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Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Russell Bishop, Editorial Director at Huffington Post, Consultant, Executive Coach, and bestselling author of Workarounds That Work to discuss leadership, personal and organizational transformation and how to create unparalleled success. For more on Russell Bishop, click here > http://www.russellbishop.com/

VividLife Radio hosts Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Bonnie Reiss sworn by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2010 as the California Secretary of Education to discuss Political Mindfulness and the power of Consciousness in a changing world Bonnie Reiss was sworn in by Governor Schwarzenegger on February 23, 2010 as the California Secretary of Education. The Office of the Secretary of Education is the primary education advisor to the Governor and is committed to creating, promoting and supporting the Governor's policies that ensure access to quality education for all Californians. Since 2007, Secretary Reiss served as operating advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors, a private equity firm committed to investing in and developing scarce resources, commodities and sustainable companies. Previously, she served as senior advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2003 to 2007, where she advised the Governor on all major policy initiatives, including education, the environment and childrens issues. From 1994 to 2003, Secretary Reiss served as founding president of the Inner-City Games Foundation, later renamed After School All-Stars. In 1988, she founded the Earth Communications Office where she led the effort to use media for public awareness campaigns of environmental issues until 1993. Secretary Reiss experience includes careers as an entertainment lawyer, accountant, producer and writer from 1981 to 1988. http://bonniereiss.com/

Shasta signs off on Possibility 101 with a show design to help YOU create unlimited possibilities and magic in your life. You are invited to find out how good it can get! Is there one or more areas of your life where you feel a sense of confusion or dissatisfaction? Are you facing a life transition or new opportunity? Would you be living differently if you had greater self-confidence, greater clarity and felt connected to your Inner Purpose? Do you feel that it's time to get real about the life you really want to live? If you answered YES to these questions, then join Shasta on March 7 at 4pm est to learn more.

Ed and Deb Shapiro hosts of Going Out of Your Mind on VividLife Radio welcome, Andrew Harvey renowned mystical scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, poet, novelist, spiritual teacher, writer, and architect of Sacred Activism to discuss Sacred Activism as a transforming force to take radical action in the world. Listen in as Andrew invites you to take up the challenge of our contemporary crisis in order to become inspired, effective and practical agents of institutional and systemic change in order to create peace and sustainability. http://www.andrewharvey.net/

VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend welcomes Tony Samara, Author of Shaman's Wisdom to discuss how to Reclaim Your Lost Connection with the Universe through a Shaman's Wisdom… Tony Samara, author of ‘Shaman's Wisdom,' ‘From the Heart,' ‘Different Yet the Same,' and ‘Deeper than Words' was born in England, grew up in Egypt and also in Norway where he discovered the “Zen Buddhist philosophy”. This discovery eventually led him to the “Mount Baldy Zen Center in California, USA” where he learned the spiritual teachings of “Kyozan Joshu Sasaki.” He had curiosity to explore further the essence of spirituality and thus went to live and learn with shamanic communities around the globe including a period of time spent with some highly influential shamans in the Amazon River region and the Andes Mountains. Now people from all over the world visit Tony Samara to take spiritual guidance and experience being in his presence. http://www.tonysamara.org/

VividLife Radio host Sharon Quirt welcomes Lynn Woodland, Author of Making Miracles to discuss how to Create New Realities for Your Life and Our World… Lynn Woodland is an award-winning author, international teacher, and human potential expert who, since 1975, has worked in fields of transpersonal psychology, human motivation, spiritual healing and mind-body psychology. Her particular expertise is in what gives rise to miracles and in teaching ordinary people to live extraordinary lives so that miracles become, not just possible, but natural. Her background includes twelve years as a chemical dependency and mental health counselor and decades of work with energetic and spiritual healing. In 1983 she founded and directed the Baltimore Center for Attitudinal Healing, a free health crisis resource center for people dealing with life-challenging illnesses. She has led seminars based on her own work since 1987. http://www.lynnwoodland.com/

VividLife Radio's Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Arielle Ford, prominent book publicist, international best selling author and leader in the field of consciousness along with her husband Brain Hilliard to discuss her new book best selling book Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships which includes stories from Barack and Michelle Obama, Arielle is a gifted writer and the author of eight books including the international bestseller, THE SOULMATE SECRET: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction. Her stellar career includes years as a prominent book publicist, author, literary agent, TV lifestyle reporter, television producer, Sirius radio host, publishing consultant, relationship expert, speaker, columnist and blogger for the Huffington Post. www.arielleford.com She has been called “The Cupid of Consciousness” and “The Fairy Godmother of Love” and believes that with a simple Wabi Sabi shift in perception, couples can discover the beauty and perfection in themselves and their partners leading to a deeper, more loving and more fulfilling relationship. She lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband/soulmate, Brian Hilliard and their feline friends.

VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend chats with Author, Film maker and Ground Spiritualist Jeff Brown on his book Soulshaping, his new quotes book Ascending with both feet on the ground: Words to awaken your heart, and his newly opened Soulshaping University. At the heart of his work is an emphasis on grounded spirituality, a way of being that makes no distinction between our practical, emotional, embodied and spiritual life. Instead of detaching to find our way home, Jeff encourages us to quest for enrealment, to find our sacred purpose and our truth in the heart of the everything. A sole to soul philosophy..

