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Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 19 April 2021

Headlined Guests

Guest Occupation: 'A Course in Miracles'. The Oneness Blessing, Ilahinoor, Ho'oponopono, White Time Healing and other energetic transferences
Guest Biography:

David:
I started my sojourn on the planet growing up in a cozy family environment which encouraged love, laughter and learning. I chose to follow my ‘muse’ early in life by becoming a professional rock musician, which enabled me to thrive enough to support a family early on. I returned to schooling at age 40, and settled into the helping professions as a counselor for children, families and the unemployed. My interests led me to become trained and certified in Nutrition. I eventually embraced Quantum Biofeedback, an advanced computerized healing system, as both a practitioner and eventually international trainer and educator. My interests have expanded further to embrace the Spiritual aspects of healing, and now, with my wife Erina, teach and train others to become Licensed Spiritual Healers. My own inner work has evolved into an optimistic world view and desire share this with others through writing, teaching and music. I have authored ‘Navigating the Collapse of Time’ and co-authored ‘Dowsing Beyond Duality’ with Erina to support others in tapping into their greatest potentials.

Guest Category: Energy Healing, Physics & Metaphysics, Spiritual, Access Consciousness
Guest Occupation: Author, spiritual, quest, transmissions, ancient knowledge, mystery schools
Guest Biography:

Tamara Veitch and Rene DiFazio

Author, spiritual, quest, transmissions, ancient knowledge, mystery schools

Guest Occupation: Tibetan vocalist
Guest Biography:

Tsering Lodoe was the lead singer for the Oscar nominated Nepali movie "Himilaya", and contributed to the sound track for 'Seven Years In Tibet' starring Brad Pitt. Did you see that powerful movie? Lodoe gives voice to the indomitable will of a spiritual people to represent peace and harmony. 

Right after the Cosmic Love show, Lodoe will be performing at the Bozeman concert with Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog.  Nawang is a Tibetan Grammy Nominee who has won multiple awards from Tibet, India, Nepal and the United States.  As a Buddhist devotee who lives in the community with the Dalai Lama, Nawang will be giving a 90 minute talk on 'Awakening Kindness' at a Bozeman workshop on Sunday.
 
 Accompaniment for much of this music is master acoustic guitarist Bruce BecVar who I'll also be interviewing with a sample of his music. Bruce is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer. Having produced and recorded 12 CDs since 1986 on his label Shining Star Music, BecVar is considered a veteran in the world of acoustic guitar. His Forever Blue Sky was on the top ten New Age Billboard charts. The World Music label Narada featured one of his Nuevo Flamenco pieces on their highly successful flamenco guitar sampler called Gypsy Passion.
 
 Some of the world class musicians that have appeared on BecVar's recordings include, Alex Acuna (Of Weather Report), younger brother Brian BecVar, Paul McCandless (Windham Hill) and Steve Reid (The Rippingtons).
 
 Bruce Bevar's guitar and Tsering Lodoe's vocals provide a profound harmonic experience.  This is a show you may want to put on your calendar whether for the local event or on Cosmic Love.
 
 Bruce BecVar website: https://shiningstar.com/

Guest Category: Arts, Music, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Counselor/Author
Guest Biography:

Diane Tessman

Guest Category: UFOs, Akashic Records, Angel Communication, Numerology, Medium & Channeling, Astrology, Clairvoyant & Telepathic, Mystic & Seer, Psychic & Intuitive
Guest Occupation: Author, Tantra, Earth Mother; Gaia Mid-wife, Divine Sacred Union, Moon Wisdom, Facilitator, Healer, Meditation, Transmitter
Guest Biography:

Anaiya is a wellspring of both wisdom and experience. A skilled facilitator and transmitter of palpable pioneering passion, she is known the world over for her role in activating New Paradigm Relationships and Divinized Sexuality. 

‘Without a holy tantric revolution being at the heart of our Great Rebirth – it will never happen! For us to be able to truly birth this new paradigm we absolutely need the sanctified holy sexual force to give us the energy, stamina, passion and unyielding pioneering spirit to make it through to the other side of this planetary transformation’.  

Anaiya also works with men and women who are not in intimate relationship, preparing them on every level to meet and engage with their beloved.  She works in 'Sacred Union' with all, facilitating your own Holy Marriage between the transcendent and imminent aspects of being, focusing mostly on sexuality, the full heart and truth/transparency. 

She brings together the potential for a fully embodied transformation within your Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Mental and Soul Body

This work is an aspect of The Great Rebirth, and is part of the Divine Feminine Expression.

Guest Category: Tantra Sex, Sexuality, Spiritual, Access Consciousness
Guest Occupation: Sports Reporter and Play-by-Play
Guest Biography:

Kanoa Leahey is a sports reporter for KHON-TV, the Honolulu Fox affiliate. In addition to broadcasting the Monday-Friday sportscasts, he is also a play-by-play Announcer for high school sports on Oceanic Cable and for college basketball on the ESPN networks, as well as co-host of Leahey & Leahey, a weekly talk show featured on PBS Hawaii with his father, Jim (Leahey & Leahey Live).

