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Guest Occupation: Paranormal Researcher and Author
Guest Biography:

Host: Sophia Rae

CHAD LEWIS is a researcher, author, and lecturer on topics of the strange and unusual.  His background is in Psychology and did both his Bachelor and Master degree work in the field but for the last 20 years he has traveled the globe in search of unique and bizarre stories and history.

For over two decades Chad Lewis has traveled the back roads of the world in search of the strange and unusual. From tracking vampires in Transylvania and searching for the elusive monster of Loch Ness to trailing the dangerous Tata Duende through remote villages of Belize and searching for ghosts in Ireland's haunted castles, Chad has scoured the earth in search of the paranormal.

Chad has been featured on the Discovery Channel's A Haunting, William Shatner's Weird or What, ABC's Scariest Places on Earth, and Monsters and Mysteries in America along with being a frequent contributor on Ripley's Believe it or Not Radio. With a Masters Degree in Psychology, Chad has authored over 17 books on the supernatural, and extensively lectures on his fascinating findings. The more bizarre the legend, the more likely it is that you will find Chad there.

Here are some of the places Chad has ventured to in search of the strange and unusual:

Chupacabras- Puerto Rico, Costa Rica
 
Tata Duende- Belize, Guatemala
 
Mothman-Point Pleasant (West Virginia)
 
Wendigo-Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
 
Van Meter Visitor- Van Meter, Iowa
 
Beast of Bray Road- Elkhorn, WI
 
Bigfoot- Canada, United States
 
Momo-Missouri
 
UFOs- Kecksburg(Pennsylvania), Aurora(Texas),

Area 51(Nevada), Aztec Crash Site (New Mexico),

Roswell(New Mexico), UFO Watch Tower(Colorado)

UFO Landing Site (WI)
 
Famous Haunted Places- Gettysburg

(Pennsylvania), New Orleans Cemetery(Louisiana)

Villisca Ax Murder House (Iowa)
 
 
Haunted Castles & Tunnels(London), Deadwood (South Dakota)
 
Spook Lights- Hornet Spook Light (Missouri),

Paulding Spook Light(Michigan)
 
 
Sea Serpents- Bessie (Lake Erie), Lough Ree

(Ireland), Nessie(Loch Ness, Scotland), Pepie

(Lake Pepin Monster in WI and MN) Flathead Lake

Monster (Montana) Lake Monona, Mendota, Red

Cedar, Devil's Lake, Lake Superior (WI)
 
Vampires-Transylvania (Romania)
 
Skunk Ape -Florida
 
Hellhounds- Nicaragua, Belize
 
Gnomes – Ireland, Scotland, France
 
Crop Circles - WI, MN, IA


ABOUT The Van Meter Visitor Book A True & Mysterious Encounter with the Unknown...

It was typical small-town America when someone first saw something that didn't belong.  The sightings quickly escaladed from unusual lights acting in unexplained fashion to that of huge 8' tall creatures with giant bat-like wings.  As the sightings of The Van Meter Visitor continued the creature grew bolder and closer to witnesses revealing more mysteries with a large single horn upon its head, able to emanate blinding light and a strange smell that disoriented witnesses.  All the more terrifying were the visits from the dark as the monster remained impervious to bullets.

The identity of this mysterious visitor was never discovered. Over 100 years later, three internationally renowned researchers set out to Van Meter; shining their own light on this amazingly bizarre case. Filled with eyewitness reports, historic photos, and current accounts of the paranormal, this in-depth book looks to discover what really happened in the town of Van Meter.

Guest Category: History, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Author
Guest Biography:

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy.

Scholarship & Academia
Dr. Roberts has held academic appointments at Virginia Tech, Tulane University, University of New Mexico, Stanford University where he was Senior Research Fellow in the Hoover Institution, George Mason University where he had a joint appointment as professor of economics and professor of business administration, and Georgetown University where he held the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy in the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He has contributed chapters to numerous books and has published many articles in journals of scholarship, including the Journal of Political Economy, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Law and Economics, Studies in Banking and Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Public Choice, Classica et Mediaevalia, Ethics, Slavic Review, Soviet Studies, Cardoza Law Review, Rivista de Political Economica, and Zeitschrift fur Wirtschafspolitik. He has entries in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics and the New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance.

He has contributed to Commentary, The Public Interest, The National Interest, Policy Review, National Review, The Independent Review, Harper's, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Fortune, London Times, The Financial Times, TLS, The Spectator, The International Economy, Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Figaro, Liberation, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. He has testified before committees of Congress on 30 occasions.

Journalism
Dr. Roberts was associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal and columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He was a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate in Los Angeles. In 1992 he received the Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism. In 1993 the Forbes Media Guide ranked him as one of the top seven journalists in the United States.

Public Service
President Reagan appointed Dr. Roberts Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and he was confirmed in office by the U.S. Senate. From 1975 to 1978, Dr. Roberts served on the congressional staff where
he drafted the Kemp-Roth bill and played a leading role in developing bipartisan support for a supply-side economic policy.

After leaving the Treasury, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Business
Dr. Roberts was president of the Inlet Beach Water Company, president of Economic & Communication Services, advisor to J.P. Morgan asset management, advisor to Tiedemann-Goodnow, advisor to Lazard Freres Asset Management, and a member of corporate and financial boards. 

Books
Dr. Roberts' latest book is How the Economy Was Lost: The War of the Worlds, published in January, 2010 by CounterPunch/AK Press. The Tyranny of Good Intentions, co-authored with IPE Fellow Lawrence Stratton, was published by Prima Publishing in May 2000. A new edition, now in a second printing, was published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Randon House, in 2008. Chile: Two Visions-The Allende-Pinochet Era, co-authored with IPE Fellow Karen Araujo, was published in Spanish by Universidad Nacional Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile, in November 2000. The Capitalist Revolution in Latin America, co-authored with IPE Fellow Karen LaFollette
Araujo, was published by Oxford University Press in 1997. A Spanish language edition was published by Oxford in 1999. The New Color Line: How Quotas and Privilege Destroy Democracy, co-authored with IPE Fellow Lawrence Stratton, was published by Regnery in 1995. A paperback edition was published in 1997.  Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy, co-authored with IPE Fellow Karen LaFollette, was published by the Cato Institute in 1990.  Harvard University Press published Roberts' book, The Supply-Side Revolution, in 1984.  Widely reviewed and favorably received, the book was praised by Forbes as "a timely masterpiece that will have real impact on
economic thinking in the years ahead." Dr. Roberts is the author of Alienation and the Soviet Economy, published in 1971 and republished in 1990. He is coauthor with Matthew Stephenson of Marx's Theory of Exchange, Alienation and Crisis, published in 1973 by the Hoover Institution Press and republished in 1983 by Praeger Publishing. A Spanish language edition was published in 1974 in Madrid by Union Editorial..

The Tyranny of Good Intentions How the Economy Was Lost The Supply-Side Revolution Marx's Theory of Exchange, Alienation, and Crisis Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy Alienation and the Soviet Economy The New Color Line The Capitalist Revolution in Latin America Chile: Dos Visiones La Era Allende-Pinochet [The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West: Towards a New Economics for a Full World] [The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West: Towards a New Economics for a Full World]

Honors
Dr. Roberts was awarded the Treasury Department's Meritorious Service Award for "his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy."

