A Quest for Well-Being

— Melissa Lowe had an unprecedented upbringing as her dad was 2nd generation skydiver (a pioneer as well, he was just inducted into the 2021 Skydiving Hall of Fame) and he was an international drug smuggler in the 80's and went to prison when Melissa was just 12 years old (she wrote about it in her books called Sugar Alpha and Charlie Bravo). In hindsight, Melissa realized that she could have been a victim of her circumstances - a traumatic yet exhilarating childhood. Her father passed away in a tragic skydiving accident in 2003.

However, Melissa has overcome a lot to having become a well-respected female skydiver in a male-dominated sport. She is a professional skydiver that has just completed her 24th world record in 2021 and she has two more world records scheduled for this upcoming year. Melissa has 11,300 skydives, she is an instructor, a part of the Highlight Pro Skydiving Team, an organizer of the Project 19 Women's Vertical World Record, and recently re-elected as a United States Parachute Association [USPA] National Director.

In addition, Melissa is a keynote speaker having spoken on the TEDx stage, an author, personal trainer (as of 2020), and yoga instructor (since 2007).

Valeria Teles interviews Melissa Lowe about diversity, inclusion, letting go, being in the moment and rising above the odds.

To learn more about Melissa Lowe and her work, please visit: melissa-lowe.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— We are told that the miracle is the means for healing our sickness, but it is not the healing itself. The healing, you could say, is the side effect of the correction that took place in our thinking where the miracle occurred. The miracle undoes misperception in our mind and any type of healing results. Healing tells us that our mind accepted correction and recognized that we are not separate from our Source from which the miracle came.

Healing is not a miracle because the miracle is a thought of God that contains the light of truth. It has the power to correct error. Healing does not contain the light of truth because it is what results from the undoing of error or darkness. The undoing of the darkness is not the light itself. To speak of "a miracle of healing" would then be combining two orders of reality because the miracle has reality in truth or at the spiritual level, but sickness and healing only have reality in our mind being false thoughts or illusion.

In the pre-separation condition, we had no need for healing because there was no fear. The belief in separation and fear goes together. So, until our mind can recognize that the separation is unreal and lets it go completely, we will need healing because we will be fearful.

Health is inner peace and sickness is some form of external searching for peace.

If we are seeking for peace externally in the physical world, we must believe we can find it there and not within us. So, we must also be perceiving the cause of our lack of peace outside of us. Even when we recognize that the disturbance to our peace; be it fear, pain, conflict, etc. is experienced within us, we will believe that something separate or in our external situation caused it.

In level confusion, our mind does not recognize its casual role in how it is experiencing life. It does not see itself as the maker of its own fears. I will see something outside of itself as the cause of its suffering or problems. This includes the belief that our own body and what we do has causal or creative power to bring about suffering and hurt in us or others. We come to perceive the body as if it has a mind of its own.

Valeria Teles interviews Eloisa Ramos — the author of "Beyond Self-Esteem: Discovering Your Boundless Self-Worth."

Eloisa Ramos was born in 1960 in a farming village, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Her family moved to Northern California in 1968. She graduated from Stanford University in with a BA in Sociology. She married, but when two of her four children developed asthma and substance sensitivities, she began looking for "another" way to help her children.

It became clear to Eloisa that mainstream medicine did not offer a permanent solution for their health issues. In finding "another" way to help her children, she discovered EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). She is a certified EFT Master Practitioner with the AMT.

EFT tapping has opened up a new world of possibilities for Eloisa, her children and her clients. She has evolved surrogate EFT to The Ramos Clearing Technique which uses muscle testing to find unconscious non-serving beliefs and energetic imprints.

Using the principles learned in A Course in Miracles, she helps her clients release, clear and let go of the obstacles to the awareness of Love, which is the miracle, the Source of healing.

May her work help to light the way for all to uncover the Truth that is within.

