ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner

Our choices are critical - for the food we eat,
and for the way food is processed on this planet ...

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT Guest Ocean Robbins,
co-author of "VOICES OF THE FOOD REVOLUTION" with his father John Robbins, makes the case that we can heal our bodies and our world - with food.

In fact, what you eat can avert further climate change (yes, really!),
eradicate global hunger, express your respect for animals,
more closely align you with your deepest values, prevent and reverse disease, or just help you feel fantastic and full of energy.

Currently, though, our food supply is contaminated with hormones,
antibiotics, GMOs, chemical cocktails, and neurotoxic pesticides.
Even many so-called “natural” foods are actually hazardous to our health.

Toxic food is making millions of people sick, and the costs
of treating an epidemic of illness are driving families
and even nations towards bankruptcy.

Industrialized agriculture is polluting our air and water,
treating animals with immense cruelty, and even fueling climate change.

And we know we can do better.

Join Julie Ann and Ocean to discover how to make informed, positive and practical decisions about food - and to see how your own actions matter, and how you can participate in a healthy, sustainable, humane and delicious revolution.

Ocean Robbins is co-author of Voices of The Food Revolution, co-creator of the The Food Revolution Summit 2014, and serves as adjunct professor for Chapman University and CEO and co-host (with best-selling author John Robbins) of the 100,000+ member Food Revolution Network.

What does it mean to be a global citizen?

15-year-old filmmaker Kasha Slavner is traveling
the world this Spring to document the answer
to that question, by filming people who
wake up every day with a desire
to make the world we live in a better place,
not only for themselves, but for their
communities and all life that shares this planet.

At 8 years old - after seeing Craig Kielburger, the founder of Free the Children, give a talk on the work of his organization - Kasha decided she was ready to start making a change in the world.

Kasha became quite active very quickly - joining social justice clubs, raising funds for issues she was passionate about, and participating in campaigns for a variety of charities. In March, 2013 Kasha was selected as a youth delegate by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace to attend the United Nations for the 57th annual session on the Commission of the Status of Women.

Now, Kasha is taking a giant leap to make a difference
by starting The Global Sunrise Project
and convincing her mother, Marla, to let her take
a semester out of school to travel the world using
her love of photography, film and
change-making to create a short documentary
and book on global citizenship.

The duo is seeking support and funding
from others who believe in the project,
through their Indiegogo Project for the
documentary - "The Sunrise Storyteller©" -
which will focus on stories of hope and resilience
where people, despite what challenges they may face, are doing good things to make a difference in their own lives and in their communities -
people who are "being the change they wish to see."

She and her mom, Marla, will begin their 6-month trip this Spring. They will experience a completely different side of life from what they’re used to in their home of Toronto, Canada — the adventure will take them to corners of the globe where life isn’t always so easy, and they’ll be living out of one small bag
with just a few changes of clothes.

Kasha's mom, Marla, believes all of this experience
is part of what she calls "educaring" for Kasha -
which goes beyond just a traditional education.

Join Julie Ann as she hosts both Kasha and Marla on ConsciousSHIFT, to explore the choices we each can make to positively impact change.

How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
It began with a question
to a small boy, begging on the streets of India.
"What do you want most in the whole world?,"
Adam asked.
"A pencil," the boy replied.

Adam Braun reached into his backpack,
handed the boy his pencil, and watched
as a wave of possibility washed over the small boy.

Adam saw then the profound power and promise brought through something as small
as a giving a pencil to just one child.

Over the next 5 years, Adam backpacked through over 50 countries.

From conversations with local parents & children, Adam realized the need for a nonprofit led on-the-ground - & he founded PENCILS OF PROMISE in 2008.

Starting with a $25 deposit, Adam & PoP have now built more than 200 schools in Africa, Asia & Latin America.

Join Julie Ann and Adam, Founder of PoP, & author of the bestselling book, "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change" - as they explore Adam's unique “For-Purpose” approach, blending nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles.

Everyday Addictions - you know, the little ways we all get "addicted" -
from our roles (as "mom" or "caregiver" or "boss")
to "being the one to do it all,
to our food, our work, our relationships, and more -
the small, but ultimately insidious ways we allow ourselves
to stay tethered to energy-sucking patterns that fail to serve us,
and ultimately hold us back from expressing our best self.

Julie Ann explores these Everyday Addictions
with ConsciousSHIFT Show guest Kelley Alexander,
co-director of The Sanctuary at Sedona, to discover how we can learn and adopt more healthy ways
and tools to heal ourselves and regain our power
and reach our true potential.

As an entrepreneur, you’re heeding the call
to bring something new into the world ...
building something that matters ...
doing something larger than yourself ...
that makes YOU a hero.

Yet, so many of us suffocate in our cubicles;
we’re afraid to become the hero
of our own life story.

We need modern-day guidance for the innovator whose creativity is stifled, the job hunter losing hope, the spiritual seeker afraid of financial success, the professional who no longer feels connected and fulfilled.

