Matthew Fox, A Way to God

Matthew Fox

Are you full of awe, delight, amazement (Via Positiva)? Or silence, darkness, and suffering (Via Negativa)? Birthing, creativity, passion (Via Creativa) or justice, compassion, healing, celebration, and service (Via Transformativa)? These are the four paths of Creation Spirituality we travel on the way to God.

Matthew Fox, theologian and bestselling author, says every one of us is a mystic, an artist, and a prophet! He’ll talk about Trappist monk and social justice activist Thomas Merton’s ways of mixing contemplation and action, and how you can find a reliable connection with the underground river of Divine wisdom. 

Learn more about Matthew Fox: www.matthewfox.org

Arthur Ciaramicoli, The Stress Solution

“We work too much, sleep too little, love with half a heart, and wonder why we are unhappy and unhealthy,” says clinical psychologist Dr. Arthur Ciaramicoli. He'll share simple, realistic, powerful techniques for using empathy and cognitive behavioral therapy to relieve stress, perceive situations accurately, correct distorted thinking, and trigger our own neurochemistry to produce calm, focused energy.

He developed this approach over thirty-five years of working with clients struggling with depression, anxiety, and addictions. Over and over again, he has helped sufferers overcome old hurts and combat performance anxiety, fears, and excessive worry.

Join us for a calming and practical hour. 

Learn more about Arthur Ciaramicoli: balanceyoursuccess.com/ 

Tim Link, Talking with Dogs and Cats

“Why has my cat suddenly stopped using the litter box?” “Why is my dog barking incessantly?” “Why doesn’t my dog or cat listen to me when I ask him to do something?”

Pet owners want to know about talking with their dogs and cats, and Tim Link, an expert animal communicator, can teach you how. He’ll help you first hone your communication skills, using the spoken and the visual, and also learn to “listen,” respecting the personality and feelings of your animals. His simple and accessible methods facilitate the understanding you’re craving, and create a back-and-forth communication that will enhance the lives of both animals and humans. T

Learn more about Tim Link: www.TalkingWithDogsandCats.com

Dr. Renato Calabria, Body dysmorphia: where surgeons need to draw the line

Wrinkles, sags...how many hours a day do you obsess over your perceived flaws, chasing perfection?

Many of us have Body Dysmorphic Disorder, characterized by obsessive thinking in which a minor physical imperfection causes severe emotional distress, and some plastic surgeons are eager to operate even if they feel it won't solve the problem. Media has some responsibility for idolizing perfection. Often you see flawless faces of celebrities on the cover of magazines which were meticulously photo-shopped.

Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Renato Calabria continuously sees young patients, not necessarily with BDD, coming to the office with immaculate pictures of actresses asking if they can look like them. Often these patients go from doctor to doctor seeking a perfect image of themselves which is not achievable.  A good plastic surgeon is someone who can say no. Dr. Renato guides you compassionately through the process of finding what you truly need.

Learn more about Dr. Renato Calabria: www.drcalabria.com

Matthew McKay, Seeking Jordan: The truth about death & the invisible universe

When Matthew McKay’s son Jordan was murdered, he set out to discover the truth about why we are here, what happens when we die, and what death is. He determined to listen and look for his dead son in any way he could.

A psychologist with a deep love of science, he never expected to learn a technique called “channeled writing,” connect with Jordan on the other side, and become convinced that in the heart of pain exist things he never imagined. “In the same way Jordan helps me when I’m afraid or full of doubt, your loved ones are watching over you — in dreams or feelings or direct replies — if you ask.” Find out how to ask and listen! 

Learn more about Matthew McKay: www.SeekingJordan.com

Peg O'Connor, Life on the Rocks: Finding Meaning in Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and recovery are, at their core, about the meaning of life. Peg looks at behaviors from a Western philosophical perspective, offering a powerful set of tools sharpened over millennia. She is a recovering alcoholic who maintains that philosophy got and helps her to stay sober.

You don't have to be familiar with philosophy to enjoy her insights on issues all addicts and their loved ones face: self-identity, moral responsibility, self-knowledge and self-deception, free will and determinism, fatalism, and the nature of God. Not to mention their relations to others! She brings abstract thought out of the ivory tower and into our living rooms. Listen in for ways to live a rich, meaningful, and joyful life beyond addiction.

