Tune In: Radio for Your Mind, Body & Soul

There are 4 BIG LIES that are corrupting the world … … according to our once-again-returning guest, mechanical-engineer-turned-Masters-in- counseling-turned-coach Johanna Smith. She’s used her life experiences to help others. And now she’s helping us to not just see the truth beyond the lies that she identifies in this episode, but she’s also made some really cool merch to help us embody (literall...

Ever heard of “Oppositional Defiant Disorder?” This now-aged buzzword was the hallmark of kid resistance in the classroom & the cause of many caregiving land mines — for parents & teachers around the U.S., & particularly for today’s returning guest Amy Lakeberg. … But when she started tucking into the hallmarks, she found a lot that resonated for her, internally. Over the y...

Nearly 20 years ago, Edwina Cowell sat on the family room floor & answered The Big Questions (“What is heaven?”; “What is hell?”; “Why do people die?”; “What is love?”) with her 7-year old son & some of his friends with their mothers. It was a moment that was created consciously over time with forethought … & became a lasting legacy for grownups & children all over the globe.  Spir...

“The most valuable hours I’ve ever worked in my life.” That’s what Kristi Amendola, co-founder along with Eric Stanley of the MPower employment app (which can be found for free at the app store for both job-search candidates & employers) says this project has been for her.  We first talked to Kristi back in 2024 (listen to that episode , too!) … when the world’s uncertainty coming out of the g...

“Wealth does not come from money, but from ambitions & desires.” If true, that makes Ricardo Matos a very rich man! He spreads the deeper riches of personal growth & human health all around the world with his educational project, Tea the World, which has a mission to not only sell organic, full tea leaves in their products, but to also educate & inspire tea lovers on tea culture, facts...

How much of your life path is written in the stars … & how much is yours to write?   In this episode, we learn more about & from our returning guest Lisa Wagner, biomedical-engineer-turned-astrologist & author of the book  Karmic Astrology . She shares:   - Even more about how a career with the military surprisingly set her up to marry the discipline, curiosity & drive she needed t...

You’ve heard of IQ & maybe even EQ, or the emotional intelligence quotient. But have you heard of  BQ ?   That’s your body’s intelligence system. And it’s more than likely wiser than you think.   Today’s guest, Christianne Zurowski, is a certified embodiment coach. She tells us just what that is, as well as:   - What she calls The 4 Phases to BQ—tuning in with intention, building “body vocabul...

Even after they’ve passed to the beyond, Spiritual Life Coach & Intuitive Medium Kim Lawler tell us, “We really can talk to our people still.”   She doesn’t just mean visiting their tombstones to fill them in on your day (though, of course, that counts, too). After 30 years as a nurse in traditional healthcare settings, Kim determined to stop ignoring the other-worldly wisdom that was all arou...

The heart as the seat of our soul: That’s the perspective cardiac Advanced Practice Nurse Teresa Palmer now has, after over two decades working in holistic cardiology.    On a medical mission trip to Romania, her perspective changed.    Teresa tells all about this experience, plus:   * How what you believe is what you become * Heart disease is the leading cause of deaths in the U.S.—but 90% can be...

“It started with some pain.”   That’s what our guest, Candice Erickson-Perham—a healer, coach & podcast host in her own right—says of her journey. “It” is a journey she never realized she would take, & one she continues to be on now, all the more consciously.   In our conversation, we learn more about that journey: How it started with her desire to avoid getting cortisone shots & moved...

Fellowship : It’s both a noun & a verb.    Rotarians like today’s guest Andre Adams are used to giving. As he shares in today’s conversation, it’s baked into the Rotary Club philosophy. A Chicago-area financial services pro, Andre has also been a member of his local Rotary for 4 years … where he has recently helped to develop a new type of fellowship (what Rotarians call their subset club grou...

Are you ready to kick off your own summer of health?   For Northwest Indiana residents, the Summer of Health is about to kick-off on June 13 in downtown Valparaiso with the Porter County Health Fair. Tune In speaks in this episode to the Poco Health Department’s Communications Manager, Demetrious Lewis, on:     - The Health Fair kick-off events & features, like dental & vision screenings,...

