Authentic Living

We've heard of the spirit of Christmas past, present and future. But what is the spirit of a new beginning? What is a new beginning? Here we are just a few weeks into the end of the Mayan calendar—have we begun again? Are their transformative powers at work? And what does it mean to begin a new year, to develop a new habit, to change a way of thinking? How does a beginning happen? Well it happens—...

Marianne Williamson is coming back to the Authentic Living show for the second time this week to talk to us about her latest book, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money and Miracles. Most of us already know several of Marianne's other books, including A Return to Love, The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman's Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America and The Gift of Change, for...

When Don Miguel Ruiz was a young boy, his grandfather told him many stories from the Toltec Tradition. One of these was the story of the sleeping giant—who represents unaware humanity. He was told then that one day in Mexico, the giant would awaken and from there, he would rouse the entire world. Don Miguel comes to the Authentic Living show this week to tell us about the upcoming "Awakening the G...

If you had the choice, right now, as to whether you would live or die, what reason would you give for staying alive? What do we live for? Or do we just live? Or perhaps, we just survive. These are not questions about life-purpose. These are questions about the now-ness of living. What makes us want to get up in the morning? What drives us home at night? What are we doing in the now of living that...

We are so excited this week to have Marianne Williamson on the Authentic Living Show to talk to us about her latest NY Times Bestseller, A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever. Most of us already know several of Marianne's other books, including The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman's Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America and The Gift of...

So much talk out there about transforming. Transforming yourself, in particular. But how does a dualistic mindset transform consciousness? Can we transform ourselves, or is that something that comes about as a result of knowing who we really are? Can we "self-improve?" Or is it just possible that the concept of self-improvement is one that means that we are just trying to push the river? And what...

According to much of the literature written by those who are a part of the human potential movement, fear is a big fat no, no. We are simply not supposed to have fear—because, as we've learned, fear is the opposite of love. You can't have fear and love in the same place at the same time. But we speak double-speak when we say this and simultaneously say that the divine is one with all. If all is di...

You know there's lots of people out there telling us all kinds of things about heaven—where, what, who and how it is. Mostly it's a place we go after we die—IF that is, we are among the chosen ones. And when it's spoken of in terms of any kind of earthly existence it has to do, these days, mostly with what is termed "abundance"—which to many, if not most, means loads of money and time off to do wh...

The word "enlightenment" has taken on commercial overtones. It's a keyword for SEO experts, it's used in TV sitcoms and commercials and it's the goal of most of those who are participants in the human potential movement. So, what is it? And is it really something we pursue? Or is it possible that it is pursuing us? Are their degrees of enlightenment? Can we know when we are enlightened? Can we be...

"Drama Queen!" Yeah, that's what we call those people who seem to be addicted to drama. But the truth is that we are all addicted to drama. In fact, we are so addicted that when the truth of our lives is presented to us, we will throw it under the bus in favor of the lie that has become the drama of our lives. We don't know that we are all living roles, wearing masks and costumes and playing out t...

Everybody seems to be looking for their individual purpose now. Unfortunately, that means that people are constantly measuring themselves to see if they are living up to some noble purpose, instead of realizing that very often they are already living their purpose. On the other hand, we do want to understand what's going on down here on planet earth and what each of us as individuals have to do wi...

Death is one of the most frightening and awesome of life's mysteries. Because it is, we've developed all manner of mythology about it—including the myth that life is over when we die. But many have experienced, first hand, another reality. And while there are still many who still assert that death is death and life is life and never the twain shall meet; our guest today offers moving and profound...

Denise Linn is our guest for today, for she has devised a 21-day plan to discovering your Authentic Self. Denise Linn has been called America's best-kept secret," though she's taught seminars around the world to standing-room-only audiences. Having had her own near-death-experience and having received revelations from the other side and received healing for the gun-shot wound that put her there, s...

Dr. Brian Weiss comes to the Authentic Living Show this week to help us find new levels of healing with regard to past life regression. He'll be appearing at the upcoming I Can Do It Conference in Atlanta, GA to discuss this same topic and today we are fortunate to have him come here to give us a preview and to help us understand past-life regression and why it helps us heal and grow. Dr. Weiss is...

That old nasty ego again, right? That's what a good portion of the New Age world is thinking about right now. But seriously, is the ego really a problem to be overcome? Is the authentic person one who has overcome ego? Is there a conflict between authenticity and ego? Many would answer with a resounding "yes." But I say "no." There is no conflict between ego and authenticity. Ego is simply a liais...

Is it possible to be authentic while simultaneously utilizing the law of attraction as we've come to understand it? I don't think so. For that law of attraction tells us we must consistently think so-called "positive" thoughts SO THAT we can attract our dreams—dreams of wealth, free time and romance. In other words, it tells us to bargain with the universe like this: IF I think positive, work my a...

What does your voice sound like to you? What do you hear when you speak, or are you even listening? There is so much hype out there right now about "being you," but most of us think that that means wearing the kind of clothes you like to wear and getting a tat to assert your individuality. But who speaks when you talk? Is it really you, or is there some other identity in there who speaks when you...

Relationships are the singular most powerful, potent and potentially life changing experiences we can have—and not just those primary relationships such as spouses or partners. All of our relationships have the power to offer us potent information, and the potential to change our lives. In fact, we have a relationship with everything else in our lives: with time, with objects, with our emotions, w...

Who is your best self? What does it mean to have a best self? How do we find and begin to live from that self? Today, we are going to be talking to Sara Wiseman—for her third time on the show—about this concept of becoming a "best self." Spiritual teacher and intuitive Sara Wiseman is the author of Becoming Your Best Self, Writing the Divine and Your Psychic Child. A popular presenter, she is a fe...

The Sanskrit word for it is shaktipata, and it means "bestowing the energy" or "lighting the lamp." In Buddhism, we learn from the Udâna of "an unborn, an unbecome, an unmade, an uncompounded" which provides us an escape from all that is "born, become, made and compounded." From there we can learn that to the Buddhist, perhaps grace is transcendence. In the Christian faith it is more or less defin...

You cannot read a paragraph of New Age or New Thought information without finding the word Ego in there somewhere. The Ego is thought—by so many teachers, even master teachers—to be the enemy. It is that part of us that wants us to fail, that wants us to be unloving, unkind and inconsiderate, to be afraid and to live inauthentically. In that way that old Ego sounds a whole lot like that old devil,...

There's so much talk out there about emotions and what we should do about them. Some say we should just avoid the so-called "negative" ones and others say those are some of the juiciest in terms of what they have to tell us about life, ourselves and the divine. What do you say? Well today out guest is going to give us his own wealth of knowledge about emotions. He is Raphael Cushnir, author of six...

Dr. Brian Weiss comes to the Authentic Living Show this week to help us find new levels of healing with regard to past life regression. He'll be appearing at the upcoming I Can Do It Conference in Atlanta, GA to discuss this same topic and today we are fortunate to have him come here to give us a preview and to help us understand past-life regression and why it helps us heal and grow. Dr. Weiss is...

How do we know who to follow? Too often we choose our leaders because they appeal to an unmet need rather than because they are true leaders and we end up used, abused and even, in some cases, dead. Unfortunately there are still too many of us willing to fall into line behind the others ahead of us, without ever questioning why. We see this in politics, with the current propaganda of fear encourag...

One of the places in our lives where we are least encouraged to be true to our own authenticity is at work. In fact, people who are honest and forthright at work are often considered to be naïve or even self-destructive. So, how can we be authentic and yet protect ourselves from the sharks that are always circling the waters? Authenticity doesn't mean that you lose your wisdom, give away informati...