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FINDING THE FUNNY – Brothers are SO Helpful

Admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:00:44 +0000

A six year old comes crying to his Mother because his little sister pulled his hair.

"Don't be angry," the Mother say, "Your little sister doesn't realize that pulling hair hurts."

A short while later, there's more crying, and the Mother goes to investigate.

This time the sister is bawling and her brother says…"Now she knows."

FINDING THE FUNNY – Which Way to the Egg?

Admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:58 +0000

Why does it take 100 sperm to fertilize an egg?

Because Men won't ask for directions.

FINDING THE FUNNY – A Short History of Medicine

Admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:44:41 +0000

"I have an earache.."

2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root.

1000 A.D. – That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer."

1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.

1940 A.D. – That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.

1985 A.D. – That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.

2000 A.D. – That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.

FINDING THE FUNNY – The Tangled Thoughts of a Woman

Admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:34:50 +0000

Have this ever happened to you? It is really pretty funny when you think about it!

A woman is a person who, if she says to a man, "Never mind, I'll do it myself," and he then lets her, and she gets mad.

He says, "Now what are you mad about?"

And she says, "Well if you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."

CBL#145 – Changing the Conversation about Beauty

Admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:09:38 +0000

Would you dedicate a year of your life, all alone, to falling in love with yourself? That is what my special guests, Malinda Dowsett and Lani Barna, did and what they found on the other side is inspiring to listen to. The specific principles they used on their journey from rock bottom to thriving and powerful is documented in their book, "Change Your Conversation, Change Your Life." The stories these women vulnerably share is a common one amongst women, and their advice is solid and practical. Lani would consistently study spirituality, intention work, and brain science. Then she and Malinda would take her learnings, and have long conversations applying the concepts to their everyday lives. Women are taking their power back, and these two exemplify that. Click listen button below to hear the whole show.

Malinda Dowsett and Lani Barna are two friends who hit rock bottom.Two women who turned to each other and empowered each other to become the strong, independent women they always knew they could be. They discovered that they could choose how they wanted every experience in their lives to feel, and that they could hold that vibration with their conversation. This is their journey — how two women changed everything about their lives, one conversation at a time.

In 2008 when Malinda and Lani were in the midst of some of life's toughest hurdles –divorce, suicide, near fatal experiences, single parenthood, job loss, financial disaster and inner turmoil. From failure to success they overcame years of self-defeating, habitual behavior by implementing the principles they put forward in their book and into everyday life.

Changing your conversation is the powerful beginning of every new journey.

These two remarkable women believe that every question we ask, every conversation we have, is the Law of Attraction at work. The spark that sets everything else in motion. The first step towards the fulfillment and completion we all seek. And although sometimes the first step down a long path may seem small in comparison to the journey, it is vital because without it there would be no journey at all.

"Change Your Conversation, Change Your Life" has one message — We all have a story. It's how you tell it that matters.

Events coming up are empowerment meetup groups and live Q & A with Malinda and Lani. They will be in Washington DC on December 4th, and Nashville, TN on February 4th.

Check out their website www.ChangeYourConversation.com.

Think of all the conversations that need changing in our world!

CBL Special – Everyday Naked with Mary Bartnikowski

Admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:43:09 +0000

One of the things I love about working in the internet market of media is that all I need is my recorder in hand, meet fascinating people, ask them for their wisdom and post it on my site.

Such was the case with Mary Bartnikowski, who I met through my dear friend Sandra Hickman, at David Walley's Hot Springs Resort near Genoa, Nevada. Love spontanous connections with dynamic women.

Mary is the author of "Everyday Naked," and her newly released book "Kitten Heels in Katmandu: Adventures of a Female Vagabond," and she has captured vulnerability and deep truth about living as an adventurous women. Mary traveled to 27 countries in 6 years by herself, and her new book tells many of the tales she experienced. She is a true example of knowing her inner beauty and sexuality and finding the courage, confidence and grace to go with that. She is a photographer and has taken photos and videos of many of her adventures including seeing the Dalai Lama and escaping a stampede of elephants in Nepal. To listen to the 20 minute inteview, click link below.

Coach Betty & Mary Bartnikowski

Mary Bartnikowski is an award-winning photographer, published author, expert on women’s travel, kundalini yoga and meditation instructor, and mother of a maverick son. She travels full-time teaching photography and yoga and leading humanitarian projects worldwide. Mary has led programs at Stanford University, Apple, and Intel and is available for photography assignments, photographic consultations, and speaking. She exhibits and sells her work internationally and publishes books of her world journeys. After 25 years of having her own photography business in Palo Alto, California she is now a global citizen, who has worked and explored on 4 continents and in 27 countries.

Ways to contact and learn more about Mary:

www.bartnikowski.com
Write Mary at mbartnikowski@yahoo.com
order the book on Amazon for Kindle
or download from Mary Bartnikowski on Facebook for the PDF or ipad ebooks
youtube.com - zestyzippy is my user name - http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhee - 80 videos from our big wide world!

CBL SPECIAL: Organic Passion for the Native Seed with Dr. Vandana Shiva

Admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:47:51 +0000

Dr. Vandana Shiva is Coach Betty's honored guest on this CBL Special Podcast edition. It was a thrill and pleasure to interview the Queen of the "Native Seed" Movement. Dr. Shiva, visiting from India, spoke to an audience filled with fans and supporters at Dominican University in San Rafael, California on Wednesday evening. Her opening remarks were, "There is so much to celebrate, but we are in a mess."

Her passionate message focuses on banning all chemical fertilizers and returning to organic gardening and the native seed. Her view is that the native seed is going through a holocaust as Corporations are controlling seed supply. Over 250,000 Indian Farmers have committed suicide because of large indebtedness to these Corporations. Her call to action was directed at each individual as she said, "Things change because the fear disappears." Dr. Shiva urged women to take back the control of food for the future of our planet.

She has recently been named one of the 7 most influential women in the world by Forbes Magazine. Click on her name below for this 8 minute interview.

Vandana Shiva

One of the world's most renowned environmentalists, Dr. Vandana Shiva is the founder of Navdanya, an international movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seeds, and the promotion of organic farming and fair trade. A global thinker, scientist and acclaimed author on the issues of food access, production and distribution, Dr. Shiva sits on the National Board of Organic Standards of India and Prince Charles panel of experts on Sustainable Agriculture, and also chairs the Commission on the Future of Food in Italy.

Trained as a Physicist with a Ph.D. on the subject of Hidden Variables and Non-locality in Quantum Theory from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, Dr. Shiva has received honorary Doctorates from University of Paris, University of Western Ontario, University of Oslo and Connecticut College. In 2003 she was named an environmental her by Time Magazine.

To learn more about Dr. Shiva and her fabulous work…VandanaShiva.org and Navdanya.org.

"The future of our world depends on how we steward our land, soil, water, and seeds, and pass them on to future generations."

- Dr. Vandana Shiva

CBL#134-Sustainable Love with Wendy Strgar

Admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:11:43 +0000

Wendy Strgar is a common sense lady who has important wisdom about intimacy and relationships. Her book "Love That Works: A Guide to Enduring Intimacy," is like a manual for relational and sustainable love. She talks about orgasm and sex as being a "system reset" for her life. Listen to my interview with Wendy by clicking the listen button below.

Emily from Asheville, North Carolina, was courageous and vulnerable enough to talk about how her body weight is an obstacle to seeing her inner beauty. This is such a common experience for women. Listen in to their "on air" coaching session below.

Wendy Strgar has an important mission: to encourage sustainable, lovin relationships. Proclaimed a "Loveologist," Wendy writes and lecture on the topic of making love sustainable, a green philosophy she developed herself that emphasizes the importance of valuing the renewable resources of love and family. She created a business and line of organic intimacy products available to the public. She is a Mom of 4 teenage children, and has been married for 25 years to the same man. Learn more about Wendy, her intimacy products and book at GoodCleanLove.com.

CBL#133 – Hot and Juicy Relationships with Toni De Marco

Admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:00:32 +0000

"Relate>Love>Sex: How to have a Hot and Juicy Relationship Opening to the Love Within," is the book Toni De Marco wrote and she is Coach Betty's special guest on this episode. Communication, or lack of communication, is the biggest obstacle in relationships based on Toni's extensive research and international travels leading workshops on the topic. As her book title states, healthy relationships always begin with turning to self-love. Her experience, research and teachings stress each individual taking 100% responsibility for their own happiness, fulfillment and even orgasms! Listen in to hear some of her secrets to finding the juice and rekindling the communication so that everybody gets what they want and need. Click the "listen button" below to hear the whole interview, AND some surprising "WHOA BABY" results out of Stanford University on Who are the Happiest People.

Author, Dr. of Metaphysics, trainer and founder of the Wellness & Sexual Healing Centers, Toni De Marco has an extensive background in psychology, metaphysics, and health. Her training includes having studied with many of the world's leading wellness and Tantra teachers and she, herself, has worked as a teacher, healer and counselor to both individuals and couples for over 30 years. Ms. De Marco was a top cover-girl in her 20's and acted in scores of television commercials and several films at the same time that she was studying many different holistic and healing technologies. In her 30's Ms. De Marco wrote an acclaimed health and beauty book, The California Way to Natural Beauty, and also started relationship counseling. In her 40's, Ms. De Marco segued to writing and producing video and television. In her most recent venture into the Video/DVD arena she created Tantric Partner Yoga, along with Tantra trainers, Robert Frey and Lori Grace Star, as a tool to help couples to develop more intimacy in their relationships through sensual partner-yoga.

Don't miss her September 8th FREE 75 minute telecall on "5 Simple Secrets to a Hot and Juicy Relationship." Email CoachBetty@CoachBettyLIVE.com to get all the details and a FREE ebook from Toni.

Learn more about Toni's work at RelateLoveSex.com.

FINDING THE FUNNY-Why Women Rule the World

Admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:16:56 +0000

This joke made me laugh out loud given the article I recently wrote on Caregiving.

Eleven people – ten men and one woman – were hanging onto a rope from a helicopter after a mountain climbing rescue. Before long, the rope began to fray because of their combined weight, so they all agreed that one person should get off – but they couldn't decide which one. Finally, the woman gave a really touching speech, saying how she would give up her life to save the others, because women were used to giving up things for their husbands and children, and giving in to men, and never receiving anything in return. When she finished speaking, all the men started clapping.

CBL#125 – Clinical Look at Sexual Satisfaction and Fulfillment

Admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:07:29 +0000

How important do you think sex is to your overall health?

In this episode of CoachBettyLIVE, we open the conversation about the connection between sexual health and overall health. Women's Health Expert, Karen Carlson, and Coach Betty talk about what a wise nurse practitioner advises her patients on their sexual fulfillment. Karen suggests that sex is as important as eating and exercise to our health and well being! Listen to the entire interview below and enjoy a slice of her wisdom of over 18 years of working with women. Her thoughts directly address this ever-rising issue of womens' sexual dysfunction issues.

CoachBettyLIVE with Karen Carlson – click here

Karen discusses the three most common complaints regarding sexual satisfaction and fulfillment: pain, dryness, and lack of desire. Karen empowers them to talk to their partner, as it has been documented that women don't talk to friends or family about their sexual experiences which leaves many women left uncertain about what to expect during sex.

Karen Carlson is a highly skilled, well respected primary care nurse practitioner treating adults at the University of Washington's Women's Health Care Center on the Roosevelt campus. One of Karen's gift is to provide a safe, compassionate and holistic approach to discussing all health issues with her women patients. She is one of only 3-5 % of health care providers that talk with women about sexual satisfaction!!

She is also clinical faculty and preceptor for nurse practitioner students from the University of Washington's School of Nursing, and clinical preceptor for medical students at the University of Washington's School of Medicine. We are so fortunate to have her expertise and compassion teaching others.

I know how fortunate we are to have Karen's expertise in the world, because she and I have been best friends for over 40 years!!

WHOA Baby#7: Anti-aging aspect of Sex

Admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:09:53 +0000

I am stunned and amazed with all I am learning about the health benefits of having regular sex. NOTE: I am talking about healthy, loving and consensual sex.

This is just in from Scotland, Edinburgh Hospital.

Dr. David Weeks studied 3,500 Americans and Europeans from ages 18-102, and found that only 25% of youthful looks is due to genetics. The rest of youthful looks is related to behavior. When he examined sexual behavior, he reports that having sex 3 times a week can make you look a decade younger.

Check out the whole article, Vitamin S: Monogamous, Safe Sex a Super Potent Package of Health Boosting Effects.

Sex as a healing modality is ancient wisdom, and also available to us without cost. We carry this healing power around with us wherever we go.

First step to fabulous sex is to fall in love with yourself!

Try this experiment:

Pause, Look in the Mirror, and ask “Who Loves Ya Baby?”

