A Fine Time for Healing

"I have been studying the effect of both words, 'Yes' and 'No' on the nervous system for many years," says today's special guest, Vivien Schapera MA. "And there's a distinct difference." 

"When you say or experience a whole hearted 'Yes,' it's a kinesthetic experience, meaning we can actually feel it as a sensation throughout our bodies." 

Vivien Schapera M.A., trained in Clinical Psychology and with personal experience in recovery from narcissistic abuse, is co-director of Alexander Technique of Cincinnati, where she trains teachers of the Alexander Technique, which is a hands-on practice that retrains the neuromuscular system. She is also Founder of FourWinds Academy for the Healing Arts & Sciences and holds a Master's Degree in Psychology.

The Alexander Technique is a wonderful reorganization of psychophysical dynamics that feels more relaxing than a massage, yet is a kinesthetic lesson that teaches mind/body wholeness. This technique is a way to feel better, and move in a more relaxed and comfortable way; the way nature intended. An Alexander Technique teacher helps you to identify and lose the harmful habits you have built up over a lifetime of stress and learn to move more freely.

Vivien Schapera has worked in private practice, as a Teacher and Energy Healer, since 1983. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Vivien moved to the USA in 1991. She obtained her degrees in Psychology at the University of Cape Town (M.A. 1984) and completed her training in the Alexander Technique at the Constructive Teaching Center in London.

As a hospital nurse and a one-time celebrated concert violinist in the insanely competitive world of symphony orchestras, today's special guest, Alexandra Dotcheva, is no stranger to self-doubt and low self-confidence. Beginning from the time she was a young girl, she was driven to become such a skilled violinist as to eventually win a coveted chair with a world-renowned symphony orchestra.

Alexandra knows that poorly defined priorities can get in the way of anybody’s self-confidence and impact decision-making for years or even decades. Her new book is a practical guide to overcoming those feelings and optimizing readers’ self-worth. It Really Is Simple: A Holistic Approach to Self-Confidence will show you ways to put your life in order by learning about the five essential aspects or pillars of life, to which you may not have given the needed attention. It Really Is Simple shows readers to put their lives in order by learning about the five essential pillars of life.

Alexandra Dotcheva, DMA, RN was born and raised into a musicians’ family in Bulgaria, and she came to the US in 2000 after earning a bachelor’s degree in Music from the National Academy of Music in Sofia; and she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance from Louisiana State University in 2007. She has been practicing as a registered nurse since 2011, with a strong passion for educating patients on attaining optimal health. Her mission is to help people overcome self-imposed limitations that prevent many from realizing their goals, finding peace of mind, and acquiring prosperity.

Today's special guest Craig Archibald, author of The Actor's Mindset: Acting as a Craft, Discipline, and Business, says there are 5-simple yet powerful strategies that are vital to handling a crisis.

Admit failureGet excited about a setbackFail fast and move onPractice risk managementRebound with confidence

To quote Craig, " I live and work in the crisis capital of the world: Hollywood, where people's fortunes can turn on a dime. Early on in my own career as an actor, I experienced a heartbreaking setback that taught me one of the most important lessons of my life; no matter how well you're doing, a crisis will happen. So best to make a plan for dealing with it."

Failure is a learning experience and it often provides invaluable lessons that you can take with you through the rest of your life. Being afraid of failure stope you from growing and can block the creativity and natural instincts that enable you to perform at your best. And surprisingly to some, when you give yourself the freedom to mess something up, you are far less likely to do so.

Craig Archibald is a writer, firector, producer, actor, coach and now author, with a roster of A-listers as well as aspiring stars, whose professional career began at 15 and includes award-winning film and television productions. The founder of Archibald Studio, he's worked with countless actors. With his powerful strategies for success that cross into every field, he is a passionate mentor.

