Uplift Your Life: Nourishment of the Spirit

Attitude is everything. When someone asks you how old you are, do you cringe or do you proudly say, “I’m 69!”? Jackie chooses to be grateful for every day. She says: “I don’t give away any days.” In this time of Covid, war in the Ukraine, and the threat of nuclear war hanging over our heads, it’s easy to give away our days to worry and fear. That response to adversity puts negative energy into our body and the Universe when what we need is hope, love, and light to raise our frequency and that of the Ukraine. Jackie’s choice to embrace life at every age and in every circumstance is inspiring and uplifting, which is exactly what we all need right now. Please join us Thursday to discover the secret to aging with grace while laughing and raising your own vibration.

Energy Vampires drain a person’s energy, like a Vampire drains their blood. If we have an energy vampire in our life who consistently eats up our time, energy, and often money, we wind up exhausted and sick. We wonder why they seem to have an endless amount of energy when we are so tired all the time. Without our realizing it, people can invade our boundaries and steal our energy for themselves, sometimes even dipping into our life force. Empaths are particularly vulnerable to this kind of attack because we sense what people are thinking and feeling, often taking on the pain of others at our own expense. We tend to put the needs or others above our own, often feeling like we’re carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. There are ways we can stay balanced and keep our energy safe. My guest has the skills we need to manage energy vampires and narcissists, increase our vitality, and fully embrace our unique gifts. Please join us Thursday to learn how to identify energy vampires who come into our lives as people or spirits, practical ways to protect our time, energy, and money, and techniques to heal our energy so we can be happy, healthy, and self-empowered.

I remember wondering why the committee ignored my suggestion yet got excited when a man made the same suggestion. When I told a male colleague, he said it must have been the way I said it. Blaming me as opposed to societal biases toward women is another example of the challenges women face. Even in the U.S. Supreme Court, female justices are interrupted four times more often than their male counterparts and 96% of the time they are interrupted by men. The U.S. constitutional amendment giving women equal legal rights took 100 years to be approved by Congress. Not only is it shocking that it took until 2022 for this to happen, but it was almost completely ignored in the media, as if it weren’t important at all. These attitudes are engrained early by teachers who expect more from boys than girls and give boys more encouragement. The result is that the potential of half of the population is underused. This hurts all of us. Please join us Thursday to learn how we can address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all: men and women alike.

A client expressed surprise that a few months ago she could barely get off the couch due to severe pain, and now she is pain free while taking care of her 2 grandsons for 2 weeks in a house with stairs. My guest understands what my client is experiencing. Dr. Muehsam says: “Absolute health is simply peace of mind. It's our essential nature…It's the state of mind that we need to be in to heal from whatever ails us health-wise, and to shift circumstances and situations in our lives. Here's why: our thoughts and feelings affect our health and well-being instantaneously. Every thought and feeling is either creating a state of ease or dis-ease. A calm, peaceful mind creates a calm and peaceful body. A disturbed mind creates stress in the body… All physical symptoms, all diseases, have an emotional component…if we don't heal what's going on emotionally, we’ll never heal those physical symptoms, those physical diseases. We might find ways to mitigate physical symptoms and diseases by treating and suppressing symptoms. This is something that Western medicine does very well, and something that is often very necessary, if we've got acute or emergent issues going on. But if we don't heal emotionally, mitigating symptoms ends up pushing the symptoms and disease elsewhere. All healing is ultimately emotional healing. It's healing from the inside out.” Please join us Thursday to learn how to attain Absolute Health with the correct 5 tools and the 4 primary medicines which, instead of prescriptions, are: food, lifestyle, relationships and community, and purpose.

Most of us have been taught to trust facts over intuition. We are afraid of being wrong or making a mistake that could decrease our income or upset our boss. So, we make choices that feel safe and are based on numbers, logic, and group think. Our fear prevents us from using and trusting our intuition. We can, however, learn to use our intuition and leverage it for success and increased happiness. We all have intuition, and we can all learn to trust it and use it to create the personal and professional life we want. Melanie has exercises and information to help us succeed in the workplace and in life. We can learn to interpret signs and synchronicities to assist us in decision making, to trust our intuition, banish doubt, and reach our goals. There are even ways to validate the accuracy of our intuition. Please join us Thursday to learn how to use intuition to succeed at work and in life.

