ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner

ACCEPT THE APOLOGY YOU'LL NEVER RECEIVE

When we are touched by loss, injustice,
and even personal attacks -
how, and why, may we choose a conscious, life-expanding response ...
instead of an angry, combative reaction?

When we lose our jobs, we face bankruptcy and foreclosure.

Some of us are dealing with a divorce, others of
us are facing life-threatening illnesses such as cancer.

Culturally, we see deep political fighting,
immigration issues, war, despair and violence.

In the face of all this,
how can we find the courage to
forgive and cause a new realm of possibility,
a new conversation?

Shawne Duperon - the 6-time Emmy-winning filmmaker leading the creation of the new documentary "Project: Forgive" - will share with us a deep exploration of forgiveness, her emerging connection with Desmond Tutu on this universal subject, and the upcoming book "Accept the Apology You'll Never Receive."

As you can tell, our conversation will focus on intriguing questions and authentic stories that dive into the emotionally mature conversation of forgiveness.

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Marnie Pehrson believes that Light Bearers are rising to lead the way.

As Marnie shares on the show, a Light Bearer is "a wise, intuitive Inspired Creative who lovingly lights the way for others. A Light Bearer is passionate about assisting people in breaking free from bondage to ultimate freedom (whether the chains are of one's own making, generational or inflicted by others). They are courageous leaders for not only the rising generation but also for lifelong learners of any age."

Marnie has captured this movement in her book, Light the World: How Your Brilliance Can Shift the Planet - her manifesto for what she calls the "Light the World Movement."

Join Julie Ann and Michael Bungay Stanier, the Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work - a natural fit for ConsciousSHIFT!

Michael was banned from his high school reunion for “the balloon incident," was sued by one of his Law School lecturers for defamation, gave himself a concussion digging a hole as a labourer, was fired on his first shift as a garage attendant and has held a number of jobs where he had little or no impact.

Luckily, there’s also been some upside. He is the author of a number of successful books including the best sellers ‘End Malaria’ (which raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Malaria No More) and ‘Do More Great Work: stop the busywork and start the work that matters’.

Before Box of Crayons, he was the first employee for what is now the world’s largest independent innovation agency, and while most of what he invented never saw the light of day, he did have a hand in Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pizza. He has also spent time as a change management consultant where he batted about average for the industry for really successful change projects - 10% or so. His only lasting impact in this role was writing the global vision for GlaxoSmithKline, something that has lasted more than a decade even though it took almost no time at all to create.

Box of Crayons is a company that helps organizations around the world do less Good Work and more Great Work.

In 1979, Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, a successful surgeon, took a class from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross that focused on crayon drawing for healing, especially with patients facing life-threatening disease.
Siegel incorporated into his practice these techniques — many of which were laughed at by others in the medical community. But his Exceptional Cancer Patients “carefrontation” protocol facilitated healings, often deemed miraculous, and attracted attention.
“Dr. Bernie” discovered and shared the fact that while patients might need antibiotics, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, their bodies also want to heal. He found that this innate propensity could be aided by unconventional practices, including drawing.

Why?
Drawing produces symbols
often representing the subconscious.
Siegel shares how to interpret drawings to help with everything from understanding why we are sick to making treatment decisions and communicating with loved ones. All those facing ill health, and those caring for them, personally and professionally, will welcome the hands-on, patient-proven practices offered here.

In his latest work, captured in "The Art of Healing: Uncovering Your Inner Wisdom and Potential for Self-Healing," considered the long-awaited follow-up to Dr. Siegel's classic bestseller Love, Medicine & Miracles, renowned medical doctor and spiritual teacher Siegel shares insights into the healing power of drawing, dreams, and intuition, demonstrates how science and spirituality interact — and how you can tap your body’s potential to heal.

What could a graffiti artist, eminent neurologist, star athlete, celebrity chef,
fashion designer, rocket scientist and Grammy award-winning musician possibly have in common?

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Rana Florida, author of UPGRADE: Taking Your
Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, shares their formula with you, giving you
the tools to achieve unimagined success in work and life.

Julie Ann and Rana will explore the best practices - not just from CEO’s and business
executives, but from entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders - and their
philosophies in simple and actionable terms that you can put to good effect immediately
in your professional or personal life.

Despite their vastly different backgrounds and skills, Rana's research shows that there are
seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals.

1. Envision the future
2. Find your passion
3. Get creative
4. Design your time
5. Collaborate
6. Take risks
7. Embrace failure

Unfortunately, Rana highlights, this is exactly what the majority of us don’t do.

Instead of developing a real strategy to upgrade and optimize our lives too many of us just slog
through life in a state of ‘managed dissatisfaction’.

