Authentic Living

You know we hear the word "shadow" bandied about quite often these days, and because most of us have this idea that the shadow is the "dark side" of us, we don't really understand it very well. But it is the shadow that has us doing all kinds of things that we don't even understand, both things that we consider bad and things we consider good. Why do we fall in love, for example, with Mr./Ms. Wrong over and over again? Why do we spend money we don't have? Why did I say that? What was I thinking? These are some of the questions that result from our resistance to becoming intimately acquainted with the unconscious. And yet, many of our leading experts are telling us that if we could get in touch with and learn to walk with the shadow, we would become more authentic; we would have richer, more peaceful lives. Come listen to today's show, and learn how to look in the mirror to see and learn to dance to your own music with your own shadow.

Albert Clayton Gaulden, transpersonal psychologist and founding director of the Sedona Intensive is our guest for today. And he is here to tell us that we are not who we think we are. His third book: "You're Not Who You Think You Are: A Breakthrough Guide to Discovering the Authentic You" guides us to a place within, a place of discovery in which we can uncover the obstacles that hinder our fulfillment and learn who we really are. Gaulden uses astrology to provide insights into character and teaches how to convert the ego into a powerful and positive force. Don't miss this insightful show on how to unmask the authentic Self, and awaken to the life that is truly yours.

If you were to ask me what is the single hardest thing for us to do, the answer would be learning to love what is. Byron Katie, our guest for today, has developed a very clear pathway to learning to love what is, a process that she calls "The Work." After a ten-year fall into depression, anger and addiction, Byron Katie woke up one morning and realized that all suffering comes from believing our thoughts. By questioning every painful thought she had, she developed this amazing method of inquiry, The Work. Katie has been bringing this work to millions around the world for more than twenty years, through several different means from free events to a 28-day residential Turnaround program. She's written four best-selling books including two we'll be talking about today, "Loving What Is" and her latest book out just last year, "Who Would You Be Without Your Story?" Her twenty-two year old mission is to help people stop suffering. If you are suffering, don't miss this show.

'Tis the season of love, listeners, and it's time to re-visit all of your dreams for finding that special soulmate. Arielle Ford, our guest for today, helped launch the careers of such giants as Deepak Chopra and Neale Donald Walsch, to name a few, and handled publicity for Wayne Dyer, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, and other notables, eleven of whom became #1 on the N.Y. Times Bestseller list. But until the age of 44, she was a self-described "failure" in the area of romantic relationships. Yet she did meet and marry her soulmate and has written the book "The Soulmate Secret" to answer your questions about how you can do the same. The book describes a series of processes that must be felt on a cellular level to create the outcome you desire. It is a practical guide that includes prayers and techniques to help clear out emotional baggage from the past and make room for true love to manifest. If you have been longing to find your own special soulmate, don't miss this show.

Have you ever wondered why "this" is happening to you? If you are human you probably have. Robin Norwood, our guest for today, has explored this question in depth in her book "Why Me, Why This, Why Now?". Robin became known all over the world for her book "Women Who Love Too Much," in which she explored the depth-aspects of relationship. But her perhaps a bit less well-known book "Why Me…" explores the dynamic relationship we have with the circumstances and experiences of our lives. Some of us have been taught to never ask the question why. But Robin does ask and seeks out brave answers—answers that make sense to those of us who are truly seeking. She reveals how a spiritually enlightened understanding of life's suffering can lead to personal and planetary healing. If you've ever wondered why, don't miss this excellent opportunity to find out.

Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. is a nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, and lecturer. He co-authored the ground-breaking work, Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, which helped revolutionize psychiatry. He is the founder and cofounder of several mental health organizations and journals. But he is best known in the spiritual world for his authorship of the trilogy on the transition from the normal ego state of mind to consciousness of the Presence: Power versus Force, which won praise even from Mother Teresa; The Eye of the I; and I: Reality and Subjectivity. These books are but three in a seven book series that provide a clear and understandable pathway to spiritual enlightenment, also including: I: Reality and Subjectivity, Truth vs. Falsehood, Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, Discovering the Presence of God and Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man. If you hunger for the truth of authenticity do NOT miss this special show!

What does it mean to be spiritually responsible? Our guest for this show, Steven Morrison, has a lot to say about that, as he blogs, writes, speaks and offers workshops on the topic of spiritual responsibility. He is the creator of the "Spiritual Workout," and author of the book "An Extra Year: Grief and Loss in the New Age." The book is a personal memoir of his on-going relationship with his partner after his partner's death as Steven fumbled his way through an initiatory understanding of clairsentience. If you are interested in living a spiritually responsible life, don't miss this unique opportunity to explore your own thoughts and experiences through the lens of spiritual responsibility.

Joan Anderson is a journalist and the bestselling author of A Year by the Sea, An Unfinished Marriage, A Walk on the Beach, and A Weekend to Change Your Life. She lives with her husband in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and conducts weekend workshops for women around the country. And she made the decision to do just that, and only that, as a part of a second-chance return to the Self disclosed in her latest book, The Second Journey: The Road Back to Yourself. What she has to teach us is that even after finding the Self we can get off track, out of balance and that by taking that second journey we can find our way back. Through her poignant rendition of her own journey she becomes a personal mentor to all of her readers. Not only that, but her workshops for women facilitate the feminine energy of going within to go without, and finding the balance between the internal and external essential to authentic living. Don't miss this moving show about your own journey.

At this time of the year we typically turn our thoughts to the notion of gratitude. And for many of us it is just that: a notion, and not one with which we can easily relate. There just seems so much WRONG with this world, it's hard to find a way to see the right. And so, we think, why should we be grateful? But if it is really true that all things work towards the truth and light of our own evolution, then gratitude is not only possible, but the only realistic response. Still, forcing it isn't going to work. Our New Thought authors are telling us that gratitude is essential to abundance. Based on that information, many of us are trying to manipulate the universe to give us its abundance by forcing ourselves to be grateful when really, we aren't. So, how can we develop an authentic attitude of gratitude? Tune in this week and find out.