LivingToBe – When Faith Stops Working

With over 24 years of experience and multiple businesses, Vickie Helm is an acclaimed number one bestselling author of over 38 books as well as a conscious business development strategist. Vickie has a degree in accounting and one from the prestigious Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Vickie is a sought-after consultant for people who want to grow more assets and take command of their financial f...

Jason Merchey is a philosophical thinker and independent scholar as well as the founder of Values of the Wise. Jason’s fourth book is entitled “Wisdom: A Very Valuable Virtue That Cannot Be Bought” It is a unique combination of psychological research findings, philosophical principles, & personal insights. In this podcast interview Jason explains: Why wisdom as opposed to information and emotion i...

In his mid 20's... Kevin says, he had it all: A beautiful girlfriend, a high-paying job, a sports car, my dream body... but still he ended up sitting on the edge of a bed debating suicide. After hitting a rock bottom moment, Kevin went all in on self-improvement, determined to overcome anxiety and depression. Years later, he is the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, a Global Top...

How do you empower leaders and employees to create a culture that is lived and aligned with a clear mission of values? Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi is an organizational psychologist and principal of Strategy Meets Performance, a leadership consulting firm that partners with leaders of mid-sized to Fortune 500 organizations to help them create engaging, innovative and productive cultures. As an organizatio...

Understanding how our thoughts can sabotage or assist us in creating the life we want to live is one of the most pressing and important issues to consider in our lives. The Inspiration Barry Nicolaou absorbed one fateful day at a cemetery led him to write and publish a number one Best Selling book on Amazon. The eleven Master Secrets to Business Success and Personal Fulfilment outline the 11 areas...

Time spent in the stillness of nature unlocks the mind, reconnecting mind, soul, and body with the greater whole. I’ve recently back from my annual pilgrimage walk on the Camino in northwestern Spain. There are few things so healing and rejuvenating as spending time in the green and blue spaces of nature. My very first walk on the Camino de Santiago was in 2006. I needed time out after feeling tot...

With most of us spending many hours a day glued to screens, going outdoors and taking a walk in nature is one of the easiest most simple ways of maintaining your physical and mental health. What avid walkers have known all along is being confirmed by science. Walking in the green and blue spaces of nature is healing on multiple levels. Trees emit airborne chemicals, called phytoncides , used to pr...

Kara Goodwin is a former IT professional who followed her soul purpose in becoming a meditation teacher. In this podcast, she shares her own journey of transformational change. Her view is that we cannot expect to change the outer world if we don't do the work within. Other key points:  How meditation changes the brain  A good way of starting to meditate   The connection between the...

Lori Saitz, CEO of Zen Rabbit and award-winning writer, speaker, and broadcaster tells us how expressing gratitude can be truly transformational in goal-setting and manifestation. She is using her own experience in leaving a 22-year marriage and starting a new business in guiding Gen-Xers to a new beginning. In this Podcast, we cover several topics including: How to find that positive experience i...

While much of our attention during the past two years has focused on the pandemic when it comes to public health, there is a big elephant in the room when it comes to the global public health crisis that is stretching health budgets and affecting economic productivity in nearly every country. Most of the common diseases such as obesity, diabetes 2, and several cancer forms are preventable and caus...

One of the big illusions of our time is the constant messaging from false gurus promising salvation and a life of bliss that can only be found externally. Letting yourself be true to your inner voice and reawakening that ancient sense of rhythm and instinct is a real challenge. The shadow world feeds on sowing confusion and triggering the toxic emotions of fear, hate, and rage that can easily be m...

Nature is our greatest healer and our greatest teacher. When immersing in the natural world the senses awaken and go into synchronicity. From observing a bee pollinating a flower to mushrooms growing in the special moisture of soil in a shady forest, every living thing is interconnected. God or the universe find expression in nature and we are one part and inextricably bound to its structure and u...

“Listening may not be the most exciting part of the conversation, but it’s essential if you want to have a meaningful exchange with another person.” – Tania Israel When you go with the flow and engage in an active interplay with the universe you will be sculptured into that person you were meant to be on the day you were born. Yet, attachment to judgments, concepts, beliefs, ideas , and habits und...

Cassandra Bodzak is an award-winning thought leader, best-selling author, and sought-after speaker in the mindfulness and personal development world. She helps people all over the world in bringing their soul desire into everyday reality. In this podcast, she talks about what led her to write her latest book “Manifesting Through Meditation”. Some key points: - Cassandra tells us how meditation can...

During recent travels with long hours spent at airports and on planes, I witnessed several people ranting over the smallest things not going their way. My impression: We seem to have become a society infected with the “easily offended” bug. It is not only my subjective impression. The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has reported that last year was the worst on record for unruly pass...

For millennia mankind has grappled with the question: “If there is a God, why does he allow evil?”  Defining evil and recognizing evil can also be a difficult undertaking where the lie is sold as truth and truth gets turned into a lie. The great Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung once said: "Unfortunately, there can be no doubt that man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or...

The Dalai Lama once said that what surprised him the most about the human condition was that "Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies ha...

We are living in an age where our minds are drowning in information and thirsting for wisdom. Having worked in the media industry for most of my life I am horrified at how much the public discourse has degenerated into banal superficialities feeding on the exchange of toxic emotions. What you are feeding your mind with you become. It has become more important than ever to stand guard at the doorwa...

If there is one positive outcome of the pandemic it is that a growing number of people are seeking spiritual meaning and truth with the shadow of death serving as a daily reminder of the impermanence of life. A culture, feeding on the need for immediate gratification and the addiction to more of everything, is inherently disconnected from the spiritual. Complacency and familiarization are the enem...

It's the time of year again when wishes are expressed and ambitious goals are set but when looking back at the same time the previous year. How many of those goals did you realistically achieve? Most New Year's intentions are scuttled before the month of January is over. Here is how you can better manage your goals and set out a clear plan of action for the coming months without falling into the t...

Healing separation and grief, overcoming fear and obstacles . Moving on to fulfill a life-cherished dream by living on the Camino and hosting a popular podcast show. Podcaster and yoga teacher Leigh Brennan reflects on her journey, walking the Camino for the first time in 2019. This year Leigh fulfilled one of her dreams by relocating from the United States to Rabanal on the Camino Frances, buildi...

Once an opinion becomes a belief and part of ego-identity, people hardly ever change their minds. An ego-mind will never admit that it was wrong and had all the time placed its bets on the wrong horse. The pandemic has many lessons for humanity as it transitions to the higher consciousness and the realization that we are one humanity . At the same time, we are seeing massive pushback from that sid...

Relationship to the self defines relationship to nature. For too long we as humans have defined ourselves as a separate entity to the natural world that needed to be controlled, exploited, and subjugated. Gradually the realization is dawning that nature is an expression of the divine and that we are an integral part of the whole. Feeling, breathing, and aligning with nature during a deep walking e...

Much of what we are seeing and hearing in the public discourse reminds us of how trappers in the wild catch a monkey. All it takes is a small cage with a bunch of bananas inside. The monkey will grab the tasty treat through a hole in the cage. But when trying to pull out the banana the hole is too small. The monkey will refuse to let go of the banana. Even with a real threat, the hunter, coming cl...

How you think about yourself and how you talk with yourself is key to how you see the world, and how you interact with others. Much of the divisive anger we see around us each day can be traced to shame, and lack of self-esteem that has its roots in the hurt experienced by the inner child. The quality of all your relationships is determined by how you feel about yourself. The sad truth is that you...