Today's special guest Lisa Haisha journeyed solo around the world...she visited over fifteen orphanages (Israel, China, Australia, Macau, etc) over a five year period starting in Iraq (her father's homeland) during the Gulf War. (1997). She interacted with the children in heart to heart interviews, in hopes of gaining insight into their thoughts and feelings to get a better sense of their country and what it was like living there. She asked them three magical questions that turned it into a movement.

During this journey, Lisa found her purpose and became inspired to give back in a larger way which set her on her path of motivating and encouraging others to find their way!

Once back in Los Angeles, Lisa felt compelled to go back to school to get a masters in Spiritual Psychology in Los Angeles. Lisa created SOULBLAZING - during an intense confrontation with a female prisoner during one of her prison visits doing community service. Hence, SoulBlazing was born! 

Lisa is the author of the recently published book SoulBlazing. She is a life coach, author, transformational speaker, TV host and avid traveler, with an MA in Spiritual Psychology. Her fascination with people has taken her to over 60 countries, where she has worked in everything from boardrooms to yurts helping people Make Shift Happen in their lives.She is the Chair(wo)man of Silicon Valley’s Pitch Global L.A. chapter and frequently works with entrepreneurs helping them manifest change.

The illuminating skill of medical intuition is designed to provide fast, pertinent intuitive health assessments that can be used as both a stanalone practice and as a powerful  support to health and wellness care of every kind. Intended to uncover the hidden sources of energetic resistance that may be blocking optimal wellbeing, medical intuition is now being increasingly discussed in integrative healthcare, its efficacy support by innovative, growing research and and studies.

Today's special guest Wendi Colter will be discussing her new book, Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness. Her book is a practical guide to medical intuition that explores what it is, what it is not, and how it can enhance your healing and wellness. Itoffers a visionary path to wellness and reveals how medical intuition is designed to provide fast, pertinent, intuitive health assessments that can support wellness care of every kind. 

Wendie Colter has been a professional medical intuitive for more than 20 years. She is the founder of The Practical Path®, Inc. Her work has found an audience with healthcare practitioners interested in a new approach to help promote wellness and wellbeing for their patients and clients, as well as people who are curious about how intuition can help enhance self-healing and resilience.

As someone for whom the mere thought of speaking to others—let alone speaking in public—provoked visceral dread, today's special guest Marcus Bales' journey from socially anxious child to award-winning professional speaker is testament to the effectiveness of the techniques he’s learned and perfected and now shares with others as a professional speaker and coach. He’s conquered his anxiety so thoroughly, he even once won a rap battle judged by Flava Flav and Kevin from The Office.

His upcoming book, DON’T SHUT UP: A Collection of Stories and Advice on How to Overcome Social Anxiety [May 3, 2022], is a compilation of Marcus’ own experience growing up with—and eventually overcoming—debilitating social anxiety, as well as tried and true tips and techniques for anyone struggling with this incredibly common disorder.

Today's special guest, Ginger Gentile, is on a mission to save children from the trauma of high-conflict divorce. Drawing on her journey as a child torn between two parents and her documentary films she has become an in-demand consultant and public speaker. With humor she takes audiences on a journey to understand the pain of families stuck in an unjust family court system and how we can all play a part in preventing this silent public health crisis.

She is an activist documentary filmmaker dedicated to addressing ignored issues and shedding light on solutions. With her documentary ERASING FAMILY which premiered at Lincoln Center in 2019 she exposed the trauma children suffer when a loving parent is erased by the divorce courts, a problem that affects over 22 million families in the US alone. Ginger crowdfunded over $430,000 for the film.

Named Architect of Change by Maria Shriver for her work reuniting families Her first film on this topic, ERASING DAD, was filmed in Argentina and resulted in joint-custody

legislation being enacted. ERASING FAMILY, currently streaming on all major platforms, exposes the trauma children suffer when a loving parent is erased from their lives, a

problem that affects 22 million families in the US alone.

After graduating Columbia University, Ginger lived in Argentina for 13 years where she ran San Telmo Productions whose clients include Nat Geo, A&E, Warner Brothers, and Al Gore's Climate Change. In 2015 she returned to the US and directed the PSA Erased Mom. She is a member of Film Fatales, Alliance for Women Directors, Women in Film (which chose her to be part of the Director Mentorship Program) and Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos.