In 1987 the French government recognized him as "the artisan of a renewal in economic science and policy after half a century of state interventionism" and inducted him into the Legion of Honor.

He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

 

ABOUT How America Was Lost: From 9/11 to the Police/Warfare State by Paul Craig Roberts

Even as the view of America as a rogue state consolidates abroad,Americans appear largely bystanders at the spectacle of their government running amok. People forget the myriad instances of their government's flouting of the Constitution and international legal norms-- if ever they were aware of them in the first place--accepting to live in the increasingly pernicious "new normal" with little protest. This remarkable anthology of columns documents and reminds us of the extraordinary developments that, in their accumulation, have led to the destruction of accountable and moral government in the US.

Few American commentators have cut more clearly through the deepening deceit, hypocrisy and outright criminality that has infested official Washington since 9/11 than Paul Craig Roberts. His scathing critique sheds much-needed light on the country’s impending nightmare—economic collapse, internal repression, ongoing wars, and rising rejection by friends and foes alike. America’s fate was sealed when the public and the anti-war movement bought the government’s 9/11 conspiracy theory. This defining event of our time, which has launched the US on interminable wars of aggression and a domestic police state, is a taboo topic for investigation in the media.

Trillion dollar wars have created financing problems for Washington’s deficits,threatening the dollar’s role as world reserve currency, and putting Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block. These protections are called “entitlements” as if they are some sort of welfare that people have not paid for in payroll taxes all their working lives. With over 21 per cent unemployment, with American jobs, GDP, and technology having been given to China and India, with war being Washington’s greatest commitment, with the dollar over-burdened with debt, with civil liberty sacrificed to the bogus war on terror, the liberty and prosperity of the American people have been thrown into the trash bin of history.

The militarism of the U.S. and Israeli states, and Wall Street and corporate greed, will now run their course. “How America Was Lost" marks Roberts as one of the most incisive and courageous moral commentators in America today.

Guest Category: Business, Education, History, News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: author
Guest Biography:

Ted Galdi is the author of the bestselling novel Elixir, a bestselling new thriller novel about a teenage genius curing his girlfriend of Ebola.

A graduate of Duke University and living in Los Angeles, Ted has been featured by ABC and FOX television, iHeartRadio, Examiner, and many other media outlets.

To learn more about him, check out his interviews, and receive updates visit his official website at www.tedgaldi.com

Guest Category: News, Politics & Government, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
Guest Biography:

A born and raised California sea lady, singer/songwriter Kaylinn Douthett began to record her melodies in her modest homemade studio on the Central Coast of California. Drawing influences from all that is around her, her style is somewhat stripped down, simple and refreshing in this day and age. She focuses less on polishing imperfections, and more on embracing the pure emotion and delicate feelings that emerge in new ways each time she sings a song. She calls herself The Carpenter’s Wife, and is accompanied by many other musician friends that contribute their individuality to create a unique blend of folk music. Layering sound, losing control, aiming to capture serendipity, and celebrating that moment when they feel like they do indeed capture it. Serendipity that is. Everything in its right place. Eventually.

Timeless, fluid, and fun nonetheless– that is The Carpenter’s Wife.

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Music
Guest Occupation: Renaissance woman, Author, Artist, Psychotherapist
Guest Biography:

Wouldn’t you love to envision your journey, create your greatest good and enjoy a life where you blossom and shine? Jackie can help you open your imaginative world so you can be the grandest YOU possible!

GUEST:  Jackie Ruka

Jackie Ruka’s message is simple: “A Happy YOU Creates a Happy World!” Her mission is empowering people to share their gifts with the world and helping them live more joy-filled lives.

Through her inspirational organization, the Get Happy Zone, she supports individuals to make conscious choices, fulfill their life’s purpose, claim their natural gifts and share them with the world. As a speaker, Jackie inspires audiences across the U.S. to realize their true heart’s desire with hopes for sustained spiritual happiness.

Her upcoming book, Get Happy and Create a Kick Butt Life, is a 21st century guide for answering your calling, discovering your authentic power and crystallizing your gift. She presents a revolutionary approach to establishing a deep connection with your own wise, inner guide that can support you to replace fear with desire and freedom.

In the current world economy, many people are at a loss as they endure a time of challenges that can, with awareness, lead to great personal growth. Jackie’s passion to help others was ignited by her own experience of making a life-altering choice against the odds to follow her true heart’s desire during an economic downturn in the 1990s. Listening to her inner guidance, she reinvented herself on a personal and professional level and became successful in a non-traditional, heart-centered way.

A true Renaissance woman, Jackie is a talented artist, a highly trained psychotherapist and business professional. With an extensive background as a top-rated corporate marketing expert working with many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and Fortune 500 corporations, she incorporates her knowledge of building billion-dollar brands into building a billion-dollar mindset for success during life transitions.

Jackie has also studied human behavior and the mind-body connection for over 24 years. A fine arts and psychology major at Roger Williams University, she trained for her Masters in Creative Arts in Therapy program at Hahnemann University and Medical School and holds advanced certificates in Massage Therapy and chronic medical conditions. In addition, Jackie has over 5000 hours of client and workshop experience. Her goal in life is to empower people to overcome obstacles and be the architect to their destiny.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Wildlife and Animal Conservationist
Guest Biography:

Helena Fitchat is originally from Prague in the Czech Republic, arriving in South Africa at age 17 with virtually the clothes on her back and little money to her name, as a political refugee.

You will not find anyone more knowledgeable than Helena who has spent over 30 years on and off in the wilderness. She is an expert tracker, has crossed the Kalahari Desert on her own and lived with the Bushmen for a year.  She is also a pilot, a biologist specialising in Animal Behaviour (for which she obtained her PhD), and she single-handedly navigated her way through the vast Okavango Delta in a leaking boat and survived!  For 10 years she was the Operations Director of The Centre for Rehabilitation Of Wildlife (CROW) in Durban, South Africa, during which time an estimated 40,000 animals were admitted.  With the question of what was the best way to assist wildlife churning in her mind constantly, Helena and her friend and colleague Judi Gounaris cashed in their pensions, bought some land in the Tuli Block in Botswana and started up their own private game reserve called Wild At Tuli.

Helena is a mine of information and will enthral you with her fascinating stories about life, adventure and the world of wildlife.

Guest Category: Plant & Animals, Education
Guest Occupation: Sports Broadcaster
Guest Biography:

Bob Robertson and Cougar football. It’s a marriage that’s in its 48th season, and nobody is better associated with Saturday afternoons and Cougar football than the veteran sports broadcaster. And while Cougar fans have always shown their approval and appreciation for this play-by-play broadcaster, his peers have voted him Washington Sportscaster of the Year 15 times.

Robertson, who was inducted into both the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame and the Inland Empire Hall of Fame in 2001-02, and in August 2004, received the prestigious Chris Schenkel Award at ceremonies held at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. The long-time Cougar broadcaster began his association with WSU football in 1964 and with the exception of a three-year period in 1969-71, he’s been calling the Cougar action ever since.

