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Season 1, Episode 143: What Is Consciousness?

For this topical content episode, I am joined by Robert Kopecky (Season 1, Episode 123). Robert and I delve into the mystery of consciousness: What is it? Does it live on without our body? Are we all connected through it?

We’ll cover topics ranging from out-of-body experiences (including Robert’s three NDEs) to meditation that brings forth your witness. Please join in on the conversation by posting your comments below and letting us know your thoughts and experiences.

Robert is an author as well as an award-winning illustrator, art director, and animation designer. His book, How to Survive Life and Death: A Guide for Happiness in this World and Beyond, is available on Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere, and you can find out more about him at www.RobertKopecky.blogspot.com or check out his Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/RobertKopecky.

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Season 1, Episode 142: Guided Meditation #20 with Michael Neeley

Welcome to Consciously Speaking’s guided meditation series. Today, Michael Neeley, will be guiding you through an awareness meditation. Some would even call this a consciousness meditation, as it is intended to bring you into a deeper state of connection with reality. Not a perceived reality, but the reality of nature. In the simplest of terms – what IS.

Our existence is like music when we allow it to be such. We are all notes that comprise part of a magnificent symphony. Struggle and anxiety occur for us when we try to separate ourselves from the music; yet when we recognize that we are a part of the song of life, easefulness arrives.

A drop of water does not think of itself as separate from the stream.

We are all part of the stream of a greater consciousness. And while we often look at ourselves as the drop, doing our own thing, feeling our own feelings, and living our own way, we can easily tap back into our grander nature and once again feel our connection to the stream.

Anytime you feel the desire to do so, simply focus your awareness on what IS in the moment. Focus it so intently that there is nothing else but the moment and what it holds in all its richness.

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Season 1, Episode 141: Shereen Thor – Life Coach, Author & Awaken The Rebel Founder

Today’s guest is Shereen Thor. Shereen is a life coach and the author of The Coolest Quote Book Eva as well as the Founder of Awaken The Rebel, a movement that helps people who feel disenchanted with their lives to stop settling for less and awaken their inner rebellious spirit so that they can live an extraordinary life by their design.

Born a creative type she learned early on in her traditional Egyptian upbringing that if she wasn’t a doctor, lawyer, or engineer than she would inevitably amount to nothing. In order to seem “normal” and keep everyone else happy she decided that she would forsake all her own desires to fulfill other people’s expectations. So she got a degree, landed a job, and found herself utterly miserable at the age of twenty-four.

Luckily one of her best friends suggested she go to a seminar where she was able to “Awaken her Inner Rebel,” and truly examine this life she had created. She decided to immediately quit her master’s degree program and start doing stand-up comedy. This was the official beginning of her writing her own Rebel Rule Book, and living life by her design.

This was the beginning of the Awaken The Rebel movement. Shereen decided to continue to make people laugh while helping them to stop settling for less and awaken their inner rebellious spirit so that they can live an extraordinary life by their design. Shereen is certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and is a Certified Professional Coach by the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching.

You can find out more about Shereen at www.AwakenTheRebel.com.

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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 140: Amy Scott Grant – Master Intuitive Healer, Clairvoyant & Author

Today’s guest is Amy Scott Grant. Amy is a Master Intuitive Healer with an uncanny knack for going straight to the root issue to get you “clear” in a twofold manner: first, her masterful display of intuition sheds light on the areas that have kept you stuck and frustrated, illuminating the answers and the underlying causes. Next, Amy uses her own unique clearing methods to completely dissolve and shift your underlying issues to quickly and permanently resolve your biggest problems.

The experience of working with Amy is not only powerfully effective and fast — it’s fun and fascinating, empowering and enlightening, and best of all — hilarious. Unlike other clearing methods where you must re-live the pain and emotional trauma, Amy’s unique style brings levity and perspective, making the experience light and spritely.

Always passionate, occasionally brash, but never mainstream, Amy calls it like she sees it in every situation. She has coached and mentored tens of thousands of individuals in more than thirty different countries, helping them to create rapid breakthrough results by permanently clearing millions of blocks, doubts, fears and limiting beliefs, at the deepest core level.

In September 2013, Amy was inducted into the National Academy of Bestselling Authors and received a prestigious Quilly award at the Golden Gala Awards in Hollywood, California. She was also a Thought Leader of the Year Finalist in 2013.

You can find out more about Amy at www.askamyanything.com, or sign up for her webinar at http://ripplemagic.com/freetraining.

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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!

To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Season 1, Episode 139: Dianne Collins – Author and Strategic QuantumThink Consultant

Today’s guest is Dianne Collins. Dianne is an original thinker and media personality — author of the 6-time award-winning bestseller, Do You QuantumThink? New Thinking That Will Rock Your World – considered a “must-read” book for our changing times.

Dianne’s life is dedicated to people living spirited, joyful, and masterful lives through leaps in awareness and learning what she calls “the physics of mind.”

