Byte Sized Blessings

*There is no byte-sized episode this week because this episode is SO GROOVY I think everyone should listen to it-so hop to it you all, and get listening!

World, meet Tyler Foley-all around dynamic guy and someone who never lets the grass grow under his feet! From being a stuntman to debuting his acting career at age 6 (precocious anyone?) to becoming a safety consultant and author and speaker, Tyler is out to woo the world with his brand of fun and intelligence and just plain coolness! We have a super delish conversation and pretty much I just sit back and let Tyler have the floor, because that's what you do when the words are flowing! To find out more about Tyler and his world, click here!

Suffice it to say that in this episode we hear how love is paramount, even death cannot stop our loved ones from helping us, and how story telling and kindness are going to be some of the things that are going to save this world!

Your bit of beauty? This little article about one of the favorite series from my childhood, "A Wrinkle in Time" which is now a BANNED BOOK, if you can believe it? This book allowed me to dream and imagine far outside my little world and opened my mind up to all sorts of delicious possibilities for my life! Please do click on the link to see the image in the article which pretty much sums up what I will be up to for the foreseeable future-never giving up! (and always continuing to fight for what is good and beautiful in the world...)

Hello loves! May I present to you the very next episode of the pod and my interview with Gina Economopoulos, a human being who, despite having a challenging childhood, with illness, and being a recovering alcoholic, AND a recovering nun, still has time to revel in the magic and majesty of this gorgeous world of ours! Gina is the poster child for all of us who want to live eternally with hope and spiciness! (She's seriously fun, you all, and full of vim and vigor!) Gina's miracles are many, and I'll leave for her to reveal, but suffice it to say, they are all about one of my favorite goddesses-Our Lady!

Gina is an unstoppable author, advocate and end-of-life Doula-to read more about this wonderfully excellent human, click here!

Also, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the pod, and leave a rating and review if you feel so inspired!

And hello there! Is it time for your bit of beauty? Why yes it is! Because we discussed various miracle sites and places where magic happens, I thought I would link to an article about what happened at Fatima, where over 70,000 people witnessed an event that cannot be explained. Click on the link to read a Wiki article about this fascinating event!

Hello loves! May I present to you the very next episode of the pod and my interview with Gina Economopoulos, a human being who, despite having a challenging childhood, with illness, and being a recovering alcoholic, AND a recovering nun, still has time to revel in the magic and majesty of this gorgeous world of ours! Gina is the poster child for all of us who want to live eternally with hope and spiciness! (She's seriously fun, you all, and full of vim and vigor!) Gina's miracles are many, and I'll leave for her to reveal, but suffice it to say, they are all about one of my favorite goddesses-Our Lady!

Gina is an unstoppable author, advocate and end-of-life Doula-to read more about this wonderfully excellent human, click here!

Also, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the pod, and leave a rating and review if you feel so inspired!

And hello there! Is it time for your bit of beauty? Why yes it is! Because we discussed various miracle sites and places where magic happens, I thought I would link to an article about what happened at Fatima, where over 70,000 people witnessed an event that cannot be explained. Click on the link to read a Wiki article about this fascinating event!

This is a seriously special episode this week-and the story my guest, John Brink shares, is nothing short of spectacular! John shares so much this week-his childhood during the end of WWII, how Canadians freed his village in Holland, and how he was forever changed by their generosity and kindness. John was so captivated by these men that he decided he would leave his homeland and emigrate to Canada, so many years later-and that, as they say, has made all the difference. It also allowed Spirit to demonstrate to John that we are all connected in one great beautiful life-fabric and there's no getting away from destiny!

John's story is so dang powerful, I dare you to walk away from this one saying there is no method to the madness that is this life-and that the miracle was simply a coincidence! I dare you!  As for John, he is busy living life the only way he knows how-with grace and resilience and with the eternal hope that we are all striving to make this world a better place for everyone! To read more about John and his good works, click here to see his website! To buy his books AGAINST ALL ODDS, LIVING YOUNG, DYING OLD, FINDING YOUR PASSION and ADHD UNLOCKED, click here!

