To live an inspired life...how do you do that when you can't pay the bills? And what is this tiny box we have put ourselves in in this lifetime, that the meaning of life is just to have a job that pays a lot of money to get a lot of stuff?...how can we "leave the top off" so that life becomes limitless? Julie Moret, author of "What?????s Your What? How to ignite your unique brand of inspiration on demand" www.JulieMoret.com provides an alternative meaning for one's life...to find that gift quality in you that is seeking to be expressed through you...hers was Freedom, mine was Joy and so we live from a place of expressing that...no matter what, and the money will follow that bliss. Julie shares with Dr. Marissa some of her own inspirational moments on her path to her ever expanding life of joyful expression. Episode sponsored by www.Exultroad.com/The-YES-Book-1/

Dr. Marissa invites her first male cohost for the series Todd Creager, author of 'A Long Hot Marriage' who is also formerly known as her own marriage therapist to "put the moose on the table" about the possibility of healing from infidelity in a relationship. Questions like, "isn't it easier just to start over?" and "how long does the cheater need to be punished?"and what needs to happen for the relationship to be able to survive let alone thrive afterwards?" are answered with honesty and humor (it's a hard nut to swallow ;) Dr. Marissa has a lightbulb moment about why committed relationships provide a juicy depth that you can't dive into if the encounters are shallow! Sponsored by www.DeviWardTantra.com

In a heart-warming conversation--literally and figuratively, Internationally acclaimed composer/pianist Paul Cardall shares his inspiring life story...as one of the million kids a year, born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect. He shares with Dr. Marissa some of his beautiful music, how he found solace and inspiration in the keyboard, and how he found the strength and courage to live with what doctors told him were his "expiry dates". His transmutation of tragedy into hope, using his unique talents and gifts in music to raise money and awareness now for the Saving Tiny Hearts Foundation, makes him a natural recipient for Dr. Marissa's Beneficial Presence on the Planet Award. Please support his work and his newest album being released November 11, Saving Tiny Hearts...and let his music support yours, as he does mine when I write, at www.PaulCardall.com

In a no holds barred love knockout, Collette and Dr. Marissa call out BS (Belief Systems) around sex morality and women . The holistic love coach also takes on Dr. Marissa's own love life and disagrees with her new toy and online dating. In this an entertaining and educating episode, the moose is on the table how about the consequences of cavemen mentality in conjunction with Cinderella expectations can keep women marinating in unfulfilling relationship misery. Is it possible to shift from death do us part/until we both shall live to until we both shall love? Episode sponsored by FindingHappily.com.

How does a 15-year old boy grow up after having his hands chopped off by a dull machete in the Rwandan Genocide, because he refuses to kill innocent people, and not marinade in the bitterness of unforgiveness? Hear the amazing inspirational story from Frederick firsthand as he remembers the anger and futility the first year in the hospital, his failed suicide attempt and his forgiveness of his attacker because it "unbound me from him". His 'tragedy' has turned him into a Light in the Darkness and makes him a recipient of Dr. Marissa's Beneficial Presence on the Planet Awardee as he returns to his home country to work with 'people like me'. With supporters/guests like Jessica McCall and Linda from Jessie's Place, and Rev. Carolyn Wilkins Director of the Global Works Ministry at the Agape International Spiritual Center, Frederick tours our country to bring awareness and an opportunity for us to help him bring fresh water, Hope and Happiness to those who have lost limbs and lives at the Ubumwe Community Center in Gisenyi Rwanda, Africa. Frederick just published his inspirational life in a book called Frederick: A Story of Boundless Hope, which he says helps himself and by telling the story, helps others as well. As he was determined to live fully, Frederick has learned to dress, write, and even paint without hands. In the gift copy of his book for me, he writes a message of gratitude for me and my show, bringing me to tears. To help, go to www.Jessies-Place.com. Staff interpreter Sharon Pierre-Louis helps make this another Radio for Our Deaf Community episode.

Dr. Marissa Smog Checks some of the BS (Belief Systems) going on in Laura from Houston's mind about being in a romantic relationship...and gives her homework on flirting and how to create a field of appreciation to attract worthy men. Chef Tasha from Los Angeles learns how to mind her own business, and stay balanced around her son's choices and see the best in him without trying to control his situation. Her homework is to adopt 'what I think of you is none of my business'...and 'let me tell you about my food business' ;). http://www.railroadundergroundsc.com

Once again Dr. Marissa and Guest Co-Host Tantric and Female Sexuality Sexpert Devi Ward put the "moose on the table' about why we need to be able to talk about the positive aspects of sex--11 kinds of orgasms, pleasure education, intimacy and sex glue for relationships--and release ourselves from our cultural conditioning of shame around this topic. The Oprah of Sex and the Asian Oprah answer a listener question, 'Why is it difficult for many women to ask for what they want in bed from their man?' Dr. Marissa rallies for women who are traditionally shy around pleasure to "Take sex back!" as an important balance and happiness tool for life. The show ends with this month's Pleasure Challenge--to experience three different kinds of orgasms and to experience pleasure in all of your senses. Sponsored by www.DeviWardTantra.com

Past Oprah and Larry King Live guest, teacher from 'The Secret' Founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, Global Peace Award Winner and Peace Avatar Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith tells Dr. Marissa that World Peace is possible and what each one of us needs to do--at an individual, community, government, country and global level. A candid 'moose on the table' discussion about war as a business, media as weapons of mass distraction is followed by encouraging words of how we can tap into the peace and understanding that each one of us carries within us...that can transcend the current world view that we are right and everyone else is wrong. Dr. Beckwith ends with a consultation to President Barak Obama with practical steps he can take to bring our country to the middle of World Peace. Dr. Marissa adds in a Peace of her mind and her heart...Peace in and Peace out.

How do we get to World Peace? By attaining Inner Peace first...and how do we get there? Dr. Marissa talks to Chris Shrader from her series Healing from past pain to look at the lack of Peace of Mind and Peace of Heart in the cycle of Anger, Pain, Shame, Blame and the damaging consequences of silence...and the freedom that only comes from the powerful life balance tool of Forgiveness. Singer-songwriter Dani Shay (America's Got Talent and the Glee Project) shares her own forgiveness story and a beautiful original song that captures the moment when the cloudy dragon breath of fear disappears, as soon as we turn on our Streetlight of Love.

In an interview with Brent Hunter, the author of the award-winning book endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "The Raiinbow Bridge" Dr. Marissa puts the moose on the table about the possibility of ever having world peace when we can't seem to get along with ourselves and our neighbors, let alone other nations. Brent Hunter outlines his 14 steps on the roadmap to world peace and emphasizes the need for a new operating system with upgrades to our current United Nations, and the need for a "soft reset" when it comes to our beliefs about being a Global Citizen.