Pesticide use is one of the hidden killers of many forms of life. Bees, which are crucial to sustaining our food supply, are dying at unprecedented rates due to chemical poisoning from spraying of lawns, golf courses, orchards and other grassy areas and plants. Pesticide consumption on fruit, vegetables and exposure from lawn care companies is linked to cancer rates among children and animals. Thankfully, activists like Avery Yale Kamila are working hard to educate us all about the dangers of this, and the importance of buying organic and allowing our lawns to grow naturally. In this interview, Avery discusses her work through Portland Protectors, what lawn care/pesticide companies are hiding from you and how we can all take small steps to promote chemical-free lawns, plants and bees.

Be sure to listen at 19:26 on how lawn care companies are not telling you the full story when it comes to "partially organic" spraying for lawns. And at 34:00 on simple steps you can take now to help make a difference.

Avery Yale Kamila is a long-time food columnist for the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine, where she currently writes the Vegan Kitchen column. In 2015, she co-founded Portland Protectors, a grassroots group working to pass an organic lawn care ordinance in the city. She studied science at SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry and journalism at Syracuse University. She lives with her husband and son in downtown Portland.

Learn more about Avery and her work at:

www.facebook.com/portlandprotectors

www.change.org/p/portland-city-c…in-portland-maine

www.pressherald.com/food/vegetarian-kitchen/

For more about me, you can visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.

Many of us are searching for more holistic ways to approach our health and the connection we have with our care providers. Dr. Catherine Krouse is on the cutting-edge of innovation in health care with a direct primary care model she created in Lotus Family Practice in Famouth, Maine. With this centered around personal connection, community, holistic and herbal remedies and wellness. No insurance companies, just you and personal attention from the doctor! Amazing.

Dr. Catherine M. Krouse is a board certified family physician. She was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and then headed to Philadelphia for college and medical school. At Temple University she received her Bachelor’s degree in World Religion. She received her medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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At this point she needed a break from city life and was drawn to Maine for family medicine residency, graduating in June 2014. Her experience studying both the humanities as well as medical science helped to shape her perspective of medicine and her practice. Every person is unique in their experience and thus requires a unique path to health and healing. Dr. Krouse is committed to providing the tools and support that allow patients to heal on many levels.

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In addition, yoga is an important part in Dr. Krouse’s life and medical practice. She has received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification through Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. Her classes are a mix of guided meditation, Hatha (holding postures), and Vinyasa (flowing through postures) with the intention to create space in order to listen to the wisdom all of our bodies possess. Learn more at www.lotusfamilypractice.com.

For about me, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.

I had the joy of speaking with Paul Knoll recently about his work in To Live For, his sharing the stories of others, and his experiences in his shamanic practice. Join me for this conversation with Paul about promoting the passions and gifts of others, learning from the wisdom of animals and Native American traditions, and how we can rediscover our childhood gifts and connect with Nature to find our purpose and listen better to the Earth.

Paul spent nearly 20 years in education as a counselor and administrator at the college, high school, and middle school levels. Once driven to become a leading educator in public schools, a brain injury from toxic mold in his school forced Paul to re-learn basic living and communication skills, but this very difficult time helped him to realize that he needed to find a healthier way to live. As a child, Paul was very engaged and intrigued by the Native American culture, so his injury helped him reconnect to his childhood gifts and passions. Through various alternative healing modalities, Paul became very interested in the shamanic practice, and has since helped others become more deeply connected with their inner self and with the beautiful nature that surrounds us. He promotes the concept of living in unison and trust with nature, living simply, and caring for each other, our communities, and our globe.

Paul was honored to be a story teller for the live production of The Moth Radio Hour at the State Theater in Portland, Maine in June 2013. This story was distributed nationally and world wide in the winter of 2015. Paul’s stories and poems have been published across New England in newspapers and magazines and on radio shows. He enjoys scuba diving, photography, biking, golf, learning to dance, surfing, travel, and just being by the ocean. Paul has two amazing daughters, Ally and Anne, who have supported him during some very challenging times. They are to live for!

Paul founded To Live For with his wife Donna Maria to bring upliftment, positive energy, and inspiration to many people around the world. Learn more at www.tolivefor.org.

If you liked this interview, you can follow this podcast for more like this to come (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com

You won't want to miss the transformational words here of Ronnie Landis, a brilliant soul doing ground-breaking work in nutrition, the field of human potential and in the mind-body-soul connection. With a diet raw, plant-based foods and a spiritual consciousness , Ronnie healed his own body and now works with thousands of others to do the same. Ronnie's insights into thoughts becoming material manifestations, releasing ourselves from emotional toxicity that impacts every other areas of our lives, and aligning with the spirit of the Creator truly will alter how you think and act in your own life.

Ronnie Landis is an integrative nutritionist, transformation coach, and human behavioral specialist. His work focuses on enhancing the human experience through natural nutrition, lifestyle design, and consciousness engineering. With well over a decade of devoted study & application to the fields of optimizing the body, mind, spirit and union through combining the universal principles of "you are what you think about and you are what you eat," Ronnie believes that in order to truly manifest our dreams we must first embody them in a healthy, hormonally balanced, and disease free body. After all, it is excruciatingly difficult to maintain an attitude of gratitude in a pain stricken body. Ronnie seeks to share his knowledge and teachings with hundreds of thousands of people around the world through his books, podcasts, online courses, YouTube TV show, events, seminars, and retreats. Learn more about Ronnie at www.holistichealthmastery.com and at www.ronnie-landis.com.