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest David Howitt, author of HEED YOUR CALL: Integrating Myth, Science, Spirituality and Business, shares that "Life is not an either/or prospect - you can have it all."

Inspired by anthropologist Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey,” David shares how to facilitate meaningful success without sacrificing heart, including:
• THE POWER OF “AND”: Life doesn’t have to be an “either/or” affair. By embracing our duality — the poet AND the scientist, the computer programmer AND the musician, the parent AND the lover — we bring richness and abundance into our lives.
• TRUST AND SURRENDER: Discovering our purpose, loving what we do, and then going out and sharing our gifts with oth¬ers is what will heal the world.
• DEEP EMPATHY: As we embrace empathy, we are better able to intuit what others are feeling, and we gain insight into their needs and desires. Empathy makes it possible to instinctively and effortlessly interact with each other on a much deeper, more meaningful level.
• VULNERABILITY: Embracing your vulnerability helps open you up to seeking guidance from mentors along the way.

Join Julie Ann and David to discover what fashion designer Donna Karan says is a "journey we are all on toward creating a more soulful economy ... [a way] to infuse wisdom and wonder into the realm of business is exactly what is required to create a union between business, spirit, and philanthropy.”

For some time now, people have been saying that they prefer spirituality over religion.

They no doubt think about religion in the usual way as a belief system to join, a set of rules and customs to adopt, a particular place to go, and a community and leadership to follow.

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Thomas Moore - author of Care of the Soul and his latest book, A RELIGION OF ONE'S OWN, who spent 12 years as a Catholic monk - thinks this view of religion is too limited. Rather than reject religion, he encourages us to redefine and re-imagine religion.

In an increasingly secular world where rationality is privileged over spirituality, and where religion is, at best, seen as a topic to be avoided in polite dinner conversation, it’s no surprise that many of us, in the process of “losing our religion,” have also lost track of our souls.

Without the spiritual compass once provided by organized religion, many yearn for something more - suffering depression, stress, aggression, and a sense of purposelessness as a result.

Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions —
and others who have lived wholly without religion — hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer, but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality.

Tom proposes a return to religion — a radical, dynamic, and fluid religion tailor-made to our unique values and spiritual needs, and explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion.
Drawing from a diverse wealth of traditions ranging from Greek mythology to Saint Francis, Tom urges us to begin by “never again sensing any conflict between one tradition and another” and follow their bliss, working intuitively to create a religion that is truly their own.

Tom joins Julie Ann to explore how to use the time-honored elements of the religions to craft our own religion out of our personal experience and inspiration, and to start by reflecting upon your approach to religion: reframing, renewing, and re-imagining what it means to you.

Whether you are happily rooted in one tradition, a spiritually independent seeker who draws upon the wisdom of many religions, or someone who has never had any religious education or participation, this exploration will help you bring religion down-to-earth - and into the very heart of your life.

These ideas, which Tom develops in his new book, may mean that crafting your own religion involves staying with your long-held tradition and rediscovering its value, arranging its components into a personal "rule" of life. Seekers may draw from many traditions and from nature to formulate a way of life and a practice that is not secular but is not religious in the usual sense.

You'll enjoy Julie Ann and Tom's exploration of the benefits of contemplative living as revealed in a more original and imaginative spirituality.

Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and 15 other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist.

Most women today juggle multiple schedules:
full-time jobs, meal planning, fitness, spirituality, shopping, dinner parties, soccer for Jenny, and t-ball for Johnny.

Their lives are so full of commitments that many don’t ever find time to focus on their own dreams and desires.

We all yearn to have time for personal needs and creative dreams — after all, this is our life to make the most of.

And we all know how hard it is to remember what really matters.

With distractions from jobs, aging parents, and children — not to mention women's perennial fear of being labeled “selfish” — following our own desires and dreams can become ever more elusive.

When Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, bestselling author Jennifer Louden, created an intuitive planner for herself and later shared it with others through her workshops, the results and achievements were amazing - and she decided to write her latest book, The Life Organizer: A Woman’s Guide to a Mindful Year.

Join Julie Ann and Jen to discover how you may shift your focus, augmenting traditional goal setting with the ease that comes from steady inner listening and mindfulness.

Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the self-care movement with her first book The Woman’s Comfort Book - and she's written 4 additional books on well-being and whole living that have inspired women all over the world, including her latest - The Life Organizer. She's also written a national magazine column, and even sat on Oprah's couch. Jen believes self-love + world-love = wholeness for all.

The world of work is no longer predictable.

As it becomes increasingly rare to have a stable career in any field, we're left with patchwork resumes and piecemeal lists of accomplishments.

More and more of us are blending big company jobs, startup gigs, freelance work, and volunteer side projects. We take chances to expand our knowledge, capabilities, and experience.

But how do we make sense of our diverse experiences - and how do we explain it?

Pam Slim, author of BODY OF WORK: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together and Escape from Cubicle Nation, shares with us how to put the pieces together.

