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Dr. Meg Blackburn on book, Parenting the Children of Now

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:13:35 GMT

Dr. Meg is a Master Healer, speaker, and teacher. She is an Ordained Minister in both Spiritual Science and Metaphysics. Dr. Meg is a Ph.D. of Holistic Life Counseling and holds a Doctoral Degree in Metaphysics. She is a medical intuitive and a certified practitioner of Spiritual Mind Healing and the developer of the Seventh Sense Attunement® healing process.

Having always been intuitive, her gifts came naturally in a progression of what she calls "cosmic two by fours". As Dr. Meg began exploring higher consciousness alone on a mountain in North Carolina, she literally began to see and understand the dynamics of energy. In that process, Dr. Meg learned to combine higher consciousness, energy, movement and music into a process which later developed into her popular workshop "Movement to Spirit"®.

This combination created a perfect energetic opening to intentional inter-dimensional access which Meg calls the Seventh Sense... Beyond the sixth sense and into holographic reality.

During this learning process, Masters from higher dimensions began to appear holographically, guiding Dr. Meg in the art of inter-dimensionality, healing, and, as she later understood, in Universal Consciousness. Accessing the Universal Mind became second nature for Dr. Meg as she explored inter-dimensional realms.

About Meg's new book:
Parenting the Children of Now is the first book of its kind that addresses the needs of parents of Indigo and Crystal children. It teaches parents how to mine for their own truth, understand their purpose in life, stop sabotaging their own and their children's lives, discover their passion, and live their truth.

Each chapter offers insightful ideas and strategies, and ends with exercises for parents to do for their own development and another set of exercises to do with their children. Unless parents are comfortable with who they are they can't help their children be who they are meant to be -- gifted beings with a message for humanity and the future of our world.

This helpful book is one that parents will turn to again and again as they face struggles with their children, as they learn to live life to its fullest, and take pleasure in the life they are creating with their children with Dr. Meg's help.

Stay tuned!

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Bryan and Beverly Potter, PhD: The Worrywart's Companion

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:01:50 GMT

What I (Beverly Potter, PhD) Do
I provide specialized professional instruction in the form of workshops, lectures, keynote speeches . I am a psychologist specializing in career and workplace issues, like overcoming job burnout, self management and self-leadership, mediating disputes, giving directives as examples. Many of these "works' have been transformed into my books.

My Approach
My work blends humanistic psychology and Eastern philosophies with principles of behavior psychology for the objective of creating a strategy for handling the many challenges we're encountering in today's workplace.

My Education
My masters of science is in vocational rehabilitation counseling from San Francisco State. My doctorate is in counseling psychology from Stanford University. After leaving Stanford, I translated my counseling "technology" into workplace applications.

I consider myself to be functioning as the college professor - only the world is my classroom. I teach - tho my students are rarely in the classroom but in the workplace. I develop models and theories, but they have a practical application rather than being academic. I depend upon grants to support my writings - only I provide my own grants from investments I created for that purpose. And yes, I too, face the terrors of "publish or perish".

About Beverly's Most Recent Book, "The Worrywart's Companion"

The Worrywart's Companion

Twenty-One Ways to Soothe Yourself and Worry Smart

Dr. Beverly Potter

Brimming with practical ideas you can try today. The Worrywart's Companion includes twenty-one simple things you can do when you feel a worry coming on.

Instead of worrying yourself sick, The Worrywart's Companion shows how to soothe yourself so that you can think more clearly, deal with the worry at hand, and then let it go.

Positive, easy to understand, and fun to read, this revolutionary little book explores the roots of worry and explains that worry is a behavior that is learned. The good news is that it can also be unlearned. Tells how to change from being a worrywart to worrying smart .

For the millions of people who lie awake at night worrying, The Worrywart's Companion offers peace of mind and a good night's sleep!

A cheerful book, easy to read book

The coping strategies in this book are refreshing, and there are a lot of novel ideas that are truly helpful. Dr. Potter seems to know her stuff, and the book is informative as well as pleasant. I don't know that it will make you stop worrying forever, but trying the various strategies for dealing with worry and anxiety will be fun, and they certainly can't hurt. I would recommend this book for anyone who has a problem with excessive worrying, or even for the occasional worrier who needs a lift.
-Betti Trapp
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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Bryan Interviews Henry Grayson, PhD on book, "Mindful Loving"

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:28 GMT

Dr. Grayson received his Ph.D. from Boston University and a Postdoctoral Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy from four years of postdoctoral training at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York City. He is the Founder and is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York, a postgraduate local and national psychotherapy training institute chartered by the Board of Regents in New York State.

He also founded and is Director of the Institute for Spirituality, Science and Psychotherapy and is the Founder and past President of the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy- a national membership organization. He was the Resident Psychologist on the Weight Watchers Magazine Show, hosted by Lynn Redgrave and aired 5 times a week nationally on Lifetime Cable. He will appear in the new movie, "The Truth", which is in the genre of "What the Bleep" and "The Secret", but one with many tools for practical application. It will be released in December, 2009.

