How I Made It Through

In this week’s Pause for Reflection, I share my experiment and experience with channeling my departed father: Yes, I was able to “hear” his voice, but more so, I came to experience more of a knowing which I am coming to understand is called claircognizance. What did he “say”?... Well, has anyone ever heard of “wave particles" (I had not)? Apparently, that’s what my dad is learning about on the “flipside” and that was the message he wanted me to hear. I share what I did to achieve this state of openness and my reflections about “coming out of the closet” in sharing this part of my life publicly.

Today you will meet Psychic Evidential Medium, Diane Richards. We will explore with her how she came to become a medium, what she has learned in her twelve years of delivering messages from spirit, and she will remind us to live from a place of love and authenticity. Of all the many readings I have ever received, Diane is among the very best! Diane is an internationally renowned and highly sought-after evidential medium, energy healer, and author who has trained with some of the best teachers, such as Dr. Brian Weiss, Tony Stockwell, Dr. Carole Carbone, James Van Praagh, Reverend Janet Nohavec, and numerous Arthur Findlay tutors. She is certified as a psychic counselor with the International Association of Past Life Therapists and a certified Reiki Master. Diane has Master's degrees in Education, Leadership, and Counseling. She combines her formal education with her intuitive abilities to help and heal others. Diane has been on several podcasts including Messages of Hope with Suzanne Giesemann and is listed as a legitimate, credible, and reputable medium in Bob Olson's Best Psychic Directory. Finding Emelyn: How I Connected with a Past Life, the Other Side, and My Purpose, is her first book published by Waterside Productions. This gripping memoir reveals the human connection throughout history and the results of what can happen when the past is healed, the spirit is embraced, and the ego is no longer driving one’s life.

This week’s Pause for Reflection is real and it is incredibly raw: I ask my guests to be vulnerable in the sharing of how they make it through challenges, and so this week, I am doing the same. Things have been rough behind the scenes in my own life as I weather “the long goodbye” (as dementia has been called). I share a bit about the week that was for me as a part time caregiver for my mom – sharing the ups and downs of the journey and how I am attempting to learn to love in the face of pain. Thank you for listening.

In today’s episode we are talking with Dr. Matthew McKay. Matt is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and co-authored numerous books, including The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, Self-Esteem, and Couple Skills, which have sold more than four million copies combined. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression. Fourteen years ago his son, Jordan, died and his life as he knew it, changed. He has since learned how to make contact with him and in today’s episode shares how you can make contact with departed loved ones, too. Matt has had hundreds of conversations with his son and shares with us what Jordan tells him why we are here on earth school, and what awaits us on the other side.

In next week’s episode, I interview Dr. Matthew McKay Ph.D. who has learned to channel his son, Jordan, who crossed over to the other side fourteen years ago. The conversation is so fascinating and so inspiring - please make sure to tune in for some powerful messages from the spirit world. The one message, however, that I will share in advance of the episode is this; “We are here to learn how to love in the face of pain”. This landed in a place in me that knew it to be true. In today’s meanderings, I share my thoughts on that statement as well as the complexity of love itself.

Chris Lippincott is an international spiritual medium and bestselling author whose evidential readings and unique information from spirit helps transform people’s lives. Through his mediumship, Chris provides comfort, healing and knowledge that our loved ones in spirit are alive and well and still care about us. It's his mission to help raise the spiritual awareness and consciousness of humanity through his mediumship, authorship and teaching. Using his trance mediumship, Chris shares spirit’s healing messages with the world. It is his goal to bring this love and healing to the world using spirits’ words. Chris also teaches the fundamentals of mediumship to those on their spiritual journey.

Today’s guest is Ann J. Clark PhD, RN. Ann will explain and explore with us past life regression, soul’s contracts, soul committees, the spirit realm and life between life hypnosis, as well as her latest book, Healing from Great Loss; Facing Pain and Grief to Recover Your Authentic Self. Ann retired early from an academic and research career, most recently at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to go into private practice. Her main focus is stress management and spiritual health. She holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and the following certifications; Hypnotherapy from the Association of Clinical Hypnosis Past Life Regression from the Brian Weiss Institute Life Between Lives from the Michael Newton Institute It is an inspiring, moving and fascinating conversation you will not want to miss!

In this week’s pause for reflection, I will be talking about politics; how could I not? But, I will be talking about it from an emotional and spiritual perspective. I have strong opinions (and they do not include being a fan of Trump’s — you have been forewarned). I share thoughts on why anger matters, why it is so easy to have compassion and empathy for like-minded people and how important it is to explore empathy for those with whom we have radically different opinions. I explore the difference between old souls and young souls and what it is we might be here to learn, because I keep hearing that our souls chose this time in history. What would it mean if we were to “climb a wall of empathy” and might that be an important part of how we find our way through? All questions and no answers, but the questions are often the most important place to start.

Title: "A Neuroscientist Walks into A Psychic Reading" Today’s guest is Mona Sobhani, PhD. Mona is a cognitive neuroscientist, researcher, and author with over 15 years of experience. Recently, as she will explain in today’s show, she has become interested in consciousness, transformative technology, and in exploring how science and spirituality can be bridged together. All of this is explored in great detail in her most recent book Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe. In her book, Mona tells the story of her transformation from a diehard scientific materialist to an open-minded spiritual seeker, and what she describes as “the excruciating identity crisis that ensued”. She describes it as a “ book about my search for both scientific and personal “proof” that there’s more to the Cosmos. An unseen dimension to life. That the mysteries of human experience go far beyond what the present scientific paradigm can comprehend. It leaves open the possibility of a participatory, meaningful Universe.”