Guest Category: Sports & Recreation, Professional, High School, College
Guest Occupation: An award-winning author, change catalyst, corporate speaker, international facilitator, and practicing consulting hypnotist
Guest Biography:

Georgina is an award-winning, board-certified, master consulting hypnotist and in 1997 founded the Ontario Hypnosis Centre, which within a few years became Canada’s leading hypnosis training facility and clinic.  She has since sold the OHC to focus on her writing, lecturing and client work. An accredited life coach, she is recognized as the public face of hypnosis and the mind-body connection in Canada and is a respected member of the complimentary health community. Georgina is a regular guest on national and international television and radio programs and her work has gained her prominence as a source for news and feature articles on hypnosis, counselling and complimentary therapies.

Her work and extraordinary commitment has been recognized internationally. In 2004, Shirley MacLaine read Georgina’s first book, RETURN – Past Life Regression and You, and contacted Georgina for a radio interview. Afterward, she invited Georgina to host her chatroom a few times a year, on the website https://shirleymaclaine.com/ to talk about hypnosis, relationship issues, past life, and the interlife.

Other famous people who have used the power of hypnosis to overcome fears, phobias, vices, and even to lose weight include Orlando Bloom, Fergie, Lily Allen, Sarah Ferguson, Sophie Dahl, Geri Halliwell, Ellen DeGeneres, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Mark Knopfler, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Ashton Kutcher, Charlize Theron, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner, Jessica Alba, and even Kate Middleton is rumoured to have used hypnosis throughout her recent labour.

Guest Category: Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Empath/Mind-Body Therapist
Guest Biography:

Anu Abraham, PT, DPT is a Physical Therapist with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy who specializes in mind/body work and is an empath.

Anu incorporates her experience from traditional Physical Therapy and her passion/understanding of the mind-body connection to foster truly integrative therapy. The relationship between the subconscious mind and its direct influence on the health of the body are connected and therefore addressed. In all conditions, the mind and body are not separate.

Anu, an empath, can facilitate a release in the body while shifting perspective in the mind to relieve stress which will help to relax and give space for the body to heal, as long as the mindand body allow the release. The sessions with her are both powerful and empowering as information and awareness of what the body is holding is provided.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Self Help
Guest Occupation: yoga teacher and back specialist
Guest Biography:

My first guest ,Larry Payne, Ph.D,  is an internationally respected yoga teacher and back specialist. He is the co-author of international bestseller Yoga for Dummies, Yoga Rx, and The Business of Teaching Yoga He was selected as a yoga expert by, The World Economic Forum, Web MD, Reader’s Digest, RodalePress, Yoga Journal, and named ‘One of America’s most respected Yoga teachers’ by the Los Angeles Times.

Doctor Payne is co-founder of the yoga curriculum at the UCLA School of Medicine, and founding director of the Yoga Therapy Rx™ and Prime of Life Yoga™certification programs at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is featured in 7 DVDs on Yoga Therapy for Common Ailments. Most recently he is co-author of Yoga Therapy & Integrative Medicine published by Basic Health and scheduled for release December 2014

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Self Help
Guest Occupation: author, journalist, essayist, and researcher
Guest Biography:

Alexis Brooks is a #1best-selling author, journalist, essayist, and researcher covering metaphysics, spirituality and new thought concepts. Her work which explores consciousness, human potential, and the deeper characteristics of reality from a transcendental perspective, have been described by others as “lucid and easy to understand” in covering an otherwise complex and esoteric subject matter.

A former broadcast executive, commercial copywriter, and voice talent for major market radio and television, Alexis parlayed her journalistic skills into her life-long passion: working and interfacing with some of the leading researchers and experts in the field of consciousness and related subjects. She has interviewed many “alternative thought-leaders” including, author and consciousness researcher Dr. Larry Dossey, author and paranormal researcher Rosemary Ellen Guiley, near-death researcher PMH Atwater, OBE (out-of-body-experience) expert William Buhlman, scientist and film maker David Sereda, psychic medium John Edward, author and intuitive Penney Peirce and author and new science researcher Cynthia Sue Larson, among many others. Her articles have appeared both in print and online for over a decade. Her work has been featured in Spirit of Change Magazine, Wisdom Magazine, Fate Magazine and on popular alternative websites like, Consciouslifenews.com and Lightworkersworld.com.

Early on in her career as a “new thought” writer, Alexis was interviewed by well known paranormalist Uri Geller about her own approach to understanding the complexities of consciousness. Additionally a very personal and powerful dream account she experienced was featured in Best-Selling Author Rosemary Ellen Guiley’s 1998 book, Dreamwork for the Soul.

In March of 2013, Alexis co-hosted the Conscious Life News New Mind Body Spirit Summit, in which she featured speakers including NY Times Best-Selling Author, Sonia Choquette, HeartMath’s Howard Martin, and new age Grammy nominated recording artist, Steven Halpern.

Alexis has been a featured speaker on the subject of animal reincarnation, and has covered this elusive subject as part of her ongoing research.

Her first book, Conscious Musings – A Collection of Contemplations about Life and Potentiality was released in December of 2012 in spoken word format. The expanded version of Conscious Musings – Contemplations to Transform Life and Realize Potential reached #1 Best-Selling status on Amazon in the category of sociology of social theory on its official debut, March 20, 2014.

Alexis is a lead contributing writer and host of The Conscious Inquiry Radio Show with Alexis Brooks on Conscious Life News. She also hosts her own blog, Higher Journeys which regularly covers metaphysics, spirituality and consciousness related subjects.

In addition to Alexis’ background in alternative media, she grew up in the entertainment industry as a teen print and runway model and is cousin to Grammy award winning jazz artist Nancy Wilson, who was also featured in Alexis’ book Conscious Musings, about her own “paranormal” encounter.

She lives in the Boston area with her husband Derek and their white Persian cat Clover Paws, who became a key factor in Alexis’ research into the phenomenon of animal reincarnation.

Alexis Brooks on the web:
Higher Journeys

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Guest Occupation: Multi-Instrumentalist Musician, Photographer, Sculpture and Emissary for the Resonance Project
Guest Biography:

Biography

Jamie Janover is recognized as a true innovator. His considerable creative output includes: being a multi-instrumentalist and master of the ancient percussion stringed instrument called the hammered dulcimer, inventing and performing on an instrument he calls the "mini-kit" (a miniature amplified drum kit), playing pyrocussion (custom fire-drums) and creating the RealmsMobile (a recumbent tricycle with the mini-kit attached, enabling him to ride and play drums simultaneously).
 
Janover’s main musical project is as part of a duo called Janover & reSunator with vocalist, lyricist and keyboard player Lezlie Sunshine, who sings in both English and Chinese. By combining recent innovations in modern technology with the wisdom of ancient instruments, Janover & reSunator achieve a balance between the electronic and the acoustic, the male and the female, to create a resonant unified field: music reflective of the nature of modern times. 
For many years Janover has maintained a rigorous touring schedule with multiple acts including: PRAANG (w/ EOTO & Steve Kimock), ZILLA (w/ Michael Travis from SCI and VibeSquaD) the Everyone Orchestra (w/ a revolving lineup) and shows with Karsh Kale. Jamie is also a veteran of hundreds of collaborations and guest appearances, having performed on stage with artists including: Phish, Bela Fleck, The String Cheese Incident, G. Love & Special Sauce, Stanley Jordan, Umphrey’s McGee, Keller Williams, Beats Antique, Emancipator, Random Rab and many others. In the past 2 years alone Janover & reSunator have performed at more than 50 festivals globally, in countries as diverse as New Zealand, Portugal, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Australia, Egypt, Mexico, Canada & in the USA from Maine to Hawaii. 
 