CoachBettyLIVE #105 – Music from France with Fa7 and Ti Harmon

Admin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:11:23 +0000

This show was inspirational for me. I had the pleasure of talking to musicians in France about their perspectives and stories with the healing power of music. Fa7 (Fabrice Mareau) and Ti Harmon had encouraging thoughts about how we can make this world a better place to live through music.

Fa7 is a musician and artist in France and travels extensively visiting Europe then Africa, making friends in passage with people of all social and geographical origins. His guitar and his song writing are his expression and vision for how to assist healing the world which encircles it.

His unique music is composed in nature, and varies depending on the landscapes. Tune into his CD “La Brise” to hear the sounds of the water in Guadeloupe, and the sounds of the stones in France. See if you can feel into where he composed it.

Always nomadic mind…learn more about Fa7, his music, and his world projects on MySpace/Fa7Music.

Ti (pronounced tai) Harmon is originally from Philadelphia. She began singing at the age of five, when she was the first to eagerly volunteer for the solo in her kindergarten Christmas concert. She has since honed her skills performing in New York, Madrid, and Paris. After completing her theatre studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she founded Rize Theatre and Dance Company. She then moved to Madrid where she decided to focus on music.

She now calls upon the total of her experiences to find her unique musical universe: a sweet Jazz mixed with Soul, Folk, and Blues.

The band consists of Ti Harmon (Voice/Songwriter), Germain Guyot (Paino/Songwriter), Thomas Hugenel (Bass/Songwriter), Stephane Berti (Guitar), and Martin Wangermée (Drums). The group has been working together for over a year and combines styles and creative ideas to arrive at their distinct sound. The group debuted its project at the Fronteny Jazz Festival in August 2009.

To learn more, and listen in to Ti’s music, go to www.myspace.com/tiharmon.

The whole show can be heard above.

CoachBettyLIVE #103 on Transformation Talk Radio Network

Admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:26:09 +0000

My special guest, Rebecca Costa, is a sociobiologist whose unique expertise is to spot and explain emerging trends in relationship to human evolution, global markets, and new technologies. A thought-leader and provocative new voice in the mold of Jared Diamond, Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell, Costa is part biologist, psychologist and entrepreneur, whose insights result from examining the “big picture.” Her successful career identifying global trends, combined with her keen ability to perceive the unifying concept within diverse and interrelated fields, uniquely qualify her to present a multi-disciplinarian approach to complex, systemic issues affecting our world today. And if that is too serious for you, Bob Banner will be on the show to share laughter yoga. How and Why it works to help us heal.

Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist whose unique expertise is to spot and explain emerging trends in relationship to human evolution, global markets, and new technologies. A thought-leader and provocative new voice in the mold of Jared Diamond, Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell, Costa is part biologist, psychologist and entrepreneur, whose insights result from examining the “big picture.” Her successful career identifying global trends, combined with her keen ability to perceive the unifying concept within diverse and interrelated fields, uniquely qualify her to present a multi-disciplinarian approach to complex, systemic issues affecting our world today. To learn more www.rebeccacosta.com or www.watchmansrattle.com, call her at 831-620-1505 or 831-521-9150, or email her at rebeccacosta@yahoo.com.

To learn more about the brain excercises that Rebecca talked about go to PositScience.com.

We lost our connection with Bob Banner so Coach Betty shared some stories from the movie “Laughology” which Bob will talk more about when he is on the show on December 14, 2010.

Did you know?

children laugh 300 times a day and adults only 15
laughter was the original peace signal
The Laughing Doctor in Mumbai, India stopped practicing medicine because he found laughter was more healing
laughing regularly helps you live 8+ years longer
laughter is a natural anti-depressant

More about the healing benefits of laughter in December with Bob Banner…tune in live to hear more on Tuesday, December 14th at 12:00 (noon). For now…enjoy the first CoachBettyLIVE with Rebecca Costa and Coach Betty by listening to the audio above.

Coach Betty LIVE! #99 – The Power of Positive with Yvette Summers

Admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:00:21 +0000

It was my great pleasure and honor to interview my traveling companion and co-producer of the “Living an Organic & Orgasmic Life” tour, Yvette Summers.

The Natural Healers

We have been on this amazing European adventure for the last 3 months, and together practicing the mindset of “living an organic and orgasmic life.” Yvette is the most positive person I have ever met in my life, and I have watched her lift the spirits of everyone she meets. In this interview, I explored with her how she stays so happy and upbeat. I have observed as she spreads her love and laughter wherever she goes. On this podcast, she also shares the amazing story behind the collaboration of “The Natural Healers.” Listen in…

Yvette Summers

Yvette is a musicologist and percussionist who has worked with Grammy Award Winning artists, Herbie Hancock, Bill Summers, and Los Hombres Calientes, to name a few. Her exotic and sensual dancing and singing will uplift your spirits and make you feel good. Her background includes studying with Master Percussionists from all over the world. Her knowledge of the African Diaspora allows her to take you on a journey including the cultures of Brazil, Cuba and New Orleans.

To learn more about Yvette and “The Natural Healers” go to www.myspace.com/yvettesummers and www.myspace.com/thenaturalhealers.

Coach Betty LIVE! #98 – Backstage with Simon Bartholomew and Jan Kincaid

Admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:00:25 +0000

This special podcast captures a few moments backstage with Simon Bartholomew and Jan Kincaid from “The Brand New Heavies.” Listen in to see what they have to say about the healing powers of music.

Coach Betty and Simon Bartholomew

Simon Bartholomew, guitarist to ‘The Brand New Heavies‘ is a modern day renaissance man of many talents and interests. One fan has described Bartholomew’s guitar playing as: “a timely late 90s reminder that the guitar can be a delicately versatile tool, percussive and fluid as required…” However, this is not the only talent that Bartholomew possesses; his dexterity goes far beyond the mere strings of a guitar. Since forming ‘The Heavies’ (as he affectionately likes to call then) with school mates Andrew and Jay, Bartholomew has been involved in numerous other bands including ‘Akimbo’ and ’1ibear’, both of whom are from the same acid jazz genre. Surprisingly, however, when asked what his own musical influences are Bartholomew discloses that he is secretly a bit of a rocker. To learn more about Simon, read more: www.myspace.com/sybarmy#ixzz0utHkz99K

Jan Kincaid and Yvette Summers

A pioneer of the London Acid Jazz scene, Jan Kincaid translated his love for the funk grooves of the seventies into a sophisticated sound championing classic soul in an era dominated by Hip-Hop. The Brand New Heavies was originally an instrumental unit inspired by the James Brown and Meters records its members heard while clubbing the Rare Groove scene in vogue at the time.

When Jan played live in the USA he hypnotised audiences that hadn’t seen a live drummer in a long time, but especially impressed were the rap community who saw a drummer playing grooves that rappers would usually sample from old 70′s records. Legendary R&B artist Ray Charles was so impressed with the BNHs that he invited the band to play his 50th anniversary in the music biz.

Coach Betty LIVE! #97 – The Healing Power of Dynamo Ferricia Fatia

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:33 +0000

Coach Betty with Ferricia Fatia

My special guest on this podcast, Ferricia Fatia, is a dynamic singer and passionate spokesperson for love and peace through her music. She can make you laugh and cry as she taps into her inner power and belts out her message. In her vision of a healthy world she speaks of getting healthy herself first…gee, where have we heard that before? Her laugh, her spirit, and her intelligence articulated so beautifully will entice you to listen to more…

Ferricia is a singer, composer, author and poet. She wants her art to bring life and not simply imitate or modify it. The musical quality and the conscience of Alice and John Coltrane, Abbey Lincoln, Rachelle Ferrell, The Roots, Gill Scott Heron, AACM, and many others influenced her artistic approach. She likes to collaborate in an eclectic way with artists and organizations in the genres of jazz, hip hop or gospel to help the artists and the audiences open their hearts and their spirits. To learn more about Ferricia and her incredible work, go to www.myspace.com/keepersofka.

Coach Betty LIVE! #96 – The Natural Healers – Fa7 and Inor Sotolongo

Admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:52 +0000

Fa7 and Inor Sotolongo

This special podcast highlights musicians, Fa7 and Inor Sotolongo, who are both part of the “Living an Organic and Orgasmic Life” tour. Together with Yvette Summers, they have created a new group called The Natural Healers, and are spreading their good music to the world. On this interview, both Fa7 and Inor describe the beginnings of their musical careers, AND what an organic and orgasmic life means to them. Inor, Fa7 and Yvette (The Natural Healers) all know the healing power of music, and this professional ensemble will express it through their amazing collaboration which started from internet communication with each other.

Listen in…

Inor was born in La Habana , Cuba in 1971. He began playing the congas (US name) or tumbadoras (cuban and original name) at 2 years old, and then went on to study music as part of his education. Its rigorous academic formation, allowed him to respond to the diverse musical neccesities. His music is based on experimentation in all the scopes of music, with a limitless percussion. He experiences as composer and arranger give him an opportunity to bring even more elements of its creative universe on the basis of the essential : the cuban music enriched by the universal music and vice versa.

To find out more, go to myspace.com/inorsotolongo.

Fa7 is a musician and artist in France and travels extensively visiting Europe and Africa, making friends in passage with people of all social and geographical origins. His guitar and his song writing are his expression and vision for how to assist healing the world which encircles it. One of the many wonderful qualities of Fa7 is that he composes all of his music in nature.

Always nomadic mind…learn more about Fa7 and his music on myspace.com/fa7music.

The Natural Healers

Check out “The Natural Healers” as they spread their love throughout the world…in a very organic and orgasmic way!

Coach Betty LIVE! #95 – Surrender to Groundless-ness by Nat Jones

Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:46 +0000

My special guest on this podcast is Nat Jones. Nat’s fascinating story started in New York City where his parents were in show business and so he naturally followed that path as well. His first stage appearance was at 4 years of age, and moved to Los Angeles soon after where he appeared on TV star at the age of 7. He shared that the show biz lifestyle made him a good living, but he continued to search for true meaning for his life. He learned from his searching that the meaning happens from the inside out. His story of how he healed from crippling depression, with the help of a skilled therapist, will inspire you to never give up. His insights are profound and so in line with CoachBettyLIVE.com.

Listen in…

Nat Jones with Coach Betty

“I was very happy to be on the program with Nat Jones at the Enghien Jazz Festival 2004. I was dazzled not only by the beauty of his voice but also by his charisma on scene. A dazzling purity and truth emanate from this artist. He is certainly a great hope of the jazz in France.” –Director Blandine HARMELIN of Enghien Jazz Festival.

“Nat has not only one enchaning voice, soft like velvet, but its honesty and its passion of the music always offers a new direction to each song which it interprets. It is a gift…” –Diane REEVES

To listen to his music and learn more, go to www.myspace.com/natmjones.

Coach Betty LIVE! #94 – Trusting Your Instincts with Curtis Young

Admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:00:07 +0000

Curtis Young is living in Paris, France teaching, writing and sharing his favorite city with the travelers that come through. His story is one of following his heart and instincts, and what makes sense to his inner being. His life has been very organic and orgasmic. You will hear him share much of the same message you have heard from me over the years.

Listen to his inspiring story of incredible strength, integrity and intelligence.

Curtis began telling stories in his early teen-aged years growing up in Chicago. He entertained his friends for hours with the stories that he would invent spontaneously with them always begging for more. He began writing professionally as an advertising copywriter for the Leo Burnett agency in Chicago, and then moved to Young & Rubicam in New York. His final job, before moving to California, was as Senior Vice-President, Creative Director, for Burrell Communications in Chicago…all this for a high school drop out!!

He then began a career of freelance writing, and wrote a newsletter for Honda Motor Company dealers in Los Angeles, and was a columnist for a Buddhist newspaper, "The World Tribune" for a number of years.

He went on to UCLA as a graduate student of European History, and has written and published a number of scholarly papers.

He is writing his first novel, "16 rue Rambuteau" a love letter to Paris, which includes a contemporary mystery involving misappropriated property during the 18th century, and the protagonist 21st century efforts to see that justice is done. It is planned for publishing in 2012.

You can see that this man has an amazing story…what amazing story are you creating in your life?

CBL – Repost – John Gray and Women’s Happiness

Admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:59 +0000

As I have traveled throughout France, John Gray and his Mars/Venus work are well known. This interview, originally done in December, 2009, is being re-posted because of the universal nature of his message. His experience coaching and counseling 1000′s of women and men and relationships provided insights that can radically shift the way we relate to each other on the planet as men and women. Listen in as John speaks to the importance of women’s happiness and how it relates to the way we care for our planet, Mother Earth.

Dr. John Gray

John Gray was a Certified Family Therapist for over 15 years and has been conducting personal growth seminars for over thirty years.

His unique focus is assisting men and women in understanding, respecting and appreciating their differences.

To learn more about John and his latest book, ‘Why Mars and Venus Collide‘ go to MarsVenus.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #93 – The Universal Communication of Music with AyiTe

Admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:00:18 +0000

Listen in to this podcast interview with AyiTe, a beautiful man, musician and communicator of the natural healing message of music. He is African French living outside Paris, and is a professional who has been playing since he was 7 years old. He shares his experience of how the natural rhythms of African music can get us in touch with what is real and important.

