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?”

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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…

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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.

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.

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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 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…

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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.

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…

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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!

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…

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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.