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Iolani School alum got his first job as a sports reporter at KITV, Honolulu's ABC affiliate. After several years as the weekend sports anchor, he took over as the Sports Director at KHON-TV in 2004. In 2012, he stepped down to make more time for his national play-by-play work.

Leahey is a third generation sportscaster in Hawaii. His Father, Jim Leahey is the "voice" of University of Hawaii sports, and his grandfather, Chuck Leahey, is viewed by many as one of the most beloved sportscasters in state history.

Guest Category: Sports & Recreation, Professional, High School, College
Guest Occupation: Basketball Trainer
Guest Biography:

Albert "Guss" Armstead is known throughout the nation for his organized developmental basketball programs. As mentioned in Chris Ballard's Hoop Nation, Armstead customizes his workout programs for future NBA players, current NBA players, college and high school basketball players. Armstead has gained invaluable knowledge as a basketball coach, Executive Director of the Sacramento Summer Pro League, Director of Player Relations and Development for Saga Sports, and Co-founder of 2 the Hoop, Inc.

Guss Armstead has the professional experience to instruct you and help raise your game to a higher level. Let 2 the Hoop Basketball Services help you improve your offensive and defensive skills with the hopes of allowing you to reach your fullest potential as a basketball player.

With players hailing from places as diverse as China and Africa, Guss has worked with individuals from around the globe.

Guest Category: Sports & Recreation, Professional, High School, College
Guest Occupation: Jazz Musician
Guest Biography:

Fellow Jazz musician and activist Gilad Atzmon who visited, interviewed and actually played music with Trevor LaBonte, tells the story of our guest better than anyone.  Here is his article...

The War Against Trevor (LaBonte) by Gilad Atzmon

Until two years ago, Trevor LaBonte was one of the most successful Jazz artists in Texas. He had been performing every night and in the most prestigious venues. He was the first-call guitar player for many of Austin’s prominent musicians. But then it all changed.

Gilad Atzmon: Trevor you were a local Jazz hero, what happened?

Trevor LaBonte: An activist named Craig Berlin, owner of  Pro-Tape Staff in Austin, organized a campaign  to destroy my career by terrorizing the entire Austin music community. He creates Facebook posts in which he tags 50 or 60 important people in town, and reports to them that I am a ‘Nazi,’ an ‘Anti-Semite,’ and a ‘holocaust denier.’ Berlin demands that everyone must do everything in their power to make sure I never play another note in public. At first, most people ignored him, but  then others took up his cause, including the radio DJ Andy Langer from KGSR, helping to make sure I have become a hate figure and completely ostracized.

Let me understand correctly, you didn’t publish a book or even an article, all that vile campaign against you was launched because you expressed some thoughts on your own Facebook page? Is it correct?

--Yes, that's what happened. 

How have your friends reacted to this onslaught?

--They are confused and afraid, mostly. Many of them quietly agree with at least some of what I say, and they are still friends with me.  But understandably, they are scared to be listed in a performance announcement with me, since they would be certain to draw the hissing and screeching and boycott of Craig Berlin's fans. Most of my friends are sad and just want to play music together.  Anyone who tries to stick up for me, or just moderate the witch hunt against me,  risks being similarly attacked themselves. And the attacks are vile.

Musicians are not used to being vilified for unusual opinions I guess that it would be correct to argue that the entire Jazz community is strictly speaking terrorized by this Jewish campaign to ostracize you.

-- Many of the musicians in Austin are  Jewish and are among my friends. The campaign against me  is being orchestrated by about 10 Jewish people who have publicly agreed amongst themselves that I have fallen ‘gravely mentally ill’, must be taken immediately to a ‘psychiatric institution’ and be ‘heavily dosed with meds.’

This sounds familiar..

-- One  recommend that I be castrated by chainsaw.

This is clearly more radical treatment than the traditional rabbinical circumcision apparatus..

--There were many other violent threats and fantasies, which are an interesting and revealing
response to my mission statement: I advocate universal human rights and opposition to supremacism, violence and corruption of all forms, Jewish, Christian or otherwise. I also believe in the free exchange of ideas and free speech.

I have now met your beautiful and kind girlfriend and your lovely parents. I saw a lot of fear, it seems that everyone around you is subject to harassment by Berlin and his defamation troopers, I even learned from venue owners that they were harassed by Berlin and his klan. Have you ever spoke to Craig? Did you meet him?

--We have only communicated briefly on Facebook. He keeps me blocked now, so I can't even see what he is saying about me, let alone defend myself. I have no choice except to just let him go crazy for the world to see. I hope this demonic ranting  helps people to understand the rampant madness raging in such obsessed minds.

I obviously looked at the accusations against you and they are indeed vile, You are quoted questioning on FB  "If Hitler was an evil dictator, then why did he have broad public support? Why did Germany love him so much?

This is obviously a legitimate and valid question. However when I visited your FB page I realized that you push it a bit further, you question the Holocaust official narrative. You ask “what about those ‘gas chambers?’ Where are they? Why were they never found?”  Trevor, do you realise that such questions are banned by in European countries? Why do you think there is an attempt to stop Holocaust revisionism? Why are you chased, what are they afraid of?

