Jiffy Read has a unique approach to spiritual growth. She says, ‘I approach riding with the spiritual principles of non-judgment, non-attachment, and non-resistance. Horses are perfect mirrors, and you have a potent opportunity to really delve into acceptance, and the heart of What Is.’ Jiffy has been my online friend for years. She is ‘wicked smart,’ too funny and full of deep insights. She is a long time horse whisperer, computer geek, and now people whisperer. Expect an exciting and fun ride on this week’s show. She believes that when we feel whole within ourselves, we experience ease and fulfillment in our work and our relationships. So what prevents us from experiencing that wholeness, and causes us to struggle in our daily lives? How can we develop an awareness of those obstacles so that we might address them?

Listen to our conversation; I’ve learned that Jiffy is full of surprises.

Deonna Kelli Sayed, an American-Muslim writer and cultural commentator returns to The Farkas Files.On occasion, she also delves into paranormal investigation. Deonna is the author of Paranormal Obsession: America’s Fascination with Ghosts & Hauntings, Spooks & Spirits, (Sept 2011) which we discussed the last time she talked with us. She has a new book,So You Want To Hunt Ghost?: A Down-To-Earth-Guide, (October 2012) and I’m looking forward to hearing what she has done with this one. Our perspectives on ‘ghost hunting’ are similar, but a bit off the beaten paranormal path.

I heard a psychologist say that more than 80% of families are dysfunctional. Is dysfunction ‘normal’? It is at least wide spread and Katherine Mayfield has both stories from her own childhood and those of many others in her two books about this important issue. If you suspect or know you come from a dysfunctional family, this edition of The Farkas Files is for you!

Nothing in Eva Herr’s past pointed to how her life would evolve. She worked, most of her life, in legal offices as a litigation paralegal . But all of that was about to change in ways she could never have conceived. Now she is an expert in alternative health and a thought leader in the field of consciousness.

Amy Mager is an amazing conundrum. An orthodox Jewish Mom who is not only a licensed practitioner of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, but a black belt in Karate. She also works with pregnant women and new moms as a lactation consultant and was trained as a mid-wife.

She is a force to be reckoned with and both my acupuncturist and good friend. Now, we all get to hear her story of her amazing journey, including studing in Hong Kong!

Amy’s study of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine began after these treatments provided her life-changing benefits from her own chronic pain and illness. She was first licensed in California where acupuncturists are licensed primary health care providers. She has been practicing in the Pioneer Valley (Western Massachusetts) since 1992.

Amy was a breastfeeding peer counsellor for Hampshire County (Massachusetts) WIC from 1992-2006. She became a CLC, Certified Lacatation Counsellor in 2006.

She apprenticed for two years with Raven Lang, OMD, a midwife for twenty years before she began her practice of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Amy was also privileged to study with Dr. Miriam Lee, a highly respected acupuncturist and author.

Amy’s eight years of professional education includes a four-year Master of Science program at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine; with Master Herbalist Dr. Yat-Ki Lai and studies at the Post-Graduate Institute of Oriental Medicine in Hong Kong. She continues to expand her knowledge through classes, including an advanced certificate program in Chinese herbs and women’s health issues and gynecology.

The heart of Amy’s practice is her faith in the body’s ability to heal itself. While symptoms provide feedback, Amy’s work is based on healing the whole person rather than curing isolated symptoms.

If a joke started: ‘An Irishman and Buddhist walked into a pub…,’ Gerry Maguire Thompson would be both the Irishman and the Buddhist, and he would be telling the joke.

As Mark Twain said, ‘Sacred cows make the best hamburger.’ Join me to do just that with Gerry Maguire Thompson. His Irish accent and the quick dry wit will be the condiments.

We’ll be enjoying spiritual humor and insight with this author of many books, his latest: ‘Astral Sex to Zen Teabags: an Illustrated New Age Spoofapedia.’ Gerry is both a serious seeker and a disarmingly insightful spiritual humorist.

You may be familiar with clairvoyance, and mediumship, and precognition. My guest this week, John Stewart, is skilled and trained in those.

But, he is also trained in ‘Controlled Remote Viewing,’ a science based method of collecting information about a place or person remotely. Developed by the US government during the ‘Cold War’ with the Soviet Union, and used for decades for spying, CRV is now declassified and John has been trained in the method.

Want to learn more about what the human mind is capable of? Curious about all that stuff you heard about ‘psychic spies?’ Join me for this fascinating conversation with John Stewart.

As you know. I often talk about life being ‘Walk About.’ My guest this week, Paul Reinig of MasteringTrueLove.com, has a very dramatic story of incredible healing that was very clearly Walk About.

On this edition of The Farkas Files, David talks with Brother Gary Joseph, who tells us his amazing journey through life. Gary had died for 30 minutes and during that time he visited the afterlife and had an encounter with God himself. Listen to this incredible story and more on The Farkas Files.

Does being truly present in the moment change your mental health? This week’s guest says, yes!

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is in private practice in West Los Angeles and is author of the book The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing.

Dr. Goldstein contends that we have the power to transform our traumas and habitual patterns that keep us stuck in perpetual cycles of stress, anxiety, depression, or addiction and step into greater freedom and peace. He offers practical strategies to calm our anxious minds, transform negative emotions, and facilitate greater self acceptance, freedom and inner peace.