The good new is, it is never too late to envision an entirely different future —
or to actively upgrade your life.

It’s not about finding more time, money or resources.
Anyone can do it.

Join Julie Ann and Rana to delve deep into these principles, giving you the insights, tools, and
inspiration to take your life from ordinary to extraordinary.

Rana Florida is CEO of the Creative Class Group, whose approach centers on the research of
the urban theorist and CCG founder Richard Florida, a world-renowned thought leader on issues
such as economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation,
and whose clients include BMW, Starwood, IBM, Philips, Zappos, and Johnson & Johnson. Rana writes
the Huffington Post column, “Your Startup Life” and is a regular HGTV contributor. She has
appeared on The Today Show and in The New York Times. She lives with her husband,
Richard in New York, Toronto and Miami.

There are two basic approaches for finding happiness,
according to Jonathan Robinson, NYT-bestselling author, and creator of FindingHappiness.com.

The first is the “more money and control” method.
In this approach, you aim to get greater control
over the people, the situations and the environment you’re in. That way, you can supposedly make things be the way that pleases you.

Our culture teaches us that this is the best way
to find happiness in life. There is only one problem
with this approach — it doesn’t work very well.

The people with the most control and money
(think Donald Trump) are not any happier
than the rest of us. In fact, studies show that
those who win the lottery are not any happier
than those who became paralyzed from the waist down.

Yet, as Jonathan shares with Julie Ann on ConsciousSHIFT, if you live in a cult (cult-ure) that teaches you that more money and control
are the way to find happiness, you may end up
wasting a lot of time pursuing this approach.

So, if you’re tired of using the “money and control” method, or if you’ve been disappointed by the results of pursuing that path, you’ve come to the right place.

As you'll discover, your next step for learning how to find happiness in yourself is to try out a few of the great “inner” methods Jonathan will be sharing with Julie Ann on this ConsciousSHIFT Show.

Think of it this way: Knowing how to be happy in life
is really a skill that partly involves changing your thinking
and the way you do certain things in your life.

Shakespeare once said, “There is nothing good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.” In a way, that’s really good news, because you can’t always control what happens in your life, but you can learn how to be happy with yourself and how to live a happy life—no matter what kind of curveballs life throws your way.

JOIN US - as Julie Ann and Jonathan explore the new rules to survive, thrive - and find happiness - in today's fast-changing world.

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, NYTimes-best-selling author of nine books, creator of FindingHappiness.com,
and a professional speaker who has appeared on Oprah and CNN.

Tom Shadyac was the hugely successful Hollywood director of such films as Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty and Patch Adams.

Then in 2007 he moved out of his 17,000-foot mansion and into — surprise! — a mobile home.

He began giving away his income.

The luxuries of his former lifestyle had taught him one thing: "I was no happier," he says.

Not long after, he was hit on the head during a bike accident and suffered from debilitating post-concussion syndrome.

This last physical struggle gave him the courage to talk about why he made such a drastic change as well as the courage to direct the groundbreaking documentary "I Am" - which examines the troubling question, "What's wrong with our world—and what can we do about?" ...

And to capture this exploration in his book, "Life’s Operating Manual: with the Fear and Truth Dialogues" - in which Tom answers another simple yet provocative question:
"Is it possible that life comes with set of guidelines - an operating manual?"
... like just about everything today — from your computer to your car, from your cell phone to your iPad?

As Julie Ann's guest on ConsciousSHIFT, Tom shares what he has discovered about "Life's Operating Manual" - and argues that we can discern what is written inside of this operating guide and find the courage to live in accordance with its precepts.

Tom explores nature, history and philosophy, and opens our eyes to one underlying principle that should guide the human race: love.

This single principle is, in essence, our operating manual . . . and its instructions are very simple.

The question is, do we have the courage to live in accordance with this precept — to step away from how society currently works and the ills we experience because of it?

Do we have the fortitude to change and cast aside the ideas that have led to war, poverty, genocide, and environmental destruction?

With Tom’s inspiring vision of what the world can be and the straightforward advice he shares on ConsciousSHIFT about how to move toward it, your answer to these questions will be a resounding yes.

Join Julie Ann and Tom for this thought-provoking, life-expanding exploration!

Ever wonder if that recurring dream meant something?

Do you see certain shapes in the clouds - maybe a loved one’s face ...
or hear an extremely relevant song playing on the radio related to a friend you've lost ...?

Have you experienced serendipitous events and brushed them off as a coincidence?

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, spiritual teacher Ann Bolinger-McQuade, author of EVERYDAY ORACLES: Decoding the Divine Messages That Are All Around Us," reveals that, if we allow ourselves to stop, look, and listen .. we can identify what Ann calls personal oracles.