--Yes, I realize Holocaust revisionism is banned in 17 countries. But America is not one of them. Americans need to use their right to free speech to question traditional history of all kinds. The Holocaust is no different in that respect.

You have also suggested that Jews were highly involved with Bolshevism.  Truth can be offensive, but why is this the case?

-- In this case, the truth is offensive to Jews because, were it to become widely known, their whole narrative of history would have to change. The fact  is that Bolshevism was largely a Jewish supported cause. 

I am not a supporter of Bolshevism nor am I a Marxist, but I would simply argue that Jews used their dominance within the Bolshevik movement in order to promote their ethnic interests. I would agree that Jewish Bolsheviks carried on an element of Judeo centric supremacist righteousness.

-- I asked if Jews ran some of the camps of Gulag Archipelago because they harbored deep racial animosity toward the Russian people. I often like to phrase things as questions, and my intent is to get a historical and intellectual conversation started. Yes, they are pointed questions, and my goal is to lead to the conclusions  I have reached. More importantly, I want  people to question traditional versions of history. It's a very painful process, for me as well as
for others, I am sure. I was shocked and upset to learn that 85% of the Bolshevik/Communist government were actually Jewish, something I did not know because it is not taught in any history class.

How can Hitler be seen as the greatest mass-murderer of all time, when practically next
door, people like Trotsy/Leiba Bronstein, Lazar Kaganovich, and Gengrich Yagoda were running completely amok?.The title of worst mass murderer has many competitors.

What is the solution?

-- I think the best solution would be to discard our "political correctness" standards. We should be able to question any historical or political narrative.  That's the first amendment and I think it was created to allow difficult discussions exactly like these.  This is the only way we can start to approach the "truth" in history. No group, including Jewish people, should be allowed to control history.  In the south, we have not controlled the history of the Civil War and I also think that's a good thing.

Thanks for your time Trevor. I would urge my readers and followers to contact Craig Berlin and to demand that he stop his hate campaign against you at once.  I am pretty sure that the tide will change soon. I had an incredible time staying with you and playing music together. However, for the first time I met a musician who was more outspoken than myself. In fact, never before have I had trouble because of the views of one of my band members. This was pretty funny and a very positive dvelopment indeed.

Guest Category: Education, Music, News, Politics & Government, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: on air radio personality, manager of musical acts
Guest Biography:

David Spero had an early start in the music/ media business: holding cue cards on the Upbeat show that his father, Herman Spero, produced. And by the time that he had graduated from high school, he had already had years of experience as an “on air” radio personality. During that tenure, he played at least a role in helping Bruce Springsteen and other rock luminaries ignite their career.

He served as Senior Director of Programming for the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame where he set up many shows and creative events. And he was subsequently inducted as one of the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Ohio's Class of 2007.

Spero now works as a manager for musicians, having many stories to tell from his unique vantage point as both an observer and participant. And because of his adventures, he notes that while he is in his 60s as the calendar measures those things, he is actually only 26 and holding. His picture proves his point.

Guest Category: Business, Music, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: inspirational speaker, radio personality, author
Guest Biography:

Karyn Beach does not expect women, or anybody else for that matter to perform miracles. Her message is not necessarily about having it all: a great job, great family, etc. But she does encourage them to at least organize themselves and work towards their potential whatever that potential might be. And she has written a series of books that help readers achieve that objective. As she puts it: “A goal without a plan is just wishful thinking. The purpose of Getting to Goal is to help women define what they want most and develop an action plan for making those dreams and desires a reality.”

Guest Category: Business, Health & Lifestyle, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Founder of The Thought Exchange
Guest Biography:

With multi-platinum recordings, Broadway shows, Disney Animated Films, a best-selling book on metaphysics and a teaching and lecturing career that spans the nation, David Friedman is truly someone who has made a major mark not only in all areas of Show Business but in the New Thought Movement as well. From We Can Be Kind to Listen To My Heart, Help Is On The Way, We Live on Borrowed Time, Trust The Wind, I'll Be Here With You and hundreds more,  David has written songs of inspiration, love and hope that take on new emotional meaning in these challenging times.  With 6 Broadway shows, his own Off Broadway Show, 9 Disney Films, 3 television series, frequent appearances as a regular guest on the Today Show,  and recordings by such artists as Diana Ross, Barry Manilow and Nancy LaMott to his credit, David has, in recent years, come to realize that his true mission in life is to help heal and enlighten people by sharing the life-lessons he has learned throughout his illustrious career.  

With this in mind, David recently wrote a book entitled The Thought Exchange – Overcoming Our Resistance to Living a Sensational Life, and spends a great deal of time traveling around the country lecturing, giving concerts and teaching Thought Exchange principles in corporate settings, New Thought churches, schools and private sessions. Most recently, David appeared in the 2012 documentary film The Thought Exchange, based on his work. The film was directed by Usher Morgan and co-starred Lucie Arnaz, Arje Shaw and others.