AyiTe is a guitarist and a singer, based in Paris, born from a Togolese father and a French mother. He was raised with both the African and European culture, sharing time between the two countries growing up. He began to play the piano early as his mother was a piano teacher. He began the guitar at 16 and then moved to France.

He started playing in many local groups and worked hard to improve his skills on the guitar as well as his vocal abilities. He has worked with some of the greatest world music artists like Angelique Kidjo, Xalam, and Wasis Diop to mention a few. He performs at most major European, Australian and US World Music Festivals.

What you hear on the podcast is a song from his first record "Ofra", a song titled "Cape Of Good Hope," telling about South Africa, the breathtaking place where the black continent meets both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in an Organic and Orgasmic fusion.

His new record "Togoville" is due soon, and contains songs in English, French and Mina, telling his very own vision of the universality of music,through stories inspired by his childhood in Togo and in France, and his experiences when travelling world wide later as a musician.

To hear a sample of his music, go to www.myspace.com/oayit.

Coach Betty LIVE! #91 – Biodanza with Lyndsay Granveau

Admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:00:10 +0000

Biodanza ‘The dance of life’ is an intense moment of being alive and feeling pleasure in the here and now. It reinforces self esteem, allowing us to develop our genetic potentials of vitality, creativity, affectivity, sexuality and transcendence. In a sacred space, move and dance to warm rhythms and sweet melodies. Dissolve tensions, find harmony and balance to body, mind, spirit. The system is integrative, enabling us to let go of fear and open up to new ways of being, finding joy and love and feeling more alive than ever before. Developed in the 60’s by South American anthropologist/physiologist Rolando Toro and now taught worldwide. A dance-based system that is simple and fun, open to everyone, yet profound and life-changing.

My special guest, Lyndsay Granveau, talks about how this experience uses music from all over the world, has no particular steps, and invites you to self express learning about yourself as an individual and as part of a group. The first time I heard of it was when I came to France…listen in to learn more…

Lyndsay Granveau is English-Jamaican and has chosen France as her home. She describes herself as a wife, teacher, musician, songwriter, daughter, traveller, friend, and mother of two lovely daughters. She is passionate, dynamic, feminine and gentle as you will hear on the podcast. She welcomes Biodanza participants to experience and express the vital force of life within and around in a fun and profound way. She loves to celebrate life and her workshops are open to everyone and are full of joy. Lyndsay offers weekend workshops in Narbonne & Carcassonne (South of France).

Lyndsay Granveau
Association Music-Emotion
biodanza.aude@gmail.com
Tel : (0033) 468 49 09 11
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Coach Betty LIVE! #90 – Giving Back to the Land with Permaculture

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David Rubinson is my special guest on this podcast where he shares why he moved to Eze, France and is cultivating a permaculture property. He has been an activist for improving the planet since he was 15, and continues to be relentless in his pursuit for causes of equal rights as he provides support for the FreeGaza.org movement. This man is passionate about creating an environment that will be safe and healthy for his 2-1/2 year old granddaughter.

His thoughts are bound to inspire you – listen in…

David Rubinson is an intelligent, wise and savvy person who dives into whatever he is working on 100%. Before moving to Eze, France last July, he had never gardened before growing up in New York City. Though he's been long retired from the music industry proper, most Bay Area engineers who came of age in the '70s credit David Rubinson with teaching them how records are made. Herbie Hancock, the Pointer Sisters, Santana, Janis, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Taj Mahal — his legacy will never end. Did we mention that he founded the Automatt and was the music producer for Apocalypse Now?

He is a beautiful example of redesigning life from the inside out. Thank you David…for your commitment and desire to create a peaceful and loving planet.

Coach Betty LIVE! #89 – Marc Ayza, Drummer Extraordinaire

Admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:00:36 +0000

From Barcelona, Spain, I am so happy to share the amazing drummer, Marc Ayza. His orgasmic nature is obvious on stage as he expresses the emotions that are difficult for him to verbalize. His sweet soul and passion for pure rhythm and music can be felt in his music and in his words.

Listen in…

Marc was born in Barcelona, Spain and studies in the Luthier school. He has worked with many fabulous musicians including Quim Soler, Jorge Rossy, and Lluis Verges. He has conducted masterclasses with Bob Moses, Leon Parker and Jimmy Cobb. In 2000, he traveled to New York studying with Eric McPherson and Nasheet Waits and creating a masterclass with Brian Blade.

Since then, his resume is long and varied as he is found playing gigs every week in either Barcelona or New York. He is ready to take it to the world now! His CD "Offering" demonstrates his incredible talent.

To find out more about Marc and his music, go to MySpace.com/marcayza.

Coach Betty LIVE! #88 – Antonia’s Organic and Orgasmic Recipe for Life

Admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:00:23 +0000

My special guest today from Barcelona, Spain is Antonia Moreno of Antonia's Organic Restaurant. Her tag line is "Organic is Orgasmic." Her spirit is as lively as her tag line, and when you listen in you will see why I wanted to find her (3 cab rides later) and hear what she had to say. This is authentic Barcelona as Antonia did not speak english, and I did not speak spanish (un poquito) so we have her beautiful daughter, Shell, interpreting.

Antonia is a passionate chef who has been cooking without chemicals and as naturally as possible long before it was hip to be organic. She treats herself and her family's ailments with natural healing products and organic food, of course, instead of any kind of medicine. She is an innovator with cooking in Barcelona as she has brought the vegetarian fare to a city where people travel far and wide to sample the tapas which are primarily meat dishes.

Her spirit is strong and so lively that even though she was considered strange opening up an Organic Vegetarian Restaurant, she was committed to bringing healthy orgasmic food to the world.

Thank YOU for your commitment to a healthy planet, Antonia!

To learn more, AntoniaOrganicKitchen.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #87 – Marica Elles From Agde, France

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Maricà Elles, my special guest, is a song writer and Franco-Spanish performer with a beautiful voice. It was fascinating to listen to her perspective on how the health of our world is dependent on women taking care of themselves. All over the world, the awareness of the need for women to step into their happiness is known. The opening audio to her interview is her beautiful voice singing live at the La Belge Biere in Agde, France where they serve coconut, strawberry and mango beers. You may be surprised at the song she is singing.

Check it out…

Marica Elles with Coach Betty

Singer, Choreographer, Dancer, and Actress Marica’ (Marie-Claude Caselles) was born in Isere in Voiron, Spain to Algerian parents, and is now living in the south of France. She likes to be defined as a citizen of the world. At 6 years of age she was dancing at the private academy of Grenoble, and continued to pursue dancing, acting and playing the guitar as a child. At 14 years old she was working semi-professional. She then became a professional dancer in the company of contemporary dancer Colette Priou in Grenoble.

Marica Elles Performing Live

In 2006, Marica’ decided to launch as a soloist writing her own music. Her 2nd CD is a message for world peace, and her style always returns to Latin Jazz with a key caribéenne créolis.

To listen to more of her music and learn more about her go to MySpace.com/maricaconsagracion.

Coach Betty LIVE! #86 – Karen Parsegian’s Adventurous Vision for LIFE!

Admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:00:17 +0000

Do you want to be inspired to believe that anything is possible? You will want to hear my special guest on this episode of CoachBettyLIVE! The delightful Karen Parsegian is a blind woman who knows that anything is possible. She shares her vision of what is meaningful and important in life. Her list of adventures since she went blind include throwing out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giant baseball game, whitewater rafting, and flying on a trapeze on Santa Monica pier. She talks about what it took to overcome the challenges of blindness and live an even a more fulfilling life.

She knows the juice of life…check it out…

Karen Parsegian

Karen Parsegian, found herself blind in 2002 when complications from an accident to one eye left her unexpectedly and totally blind in both. With more than 25 years of corporate and non profit experience under her belt, Karen now considers herself a work in progress and a student of reinventability. She speaks to schools and groups around the country about disability awareness and “ELBOW Theory” (experience life by overcoming whatever).

She was the subject of “A Daring Adventure,” (2004) a one hour documentary by Hoel Hockberg that premiered at 20th Century Fox. Karen lives in Sacramento and loves living with her hair blown straight back.

To communicate with Karen, email karenparsegian@sbcglobal.net.

Coach Betty LIVE! #85 – Healthy Sexual Relationships with Dr. Jenni Skyler

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Dr. Jenni Skyler

Dr. Jenni Skyler is a very smart and articulate clinician and sex therapist who has a beautiful description of the healing powers of sex. She shares some of her tips from a workshop she teaches titled “Becoming Orgasmic.” Her description of being orgasmic means allowing and surrendering to the joy of each and every moment. Wow, where have you heard that before? It is so inspiring to find people all over the earth who are speaking the same language. Dr. Skyler’s advice to parents includes talk to your children about sex EARLY AND OFTEN. She is passionate about helping us find the healthy expression of sexuality.

Listen in…

Jenni Skyler, PhD, is a sex therapist and Director of The Intimacy Institute for sex and relationship therapy in Boulder, Colorado. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Sexology, a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology, and has worked in the field of sexual health as a therapist, educator, and public health consultant since 2005. Currently, Dr. Jenni is an expert author on SexualHealth.com and writes three columns: Sophisticated Sex for The Boulder Weekly; Sexy Shabbos with Dr. Jenni for Boulder Jewish News, and Sunday Sex Talk with Dr. Jenni on BuffSecret.com.

To reach Jenni and see what her offerings are, go to TheIntimacyInstitute.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #84 – N’Dea Davenport’s Journey of Intuition

Admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:00:17 +0000

N’Dea Davenport shares her story behind the superstardom of being the lead singer of “The Brand New Heavies.” She is a progressive musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has followed her dream and traveled the world. Her vision of how we can bring the planet back into balance includes embracing “living in the moment,” and nurturing and nourishing ourselves. There are so many wonderful healers working as musicians and traveling modeling the life that is restful, calm and happy. N’Dea Davenport is one of those people.

Listen in…

N'Dea Davenport

The soulful voice of vocalist/ songwriter/ producer N’Dea Davenport first emerged in 1991 when she became the front woman for the Acid Jazz British funk band, The Brand New Heavies.

But long before worldwide notoriety was present, she fell in love with music, dance, performing and the arts. “I think I got involved in almost everything creatively I could do when I was in school, to keep my mind busy to try and stay out of trouble. From sports to theater, you name it. I probably did it.” A regular routine of piano and dance studies were the core of her development. Ironic as it is, singing would later be the focus of her affections.

As soon as it was possible to “break out” as she calls it, she left her home town of Atlanta, with little more than 300 dollars on route to Los Angeles with the primary goal of just going somewhere she had never been to alone. Little did she know, that early sense of adventure would begin a chain-of-events that would change her life forever.

To learn more about NDea and listen to her music, go to MySpace.com/ndeadavenport.

Coach Betty LIVE! #83 – Creating “Good Juice” with Aloe Cadabra

Admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:00:05 +0000

Coach Betty’s special guest on this podcast is Carolyn Braddock, who is a straight shooter on talking sex. She shares information about a product, Aloe Cadabra, which helps you “flow like a river of ecstacy.” This personal lubricant is 97% organic aloe that has a smooth and silky feel. There are statistics which show that 80-95% of women experience vaginal dryness…how about this Carolyn also discusses how to discover the inner sexuality that lives within you.

Listen in to learn more about how you can increase your satisfaction with the inner sexual YOU.

Carolyn Braddock is a nationally and internationally known consultant, educator, trainer, group facilitator, and author of “Body Voices: Using the Power of Breath, Sound, and Movement to Heal and Create New Boundaries.” She works with individuals, couples, families, groups, and businesses, and especially Aloe Cadabra.

Carolyn Braddock

Ms. Braddock founded the Institute on Child Abuse and Neglect in l981, which became The Braddock Body Process. This is a body-centered approach based in the ancient philosophy and art of Tai Ji and Qi Gong. The Institute on Child Abuse and Neglect was conducted through the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver and The Professional Psychology Department at the University of Northern Colorado from 1981-1984.

To learn more about Carolyn, go to BraddockBodyProcess.com.

To find out and order Aloe Cadabra, go to AloeCadabra.com.

Pleasure is a very good thing…what else do you do to increase your pleasure? Stay tuned here to learn much more.

Coach Betty LIVE! #82 – Life Transforming through ‘Go Get It’ Philosophy

Admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:00:25 +0000

Life Transformation Specialist, Natasha Abudarham, is on this episode of CoachBettyLive.com to help us understand ourselves better and find the FEEL GOOD place. She explains how we all have a natural life guidance system that is available to us at all times. Her 5-step process begins with awareness of negative thoughts and emotions and the next 4 steps prepare you to release them and free you up to live the life you desire. Natasha is so articulate and skilled at explaining how she makes this happen.

