Authentic Living

You know we hear the word "shadow" bandied about quite often these days, and because most of us have this idea that the shadow is the "dark side" of us, we don't really understand it very well. But it is the shadow that has us doing all kinds of things that we don't even understand, both things that we consider bad and things we consider good. Why do we fall in love, for example, with Mr./Ms. Wron...

Albert Clayton Gaulden, transpersonal psychologist and founding director of the Sedona Intensive is our guest for today. And he is here to tell us that we are not who we think we are. His third book: "You're Not Who You Think You Are: A Breakthrough Guide to Discovering the Authentic You" guides us to a place within, a place of discovery in which we can uncover the obstacles that hinder our fulfil...

If you were to ask me what is the single hardest thing for us to do, the answer would be learning to love what is. Byron Katie, our guest for today, has developed a very clear pathway to learning to love what is, a process that she calls "The Work." After a ten-year fall into depression, anger and addiction, Byron Katie woke up one morning and realized that all suffering comes from believing our t...

'Tis the season of love, listeners, and it's time to re-visit all of your dreams for finding that special soulmate. Arielle Ford, our guest for today, helped launch the careers of such giants as Deepak Chopra and Neale Donald Walsch, to name a few, and handled publicity for Wayne Dyer, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, and other notables, eleven of whom became #1 on the N.Y. Times Bestseller list....

Have you ever wondered why "this" is happening to you? If you are human you probably have. Robin Norwood, our guest for today, has explored this question in depth in her book "Why Me, Why This, Why Now?". Robin became known all over the world for her book "Women Who Love Too Much," in which she explored the depth-aspects of relationship. But her perhaps a bit less well-known book "Why Me…" explore...

Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph. D. is a nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, and lecturer. He co-authored the ground-breaking work, Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, which helped revolutionize psychiatry. He is the founder and cofounder of several mental health organizations and journals. But he is best known in the spiritual world for his authorship...

What does it mean to be spiritually responsible? Our guest for this show, Steven Morrison, has a lot to say about that, as he blogs, writes, speaks and offers workshops on the topic of spiritual responsibility. He is the creator of the "Spiritual Workout," and author of the book "An Extra Year: Grief and Loss in the New Age." The book is a personal memoir of his on-going relationship with his part...

Joan Anderson is a journalist and the bestselling author of A Year by the Sea, An Unfinished Marriage, A Walk on the Beach, and A Weekend to Change Your Life. She lives with her husband in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and conducts weekend workshops for women around the country. And she made the decision to do just that, and only that, as a part of a second-chance return to the Self disclosed in her la...

At this time of the year we typically turn our thoughts to the notion of gratitude. And for many of us it is just that: a notion, and not one with which we can easily relate. There just seems so much WRONG with this world, it's hard to find a way to see the right. And so, we think, why should we be grateful? But if it is really true that all things work towards the truth and light of our own evolu...

Regardless of its external realities, the soul is the poignant touchstone of life—i.e., we touch it to know we live. Thomas Moore, our guest for today, is an expert on the soul. With 16 books, five videos, 3 CDs and 7 audio books, including his original bestseller, "Care of the Soul," and others such as "Dark Night of the Soul," "The Soul of Sex," "The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life," "Soul Mates...

You know, the truth is that we often don't know who we are till we are put to the test. John Randolph Price, our guest for today, wants to teach the world how to not just pass the test but transcend it. Author of 18 non-fiction books, including "Empowerment: How to Do, Be and Have All Things by Becoming One with Inner Power," and the topic of our discussion today, "Removing the Masks that Bind Us,...

Joyce Rupp, author of Open the Door: A Journey to your True Self, is well known for her work as a writer, a spiritual midwife, and retreat and conference speaker. She has led retreats throughout North America, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. With a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Psychology, Joyce is a member of the "Servites" a Servants of Mary Community, the missio...

Even those of us in the mind/body field still struggle with old beliefs that tell us that the body and mind are not united. But Dr. Bernie Siegel, one of our spiritual leaders in the field of medicine, sees it differently. Through his advocacy for patient empowerment and his powerful, poignant stand on living life fully and dying in peace, he teaches that the body responds positively to authentic...

Rabbi Rami Shapiro, an award winning story teller, author, poet and essayist as well as the Director of the Simply Jewish Foundation is our guest today. He is the author of several spiritual nonfiction books, one of which, "The Divine Feminine: In Biblical Wisdom Literature" is the topic of our discussion today. The connotations we generally attribute to the words "feminine" and "masculine" blur t...

Often the journey to the Authentic Self is a bit like losing your place. An identity to which you have held for years, even decades is diminishing. You can no longer say you are that old notion of yourself, but you can't really say who it is that you are now. Worse than that, for some this amounts to a serious depression that may even include suicidal despair. For others it seems that life is mean...

Julia Cameron, our guest today, is the author of the seminal book on creativity, The Artist's Way. This one book along with its offspring, The Artist's Way at Work, The Artist's Date Book, Inspirations: Meditations on the Artist's Way, The Artist's Way Workbook, The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal and The Complete Artist's Way have helped so many to get in touch with the creativity that springs...

Dr. Raymond Moody, pioneer and world renowned expert on the near-death-experience, is our guest today as we explore how those who have experienced a near-death have responded with greater authenticity to life, indeed, have awakened to life on a whole new dimension. Dr. Moody is the best-selling author of eleven books, including Life After Life, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide, as well...

Authenticity does not usually occur in a one time epiphany. Most often we have to coax it along by recognizing, listening to and honoring its voice. One way to do that is to work with a Life Coach. And today we are interviewing Life Coach and author, Salle Redfield. Two of Salle's works, a CD and a book, are meditations based on her husband James Redfield's work The Celestine Prophecy. She has als...

Three weeks ago we discussed the psychological components of the masks and costumes we wear that keep us out of touch with the Authentic Self. This week we will discuss the Authentic Self as a spiritual entity with greater power than that of the ego or false self. We attribute a lot of power to the ego, even giving it the supernatural power of "the devil that made me do it." But the truth is even...

Mary Bea Sullivan, author of "Dancing Naked Under the Moon," a personal account of her own spiritual journey, is our guest today. Mary Bea's compelling journey took her to teachers from diverse traditions to assist her in landing squarely in her own wisdom. Through her own spiritual dark night of the soul, beginning at the death of a dear friend, her quest is one example of how we both demand and...

All healing is self-healing, because we heal from inside out, not from outside in. Dr. Weissman, our guest, is an internationally renowned physician, speaker, and educator and the developer of The LifeLine Technique, through which he offers an integrated approach to healing. He is the author of The Power of Infinite Love and Gratitude: An Evolutionary Journey to Awakening Your Spirit and a contrib...

Andrea Mathews is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, a Counseling Supervisor and an Approved Provider of Continuing Education Credits for Counselors, a Reiki Master and an astrological counselor, trained in metaphysical pastoral counseling, whose primary intent is to assist others in becoming aware of and living the Authentic Self. She is the author of "Restoring My...

Sonia Choquette is a spiritual teacher and intuitive guide whose intention it is to free those with whom she works from the restriction and fear of the ego and guide them to wholeness through the power of joy. She is a third generation intuitive and a best-selling author, having authored ten books, published in over thirty countries, as well as several audio programs and meditations. She has also...

David Robert Ord, Editorial Director for Namaste Publishing, was fascinated with Jesus when he was still in elementary school. That fascination took him from his home in England, to New Zealand and finally to the United States where he became a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary. For 20 years he taught about Jesus in traditional congregations, but now his book "Your Forgotten Self" bre...