Guest Category: Music, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Motivational, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Author, Mystic, Spiritual Mentor, Esoteric Spirituality
Guest Biography:

Lucia Rene is a highly trained mystic, having apprenticed with Frederick P. Lenz, an enlightened master of American Buddhism, psychic development and mysticism.  With over 40 years of spiritual disciplines and 17 years apprenticing with Frederick (Rama), she is a walking encyclopedia of the mystical arts and a master of navigating alternative dimensions.  As a mystical Stalker, she can ferret out the root of your problem.  As a Dreamer, she can mentor how to dream a more refined life and ultimately dissolve the dream into formlessness.  As a Manifester, she can conceive of something, then magically allow it to come into form.

Lucia empowers through many forms, bringing the most enlightened beings into our awareness and lives via teleconferences and free videos.

This coming July 7th through 10th offers a rare opportunity to meet Lucia, David Manning and Susan Gash in San Francisco at the Treasure Trove of Transformation Intensive.  It's a 3 day workshop that is certain to shift reality and catapult us all into new dimensions - this is one not to miss!

Guest Category: Physics & Metaphysics, Spiritual, Access Consciousness, Angel Communication, Meditation, Clairvoyant & Telepathic, Mystic & Seer, Shamanism, Psychic & Intuitive
Guest Occupation: Sexology
Guest Biography:

One of the main spokes people for ONETASTE

Guest Occupation: "Queen of Tax Deeds", Tax Deed & Auction Expert
Guest Biography:

Sandra Edmond is known as the Queen of Tax Deeds.  She has been buying at the Tax Deed & Lien auctions since 2004.  Her first Florida Tax Deed cost $12,000.  She soon sold the property for $49,000 a couple of months later.  Sandra Edmond is a full time Real Estate Investor.  

Her experience in the area of tax delinquent properties landed her on a front page article in the Orlando Business Journal and Seminole Woman Magazine.  She has made guest appearances on live radio shows on the topic.  Sandra is the President of the Central Florida Realty Investors Association which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.  Prior to real estate investing, Sandra was a television news reporter and fill-in Anchor. 

Guest Category: Business
Guest Occupation: Certified Reverse Mortgage Professional
Guest Biography:

Phil has over 9 years of experience in the mortgage industry including mortgage processing, origination, recruiting, and managing.

He began focusing solely on Reverse Mortgages in 2008. As a reverse mortgage originator in Miami, he has personally closed and funded over 200 reverse mortgages.

He is 1 of 3 Certified Reverse Mortgage Professionals in all of Florida.  As a veteran of the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, family values, honesty, and integrity are of utmost importance to him. 

Guest Category: Business
Guest Occupation: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Guest Biography:

Elizabeth started her professional career as a Physical Therapist after getting her Master’s degree at Duke University. It was then that she realized that every goal we have, whether it is related to our bodies, relationships, work or life, requires a significant mental edge in order to achieve it.

In her quest to help people actualize their dreams, Elizabeth went back to school to get her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Wanting to help people “before they need a couch,” Elizabeth now coaches, consults, and speaks to groups about how to achieve their desired results.

Elizabeth is a highly sought-after speaker and media consultant. She has been honored by giving a prestigious TED-x talk. Elizabeth is frequently interviewed by today’s top media outlets including Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, Health, MSNBC, USA Today, CNN and National Public Radio. She has made multiple appearances on The Today Show.

Her book, “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness” is a national bestseller. Shaquille O’Neal says, “Dr. Lombardo is my head coach for happiness.”

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Psychology, Mental Health, Motivational
Guest Biography:

“I was born Mark Block in Boulder City, Nevada on September 20th 1953 at 4:35 a.m. with conscious memory of being aboard a Starship. I knew I was from a more advanced planet and had many conscious memories that I did not want to share with anyone until I was older. My parents moved shortly after my birth to Vista, a small sleepy town in southern California just 7 miles from the ocean where I grew up testing my father’s “Parasails” along with my older brother on the beach. My parents Paul and Arlene Block provided for the most part a pretty normal childhood. My mother was a schoolteacher and my father in addition to designing and inventing the “Parasail” and appearing on the cover of LOOK and LIFE Magazine in the 1950′s, was a professional Stage Hypnotist, pilot and a follower of the famous Channel Edgar Cayce.

When I was a child I began to have many spiritual experiences that are compiled in my book, Prepare For The Landings: Are You Ready! The interesting thing about the book is when I was a young child I had a vision showing me I was going to publish a book much later in life, as well as knowing the title. It would not be published until several years before the events described in the book would actually happen. I finally published it in early 2009 and it does appear that the events described are indeed about to occur right on time. My father knew that Cayce was activated by a hypnotist that Cayce had gone to about a problem he was having. So when I showed signs of being a Channel, my dad began working with me and helped me develop into the Channel that I was destined to become today.

