Pam Grout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 20 books including E-Squared: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality and the Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (and Therefore the World.)

She’s a freelance writer who has published with Scientific American Explorations, Outside, Men’s Journal, People magazine, Travel + Leisure, and many other publications. She’s the creator of the TV series Going Rogue, and the wacky proliferator behind two popular blogs.

Her current focus is the 222 Foundation she started to honor her magical daughter, Tasman, who has been guiding her from the nonphysical since October 15, 2018.

In this episode of Hopenning 2.0, Fran interviews her guest Pam Grout and they discuss:

Pam Grout can be reached at www.pamgrout.com and @PamGrout on all the socials. She lives in Lawrence, KS, USA, and continues to travel the world spreading the word that God is found everywhere you choose to look.

Fran interviews Dr. Ran D. Anbar, MD, FAAP, a pediatric physician, who is board certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics. Dr. Anbar offers counseling and hypnosis services at Center Point Medicine in La Jolla, California, and in Syracuse, New York.

Dr. Anbar is the author of a new book called The Life Guide for Teens: Harnessing Your Inner Power to be Healthy, Happy, and Confident. This acclaimed  author of Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), is also a regular columnist for Psychology Today Online. Dr. Anbar is the founder of Center Point Medicine, serving the mission of making mental health care more accessible for children. He lives in La Jolla, California. Dr. Anbar can be found on LinkedIn.

In this interview, we discuss:

3:39 - Why he wrote the new book

5:19 - How his pre-readers and contributors to the book were patients of his

5:55 - Why Dr. Anbar began using visualization techniques with his patients

0:45 - How to use visualization to help ourselves

15:21 - Dr. Anbar's advice to Fran in 2023 regarding her upcoming surgery

18:26 - Fran describes using Dr. Anbar's techniques during her surgery

29:30 - Using visualization to control emotions

31:45 - the STOP technique

40:00 - The Principles of Utilization

42:49 - Why anxious parents hinder growth in their children

47:02 - The power of spirituality in healing

53:00 - Why dreams are important to healing

55:30 - Using Internal Exposure Response Prevention therapy for OCD

57:20 - How to teach children how to deal with difficult situations

Dr. Anbar can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-anbar-246b1829/

A special discount for Hopenning viewers!

For a limited time, LeeAnn is offering her A-F series of movement meditations for a discounted price of $25 for the package. To receive your discount, please use the code: Hopenning I

In this episode,

Fran talks with LeeAnn Starovasnik about the Awareness through Movement, Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Healing.

0:00 - Introduction

1:15 - LeeAnn teaches the "Ankle" lesson of Feldenkrais

9:45 - LeeAnn's journey from her own chest pains after the early death of her father from a heart attack, to leaving corporate America to work on her own healing.

11:40 - LeeAnn describes how a set of Feldenkrais awareness sessions with a practicioner in the art of Feldenkrais disolved her chest pains, and made her aware that decades of emotional scarring and body image created the physical symptoms of her chest pain.

13:30 - "Finding our Way home" back into our bodies

14:50 - Why we hide our emotional selves and how it ends up in physical pain

15:30 - LeeAnn's traumatic childhood brain injury

18:30 - How Moshe Feldenkrais developed the program from his inability to walk after knee injuries because of mindful energy, playfulness, and intentional movement.

20:40 - The mechanics of movement and why pain is the key to understanding

23:00 - "No pain, more brain" - how to train the brain in a neuroplastic way

24:59 - LeeAnn's 106 year old client

25:50 - Fran's half marathon run after taking LeeAnn's on-line class

28:00 - Feldenkrais educators such as LeeAnn require 800 hours of training over 3-4 years

29:45 - Using Feldenkrais with other strength and work out regimes

31:15 - LeeAnn shares a story of how using intention helped a client injured in a horseback riding accident regain her career as though "it had never happened"

33:20 - Intentions and why they are important in healing

36:39 - Somatic education

38:20 - LeeAnn shares her practice, and courses that are currently available

44:12 - NextStepConsultingInc.com for discounted rate with code: hopenning

44:59 - "Movement is life. Change the quality of the movement and change the quality of your life".

LeeAnn Starovasnik has over 25 years of dedicated practice as a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®. LeeAnn teaches classes, workshops and private sessions online and in her North Seattle studio. She loves applying her well-honed observation, intuition and problem-solving skills to creatively help clients discover, or recover, how to move efficiently and comfortably through life with a "no pain, more brain" philosophy.

