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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Does Your Child Have a Sixth Sense? 36

Living In-Between Beginnings and Endings – Creating Our Life as Art 12 Local Radio Legend Can Also Be Your Spiritual Mentor 14 Life Activations Provide Energy Shifts 16 Conscious Couples – They’re Catching On! 20 – 24

The Inner Alchemy of Spring – A Soulful Clean Sweep 38 Integrative Healthcare Symposium Report on Autoimmune Advances 40 Love Letter to Anger 41 Expansion on a Spiritual Level 44

Ginger, the Beloved – The True Story of an Aging Dog 52

Music Heals When Words are Not Enough 26

A Unique Guide to Pain – Family and Systemic Constellations 54

Sexual Trauma – A Shaman Shares her Path to Healing 28

Love in the Post #metoo World 58

ON THE COVER - LEORA LEON – Past Life Regressions Take Her and Her Clients to Unexpected Places 30

41 How Quantum Mechanics Explains Spirituality 46

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LIVING IN-BETWEEN BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS

by Phyllis Douglass One day I was asking God a question about the manifestation of our desires. And I was told that what we are attempting to manifest in any given moment is not as important as the journey taken to get there. It’s the path we choose to take, and the subtle nuances that occur along the way to nudge us forward towards our goal that is most important - not what we receive at the end. Many people’s lives are focused on the outcome of their actions, and driven by what they wish to receive and achieve versus how they obtain it.

Every aspect of our lives follows a similar course of “living between” the beginning and end of something; and quintessentially, the act of living also falls between our birth and our passing on to the next adventure. It is the dash between the day we are born and the day we leave our physical form to return to Source.

have created…even you, and that’s perfectly okay. From the perspective of an artist, one must be present in the moment; taking in their environment and weaving each element together in a way that makes it more beautiful, even throughout challenging times.

And the thing about art is that it is ever evolving and alterable.

When we choose to creatively live within the space in-between, the final outcome or destination will always be more than we expected, and all that we need.

So why are we here?

To live life fully as we stand in our own truth. We learn a multitude of things along the way. We are asked to acknowledge what is not in resonance with our true path and purpose - seen and felt through the infinite understanding of the heart - and let it go.

And then we illuminate the lives of others, by sharing what we have discovered through our failures, losses, and successes.

Life is about lingering within the space in-between the beginnings and ends, and remaining detached from the outcome. This is the space where the magic happens!

Life is like a beautiful work of art, and the magic lies within the medium used to create the art, versus the final outcome of your endeavors. When people view true artistry – your life from the outside – they see beauty, depth, and a meaningful projection that they can relate to and be inspired by as a fellow traveler. It is when we are no longer physically here, that our work of art becomes magical through the memories of those left behind.

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PHYLLIS DOUGLASS (Vox Angelus) weaves 20+ years of experience in alternative healing, instrumental and vocal music, and the Toltec Arts of Shamanism and Magick to create integrated sessions that empower, revitalize, and transform lives. Her work is about SETTING PEOPLE FREE through Touch and Sound Activation. www.phyllisdouglass.com Facebook: @VocalAlchemist

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Priest Warrior and Spiritual Guide Greg Friedman

through didgeridoo song and music, Greg will literally go to the ends of the Earth to help you live an empowered life.

As a Guide, Greg helps you build the life of your choosing by uncovering the foundation that is already in you. These words are emblazoned on his site for a reason-what could be more valuable than living the best life possible.

When he’s not taking people on journey into these sacred lands, he’s spending time with his clients along the beautiful shore of Laguna Beach.

Whether it’s your love life, your career, your life purpose, relationship with abundance, fear, or shame Greg helps you enhance your vision and recognize that you have the strength to live an empowered life.

He works politely, but insistently. When you talk to Greg, like I did recently, you get a sense of a bigger world around you, and that anything’s possible, that everything’s in play.

After having spent time with Greg one of the things I quickly realized is that Greg doesn’t miss a thing.

Whether he’s working with you as a life coach or interviewing a guest on his number one rated radio show, “Inner Journey with Greg Friedman” (Gregg Braden and Marianne Williamson were recent guests), he will ask you to stop and expand on something in order illuminate a hidden gem you didn’t realize was lying just beneath the surface.

That’s the same reason you hire him—he’ll help you see those blind spots blocking you from experiencing your authentic life.

That’s a true gift, but it wasn’t easy to come by. You don’t come by some life knowledge without having earned it by living through tough experiences.

Greg has spent a lot of time studying and doing ceremony with the elders of various indigenous peoples.

He leads journeys to bring seekers face to face with these same elders for wisdom that’s unencumbered by modern distractions. Whether it’s up a tributary of the Amazon or deep in the Outback to experience Aborigine healings performed 14

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The radio station is close by, so why not meet clients there and have a walking session along the bluffs of one the most beautiful beaches in California? Why not get into a full inquiry of someone’s life and hold sacred space with them? It’s been said that Laguna Beach is full of energy vortices, so why not ride those waves as well in service to a client?

To say a session or two with Greg is rewarding is understating it. Many people don’t even know that this incisive and passionate radio personality can also be their personal life coach. For more details, go to gregfriedman.com.

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Activate Your Life

By Shauna Kossoff

Feeling sluggish? Lacking clarity on where to go next in life? Ready to get a boost to your Mind, Body, and Spirit? Then a Life Activation would greatly benefit you.

This is offered by a highly trained healer from the Modern Mystery School.

