The New Dimensions Café

Michael Gelb, Ph.D. is a business consultant, seminar leader, and authority on applying genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He’s also a certified qigong teacher. His books include Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success (co-author Sarah Miller Caldicott) (Plume 2008), Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age (co-author Kelly Howell) (New World Library 2012), How To Think Like Leonard da Vinci : Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Dell 2000), Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius (Sounds True 2014)
Interview Date: 2/20/2012.      Tags: Michael J. Gelb, Ph.D., Michael Gelb, Brain, aging, Self Help

Ronita Johnson, an African American daughter of a preacher, grew up initially in the southern part of the U.S., and later in Northern California. She came of age during the civil rights movement. She is a certified integral coach, and a convener and guide of sacred women’s circles including a monthly forgiveness circle in Berkeley, California. Johnson has worked with inclusion and diversity issues since the 1980s. She is the author of: Coming To Forgiveness: A Daughter’s Story of Race, Rage, and Religion (Ronita Johnson & Associates 2012). 
Interview Date: 4/6/2012.       Tags: Ronita Johnson, forgivenes,s gratitude, civil rights movement, molestation, family secrets, circles, circle work, deep listening, shame, Personal Transformation

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founding Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Caucus, where she is working nationally and internationally with grassroots leaders, policy-makers, business people and scientists to promote resilient communities and foster a post-carbon energy future, while also addressing societal transformation. She is an advisor to the International Eco-Cities Framework and Standards Initiative; an international advocate for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature; and has traveled to five continents studying ancient and modern cultures while making presentations at international conferences and universities. In addition to her advocacy work, she is a bronze sculptor and author. She is the author of Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature (White Cloud Press 2010) (Winner of 2011 Nautilus Book Award)
Interview Date: 1/11/2012       Tags: mp3 Osprey Orielle Lake, water,climate change, nature, Ecology/Nature/Environment

Jan Phillips is an award-winning photographer, writer, multimedia artist, and national workshop leader. She's co-founder and Executive Director of the Livingkindness Foundation, a global network for grassroots philanthropists. She is the author of many books and CDs, including The Art of Original Thinking: The Making of a Thought Leader (9th Element Press 2006), Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity (Quest Books 1997), God Is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing Art (Quest Books 2000), Born Gay: Images & Reflections of an Ordinary Lesbian (Jan Phillips 2003), No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity (Livingkindness Foundation 2011)
Interview Date: 11/4/2011    Tags: Personal Transformation, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known speaker. She is a former board member of the Ms. Foundation, an advocate for a 5th UN World Conference on Women, a convener of the Millionth Circle Initiative, and a permanent representative to the UN of the Pathways to Peace NGO. Her books include The Tao of Psychology (Harper & Row 1979), Goddesses in Every Woman (Harper Paperbacks, 2004), God’s in Every Man (Harper & Row 1989), Crones Don't Whine (Red Wheel/Weiser 2003), The Millionth Circle (Conari Press 1999), Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women (Conari Press 2004), Save the World (Conari Press, 2005), Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can People Can Save the Planet (Conari Press 2010), Artemis: the Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman (Conari Press 2014)
Interview Date: 7/9/2014.        Tags: MP3, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Artemis, trees, mythology, myths, Tree people, Mother bear in mythology, dreams,

Kara Valentine is a co-founder and COO of Threads Worldwide. Through collaboration with thousands of Artisans and Fair Trade Partners around the world, Threads Worldwide is dedicated to building a growing market for handmade goods. Partnering with artisan cooperatives and businesses it seeks to create dignified jobs for women through the fair trade of artisan jewelry made by women from Uganda to Ecuador. Many of these artisans have watched their dreams become a reality: dreams of sending their children to school, accessing healthcare, and making their homes safer. 
Interview Date: 9/27/2019         Tags: Kara Valentine, Threads Worldwide, fair trade partners, livable wage, developing countries, privilege, handmade jewelry, women living in poverty, penpals, Angela Melfi, #trustthechills, premature baby, authenticity, take the first step, labyrinth, Guatemala, Lake Atitlan, Business, Art & Creativity, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation, Global Culture, Community, Women’s Studies

Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. is among a handful of individuals awarded the distinguished service award by the National Alzheimer’s Association. In 2001 he founded The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which researches and distributes knowledge on kindness, giving and spirituality. Post served as a co-chair of the United Nations Population Fund Conference on Spirituality and Global Transformation. He’s a professor in the Department of Preventative Medicine at Stony Brook University and founder and director of the Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics. He’s a leader in medicine research and religion and the author of several books, including Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving (Broadway Books 2008), he Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2nd edition 2000) and God and Love on Route 80: The Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness. 
Interview Date: 10/31/2019         Tags: Stephen G Post, synchronicity, Joseph Michael Foley, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, forgetfulness, deeply forgetful people, terminal lucidity, Rudy Tanzi, M.S., Heather Hill Nursing Facility, Personal Transformation, Spirituality, Health & Healing

Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, scholar of mythology, and student of ritual in traditional cultures. He has the unusual ability to tap into ancestral sources of wisdom and connect them into the stories we are living today. Michael is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation. He is the author of The World Behind the World (GreenFire Press 2006), The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul (GreenFire Press 2006), Fate and Destiny, The Two Agreements of the Soul (revised & expanded, Greenfire Press 2012), Why the World Doesn't End, Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss (Greenfire Press 2012)
Date: 8/18/2014       Tags: Michael Meade, genius, talents, IQ, teacher as mentor, suicide, The Genius Project, soul, Personal Transformation, Social Change/Politics, Education

Peter Russell, D.C.S. is an author and meditation teacher focusing on consciousness and spirituality. His studies include theoretical physics, mathematics, experimental psychology, and computer science. His principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through. His work seeks to distill the essence of the world’s spiritual traditions and present them in ways relevant to current times. In 1982, with his bestseller of the same name, he coined the term “global brain” and predicted the Internet and the impact it would have on our culture. His many books include: Waking Up in Time: Finding Inner Peace in Times of Accelerating Change (Origin Press 1992), The Global Brain (3rd Edition, Floris Books 2008), From Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness (New World Library 2001) and The Brain Book: Know Your Own Mind and How to Use It (Routledge and Kegan Paul 1979)
Interview Date: 2/10/2015          Tags: MP3, Peter Russell, consciousness, problem solving, root causes, global crisis, wisdom, spiritual traditions, peace, meditation, direct path, ritual,  creativity, mindfulness, becoming present, Meditation, Personal Transformation, Philosophy

David Hanscom, M.D. is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex spine problems in all areas of the spine. He is the author of Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain (Vertus Press 2012). 
Interview Date: 4/13/2013  Tags: David Hanscom, M.D., stress and anxiety, chronic pain, education, dysfunctional families, bullying, Hoffman Institute, Dr. Daniel Wegner paper White Bears, Dr. David D. Burns Feeling Good about Negative Thoughts, negative thoughts, Health & Healing, psychology