Beacons of Balance

Send us Fan Mail Join our beautiful co-host, Arlene, for an in-depth Meditation to calm you and to focus on the beauty and gifts all around you in this unsettling world we’re in now. Let Arlene’s words of hope and encouragement wash over you, taking all your cares and worries downstream. Now more than ever, the world needs to stay calm and focused to bring peace to our precious world. Remember, pe...

Send us Fan Mail Join Arlene and Joanne as they interview a wildly fascinating subject matter — connecting to your Spirit Animal with one of the tops in her field, JOANNE COPLEY-NIGRO . Through Joanne's unique method of reading, she'll help you discover new direction and messages from Spirit, giving you a new awareness of your past, present, and future. Her passion for animals and people...

Send us Fan Mail Join Arlene and Joanne as we explore many aspects of spirituality, Love, and countless insights with our wonderful guest, Chrystal Rae. Chrystal is a transformational guide who weaves together ancient yogic wisdom, intuitive insight, and heartfelt storytelling. Chrystal Rae is the author of Love Letters to Your Soul and draws readers into a deeply personal journey to connect with...

Send us Fan Mail As we enter June with the summer season fast on our heels, bring your attention to your heart—a radiant, golden light that grows with each breath, embodying courage and peace.  Join Arlene on the first Wednesday of the month for a world meditation to help bring calmness and peace within. It’s easy to get swept away with all the activities that June brings. Take this time to get ce...

Send us Fan Mail One of our very favorite returning guests is back to share the latest of what she has created! Join Joanne and Arlene for a wonderful chat with Dr. Ingrid Honkala. Dr. Honkala is an oceanographer, author, mom, and scientist who worked for NASA and held a very important position with the Colombian Navy. She had an NDE as a very young child, where she witnessed Beings of Light who h...

Send us Fan Mail  Join Joanne and Arlene as we bring back Bill Tortorella to discuss what he was shown in Heaven regarding sacred math and the power of 369, which unlocks the keys to the Universe. Many people transition but are told to go back; that it’s not their time. Bill Tortorella was given the grand tour of Heaven, and shown the Hall of Future Events, and so much more regarding Sacred Geomet...

Send us Fan Mail Join Arlene and Joanne as they interview Sam Kim, a former plumber who was electrocuted on the job, and the changes and transformation he underwent to become an amazing Medium who can help shift humanity to the next level of consciousness. You don’t want to miss this amazing interview and story with our next special guest. Sam Kim is from New Jersey and is originally from South Ko...

Send us Fan Mail Join our beautiful co-host, Arlene, for an in-depth Meditation to calm you and to focus on the beauty and gifts all around you in this unsettling world we’re in now. Let Arlene’s words of hope and encouragement wash over you, taking all your cares and worries downstream.   Now more than ever, the world needs to stay calm and focused to bring peace to our precious world.  Remember,...

Send us Fan Mail Learn more about your co-host, Arlene McKay, on this fun and informative interview, with questions posed to Arlene by her co-host, Joanne Macko. Arlene shares her extraordinary journey and what led her to create this phenomenal, fast- growing spiritual podcast dedicated to helping humanity awaken. Get your cozy blanket, put on your soft slippers, sit back, and enjoy this light-hea...

Send us Fan Mail Join these two fun-loving hosts of Beacons of Balance as Arlene interviews her friend and co-host of 35 years. You can always count on these two to entertain you with their light- hearted, off-the-cuff interviews, but this time the tables are turned, and Arlene will interview Joanne! Let’s see how much we really know about each other! As always, if you see value in what we bring t...

Send us Fan Mail An in-depth interview with our co-host, JOANNE MACKO! Many of you have been asking about the backstories of your co-hosts, since we only interview others.  We’ve always felt that if the different podcast hosts and co-hosts started working together, what an amazing blanket of Love we could create to support each other. This episode is an actual interview by Jen Elizabeth, the owner...

Send us Fan Mail April is all about new growth breaking through old ground. As the buds on flowers and trees burst through to reach the sunlight, your thoughts, prayers, and intentions are no different as they reach up to the light of God and the Angels. Our planet is birthing a new reality, and Mother Earth is going through her birthing pains, hence the floods, drastic weather shifts, and tornadi...