At age 15 I was doing Readings for people up and down the west coast of the US by word of mouth. At first my Readings were much like Edgar Cayce’s, in that they were Karmic in nature. Then in 1979, I was physically beamed aboard for the second time (my first contact occurred at age 6) to one of the Spiritual Hierarchy’s spacecraft known as a Merkabah Lightship. During this visit I was “activated” as a “Direct-Voice Channel for the Spiritual Hierarchy.” From then on I began exclusively doing Readings for the Lightworkers or Star People.

I have also been a guest and interviewed on thousands of radio, TV and newspapers as well as spoken at many Universities, Churches and Centers throughout North America and Great Britain.

Since 1979 I have done thousands of Readings for people all over the world, helping many to achieve a Greater Destiny. Meanwhile assisting Lightworkers help Mother Earth finish up the Planetary Ascension that is now underway and ultimately bring in the Golden Age. I have had the privilege and honor to Channel many Key Members of the Spiritual Hierarchy. Lord Ashtar is a higher inner dimensional being in charge of the Ashtar Command that oversees the Volunteers in Earth embodiment’s Missions. These higher beings come through during your Reading to bring insight into some of your relevant Past Lives of importance now, your present Mission and Purpose, along with Future Opportunities so that you can more consciously take advantage of these opportunities when they come your way.

During the Reading special ‘Higher Light Encodements and positive Cosmic Subliminals”, that are unique to each Light Worker or person are “harmonically interfaced” onto the CD by the Masters. This is designed to open-up the neuro-pathways and synaptic centers of the brain along with activating and restoring the original 12 strand DNA each time it’s played. This also helps activate the new 24 strand DNA and new information will be heard each time the CD is played.

Guest Category: Music, UFOs, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Environmental Engineer
Guest Biography:

Dr Edward Close is a PhD Environmental Engineer with 40 + years experience, a Distinguished Fellow, and Senior Research Fellow with two International organizations, He is one of the nation’s foremost experts on environmental engineering and hazard mitigation and a favorite guest on many radio shows including Coast to Coast. He and his wife, Jacqui,  are recognized pioneers in the elimination and prevention of toxic mold, and have co-authored a book, Natures Mold Rx, and produced a video, Toxic Mold, A Breakthrough Discovery.

Pursuing an active research program in environmental remediation, Dr Close has made a series of breakthrough discoveries in using non-toxic compounds in mold research that have benefited millions. He is a charter member of the internationally known Integrated Health-Care Professionals Council. He has authored numerous technical papers and five books, including the groundbreaking "Transcendental Physics, Integrating the Search for Truth". He also developed the mathematical "calculus of distinctions", and described a brief (several pages), but never refuted first published proof for the famous Fermat's Last Theorem 3. . He has also developed several new theorems of consciousness, and contributed important engineering applications.

 Memberships include: A Charter member of the USGS WRD Systems Analysis Group. A Charter member of an Integrated Health Professionals Council, Senior Research Fellow of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE), Distinguished Fellow of the Exceptional Creative Achievement Organization (ECAO), Degrees in Mathematics, Physics and Environmental Engineering, Registered Professional Engineer, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Honorary Mathematics Society, ECAO, and other high IQ organizations and several professional organizations.

 His Current positions include:Director of Research and Environmental Engineer at EJC Enterprises, LLC and Physical Sciences Consultant to the Pacific Neuropsychiatric  Institute, Seattle, WA.   Current Research includes”  Elimination of Toxic Mold and other harmful micro-organisms, The Mind –Body Connection, Transcendental Physics and related Mathematical Methods, Quantum Physics and Brain Dynamics,  and The Origins of Life and Consciousness.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Science, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Healer, Psychic, Life-Coach
Guest Biography:

Luisa Rasiej’s aspiration as a child was to become either a pirate or an explorer. She has achieved both by travelling many seas around the world and exploring the inner workings of human beings, that connection between the inner world of thoughts and their outer manifestation.

Raised in Italy and Switzerland, she is fluent in 6 languages and founded the Inner Contessa to specifically mentor women to get out of their own way and reach their goals in record time. She is gifted at unearthing subconscious belief systems, identifying how they are interfering with the achievement of desires and guiding clients to break-throughs.

Luisa brings a unique blend of expertise, culture and life experience to her work. She combines careers in the diplomatic service and in corporate America with 15 years as a body psychotherapist, mentor and facilitator and has worked with hundreds of women around the world. She is affectionately called “the Contessa” by her clients who say she creates magic in their lives.

Luisa has been leading workshops in Japan, Europe and throughout the United States for the past 10 years and has been featured on radio shows and magazines nationally. She is the author of "The Contessa Journey: Seven Simple Practices for Experiencing a Luscious Life," a contributing author to the bestselling book “Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude” and the author of the upcoming book “Just Ask! The Contessa Code for the Modern Woman: Confidence, Influence and Abundance.”

Luisa is dedicated to supporting women to step into their power confidently, break through fears and limitations and find the courage to say “yes” to their feminine strength, passion, leaderships and grace each and every day. This is a joyful life she calls “La Dolce Vita!”

Guest Category: Education, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: 10 year old philanthropist
Guest Biography:

Vivienne Harr:
Lemonpreneur, Child-Anti-Slavery Activist, Philanthropist, Author, Organic Product Creator, Twitter Star and Subject of a New Documentary Sweeping the Country

"You don't have to be big or powerful to change the world. You can be just like me!"