When you walk into the room for the Activation, you can feel the energy shift, and you know something is about to happen. Feeling comfortable you are in good hands, you sit down in a cozy chair and lightly close your eyes.

This gives you the potential to fully understand any unrealized talents that may have been hidden within you.

The healer begins their work. You can immediately feel sensations and tingles all over your body. Some people go gently in and out of consciousness. Once completed, the client will often need to sit for a while to re-adjust. The energy shifts in your body are subtle, but powerful.

What is a Life Activation?

It’s a 22-strand DNA Activation that wakes you up to your own divine calling. It allows your body to hold an increased amount of Light or positive energy. This gives you the potential to fully understand any unrealized talents that may have been hidden within you. When discovered during the session, you have the opportunity to discuss them with the Healer Guide.

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about them. The Life Activation helps heal old wounds and emotional scars that may have long been forgotten about. On top of all of this, it helps clear out karma up to seven generations back.

In all, there are a multitude of energy alignments, balances, removals, and even a brief intuitive reading. You are given a one month’s supply of two beneficial elixirs, Purificato and Crystalis. These help assist your body in acclimating to the energies that are newly vibrating and awakening in your body. These elixirs also assist in clearing out any lower vibrational energy. The long-term effects of the Life Activation are increased energy and clarity in all manners of life. The days after there is quite often a gradual new-found sense of peace and direction. This session lasts about two hours, but the effects last a lifetime!

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Become Open to Receive

By Shaman Isabella Stoloff

Do you feel like you are an over-giver?

When I opened the Orange County Healing Center I was unsure how I was going to make it work. I spent so much money on my training and traveling to learn, but was uncomfortable charging for my services.

You see I had spent so much of my life as a giver. I was a people pleaser and wanted everyone’s approval.

Once I deeply connected and aligned myself with Spirit, I began to hear messages. One of the first being, “If you continue to give so much, you will not be able to truly help others. I learned that in the giving there is receiving and in the receiving there is giving.

This is how I became open to receive.

By treating ourselves like our own best friend we can overcome anything.

I am grateful for my thriving practice and love teaching others how to listen to what they are thinking and love themselves enough to practice this simple concept.

My YouTube Channel, ShamanIsabella, has many videos. My latest, Be Open to Receive, will show you how to open your 8th Chakra and feel energetically clear to bring in more abundance.

Know that the Universe has your back and is here to support you. Once we begin to shift and open up to the divine; anything is possible.

Shaman Isabella www.orangecountyhealingcenter.com

Shifting the lack consciousness to abundance takes practice.

I began listening to what I was thinking. When it felt negative or self-defeating I replaced it with a high vibe thought.

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How I Manifested a Spiritual Love Relationship

By Tina Ghahramani-Singh If I can manifest a soulmate, so can you.

So I was the single woo-woo girl who loved working with angel cards, talking about “Spirit” and “feeling energy.”

This meant that most single guys thought I was weird or headstrong. They were intimidated by my personality and spiritual gifts.

I longed for someone who would understand my deep spirituality and love for God. In my heart, I knew this partner was out there, and I prayed for him to show up for many years.

I took a few manifesting classes on attracting your soul mate or twin-flame and I decided to commit to putting all the tips I learned into action.

This was what I did: I wrote down everything I wanted in a spiritual soul mate and meditated morning and night on how it FELT to have him already in my life. Then, I actually connected with his energy daily - because I knew he was out there - and felt the love between us as if it was already present in my life.

If you’re manifesting correctly, you know that the love is already present in your life.

Then one day, about nine months of soulmate-meditating later, I heard a voice in my head (my higher self ) say: “Go into the school bookstore right now.”

I thought it was ridiculous because I didn’t have any reason to go in there. As I resisted, the voice got louder and said to trust the process. The few times I’d heeded the voice before hadn’t disappointed me, so I entered the bookstore.

Inside was Mukunda, a friend I’d always had a fondness for. I met him at acupuncture school and never thought he had any interest in me other than friendship, but I suddenly got that “butterflies in the stomach” feeling when I saw him and bolted in the other direction so he wouldn’t see me.

We started doing energy work on each other, which was deep and profound

But “somehow” my backpack got stuck in the door behind me and flung me right into him. It was so embarrassing! But that encounter lead to us hanging out as friends, which blossomed into a spiritual romantic relationship between two soul mates who both loved God and each other.

In my experience, finding a real spiritual relationship CAN exist-only if you BELIEVE it does for you. I believe my relationship with Mukunda is strongly built on the foundation of God and Spirit. We hold lots of love and unconditional space for each other to grow. That’s what makes it such a deep spiritual connection as best friends, soul mates, lovers and business partners.

Your love story begins with being honest with who you are and then embracing and honoring that sacred part of yourself... it will then manifest into a divine relationship with your soulmate. Never stop believing in your own spiritual love story!

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All my Love, Tina

A Romance with a Spiritual Woman

By Mukunda Singh We knew there were sparks and a spiritual connection, so we decided to explore it further.

Her name was Tina. We first met at acupuncture school. Soon after we were going for walks in the park. Even though we were full grown adults, we’d go on the swings and talk about life and its challenges. We called it swing therapy.

Then we’d lay under the trees and share more. She was very good at hearing me out when I was suffering or confused. I knew I was with someone who not only believed in living a spiritual life, but also had a direct spiritual experience of divinity. So, it wasn’t out of place for me to also share a passage from a spiritual book or some poetry.

