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Thank you, listeners, for your following. I am taking a break in my scheduling for a bit. In this segment, Laura Simko, dear friend, fellow Imagery International Board member and writer, asks me about my interest and work around self-forgiveness. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation. It has truly been a pleasure sharing wonderful guests with you and … Read more about this episode...

Relationship coach, Cherry Norris, talks with us about the giving and receiving roles in romantic relationships. She shares about ways to create more of a capacity to begin a romantic partnership and how to maintain harmonious interactions.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Elizabeth Wolfson, Ph.D., LCSW. She tells us about her work with survivors of the Holocaust who, through the gift of sharing their life narratives with traumatized youth, have helped those emerging into young adulthood create new meanings and narratives of hope. You will find out more by viewing the Portraits of Survival project and looking … Read more about this episode...

Please join us this week as Susan Ezra, RN and I discuss working with imagery and its various benefits and applications. You may find out about her book, Guided Imagery and Beyond: Stories of Healing and Transformation, and more by contacting her at imagine@integrativeimagery.com or visiting the websites links below.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Dr. Radhule Weininger, who is a meditation teacher and psychologist in private practice. She discusses ways to nurture your awareness and learn mindfulness meditation practice. She offers many workshops and guided meditation trainings at La Casa De Maria Retreat Center and she speaks internationally about meditation and self-care for physicians, health-care professionals and the general … Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Dr. Carolyn Daitch, psychologist and Director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. She shares about the different manifestations of anxiety and the ways that hypnosis can help. To find out more about Dr. Daitch and her latest book, Anxiety Disorders: The Go-To Guide for Clients and Therapists, please visit both … Read more about this episode...

This week, our guest is Dr. Roland Rotz who is a clinical psychologist, expert on ADHD, and author of the book Fidget to Focus. We discuss how to recognize and manage adult ADHD.… Read more about this episode...

Dr. Linda Holder and I discuss the concept of psychological projection. We reflect on how the film Inception can amplify the importance of working with metaphor and dreams.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Dr. Melissa Jones Cantekin, current president of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association. We discuss what it means to live authentically as well as some ways to nurture the inner process. You may email her at http://mjcantekin@juno.com and visit the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association website for more information as well.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Dr. Betty Frain. She has been a practicing therapist for more than 30 years and one of her specialties is assisting people in building resistance. We discuss this very important topic as it relates to both children and adults. Don’t forget to visit her site.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined again by Dr. Miriam Franco. She has expertise in social work, teaching, psychotherapy, and research in the area of guided imagery. This week, we have the good fortune to learn shares some very important resources in regard to coping with the stress of caregiving. You may find out more about Dr. Franco and purchase her CDs at … Read more about this episode...

Steve Kadin, Ph.D, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist who is board certified in Couples and Family Therapy and who has contributed book chapters in his area of expertise. He has had over 30 years of experience in private practice as a pschotherapist and he is a core faculty member of the PsyD program at Antioch University Santa Barbara www.antioch.edu… Read more about this episode...

Dr. Betty Frain, psychotherapist and co-author of Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child, joins us this week to speak about some practical and compassionate approaches to managing this type of experience. To find out more about this engaging guest, please visit www.drbettyfrain.com or www.becomingawiseparent.com or www.50fabulous.com.… Read more about this episode...

Our guest this Valentine’s week is Mary Brantley, MA, LMFT. She teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and loving-kindness meditation at Duke Integrative Medicine and she is the co-author of the book, The Gift of Loving-Kindness. We discuss what it means to extend loving-kindness to oneself and others and Mary introduces listeners to particular practices and phrases that build the … Read more about this episode...

Our guest this week is Dr. Ellen Langer, professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University, who has been conducting inspiring studies about mindfulness for many years. She shares some of the findings of her studies and encourages listeners to be open to what is new. You may find out more about her and the articles and books she has … Read more about this episode...

For this week’s program, I talk about some initial ways to begin to tune into your thoughts and feelings and to be a kind of witness to your moment to moment experience.… Read more about this episode...

We are joined by Patricia Bisch, MA, MFT, author of Freedom From Food: A Quantum Weight Loss Approach. She introduces an intriguing approach that asserts that our thoughts can change the way that food is metabolized in our body. For more information on Patricia’s work, please go to www.freedomfromfood.net.… Read more about this episode...

Our special guest is Dr. Frederic Luskin, author of Forgive for Good and Forgive for Love and one of the world’s leading researchers and teachers on the topic of forgiveness. He directs the Stanford Forgiveness Project and is a Senior Consultant in Health Promotion at Stanford. Currently, he is also a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal … Read more about this episode...

Our guest, Jerry Wennstrom, discusses the transformational journey and about coming out of loss and fear with the “incredible privelege” to “call on grace.” He shares about his own experiences as an artist and about the metaphor of alchemy for emotional processes as well as what it means to be truly present. www.handsofalchemy.com… Read more about this episode...

INDIGENOUS WISDOM AND RENEWAL FOR THE COMING YEAR We are joined this week by Pati Turner, founder of Tierra Sagrada: Sacred Earth Foundation (www.sacredearthfound.org), an organization developed for the purposes of bringing the voices of indigenous elders to the world at large. We discuss the value of indigenous ways of knowing and about the reciprocal relationship we have … Read more about this episode...