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Becky McKinnell is a unique sort of person. She started her own business at the age of 22, and it has grown into a successful company. Join me in this interview with Becky on how she did it; her story on fueling the inner drive toward her vision, working hard to overcome barriers, and always abiding by her mantra of relationships coming first.

Becky McKinnell is an entrepreneur who loves design and believes that building a company should be fun.

She started her first company, iBec Creative (www.ibeccreative.com) in 2006 the day after she graduated from University of Southern Maine. She taught herself web development, design and digital marketing and was able to grow her company by bootstrapping. She currently has 13 amazing, kind, and talented full time employees and 150 happy clients around the country who are growing their businesses.

In 2010, she combined forces with Mark Girr to start her second company, iKNO Intranet (www.iknointranet.com), a social intranet software designed for companies between 50 and 500 employees that need an easy and intuitive way to communicate online.

Becky is honored to be featured in Business Week's Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under. She was awarded Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the year, and was a recipient of the Stevie Women in Business Award.

If you liked this interview, you can follow this podcast for more like this to come (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com

Angels are coming more into our lives these days. Some of us are aware of our guardian angel, others are familiar with the archangels that can protect, heal and inspire us. This live meditation opens our hearts and souls to connecting with an angel from the higher realm to receive love and support in our everyday lives.

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Forgiving ourselves, forgiving another, or asking for forgiveness can be exceedingly difficult. Admitting that we have wronged another, or that we have been holding a grudge against another, is not a feeling in which we often choose to dwell. So we often push the feeling aside, hoping it will go away. But it doesn't. Instead, these negative feelings can create energy blockages that have ripple effects in other areas of our lives. This live guided meditation will guide you through the process of first forgiving yourself (a crucial foundational step), then to forgiving another and releasing what no longer serves us, and lastly to asking the soul of another for forgiveness.

If you liked this meditation, you can follow this podcast for more like this to come (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com

During the holidays or family gatherings in particular, we spend a lot of time with those outside of ourselves. We may feel re-energized or sapped from these interactions. We may feel centered or off-balance.

This guided meditation is designed to help you re-connect to your inner self, to who you are deep down, so that you may find a sense of centeredness and alignment once again.

If you liked this meditation, you can follow this podcast for more like this to come (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com

Many of us are aware that humans have been causing the destruction of the Earth for years now. We often feel scared, angry and helpless about what we can do to shift the tides and heal the planet. Thankfully, there is a movement afoot, called The Great Turning, founded by Joanna Macy, which provides us with a course of action as we move from an industrial growth society to one that supports and nurtures all forms of life on Earth. Claire Maitre is a teacher and a leader in this movement through the Work That Reconnects network. I am so delighted to share this interview today with Claire. Be sure to check out at 50:47 Claire's hopeful message about how, by focusing purely on love and on small, everyday actions, we can help to heal ourselves and our Earth.

Claire Maitre has trained extensively with Dr. Joanna Macy to facilitate workshops in the Work That Reconnects [http://workthatreconnects.org], designed to help us uncover and experience our innate connections with each other and the healing powers of the web of life so that we can discover our role in creating a life-sustaining civilization. Pioneered by Joanna Macy since the late 1970’s, this highly experiential and interactive work draws from systems thinking, deep ecology, and many spiritual traditions. Claire facilitates workshops primarily in SE Michigan and loves to help people reconnect with their sense of purpose and meaning for being here on Earth at this momentous time in human history. Claire currently lives in an intentional community in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is inspired in her work by caring for her grandsons, ages 2 and 5. Claire’s website: http://chrysalistransitions.com/

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It is always so inspiring to witness someone embracing their truth and following their heart. Mary Schmaling-Kearns is one of these gifted souls drawn to helping others recognize the sacredness of their bodies through henna art, Reiki and tattooing. Learn about how she found this field, began transforming the lives of clients, and developed her passions into a business in this interview.

Mary Schmaling-Kearns has be found throughout the country beautifying Henna art on folks since 1996. She has traveled across the globe from Mardi Gras to international music festivals traveling and enjoying beautifying people. Mary traveled to India to photograph & document the Art of Mehndi and study its rich history. She is a respected multimedia artist and holds a BFA majoring in photography. Mary has exhibited her art working galleries and has held lectures and conferences in the art world. She brings her natural ability to intuitively paint freehand. You can find her wall murals across the state adorning private homes, businesses and in many yoga studios. Mary has been a Usui Reiki Master Teacher since 2004 and she ran a Reiki clinic for 10 years. She combines her Reiki healing for her clients making the connection of the mind, body and spirit while tattooing. Mary has brought her years of experience as an artist to her tattooing at 13 Moons tattoo studio. People who have received henna art or permanent tattoos from Mary have walked away transformed.

You can learn more about Mary at:

The Eye of Henna

13 Moons Tattoo Studio

The Healing Art of Reiki

Henna Artist, Murals, Photography, Permanent Tattoos

Reiki Master Teacher

207-761-0636

www.theeyeofhenna.com

www.healingartofreiki.com

If you liked this interview, you can follow this podcast for more like this to come (or subscribe on iTunes). To learn more about me, Rachel Horton White, please visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com