With certifications and licenses in body, mind and spiritual studies, LeeAnn provides support and builds hope. Currently she is launching a new series - Everyday Ease in Taking A Stand.

LeeAnn is at home in Seattle, WA with her sweetheart, Chris and their dog, Della and on the following sites:

NextStepConsultingInc.com

[email protected]

FB - Next Step Consulting, Inc Feldenkrais and Wellness Coaching fb - Everyday Ease

Is there a basic human right to access quality food made with sustainable practices?

Louise Ferguson from The Larder East - Belfast, and Fran discuss how Louise and her colleagues in the capital city of Northern Ireland are working to create food equality.

Transitioning The Larder - East food bank into a community hub, social centre, food store and restaurant, they lead with the principle that there is "Always enough when we share."

https://www.thelarderbelfast.com facebook.com/thelarderbelfast www.instagram.com/lardereast

Together, with a team of amazing volunteers, Louise and her colleague Alli run Larder>East in Belfast, N.Ireland. Larder>East is a Community Food Hub which transitioned from a Food Bank in 2021.

They are constantly asking questions of themselves and the systems in which people are forced to exist.

Whilst they don't have many answers they're having fun exploring possibilities with the other members of Larder>East.

Troy Hadeed - Teacher, Author, Human. Troy is an internationally recognized yoga teacher born and living in Trinadad & Tobago and has lived there for the majority of his life, and has immersed himself in the study and practice of Yoga. Troy currently lives on the forested North Coast of Trinidad among the majestic hills of Paramin, continues to share the practice of yoga, and spends his mornings writing on the wings of hummingbirds and coffee. In this interview, Troy fully delivers his personal understandings of God and his life is a testimony to love: "“I have always said that if I did not believe the practice of Yoga increased our capacity to love, and reconnected us to the God of our own understanding, that I would walk away from it immediately.”

Why is it that some people are easily hypnotized? And why are some memories easy to recall, and others buried deep in our subconscious and unconscious minds?

This week's guest Anjali Nagda, a Clinical Counsellor and hypnotherapist, shares her experiences working in the field of counselling in two different cultures, and very differing countries.

Anjali combines her expertise as a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Registered Clinical Counselor to offer integrated services as a Clinical Counseling Hypnotherapist.

Anjali can be found at

Red Leaf Wellness redleafwellness.ca

Mind Recovery Therapy mindrecoverytherapy.com

https://redleafwellness.ca/services/clinical-hypnotherapy/

https://www.mindrecoverytherapy.com/users/anjali-nagda

Amy Anfinson, author of the recently released best-seller, “Blameless Living" shares the messages she received from God and from her beloved late husband Jon “The Wingman” on his journey towards and into the afterlife.

It was a call to step into her own authentic power and to move into the new frequency of faith.

Amy Anfinson is an International Positive Change Coach, Intuitive Mentor, and Keynote Speaker with a career history of helping high-level executives, business owners, influencers, and entrepreneurs create, build and scale their businesses through her empowering O.A.S.I.S. Approach.

With a proven track record of delivering transformational outcomes, Amy helps people gain a deeper understanding of their emotions, calm their nervous system, and activate their innate inner power.

[email protected] Website: https://amyanfinson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyanfinson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyanfinsoncoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyanfinson/

With a strong foundation in psychology and teaching, combined with training as an RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) therapist, Le Bey Mc Callaghan brings a compassionate and results-driven approach to personal and professional development. With over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and mental healthcare industries, Le Bey deeply understands the vital connection between mental health, performance, and overall well-being. Specializing in uncovering the impacts of trauma and limiting beliefs, Le Bey helps individuals identify and overcome barriers that hold them back in their personal and professional lives. RTT serves as the cornerstone of their work, facilitating profound shifts in mindset and self-awareness to unlock each client’s full potential. A key area of interest for Le Bey is addressing the challenges of toxic work environments. Passionate about fostering supportive workplace cultures, they focus on identifying the root causes of these harmful dynamics and driving meaningful change. Recognizing the detrimental effects such environments have on motivation, creativity, and overall well-being, Le Bey works to create spaces where employees can thrive as fulfilled and empowered individuals. For those navigating toxic workplaces, Le Bey offers tailored, one-on-one support to build resilience, tackle challenges, and, when needed, develop a clear and empowered exit strategy. Their mission is to help individuals break free from limiting patterns, reframe perspectives, and embrace growth, purpose, and lasting transformation. Contact Le Bey at [email protected]

Join Fran and Marina as they discuss the importance of having Boundaries in life.

Join Fran and Marina as they discuss the importance of Boundaries in life.