The New Dimensions Café

Zachiah Murray is a landscape architect and member of the Order of Interbeing in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. She is the author of Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools for Digging In the Dirt.
Interview Date: 1/12/2013         Tags:MP3, Zachiah Murray, mindfulness, gardening, breath, meditation, nature, trees, taking a shower, water, weeding the garden, pests, Meditation, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Spirituality

Patricia Sun graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the top two percent of her class in 3-1/2 years from the University of California, Berkeley with two degrees, one in Social Sciences: Psychology and the other in Conservation and Natural Resources. She began her work as a family counselor. Her work today concentrates directly on creative solutions: “re-creating” thought patterns and “re-perceiving” experience. She is a pioneer in describing “right-brain” thought and is considered to be a teachers’ teacher. She leads workshops and gives private consultations.
Interview Date: 1/17/2012   Tags: Patricia Sun, fear, worry, Personal Transformation

Steve McIntosh is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and is a co-founder of the think tank, The Institute for Cultural Evolution. His books include Integral Consciousness: The Future of Evolution (Paragon House 2011) and Evolution's Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins (Select Books 2012)
Interview Date: 9/18/2012        Tags: MP3, Steve McIntosh, J.D., Evolution, cultural evolution, cosmological evolution, biological evolution, purpose, meaning, goodness, psycho-social evolution, psychosocial evolution, integral philosophy, modernism, Japan and cultural evolution, Social Change

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) and Why the World Doesn't End, Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss (Greenfire Press 2012). His CD recordings include The Soul of Change (Mosaic Audio 2010), The Ends of Time, the Roots of Eternity: Tales of Myth, Nature & Culture (Mosaic Audio 2007) and Finding Genius In Your Life (Mosaic Audio  2014)
Interview Date: 8/13/2012   Tags: Michael Meade, Mythology

A former innovative farmer, James Olson is a philosopher whose studies have included business, engineering, art, Eastern and Western religion, yoga, qigong, psychology, language, neuro-linguistic programming, sacred geometry, and brain science. For many years, he’s investigated the effects of brain perspective on government, corporate life, war, and our personal lives. He’s the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America (Origin Press 2011).
Interview Date: 1/30/2012      Tags: James Olson, Brain, Right Brain, Left Brain, Psychology, Science, Personal Transformation

Diana Raab is an advocate of the healing power of writing and teaches nation-wide workshops and in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. She’s an award-winning memoirist and poet. Her books include Healing With Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey (Loving Healing Press 2010), Regina’s Closet, editor of Writers and Their Notebooks (University of South Carolina Press 2010) and Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency (co-editor James Brown) (Modern History Press 2012). 
Interview Date: 3/22/2012  Tags: Diana Raab, journaling, journal, Writing, Personal Transformation

Robert J. Wicks, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and serves as a professor in the graduate programs in pastoral counseling at Loyola University, Maryland.  In 1994 he was responsible for the psychological debriefing of relief workers evacuated from Rwanda during their bloody civil war. In 2006, he delivered a presentation on self-care to health care professionals responsible for Iraqi war veterans with multiple amputations and severe head injuries at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and Walter Reed Army Hospital. He's the author of many books including Riding the Dragon: 10 Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times (Sorin Books 2012), Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (Oxford University Press 2009), Prayerfulness: Awakening to the Fullness of Life (Sorin Books 2009) and Streams of Contentment: Lessons I Learned on My Uncle's Farm (Sorin Books 2011).

Interview Date: 11/3/2011 Tags:  Spirituality, Self Help, Psychology, Personal Transformation, Philosophy

Azarm Ghareman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, and holds advanced degrees in chemistry and business administration, and has conducted many professional training workshops. She is the author of Longing for a Land: The Story of a Persian Woman's Individuation in America (Mazda Connections 2005) and Six Life Secrets of Content Women: a Guide for Emotional Self-Care (Mazda Connections 2010)Interview Date: 6/7/2011 Tags: Women's Studies, Personal Transformation, Psychology, Self Help

Thomas Huebl is a spiritual teacher and workshop presenter who has dedicated his life to the task of exploring consciousness and supporting people worldwide in this exploration. He founded The Celebrate Life Festival and The Academy of Inner Science. He resides in Germany.
Interview Date: 4/1/2012  Tags: Thomas Hübl,Thomas Huebl, being awake, transparent communication, competency of silence, thinking, competence of movement, the shadow, stillness, Philosophy, Psychology

Lama Surya Das, a renowned Western Buddhist meditation teacher and scholar, teaches and lectures around the world, conducting dozens of meditation retreats and workshops each year. He is the founder and spiritual director of the Dzogchen Foundation, and founder of the Western Buddhist Teachers Network. He is the author of many books, including Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World (Broadway 1997), Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living (HarperOne 2008), Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the Infinite Possibilities of Now (HarperOne 2011)

Interview Date: 6/20/2011