Out of the Fog with Karen Hager

Torn between staying informed and staying sane? Too stressed out to meditate? My guest today says that when the world gets chaotic and confounding, we need spiritual practice more than ever. Philip Goldberg joins me to share the tools you need to access peace and strength within you—at a moment’s notice, in whatever time you have.

Philip Goldberg has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years. He is the author or co-author of some 25 books published in more than a dozen languages. His book American Veda was named by Huffington Post and Library Journal as one of the Top 10 Religion Books of 2010; it was followed in 2018 by the popular biography The Life of Yogananda. He blogs on Spirituality & Health and cohosts the Spirit Matters podcast. We’ll be talking about his book, Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times. Find out more about Phil and his work at https://philipgoldberg.com.

How can we apply ancient wisdom to the challenges and choices of today’s world? Diane Dreher, author of The Tao of Inner Peace, joins me to talk about how we can create greater harmony within and around us by combining awareness and action. By recognizing nature’s enduring principles, we can expand our awareness, gain peace, and then take effective action to change the world around us.

 

Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. Her books, The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Personal Leadership, The Tao of Womanhood, Inner Gardening, and Your Personal Renaissance, have been translated into ten languages. Her research on positive psychology and hope has been published in academic books and journals, and her work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, and websites on leadership and personal growth.

Diane has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a Master’s Degree in Counseling. She is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Professor Emeritus and Associate Director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University and a Lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom.

Find out more about Diane and her work at https://dianedreher.com.

We know our kids are unique, wonderful, frustrating, always-evolving beings. As parents … and as teachers, aunts, uncles, adults who care about the planet … how can we know what our children need to be healthier and to thrive in the world? Rates of depression and anxiety are rising in our kids, and consciously awakening parents are looking for new tools. Julie Hatch is here to share her views on holistically raising kids from the inside out.

Julie Phillips Hatch is a pediatric nurse practitioner, an acupuncturist, a parenting specialist, and a mom. She is a traditional western medicine practitioner, turned alternative holistic practitioner. Her passion has always been helping kids. She spent many years working in pediatrics, first in pediatric intensive care, then in neonatal intensive care. Eventually her focus shifted, and she found her way into the realm of eastern medicine and holistic health. Julie’s new book is A Parenting Revolution for Higher Evolution. Find out more about Julie and her work at https://juliephillipshatch.com.

We need healing, and so does our troubled world. Today’s guest says that the Universe is waiting for you to remember who you are. But how do we begin this process of waking up? How can we embrace and honor our inner Light without getting bogged down in old programming and limiting mindsets? Lynn Patner shares how she healed herself and now helps to heal others by becoming aware of unconscious programming and stepping into a more abundant life.

Lynn Patner, M.S.W. is a warm, funny, insightful and compassionate teacher. A Certified Hypnotherapist and Reiki Practitioner, Lynn's studies include Native American traditions, Shamanism, Eastern Traditions, a variety of energy therapies and healing practices. She weaves all of these disciplines into comprehensible teachings, providing tools to share with her clients and students. Lynn gives to those that wish to learn more, a sense of purpose and balance toward creating the life you have always desired, guiding them to experience the brilliance of their own inner light. Her mission in life is to assist others on the journey of awakening to their unlimited potentials and the uniqueness of their own being. Her new book is The Awakened Soul: Discovering the Light Within.  Find out more about Lynn and her work at https://lynnpatner.com.

Our children know … better than we do, sometimes ... that we are more than what we perceive. There is an unseen world, opening through our imagination, our intuition, that kids have clearer access to. Elizabeth Cosmos, spiritual healer and teacher, and author of the Energy Annie series of award-winning conscious children’s books, is with me to talk about how and why we can talk with our kids about energy.

International author, teacher, and practitioner Elizabeth Cosmos has been involved in spiritual healing for more than thirty years. She was responsible for the founding and development of a comprehensive, hospital-based integrated medicine program for integrative therapies at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, and she is also the founder of the International Association of Ama-Deus, LLC. Her work has been featured in such international publications as National Geographic.

In 1989, Beth worked three years in the study of Ama-Deus healing method, of which the last seven months was intensive training with Alberto Aguas before his passing. This sacred wisdom called Ama-Deus is being carried forward directly as was transmitted to her from Alberto.

