I'm Katie Strong. Dr. Fu's Email dr.vivianfu@gmail.com Resources and Readings Fu, V. (2019). Taking Charge After Stroke: A novel, community-based intervention to improve the lives of people with stroke. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Taking-Charge-After-Stroke:-A-novel,-intervention-Fu/3bc1dbb271f425c72e146510088856e3aad8683e Fu, V., Fernando, K. M., Bright, F., Riley, J., McPherson, K., & McNaughton, H. (2025). Coming to my own wisdom: A qualitative study exploring the role of the Take Charge intervention in stroke recovery. Clinical Rehabilitation, 39(3), 377–387. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155241310770 Fu, V., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Taylor, W., McRae, A., Thomson, T., Gommans, J., Green, G., Harwood, M., Ranta, A., Hanger, C., Riley, J., & McNaughton, H. (2020). Taking Charge after stroke: A randomized controlled trial of a person-centered, self-directed rehabilitation intervention. International Journal of Stroke, 15(9), 954–964. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020915144 Fu, V., Thompson, S., Kayes, N., & Bright, F. (2025). Supporting long-term meaningful outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 25, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-025-01403-z Harwood, M., Weatherall, M., Talemaitoga, A., Barber, P. A., Gommans, J., Taylor, W., McPherson, K., & McNaughton, H. (2011). Taking charge after stroke: Promoting self-directed rehabilitation to improve quality of life - a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 26(6), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215511426017 Te Ao, B., Harwood, M., Fu, V., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Taylor, W. J., McRae, A., Thomson, T., Gommans, J., Green, G., Ranta, A., Hanger, C., Riley, J., & McNaughton, H. (2022). Economic analysis of the 'Take Charge' intervention for people following stroke: Results from a randomised trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 36(2), 240–250. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155211040727 McNaughton, H., & Fu, V. (2023). Intrinsic motivation. Practical Neurology, 23(6), 489-492. https://pn.bmj.com/content/23/6/489 McNaughton, H., Gommans, J., McPherson, K., Harwood, M., & Fu, V. (2023). A cohesive, person-centric evidence-based model for successful rehabilitation after stroke and other disabling conditions. Clinical Rehabilitation, 37(7), 975-985. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155221145433 Medical Research Institute of New Zealand. (n.d.). Take Charge rehabilitation resources. https://www.mrinz.ac.nz/take-charge-rehabilitation-resources World Stroke Organization. (n.d.). Taking Charge after stroke: A person-centred approach to life after stroke [Webinar]. https://www.world-stroke.org/what-we-do/education-and-research/education/webinars/taking-charge-after-stroke-a-person-centred-approach-to-life-after-stroke
REPLAY: Thanks to Our Animals: Honoring the Sacred Gifts of Mother Earth Join us in re-listening to this special episode with John Neptune and Andrea Sockabasin! This episode originally aired last fall and centered around talking about all things sustenance. Aunties on Air wanted to highlight that whether you are a hunter, medicine collector or vegetarian, we believe that you would hear stories that would warm your heart as we entered in to a new, cooler season. We wanted to also remind our listeners of that fact that Wabanaki people have lived in harmony with Mother Earth and all of her gifts for thousands of years and we wished to share these stories of harmony. Please sit back, relax and take in all things abundant and nutritious! Wabanaki Words Used: Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell) https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc Topics Discussed: Rutting Moon - https://nadeerhunter.com/moon-phase-whitetail-rut/ Maliseet Nation - https://maliseets.net/about/ Food sovereignty - https://usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org/what-is-food-sovereignty/ Strawberry Moon - https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-june 3 Sisters Garden (Botanical Gardens) - https://www.facebook.com/MaineGardens/posts/our-three-sisters-garden-created-in-partnership-with-wabanaki-public-health-well/912072767616667/ Dr. Sylvia Torti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Torti Good Shepard Food Bank - https://www.gsfb.org/ Cassius Spears - https://www.nationalconservationfoundation.org/cassius-spears/ Martha's Vineyard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%27s_Vineyard Dawnland Festival - https://www.abbemuseum.org/dawnland-festival Allen Sockabasin, “Thanks to the Animals” - https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Animals-Anniversary-Allen-Sockabasin/dp/0884484149 PFAS - https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-explained Oren Lyons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren_Lyons Onondaga Nation - https://www.onondaganation.org/ Miss Maine Basketball - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Maine_Basketball Cooper Flagg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Flagg Jerry Pardilla - https://acf.gov/ocs/about/bio/jerry-pardilla USET - https://www.usetinc.org/ Ann Pardilla - Ann Pardilla was born in Old Town, Maine (to a Penobscot mother and a Kiowa father) and grew up on the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation. Ann later travelled the world with her husband George Pardilla and their six children throughout his time in the military. Upon returning to Old Town, Maine in the 1970's, Ann went to work serving her community as a tribal council member as well as Vice Chief for Penobscot Nation. Melvin Francis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Francis Controlled Burns - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn Barry Dana - https://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/barry-dana/ Andrea's Moose Chilli Recipe: Makes 8-10 servings Ingredients: 2 lbs moose burger 1 green pepper – diced 1 red pepper – diced 2 medium onion – diced 4 cloves of garlic – minced 1 TBSP onion powder 2 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp chili powder (feel free to adjust according to heat preference) 2 – 29 oz can of tomato sauce 2 14 oz can of kidney beans – drained and rinsed Salt and pepper to taste Optional: 2 jalapeno peppers – seeded and finely chopped Directions: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground moose burger and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat, until no longer pink. Add the diced peppers, onions and garlic and cook, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Once the moose burger has browned, add the tomato sauce, kidney beans, onion powder, garlic powder, and chili powder. Cook on medium-high heat until just starting to boil. Then reduce heat to low-medium and cover and simmer for at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Serve, add your favorite topping and enjoy! Wabanaki Tribal Nations: Houlton Band of Maliseet Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net) Mi'kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov) Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com) Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine Special Thanks/Woliwon: Guests: John Neptune, Andrea Sockabasin Producer: Gavin Allen Podcast Team: Macy Flanders
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00:00 Chant Human Kingdom 00:59 Welcome 01:30 Introduction 02:18 Today's Lesson 03:08 Choose Again 06:04 Choosing Again is a Positive Trait 07:36 What Choice Do You Have? 09:16 This is How Society Works 11:21 You Are a Splendid, Delightful Being 12:11 The Gift of Remembering 13:13 Supplication 14:33 Next lesson 15:35 Chant Human Kingdom Our website:- https://www.namasyouniversity.org/ The "Portal" is your gateway to studying at Earth's Spiritual University New books: Dragon's World: Higher Dimensional Portals – Exhibition Catalogue (Portal Art Book 4) by Martina Violetta Jung (Author), Susan Jack (Narrator) https://a.co/d/0dQWcmc0 The SANAT KUMARA: Sun Diamond DNA and Soul on the Journey of Return by Martina Violetta Jung (Author) (The SANAT KUMARA Speaks Book 11), https://a.co/d/0csJkWIx AMAYA Speaks: Words and Paintings by MOTHER EARTH by Katharina Adari (Author) (AMAYA's World Book 1) https://a.co/d/00ewrgFz Volume 1 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: I Am Ready https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Sanat-Kumara-Am-Ready-ebook/dp/B08QNMM3CH/ref=sr127?xpid=0ShsSBhOYsS4e#detailBulletsfeaturediv Volume 2 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA : God's Station in Aachen https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-SANAT-KUMARA-Station-Cathedral-ebook/dp/B0BHKY57XT/ref=sr117?xpid=0ShsSBhOYsS4e Volume 3 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: Unity at the Vatican https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-SANAT-KUMARA-Unity-Vatican-ebook/dp/B0CQPBYCKS/ref=sr11?nsdOptOutParam=true Volume 4 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: Integrate and Heal" by Martina Violette Jung. https://a.co/d/bfM2tzj NATURE TALKS: Portals for a Personal Conversation (Sense Beyond what you See Book 1) by Deborah Lee Flynn (Author) Book 1 of 1: Sense Beyond what you See https://www.amazon.com/NATURE-TALKS-Portals-Personal-Conversation-ebook/dp/B0GKQCNT8M#detailBulletsfeaturediv Buddha's World Today: Multidimensional Art Portals for Our Time (Portal Art Book 3) by Martina Violetta Jung (Author) Book 3 of 3: Portal Art https://a.co/d/hdZPQyS "A TRIANGLE OF THREE: Merging At Merrymount Nature Station" by Donald Flynn A three day program, was held in the spring of 2024, at the first Galactic Nature Station opened to the public. https://a.co/d/9rHXo5S More study material on our website.
