Waking Up in America

Waking Up in America

By Dr. Valerie Anne Kirkgaard
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Waking Up in America episodes

  • Waking Up to an Empty Chair (with Patti Herrington)

    Patti Herrington lost her son to suicide. After the first shock of grief and despair subsided, she knew she had to go on living. Her experience inspired her to found Firefly Ministries to help prevent suicide and bring hope to the hopeless.
    “Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 10

    Full transcript click here.
    CONNECT WITH PATTI
    CONNECT WITH PATTI:

    Fireflyoutreach.com
    FB: FireflyOutreach
    CONNECT WITH MATT KENNON:

    Mattkennon.com
     
    HIGHLIGHTS
    2:40 – Patti came home one night and found her son Connor…
    4:36 – “How is that ever going to be possible to think that I could ever find happiness?”
    7:48 – About wounds of the soul
    9:40 – What Connor struggled with
    13:36 – The beginning of Patti’s recovery
    14:55 – Sense of Guilt
    16:33 – Patti had only two choices to lay down and die or do something…
    19:17 – who are the suicidal people – misconceptions and statistics
    20:59 – question from the audience, Natasha from New Jersey
    23:24 – One Word Answers
    25:27 – Matt Kennon performs his top 40 hit song ‘The Call’
     
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    Filmed at “O” Gallery in Marathon Village, Nashville, TN
    Music, TV show, blog, courses to help you make changes you want to see happen.
    30 min
  • Being of Service
    Join us: Doctor Val, Randi and Petrie Alexandra Williams as we talk about helping kids get a chance. Petrie founded safetyharborkids.org and has many good stories to tell and a polo invitation to offer you. Tune In.
    55 min
  • Raising a Hand for a Cause (with David Clements and Kevin Black)

    Two dads Kevin Black and Dave Clements working for a cause – to find cure for Rett Disease.
    After country singer Kevin Black lost his daughter to the complications of Rett syndrome, his friend and photographer Dave Clements decided to inspire artists throughout the globe to raise a hand for cure.
    “Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 9

    Full transcript: Click here
    CONNECT WITH DAVE CLEMENTS AND KEVIN BLACK
    Raisingahand.com

    Dwcphotography.com

    Kevinblack.com/
    FB: Raisingahand
    Please donate to Rett Syndrome Research: Rettsyndrome.org
    I’m Raising My Hand For A Cause With These Two Texas Dads
    People who have survived tremendous pain all say the same thing: healing begins the moment when, instead of fighting, we lean into it. Embracing pain – without resistance – creates just enough of a movement to set the pain in motion. Once it moves, it’s no longer stuck and growing inside. Instead it flows freely and loses its grip.
    I first heard about Rett Syndrome from Julia Cole, an up-and-coming singer/ songwriter from  Nashville who I featured on my TV series, Waking Up in America.
    She told me about ‘two friends from Texas,’ country singer/songwriter Kevin Black and photographer Dave Clements. They published a book called Raising a Hand – a Photographic Music Festival With a Cause to raise awareness and funds for Rett Syndrome research.
    Their story is one of experiencing tremendous pain, sharing it and turning it into hope and healing for many others.
    When a copy of Raising a Hand arrived in the mail a few days later, it felt like an invitation to pause, set my business aside, and connect into the love, pain and the hope it represented. Beautifully bound with heavy covers and glossy paper, the book felt sacred.
    Read more here <<<
    HIGHLIGHTS:
    1:50 – what is Rett Syndrome?
    4:44 – the moment in which Dave and Kevin’s stories merge
    7:23 – Dave didn’t numb the pain he felt for his friend. Instead he did this.
    8:52 – “Raising a Hand “book is for Rett research and awareness
    13:04 – Kevin Black tells about parent’s pain of losing their child
    16:02 – Kevin’s turning point
    20:09 – one word answers
    22:35 – “A Tear For You” – performance by Kevin Black
     
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    27 min
  • Good Deeds
    Join Val and Randi as they talk about the Global Currency Reset and the power and possibility of being a doer of good deeds.
    For a complimentary Directed Session - DoctorValerie.com
    and schedule a complimentary appointment.
    55 min
  • Meet SMART ALEC affordable housing
    You are gonna love Matthew Cardinale left home at 14 determined to have a life of choice. This charming clever man, now in his 30's. He is an unmasked crusader standing for affordable housing, the environment and the rebirth of our nation.
    56 min
  • Waking Up from an Addiction (feat. Alexander “Stopp” Roberts)

