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In our final episode of Season 1, we are joined by Sarah A. Bowen, an animal chaplain and a co-founder of Compassion Consortium―the first interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies community for people who care about and advocate for animals and the planet―where she leads the Animal Chaplaincy Training program. She also companions animals through death, creates sacred memorial rituals, counsels humans grieving animal loss, and advocates for exploited and endangered species in both religious and secular contexts. An RNS Vatican News Reporter featured her response to Pope Francis's suggestion that having pets is selfish.  An award-winning author, her latest book is Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain's Advice for Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Trying to Heal the Planet  (Monkfish Publishing). A columnist on animal/human relationships for Spirituality & Health magazine, Bowen's work has also appeared in Parabola, Tricycle, Religion Dispatches, Psychology Today, and Animal Culture Magazine, ​​A passionate speaker and teacher, Bowen has presented for the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, Parliament of the World's Religions, Spiritual Directors International, Best Friends National Conference, and the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. Sarah is also an academic dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, where she encourages emerging clergy to align their spiritual values with animal and planetary welfare.  Sarah holds a BA in Human Ecology from Michigan State University, MA in Religious Studies from Chicago Theological Seminary, was ordained through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, completed Emerson Theological's Passmore Animal Chaplain Program, and is joyfully engaged in postgraduate research in Humane Religious Studies and Anthrozoology. You can find her: Instagram @modernreverend Website: https://www.sacredsendoffs.com/ And in so many other places!  Do YOU want to be an animal communicator? Email us at info@theanimalcommunicationpodcast.com and ask to be alerted to the Black Friday deals our teacher, Danielle MacKinnon, will be announcing later this week! Meet the hosts- Julie Hirt is a Certified Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Certified Heart Animal Soul Professional Communicator, Certified Soul Level Intuitive Coach® and Certified Spirit Animal Sacred Alchemy Practitioner. She writes the column “Trust the Animals” on Substack and is a teaching assistant for the Danielle MacKinnon School. Julie is also the Social Media Director for The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: https://www.juliehirt-intuitive.com/ Karen Dendy Smith is a Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Soul Level Intuitive Coach®, Pangu Shengong (qigong) Instructor and Energy Healer. She is an End-of-life Companion Animal Doula through the UVM certificate program and a teaching assistant for the Danielle MacKinnon School. She is also on the board of NicaLove Animal Rescue and the Founder and a Director of The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: https://www.karendendysmith.com/ Meredith Tollison is a Soul Level Animal Communicator®, Soul Level Intuitive Coach®, Let Animals Lead® Animal Reiki Practitioner, and certified dog trainer with a focus on behavior modification and positive reinforcement. She is also a Director of The Animal Communication Collective®. Find out more about her at her website: https://www.meredithtollison.com/ You can also learn more about podcast news, your hosts and upcoming events at https://www.theanimalcommunicationpodcast.com/. And to learn more about the fundraising work Karen, Meredith and Julie do with The Animal Communication Collective, please visit https://www.animalcommunicationcollective.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meemie Lohmueller is the Pastoral Care Minister at Unity of the Triangle in Raleigh, NC. She has been in Unity for over 30 years.  She was ordained at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City, as an Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister, where she embraced a variety of spiritual practices including the major religions of the world.  Her passion is for affirmative prayer and spiritual companionship.     As a Pastoral Care Minister she supports the prayer and spiritual needs of her congregants through spiritual counseling and training volunteers in affirmative prayer.   We invited Meemie to share her knowledge and experience of the transformative power of prayer.  Here are just some of the things we covered: --How affirmative prayer is different from other forms of prayer --5 step process to pray --Her personal journey that led her to prayer and supporting others Please like, follow, comment, and SHARE this podcast to help others find us. Contact Meemie Lohmueller RevMeemie@gmail.com www.meemielohmueller.com Connect with Spirt Led Podcast Center for Spiritual Awareness https://www.csa-davis.org Follow Spirit Led Podbean - https://kriya.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spirit-led-a-monthly-kriya-yoga-podcast/id1510733516 Center for Spiritual Awareness YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@nliten108?si=lF5IcD4u9Vbn6qGs Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6H44UqiMdUnBkSWFKSA5r2?si=82be979bfc464ab0   #affirmativeprayer #affirmations #powerofprayer #Unity #Unityprayer #newthought #RoyEugeneDavis #ParamahansaYogananda #KriyaYoga #SpiritualGrowth #Consciousness #Spirituality #SpiritLedPodcast #SpiritualityBooks #CSA #CenterforSpiritualAwareness #Yoga #Meditation

Video version here: https://youtu.be/FtDBx1IBkoAA spiritual pioneer, Phyllis Curott is an attorney, writer and one of America's first public Witches. Her international best-selling memoir Book of Shadows, 5 other books and groundbreaking Witches' Wisdom Tarot have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author in the world. An outspoken advocate in the courts and media, she handled or consulted on groundbreaking cases securing the legal rights of Witches, including cases of child custody, religious assembly, organization, expression, and free speech. Phyllis was named one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year by Jane Magazine and inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegium of Clergy and Scholars. She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit. Phyllis is a Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, serving as Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, and Program Chair for the historic 2021 Parliament blessed by Pope Francis, and the 2023 Parliament with its theme of religious responsibility to resist the growing scourge of fascism. New York Magazine has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture's “next big idea” and Time Magazine has published her as one of America's leading thinkers. Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis is teaching online and working on her next book on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature's “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches. Website: https://www.phylliscurott.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phylliscurottInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/phylliscurott/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PhyllisCurottWitchcrafting

My guest today is Phyllis Curott, a writer and one of America's first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Aas a lawyer, she has been an outspoken advocate in the courts and media securing the legal rights of Witches.Phyllis was named one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year by Jane Magazine. She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit. Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women's Assembly. New York Magazine has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture's “next big idea” and Time Magazine has published her as one of America's leading thinkers. Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature's “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches.www,phylliscurott.comInstagram.com/phylliscurott"There's a wildness within us that yearns to be physical, sensual, animal, free. But fear of this unknown part, of where it might take us and who it might make us, has left us all only half alive." Phyllis Curott, The Witches Wisdom Tarot GuidebookWe started by talking about The Witches Wisdom Tarot that she created with Danielle Barlow. From there we move on to the wisdom of the body and following our instincts. The theme of murmurations comes back again and again...to do with birds, women and magic it is an incredible deep dive conversation weaving magic, books, art and ways of knowing, finding the courage to be out and seen in our creative magic. We also discuss:Awe, wonder and the power of the liminalComing back into the public eye after a period of retreatCalling women crazy as a way of shutting them downBreaking the spell of patriarchy."It starts with you...but very quickly you realize it's not about you, the world needs you. You've been called." Phyllis CurottResources MentionedCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. PearceThe Witches Wisdom Tarot - Phyllis Curott and Danielle BarlowBook of Shadows - Phyllis CurottBurning Woman - Lucy H. PearceMusic: Alice in Dark Wonderland, Lexin Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary Ann Brussat learned as a young teenager how to see the sacred in the everyday, and in every culture and context. When her South Dakota-based family moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in the early 1960s so her father, a physician, could work with a USAID-affiliated project for Pakistani doctors, Mary Ann became foundationally trained to be open to and aware of the beauty in the ordinary. She met local Pakistanis through the interdenominational church her family attended, the bazaars, villages, and people right next door -- and began recognizing the sign of the universal connection in that new land and people. "Our family used to say that every time we left our house in Karachi, we would see something we had never seen before," she reflects. "And it was the little things I was most fascinated by." Along with her husband Frederic Brussat, Mary Ann for the past several decades has co-architected SpiritualityandPractice.com (S&P), an excavation of cultural and spiritual resources across faith, culture, and ethnic lines. The website's curation of materials -- from quotations and poems, to reviews of books and films, to virtual courses by leading wisdom teachers -- serve as insightful companions for those on spiritual journeys. She lives and works with the tenet that eternal, universal truths are not localized to holy places. extraordinary acts, or a special day in the week. Instead, they are embedded in our contemporary lives -- in signs, symbols, poems, music, films, rituals, places, daily chores, and relationships. She believes anyone can develop the capacity to connect with the passage of spirit through the quotidian landscape - if they are open to "start where they are." The crux of cultivating this spiritual perspective is to entrain our cognitions -- a subtler form of re-cognition -- to relate anew with the materials of our day-to-day lives. She shares: "a snowflake melting, a bee sucking honey, a seemingly ordinary (hu)man at a traffic light giving you directions. That's it to me. Little acts. Everyday things. Moments when we feel connected to something greater than our individual selves. Times when we serve others." Her lens of perception shares roots with diverse religious traditions and also upholds secular and spiritual sensibilities. "Sufi mystics share that the fingerprint of the beloved is in everything," she shares, "whereas Islam holds that everything that happens inside and outside of us is 'a letter to be read', and medieval monks called it reading the book of the world." In that sense, the practice of being open to the sacred in everyday, ordinary reality propels a multi-faith worldview. This goal speaks through Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life, a book she and Frederic co-authored in 1996 as a collection of more than 650 examples of spiritual perspectives on everyday experience. They introduced the Alphabet of Spiritual Literacy -- 37 spiritual practices that are common across world religions. In 1999, a Canadian film company turned the Brussats' Alphabet of practices into a 26-episode television series. Soon after, the Brussats wrote Spiritual Rx: Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life, an experiential book that helps readers explore practices befitting their particular path. Mary Ann is an interfaith Minister ordained by the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and a 'Christian-Sufi' Initiate of the Mevlevi Sufi Order that traces its inspiration to Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. She remains actively attuned to the idea that "in our era of extreme polarization, we need to find points of connection among groups." She and Frederic, who is a United Church of Christ clergyman, have embraced a far-sighted view of their work from the get-go. They arrived in New York City in 1969 with no jobs and to dream up their own careers at the intersection of spirituality and culture. This was largely unheard of -- but they were persistent. Together they brought along interests and degrees in philosophy, history, media and arts, religion, and political science. In 1972, they started their first publication Cultural Information Service (CIS) where they reviewed movies, books, and events. They described it as a "monthly rendezvous with serious art which offers us opportunities to deepen our perceptions, expand our vision." As their creative approach rippled across New York, they began producing educational materials and television guides -- eventually working with leading media houses to launch a constellation of projects merging the internet, art, media, and spirituality. Their work eventually culminated in SpiritualityandPractice.com, which consolidated previous newsletters and websites to establish sections on more than 2000 spiritual practices. Bonus: Enjoy this 2018 review Mary Ann wrote for Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show in New York City, and the sermons on place, relationships, and service underpinning the show. Mary Ann is a member of Judson Memorial Church, a United Church of Christ congregation in New York City. Judson's long-standing commitment to arts and social justice for LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities bears special meaning for her. The Brussats live in Pilgrim Place, an intentional community in Claremont, California, since 2015, together with their Maine Coon cats, Rumi and Shams. Come join us for a call with this explorer, culture-shaper, and practitioner of everyday sacred adventures.The call will be moderated by Charles Gibbs, an Episcopal priest and Sufi by adoption and Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA officer turned peacebuilder.