Learn more about Peg O'Connor: www.psychologytoday.com/experts/peg-oconnor-phd

Antonia Hall, Ultimate Guide to a Multi-Orgasmic Life

Did you know that both men and women are wired for full-body orgasms? And that we all have the potential to be multi-orgasmic? Society has taught us to restrict our sexual energy, but with awareness, it can be creative, joyful, and fulfilling. Clue: it's not just about getting naked and having great sex.

Antonia Hall teaches you techniques to tap into a potent energy fueling your creativity, keeping you centered, enriching your day, revitalizing you, and helping you get in the flow!

Learn more about Antonia Hall: AntoniaHall.com

Dr. Bernie Siegel, Love, Animals, & Miracles

Those wise and loving eyes gazing up at you...Dr. Bernie Siegel knows how relationships with animals have helped his patients, alleviating their suffering and heartbreak.

Now, he’s gathered many inspiring true stories, including delightful tales from the “Siegel Family Zoo” where “squawks, purrs, chirrups, squeaks, barks” fill the house. He talks about how they reveal themselves as teachers and messengers, doctors and nurses, healers and miracle workers...and clowns.

Watching them, we can see how to be nonjudgmental and live better, healthier lives. If you have an animal, an appreciation for the inspirational, or simply the need for a smile, you’ll treasure his stories as a source of love, wisdom, and miracles. 

Learn more about Dr. Bernie Siegel: www.BernieSiegelmd.com

Tobin Blake, Everyday Meditation

We all know that meditation helps to lower stress, reduce anxiety and depression, and can even prevent disease. So why is it so challenging to begin and sustain everyday meditation?

Tobin Blake created a complete and detailed course on meditative practice. He shares how to reprogram your inner dialogue, overcome anxiety, heal depression, cultivate spiritual relationships, and stop battling your inner dialogue in order to discover your true Self. You can live awakened, with purpose and joy.

Learn more about Tobin Blake: www.tobinblake.com

Alex Bratty: Stuck? Move from chaos to clarity

Feeling stuck? We all know that feeling of not knowing what to do next, or how to break out of the same old patterns of behavior, or listening to all that negative chatter that tells us we’re not enough.

As Alex puts it, when this happens, we keep ourselves running in place, playing small and safe. Alex gives you the step-by-step tools to take back control of your life, to stop struggling and to focus on how to create a life you truly want, rather than one you think you should want. Moved from a life that feels unfulfilled, constricted, and frustrated to one that is expansive and filled with love, abundance, and joy. 

Learn more about Alex Bratty: alexbratty.com

Holley Kelley, Sunrises and Sunsets: Death Planning

Why leave it to others to decide how to celebrate your life, make vital life-and-death decisions, and pass along your inheritance (financial and cultural), when you can leave them a roadmap to what you truly desire?

Kelley takes us on a a deep-dive into planning what legacy we are leaving behind, how we want to convey it and how we want to enjoy the time left to us-without the worry of unfinished business. It's a unique and innovative twist on final-affairs planning from a delightful and FUNctional perspective. She takes you on an expedition of personal exploration and considerations as she ushers you step-by-step to completing your advance-care planning and personal initiatives.

And this is not just about planning for your death. It is about new beginnings and newfound perspectives about living. It is about taking care of necessary personal business in a pro-active and responsible manner that allows for incredible peace and freedom in the present.  You can plan for the Sunset, while enjoying every Sunrise, with fresh outlooks and appreciation!

Learn more about Holley Kelley: www.sunrisesandsunsetsbook.com

Tina Benson, A Woman Unto Herself

Imagine discovering the man you love is a narcissist with a double life! Tune in for the heartbreaking account of Tina's journey to understanding how she fell in love with a narcissist, why she stayed in the relationship for so long, and how it related to her childhood traumas and losses.

Using her 30+ years of experience as a life coach and spiritual teacher, she expertly weaves together the perspective of a woman, a clinician, and a spiritual warrior. If you have looked for love in all the wrong places, hoped that someone "out there" will make you feel complete and whole, and are yearning to find a relationship with your own "Inner Beloved," Tina will inspire you and guide your way home. Move through love, loss, passion, betrayal, heartbreak, to forgiveness, healing, and redemption. 