Hard News on Friday with Tara Green and Rama Arjuna and guests Lion's Gate, New Energy, and the Call for Peace on Earth Rainbird, Tara, and Rama open Hard News on Friday with sacred-fire meditation, Mayan-calendar guidance, Lion's Gate energies, donation support, current-event commentary, Kryon and Mother Sekhmet readings, NESARA hopes, planetary transformation, and a closing Era of Peace message about abundance, ascension, and humanity's awakening. Sacred Fire, Galactic Directions, and the Opening Field This episode of Hard News on Friday, broadcast on August 7, 2026, opens with Rainbird setting a meditative and ceremonial tone. The corrected transcript identifies Rainbird as leading the sacred-fire meditation, Mayan-calendar and galactic-direction segment, weekly energy overview, housekeeping, donation instructions, and the passing of the talking stick, while Tara and Rama respond and continue the episode's spiritual and current-events commentary. Rainbird invites listeners to breathe into the heart space, gather with guides, ancestors, spirit teams, and healing teams, and form a virtual circle around a council fire before calling in the seven galactic directions in the Mayan tradition. Mayan Calendar Energies and the 8/8 Lion's Gate Rainbird then moves into the Mayan-calendar reading for the day and week ahead, beginning with 7 Imix, the red resonant dragon and a portal day. The segment emphasizes creation, nurture, birth, trust in the universe, clarity of mind, and releasing any illusion of lack of support. Rainbird then looks ahead to the Lion's Gate portal, describing the next day as an 8/8 energy point connected to co-creation, unity with spirit, truth, dreamtime, abundance, protection, timing, transformation, forgiveness, and healing. The weekly overview also highlights a coming eclipse, new moon energy, and the sense that the week is filled with unusual energetic alignment. Housekeeping, Donations, and Listener-Supported Radio The program includes an extended housekeeping section in which Rainbird explains that Hard News on Friday is listener-supported and gives donation instructions. Rainbird says the program needs weekly support for BBS Radio, as well as help for bills, basics, and cat litter for Tara and Rama. The donation segment includes directions for finding the show on BBSRadio.com, making donations through the show listing, contributing through PayPal, sending checks or money orders, and visiting RainbowRoundtable.net for more information about NESARA and related resources. Rainbird frames these requests with gratitude and invites listeners to give from the heart. Tara and Rama on Lion's Gate, Peace, and Current Events Tara and Rama receive the talking stick and respond to the 8/8 Lion's Gate energy, describing the moment as a tremendous time of transformation, inclusion, and planetary change. Their commentary moves through spiritual themes, current events, earth changes, solar flares, volcanic activity, diversity and inclusion, public figures, peace, and the expectation that NESARA is near. They emphasize that peace must come first and repeatedly encourage listeners to send love, good vibrations, and higher energy into difficult situations rather than feeding vengeance or violence. Kryon Reading: New Energy, Dimensional Shift, and Cellular Communication Rama introduces and reads or channels a Kryon message about cellular communication, consciousness, dimensionality, and the “new energy.” The reading says humanity has moved through a long shift from an older, lower-consciousness planetary cycle toward a new dimensional field. It frames enhanced intuition, synchronicity, and the ability to “read the field” as signs of higher consciousness becoming more accessible. The Kryon message also teaches that the human body and DNA have multidimensional aspects, and that people may now be able to communicate with their cellular structure more clearly as the planet moves into this new energetic landscape. Mother Sekhmet Message: Ascension, Fire, and Planetary Peace The episode then shifts into a Mother Sekhmet channeled message centered on Lion's Gate, the new moon, ascension, peace, and planetary energies. The message says vengeance is not the answer and urges humanity to sit down and talk about peace. It connects NESARA with divine governance and a system intended to benefit all living beings, including animals, plants, minerals, and humanity. The message also speaks of violet fire, emerald green ray, sapphire blue ray, platinum ray, volcanic activity, Kilauea, the Pacific Rim of Fire, Mother Gaia's ascension, cellular transfiguration, bliss, love, and the idea that people are not going crazy but being resurrected into higher energy. Era of Peace Reading and the Fifth-Dimensional Lion's Gate Later, Rama reads an Era of Peace-style message about the fifth-dimensional Lion's Gate and the intensified energies of August 8. The reading says humanity, the elemental kingdom, and Mother Earth are being prepared at atomic and subatomic levels to receive higher frequencies of light, including what it calls God's infinite abundance. It describes the Lion's Gate as guarded by two lions representing yesterday and tomorrow, and says passing through the portal is a movement beyond control from the past or future into the eternal now. The message presents 2026 as a year of major shifts, with more people able to rise above outer chaos and hear intuitive guidance from the I AM presence. Abundance, Awakening, and Closing Gratitude The final reading focuses on divine abundance, financial freedom, and a free Era of Peace e-book titled It Is Time for You to Be Financially Free. The message frames poverty, lack, and limitation as fear-based miscreations rather than God's will, and encourages listeners to reclaim abundance by changing behavior patterns and opening to divine flow. The show closes with gratitude, references to Lion's Gate, a brief attempt to play or share additional material, and closing phrases of peace, blessing, and farewell. Throughout the episode, the hosts blend spiritual ceremony, metaphysical readings, current-event commentary, donation support, and a recurring call for peace.
This year's Lion's Gate Portal reaches its peak on 8/8. The number 8 is often associated with the infinity symbol, reminding us of balance, flow and the continuous cycle of growth, transformation and becoming as well as the quiet phases of rest and challenge. Lionsgate Portal is a magical mix of astronomy, astrology, ancient symbolism and modern spirituality. The sun is travelling through the zodiac house of Leo, which is ruled by the Sun itself which brings an energy of warmth, confidence, courage, creativity, leadership and authenticity. This energy is asking who you are when you bring these aspects into your life. During the Portal the star Sirius (also known as the dog star) starts its annual rising which was very significant for the ancient Egyptians because it signalled the beginning of the flooding of the River Nile which brought life, renewal and the promise of a good harvest. So the rising of this star was held as a sign of abundance, and new beginnings. Nature running its beautiful cycles to support us, trusting in Mother Earth to support us, the stars being the guide, the sign that life's cycles keep flowing. This is a time where we can connect with the energy of the stars and the earth and the flow of energy between the two and to reflect on who you are becoming... Adding to this, we have a solar eclipse during the Lion's Gate window, which closes on 12th August. Many people see this combination as a potent time to pause, reflect and consciously set intentions for the path ahead.But, in this meditation, I invite you to ask a different question.Not, "What do I want?"But..."Who am I becoming?"Rather than focusing on what you hope to attract into your life, this meditation invites you to remember the qualities that already live within you. The courage, wisdom, compassion, trust or joy that are waiting to be embodied more fully.When we become the person we are here to be, our intentions naturally begin to unfold from that place of alignment.I hope this meditation helps you step through your own inner gateway with clarity, purpose and an open heart.Much love,Rosanne xxTo find free resources and ways to work with me go to chakra-way.comDownload your Nervous System First Aid Kit hereTo support the podcast and show your love please click hereOr simply message me directly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Photo: Lifer inmates at Salem's Oregon State Correctional Institution connect with culture, family, and healing during the annual Many Nations Pow Wow. (Brian Bull) The power of a Pow Wow has been described as a collective heartbeat that draws people together. Celebrants often say they feel unity and freedom as they dance in a circle. Those elements are especially vital for those serving time at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, Oreg., but as Brian Bull of Underscore Native News and KLCC reports, for one day each year, inmates get to move to the rhythm of a rawhide drum with friends and loved ones. A soft breeze rustles the frills on Anthony Salazar (Apache)'s regalia. He describes its colors, as his wife, Stephanie, helps with final adjustments. “Colors are white, black, red, and yellow, which is the colors of the four directions. The green represents Mother Earth. All the regalia is connected to nature somehow.” Drummers gather in a circle, while other dancers fix their bangles and beadwork. A man with a microphone greets the crowd of visitors with a smile. “We're so glad you guys were able to make it. We are about to prepare to do our Grand Entry.” At first, you'd think this was just any other Pow Wow getting underway. However … “I’m in here for two counts of murder, and I got a life sentence. I’ve been in 24 years.” Salazar, like everyone else preparing to dance or drum, is a “lifer” at this medium-security, all-men's prison. “This is actually the first “Pow Wow where I've actually dressed up in regalia, and I'm going to dance.” He is thrilled to be part of the Pow Wow – and that his wife Stephanie is here. “This is my first one that I've been able to come to, very fortunate to be here. Means a lot.” As dancers gather for the grand entry, a red-tailed hawk soars above. It is a simple, but powerful symbol of freedom in a place where guard towers and checkpoints remind everyone this is a prison. Emcee Shawn Jeffers-Monro says it is great having his wife and other loved ones here once a year. “My mother was dying of cancer three years ago, and I was able to have this ceremony with her and these last rites, and be able to say goodbye to her. So this is that one time of year that we get to be together as a community, as a family, and kinda be free in a way.” One of the guests for this Pow Wow is Aliza Kaplan, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland. She says she and some of her