Sean Harvey, a fellow advocate in men's work. We delved into his new book, Warrior Compassion: Unleashing the Healing Power of Men, which I was fortunate enough to preview. In this special episode of Mojo for the Modern Man, Sean opens up about his impactful work with various sectors, including the police and the military, emphasizing the transformative potential of compassion. Join us as we celebrate the release of Warrior Compassion and explore the profound essence of masculinity through Sean's remarkable insights.Bio:Sean Harvey is Chief Compassion Officer and Founder of the Warrior Compassion Men's Studio and the Sympónia Facilitator Studio.  He is actively involved and contributing to men's work communities around the globe and is passionate about helping men heal their wounds at a soul level to begin to love the truth of who they are.  His work in personal, organizational, and societal transformation is inspired by 20+years of Purpose, Talent, and Organization Development consulting combined with having served on the faculties of Cornell, NYU, and Baruch College CUNY, teaching courses in the areas of Leadership, Management, and Organizational Behavior & Change.  Sean is affiliated with George Washington University's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership in Washington, D.C. His book, Warrior Compassion, Unleashing the Healing Power of Men, will be released in September 2023. Warrior Compassion offers a roadmap for men's soul healing as a catalyst for systems change.He believes men's healing, especially for those in the power centers and in hyper-masculine systems, serves as a conduit for compassionate bridge building across gender, reframing leadership models, shifting power dynamics, and reimagining organizational and societal systems and structures that will transform cultures. Sean co-founded Project Compassion, a national coalition of culture transformation, masculinity, and compassion experts developing a compassion-centered systems change model and consulting approach for police departments, federal law enforcement agencies, military security forces, and defense. Sean most recently served as the head of Personal Transformation and Wellbeing for EILEEN FISHER, co-authoring an article for the Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion on Nurturing the Soul of the Company at EILEEN FISHER. Before his experience at EILEEN FISHER, Sean was the Vice President of Talent Consulting for Partners International, where he launched a Socially Conscious Leadership program for emerging leaders on Wall Street. Sean holds an MSOD in Organization Development from Loyola University Chicago, an MSEd in Counseling with a theoretical orientation in Existential Psychotherapy from Fordham University. He is an ordained Interfaith/Inter-spiritual Minister from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.Website: https://www.warriorcompassion.com/founder

Did you know that Magic is rooted in humanity's oldest religion, shamanism? Or that it was the primary practice of the Euro-Indigenous peoples? One of the most surprising things I learned from this week's episode about Magic is realizing I have been practicing magic without even knowing it, and I bet you have been too! That's why I am so excited to share this fascinating interview with you with this week's special guest, Phyllis Curott, author of Spells for Living Well. Here's a little information about her: A spiritual pioneer, Phyllis Curott is an attorney, writer and one of America's first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Phyllis received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit.  Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women's Assembly, and served as the Program Chair for the historic 2021 Parliament attended by Patriarch Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox Church and blessed by Pope Francis. Her YouTube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature's "secret magic" and why the world needs its Witches.  In this episode, Phyllis will share her journey from lawyer to priestess, and how you can begin to claim your own inner priestess by connecting to the magic of the natural world. We also talk about why now, more than ever, the earth needs all of us to reclaim our ‘inner witch.' To receive Phyllis' free gift, A Spell to Live In Harmony, click here - https://www.phylliscurott.com/well   Key Learnings: Magic and miracles are the same. Both require us to connect to and be open to receiving the benevolent energy that is life. The word witch is from wicce (pronounced witch-a) which means wise one. Witchcraft, therefore, is the craft of the wise. It includes being a healer, midwife, conductor of ceremonies, interpreter of dreams, and one who is connected to both the spirit world and the natural world.  Magic is not about manipulating supernatural forces, or Nature, or treating the world like an inanimate vending machine. Magic is not about seek to have power of Creation, or the living beings who live with us, or the forces that make it all work. That approach is un-natural. Cast spells to discover what the wicces knew: Magic is the source that creates, the force that unites, the flow of divine energy into form and form into energy in a regenerating dance that creates and sustains and re-creates life.   “Cast spells as spiritual practices and you'll discover that all spells are, in one way or another, love spells.” Phyllis Curott   Click here to receive the FREE Gift – A spell to live in harmony To purchase Phyllis' book Spells for Living Well, click here To learn more about Phyllis Curott's work and teachings, click here If you love the image on the wall behind me of Mother Mary Blessing the World, you can order your own museum quality copy at www.deepaliu.com  

Are you tired of being everything for everyone? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Nancy Colier on her new #book The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You're Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need. #MomentsWithMarianne with host Marianne Pestana airs every Friday at 10AM PST/ 1PM EST in the Southern California area on ABC News Radio KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM! Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author, and public speaker. She graduated from the University of Virginia, Columbia University School of Social Work, the Focusing Institute, and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Mindfulness and Buddhist practices form the ground of her psychotherapy and spiritual counseling practice. A long time student of eastern spirituality and non-duality, Nancy helps to uncover the awareness, joy and presence that is the ground of well-being. Her work serves to connect clients with their authentic nature and deepest truth. https://nancycolier.com For more show information visit: www.MariannePestana.com#bookclub #readinglist #books #bookish #author #authorinterview #lifeskills #KMET1490AM #radioshow #mindfulness #buddhism #stress #aniexty #overthinking #newlife #womensupportingwomen #women #emotionalexhausted #tired

Sandra Bargman is a creative soul, intuitive communicator, and energetic servant. It started when she was three years old, marched into her family kitchen, hands on her hips and announced that she was here on “a mission!" Every career choice she has made has ultimately rested on the ancient Greek maxim of “Know Thyself," the directive that is at the heart of every artistic, spiritual and leadership journey. She hold a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and has had a happy 30+ year career as a professional actor, director, teacher and presentation coach. She has performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, the clubs and cabaret rooms of NYC, off-Broadway, regional theatres and beyond. Her spiritual life called her further inward, and in 2007, she was ordained as an Inter-spiritual Minister from The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies. She hold an advanced certification from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in Spiritual Counseling. Unaffiliated with any single religious tradition, she has helped clients of all faiths and traditions (including none) in pursuing deeper self- understanding in their personal quest to 'Know Thyself."

Reverend Artist Barbara Ann Michaels. Jester of the Peace, is a clown theater performance artist and Ordained Interfaith Minister. Her mission is to put humor, art and love back in the medicine cabinet for generations to come. She founded an online town for humor and wellness including House of Holy Humor, the non-religious congregation for humor for wellbeing, Humor Arts Museum, for uplifting humorous art in all media, the It's Funny Now Library, a global video story bank of true tales were hard when they were happening, yet are funny to the tellers now, the Love Letter Lounge Post Office and more to come. She has been an audience-interactive performing artist for over 30 years, presenting and educating at the nexus of humor, art and love at most places people gather for a good purpose: Museums, Universities, Galleries, Galas, Festivals, Trade Shows, Conferences, Theaters and in the Streets - around the world. She also is an award winning wedding officiant, performing over 550 ceremonies for creative couples. She is a graduate of Brown University, Massachusetts College of Art, and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.   At the time of this recording, House of Holy Humor is in residence through Chashama at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, uplifting commuters with positive participatory arts experiences, Humor Arts Museum is going into its fourth online show, on contemporary humorous sculpture and photography, and It's Funny Now is being studied at Lahore Leads University in Pakistan, with story sharing programs launching with Let The Girl Be in Uganda, and high schools in New York, USA.   Join at http://JesterOfThePeace.com   Contact: Barbara@JesterOfThePeace.com   Jester of the Peace IG: https://www.instagram.com/jesterofthepeace/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/JesterOfThePeace LI:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesterofthepeace/ TW: https://twitter.com/JesterOfPeace   House of Holy Humor: IG:  https://www.instagram.com/HouseOfHolyHumor FB: https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfHolyHumor   Humor Arts Museum: IG: https://www.instagram.com/humorartsmuseum/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/HumorArtsMuseum LI:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/humor-arts-museum TW: https://twitter.com/HumorArtsMuseum

In this week's episode, Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil and Rev. David Wallace swap poetry and song ahead of their upcoming 4-part webinar series entitled "Deep Calls Unto Deep: A Contemplative Exploration of the Psalms in Our Life and Practice", which begins on January 30.  This Interspiritually-minded and experiential webinar highlights works from The Book of Psalms, a revered sacred text across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which is cherished for its deep wisdom, beautiful poetry, and broad exploration of the joys, sorrows, despairs, and longings at the heart of the human condition. We will be learning about and engaging with the Book of Psalms through teaching, music, writing, and contemplative listening, with opportunities for sharing and for spiritual companionship. All spiritual wayfarers from any spiritual orientation or tradition will find wisdom, song, and practice to nourish their souls. Learn more and register for this webinar series at sdicompanions.org. ---- Rev. Simon Ruth de Voil, is an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister, trained to be a sacred presence outside the conventions of traditional religion. As a sacred musician, spiritual mentor and worship leader he incorporates chant, ritual, poetry, storytelling, and mindful practice to create a space for profound connection and sacred witness. Simon provides music for worship, ceremony, and prayer in a wide variety of churches and non-religious spiritual communities. He particularly loves to create music for meditation, healing services, and rites of passage. Simon is also an experienced workshop and retreat leader, drawing on 15 years of study, training, and practice that grew from his time living and working in Iona Abbey. Although influenced by many traditions, Simon's spiritual path and teaching is deeply rooted in Celtic Christianity, the wisdom of the earth, and in the Scottish land where he's spent most of his life. Learn more about Simon on his website: simondevoil.com Rev. David Wallace recently retired as a dean and senior teacher for One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City, and is a faculty member of the spiritual direction program at the Rowe Center and an active officiant and spiritual director.  He is a graduate of St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM, and has continued those studies as a lifelong student of the “great books” of philosophy and archetypal psychology.  Rev. Wallace offers teaching and retreats at spiritual venues worldwide, and specializes in poetics, contemplative practice, and the wisdom texts of both the Eastern and Western traditions.  

Rev. Barbara Ann Michaels. Jester of the Peace, is a clown theater artist and Ordained Interfaith Minister, and the founder of House of Holy Humor, the first non-religious congregation for humor for wellness. She has been an audience-interactive performing artist for over 30 years, presenting and educating at most places people gather for a good purpose: Museums, Universities, Galleries, Galas, Festivals, Trade Shows, Conferences, Theaters and in the Streets - around the world. She also is an award winning wedding officiant, performing over 550 ceremonies for creative couples. She is a graduate of Brown University, Massachusetts College of Art, and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.###Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México and  coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith:Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal Meridith Grundei CoachingYou can find Joseph:Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREONThank you. 

