Wines Wonders podcast

Join Dannielle and Kirsten for the first show of Season 4, which offers discussion on what we go through as we approach our end of life here on earth. The discussion begins with Kirsten's mom being diagnosed with early onset dementia. What were some of her mom's immediate reactions? How did Kirsten deal with hearing this as her mom's healthcare agent? Dannielle explains what happens to us when we hear news of our upcoming end of life.

Kirsten pairs this unexpected situation with the aging of red wine. Discover why reds evolve in an unusual way.

Kirsten and Dannielle have their final discussion of time to wrap up Season 3 and this time it's a doozy. They focus on a study done in 2000 where prayer was used to retroactively heal patients four to 10 years before. Dannielle explains the concept of time happening at the same instance, therefore we are able to affect the outcomes in the past. Kirsten takes the subject and pairs the discussion to a Chilean Carmenere, a grape that until the 1990's was thought to be something else. Join them to fill your life with hope and your glass with wine!

Join Dannielle Bryan, of Shamanic Twist, and Kirsten Fox as they explore a famous study of Dr. Hew Len and his praying over each case folder of a group of criminally insane people which cured them of their insanity. The prayer he used is an ancient Hawaiian one called Ho'oponopono and the four elements of the prayer are covered. Kirsten pairs The Prisoner Red Blend from Napa as the wine to go with the episode.

Join Dannielle Bryan, www.ShamanicTwist.com, and Kirsten Fox as they explore what happens during emergencies when almost universally, people say they felt that time was slowing down. Kirsten will highlight some research that tries to explain the phenomenon, studies that are interesting to consider when in fact, researchers can't actually endanger subjects lives. Dannielle comes up with a new twist on how we all may be able to have more "super hero" moments in our regular lives.

Kirsten then talks about the origins of a wine that few wine enthusiasts talk about: White Zinfandel. Where did the sweet wine come from, what does it taste like and what kind of foods will go perfectly with the most popular wine in the United States?

During season 3, Kirsten and Dannielle Bryan, of Shamanic Twist, are talking about time. This episode explores surprising outcomes of scientific studies on past behavior predicting future behavior. And how does the non-linear time of the energetic world affect both our perception of the past and how our future looks. Kirsten pairs this discussion with a wine scandal in the mid-80s where Austria's wine industry looked wiped out. She highlights a Grüner Veltliner, one of Austria's most famous grapes, and now (spoiler alert) available at a store near you.

Our host, Kirsten Fox, and Dannielle Bryan, of www.ShamanicTwist.com, discuss studies and methods of accessing flow, where time seems to be irrelevant during intense concentration. Discover a tool that Dannielle overviews to help you get into flow purposefully rather than accidentally. Kirsten pairs a California sparkling wine to the discussion, explaining the wine's connection to time as it is created.

Discover how a certified financial planner, Kathleen Barlow, helps her clients make one change to their lives that can have a lasting positive impact on their financial stories. Kirsten explains how the exercise helped her switch her thinking, which in turn helped Kirsten to dramatically increase her wealth potential. After the financial discussion, Kirsten pairs this episode to an Australian Chardonnay from the West Coast wine area called Margaret River. Learn how a wine lover changed One Thing that made the area perfect to grow wine grapes.

Money energy expert, Carolynn Bottino, author of The Land of Plenty: A soulpreneur's guide to finding joy, possibility and abundance through money empowerment, joins Kirsten to talk about how the Covid-19 situation may have affected your relationship with money. She provides useful tools to discover hope and growth about your money energy. Then, Kirsten pairs this episode to a family that produces wines, The Hope Family. She selects two of their wines, which happen to be two of Kirsten's favorite house wines, to entice you to try at your house.

Join Kirsten as she talks with Katie Mullaly, writer of the popular, "Land of Children's Books." As a 32-year resident of Park City, Utah, Katie has worked as a ski instructor, mountain bike coach, gourmet food store manager, writer, graphic designer, geology assistant, public affairs official, and emergency manager. All of which have led her to her dream job – making a difference in the lives of not just children, but for all those who read her books.

Kirsten and Katie do a deep dive into the Land of Now, a place where you stop worrying about the past or the future and focus on enjoying your current world.

Then Kirsten pairs the land of Now to a biodynamic wine made by the Benziger Family in California.

Learn more about Katie, her amazing illustrator Toby Allen, and their books, at https://landofchildrensbooks.com/

Join Kirsten Fox, executive sommelier, as she talks again with Dannielle Bryan, a shaman, www.shamanictwist.com, this time about how sound and music can alter our state of being. Dannielle shares some of her best resources for finding sounds to heal and uplift us, like www.TomKenyon.com and www.TobyChristensen.com and even simply searching YouTube for "432 hertz." Then Kirsten highlights musicians who own or are involved in wineries. Finally, Kirsten pairs the discussion of sounds to a series of wines called, Uncaged, curtesy of Zac Brown, lead of the www.ZacBrownBand.com Join these ladies as they talk sound, music and wine, some of the most healing topics on earth.