Play is not just for children and adults can benefit from getting serious about playing. Join us to inquire about how to recognize and expand what play means to you!

se·ri·ous·ly /sirēəslē/

in a solemn or considered manner, with earnest intent, not lightly or superficially.

play /pley/

(playful is being full of play!)

to exercise or employ oneself in diversion, amusement, or recreation, to do something in sport that is not to be taken seriously, to amuse oneself, to take part or engage in a game.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• How play supported wellbeing and can be squashed. (2:15)
• Why we need to get serious about playfulness. (6:15)
• How sensations, feelings and expression make up our experience of life. (7:38)
• Were you taught to not rock the boat? (9:51)
• What haven’t you done for ages that would feel playful/fun? (11:53)
• Developing a habit of taking play seriously. (14:09)
• How we can reinvent our dreams, be open to new ideas and inspiration. (17:20)
• Legos anyone? (21:30)
• Daydreaming yourself into a playful space. (22:40)

Resources

• House of Preeminence online magazine  https://issuu.com/hellopreeminence/docs/organized_971d579abd306c

Jenni Parker Brown, editor/publisher  https://www.jenni-p.com

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Join us to explore inspiration, collaboration and the business of songwriting! With her open and honest sharing Jenn Cleary leads us thru her songwriting process and what she has learned along the way.

Jenn Cleary is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Boulder, Colorado, with many years’ experience performing on international stages. Highlight shows include Sundance Film Festivals, Colorado Rockies games, opening for Shemekia Copeland, Tellurides Blues Festival Acoustic Competition finalist and multiple European tours. She has a range of song styles and performs bluesy acoustic solo shows as well as rockin’ shows with her full electric band. Jenn has released two albums of original songs, one blues covers album, and she just released her first children’s album, which has won the prestigious recognition from the 2021 NAPPA awards for being best in the music industry.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• Is creativity on demand possible? The challenge of songwriting. (5:04)
• How creativity needs space and time. (6:44)
• The power of collaboration. (7:58)
• What comes first, melody or lyrics? (10:02)
• Trusting the muse in music! (14:48)
• How hard times can lead to joy! (19:28)
• Going within to express what we all share. (21:24)
• The power of feeling deeply and then letting it go. (23:38)
• Creativity as a business. (31:56)

Resources

• Jenn Cleary Music https://jenncleary.com
• Planet Bluegrass Song School, Lyons Colorado  https://bluegrass.com/song-school
• Sentient Publications, Connie Shaw https://www.sentientpublications.com 
• Ken Langford aka Lucius Terwilliger https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IPxUqOfUJQHOnqhjnVuzl?si=zbbG2aXjT7O8dDqHGZEQ6g&dl_branch=1
• Dorje Dolma  https://www.dorjearts.com    
• Joseph Campbell   https://www.jcf.org 

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Being in the moment is touted as the ultimate of the new consciousness but how do we get there! Modern life provides endless distraction from our own perceived state of wholeness. How does cultivating an open focus lead us to a more integrated experience of our personal interface with life?

Join us in looking at perception and attention, intuition and intention as we explore an open focus.

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• Finding me and not me! (4:02)
• Is it possible to embody both? (7:20)
• What works best for you, focus or openness? (10:00)
• Perception and attention as another framework. (12:00)
• Sorting through the information soup! (12:46)
• Connection to nature as the balance to info overload. (14:46)
• Can we live in a flow state? (17:14)

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

With so much fear, anger and conflict in the world, what in the world can we do? Can we invent a new perspective? One where perfection is made truly whole by the damage, the trauma, the wounds we are all carrying?

Join us to engage the paradox of perfect damage and let’s find out!

In This Episode, You Will Learn about:

• Where is the good news? (3:51)
• Is life difficult for a purpose? (5:24)
• Compassion and responsibility and hope. (7:35)
• Navigating the complexity of our world today. (13:30)
• Life is not simple or straightforward! (16:25)
• What are we called to do? (18:21)
• Hereditary trauma viewed as evolutionary healing. (22:12)

Resources

• Gabor Mate, MD  https://drgabormate.com 
• Joseph Campbell   https://www.jcf.org 
• Patricia Sun  https://www.patriciasun.com 

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

Today we are talking to Kandi Mullen. She is a Reiki Master, empowerment coach, wellness consultant and owner of Reiki 4 Well Being. Kandi works with client’s nationwide offering Reiki treatments and virtual classes through video conferencing, as well as mentoring clients in creating and cultivating a healthy sustainable lifestyle, through sharing her own personal healing experiences, spiritual development and studies in New Thought teachings.

Join us to engage the paradox in healing as we discuss the practitioner-client interface, distance energy work, the role of intention in healing outcomes, and so much more!

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What goes on between practitioner and client? (4:21)
• How one’s expectation of healing can turn into something else. (5:05)
• The effect of simply creating a healing space and allowing the energy to work. (5:42)
• Is there a difference in in-person healing and distance energy work? (6:58)
• Why are we so thought driven and removed from our body sense? (13:40)
• Is it possible to feel relaxed and energized at the same time? (15:40)
• How does the intention of the practitioner effect healing and what about the placebo effect? (17:34)
• Healing as the expression of Universal Life energy! (22:05))

Resources

• Kandi Mullen https://reiki4wellbeing.com
• Electric Body, Electric Health - Eileen Day McKusik   https://www.biofieldtuning.com        

·  Whole Brain Living - Jill Bolte Taylor  https://www.amazon.com/Jill-Bolte-Taylor/e/B001J8ZIJK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

These days it seems that life throws so much at us and dealing with stress has become a major industry. In this podcast we will explore the two types of stress, distress and eustress. Recognizing that both are actually needed for us to be healthy.

