Authentic Living

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 show on the OWN network, Iyanla: Fix My Life; and frequent guest on Super Soul Sunday and Oprah's Life Class, is easily one of America's most profound spiritual leaders, who empowers individuals all across the globe to live into the truest self. Her body of work spans over three decades and includes CDs, television, radio and on stage performances, 15 published books, and 5 New York Times Bestsellers, which have been translated into 23 languages. Iyanla's no nonsense approach to helping others to live healthy and whole demonstrates her clear capacity for delivering the absolute truth with love. She warms our hearts while pushing us to grow. Today we are going to get to talk with her about the purpose, the power and the freedom of forgiveness. Do NOT miss this show!

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 our wants, our desires, on the back burner for so long that we've totally repressed our desires. Further, we get the method of attainment mixed up with true desire. And finally, we get wants related to all manner of addictions, trying to heal the past, and bargains with the Universe, mixed up with true soul desires. So when it comes to fulfilling our lives, we often end up on the wrong path pursuing the wrong happiness—and wondering why we haven't attained our goals. So, really now, what do you want? This show will help you learn how to discover what you really want and launch your plan to get it. Don't miss it.

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 work best. What do you do now? Not knowing is a place just as important as the place of knowing. There are some very real things that can come out of not knowing. This show is all about what to do when you don't know what to do. If you have arrived at that sacred ground of uncertainty—this show is for you. Be here for it.

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 telling us that fear is something to be feared. We shouldn't have it, they say, for fear brings "negative" things into our lives. Well, that certainly something to be afraid of, right? What vicious cycle of fear/no fear "they" put us in! Well, there's good news. There is nothing to fear in fear. Yes, I know I just changed Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous statement (There's nothing to fear but fear itself), but it's true…there is nothing to fear in fear! In fact, what this show will prove is that fear is an open door to the divine. Don't miss it.

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 made no sense to you? Have you ever wished that you could make your life more meaningful? In order to do that, you have to know how to look through the lenses of your soul's eyes. Colette has given us a map, a treasure map if you will, that leads us to hidden treasures, such as learning how to find your place, finding your magical allies, and aligning with your own adventure. Colette is a bestselling Hay House author, internationally renowned intuitive counselor, powerful motivational speaker, recording artist, performer, storyteller and educator who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential and purpose. Are you looking for direction? Don't miss this show!

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 nothing to do with any competition between us and anything, even ourselves. What if overcoming has nothing to do with "getting rid of ego?" What if it has nothing to do with overcoming the lower self and becoming higher self? What if overcoming is all there is of spirituality, and yet we are not competing with anything? Well, it's a paradox but it's true. Don't miss this show that will provide an entirely new and true definition of overcoming, while simultaneously show you how to do it.

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 and phrases like "out-of-body experience," the word transcendence has come to mean something like living above things. But what if we were to learn that being transcendent means living IN things? Well, today we are going to find out. We are going to talk about what transcendence is and what it is not. Then we are going to talk about the process of transcendence. Don't miss this important discussion.

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 consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine, and the science of medical intuition. After beginning her career as a journalist, she co-founded Stillpoint Publishing, and simultaneously began her career as a medical intuitive working with Dr. Norman Shealy. Over the years she honed her skills to the point that by knowing only the patient's name and age, she can profile the physical, psychological, emotional and family history. Based on her extensive research she developed the field of Energy Anatomy, a science that correlates specific stress patterns with diseases. Caroline continues to impact the worlds of consciousness and spirituality and to publish bestselling books, the most recent of which is the subject of our talk today Defy Gravity.

Can you look back on your life and think of some moments, some particular circumstances and decisions that you made that were defining moments? Perhaps now you would like some re-defining moments? Well today we are speaking to award-winning author, Dennis Merritt Jones about his latest book, Your (Re)Defining Moments~Becoming Who You were Born to Be. And who were we born to be? Well, that's the question of the day. Dennis is the author of two other books, The Art of Uncertainty, and The Art of Being both of which are award winners. And he is a columnist for the Huffington Post and Science of Mind Magazine. He is a speaker and a member of the Leadership Council for the Association for Global New Thought. We are very fortunate to have him on the show today. If you are wishing to define your life, this show is for you.

We are so happy to have Dr. E back again to the Authentic Living show to talk to us about her third part in the Sounds True online event series, The Dangerous Old Women, entitled The Joyous Body. We do tend to either focus wholly on the body as image, or leave it out entirely from our conscious experience until it acts up. And we rarely if ever think of the body as a repository of joy. It's a work horse to be whipped into shape, or it's just a ball and chain we carry around that sometimes gets us into trouble. But what if the body were incrementally tied into the soul? If that were true, wouldn't we want to do more with it than just keep it enslaved to the ego? If you don't quite know what to do with this material essence of who you are, this show is for you. Or, if you struggle with body issues of any kind—this show is for you too. Come learn from one of the world's most profound keepers of wisdom what gifts your body has to give to you.