Homosexuality was a crime in the USA until 2003 and was considered a mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association between 1952 and 1973. The United Kingdom didn’t completely decriminalize homosexuality until 2013, and in some countries, homosexuality is still punishable by death. As outrageous as these facts are, we are still remiss in our social acceptance of members of the LGBTQ+ community and in accepting them within all religious communities. This is part of a larger problem that we have worldwide of intolerance of those who don’t fit limiting gender and sexual roles. There was a wonderful book and record that was popular when my children were young called, Free to Be You and Me. It helped us think beyond current social expectations and see that each of us is unique with the right to fully manifest who we truly are without being afraid of the judgment of others. It wasn’t until Gus was on my show a few years ago, that he helped me realize that I could be aggressive when the situation required it. By then, I was in my 70’s and just learning that a woman was allowed to be aggressive. It was up to me to decide when I needed to be aggressive and not up to society to dictate what a woman could and couldn’t do. I bought Free to Be You and Me for my grandchildren because we still need to learn the lessons taught in that book. Please join us Thursday when Dr. Gus Kaufman will talk with us about how we can create a world where everyone is free to be their unique self.

Everyone has the ability to receive messages from spirits on the other side. The difficulty is in our self-doubt, uncertainty, and fears. My guest uses Quantum Physics and his vast experience to prove the existence of the afterlife. He has developed ways to help people learn how to benefit from a session with a medium. Mark has also created the four-step RAFT Technique, which empowers everyone to Recognize spirit contact, Accept it as real, Feel it without fear, and Trust the message. Mark offers healing guidance for those coping with grief, PTSD, and survivor’s guilt. Please join us Thursday to receive credible validation of how the spirits of our loved ones intervene to guide and protect us in this world, how we can communicate with them, and how this will change our lives.

Do you believe that money is the root of all evil and spiritual people should be poor or do you believe that one way to express your spirituality is by using money to help create a better world? Struggling to pay the rent does not make you a better person. We have a lot of limiting beliefs about money that are hidden in our unconscious. We can release those negative beliefs and accept that money represents love and is a love gift from the Divine. We can change our beliefs about prosperity and draw greater abundance into our lives on all levels: spiritual, emotional, physical, mental, financial, material, environmental, and planetary. We can improve our lives, other people’s circumstances, and the earth. 2022 is a year of love, balance, and harmony. Financial prosperity can help us live those values. Through powerful meditation, intention, visualization, affirmation, mantra, and goal-setting practices, we can attain prosperity consciousness. Please join us Thursday and learn how these practical methods can positively transform our mind, our life, and the planet.

When you learned that a Rabbi and three others were being held hostage at the Colleyville synagogue on January 15th, what did you do? Many people were glued to the news, watching the traumatic events unfold, fearful that the worst would happen. Others took some form of action, like praying or calling a loved one or friend to check on their safety or to offer support. Others maintained hope and focused on the fact that highly trained people were working to get the hostages out safely. How we respond to traumatic events determines whether we hold on to the trauma or allow it to move through us without getting stuck. Because we are all living with ongoing collective trauma resulting from the pandemic, global warming, violence, the economy, social injustice, and challenges in our own lives, we need to know how to respond in ways that add to the well-being of all people, including ourselves. Please join us Thursday to learn positive actions we can take when faced with a traumatic situation in our personal lives or that is unfolding in the media.

Everything has energy, including numbers. That’s why I have Alice on my show at the beginning of every year. She gives us valuable insight into how to use the dominant energies of the year to our advantage. When we are in sync with the Universal energies, our lives flow with more ease, joy, and grace. Two is the number of the Divine Feminine, which is interesting because there are three 2’s in 2022, and love, harmony, and balance are all qualities of the Divine Feminine. It is important to note that regardless of our gender, we all have characteristics within us that reflect the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine. Keeping the energies in balance within ourselves and within society is important for the well-being of all. The three 2’s add up to 6, which is the Universal number for this year. Alice will take a quick look at how her predictions for 2021 manifested throughout the year. She’ll then tell us what to expect in 2022 in the world and from our political leaders and how to avoid the potential negative energies connected to the number 6. Please join us Thursday to learn how to successfully navigate 2022.

Dawon is my mentor, teacher, healer, and friend. We have been working together for about 16 years during which time he has helped me change my life. His psychic readings give me hope, enlightening information, and spiritual tools which have led to my healing on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. He has a knowledge of and connection with the spiritual realm that is deeper and broader than anyone I have encountered in my 35 years of spiritual study and direct work with psychics, shamans, channels, and healers. He always provides helpful insights and perspectives that allow me to move through life without the fear, anxiety, and drama that used to plague me. His psychic readings have been instrumental in my discovering the gifts I was born with, my purpose in life, and how to manage challenges with as much ease and peace as is possible. Dawon’s predictions, which he does for the first episode of every year, have a high rate of accuracy and are always illuminating and helpful. He often sees beyond the current year into the next several years, giving us an understanding of what the future holds. Please join us Thursday to hear what you can expect in 2022 and tools you can use to make it the best year possible for you and your loved ones.