students have been invited to this event about five times. “Because we aim to really get to know our clients and what matters to them, and see them as more than people who have committed crimes.” No one here glosses over the fact that they are behind bars for serious crimes, and may not ever step foot beyond the prison gates, but many see the Pow Wow as a way to hold on to tradition and find worth, says inmate Nestor Diaz-Miller (Cow Creek Band of Umpqua). “I've dealt with suicidal thoughts and actions in my past, and being able to focus on this inipi, this sweat lodge and that drum, literally saved my life. It's given me something to believe in, something to hope in. It's such a special feeling, I can't describe it other than special.” The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is advancing several bills aimed at settling tribal water rights and funding water infrastructure across the West. During a legislative hearing last week, senators considered measures affecting the Yavapai-Apache Nation in Arizona and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians in California, along with legislation to strengthen the federal Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund. Supporters say the bills would help fulfill the federal government’s trust responsibilities while providing greater certainty for Tribal Nations and neighboring communities. The measures now await further action by the committee and Congress. Get National Native News delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up for our daily newsletter today. Download our NV1 Android or iOs App for breaking news alerts. Check out today’s Native America Calling episode Thursday, August 6, 2026 — Testing the limits of religious freedom
Have you ever wondered if trees could communicate what would they say? I know…it sounds a little unusual. But this week I decided to find out. I gave myself a challenge – I spent time with six different trees, asked each one if it was willing to communicate with me. Then, I listened. What happened next surprised even me. I’ve talked to plants, but never to trees. Whether you believe I was talking to trees, tapping into my intuition, or simply letting nature inspire me, I invite you to keep an open mind. Let’s see where this adventure takes us. What Started This Conversation Idea It all started when I went to the grocery store this week. I parked near the edge of the lot which has a nice evergreen border on the property line. AS I got out of the car, the trees caught my attention. Looking closely, I noticed a ton of little green balls at the end of the needle groups that make up the cypress leaves. Spiky, bright green, and maybe half an inch in diameter. What the heck? Were those going to be pinecones? I posted the picture on Substack and a friend looked it up. Yes! Those are tiny, immature pinecones of the cypress tree. That’s what caught my attention and and started me wondering if they had something to say. Yes, they did. Cypress: Beauty and Being Seen First, I heard these words: “Empress, royal, stately, graceful, beautiful.” Regal as they stand there, creating a tall emerald green border. “I am a mother tree, so I have loads of pinecones. These are like our flowers, to seed the earth and keep our kind going. My babies are full of seeds and offer nourishment to insects and small animals, as well as seeding the ground with new cypress trees. Don’t we make a beautiful border? Look at our auras and our energy fields. What do you see?” I was quite surprised to see little elemental helpers scurrying about between the trees. Gnome-like beings, hats and all, bringing energy and life force, and keeping the flow going. Then strangely, I also saw what seemed to be colorful, snake-like energies in pink and blue, swiftly wrapping around the trunks. Having never encountered anything like it, I did a little research. In Norse mythology, serpents are tied to the World Tree. In Greek mythology, a snake coils around the tree of the Hesperides to protect the golden apples. And in Buddhist tradition, the naga king Mucalinda shelters Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree. Someone else had this image before me. That was really comforting. The cypress continued: “Trees have great wisdom because of our deep roots into Mother Earth. While our trunks are strong and stable, our branches blow in the breeze. We love this. To flow and move and twist and turn with the wind, dancing to our own lovely tune. We’re happy to mark the property line; it’s the perfect job for us. A strong masculine boundary with a fluid feminine grace. Notice us, be grateful to us, be kind to us. Say hello, acknowledge us. So few people even notice our beauty or the job we do. Thank you for spending time in our presence.” Ornamental Cherry: Abundance and Generosity Next, I approached the ornamental cherry tree. Here’s what I heard, “I am the picture of abundance, filled with tiny cherries. My pink blossoms turn into fruit in a matter of months. I love sitting here on your hill, rooted deeply into the earth, providing shade for the plants below me and a home to the insects and animals. Thank you for taking time with me today, for viewing me, appreciating me, and coming close enough to get to know me.” Russian Olive: Sharing and Spreading I said hello to the Russian olive tree and expressed that I love how it’s leaves go from green to silver in the breeze. They’ve populated so much of our land. I ask if this one would you tell me about itself. “Thank you for coming to talk to me. I have a certain grace, I know this is true. I am prolific and I spread everywhere. I’m not meant to grow big and old because my branches and wood are soft. But I do create shade and I do spread rapidly. I love sharing my presence on your land. I spread my branches wide as they curve down to make a wide top that brings shade to your yard.” Cedar: Resilience Two cedar pines stand as siblings. Planted years ago as one-foot bushes, they are now 12 to 15 feet tall despite the deer chewing at their base. I asked what they’d say about themselves as evergreens. “My leaves are spindly and small, but I am resilient. Regardless of the weather or the animals, I continue to grow. My branches come out from all around my trunk, inch after inch, filled with more branches. This is part of my beauty, strength, and resilience, and protects of my trunk as well. We appreciated being given the space to grow, and we’ve done so beautifully, don’t you think?” Oak: Standing in Your Power The oak was next. It’s such a stately tree. Regal, with a unique split trunk, like twins -two for one. It keeps its curled brown leaves through winter until spring brings new growth. “Thank you for noticing me, for your comments, and kindness. I know you worry that I shadow your garden, but it all works out. Here at the back of your property, I stand making a statement that this is where your property comes to an end. I am strong and I grow straight and tall. Oak is old wisdom, the wisdom of the druids. The small acorn grows the big, tall oak tree. We are mighty, we are wise.” I asked if it would share some oak wisdom. “Oak wisdom is about strength, about growing tall, standing still. It’s about staking a claim and standing in your power. When you stand tall in your power, you are like the oak. That makes us smile and we can see a smile on your face too.” Poplar: Flexibility Last was the poplar tree, tall, with siblings a hundred yards off. Their leaves twist and dance in the wind, the whole top of the tree sways like it’s moving to music. “Thank you for noticing my grace. I love that I sway in the breeze, that my leaves are dancing and twirling. I am flexible and fluid. Okay, the willow is more fluid, but don’t deny me my own grace. I love when a storm comes, so I can sway and dance, my branches reaching tall into the sky. I’m here to show that something tall and firmly rooted can still have delightful movement. You can be grounded and yet move and sway, dodge and hedge, persevere, and continue to grow and expand and experience life. My leaves are often the first to fall in a storm, and small branches snap off, but I heal rapidly. That’s part of my perseverance. Not like oak, standing there tall and firm and unyielding. That’s not me. I move and I have grace. My message to you is that you too can move and be flexible and change with the wind, and you’ll be rewarded for it. Sometimes you need to be firm. Sometimes you need to sway with the wind.” What Do Trees Talk About? As I listened to each tree, I noticed something surprising. None of them talked about themselves for very long. Each one reflected something back to me that we humans needed to hear. They spoke of qualities which humans need to live well. Cypress — Beauty and being seen Cherry — Abundance and generosity Russian Olive — Sharing and spreading Cedar — Resilience Oak — Standing in your power Poplar — Flexibility They seemed to be reminding me of qualities we already have but sometimes forget. Maybe that’s one of the gifts of spending time in nature. Whether you believe the trees were speaking to me, or that my intuition was translating their energy into words, it almost doesn’t matter. The wisdom was real. And every message left me feeling more connected to the living world around me. The next time you walk past a tree, consider being intentional. Stop for a minute. Really look at it. Notice its shape, its bark, its leaves. Say hello. Thank it for the shade it offers, the oxygen it creates, the beauty it brings to the world. Then, if it feels right, ask, “Is there anything you’d like me to know today?” Then simply listen. Maybe nothing happens. Or maybe you’ll be surprised. I started this little experiment wondering if trees had something to say. I ended it wondering something completely different. What if the trees have been speaking all along, and I simply never took the time to listen? FAQs About Trees Communicating Can trees actually communicate with humans? Trees exchange chemical and electrical signals with each other and their environment, which science confirms. Whether a tree can communicate a message to a specific person is a matter of belief and intuition rather than proven fact. Many people report receiving impressions, feelings, or words while sitting quietly with a tree. How do you communicate with a tree? Approach with an open mind, sit or stand near the tree, and quietly observe its shape, bark, and leaves. Say hello, ask a simple question such as “what would you like me to know today?” Then, listen for any words, feelings, or images that surface. Patience and stillness matter more than technique. What is intuitive communication with nature? Intuitive communication with nature is the practice of tuning into subtle impressions, feelings, or inner “words.” These might arise while spending focused, quiet attention with a plant, tree, or natural setting. It relies on inner sensing rather than verbal exchange, and results vary from person to person. Do different trees carry different meanings? Many spiritual traditions assign symbolic qualities to specific trees. Oak for strength and endurance, cedar for resilience, cypress for grace and boundaries. These associations come from folklore, mythology, and personal intuitive experience rather than scientific classification. What The Trees Taught Me Six trees, with six distinct qualities: beauty, abundance, sharing, resilience, personal power, and flexibility Each message pointed back to something we need to remember, not just a fact about the tree itself. Slowing down and paying attention to nature can surface intuitive insight, whether you call it tree communication or simply inspiration. Here’s a small ritual to try. Pause by a tree, notice it, say hello, ask a question, and listen. That’s all it takes to try this yourself. Have fun! { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can trees actually communicate with humans?