PLEASE DO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST SO AS TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!

And remember, ratings and reviews are where it's at, so please do consider rating the pod!

Your bit of beauty this week? this Tedx talk by Jane Caro entitled "Growing Old, The Unbearable Lightness of Aging." Related with a wink and a smile, this video encourages us to embrace the aging process and to do it like John does, with a sense of humor, with grace, and with humility!

This is a seriously special episode this week-and the story my guest, John Brink shares, is nothing short of spectacular! John shares so much this week-his childhood during the end of WWII, how Canadians freed his village in Holland, and how he was forever changed by their generosity and kindness. John was so captivated by these men that he decided he would leave his homeland and emigrate to Canada, so many years later-and that, as they say, has made all the difference. It also allowed Spirit to demonstrate to John that we are all connected in one great beautiful life-fabric and there's no getting away from destiny!

John's story is so dang powerful, I dare you to walk away from this one saying there is no method to the madness that is this life-and that the miracle was simply a coincidence! I dare you!  As for John, he is busy living life the only way he knows how-with grace and resilience and with the eternal hope that we are all striving to make this world a better place for everyone! To read more about John and his good works, click here to see his website! To buy his books AGAINST ALL ODDS, LIVING YOUNG, DYING OLD, FINDING YOUR PASSION and ADHD UNLOCKED, click here!

PLEASE DO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST SO AS TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!

And remember, ratings and reviews are where it's at, so please do consider rating the pod!

Your bit of beauty this week? this Tedx talk by Jane Caro entitled "Growing Old, The Unbearable Lightness of Aging." Related with a wink and a smile, this video encourages us to embrace the aging process and to do it like John does, with a sense of humor, with grace, and with humility!

Hello babes!

this weekend I am introducing you to Julia Marie who has had such an interesting life, with many twists and turns! Sometimes the plans YOU think you have for your life are not exactly what the UNIVERSE has in store for you. So what do you do? Do you cry in your milk? Do you throw the towel in? Do you cry out to the Universe that it's not fair...that you had different ideas for what your life was going to look like? Believe you me I have had plenty of times where the towel was thrown, never to be found again, and the SULKING was epic! But soon, so very soon, I realized that perhaps I did not really know what was best for me, and that other, greater, more divine energies had my best life in mind for me, if only I would follow their promptings! Well Julia Marie tells a story much like this, except that she opened her heart and mind and went with what was happening...and it has made all the difference! Her story is one we should pay attention to, simply because humanity is changing, in all sorts of ways, and some of these ways are very magical and mysterious!

To check out Julia Marie's book, click here, and to visit her website click here!

Your bit of beauty this week is all about aspens and the fall foliage here in Santa Fe, NM! Click on this link to view the exquisite turnings of the leaves here in the desert Southwest, and why we are turning into "leaf peepers" down here in the high country!

Hello babes!

this weekend I am introducing you to Julia Marie who has had such an interesting life, with many twists and turns! Sometimes the plans YOU think you have for your life are not exactly what the UNIVERSE has in store for you. So what do you do? Do you cry in your milk? Do you throw the towel in? Do you cry out to the Universe that it's not fair...that you had different ideas for what your life was going to look like? Believe you me I have had plenty of times where the towel was thrown, never to be found again, and the SULKING was epic! But soon, so very soon, I realized that perhaps I did not really know what was best for me, and that other, greater, more divine energies had my best life in mind for me, if only I would follow their promptings! Well Julia Marie tells a story much like this, except that she opened her heart and mind and went with what was happening...and it has made all the difference! Her story is one we should pay attention to, simply because humanity is changing, in all sorts of ways, and some of these ways are very magical and mysterious!

To check out Julia Marie's book, click here, and to visit her website click here!

Your bit of beauty this week is all about aspens and the fall foliage here in Santa Fe, NM! Click on this link to view the exquisite turnings of the leaves here in the desert Southwest, and why we are turning into "leaf peepers" down here in the high country!