We started doing energy work on each other, which was deep and profound. I started seeing visions of angels and spiritual deities in broad daylight, which hadn’t happened before Tina came into my life. Memories surfaced from other past lives we had lived together. In many of them we were married; in some we were family; in others, we were teacher and student. We would journal and draw and discuss these processes as they were happening. It was a magical time, a time of self-discovery and acceptance. It helped me create a new sense of self.

for spirit and an easy acceptance of one another.

Soon after we got together, we found out we were pregnant. I was frightened and uncertain. I had just finished my acupuncture program and was looking at starting my career and my own business. My ability to provide for myself, let alone a family was laughable. Again, spirit intervened in the form of my great-great Indian grandmother channeling through our psychic friend Esther. She reached out to me, held my hand and said, “You are strong, and you will get through this. We are with you. Get on your horse and ride.” And so I did. When your dead great grandmother reaches out across the Eons you listen.

I actually connected with his energy daily because I knew he was out there - and felt the love between us as if it was already present in my life We faced many early challenges in the relationship. We struggled financially, had many fallings-out with close family members, had doubts about ourselves and our gifts, and struggled with being first-time parents. Through it all we had each other and the unshakable belief in our partner to succeed.

Now, we love and accept each other in our darkness and our light, knowing that each phase is a step in our evolution. I look forward to many more years of growth, learning, and joy together.

The first time I met my wife’s parents it felt like coming home.

There was a sense that we already knew each and they had just been waiting for me to show up. As I was introduced to the rest of my wife’s boisterous middle eastern family, I felt the same sense of easy acceptance and belonging. My wife and mothers hit it off so well the first time they met they almost didn’t talk to me. They had found a connection in their deep love

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• At present GEMS are worn not so much to demonstrate WEALTH, but rather jewelery is bought for PLEASURE, in appreciation of its BEAUTY. • In past years people were less SCIENTIFICALLY knowledgeable.

GEMS always had AURA of MYSTERY, Something Almost Spiritual, WORN as AMULETS and TALISMANS • At present, humans use as remedies against ILLNESS, also their mere presence, stone was sufficient to effect cure, Also its Powder Eaten.

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Is Spiritual Ascent Easier with a Spiritual Partner?

By Teri Lynn CanSee

To develop the best of both of you, you want to bring the best out of your partner. Openly show your love and trust, because jealousy will destroy any chance of a higher path, be it from you or directly from your partner, who may use it as a tool to gain the ego control. If you develop the correct inner Self Empowerment you will never need to use jealous techniques to gain attention or be adored. These attributes will be forthcoming naturally as you will be adored for your supporting and honest loving ways an attitude!

Not once did any of the men go outside the partner lines to flirt, even as a joke

Have you seen these spiritually awakened couples?

I recently found myself in the company of some very awakened Brothers and Sisters on a trip to Egypt who had found an awakened Partner to marry and spend their lives with. (As a woman traveling alone, I was appreciative of these enlightened folks because I was never at a loss for a helping hand anytime I needed it.)

Blessings are upon us daily! Let that be our reward. We need to spiritually shine with our Rainbow Bodies (the seven awakening Chakras that we must nurture and heal daily) and the Glowing Light Body (the awakening Soul which is the Light) so we can truly be the Spiritual Child of God, which provides us with the tools already built within us to use as resources to Heal yourself as well as all LIVING Beings on this Planet, to include all Living Matter, also known as “I AM that that I AM!”

Now I’ve met many married couples, but not many who were both spiritually wide awake! I was able to observe them and gain insight into what makes a truly loving partnership work for both people’s spiritual journey.

For starters, there were some very sexy, attractive single women on this venture and not once did any of the men go outside the partner lines to flirt, even as a joke! Instead, each man was a perfect gentleman to all the women, and situations were frequently available to offer a hand to help a woman off a boat, onto an animal, up a steep mountain, or through heavy sand.

And their wives were helpful to their husbands as well! It was a joy to see teamwork among the group yet total support with their mates.

Is it any coincidence that these gentlemen also took to meditation and deep prayer with devotion and graceful acceptance? I think not.

This experience showed me that the future of relationships is excellent when the couples see within themselves their spiritual value and worth and devote themselves to working as a Partner in Marriage, walk the Spiritual Self in Life, and be a spiritually awakened individual.

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Where Words Fail, Music Heals

By AmyLynn Dimaano space for you to do those things yourself. This process is sort of like a dry run for trying out new reactions. I mean, really, who wouldn’t like a do-over in life?

Trauma goes deep. Literally, traumatic memories are stored DEEP in the Midbrain, which controls your fight or flight response.

Traditional talk therapy occurs primarily in the frontal cortex where we process logic.

When emotions arise, your brain pings the Limbic System, then returns to other places to try and “manage” what’s come up.

When MUSIC is incorporated into the therapeutic process, both sides of the brain are engaged simultaneously, helping them to help one another. In the case of trauma this is where the magic happens; this is where a new experience with old feelings and responses can be transformative.

After the music portion is complete, travelers are invited to draw a Mandala (an ancient form of expression drawing within a circle) to further explore their adventure in the music. All of these segments provide insight into the original “intention” and often dictate how the client moves forward in their personal healing and growth process. GIM is an experience, not just a discussion.

Music Therapy can accelerate resolution because of its unique properties. For anyone who is “stuck” and has tried other modalities unsuccessfully, or are just ready for a fresh approach, your chariot awaits!

