A Quest for Well-Being

Valeria interviews Mache Seibel, the author of The Estrogen Fix: The Breakthrough Guide to Being Healthy, Energized, and Hormonally Balanced. With groundbreaking research and an exciting new theory that will change the way women look at hormone replacement therapy for years of substantially improved health, happiness, and quality of life, The Estrogen Fix is a must-have book for every woman over 4...

Valeria interviews Dr. Anne Ruitberg Taylor, the author of 7 Ancient Rituals to Heal Modern High-Functioning Anxiety Why is it that an overwhelming majority of doctor visits are due to stress (75-90%) and yet most of us are never taught how to manage the stressors in our lives? When stress becomes chronic it can manifest into high-functioning anxiety and stress-induced depression. These are not cl...

Think about your most recent significant dream. You would probably agree that, as you think about it, you are outside of it. It is as if you are looking at something, appreciating it, remembering it, considering what it might mean. Now try something different—move inside it. Go right back into the dream, re-enter the scene. Feel the difference? Here's the question: is dreamwork more effective when...

As I grew up and remembered my drowning, I could never get away from the question, 'How could I have seen my body lifeless if I was still alive?' This experience made it clear to me that there was an existence beyond the body. Like the shell of a crab is an extension of the crab itself, our body is also but a shell, and when it is not needed it will fall away. Before I was three, I was gifted with...

'Let's take a look at the idea of "standing up" for someone or something.' 'You're at home one evening, and there's a knock on the door, or a buzz on the buzzer or whatever; you open the door and there's someone there asking you to sign a petition banning the opening of a fast-food place on your street; it's part of a well-known food chain across the country. Would you: Say yes, and sign Say no, a...

Valeria interviews Aura E Martinez, the author of Creating a Lifetime of Wellness: Start Having the Life You Deserve So many of us are unaware of the way we are feeding ourselves mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. This lack of attention leads to a life that is far less than what we deserve. In Creating a Lifetime of Wellness, author Aura E. Martinez helps you gain the awareness yo...

As these hard and heartbreaking days of COVID-19 drag on and news outlets announce the numbers like the countdown to a rocket launch, life as we've known it has entirely changed. We are forced to create new routines and new ways of being. We are reordering our lives with greater austerity in mind. The specter of illness, death and loss weighs upon the world and our souls. Many people are in isolat...

Valeria interviews Laurie Warren, the author of Wild World, Joyful Heart: Unlock Your Power to Create Health and Joy. Our wild world is, in many ways, backward and upside down; we've created a culture that supports poor health, loneliness, stress, emotional angst, and polarity. But buckle your seatbelt. Laurie Warren is a change agent, kicking our limiting "common but not normal" cultural mores to...

Valeria interviews Grace Avalon, the author of Thank God I'm Crazy: My Journey to Sanity. How is it possible to tell you that you are walking with the light of God in you? People travel to wonder at the mountains, the seas, the rivers, the stars, and yet they pass themselves by without wondering. Don't put prophets on pedestals . . . look in the mirror. When visions Grace Avalon experienced actual...

Valeria interviews Mindi K. Counts, the author of Everyday Chinese Medicine: Healing Remedies for Immunity, Vitality & Optimal Health — A friendly guide to a 2,000-year-old lineage of healing wisdom integrates both the Five Element theory and the practices of traditional Chinese medicine to uncover what your body needs for balance and optimal health. Everyday Chinese Medicine demystifies, simplifi...

Valeria interviews Myia Cleggett, the author of Gratitude & Success Journal. It gives us an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, daily program that helps develop positive change. The Gratitude & Success Journal is a guide to train the mind to: Attract more wealth, health, happiness, love and success. Create new positive energy and vibration. Focus on, and appreciate all the magical things in life. Form a...

Experience does not come with a label or name tag pinned to its lapel, announcing what it is. The dance of light and color in the evening sky does not say, "I'm a sunset." The clear, sparkling liquid racing down the mountainside doesn't announce to us, "I'm a river." No, it is we who supply the labels. Experience arrives as it is, presenting as various qualities, characteristics, attributes, and t...