Listen in to find out how straight forward and easy it can be to attract everything you want.

Natasha Abudarham

Below you will find a short excerpt of Natasha’s amazing journey.

I moved house 15 times, changed job 8 times and lived in 5 countries all within 12 years. Each time I moved, I hoped to achieve something more fulfilling and a long lasting happiness.

My life was filled with short sharp highs and long, deep lows. I had no direction, no purpose and no footsteps to follow in. I was a victim of circumstance, lost in the world making the same mistakes over and over, falling in and out of life.

I would strive for success and recognition and take 2 steps forward, only to take another 3 steps back. It was like I was pinned to an elastic band that allowed me to only go so far, before the failure crept in and I would be pulled back again. The only thing that kept me focused was my dedication to finding the answers to questions I didn’t even know I was asking.

I just knew there had to be more, I knew I could be more, I knew life wasn’t supposed to be like this but I had no idea which direction to go in. All I knew was that one day I was going to turn a corner and it would be there. I didn’t know where that corner was, I didn’t know when I was going to turn it and above all I didn’t know what I would discover. All I knew was that I would ‘know’ when I got there. My search took the best part of 20 years before it finally became clear.

What I found was Me.

My transformation was so remarkable that I decided to give up corporate life to start a new career in the personal growth & self empowerment arena and teach what I learned to others, so they too can find their true authentic self and can live with Passion, Propserity and Purpose.

I believe that we are all brilliant, we just have to start believing in ourselves and ask the right questions. Once we get onto the right pathway, we can achieve anything and everything, the world literally is our oyster.

I welcome you to experience the brilliant life you deserve.

You are speaking my language, Natasha!

Coach Betty LIVE! #81 – Titilayo Adedokun and Her Big Healing Heart

Admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Titilayo Adedokun is an amazingly beautiful woman from the inside out. She wanted to share her story and message with CoachBettyLIVE.com about the healing power of reaching out and helping another. The passion and love she exudes about her project in Africa helping school children shows the huge heart she carries around with her.

Listen to her inspiring experience and how she creates uplifted spirits wherever she goes…

Titilayo Adedokun

Titilayo Rachel Adedokun was born in Nashville, Tennessee to parents of Nigerian origin. A former Miss Ohio and Second Runner-up to Miss America, Ms. Adedokun’s talent and experience span different musical genres including opera, Broadway musicals, spirituals, jazz and popular Italian music. She has been noted by critics everywhere for her versatility and her unparalleled ability to captivate an audience.

Her stage accomplishments are many performing all over the world. Her new CD, “A Child Again” is a good example of her musical diversity. From traditional Jazz, Yoruba songs (from Nigeria) to African-American Spirituals and Blues-inspired self-composed pieces, there is something to satisfy every discerning taste.

To learn more about Titilayo’s music and African Children sponsorship project, please email her through her website at TitilayoAdedokun.com.

Who can you reach out and help today? Notice how it feels inside.

Coach Betty LIVE! #80 – Papa Carl Anderson’s Healing Story

Admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:00:29 +0000

Papa Carl Anderson is my very special guest sharing his amazing healing story about the power of music. He writes “When I was sick, had been given last rites three times and had very little chance of surviving without two (organ) transplants, I went through a lot of psychological changes. I knew what was happening and I worked hard to make peace with it. What hit me most and has stayed with me, is all that seemed to matter was people…the people who had been a part of my life. I don’t think people today pay enough attention to who they are and where they came from.” He turned to music…what he loved the most…and his touching story and what he shares about living life fully and in the moment underlines what Coach Betty LIVE! is all about.

Let him inspire you…

Papa Carl Anderson

Papa Carl is a former teacher, football coach, and more recently Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He spent most of his professional career working with adolescents and young adults. Following his serious health crisis, he promised himself that if he somehow survivied he would get back to playing guitar and being actively involved in music.

What resulted was quite unexpected. It began as simple thank you to all his friends who helped him through difficult times has turned into an annual fundraising concert “Papa Carl’s Jam for Life Foundation” attracting 35 bands and 600-700 hundred people to the banks of the Delaware River. That is what Coach Betty calls the domino affect of “healing power of music.”

Take Papa Carl’s advice: ”Get out of your own way and let life in.”

To learn more, go to PapaCarl.com and JamForLifeFoundation.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #79 – Priestess Entrepreuner Message of Self-healing

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Cindy Morris

Cindy Morris, this bright, lively and smart woman from Boulder, Colorado discusses how she has empowered women through her successful entrepreneurial businesses. Her vision and message helps women learn to trust their intuition and inner guidance. Gee, where have you heard that before???

She and Coach Betty align to support women in taking care of themselves for the greater good of all. Her book “Priestess Entrepreneur: Success is an Inside Job” is chocked full of helpful tips for women in business or contemplating starting a business. Cindy will show you how to make it fun and successful!

Listen in…

From flower shop owner to astrologer and talk show host on her new show Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations, Cindy Morris embodies the vision, courage, and commitment of the Priestess Entrepreneur.

Though having received a B.S. in Horticulture from Cornell and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University, clearly her biggest lessons she learned in the University of Life!

Her book, Priestess Entrepreneur: Success is an Inside Job, her other writings, and guided meditations are available for purchase at her online store at PriestessTV.com.

Check it out, and let’s start some juicy Priestess conversations!

Coach Betty LIVE! #78 – It’s “Time to Be Alive” with Mary Electra

Admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:00:49 +0000

Mary Electra

Sound guru and progressive thinker, Mary Electra, is my special guest on this 17 minute podcast. She wrote the book “Time to Be Alive” to help wake people up to the consciousness of who we are in our deep vibrational essence.

ALIVE is an acronym for Acknowledge, Live, In (your) Vibrational Essence. She shares her story and journey around the world to sacred sites that helped her discover the healing powers of vibrational energy.

Check it out…

Mary Electra is a master of enhancing the intention of the healing process, individually and globally. Mary works on various dimensional levels, using techniques such as toning, breath-work, bodywork, tarot and spiritual counseling. Ancient healing vibrations manifest through her and she is inspired by the spiritual vibrations of many masters including Mary Magdalena, The Christ Consciousness, Sai Baba, Baba Ji, Mother Mary, as well as other inter-dimensional beings. Spiritual masters have described her as “A Portal To Inner Discovery”.

Check out more at www.MaryElectra.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #77 – Aligning with “The Power of Soul”

Admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:00:50 +0000

Adrian Lopez, Reiki Master, massage therapist and certified soul healer and teacher is my special guest on this podcast. Adrian shares Dr. Zhi Gang Sha’s transformation work designed to heal, rejuvenate and enlighten all humanity. On this podcast, he shows how simply we can align with our soul, and how complicated we make it. Dr. Sha’s books, CDs and workshops are yet another way for us to return to our true natures.

Open your heart and mind and be fascinated by the power of the soul…

Adrian recently returned to the Bay Area after a few years of living in the Sierra Foothills growing organic vegetables and herbs and reconnecting with nature. While attending his first yoga class he discovered the power of breath and movement which has influenced him ever since. Native American culture and natural ways have always influenced him. Growing up with a grandmother who was a healer from Mexico he was always drawn to natural remedies and began to explore his own healing abilities several years ago when faced with several life threatening illnesses. Since that time he has practiced and taught yoga, Reiki, massage and shiatsu.

In the past few years he discovered or rather was introduced to the healing power of the soul. He began an intense training with the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment and is currently a Certified Soul Healer Teacher at the San Francisco Healing Center. He considers the soul to be the next major influence in the evolution of humanity and the guiding force for Mother Earth for many years to come. Tapping into the power of the soul for healing ourselves, our loved ones, our community and the planet as a whole is where he believe true transformation lies.

To find out more, go to DrSha.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #76 – Music to reconnect with our inner vibration

Admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:00:44 +0000

My delightful guest, healer and teacher Carol Allison, is back to talk about music created to help us awaken 9 spiritual centers in our bodies. Carol explains how and why this music helps us activate and access these centers giving us access to more of our spirit. You will find the story of how the music was created fascinating, and truly a body experience. This music and Carol’s teachings help you live in the real time experience of the world.

To find out about how this special music can help you tune into nature, listen in…

Carol Allison

Carol Allison is one of thirty New Equations teachers worldwide, and has been active in the student and development community since 2001. This has transformed her life and become an integral part of her longtime practice as a massage therapist, yoga teacher and wellness coach. She is thrilled that most of her time is now focused on offering workshops and programs that make the amazing discoveries and practices of New Equations accessible to people all over the world.

To learn about this fascinating body of work and order the 2 hour CD of music, go to NewEquations.com and NewEquationsNews.com.

Coach Betty LIVE! #75 – An Earth Day Bow to Organic Lawn Care

Admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:00:31 +0000

“Don’t freak out if you have a little clover in your lawn,” says Annie Spiegelman, the author of “Talking Dirt.”

Annie shares her master gardening wisdom with us promoting brown and the new green in summer lawns of California. She outlines why those beautiful green lawns are not only lots to care for, but create havoc with our productive pests and take a tremendous amount of water. This does not make good planet sense in places like droughty California.

In classic Dirt Diva style, she says “we all need to get off the sauce,” meaning stop chemicals and start using organic compost. Her book and this podcast are full of tips to be safe and have a beautiful lawn.

Annie Spiegelman

Annie’s upbeat, down-to-earth wit and wisdom create the perfect primer for anyone with a passion for homegrown vegetables or fresh-cut flowers, no matter what your skill level, location, or resources. As your horticultural host, this Dirt Diva dishes out useful information, fun facts, and handy tips that any gardening novice, geek or seasoned pro will be thrilled have at her fingertips in “Talking Dirt.”

Visit her website at www.DirtDiva.com (where critics will be composted).

Are your ready to save money and clean up the planet?

Green Think #74 – Talking School Gardens with the Dirt Diva

Admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:00:44 +0000

It is exciting to learn that school gardens are a growing trend. How about marketing organic gardening to our children instead of junk food?

Annie Spiegelman, a Master gardener and author of “Talking Dirt,” has a passion for teaching children where real food comes from, how a seed can feed, and how to garden without using any chemicals. You will love her sense of humor and garden wisdom.

Listen in…

Annie Spiegelman

Annie is a garden columnist for the San Francisco Bay Area Pacific Sun newspaper, where she writes the “Dirt Diva” organic gardening column. She is also a frequent contributor to Organic Style Magazine, New York Spirit, the Marin Independent Journal, Creative Home, Learn2Grow.com, UrbanSustainableLiving.com, and the Huffington Post.

Visit her website and buy her book “Talking Dirt” at DirtDiva.com (where critics will be composted).

Green Think #73 – Dr. Louann Brizendine and “The Male Brain”

Admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:00:51 +0000

How might our relationships change if we acknowledged and understood that the male brain has an area for sexual pursuit 2.5 times larger than the female brain? Louann Brizendine is the author of recently released “The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think.” This book is a follow up to her groundbreaking book “The Female Brain.”

She wants women to know that the way men feel love has a lot to do with their sexual center in the brain. She says, “The male brain can fall in love just as hard and fast as the female brain, maybe more so.” Her thoughts for men to better understand women’s needs provides a proven practical tip that works.

Listen in to this 18 minute podcast for an enlightened discussion on a topic that could help mend our misunderstandings in relationships…

Dr. Louann Brizendine

Louann Brizendine, MD, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medical Examiners, is an endowed clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is founder and director of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic.

After receiving her degree in neurobiology at University of California, Berkeley, and her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, she completed an internship and residency in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She has served as faculty at both Harvard and UCSF.

Learn more about her and her books at LouannBrizendine.com.

You can also join in a discussion with her on Facebook.

What assumptions are you making about the opposite sex? Read Dr. Brizendine’s books to find out!

Green Think #72 – A Suitcase Full of Healing

Admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:00:38 +0000

Hoy Kersh, author of “Suitcase Full of Dreams” is my special guest on this podcast. She shares her courageous story of growing up in the Jim Crow South in the 1940s and early 50s just prior to the Civil Rights Movement. Her book talks of the horrors as well as the joys of her childhood. She had a deep connection with nature and trees finding the healing aspects of nature at an early age. Nature was the entertainment in her humble beginnings. Her mother was an herbalist preparing and selling tinctures from the wild herbs she and her siblings collected.

Listen to this fascinating woman share her story and insights of how to stay healthy naturally…

Hoy Kersh

Hoy Kersh, author of Suitcase Full of Dreams, is a songwriter and Reggae music performer who lives part-time in Jamaica where she had an organic farm and taught reading and writing to adults at the local night school. Now living in the woods of Northern California, Kersh works with students at a rural Pacific Northwest school on a video documentary about logging and the regional water crisis, issues close to her heart. A lifelong antiwar activist and environmentalist, Kersh is active in local and regional peace movements. She continues to write and promote music and is at work on her second book and is the mother of three grown children.

To order Hoy’s book, go to Amazon.com.