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Trees exchange chemical and electrical signals with each other and their environment, which science confirms. Whether a tree can communicate a message to a specific person is a matter of belief and intuition rather than proven fact. 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Toward the end of her first Spirit Gym conversation with Paul, Dr. Joanna Kujawa described how Baba Yaga insisted on being included in her recent book, Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI and the Goddesses of Ascension. Joanna and Paul continue their conversation about Baba Yaga and her connection to Mother Earth as the soul and guardian of our planet who has had quite enough of our human shenanigans and isn't putting up with it any longer this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Joanna's work on her website and Substack. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.Timestamps7:01 Could Baba Yaga be Mother Earth, the spirit of our planet?10:50 “The issue is authenticity.”19:22 Joanna felt a sense of urgency while writing her book, Alien Goddess.28:57 Becoming the change you want to see in the world by making small choices.36:53 The four levels of consciousness.44:55 Ignorance versus wisdom.48:51 “Mystics see in the light what scientists try to measure but seldom get.”1:02:02 The Ahrimanic deception.1:12:55 The looming conflict ahead: Consciousness, how we define it and what we can do to prevent its suppression.1:29:30 Are we too focused on the untruths?1:35:50 Will this delusion of merging body and machine eventually end well?1:43:52 A necessary sacrifice.1:58:04 Ascending and descending waves of consciousness.2:03:04 Why Baba Yaga is angry with us.2:16:31 “We know what they are.”2:30:24 Be a spiritual warrior in the face of oppression and suppression from AI and too much tech.2:45:05 Communicating in liminal and imaginal space.2:55:50 “As we evolve, God evolves.”3:00:33 “The best thing you can do for God is to work on yourself.” Resources The Other Goddess by Dr. Joanna KujawaMythologium 2026: Mythic Imagination rewatchRupert Sheldrake discusses The Science Delusion on YouTubeI, Robot (movie)Mercy (movie)The myth of PrometheusThe story of Enlil and EnkiThe myth of Demeter and PersephoneInvolution and evolution, according to Rudolf SteinerPistis SophiaFarmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. KingThe work of Marie-Louise von Franz, Victor Frankl, David Bohm, Dr. Fred Allen Wolf, Dr. William Tiller, Sam Altman, Gregg Braden, Billy Carson, Rabia al Basri and Edward O. WilsonPaul's podcast conversations with Amit Goswami, Sean O'Laoire, Dr. Marc Gafni, Dr. Jared Horvath and Elizabeth NelsonPaul's podcast on Lucifer, Christ and AhrimanFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Spirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
Hey, it's Katie and I want to welcome you to this special bonus episode. It'll be here for you completely ad-free for the next week so you can get a feel of what it's like to be a PREMIUM member. If you'd like an easy ad-free experience for all of our podcasts - that's over 200 episodes each month, then JOIN PREMIUM today at https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium When life feels overwhelming, the Earth is always here to hold you. In this grounding guided meditation, you'll reconnect with the steady, calming energy of Mother Earth to release stress, restore emotional balance, and feel safe, supported, and deeply rooted. This healing meditation for grounding, anxiety relief, nervous system regulation, and inner peace will help you come home to yourself. Love,
Ronnie, whose article appears in the August 2026 issue of Grapevine magazine, tells Don and Sam how drinking was a solution for him to hide away from his emotions. He stopped drinking on his own periodically when life became unmanageable, but always returned to it when things straightened out. When he finally found the gift of desperation, his neighbor said, "I got a friend." Olis reports in from the Western Roundup Living Sober and talks to Ronny, Pam and David.While we provide the podcast at no charge, we do have expenses. Grapevine is the only AA entity that does not accept direct contributions, so to support the AA Grapevine Podcast, please subscribe to Grapevine Magazine in print, online, or on the Grapevine app. You can also provide a subscription to someone in need through our "Carry the Message" program or purchase books or other items at aagrapevine.org/store.You can email us at podcast@aagrapevine.org. To record an Ask-It-Basket question or a recovery-related joke, call 212-870-3418 or email a voice recording to podcast@aagrapevine.org.
Efforts to encourage more Native Americans to vote are underway in more than a dozen states this year. Chuck Quirmbach reports on how things are going in Wisconsin, ahead of the state primary contests on August 11. The nonpartisan group Wisconsin Native Vote is about a decade old, and is now up to four organizers around the state. They have already been doing outreach at Pow Wows and a variety of other community events. Spokesperson and organizer Anne Egan-Waukau (Menominee) says a key message is that voting is a way to make sure Native voices are heard. “We tell people to vote for the Seventh Generation. That’s what really resonates with people, because our ancestors worked to make sure Mother Earth was clean and healthy for us. And, it’s our job to do that for our next seven generations. But also, it’s working to maintain our sovereignty.” Egan-Waukau says tribal sovereignty is an especially powerful theme for the Menominee, which only won back full tribal status in the early 1970’s after much activism and debate with state and federal elected officials. Still, this is not a presidential election year, and Wisconsin only has high-profile races for Governor, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the state legislature. Statewide voter turnout is expected to be down from 2024, but Egan-Waukau says there are some big problems, new and ongoing, likely to motivate tribal members to vote. “Like we had listening sessions and people came to talk to us about issues important to them, like data centers, the opioid problem we have on our reservations.” Egan-Waukau says she does encounter people who are cynical about voting and politicians, but she says she asks them do they really want to do nothing at election time. The Eklutna Tribe's Pow Wow and Potlatch happens only once every two years, but when it does, it draws hundreds of people to the village of Eklutna near Anchorage, as Rhonda McBride from our flagship station KNBA reports. The weekend of dancing, drumming, and feasting kicked off Saturday morning at the tribe's Pow Wow grounds. Aaron Leggett, the president of the Native Village of Eklutna, says what makes him most proud is that no one leaves hungry, because the tribe feeds everyone. “We'll have moose, various types of moose stew, and roast and fish, salmon. It's just sort of our way of really being open and good community partners.” Many also bring dishes to share. Leggett says the tribe had plenty to celebrate this year — including the groundbreaking for its long-awaited gathering hall, funded in part by the success of its new casino. The Chin’an Gaming Hall is in a temporary, modular near the Birchwood Airport. (Photo: Rhonda McBride) But more than anything, Leggett says, the gathering is a chance for Anchorage, Chugiak, and Eagle River to get to know their neighbors in the village of Eklutna. “There's certainly people that wouldn't necessarily, you know, when think of Eklutna, maybe they would think of the cemetery and the church but don't really have any sense of it. The Pow Wow, the Potlatch, really was our way of increasing awareness to the community and building that up.” The theme for this year's event was “Restoring our River — 97 Years Later”. It highlighted the tribe's efforts to restore the natural flow of the Eklutna River and its wild salmon runs. Treaty of Greenville depiction, 1795, artist unknown. On this day in 1795, the Treaty of Greenville was signed, ending the Northwest Indian War. The agreement between the U.S. and several Tribal Nations ceded much of present-day Ohio to the U.S., marking a major turning point in federal-Tribal relations and westward expansion. Page 1 of the Treaty of Greenville. Get National Native News delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up for our daily newsletter today. Download our NV1 Android or iOs App for breaking news alerts. Check out today’s Native America Calling episode Monday, August 3, 2026 — New outbreak of food-borne illness shakes public confidence in food supply
In preparation for letting in new energy and intentions, we need to clear out what is weighing us down and what is no longer ours. We are in the midst of the Lionsgate Portal and before we begin to invite in new intentions for the coming year in this powerful astrological phase, we are letting go of what needs to be released. Mother Earth will receive it gratefully and with grace - what is waste to us is fertiliser to her. Give with love and gratitude. Next week we will set intentions with Lionsgate energy.Much loveRosanne xTo support the podcast please click hereTo get in touch with me please click hereTo gain access to the Nervous System First Aid Kit please click hereTo register for the Minor Chakra Course please click here
Who's there in the dark, when you're lost. Cadet Earth is on a mission across the stars. When a sun-stroked tyrant sets eyes on the inbound planets she will have to turn to a new community for support. No matter how small they may be.Mother Earth's premier is created by writer and producer Robert Barham, director and costumedesigner Mo Serby, associate producer Orla Bentley, choreographer Grace Barham, videographic designer Neil Culley, lighting and sound designer Mike Serby, sound designer JoshRose, and social media manager Anna Serby.