AmyLynn Dimaano is a Board Certified Music Therapist and Drug & Alcohol Counselor specializing in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. She works with individuals in her studio, called H.O.P.E. (Helping Others Purposely Evolve) located in Redlands, CA by appointment only. Find out MORE about the GIM process: https://musicempowers.com/what-is-gim/

Research tells us that in order to release trauma one must face it, but not in the way they have before, not reliving the old story.

Trauma is released in the evolution of the new story, which can often involve a new interaction with the event; creating a new story. However, most people can’t, or don’t want to go back to the site of their initial trauma, so they simply hope time will diminish the effects.

Body sensations, visions, realizations and a chance to make your own choices in the moment emerge from the subconscious In the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), clients, or “travelers” choose their own focus for the session. The training of the clinician allows them to select the right music program (collections of pieces) to support an internal, interactive process, and then skillfully “guide” the traveler through the session with prompts and affirmation.

What comes out? It’s like having an awake dream—anything goes. Body sensations, visions, realizations and a chance to make your own choices in the moment emerge from the subconscious.

A GIM practitioner will never tell you to “open the door” or “stand up to that person and tell them how it is!” They may, however, invite you to notice how something is experienced and hold the

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It was an infinite space, where nothing was born and nothing was destroyed, because everything was there, all the bad, all the good, the conceivable and the inconceivable, and I was a part of it all and all of it a part of me, because everything was transformed into the totality of my being and, finally, at dawn in this cyclical eternity, all my senses became one in my consciousness to defy my logic. – Alfredo Davalos alfredodavalos.com

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Going Beyond Traditional Talk Therapy to Release Sexual Trauma By Christine Alisa Trauma comes in many forms and none deeper and more destructive than abuse. I have chosen to share my story here to help shed some light and hope for those who maybe struggling with this as well.

I learned that there were layers to uncover. I had forgotten what happened to me, I believe as a way to survive. Deep in my subconscious sat childhood physical, mental and sexual abuse leaving me with depression, suicidal thoughts and anxiety that I never understood. I had blocked out virtually all memory of the abuse, which put me more at risk.

It was only after trying to find answers with traditional therapists that the Universe put me into crisis with five car accidents in the space of four years. My chiropractor found a Past Life Regression therapist for me and that’s when the real deep work began. I discovered that my father had sexually abused me for years as a child, with my mother in collusion.

By regressing back into childhood, I could see, feel and process the terror and suppression of my being. Those were the dark days in my healing processing.

I discovered that my father had sexually abused me for years as a child, with my mother in collusion The rapes were so destructive that not only was my body so torn, but also my soul retreated as well. Later as I worked with a shamanic practitioner, I found there were three soul parts that “left.” At two years old an animal spirit, raven, stayed with me. Then at four years old with another rape, white wolf was by my side. At seven years old polar bear, who is my power animal, guarded my soul. All these parts came back to help me feel whole again.

When I felt strong enough to share my story, I entered group therapy learning to speak aloud. However, it was even more profound for me when I began to tell family members. I received a variety of reactions, but the ones that gave me the most strength were from my three uncles who confirmed that they believed me.

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A few years before I took this deep healing journey, I sat across from a man at a dinner for a college fundraiser who knew my father. When I introduced myself, he stared at me and said, “How did you survive?” He knew. It took me longer, but I finally did.

I am no longer that abused person and am fully myself, rising stronger every day.

Christine Alisa is an energy teacher, MFT, past life regression therapist and shamanic practitioner.

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Utopia’s Within Reach if We Learn to Love Ourselves Leora Leon Author, Reiki Master Teacher, Shamanic Energy Healer, Channeler, Past Life Regression Therapist, Leora Leon is a healer foremost and a humble one at that. Having overcome severe trauma from childhood and now who raises a son with autism, she is no stranger to challenge.

She also knows the miracle of forgiveness and grace, and this interview also covered past lives and alien encounters! – Radiance

Life Regression sessions are so transformational.

Why is that? Because we had all kinds of experiences in our past lives and brought that energy forward. It stays with us. We don’t dissipate that energy, we carry it with us, which turns into an energetic shell, or an “incarnation shell.” So we carry hundreds or thousands of these shells until we start to become awakened and we release them. Sometimes through dreams, or through every day activities. When we go through depression, sometimes that’s something from a past-life you’re getting rid of.

We release them through energy healing, and probably the best way of all is through Past Life Regression (PLR). I’m certified with Dr. Brian Weiss.

Who wrote the famous “Many Lives, Many Masters.”

Yes, a real sweetheart and very wonderful to work with. When I first saw him, it was in front of 900 other people in this auditorium. I always had severe neck pain at that time, so when he did a 30-minute PLR on me and I went into a Roman lifetime. I saw the barbarians riding into my village, they made us get on our knees and then chopped our heads off! My fiancé in that life led the charge, and he’s someone I know in this life.

I’ve been able to find an equation that allows you to love yourself. Because when you love yourself, everything comes to you

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release the energy of that lifetime. That’s why it’s so healthy.

This is apparently a very exciting time to be born into because so many souls have asked to come forth now. Didn’t we come to release all the energy from these lifetimes, and to what effect? I believe that we all start out in the divine. We all have the God flow. We come down either on a mission or to experience something in a body that reincarnates. But typically now, there are millions of people who have come to help raise the vibration of the Earth. The Earth was put here to help raise the vibration of the multiverse, which creates love. And that’s what the whole cycle is about. Coming down to create love over and over and over again.

That’s pretty much why we’re all here and awakening at this time. To balance out the universe.