She has provided clients worldwide with a holistic and spiritual approach to healing for the last 15 years. Throughout her broad business career in marketing and design, her intuitive and healing gifts were evident, but intensified significantly while she was enrolled in Interfaith Seminary training in 2005. Cathy has worked with noted mystic and author Andrew Harvey refining her abilities and applying them to world problems and institutions. Her work with the United Nations, the Center for Integrative Wellness, Deepak Chopra's Global Leadership Institute, and as the Executive Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism have given her a valuable opportunity to bring perspective of healing and communication with the unseen into large institutions. Presently Cathy is in private practice in Brooklyn, NY as a medium, healer and teacher. Cathy's foray into energy healing and spiritual development started with the acknowledgement of a life long gift of intuition that just wouldn't go away. She became a Reiki Master Teacher in 1994, a Tera Mai Seichem Master in 2008, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2005. The Forever Family Foundation Certificate Program certified Cathy as a Medium in 2006. She has also conducted Mediumship Afterlife Tests and experiments with Dianne Archangel in Texas working with Dr. Emily Kelly at University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Grayson. She has studied Astrology, Tarot, Hinduism, Buddhism, esoteric mystery traditions, shamanism, herbology and earth centered religion, and is the daughter of a West African spiritualist tradition called Palo. She has worked with many noted teachers, mentors, and shaman, and continues to use her knowledge of the unseen world to craft practical and relevant tools for inspired living in this time. Angels and luminous guides continue to bless Cathy's journey. Cathy Towle is writing a book on Intuition, and is a contributor to the Ecological Anthology "Living Now," which will be published sometime in 2011. Her main website is www.cathytowle.com.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

Lesley was recently joined by actor, singer, Inter-spiritual Minister, philosopher and provocative thinker, Sandra Bargman for a fascinating conversation about life and its many facets. Having realized herself as a Walking Venn Diagram, Sandra dives into the understanding of the polarities of life, the light and the dark, the sacred and the profane of everyday. She shares poignant perspectives on her commitment to sharing her Voice as we all navigate crossroads of Humanity. From the stage to her recent commitment to be a leader in the renaissance of Salon culture, Sandra discusses the many means and platforms from which she delivers her understandings and messages. The listener will be charmed by the story of the how Sandra's understanding of her relationship with the edge was birthed during a road trip with her beloved, thus came her recognition of walking through life as an edgewalker. From developing one woman shows, to podcasting, to converting a building on she and her husband's Catskills property into the salon space called The Plum, Sandra skips right past the common and traditional to walk the edge of her life. Sandra Bargman is a creative soul, intuitive communicator, and energetic servant. It started at three years old, when she marched into the family kitchen, hands on her hips and announced that she was here on “a mission”! Every career choice She's made has ultimately rested on the ancient Greek maxim of “Know Thyself”, the directive that is at the heart of every artistic, spiritual and leadership journey. Sandra holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and have had a happy 35+ year career as a professional actor, director, teacher and presentation coach. She's performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, off-Broadway, and beyond and continue to work in the industry. In 2007, Sandra was ordained as an Inter-spiritual Minister from The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies and holds an advanced certification from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in Spiritual Counseling. Unaffiliated with any single religious tradition. Sandra's helped clients of all faiths and traditions (including none) in pursuing deeper self- understanding in their personal quest to 'Know Thyself”. Sandra helps others understand and accept the inevitability of change. In 2014, she started my own company, Sacred Stages, LLC, which is dedicated to encouraging everyone to discover the timeless universal truths of Spirit/The Sacred/The Divine through the venue of live theater, music, workshops, and ritual design. Sandra's one-woman show, The Edge of Everyday, garnered a Broadway World award nomination. The live CD recording can be found on Amazon and CD Baby. Watch video version HERE   Website:  www.sandrabargman.com Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrabargman/ Instagram:  @SandraBargman @theplumatth2live Twitter:  @SandraBargman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.bargman/

Sarah Bowen is an animal chaplain, multi-faith spiritual educator, cofounder of Compassion Consortium, and author of Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain's Advice for Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Trying to Heal the Planet. As a member of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary's faculty, Spiritual Directors International, the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement, and several recovery communities, Bowen supports all beings regardless of their species or belief system. Bowen is also a co-founder of Compassion Consortium, the first interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies spiritual community.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra considers herself to be all things spiritual, then clarifies she is not a part of any religious body. As a spiritual councillor, nondenominational minister, actor, singer, shaman, wedding officiant and more, she sees her role as a spiritual councillor that supports one quest to find and experience a deeper meaning in life, death, and marriage ceremonies. She is vibrant, kind, articulate, fashionable, quick to smile, has an open heart filled with wisdom and a free spirit. She lives in NYC with her husband and has emersed herself in many spiritual pathways through life. And found that acting was one way for her voice and expression to be heard.  As a child, she recalls being highly intuitive, having visions, invisible playmates and many metaphysical abilities and experiences. As a child, her parents were open to her spiritual experiences, but at some point, she says, these experiences became less acceptable and were placed under a blanket, hidden from sight. Growing up in a faith-based family, Sandra left her church at 18, finding different pathway for bringing her voice and truth into the world. But as in life, there are pivotal moments. Sandra's arrived with her Mother's Cancer diagnosis. As they prepared for her passing, and eventually her death, Sandra entered her calling, to become a non-denominational minister. Sandra recalls the pain of losing her mom. They had been deeply connected and her Mom was her biggest supporter. As Mother and daughter prepared for death, they spend many special and unique times together, creating and writing her obituary, choosing favored songs that would be song and designing her Mom's funeral, a true tribute to her mom's life. And this is Sandra! A multi-dimentional spiritual and caring women of the arts, heart and mind. I hope you enjoy learning more about Sandra and her life experience in this episode of Mind Your Freedom. BIO: Inter-spiritual Minister, Actor/Singer, and Motivational presenter, Sandra lives her life mission of “Create + Uplift = Changing Myself and the World.” After a lifetime of learning about the mystical, earth-based and energetic traditions, Sandra answered the call to spiritual leadership, taking on a parallel career by enrolling in seminary at The New Seminary (TNS) for Interfaith Studies in NYC and was ordained at St. John the Divine in 2007. She has a subsequent seminary degree in Spiritual Counseling from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, also in NYC. From 2008-2011, Sandra was the Dean of 1st year students at TNS.  She is a multiple award-winning wedding officiant and speaks before many diverse groups. Sandra has been a professional actor and singer for 40+ years and holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in drama and music.  Her theatre performing credits include lead or supporting roles in Broadway National tours, Off- Broadway, and Regional and Summer Stock theatres across the country. As a singer, she has performed in the cabaret rooms of NYC, on cruise ships and on stages around the world. (Member AEA & SAG/AFRA) She has shared the stage with notables including Eartha Kitt, John Astin, Wilford Brimley, Rebecca Luker, and Beth Leavel, among others. Her distinctive voice can be heard in commercials and books on tape. In 2014, Sandra started her own company, Sacred Stages, LLC, which produces plays, performance art, and media, as well as her one woman shows dedicated to exploring our big questions about life and contemplating these challenging times. Her most recent show, The Edge of Everyday, was nominated for a Broadway World Cabaret Award, and the live CD recording is available on Amazon and CD Baby.  Sandra's natural connection to earth based wisdom inspired her to add the role of Activist to her resume, by becoming a Climate Reality Leader in 2017, after completing her training with Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project.   In 2020, she was asked by thought leader and author Lesley Michaels to join the staff of The International Strategic Alliance of Women, an on-line membership company that empowers, uplifts, and educates professional women at all levels (www.isaow.com). Sandra is a contributing author to Lesley's upcoming book. For more information and to receive my good news, visit: Website Sandrabargman.com: Sandra Bargman Reverand Sandra learn more about Sacred Stages Email Sandra Adele's BIO: At 27 Adele Anderson survived a plane crash. That life and NDE experience, followed by the death of her husband, forever changed her perception of life, death and life after death: that choices and "SOUL"utions exists even in life's most dire and painful circumstances. She knows now that life always offers us more than on what we see on first glance. The choices we make every day can change how we cope, thrive and ultimately the trajectory of our life. For over 20 years she has holistic practice. Homeopathy for body health. Neuro-Linguistic Programming to regulate equilibrium for the mind; reprogramming, empowering mental process. Spiritual rituals and Akashic Records Reading that soothe the soul. Adele offers 1:1 personal growth and developement, focussing on the emotions that hold us back, in particular grieving. Workshops and NLP certifications both virtually and in retreats In 2022, Adele is opening her waterfront home for intimate retreats for Growth Through Grief "Soul"utions. Services email: Yes@lifecoachadele.com Text only: 604-885-8236 Schedule a conversation 

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In this episode, I'm sitting down w/ my beautiful Goddess sister, Rev. Mignon Grayson and we are talking about her favorite topic, ancestor reverence. So sit back and relax, take notes. Rev. Mignon Grayson is the Founder of Sacred Mysteries World Wide and an ordained Minister of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. She was ordained in 2016. She chose the interfaith path due to her calling to serve people of all faiths and religious practices. Mignon recognizes that there is a common link to the Divine Creator within all religious traditions. ​ Mignon heard the call of Spirit at an early age. She began to explore the different spiritual practices of Africa, Indigenous North America and East Indian cultures. Her curiosity of the Divine in its various expressions lead her to study ancient Egyptian (Kemet) religion as her first introduction to African spiritual tradition. Later, Mignon was drawn to other African religions where she became a devotee of the IFA tradition of Nigeria and initiated as a Yayi (priestess) in Palo Mayombe which is rooted in the African Congo Bantu tradition. ​ Through her many years of being a devotee of the IFA tradition and her initiation into Palo Mayombe, Mignon has learned the deep importance of the ancestors and their connection to our daily life and our spiritual evolution. This is a theme throughout most ancient cultures. Mignon's particular focus is to bring the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions from across the world to the masses through Sacred Mysteries World Wide and to honor the Divine Feminine through her work with women and girls in discovering and unleashing their personal divine power. ​ As a spiritual evolutionary coach, Mignon seeks to inspire and support people on their spiritual journey by assisting them in connecting with their most authentic and sacred soul calling. As a sound healer, Mignon uses the vibrational energies of sound to bring out healing by energy recalibration. ​ Mignon works passionately to be a constant vessel of healing, love and spirituality. To connect w/ Rev. Mignon Grayson: Website: www.sacredmysteries.org Email: the.rev.mignon@gmail.com IG: @sacredmysteries_ww YouTube: Sacred Mysteries World Wide ClubHouse: @theempressming To get a copy of "Ancestor Reverence & Rituals; A Beginner's Guidebook on How to Honor Those Who Have Come Before" click the link https://amzn.to/3nQtL7s

