Sacred Stories

"Addictions are just a by product of having suffered so much pain, especially as children."

Aurora Esmeralda grew up feeling sad, alone, confused and unsafe. The sex trauma she endured at the age of four left a wound that manifested into a variety of addictions, diseases, and disorders, which included bulimia and stage three breast cancer. It also led to promiscuity and associating love with sex. Determined to take back her wholeness and wellness, she leaned on yoga and the healing power of food to restore her mind, body, heart and soul. Now she passionately shares her knowledge and wisdom with those who are also seeking to live vibrantly, authentically, and abundantly.

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Esmeralda is a certified Plant-Based Nutritionist, Yoga Instructor and Transformational Wellness Coach from Los Angeles, California. She started her incredible health journey as a child. Trauma, as we now know, is the gateway for most disorders and health issues.

After an abusive and neglectful childhood, Esmeralda battled an eating disorder for most of her teenage years and young adult life, as well as depression.

There were a number of times in Esmeralda’s life where she reached breaking point. She tried to commit suicide at 16, she went to rehab for bulimia at 23 and then the final straw was the devastating news that she had breast cancer when she was only 25 years old.

Instead of succumbing to the news and the disease, she took herself away and went on a journey involving the mind, body and the soul. She changed her diet to a raw food diet, she cleaned up her household products, she realized how much of a toxic world we live in and did everything in her power to fight against it and reclaim her body.

Her methodology worked. She went back 2 months later to see her oncologist and they were shocked. The tumor had disappeared completely. She removed herself from the western medical system and continued to self treat using food as medicine and yoga as her methodology for the mind and the soul.

She has been helping clients all over the world heal from serious and chronic life threatening conditions through her methodology of plant-based eating and stress reduction and body repair work through yoga practice.

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Could you be laughing more and stressing less?

When you can laugh heartily at life circumstances, you can feel oh so free. During this episode, may you enjoy the funny story and many ideas for seeing the lighter side of life. Gladdening the heart, reframing your perspective, and allowing mirth to bubble up in a belly laugh can cast many challenges in a delightful light.

Laura Staley shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired available from online retailers worldwide.

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Everyone in your life is a mirror.

People you encounter communicate something that you can learn about yourself, about being a human being. Tune in with Laura Staley to learn ways to filter other people’s feedback through your own internal guidance, to integrate the information that’s meaningful, and relinquish the rest. Being willing to listen to other people about how they experience you, can expand your self-awareness tenfold.

Laura Staley shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired available from online retailers worldwide.

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“The future is unconsciously created long in advance.” -Carl Jung

Dr. Bernie Siegel broke new ground with his monumental book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Today Bernie continues to impart wisdom about the true nature of love, life, and past lives in his entertaining and enlightening debut fiction novel Three Men, Six Lives.

A grand adventure born of Bernie’s experience of his current and past lives awaits you!

Tune in as Bernie shares the inspiration for his three engaging characters Jon Hokmak, George Dingfelder, and Carmine Birsamatto and find out why Dr. Brian Weiss, NY Times best selling author of Many Lives, Many Masters says "Three Men, Six Lives is Dr. Bernie Siegel's latest contribution to the evolution of medicine and psychiatry and to the transformative power of love as the ultimate healer. Timeless wisdom flows from the mouths of Bernie’s characters in this important and entertaining book. Concepts of spiritual psychotherapy, past lives, and the fearless courage born of unconditional love and awakened consciousness are carefully explored. I highly recommend Three Men, Six Lives to you."

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BERNIE S. SIEGEL, MD is a NY Times bestselling author, lecturer, founder of ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients) and a retired pediatric/general surgeon. Bernie has been called a leading teacher of the Mind-Body Connection and is well known for his groundbreaking book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Bernie is also the co-author with his grandson Charlie Siegel of their book of short writings and poetry When You Realize How Perfect Everything Is.

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Have you ever made a choice that wasn’t good for you? Laura shares a brief honest story of a not good choice she made and ideas to pattern interrupt the part of you that tends to override your body cues that say, “Flag on the Play!”

Listen in as you can create an intersection of trusting yourself and using discernment to free yourself of future regrettable decisions and Laura shares how.

Laura Staley shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired available from online retailers worldwide.

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"If your body has been victimized you begin to feel it. You have to give yourself permission to look at it, feel it, sense it and eventually purge it."

On this episode of The Sacral Circle, you'll meet Patricia S. Castillo, co-founder of the P.E.A.C.E Initiative. Patricia takes us through her powerful healing journey of getting to the core of her childhood traumas and addictions. She discusses her traumas, the challenges of healing the patriarchy, the power of forgiveness and the importance of healing the mind, as well as the body.

