After over two years of connecting on our Circle Connections radio show with amazing extraordinary and ordinary co-creative women (and men) in support of the power of Circle, this will be our final show (for now). Please join Ann Smith and Rhonda Hull, co-founders of Circle Connections, our new partner, Caroline Ravelo, Jeanie DeRousseau of Light Pages, and other treasured circle advocates  as we come together is a virtual circle to celebrate all we have accomplished together in mutual support, preview what is to come, and demonstrate the power of virtual circles.

Linda Higdon is a heart-felt spiritual activist and champion for the power of women’s global connections, dialogue, and engagement. Compelled to provide U.S. women with the meaningful experience of talking directly with and learning alongside women from developing and war-torn countries, Linda’s path lead her to founding The Global Room for Women. She joins us today to share about her passion to provide a virtual room where, on TeleCalls, women from different cultures come together for dialogue and understanding; where impoverishment gives way to empowerment; and where every woman is awakened to the other for the greater good of all.

It is only a strong sense of confidence in our strength and abilities that we can place the highest value on our gifts; just as, conversely, it is only with our permission that others will devalue that which we have to share with the world. CJ Golden joins us in an edgy conversation about the importance of fostering the self confidence of women and girls and understanding the philosophy of Tao and defiance in order to grow in self-esteem and inner strength.

Ann Smith and Rhonda Hull, approaching the final Circle Connections Blog Talk Show scheduled for May 30th, 2011, reflect on what has touched their hearts and stimulated their activism in the global women's movement, having interviewed over 100 women and men who embrace Circle and are committed to the greater good for all

Sophia Leadership is about ALL of us (women and men) learning to trust our feminine wisdom more and letting it change us and change the world. What we need is yin and yang – both masculine and feminine co-existing in balance in a circle. In ourselves and in the world. Healther Plett joins us to share in conversation about Sophia Leadership, re-learning authenticity, intersecting and integrating the masculine and the feminine and to share her passion about helping other emerging leaders – whether at the kitchen table or boardroom table – to be strong enough to stand with her in challenging the status quo.

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She brings an emphasis on the question for meaning and the need for a spiritual dimension in life to all aspects of her work, while also taking into account the powerful effects of archetypes within us and family and culture upon us. Jean joins us to share about her commitment to circles, her hopes for the 5WWC, and her newest book, "Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet",  covering the subject of trees from anatomy and physiology to trees as archetypal and sacred symbols.

Five Talents fights poverty, creates jobs and transforms lives, empowering the poor using innovative savings and microcredit programs, business training and spiritual development. Mary Beth Campbell joins us to share  the importance of Five Talents and why she is passionate about giving people the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty by providing access to basic savings and microcredit services built on trusted community traditions.  

Against the backdrop of the breathtaking crop circle phenomenon Suzanne Taylor, a ‘transformational strategist’ dared to follow her curiosities and engaged with an array of visionary artists,  scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and educators from around the world who devote much of their lives to making sense, distilling possibilities, and deciphering meaning from these amazing symbols. On this show Suzanne takes us inside the crop circle mystery, sharing the insights gained during the making of her documentary to expand our curiosity about this compelling topic.

Sacred in the Ordinariness of Everyday Living
June Mack Maffin, Soulistry retreat facilitator and author of Soulistry — Artistry of the Soul: Creative Ways to Nurture Your Spirituality, joins us to share about her passion for nurturing others on their journey as Creative Spirituality Artists and to encourage us to recognize the holy and sacred in the ordinariness of everyday living.

The energy of the 'Sacred Feminine' is rising globally among women from many diverse spiritual perspectives. Women are engaged in potent circle conversations at the intersection of feminism and faith which may be giving rise to a new paradigm of women's leadership.  As one of the founders of Women of Spirit and Faith, Kathe Schaaf joins us to share about her journey and the insights gained following this thread of conversation around the world.