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson is director of spiritual care and activism for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, leading RCRC's mission to equip, galvanize and collaborate with faith and community leaders advocating for reproductive dignity and freedom. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC), Dr. Cari has served as pastor of congregations in UCC, United Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church-USA, incorporating spirituality and social justice. As a social healer, she has developed the Taking Back My LifeTM program for the healing and empowerment of survivors of sexual assault. She has served as adjunct faculty at Union Theological Seminary and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Dr. Cari holds a Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics, Master of Divinity, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. She is the author of five books including Love Like You've Never Been Hurt and For the Souls of Black Folks: Reimagining Black Preaching for 21st-Century Liberation. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– To support this podcast, please visit https://activistheology.com/give. To follow Activist Theology on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook: @activistheology To be in touch with Dr. Robyn: robyn@activistheology.com or @irobyn To be in touch with Rev. Anna: anna@activistheology.com or @unholyhairetic The Activist Theology Podcast is an Irreverent Media Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson is director of spiritual care and activism for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, leading RCRC's mission to equip, galvanize and collaborate with faith and community leaders advocating for reproductive dignity and freedom. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC), Dr. Cari has served as pastor of congregations in UCC, United Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church-USA, incorporating spirituality and social justice. As a social healer, she has developed the Taking Back My LifeTM program for the healing and empowerment of survivors of sexual assault. She has served as adjunct faculty at Union Theological Seminary and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Dr. Cari holds a Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics, Master of Divinity, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. She is the author of five books including Love Like You've Never Been Hurt and For the Souls of Black Folks: Reimagining Black Preaching for 21st-Century Liberation. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– To support this podcast, please visit https://activistheology.com/give. To follow Activist Theology on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook: @activistheology To be in touch with Dr. Robyn: robyn@activistheology.com or @irobyn To be in touch with Rev. Anna: anna@activistheology.com or @unholyhairetic The Activist Theology Podcast is an Irreverent Media Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayhem to Miracles: Sacred Stories of Transformational Hope by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos and Rev Ariel Patricia Foreword by Rev. Dr.Temple Hayes, spiritual leader, differencemaker, and CEO of First Unity Spiritual Campus, St. Petersberg, Florida. “Having a daughter has been one of my greatest miracles. There's a refrigerator magnet that says, ‘The best is yet to come. If it hasn't, it isn't over yet.'” When we practice giving consciously, our lives begin to move forward faster. Everything amplifies.~ James Redfield, NY Times Best Selling Author of The Celestine Prophecy The true stories of courage, triumph, and peace in the personal testimonies of everyday people and prominent figures, including: Co-author Kathleen O'Keefe Kanavos' finding her “Forever Love” · Co-author Reverend Ariel Patricia's message of hope from an animal totem · New York Times bestselling author James Redfield's synchronicities of writing The Celestine Prophecy · Spiritual mentor Sister Dr. Jenna's transformation from disco queen to Divine angel · New York Times bestselling author Dr. Bernie Siegel's spiritual flat tires in life · Media guru Deborah Beauvais' fight to save her child … and herself · Media partner Peggy Willms' difficult decision on her pregnancy due to illness Hope is the light in our dark hour that guides us through the storms. Hope gives us reason to hang in there, for just one more day, hour, or minute. It pushes us to “Walk on….” toward the miracle. Mayhem to Miracles has been a #1 Amazon New Release for weeks and a bestseller in two categories. That is a minor miracle in itself because the book is still in preorder but goes live on Amazon on October 5th, 2021. Be the first to get your copy. It is currently available for purchase on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2Vg9fTB About co-author- Kathleen (Kat) O'Keefe-Kanavos, aka The Queen of Dreams, is VIDEO host of Dreaming Healing on Dreamvisions 7 Radio, three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, taught Psychology at USF Fort Myers Branch, is a PR Guru, internationally syndicated columnist for BIZCATALYST 360°, and Desert Health Magazines, Author/Lecturer and Internationally award-winning, bestselling author of many books including Chaos to Clarity, Crappy to Happy, Dreams That Can Save Your Life, and Surviving Cancerland, seen on Dr. Oz, The DOCTORS, CBS and NBC. Kat promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Inner and Divine Guidance through Dreams for health, wealth, and relationships. Kat says, “Don't tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ http://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/ About co-author Rev. Ariel Patricia- Ariel felt the calling to found Sacred Stories Publishing and Media after a series of events changed the course of her life. Since then, she has been on a heart-based mission to help others tell and share their own stories of transformation to a global audience. Promptly after this period in her life, Ariel left her career in the corporate and educational worlds and entered One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York, where she became ordained as an interfaith minister. This deepened her passion to share the profound experiences and wisdom of Spirit to those who are ripe to receive it. Now, as both sacred storyteller and visionary businesswoman, Ariel is the powerhouse behind Sacred Stories Publishing and Media. Her leadership in the rapidly evolving fields of publishing, broadcasting, and online learning has quickly put SSPM on the map as a conscious business enterprise with a soul for helping humanity prosper and expand our spiritual awareness. As an ordained interfaith, interspiritual minister, Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Master of Arts in Education and her Bachelor of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ariel Patricia is the author of two books sharing the beginning of her spiritual journey— God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels. She is co-author of a poetry book, Scanning For Signal, and co-author of the first two books of the Sacred Stories of Transformation series: Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change and Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy. Learn more at https://sacredstories Call In and Chat with Deborah during Live Show: 833-220-1200 or 319-527-2638 Learn more about Deborah here:  www.lovebyintuition.com

This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Inter-spiritual Minister, Actor/Singer, and Motivational Presenter, Sandra Bargman.After a lifetime of learning about the mystical, earth-based and energetic traditions, Sandra answered the call to spiritual leadership, taking on a parallel career by enrolling in seminary at The New Seminary (TNS) for Interfaith Studies in NYC and was ordained at St. John the Divine in 2007. She has a subsequent seminary degree in Spiritual Counseling from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, also in NYC.Sandra has been a professional actor and singer for 40+ years and holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in drama and music. In 2014, Sandra started her own company, Sacred Stages, LLC, which produces plays, performance art, and media, as well as her one woman shows dedicated to exploring our big questions about life and contemplate these challenging times. Her most recent show, The Edge of Everyday, was nominated for a Broadway World Cabaret Award.Sam and Sandra will discuss the relationship between performance and the divine, with a special announcement at the end of the show!Tune in for this enlightening conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by Clicking Here.Segment 1Sam opens with the passage “Chaos Allows Us to Go from Evolutionary to Revolutionary” from his book, Everyday Awakening, available at all major booksellers. When we take our chaos and spread the mess around, it can create new constructions of the chaos that allow us to process and work through them in revolutionary ways.  As humans we find comfort in being orderly, but that's just not how life tends to work.  Things will come along to make a mess in our lives.  That mess however can create an opportunity to reinvent ourselves.  Sometimes we need to experience this chaos in order to be motivated to make big changes in our lives.  Most of the time we take actions to improve our lives one step at a time, but it's the chaotic moments that are real opportunities for us to do something different.  If we can cultivate presence of mind and learn to see every challenge we face as an opportunity, we can create positive change.  A great example of this is the last year and half, when we've all had to reinvent our lives in certain ways.  There can be magic in not knowing where we're going.  Go to the Everyday Awakening website to learn more about the book.  Sam welcomes to the show Inter-spiritual Minister, Actor/Singer, and Motivational Presenter, Sandra Bargman.  Sam asks Sandra about her upbringing.  Sandra describes herself as someone living under her mother's dream, since her mother was a musician but became a teacher by profession instead. Her father was a violinist.  She was very musical and spiritual growing up and decided in high school that she wanted to be a performer.  She was spiritual growing up - she loved going to churches and describes herself as someone who could always “read the room.”  After the break, Sam will ask Sandra what her tipping point was in wanting to become an interfaith minister.                Segment 2Sam comes back from break to ask Sandra how she came to her decision to do what she does.  Sandra says it was a slow buildup.  She moved to Syracuse as a child to a school district her parents chose due to the reputation of the arts program.  When she was a junior in high school, she says she couldn't imagine not being a full-time performer.  She was accepted to Carnegie Mellon Conservatory.  She has never regretted her decision and knows her heart would be empty if she didn't choose her path.  She was always very spiritually aware and became interested in the New Age scene in high school.  At 40, while on tour, a friend who was a life coach introduced her to life coaching and she was interested, but it didn't quite do it for her.  Then one day she came across the website of someone who was a life coach and interfaith minister which sparked her interest.  Within one week she was enrolled in a seminary to become an interfaith minister.  Sam asks if Sandra cultivated any practices to enhance her spiritual gifts or if it just came naturally.  Sandra answers it came naturally but she always has had a sense of understanding that it's a gift.  When she was in seminary she realized she needed to give her spiritual gift much more space in her life.  Around the same time her mother was battling cancer and asked her to be the minister at her funeral.  It was a tremendous gift but also agonizingly painful to fulfill this duty.  Sam has had conversations with people who have for transitioning out of life since in our society we do so little to prepare.  Sam asks if seminary was just what she was looking for or if there were surprises along the way.  Sandra answers it was mostly what she was looking for but says there were definitely some conflicting ideas in seminary compared to her personal beliefs, especially with regards to organized religion.  Seminary teachings were that interfaith ministry is not possible without an underlying religious belief, which Sandra vehemently disagreed with.  She made her own beliefs, traditions and rituals to inform her practice.  After the break Sam will ask Sandra how she combined interfaith ministry with performance, and how Sacred Stages came about.     Segment 3Back from break, Sam asks Sandra what was the journey that brought interfaith and performance together.  Sandra answers performance was always a good fit because it is the background and community she is familiar with, as opposed to any organized religion.  Sam asks what ways did she use her seminary to connect with people.  Sandra joined a wellness center where she was their spiritual counselor.  From there she started to gain her own clients, and then started a wedding business.  During this time she was still performing, and she developed a practice combining acting techniques and therapy to help people get across what they're trying to say in an authentic way.  People would write monologues for situations they were revisiting, and instead of just talking about them, they could use their whole bodies to vocalize and give the situations energetic meaning.  She gives the example of a woman who acted out a serious conversation she wanted to have with her father.  The woman was blown away by how therapeutic the experience was.  Sam says he has learned from his wife, who is a therapist, that trauma gets lodged in our bodies, and that performance can be an effective way to physically deal with the trauma.  Sam asks about the development of Sacred Stages.  Sandra says that Sacred Stages is the combination of her performance and ministry backgrounds.  She wanted to have a production umbrella that overrode all the things she does.  The name Sacred Stages is a literal phrase but it also covers the internal stages she thinks people are visualizing when they are interpreting their feelings.  Sam will ask Sandra more about The Edge of Every Day one-woman show Sandra produces. Segment 4Sam comes back to ask Sandra about The Edge of Every Day.  Sandra says her life was very service-oriented, and she had an edge of feeling unfulfilled.  She was with her husband in the Catskills where she lives and came across an abandoned restaurant, which she told her husband she'd call “The Edge.”  Her husband, a scientist, then told her about the “edge effect,” - the area where a field meets the forest, for example - where bursts of creativity and beliefs come together.  Hence the name of her show.  In the show she blurs the lines between multiple types of performance and her spiritual practices.  The show is about coming to terms with chaotic, liminal spaces.  Sam asks if attitudes toward the show have changed over time.  Sandra says people can choose how deep they want to go when they experience the show.  Sandra then makes the surprise announcement that her new show, Live in the Hive, is going to be premiering on TalkRadio.nyc.  She's going to explore the edges in life.  What are the feelings you're experiencing in life and how are they edging up with your personal and professional lives?  Listeners will learn how to work through these edges on her show.  Listeners can find more information about Sandra at SandraBargman.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-conscious-consultant-hour8505/donations