When not playing music, you can find Janover connecting dots around the world in his extensive international travels and collaborations in multiple creative realms including creating stunning images as a professional photographer and making sculpture works using natural found objects. Janover’s life-long interest in the true nature of reality and the universe brought him to become an official emissary for scientist Nassim Haramein of the Resonance Project, delivering fascinating presentations on the physics of unified field theory.
 
We are infinite beings in an infinite universe
Guest Category: Performing Arts, Earth & Space, Cosmology, Courses & Training, Music, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Access Consciousness, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Registered Nurse, Traggers Masso-Therapist, and Expert on Essential Oils
Guest Biography:
Ann Windau is an Aspiring and Dedicated Nurse working (ever so) diligently and passionately as a psychiatric nurse... and has been doing so for the last 25 years. 

She is also a Master Reiki Therapist... a long-time student for several alternative Healing Energy Modalities, and a highly esteemed practitioner and knowledgable resource on Trager Masso-Therapy, 

Ann Windau is also an expert on THE VITAL & ESSENTIAL NATURE OF ESSENTIAL OILS. 

21 Things You Should Know About Essential Oils

Essential oils are not really oils. They do not contain the fatty acids that constitute what we would consider an actual oil. Valerie Gennari Cooksley, author of Aromatherapy: Soothing Remedies to Restore, Rejuvenate and Heal defines essential oils as “highly concentrated plant constituents possessing potent medicinal and cosmetic qualities.” However, I think Stephanie Tourles nailed it in Organic Body Care recipes when she said, “I consider essential oils the life force or the soul of the plant.”

Most essential oils are high in antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties: This makes them an excellent addition to your homemade cleaning preparations. Oils that are best for cleaning are: Lemon, grapefruit, eucalyptus, peppermint, tea tree, lavender, and rosemary.

Essential oils are miniscule in molecular size, which means they are absorbed well by the skin – making them perfect ingredients in personal care items intended to heal, soften, and nourish. However, they do not accumulate in the body over time – they simply offer up their healing properties and then pass on through.

Scientific studies have shown that rosemary essential oil helps your brain perform. Specifically, smelling rosemary essential oil helps memory recall and performance on tests. Interestingly, this study also showed that groups that inhaled either rosemary or lavender essential oil felt much more relaxed than those who inhaled no odor at all.

Fragrance oils and essential oils are NOT the same thing. As a rule of thumb, if you see the word “fragrance” or “fragrance oil” or even “perfume” on anything, you can assume this is synthetic and NOT natural. (Even if it says natural fragrance.)

Essential oils are wholly natural and cannot be patented; which means that you’ll never see an essential oil in a pharmaceutical drug. As such, you can expect that the vast majority of mainstream healthcare practitioners will never recommend essential oils as therapeutic alternatives to drugs. More importantly, because essential oils cannot be patented, drug companies will not waste money studying them. This limits our scientific knowledge of essential oils GREATLY, and the majority of what we know about them are things that have been passed down through thousands of years of personal use and experimentation.

Enormous amounts of plants are needed to produce essential oil. In fact, on the extreme end, it takes 4000 pounds of Bulgarian roses to produce 1 pound of essential oil. Other plants like lavender only take 100 pounds of plant material to produce a pound of essential oil. Still, can you imagine how concentrated essential oils must be, in light of how many plants are used to produce them?

Most essential oils should never be used undiluted on the skin. Instead, they should be combined with “real” oils (called carrier oils), waxes, butters, alcohols, or other diluting measures. Because they’re so concentrated, if you don’t dilute, you may end up with an unfortunate reaction (and unhappy skin).

There are a few essential oils that are generally recognized as safe to use undiluted. Of course, there has to be a few exceptions to the rule. Again, in Organic Body Care Recipes, the author points out that the only essential oils that are widely acknowledged as safe to use undiluted (sparingly) are: lavender, German chamomile, tea tree, sandalwood, and rose geranium.

Never use an undiluted essential oil on a baby or child. Children have much thinner, more delicate skin than adults have, and tend to be very sensitive to the potency of essential oils. In fact, even if you do use essential oil in a recipe for children, only use half of the essential oil recommended in the recipe. That’s all they’ll need, anyway. (Here is a list of 19 essential oils that are safe for babies and children.)

Avoid the following essential oils while pregnant or nursing (and skip EOs completely in your first trimester): Aniseed, cedarwood, chamomile, cinnamon, clary sage, clove, ginger, jasmine, lemon, nutmeg, rosemary, sage (this is only a partial list of some of the more common essential oils – view the full one here).

To test if you’re sensitive to an essential oil (which is probably best to do before using it in a skincare preparation): Combine one drop of essential oil with 1/2 tsp carrier oil (like olive, jojoba, or sweet almond). Rub this on the inside, upper portion of your arm and wait a few hours. If no redness or itching develops, you’re most likely not sensitive to that essential oil.

Keep all essential oils out of the reach of children – and avoid contact with your eyes. This is just standard safety precautions, but must be mentioned

Do not take essential oils internally, especially oils like wintergreen and eucalyptus. While some essential oils may be used well-diluted in something like toothpaste with safety, it’s generally recognized that there’s no need to take essential oils internally. In fact, there are several toxic essential oils that should be avoided even through skin contact. Luckily, these are NOT common essential oils, and most of them you’ll never find in the store.

Not all essential oils are created equally, nor does more expensive necessarily mean “better.” There are certain brands I will use in a less therapeutic fashion (like for cleaning), because they’re far less expensive than their counterparts. When you see a wide fluctuation in price between, say, lavender essential oils, you can bet that the far less expensive one is likely lower in quality. However, a small variation in price differences on the higher end will NOT mean a better essential oil. It will just mean a higher price. (A little birdie also told me that there are also only a handful of essential oil distilleries in the world, which means that most essential oils come from the exact same places – thus there is little difference in quality between the more “typically priced” EOs.) What I’m saying here is: Understand that you DO have to pay for quality, but that if you’re just using essential oils in non-therapeutic fashions, it’s okay to use less expensive oils (like the Beeyoutiful ones pictured at the top of this post, or NOW brand essential oils). But if you want high quality, I suggest using Mountain Rose Herbs or another ethical supplier that offers organic essential oils (grown without pesticides or toxic fertilizers).

To test your essential oil to see how “pure” it is, put a single drop of it on a piece of construction paper. If it evaporates quickly and leaves no noticeable ring, it is pure. If you have a ring left, then it is likely diluted by the manufacturer with an oil of some sort (this test will not work for myrrh, patchouli, and absolutes).

Essential oils will last for at least 5 years (if not 10), so one bottle could literally last you a decade. Hopefully that thought will help mitigate the cost involved in purchasing some essential oils. Because they are SO concentrated and only a tiny amount is needed in anything you do, they’ll last you a very, very long time. The only exception to this rule is citrus oils, which will see a reduction in potency after a year or two.

Store your essential oils in dark glass bottles (which they were probably packaged in) and out of direct sunlight. This is simply to help preserve their potency.