After seeing a photo of two enslaved boys her age—and learning that "slavery did not end with Abraham Lincoln"—then 8-year-old Vivienne Harr decided to help. She said: “Compassion is not compassion without action.”

So, since children have done since time immemorial, she went with “the only business experience I had”: a lemonade stand. But, little Vivienne had a big vision. She wanted to raise $100,000. She "made a stand" at her lemonade stand for 365 days straight, rain or shine, to “end child slavery.” The world stood with her.

On day #52, New York Times, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof retweeted Vivienne, and her moment became a movement. The New York Times, Bloomberg TV, The BBC World News, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, The New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, FOX, MSNBC, Yahoo News, MSN, AOL, Food & Wine, Town & Country, O Magazine, Time for Kids, Parenting, Real Simple—and media outlets across the country and around the world from Australia to Brazil to France to Hong Kong—have covered the

Make a Stand movement.

On day #173, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg welcomed Vivienne
to Times Square to sell her famous lemonade. It was there that she reached her goal—donating $101,320 to Not For Sale, a leading anti- slavery organization. When her parents said: “You did it, honey. You’re done,” Vivienne said: “Is child slavery done?" They shook their heads. "Then, I am not done.”

Vivienne continued her daily stand for a full 365 days, at which point she decided to bottle her organic, Fair Trade “lemon-aid”—becoming the first child in American history to bottle her lemonade-stand lemonade. She and her team raised over $1 million to start Make a Stand, Inc. - one of the first Certified B Corps in the world. Five- percent of all sales go to leading organizations that do the most documented work in eradicating child slavery in the U.S. and around the world. (While 5% may sound small, it's not. That's because it's 5% of gross revenues, not merely 5% of profits. If all U.S. companies gave 5% of all revenues, not just profits, that would be roughly $1 trillion dollars...every year.)

Vivienne has won numerous awards for her work, including the George H.W. Bush “Point of Light Award” and the “Crowdfunding Campaign of 2012.” Town & Country recognized Vivienne one of the "50 Most Influential Philanthropists in America” along with Leonado DiCaprio, Michael Bloomberg and Laurene Jobs. She is the youngest to make the list—by 10 years. Vivienne is also an honorary member of the World Affairs Council after having introduced Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at his award dinner. As of December 5, 2013, Vivienne Harr was the youngest-ever featured speaker at a Tedx Talk. (Click here to see Vivienne’s Ted Talk.)

Make a Stand became a new way of doing business: A for-profit B-Corporation that shares the vision of its founder: "a world where all 18 million children are free and safe."

On November 12, 2013, The New York Times article “In a Lemonade Stand, The Transformation of a Corporation” positioned Vivienne’s company as the poster child for social impact brands in America: “If done right, [Make a Stand] could not just raise money to end child slavery, but create a role model for nonprofits and all businesses.” Make a Stand is served in 165 stores across the West Coast and at the foodservice programs at Twitter, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, Netflix and others.

The children's book she illustrated with her mother is now available. It encourages children with the message

"You don't have to be big or powerful to change the world. You can be just like me!"

A feature length-documentary film titled: #standwithme about Vivienne's story is now airing in theaters across America and will be available for home viewing in late April. Vivienne will also host a new network TV series tentatively-titled "Kid MissionPossible” (produced by Endemol, the world's largest independent production company). She was tapped as a keynote speaker at Wisdom 2.0 Summit in February, 2014.

Of their roughly 230 million users, including A-list celebrities, humanitarian organizations and heads of state, Twitter gave Vivienne the honor (and it was a profound honor) of ringing the bell at its IPO in New York on November 7, 2013—because executives believed Vivienne is a symbol of how Twitter can be used to change the world.

The Make a Stand Foundation ensures "impeccable impact" of the for-profit brand. The Foundation shares the vision of its founder of a world where the 18 million children in slavery and are free and safe. Vivienne has become a leading global voice in the fight against child slavery. She says: "If we all stand together, we can end child slavery."

#standwithme Brings Vivienne Harr’s Story to the Big Screen

#standwithme explores modern slavery through a young girl trying to make a difference. When Vivienne Harr took a stand, her community stood with her, as did a group of filmmakers. When these filmmakers stood, their community stood with them and submitted crowd-sourced footage from places as far away as Nepal, Singapore, and Peru.

Emmy-winning Stillmotion Originals has teamed up with Vivienne to bring this film straight to communities across the US and give them a chance to stand together. Using social media and new platforms such as Tugg.com, they are renting theaters in 30 cities and selling tickets online.

“This story matters. When people see the power we all have in our daily decisions, they will be empowered to become a part of the solution,” says Co- Director Patrick Moreau. “What could take a traditional Hollywood theatre several years to produce, direct, edit, and then deliver to an audience has been greatly accelerated.”