What do you remember about your relationship with nature as a child?

Green Think #71 – Dancing to Your Own Rhythm

Admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:00:39 +0000

Coach Betty invites her creative and innovative dance instructor, Kelvin Cooper, to share his story of the healing powers of dance. His unique class format includes games, group choreography, and solo performances of original choreography. On this podcast he discusses how he helps people find the dancer within by breaking down dance steps as pedestrian movements. Between his relaxing voice and his laid back nature, the space for self-expression through movement becomes natural and easy.

Listen to this 17 minute podcast, and you will know what I mean…

Kelvin Cooper

Kelvin grew up in the Bahamas, and started dancing in school, church and community performances. He then moved to New York City and received dance degrees from Rowan University and New York University. He is now full time faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College in Northern California where he teaches his unique brand of jazz, hip hop, and modern dance. He also spearheads a dance outreach class which brings the spirit of dance to the community through performances at schools and community centers in the area.

To learn more about Kelvin and the college, go to SantaRosa.edu.

How would your life be different if you expressed yourself through your body instead of with words?

Green Think #70 – Music speaks Better Than Words with Terrence Ngassa

Admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:00:22 +0000

Terrence Ngassa, trumpet player extraordinaire, is my guest on this podcast. He has a “back to nature” message of bringing life back to being simple, and thinking positively in the good times and the bad times. His philosophy is that “Life is Easy and Simple Like a Musical Note.” He shares how he maintains his happy spirit…it is a message so close to Coach Betty’s…you will be amazed. The language of love and happiness is so universal.

Listen in to this 15 minute podcast for his prescription for a healthy and happy world.

Terrence Ngassa

Terrence came from a musical family. His father, uncle and brother are all professional trumpet players, and he began playing professional when he was 14 years old. His music which you can hear on the intro to the podcast “My mind questions me” symbolizes that period in any ones life when you ask certain questions about the essence of life. Why certain things are just the way they are without anwer. Are we on the right track? Did we make the right or wrong choices in our lives so far? He has boundless passion and love for music.

To be inspired and learn more, go to Ngassa.com.

Can you imagine a world without language? Music, smiles and love to speak for us…

Green Think #69 – Awakening Our Nine Spiritual Centers

Admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:24 +0000

My very special guest, Carol Allison, is an amazing woman who helps people connect with their spiritual nature through a body of work called “New Equations” (NE). Carol describes on this 15 minute podcast how this work was developed and the nine centers in the body discovered by founders, Alan Sheets and Barbara Tovey. The NE work continues to evolve through the collaborative insights of the NE teachers and founders. They have found that when you learn to access all nine centers, it allows you to be in the energy of every moment.

How would you like to know about accessing your body’s wisdom and moving humanity forward in the process?

Listen in…

Carol Allison

Carol Allison is one of thirty New Equations teachers worldwide, and has been active in the student and development community since 2001. This has transformed her life and become an integral part of her longtime practice as a massage therapist, yoga teacher and wellness coach. She is thrilled that most of her time is now focused on offering workshops and programs that make the amazing discoveries and practices of New Equations accessible to people all over the world.

To learn about this fascinating body of work, go to NewEquations.com and NewEquationsNews.com.

After all…we are all spirits having a human experience.

Green Think #68 – Community Minded from the Inside Out with John Crowley

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:33 +0000

John Crowley is an entrepeuner, local cafe owner, past Moose lodge president, author of wildly successful local newsletter, husband, father, and self-described Social Capitalist. He is my guest on this …minute podcast. From a bored and lethargic place behind his TV set 8 years ago, he created a community event that now brings over 200 people out to connect, share and dance the night away in Petaluma, CA.

Listen in to his amazing energy and vision, and learn how he changed local perceptions to create community mindedness from the inside out.

John Crowley

John was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. After receiving a degree in Computer Science, he spent the next 8 years working in Frankfurt, Germany where he met his wife, Anne-laure a native of Lyon, France. In 1993, they immigrated to Petaluma, California where John worked as a software engineer. He now owns his own company that provides air transportation logistics and management systems for cruise lines and wholesale tour operators.

His community minded undertakings include the Aqus Café Foundry Wharf, a vibrant community watering hole that provides the much-needed “third space” that is so often lacking in today’s world. John, always the connector, has helped create the many conversation groups that happen at the café. He sees the café not unlike the Public House where he grew up in the outskirts of Dublin, a place that was the real center of the community, a multi-generational space where people connect with each other to discuss important issues and to have fun.

He has created the wildly successful Aqus Crawl, another exciting way to connect with others in the community. The Crawl is a progressive party that goes from location to location visiting galleries, showrooms, pubs and restaurants. Each night has a theme designed to easily get people into conversation. For example, one theme might be “Bring a book that changed your life and give it away” and another one might be “Bring a photograph of yourself as a teenager”, essentially anything that will start a conversation.

John has also created Aqus News, a weekly e-newsletter, which is like a combination of a local “craigslist” and an online magazine. Again, this is designed to bring people together in a trusted virtual community.

In every way, for years, John’s efforts have been directed towards supporting the community he loves, creating new and innovative ways of bringing people together and encouraging community involvement.

John’s focus on “Social Capital” has over these past years brought Petaluma significant positive achievements. His theory that as individuals of a town are provided more opportunities to interact and connect, the entire town benefits, has proven remarkably successful.

Check out his website and newsletter at Aqus Cafe, and be inspired!

One of John’s amazing insights… No matter where you live or for how long…act as if you are going to spend the rest of your life there!

Green Think #67 – Maria de Barros Feeding Souls with Love

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My special guest, Maria de Barros, is making an impact all around the world with the power of her music and her beautiful spirit. The intent of her message and music is to unite all colors and countries as one. Her strong family background created the groundwork for her to identify at a young age that she was a singer/musician, and she was supported to develop her passion for it. She is a shining example of Green Think Radio’s philosophy…when we discover and pursue our passions and let our magnificence shine through, the love for others and our planet naturally flows out.

Listen in to this 21 minute podcast and be inspired by this World Ambassador of Love…

Maria de Barros

Maria de Barros’ music transcends taste, preference and even language. It travels through countries dense with culture, picking up pieces of each along the way, combining distinct inflections of Africa, Brazil, the Carribean, France and Spain. However, Maria is passionate about presenting the traditions and cultures of Cape Verde through her music. She describes Cape Verde, the homeland of her parents, as a tiny little island paradise off the west coast of Africa. This island may be very poor, but it produced a great love in Maria de Barros.

Her new CD, Morabeza, was nominated by the NAACP Image Awards for Best World Music Album. You can find out more by going to Mariadebarros.com, myspace.com/mariadebarros, or facebook.com/mariadebarros. She answers all of her emails personally, and invited you to receive a signed copy of Morabeza by writing to maria@mariadebarros.com.

Musical Healing Tip: Every morning, put on music that feeds your soul and sets the tone for the day! See what happens…

Green Think #66 – The Green Wisdom of Spirit Animals

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On this podcast, Vision and Nature Quest leader Catriona MacGregor, reminds us that the “sacred is only a moment away” when we connect with the nature of our surroundings. She writes, in her upcoming book Partnering with Nature, “We are cut off from nature, and separate from the animals and plants that surround us making us strangers in our own home.” She shares a personal experience of how she uses her spirit animal to guide her in life.

Listen to this fascinating woman and how her work is making a positive impact on the planet…

Catriona MacGregor

Catriona MacGregor’s mother was from Scotland and her father was from England. She has a Keltic knowledge of nature and traditions. She founded Awen Grove, which among other things provides Youth Quests to children ages 9-16 and provides scholarships to young people to help them advance their interests and skills. Her book “Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting With the Earth” will be available on Earth Day 2010.

To learn more, NaturalPathfinder.com.

Green Think #65 – “Partnering with Nature” by Catriona MacGregor

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My very special guest, Catriona MacGregor, author of the upcoming book due out on Earth Day 2010 called “Partnering with Nature,” shares her deep knowledge of the healing powers of nature beginning as a small child. She explains how enriching our relationship with our external nature enriches our relationship with our inner nature. Imagine that there are answers and wisdom available to us right in our own back yards.

Open your mind and heart and take a journey into the mysterious and amazing world of nature we live in by listening to this 12 minute podcast.

Catriona MacGregor

A visionary bridge builder between nature and humankind, Catriona helps people connect to nature and their own spirit through vision quests, shamanic journeys, spirit animal discovery, and nature-based coaching. She started her path early by founding SOS Save Our Seals at 12 years of age. She is a wise woman who weaves her many life experiences, spirituality, and intuition into a tapestry of hope.

A catalyst for positive change, Catriona is an authority on environmental trends in the United States and internationally. For over twenty years, she led and supported environmental initiatives in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the United States. She has been a voice for animals and wild places all of her life.

Catriona is also the coauthor of Healing the Heart of the World: Harnessing the Power of Intention to Change Your Life and the Planet, along with Carolyn Myss, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Masaru Emoto, Fritjof Capra, Thich Nhat Hanh, et al.

Her new book “Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth” will be released on Earth Day 2010.

Find out more at NaturalPathfinder.com.

Green Think #64 – Exploring Your Unique Inner Wisdom with Dr. Tina van Leuven

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Dr. Tina van Leuven is my special guest who shares the very natural, yet profound, way she helps people reconnect with the healing power of their own bodies and inner wisdom. She shares her story of how she was inspired to study a number of healing sciences including massage therapy, aromatherapy, and energy medicine. She is also an an Aura Soma colour care practitioner. She explains Aura Soma work on the podcast, and how it helps people remove fears so they can touch into their magnificence.

Listen in to this 19 minute podcast…

Dr. Tina van Leuven

Tina founded her company, InnerDelight, with the vision of being a catalyst for global transformation by empowering as many people as possible to experience the joy from awakening their inner light. She has a Ph.D. in Healing Science and is also qualified and experienced in many energy releasing techniques. Tina is a trainer in TAT ®(Tapas Acupressure Technique), Zpoint, and Assemblage Point Correction, as well as a life coach, and an aromatherapist. The work of InnerDelight is expressed in the motto: “Experience the connection that changes everything.”

To learn more about the amazing Tina, please check out her website, InnerDelight.com.

She has an ‘Embracing your Divinity‘ series starting in March, in collaboration with Whispering Energy. More info at WhisperingEnergy.com. It is all about clearing up whatever obstacles stand in our way to living our lives as the Divine creators we really are.

Are you ready for the magnificent life you deserve?

Green Think #63 – Natural Healing Through Community and Fun in Paris

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My special guest, Patricia Laplante-Collins, shares her story and inspiration for creating Paris Soirees. She invites people of various ages and cultures into her home to create a community event that helps us rise above our differences and enjoy our similar interests. She believes there is no need to be alone, and when we come together and learn from each other then we hold each other afloat…nice image! She cooks a dinner for her Soiree guests so they really feel the feeling of home even if they are traveling abroad alone.

Listen in to this 16 minute podcast to learn more. You may be flying to Paris after you hear it…woohoo!!

Patricia Laplante-Collins

Patricia grew up in Atlanta and learned to be a gracious hostess from her Mother and Grandmother. All throughout school, she has been involved in social activities including being the Social Chairman of her freshman class at Atlanta’s Spelman College. She has been hosting events through her experience at Sarah Lawrence College, as an Art History student in Florence, Italy, and as a young advertising professional in New York with D’Arcy, Masius Benton & Bowles. She is also the founder of African American Literary Soirees. This is her 11th year doing the Paris Soirees…imagine all the fascinating people she has met.

To find out more about the events she is involved with, check out ParisSoirees.com or email parissoirees@gmail.com.

What kind of community do you want to create?

Green Think #62 – Coming Back to Natural Rhythms with VINX!

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Musician, Vocalist and Creator of the “Songwriter’s Soul Kitchen,” Vinx De Jon Parrette, is my special guest on this 16 minute podcast. The Songwriter’s Soul Kitchen is an artists sanctuary held at the home/studio of internationally acclaimed artist/educator, Vinx. He shares with Green Think his inspiration to create this vehicle for songwriters to come together in community and discover and re-discover their inner passion for music. Four times a year, musicians, producers, writers and singers escape to the quaint town of MacRae, GA where in his home, they collaborate, learn and encourage each other. Artists at every experience level are invited.

Listen in to this inspiring man with a mission to return music and musicians to nature…

Vinx

Vinx has a fascinating history and background including pursuing Olympic ambitions, working as a fitness trainer for the rich and famous like Stevie Wonder, and surviving the murder of his father. He has performed with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King to name a few. He joined the faculty at BERKELEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC in Boston and gives workshops there and elsewhere, and has organized many world events including an international DRUM/DANCE Festival. All this in addition to the Songwriter Soul Kitchen Retreats quarterly at his 1906 Georgia plantation home/studio.

Check it all out at SongwriterSoulKitchen.com.

What is the songwriter in you dying to share?

We are all musician’s when we are tuned into our natural rhythms!

