Episodes

NO such thing as "Good Guilt"
April 1, 2015

NO such thing as "Good Guilt"

“What’s-a-mattah? Got a guilty conscience?” Remember hearing this as a child? I do. And I remember that having a “guilty conscience” meant that you’d done something wrong. When you put that in reverse, you come to understand ...
Special Encore Presentation: Iyanla Vanzant on Forgiveness
March 25, 2015

Special Encore Presentation: Iyanla Vanzant on Forgiveness

Today we are so honored to have Iyanla Vanzant here to talk to us about her latest book, Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything. Iyanla Vanzant, NY Times Bestselling author; host of the number one reality sho...
Mark Nepo on Authentic Living
March 18, 2015

Mark Nepo on Authentic Living

Mark Nepo is an author, poet, philosopher, beloved teacher and cancer survivor who has, for thirty years, been exploring how we can stay awake and authentic when our wounds make us numb and hidden; how we can minimize what st...
How to work with the Shadow
March 11, 2015

How to work with the Shadow

There are many people out there telling us today, that the shadow is the bad, sabotaging part of us, and that because it is, we need to clean it out. Those same people tell us that the ego, though also bad, is the opposite of...
Getting What You Want
March 4, 2015

Getting What You Want

Isn’t that what we all want—to get what we want? And if I told you today that all you would have to do to get what you want is to do A, B and C, you’d probably do it, right? Well, that’s what’s been happening—with all kinds o...
The Evolutionary Power of Relationship
Feb. 18, 2015

The Evolutionary Power of Relationship

One of the most important tasks of maturity is learning to live with and accept another person as is, while simultaneously holding on to one’s own authenticity. But most of us go through a few relationships with Mr. or Mrs. W...
The Myth of Morality
Feb. 11, 2015

The Myth of Morality

There is not one single shred of any endeavor humans ever make that is not touched by the myth of morality. Myth? Why am I calling this a myth? Because the entirety of the good/evil polarity is based on a misperception about ...
The Purpose of Your Life
Feb. 4, 2015

The Purpose of Your Life

What is the purpose of your life? Do you know? Do you think you should know? What if you knew that you could not know the purpose of your life until it is over? Would that change your feeling about your life? Your judgments o...
Workin' It
Jan. 14, 2015

Workin' It

So, you are trying…right? You are working really hard on your career and financial goals, working really hard on that relationship, working really hard on meditating and thinking only positive thoughts. But you keep slipping....
Special Encore Presentation: Beginning Again
Jan. 7, 2015

Special Encore Presentation: Beginning Again

Here we are again at another new beginning. At least it is one that most of us recognize as a new beginning. The problem, however, with new beginnings is that we think we have to throw out the old to have the new. We think of...
Special Encore Presentation: The Honeymoon Effect
Dec. 31, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: The Honeymoon Effect

In our third week of our Countdown to Heaven, we are talking to Bruce Lipton, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief about his latest book, The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth. We all understand...
Special Encore Presentation: Feasibility Study: Peace on Earth?
Dec. 24, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: Feasibility Study: Peace on Earth?

This is that time of year when we talk about it. We sing about it. We even pray about it. But no one really believes that we are actually going to have peace on earth, right? I mean, look around man! You can’t really believe ...
States of Consciousness
Dec. 17, 2014

States of Consciousness

Most of us have been taught that when we meditate, one of the things we might hope to achieve is an altered state of consciousness in which we feel elevated emotional connections such as bliss and ecstasy. And we also know th...
Special Encore Presentation: When Everything Changes…Then What?
Dec. 10, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: When Everything Changes…Then What?

Neale Donald Walsch is a modern day spiritual messenger whose work continues to touch the world in profound ways. With an early and deeply felt connection to spirituality, Neale spent the majority of his life searching for sp...
The Worst Possible Thing
Dec. 3, 2014

The Worst Possible Thing

An interesting age-old phenomenon of human psychological/spiritual processing is that we tend to look for the light. Indeed, we look for light even when everything is really dark—often ending up creating an illusion of light,...
Special Encore Presentation: What are we going to do about guilt?
Nov. 26, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: What are we going to do about guilt?

Joan Borysenko is back this week for the third time to talk with us about guilt, for guilt can be a major block to our resilience factor. Her latest book, “It’s Not the End of the World: Developing Resilience in Times of Chan...
Special Encore Presentation: Iyanla Vanzant on Forgiveness
Nov. 19, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: Iyanla Vanzant on Forgiveness

Today we are so honored to have Iyanla Vanzant here to talk to us about her latest book, Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything. Iyanla Vanzant, NY Times Bestselling author; host of the number one reality sho...
What do you want?
Nov. 12, 2014

What do you want?

What is it? Your grandest fantasy about your life? What do you want? You might be surprised to learn that a majority of people don’t even know what they want. Why is that? Because we’ve been taught, and have learned, to put o...
What to do when you don't know what to do
Nov. 5, 2014

What to do when you don't know what to do

So, you are stuck in a job, a relationship, an attitude, a life stance. The worst part is that you know you are stuck. You want out, but you don’t know what you want to do next. Or you don’t know which of a few options would ...
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Oct. 29, 2014

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Okay, so let’s talk about that F-bomb, FEAR. Many are telling us that fear is “negative.” They tell us that fear is the opposite of love and that it is impossible to have fear and love in the same moment. In fact, they are te...
Special Encore Presentation: The Map to your Soul
Oct. 22, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: The Map to your Soul

We’re very excited to have Colette Baron-Reid back to the show for the second time to talk about her latest book The Map: Finding the Magic and Meaning in the Story of Your Life. Have you ever experienced a tragedy that just ...
What does it mean to Overcome?
Oct. 15, 2014

What does it mean to Overcome?

Overcoming the odds. That’s how we typically think of overcoming. It’s a competition between us and the odds. Overcoming the enemy is another, and again it’s a competition between us and the enemy. But what if overcoming has ...
Transcendence
Oct. 8, 2014

Transcendence

What do we mean when we talk about transcending? The word, transcendence, has been so used in the New Age, New Thought and Human Potential communities, that it has now been moved to the pop culture. In combination with words ...
Special Encore Presentation: Defying Gravity with Caroline Myss
Oct. 1, 2014

Special Encore Presentation: Defying Gravity with Caroline Myss

We are fortunate today to have Caroline Myss return for the second time to the Authentic Living show. Caroline is a five-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned speaker in the fields of human consc...