Prior to graduate school in psychology, he took a graduate degree in theology at Emory University (essentially to please his family) and was a Protestant Minister for four years in Massachusetts in route to attending Boston University for his Ph.D. While as a student at Emory he was also the University Debate Coach and the Director of the Candler Choraliers, which produced a 33 rpm record for the Protestant Radio & Television Center, entitled,"Songs of the Spirit." Even though he was constantly questioning old theological concepts portraying God as an "out there flat earth sky God," he was elected by the faculty as the "Outstanding Senior of the Year." Immediately following receipt of his Ph.D. at B.U.,he became an Assistant and then a tenured Associate Professor in the City University of New York for eight years while doing his postdoctoral fellowship, starting his practice, and then founding the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.

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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Henry Grayson shares his breakthrough techniques for creating deeper and more lasting connections with our loved ones

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Bryan to Inteview Victoria DePaul on OBAMA The Leadership of We

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:11:18 GMT

Victoria DePaul founded the Renaissance Institute of Spiritual Development, LLC in the summer of 2004. Intuitive knowledge since childhood has led Victoria to the fulfillment of her life's calling, to be a teacher of Conscious Creation.

After 24 years in Corporate America, Victoria is now following her life's destiny to be an active leader in the spiritual transformation of humanity. She devotes much of her energy to communicating her spiritual ideals to those prepared to move forward in personal growth and discovery.

Victoria lives in the awareness that we all share a divine relationship with the universe, that we are the Creators of our own realities and life will manifest itself as we chose it to. Victoria is well known for her authenticity, common sense and down to earth style and personality.

Humor is her trademark as she recognizes that laughter is one of the greatest remedies for any circumstance. Victoria found her passion, first when she was introduced to Conversations with God and then more profoundly when she began to study Psycanics - a philosophy of Wisdom, Power, Love and Happiness. Through seminars, consulting and speaking engagements she continues to motivate and move people toward peak-performance in all areas of life.

Victoria DePaul explains....

"Understand yourself, your teams and life itself, from this perspective and you will unlock new levels of power and control. Knowledge of organizations as energy systems and the power that fuels them will allow you to recognize and stop the generation of negative energy in yourself and in your organization. Knowledge of the nature of human energy systems, particularly the causes of negative energy and malfunctions is critical to your personal, professional and organizational success.

All energy is universal and acts according to universal laws. All energy, both physical and nonphysical (emotion, thought, behavior, spirit) obeys laws and principles. Life is never random; everything obeys the laws of Cause and Effect. Physics, chemistry, and electronics obey the laws of physical energy. Emotions, thoughts and ideas, as do all human Quantum energies, obey the laws of the human Quantum universe. Life and everything that exists and occurs in it are energy and energy processes. Life consists of two kinds of energy: physical and Quantum. The most important of these- and the only one that can create the success that you desire- is the energy of the human Quantum universe." (the end)

Victoria invests her winning perspectivein the books she writes namely, "OBAMA The Leadership of We," which is the main topic of upcoming interview.

Barack Obama is a leader of intrapreneurs. He has challenged us to BE and FEEL our intrapreneurial spirit. At birth, we came packaged with the innate characteristics of curiosity, ambition, creativity and tenacity- all necessary for Intrapreneurship. We were born with passion, commitment, confidence, and initiative. He calls each of us to reach into ourselves and live our positive energies of enthusiasm, ambition, hope and desire. Obama, as do all effective and powerful leaders, speaks to the Godness and goodness that resides within.

These leaders have called forth the leader that dwells in all of us. They have issued both the invitation and the invocation for us to reach to our inner selves, our true power in life. Great leaders succeed in communicating far more than mere words. What we hear from Barack Obama is an ideal that we can BE better, that we ARE better, that we can DO better, that we can HAVE better. It is from these core ideals that peace and prosperity for all will come. Stay tuned!

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Bryan to Interview John Haines on book, "In Search of Simplicity"

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:04 GMT

John Haines was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He now lives with his family in New Zealand's lightly populated and stunning subtropical Far North. His simple life includes the growing of an abundance of organic vegetables and fruit and assisting his wife in the homeschooling of their two daughters. He broadcasts a popular weekly one hour radio interview program that is simultaneously carried on local cable television. He's lived in The Netherlands (twice), Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Mexico and Arizona, together with his first 25 years in Ontario, Canada. He met his beautiful Dutch wife Lucia in India during an 11 month period in the Himalayas. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and MBA degrees, and is a qualified teacher of the Power of Sound and Touch for Health.

John Haines is an entertaining and inspiring speaker. He facilitates workshops or what he calls playshops in voice, communication, nutrition and motivation. To arrange for speaking and/or playshop opportunities in your area contact John by email at johnhaines@xtra.co.nz or peacejourney@hotmail.com . Playshops can be created to suit the needs of your group.

The almost unbelievable chain of coincidences described in In Search of Simplicity led John around the world to Santa Fe, New Mexico. His profound experiences and experiments with Truth, simplicity, self-sufficiency and the Spirit of Nature in New Mexico, Arizona and beyond are the subject of the upcoming sequel to In Search of Simplicity. He's completing that book now.

For more on the simple, natural life John leads, look to the nested pages on the right such as Welcome to My World.

Reading like a page-turning novel, In Search of Simplicity is the author's true, exciting and serendipitous journey through the wilds of Papua New Guinea, the Himalayas, around the planet and into the heart of life guaranteed to change the way you see the world and so-called coincidences. The timely themes woven through the fun-to-read narrative include the power of coincidence; ecological, social and economic responsibility; and personal awakening. In today's uncertain world of financial turmoil, global warming and seemingly endless war, many feel powerless in their ability to create positive change personally, nationally and globally. This inspiring travel adventure offers plate loads of food for thought, insight into the deeper meaning of the seemingly ordinary events of life and a gateway into a life of simplicity for every reader.