So we’re balancing out the universe by releasing thousands of incarnation shells? And there are so many different dimensions and futures we’re living in, so it’s not just a continuum of life after life after life, we’re in different dimensions, on different planets, in different bodies, so we’re releasing all of that.

It sounds like an Age of Healing. It is an Age of Healing. A lot of the healers and light workers have come down at this point to help change the vibration of our planet. What I was told through channeling is that just as on our planet there’s positive and negative, in the multiverse there’s positive and negative. Aliens actually created Earth and other planets like it in different universes where there are incarnational beings, so we could generate love and balance in the multiverse.

What would you say to people who don’t want to entertain the notion of aliens’ importance in our ascension? That’s their vibrational level. All I would say is I’m aware of it, that there are many people aware of it. I’ve been abducted, I’ve woken up in the middle of an abduction… there’s nothing to be fearful of. Some concepts are difficult for people to understand. It’s just their level of vibration. One day they’ll understand, and hopefully one day soon we’re going to see the existence of aliens in our reality.

And how are we going to see that? Are they going to announce themselves in Sedona? (laughs) I hope

they show up in Washington D.C.! On the lawn of the White House. I don’t know, there’s so many people outthere with so many sightings, and there’s been so much fear wrapped up in it, but I also think it’s changing.

Will there always be fear of all this? Even in the multiverse, there will always be the low vibration and the high vibration. As far as Earth goes, I’m hoping that we can evolve to a Utopia. I’ve been on a planet where there was pure Utopia: no hunger, no violence.

Everybody made the same amount of money, everybody had access to everything. There was no wealthy and no poor. The thing that they were in a “race” about was who could be the higher vibration.

So everybody would spend all day raising their vibration.

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that to swing the pendulum the other way.

A disruptor. Exactly. So now you can look and see it’s created a lot of good. Negative causes positive by contrast.

It feels to be there is a new spiritual renaissance coming to be, don’t you think? Absolutely.

How do you see that playing out? I just see everybody more involved with loving themselves and loving others. I think the greater majority is about love and spreading that. Even the people who you think aren’t there… our drop of water ripples out and it makes a difference.

You teach these types of workshops, right? Yes, the one I love to teach the most is “Love Yourself, Change Your Life.” It gives people tools of how to change their life in a 30-day program, which is how long it takes to change a habit. In all the things I’ve deal with in my own life it’s been one lesson after another. I’ve been able to find an equation that allows you to love yourself. Because when you love yourself, everything comes to you.

If you would like to hear more of this interview, go to radiancemagazine.org for the link to the podcast. Also go to leoraleon.com for her latest classes or to get a remote reading.

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Empower the Authentic You It’s so easy to feel stagnant in life and to experience a lack of motivation and energy. This leads to feeling disenchanted and disempowered with many different areas in our life. Often this is connected to old belief systems that are rooted in the past and our ego working really hard to keep us safe – by keeping us right where we are! STUCK! Many of us imagine bringing forward a dream we’ve always held in our hearts or we think about a whole new direction we would love to go into – but we just don’t have the courage to make the leap. Denying ourselves from the growth of our Soul’s calling is a direct pathway to contraction.

We must always be growing! We must always be creating!

Fortunately, I was guided by some pretty amazing people at The University of Santa Monica on how to reside in my authentic power, play a fully active participative role in creating what I really wanted in

my life and move out of the space of feeling like a victim of life’s circumstances. I have walked the walk from an old life that wasn’t serving me into a new space of freedom and aliveness!

Today, I guide other people through these steps sharing life mastery tools and equipping you with some meaningful life strategies for the future. If you’re ready to unlock your greatest potential by finding clarity and courage to move forward, it would be my honor to show you how.

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Does Your Child Have a Sixth Sense?

By Lisa Najjar In 1425, a French girl named Joan heard a voice. She beheld a radiant being, who revealed the mission she was to fulfill. Following the guidance, she raised an army, and victoriously drove the English out of France. She attributed her successes to guidance from the angels and saints she believed spoke directly to her.

The people of her day didn’t understand Joan of Arc’s psychic abilities. Because Joan would not deny her own truth, she was burned at the stake.

Joan of Arc is an example of what can happen when a "sixth sense" is negatively perceived. The following story illustrates how miracles can occur when a "sixth sense" is positively received.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the guests in my new book Dying to Tell You: Channeled Messages from the Famously Dead, told me that he and his wife consulted mediums.

One of these mediums was a young girl named Nettie Colburn. During her first meeting with Abraham Lincoln at the White House, Nettie went into trance where she passed under the control of the spirit of Daniel Webster who conversed with Lincoln on matters pertaining to making laws to free the slaves.

In a solemn manner, Nettie told Lincoln to stand firm to his convictions and fearlessly perform the work he’d been raised up by Providence to do. She told him not to abate the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation and not to delay its enforcement beyond the first of the year.

Lincoln was under pressure to put off enforcing the Proclamation. After Nettie’s message, he knew what to do. He said, “My child, you possess a very singular gift; but that it is a gift from God, I have no doubt. It is more important than anyone present can understand.” Lincoln abolished slavery shortly after.

Joan and Nettie were child mediums; one understood, one misunderstood.

As a medium - not a medical professional - here are suggestions for guiding spiritually gifted children: -Rule out medical issues with qualified professionals.

Then consider they may be spiritually connected -Don’t deny their reality -Learn about psychics and mediums -Visit spiritualist churches; speak with their mediums -Have them explain what/who they see or hear. Sharing photos of deceased family members may be reassuring -Consider taking your child to a reputable medium. It could be reassuring to meet an adult that shares their gift Some children are gifted artistically; others, athletically.

