SoundBalming with Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields

Amy Dempster helps in understanding the healing power of the earth. What began as openly sharing her spiritual journey on her popular blog Following Hawks, has become a resource for others wanting to learn how to communicate with nature and share their own unique healing gifts with the earth. 

Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Earth Tenders Academy, an immersive online journey to help others re- establish their connection with their ancient ancestors, learn to communicate with the seen and unseen forces in their environment and respectfully offer their healing energy to places in need. 

www.followinghawks.com

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Making the journey to financial wellness requires moving beyond dollars, cents, and budgets. People struggling with money problems didn’t know how to prevent and don’t know how to “solve” need more than lessons in money management they don’t relate to.

So, in this episode, I explore the role of trauma in money problems and learn a trauma-informed approach to financial wellness with Seanté Hatcher.

Seanté is a trained Clinical Social Worker who is passionate about helping those who are in or have overcome financial hardship (self-inflicted or not) and want to set boundaries, be fulfilled, and live life on purpose. 

www.readysetmerge.com

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It may seem that there’s nothing you can do about your stress level. The bills aren’t going to stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day for all your errands, COVID-19, and your career or family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have a lot more control than you might think. In fact, the simple realization that you’re in control of your life is the foundation of stress management.

Join me today as I talk with Sandy Woznicki, the stress and Anxiety Coach and Mindful Teacher dedicated to helping you become the happiest version of you.  In this episode, Sandy shares tools to help you become calm and confident and able to handle anything life throws at you. 

www.stressandanxietycoach.com

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On the surface, it may appear that we live in an extrovert’s world and that the most vocal, visible, and socially connected people employ more natural confidence and presence. Society tends to view more outgoing people as having a desired “it-factor,” propelling them to higher levels of success than those who are more introverted. 

However, introverted people possess a great deal of positive attributes that are becoming more valued in both personal and professional realms. These include strengths like good listening skills, being more thoughtful and strategic in their decision-making, and the ability to pay attention and provide intuitive insight—all demonstrating a high level of confidence to the outside world. 

Visibility Expert Amelia Roberts joins me to share some simple introvert-friendly ways to channel your inner confidence and become more visible. 

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Whether you have questions about your love life, need help making a big life decision, or want to know what your future looks like (don't we all!), Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields and Medium Barbi Dahl have teamed up to offer live, free readings to the SoundBalming community.

These online readings may be able to give you the clarity you need to move forward with confidence.

Still a bit cynical? Maybe, that's because you're picturing a veiled fortune teller clutching a crystal ball in a dark-lit room, promising the imminent arrival of someone tall, dark, and handsome. Throw that image away.

Barbi is a genuinely gifted individual who uses extrasensory perception to reveal hidden truths about your life, shed light on issues that are holding you back, and help you make changes if they sense trouble is lurking ahead.

So, if you're ready for an eye-opening one-on-one Medium reading experience, send us an email to
[email protected], and maybe you will be selected to be on the show.

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Marketing never stops. Even when a crisis event like coronavirus seems to be consuming everyone’s attention, you still have to get your message out — but do so in a sensitive, thoughtful way. How? JP Clement, CEO, boomtime,  recently offered some insights with me on SoundBalming.

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Perfectionism is officially infamous — it is now one of the most popular responses to the interview question “What is your biggest weakness?”. It is quite likely that perfectionism is assumed to be a strength that manifests as a weakness, hence desirable and safely sharable in a job interview. However, even as we tout perfectionism as weakness, most of us have not spent the time to realize its true perils. Many of us fall into the trap of perfectionism. It is pervasive and on the rise, impacting individuals, teams, and organizations.

If perfectionistic thinking is causing you stress, listen to Dr. Shelly Johnson as she shares some steps you can take to work toward healing on your own.

Shelly Johnson teaches ethics and a variety of other philosophy classes at Georgetown College in Kentucky. She blogs at Love is Stronger.

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In today's special Mother's Day episode,  I speak with Natalie Estelle, Co-Founder and CEO of Preemie Moms Rock. This non-profit organization served Moms of premature babies about the recent launch of 52 Self-Care Tips for NICU Moms from a NICU Mom. 

Natalie Estelle shares candidly with Dr.  Shields about the years that have led up to where she is today: the heartbreak and loss, the learning to trust her own voice as a patient, and the healing and hope shines through her six-year-old daughter Andrea.

www.mrsnatalieestelle.com

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Why is it that some people seem to shine in any sphere in which they choose to exert themselves, and others cannot manage even a glimmer despite obvious talent?

Research shows that it’s the way that they think about their ability that really counts.

Most of those who have achieved greatness, to use Shakespeare’s phrase, have worked extremely hard to get there. Many were told that they would never amount to anything. But they believed that they could achieve, and worked hard to do so.

Andi Saitowitz joins me to talk about how working on your own mindset could be the single most important thing you ever do to help you achieve success.

Andi is a global personal development strategist, transformation coach for mastering change and author of Rise & Shine Personal Development Journal. Andi brings her wealth of knowledge, expertise and extensive training in EQ, positive psychology & high performance mindset together with her unwavering passion for personal development leadership into her coaching.

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How do you sum up a life in 30 to 40 pages? By highlighting the poignant moments, funny stories, and unique photos that sum up what life is all about: childhood, culture, love, military service, hope, death, raising kids... life challenges and how we overcome them. 
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These are the unifying experiences that should be celebrated, captured, and shared with future generations. These are the stories that come out in our unique interview process to create one-of-a-kind keepsake albums that your family will treasure, pass down, and revisit for years to come.

To talk about writing and the power of story, I sat down with author and storyteller Corey Johnson. Corey is the author of Courageous, a story loosely based on the life of Avon "Flubber" Johnson Sr. In this story, a young man from the streets of Baltimore is raised by a single mother and a family of proud, hard-working Carolina folk who has a lot of Faith and Pride. Still, because of Flubber' lifestyle, he ended in prison and consequently died from AIDS.

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