Dianne created the QuantumThink® system of thinking — 21 principles that connect us to living our full potential — from inner serenity to harmonious relationships, business results, and global affairs. In Do You QuantumThink? Dianne puts it all together – integrating science, philosophy, and spirituality and drawing on sources from cutting-edge scientific innovations to the wisdom of the world’s greatest spiritual leaders — made practical in daily life.

Dianne’s work makes it easy and enjoyable for us to think in sync with our modern Quantum Age – to live happier lives with confidence and mastery.

You can find out more about Dianne at www.DianneCollins.com.

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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!

To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Season 1, Episode 138: Holli Kenley – Marriage & Family Therapist, Author and Speaker

Today’s guest is Holli Kenley. Holli is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, currently working in the field of psychology as an author, educator, and workshop presenter. Formerly from the Southern California area, she practiced for ten years in a counseling center before moving into private practice.

Holli spends much of her time working in the areas of abuse, trauma, betrayal, and cyber bullying. She is the author of five books including Breaking Through Betrayal: And Recovering The Peace Within; Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation (e-single); and Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way Back…One Breath at a Time. Holli’s most recent full-length publication – Another Way – was just released in March.

Prior to and during her career as a therapist, Holli taught for thirty years in public education.

You can find out more about Holli at www.HolliKenley.com.

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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!

To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Season 1, Episode 137: Rick Goodfriend – Non-Violent Communication Expert

Today’s guest is Rick Goodfriend. Rick has been studying, teaching and practicing Nonviolent Communication for over a decade. He is an alumnus of Bay Non-violent Communication leadership program that is a year-long program to enrich these skills. It consisted of 4 week-long seminars to immerse into effective communication skills. Not only does he share these effective communication techniques in an easy to learn manner, he actually uses these skills daily.

Rick is also the founder of World Empathy Day. It is a day of increased consciousness for peaceful and effective communication, connection with self and others, forgiveness and acceptance. You may join and receive free tele-classes and free weekly communication tips by a quick sign-up at www.empathyday.com .

Rick teaches workshops and is a keynote speaker on Non-Violent Communication.

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!

To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Season 1, Episode 136: Creating Your Reality

In this topical content episode, I am joined by Dr. John McGrail (Season 1, Episode 102). John is a clinical hypnotherapist, self-improvement expert and spiritual teacher based in Los Angeles, CA. He is the author of The Synthesis Effect: Your Direct Path to Personal Power and Transformation.

Today, we dive deep into creating your reality. We are the makers of our world, and as such, we have to first take ownership of that power and then consciously choose what to create.

We will talk about the many aspects of how we accomplish this as well as how we frequently fall into a default reality – one handed to us. You’ll hear about:

  • How to move from life happening TO you, to life happening FOR you
  • Choosing the path of your dreams versus the path that someone else has chosen for you
  • How your expectations, as well as the expectations of those around you, impact your results
  • When it’s important to have your conscious mind take the reins from your subconscious mind
  • … and more
“If you don’t expect results, then… don’t expect results!” – John McGrail

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Season 1, Episode 135: Guided Meditation #19 with Wendy Reese

Today’s guided meditation will be led by upcoming guest, Wendy Reese. It is a Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep”, is a sleep-like state which yogis report to experience during their meditations.

Yoga Nidra, lucid sleeping is among the deepest possible states of relaxation while still maintaining full consciousness. The practice of yoga relaxation has been found to reduce tension and anxiety, and has even been used to help soldiers from war cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Wendy is a lifestyle strategist who specializes in whole being. She is an author, host of The Whole Being Zone and a yoga teacher with over 13 years of teaching experience. Keep an eye out for her interview in the coming weeks, and check out her website at www.wholebeinginc.com.

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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Season 1, Episode 134: Omar Pinto – Mentor for Recovery and Podcast Host

Today’s guest is Omar Pinto. Omar has been in recovery for eleven years now. But before recovery, he spent 4 years in denial about being a drug addict. His drugs of choice were predominantly alcohol and cocaine but he’d settle for pot, ecstasy, mushrooms or whatever was at the party.

During those 4 years, he lost his business, his friends and business partners disowned him, and his wife left him. Omar’s health was very poor and he was even exhibiting severe symptoms of schizophrenia and paranoia.

It wasn’t until his daughter was born and he held her in his arms for the first time that he truly surrendered and accepted that alone he could not win the battle against drugs and alcohol. In that moment, he experienced his first spiritual awakening and asked the God of his understanding to relieve him of his drug addiction, if only for the sake of his daughter.

That is the moment his journey in recovery began. He turned his life over to the care of God and began to feverishly work a 12 step program of recovery. Omar’s Higher Power restored him to sanity and today he lives a life beyond his wildest dreams.

So what does he do next? He pays it forward. Omar gives back what was freely given to him, each and every week on his podcast, SHAIR (Sharing Helps Addicts in Recovery), where you can listen to addicts and alcoholics share their inspiring success stories of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

You can find out more about Omar and his show at www.TheSHAIRpodcast.com.

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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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