Stay tuned for a highly inspiring conversation on all things simple and enlightening.

In Search of Simplicity: A True Story that Changes Lives

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Bryan to Interview Jeff Brown on Newest Book, "SoulShaping"

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:20:06 GMT

Born in Canada, Jeff Brown did all the things he was supposed to do to become successful in the eyes of the world. He was on the Dean's Honor List as an undergraduate. He won the Law and Medicine prize in law school. He apprenticed with famous criminal lawyer, Eddie Greenspan. It had been Jeff's lifelong dream to practice criminal law and search for the truth in the courtroom.

But then, on the verge of opening a law practice, he heard a little voice inside telling him to stop, just stop. With great difficulty, he honored this voice and began a heartfelt quest for the truth that lived within him. Although he didn't realize it then, he was actually questing for his innate image, the essential being that he came into this lifetime to embody. He was searching for his authentic face.

As part of his journey, Jeff did some cool things. He studied Bioenergetics and did session work with co-founder Alexander Lowen. He practiced as a body-centered psychotherapist. He completed an M.A. in Psychology at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco. He also co-founded the Open Heart Gang, a benevolent gang with a heartfelt intention.

Their first act of gratitude is the nearly completed production of a documentary about the life of Bhagavan Das (of Be Here Now fame). Called Karmageddon, this film includes wonderful dialogues with Jeff and spiritual teacher Ram Dass, yogis Seane Corn and David Newman, and chanters Deva Premal and Miten.

High Praise for SoulShaping:

"Soulshaping does an excellent job of demonstrating how we can listen to and follow our soul's guidance in the midst of life."
-Ram Dass, spiritual teacher and author of Be Here Now

"I often refer to the dictionary at the end of this wonderful book to put new words to sacred experiences, fleeting understandings, and the bigger mysteries that seekers have pondered throughout history. The words are like bridges between my little self and my vaster consciousness that is free from fear and open to peace."
-Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and cofounder of the Omega Institute

"This book is a role call for the soul. Jeff Brown is the kind of writer who invites you to swim in gasoline and then provides a match. This is no self-help book. This is a summons from the mountaintop and from the trenches. I am so grateful for Brown's journey and his absolute genius in writing."
-Tama J. Kieves, best-selling author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love

Stay tuned for a deep and contemplative dialogue on the intimacy of shaping, shifting form and consciousness for the extroaordinary in your life's journey.

Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation

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Bryan and Tina Seelig, PhD What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:41:05 GMT

Tina
Seelig, PhD explains...

"As the executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University School of Engineering, I get a chance to work with amazingly creative people. My new book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, focuses on challenging assumptions, breaking the "rules", leveraging limited resources, and creatively tapping into one's entrepreneurial spirit to make things happen.

In most schools, students are evaluated as individuals and graded on a curve relative to their classmates. In short, when they win someone else loses. Not only is this stressful, but it isn't how most organizations work in the real world. Outside of school, people usually work on a team with a shared goal, and when they win so does everyone else. In fact, in the business world there are usually small teams embedded inside larger teams, and at every level the goal is to make everyone successful."

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Tina Seelig's book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World , is culled from her personal experience as an entrepreneur and teacher, as well as the stories of entrepreneurs and students she knows, Seelig avoids (and at times dissects) cliché and provides informative discussion throughout, despite a narrower focus than readers might expect. A chapter on acknowledging, learning from, and even seeking out failure ("Fail fast and frequently") provides valuable advice and comfort for the fearful, including Seelig's own "failure resumé" (broken into professional, academic and personal failures). The chapter titled "Don't listen to career advice" helps readers avoid the pitfalls of oft-heard, wrong-headed maxims like "follow your passions" and "stick to
the plan."

Stay tuned for a spirited discussion on the practical psychology and benefit behind prompting your inner student to the fore to receive and use wisdom you'll surely know later on, but would rather know and use right now, when you need it most!

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Bryan to interview Larry Dossey, MD, "The Power of Premonitions"

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:57:27 GMT

This distinguished Texas physician, deeply rooted in the scientific world, has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Larry Dossey offers panoramic insight into the nature and the future of medicine.

Upon graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Dossey worked as a pharmacist while earning his M.D. degree from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, 1967. Before completing his residency in internal medicine, he served as a battalion surgeon in Vietnam, where he was decorated for valor. Dr. Dossey helped establish the Dallas Diagnostic Association, the largest group of internal medicine practitioners in that city, and was Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital in 1982.

An education steeped in traditional Western medicine did not prepare Dr. Dossey for patients who were blessed with "miracle cures," remissions that clinical medicine could not explain. "Almost all physicians possess a lavish list of strange happenings unexplainable by normal science," says Dr. Dossey. "A tally of these events would demonstrate, I am convinced, that medical science not only has not had the last word, it has hardly had the first word on how the world works, especially when the mind is involved."