Have you ever walked into a party a few hours late? Everyone has been there talking and drinking and carrying on, and you're the sober one in the room. You quickly try to disguise yourself to blend in, but what's happening around you is not really making sense. Why are people acting the way they are? They're clearly under the influence of something that is taking them out of their true nature. Has...

Recent research into the healing potential of psychedelic substances has sparked a resurgence of interest in LSD, mushrooms, and other mind-expanding psychotropic substances. Yet without adequate preparation and counseling during and after the use of psychedelics, much of the transformative potential of these experiences is lost. Francoise Bourzat's work provides clear guidance for people using ps...

Valeria interviews Agapi Stassinopoulos, the author of Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life Agapi Stassinopoulos is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book, Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love, she shares the wisdom from her life's adventures and experie...

Spiritual Emergency can be seen as a crisis in connection–without resources to re-establish connection. Experiencers (we) feel less connection to "all that is", aka God, the Universe. Our dreams are chaotic and leave us disturbed on waking. We have fears we didn't used to have and imagine bad outcomes. We may wonder, i.e. "Am I crazy?" We may push others away, i.e. "Maybe they are nuts?" We long f...

Creating Yantras is a traditional spiritual practice that, just like yoga and meditation, leads you to the source, to a feeling of contentment. Yantras were originally conceived over four thousand years ago in the northern regions of India. A mystical experience, a centering, comes from a meditative practice that has a spiritual focal point. Creating Yantras is a particularly powerful spiritual pr...

Kat Tansey began work on the Hero's Journey in 2015 when she came to the realization that she had been writing and teaching about it for all these years, telling stories and creating courses to help people succeed in a variety of Hero's Journeys. But she had not actually taught them about the Hero's Journey itself. Kat saw that this was a bit like the give a man a fish story. She had been giving t...

All energy is electromagnetic in nature, and nothing happens in the body without an electromagnetic exchange between cells. We are all familiar with the electrocardiogram (EKG) and electroencephalograph (EEG) tests, which measure the electromagnetic activity of the heart and brain, respectively. When electromagnetic activity ceases, life ceases. Electromagnetic energy controls our chemistry. Disru...

Life itself is like a river. The "life-force" that God has breathed into creation, flows like a river. Think of how a river flows. It is not like a man-made, artificial canal or aqueduct that goes in a straight line. It meanders and changes direction. It responds to the rest of the topography. It flows AROUND large rocks so that it keep on flowing—yet over time also wears away those rocks, which c...

"Mandala" is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". Mandalas generally have one center point, from which emanates an array of symbols, shapes and forms. Many tribes throughout North America also used mandalas as ways to connect with the gods. These were often circular forms made from the skins of animals that were hunted, and incorporated feathers and other found objects. Native Americans believed t...

— Valeria interviews Troy L. Love , the author Finding Peace: A Workbook on Healing from Loss, Rejection, Neglect, Abandonment, Betrayal, and Abuse. Human beings are wired for connection – physically, emotionally, neurologically, and spiritually. When something happens to damage our most important relationships, there can be lifelong consequences. Finding Peace is the fusion of a fictional storyli...

We are all on a spiritual journey. To Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat, admitting you have a soul and then taking care of it leads to spiritual health. How do you take care of it? Find whatever you call a higher power, and lay your ego at its feet. This will free your soul and allow you to have faith and trust in something bigger than yourself. It will give you a broader perspective on life and the lessons...

Valeria interviews Jessica Keats, the author Flow: The Beginning Is Upon Us. The premise of her book is a time far, far away. A time when life was much simpler and the process of life was easy. We are currently experiencing moments where we briefly remember this time and then the cloud of what life has become is rolled over us again. It is a time period we are beginning to know could be possible f...

"There are good reasons to assume that our consciousness does not always coincide with the functioning of our brain: enhanced consciousness can sometimes be experienced separately from the body. Dr. Pim Van Lommel has come to the inevitable conclusion that most likely the brain must have a facilitating and not a producing function to experience consciousness. By making a scientific case for consci...