Life Illuminated

Misdiagnosed with and treated for Leukemia, Lyn Delmastro Thomson used her unbelievable experience to set out on a path as a Certified Body Talk Practitioner. Join Maggie Kelly, Life Illuminated host, in a conversation about fortitude, strength and the perseverance it takes when your life is turned upside down.  www. Satsanghouse.net You can find Lyn at heartfirehealingllc.com

Spiritual Life Coach, Mentor and Meditation teacher Maggie Kelly chats with former High School teacher and Life Coach Sheila Sutherland.  Sheila Sutherland shares her story of having the rug pulled out from under her as the entire contents of her life went up in flames. As she calls it, this "cosmic kick in the ass" came with huge life lessons and changed the entire trajectory of her life.  Once s...

Join Spiritual and Meditation Teacher Maggie Kelly for a chat with author and coach Matthew Ferry. The two discuss the concept of "enlightened prosperity" as well as some of what might be keeping us from living both and enlightened life as well as a prosperous life.  Mathew is a business coach and author. He has inspired thousands to create the life they envision for themselves by helping them und...

Board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist Dr. Carolle Jen-Murat join Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly in an intriguing chat about what it looks like to be a medical intuitive and spiritual healer.  Raised in Haiti and from a family full of healers, Dr. Carolle discovered her gifts of being able to intuitively know what was causing your physical illness. Particularly, Dr. Carrolle is able to conn...

Join Meditation Instructor and Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly as she gives us a little insight into the distinction between being a spiritual seeker and actually staying stuck in survival mode striving to get out.  Spiritual Awakening means you have to give up something of yourself, it's not about working toward or striving toward attaining anything. The peace and freedom you seek will fall out of...

Internal knots are the old conversations and limiting beliefs we've adopted and internalized over the years. The moments when someone has been unkind, abusive, or we've experienced some kind of emotional pain. Most of us run from the pain and search for the good. What about if we reverse it? What about if we were to turn around and face the pain, sorrow, abandonment, rejection head-on? Join Spirit...

Raised in a religious cult, Michelle Schaffer was close to suicide feeling caught knowing that there had to something bigger to life than the way she was living. Join host Maggie Kelly, Spiritual and Meditation Teacher as she explores Michelle's quest for the answers in her "process to bravery." Michelle speaks about the decade it took her to finally leave the cult behind as she built up her confi...

Do you notice that you sometimes check your phone ten times a day and it's almost an unconscious habit? Or open the fridge because you're feeling bored? Maybe head out to the mall to buy something you really don't need?  There's no need to fill the void. What are we afraid of? We've been conditioned to fill the void in so many ways these days. The dings and pings of our phone distract us constantl...

Not enough time? Too many thoughts to be able to meditate? Meditation is a religious practice? Are these a few of the things you believe about meditation? Join Spiritual, Life and Meditation Coach Maggie Kelly as she helps debunk some of the most common myths about meditation that keep us from even considering it.  Live in the San Diego area and want to learn how to meditate? Connect with Maggie a...

Join Spiritual, Life and Meditation Coach Maggie Kelly as she walks you through what really is the practice of sitting meditation . Maggie will give you practical tips on how to create your own successful sitting meditation practice. Want to learn how to meditate? Visits Satsang House, San Diego's premier meditation center or connect Maggie at maggie@SatsangHouse.net www.maggiekelly.com

Loneliness, isolation, a pile of virtual friends we hope will fill the void. Maggie Kelly discusses what she feels to be an epidemic of loneliness in our society. We need to be connected to be emotionally well. We need to have human interaction with one another to feel "ok." The loneliness and isolation we experience as a society these days also has mental and physical health repercussions - the e...

Former filmmaker and actor Josh Cary spent the better part of his 40+ years seeking applause and accolades to hide the deep anxiety and insecurities that drove his life. Josh woke up to realize that he had been hiding every aspect of himself in all areas of his life just to gain the approval of everyone else. Join expert certified life coach and mediation instructor as she takes us along Josh's jo...