Great Praise for the book we will discuss:

"Larry Dossey, one of our greatest medical sages and admitted informavore, takes us on a wonderful journey from non-local mind and consciousness to the power of understanding our abilities to have not only intuitive thoughts, but premonitions. Read it to feel fully awakened to a deeper understanding of your mind and a greater connection to the universal consciousness."
-Woodson Merrell, MD, Chairman Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, and author with Kathleen Merrell of The Source: Unleash Your Natural Energy, Power Up Your Health, and Feel Ten Years Younger

"Dr. Larry Dossey is the world's leading expert in space-time mystery. In this compulsively readable, thoroughly researched work, you will be left with tantalizing questions. Can there be free will and premonitions both? What is the nature of time? Rarely does a book come along that keeps you on the edge of your seat and stimulates thought like this one. Don't miss it!"
-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Your Soul's Compass and Saying Yes to Change

"For anyone who is interested in knowing about the deeper meaning of our existence, this book is a must read. Once again, Larry, being the pioneer that he is, has written a classic."
-Deepak Chopra, MD, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

"In his crystal clear style, he explains why the paradoxical idea of knowing the future is no longer based on mere conjecture or fantastic stories, and why cultivating this startling ability is perhaps your most important birthright."
-Dean Radin, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences

"I think Larry Dossey is one of America's most important thinkers. When he talks, I listen; when he writes, I read. He presents compelling evidence that the power of the mind is so much greater than we had previously realized."
-Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

"This wonderful book brings reason and wisdom to bear on experiences that no one understands, yet which really happen. Thank goodness that Dr Larry Dossey is not afraid to wrestle with a subject that most scientists prefer to ignore, but which tells us that there is more to life and mind than our philosophies have dreamed of."
-Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author

"This book will help to open minds and lead to an acceptance of what we experience while overcoming our being limited by what we believe. I know from personal experience, in my life and work, that the future is unconsciously prepared and known and, therefore, can be revealed through dreams and drawings and I have the evidence from my practice to prove it."
-Bernie Siegel, MD, Love, Medicine & Miracles and 365 Prescriptions For Living

A word from Bryan:
As you may know, I have been holding conversations on the important discussion of ESP and its valid use in science, medical science, and research, and so, I am ecstatic that Larry Dossey, author of "The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Fu...ture Can Shape Our Lives," is making a significant contribution to this discussion.

I always had a special interest in ESP, health care reform and how eastern traditions get integrated some way, some how in a self-care system desperate for change, and of course, Larry is a preeminent authority on all these topics.

Larry not only presents irrefutably but offers an audacity of hope where miracles are real when we honor and apply our most innate human capacity -- knowing.

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Bryan will interview Diane Powell, MD on new book "ESP Enigma"

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:35:36 GMT

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After an undergraduate education in neuroscience, Diane Powell received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she also completed training in medicine, neurology, and psychiatry. She obtained additional training at Queen Square and The Institute of Psychiatry, both world-renowned medical institutes in London. She has been on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, was a member of a part-time think tank on consciousness at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA, and the Director of Research for the John E. Mack Institute. She currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jean Houston
Foundation.

Her clinical practice has been diverse and international in scope. It has included being the Assistant Clinical Director of the Consultation-Liaison Service at Cambridge Hospital (a teaching hospital for Harvard); being the Chief Psychiatrist of the emergency room at Brockton Multi-Service Center; training and providing psychotherapy to Soviet psychologists; co-creating and serving as Clinical Director of the McCandliss Center for Women in Chula Vista, CA (which treated survivors of sexual assault, post-partum depression, and eating disorders); starting the psychiatric program for Survivors of Torture, International in San Diego, CA and providing treatment to its clients (refugees and asylum seekers from countries where genocide, torture, and terrorism have resulted in severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). She currently has a solo practice in Medford, Oregon and incorporates psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and pet therapy into her compassionate healing of people who want personalized care. She is frequently in Los Angeles, where she is available on a restricted basis for consultation

She is the great niece of the famous peace activist, Ammon Hennacy, and has been a strong advocate for human rights. She participated in the United Nations Conference on Women and Children in Beijing in 1995 and is one of the panelists for the PBS documentary, The Science of Peace, which is still in production.

The Book, The ESP Enigma, The Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena

Over the past few decades several well-designed and rigorously supervised experiments have documented the existence of telepathic interconnection, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and out-of-body experiences. Mainstream science has largely ignored these data because they all defy the traditional model of consciousness as being solely the product of brain chemistry and wiring. Building upon these experiments, Powell constructs a new theory of consciousness. Integrating concepts from physics, neuroscience, and other disciplines, she offers an insightful and intriguing explanation of ESP, and regards psychic abilities as expanding our understanding and appreciation of consciousness. Psychic abilities are also consistent with findings in modern physics: For example, psychokinesis implies that consciousness is a type of force field, while precognition suggests that the past, present, and future exist concurrently.

Stay tuned for a thrilling conversation!

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My chance as medical intuitive to help my dad's cardiac emergency

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:00:53 GMT

We all do some medical intuitive work at some time or another, which is a form of intuition attuned to physical health and vitality.

My dad's family has good health, but tend to develop heart circulatory issu...es, when blood vessels oxygenating the heart become narrow -- affecting tissue directly responsible for cardiac rhythm and full contractions.

And so my dad's symptoms suddenly appeared, a rapid heart beat, shortness of breath, increased blood pressure, but no pain. He felt so atypical, that he sought a cardiologist.

Through tests we knew his heart was not getting enough oxygen, which explained why his cardiac function had deteriorated over time. I should note that the circulatory system's compensatory mechanisms had kicked in to keep blood pressure up, but this did put additional strain on a heart already in need of oxygen. Fortunately, my dad was health conscious and not one to self-deny.