Your intuitive child has a special gift. When encouraged, your child has the potential to open up to universal wisdom, which will guide them throughout their lives.

This “extra” sense can make their lives “extra”-ordinary!

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The Inner Alchemy of Spring

By Janna Colaco, C.Ht.

By discarding outdated thinking habits, we can clear our inner closet and make space for compassion and love Last week I found myself spontaneously buying paint for the living room. The cashier complemented my color choice, and remarked on how many people were spring-painting their walls!

Spring is our time to remove stale clutter and shed what is no longer needed. A gentle breeze through an open window, soft sunlight, or the scent of fresh flowers can move us forward with enthusiasm toward a clean new perspective.

While we clear the garden, pantry or closet, springtime offers us an opportunity to release ineffective beliefs and outdated thinking habits.

Some of my favorite habits to discard this Spring include: Questioning others’ motives. It’s inevitable we will encounter difficult people again and again. The proverb, “Never judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their moccasins” reminds us we are all here for different experiences, and we shall never truly understand the path of another.

We can never know for sure “why” someone behaves as they do. Perhaps they have suffered. Or maybe they took a vow to forget their own divinity in this lifetime, playing the role of villain so that we might overcome a fear or strengthen a gift.

Questioning others’ motives never provides the relief or closure we seek. f we count up all the hours spent analyzing, labeling or attempting to make sense of others, we notice an increase, rather than a decrease, in our own confusion, frustration or hurt.

Maybe they took a vow to forget their own divinity in this lifetime, playing the role of villain so that we might overcome a fear or strengthen a gift When possible, assume good intentions. Hold them accountable by questioning only their judgement. Their actions are under your scrutiny, not their motives. This shift in perspective leaves their soul’s dignity and goodness intact.

This practice allows us to move toward compassion and understanding with even the most difficult souls.

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Perfectionism. When we release perfectionism in favor of excellence, we choose self-love and worthiness. The perfectionist who hides under baggy clothing at the beach, waiting to lose that last ten pounds, misses out on the joy of swimming and playing in the sand. Better to shed the cover-up and participate! Excellence implies living life to the fullest… even when we aren’t perfect. Foregoing perfectionism takes courage. Releasing self-consciousness is a powerful choice that frees us to create memories that last a lifetime.

Being right. Insistence on being right can derail personal growth. Being right by definition automatically implies others are wrong. The heightened energy we feel as we argue, upon closer inspection, derives its fervor and urgency from our deepest fears.

Letting go requires courage and trust in the universe. We release the need for things to go our way. We can calmly offer our opinion while allowing others to do the same.

Outdated feelings of urgency, threat and fear are revealed as smoke and mirrors. ‘Let it go!’ becomes our mantra. Internal windows open, cleansing mind and body, and we move forward with renewed enthusiasm for life.

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Integrated Healthcare Symposium 2019 Illuminates Autoimmune Research Advancements

By Torin Lee Mosaic of Autoimmunity Project at Tel Aviv University in Israel and Saint Petersburg University in Russia.

Aristo Vojdani, PhD, MSc, CLS, CEO and technical director of Immunosciences Lab. Dr. Vojdani began his remarks by stating, “Studies show that 70 percent of autoimmune disease risk is associated with the person’s environment, whereas 30 percent is associated with their genetics.”

The panel outlined the basic triggers of autoimmune diseases: Dietary proteins, chemicals and infections.

“Pay attention to the environment because we cannot change our genetic makeup,” Dr. Vojdani said, “But we can change our environment.”

The 15th annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium took place in New York City in February 2019. Over 1,500 attendees from across the global attended conference which covers the latest developments in holistic and integrative healthcare.

One of the highlights was the global panel on Autoimmune Diseases, led by Dr. David Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, Director of the Nutrition Institute and associate professor of clinical sciences at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. The distinguished panel included: Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP, pediatrician at Nancy O’Hara & Associates David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM, neurologist, author, and lecturer at Empowering Neurologist Yehuda Schoenfeld, MD, FRCP, MACR, chair for research of autoimmune diseases and head of The 40

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Overall, the panelist agreed. However, they had some differed on recommended treatment options. Dr. Perlmutter and Dr. Schoenfeld both discussed the importance of Vitamin D and its relationship to autoimmune diseases and overall brain health.

Dr. Nancy O’Hara discussed the importance of diet in management of these diseases, especially overall gut health and bacteria in the digestive system.

A recent development in the study of autoimmune diseases has been the focus on the X-chromosome, since most autoimmune disease markers are on that chromosome and women have 2 of them.

Acknowledging, this as the most likely explanation for the increased prevalence of disease in women versus men.

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LOVE LETTER TOANGER

by Kundan Chhabra

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Why is it important to cultivate self-love?

It gives us the courage to stand up for ourselves.

When something’s not right, we can voice that.

Dagmar Bryant, Transformational Coach, dagmarbryant.com We can do that on a feeling level in hypnosis. We help cultivate self-love so you’re not so dependent on others’ love. That way you feel safe all the time and you can still enjoy their love but it’s like sprinkles on the cupcake and not your sole source of comfort.

– Janna Colaco, Certified Hypnotherapist, mechanicsofgrace.com

You cannot give what you do not have – self-love is the only way to true enlightenment.

– Daniel Gutierrez, Mindfulness Coaching Expert, danielgutierrez.com

It gives you freedom.