Remember that what you’re allergic to in food, you will be allergic to in essential oils. So if, for some reason, you can’t eat sage without breaking out in a rash, steer clear of sage essential oil (or any product containing it).

USE ESSENTIAL OILS TO HELP YOUR MOOD. 

Lavender, peppermint, grapefruit, chamomile, lemon, ylang-ylang all help produce happy, joyous moods. Clary sage helps with PMS (although there have been reports that overuse of clary sage can lead to intoxication). Rosemary increases focus and concentration. Don’t forget the mood benefits of essential oils. Here’s an information packed aromatherapy reference chart to refer to.

The recommended usage of many essential oils is hotly contested throughout the aromatherapy profession. The majority of oils you find in the supermarket are absolutely safe (though you should research them before using them); however, once you start digging into the world of essential oils, you’ll find that professionals – even within the same organization – debate extensively over the use of certain oils. If you’re ever unsure about an oil or its use, do the research you can, and if you still cannot make up your mind as to its safety – avoid it. But, by all means, do NOT be afraid of essential oils. Just use them with care and respect, and all will be fine.
Guest Occupation: Multi-Award Winning Singer, Songwriter, Light Worker, Recording Artist, Public Speaker, International Celebrity
Guest Biography:

Paul Luftenegger is an International Multi Award Winning Singer and Songwriter who writes music to inspire and promote global love and kindness from within.  Paul is a leader in his new genre of music he calls 'Conscious Healing Music' to empower the listener with love and freedom of the heart and soul to thrive from within.

Paul's first real success came after recording a HUGE INTERNATIONAL RECORD titled 'DIAMOND LIGHT' with Multi Award Winning Canadian Producer Arun Chaturvedi. This record holds some very important work to inspire UNIVERSAL LOVE as well as an LGBTQ positive song that talks about growing up gay.  Paul partnered with Arun to help bring Paul's vision of inspiring GLOBAL LOVE & KINDNESS to life in hearts around our world.  'DIAMOND LIGHT' was recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and has a long list of press and media interest and stories on various platforms as well as stories from some of the most recognizable spiritual leaders with countless letters from hearts thanking Paul for his new genre of music that he likes to call 'CONSCIOUS HEALING MUSIC'. DIAMOND LIGHT as a project took Paul 3-years to bring to life.  He released singles from this record throughout 2013 with the full body of work being made available for global distribution on January 14th, 2014 in countries around the World to Inspire Global Love & Kindness to promote Inner Peace.  Paul's title track of the same album name, won a very important musical award with the 2013 USA Songwriting Competition; a very prestigious International Songwriting contest who granted Paul's song 'DIAMOND LIGHT' with the 'Honourable Mention Award'.  Paul's album was also honoured with an award from the London Free Press as one of the 2013 albums of the year.

Paul's second HUGE INTERNATIONAL RECORD has affectionately been titled 'LOVE EXPANDING LOVE' which is a body of work Paul completed in August of 2014 with his Canadian Producer Arun Chaturvedi.  LOVE EXPANDING LOVE was entirely funded by Paul's fans from gorgeous hearts from every corner of our planet through a Kickstarter Campaign. Paul feels very deeply that LOVE EXPANDING LOVE is his most important record of his career already garnering countless praise and interest from some of the most prolific hearts and souls on our planet.  Interview after Interview is lining up to millions of listeners through syndicated online radio platform shows that are recognizing Paul's talent as a very unique singer on a mission to Inspire Love to do exactly as the title suggests - To Expand Love from Love itself through the heart within. Uniting collectively, remembering what in fact human kindness is all about.  

Paul's LOVE EXPANDING LOVE project touches on some very serious international subjects such as developing self love and self worth. The importance of honouring the elderly.  Feeding every mouth on the planet. Asking all Governments to be kind to all life. Reminding listeners that grown men do in fact cry. That it takes faith and self love to succeed and prosper.  That there are Angels all around every single one of us to help us all on our way through our life here on Earth.  That nature will help all of us to heal inside and out. That we need to help all hearts on this planet to thrive at life in order for us to thrive at life individually.  

LOVE EXPANDING LOVE is an album all about supporting the listener to honour collective and individual consciousness asking the listener to get busy unfolding the heart within through intention and self acceptance. LOVE EXPANDING LOVE RELEASES GLOBALLY ON 11.11.14 in 120+ Countries through iTunes.  Paul has dedicated this entire album and body of work to his hero Oprah Winfrey and the OWN Television Network as a way to properly thank Oprah and her teams for their contributions to our world and collective consciousness creating conscious television that caters to the heart and soul within.

Bio

Paul was born in St.Thomas, Ontario, Canada on January 14th, 1977.  When Paul was eight he moved to London, Ontario with his family and started studying piano.  By the age of ten, Paul had auditioned for St. Mary’s Choir and Orchestra Program in London.  This blessing opened many doors to expand and grow Paul's artistic talents in music and the performing arts through this incredible music program gaining a solid music education expanding love through music.

Paul’s passion for music and art continued to bloom in High School where he attended Catholic Central High School in London, Ontario - a specialized extension program developed to continue music studies from St. Mary’s Choir and Orchestra Program.  Paul was included in an adventure to sing for the late Pope John Paul II as part of the CCH Choir in a private audience at the Vatican in Vatican City.  As a teen, Paul performed with Choirs for The Blue Jays, The Boston Red Sox and The Detroit Tigers at stadiums filled with 10's of 1000's of adoring baseball fans. 

Paul has always supported Music and Art. He believes in keeping Art Programs alive and healthy within the public school systems to provide children the opportunities to grow reflection through the creative process. 

Paul and his close family sadly lost his 56 year old Father to suicide in March of 2011.  This tragic loss has been a huge inspiration of opening hearts and trying to inspire the World through writing music that is reflective and at the same time calming. Paul has always maintained keeping his music as true to form with simplicity without over editing to allow the souls honesty to dance with the listeners heart.  Paul writes with the intention of finding peace within oneself in order to truly manifest peace externally in our beautiful World with the ultimate goal of inspiring Global Kindness through all of his music compositions.

Paul has worked very closely and continues to be a guest speaker and volunteer/contributor with the 'Canadian Mental Health Association' (CMHA).  Paul has been a featured Singer/Songwriter by Songwriters Association of Canada (S.A.C.) for his work with Suicide Awareness and Social Change Songwriting.  His career also includes partnering with international charities to advance social awareness issues advancing equality and human rights for all people of our World.  Paul has also been honoured by the Premier of Ontario - The Honourable Kathleen Wynne for his work with Suicide Awareness.   

Paul released his first body of work on September 1st, 2011 titled "Blessings From Above" A.K.A. "Beautiful World" consisting of 5 tracks of Paul's piano and vocal arrangements.  On February 29th, 2012 Paul released his 2nd Album Titled "Worthy" which was recorded Live on a Grand Piano in Toronto, Ontario Canada with a total of 7 easy-listening songs.  Paul is currently releasing singles from his up-and-coming album "Diamond Light" which will be available for International purchase in hard copy CD's and Digital Downloads on January 14th, 2014 with a total number of 9 tracks with very elaborate mixes including piano &  vocal as the lead instruments, accompanied by lovely strings, soulful keyboards, drums, and guitars. 