To learn more about Eloisa Ramos and her work, please visit: healing-with-eft.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— Start living your life to its fullest potential.

Take back control, start fresh, set realistic goals and live life with purpose.

Valeria Teles interviews Vernice Morris — she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Entrepreneur who identifies herself as an African American woman.

She is currenting pursuing her 200Hr YTT(yoga teacher training) through Authentic Movements. Originally attending college to fulfill her childhood dream of being a sports agent, Vernice found herself as an AmeriCorps Volunteer serving the homeless population of Spokane, WA. After her service year, Vernice decided to pursue her masters in social work. As she began working in the social work field, Vernice experienced her own mental health breakdown in 2016. Since, she has dedicated her life to working to support individuals in creating a life of their own design by improving their mental health utilizing cognitive, behavioral, and integrative psychotherapy. Following in the footsteps of her grandparents, Vernice is a second-generation small business owner. Vernice resides in Arizona where she provides psychotherapy to individuals/couples through her practice Breaking Waves Counseling and has a passion for working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations.

To learn more about Vernice Morris and her work, please visit: breakingwavescounseling.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— According to Ayurveda, before the beginning, or what science calls The Big Bang there was Awareness of Oneness. Within the original Awareness of Oneness, arose a desire to experience itself that created Duality of Awareness or Experience. This Duality-Awareness of Experience created the energy of friction and the manifestation of Energy or Prana. Some of this manifested Energy condensed becoming matter. To understand matter, one needs to experience it, and so this trinity, Awareness, Experience, and Energy/Matter came into being, with the result, our physical universe with its diverse attributes.

Ayurveda is a vital science and art-healing system that provides guidance for living in harmony with our inner, microcosmic, and outer, macrocosmic, environments as well as other beings around us. Its way of teaching us is very poetic, because life is poetic, with much more going on between the lines and the wave-particles of potential matter than is readily apparent by just the energy-material "facts" of the wave-particles themselves. This is said with the understanding that our minds manufacture fact. ". . we develop the fact by giving it further order, form and structure.

Ayurveda is unique in that it clearly informs us how to live in harmony with Nature. It is the "wisdom of living." One may call it the original ecological worldview where the fundamental interdependence of all living systems is primary.

Ayurveda encompasses all aspects of life—our physical bodies, our thoughts and emotions, our spiritual connections, our relationships and inter-relationships to each other and the other living systems in our environment.

Ayurveda teaches us how to maintain a dynamic harmony with these concepts to maintain and regain our health.

Valeria Teles interviews Judyth Shamosh, Ph.D — the author of "The Physics & Poetry of Eastern Herbal Medicine: How Modern Physics Validates Eastern Medicine."

Judyth is a Systems Herbalist who has been a clinical practitioner since 1994.

Founder of Greenfingers Herbal Medicine Clinic, she practices Ayurvedic, Classical Chinese, and Western herbal medicines and teaches apprentices. She has served on the

governing council of the American Herbalist's Guild, Arizona Herb Association, and RainStar University College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and been adjunct faculty of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. A yoga instructor and poet, she also was an assistant curator for the Phoenix Art Museum and worked in geology and archeology.

To learn more about Judyth Shamosh and her work, please visit: judythshamosh.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "Life is full of challenges. Sometimes it can seem that limitations are stopping you from achieving your dreams. I know all about challenges and limitations. I was born with severe cerebral palsy. I spend most of the day in a wheelchair. I speak with a nearly incomprehensible impediment. These are my circumstances. They make achieving my goals more difficult. They do not make achieving my goals impossible. It may take creativity, but with the proper mindset, it is possible to make your dreams become your reality. I know. I wanted to live an amazing life full of many experiences. I found a way and I did it. I wanted to start a business. It was tough, but I found opportunities and I did it. I wanted to be a speaker and author. I am now the writer who can not write and the speaker who can not speak. I always wanted to be a family man. I have a family. I am making my dreams come true. Sounds pretty amazing, right. It is. But, it didn't just happen. I messed up. I fell down. I got up. I learned. I achieved. That's how it goes. You learn lessons and you achieve. It's all about mindset. If you want your dreams to come true, you have to have the right mindset. – says Sourena

Valeria Teles interviews Sourena Vassegh — the author of "Big Dreams Take Small Sacrifices and Love Your Life And It Will Love You Back."

