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Linda Joy launched Aspire Magazine in 2005 to inspire women to live deeper, more authentic and inspired lives. She credits Aspire's rapid growth to her collaborative business model that she calls “The Feminine Conscious Business Model for Abundant Success” based on the five core principles that she operates from: Relationships, Collaboration, Intention, Service and Abundance. Her new anthology, titled A Juicy, Joyful Life: Inspiration from Women Who Have Found the Sweetness in Every Daywill be released in September 2010. http://www.juicyjoyfullife.com/

Today Max will take you through the scales of emotions and how looking at where you are in relation to these will help you with Goals and Dreams you want to achieve in your life. He will also take live callers!"

Simon Mainwaring, one of the world's foremost experts on branding and social media, distills complex ideas down into simple, memorable communications, and engages us on a powerful, emotional level. He tells us how to create a brand that is consistent with our authentic self. His unique combination of spontaneity, disarming humor, and seriousness of purpose leaves us enlightened, inspired and wanting more. Bio: Simon Mainwaring is respected author, influential blogger and international speaker. A former Nike creative at Wieden & Kennedy, and worldwide creative director for Motorola at Ogilvy, he is an Expert Blogger for Fast Company. Simon's new book We First lays out an actionable plan for how brands and consumers use social media to create a partnership that provides sustained prosperity for business and our world. Everyday Hero: Marilyn Levin is the Commitment Director for Four Years Go, a campaign to shift humanity's course toward a just, fulfilling and sustainable future by the end of 2014.

Join host Jenn Royster as she discusses how to bring light into your life with Medical to Mystic Dr Susan Jamieson... Dr Susan, known as ‘The Light Doctor', is an award winning Scottish and Harvard trained physician, specialist in East-West holistic medicine. Based in Hong Kong she's had 26 years experience of learning how to connect different healing systems and philosophies. She serves as a bridge between science and mysticism, in using and explaining our beings in terms of light and colour.

Tune in with host Shasta Townsend to find our how meditation helped writer Kat Tansey deal with suicidal depression and chronic fatigue syndrome... September 2010 - After 20 years in a high-pressurecareer in change management, writer, Kat Tanseys active life was derailed by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which reached its peak on a cold, grey, rainy morning in 1993, when she faced an important decision: should she stay to fight another day with suicidal depression or should she take her life? Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master by Kat Tansey is a true account of Kats journey from deep depression to emotional wellness, and her story will inspire all those caught on the hamster wheel of life and sufferers of stress and ‘must do' syndrome. Choosing to Beis based on real events and real characters. This compelling book is an account of Kat's personal journey where she uses her imagination to intuit/hear Poohbear's wise advice based on his own attitude toward life according to Buddhist teachings - so starkly contrasting with her own at the time. www.choosingtobe.com

Tune in as host Sharon Quirt chats with Sexologist Jallen Rix on how to recover from the damaging effects of the anti-gay movment... Speaker, author, and educator, Jallen Rix has come a long way to be a sex expert. Growing up as a Southern Baptist, he was taught that spirituality was heavenly but sexuality was from the devil. He went to great lengths attempting to change his sexuality from gay to straight in an ex-gay ministry -- to no avail. That experience set him on a journey of discovery that ultimately resulted in Jallen earning his Doctorate of Education in Sexology from IASHS in San Francisco, where he is now Associate Professor. This has equipped him to teach human sexuality at the university level as well as consult in private practice. Over the years, Jallen has become an expert on the damaging effects of, and recovery from, the ex-gay movement. He has appeared on TV talkshows, such as Talk or Walk and ABC's News Magazine 20/20 (watch his appearance on youtube). He pens the popular advice column, Sex Ed in Bed. As a sexologist, Jallen's book Ex-Gay No Way. was nominated for a Lambda Literary award in non-fiction.

For years, the crop circle phenomenon has intrigued and baffled us all. Now, Suzanne Taylor's documentary, What On Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery (2009) explores many aspects of the circles and presents information in an unbiased manner. The movie won the 2009 EBE Award for Best Feature Documentary at the UFO Congress Film Festival and just got an award for Excellence in Paranormal Filmmaking from the 2010 Paranormal Symposium and Film Festival. In the film, Taylor, who for twenty years has herself been a member of the community of crop circles researchers and aficionados, speaks to people from this lively bunch of visionary artists, scientists, philosophers, geometers, educators and farmers who have been profoundly touched by the circle phenomenon. Their critical analyses include all theories, from divine intervention to alien contact to the possibility of the circles being a human perpetration. No explanation is put forward as the "correct" one and the viewer gets a lot of possibilities from which to decide what makes the most sense. The conversations are fascinating and the stories perplexing. The film is professionally produced to Hollywood standards and includes captivating aerial and ground photography of a large number of formations. Suzanne takes us on a journey throughout our history and opens the mind to a plethora of metaphysical concepts, as well as to what might happen to human consciousness and our worldview if it were ascertained that the circles come from other intelligence. Movie Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ambf91X_yX0 Note: Please visit http://www.CropCircleMovie.com/radio for a special offer for radio listeners

The Mindful Weight Control Program incorporates not only leading edge actions you can take for successful weight loss, but also the awareness of how thought patterns are involved. This program incorporates both body and mind in its approach.

