In celebration of the birthdate of Master of Yoga Dr. George King, Richard and I explore the path of King Yoga and what marks it out as a path for seekers who want to change the world and open the door of enlightenment!
Don’t miss:

• What can you do to work with karma, and even change it, instead of just enduring it?
• What if the root of our problems on Earth wasn’t political or even economic—but something deeper?
• What role can you play in fighting evil in our world – and how do you do it in a spiritual way?

This is Part 4 in our series on Yoga upgraded. Don’t miss it!

This episode of JOY Rules explores what it means to have the courage to bring your dreams down to Earth.  Lorelei's 'guest in the nest' is Don Simmons, a true renaissance man who has lived many lives in this lifetime. 
From Hollywood film sets to spiritual healing rooms, Don's life path has featured many acts and has been anything but ordinary. In this illuminating conversation, he traces the events that shaped his spiritual calling, including a near death experience in Hawaii and profound encounters with human suffering. 
In this soulful dialog, Lorelei reveals how Don's intuitive Pisces Sun and earth-anchored Venus in Taurus and Mars in Capricorn endow him with a rare blend of kindness, empathy and groundedness, making this a powerful conversation about purpose, compassion and clarity. 
Lorelei and Don explore the alchemy of turning life's hardest moments into wisdom and JOY, as they unpack how cosmic cycles shape personal reinvention and why Don's own astrological chart signals a time of bold creativity, expanded communication, and a blossoming sense of purpose. 
Join Don and Lorelei as they share the everyday moments that open the door to sustainable JOY. 
EnJOY this reflective, energizing episode perfect for anyone standing on the edge of reinvention.

What happens when usefulness ends and life finally slows down.
In this episode, I sit with Dawn Marcotte, a Certified Professional Retirement Coach who works at the inner edge of retirement. Not the financial planning. Not the bucket lists. The moment when roles fall away and time opens up, leaving many people face to face with freedom, grief, desire, and a quiet panic they did not expect.
We talk about identity after productivity, what surfaces when no one is waiting for you to perform, and how retirement can become a threshold rather than a retreat. This is a conversation about aliveness, unlived longings, and the courage it takes to meet yourself when the scaffolding disappears.

We’ve been taught that the answer to despair is optimism.
That if things feel heavy, we should think more positively, reframe harder, or focus on the good.
But optimism often asks us to deny half of reality.
In this episode, we explore why orientation—not optimism—is what actually allows us to stay grounded, present, and effective in a complicated world. We unpack the universal law of polarity: the truth that you don’t get light without dark, love without loss, or meaning without pain—and how suffering increases when we argue with the parts of life we believe shouldn’t exist.
This is a compassionate, stabilizing conversation about learning to live in a 50/50 world without collapsing into despair or numbing yourself to what’s real. We talk about why feeling heaviness doesn’t mean something has gone wrong, how awareness without orientation leads to paralysis, and what it looks like to accept reality without giving up on change.
In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why optimism can unintentionally create more resistance
  
• How polarity explains both suffering and gratitude
  
• The difference between acceptance and resignation
  
• Why despair is often a sign of awareness, not failure
  
• How to orient your attention without denying reality
  
• A simple daily practice to stay grounded without burning out
  

This episode isn’t about fixing the world or forcing yourself to feel better.
It’s about ending the internal argument with life—so your energy can return, your capacity can expand, and gratitude can arise naturally.
If you’ve been trying to stay positive while feeling quietly overwhelmed, this conversation offers a different way forward—one rooted in honesty, acceptance, and a deeper trust in life as it is.

LIVE SHOW! Call 1-800-930-2819 for a Reading with Mark & Dr. Pat!

We all face fear in life, especially when it comes to pursuing our big Delusional Dreams that seem over our head. When you hit this fork in the road, you have two choices: quit and stay stuck where you are, OR move forward in boundary-busting faith and GROW! In this Year of the Fire Horse, trust your gut and intuition. They are your North Star. Don’t waste the powerful energy of this year by playing small and quitting. Let’s take a chance on growing our deeply-rooted Delusional Dreams and watch how they bloom and ignite the world! 

Why do so many women wake at 3 a.m. — alert, restless, and unable to fall back asleep?
In this episode, we unpack the glucose-regulation ladder — the sequence of hormones the body releases when blood sugar drops. From insulin and glucagon to norepinephrine, adrenaline, and cortisol, each plays a role in nighttime wake-ups, midlife crashes, and metabolic instability.
You’ll learn how refined carbohydrates and alcohol trigger different correction pathways, why muscle mass protects you, and why chronic cortisol correction can gradually reduce resilience.
This episode reframes middle-of-the-night waking as a physiological phenomenon — not a personal failure.
Regulation begins with stability.

Get ready for a luminous, soul-expanding conversation that bridges art, mysticism, and the realms beyond this world.
In this powerful episode of Awakened Soul, I sit down with visionary artist Nicole Meeuws, who's internationally collected Soul Frequency works are far more than paintings — they are living transmissions prompted by a life altering event that prompted a profound Near Death Experience.
Her Near-Death Experience was not only a life-altering spiritual awakening — it became the catalyst for her profound artwork. After returning, she found herself guided to translate what she witnessed beyond the veil into color, texture, and form.
Her creations are more than art; they are transmissions — reflections of the love, light, and expanded awareness she encountered. 
During her near-death experience, Nicole was transported to a breathtaking water realm — a dimension of profound beauty, consciousness, and fluid light. That immersion beyond the physical forever changed her perception of reality and awakened a deeper remembrance of her soul’s purpose.
In this episode, we explore:
✨ Her journey through the water realm during her NDE
✨ How mystical experience reshapes artistic expression
✨ The meaning behind her sacred symbols and cosmology
✨ Art as frequency, portal, and talisman
✨ Living and creating from soul remembrance
If you’ve ever sensed that art can heal, transmit, or awaken something ancient within you… this conversation will speak directly to your soul.
?️ Tune in and experience the current for yourself.
The soul remembers. Sometimes it remembers through color, light… and water. ?

This episode is a masterclass in strategic decision-making with Jen McCorkle, a seasoned executive and advisor with over 25 years of experience in analytics, AI, and executive leadership.

Jen shares her unique vantage point at the intersection of data, human judgment, and organizational dynamics, discussing her proven ability to uncover tens of millions in hidden revenue and guide leadership through high-stakes decisions.

In this conversation, you will learn about:

• The Decision Advantage System: What it is and how it helps organizations move beyond data volume to build sustainable performance based on the quality of their decisions.
• Tangible Actions for 2026: Jen outlines 3 practical steps businesses can take to achieve more alignment and cohesion in the coming year.
• The Future of Decisions: A look at how decision-making is expected to change in 2026, especially with the continued rise of AI.
  

Jen, the author of upcoming books Defensible Decisions™ and When the Fog Descends, grounds her work in the belief that sustainable performance is built on the quality of decisions, not the volume of data. Link to Jen's recently released book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKQFSQTB. Her website is 
www.TheDecisionAdvantage.com.

This is for the girl who was told she was too much.
This is for the boy who was told to toughen up.
This is for the LGBTQ+ community who always knew who they were and were afraid to say it out loud.
This is for anyone who played small out of fear.
You never had to prove that you were lovable.
Your standards are a reflection of your self-respect.
And self-respect is an act of love.
Love honors your no.
Love feels safe.
Love does not pressure.
Love does not negotiate your boundaries.
You are worthy of more than “good enough.”
There are people in this world who are considerate, respectful, and kind.
You are allowed to choose relationships rooted in mutual care and clarity.
Choose love.
Choose yourself.