Sourena Vassegh is the speaker who can't speak and the writer who can't write with one simple mission. He empowers people to take control of their lives so they can find the freedom and joy of living life on their own terms. Sourena teaches that by seizing the power of one's own mindset it's possible to be successful and satisfied.

To learn more about Sourena Vassegh and his work, please visit: sourenav.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— Your mind is like your body. Train it right, and it'll become stronger, faster, and more agile!

Grounded in simple yet proven strategies, Thoughtfully Fit trains your mind to perform well under any challenging circumstance. It helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses, maximize your full potential, and customize a plan for success. Developed by Darcy Luoma, one of America's most highly credentialed leadership coaches, Thoughtfully Fit is the culmination of her lifetime work training leaders and teams to achieve peak mental fitness and overcome any hurdle effectively.

Valeria Teles interviews Darcy Luoma — the author of "Thoughtfully Fit: Your Training Plan for Life and Business Success."

Darcy Luoma, creator of Thoughtfully Fit®, is the founder and CEO of Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting, a firm that specializes in solving organization's people problems. She's a sought-after coach and consultant who has worked in forty-eight industries, with more than five hundred different client organizations, impacting tens of thousands of leaders and employees.

She is one of America's most highly credentialed coaches, earning the prestigious Master Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation—a distinction held by only 3.8% of coaches in the world. The University of Wisconsin–Madison, a Big10 university, sought out Darcy to design its rigorous 9-month Certified Professional Coach training program. She served as the program's director, lead instructor, and then director of training and quality assurance since its inception.

Before Darcy began her firm in 2013, she served as the director of U.S. Senator Herb Kohl's office for twelve years, did national advance work for the White House, worked for two U.S. presidential campaigns, and served as a trusted senior advisor and deputy transition director to a governor.

She received the distinguished Certified Speaking Professional™ (CSP®) award from the National Speakers Association, the largest speaker's association in the world. She has spoken at more than five hundred events in front of audiences ranging from twenty-five to twenty-five hundred every month.

She has a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School. As an undergraduate she double majored in German and Mathematics, but the only time she uses these skills is when trying to double a recipe for German Black Forest Cake.

For the last twenty three years she has been an avid triathlete and Ironman. She uses her grit and determination in both her athletic and professional endeavors.

Along with her favorite job being a mom of two energetic teenage daughters, she enjoys adventure travel, yin yoga, kickboxing, spicy chai lattes, and afternoon naps.