Join us to engage the paradox of relaxed tension as we shift our perception of stress and how it works in our bodies and how we can use simple and effective practices to better navigate our busy, stressful lives!

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Hans Seyle and the “Stress of Life” (2:16)
• The problem with chronic stress, when you can’t flee or fight! (5:34)
• Relaxation thru Vagal nerve - parasympathetic functions (9:12)
• Engaging a deeper sense of self for balance (11:07)
• Simple parasympathetic resets (13:27)
• Signs of an engaged parasympathetic state (18:25)
• We can choose our response to and the meaning of our stressors! (21:20)

Resources

• The Stress of Life - Hans Selye  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Selye 
• Electric Body, Electric Health - Eileen Day McKusik   https://www.biofieldtuning.com        
• Zach Bush, MD - 4 Minute Workout  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwJCJToQmps&list=TLPQMjkwNTIwMjHmmxFfakrSXA&index=3

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

Paradox in Relationship- Part 2      29:20

Join us for the beginning of this conversation in Episode 3. Paradox in Relationship- Part 1.

We join relationship coach Larry Byram in a discussion and exploration of Intuition, Direct Knowing, Unity Thinking, objectification, subjectification and idealization as they relate to our relationship dynamics. How does our perception of ourselves and others determine the quality of our relationships? What is it to be with ourselves and others, clean of our baggage, with empathy and compassion? We are all in this together.

Larry has spent the last 40 years researching these questions (and so much more) and creating classes and coaching that support us in diving deep into the heart of the matter to find our creative essence and how best to connect and create with others. This material is concentrated and intuitive and will push the envelope of how you think relationships function best.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Intuition- joining feelings and emotions into a higher level intelligence. (3:10)
• Direct Knowing- joining sensations and thoughts to be in the moment, acting from what you know. (4:30)
• Unity Thinking- integrating Intuition and Straight Knowing to see that we are not really different and all in this together. (7:05)
• News flash! The United States is not at the forefront of consciousness. (10:05)
• Subjectification-imposing my ideas over others. (14:35)
• Idealization-projecting my ideas of you, on you to make you better. (15:00)
• Objectification-evaluating others by appearances. (16:03)
• The paradox of Pregnant Duration (18:15)

 Resources

• https://higheralignment.com Larry Byram 

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

Paradox in Relationship- Part 1    30:33

We join relationship coach Larry Byram in a discussion and exploration of defensive differences, co-creativity, vulnerability and intimacy as they relate to our relationship dynamics. How can we take the conflicts that arise in our partnership, our working relationships and with ourselves as opportunities for increased compassion and growth?

Larry has spent the last 40 years researching these questions (and so much more) and creating classes and coaching that support us in diving deep into the heart of the matter to find our creative essence and how best to connect and create with others. This material is concentrated and intuitive and will push the envelope of how you think relationships function best.

Join us for the conclusion of this conversation in Episode 4.  Paradox in Relationship- Part 2.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What makes a relationship great? (4:59)
• What do you notice about a person right away? How are they showing up energetically? (6:03)
• Being surprised in relationship, focusing on creative growth vs control. (8:25)
• Finding Common Ground in our perspectives (13:06)
• Where is there relationship conflict and what can we do to turn it around? (16:44)
• Are we caught in personality perspectives? (18:30)
• About experiential modalities: sensations, feelings, emotions and thoughts, each with their own frequency and way of knowing. (22:14)
• The search for what is wrong with us. (24:30)
• About creative modalities: Intuition, Direct Knowing and Unity Thinking. (27:38)

 Resources

• https://higheralignment.com Larry Byram 

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

Others expectations are a fact of life and how we respond to them can determine what we consider ordinary and what we deem great. Clearly there are many influences and choices in life. What are we using to navigate? What happens when we step back and look at something like ordinary greatness and see into our underlaying beliefs? How do we sort thru the mixed messages that surround us? Can we bring the various influences together to sort out and discover a deeper and authentic meaning for ourselves?

Our lives and the world we are living in are miraculous. This podcast is about finding and creating a deeper connection between the seemingly opposite and divisive meanings we have created so far. If you long for a new way to connect and create, please join us in this journey of exploration. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Engaging Contemplation, mental, emotional, physical. (3:09)
• Is it OK to be ordinary? Is it OK to be great? (7:39)
• Are we taking the ordinary for granted? (12:50)
• Bodily disease process as seeking balance, adapting to stressors (15:05)
• The gift of the cycles of nature (16:44)

Resources

• The Art of Contemplation   Richard Rudd  https://genekeys.com
• Reclaiming Your Big Voice  The Brothers Koren   https://brotherskoren.com

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Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!

Language is perhaps one of the most powerful tools ever created; it has the power to connect, to teach, it defines meaning as we explore the world, and it can also divide. We connect to the world and with others through language; we can find shelter in warm words and compassion and understanding in someone's silence. But sometimes, language is not enough for the type of bond we are looking for or need, and we need to find a more unified worldview.

I'm Dr. Anna Karin, and I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. I lived there until my parents decided to move to the States when I was 5. Learning how to speak English took me a couple of weeks and thanks to my mom, I also kept my Swedish. My whole life, everything had two different words attached to it and yet, what was described was actually itself, not the description. I've realized that a thing can exist regardless of if we have a word for it or not. It is our power of observation and ability to put a name to something that anchors our personal reality. What are you observing and creating?

This podcast is about finding and creating a deeper connection between the seemingly opposite and divisive meanings we have created so far. If you long for a new way to connect and create, please join us in this journey of exploration. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What is Living in Paradox about? (1:24)
• Why? is not the most helpful question, and it's the one everyone is arguing about (4:18)
• How my interest in paradox started (12:14)
• Particle observation. How observation interacts with reality (14:01)
• The result of combining things with their apparent opposite (16:52)

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