She has provided clients worldwide with a holistic and spiritual approach to healing for the last 15 years. Throughout her broad business career in marketing and design, her intuitive and healing gifts were evident, but intensified significantly while she was enrolled in Interfaith Seminary training in 2005. Cathy has worked with noted mystic and author Andrew Harvey refining her abilities and applying them to world problems and institutions. Her work with the United Nations, the Center for Integrative Wellness, Deepak Chopra's Global Leadership Institute, and as the Executive Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism have given her a valuable opportunity to bring perspective of healing and communication with the unseen into large institutions. Presently Cathy is in private practice in Brooklyn, NY as a medium, healer and teacher. Cathy's foray into energy healing and spiritual development started with the acknowledgement of a life long gift of intuition that just wouldn't go away. She became a Reiki Master Teacher in 1994, a Tera Mai Seichem Master in 2008, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2005. The Forever Family Foundation Certificate Program certified Cathy as a Medium in 2006. She has also conducted Mediumship Afterlife Tests and experiments with Dianne Archangel in Texas working with Dr. Emily Kelly at University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Grayson. She has studied Astrology, Tarot, Hinduism, Buddhism, esoteric mystery traditions, shamanism, herbology and earth centered religion, and is the daughter of a West African spiritualist tradition called Palo. She has worked with many noted teachers, mentors, and shaman, and continues to use her knowledge of the unseen world to craft practical and relevant tools for inspired living in this time. Angels and luminous guides continue to bless Cathy's journey. Cathy Towle is writing a book on Intuition, and is a contributor to the Ecological Anthology "Living Now," which will be published sometime in 2011. Her main website is www.cathytowle.com. For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

She has provided clients worldwide with a holistic and spiritual approach to healing for the last 15 years. Throughout her broad business career in marketing and design, her intuitive and healing gifts were evident, but intensified significantly while she was enrolled in Interfaith Seminary training in 2005. Cathy has worked with noted mystic and author Andrew Harvey refining her abilities and applying them to world problems and institutions. Her work with the United Nations, the Center for Integrative Wellness, Deepak Chopra's Global Leadership Institute, and as the Executive Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism have given her a valuable opportunity to bring perspective of healing and communication with the unseen into large institutions. Presently Cathy is in private practice in Brooklyn, NY as a medium, healer and teacher. Cathy's foray into energy healing and spiritual development started with the acknowledgement of a life long gift of intuition that just wouldn't go away. She became a Reiki Master Teacher in 1994, a Tera Mai Seichem Master in 2008, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2005. The Forever Family Foundation Certificate Program certified Cathy as a Medium in 2006. She has also conducted Mediumship Afterlife Tests and experiments with Dianne Archangel in Texas working with Dr. Emily Kelly at University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Grayson. She has studied Astrology, Tarot, Hinduism, Buddhism, esoteric mystery traditions, shamanism, herbology and earth centered religion, and is the daughter of a West African spiritualist tradition called Palo. She has worked with many noted teachers, mentors, and shaman, and continues to use her knowledge of the unseen world to craft practical and relevant tools for inspired living in this time. Angels and luminous guides continue to bless Cathy's journey. Cathy Towle is writing a book on Intuition, and is a contributor to the Ecological Anthology "Living Now," which will be published sometime in 2011. Her main website is www.cathytowle.com. For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

She has provided clients worldwide with a holistic and spiritual approach to healing for the last 15 years. Throughout her broad business career in marketing and design, her intuitive and healing gifts were evident, but intensified significantly while she was enrolled in Interfaith Seminary training in 2005. Cathy has worked with noted mystic and author Andrew Harvey refining her abilities and applying them to world problems and institutions. Her work with the United Nations, the Center for Integrative Wellness, Deepak Chopra's Global Leadership Institute, and as the Executive Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism have given her a valuable opportunity to bring perspective of healing and communication with the unseen into large institutions. Presently Cathy is in private practice in Brooklyn, NY as a medium, healer and teacher. Cathy's foray into energy healing and spiritual development started with the acknowledgement of a life long gift of intuition that just wouldn't go away. She became a Reiki Master Teacher in 1994, a Tera Mai Seichem Master in 2008, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2005. The Forever Family Foundation Certificate Program certified Cathy as a Medium in 2006. She has also conducted Mediumship Afterlife Tests and experiments with Dianne Archangel in Texas working with Dr. Emily Kelly at University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Grayson. She has studied Astrology, Tarot, Hinduism, Buddhism, esoteric mystery traditions, shamanism, herbology and earth centered religion, and is the daughter of a West African spiritualist tradition called Palo. She has worked with many noted teachers, mentors, and shaman, and continues to use her knowledge of the unseen world to craft practical and relevant tools for inspired living in this time. Angels and luminous guides continue to bless Cathy's journey. Cathy Towle is writing a book on Intuition, and is a contributor to the Ecological Anthology "Living Now," which will be published sometime in 2011. Her main website is www.cathytowle.com.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/VdtQioBtHKE www.sandrabargman.com Sandra Bargman is a creative soul, intuitive communicator, and energetic leadership consultant. It started when she was three years old, marched into her family kitchen, hands on my hips and announced to her Mother that she was here on “a mission”! Every career choice Sandra made has ultimately rested on the ancient Greek maxim of “Know Thyself”, the directive that is at the heart of every artistic, spiritual and leadership journey. Sandra holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and has had a happy 30+ year career as a professional actor, singer, voice-over artist, director, teacher and presentation coach. She has performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, off-Broadway, the world renowned cabaret rooms and beyond. (See SandraBargman.com for full resume) SAndra's spiritual life called her further inward, and in 2007, she was ordained as an Inter-spiritual Minister from The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies. She holds an advanced certification from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in Spiritual Counseling. Unaffiliated with any single religious tradition, she has helped clients of all faiths and traditions (including none) in pursuing deeper self- understanding in their personal quest to 'Know Thyself”. Sandra is an edge walker. She traverses the borders, the edges between worlds, the spirit filled and the mundane. In nature-based cultures, shamans enter invisible worlds to retrieve future-focused information, direction, or guidance for our communities. In our modern world, Sandra's edge walking also occurs when she and the clients she supports, actively seek out the edges and boundaries of accepted beliefs, assumptions and unexpected challenges.

Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, M.S. (Iyanifa Iwalewa Ifasalewa Fasina), is the founder of ILERA Counseling & Education Services, and works as a psychotherapist, professional development trainer, and spiritual counselor. Through ILERA, she offers workshops and programs focusing on: sexuality and spirituality, sexual abuse, vicarious trauma and wellness. Iya DeShannon received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and a Master's degree in Counseling from Pace University. She has practiced the Ifa-Orisa spiritual tradition since 2001 and is an initiated priestess. Iya DeShannon was ordained as an Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2010 where she now serves as Co-Director.Today DeShannon shares about her work, what it is, and how she got into it. She educates us about vicarious trauma, how to look out for signs of it, and how to take care of yourself. Part of our self care conversation takes us into thinking about what we value, and then making the choices to support what it is we want to value. DeShannon closes the conversation talking about the Ifa-Orisa tradition and how it found her.Here's the Charles Eisenstein podcast on "Burnout and Renewal."I read from an article from the Baltimore Sun about the Ifa tradition, and we hear the songs "Ifa" and "Egunegun" by Asabioje Afenapa.Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston.Our show music is from Shana Falana !!!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

Join us for a conversation on building One Spirit Interfaith Seminary with Rev. Diane Berke, the Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit Learning Alliance.

Join us for a conversation on building One Spirit Interfaith Seminary with Rev. Diane Berke, the Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit Learning Alliance.

Join us for a conversation on chaplaincy for spiritual rebels with Rev. Sarah Bowen, an interfaith/interspiritual minister serving on the academic staff of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City, where she teaches both interspecies and 12-step spirituality.

Join us for a conversation on chaplaincy for spiritual rebels with Rev. Sarah Bowen, an interfaith/interspiritual minister serving on the academic staff of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City, where she teaches both interspecies and 12-step spirituality.

Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy with Rev. Ariel Patricia & Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever.Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as thirty courageous authors share their poignant true stories with you.Walk alongside the writers as they weather the storms of gender and sexual identity, crises of faith, divorce, addiction, health challenges, lost love, and more. Find inspiration for your future as you gain deeper insight into the meaning of life’s challenges.Share in the personal power and profound joy of testimonials by several prominent figures:Co-author Reverend Ariel Patricia’s past lives that prove she has experienced lasting loveCo-author Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos’ good friend Petronelle, who taught her to “laugh till it heals” to help her overcome life-threatening illnessSpiritual Leader Reverend Dr. Temple Hayes, who found Unitywithin herself as a gay woman after being judged by her familyNY Timesbestselling author Dr. Bernie Siegel’s mystical nudges by deceased wife, BobbieMedia guru Ken Walls’ journey to sobriety and the night he knew he needed helpSurvivor Connie Bramer’s memories of her mom, who lost her battle with breast cancerNurse Diane Vich as she connects to her goddess within before sharing Covid-19 resultsAnd more empowering true stories of grit, grace, and love that begin in upheaval and end with cathartic joy. If you liked Chaos to Clarity, the first book of the series, you will love this standalone second book. Grab your tissues! Prepare to cry and learn to laugh till it heals as you enjoy tales that shift from Crappy to Happy.Rev. Ariel Patricia– is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a conscious online media network. Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an award-winning traditional book publishing and marketing company; Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an online course division. As an ordained interfaith, interspiritual minister, Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Master of Arts in Education and her Bachelor of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ariel Patricia is the author of two books sharing the beginning of her spiritual journey— God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels—and is co-author of a poetry book, Scanning For Signal, and co-author of the first book of the Sacred Stories of Transformation series: Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change     https://sacredstoriesmedia.com/  and http://sacredstoriespublishing.com/Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos believes dreams diagnose your life. Kat survived three cancers diagnosed by dreams but missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied. She lived to write about it. International award-winning author of Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing, Dreams that Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases co-authored with Radiologist/researcher Dr. Larry Burk of Duke University Medical, Chaos to Clarity, and Crappy to Happy, both co-authored with publisher Rev. Ariel Patricia, and contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, Internationally Syndicated Columnist in BIZCAT360, and Desert Health Magazine, Dream Expert, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and TV/Radio Producer/Host. Kat was featured on Dr. Oz, NBC News, in magazines like Women’s World,  and newspapers like The Epoch Times. Learn more http://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/​Learn more about Dr. Bernie here:  http://berniesiegelmd.com/

Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever. Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as we kick-off 2021 with Crappy to Happy - True Stories of Grit, Grace, and Love, a book by Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy composed by Rev. Ariel Patricia and Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos, and other courageous authors, share their poignant true stories. Rev. Ariel Patricia is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories. As an ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Masters of Arts in Education and her Bachelors of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos is accredited in Psychopathology and Special Education. Kat taught Psychology at USF, Ft. Myers Branch, and taught the severely emotionally handicapped for ten years and was Special Education Department Head for two years before retiring. Kat is also known as The Queen of Dreams in her syndicated columns and PR Guru, video podcaster/radio show host Dreaming Healing. A three-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied, she is also a multi-award-winning author and Dream Expert who has been seen on Dr. Oz, Doctors, NBC, and CBS. Join Rev. Ariel, Kathleen, and me on Tuesday, January 12, 10-11 A.M. CT US. We will be having a conversation about the empowering stories of people weathering the storms of challenges.