Green Think #61 – Singer/Songwriter Cae Joseph Massena’s Inward Journey

Admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:46 +0000

I am pleased to bring this beautiful woman and spirit to share with you on Green Think. Cae Joseph Massena shares her multi-cultural and world perspective on the healing powers of music. She carries the Green Think message beautifully as she describes her journey inward to create her music, and the healing powers that she find there. Her goal is to make music that provokes the mind and feeds the soul.

Listen to one of the tracks from her upcoming debut E.P. “Daughter of the Dust” and her story on this 11 minute podcast.

Cae Joseph Massena

Cae draws on a variety of influences, ranging from the literary works of Toni Morrison and Leonora Miano as well as her personal struggles, to create her music and lyrics. This up-and-coming Franco-Haitian singer-songwriter is winning over audiences and earning rave reviews on the Paris music scene.

She is both bicultural and metisse, a lyricist, and a composer, a singer and a musician. With such a background, the harmonious mixture of influences to be found in her music where soul, folk, jazz and World music converge naturally.

Find out more by going to CaeMusic.net.

What is your inspiration and experience healing from music?

Green Think #60 – A Future of Healthy and Satisfying Sex – are you ready?

Admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:00:13 +0000

Whether you are a woman or a man, you will want to know about Zestra, a natural botanical product that enhances women’s sexual satisfaction. My special guest, Rachel Braun Scherl, is the president of Semprae Laboratories, the company that produces Zestra. She shares research on women’s sexual satisfaction, looking at it separate and apart from relationships. The Zestra message to focus on inner sexuality aligns perfectly with Coach Betty’s focus of loving and caring for ourselves first…then we have so much more to give in our relationships, and for our planet.

Listen to this 18 minute podcast and be inspired to change your world from the inside out!

Rachel Braun Scherl

Stanford Business School graduate Rachel Braun Scherl teamed up with colleague Mary Wallace Jaensch over ten years ago to focus on developing and marketing women’s health products. They have provided guidance and expertise to Fortune 100 firms, including multiple divisions and operating companies of Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, and GlaxoSmithKline.

In 2008, they purchased Zestra, and are committed to creating a company that provides essential sexual satisfaction health products and services to women. These two ladies are creating a safe enviornment for women to listen and explore their own sexual satisfaction and pleasure.

Imagining becoming more aligned with your true nature by the exploration of sexual satisfaction? Sound good…

Join the conversation on the blog at Zestra.com, or email Rachel directly at info@semprae.com.

What are your natural ways to sexual pleasure and satisfaction…let’s keep the conversation going…

Green Think #59 – Natural Health and Balance through Ayurveda

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This podcast looks back 5000 years to a medicine that my special guest, Raven Jones, found and healed his body from cancer with it. His physicians advised him to amputate his leg, as radiation therapy was unsuccessful. He searched for more answers, and found the natural healing power of Ayurveda. He is enjoying both of his human legs to this day.

Listen to this 14 minute podcast and his incredible healing story.

Raven Jones

It was five years ago that Raven ones was diagnosed with a deadly, rare sarcoma cancer and was advised to amputate his right leg. After trying conventional western therapy, the cancer returned a year later. This led him to search for an alternative healing in India where he learned the 5,000 yr old, traditional medicine of Ayurveda.

He is an Ayurvedic Practitioner living in Sebastopol, Sonoma, where he is completing a book about his journey to health. The book is also a guide for people with cancer and other health issues using Complimentary and Alternative Medicine.

Email Raven at ravenayurveda@gmail.com to learn more about his book and work.

Do you have a natural healing story to share?

Green Think #58 – New Body Habits to FEEL GOOD

Admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:00:47 +0000

What do you carry around with you every moment and every day that creates greater health and well being? Read on…

Stu Charno

Stu Charno, multi-talented artist and originator of a unique and innovative movement program called “New Body Habits” is my special guest on this 12 minute podcast where he shares his prescription for easy and simple ways to FEEL GOOD in your body. His inspiration for natural healing followed a diagnosis of MS treated by pharmaceutical injections with nasty side effects.

Listen in to see how this amazing man turned to simple practices for health and well being…you can learn them too!

Stu has been an actor, jazz pianist, and teacher of Shing Yi (a rare martial art) for the last 30 years. The “New Body Habits” program was developed from his knowledge of Shing Yi, and his desire to take the “martial” out of martial arts. His beautiful spirit and lively energy is bound to inspire you. “New Body Habits” has been tested on NBA players and will be launching to the greater world later this year.

Stay tuned to what is happening with Stu by going to StuCharno.com.

For the next week…I invite and encourage you to start your day and end your day smiling, for no particular reason, and see what happens…let me know what you notice…:)

Green Think #57 – WOA Baby – Prescription for Relationships: Self-Love

Admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:08 +0000

Happy Almost Valentine’s Day!

Sing the song of love to yourself this Valentine’s Day. How many times have we heard that another can not love us until we love ourselves?

Coach Betty’s WOA Baby will take you back to the 1200′s…self-love is a concept that has been handed down through the centuries. Why is it so hard for us as humans to truly accept and love ourselves…just the way we are right here and now?

Listen in to this 3 minute podcast and see how easy it is to start…

How many ways can you find to love yourself in this moment?

Green Think #56 – “Talking Dirt” with Diva, Annie Spiegelman

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Annie Spiegelman, or the Dirt Diva, shares her story of moving from the parking lot pavement in New York City to playing with the weeds in Northern CA. She will inspire you to consider the many benefits of organic gardening. Her new book “Talking Dirt” helps you care for yourself, your relationships and your planet. Annie is a garden geek with style who will make you laugh as she drives home her point about stepping up and taking care of our environment.

Listen to this 11 minute podcast and learn the first common sense step to an organic garden.

Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt Diva

Raised in the asphalt jungle of New York City, with a can of Raid in her hand, Annie Spiegelman moved to the Bay Area over ten years ago and became a passionate environmentalist and Master Gardener.

She is the author of two previous books on gardening (and life):

“ANNIE’S GARDEN JOURNAL: Some Thoughts on Roses, Life, Weeds, and Men”

and “GROWING SEASONS: Half-baked Garden Tips, Cheap Advice on Marriage and Questionable Theories on Motherhood.”

Her third book entitled “TALKING DIRT” (Penguin Group), an organic gardening how-to guide, will be in bookstores nationally on February 23, 2010.

Spiegelman writes a popular garden column entitled Dirt Diva in the Bay Area’s Pacific Sun newspaper while also working in the film business as a First Assistant Director. She claims she spends her days dodging bullets from the cutthroat publishing business, the maniacal movie industry and her teenage son… And rarely uses medication.

Find out more about her at DirtDiva.com.

Do you have any dirty stories that will help us live cleaner in the long run?

Green Think #55 – Healing with Happiness Medicine

Admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:00:39 +0000

The Science of Happiness has proven that positive emotions or happy feelings release chemicals that boost our immune system leading to greater health and well being. Dr. Aymee Coget shares her ground breaking work with Betty Louise on how to achieve sustainable happiness.

Listen in to this 12 minute podcast and learn how to tap into a natural healer that lives inside of you and can learn to choose happiness in every moment. Imagine being able to feel happy regardless of circumstances on the outside.

Dr. Aymee Coget

Dr. Aymee Coget , CEO of the American Happiness Association, has devoted her entire life to helping millions of people live happier lives. She has an international practice based in San Francisco, California offering three month happiness makeovers. She explains that the science of happiness looks at what is right with us instead of what is wrong…how refreshing!

To find out more, and learn how you can become happier, go to MakeMeHappyTV.com or HappinessHomeStudy.com.

Remember when you are happy, those around you are happier, and the whole planet is happier too.

How easy is it for you to choose happiness? What gets in the way?

Green Think #54 – The Healing Power of Music

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This podcast highlights international artist Yossi Fine, who is a musician, music producer and engineer and life coach. He shares his own healing story of how music helped him through a childhood of depression and asthma. His talent with music allowed him to understand his own unique intelligence, and he now helps others do the same through his life coaching practice.

Listen here to this 17 minute podcast.

Yossi Fine

Yossi was born to a West Indian singer and an Israeli guitar player, and began playing the guitar at the age of 4. Whether as a producer, arranger or bassist, Yossi’s unique and undeniable talents have made him one of the most in demand names throughout a number of different genres.

He has worked internationally with legendary names including David Bowie, Lou Reed and Deepak Chopra. He has taken his own success and experiences and now helps others find their uniqueness through a life coaching practice.

To learn more about Yossi, check out YossiFine.com.

What is healing about music for you?

Green Think #53 – Teaching the Brain how to BE positive

Admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:54 +0000

The following podcast highlights neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, who is also the author of a book titled “Buddah’s Brain: the practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom.”

During this interview, Rick explains why we hang onto negative thoughts, and need to make an active effort to think positively. The reward for your positive thinking is a good one…happiness, love and wisdom!

Listen to this 15 minute podcast and find out how easy it can be to train the brain.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, and teacher in contemplative neuroscience. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Rick founded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, edits the Wise Brain Bulletin, and teaches therapists and the general public in Europe, Australia, and America.

Buddha's Brain

To reach Rick and learn more about his work, check out WiseBrain.org.

What do you do daily to stay positive?

Green Think #52 – Dancing our Way to Heal Relationships

Admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:00:46 +0000

How would our relationships change if we took out the verbal communication, and related to our partners by dancing to deep African rhythms with Latin overtones as a way to communicate? Wow…just imagine that!

On this Green Think podcast, international artists Jean-Pierre Simons and Bianca Blesching explore just that with Coach Betty…how dancing can strengthen our relationships.

Listen to their fascinating work and story…

Jean-Pierre Simons and Bianca Blesching

Jean-Pierre Sighé of West Central Africa’s Cameroon nation grew up in a cultural environment where dancing was part of normal living. Equipped with his African dancing background, he later discovered the Latin dances and immediately felt their appeal…particularly Argentine Tango.

His motivation for teaching Tango derives from his desire to share with others the beauty of this wonderful gift to the world from the Argentinean people. He does not want to simply teach a set of steps following some futile pattern. Jean-Pierre desires to faithfully transmit to others what he has had the privilege to receive directly from the Tango Masters – the spirit of Tango.

Bianca Blesching grew up in rural Germany. As a child, her inner appeal for dancing grew strong leading her to seek formal training in Hamburg, and a degree as a Certified Modern Dance Instructor and Choreographer with a focus on Improvisation.

Bianca followed her passion for dancing into Latin styles as she studied then taught Salsa. A logical progression in her exploration took her to the Tango world where she found roots.

Bianca is an instinctive dancer who is familiar with the rhythmic language as applied in African dancing. She enjoys the code of “call-response”, which plays a major role in improvisational exchanges between dancing partners.

Check out more beautiful photos, and learn more about these two fascinating people at TangoMagdalena.com.

Green Think #51 – Increase Well Being with A Smile

Admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:00:23 +0000

Master Ming Yi Wang, from the Medicine Buddah Teahouse and Healing Center, shares his theory and experience with the power of a BODY smile. A smile, which we carry around with us everywhere we go, is an inner source of healing and well being.

Master Ming Yi Wang

On this 9 minute podcast, Master Wang describes how to smile with your body, and how that helps us release tension and drop the burdens we carry.

A physical smile helps us expand and access the inner light. Listen to Master Wang share his simple theory of how we can re-balance our lives.

To learn more about Master Wang’s programs, check out MedicineBuddhas.org or ZenAndTea.com.

Green Think #50 – The Health and YUM of a Gluten Free Diet

Admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:49:05 +0000

My special guest on this podcast is Beth Hillson, the Founder of Gluten Free Pantry. She shares how she was inspired to create these yummy foods without gluten so that those with Celiac Disease and other health conditions sensitive to gluten can enjoy good quality breads and pie crusts. Eliminating gluten has helped reduce my joint pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis also. And, I was not a pie eater until I had her “Perfect Pie Crust!” Listen in…

Beth Hillson

Beth Hillson was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 1954 and again in 1976. Beth had been a so-called “Banana Baby,” thought to outgrow the disease after a few years on a very restricted diet (mainly bananas). We now know that patients do no outgrow Celiac Disease.

She was re-diagnosed while living in Europe and attending culinary school so she could learn to eat defensively. In the process of learning the intricacies of preparing fine foods so she could ask the right questions in restaurants, she discovered she could create the same dishes at home by substituting gluten-free flous and without sacrificing taste and texture.

She serves as the president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance, and is the food editor and writer for “Living Without Magazine,” a lifestyle publication for people on special diets.

You do not have to sacrifice taste with the Gluten-Free Pantry…check it out!

Green Think #49 – Natural Healing of Hot Water

Admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:39:20 +0000

Master Ming Yi Wang, originally from the Yunnan region of the Himalayan Mountains in China, shares the amazing health results you can achieve by drinking hot water.