You might be wondering, “What’s the best way for me to be in service?” With all that you see going on in the world, how can you best contribute to a better world? How do you stay aligned with the divine plan that’s made specifically for you? Today’s guest, Victoria Rader, is going to be on the show to help us answer that question. She is the founder of YU2SHINE, and she’s got amazing insights into quantum leaping and staying aligned with your particular soul’s design. Join us to find out more! Dr. Victoria Rader is a heart centered Possibility Coach. She is an inspirational speaker, an author, and an expert in Quantum Freedom techniques for personal transformation. Born in the Ukraine, Dr. Rader ambitiously built a highly successful real estate business after immigrating to the United States. Her divine calling came as a result of grieving 11 deaths in 12 months, leading her to walk away from unfulfilled success and never look back. She chose complete financial survival in order to risk a startup business in coaching. Currently, Dr. Rader offers an online empowerment academy with consulting courses and a course on breathing techniques, a manifesting program with several core categories aimed to help a community of entrepreneurs align with professional success. Dr. Rader's team of coaches offer group and individual sessions. Dr. Victoria Rader teaches both Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner and instructor level certification courses. She has also written a series of books, developed a corresponding App and created a deck of healing cards. Watch or listen to the show to learn how you can incorporate Quantum Freedom techniques into your life to stay aligned with your soul’s design and purpose. You’re Invited! READ: Quantum mE: My Daily Alignment Journal (mE Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6DC5VH8?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER WATCH: TEDx: 3 Laws to Quantum Leap Your Worth https://youtu.be/GEdvmt4N_mE?si=IQT-HuIpwXYGbViF VICTORIA RADER BIO Dr. Victoria Rader, Ph.D., is the founder of YU2SHINE. Victoria is a globally recognized transformational speaker, featured in Forbes and seen on CNN, Fox, ABC, and NBC. A pioneer of Quantum Personal Development, Victoria created innovative tools like MyGiftOffer.com, mE Journals, Empower-mE and Master-mE apps. A multiple times best-selling award-winning author, she is also featured in the Zero Limits movie. Her work frees individuals toward fulfillment and prosperity. Her teachings have even reached the moon through the Lunar Legacy project. Victoria's mission is to help others to quantum leap their life by remembering and shining their light through LOVE—Life Originating Vibrant Emotion. An avid reader, traveler, tennis player and a dog lover, Victoria's greatest joy in life is her family. Above all, Victoria is clear that all that has been accomplished by her, has simply been accomplished through her via God's infinite divine grace. LINKS Website: https://yu2shine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Yu2shine/ X: https://twitter.com/vicarader YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VictoriaRaderYU2SHINE?app=desktop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vica_rader/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriarader/ YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
What if the dreams, signs, and animal encounters in your life are messages from your ancestors?On this episode of Truth Be Told with Tony Sweet, Tony welcomes Asha Frost—an Ojibwe medicine woman, spiritual teacher, seer, and bestselling author of You Are the Medicine.Asha shares how vivid dreams, ancestral visitations, and encounters with animal spirits helped her reclaim the wisdom and traditions disrupted by generations of colonialism and residential-school trauma. She explains how inherited wounds can affect us today, why animals may appear as spiritual messengers, and how we can begin connecting with the wisdom carried within our own ancestry.Tony and Asha also explore the difference between respectfully appreciating Indigenous traditions and culturally appropriating sacred teachings. Their conversation offers an important reminder that healing begins with listening, remembering, and honoring our relationship with one another and Mother Earth.Discover the medicine within you—and consider the impact your choices may have on the seven generations yet to come.Learn more about Asha Frost and her books at ashafrost.com. Follow her on Instagram at @asha.frost and Facebook at facebook.com/MedicineWomanAshaFrost. Her books, including You Are the Medicine and The Inner Winter, are available through her website and Amazon.Please like, subscribe, and share Truth Be Told with your friends and loved ones.#TruthBeTold #TonySweet #AshaFrost #YouAreTheMedicine #TheInnerWinter #AncestralHealing #AncestralWisdom #AnimalSpirits #SpiritMessages #IndigenousWisdom #Ojibwe #SpiritualHealing #GenerationalTrauma #DreamMessages #MotherEarth #SevenGenerations #CulturalHealing #PodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/truth-be-told-with-tony-sweet-paranormal-ufos-unexplained-mysteries--3589860/support.
https://www.drsharnael.com/ tell me about your new book what inspired it what is iboga how is it different the ibogaine how has it helped people is it safe ? what do you have coming up ? 1. Why is it important to consciously connect with Nature and recognize that She is a living sentient being? 2. What are the health benefits of being in a felt communion with Nature? 3. A few highlights from my own journey into Nature Reunion 4. Some easy but powerful practices for Nature reconnection 5. Our body as part of Nature—treating ourselves with mindful self-compassion and respect. 6. Coming Home to Nature means being deeply aware of, and connected to, the wisdom and healing power of Mother Earth and our own bodies. 7. My book, both kindle and paper back will be released on August 1st. The kindle e-book version is available now. What if the roots of suffering are deeper than we'vebeen taught? Is there hope when hope for the hopeless? When life fractured in ways she could notintellectually solve, Dr. Sharnael — naturopathic physician and consciousnessteacher — was called beyond logic, beyond theology, beyond science — intodirect encounter. Enter Iboga. Often referred to as “Grandfather Iboga” and known asthe “Mount Everest of plant medicines,” this“The Truth Hunter,” African root functions as a powerful neurological andpsychological interrupter, disrupting entrenched patterns of illusion,compulsion, and genetic survival programming. In this deeply personal journey, Dr. Sharnael shareshow one of the most intense and misunderstood plant medicines on earth became amirror — illuminating unresolved grief and the unconscious patterns shapingidentity, while guiding her from darkness and sorrow into renewed hope,courage, love, and joy. At a time when suicide rates remain high and opioidaddiction devastates families worldwide, Iboga has drawn attention for itsunique interaction with opioid receptors and its growing exploration inaddiction recovery research. It is also being studied for its potential relevance indepression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's,Parkinson's disease, Lyme-related neurological complications, and other complexnervous system disorders. Traditionally, the root bark has also been examinedfor antimicrobial and antiparasitic properties. Part personal journey, part clinical guide, GrandfatherIboga serves readers seeking Truth, transformation, and understanding. Written by a doctor who became the patient, this bookis for anyone navigating loss, addiction, neurological complexity, and foranyone seeking Divine Truth where conventional paths have fallen short I almost didn't write these books. It would have beeneasier to stay quiet. Easier not to speak publicly about grief. Trauma. Plantmedicine. Consciousness. Easier to protect my reputation than enterconversations that are complex, controversial, and often misunderstood. But silence felt dishonest. And some stories are meant to be told. Today, I am honored to officially announce the releaseof two deeply personal and professional works: The Science of Miracles Workbook and Grandfather Iboga – A Personal Journey Through Grief,Trauma Healing, and Soul Transformation These are not just books. They are lived experience. Together, these two books represent the bridge I havealways stood on — science and spirit, clinical understanding and consciousness,measurable biology and Divine design. There were moments I nearly stayed silent. But if even one person finds hope in these pages… itwas worth it. Presales are now open. You can order both books here:https://www.drsharnael.com/shop The Science of Miracles Workbook This workbook was born from years of studyingconsciousness, neuroscience, biofeedback, and the unseen laws that shape ourphysical reality.
Here's an interesting fact: Dinosaurs dominated Earth for 165 million years – and they assumed they always would.Which brings us to… well, us. We bipedal, far-ranging, Homo sapien primates have certainly established our dominance over modern-day Mother Earth. And even though our reign has only lasted about 200,000 years, we 21st Century humans grandly assume that we're ordained by the gods to rule ad infinitum over our planet (and beyond).But – oops! – unfortunately we've based our preeminence on the unsustainable consumption of our domain, rather than on stewardship for the ages. Under the global misguidance of corporate, political, religious, academic, and other Powers That Be, our large-brained species has ended up making an awful mess of the nest we inherited. Elite plunderers and profiteers have imposed an ethic of greed, inequality, and even inhumanity that is devouring everything from Earth's climate to our basic human values of fairness and justice.Leading this careless assault is a clique of arrogant and abusive high-tech gabillionaires who consider themselves geniuses because, well… they're rich! Consider Elon Musk, presently the richest of the world's richest, who postures as an uber-brained deep thinker, social engineer, and whirling corporate dervish. He presently runs not one, but three mega-corps (Tesla, X, and SpaceX) while also rewriting the rules of free speech, telling American's how to vote, and claiming he'll save humanity by colonizing Mars.But wait – strip away the hype, and Musk is just another self-serving plutocratic ravager, a cartoonish robber baron whose “genius” lies in (1) taking credit (and profit) from other people, (2) demanding subsidies and special breaks from government, (3) cheating workers and customers, and (4) suing everyone for his failures.If billionaire humanoids like Elon really wanted to save us from extinction, they should do the honorable thing… by going first.Jim Hightower's Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimhightower.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode, we are joined by Indra Shekhar Singh, an independent writer and agricultural policy analyst who has dedicated his life to water conservation and indigenous water rejuvenation systems. Indra shares his experiences working with the renowned water advocate Rajendra Singh, known as the Waterman of India, to revive rivers and promote sustainable water practices. We explore the significance of community-driven water restoration, the spiritual connection to water, and the need for a shift in our understanding of water as a living entity. Join us as we uncover the profound relationship between water, culture, and ecological stewardship. Support the Podcast via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Indra Singh, working closely with renowned water restoration advocate Rajendra Singh, also known as the great "Waterman of India," Indra promotes and continues to study traditional water rejuvenation systems across India. He has helped train hundreds of people internationally in indigenous water conservation techniques and participated in the revival and construction of ponds and decentralized water systems in various regions globally. He has been active with various levels of government in India to draft and advise on policies related to water conservation, agriculture, and ecological restoration and was recently invited by the former President of Colombia as an international expert to advise on water policy and peace reconciliation efforts in the country. He is currently engaged in efforts to revive three rivers in Rajasthan and two rivers in Chhattisgarh, India. His prolific writings and actions reflect his lifelong dedication to agroecology, seed sovereignty, water conservation, and agrarian politics. He continues to actively engage in seed conservation and is an avid, urban food gardener. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio RESOURCES Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India: https://youtu.be/_N9PIBATSFw?si=CT6LUr56hJmjHHp_ Indra Shekhar Singh [IG: @indra_eye] is an independent writer and agricultural policy analyst with extensive experience in agroecology, seed sovereignty, water conservation, and agrarian politics. He previously served as Director of Policy and Outreach at the National Seed Association of India and currently hosts India's only bilingual agri-talk show, Krishi Ki Baat / Farm Talks, on The Wire [https://thewire.in/]. For the past five years, Indra has also been working closely with Rajendra Singh, widely known as the “Waterman of India,” [https://tarunbharatsangh.in/] to study and promote traditional water rejuvenation systems across India. Carry Kim, Co-Host of EcoJustice Radio. An advocate for ecosystem restoration, Indigenous lifeways, and a new humanity born of connection and compassion, she is a long-time volunteer for SoCal350, member of Ecosystem Restoration Camps, and a co-founder of the Soil Sponge Collective, a grassroots community organization dedicated to big and small scale regeneration of Mother Earth. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Intro: Jack Eidt Hosted by Carry Kim Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 289
Hello Beautiful, I'm so grateful you're here with me. Nature has a way of restoring what feels depleted. This 3 hour guided sleep meditation helps you reconnect with grounding energy, release stress, and invite deep physical and emotional renewal. Perfect for relaxation, healing, mindfulness, and restorative sleep. Love,
This is what Leonard Peltier says. A thousand mile wide super storm is a hand-written note from the Mother Earth, writing in her language. Understand the message and act quickly. Each of us is carrying through our everyday life the activism for the protection of the life of the Earth. The DNA for this resistance has been disabled by rightwing religions, the industrial revolution, and by how the USA conquered the Earth and its human companions. Now is the time, here in the third year of a global heatwave and daily extinction of life forms.... to activate the resistance to Earth-killing that we have carried but has been suppressed. We Got To Move! Earthalujah!