Choosing to adopt a rescue cat creates challenges. Spirit was abandoned by his mother, had to forage for food and learn how to survive on the streets with bigger cats, cars, and other dangers. He was lucky. A kind man found him, his brother and sister, and turned them over to a shelter. When Kac adopted Spirit, he had to leave his siblings and adapt to a new life. When we have a rough start in life, as Spirit did, we bring emotional scars and fears with us. Through deep listening, empathy, and patience, Kac helped him go “from street life to the sweet life.” Kac looks at their first year together from her perspective and from Spirit’s perspective. She puts herself in his shoes and intuitively understands what he is thinking and feeling. What a gift to Spirit and to us. At one point, she wants to cut his fingernails, which is no easy task with a cat. She notices that when he watches her use his medicine on the scratches he gave her, he submits to the nail cutting. She writes his thoughts: “All she ever had to do was ask me, nicely. She also needs to get her own medicine.” They learn and grow together through communication, humor, and loving kindness. As an expert in the use of Bach Flower remedies, Kac was able to help Spirit heal his early trauma with the appropriate remedies, making Spirit’s adjustment even easier. Please join us Thursday to learn about Spirit’s first year and what it feels like to know you are safe in a furrever home.

We all have loved ones who have transitioned to the other side. They have not died. They have moved on to a different life in a different realm, the spiritual realm. The wonderous news is that we can still communicate with them, have a relationship with them, heal the past, and allow them to help guide us into our future. Just like we continue to grow on earth, they continue to grow in heaven. If we choose to communicate with them, we can learn from them and develop spiritually while we’re still on earth. From the other side, Joe’s son reassures him that there would have been even more pain had he lived longer. He then encourages Joe to trust his intuition and to stretch himself to reach spiritual enlightenment and soul enlightenment, telling him that it will be “exciting” and he needs excitement now. Please join us Thursday to learn how to communicate with your loved ones on the other side and to hear the lessons Joe has learned by communicating with his son who passed over in early 2016.

The impact of one traumatic childhood experience can affect the rest of our lives even if we have repressed it or forgotten it. When we don’t know how to process trauma, it gets stuck in the mind and body. Healthcare providers often miss the connection between past trauma and current anxiety, depression, and health, financial, and relationship problems. If we don’t identify the cause correctly, it’s harder to cure the problem. The World Health Organization says that over 70 percent of people experience trauma, with an average of three events per person, and 78 percent of people who had a traumatic experience develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most think of trauma as rape, war, terrorist attacks, violent personal assaults, and natural disasters. It’s much broader than that, however, including anything causing us to feel lack of control, like emotional and mental abuse, bullying, betrayal, the pandemic, global warming, serious medical diagnoses, loss of a loved one, and prejudice. Trauma can cause us to feel disconnected from ourselves and others. Research shows that spending just 5 minutes in nature allows our heart rate to slow, our muscles to relax, and our mind to quiet. 15 minutes in nature causes a reduction in the stress hormone, cortisol, and 90 minutes results in reduced mental preoccupation with problems and increased connection to others and the world. Nature benefits the exact parts of the mind and body that are affected by trauma. Please join us Thursday to learn how to engage with nature to relax; tune into the somatic wisdom of the body to face lingering trauma and rewire it; and to work with painful experiences to transform them and heal ourselves and the world.

“Cure sometimes. Treat often. Comfort always.” A quote from Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In our current times, we seem to have forgotten that the patient is not only a disease or a condition, but a complex being that includes emotions, thoughts, and spiritual beliefs. If we are not treating the whole person, we have less chance of curing the disease. Lee Tomlinson writes: “Hundreds of patient studies on the benefits of compassion in treating and healing patients have concluded that those who experience compassionate care also experience: a physical feeling close to pleasure, a reduced desire for addictive painkillers, an increase in hope and optimism, an empowered immune system, (and) an increased will to live.” Yet 50% of Americans believe that the healthcare system and healthcare professionals are totally lacking in compassion. Even more astounding is that one-third of all Americans do not include compassion among their core values. With so much violence, anger, and prejudice, the world needs the antidote of compassion more than ever. Research shows that kindness and compassion spread. When one person is the recipient of an act to kindness, they are motivated to be kind to someone else. Please join us Thursday to learn how to bring compassion back to our healthcare system and providers, to ourselves, and to the world.