Rev. Mignon Grayson is the Founder of Sacred Mysteries World Wide and an ordained Minister of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. She was ordained in 2016. She chose the interfaith path due to her calling to serve people of all faiths and religious practices. Mignon recognizes that there is a common link to the Divine Creator within all religious traditions. ​ Mignon heard the call of Spirit at an early age. She began to explore the different spiritual practices of Africa, Indigenous North America and East Indian cultures. Her curiosity of the Divine in its various expressions lead her to study ancient Egyptian (Kemet) religion as her first introduction to African spiritual tradition. Later, Mignon was drawn to other African religions where she became a devotee of the IFA tradition of Nigeria and initiated as a Yayi (priestess) in Palo Mayombe which is rooted in the African Congo Bantu tradition. ​ Through her many years of being a devotee of the IFA tradition and her initiation into Palo Mayombe, Mignon has learned the deep importance of the ancestors and their connection to our daily life and our spiritual evolution. This is a theme throughout most ancient cultures. Mignon’s particular focus is to bring the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions from across the world to the masses through Sacred Mysteries World Wide and to honor the Divine Feminine through her work with women and girls in discovering and unleashing their personal divine power. ​ As a spiritual evolutionary coach, Mignon seeks to inspire and support people on their spiritual journey by assisting them in connecting with their most authentic and sacred soul calling. As a sound healer, Mignon uses the vibrational energies of sound to bring out healing by energy recalibration. ​ Mignon works passionately to be a constant vessel of healing, love and spirituality. To connect w/ Rev. Mignon Grayson: Website: www.sacredmysteries.org Email: the.rev.mignon@gmail.com Facebook: Sacred Mysteries World Wide IG: @sacredmysteries_ww YouTube: Sacred Mysteries World Wide

My guest, Theresa, shares her journey of how she went from giving massages in corporate America to shifting in this pandemic to sharing a message of authenticity and spirituality.    Theresa and I talk about the importance of connection in the workplace and how we create that even when working from home. Her solution is virtual self-awareness and ritual sessions with mindfulness, stretching, and massage.    We also talk about the power of pausing and the breath. When you’re stressed, focus on your breathing. We wrap up with some of my favorite parts of Theresa’s new book “From Stressed to Blessed”.    To learn more about Theresa Crisci:    Theresa Crisci is an entrepreneur, speaker, teacher, wellness professional and now an author.    She has had her own Corporate Wellness Business since 1993, helping people reduce stress and live happier, more fulfilling lives.     Her passion is to help people change the way they look at things so the things they look at will change.     This process then grows into a way each individual can help themself grow and uncover the authentic being they came here to be.     She is currently studying at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, on track to be an Interfaith Minister in July 2022.    Total Life Balance    “From Stressed to Blessed” purchase here    On YouTube: Theresa Crisci    To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery:    Productivity by Design  Facebook Page and  LinkedIn    To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call     *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.    Purchase her book, make a private life enrichment appointment or sign up for her monthly Newsletter on her Website: www.totalbalancelifechoice.com    For brief Virtual stress reduction sessions, go to her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRLnMR6JI_NBTS9c5UNsLg    Follow her on Instagram at Totalbalancelifechoice or Linked in at Theresa C. Crisci. 

Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy with Rev. Ariel Patricia & Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever.Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as thirty courageous authors share their poignant true stories with you.Walk alongside the writers as they weather the storms of gender and sexual identity, crises of faith, divorce, addiction, health challenges, lost love, and more. Find inspiration for your future as you gain deeper insight into the meaning of life’s challenges.Share in the personal power and profound joy of testimonials by several prominent figures:Co-author Reverend Ariel Patricia’s past lives that prove she has experienced lasting loveCo-author Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos’ good friend Petronelle, who taught her to “laugh till it heals” to help her overcome life-threatening illnessSpiritual Leader Reverend Dr. Temple Hayes, who found Unitywithin herself as a gay woman after being judged by her familyNY Timesbestselling author Dr. Bernie Siegel’s mystical nudges by deceased wife, BobbieMedia guru Ken Walls’ journey to sobriety and the night he knew he needed helpSurvivor Connie Bramer’s memories of her mom, who lost her battle with breast cancerNurse Diane Vich as she connects to her goddess within before sharing Covid-19 resultsAnd more empowering true stories of grit, grace, and love that begin in upheaval and end with cathartic joy. If you liked Chaos to Clarity, the first book of the series, you will love this standalone second book. Grab your tissues! Prepare to cry and learn to laugh till it heals as you enjoy tales that shift from Crappy to Happy.Rev. Ariel Patricia– is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a conscious online media network. Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an award-winning traditional book publishing and marketing company; Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an online course division. As an ordained interfaith, interspiritual minister, Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Master of Arts in Education and her Bachelor of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ariel Patricia is the author of two books sharing the beginning of her spiritual journey— God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels—and is co-author of a poetry book, Scanning For Signal, and co-author of the first book of the Sacred Stories of Transformation series: Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change. https://sacredstoriesmedia.com/  and http://sacredstoriespublishing.com/Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos believes dreams diagnose your life. Kat survived three cancers diagnosed by dreams but missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied. She lived to write about it. International award-winning author of Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing, Dreams that Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases co-authored with Radiologist/researcher Dr. Larry Burk of Duke University Medical, Chaos to Clarity, and Crappy to Happy, both co-authored with publisher Rev. Ariel Patricia, and contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, Internationally Syndicated Columnist in BIZCAT360, and Desert Health Magazine, Dream Expert, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and TV/Radio Producer/Host. Kat was featured on Dr. Oz, NBC News, in magazines like Women’s World,  and newspapers like The Epoch Times. Learn more http://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/To learn more visit:   ConnealyMD.com or Centerfornewmedicine.com or Cancercenterforhealing.com and www.perfectlyhealthy.com.Learn more about Deborah here:  www.lovebyintuition.com

Crappy to Happy Book Launch Episode #1 with Rev. Ariel Patricia, James Redfield and Ken WallsCrappy to Happy Book Launch Episode #1 with Host Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe Kanavos, aka The Queen of Dreams on Dreaming Healing with Co-author Rev. Ariel Patricia, Foreword contributor James Redfield of The Celestine Prophecy, and contributing author Ken Walls who answer questions about their amazing stories of Grit, Grace, and Love. “Why are we really here? How can we be happy” These are questions asked by everyone from Millennials to Boomers. (Revisit James Redfield’s previous interview here: https://youtu.be/kMeb8ivK4bU.)Watch and listen as these authors share their insights and answers shared in Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy available here: https://sacredstoriespublishing.com/#!/crappy-to-happyRev. Ariel Patricia- is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a conscious online media network. Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an award-winning traditional book publishing and marketing company; Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an online course division. As an ordained interfaith, interspiritual minister, Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Master of Arts in Education and her Bachelor of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ariel Patricia is the author of two books sharing the beginning of her spiritual journey— God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels—and is co-author of a poetry book, Scanning For Signal, and co-author of the first book of the Sacred Stories of Transformation series: Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change. https://sacredstoriesmedia.com/  and http://sacredstoriespublishing.com/James Redfield- author of The Celestine Prophecy. Using an adventure parable approach that has been called “part Indiana Jones, part Scott Peck,” The Celestine Prophecy created a model for spiritual perception and actualization that focused on the mysterious coincidences that occur in each of our lives. The book resonated with millions of people and quickly climbed to the #1 position on the New York Times bestsellers list, remaining on the list for more than two years. Find out more at https://www.celestinevision.com/Ken Walls- has taken the tragedies and triumphs of his life and used them to better understand people and know how to help someone overcome, expand, and flourish in their life and in business. He is the author of the #1 bestselling book Walls of Wisdom: Turning Pain into Profit. https://www.kenwalls.com/Video Version: https://youtu.be/Tq0-kemhLV4Call in and Chat with Kat during Live Show with Video Stream: Call 646-558-8656 ID: 8836953587 press #.  To Ask a Question press *9 to raise your handHave a Question for the Show? Go toFacebook– Dreams that Can Save Your LifeFacebook Professional–Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavoshttp://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/

Intuitive Consultant, Shamanic Healer, Speaker, and Author. - She has provided clients worldwide with a holistic and spiritual approach to healing for the last 15 years. Throughout her broad business career in marketing and design, her intuitive and healing gifts were evident, but intensified significantly while she was enrolled in Interfaith Seminary training in 2005. Cathy has worked with noted mystic and author Andrew Harvey refining her abilities and applying them to world problems and institutions. Her work with the United Nations, the Center for Integrative Wellness, Deepak Chopra's Global Leadership Institute, and as the Executive Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism have given her a valuable opportunity to bring perspective of healing and communication with the unseen into large institutions. Presently Cathy is in private practice in Brooklyn, NY as a medium, healer and teacher. Cathy's foray into energy healing and spiritual development started with the acknowledgement of a life long gift of intuition that just wouldn't go away. She became a Reiki Master Teacher in 1994, a Tera Mai Seichem Master in 2008, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2005. The Forever Family Foundation Certificate Program certified Cathy as a Medium in 2006. She has also conducted Mediumship Afterlife Tests and experiments with Dianne Archangel in Texas working with Dr. Emily Kelly at University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Grayson. She has studied Astrology, Tarot, Hinduism, Buddhism, esoteric mystery traditions, shamanism, herbology and earth centered religion, and is the daughter of a West African spiritualist tradition called Palo. She has worked with many noted teachers, mentors, and shaman, and continues to use her knowledge of the unseen world to craft practical and relevant tools for inspired living in this time. Angels and luminous guides continue to bless Cathy's journey. Cathy Towle is writing a book on Intuition, and is a contributor to the Ecological Anthology "Living Now," which will be published sometime in 2011. Her main website is www.cathytowle.com.

You can learn more about Sarah and her latest upcoming workshop, Animals, the Planet, and Us: Creating Spiritual Connections for Thriving, at her website, http://www.modernreverend.com/. Sarah's latest award-winning book is Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finder Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose. You can also follow Sarah on Instagram @modernreverend.Here are a few other links related to this episode's discussion:An introduction to the concept of the Via Feminina can be found here.You can read more of Sarah's thoughts on the intersection of "mothering" and the inhumane treatment of dairy cows here. You can learn more about One Spirit Interfaith Seminary here.  

In this episode, Nate speaks with Sarah Bowen, a multi-faith spiritual educator and speaker. Sarah is a faculty member of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in NYC where Sarah helps others explore the the depths of inter spirituality.