#standwithme attempts to change the way documentaries are made and brought to the public. Production began in May of 2013 and the 72-minute film hits theaters less than a year after the filmmakers first met Vivienne. In that span the production has travelled to Nepal, Ghana, Namibia, and Dominican Republic to bring this story to life by talking to children who are or were enslaved. With volunteers in every city where the film is screened, Vivienne and this team of filmmakers show there is a new way to stand for the world you believe in through direct connection to communities and inviting them to get involved.

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10-Year-Old Authors Children’s Book about Child Slavery

“Make a Stand, when life gives you lemons change the world!”

While 10-year-old Vivienne Harr and her social purpose company Make a Stand, Inc. SPC are bottling lemonade, New York publisher Chocolate Sauce is printing books, all for the cause of ending child slavery.

The Story: Last year Vivienne saw a photo that changed her life. Lisa Kristine’s photo of child slaves Vivienne’s own age in Nepal inspired her to take action.
Helped by her family, Vivienne sold lemonade every day in
front of her house, rain or shine, to raise money for those

children. “No price, just pay what’s in your heart,” she would say. In four months she reached her goal and wrote a check to anti-slavery group Not for Sale for $101,320. Read the story of how she turned her lemonade stand into a social purpose corporation with a mission of ending child slavery.

“It’s not a business, it’s a ’Giveness,’” says Vivienne, who partnered with Chocolate Sauce in creating the book about her lemonade stand. “Join us and help sweeten the world one story at a time!” says Shelley A. Lewis, Founder of Chocolate Sauce. Lewis says they are working on an interactive, WeJIT-enhanced, e-book version to allow children to enter an online forum and hold discussions about the book and about making a stand in their own lives.

This 48-page book, written by Vivienne and illustrated with
her mother, offers children an important life lesson about
their power to make a difference. As Vivienne writes: "You
don't have to be big or powerful to change the world. You can be just like me!"

Five percent of the proceeds for each “Make a Stand” book will be given to anti-slavery organizations. Online shoppers can also donate books to kids in need of extra inspiration. The “Make a Stand” Book, Limited Edition is now available.

Make a Stand Foundation

At the Make a Stand Foundation, we share our 10-year-old founder, Vivienne Harr's, vision of a world where all 18 million enslaved children are free and safe. Make a Stand has already contributed more than $1 to fight child slavery around the world, but this is only the starting point.

ORIGINS

Make a Stand started as a promise—in the heart of then 8-year-old Vivienne Harr, who wanted to “make a stand” for all children in slavery. Her moment became a movement. We’re proud of our pure and wholesome roots: Stand-on-the-corner-and-flag- down-a-car lemonade sales. While our beginnings are humble, our ambitions are grand. We can only achieve so much impact through lemonade sales.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MARIN COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION

As Vivienne says: “Sometimes we can feel small and
insignificant. But, it’s not how small you are. It’s how
big you think you can change the world.” Vivienne's
authentic and audacious thinking is what drives us to
do more. It’s why it made sense for us to open up a
fund – the Make A Stand Fund – at the Marin
Community Foundation. [Read the recent feature in MCF's Imagine Magazine here.]

Having a fund allows us to:

  •   Go beyond bottle sales and accelerate the rate of change we can make in ending child slavery

  •   Adopt a sophisticated and rigorous approach to our giving strategy

  •   Leverage a recognized giving vehicle – the donor-advised fund – which provides many administrative

    and financial benefits

  •   Work with other funders and maximize our efforts

Most importantly, it provides our supporters with a way to get involved with Make A Stand in a more significant way. Donors can write a check (as large as they would like), and it is received as a tax-deductible gift into the fund. We’re thrilled to be able to offer this capability through our friends at MCF. Our partnership with them offers many benefits:

Lisa Kristine’s Photo That So Moved Vivienne Harrr

  •   Global reach;

  •   Enormous depth of expertise when it comes to grant-making;

  •   A talented research and evaluation department, to ensure we’re making smart decisions and

    understanding the real impact of our giving;

  •   A rock-solid infrastructure to take care of all our administrative work, which allows us to focus on our

    mission;

  •   Access to an amazing community of like-minded people.

    OVERVIEW OF GIVING STRATEGY

    Our giving strategy can be aptly summed up by our founder, Vivienne: “Every dollar counts, because you never know which dollar will free a child who will change the world.” We spent a great deal of time vetting the finest organizations across the globe, that do the most documented work in eradicating child slavery. Together, they represent the gold standard—a “mutual fund” of sustainable change—on the fight against child slavery, through four key phases: liberation, education, empowerment and safety.

    Our recipient organizations are:

  •   Free the Slaves;

  •   Not For Sale;

  •   UNICEF;

  •   Nepal Youth Foundation;

  •   The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor, and

  •   GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, an organization that focuses on this issue right here in

    America. (According to a 2005 report from the U.S. State Department, between 14,500 and 17,500

    people are trafficked into the US each year. Many of them are children.)

  •   The International Justice Mission

    IMPECCABLE IMPACT

    We are a creative and innovative foundation that strives to set a new standard of impact reporting, using real- time updates, social media and mapping technology where possible to show that the Make a Stand Foundation—and its recipient organizations—are in fact “making every dollar count.”