On January 17th, 2014 Paul is venturing out and starting his live performance career in front of audiences to inspire and promote love and kindness through reflective concerts.  These shows have been titled 'DIAMOND LIGHT' which will include sharing stories of creating loving moments through his music career and how this process has unfolded through becoming the person he has always dreamed he could become with hard work and dedication to love itself.  Paul's dream, vision, and ultimate goal in this concert series is to remind hearts to help one another. These performances will focus on creating peace, love, joy, happiness and prosperity through Co+Creation and Conscious+Intention showcasing Paul's beautiful compositions.

On November 25th, 2013 Paul won his first International Songwriting Award for 'DIAMOND LIGHT' from the "2013 USA Songwriting Contest" which is an International contest consisting of 10's of 1000's of song submissions from some of the best prolific songwriters from all around the World.  This award is called "The Honourable Mention Award".  'DIAMOND LIGHT' was also selected as a finalist for the grand prize of best song of the year for 2013.   

Paul's Album 'DIAMOND LIGHT' won a top 10 Award in London, by the London Free Press.

Paul believes in spreading Abundant Peace, Love, Joy, Happiness and Prosperity with as much kindness as humanly possible. Deepak Chopra, Oprah and Ellen along with many New Age Authors have been the light of Paul's growth through much adversity.  These wonderful human hearts have changed the face of our World with their love and perpetual belief in kindness.

Guest Occupation: Shaman, World Traveler, Activist, Screenplay Writer, Healer, Intuitive, Lecturer, and Author
Guest Biography:

Patricia Cori, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, is a world-renowned author, teacher/lecturer, former radio talk show host & spiritual guide to the sacred sites of the Earth. She has been recognized and celebrated as a gifted shaman by indigenous spirit teachers of the Tibetan, Mayan and Peruvian. She is an activist for the rights of human beings and animals - a peaceful warrior for Planet Earth. She is an activist for the rights of human beings and animals - a peaceful warrior for Planet Earth.

Additionally, she is a celebrated international speaker—actively offering courses, seminars and workshops internationally on a vast range of topics, which reflect her commitment to protecting the ecosystems of the planet and educating humanity to the issues we face as guardians of 21st century Earth in transition.

Her books The Sirian Revelations (published by North Atlantic Books) have enjoyed worldwide acclaim as wake-up call material for the expanding consciousness of humankind. She was a former host, on BBS RADIO, for the cutting edge web radio talk show, BEYOND THE MATRIX.

In 1996, she established the LightWorks travel club, SoulQuest™ Journeys, and that year led a group of travelers to Nepal and Tibet, to whom she introduced the sacred temples and breathtaking spirit of the Tibetan landscape. She has since guided people through sacred sites in Asia, Mexico, Egypt, Europe, Peru and the crop circles in England.

She has co-founded the global non-profit organization, SAVE EARTH’S OCEANS, INC, which is dedicated to help clean up the beaches and oceans of our planet worldwide, to awaken people to the importance of protecting the sea mammals, and to help restore the balance of our fragile ecosystems of the Oceans. As President and CEO of the organization, she is determined to raise the consciousness of human beings around the globe to the potential of the human spirit to alter the course of our destruction of the environment and to re-establish the harmony of Earth in balance.

“Patricia Cori is a wonderful combination of intelligence and passion, and she aims it at the understanding and protection of whales and dolphins in a powerful way."

-Hardy Jones, wildlife and conservation filmmaker and founder of BlueVoice.org

“No sooner had Patricia entered the water, filled with over fifty dolphins, when one of them brushed up against her body and leaped over her in the air. The team saw this amazing moment occur from our boat. In all my years of observing Cetaceans, I have never experienced this kind of interaction between wild dolphins and humans! Some might even call it a “miracle.”

-Enrico Villa, co-founder of whale watching organization CWAzores.

Patricia Cori has also been called a "real life Indiana Jones" by fans and readers around the world - an inspiring icon of truth and a living model of the adventurous spirit and seeker within us all. Internationally acclaimed author Patricia Cori is one of the most well-known and established authorities on the realms of the mystic - views of the world and multidimensional reality that challenge the status quo. She has been a key voice in the alternative media for decades, and a contactee who has brought paradigm-busting information to the public since 1996, contributing a wealth of material to the new thought community. And she has the "chops" to prove it ...with eleven best-selling publications, published in over 20 foreign languages.

She has herself been interviewed on hundreds of talk radio and TV programs, including CNN, Coast to Coast a.m. syndicated radio, the Urban Journal Radio, KJAC Radio Montreal, 21st Century Radio, Fringe Radio, The Edge, X-Zone Chronicles, Playboy radio and a host of others. She has also appeared in documentary films.

She has now turned her talent to screenwriting, having completed a full feature script of her upcoming spiritual thriller, The Emissary, scheduled for release as her first fiction novel, through North Atlantic Books/Random House Distribution in March 2014. Film and television rights have been acquired by Global Universal Entertainment, and the project is already in development to become a major motion picture. A prolific writer, she is already half way through the sequel, The Keeper of the Crystal Skull, first as a screenplay which she will no doubt follow with the novel version.

Her recent project - LITTLE BOOKS by Patricia Cori - launched in July 2013 will provide her readers with a collection of short, concise works on topics about which she is impassioned and knowledgeable, as digital editions released through kindle on amazon. Volume 1, HEAVEN IS HERE, BENEATH A TREE, is a moving collection of her artistry as a photographer and artist, and poems which reflect her love of the earth and her visions of the beyond.

A true spiritual leader, Patricia Cori is weaving her own music into the souls of her readers, calling upon humankind to wake up and take its true role of leadership for the preservation of the magnificent Planet Earth. She is most definitely a force to be dealt with!

"Amazing works, but 'phenomenal' is far more accurate! Uncanny intuition and incredible psychic gifts have made Patricia Cori an international icon and one of the finest radio hosts on BBS Radio, with her weekly radio program Beyond the Matrix. Her extraordinary vision and the way she communicates her truth to her readers will make Patricia a staple in every library. This woman will change your entire life, just like magic!"

-Donald Newsom, president of BBS Network, Inc.

"Patricia Cori is a living library and her books are living vessels"

-Alfred Webre, Exopolitics.

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The Emissary by Patricia Cori

In Patricia Cori's newest book The Emissary (soon to be a major A-list motion picture movie), she reveals how whales, dolphins and humans are being genocided by a targeted depopulation program to destroy Source-oriented intelligent life on our planet, and how her book The Emissary is a vehicle to bringing this message to the mainstream reading public and motion picture theatres.

"The screenplay format of Patricia Cori’s The Emissary, quickly optioned by Global Entertainment Holdings, is already in development to become a major motion picture. It is a fact-based fictional account of the mass extinction event taking place on planet Earth. In Dan Brown’s eerie Da Vinci Code style, author Patricia Cori takes the reader into a world of unexplained reality and concepts perhaps too real for us to imagine in our busy lives.

HOLLYWOOD, CA – In an ExopoliticsTV interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre, author, interdimensional researcher, and Cetacean activist Patricia Cori discusses her newest book The Emissary (soon to be a major A-list motion picture).  Patricia Cori also reveals how whales, dolphins and humans are being genocided by a targeted depopulation program to destroy Source-oriented intelligent life on our planet, and how her book The Emissary is a vehicle to bringing this message to the mainstream reading public and motion picture theatres.