We often confuse numbing ourselves with feeling pleasure. We even have names that add to the confusion like, “comfort” foods, getting “high”, or a “trip.” Overeating, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs, however, are all ways of escaping reality and causing us more pain and suffering. Seeking empty pleasures like status, money, or reckless sex have the same result. Pleasure, on the other hand, takes us deep into our authentic feelings. Dr. Gottlieb defines pleasure as: “any experience that feels good…fills your body with delightful sensations, evokes warm feelings in your heart and positive thoughts in your mind, brings a smile to your lips, excites, amuses or satisfies, lifts your spirits or inspires a sense of well-being, meaning, and purpose.” He describes pleasure as a prism of experiences with four levels: physical (pleasures of the flesh), emotional (love, fun, and other positive social feelings), mental (like the delight of learning new ideas or the satisfaction of finding our purpose), and spiritual (including ecstasy, bliss, and peace of mind). Drawing upon his own life experiences, work as a healer, and insights from history, religion, philosophy, neuroscience, and mysticism, Dr. Gottlieb shows us how pleasure helps us live a fulfilling and meaningful life. Please join us Thursday to learn concrete steps for mastering the art of enjoying life.

Kac writes: “In either this life or a past incarnation, faeries became one with the purest energy and spirit of creation and now travel through the gates between the material and spiritual worlds, bringing ancient knowledge with them. They live in a reality where their souls are connected to what the ancients knew and we have forgotten. Their role is to bring that awareness back to us, and they will stay as long as it takes for us to believe. It may seem to us that they perform acts of magic, but the truth is we are all capable of magic and we are simply out of the practice of using our primordial gifts. Faeries can only exist where and when people believe in magic. What do you believe?” Stories of faeries are prevalent in cultures across the world from ancient times to present. Please enjoy this show which originally aired earlier this year with Dr. Kac Young and to learn the rules of faery life, what trees and plants attract faeries, and rituals to connect with faeries and experience the wisdom and magic they can bring into our lives.

A new interest in scientifically studying highly sensitive people is emerging in respected institutions such as Stanford and Harvard. Fully 20% of the world population has a genetically inherited trait of high sensitivity. My guest has identified four types: empaths, intuitives, visionaries, and expressives. Being highly sensitive can be challenging in a world that mostly disrespects these abilities and assumes that sensitives are strange or crazy. Because there has been such a stigma around being a sensitive, there has been minimal information about what these gifts are, how to develop them, and how to protect ourselves from becoming overwhelmed with the pain or anxiety that we pick up from others. This is changing now, and sensitives are beginning to understand themselves better. My guest has a four-week plan to help sensitives heal from the trauma affecting their sensory processing and employ coping skills to manage their intense emotions and sensations. As Marchesani writes, “Living with spiritual awareness as a highly sensitive person is not only possible, it's enlightening. We live less for ourselves and more for humanity….We must help build a world where all humans are treated as equals and can live without fear.” Please join us Thursday to learn how sensitives can decrease stress and anxiety, experience more accurate intuition, maintain healthy relationships, and create innovative solutions by using their gifts.

My guest writes: “My personal self-healing journey is medically documented and captured on video because I knew nobody would believe this was possible.” RJ has overcome chest-down paralysis, diabetes, pancreatitis, Hashimoto’s disease, and several other serious illnesses. His techniques have helped countless people across the globe with chronic illnesses, addictions, and physical, mental, or emotional problems that were not healed in other ways. His Ascend the Frequencies Healing Technique helps us achieve elevated states of consciousness and harness high-frequency energy for health, vitality, and deep inner peace. His seven-step process includes visualization, specific meditations, and mantras to reprogram our mind and body for regeneration and rejuvenation. With it, we can even eliminate illness completely. Please join us Thursday to learn how to heal debilitating health challenges and turn off the program of illness.

Several years ago, I started wondering why we focus on our differences when we have so much that unites us. It’s a simple shift in perspective that allows us to see The Face of God—the reflection of eternal love--in everyone, regardless of religion, race, gender, socio-economic status, country of origin, age, sexual preference, and all the labels we create to develop the illusion of difference, the illusion of separateness. My guest, Rabbi Wayne Dosick writes, “These incredible challenging times call us to nothing less than a radical shift in human consciousness, a sweeping revolution, an unbounded evolution and transformation of humankind in the planet we inhabit. We envision a complete, unconditional, unreserved embrace of the World of Spirit and a World of Oneness.” Please join us Thursday to learn how we can restore civility, decency, grace, and dignity to our lives.