To learn more about Darcy Luoma and her work, please visit: darcyluoma.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "Your True Self is who you truly are. It is your Soul. It is your Essence. It is YOU. Your True Self is kind, compassionate and wise. Your True Self is the source of your creativity and your inner power. Because you are connected to your True Self, you feel good and have a wonderful sense of well-being. You are connected to your power source, to your strength, to your Center. You are connected to that which allows you to create a wonderful life. It is the source that will provide fuel for your upcoming life's journey."Valeria Teles interviews Bonnie Barness — the author of " Experiencing The Shift - Book One: A New Way Of Thinking Seeing And Being." Bonnie Barness is from Beverly Hills, California and is a graduate of U.C.L.A. She currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she maintains a private practice providing psychotherapy , hynotherapy and SHIFT Actualization™ Coaching.Ms. Barness has created the SHIFT Actualization Process™ in which individuals are able to shift out of pain, blocks, barriers, and limitations, into a new state of consciousness, allowing for a greater experience of joy, happiness, fulfillment and the manifesting of dreams. A sense of hope, relief and freedom often is experienced for individual dealing with anxiety , loss, depression and addiction. She helps families and couples move out of conflict into deep, intimate connection. Those consciously on a spiritual path reach new levels of insight, understanding and experience. For some, the SHIFT take place over a period of time. For others, it happens immediately. As an author and speaker, Ms. Barness enjoys sharing her unique approach to relationships, life and spiritual growth with others. On radio and television, on social media and as an expert source for the Arizona Republic, and her advice column, "Ask Bonnie" she has provided specific strategies for dealing with life' challenges and for living life to the fullest.Through her books and workbooks, as well as during SHIFT Actualization™, seminars and weekend retreats, she and her Certified SHIFT Facilitators help individuals and professionals turn personal and professional dreams into a reality. For more information about her books, events and SHIFT Facilitator Training, please visit BonnieBarness.com or her YouTube channel Connecting with Your True Self at Bonnie Barness. If you are interested in arranging future speaking engagements, customized SHIFT Actualization™ seminar and retreats or private coaching session, please email her at [email protected]To learn more about Bonnie Barness and her work, please visit: bonniebarness.com— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "If only the transformation from ILLNESS to WELLNESS were as simple as changing the spelling:

Just change "I" to "WE", and we go from ILL to WELL... Well, at the very core, there is a profound truth to be found in that "magic spell." By myself, my capacity for transformation is quite limited. I tend to repeat the same choices day after day and remain fundamentally on the same path year after year...

My choices are limited by the available resources in my physical and cultural environment, as well as internally by factors such as my awareness, my attitudes, my thinking, my knowledge, my experience, and my wisdom. But, in God's wisdom, we were not placed alone, each on a separate planet. We have the benefit of interacting with family and community as well as finding teachers and mentors to guide us through the challenges we face in our personal development, spiritual growth, and physical healing.

When I contemplate the course of my life, it is punctuated by those guides and mentors who opened my world to new worlds of possibility and wonder." – says Dr. Glen

Valeria interviews Dr. Glen Swartwout — co-author of "Transforming Your Life Volume IV (4): 18 Incredible Stories Showing The Strength Of The Human Spirit."

Dr. Glen Swartwout is the Wizard of Wellness, Medical Empath, Formulator, Eye Doctor, Best-Selling Author, Speaker And Developer Of The Clinical Theory Of Everything.

Dr. Glen Swartwout graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors in Environmental Earth Sciences and Chemistry from Dartmouth College. He received his doctorate at the top of his class in Vision Science with honors in Optics as well as Leadership, being inducted into both Beta Sigma Kappa and the Gold Key Honor Societies. He interned at the State University of New York in Manhattan, where he trained at the largest outpatient vision clinic in the world.

He served as Editor, Vice President and President of the American Optometric Student Association serving 4000 international student doctor members.

He is the author of over 50 professional papers, books, and software programs. His first professional office was in Tokyo, Japan. For the last 30 years, Dr. Glen Swartwout has focused on developing his system of accelerated self-healing. The process starts with a bio-communication called Biofield Analysis, which he developed out of a variety of German Electrodiagnostic techniques.

His healing ministry now spans the globe with healing clients on every inhabited continent.

The methods optimize the innate healing potential of your body, independent of particular symptoms or diagnoses.

He has helped thousands of people get off drugs and avoid surgery.

Dr. Glen Swartwout is also available as a guest speaker and as a consultant. In his energy research, he rediscovered the frequency known in ancient China and Tibet as the Dominant Harmonic Frequency of Nature.

To learn more about Dr. Glen Swartwout and his work, please visit: acceleratedselfhealing.com and remedymatch.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— When we are emotionally balanced, our lives have more of a flow and become less of a struggle. As we reduce unhealthy negative emotions, and increase the presence of healthy emotions, mindfulness and awareness become more accessible. When our minds are at ease, our problem solving skills improve and we are better equipped moving towards our goals and aspirations, resulting in happier and more meaningful lives. The seeming impossible becomes possible. There is a shift within our energetic selves, which shift in itself may promote feelings of joy and fulfillment within, and in our lives.