Make a Stand Lemonaid

Vivienne Harr is the first child in American history to bottle her lemonade-stand lemonade. Vivienne’s organic Make a Stand Lemonaid is now sold in nearly 200 grocery stores around the Western U.S. and at such food service counters as Twitter, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, and Netflix. For every bottle sold, a contribution is made toward alleviating child slavery. Make a Stand Lemon-aid is a lovingly-crafted lemonade. The product is as pure and authentic as its origins. It is:

  •   all-natural

  •   certified organic

  •   U.S. grown/fair-trade

  •   nonGMO

  •   carefully-crafted with the finest available ingredients.

  •   It comes in a beautiful custom-designed bottle

On Air Introduction

What would you have done as an 8-year-old had you seen a photo of other children enslaved, having to carry huge burdens up a mountainside? Probably not what Vivienne Harr did.

Moved by the passion to end child slavery, she set up a lemonade stand on her street corner—for 365 days rain or shine! On day #173, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed Vivienne to Times Square to sell her famous lemonade-- which had already been covered in The New York Times, Bloomberg TV, The BBC World News, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, The New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, FOX, MSNBC, Yahoo News, MSN, AOL, Food & Wine, Town & Country, O Magazine, Time for Kids, Parenting, Real Simple and media as far away as Australia, France and Hong Kong.

It was there that she reached her goal—donating $101,320 to Not For Sale, a leading anti-slavery organization. When her parents said: “You did it, honey. You’re done,” Vivienne said: “Is child slavery done?" They shook their heads. "Then, I am not done.”

That was the real beginning of her movement and her organization Make a Stand, Inc., which has raised more than $1 million to end child slavery, inspires youngsters around the world to join the campaign with their own stands; bottles and sells her organic Make a Stand Lemonade in nearly 200 grocery stores and such food service counters as Twitter, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, and Netflix; AND has made her the subject of a remarkable new documentary film "#Standwithme," premiering here. The movie coincides with Vivienne’s newest venture, a colorful and moving 48–page children’s book proclaiming that "You don't have to be big or powerful to change the world.”

Now 11, recognized by Town & Country as one of the "50 Most Influential Philanthropists in America,” the youngest-ever featured speaker at a Tedx Talk, and Twitter’s choice to ring the bell alongside Patrick Stewart at its IPO, Vivienne continues to spread her message, contribute to dozens of child anti-slavery organizations and bask in the fun of being the star focal point of a movie rolling out in 32 markets across the country.

So would let me introduce you to the "The Little Lemonpreneur" who says, “When life gives you lemons, change the world!”

20 Questions for Vivenne Harr

  1. What did you think of when you saw those two boys carrying those big rocks?

  2. How many children are slaves in the world today?

  3. What made you decide that starting a “lemonaid” stand was the right path for you?

  4. How many days did you set up your lemonaid stand?

  5. What was your goal and how much did you raise?

  6. Who are your heroes?

  7. Whose recipe is the lemon-aid?

  8. Do you really believe we can end child slavery? If so, why do you believe that?

  9. How many stores are you in now? Do the big stores like Whole Foods and Safeway have it?

  10. What would you tell people who don’t think they can make a difference?

  11. How was it to ring the bell for the Twitter IPO?

  12. How many people are now following you on Twitter and Facebook?

  13. Were you scared when you did your Ted Talk?

  14. What have you learned?

  15. Tell us about your new book.

  16. Where can they buy the book or the lemon-aid?

  17. Where can they see the movie about you StandWithMe?

  18. How can people help you make a stand?

  19. What are you going to do next?

  20. What’s been the most exciting thing about all this to you?

Book

  •   Make A Stand, 48-page book, written by Vivienne and illustrated with her mother, offers children an important life lesson about their power to make a difference. As Vivienne writes: "You don't have to be big or powerful to change the world. You can be just like me!"

  •   Five percent of the proceeds for each “Make a Stand” book will be given to anti-slavery organizations.

  • Movie

  •   #standwithme explores modern slavery through a young girl trying to make a difference. A unique fillmaking approach that shows Vivienne Harr’s considerable impact around the world. Includes submitted crowd-sourced footage from places as far away as Nepal, Singapore, and Peru

  • Lemonaid

    •   Make a Stand Organic Lemonaid is now sold in nearly 200 grocery stores around the Western U.S. and at such food service counters as Twitter, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, and Netflix. It comes in two flavors Lemonaid and Lemonaid Kick.

    •   Locate stores or buy online - Foundation/How to Support Make a Stand in its Mission to Eradicate Child Slavery

      •   Donors can write a check and it is received as a tax-deductible gift into the fund.

      •   The Make a Stand Foundation supports the following organizations in an effort to eradicate child slavery:

o Free the Slaves;
o Not For Sale;
o UNICEF;
o Nepal Youth Foundation;
o The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor, and
o GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, an organization that focuses on this issue right here in

America. (According to a 2005 report from the U.S. State Department, between 14,500 and 17,500

people are trafficked into the US each year. Many of them are children.) o The International Justice Mission

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