Based on test results, his heart suffered no irreversible damaged, but because his physician was reticent to admit it, I filled my dad in on that conclusion.

The doctor advised my dad very conservatively, informing that his heart was "bad" and that its function would worsen over time. Also, he said that dad would require surgery to open his heart vessels with stints and that medication would manage his condition from here on out.

I was okay with that, but still felt his age was an important factor (almost 80). We all die and a decline in systems' function is a normal part of the aging process before we die. Quality of life is more important as we age and die.

After stint surgery, he was put on a regimen of pills.

During our follow-up visit after surgery, the doctor performed more tests, but was not pleased, and wanted to achieve better cardiac performance, and so a 'beta-receptor' class drug was added to correct this -- a drug that would keep stress off the heart by slowing down its rhythm, while theoretically increasing ejection fraction rate by allowing more blood in the heart between contractions. In this way the heart gets to work less under less stress and by pumping more blood per contraction.

I read medical literature and noted that the dosage should be increased incrementally until the target ejection fraction rate were achieved. Unfortunately, this standard approach was ineffective, although we had already hit the maximum daily dose.

After no improvement, and at the maximum dose, I thought this drug should now be decreased, because the heart slowing side effects would eventually become more prominent, which is cardiac suppression, which could at worst lead to cardiac failure. My intuitive question was: "When is this all coming to head?" and "Will my dad have access to emergency medicine when this happens?"

I mentioned this to my mom, a retired registered nurse (first a cardiac nurse, then quality assurance, and finally retiring after developing the hospital's and medical college's first risk management program as risk manager).

I also told my dad of my concern with this drug.

Although there were no symptoms, I knew as a medical intuitive, what was coming around the corner. This was a waiting game I did not want to play.

You see, as a pharmacist, I hated the idea of loosing credibility with my family and his doctor by blowing the whistle or crying, "Wolf," too soon with no symptoms, only to be characterized as "an overly concerned relative with some knowledge about drugs;" and, yes, pharmacists and physicians are historically on good terms, because doctors do call upon pharmacist for drug therapy consults.

This is not translatable when I am interacting on the other side of the pharmacy counter.

Two months later my dad calls me, explaining he can't sleep at night, because laying flat he's drowning...suffocating, and also when climbing a short flight of stairs, he is breathless.

I sensed he thought he was about to die, and wanting to relieve his concern so, I told him, "Remember that drug I told you about?" He did not remember the drug.

I told my mother, because he did not want to concern her. In reminding her I said, "It is the beta-blocker drug...it's too high and he is in cardiac failure..."

I'm still not sure my mother gave my detailed concern much credence, after all, why or how should I know...I ran no tests and I can't see through people..."

I told my dad to go the doctor's office immediately, that he would be taken off the drug and put on another to strengthen the heart performance, not telling him he'd be admitted to the hospital to begin with, because that would stress him more.

He went from his doctor's office directly to the hospital.

My father was admitted and cared for by another doctor on call, which assessed him, re-dosed his meds, and put him on medical watch. I came into the picture on day two of father's in-patient stay.

My dad was put on another drug, just as I said, the culprit drug (the long-acting beta-blocker) was cut in half. In a several hours, he could lay flat on his back again, "...ready to return home," as he put it - but, "not before we talk with the doctor..." I forewarned dad.

I wasn't happy, he knew it and was uncertain about a confrontation over his hospital bed.

Well, his regular doctor visited the next day, telling my dad that his heart had worsened unfurling a report that had my dad thinking more pills and a possible surgical procedure were in order.

Here was my moment...

"Doctor," I said, "my father's heart isn't failing. It was the beta-blocker drug left at maximum dosage, never improving ejection fraction rate, which finally caused cardiac failure. "

He said, "I don't agree. Now, here is what we will do."

I said, "Doctor, it would be easy to assume that my father has left ventricular heart failure and that his heart condition worsened; but this is purely a drug-related incident." I began reciting from memory, what I had been deducing over the past several months, waiting for all this to unfold:

1. This drug suppresses heart function by default especially at the maximum dose, while yielding no therapeutic benefit (ejection fraction rate had not improved)

2. There is no pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs due to back up of heart circulation -- a symptom associated with chronic congestive failure)

3. There is no pulmonary hypertension (see number two)

4. This drug you have him on has no intrinsic activity (meaning it does not empower the heart, while slowing it down...some beta-blockers do both)

5. My dad has no peripheral edema (swelling at extremities)

6. His peripheral pulse is strong (pulse at wrists and ankles)

7. He has no left ventricular hypertrophy (muscle inner growth due to stress, decreasing the hearts available volume to draw in and hold blood before pumping it out), but that his muscles were stretched or dilated, meaning the muscle change that happened is still in the reversible stage. I saw the imaging results from the doctor's office myself, by asking to view them.

After I finished my list of points, the doctor was obviously livid and said condescendingly, "Why am I arguing with you?" still firing specific clinical details trying to intimidate me into backing down, while declaring that he intended to raise the very same culprit drug (long-acting beta blocker) back up to its maximum dose.

This to me was a mortal threat on my father's health and well-being; and I wasn't standing for it!