Pam asks:
"What is the body of work that I want to create throughout the course of my life that solves the problems I care about, gives me great personal satisfaction, contributes meaning, utility and beauty to the world and delivers the life I want to live on a day to day basis?"

Pam shares with us personal stories that help us examine how we define our careers - and
ultimately how we define our lives - and also helps us discover and harness our own body of work, by challenging us to:

* Define Your Roots: Make sure your work aligns with your values
* Name Your Ingredients: Find hidden talent and leverage from all your life experiences that will make you uniquely positioned in the market
* Choose Your Work Mode: Mitigate the risk of losing your job or business by ensuring your work is valued across multiple channels and environments
* Surf the Fear: Learn how to navigate the fear and uncertainty that is inherent in the new world of work.

Join Julie Ann and Pam to learn how to find the connections among your diverse accomplishments, sell your story, and continually reinvent and relaunch your own body of work.

WHAT IF - instead of another tired New Year's resolution ...
you started 2014 with a New Year's REVOLUTION?

That's why Julie Ann invited Mark Bowness to ConsciousSHIFT
to share an entirely new approach and pathway to authentic,
real - positive - life change.

So, why a REVOLUTION - instead of a resolution?

As Mark shares: "New Year's resolutions fail as a result of 3 main causes.
First, there is no holistic congruent change. We try to change one aspect of our lives and as other aspects remain the same, our old habits are too overwhelming and we quit. Second, we are not equipped with tried-and-tested techniques that educate people in how to change. Third, we are alone in our change and do not have a community around us to keep us going."

A New Year's REVOLUTION solves all of those shortcomings.

How does Mark know what true change involves?

Mark himself made a New Year's Revolution shift his life
from 'Suicide to Success."

At age 26, Mark's marriage ended.
As he sat in his apartment surrounded by everything that he and his wife had built together, he felt his future looked incredibly bleak. After Googling "how to take your own life," Mark made a decision that life was too much to bear and attempted to end the pain.
It was while sitting in a hospital bed after trying to wipe his existence
off the face of the planet that he realized he had been alive for 26 years, and yet, he had never truly lived.

As the New Year approached, Mark began to contemplate what his New Year's resolution would be. After comprehending that his previous resolutions had failed, he began to understand that changing one element of his life, while other elements remained the same, was futile.

In fact, what his life needed was a complete overhaul - a REVOLUTION.

Mark became fixated to discover the principles of life change that would take him from "Suicide to Success." And soon, they became clear. The result of the application of those principles was that in a matter of only 3 months after trying to take his own life, Mark had leased a 200-acre desert island in Fiji, and had created a business called Tribewanted that inspired people to build an eco-community, which they could then visit. Tribewanted was featured in media around the world.

When the dark days came, Mark Bowness made a New Year's resolution that stuck. Not one of those ones you could wheedle out of. Not one of those easily forgotten by Jan 15.

Get Ready to Embark on Your New Year's Revolution!

Mark is bringing together a free resource that unites 31 personal development experts who have worked with thousands of people to effect change. New Year's Revolution is the first shot in a movement to unite people passionately pursuing personal change, community change and world change.

Mark has created New Year's Revolution - a free eBook, webinar series and community of experts to ensure that 2014 is the beginning of a similar revolution in thousands of lives. www.joinanewyearsrevolution.com.

DIANNE COLLINS / DO YOU QUANTUMTHINK?

THE “QUANTUM” DISCOVERY
IS THAT MIND DOES MATTER.

The science that gave rise to the Industrial Age saw the universe as machine.

The more accurate science today views the universe as mind.

When we learn how to use and master the natural creation faculties
of our own mind, life becomes easier,
more exciting and ever more fulfilling.

This level of mastery in living and understanding
opens the possibility of solving the pressing issues
in our world today as we have never done before,
as well as giving us a true sense of command
in our business, professional and personal worlds.

NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW THINKING

We all know it’s time to think in a new way.

New thinking.

Not just an innovative or clever idea.
It’s an entirely different basis for thinking.

But how do we do that?

Dianne Collins, author of "Do You QuantumThink?" shows us the way - an essential body of knowledge being revealed at the perfect time.

A new basis for our thinking means:

* Different assumptions, beliefs and ideas
about the way things work
* Realizing how our minds create experience,
actions, and results
* Moving beyond the “either/or” limits
that keep us stuck in divisiveness
* Thinking effectively in sync with the pace
and uncertainty of changing times
* Taking the leap from the industrial age
to the quantum age in the way we see life

Drawing on cutting edge quantum insights, ageless spiritual knowledge and revealing the essential role of the mind in living effectively with modern and pop culture – Dianne explores with us advanced thinking principles for leaps in awareness that enable real solutions, from the pursuit of inner serenity to harmonious relationships, business results and global affairs.

Join Julie Ann and Dianne to discover that the most important thing you can ever learn is the connection between your thinking and your results. Any result you ever want to accomplish–whether for your business, your world, your community or yourself – as you learn a new level of mastery with your mind