Chances are that your personal oracles, the “everyday miracles that often go unnoticed,” are trying to speak to you.

And when we tune into these subtle messages from Spirit, we may discover guidance for navigating life's most trying situations.

Personal oracles take different forms - conduits, mirrors, synchronicities, signs and symbols - and have played a role in the lives of many well-known to us all, from Socrates, John Lennon, Forest Whitaker, Lucille Ball, Wayne Dyer, to present-day diplomats, such as Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - who have believed in and utilized them.

Ann shares that the universe is constantly conspiring in our favor and is ready to lend a helping hand when we need it most – if only we can look closely and open our hearts to the divine messages that are on display around us.

Ann's perspective of the world as alive, nurturing and filled with personal oracles springs naturally from her Native American ancestry. Indeed, she has spent the last three decades divining and following her own oracles, which have guided her through her breast cancer diagnosis and her father’s death.

Ann coined the term personal oracles to describe those mysterious messages that guide and often comfort us, and in so doing illuminate an interconnected world that is tuned in and available to us at all times.

Join Julie Ann and Ann for a riveting and insightful conversation about how Everyday Oracles that were hiding in plain sight may magically appear at precisely the right time to give us inspiration and guidance.

Ever wonder if that recurring dream meant something?

Do you see certain shapes in the clouds - maybe a loved one’s face ...
or hear an extremely relevant song playing on the radio related to a friend you've lost ...?

Have you experienced serendipitous events and brushed them off as a coincidence?

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, spiritual teacher Ann Bolinger-McQuade, author of EVERYDAY ORACLES: Decoding the Divine Messages That Are All Around Us," reveals that, if we allow ourselves to stop, look, and listen .. we can identify what Ann calls personal oracles.

Chances are that your personal oracles, the “everyday miracles that often go unnoticed,” are trying to speak to you.

And when we tune into these subtle messages from Spirit, we may discover guidance for navigating life's most trying situations.

Personal oracles take different forms - conduits, mirrors, synchronicities, signs and symbols - and have played a role in the lives of many well-known to us all, from Socrates, John Lennon, Forest Whitaker, Lucille Ball, Wayne Dyer, to present-day diplomats, such as Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - who have believed in and utilized them.

Ann shares that the universe is constantly conspiring in our favor and is ready to lend a helping hand when we need it most – if only we can look closely and open our hearts to the divine messages that are on display around us.

Ann's perspective of the world as alive, nurturing and filled with personal oracles springs naturally from her Native American ancestry. Indeed, she has spent the last three decades divining and following her own oracles, which have guided her through her breast cancer diagnosis and her father’s death.

Ann coined the term personal oracles to describe those mysterious messages that guide and often comfort us, and in so doing illuminate an interconnected world that is tuned in and available to us at all times.

Join Julie Ann and Ann for a riveting and insightful conversation about how Everyday Oracles that were hiding in plain sight may magically appear at precisely the right time to give us inspiration and guidance.

We've been led to believe that when we get sick,
it's our genetics. Or it's just bad luck - and doctors alone
hold the keys to optimal health.

For years, Lissa Rankin, M.D., believed the same.

But when her own health started to suffer, and she turned to Western medical treatments, she found that they not only failed to help; they made her worse.

So she decided to take matters into her own hands.

Through her research, Dr. Rankin discovered that the health care she had been taught to practice was missing something crucial: a recognition of the body's innate ability to self-repair and an appreciation for how we can control these self-healing mechanisms with the power of the mind.

In an attempt to better understand this phenomenon, she explored peer-reviewed medical literature and found evidence that the medical establishment had been proving that the body can heal itself for over 50 years. Using extraordinary cases of spontaneous healing, Dr. Rankin shows how thoughts, feelings, and beliefs can alter the body's physiology.

Joining Julie Ann on ConsciousSHIFT, Lissa Rankin will share her new book, Mind Over Medicine, and will share with us how this process works, plus practical techniques you can use to activate the body’s natural self-healing mechanisms, while shutting off the processes that predispose to illness.

We'll explore where you might be making unhealthy choices, not just in your diet, exercise program, and sleep habits, but in your relationships, your professional life, your creative life, your spiritual life, and more- so that you can create a customized treatment plan “The Prescription” aimed at bolstering all of these health-promoting aspects of your life.

Lissa Rankin, MD is a mind-body medicine physician, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program for physicians and other health care providers, and the New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself.

She is on a grass roots mission to put the "care" back in health care, and to heal our broken health care system - one doctor and one patient at a time.

Join Lissa and Julie Ann on ConsciousSHIFT to discover the remarkable scientific proof that you can prevent or even reverse diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic pain, even cancer.