I said, "You are right, in that we don't have to argue. No need for that, but, instead, why don't you go look to the computer just outside our room to see what your colleague assessed and then left on record for you upon admitting my dad?"

Personally, I did not see what the on call doctor wrote down. I already knew.

The doctor spun out and sat at the computer situated right outside my dad's room. We watched him as he looked into the screen to view my dad's record -- we could see him there since the wall at that point is tinted glass. There he sat typing, reading, and conversing with the medical interns, which flanked him.

While we observed the doctor, I repeated aloud, but under my breath to my dad and aunt, his sister who were both sitting there in awe of my abstinence, "Oh, yeah...,you' re right, doctor. We don't have to argue, and you won't be increasing that drug dosage ever again....because you're fired!"

Some time had passed, before my dad's cardiologist got up from the computer and reentered our room. I don't know what he specifically read at the computer, because he never mentioned it, however, he came in a different person with a brand new attitude.

"Dear Bryan," he said, "how about this?"

"Yes?" I said leaning inward just as super-intrigued as my father and aunt were.

"We will leave the drug dosage right where the doctor on-called reduced it...at one-half the maximum dose; and I will not increase the dose until I okay it with you first. Is that okay? We will monitor him over night."

"Why certainly, doctor!" I said. I was finally free to play the role of a caretaker, promising to ensure nothing but compliance per the physician's orders, "but," I asserted, "my dad wants to return home today."

"Okay! So, be it!" the physician sung melodically throwing up his hands as if to playfully give in.

My mother had not arrived, and somehow I feel that it was best, because as registered nurse, she may have deferred in favor of the cardiologist in order to squelch our heated debate. She was also a hospital risk manager (before retiring) and so, again her relationship with physicians was different.

In any event, I was relieved that this had finally passed, understanding the importance of following your heart

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Bryan will interview Harvey McKinnon on The Power of Giving

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:02:35 GMT

About The Book Power of Giving
The purpose of The Power of Giving is to ignite a spark in each individual to give more - and to help you realize the many ways you can give. We believe - and research shows - that giving benefits both the recipients and the one who gives!

We know that if people give just a little more - of their time, skills, compassion and wealth - the world would be a more peaceful and healthier place. This book will show you dozens of practical and easy ways to make your giving have a greater impact.

The Power of Giving offers you both inspiring stories and new ideas, which we guarantee will improve your community and create more abundance in your life. Therein lies the power of giving!

About The Authors
Azim Jamal is an international inspirational speaker and the chairman and founder of Corporate Sufi Worldwide Inc. He was a senior partner in an accounting firm for more than fifteen years before he made a switch from "accounting for busines" to "accounting for life" after a life-changing experience volunteering in the developing world. Jamal has volunteered an average of twenty hours a week for the last twenty-five years. He lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada. His website is http://www.azimjamal.com/.

Harvey McKinnon is recognized as one of North America's leading direct mail experts. He is the author of Hidden Gold: How monthly giving will build donor loyalty, boost your organization's income, and increase financial stability (Bonus Books, Chicago).

An award-winning copywriter, Harvey has won international acclaim for his direct mail packages and has hosted a six-part TV series on fundraising.

Harvey has two best-selling training videos and an audio CD of his popular seminar, How Today's Rich Give (Jossey-Bass), and has written for numerous publications, including Donors, Grassroots Fundraising Journal, and Contributions. He is a columnist for Canadian Fundraiser and a contributing editor to Successful Direct Mail, Telephone and Online Fundraising.

About Harvey McKinnon & Associates

Our mission is to build ethical, loyal relationships between donors and the nonprofit organizations they choose to support. We believe that strong relationships bring the best results. We are committed to understanding our clients and their missions.

Our team brings together innovation and expertise in fundraising, communications, organizational development, and training. We believe that by using our skills to put donors first, we can help nonprofits reach their fundraising potential.

Philosophy

We believe our work makes a positive difference in the world.

Harvey McKinnon Associates was founded on this principle and it is the underlying motivation of everything we do. It is why we choose to only work with organizations we believe in, and that make the world a better place.

A word from Bryan
I had the honor of interviewing Azim earlier upon the book's original release. At present, the book is being released in paper back after being released in 7 different languages and now Spanish for a big push to promote culminating the beginning of October. I will discuss recent developments with Harvey for through our upcoming interview to discover what kinds of impact the book has made, which is actually more of the same -- phenomenal!

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Bryan will interview Kris Steinnes of Women of Wisdom Non Profit

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:18:09 GMT

The founder of Women of Wisdom Foundation is Kris Steinnes, who in 1992 had a vision of gathering women together to learn from diverse women leaders and their stories from around the country. At the time, Ms. Steinnes was on the Board of Directors at Seattle Unity Church, a non-denominational congregation, where she was given the freedom to establish a committee of women to create the first conference of its kind, a week-long event for women.

The first year was a success with over 500 attendees and 24 individual events. The spirit and desire of women to gather was so evident that very first year that it was quickly decided to make the conference an annual event, and it has continued to grow and gather momentum each year. Now in its 9th year, over 3,000 women benefit from this conference; over 90 events are sponsored during the week and it continues to grow every year.

This is a special Pacific Northwest event and now women from around the country are beginning to attend as word spreads of its transformative and spirit filled energy.

We have been fortunate to bring many wonderful speakers to Seattle, including Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D., Iyanla Vanzant, Angela Davis, Marion Woodman, Ph.D., Isabel Allende, Gabrielle Roth, Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., and many more. Many of these women will be on our board of advisors.