Diana Divine guides a powerful conversation and activation on embodiment, kundalini energy, galactic Akashic records, nervous system coherence, and reconnecting with your original divine blueprint. She shares how we are moving through a major energetic shift where old timelines, densities, and programming are rising to be cleared so we can hold more light, remember our multidimensional nature, and create from a deeper place of alignment. This session includes grounding with Mother Earth, activating the chakras, opening the heart, reconnecting with star family, and remembering the body as sacred technology for ascension. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Diana Divine is a galactic Akashic records reader, shamanic quantum healer, QHHT practitioner, crystalline soul healer, Reiki Master, and high-brain living facilitator. Her work weaves together quantum healing, light language, kundalini activation, astrology, human design, shamanic wisdom, and multidimensional soul remembrance. Through one-on-one sessions, masterclasses, and certification programs, she helps people activate their soul blueprint, reconnect with their star lineage, and embody their next level of spiritual mastery. CONNECT WITH THE SPEAKER: Website: https://www.dianadivine.com/
When did we need life to be so predictable and safe that it siphoned all the adventure and aliveness out? The antidote is questions and initiations to open the mystery back up by challenging everything we think we know. And our guest today, Lincoln Stoller, is here to invite us to some interesting perspectives. Join us to find out more! Lincoln Stoller is a mountaineer, physicist, computer scientist, entrepreneur, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and neuropsychologist. Lincoln was born later in life to parents who were both artists who provided him support, motivation and encouragement to be creative, but not much direction to pursue those. He was rebellious, pushed boundaries and resentfully attended public school, constantly questioning the limitations taught in classrooms by his teachers. Lincoln preferred real danger like what he found in his introduction to mountaineering over fabricated danger. With time and maturity, Lincoln learned that if you’re going to be in more and more dangerous situations, the consequences of your mistakes get increasingly serious. Lincoln Stoller is also a bestselling, award-winning author. While writing both his first book “The Learning Project – Rites of Passage” he spoke to a lot of people who went through rites of passage, and they said several important things, one of which was to find mentors. Lincoln now works from his home on Vancouver Island, to provide counseling, consulting and brain training to achieve goals, relieve stress, and help you to redefine your future. Watch or listen to the show to learn tips to help you achieve goals, relieve stress, and redefine your future. You’re Invited! READ: The Learning Project – Rites of Passage https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Project-Rites-Passage/dp/1775288005 READ: Dreaming Yourself Into Being https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Yourself-Into-Being-Disintegration-ebook/dp/B0GPKN8F8C LINCOLN STOLLER BIO Lincoln Stoller offers counseling, consulting, and brain training to achieve goals, relieve distress, and redefine your future. He works remotely worldwide and in-person on Vancouver Island, Canada. He addresses short-term mental health situations dealing with symptoms of anxiety, emotional distress, depression, and trauma due to difficult relationships or ill health. He is especially interested in people who are changing or creating things. He does not subscribe to any psychotherapeutic modality and instead work with each person’s unique issues, strengths, weaknesses, and situations. What you want to do and are able to do are all that he focuses on. While he is interested in mental and physical diagnoses he is not directed by them; his response to both is, “How can you benefit from dealing with this?” Lincoln offers a 3-level sliding scale based on whether you are insured, employed, both or neither. Under some conditions he will accept a lower or request a higher fee. He lists his rates in US dollars. He offers a free, introductory consultation which you can schedule on that website. LINKS Web: www.mindstrengthbalance.com Books: https://www.mindstrengthbooks.com Substack: https://mindstrengthbalance.substack.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lincolnstoller/ YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
01:00 Chant Human Kingdom 01:27 Introduction 02:27 Today's Lesson 02:48 A different Approach 04:14 Spiritual Structure and Routine 05:24 Bare facts 07:31 Beautiful Glistening Code 08:34 Of Course you are Forgiven 10:29 Drowning in responsibility 12:07 There are impediments 13:29 Those few seconds 16:21 Some parting thoughts 18:58 Supplication 20:18 Next lesson 21:11 Chant Human Kingdom Our website:- https://www.namasyouniversity.org/ The "Portal" is your gateway to studying at Earth's Spiritual University New books: Dragon's World: Higher Dimensional Portals – Exhibition Catalogue (Portal Art Book 4) by Martina Violetta Jung (Author), Susan Jack (Narrator) https://a.co/d/0dQWcmc0 The SANAT KUMARA: Sun Diamond DNA and Soul on the Journey of Return by Martina Violetta Jung (Author) (The SANAT KUMARA Speaks Book 11), https://a.co/d/0csJkWIx AMAYA Speaks: Words and Paintings by MOTHER EARTH by Katharina Adari (Author) (AMAYA's World Book 1) https://a.co/d/00ewrgFz Volume 1 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: I Am Ready https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Sanat-Kumara-Am-Ready-ebook/dp/B08QNMM3CH/ref=sr127?xpid=0ShsSBhOYsS4e#detailBulletsfeaturediv Volume 2 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA : God's Station in Aachen https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-SANAT-KUMARA-Station-Cathedral-ebook/dp/B0BHKY57XT/ref=sr117?xpid=0ShsSBhOYsS4e Volume 3 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: Unity at the Vatican https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-SANAT-KUMARA-Unity-Vatican-ebook/dp/B0CQPBYCKS/ref=sr11?nsdOptOutParam=true Volume 4 The Chronicles of SANAT KUMARA: Integrate and Heal" by Martina Violette Jung. https://a.co/d/bfM2tzj NATURE TALKS: Portals for a Personal Conversation (Sense Beyond what you See Book 1) by Deborah Lee Flynn (Author) Book 1 of 1: Sense Beyond what you See https://www.amazon.com/NATURE-TALKS-Portals-Personal-Conversation-ebook/dp/B0GKQCNT8M#detailBulletsfeaturediv Buddha's World Today: Multidimensional Art Portals for Our Time (Portal Art Book 3) by Martina Violetta Jung (Author) Book 3 of 3: Portal Art https://a.co/d/hdZPQyS "A TRIANGLE OF THREE: Merging At Merrymount Nature Station" by Donald Flynn A three day program, was held in the spring of 2024, at the first Galactic Nature Station opened to the public. https://a.co/d/9rHXo5S More study material on our website.
Step into a sacred space to balance your inner ecosystem and align your life force energy. In this guided Reiki journey, Robyn Benelli leads you across the Bridge of Light to the Tree of Life in the enlightened realms. Listen to the wisdom of each chakra to clear subtle blocks, ground your spirit, and bring your authentic soul intentions into daily physical reality. Key Insights: Full System Communication: Manifestation functions best when your whole body systems are connected. Aligning your Crown, Third Eye, Throat, Heart, Solar Plexus, Sacral, and Root chakras allows your divine mind, heart mind, gut mind, and earth mind to listen and act as one unified presence. Tree of Life Anchoring: Crossing the Bridge of Light to the Tree of Life reconnects your energy system to both heaven and Earth to clear old patterns of limitation, uncertainty, and control, opening you to receiving Discerning Inner Truth: Moving through each color frequency clears mental overthinking and lifts fears of self-expression. Resting in these light frequencies allows your intuition to speak clearly and reveals simple, actionable steps for daily life. Embodied Manifestation: Bring high spiritual awareness into physical form. Balancing your root chakra anchors your visions directly into Mother Earth, helping you select one practical choice to act on immediately. People Also Ask (FAQ): *How does a chakra alignment journey help with manifestation? A chakra alignment journey restores the natural flow of life force energy across all of your chakra centers. Clearing energy blocks in the upper and lower chakras allows your intentions to translate into physical actions and daily choices. *What is the Tree of Life in a guided Reiki journey? The Tree of Life represents a centered sanctuary in the enlightened realms where heaven and earth connect. Placing your hands on its trunk balances your life force and stabilizes your chakras so energy moves freely through your entire body. *How do I know what practical action to take after meditating? Focusing on the root chakra helps clear scarcity, fear, and instability while grounding you into Mother Earth. Once grounded, ask your root center for guidance to discover one simple, immediate choice to move your goals forward. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.