Join expert Certified Spiritual, Life and Meditation Coach Maggie Kelly for an enlightening discussion about confronting our past to find freedom. Without the difficulties or "suffering" as they say in Buddhism, we would not grow. If we run from our trials, traumas, grief, sadness and anger, it may simply sit and fester inside us preventing us from being able to actually create and live the life w...

Join Certified Spiritual, Life and Meditation coach Maggie Kelly as she chats with Michelle Clarke. Michelle hit a roadblock in her life which inspired her to make significant changes in a whole new direction. After managing financial roadblocks in her way, she created a new career to inspire and ignite the lives of women around her.  Interested in reinventing and reigniting your life? Click here...

Join Maggie Kelly as she interviews 6th Degree Black Belt Eric Alders in an inspiring conversation about how getting "tapped out," a common karate term, is the very thing that keeps us growing and moving in our journey through life. Eric is the owner of The Karate Dojo MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in NJ. Eric is also the host of the podcast "Life's Black Belts." Having received countless awards and...

Around 800,000 people are enslaved somewhere in America today and over 30 Million around the world. Join Maggie Kelly as she talks to world-renowned human trafficking expert Nancy Hartwell for a timely yet grim discussion of one of the worlds largest social problems.  Nancy became enthralled by this abhorrent social issue after one of her childhood friends disappeared one day never to be seen agai...

Join Maggie as she chats with Life Coach Nancie Vito. Using her background in public and mental health, Nancie switched gears and transferred her skills into becoming a life coach. Focusing on helping others recover from burnout, Nancie shares her strength, hope and inspiration with us as she reminds us that sometimes change needs to come in baby steps for us to flourish. You can reach Nancie Vito...

Podcaster, mindfulness teacher, author and former school teacher Bruce Langford joins the Life Illuminated podcast to share his mission to prevent bullying. Bruce finds the connection between lack of respect and bullying pervasive in our communities and set about to spread his message of reconnecting through mindfulness to create a strategic shift in the mindset of those who bully others. Join us...

Journey with us as we chat with Terry Jo Wright, one of the only two survivors out of nine people involved in a devastating drunk driving accident at the age of eighteen.  Terry Jo Wright shares her story of experience, strength and hope and how tragedy sometimes is what it might take to wake us up to the impermanence of life.  Join us each week for a new episode of the Life Illuminated podcast! I...

George Peterson turned to meditation as one of his "go-to" spiritual tools in an effort to recover from a heroin addiction. Today, George is a certified Vedic Educator based out of Rhode Island. He teaches meditation, Ayurveda, and Hatha yoga. George is also is the co-founder of Nourish, a pop-up event company that hosts three-hour mindful experiences that include yoga, meditation and a plant-base...

Join Maggie Kelly as she takes us on a brief exploration of the Third and Fourth Noble Truths. She'll discuss the nature of suffering and our path out.  If you want a beautiful garden, you have to put your hands in the dirt! Don't run away from the suffering as doing so will keep you from the lessons you are meant to learn. Maggie Kelly is a Mindful Life Coach, Public Speaker and Spiritual Mentor....

Join Maggie Kelly as she walks us through the First and Second Noble Truths in a simple, easy to understand way. She'll talk about how we can recognize, identify and cease our suffering and ways we can we can mindfully stop feeding our suffering.  Maggie Kelly is a mindful life coach who can guide you in how to uncover, discover and discard your limiting beliefs and the roadblocks standing in your...

Join Maggie Kelly as she hosts special guest Visionary and Transformational Artist, Cassandra Ryan. Cassandra is passionate about unlocking not only the mysteries of the heart, but also its magic as well.  If you'd like to take a deep dive into the roadblocks and limiting beliefs that might be stopping you from living the life you envision, connect directly with Maggie Kelly, Life, Meditation and...