Host: Sheryl Glick R.M.T.

Special Guest: Joan Gattuso

In today’s episode of Healing From Within, your host Sheryl Glick author of The Living Spirit which shares answers for healing and infinite love as we explore spiritual awakenings, spiritual communication, miracles and intuitive ways to understand energetic life force, welcomes Joan Gattuso author of The Power of Forgiveness which offers tools to help you move past pain and disappointment trauma or betrayal into an inspired life of goodness health and happiness. Joan is a Unity Minister who has served in Cleveland for over 30 years and now resides with her husband in beautiful Hawaii.

Joan has an endorsement for her book from James Redfield author of the Celestine Prophecy and Sheryl fondly remembered that many years ago, a friend told her everyone was reading that book so she picked it up and for Sheryl that was the beginning of her inquiry into metaphysical studies to further understand energy and the forces of Universal life. New perspectives values and awareness of what life was really about and who we really are were delivered to her spiritually through the process of self- development and self-mastery of emotions.

Joan suggests in her book that the majority of people compartmentalize their lives into separate boxes: God and spirituality, family home possessions responsibilities career goals recreation travel education future happiness…In this attempt to separate one aspect of life from another we become isolated and confused and this affects relationships from growing into acceptance and appreciation for ourselves and others, so we never truly catch the brass ring. What we must do is tap into that God Energy through our own consciousness and bring it into every aspect of our lives and relationships…1 God as Source enters 2 Your consciousness which then results in 3 Your present manifestation of Good.

Sheryl goes on to share with Joan the way she often has many spiritual coincidences with her guests continually showing that we are United and One. In The Power of Forgiveness there are many connections to the names of the people you talk about and to my life…… The first begins with your mention of a “Sheryl” in your book spelled as I spell my name with an S which is not the common spelling of that name…then a “Gregg” my son’s name, an Andy which was the name of the character my daughter played on “Search for Tomorrow,” a soap opera she appeared on many years ago…Reverend Richard Levy was also mentioned. “Levy” was my maiden name, and I had a cousin Richard Levy who passed at a young age. Our husbands are both David and we have no nicknames for them, only use their full name David . Sheryl believes as she wrote in her first book Life Is No Coincidence we are brought to the people and situations that will most delight and serve us in finding one of the greatest healing elements…forgiveness and love.

Consciously choosing to love even in the midst of great loss and injustice sets an example and often leads to positive results. “An example Joan shares is Thich Quang Duc a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who saw his people being slaughtered while the leaders of both sides appeared to be asleep to the horror unfolding. Thich wished to help and finally after much reflection decided to write to government leaders on all sides and to the Christian and Buddhist monasteries and also to the President Ngo Dinh Diem to implement religious equality. His story and motivation were similar to challenges met by Mahatma Gandhi who practiced forgiveness and peaceful extremes to embrace a larger story than individual personalities. Seeing the enemy now as friend even brother or sister is forgiveness in action”Their acts were not of the ego rather of the heart to do whatever necessary to transform the hatred in all its manifestations prevalent to the era they lived in.

Joan goes on to tell a personal story where she...