“Life is 10% what happens and ninety percent how you respond to it” - Charles Swindoll

In this  Changepoint podcast with Rev. Coach Carla and Kurt B. Johnson you will come to understand why the saying “Life happens” is false and that people actually live by making choices.  If you are able to be mindful and have quality thoughts, feelings, and emotions, it is possible to live a more meaningful and happy life.  The world is currently focused on our differences and what we don’t like about each other out of fear, but fear can actually bring us together if you have a mindful understanding of the purpose it serves because we can all become more compassionate rather than living in an “us vs. them” world.   Rev. Coach Carla also talks about her extreme pain after the death of her daughter, her biggest fear related to this enormous loss, and how looking at the meaning of this tragedy allowed her to remember her daughter and go on with her life.  You will become more aware of why it is so important to know to rely on the deeper truth of your wisdom that is within and be mindful enough to listen to it in order to live a happier life that you are actually creating through your own choices.

Is it possible that what occured between two men tapped into a collective consciousness that expands out to include millions of others who, while being seperated by culture, race, and even citizenship are united within a collective consciousness that share a common experience of “feeling’ a “knee” across their neck. The sense of being powerless in the face of authority. The feeling that your voice is unheard and perhaps even worse unimportant. Despite the obvious tragedy for all involved in the death of George Floyd, is there a possibility that this event is serving as a catalyst to ensure all of us are aware of and understand the struggles and pain we experience so that we move toward a better tomorrow?

Walt Pickut's writing career began with publishing medical research in 1971 while working at the Jersey City Medical Center and the NYU Hospital and School of Medicine. Walt holds board registries in respiratory care and sleep technology as well as bachelor's degrees in biology and communication, and a master's degrees in physiology from Fairleigh-Dickinson University in New Jersey, with additional graduate work in mass communication completed at SUNY Amherst. He holds memberships in the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He lives in Jamestown with his wife Nancy, an MSW social worker, and has three children: Dr. Cait Lamberton in Pittsburgh, Bill Pickut, a marketing executive in Chicago, and Rev. Matt Pickut in Plymouth, IN.

Walt talks about his work on oxygen that he completed for NASA.  He also shares a bit about growing up within a German speaking family in New Jersey shortly after the end of World War II, explaining the racism he experienced for being German and speaking German and acknowledges that the racism he experienced was not comparable to what Black Americans and Hispanic Americans experience today.

Walts new book , The Threat – The Remarkable Untold Story of the FBI’s First Counterespionage Case against the Soviet Union.

The Threat is the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell’s technical library. The FBI pitted them against a Soviet agent, Andrei Ivanovich Schevchenko, operating legally as one of the highest Soviet officials in the United States during WWII, and illegally as the secret head of a wide-ranging spy network hidden within the American aviation industry.

The Threat lays out this exciting story and, later, the consequences of Schevchenko’s deadly threat of vengeance against Haas, the counterspy who betrayed him. The threat was uttered in a mere fourteen seconds but generated lethal consequences that long outlived Schevchenko, tormented Larry Haas, killed his wife, and subjected his daughter, Kay (the co-author of this book), to decades of nearly fatal harassment.

And thereby hangs a tale of spy vs. spy intrigue against the backdrop of the home front during World War II.

Meet Rev. Coach Carla, a catalyst for change, personal transformation and action.  One quote that Rev. Coach Carla referenced is a statement made by Howard Thurman, “Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Her Mindful Leadership programs focus on helping others to understand that they already have the answers to their questions because the answers they seek are actually within each one of us.  Coach Carla shares how her coaching and teaching methods center on the individual client and how these strategies guide them to realize they have held the answers they have been looking for.

Reverend Coach Carla shares many of her own personal life experiences that have helped her grow and learn.  She shares personal stories about how the loss of her own daughter impacted her and her parent’s journey of discovery as they sought the answers to their own questions.

Carla was raised with the following beliefs:  There is one presence, one power, one all knowing in the universe, which we call God.  This presence and power is all around us and within us. She believes that it doesn't matter what your religion is because we are all one and what one does affects everyone around them.