Valeria Teles interviews Anette Eriksson — she is a clinical therapist in private practice based in New York City where she provides therapy and coaching to her clients. Anette has a particular interest in helping her clients achieve emotional balance and uses Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), a form of CBT, in her practice.

REBT is a solution-focused approach and has its roots in ancient Greek, Roman, and Eastern philosophy, with a particular influence of Stoicism. The philosophical component is brought into the cognitive challenging of clients' irrational (unrealistic and unhelpful) thoughts and beliefs, which beliefs tend to create neurosis and dysfunction. The premise of REBT is that our thoughts and beliefs have a lot to do with how we feel and behave. This theory was argued by the Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, who notably said, "People are not disturbed by things, but the view they take on them."

Anette has a master's degree in clinical social work from Fordham University, and post-graduate training in REBT from the Albert Ellis Institute. In addition to her therapeutic education, Anette has an extensive background and training in philosophy and mindfulness.

To learn more about Anette Eriksson and her work, please visit: anetteerikssontherapy.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Valeria Teles interviews Hamideh Taraki — she is a Life Coach and Theta Healer.

Hamideh Taraki was born in Tehran, Iran, and she was a witness to the Revolution and the War with Iraq. Challenging life after the war and the bad financial decisions of her father made her think more about happiness and success. Hamideh became an observer. She loved reading books and psychology, philosophy, anthropology were her favorites.

Thirsty for knowing other cultures, Hamideh had chosen BA in French Translation. After graduation, besides my daily job, she was translating books and articles during nights and weekends. Her books have been published by famous publishers in Tehran. Still, Hamideh wasn't feeling happy or satisfied.

At that time, she was feeling a heavy pressure on her shoulders. She was all the time scared of the future, and it gave her a kind of anxiety. Something inside Hamideh was pushing her to go faster but towards where? What was my purpose? Finally, the pressures made her sick, a strange strong headache behind her left ear. She couldn't sleep anymore. Hamideh was taking painkillers for a while. She was forcing herself to keep going.

In 2007, Hamideh immigrated to Montreal, Canada.

Seeking her real purpose in life and her highest passion, she took every opportunity and help. She was always passionate about lots of things, she was starting them passionately, but Hamideh was bored after a while. So, she came back to university. For four years, she was going from one field to another, finally, when she was in Job Counseling, she found her place. But her headaches became worse. Doctors couldn't find anything. Suddenly, she was crushed. Hamideh had to stop everything.

She used to be a blamer, projecting the problems to others, her parents, situations, society, politicians, etc. She was full of resentments. Non-stop headaches and a very low level of energy made her stop every activity in her life. Hamideh couldn't even read a book. So, she has been forced to have lots of silent moments, she listened to motivational audios and videos. That was her transformational time. Hamideh recognized a kind of power inside her that had always guided her. She learned to look differently, to ask the universe different questions.

As soon as she made her decision to be healthy, the universe started providing her with the right people and guidance. After one year, her energy boosted, and Hamideh had fewer headaches. When for the first time she meditated she found it the best and most interesting experience she have ever had.

When she was participating in Life Coaching classes, Hamideh was introduced to Theta Healing. She found it amazing. She has already learned Reiki, however, with practicing Theta Healing, she could feel the shifts inside her. Her physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies were healing at the same time. She has started feeling energetically lighter. She also gained a smorgasbord of significant new insights into herself and her life.

Last year, Hamideh launched her online company. She works hard but she enjoys every minute of it. She is working as well as a volunteer for The Women Center in downtown Montreal.

To learn more about Hamideh Taraki and her work, please visit: hamidehtaraki.com and shouloushop.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.