Season 1, Episode 204: Nancy Hartwell – Author, International Human Trafficking Expert

Today’s guest is Nancy Hartwell. Nancy is an internationally recognized authority on human trafficking, particularly the 21st Century slave trade focused on the oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf.

She grew up in Tampa, Florida, and earned a degree in International Relations from American U in Washington, DC. She married a prominent attorney from Cameroon and lived and worked in that country for 14 years. Upon her return to the US she wrote for 7 years for The Washington Post on Capitol Hill and was lead proposal writer for an international consulting company for 14 years.

The flagship book of Nancy’s Human Trafficking Series, Harem Slave, reached number 7 in All Fiction on Amazon (of nearly 3 million titles), and books two and three, Prince Ibrahim’s Favorite and Voices from the Harem are also perennial best-sellers.

Nancy has traveled to 44 countries and speaks more than a dozen languages. Presently, she is hard at work on a screenplay.

You can learn more about Nancy at her soon to be updated website www.nancyjhartwell.com.

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

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Harem Slave: One Thousand Nine Hundred and Four Days of Hell on the Persian Gulf (Nancy Hartwell, 2013)

Harem Slave, by Nancy Hartwell (Season 1, Episode 204),is not your predictable formulaic sex-slave novel; it is above all, a gripping and often suspense-filled documentary of the harrowing life of a victim of human trafficking. It is, in many respects, a survival guide for girls who find themselves in such unthinkable circumstances.

Intended for mature readers, Harem Slave is not gratuitously pornographic, but due to the subject matter, does contain considerable erotic material. Tammy Simmons is every parent’s dream daughter: 18, blonde, a majorette, and unimpressed with how beautiful she is. An honor roll student preparing to enter Georgetown University, she seems destined to take her comfortable place in upper-middle-class America. She has taken to heart the high moral principles instilled in her by her tight-knit family, and dreams of being a diplomat.

While visiting friends in Europe, however, she is abducted, and to her stunned disbelief, shipped to the Middle East and sold as a harem slave to an 81-year-old sheikh. He is scandalized when he discovers she’s not the buxom Swede he ordered, and sells her to the brooding and cantankerous Sheikh Saud. A year later, she becomes the property of Sheikh Fahd, who dyes the girls in his Rainbow Harem different colors; she is Miss Green.

When Miss Purple furtively poisons him, she is bought by the handsome but mentally imbalanced Prince Ibrahim, who has been known to put slaves to death so he and his guests can enjoy their fresh corpses at his lavish parties. Fortunately or unfortunately, instead of taking her into his own harem, he leases her to an elite gentlemen’s club, part of a dark underworld on the Persian Gulf where brothels cater to every taste, every perversion, every excess.

She quickly learns that brutality, even in the “nice” clubs, is the norm: in the worst, life expectancy is calculated in weeks. Disciplinary problems are threatened with being sent to a “snuff club,” where they are tortured to death as entertainment. To this point, Tammy has managed to adjust to slavery without completely negating her persona, but now, she almost comes unglued. She has no other choice, if she wants to survive, but to swallow her self-respect and obey orders. It’s a constant struggle. She is proud of herself for not falling apart during one particularly horrible assignment – and then is immediately trundled off to another that’s even worse.

How Tammy remains sane in this horrific environment is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, to the power of love toward those who deserve it the least, and to the defiant determination to find glimmers of joy – even lasting love – in a life awash with daily humiliation and degradation. Her caring heart, courage, and ability to understand her masters as fallible humans grappling with their own sets of demons are ultimately the keys to her salvation.

Season 1, Episode 203: Abolaji Muyiwa Akinbo “Pastor Bo” – Author & Prayer Warrior

Today’s guest is Abolaji Muyiwa Akinbo. Abolaji is the Founding Pastor of God’s Family Bible Church, Palm Coast, Florida.

Abolaji is also a prayer warrior, a teacher and a preacher of the word with a strong desire to help people achieve their dreams and fulfill their God-given potential. He is a graduate of the University of Lagos, in Nigeria, Rhema Bible Training College in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Life Christian University in Tampa. His friends and congregation fondly call him Pastor Bo.

Pastor Bo is also the bestselling author of three books: Prayer, Power & Results!, Created to Manifest!!!, and Parents! Loose Your Children from Bondage. All released in 2015!

He is married to Doranda Akinbo who pastors with him in Florida and they are blessed with three incredible children, two boys and a girl; Ore, Ayo, and Sade.

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

Can’t get enough of Consciously Speaking’s host? Listen to him being interviewed on Fatherhood Is Leadership and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two different aspects of the same guy.

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PRAYER, POWER & RESULTS! (Xulon Press, 2015)

Are you discouraged about prayer? Do you wonder why your prayers haven’t given you many answers? Do you understand that prayer is the most powerful singular tool in the believer’s arsenal? Yet it’s our most underused and misused weapon.

Abolaji Muyiwa Akinbo (Season 1, Episode 203), in the pages of Prayer, Power and Results! provides you with an understanding of the power of prayer and the proper way to pray to get results.

Do you feel powerless? Is life just tossing you around like the wind? This book will show you what it takes to have power and live the life God wants for you. You can move mountains if you know how. In this incredible book you will find how to pray, why and when to pray, and what to pray.

It is an easy read, yet profound, powerful and inspirational. You will find thousands of uncommon biblical prayer points inspired by God, crafted for specific life situations so that you will never say I don’t know what or how to pray ever again. You will be amazed at the results and testimonies. If you want to breakthrough in prayer while developing your spiritual life, you must read this book. It will blow your mind!!!