Freedom from anxiety, guilt, everything. You don’t need anyone’s opinion or approval.

It means absolute freedom.

– Leora Leon, Past Life Regressionist, leoraleon.com

Cultivating self-love is the key to a rich and juicy life, in which you practice reverence for your Spiritual essence having a human experience.

– Donna Bond, Soul-Centered Professional Life and Business Coach, donnabond.com

When you cultivate self-love, your intuition grows.

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EXPANSION

By Dr. Robin Roemer Brown Spiritual Expansion on an Interpersonal Level Everyone is different. When someone does not agree with us, it’s easy to get into a conflict or argue. We feel like we need to make the other person see our point of view.

Strife is a destructive force of spirit. If our coworker, spouse, or sibling gets on our nerves, we could let our guard down and say something demeaning. We cannot open that door.

Expansion is the act of becoming larger or more extensive.

We all know soil must be as healthy as the seed, for a crop to prosper. Even the best dream cannot survive If it is planted in soil that is toxic with resentment.

Everyone has forgiveness work to do. Forgiveness is a mental, emotional, and spiritual practice which frees us to live a balanced life and one that is worth living.

What is more vital? When one person comes together in unity with another person, a greater force is created With the expansion of the mind, what seeds are we planting?

Walk away when you want to let them have it. Be the peacemaker.

If you let the Universe do it its own way, it will change what needs to be changed. Put the ego aside and let someone be right. Even when you know you are right. What is more vital?

When one person comes together in unity with another person, a greater force is created.

There is a spiritual force released when you live in harmony.

There is a Universal blessing. What can I change in myself to expand? When we are focused on the problem or discomfort, we are blind to the solution. We must expand our mind to greater possibilities and options. Expansion of our mind delivers a new pair of glasses. A different perspective then we can find, and even receive a solution. Therefore, expansion in all forms as spiritual beings living a human experience is necessary for our best present moments.

Namaste.

We need to plant the seed in our mind for what we would like to see. This is similar to how we look with our mind and perception. If I am busy focusing on the wrong thing, then my desire manifests in the area I am concentrating on.

Focus on the self in terms of greatness instead of lack. We are individual masterpieces. Not one of us is the same in terms of our backgrounds and the gifts we have to offer.

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Spirit Energy Explained at the Quantum Level

By Crista Benson

I am a Science geek at heart. One of my last classes in college was Physics, which drew me into the world of Quantum Mechanics. If I’d started my college career with this class, I would have probably ended up being a Quantum Physicist.

Quantum Mechanics is the study of the very small.

Examples would be protons, electrons, and photons.

Quantum Level is the energy given off from these particles. I want to share one of the most amazing miracles that happens in the quantum world that changed life as we know it.

Back in 1927, two scientists Davisson and Germer performed a study called the double slit experiment where they shot electrons through a screen with two slits onto a back screen that registered where the electrons hit. It was thought that the electrons would act much like matter does, and create the same two slits on the back screen as were on the front. They were shocked to learn that the electrons hit the back screen in a wave-like pattern, creating seven to eight lines!

front screen, and hit the back screen in the two-slit pattern! When the electrons were observed, they seemed to understand this and acted differently than if they were not being observed.

But that was not the miracle. The miracle occurred when they went to observe or measure how the electrons were going through the slits in the first screen.

When the electrons were “aware” that they were being watched, they finally performed in the way the scientists thought they would: they went through the slits on the

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Just as the double slit experiment showed, Spirit comes around us in the form of waves. When we put our attention on Spirit does it then become easier for entities to enter our field of consciousness and communicate. If we don’t, they are more often than not floating around us in wave patterns.

So, in my opinion, know that when you think of your loved ones that have passed, they are right beside you, proven by Quantum Physics.

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Artisanal Fair Trade is Here!

Have you been wanting the kind of shopping experience where you know small children were not involved in making the clothing or products you’re buying?

Come on down to Fair Trade Long Beach at 4105 Bellflower Blvd in Long Beach where twenty local vendors (19 of them women) offer ethically sourced and sustainable artisan crafts for retail.

Currently in soft opening mode, their grand opening is on May 11th, which also happens to be World Fair Trade Day. There will be a host of fun activities focusing on the international mission of the store.

Each of the 20 vendors are working with artisans in developing countries to help lift them out of poverty through what is referred to as "aid through trade".

Fair Trade offers assurances to consumers that the artisans are paid fair prices for their products and labor, protecting the environment, while they're also able to build and provide to their community too.

Essentially, they are gifts that give back, and Fair Trade Long Beach is empowering local women's group too.

For example, Melissa Botten (pictured) is a part of the collective as a Retailer and Community Networker. In addition to her brand-new product line launching, she’s helping connect our Fair Trade Brands with consumers & spread awareness throughout Long Beach. She offers a networking buzz and opportunity to those involved with the collective & for those who want to support this movement.

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In addition to Melissa’s Women’s Empowerment Brand, check oiut Ms.Bee Womxn featuring fresh buzz-worthy holistic health products alongside her teaching workshop series on the brand itself. She has a very unique line hot to the market for the culinary and women’s health markets, which support local bee cultivation, fair farming, women in business and Fair Trade qualifications. We are excited for her to join us in this collaborative effort, showcasing ethical business practices and global sustainable awareness.

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Ginger, the Beloved The True Story of an Aging Dog, as told to Animal Communicator Kara of Pet’s Eye View They call me Ginger. It has been a very fitting name for me. When I was young, I was spicy, and very red. I was full of so much fire and energy that I almost wore my girl to a frazzle. We were happy girls together, young and free. I miss running so fast, almost soaring. My legs betray me now. My eyes can barely see. But, because I have been such a very, very good dog, my girl bought a farm for me!!!