We will focus on the wisdom presented in this wonderful award-winning book and also its contributors, vast and expert in all fields with a special spiritual-well-being focus on the feminine divine. Stay tuned for our upcoming conversation!

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Bryan Will Interview Judy O'Beirn founder of Hasmark Services

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:25:12 GMT

Judy prides herself and the company she co-founded as having a very simple, but ambitious mission -- getting the job done when it comes to promoting great media with an inspiring message. She is sister of bestselling author, Peggy McColl, and more than a family affair, Judy had dedicatedly taken the company's success to the next plateau.

Hasmark Services handles more than a handful of multi-talented authors who have experienced success in previous careers, now utilizing Hasmark for a smooth transition into promoting the books bearing a message about personal transformation, and this naturally leads to other interactive events like speaking engagements, workshops, and conferences.

Stay tuned for a wonderful, insightful conversation with Judy as we peek into the world of conscious media as we imagine and project futuristically -- the grand, colorful landscape of creative promise Hasmark Services brings to the world.

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Bryan Interviews Alika Medeiros Practitioner of Kilo Lani Yoga

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:57:30 GMT

Alika was born Alika Medeiros in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The child of a Portuguese father and a native Hawaiian mother, his father abandoned his family when he was a child and he was raised with the influence of his mother and his mother's family.!

When he was younger, Alika acted out and got into all the sorts of trouble a young man can. His actions were spurred by a resentment toward his father and all of the other hardships he had faced as a youngster. As a young adult, Alika was in a horrible surfing accident that shattered his ankle and left him unable to walk. Faced with the prospect of never being able to walk again, he fell into a deep depression. His grandmother began practicing the ancient Hawaiian Lomi (massage) on him while teaching to him the ancient Hawaiian ways. Within months, Alika had completely healed.

It was during one of these sessions with his grandmother that Alika fell into a trance-like state and experienced a moment of total clarity. He knew at this moment that by creating what he calls an "Aloha Life" he could help others to release their "Kahuna" within.

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Bryan to interview Ronald Chapman on book, Seeing True

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:55:24 GMT

Bio

Ronald Chapman, principal of Magnetic North LLC, has been an inspirational and motivational speaker and organization development consultant and coach since 1995. His expertise in transformational approaches, personal and professional development, strategic planning and facilitation has assisted numerous clients including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, HealthSouth Corporation and the American Cancer Society. His passion is the realization of human and organizational potential.

When not engaged in professional endeavors, he is a voracious reader and writer, an avid hiker and golfer, a volunteer mentor, and serves on several community boards. Many spare moments are also filled with his daughters, Natalie and Brianne.

Recognition

Winner of the 2004 and 2001 National Federation of Press Women Awards for Personal Radio Commentary
Distinguished Toastmaster - Toastmasters International - 2000
Multiple awards for motivational and humorous speaking as well as storytelling

Credentials

Chairman of the Board - Holistic Management International - 2004-2007
Past Chairman of the Board - National Speakers Association of New Mexico - 2007-2008
Internationally Accredited Speaker - Toastmasters International - 2005
Masters of Social Welfare, MSW, The University at Albany, 1990

• Bachelors of Business Administration, BS, Valparaiso University, 1978

Publications

Seeing True: Ninety Contemplations in Ninety Days , 2008, Ozark Mountain Publishing.
Seeing True - The Way of Success in Leadership (CD set), 2005, Magnetic North Audio.
Seeing True - The Way of Spirit (CD set), 2005, Magnetic North Audio.
What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes , 2004, Page Free Publishing.

• Yes - It is a Wonderful World ! (CD), 2004, Magnetic North Audio.

To contact us regarding speaking, consulting or coaching, click here.

Stay tuned for a enlightening conversation on whatseeing true really is in terms of self-honesty, spiritual progress and enriching relationships.

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Bryan to interview Gary Quinn on Living in the Spiritual Zone

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:00:49 GMT

Gary Quinn compels that we give ourself permission...

"Today can be the first day of your new life... or the last day of your old life. My work is about helping you to create an Amazing Life, one that you will truly feel excited about living.

Does that seem like something you may want to achieve?

Self-Belief is one of the building blocks of an extraordinary life. To enjoy a full, positive existence and to create a positive change in the world around us, we must have self-belief.

You may already be familiar with the expression "You are what you eat". Let's take that one step further by saying "YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK!" The mind is a very powerful tool, as everything we do or say to implement change in our lives originates from a single thought. Therefore, it is important to identify what it is in life we wish to change or accomplish. The concept is very simple. If you think it...you will become it. Positive thoughts, lead to positive results.

Blast the Past! Forget about the Future! Learn to live in the Now and benefit from

· Releasing Old Programming
· Clear Blockages
· Activating Your Power of Choice
· Strategizing Your Life
· Enjoying Financial Freedom
· Releasing Your Fears
· Enriching Your Life
· Replacing Old Belief Systems
· Transforming Old Patterns
· Refining Your Communication Skills

Living in the Spiritual Zone: 10 Steps to Change Your Life and Discover Your Truth

You have the potential to create exactly the life you want and experience extraordinary results. By tapping into the spiritual zone, you can become empowered to take charge of your present situations, access your divine universal energy, overcome fear and self-sabotage, create financial freedom and meet your most cherished goals.