Is there such a thing as spiritual curriculum?   Dr. Katja Rusanen, DSS (Doctor of Spiritual Science), believes there is. She believes it so completely that she recently wrote the book on it.   Her own spiritual curriculum has taken a lifetime of learning, so far: After a deep loss early in life, she found her way to her own spiritual teachers, became a devout & dedicated student, took her tra...

“Be more skeptical, not less.”   So says psychic medium Jeanette Wilson—who is no stranger to skepticism.   As the star of New Zealand’s TV series, “Dare to Believe,” plus the subject of many news stories & interviews across New Zealand, England & the U.S., Jeanette has made a decades-long career out of making believers of skeptics. She understands their perspective, she says, because she...

The first time Shelly Fox was asked to tune into what her Third Eye was telling her, her answer was … “a donut.”   Not exactly universal wisdom.    Dabbling in yoga as a newbie, Shelly—who still uses her biology degree to develop laboratory products as her daytime career path—became more & more curious about the new words she was hearing in class, like “Third Eye,” “energy,” & “intuition.”...

What is intuition? How do we know? How do we trust it ...? Our series on this subject starts NOW. Tune in!

“Life is your oracle.”   So says intuitive guide Schamet Horsfield. And she should know:    As someone who has been called an oracle, herself—& as the creator of the forthcoming, visually stunning Wounds to Wisdom oracle deck & guidebook, as well as the Wounds to Wisdom Oracle School, teaching people how to tap into their own intuitive gifts to transform old wounds into earned wisdom (&amp...

What is the definition of a superhero?   That’s a question our conversation with returning guest J.D. Murgalo, host of multiple podcasts over a series of common interests, returns to again & again. The answers may surprise you.   We also talk about some other interesting definitions, like:     - Keeping content user-friendly     - The importance of the “pause to process”     - How his being an...

“Storytelling gives significance.”   That’s why Sarah Elizabeth Mangiarelli took the brave step of putting her life story (so far) into a teaching memoir book,  When the White Picket Fence is No Longer Enough .    Her book is full of funny, surprising, heart-breaking & inspiring stories. And there are even synchronicities that some would call miracles. You can hear some of them in our intervie...

From “peri-to-meno-to-post,” says our guest—Healthy Living Coach Denise Stegall—there’s a lot of life in menopause. Did you know …?    - Women start losing progesterone around age 37.   - Sleep hygiene & food quality are important throughout life—& even more so in this timeframe.   - Body image is not just for teenagers.   - AND: Men go through menopause, too.   After years working as a ph...

Coach Wendy T. -  Sandwich Gen   “There are many women in the ‘Sandwich Generation’ who don’t believe they have the right to put their own masks on first.”   Do you know what these words mean?   Coach Wendy does … & she’s explaining it all in our conversation ( that’s now available on-demand ).    Here’s what:   1. “Sandwich Generation” traditionally refers to that era in life when people are...

CPR for the amygdala: That's what our guest Hilary Russo calls Havening. It's a technique with a capital H that works on both "BIG T & Little t" trauma. In host Kealah Parkinson's discussion with Hilary—who is, herself, a media personality, holistic mental health practitioner & Havening ambassador—we learn: - Just what Havening is + one on-air exercise that listeners can do right along wit...

Meet our next guest, Jill: Jillian Abby is an award-winning author, storyteller, and advocate.  Her memoir, *Perfectly Queer: Facing Big Fears, Living Hard Truths, and Loving Myself Fully Out of the Closet*, was selected by *Good Morning America* as one of their recommended reads, earning praise for its authenticity and courage.  In addition to her own writing, Jillian is a collaborative ghostwrit...

So, what exactly is PDA? One answer we discovered in conversation with guest Amy Lakeberg is: It depends on who you ask (& maybe a little on who's asking)! Known in variants as "pervasive demand avoidance" or "persistent drive for autonomy," the even older version is "oppositional defiance disorder." ... But is this state of being a apathologized 'disorder' or simply another way to be? Amy con...

"Plan BIG, but start small."   These are the words of wisdom that plant-based foods educator & conscious conversations podcast host Sarah Hlavacek-Metzger shares in our interview with her on the concept of Transitions.    If the only constant in life is change, how do you handle it?   Sarah shares with vulnerability & authenticity from the actual point of transition at the top of...