Established in 2004 as a National Historic Trail, the El Camino Real de Los Tejas was a “royal road” that spanned approximately 2500 miles from Mission San Juan Bautista Guerrero, Mexico to Fort St. Jean Baptiste in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Translating to “The Royal Road of the Tejas” (Indians), as for hundreds of years it was one of the many the trail routes used by Native Americans for trading, the El Camino Real de los Tejas was first followed and marked by Spanish explorers and missionaries in the 1700s. Today you can drive this historic trail from Laredo, Texas to Natchitoches, Louisiana, that will take you to over 30 historic sites and lead you through over 300 years of Louisiana and Texas frontier settlement and development.

This Big Blend Radio interview features Arlene Gould - Executive Director of Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Steven Fullen - Cane River National Heritage Area and El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association. The interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 26, 2017. Photo: Rebecca Blankenbaker Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc.

Heart disease remains the number one killer of women in the US, killing more women than breast and lung cancer combined. Meditation has been shown to lower your risk for heart disease. Listen to the Big Blend Radio interview with Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, who explains why and how Meditation helps Heart Health. A board certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Dr. Jackie is also the author of ‘Women and Heart Disease: The Real Story’. 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 26, 2017.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Spirit of America Magazine, for Big Blend Radio!

On This Episode

- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail – Arlene Gould - Executive Director of Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Steven Fullen - Cane River National Heritage Area and El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association.   

- Meditation for Daily Stress – Michel Pascal, meditation teacher and author of ‘Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-Being’.

- Meditation for Heart Health – Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, board certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist, and author of ‘Women and Heart Disease: The Real Story’.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Spirit of America Magazine, for Big Blend Radio!

On This Episode

- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail – Arlene Gould - Executive Director of Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Steven Fullen - Cane River National Heritage Area and El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association.   

- Meditation for Daily Stress – Michel Pascal, meditation teacher and author of ‘Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-Being’.

- Meditation for Heart Health – Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, board certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist, and author of ‘Women and Heart Disease: The Real Story’.

From Rosa Parks to John Muir, each of the 417 units within our National Park Service share amazing stories of the types of Commitments made by people from all walks of life. Listen to this special Big Blend Radio 'Stories of Excellence' segment with Bobbi DePorter – Co-Founder of SuperCamp & President of Quantum Learning Network, and Steve Schneickert - Big Blend Radio’s Hollywood Historian, Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, who all discuss the story connections between National Parks and the 8 Keys of Excellence, a character education program developed by Bobbi. This segment focuses on the Commitment, the 5th Key of Excellence. 

This Big Blend Radio segment aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.

Rhoda Orme-Johnson talks about Transcendental Meditation, and her new memoir, “Inside Maharishi’s Ashram. A Personal Story”, that gives a first-hand look at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Transcendental Meditation movement. The book details her often skeptical introduction to TM and to Maharishi and takes the reader through her years of being a TM teacher and founding faculty member of MIU, Maharishi International University (now Maharishi University of Management), and her departure from the university. Her honest, vivid, and humorous take on what was going on around her provides, in the words of her reviewers, “a riveting read”, and “a page turner.” 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.

Five-Star Chef Ivan Flowers talks with Big Blend Radio about the importance of reading labels for the amount of sodium, salt and preservatives put into foods, and chats about making your own BBQ Sauce, such as his Whiskey BBQ Sauce Recipe. 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.

Five-Star Chef Ivan Flowers talks with Big Blend Radio about the importance of reading labels for the amount of sodium, salt and preservatives put into foods, and chats about making your own BBQ Sauce, such as his Whiskey BBQ Sauce Recipe. 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.

Rhoda Orme-Johnson talks about Transcendental Meditation, and her new memoir, “Inside Maharishi’s Ashram. A Personal Story”, that gives a first-hand look at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Transcendental Meditation movement. The book details her often skeptical introduction to TM and to Maharishi and takes the reader through her years of being a TM teacher and founding faculty member of MIU, Maharishi International University (now Maharishi University of Management), and her departure from the university. Her honest, vivid, and humorous take on what was going on around her provides, in the words of her reviewers, “a riveting read”, and “a page turner.” 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.

From Rosa Parks to John Muir, each of the 417 units within our National Park Service share amazing stories of the types of Commitments made by people from all walks of life. Listen to this special Big Blend Radio 'Stories of Excellence' segment with Bobbi DePorter – Co-Founder of SuperCamp & President of Quantum Learning Network, and Steve Schneickert - Big Blend Radio’s Hollywood Historian, Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, who all discuss the story connections between National Parks and the 8 Keys of Excellence, a character education program developed by Bobbi. This segment focuses on the Commitment, the 5th Key of Excellence. 

This Big Blend Radio segment aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 23, 2017.