On December 27, 2008
well-known and controversial HIV activist Christine Maggiore died.Her death certificate listed the cause
of death as disseminated herpes virus infection, bilateral pneumonia, and oral candidiasis.
Peter Duesberg is a
well-known and controversial scientist who wrote the book, Inventing the AIDS Virus.It was Duesberg that inspired Christine Maggiore’s work. In this podcast he explains why he
believes HIV played no roll in her death and why his controversial views are
still valid.
Rachael Evens is the founder of Quantum Martial Arts.Being a female martial arts master, she
brings a unique perspective to the practice.In this podcast she discusses her groundbreaking work and
how it is empowering men and woman alike.By taking a decidedly
spiritual approach to martial arts, she is helping students to strengthen their
bodies, minds and souls.
While visiting New Orleans in the spring of 2008, documentary
filmmaker Patricia Federico became captivated by the Katrina stories
still being told on the street by the locals who survived the storm.
After overcoming a catastrophic disaster, loss of life, and the
separation of their families, residents come front and center to give
first-person accounts of what happened to them before, during and after
the hurricane. They describe the struggles still facing them as they
try to rebuild what the levee breaches destroyed.
Do you have particularly strong emotional reactions that you can't seem to control? Do you notice your yoga students adoring you, clinging to you, or avoiding you? In this podcast, psychologist Gail Brenner, Ph.D. discusses transference, in which we see the world through the unresolved emotions and confused beliefs from our childhood experiences. She offers suggestions for how to respond and take care of ourselves when we are the object of others' transference.
Gail is a workshop leader, blogger, and licensed psychologist with 16 years of experience offering psychotherapy. She speaks about practical ways to free ourselves from self-defeating patterns so we can experience lasting peace and happiness. She has worked with adults, elders, couples, families, and teenagers as well as people with pain and chronic medical problems.
Shahla Ettefagh and Patrick
Riley have committed their lives to assisting underprivileged children in
India. They gave up their careers in USA and permanently relocated to India in
2002 and founded the Mother Miracle School.
Located in Rishkesh, India
the school provides much need services to more than 400 children. By addressing
educational, nutritional and health care needs, the school is supporting some
of the poorest children on the planet.
In this interview, Patrick
and Shahala talk about the school's humble beginnings and how it continues to
grow.They also talk about ways
you can help by sponsoring a child or evening traveling to India to work with
the children.
Although the twelve-Steps began with Alcoholics Anonymous,
today there are dozens of twelve-step programs addressing every form of
addiction imaginable.One trait
all of these programs share is a focus on spirituality.While no one dogma is advocated, a
regular practice of prayer and meditation is encouraged.
In The Twelve Step Buddhist, Darren Littlejohn explores the
relationship between each steps and modern Buddhism while providing a model for
recovering addicts who want to take a Eastern approach to their twelve-step recovery.
In this interview Darren shares some insights as to how a
recovering person might benefit from the teaching and practice of Buddhism in
conjunction with their twelve-step work.
In SIGNS: A New
Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God's Plan,
well-known author Robert Perry ventures into new territory to explore what
he calls a CMPE (Conjunction of Meaningfully Parallel Events).Although Perry has written and taught
almost exclusively onA Course in
Miracles in the past, this new book speaks to a more universal audience.
According to Perry, each of us is receiving guidance all the
time, but without knowing what to look for, those signs often go
unnoticed.In Signs he outlines his model for recognizing these messages and
offers insight intousing them to
guide our lives.
All of us have times in our lives when things seem to be
falling apart.In this podcast,
yoga teacher and personal coach Peter Chandonnet explores the process by which
we can take difficulties and turn them into opportunities.
For more than 30 years Yanni has been entertaining people around the world with his soothing instrumental music. His new CD, Voices is a departure from his past work, however. In this new CD he has gathered some of the most talented vocalists from the next generation of musicians to add lyrics to some of his greatest hits.
In this interview I join Nathan Pacheco and Chloe on their tour bus to talk about what it is like to work with a musical legend and how it feels to lend their voices to such a groundbreaking CD.
Early in his life, Nathan Ohm was raised a fundamental Baptist and
eventually graduated from Bob Jones University. As a gay man, Nathan
continues to reconcile his past to his present spiritual journey of
peace, love, and enlightenment. He advocates that through all of our
challenges, we can ultimately experience satisfaction and wholeness.
Nathan is the founder of Lifestyle Invention, a coaching practice designed to help people improve the quality of their lives. He currently resides in New York city where he leads a multidimensional lifestyle as an actor, singer, life-coach, yogi, corporate manager, and world traveler.