Every dog should be a farm dog. I love it here. My eyes, my legs, my bladder—none are what they used to be. But, I can still lay on the warm Earth, feel the breeze on my face, and smell the grasses. I see flickers and shadows, but I always feel my girl. Never has a dog been more loved than me.

I am very old now, 17. I soon must go, but not today.

Not today.

I love my girl, though a woman now she be. We were sisters. We are sisters. I love her more than she can ever see. I love her husband just as much. She picked a good, quiet man. He cares for me, and helps me stand, and rubs me well, with gentle hands.

Never has a dog been more loved than me.

I soon must go, but not today. Not today.

The world seems golden to me now, like everything is bright and light. I cherish every moment with my girl. I like it best when she comes to rest. She will lay her whole self down against my whole self. I feel her warmth, I feel her breath, and know that I love her and she loves me. Never has a dog been more loved than me.

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I cherish this the most, just to be.

I soon must go, but not today. Not today.

Never has a dog been loved more than me.

Animal communication, putting your pets on purpose, and EFT are techniques that can establish equilibrium where medical science may falter is what I do. For more information on choosing the right purpose for your pet, or to get any kind of pet reading, please visit www.petseyeview.com for my eBook, email me at kara@petseyeview.com for an appointment or call 949-282-3506.

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Family and Systemic Constellations allow us to peek into the family’s soul to identify and resolve the source of current issues or negative lifelong patterns.

Out of unconscious loyalty to the family soul, we can unknowingly identify with a previous family member. When there’s been a tragedy or trauma, or someone in the family was excluded, died young, or suffered a difficult fate, someone in a following generation will unconsciously step in and bring that person’s destiny back by living out that fate in this lifetime. This is our way of staying connected to a loved one, or even to an unknown ancestor, or to heal some aspect of the family’s soul.

These energetic forces can show up as relationship issues, illness, family dynamics, financial or career challenges, or any negative pattern or trauma you may be experiencing.

The science of Epigenetics explains that environmental influences affect genes turning on and off. In other words, genes can be expressed or repressed due to traumas. This also explains how we can inherit emotional traits since these influences affect our DNA. Through Family and Systemic Constellations you can identify and understand the unconscious connection. In doing so, we can finally let go of what’s been keeping us stuck or no longer serves our soul’s journey.

A Constellation starts by building a “living map” of the client’s presenting issue. In a workshop setting, other participants are called upon to represent the client’s family members or presenting issue. In a private session, small figurines or other objects will represent the family members.

Creating this living map usually shows where the issue or tension exists, and where the work needs to be done to restore harmony and balance.

Regardless of how representatives are chosen, the results are very profound. By having the client witness these dynamics as an outsider, the client sees the issue through a new lens and with a new perspective. Unlike psychodrama or similar therapy, these representatives usually stand in silence and may be guided to move slowly or say words that are needed to move the energy towards healing.

I’ve seen many profound healings occur, as well as the ripple effects it can have on the family system when an issue from the past is identified, acknowledged, and left in the past.

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This healing modality probes the family soul, brings hidden dynamics to light, and releases entanglements. Emotional and physical suffering can be understood and many times can be healed.

My passion is to provide this work to anyone who wishes to find a gentle way to let go and surrender, disentangle from the past fates, and find peace through the family line. This profound work brings long-term, and often life changing, resolution.

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Creating Conscious Relationships, Post #metoo Campaign

By Katinka Soetens “The biggest trap for women, when it comes to power, is sex.”

Scilla Elworthy It comes as no surprise when the story of widespread sexual abuse by powerful elite in the entertainment industry or our religious institutions is brought to light by the #metoo campaign. A sign of solidarity is shown when those who are brave enough, break the silence and speak up against society that places inequality at its root. #metoo is a wakeup call about the prevalent distortion of sexual energy and behavior in our culture and lives, and an opportunity to recognize where this occurs in all its forms on a daily basis.

Our distortion sells the idea that women have power over men through sex. Our entire programming from a young age is constantly reinforced by the advertisement and entertainment industry. If we’re honest, we can all think of times we’ve been less than authentic and indeed have felt this manipulative form of power in sex, and have used it. But power over men is not the solution; it perpetuates the toxic dynamics of patriarchy and celebrates a 'power' that doesn't last.

But power over men is not the solution; it perpetuates the toxic dynamics of patriarchy It is time to embrace power with (not power over) by becoming very conscious of the ways in which we misuse our sexuality, and embrace what we are most terrified of: the power of our shine. We have the power to become the true partners we are asking men and women to be.

The time of justifying the manipulation of our sexual energy by our self and by others so that we can feel more empowered in our own identity, needs to end. It is this manipulation and inauthenticity that allows us to feel and use power over, from which we can only create ways of manifesting change that focus on “against” rather than “with.”

This is part of the distortion that needs to be integrated fully, if we truly choose to manifest the new “norm” we are so desperate to see.

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Katinka Soetens, is a Priestess of Avalon and The Goddess Conference co-organizer from Glastonbury, England. She’s an international workshop facilitator on empowerment through the Divine Feminine, teaching about women's sacred mysteries, conscious relationships, or healing of the wounding between the feminine and masculine.

See Katinka’s workshops in the US at pavlinabohemica.com and more of her work at herpathoflove.com