Send us Fan Mail As we arrive in the 2nd week of March, we think of what this month represents. New Beginnings, the arrival of Spring, or perhaps luck from a Leprechaun’s point of view, as connected to St. Patrick’s Day. What better time to manifest what you desire for this coming year and beyond? Depending on your specific goal—whether it';s general manifestation, financial abundance, or cre...

Send us Fan Mail Join Joanne and Arlene as we interview someone with one of the most interesting near-death experiences. Many people transition but are told to go back; that it’s not their time. Bill Tortorella was given the grand tour of Heaven, meeting three significant guardian angels, one of whom was his deceased brother, Peter, and he was blessed with a brief encounter with his future daughte...

Send us Fan Mail MARCH – A Mindful Meditation for Renewal As we start a brand-new month, March, join Arlene in one of her heartfelt prayer meditations for peace to affect all areas of our lives. March has often been heralded as the month of shedding winter and old behavior. It is a month for Spring, new growth, and new beginnings. What would you like to birth as we head into the third month of 202...

Send us Fan Mail Five neurologists told author Sandi Gold in 1986 that she had less than a year to live. Years later, two doctors insisted she get a mastectomy. By then, she’d learned to trust her body’s wisdom. After every cell screamed “No!” she declined. Just five months later, using a natural treatment, she was cancer-free.    In her book I Chose Love: How to Thrive After a Life-Threatening Il...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue the month of Love, join Arlene and Joanne as they share their personal insights on the many aspects of Love and on how we must first love ourselves. They’ll discuss, from their own experience, what love means to them, how their marriages have stayed so strong, with almost fifty years for Joanne and fifteen years for Arlene. Experience many positive affirmations and...

Send us Fan Mail MARCH – A Mindful Meditation for Renewal As we start a brand-new month, March, join Arlene in one of her heartfelt prayer meditations for peace to affect all areas of our lives. March has often been heralded as the month of shedding winter and old behavior. It is a month for Spring, new growth, and new beginnings. What would you like to birth as we head into the third month of 202...

Send us Fan Mail What would you do if you watched eight-foot beings of light work through your surgeons in the Operating Room and give you key insights into your healing when it didn’t seem possible? Meet Tricia Barker, author of “Angels in the OR – What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation.” Tricia will join Joanne and Arlene for a spine-chilling episode to share her near-d...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to February, the month of Love! Join Arlene for a soul-stirring world meditation on prayer, love, and peace as we work towards greater love for ourselves, for humanity, and for all those suffering in the world today. The world needs more kindness, more peace, amid the chaos that continually bombards us from every angle. Know that peace must start within each of us for it t...

Send us Fan Mail What if beginning again didn’t require pushing, fixing, or reinventing yourself? ✨ In this heartfelt episode of Beacons of Balance, Chrystal “FireHeart” Kubis joins Joanne and Arlene for a warm, soulful conversation about finding your way forward through self-trust, kindness, and inner steadiness 🌿 Together, they explore why so many people feel pressure at the start of a new yea...

Send us Fan Mail Join Arlene and Joanne on a jam-packed episode with two guests, Rose Lombardo and Lois Krueger, who share their harrowing stories of close encounters with death and how an unseen force saved them. We are never alone in life. Many have had brushes with death or been put on the path of a stranger where your sixth sense warns you, or perhaps you heard a voice or smelled roses or perf...

Send us Fan Mail Rev. Simon Caudullo, a cherished returning guest, joins Joanne and Arlene for a heartfelt conversation about his abilities as a spiritual medium to connect with deceased loved ones. He shares how these loved ones are always present in our lives and blesses us with a message for 2026. Once a Catholic Benedictine monk, Rev. Caudullo is now a practicing spiritual medium and spiritual...

Send us Fan Mail Join a guided prayer and meditation focused on healing the world. Shift negative energy into love. Hold an image of peace. Send light to people who need support. Connect with the Great Spirit inside you. You face grief. You feel pressure from global events. You seek clarity and connection. This practice meets you where you are. Start the month together with intention and peace. 🧘...

Send us Fan Mail Join Arlene and Joanne for a fun, festive New Year’s Eve episode. How was YOUR 2025? Did you remember to focus on your Blessings, your Gifts? Let’s all start a new chapter in our lives and continue to spread kindness to the world, and of course, more humor! Did you make any good resolutions for 2026? These two will tickle your funny bone as we kick off a new year of all-new episod...