Learn more about Tina Benson: www.soulwhisperer.com

Carolyn Hobbs, Free Yourself: Ten Life-Changing Powers of Your Wise Heart

Discover your capacity to overcome obstacles and find unlimited joy. Our heart already is who we want to be in the world—trusting, curious, aware, resourceful, compassionate, kind, grateful, forgiving, truthful, and peaceful. If we manage to listen deeply, we can access these traits and the strengths they bring.

Therapist Carolyn Hobbs draws from her years of counseling experience and her spiritual practice to give us clear tools we can use to find freedom and inner peace—to tame anxiety, anger, grief, and despair while awakening fearless love. All we have to do is listen to our wise hearts. 

Learn more about Carolyn Hobbs: www.carolyn-hobbs.com

Sherry Ruth Anderson on Ripening Time: Aging with Grace

What do you expect as you age? What can you offer the world? What do you have to let go of? Join Maryanne and Sherry Ruth Anderson to engage the aging process through the art of inner inquiry. Go beyond our culture's mind traps through stories where elders face into the lies, the losses and endings, the tender and bittersweet and ferocious truths of growing old...the genuine grace and gift of human ripening.

Learn more about Sherry Ruth Anderson: sherryruthanderson.com

Wendy Aronsson: Refeathering the Empty Nest

Free-range parent, looking around at your clean, neat, empty house and wondering, "What now?"

Wendy Aronsson focuses on “The Shift,” a phase that represents a profound change from the daily rigors of constant parenting to a period of self-reflection and reorientation. She uses real-life stories to show how people have managed these changes, how they’ve reignited the passion in their marriages – or in some cases moved on from bad relationships – and rediscovered old talents and interests. Tune in for hope and guidance, whether your nest is about to be empty, or your baby birds have already taken flight. 

Learn more about Wendy Aronsson: http://www.wendyaronssonlcsw.com/

Joan Friedman, The Same but Different

If you're a twin, do you sometimes resent your twin and then feel guilty about it? Are you afraid you might never love anybody else that much? Frustrated that no one understands what it’s like? People think being a twin is mysterious, fun, and magical, but in reality, these relationships can be difficult to navigate. If you're friends with/parent of/married to a twin, this is the show for you. Dr. Joan Friedman is a twin and mother of twins, and her professional life is focused on all things twin.  She offers insights on and solutions to the challenges that arise when young adult twins are expected to be independent, self-assured “singletons” after having been raised as twins.  You'll find out How Twins Can Live, Love, and Learn to Be Individuals.

Learn more: www.joanafriedmanphd.com

Sexy Secrets to a Juicy Love Life

Lorii Abela, Abby Rodman, and Jodie Rodenbaugh, Maryanne's co-authors in Sexy Secrets to a Juicy Love Life: Proven Tips Single Women Use that Help Them Avoid Frustration, Unhappiness, and the Worry They'll be Alone Forever, are here to help you find your soul mate.  Their chapter titles range from Juicy New Secrets to Dating for Expatriates, to Availability: Why it’s a Man’s Sexiest Quality and Why You Want it Now, to Five Steps Smart, Sexy Women Take to Lead Them to Love, to The Art of Interviewing: 13 Questions to Ask before You Drop Your Drawers—these gals have your back.

Lorii Abela, multi-awarded international leader and motivational speaker, matchmaker and an acknowledged expert on soul mates, compiled the book Sexy Secrets to a Juicy Love Life.  She wrote the chapter "Juicy New Secrets to Dating for Expatriates."

Abby Rodman, psychotherapist, relationship expert and author, wrote the chapter on "Availability: Why it’s a man’s sexiest quality and why you want it now." Her work can be found on the Huffington Post, better-after-50.com and YourTango.

Jodie Rodenbaugh wrote the chapter "5 steps smart, sexy women take to lead them to love." She's the Sexy Soul Liberator who holds the key to unlocking your hidden desires, and has a lifetime of Lost Love experience including the sudden death of her husband at 36 with two children and one on the way.

Maryanne wrote the first chapter; with her trademark wit and compassionate humor, she explains why self-love is the foundation of all healthy, fulfilling, sustainable relationships.

These wise and funny women will give you tips you can start using now!

Lorii is at manifestingmydestiny.com, Abby is at www.abbyrodman.com, Jodie is at www.sexysoulmakeover.com