Writing about Patricia Cori's The Emissary in Exonews.org, Debbie West tells us,  "The screenplay format of Patricia Cori’s The Emissary, quickly optioned by Global Entertainment Holdings, is already in development to become a major motion picture. It is a fact-based fictional account of the mass extinction event taking place on planet Earth. In Dan Brown’s eerie Da Vinci Code style, author Patricia Cori takes the reader into a world of unexplained reality and concepts perhaps too real for us to imagine in our busy lives.

"In this newly released, spell-binding book, lead character Jamie Hastings is sought out due to her unique psychic and remote viewing skills and brought into a military black ops program, masked as oil exploration on the pretense of preserving whale sanctuaries. When it’s discovered that the real assignment is to search out an advanced civilization beneath the oceans, the mysterious nuances and synchronicities tied to events playing out on the world stage awaken the reader to a disturbing thought. Within our subconscious lingers the notion that we are not alone in this universe and that this fact has been hidden for a very long time.

"Author Patricia Cori gives her readers a lot to ponder as she draws them into a new world of possibilities. In fact, can whales communicate, as they do with psychic Jamie Hastings in The Emissary? Our science argues that they do indeed communicate and are of a very high intelligence. On the wake of the most recent Taiji dolphin slaughters, legislation is arguing that dolphins be given the status of 'Non-Human Personhood,' and activists like Ric O’Barry are pleading for humanity to get outraged. O’Barry’s award winning documentary, The Cove, produced in 2009 and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most film awards ever recorded, is a daring look into the brutal inhuman treatment of unbelievable cruelty that occurs as dolphin families are separated from their young, causing mothers to abort and forcing the pod to watch as each one is either bludgeoned to death or led to a life in captivity.

Weaving an intriguing tale, Patricia Cori’s The Emissary reveals through her character, Jamie Hastings, how to persevere on a journey to seek truth using inner guidance and trust. Cori’s message of galactic hope and transparency are spelled out in her profound earlier trilogy, The Sirian Revelations, which for the discerning readers explores humanity’s continuing struggle to evolve into a new heart-centered frequency.

But The Emissary is relentless in driving home another main point: the reckless destruction by mankind of Earth’s oceans and all its inhabitants. Mirrored in truth, the story parallels a real life U.S. Navy sonar-testing program, as reported by the New York Times, that includes the annihilation of as estimated 13 million cetaceans – including whales and dolphins.

“These virtually unregulated Navy Warfare Testing Programs already approved are now taking a toll on all aquatic life. The sonar exercises at issue would take place off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Hawaii, Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico – affecting literally every coastal state. In many regions, the Navy plans to increase the number of training exercises or expand the areas in which they may occur."

-Rosalind Peterson, California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition, a citizen watch organization that monitors geoengineering and warfare activities.

There again comes a glimpse of reality vs. fiction with memories of other actual news stories by the Huffington Post, The New York Times and CNN, citing countless mysterious reports of beached whales, entire dolphin pods, dead birds, fish and other marine life in unexplained genocide.

The 'Great Noise' described through communication with the whales in The Emissary, is related to sonar testing and to HAARP technology, an actual military program long suspected of being tied to geoengineering. Cori reminds us, through this marvelous fictional story, that our own discernment will lead us to the truth, that the only way to overcome adversity is to face it with courage and conviction and that the light prevails … but not without brave warriors like the novel’s heroine, Jamie Hastings, whose uncanny resemblance to the author does not go unnoticed.

Appealing to society to protest the destruction of our oceans, violence against whales and dolphins and a plea for humanity to wake up has been a tireless and lifelong personal crusade for Patricia Cori. In a previous book, entitled Before We Leave You: Messages from the Great Whales and the Dolphin Beings, she explores Earth’s energetic connection to whales and dolphins, whose sounds provide a vibration field for our Earth and chords of communication waves that raise the entire planet into higher realms of consciousness. Perhaps, as many report, battles in the oceans are more than marine testing programs and military bases like AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center) can lead to a bigger story.

USO’s (underwater submerged objects) have been sighted and recorded in our recent history by military eye witnesses and even by Christopher Columbus in his crossing to the New World as shown in the History Channel Documentary. Traces of an advanced society by Admiral Byrd’s expeditions in Antarctica, along with strange military operations and ancient texts of the Lemurian and Atlanataen cultures, support the existence of a greater interdimensional force on this planet.

As absurd as that might sound, the historical trail of continuous covert corruption by human hands concludes that, as stewards of Earth, we must stay diligent in our pursuit of justice and honor of all life – and sometimes that challenges us to use a knowing eye and a brave heart.

Cori’s real life fight to save our oceans began several years ago with a personal experience with whales and dolphins that shook her to the core: a life changing event that resulted in the formation of the non-profit Save Earth’s Oceans, where all can join together on the quest to save the whales and dolphins and our planet. Save Earths’ Oceans held an extraordinary event in London on April 25th, Singing the Oceans Alive, to raise awareness of the plight of marine life featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and FLASHMOB kids who sang Under the Sea.

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"What is under the sea that covers 2/3rds of this planet? Maybe we should listen to the whales and dolphins that have lived there for millions of years."

-Patricia Cori

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI-TpxdYvR8&feature=youtu.be

Guest Occupation: Business attorney, novelist and speaker
Guest Biography:
For Your Consideration: Roberta Grimes:
The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next
Hello BBS Radio Host:
 
I wish to share with you the guest possibility of attorney and afterlife expert Roberta Grimes who illuminates what for some can be a difficult topic, but one that we must increasingly face as the boomer population ages. For those who worry about dying or losing a loved one, or those who fret about the death of a pet, Roberta brings her passion for the subject and 40 years of scholarly in-depth study to deliver concrete answers to all your questions.
 
After two “experiences of light” in childhood, Roberta was determined to understanding the afterlife. She spent decades studying nearly 200 years of abundant and consistent communications from those who have died. As a result of this disciplined research and her study of quantum physics and consciousness evidence, she can delineate with clarity what comes next. In doing so, she removes the elements of darkness and superstition that once permeated this topic and brings us a comprehensive understanding of death that is uplifting and even joyful.
 
In her riveting interviews Roberta covers such points as:
 
What are the kinds of evidence about the afterlife that are available to us?
Where is the afterlife and how does it work?
How is it that quantum physics is related to the physics of the afterlife?
Why is it that we have little or no awareness of the afterlife?
How does death happen, and how does it “feel”?
What can we know about God?
What are heaven and hell, and how can we learn the truth about them?
What can we know about the meaning and purpose of our lives?
 
Roberta Grimes is a business attorney, novelist and speaker based in Austin, Texas, who had two extraordinary experiences of light as a child. In an attempt to understand her experiences, she has spent decades studying nearly 200 years of abundant and consistent communications from the dead and other afterlife-related evidence that eventually enabled her to assemble an in-depth understanding of who and what we are, how reality works, the nature of God, and the meaning and purpose of our lives.
 
Roberta has learned so much about the death process and the period immediately following death that in 2010 she published a brief summary of the best information called The Fun of Dying – Find Out What Really Happens Next. Her second book about the afterlife, The Fun of Staying in Touch, will document the many ways in which the dead contact us, and the wonderful recent research that is making it easier for us to contact them.
 