Master Ming Yi Wang

He is the Founder of the Medicine Buddah Teahouse and Healing Center in San Francisco where every Friday at 10 am and Sunday at 3:00 pm he has an open tea service.

Zen and Tea

Master Wang’s “Total Vitality Program” includes hot water as a healing therapy. From the first visit or phone call, Master Wang requests that you drink 2-4 liters of hot water every day.

Listen in to this eleven minute podcast to learn how you can become healthier, happier and achieve more vitality by using this simple therapy which holds NO SIDE EFFECTS.

Stay tuned next week to Master Wang’s philosophy on how powerful your smile can be in your health and well being.

To reach Master Wang and learn more, check out MedicineBuddhas.org or ZenAndTea.com.

Green Think #48 – Don’t ever Fear Paris

Admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:00:55 +0000

I’ll bet there are not many people who would say they fear going to Paris, France. Would you?

Coach Betty offers up a perspective on fear that may expand your mind AND make you less fearful. When you are fearful, you are not able to love yourself…all your energy is taken up with the fear response…brain power compromised…muscles tense…disconnected to spirit…not to mention it doesn’t feel good.

Check out this short Views You Can Use segment, and see if you can’t redesign your fear. I can guarantee it is worth the effort…

Green Think #47 – The Natural Healing of Sex

Admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:03:58 +0000

After great reflection from last year’s Green Think Radio Shows, it was stunning how guest after guest, book after book, article after article showed that repairing our relationships and saving the planet begins with self-love. My mission is to help us find our greatest love of all in 2010 – SELF LOVE!

My approach to healing involves using what we have available. I will continue to explore the research on the healing powers of our own bodies, including sex…it lives within us. Check out interviews, WOA Babies (news sounds bites), and Views You Can Use Segments from 2009 and you will hear a strong argument for the healing powers of sex. We even have scientific evidence that a healthy sex life is good for our hearts and immune systems. Pleasurable and loving sex shows protection against cancers, and lower rates of depression.

So then…it is a WOA BABY that…

“Thirty-two percent of women and 15% of men lacked sexual interest for several months within the last year.” (Laumann EO, Paik A. Rosen RC. Sexual dysfunction in the United States: Prevalene and Predictors. JAMA 1999;281:537-544).

All that healing power going to waste…

Listen to this two minute WOA Baby, and let Coach Betty inspire you to have “More HEALTHY Sex” in 2010 for the sake of bringing more self-love to the planet. How about THAT?

Green Think #46 – 2010, A Spiritual Forecast for Our Future

Admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:00:01 +0000

Ready or Not…Here comes 2010!

My special guest, Nagi, is an active spiritual medium. On the show, he shares his work aligning the spiritual with the temporal, and also what he sees, hears and feels for 2010 and beyond. Opening your mind to the fact that we are spiritual beings in a human experience creates infinite potential.

Listen to Nagi now…

Nagi (formerly Reggie Arthur)

Nagi has an active energy practice for 20 years and is a Reiki Minister. He is the Founder of the Family of Light Foundation; an organization dedicated to advancing spiritual awareness within minority communities.

Urban Hero

He conceived of “Urban Hero” Workshops to encourage “thinking outside the box” which he describes as learning to go to the opposite of that to which you are accustomed to experiencing and see how far you can go.

He currently holds these workshops to restore well being and capability to ex-offenders re-entering society or persons in recovery. His work creates more understanding and love for yourself and others.

To learn more and reach Nagi for phone healing sessions, email urbanhero3@aol.com.

May your 2010 be filled with joy, love and peace…what you command will happen!

Happy New Year!

Green Think #45 – Green Shifting to Care for the Planet

Admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:00:21 +0000

Rocky Dawuni, international music sensation from Ghana, champions social causes and inspires artists and fans alike to a green think mindset. My second guest, Kevin Danaher, is working on a vision of a model green global center inspiring green businesses to collaborate and support each other. Both of these inspiring men are creating amazing positive shifts in how we care for our planet.

Listen to Rocky and Kevin now…

Coach Betty & Rocky Duwani

Rocky Dawuni underlines the Green Think message that our shifts to making a better world always begin with self love. Rocky is one of Africa’s most exciting artists. His unique fusion of reggae, soul and traditional African sounds and combustible live performances, combined with his social commentary and advocacy for a multitude of global causes, has brought him global recognition and resulted in collaborations with organizations including UNICEF, and the Carter Center.

His highly anticipated new CD, Hymns for the Rebel Soul, is being distributed by Whole Foods.

To learn more about Rocky and his music, check out RockyDawuni.com.

Dr. Kevin Danaher

Dr. Kevin Danaher is a co-founder of Global Exchange (globalexchange.org), Founder and Executive Co-Producer of the Green Festivals (greenfestivals.org), and Executive Director of the Global Citizen Center (globalcitizencenter.org).

He is the author and editor of 13 books, including his two latest: The Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change (2008); Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots (2007).

The global citizen center project is a green economy launchpad…this is a vision whose time has come.

Listen in, get involved, and check out GlobalCitizenCenter.com.

Happy Holidays!

Green Think #44 – Redesigning Happiness is an Inside Job

Admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:00:36 +0000

John Gray, world renown author and relationship expert, is my sole guest on this week’s show. His 17 Mars Venus books have been sold in over 45 languages throughout the world. He agreed to be interviewed for Green Think Radio because of his passion for how finding our internal happiness is deeply connected to global warming and the problems on our planet.

Listen to John now…

John Gray

John Gray was a Certified Family Therapist for over 15 years and has been conducting personal growth seminars for over thirty years.

His unique focus is assisting men and women in understanding, respecting and appreciating their differences.

He inspires us with his insights into how tending to women’s needs also tends to the planet’s needs.

To learn more about John and his latest book, ‘Why Mars and Venus Collide‘ go to MarsVenus.com.

What do you need to do today to tend to your happiness?

Green Think #43 – International Love and Inspiring Men

Admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:00:35 +0000

This episode of Green Think highlights two inspiring men from different corners of the world. Elliot Hiller, currently living in France, author of a book titled “All You Need to Know About Everything” describes how we can remove inner obstacles and find our talents and skills. He talks about his method of uncovering the amazing sculptures we have living inside of us. In addition, my second guest is the multi-talented Stuart Charno who brings an edubration to Green Think by entertaining and blessing us with his humor and thoughts from his amazing life as a martial artist, actor, writer, musician, etc… I told you he was multi-talented.

Listen to Elliot and Stu now…

Elliot Hiller

Elliot was born and grew up in London, England. He studied Movement Therapy in Switzerland for four years before moving with his young family to Germany, where he worked in a number of clinics specializing in the long term treatment of patients with substance abuse and addiction problems.

He became a leading specialist in this field, training other therapists and speaking all over Europe on Preventative Education. His book is the documentation of all he learned from his therapy work.

To learn more, and order his book, go to ElliotHiller.com.

Stu Charno

Stu has been practicing Shing-Yi for thirty years, also acting in film, tv, commercials and stage for 30 years, playing piano for 40 years and writing for his entire life.

After all the years of studying and teaching the internal martial art Shing-Yi, he has developed his own ‘Body-Mind’ practices called ‘New Body Habits. He shares what he sees when people find their ‘good juice’ and how simple it is to start relaxing. He is such a multi-talent with a wide breadth of wisdom to share…don’t miss him…he even sings one of his own songs “Everybody’s Right.”

What good juice can you create today?

Green Think #42 – Life is Supposed to Be Grand and Great!

Admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:50 +0000

Mahmoudah Young and Akoshia Yoba, mother/daughter team and co-authors of “The Screw Factory“, share their courageous and inspiring healing journeys. They are stories filled with courage and hope with a resounding message of “Life is Suppose to Be Grand and Great!” Listen in to how they overcame the obstacles that stood in the way of their magnificence.

Listen to Mahmoudah and Akoshia now…

Mahmoudah Young was born in New York City a year after world war two had ended. Her father died when she was 3 and she was separated from her mother at the age of 10. She graduated from high school pregnant in 1962 and went to live with a man she considered to be her savior. Their union lasted for 16 years, and she had baby after baby for ten years straight. in 1977, she escape her emotionally abusive husband, leaving the children behind. it would take 15 years for her to be reunited with them. She attributes their reconnection to her chanting nam myoho renge kyo to the gohonzon (sacred mandala of the nichiren buddist sect founded in 1300 centrury japan).

Mahmoudah Young & Akoshia Yoba

Akoshia Yoba is a creative non-fiction writer. “The Screw Factory: Secret Rites of Passages” was her first collaboration with her mother. Her first published book is entitled “Please Return My Phone Call: Preventing the Demise of Personal and Professional Relationships” which she co-authored with her brother. This book shares her views on personal integrity and follow through. She is an educator and speaker who is focused on issues that improve the quality of life for all of us. Her outlook on life is bound to put a smile on your face!

Their healing journey takes you along with the writers’ as girls, young women, wives, and mothers.

Listen to their audio blog at MySpace.com/mahmoudah.

What is your amazing healing story? How can you inspire others with your experience?

Green Think #41 – Healing Powers of the Land and the Animals

Admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:52 +0000

Liz Mitten Ryan, author, artist and animal communicator is on the show to reveal her observations from the summer of guests at Gateway 2 Ranch participating in the life changing workshops there. In addition, Billa deVries who co-led the workshops and is a healing touch practitioner describes how to access the healing powers of the land. At these workshops, which I was privileged enough to attend one, each and every participant touched into the experience of Oneness with the planet. Listen in to discover the healing that is available all around you.

Listen to Liz and Billa now…

Liz Mitten Ryan

Liz lives on Gateway 2 Ranch, and after experiences with friends and family being healed by her herd of horses and the surrounding land, she began offering life changing workshops in the summer of 2009. Her generosity, hospitality and deep love for healing the planet will be apparent when you listen to her passion about the healing experience she has created for those who come to the workshops.

In addition she is a nationally acclaimed artist and much of her recent work including landscapes, equine art, and animal portraits appears in her four books.

To learn more about her books, her art, and the workshops, check out LizMittenRyan.com.

Billa deVries

Billa deVries began her journey with the healing powers of the land and nature as a young child. She and her grandfather would walk the forest and he would share his love for the forest and teach her about the sacredness of the ground beneath her feet and all around her…she would often be barefoot!

She is a talented healer who draws on many native practices to help her clients.

You can reach Billa at devries@telus.net.

“The journey is univeral; the path narrow and ill defined.
The message is told in myth, legend and story…
We must try to remember who we are and why we came here.
We each hold a piece of the puzzle.”

–Liz Mitten Ryan

Have you ever touched the experience of oneness?

I would love to hear from you…Enjoy the show!

Green Think #40 – Finding the Real You (in your DNA)

Admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:01:52 +0000

My special guest this week, Naomi Tickle, is an expert in personology and speaks all over the world about the art and science of face reading. Her stories will validate my often spoken belief that we all have a unique purpose on the planet, and we are not fully satisfied until we find it and live it.

Listen to Naomi now…

Naomi Tickle

Naomi’s work helps you do just that. She is the author of ”You Can Read A Face Like A Book,” and is currently working on her second book “What Makes People Tick and Why.”

She was first introduced to Personology 22 years ago. Amazed by the accuracy, she could immediately see how this approach could help others better understand themselves and the people they interact with on a daily basis.

Naomi has appeared on CNN, Fox News, NBC, BBC, Good Morning America and numerous television & radio interviews around the world. Her clients include IBM marketing division, The World Trade Center, AT&T, National Semiconductor, College Administration Conference, Orthodontist, FAMA conference plus many more.

To reach her for a face reading session, check out NaomiTickle.com or call 011-707-769-0290.

Find your path, and enjoy the process!

Green Think #39 – Redesign Your Eco-Anxiety and Get Informed

Admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:53 +0000

This episode of Green Think takes a look at how we can become more aware of our planet’s needs without beating ourselves up or becoming overwhelmed.

Lauren Selman, CEO and Founder of Reel Green Media, discussed how she helps the entertainment industry reduce their environmental impact.

In addition, Luis Prestamo and Anaheli De Los Santos also share their innovative company, Planet Up, which allows you to calculate your carbon footprint in an understandable and meaningful way.

Listen to Lauren, Luis and Anaheli now…

Lauren Selman

Lauren Selman, at 23 years of age, has a beautiful perspective on how we can make the world a better place. Here are Lauren’s words:

“My philosophy is that with creativity, imagination and innovation, anything is possible. If the passion, creativity and commitment of people can be liberated for the common good, we can change the world. As young women today, we stand in a powerful place, at a threshold of opportunity: the choices we make can transform the future and do something about the suffering and breakdown that is taking place in the world.“

I know you have to be inspired by this young woman…to learn more about her, check out ReelGreenMedia.com.

Luis Prestamo

Luis Prestamo is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of PlanetUp. His philosophy is to fight global warming is to combine clean energy, carbon offsets, and greener habits.