As a social worker she noticed how many people were suffering from similar experiences in her community. This set her on a mission that has impacted families all around the world. Patricia has passionately turned her pain into the fuel needed to help serve the world the way she was destined to.

Patricia S. Castillo is a Licensed Master Social Worker and co-founder of the P.E.A.C.E Initiative. P.E.A.C.E. is an acronym for Putting an End to Abuse through Community Efforts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of family domestic violence. She has served as its Executive Director since 1990.

As leader for the organization, Castillo has become nationally and internationally recognized as an expert in the prevention of family domestic violence. She has been invited to consult for women’s organizations and programs in Monterrey, Mexico City, and Cancun, and also served as a trainer for public school teachers in Ciudad Acuña in Mexico.

Additionally she served as consultant for the U.S. State Department, providing training in domestic violence prevention and intervention in Nicaragua and Ecuador. Nationally, Castillo has been recognized for her work by the National Compadres Network and was invited in 2010 to the White House, Cinco de Mayo Celebrations by Lynn Rosenthal , the first ever White House Advisor on issues of violence against women under President Obama. The P.E.A.C.E Initiative’s work was featured in the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships – A New Era of Partnerships: Report of Recommendations to President Obama.

Locally Castillo has received recognition for her work by governmental agencies and numerous organizations and institutions. Among these are Our Lady of the Lake University’s, Center for Women in Church and Society (outstanding Alumni-Community Service Award), St. Marys’ University Law School (St. Thomas Moore Award, for 30 years of community service in prevention and intervention in Family Violence), the San Antonio Chapter of the Association of Women in Communications, the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Community Voice Award) and by Univision-San Antonio as one of their “Lo Mejor de lo Nuestro” honorees.

Castillo is a pioneer and innovator in advocacy for family domestic violence prevention in local government programs. She was the first social worker ever assigned to the San Antonio Police Department in their Child Abuse Intervention Project and in their Sex Crimes Unit, Homicide Bureau. She served as Program Coordinator at the Bexar County’s Adult Detention Center and was a community organizer with Residents Organized for Better and Beautiful Environmental Development (ROBBED) and as Public Relations Coordinator for the Women’s Law Center. www.ThePeaceInitiative.net

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Do you have an aspiration buried deep inside of you that you know will take courage to act upon?

Tune into this episode of Transformation Matters to hear a story of overcoming fears, doubts of others along with several ideas that can support you being brave for your dreams. Fears begin to melt away as the fire of your vision expands. Living true to yourself and your deepest desires becomes a unique journey that only you can bravely walk.

Laura Staley shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired and passionately offers guidance for you to experience a holistic transformation of heart, space, body, and soul. It’s time for YOU to thrive!

As the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving in their hearts, homes, and lives. Laura writes personal essays focused on self-discovery, feng shui, emotional health, and transformations from the inside out.

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Have you been acting fake to fit in at the cost of your own dignity and experience of joy?

Listen to hear a brief funny story and ideas to access greater alignment in your thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds. When you do things from a willing, happy heart, life flows much smoother. Your experiences of inner balance and harmony become a liberation that you can celebrate.

Laura Staley shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired and passionately offers guidance for you to experience a holistic transformation of heart, space, body, and soul. It’s time for YOU to thrive!

As the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving in their hearts, homes, and lives. Laura writes personal essays focused on self-discovery, feng shui, emotional health, and transformations from the inside out.

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Have you been struggling with emotional reactivity that looks like bursts of anger, criticism, or spouting off in interactions with your spouse, children, or colleagues?

Tune in to Laura Staley’s honest reveal about her own reactivity and ideas that you can implement to begin to interrupt and shift this unhealthy pattern. Learn the power of the pause and bringing your body to neutral so the words you choose to speak come from the heart and opens new pathways to meaningful and empowered self-expression.

Laura shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired and passionately offers guidance for you to experience a holistic transformation of heart, space, body, and soul. It’s time for YOU to thrive!

As the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving in their hearts, homes, and lives. Laura writes personal essays focused on self-discovery, feng shui, emotional health, and transformations from the inside out.

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Do you know there’s a part of you that can listen to the words you speak, notice the thoughts you think, and feel the sensations in your body?

Join Laura Staley as she shares ways you can cultivate your inner fly on the wall as a beneficial partner in your journey to greater self-awareness. Listen to a brief story and tips, and gain insight into ways you can experience your inner voyeur.

Laura shares key themes from the book, Live Inspired and passionately offers guidance for you to experience a holistic transformation of heart, space, body, and soul. It’s time for YOU to thrive!

As the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving in their hearts, homes, and lives. Laura writes personal essays focused on self-discovery, feng shui, emotional health, and transformations from the inside out.

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