*PLEASE DO NOTE THAT THE EASTER EGG THIS WEEK IS ESPECIALLY FUNNY...AND ROBERT HAS A SPECIAL OFFER AT THE END FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING TO THIS INTERVIEW!*

Whew, now that that is out of the way...

World, meet Robert Hunt, The Accountability Guy, the one human being who is attempting to get us all on track with our words, with our actions, with how we move through this world! And I for one do think that we need people like Robert, urging us to be our best selves, the kind of shiny people this world needs, full of confidence not only in ourselves, but in other people's capacities to do good (and be good!) To find out more about this wonderful human, click here for his website, and then his book, Nobody Cares, Until You Do! here! 

Robert definitely got me to confide that I dropped the ball this last summer, but don't we all, some of the time? It is important to remember that life is HARD babes, and we all cannot be our best selves all of the time! So grace and forgiveness are so very important as well!

Please do consider giving a rating or a review for the podcast-each one helps this little work of mine go a little farther into the world! And don't forget the YouTube channel! There, you can meet my guests face to face and see what they are about!

Your weekly dose of beauty is this: how humans, despite what we are doing to the environment and the planet, can sometimes help those who need it! And this week it was six turtles blown off course (kinda like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but with Waves, Currents and England, and the Royal Navy riding to the rescue! Check it out to make your heart happy!

Hello all you Byte-Sized episode Lovers...here is your weekly dose of HAPPY!

World, meet Robert Hunt, The Accountability Guy, the one human being who is attempting to get us all on track with our words, with our actions, with how we move through this world! And I for one do think that we need people like Robert, urging us to be our best selves, the kind of shiny people this world needs, full of confidence not only in ourselves, but in other people's capacities to do good (and be good!) To find out more about this wonderful human, click here for his website, and then his book, Nobody Cares, Until You Do! here! *AND PLEASE DO NOT MISS OUT, IN THE EASTER EGG AT THE END OF THE FULL LENGTH EPISODE ROBERT HAS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU ALL!!*

Robert definitely got me to confide that I dropped the ball this last summer, but don't we all, some of the time? It is important to remember that life is HARD babes, and we all cannot be our best selves all of the time! So grace and forgiveness are so very important as well!

Please do consider giving a rating or a review for the podcast-each one helps this little work of mine go a little farther into the world! And don't forget the YouTube channel! There, you can meet my guests face to face and see what they are about!

Your weekly dose of beauty is this: how humans, despite what we are doing to the environment and the planet, can sometimes help those who need it! And this week it was six turtles blown off course (kinda like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but with Waves, Currents and England, and the Royal Navy riding to the rescue! Check it out to make your heart happy!

Yes! I have a returning guest this episode and it is partially because Dr. Erica has more stories to tell (and hooray for us, she gives more detail about that one ceremony where she suddenly could speak and understand Navajo, despite having very little knowledge of that language!) and partially because I want to SHOUT OUT her new book "From Mountains to Medicine, Scaling the Heights In Search Of My Calling." I seriously COULD NOT put this book down...not only does she reveal some harrowing details of the mountains she has summited, but also her struggle to figure out just WHY she is here in this world (a struggle I assume most of us are familiar with!) The book is funny, charming and absolutely worth the read...and I do NOT say that about every book! Please click on the link above to read more about this delightful human being!

As well, Dr. Erica shares her struggles after her education in Germany, her travails at Antioch College and that one MIRACLE when her life was spared after her oven blew up (I will let Erica tell that one). Suffice it to say, there is an absolute reason the world needs Dr. Erica, and you'll understand why, after you listen! (It might have to do with her sense of humor, her smarts, and her indefatigable spirit, but what do I know?) To read more about her, click on her website here!

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I have so many more fab interviews to share, I can't even tell you how excited I am! Wahoooo!

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Your bit of beauty this week is this Navajo Song, a healing song, just like the one Erica shared, because we all could use a little more healing, don't you think?