Today’s episode is all about manifestation! This is a topic that is near and dear to me because, the launch of my new program, “The Divine Divah Moon Circle; Manifesting Your Miracles & Magick” is now live in the Starting Over Academy!! And it’s about you and I manifesting the life we want in 2020. Well, in order to really talk about this topic and bring some light to it, I called in my beautiful Goddess sister Rev. Mignon Grayson. She is the author of “The Art of Manifestation”. Now available for purchase on Kindle. Click the link to purchase your copy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZZLS5ST Not only is she the author of this book but she is a divine teacher and manifester. So I HAD to get her to speak with us about manifestation. Rev. Mignon Grayson is the Founder of Sacred Mysteries World Wide and an ordained Minister of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. She was ordained in 2016. She chose the interfaith path due to her calling to serve people of all faiths and religious practices. Mignon recognizes that there is a common link to the Divine Creator within all religious traditions. ​ Mignon heard the call of Spirit at an early age. She began to explore the different spiritual practices of Africa, Indigenous North America and East Indian cultures. Her curiosity of the Divine in its various expressions lead her to study ancient Egyptian (Kemet) religion as her first introduction to African spiritual tradition. Later, Mignon was drawn to other African religions where she became a devotee of the IFA tradition of Nigeria and initiated as a Yayi (priestess) in Palo Mayombe which is rooted in the African Congo Bantu tradition. ​ Through her many years of being a devotee of the IFA tradition and her initiation into Palo Mayombe, Mignon has learned the deep importance of the ancestors and their connection to our daily life and our spiritual evolution. This is a theme throughout most ancient cultures. Mignon’s particular focus is to bring the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions from across the world to the masses through Sacred Mysteries World Wide and to honor the Divine Feminine through her work with women and girls in discovering and unleashing their personal divine power. ​ As a spiritual evolutionary coach, Mignon seeks to inspire and support people on their spiritual journey by assisting them in connecting with their most authentic and sacred soul calling. As a sound healer, Mignon uses the vibrational energies of sound to bring out healing by energy recalibration. ​ Mignon works passionately to be a constant vessel of healing, love and spirituality. She’s currently offering: Offering Free downloadable guide to Manifestation Mindset Guidebook. This helps to identify ways in which to modify thoughts to support abundance. Also offering free 15-minute Spiritual Life coaching sessions which help people identify their spiritual values and shape a spiritual life that really resonates, supports and satisfies them. Also to help with ancestor connection and reverence should that be part of the journey they wish to go on In the spring Mignon is launching a few classes taught herself and other divine teachers. A couple of the classes being offered: Automatic Soul Writing, Ancestor Reverence & Connection, Introduction to Yoruba Orisha Tradition. To connect w/ Rev. Mignon Grayson: Website: www.sacredmysteries.org Email: the.rev.mignon@gmail.com Facebook: Sacred Mysteries World Wide IG: @sacredmysteries_ww YouTube: Sacred Mysteries World Wide

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and Adrienne Gruberg as they interview REV. PATRICIA CAGGANELLO, who is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a conscious online media network. As an ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York.

Sarah Bowen is a member of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary's academic staff, Spiritual Directors International, and several recovery communities. She is the best selling author of the award winning book Void if Detached: Seeking Modern Spirituality through my Father’s Old Sermons and newly released follow up title Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose. Sarah seeks to help others connect with the higher power of their own understanding, in whatever way is meaningful to each. I just find her words to be way less angry and more sensical than mine so I really hope you embrace this discussion and walk away with some lessons as I did.

Sarah Bowen talks about her new book Spiritual Rebel: A positively Addictive Guide To Finding Deeper perspective & Higher Purpose www.thisissarahbowen.com Sarah Bowen encourages people to explore their own personal spiritual style, most rooted perspectives, and life purpose. Rather than relying on adherence to a specific belief system, Spiritual Rebel guides readers to clarify the beliefs that are personally meaningful, redefine outdated concepts, mix and match practices, experience connection, and ask curious questions. Designed to create spiritual moments throughout the day, the practices invite healthful and heartful connections to self and others. For instance, on “Wonder-filled Wednesdays” exercises encourage readers to stop and contemplate the brilliance of life all around them.  On “Seva Saturdays,” readers are given ideas for practicing selflessness. Each day readers chooses from a range of activities to try out including forest bathing, cat grazing, yawning, looking at art, or mindfully connecting with their community. We talk about What a spiritual journey encompassesWhy it is important to explore our belief periodicallyIt is all about “we” not “me”How your spiritual connection keeps you in the flow of the ForceHow to resolve any issues with religionHow not to be perfect and it is okayKirtan Kriya – how 12 minutes a day improves cognition and eases depression ( page 101 in the book)The Instant Timer Meditation AppThe definition of a spiritual rebelHow often to practice your spiritualityWhat does God-optional mean? Sarah Bowen is a multifaith spiritual educator, inspired speaker, and aspiring Jedi. A graduate of New Your City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Sarah is passionate about the study of the world’s great faith traditions as well as travel to quirky, spiritually -charged locations. Sarah seeks to help others connect with the higher power and their own understanding, in whatever way is meaningful. Especially interested in the intersection of spiritual value and animal welfare, Sarah is a fierce advocate for all creatures and currently serves as an animal chaplain.

Mark E. Fowler is responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of Tanenbaum’s programmatic trainings. Mark has been involved in New York City’s education community for over 20 years and is a skilled facilitator/trainer who worked with teachers, counselors, administrators, and students at the Anti-Defamation League on prejudice reduction, conflict resolution, and reducing bias and bullying. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator who has addressed organizations throughout New York on issues of equality in race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. He earned a B.A. in English and Education at Duke University and was trained as a Mediation and Conflict Resolution Specialist with the NYC Department of Education. Mark also is a graduate of the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and is an ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual minister. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Mark’s career journey led him to work at the Tanenbaum Center, and how he joined the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary Why Tanenbaum's mission is to promote religious tolerance and help eliminate religious prejudice, and how that work especially matters in the workplace How Tanenbaum is a secular and non-sectarian nonprofit with a long history of leading the forefront of religious diversity work What surprising findings Tanenbaum has discovered in their religious diversity research, and how information from their surveys has helped guide their work Why having clear processes for registering complaints around religious diversity issues can actually help with the retention of staff How Tanenbaum is partnering with companies to help improve their religious diversity to allow staff to believe and practice their faith or non-faith freely What factors have contributed to a drastic increase in hate crimes in recent years compared to in previous decades Why the effects of hate crimes expand far beyond their victims and touch the lives of everyone the victim is connected to, and why no religious faith is immune to violence Why education is the key to combating extremism, and how Tanenbaum is working to improve public education with free resources Why it is important to understand not just why hate happens and how people become indoctrinated into hate but to understand what strategies are effectively bringing people out of that life Why understanding your own biases and limits around religious diversity is critical to working in diversity and inclusion Additional resources:   Tanenbaum Center Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TanenbaumCenter/ Tanenbaum Center Twitter: https://twitter.com/TanenbaumCenter Tanenbaum Center LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/tanenbaum-center/ Mark Fowler's LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fowler-9468b36/ Mark Fowler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/revmarkfowler Tanenbaum workplace resources: www.tanenbaum.org/workplace Tanenbaum resources website: www.tanenbaum.org/combatingextremism Anti-Defamation League H.E.A.T. Map tool: https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resource-knowledge-base/adl-heat-map

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Keyona Saquile Lazenby is the founder of Blessed is She, an interfaith women’s ministry that provides services and offerings to help women achieve self-actualization. Keyona is passionate about delivering pre and post-release services to system-involved populations. She is an adjunct professor with the Prison University Project/Patten University. An avid traveler, she believes that cultural exploration is the world’s greatest teacher. She received her Master’s in Social Transformation and Certificate of Women Studies in Religion from Pacific School of Religion/Graduate Theological Union. She is currently pursuing a Certificate of Advanced Professional Studies at Pacific School of Religion and plans to enter a Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2020. Rev. Keyona is an ordained interfaith minister and a graduate of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.  website: www.blessedis.org

Rev. Misty Tyme author of “The Forgiveness Solution: The Step by Step Process to Let it Go” is a forgiveness expert, speaker, certified death doula and creator of The Forgiveness Algorithm™. Rev. Misty was ordained in 2015 after spending two years in One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Previously, she had a long successful career in corporate health care. Her mission: to bring a forgiveness tool to a cynical world that is craving a way to let go of pain and anger. Armed with the motto that “forgiveness is the link between love and healing,” she believes when we practice forgiveness, we make room for the good life God has intended for each one of us.

Rev. Misty Tyme author of “The Forgiveness Solution: The Step by Step Process to Let it Go” is a forgiveness expert, speaker, certified death doula and creator of The Forgiveness Algorithm™. Rev. Misty was ordained in 2015 after spending two years in One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Previously, she had a long successful career in corporate health care. Her mission: to bring a forgiveness tool to a cynical world that is craving a way to let go of pain and anger. Armed with the motto that “forgiveness is the link between love and healing,” she believes when we practice forgiveness, we make room for the good life God has intended for each one of us.

This evening, Mitchell Rabin's guest is renowned author, scientist and former monk, leader of the inter-spiritual Movement, Kurt Johnson.    We will be looking at a series of extraordinary events the are coming up in the next few months in general and in NYC in particular.  We'll also be discussing what we need to do to preserve our planet at this tenuous moment in human history.  We'll look at systems, patterns, the meaning of the solstice and cycles we've been able to identify as well as tendencies of human nature, toward altruism, toward cooperation, in the name of the basis of survival and evolutionary growth. Kurt is well known internationally as a scientist, comparative religionist, social activist and former monastic. With a PhD in evolution, ecology, systematics, and comparative biology plus extensive training in comparative religion and philosophy, he was associated professionally for twenty years with the American Museum of Natural History and also the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Ordained in three spiritual traditions, he is widely regarded as the closest associate of Brother Wayne Teasdale, the founder of the modern “interspiritual movement,” and works also with the international Contemplative Alliance and Father Thomas Keating, founder of the Centering Prayer Movement. In science, Kurt has published over 200 professional articles and seven books on evolution and ecology.  This is Kurt's most recent article, published in Kosmos Journal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

Rev. Diane Berke is the Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit Learning Alliance and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Ordained as an interfaith minister in 1988, she is a widely respected pioneer in interfaith and interspiritual ministry education. Diane is on the faculty of Andrew Harvey’s Institute for Sacred Activism, a founding member of The Contemplative Alliance of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, and a certified facilitator for the Circle of Trust® work of the Center for Courage and Renewal. She is the author of numerous books and educational manuals. A psychotherapist and spiritual counselor for over thirty years, Diane is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of New York, and has led workshops and retreats on spiritual development throughout the United States and internationally. We spoke about her own path, her work as a spiritual educator and trainer of interfaith ministers. Learn more about Diane Berke herehttp://www.theinterfaithobserver.org/contributors/2016/7/27/rev-diane-berke and One Spirit here www.onespiritinterfaith.org