Anaheli De Los Antos

Anaheli De Los Antos is the Director of Public Relations of PlanetUp. She believes in changes.

“Adaptation and carbon mitigation should be a priority for people and businesses alike if we want to achieve the sustainable future we’re aiming at. Climate Change, Changed my mind” she says.

Luis and Anaheli started in Mexico 4 years ago, and are now located in San Francisco.

To learn more about their innovative company, check out PlanetUp.com.

What is your creative and innovative way to help heal the planet?

This show has plenty of inspiration for new ideas…enjoy!

Green Think #38 – Breaking Cycles of Pain with Healthy Eating

Admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:03 +0000

The whole show this week is dedicated to how we can learn from the past to create healthy eating habits. Dr. Daphne Miller is my sole guest this week, and she shares research from her recent book, “The Jungle Effect.”

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Daphne Miller

Harvard-trained family physician, Daphne Miller, MD, has expanded her medical practice far beyond the four walls of an exam room. She has delivered health care at home, in group visit settings, in yoga classes, cooking demonstrations…even in the Peruvian Jungle. Most recently she traveled the world in search of culinary traditions and recipes, bringing home ones that would most benefit her patients.

Her bestselling nutrition-travelogue, The Jungle Effect (HarperCollins 2008) is the culmination of these adventures. Check it out at DrDaphne.com/thejungleeffect.

Prepare your next meal and enjoy every bite!

Stay tuned!

Green Think #37 – International Views on Healing, Love and Sex

Admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:59 +0000

Fa7 is a beautiful soul and musician from France who lets us know that there are some aspects of healing that are universal. My second guest, Evalena Rose from Sebastopol, California, brings her wealth of wisdom about creating sacred relationships.

Listen to Fa7 and Evalena now…

Fa7

Always nomadic mind…learn more about Fa7 and his music on MySpace/Fa7Music.

Evalena Rose

Evalena Rose M.A., has led workshops on intimacy and Sacred Sexuality for 17 years & founded LoveJourney: Tantra of the Heart in 1997 to offer workshops and evolve a community developing sex-positive lifestyles. She guides people in erotic and romatic arts within a container of love, respect and honoring.

Evalena offers in depth counseling for individuals and couples, multi-dimensional bodywork and channeling. Evalena has trained extensively in body-centered therapies, inner child work, psychic & spiritual healing, soul retrieval, Tantra, and recovery from additions and incest, with 30 years in private practice.

Check out more at either TantraForWomen.com or LoveJourneyTantra.com.

What is your unique healing practice that brings you to connection with yourself?

I’d love to hear from you.

Enjoy!

Green Think #36 – Tune Up to Outrageous Success

Admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:16 +0000

Freddie Ravel, GRAMMY nominated producer, composer and keyboardist, shares his innovative program called “Tune Up to Success” where he uses the metaphor of music as an overlay for our lives…you have your own melody and the most rewarding scores come from our original melodies. Dr. Barbara Riley is also on the show describing the pathway to knowing yourself deeply by traveling through 7 chambers.

Listen to Freddie and Barbara now…

Freddie Ravel

Freddie Ravel has been a musician since the age of 5 and by age 23 he began performing worldwide with Brazilian master Sergio Mendes where Universal Music discovered and subsequently released three top charting, fiery and sensual solo albums that continue to receive extensive international airplay: “Midnight Passion”, “Sol to Soul” (the title track is featured in this podcast) & “Freddie Ravel” featuring the #1 in-the-USA hit, “Sunny Side Up”.

Endorsed by NASA and Fortune 50 companies like APPLE, Disney and Microsoft, Freddie is also the founder of “Tune Up to Success”, an internationally acclaimed keynote concert event and methodology that illuminates music as a multi-tasking power tool for life. And now, as the newest member of the Carlos Santana Band, Freddie continues to live his dream of sharing the joy, passion and power of elevating humanity through music. Learn more at FreddieRavel.com.

Barbara Riley

Dr. Barbara Riley is my second guest and she is Managing Partner of the Chambers Group LLC. She is the co-author of a dynamic guidebook for those seeking a way to build and sustain personal and professional success at any stage in their lives, titled -“Are you ready for Outrageous Success: Enter the 7chambers and find deep lasting change”.

This guidebook embodies her coaching philosophy, while being fueled as she says by the endless gift of boundless spirit on the constant journey of learning and change. She has contributed over twenty-five years of consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies including Johnson and Johnson, Carolinas Health System, Corning Inc, Wachovia Corporation, Shell Oil, Kodak, SC Johnson Wax, as well as numerous, state, not-for-profit and private educational organizations.

Dr. Riley is committed to the Outrageous Success of individuals, teams and organizations. Check out her website at 7Chambers.com.

Are you ready to tune into how you can be outrageously successful?

Enjoy!

Green Think #35 – Redesign the Future and Green Innovations

Admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:00:36 +0000

This show highlights innovations from a conference in San Francisco, West Coast Green. I was fortunate enough to do onsite interviews with Steve Krauss of Atmospheric Water Systems and Nick Aster, founder of TriplePundit.com. These two innovators are helping to create the new world based on using technology for good clean water and good clean and fair conversation.

Listen to Steve and Nick now…

Steve Krauss & Coach Betty

Stephen R. Krauss, Ph.D. is the EVP for Atmospheric Water Systems. He is a pioneer and is also a nationally recognized corporate consultant in the fields of oxygen nutrition, team management and marketing. Dr. Krauss shares his innovative venture with the Dewpointe technology that transforms moisture in the air into 99.99999% pure water. I tasted it and it is amazing!

To find out more, go to AWS-H2O.com.

Nick Aster

My second guest, Nick Aster, is a New Media Architect specializing in using online technology to advance conversations on sustainability. He has worked with companies like Mother Jones magazine, Treehugger.com, Nike, SAP, Citibank, Gawker Media, Offermatica, and others on internal and external strategies for communication. His new innovative venture is TriplePundit.com where he is starting conversations about green and using the social media technologies to have literally the world be in on the conversation. Check it out!

What is your creative innovative idea to share?

Enjoy!

Green Think #34 – Accepting and Loving Energy

Admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:43 +0000

Dana Williams shares her work as a full time practicing therapist “Artist of Change” who heals by working with a variety of self healing modalities including Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Tyhson Banighen is also on the show to discuss his dowsing work and how he found the healing powers of crystal skulls. Dana and Tyhson were two of the amazing people I met at Gateway 2 Ranch in British Columbia.

Listen to Dana and Tyhson now…

Dana Williams

Dana has a lifetime of experience healing through hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, emotional freedom technique, and other energy therapies. She loves the process of change and as an artist has combined her training and art to become a talented healer able to draw on what is happening in the moment as a healer. She can be reached at IfoundmethruEFT.com.

Tyhson Banighen

Tyhson’s unique way of working with people involves helping people connect to their intuitive nature or highest self, set clear intentions and then trusting the process. His story of how he began to relate to and work with crystal skulls will make you stop and think about possibilities. Tyhson gives workshops and energy healing sessions and can be reached at EnergyDetective.ca.

What is your most interesting experience with energy? Let me know.

Enjoy the show!

Green Think #33 – Green Media and the Perfect Flush

Admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:05:27 +0000

This week’s show highlights Ian Bryan, President of Sensible City, a community-oriented marketing and public relations agency specializing in enterprises which propel greatly needed social and environmental progress…wait until you hear the projects Ian is working on. Also on this week’s show is Scott Pinnizotto, Manager and innovator at Brondell Company where Scott helps create bathroom products and devices which make an awful lot of sense too…save money and the planet at the same time. To see both of these gentleman in person, go to the West Coast Green conference on October 1, 2, and 3 in San Francisco. Learn more at WestCoastGreen.com.

Listen to Ian and Scott now…

Ian Bryan

Ian Bryan founded Sensible City in 2001, represents several of the most popular progressive brands in the United States and averages over 3 news stories per week, per client, making it one of the top producing media agencies in the United States. An outreach strategy consultant to the Senate and Presidential campaigns for Barack Obama, Ian is responsible for Sensible City’s design and measurement of hundreds of social media and community engagement programs. His work on the grassroots level is bound to inspire you.

To learn more, go to SensibleCity.com.

Scott Pinizzotto

Scott Pinizzotto brings 14 years of product development, planning, and marketing experience to Brondell. Scott worked for Sony Electronics in Tokyo, Japan prior to Brondell and that is where he found the inspiration to help create these innovative toilet accessories. Brondell’s products save a tremendous amount of water at a time when most water bills across the country and world are rising by alarming rates.

Find out how you can help reverse that trend in your household by checking out Brondell.com.

What innovation are you working on to help save the planet? Let me know…

Enjoy the show!

Green Think #32 – The Science of How Positive Thinking Can Heal

Admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:26 +0000

This episode of Green Think is dedicated to increasing positivity in your life. Why discuss positivity on a radio show dedicated to natural healing…well, because our thoughts are a very natural way for us to redesign how we feel about our health.

Listen to the simple skills to increase positivity now…

Dr. Judy Moskowitz

Dr. Judy Moskowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California/San Francisco, has been studying how positive emotions help you cope with stress. When we have skills to deal with stress, we have less pain and greater health. Her research about positive thinking and emotions is based on her work with HIV+ AIDs patients and their partners in the 1990′s when the diagnosis was considered fatal.

To learn more about Judy and the continuing studies on positivity, go to Osher.UCSF.edu.

The Wheel of Life by Coach Betty

Betty Louise/Coach Betty shares a WOA Baby supporting the move towards positive thinking. She also explains how the Wheel of Life coaching tool can give you a snapshot of how you can build on what is working well in your life.

What do you do to stay positive? I’d love to hear from you!

Enjoy the show!

Green Think #31 – Redesigning Views on Love, Sex and Intimacy

Admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:44 +0000

Two dynamic women join Coach Betty to expand your view on love, sex and intimacy. The Queen Reverend Mutima Imani expands our perspective on how we relate to these three words. Robin Fett, Hypnotherapist and co-founder of The Healing Love Center in Petaluma, California, shares her beautifully simple means to live a life of love and kindness.

Listen to Mutima and Robin now…

Queen Reverend Mutima Imani

Mutima Imani explains how when you learn to differentiate between love, sex and intimacy, you can create sacred encounters with everyone. As a relationship consultant, facilitator, and trainer, Mutima is dedicated to teaching a new paradigm for building healthy relationships.

To learn more about her workshops, email Mutima.Imani@sbcglobal.net.

Robin Fett

Robin Fett has an amazing story of growing up with parents that were hippies of the 60′s who spent their lives exploring the concept of love. Her view on love comes from living in a one room cabin in Alaska with a family of 8 to a Healing Love Center in Petaluma. She is a Certified Hynotherapist who does crystal therapy, polarity work and her deep intuition for truth.

She can be reached at HealingLoveCenter.com.

What is your amazing story or view on love? I’d love to hear from you!

Enjoy the show!

Green Think #30 – Redesign Your Views on Sound, Stuff, Horses and the Land

Admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:34:43 +0000

Can you imagine healing our bodies, minds and spirits by singing? Well this week’s show highlights Jan Cercone, who is an RN, music therapist and sound healer, and she will explain how working with Hospice patients she learned how to assist people to heal themselves. Also on this week’s show is Serah Roer from beautiful British Columbia who will share her story at Gateway 2 Ranch with Liz Mitten Ryan and her horses and land that have proven healing abilities.

Listen to Jan and Serah now…

Jan Cercone, RN

Jan Cercone, is trained as an RN and Professional Singer. She blends the two in her Sound Healing Practice with a focus on the voice. She uses Voice Bio to plot your body’s vibrations and then uses a simple method to re-calibrate your body through voice sound and spiritual intention. Her vision is to re-harmonize the planet one person and one community at a time. On this week’s show, she discusses her session with Coach Betty.

Check out more about Jan at MusicForJoyAndHealing.com.

Serah Roer and Prospera

Also trained as a nurse and midwife in England, Serah Roer is on the show to talk about her experience of feeling at one with the horses and the land at the Life Changing Workshop in British Columbia. She is pictured here with Prospera, the 6 week old colt. She also uses crystal skulls to heal.

It’s quite interesting that these women who were trained in traditional medicine have taken such alternative roads to health and healing.

Enjoy the show!

Green Think #29 – Transforming Fear for Life and Sex

Admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:34:29 +0000

This week’s show highlights Jaison Starkes, a respected intuitive and channel for the past 25 years. He is the conduit for the “Nine,” a group of wise, loving, non-physical beings whose purpose is to support the spiritual transformation of human beings. The message of “Jaison and the Nine” is “Everyone is potentially a Master Creator.”

Listen to Jaison now…

Jaison Starkes

On this week’s show, Jaison talks about how to transform fear into the state of love. It is so much easier than you might think. This same process for transforming fear can be applied to having satisfying sex. Coach Betty also presents a perspective about fear of money that can change your life.

Jaison’s website is OneLoveOneSpirit.com

Enjoy!