Living in the Spiritual Zone is Gary's most recent book embodying all the above principles. This is a must read! Stay tuned for our published conversation!

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Bryan Interviews John English about Little Book on Relationships

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:44:17 GMT

John mentors:

At Dreamtime, LLC, we are dedicated to providing services and products that enrich and empower the lives of our clients. We offer a variety of seminars, healing services and educational material that are built on and use the power of ancient wisdom.

Our entire organization is committed to your empowerment and helping each of you realize your potential. When this healing takes place there is a shift in your life that impacts every area of it in an extremely positive fashion. Everyone at Dreamtime, LLC, has lived this healing and shift in their lives and is therefore profoundly grateful to help you experience it in your life.

We invite you to explore all we have to offer and to begin your journey into the power of ancient wisdom and ceremony and the realization of your potential.

More About John:

John English is an award winning author, national speaker, modern day Shamanic Healer and an entrepreneur who has successfully started three companies. John first recognized the human capacity to dream ones life into being almost two decades ago. This led him to the experiential path of shamanism where he has studied with Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. and three other shamans. He is available for International speaking engagements, book signings, workshops, seminars and private shamanic healing sessions. John and his family reside in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Bryan Interviews Caron B. Goode, EdD, Raising Intuitive Children

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:43:29 GMT

Caron B. Goode, ED.D., NCC, DAPA

Dr. Caron Goode is gifted with compassion in assisting others to effect lasting transformation through spiritual coaching, books, classes and seminars. Caron's continuous education, experience in psychology and professional writing makes her a great resource for parents wishing to create and maintain a nurturing relationship their children. The common thread of these disciplines is energy of the mind-body-spirit connection and how to access it, bring it into focus and then put it into successful action.

Caron's has shaped all of her professional endeavors into an educational program for training and certifying parents and professionals in supporting families through parent coaching or to receive a first-class, leading-edge parent education. She has positioned the Academy for Coaching Parents International (http://www.acpi.biz/) at the forefront of the parent coaching movement to disseminate the coaching model of empowerment for parents.

Meet Tara Paterson, Caron's co-author:

Tara Paterson, ACPI CCPI

"We are all born with intuition as an innate mechanism for survival and connection to our higher spiritual selves. For some, it appears to be a natural gift, but intuition is a gift all human beings possess and one that can be developed to serve us well. As parents, a focused intuition can develop a strong bond with our children by allowing a parent to naturally intuit the needs of their child in a loving, supportive way; for an individual, it develops a trust with our higher self and the planet, and reminds us we are not alone and cared for at all times. ......" -Tara Paterson, ACPI CCPI

Stay tuned for a great conversation with enough information and insight for any parent who commits to fostering a child's most important, inherent tool for growth and development -- INTUITION.

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Bryan will interview John Petersen: A Vision for 2012

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:22 GMT

The Arlington Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research institute that specializes in thinking about global futures and trying to influence rapid, positive change. We strive to be agents of change by creating intellectual frameworks & tool sets for understanding the transition in which we are living.

Founded in 1989 by futurist John L. Petersen, The Arlington Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research institute that specializes in thinking about global futures and trying to influence rapid, positive change. We encourage systemic, non-linear approaches to planning and believe that effective thinking about the future is enhanced by applying newly emerging technology. Therefore, we strive to be agents of change by creating intellectual frameworks & tool-sets for understanding the transition in which we are living.

John is the author of the recently published "A Vision for 2012, Planning for Extraordinary Change."

John explains, " We are attempting to produce a historic breakthrough in the ability to anticipate and understand the future by building a world-class combination of extraordinary analytical technology, a core group of very creative analysts, and an internationally distributed network of thinkers and resource people. This is a radical new model for a "think tank" that focuses upon the fact that TAI as an information/idea enterprise that exists in an era of unprecedented advances in information technology. This revolution is eliminating the historic constraints of geography and location and makes it possible, for the first time in history, perhaps, to predict the social behavior of large groups of people to certain types of events."

Stay tuned for a gentle, enlightening conversation about creating what we expect, by envisioning, to begin with, a world of extraordinary opportunity.

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Bryan to interview Jon Rudinger founder of PetMassage(tm)

http://making-it-all-click.gaia.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:51:57 GMT

Everyone who shares their life with a dog knows the joy and pleasure of touching, petting, scratching and especially massaging their pet. PetMassage^TM is a system of canine massage that incorporates many of the techniques used by professional massage therapists, animal trainer and handlers, and animal behaviorists. Learn PetMassage^TM to make the petting and massage you already do more effecrive, more powerful, more of a health enhancing experience for your dog.

PetMassage^TM provides dog owners, from 8-80, a way to participate in their dogs wellness care. The PetMassage for KidsTM program is endorsed by the Girl Scouts of America® as a skilled merit patch and we have curricula for educators to train children grades 2-7 how to massage dogs using a stuffed dog. PetMassage^TM books and DVDs are staples in our PetMassage^TM professional training workshops.

Competition dogs, such as agility and flyball athletes have been getting canine massage for years to keep in tip-top condition. Marathon runners know the value of warm up and cool-down massage for themselves. They now consider the needs of their canine running partners, making sure that their dogs also stretch and warm up their muscles with massage.

Jon is actually a neighbor and friend of mine, so I look forward to sharing more about the great work he does, so stay tuned!

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