I love flowers … and I love to grow beautiful plants. So naturally, I began to make the connection between self-care and that happy, contented feeling I get in my garden. Here are a few shots from the garden to share what I mean. This summer I’m especially excited about my ‘Violet’s Pride’ rose – kind of a nod to good old Downton Abbey. In this episode, I open with an essay that really gets at the state of Grace – the flow – that we can find in a simple activity like gardening. I share my own embrace of how to get into flow, and let go of the daily suffering in our lives. I’ve also interviewed a leading expert in the ‘fertile’ field of discovering your creativity through gardening. Fran Sorin has a lot to say about these things … and is the author of the definitive book about the healing value of digging in the dirt and growing veggies and flowers. Here’s what I learned in our chat: Evidence that at least 80 million of us are out of touch with our self-care Why gardening is relevant here and now The relationship between gardening and meditation How to create garden mojo EVEN when you live in an apartment in the city Proof that there is an actual ‘brain’ in plants Some easy, practical tips for watering that will put you back together, too Instant great garden-building tips Listen and enjoy … it’s a fun, nurturing chat! LINKS Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening BIO Fran Sorin is a multi-disciplinary gardening and creativity expert and a veteran of the media-… From the moment that Fran decided she wanted to share her passion for gardening with a large audience-- and approached the local Fox TV station in Philadelphia about doing some gardening TV features--she became a fixture on the TV circuit. She spent years as a gardening authority on Philadelphia's Fox and NBC stations, was a regular gardening contributor on NBC's Weekend Today Show, and made several appearances on Lifetime, HGTV, Discovery, CNN, DIY, and Comcast. Fran is the CBS Radio News Garden Correspondent and has written dozens of articles about gardening and well-being for USA Weekend Magazine and Radius Magazine. She has spent more than twenty-five years working and developing community projects that have served the diverse community of West Philadelphia, including Radnor Recycles for Refugees and Shooting For The Stars, a not-for-profit organization and motivational program for elementary students. She has recently initiated a community garden and learning center on the grounds of a church in West Philadelphia. Fran is a graduate of The University of Chicago with Honors in Psychology and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.

This evening, Mitchell Rabin's 1st guest is Founder of Encompass New Opera Theater, Nancy Rhodes, who is producing a Paradigm Shifts' Eco-Film/Music Festival in NYC, on 10th St. & 5th Ave. through May 5.  Go to: www.abetterworld.tv for details.  Not to be missed. Then, Mitchell interviews renowned author, scientist and former monk, leader of the inter-spiritual Movement, Kurt Johnson.   Kurt is well known internationally as a scientist, comparative religionist, social activist and former monastic. With a PhD in evolution, ecology, systematics, and comparative biology plus extensive training in comparative religion and philosophy, he was associated professionally for twenty years with the American Museum of Natural History and also the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Ordained in three spiritual traditions, he is widely regarded as the closest associate of Brother Wayne Teasdale, the founder of the modern “interspiritual movement,” and works also with the international Contemplative Alliance and Father Thomas Keating, founder of the Centering Prayer Movement. In science, Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' will be de-bunked this evening and a more elegant, evolutionary tapestry of what is biologically accurate and spiritually possible will be offered, asserted and mapped for general consideration. Kurt has been a guest on A Better World Radio several times over the years, back in the days of A Better World on Progressive Radio Network and since. Mitchell and Kurt serve on the Board of Directors of FIONS, Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in NYC and have multiple weavings of pioneering activity together in the inter-spiritual and sacred activism space. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

Gratitude opens our awareness to the awesome abundance of goodness. Gratitude makes room for Spirit's action in our lives and creates space for grace. Special guest Rev. Melinda Wood Allen shares her life-changing encounters with gratitude and grace, and her powerful original music. Melinda is a spiritual speaker, teacher, workshop facilitator, and award-winning singer/songwriter with more than 29 years' experience in New Thought ministries. She combines her knowledge of spiritual principles with her love of music to present moving programs that can be life-changing. She speaks in Unity and CSL churches and community centers across the country as well as in prisons and to addiction recovery groups. Melinda completed her ministerial studies at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and was ordained in June 2016.

One of the most important issues facing nearly everyone in the Western world is the onset of technology addiction. It's effecting all of us. It's so bad that we literally gather together in person yet don't engage, we stare at our phones. Nancy Colier came on the podcast this week to talk about her new book 'The Power of Off - The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in A Virtual World." Nancy is a brilliant and thoughtful psychotherapist and spiritualist who has a really well rounded and realistic view of how to tackle this problem and what the core symptoms are. I could have talked to Nancy for hours about what we're seeing around us, what I'm experiencing in my own life and what to do about it. I hope you enjoy the episode and I'm sure most of you can relate with it. INTRO RANT - 7 things I've recently learned and still don't understand about the electorate and 2 things I've learned about the ironies of technology Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist in private practice, an ordained interfaith minister, mindfulness teacher, relationship coach, author and blogger. She graduated from the University of Virginia, Columbia University School of Social Work, the Focusing Institute and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Mindfulness and Buddhist practices form the ground of her psychotherapy and spiritual counseling practice. A long time student of eastern spirituality and non-duality, Nancy helps to uncover the awareness, joy and presence that is the ground of well-being. Her work serves to connect clients with their authentic truth, remember their body’s wisdom. and know for themselves that they are spiritual beings on a human journey.

Interspirituality with Kurt Johnson Episode Recap Show Notes: • Early Years – Kurt discusses some of his early life events—including depression, scientific studies and much more—and how they led him to his life’s passion. • Wayne Teasdale – Kurt shares about his deep friendship with the wonderful Brother Wayne Teasdale, the impact he had on his life, and the continuing impact his work has in the world. • Interspirituality – In The Coming Interspiritual Age, Kurt writes, “Interspirituality is the natural discussion among human beings about what we are experiencing. In academic terms, it’s the intersubjective discussion among us all about who we are, why we are here, and where we are going. In the context of religion, interspirituality is the common heritage of humankind’s spiritual wisdom and the sharing of wisdom resources across traditions. In terms of our developing human consciousness, interspirituality is the movement of all these discussions toward the experience of profound interconnectedness, unity consciousness, and oneness.” Kurt and I explore what it means to be interspiritual and how it can deepen our spiritual paths. • Everyone’s A Mystic – Kurt and I explore our mutual friend Ken Wilber’s four quadrants of “I”, “We”, “It” and “It’s” and how they relate to each of us being a mystic. • Scientific Consciousness Studies – Kurt talks about scientific consciousness studies, discussing our basic experience of consciousness and “raw feeling”, quantum ideas of consciousness, and the future of unconsciousness.   Kurt's Website Kurt's Bio Kurt Johnson, Ph.D.  has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years and serves on many international committees, particularly at the United Nations.  In comparative culture and religion Kurt has been on the faculty of New York City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and is the co-author of the very influential 2013 book on the future of world religions: The Coming Interspiritual Age. In science, with a PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Comparative Biology he was on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and is currently associated with the McGuire Center for Biodiversity at the University of Florida.  Kurt has published over 200 scientific articles and seven books, including the popular science bestseller Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius. In 2015 his book on science and the arts, Fine Lines, appears from Yale University Press along with contributions in a United Nations NGO publication:  Ethics, Spiritual Values, and the New United Nations Development Agenda. Kurt has presented regularly on science and religion at The Science and Nonduality Conference and the Parliament of the World’s Religions and published articles on this inter-relationship in many periodicals, including audio discussions with Ken Wilber at Integral Life. He is a founding member of the Contemplative Alliance and President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. At the United Nations he serves on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and the NGO Forum 21 Institute.  Formerly a monastic for over 10 years, and active in contemplative and sacred activism across several traditions, Kurt is also an ordained Eco-Minister and recently co-edited the Namaste Insights internet magazine on the eco-vision of interfaith pioneers Thomas Berry and Wayne Teasdale. Kurt’s Books: The Coming Interspiritual Age,Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius, Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov’s Scientific Art  

Kurt has been a Christian monastic; a highly regarded scientist with a Ph.D. in evolution, ecology and comparative biology; and now an eco-spiritual activist and leader of the interspiritual movement. The coauthor of The Coming Interspiritual Age, he teaches at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. We spoke about his diverse influences (including the late Wayne Teasdale), the growth of interspirituality; the future of religion; and the role of deep spirituality in the challenges facing humanity.

Wednesday, May 20, 6pm EDT:  This week Mitchell conducts a Round Table of outstanding thought leaders in and around the global spiritual community who are gathering at Radford University, Radford, VA. May 28-31 for the first Building the New World Conference open to the public.  Economists, futurists, scientists, teachers of all stripes will be speaking to a wonderfully diverse audience.  Today's show will be a peek behind the curtains of the Conference.   Educators, scientists, economists, peace activists, and futurists will join Barbara Marx Hubbard, et al..   Today's Round Table:  Glen Martin, Ph.D. – President, World Constitution and Parliament Association.  Dr. Martin is Professor and Department Chair of  philosophy & Religious Studies, Radford University. Rev. Laura M. George, J.D.– Founder & Executive Director, The Oracle Institute.   Rev. George is a Virginia-based author, attorney, and interfaith minister. In 2004, she founded The Oracle Institute, which operates an award-winning publishing house, a multi-faith spirituality school, and a peace-building practice.Oracle's icon is the Pentacle, Kurt Johnson, Ph.D. – Founder, InterSpiritual Dialogue in ActionDr. Johnson is known internationally as a scientist, comparative religionist, social activist and former monastic. With a Ph.D. in evolution, ecology, systematics, and comparative biology, plus training in comparative religion and philosophy, he was associated for 20 years with the American Museum of Natural History and the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Ordained in three spiritual traditions, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with Lisa Montoya, organizational development coach and current seminary student. From Lisa's website: Lisa Montoya is pursuing her own personal and spiritual development by attending One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. As a soon-to-be ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister, she is also a volunteer pastoral care visitor at the Leonard Morse Hospital at MetroWest Medical Center in Natick, MA. Additionally, she is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist, helping people work through the pain of major life losses (divorce, death, job loss, etc.). This grief work ties directly to her work with organizations going through major change. Lisa is especially skilled at helping managers assist their employees with the emotional aspect of change which, if not acknowledged and handled properly, can delay or derail the change efforts, regardless of how rational they may be. When not working, Lisa enjoys yoga, walks in nature, spending time with family and friends, and traveling.

  Coach Cafe' is thrilled to welcome Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon! Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon, M.A., is an interfaith minister, spiritual director, workshop and retreat facilitator, and author of six books including her latest, Crafting Calm: Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation. In 2000, Maggie Oman Shannon founded The New Story, a coaching and consulting business focused on helping people create deeper meaning in their lives. The former editor of three national magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Oman Shannon also served as Director of Marketing for the Institute of Noetic Sciences.    In addition to being a certified life coach, she completed the three-year training program of the Spiritual Directors Institute at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California. A graduate of Smith College, Oman Shannon also holds an M.A. degree in Culture and Spirituality from Holy Names University. She is an ordained interfaith minister who graduated from Manhattan’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2010.   Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon currently has the honor of serving as Spiritual Director of Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and 10-year-old daughter.   Learn more about Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon- www.maggieomanshannon.com