With 30 years as a teacher in multiple disciplines from around the world, Satyen Raja offers a full spectrum of experiential trainings – from martial arts training to the art of generating money; from creating passionate love to obtaining a deeper satisfaction in life. He is known as a visionary and provocateur, while also being infinitely practical, giving people powerful tools to improve and transform their lives. Satyen Raja was born in Uganda, Africa to parents who had made their way from India. He spent several years of his childhood in England before his family finally settled in Canada. Black belt, entrepreneur, author, trainer, iconoclast, visionary, and life-architect are just a few of the words that describe Satyen. With 30 years as a teacher in multiple disciplines from around the world, Satyengleans the essence of any given wisdom and distils it down to its very workable essence. Satyen Raja circles the globe, offering a full spectrum of experiential trainings – from martial arts training to the art of generating money; from creating passionate love to obtaining a deeper satisfaction in life. He is known as a visionary and provocateur, while also being infinitely practical, giving people powerful tools to improve and transform their lives.

"Dr. Steve McSwain, author of The Enoch Factor McSwain reaches out to an ever-growing segment of the American population: those who came to church to find God, but discovered a complex and frustrating set of rules and burdens instead. Disenchanted, they switched denominations, or left entirely. He grew up in the Baptist church, but hes an advocate of inter-faith dialogue. He was a Christian minister for over 20 years, but didnt receive his spiritual awakening until he quit going to church. Today, he is devoted to his Christian faith, but argues that Christianity isnt the only path to God. Dr. Steve McSwain may be a walking contradiction. Or, he may speak for a growing number of Americans who have left the church, but are blazing roads to God on their own."

Featured Guest: Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones Segment Title: Living in the Mystery Interview Description: Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones says, “There is no area of our lives where we are not forced to step onto the pathway of uncertainty at one point or another. This includes our relationships, careers, physical health, finances and so on.” He encourages us to enter the mystery consciously and intentionally and become friends with uncertainty. “As we make living in the mystery a daily practice, we prepare ourselves for the adventure regardless of whether we are pushed onto the pathway of uncertainty by inspiration or desperation, by pleasure or pain. He helps us discover that uncertainty is a journey with which we can learn to live. Bio: Throughout his lifetime, Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones has been on a quest to inspire and lift people to a higher expression of life. In addition to being a nationally known keynote speaker and personal spiritual mentor Dennis is the award winning author of The Art of Being ~ 101 Ways to Practice Purpose in Your Life, and his newest book is The Art of Uncertainty. Contact: www.Dennismerrittjones.com Everyday Hero: Cheryl Hiltzik is President of RMA Entertainment producing socially relevant reality programming for a variety of non-profits such as Safe Passage (domestic violence), The International Humanitarian Foundation (saving sexually exploited children), ALS Association (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and The Jensen Schmidt Tennis Academy for those with Down Syndrome. Contact: www.rmaentertainment.com

Predicting changes and trends for the future, this fascinating book debunks the myths surrounding 2012 to provide a logical and spiritual theory. Wild claims and bad astronomy have fuelled a doomsday sensation about that energetic and special year, yet little or none is mentioned about the key planets sending the messages—Pluto, Chiron, Cere, Makemake, Eris, and Sedna, as well as some newly discovered planets. This resource delves deep into these important astrological beings to reveal what will really happen in 2012 and how the gods and goddess of these planets will help humanity navigate financial, social, and physical revolutions. Part history, scientific theory, and spiritual insight, this cutting-edge contention provides an understanding not only of 2012 but also of the transformations that will follow. Alison Chester-Lambert is the founder of the Midlands School of Astrology and she also runs an astrological consultancy practice. Alison broadcasts for BBC Radio, as well as composing horoscopes for several magazines and writing a regular column for the Astrological Journal. She is also taking a degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology and her academic research has been published in the Journal of Research in Astrology.

It is relatively easy to be calm and centered when life is going smoothly— but what happens when new issues and crises crop up? ? Concerned about your financial circumstances? ? Children playing havoc? ? Stressed at work? ? Worried about climate change? The list is endless... These are times where meditation can really help! Inner Tranquility goes beyond a basic overview to explain how and why meditation works. By using contemporary examples from his own practice and more than twenty years of teaching various meditation techniques, Darren Main presents the information in a modern, easy-to-understand way that is attainable. Perfect for both novice and seasoned practitioners, these simple techniques help deepen the practice and explore the physical, psychological, and emotional benefits of daily meditation. Darren Main is a well-known yoga and meditation instructor and author. In addition to his writing, he facilitates workshops and gives talks on yoga and modern spirituality throughout the United States and abroad and is the director of the Yoga Tree Teacher Training Program. He currently lives in San Francisco.

Russell Feingold is a modern day Shaman and master healer. Born with the profound gift of being highly energetically sensitive, Russell had a mystical experience at the age of twenty that awakened him to a reality he never could have imagined. Life then took him on a journey of discovering how to integrate his awakening into daily life, work and relationships. He now expertly guides others on the path of integration. As you go through your own awakening process, you may find challenges come up with integration into the reality of your own life as you integrate your awakening into your work and your relationships. How do you live what you know is true in a world when what is true for you is so foreign to most everyone else? When you engage with Russell, he will guide you to unravel the stress, tension and fear that may have kept you from living the life you know is really possible.

Have you ever experienced an epiphany, a life-changing moment or realization? Elise Ballard did and was so stunned by its effect on her life that she started asking others if they had ever experienced these kinds of breakthroughs. What began as simple curiosity led to an unexpected and exciting journey, spanning several years and the breadth of human experience. The result isEpiphany, a collection of more than 50 revelations that changed lives – and the lives of others – forever. Inspiring, thought-provoking, and eye-opening, Epiphany contains the deeply intimate stories of people from all walks of life, from public figures like Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Ali McGrawand Barry Manilow, to personal acquaintances and life-long friends, to new contacts made in the most unexpected and serendipitous of circumstances. Whether discovering their life purpose, awakening to new possibilities, or finding a new direction after a tremendous setback, each person's epiphany is a gift, providing new insight into the universal truths that connect us all.