The core problem in relationships with narcissists is that they prioritize power and sacrifice the relationship to get it, while their partners prioritize the relationship and sacrifice themselves to keep it.

Today's special guest is codependency and narcissism expert Darlene Lancer. In her book,  Dating, Loving, and Leaving a Narcissistt: Essential Tools for Improving or LeavingNarcissistic and Abusive Relationships, Darlene pinpoints the dilemma and solution offering hope to any partner, parent, sibling, friend, or co-worker of a narcissist or abuser. This insightful, researched, and relatable workbook provides a path to end their suffering and improve the relationship. It includes transformative Tools for Improving and Leaving Narcissistic and Abusive Relationship and is packed with exercises, checklists, a step-by-step plan with scripts, and advice to reclaim their power in the relatonship

Darlene Lancer offers her insight into typical problems people in a narcissistic relationship face, and the mistakes they make. By becoming aware of these, people will start to regain their own POWER, and finally start to live the life they deserve.

Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, specializing in relationships, narcissism, and codependency. In her private clinical practice, she has treated individuals and couples for over 30 years and coaches internationally. She’s a sought-after speaker at national conferences, in media, and to professional groups and institutions. Before and has published several books. Her articles have been published widely in professional and popular periodicals. Blogs and more information about her seminars and coaching packages are available on her website, www.whatiscodependency.com

The myth that sociopaths burn out as they age has been busted. According to today's special guest, Donna Andersen, author and expert in the field of senior sociopathy,  and someone with her own personal story of surviving marriage to a senior sociopath, these abusers remain as bad or worse after age 50.

Her new book, Senior Sociopaths: How to Recognize and Escape Lifelong Abusers, echoes and expounds on what she addresses on Lovefraud.com, teaching people to recognize and recover from senior sociopaths who Andersen reports comprise 14 million people living in America who blend into society. Donna learned about sociopaths the hard way, by marrying one, and tells the whole outrageous story in her first book, Love Fraud.

This book teaches you how to spot sociopathic romantic partners, parents, family members, friends and work colleagues over the age of 50. More importantly, it shows you how to deal with them and recover from their abuse. Senior Sociopaths includes hundreds of stories from people who have survived their manipulation and deceit.

Donna Andersenh graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in psychology and journalism. She is creator of Lovefraud.com, a website that teaches people to recognize and recover from sociopaths. She founded Lovefraud Education and Recovery, a nonprofit that offers webinars to help survivors and professionals identify, escape and recover from sociopaths, including narcissists, psychopaths and other manipulators. She is the author of eight books, including Senior Sociopaths — How to recognize and escape lifelong abusers, Red Flags of Love Fraud—10 signs you’re dating a sociopath, the Red Flags of Love Fraud Workbook and the four-part Best of the Lovefraud Blog series.

Would you like to sleep better, relax more, prevent stress and burnout, stay calm, and become more in tune with Nature?

Today's special guest, is Dr. Krishna Bhatta, founder of the Relaxx App says that there are two kinds of gratitude,  one you can practice and one that arises within you.

The Relaxx App is a portable guru, a portable peace and positivity companion. This app's goal is to bring material change to the people of the world by connecting their inner flame with their daily routine. With tools, techniques, content, and an application, we can affect change in people's lives immediately, helping companies and families around the world; the world needs us more than ever.

Krishna Bhatta is an author, surgeon, and inventor, currently practicing as chief of urology at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. Dr. Bhatta began his life in a small Indian village, attended Patna Medical College in India, and continued his education in the U.K. He completed his research and medical training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston before settling down in Maine. Dr. Bhatta takes joy in sharing what he has learned and earnestly hopes to further the spiritual discoveries of generations to come.  He dreams of a world where eastern wisdom and western discoveries embrace each other to make the world a better place.