    Alexander “Stopp” Roberts is a young musician and songwriter who talks about his drug addiction and recovery.
    “Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 8

    Full transcript: Click here
    If you are struggling with an addiction visit:

    AmericanAddictioncCenters.org

    Or Recovery.org
    CONNECT WITH ALEXANDER STOPP ROBERTS
    Web: AlexanderStopp.com

    FB: AlexanderStoppMusic

    Twitter: @AlexanderStopp

    Instagram: alexanderstoppmusic
    How Depression of a Ten Year Old Turned Into an Addiction
    As a kid, Alex dreamed of becoming a pilot. He was fascinated by the idea of being “free enough to fly through the air,” as he says at the beginning of our interview.
    Alex moved from Philadelphia to the suburbs and never managed to fit in. He was a target of a lot of bullying, became depressed and withdrew into himself. His only outlet was creativity – imagination and drawing. But he got chastised by his teachers for it and told he had the ‘worst case of ADHD’ a teacher had ever seen.
    Alex tried to tell his parents, but at 10 or 11 years old, Alex didn’t know how to express it. He just wanted to die.

    Read more on my blog: >>>
    HIGHLIGHTS:
    2:52 – Who Alex was before the world told him who he should be.
    5:50 – At 10 or 11, Alex became suicidal.
    7:18 – Alex’ advice to parents of young children.
    12:12 – How the addiction progressed until Alex hit the bottom.
    15:35 – Process of recovery.
    18:18 – Email Question from a viewer from Cincinnati
    18:58 – Email Question from Rob from Virginia.
    19:39 – One Word Answers
    22:39 – Alex performs “The Aftermath of Me”
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    29 min
  • Rumors number 1
    Doctor Valerie and Randi - hand out the latest rumors on the global currency reset, elections and corrupt government - it is a sizzler - feel the awakening and the energy or the revelations
    For a complimentary Directed Session - www.DoctorValerie.
    55 min
  • Volcanoes and Ear Coning
    Join Doctor Valerie and Randi as they dialogue with Susie Fryer a picture of Health from the Hawaiian Islands. Susie is an experienced Holistic Esthetician and certified Raw Vegan Chef.
    55 min
  • On Love, Redemption and American Civil War (Feat. Robert Hicks)
    NY Times Bestselling Author Robert Hicks draws inspiration from the American Civil War as a turning point to write about love, loss and redemption.

    How do we move away from the collective memory of pain caused by wars and past conflicts – that’s the topic of this episode of Waking Up in America, with Robert Hicks.
    His new book ‘The Orphan Child” comes out in September 2016.
    “Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 7

    Full transcript: Click here
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    CONNECT WITH ROBERT HICKS

    Web: Robert-hicks.com

    FB: robt.hicks

    Twitter: @robert_hicks
    CONNECT WITH THOMM JUTZ

    Web site: thommjutz.com

    1861 Project on FB: 1861project

    FB: thomm.jutz

    Twitter: @thommjutz
    Civil War as a Turning Point
    “You only have two ways to respond to bad things that have happened in your life: you can either be bitter and angry and out trying to get revenge, or you can somehow want to make the world better,” says NY Times Bestselling Novelist Robert Hicks in this episode of Waking Up in America. Robert writes about love, loss and redemption, in the setting of the American Civil War, about which he says was an important turning point in history.
    Thomm Jutz, Nashville based songwriter/ producer performs “Hallowed Ground” from the acclaimed “The 1861 Project.”
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    HIGHLIGHTS:
    5:57 – Why the Civil War is Important
    7:40 – Robert explains why he loves to write about love, loss and redemption
    10:10 – “You should never move away from history…”
    16:54 – “loss and gain, happiness and sorrow, all of it is a part of a rich fabric of who we are, of who we can be.”
    19:27 – Email Question from Brian from Nashville
    20:35 – Email Question from Tomislav from Osijek, Croatia
    22:17 – One Word Answers
    23:36 – Robert Introduces songwriter and producer Thomm Jutz
    25:16 – Thomm Jutz performs “Hallowed Ground” from “The 1861 Project”
    Some of My Favorite Quotes From This Episode:
     
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    Filmed at OGalleryart.com
     
    29 min

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