Beth is an ordained Minister in the Science of Mind Church for Spiritual Healing, and earned her doctorate degree in Energy Medicine at Holos University Graduate Seminary. She is the author of Ama-Deus Healing with the Sacred Energies of the Universe and the award-winning children’s series The Adventures of Energy Annie. Find out more at energyannie.com.

It takes real courage to be empathic. Trusting and working with the emotions, feelings, and knowledge we pick up intuitively is an art form. Elaine Clayton is here to help us understand empathy and use that special insight to find out about ourselves, our place in the universe, and learn to be protected and confident as we explore.

Elaine Clayton is an internationally known author, artist, teacher, intuitive healing arts practitioner and Reiki Master in NYC, CT and Atlanta. Her books on intuitive intelligence and creativity include The Way of the Empath; Making Marks: Discover the Art of Intuitive Drawing; and Illuminara Intuitive Journal. She is also the author and illustrator of many books for children, including Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley and Gregory Maguire, author of the popular novel that birthed the smash hit Broadway play, Wicked. Other new titles include books in the A Little Bit Of series, including A Little Bit of Angels and A Little Bit of Fairies. Find out more about Elaine and her work at elaineclayton.com.

How messy is the space you’re in right now? And how does that make you feel? Some types of clutter might feel OK to live with … while other kinds of clutter feel jarring and uncomfortable. Kerri Richardson knows that you can use your clutter woes to transform your life. When you get curious about the reasons you struggle to clear clutter, she says, you can discover secrets to success that have been under your nose the whole time.

Kerri Richardson is a mindset coach and the bestselling author of What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You and her latest book, From Clutter to Clarity. Through online courses, private coaching, and her international membership community, Clutter Clear Your Life, she has helped thousands of people learn to use their blocks as steppingstones to living their best lives. Find out more at kerririchardson.com.

What can a 14th century English mystic teach us about living through times of pandemic and turbulence? Mirabai Starr joins me to talk about how Julian of Norwich’s “Revelations of Divine Love” brings sacred feminine wisdom and an invitation to respond with an open heart to even the most difficult circumstances.

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the best books of 2019. Julian of Norwich: The Showings, a new edition of her contemporary translation of Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love, will be released in a few days, featuring a foreword by Fr. Richard Rohr. Mirabai lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Find out more at mirabaistarr.com.

If you are on the edge of burnout—or already there; if you are proud of being a workaholic; if you are so focused on getting things done that you forget to enjoy the journey… then Lillian So has a message for you. She truly believes that by understanding the five layers of the body you can change every aspect of your life and start seeing and feeling transformation in a short amount of time.

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Lillian So is an integrator and facilitator of transformation. She has more than twenty years of industry experience in creating psychological safety, group facilitation, and compassionate communication. The founder of SOfit SF Inc., Lillian is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor, yoga educator and therapist, non-violent communication facilitator, life coach, integrative healer, and mystic.

Her signature fitness and yoga programs have helped people transform their relationship with their bodies through intentional movement, music, and community. Lillian's coaching programs, which attract an international audience, have helped people transform every aspect of their lives through the five pillars of the SO method: biology, programming, inner compass, communication, and manifesting.

Her new book is: So Empowered! Discover the Five Layers of the Body to Take Control of Your Life.

How many journals do you own? People buy me beautiful blank books … and I buy them for myself. I promise I will write in them … I sit down with a fancy pen … open the book … and nothing. This has been going on for years. On today’s show, Noelle Van Vlierbergen shares how she came up with a method that actually works to get you journaling, and how this practice can help you move through change.

You can find the freebie Noelle offers in our interview (a tool to help you feel better in 3 minutes) by clicking right here. 

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Noelle Van Vlierbergen is a certified Integrative Health Counselor, Life and Addiction Recovery Coach.

She is the author of Day by Daybook: A Planner for Change; and The Sober Leap: Practical Wisdom to Create an Amazing Life Beyond Addiction. She is also the founder of Sober Moxie, an online resource that provides community, guidance and inspiration to women in sobriety.

Find out more at https://daybydaybook.com.