Join VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend as she discusses the power of intimate and loving relationships and how they can help us connect to our highest self. In honor of February, Valentines Day and lovers everywhere Shasta shares her story of love and marriage as a story of power, transformation and healing. She will reveal how the power of intimate and loving relationship reflects back our own beauty, truth and potential and how it can help us connect to the Divine place we feel we have lost. Through the story of one of her greatest teachers – her husband and friend she will share the inspiring story of how love really did save the day.

VividLife Radio's Shasta Townsend welcomes Howard Martin a Global Coherence Initiative Steering Committee Member and spokespersonto discuss an understanding of the heart's role in accessing a new intelligenceand breakthrough research on coherence, energetic intention, techniques to improve your well-being and how to increase your ability to affect global changeHoward was one of the original leaders who helped Doc Childre found Institute of HeartMath and in 1999 he co-authored The HeartMath. Howard will talk about breakthrough research on coherence, energetic intention, techniques to improve your well-being and how to increase your ability to affect global change. You'll gain tools to participate in the Global Coherence Initiative, a science-based, co-creative project to unite people in heart-focused care and intention, to facilitate the shift in global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace. www.glcoherence.org

Join VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend as she takes you on a journey of embracing 2012 and utilizing it as an opportunity to live a life of power and peace... 2012 is a powerful year of creation and finding our truth and living it. Human conscious is moving into a Higher vibration of consciousness and collaboration. Learn what this new powerful year brings and why it is so a pivotal time for evolution. Join Shasta as she dispels myths and unveils a time of magic so you can truly live a life of power and peace as you learn how to live your soul path.

VividLife Radio's Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Edgar Mitchell, an American pilot, engineer, astronaut.and the sixth person to walk on the Moon.to discuss realization , oneness and walking on the moon. Edgar Mitchell was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1970 by President Richard Nixon. Ed Mitchell was awarded honorary doctorates from the New Mexico State University, the University of Akron, Carnegie Mellon University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mitchells interests include consciousness and paranormal phenomena. On his way back to earth during the Apollo 14 flight he had a powerful Savikalpa samadhi experience, and also claimed to have conducted private ESP experiments with his friends on Earth. In early 1973, he founded the nonprofit Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) to conduct and sponsor research into areas that mainstream science has found unproductive, including consciousness research and psychic events. Find more information on Edgar Mitchell visiting http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com/

2012 – One of the most hyped years for potential catastrophe, calamity and doom – Or is it? Panache empowers listeners in the vibrational truth that 2012 is a year of increase –a year in which the Divine delivers out-of-the-box possibilities for your life. Disengage from the collective conversation of end-of-the-world scenarios and step into the infinite flow of the universe. It will bring all that you want, desire or need with grace and ease. This year you are being called to move out of the analytical workings of the mind and move into the heart and trust in yourself, and your experiences. Panache vibrationally supports listeners in making the leap and accessing the greatest possibility of who they are. Panache is willing to take live calls and help individuals bring greater clarity and focus on specific issues that are challenging them as the year unfolds. http://www.panachedesai.com

VividLife Radio hosts Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome the Legendary Artist Peter Max, Pop Culture Icon and one of the most famous living artists of our time, Peter discusses his magical life, history and how meditation has transformed his life. Peter painted the cover of the Beatles Album, Yellow Submarine and most recently painted a portrait of superstar Taylor Swift. Peter Max is a German-born Jewish American artist. At first, works in this style appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms all across America. Max then became fascinated with new printing techniques that allowed for four-color reproduction on product merchandise. Following his success with a line of art clocks for General ElectricMax's art was licensed by 72 corporations and he had become a household name. In September 1969 Max appeared on the cover of Life Magazine with an eight-page feature article as well as the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the Ed Sullivan Show Peter had painted for over 6 U.S Presidents. His art is on display in Presidential Libraries and U.S Embassies. Max has painted Lady Liberty annually since America's Bicentenial. A collage of his Liberties adorned 145 million Verizon phonebooks. Max Art Pops Up Everywhere His art has flown the skies on a Continental Airlines 777 Super Jet. His installations include a 600 ft stage for the Woodstock Music Festival, a giant mural for the Wonter Olympics and 10 ft guitars for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://www.petermax.com/

Ring in the New Year 2012 with excitement. The energetic shifts of 2012 bring new perspective and opportunities of growth and expansion to our lives. We've been discarding our old energies for a few years now and it's time to bring in a fresh new approach in our attitude towards each other and ourselves. Jenn will be taking your calls for intuitive reads and questions on how we can work towards a bright future without the restraints of fear holding us back. What are you experiencing? Can you feel the frequencies, see or hear them? Have you been experiencing intuitive connection and want to understand what it is or why? The show includes an energy healing alignment and clearing meditation to support you in your adjustments to the New Year and all it has waiting to bring to you. We all have a choice and now more than ever, it's time to choose the reality of life you want to live.