Roberta is a graduate of Smith College and Boston University School of Law. 
Guest Category: Paranormal, Ghosts, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Psychologist, Future Directed Therapy Developer, Director, Professor, Author
Guest Biography:

GUEST:  Jennice Vilhauer, PhD

Author of “Think Forward to Thrive – How To Use The Mind’s Power of Anticipation To Transcend Your Past And Transform Your Life”

Jennice Vilhauer, PhD, is a psychologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, who specializes in the area of future directed thinking and developing skill-based methods by which people can learn to create positive future thought and action. Her research is focused on the integration of mindful consciousness and future directed thought as mechanisms for recovery and wellness. The developer of Future Directed Therapy, she has over twelve years of experience helping clients to create better futures, and she is responsible for training other psychologists and psychiatrists in the field of cognitive therapy.

Dr. Vilhauer is the director of Emory’s Adult Outpatient Psychotherapy Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in the School of Medicine. She formerly served as the clinical director of the Adult Outpatient Programs as well as the director of Psychology Training in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was also an assistant clinical professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA). She completed her undergraduate training in psychology at UCLA and her graduate training at Fordham University, followed by postdoctoral training at Columbia University.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Love & Relationships, Relationship Counseling, Psychology, Mental Health, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Sports Talk Host on CBS Sports Radio's 1090 The Fan
Guest Biography:

Steve Sandmeyer hosts 1090 The Fan’s local show. Sandmeyer, a Seattle area native, has been in the Seattle sports radio market for more than 15 years and also has play-by-play announcing under his belt. The Loyola Marymount University graduate and his wife Jenni have two children — daughter Megan and son Joseph. Cougs are encouraged to keep the Sandman in check when he leans Husky.

Guest Category: Sports & Recreation, Professional, High School, College
Guest Occupation: Chief Justice for the Kingdom of Hawai'i
Guest Biography:

Jennifer Pawlowski is a highly skilled attorney with seven years of litigating experience as an Intellectual Property/Commercial Transactions lawyer.

At the behest of the Ali’ i Nui Mo’ i, Edmund K. Silva, Jr., she is currently serving as the Chief Justice for the Kingdom of Hawai’i, and works tirelessly on all issues concerning Hawaiian sovereignty and independence, specifically on behalf of the Hawaiian people. To that end, she is helping to create a legal system for the Kingdom of Hawai’i that truly works for the people and actually promotes truth and justice rather than promoting and protecting the commercial interests of corporations.

Further, she is actively working to save Hawaiian homes from foreclosure by exposing the fraudulent bank loan processes that are in effect today, and proving that banks never had any actual money to loan any of its customers.

She is also working on behalf of the Cherokee Nation as their General Counsel.  Upon the imminent restoration of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, Jennifer will assist in restoring Kingdom Law and Jurisdiction over all Hawaiian lands to protect the Kingdom, the aina and all the people residing in the archipelago.  

Kingdom of Hawai’i is Edmund K. Silva Jr., website  http://kingdomofhawaii.info/

Guest Category: Education, History, Politics & Government
Guest Biography:

Oliver "Buck" Revell, FBI (Ret.)

Mr. Revell is President of Revell Group International, Inc., Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas; he serves as the Executive Vice President of Rogue DNA, Inc of Vancouver, Canada, as a Trustee of the Center for American & International Law, Plano, Texas; a director of Vance Security USA, Inc., Oakton Virginia; the Chairman, Board of Directors, Middle East Media Research Institute, (MEMRI) Washington, DC; and Senior Advisor to Synfuels International, Inc. of Dallas, Texas.

He served for five years as an Officer and Aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps, leaving active duty in 1964 as a Captain. He then served 30 years as a Special Agent and Senior Executive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1964-1994). From 1980 until 1991 he served in FBI Headquarters first as Assistant Director in charge of Criminal Investigations (including terrorism); then as Associate Deputy Director he was in charge of the Investigative, Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Training, Laboratory and International programs of the Bureau (1985-91). He served as a member of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (1980-91), the National Foreign Intelligence Board (1987-91), and the Senior Review Group, Vice President’s Task Force on Terrorism (1985-1986). Mr. Revell also served as Vice Chairman of the Interagency Group for Counter-Intelligence (1985-91), and on the Terrorist Crisis Management Committee of the National Security Council. In September 1987, Mr. Revell was placed in charge of a joint FBI/CIA/U.S. military operation (Operation Goldenrod) which led to the first apprehension overseas of an international terrorist. President Reagan commended him for his leadership of this endeavor. On May 1, 1992 the Attorney General ordered Mr. Revell to Los Angeles placing him in command of joint Federal law enforcement efforts to suppress the riots and civil disorder; he also coordinated the law enforcement activities of the assigned Military Forces. He received the Attorney General’s Special Commendation Award for this endeavor. He was Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Dallas Division of the FBI at the time of his retirement in September 1994. He retired with the rank of Associate Deputy Director.

In 1989, President George H. W. Bush awarded Mr. Revell the Presidential Distinguished Senior Executive Award and in 1990 the Presidential Meritorious Senior Executive Award. In 1991 he was awarded The FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal; he also received a Commendation from the Secretary of Defense for his efforts to protect the Homeland during the Desert Storm Operation. In October 1994 Mr. Revell was awarded the Albert J. Wood Public Affairs Award by the Middle East Forum for his “efforts in the fight against International Terrorism”. On November 24, 2010 Mr. Revell received the GUSI International Peace Prize in Manila, the Philippines for his Outstanding Achievements in International Law Enforcement & Peace Keeping.

Mr. Revell attended the University of Georgia, is a graduate of East Tennessee State University and holds a Masters Degree in Government & Public Administration from Temple University; he is graduate of Senior Executive Programs in National and International Security and Senior Executives in Government of the Kennedy School, Harvard University.

Mr. Revell was President of the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) 1999-2003; is past Chairman of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission; a member of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), U.S. State Department; the International Policy Roundtable, and the Steering Committee, Trans-National Threat Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC; Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration; a member of the Dallas –Fort Worth Council on World Affairs and the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations. He is a Life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; he served on its Board of Directors, and is a member and was the founding Chairman of the IACP’s Committee on Terrorism. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, the FBI National Executive Institute Associates, and the FBI InfraGard Program as well as the American Society for Industrial Security-International, the Marine Corps Association, the Army-Navy Club of Washington, D.C., and a Life member of FBI Post 56 of the American Legion. He is a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Dallas, a Life member of the National Eagle Scout Association and the Board of Directors of the North Texas Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army in Dallas. He currently holds a Top Secret/SCI clearance from the Defense Security Service.

He has been married to Sharon Ponder-Revell of Mars Hill, North Carolina for fifty two years; they have three sons, a daughter, four grandsons and two granddaughters. Mr Revell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Mr. Revell frequently serves as a commentator for the news media and National & International Television on Terrorism, National Security& Criminal Justice Issues. He wrote a book entitled, A G-Man's Journal: A Legendary Career in the FBI - From the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing, published by Pocket Books, Inc., New York in 1998. He has also been a contributing author in several additional books, and has written numerous articles and Op-ed pieces for Journals and major newspapers on Criminal Justice issues, National & Homeland Security, Terrorism and Counter-Intelligence.

Guest Category: Business, Earth & Space, History, News, Philosophy, Politics & Government