Developing Our Natural Resilience with Linda Graham
Graham assures us that we can rewire neural networks in our brain and build resilience to the point that positive emotions become almost a default reaction. Positive emotions are natural in easy times but more difficult to evoke in hard times. Resilience and positive emotions are inseparable. Linda Graham explains…
Discovering Your Creative Fire with Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel talks about the lineage of our creativity. There is a point in our lives when we fall in love with something – a book, a painting, a piece of music, a film – and we long to be part of the lineage of that…
The Timeless and Urgent Wisdom of Joseph Chilton Pearce with Michael Mendizza
The deepening of personal transformation is an ongoing act of self-discovery and we’re standing on the shoulders of the many pioneers in the study of the astonishing capacities of the human mind and spirit. One such pioneer is the late Joseph Chilton Pearce, whose work has encompassed many decades of…
Quantum Wholeness with Sky Nelson-Isaacs
Sky Nelson-Isaacs has been exploring the scientific fact that our potential to grow is boundless, limited only by our own courage and our own imagination. He writes: “Playing the game is not about figuring things out once and for all. It’s about getting onto a path of maximum growth, maximum satisfaction,…
Four Keys For Thriving In Chaotic Times with Justine Willis Toms, DHL
Consciousness is changing for the better. Along with this leap in consciousness there is some amount of chaos. Toms presents four keys to finding and maintaining our true compass, our true direction in the midst of this great turning. She compares this time to that of a caterpillar inside the…
Encountering the Mysteries of Descending to Soul with Bill Plotkin, Ph.D.
Plotkin says that encounters with spirit is a transcendent experience. However, encounters with soul takes us on a spiritual descent. He reveals how humans are the only species that need instructions as to what our purpose is in the larger Earth community. For example, Salmon need no instructions as to…
The Benefits of Being Lazy with Devon Price, Ph.D.
There is the kind of laziness that we commonly use to describe a languid Sunday afternoon. This is not the kind of laziness that our guest is talking about here. Devon Price offers science-based reassurances that productivity does not determine a person’s worth. Price describes being lazy as a self-protection…
Play Is More Than Just Fun with Stuart Brown, M.D.
Play is something that’s deeply embedded in our natures. It contributes to mood, to optimism, and to hope for the future. It enables us with the ability to persevere. A world without it would be bleak indeed. Stuart Brown points out, “Play is a fundamental survival drive of humanity without which…
Warriors For The Human Spirit with Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.
In this time of constant distractions and disappointments we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She…
Aging: A Tender And Ferocious Time with Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.
What does the territory of aging look like in a society that worships youth? When a realization flashes into our consciousness that we are aging, we tend to tighten up with fear. Negative images of our parents, grandparents, and friends loom before us. Anderson counsels us to move from that…