Rev. Coach Carla talks about the “Monkey Mind” which is the part of the brain that cycles from worry, to doubt, to fear, and back to worry again.  It's always in the future or the past, never in the present moment.  The “Monkey Mind” is an aspect of our ego, critical talk, and negative talk, which exists to wake us up.   She talks about being mindful and choosing love.

You can sign up for a free 30 minute consultation with Rev. Coach Carla at www.revcoachcarla.com  I highly recommend it especially if you're at a ChangePoint in your Life.

Dr. Ken shares his understanding of Health.  However, he describes Health and explains that it is an attitude and perspective rather than a noun, a.k.a. “a thing”.  He believes it’s not just about measuring your vital signs and results obtained from a person’s bloodwork, but that it’s actually about being connected to others because this is actually what plays a large role in everyone’s health.

Dr. Ken Erickson shares his life's journey by telling about his experiences as a young national powerlifter title holder after participating in powerlifting competitions,  becoming a master Union Electrician at the age of 25, and owning his own business and finding himself in charge of about 20 employees.

Dr. Ken completed his workouts at a gym where a few local chiropractors and medical doctors also worked out.  He found he was immediately drawn to the chiropractors because of their energy and overall approach to life.  To Dr. Ken, their perspective was life affirming because of their focus on health and well-being rather than the negative perspective medical doctors had which was often related to  disease, infirmity, and death, as it was inevitable and imminent.  The positive approach to health that he witnessed, led Dr. Ken to close his business and follow this new passion.  Dr. Ken earned his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree in 1997 and his Post Doctoral Diplomate in Clinical Neurology in 2001, both from Logan University/College of Chiropractic in St. Louis,  Missouri.  Dr. Ken didn’t stop there, in 2011 he received his PhD in Health Psychology/Health Science from St. Martin’s College/Lancaster University in Lancaster England.

After all his accomplishments and achievements, Dr. Ken found himself unsatisfied, maybe even a little discouraged after receiving his Doctor of Health Psychology/Health Science.  It was at this time that he began to realize not to seek himself outside himself.   He began to wonder if his ambition that drove him to achieve his many accomplishments were actually a result of him seeking outside validation.  He now knows how important it is not to seek validation from others.  I asked him to share three reasons why people should not seek validation outside of themselves.  This is Ken’s summarized response to my questions.

Enjoy !!!

ChangePoint, with guest Wilmar Pienaar

My new,  best, “old friend” from South Africa who I feel as if I've known forever, yet just recently met.  He is my new friend!  Wilmar is an entrepreneur who is a business partner of the company Plenertude, located in South Africa.  Plenertude completes a live blood test which then provides a variety of health information specific to your body.  (www.plenertude.co.za)

Plenertude is a group of human energy professionals who believe that anyone can change their life for the better through increasing Energy.  The health professionals at Plenertude can help people live and perform optimally and identify pathways for anyone to change their life for the better by sharing how to unlock the energy potential inside everyone!

Wilmar has his own podcast called Plenitude Voice.

https://anchor.fm/welmar2/episodes/Episode-One-The-Plenertude-Voice-Introduction-etdfcg

www.plenertude.co.za

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Welcome to ChangePoint a podcast for those seeking balance in a world that's unbalanced. This podcast is designed to bring unity within you and your community by understanding that what separates us is our fears and judgments.Life is choice because it's always changing. By discovering what we do want in life and leaving what we don't want behind, this is the ChangePoint-it's to focus on you what you do want and leave what you don't want to behind.

Mutual  friend Bruce Lipton Phd was in Drew's movie "The Great Lessons". Drew and the host Kurt meet at a Bruce Lipton event at Kripalu Institute MA. We discuss Drews movies ":The Healing Effect","Fuel Your Health" and "The Great Lessons. They can be found on Gaia.tv. Learn about latest film project about breathing. Great tips on improving  your overall Immune system and much more.