We're in the throes of life-changing, generational shifting astrology. I would not be hyperbolic to say our collective consciousness is being spiritually re-wired at the moment. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22 we're experiencing the perfection of the "basket of hope." A once in humanity type astrological configuration with all of the outer planets in harmonious communication, inviting us to step into this new era defined by Fire and Air energy. Luckily, Mercury stations direct on July 23 after an emotional Cancer retrograde and Venus in Virgo is keeping our feet rooted in Mother Earth.Join my email communityCome to YogaSign up for Cosmic Conversation 00:00 Astrocast Kickoff00:25 Outer Planets Align02:13 Barbault Basket Explained04:41 Soft Aspects Meaning06:07 Basket of Hope Era07:02 2020 Shift Context09:51 Saturn Neptune New Era12:04 Jupiter Pluto Power Struggle14:50 Uranus Neptune Rewiring18:04 Full Moon Spotlight18:56 This Week Forecast20:11 Mercury Retrograde Recovery22:05 Venus Virgo And Void Moons23:26 Saturn Retrograde And Advice24:39 Full Moon Warning Wrap
On this episode of The Aluna Experience Podcast, I talk to Katie Mae, who shares how fleeing from California wildfires and Florida hurricanes—events that could be be perceived as tragedy—were actually Divine guidance that led her to exactly where she was supposed to be.She shares how music, specifically dancing at Grateful Dead concerts, marked the beginning of her spiritual connection through music and dance, and how chronic medical issues and reaching a dead end in the medical system led her to a homeopathic healer who opened the doorway to the Bhagavad Gita, yoga, meditation, and a deepened spiritual practice.Through her journeys with Ayahuasca, Katie Mae came to embody a deeper understanding of her Jewish heritage and organized religion as a whole, finding compassion and empathy for all beings—especially herself. She recognized the illusion of separation, her unbreakable connection to Mother Earth, and a deeply felt truth of belonging within herself regardless of where she was physically in the world.@aluna_healing_centerwww.alunahealingcenter.com@bri.anahatawww.brianahata.com
When you start asking questions like, “What’s the point?” And you wonder, “Who am I really?” and “What am I doing here?” That’s when you know that you are ready to begin a soul discovery journey. And today’s guest is Helen Plehn, who’s the founder of Helen Creates Beauty, and the award-winning author of “The Aura Color Wheel.” This Aura Color Wheel is a soul discovery system that helps people identify their life purpose through their soul aura color. Join us to find out more! Helen Plehn was born in China and raised in Hong Kong attending weekly mystical orchid tea ceremonies in the mountainside orchid garden. After moving to the U.S., Helen achieved PhD level education and a stable, highly successful profession in data analytics. Depression, severe anxiety and panic attacks set her on a journey of self discovery to find true fulfillment and happiness. Now, Helen is an intuitive painter, an angel channeler, a certified crystal healer, an aura reader, a certified yoga teacher and Theta healer. Helen is the creator, founder and award-winning author of the “Aura Color Wheel”, and hostess of the Aura Evolution Podcast. The founder of Helen Creates Beauty where she offers Psychic Readings, Public Speaking, Spiritual Coaching, a private Facebook group for Q&A and support and online courses by integrating systems such as Western and Vedic astrology, numerology, the Enneagram, Human Design, Gene Keys, and Feng Shui to help you find and live your purpose with clarity, joy, and fulfillment. Watch or listen to the show to learn how you can find your purpose and love with clarity, joy, and fulfillment. You’re Invited! READ: The Aura Color Wheel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401995438?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Free Soul Aura Color Quiz https://helencreatesbeauty.pro.typeform.com/Soulauracolor Free Unlock Your Soul Purpose with the Aura Color Wheel Masterclass https://www.auracolorwheel.com/acwmasterclass Aura Color Wheel Book Purchase Bonuses https://download.helencreatesbeauty.com/book/ HELEN PLEHN BIO Helen Ye Plehn is the founder of Helen Creates Beauty and the award-winning author of The Aura Color Wheel, published by Hay House. She created the Aura Color Wheel™, a soul discovery system that helps people identify their life purpose through their Soul Aura Color. Helen is an intuitive painter, angel channeler, certified crystal healer, third-generation Feng Shui master, and Flamenco dancer. She is also the host of the Aura Evolution Podcast. Her mission is to help one million souls discover and live their purpose with joy and fulfillment. LINKS Website: www.helencreatesbeauty.com Aura Evolution Podcast: https://aura-evolution-podcast.captivate.fm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helencreatesbeauty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helencreatesbeauty TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helencreatesbeauty YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@auracolorwheel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenplehn/ YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
Daily Power Affirmations for your Creative Maniac Mind (in 60 Seconds)
NEW! Little Big Affirmations Deck for Kids: Check it out. Click here to Shop Affirmation Decks, Oracle Decks, and more! Use Promo code: RCPODCAST20 for 20% off your first order! Today's Power Affirmation: As I submerge my body in Mother Earth, I heal all my hurts. Today's Oracle of Motivation: Before concrete jungles, rubber shoes, sterile hospital delivery rooms, carpets, paints, plastic bottles, and cubicles, your tough-ass ancestors evolved and survived over millions of years in direct connectivity with the Earth. They were bare-assed, absorbing antioxidants, vitamins, critical amino's, and dense nutrients through untainted soils, natural water sources, and rejuvenating sunlight. Nature is the ultimate healer physically, mentally, and spiritually. There is a reason why ideas explode, inflammation disappears, and stress retreats when exploring the outdoors. Take off your shoes and grab some bananas, yo. It's time to monkey around. Designed to Motivate Your Creative Maniac Mind The 60-Second Power Affirmations Podcast is designed to help you focus, affirm your visions, and harness the power within your creative maniac mind! Join us every Monday and Thursday for a new 60-second power affirmation followed by a blast of oracle motivation from the Universe (+ a quick breathing meditation). It's time to take off your procrastination diaper and share your musings with the world! For more musings, visit RageCreate.com Leave a Review & Share! Apple Podcast reviews are one of THE most important factors for podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please take a second to leave the show a review on Apple Podcasts! Click this link: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Hit “Listen on Apple Podcasts” on the left-hand side under the picture. Scroll down under “Ratings & Reviews” & click “Write A Review” Leave an honest review. You're awesome!