Don’t let go of your chance to change your life today. Get your copy on Amazon today.

CREATED TO MANIFEST!!! (Xulon Press, 2015)

Author Abolaji Muyiwa Akinbo (Season 1, Episode 203) explores the questions many humans have:

What is life’s purpose?
What is God’s purpose for creating humans?
What is God’s purpose for creating me?
What is my purpose in life?
How do I find my purpose in life?

He boils it all down to one simple answer: We are Created to Manifest! Get your copy on Amazon today.

Season 1, Episode 202: Carole Ramsay – Empath, Psychic, & Prophetic Channel

Today’s guest is Carole Ramsay. Carole is an empath, psychic, prophetic channel, facilitator and teacher. As such, she is simultaneously multi-dimensional, able to access information at will. She has passionately studied the fields of the paranormal, ancient religious customs and beliefs, various spiritual healing techniques, and the importance of “intent” in every-day life.

Her work centers around the uses of subtle energies to help align and balance the energy bodies, to help restore balance and harmony for healing to occur on all levels – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Carole shares and teaches many healing modalities, including Reiki classes up to and including Master level, A Course in Miracles, and Transformational Energy Release. She also holds guided meditations and healing circles.

You can learn more about Carole at www.GoddessTouch.net.

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

Can’t get enough of Consciously Speaking’s host? Listen to him being interviewed on Fatherhood Is Leadership and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two different aspects of the same guy.

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Season 1, Episode 201: Nirmala – Satsang Leader & Spiritual Mentor

Today’s guest is Nirmala. After a lifetime of spiritual seeking, Nirmala met his teacher, Neelam, a devotee of H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji). She convinced him that seeking wasn’t necessary; and after experiencing a profound spiritual awakening in India, he began offering satsang and Non-dual Spiritual Mentoring with Neelam’s blessing.

This tradition of spiritual wisdom has been most profoundly disseminated by Ramana Maharshi, a revered Indian saint, who was Papaji’s teacher. Nirmala’s perspective was also profoundly expanded by his friend and teacher Adyashanti.

Nirmala offers satsang in gratitude for the love and grace that flow through his teachers, Neelam and Adyashanti, and for the Truth brought to this world by Ramana Maharshi and H.W.L. Poonja. Advaita satsang is offered as a celebration of the possibility, in every moment, of recognizing the truth of who we are. Nirmala offers a unique vision and a gentle, compassionate approach, which adds to this rich tradition of inquiry into the truth of Being.

You can find more about Nirmala at www.endless-satsang.com, and download a PDF copy of his book, Living from the Heart.

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

Can’t get enough of Consciously Speaking’s host? Listen to him being interviewed on Fatherhood Is Leadership and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two different aspects of the same guy.

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Please, don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!

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Season 1, Episode 200: Catherine Carrigan – Medical Intuitive Healer & Author

Today’s returning guest is Catherine Carrigan. She is a medical intuitive healer with the ability to get to the heart of the matter and figure out what will actually work to make you radiantly healthy. Her latest book, Banish the Blues Now, is a holistic approach to dealing with depression and other mental imbalances.

Catherine offers a comprehensive system that begins with figuring out what is actually going on with you and then putting together a personalized plan that empowers you to achieve levels of health that you may not have even thought possible.

Catherine doesn’t need to see you or put her hands on you to know what is wrong or what will make you better. She has a passion for healing, and can teach you how to become healthy using natural methods, including the very best of therapeutic exercise, nutrition and energy medicine.

You can find her at www.UnlimitedEnergyNow.com or at www.CatherineCarrigan.com. For a free 15-minute consult, Catherine’s email address is Catherine@CatherineCarrigan.com and her phone number is 678-612-8816.

Website referenced in interview: www.Epocrates.com.

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

Can’t get enough of Consciously Speaking’s host? Listen to him being interviewed on Fatherhood Is Leadership and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two different aspects of the same guy.

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Please, don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!

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Banish the Blues NOW (Unlimited Energy Inc., 2015)

Author, Catherine Carrigan (Season 1, Episodes 2 and 200), has penned a book that will surely surprise you about the potential treatment for mental health in this day and age.

You can learn a great deal about the book in Episode 200, as well as Catherine’s approach to medical intuitive healing. Either way, Banish the Blues Now is a must-have for anyone suffering from mental imbalances, be it depression, bipolar disorder, or any of the many classifications set forth by the DSM-V manual.

 

Season 1, Episode 199: Pearls of Wisdom #2

Today brings you another compilation episode of Pearls of Wisdom. If this is your first time listening to Consciously Speaking, what you’re about to hear are the actionable pointers and tips from our previous guest experts over the last month.

Not only will this give you an opportunity to quickly put into practice some of these great insights, but it may also alert you to a missed episode you that you might want to check out for the full details.

This is our second episode of Pearls of Wisdom, and it is my intention to release one of these about every four or five weeks. I’d love your feedback on it, so please post your comments below, send a tweet to @ConSpeakPodcast, or post a note on the Consciously Speaking Facebook page.

Enjoy…

Today’s Pearls of Wisdom are brought to you by the following guests:

This episode is brought to you by author and mentor, Dean Roberts. Get your free electronic copy of his book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, by calling him at 607-434-3429 or drop him an email at IllFixMyHead@gmail.com.

Can’t get enough of Consciously Speaking’s host? Listen to him being interviewed on Fatherhood Is Leadership and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two different aspects of the same guy.

Sign up for your Podcast Launch Breakthrough Call Today, and please be sure to check out our other podcasts: The PodQuest Show, Buy This – Not That! and Something to Wine About.

Please, don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!

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