When you've been brought up in a culture of right versus wrong polarity, how do you navigate your way out of that maze as it's falling apart all around you? Gazit Chaya is here to share wisdom gained from leaving fundamentally evangelical Christianity, and building a life truly worth living that honors their core values. Join us to find out more! Gazit Chaya has survived several traumatic brain injuries and decades of anxiety, neurodivergence and depressing thoughts of self harm. Gazit has experienced the challenges of divorce, lived with postpartum depression, gotten through a stay in a psych hospital and survived a suicide attempt. For over 15 years, Gazit Chaya was a speech language pathologist in public schools trained specifically to work with children with autism. Gazit is also a mental health Coach, a YouTuber, a Public Speaker, and an Educator, teaching workshops about trauma recovery and nervous system regulation. They are the founder of The Luria Center, a resource for personal development as well as the Author of Holy Shit. Gazit Chaya helps clients by using a combination of the following protocols; Certified Somatic Parts Work, Safe and Sound Protocol, Values Based Integration Process, The work of Byron Katie, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. Watch or listen to the show to learn how you can build a life truly worth living. You’re Invited! GAZIT CHAYA BIO Gazit Chaya Nkosi (they/m) is guided by the Rumi line, “Out beyond right doing and wrongdoing there is a field—I'll meet you there.” Their first 35 years were spent trying to be good while navigating chronic anxiety, suicidality, sensory sensitivity, and social communication mismatches. Postpartum depression brought them to a rock bottom that became a portal to a place where “good” was no longer the goal. This led to a new paradigm in which they began creating a life truly worth living, one filled with special interests, plenty of free and unstructured time, and work that is truly aligned. Gazit Chaya now sojourns with other souls interested in letting go of culture and coming back to Self, meeting one another in the field beyond right and wrong through somatic parts work, The Work of Byron Katie, the Values Based Integration Process, and the Safe and Sound Protocol. LINKS Web: www.therootedcoop.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@therootedcoop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gazitchayankosi/ YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
Several of you reached out to argue for adding Lake St. Clair as a 6th Great Lake (or 5th if you count Huron and Michigan as one). On this episode, we hear about one man's love for this "heart-shaped" lake — and the song it inspired him to make. Plus, a story about life in the straits of Mackinac. LYRICS: Lake St Clair (Make Her Great) By Guy Sferlazza In a world that rewards hate She has always been great And worth more than a billion billion billion billionaires She surrounds us with her love How many years and still she’s young Mother Earth produced the jewel of Lake St Clair We didn’t have to make her great She’s the heart of all these lakes See it for yourself if you dare When the sun is coming up There’s an ocean full of love From sea to shining sea, And she is there All the service to this land all generations the grand lake Of the sweet fresh water sea Bathed in beauty We, the people shall decide Make it plain in broad daylight That’s a great lake that you may have never seen We proclaimed her a great lake on this very day come out and see her here There’s no compare In this crazy mixed up world. Take a break from the absurd find out what she’s worth Great Lake St Clair. GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE: Guy Sferlazza, Shelby Township resident and musician Candace Smith, owner of Tours Around Michigan Cover image credit: Adam Yahya Rayes Want to submit a question to On Hand? Do it here: Online Submission Form Call us: 734-764-7840 Email us: onhand@michiganpublic.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to the kick-off of 'The Way - An Online Weekend Retreat' Summer Series!We're starting this summer's journey with a smile. Tune in as we open with a lighthearted comedy skit featuring Erik as Mother Earth, Jason, Dini, and Jiska taking on the excessive use of AI in the world. The skit is followed by an engaging panel discussion with David, Kirsten, and Marina. They give us a sneak peek into exactly what you can expect from the retreat in the coming weeks. Finally, Jason takes the floor to guide us through two deep and transformative Levels of Mind sessions.These gatherings take place all summer until September 2026 and include comedy, teachings, films, music, panel discussions, and live Q&A sessions with David Hoffmeister.Register for The Way for free here: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/the-way-of-the-mystic If you want to learn more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events Recording Date: Online, Friday, July 3, 2026Follow us on:YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/DavidHoffmeister https://www.youtube.com/@LivingMiraclesFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/ACIM.ACourseInMiracles Learn more about David & Living Miracles:https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/eventsLearn more about A Course in Miracles:https://ACIM.bizDavid's Spanish YouTube Channel is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP9Gw00CldPUmiu43y7fdWwDavid's Portuguese YouTube Channel is:https://www.youtube.com/@davidhoffmeisterucem
When it comes to freedom in an oppressive authoritarian regime, resistance has a price. It comes with the price of courage, the price of dedication, and the price of your choices that you make to stay in resistance until there is freedom for everyone. Today, we’ll be hearing from a freedom fighter for Iranian human rights, Zolal Habibi, who has over 25 years of dedicated advocacy, and we’re gonna hear all about her journey of empowerment, courage, and resistance. Join us to find out more! Born in the United States to Iranian activist parents, Zolal Habibi's life was shaped by resistance from an early age. When she was just seven years old, her father—a prominent Iranian writer and human rights advocate—was executed by the Iranian regime. By her 12th birthday, advocating for human rights had already become a core part of her identity. After graduating high school, Zolal received a full scholarship to pursue a pre-med path toward becoming a doctor. She chose to step away from medicine and focus entirely on human rights activism instead. Zolal serves as a powerful voice for Iranian women, emphasizing their vital role in leading the resistance against tyranny. She is a frequent speaker on international panels, podcasts, and media channels. Watch or listen to the show to learn how you can make a difference in the world if you choose to stay consistent and make the necessary sacrifice. You’re Invited! ZOLAL HABIBI BIO Zolal Habibi is an Iranian human rights activist with over 25 years of dedicated advocacy on behalf of political prisoners, women, and freedom-seekers inside Iran. Her activism began in her teens after the loss of her father, a respected Iranian writer and political dissident killed during the 1988 massacre. Since then, she has worked to amplify the voices of the Iranian resistance on international platforms, human rights forums, and global media. As an Iranian American, she bridges cultural understanding while advocating for a free and democratic Iran. LINKS National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI): https://www.ncr-iran.org/ Maryam Rajavi – 4 Change: https://maryamrajavi4change.com/ Iran Freedom: https://iranfreedom.org/ Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC): https://oiac.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IranNCR/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashrafi4ever/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/ashrafi4ever LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zolalhabibi YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the #1 international best-selling author of “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” (on the int'l bestseller charts for over 6 years) and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. If you are wondering what the heck is going on, the answer is simple. We are in the process of a massive shift in consciousness that can most aptly be described as the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. As a medicine woman, I guide you to the next deepest understanding and embodiment of yourself as a spiritual being. Whether you receive a shamanic healing session, participate in the Reinvent Yourself Training program, or join us for Inner Medicine Training, one thing is certain: you will connect more deeply with your true self and learn to navigate the changes in your life from an empowered space within. SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION: https://tinyurl.com/SoulNectarChat JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership In Soul Nectar Tribe, we are joining forces to influence a new conversation on the planet…one that respects and honors all of life and looks forward seven generations to ensure the consequences of our actions are what we choose to create for our descendents. When we join our sparks together in community and comraderie, we become a powerful beacon of light and hope. FREE GIFTS! 1. Receive the free Reinvent Yourself ebook and guided meditations at http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/gift 2. Receive the Second Wave Guided Meditation Pack for free at http://www.thesecondwave.media LINKS FOR KERRI HUMMINGBIRD Website: www.kerrihummingbird.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulnectarshow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/
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Cultivating H.E.R. Space: Uplifting Conversations for the Black Woman
Lady, have you ever had your chakras line up with your partner’s? Would you know what it feels like if they did? No worries. Mother Earth provides us with everything we need so we got you in today's throwback episode! Eliza Boquin joins Dr. Dom and Terri for a conversation on connection between chakras, energy healing, and sex. Eliza describes each of the seven chakras with examples and how to heal based on each of their functions. Of course, we get an answer to that question of what sex looks like when partners have their chakras aligned. This is such an informative conversation that we know will resonate.Quote of the Day:"Yeah, stamina during sex is cool but have you ever had your chakras line up with your partner's and have them vibrate together?”— Eliza BoquinThe 7 chakras:rootsacralsolar plexusheartthroatbrow (third eye)crownWhere to Find Eliza:The Chakras + Sex + Relationships PodcastThe Flow & Ease Healing CenterMelanin and Mental HealthIG: ElizaGVoquin Resources:Dr. Dom’s Therapy PracticeBranding with TerriMelanin and Mental HealthTherapy for Black Girls Psychology TodayTherapy for QPOCTherapy for Black MenWhere to find us:Twitter: @HERspacepodcastInstagram: @herspacepodcastFacebook: @herspacepodcastWebsite: cultivatingherspace.com Check out the Best of CHS!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sometimes, little things can be a big deal. For example, in considering ways to help protect Mother Earth from global environmental rampages by us humans, look out your window.In many cities and most suburbs, chances are you're looking at a lawn – a grass-carpeted yard that looks almost the same as the one next door, the one next to it, etc. Some see a lush expanse of green grass as the ultimate in landscaping beauty, and some even consider a well-manicured lawn to be a measure of one's moral character.Beauty and piety aside, though, the spread and intensification of “lawn culture” has become an environmental extravagance that is already unsustainable in whole sections of our country, and it adds up to a steadily-increasing burden on Earth's essential resources. Grass itself is natural, but keeping it alive across thousands of square miles is not, for it requires a deluge of chemicals and endless rivers of water applied again and again, yard after yard, trying to keep these plots green. And – O, the irony! – their “green” includes eliminating bees, butterflies… and, well, nature. One statistic tells the tale: Americans use more than 10 times more poison per acre than all of America's farmers use on their crops.Just glance around you, and you'll see the grass lawn imperative at work throughout your community – it surrounds local schools, “greens-up” corporate complexes, spreads across college campuses, forms miles of golf courses, etc.This is not a diatribe against grassy plots, which can be natural joys. But let's get real, get creative, and get in touch with the full balance and beauty of nature. You can promote ground cover sanity right where you live with native plants, xeriscaping, organic methods, rain gardens, and “re-wilding” your yard with things like prairie grass. For help, go to Rewild.org/Rewild-Your-Life.Jim Hightower's Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimhightower.substack.com/subscribe
In a world that wants us to move faster, produce more, and live entirely in our heads, Kaitlin Curtice offers a different path: remembering who we are. Drawing on Indigenous wisdom, Kaitlin shares practical ways to reconnect with our bodies, our younger selves, each other, and the Earth. We discuss how trauma disconnects us from ourselves, why presence is a radical act of resistance, and how healing begins when we remember that we are not machines—we are human beings. - How trauma and disconnection pull us out of our bodies—and how to find our way back- Why asking "What does ‘Little You' need right now?" can be a powerful healing practice- Simple ways to reconnect with nature, presence, and yourself—including talking to your houseplants- The lasting impact of purity culture, colonization, and assimilation on our sense of self- Everyday acts of resistance that help us reclaim what we've lost About Kaitlin: Kaitlin Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity. She is a wise and vital voice on decolonizing our bodies, faith, and families, and the freedom and peace of embodiment - finding wholeness in ourselves, our stories, and our lineage. Her book, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day, examines the journey of resisting the status quo by caring for ourselves, one another, and Mother Earth. Follow We Can Do Hard Things on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/wecandohardthings
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