Looking at life through art by Natasha

ART IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR INNER TURMOIL AND LIFE. 

Art is so expressive and speaks volumes to where words sometimes lack. I often use one of Natasha’s expressions of art in a posting as it tells the story. Here I am adding my words to my daughter’s art and what her pieces are saying to me.

Life is a dream is it divine or just dreamy? 


Sometimes we get lost in an illusion of who we are, which one are we really? 


Are we just one of the angry crowd? lost and soulless? 


IS our voice trapped under a cloud unable to express but forever swallowing the rain? 


Are we hearing others wisdom?                    Are we conflicted trapped in insecurity? 

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Do we have so many voices within us we can’t hear or feel our selves? 


Is our heart in the right place and do we feel it beat to the drum of life? 




Are we just living an obedient

t life without objection? 


Are you Dancing to someone else’s tune pleasing others at our own expense? 




Or are we just spinning a web of self-deceit lies longing for more longing for love? 


Why do we let the feeling linger when we know it does not serve us? 


Is loneliness all there is? 


Are you tired of the never ending fight against the wind? then turn around


Our eyes are not the only window, our hearts and souls are doors too 


As we sit on our wall of expectation with our heads in the sky, do we listen to the universe? 


Can we hold our selves together being one with soul heart spirit mind are we too divided? 


Can we unravel our mind and become whole in the flow of all that is? 



Should we just dance to life’s woes and smile instead?


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Can we rule over our own choices?


Can I become the portrait of my dreams? 

Am I free of my own captivity free to finally be me? 

IN THE END, IT IS HOW WE CHOOSE TO DANCE IN LIFE, IN PAIN AND DESPAIR OR LONELINESS OR  TO CHOOSE TO IN LOVE AND LIGHT OF LIFE, FOR CHOICE, IS WHAT WE ALL HAVE, AND WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE EMPOWERED OUR SELVES TO PAINT OUR OWN CANVASS AND GET UP AND DANCE TO OUR OWN RHYTHM OF LIFE. 


ART BY NATASHA, MY DAUGHTER, WHOSE ART EXPRESSES OF THE PAIN DISPONCANCY AND LONELINESS THAT WE ALL FEEL FROM TIME TO TIME, IS SO VERY PREVALENT HERE. THE PIECES CHOSEN WAS MY NARRATIVE OF FEELING AND EXPRESSIONS THAT I HAVE FELT IN MY LIFE. NOW I AM IN CHOOSING TO GET UP AND DANCE.

SARA TROY. 

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C18-08  The Mystic of Montecito with Deirdre Hade

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Deirdre Hade, on air from February 20th

Shares tools for weathering the storms in this Age of Surprise

“We are entering The Age of Surprise, the 21st century. The mystical gates of a greater reality are poised to open, leading the way for humanity to regain intuition, spectacular ideas and expanded compassion and healing on a global scale. Live in the Tao of Surprise, and our challenging times will become our greatest gift of revelation and redemption.” Deirdre Hade

Welcome to the Age of Surprise. We are now at the greatest Doorway that humanity has ever entered- a time when the unexpected has now become expected more often than not. 2017 brought some of the largest hurricanes in U.S history and massive flooding in Texas. Thousands of acres burned throughout the US, including the 273,400 acres Thomas Fire that quite literally burned right up to the hedges of Deirdre Hade’s home in the hills of Montecito before the mudslides levelled her property with boulders the size of cars.

Experts say we should brace ourselves for more and larger disasters to come. It’s no wonder so many are feeling deep anxiety and stress. How can we deal with all of this? How can we stay grounded and connected? Is there any hope or redemption to be found in these disasters?

Mystic and spiritual guide Deirdre Hade shares illuminating insight into the healing mystical experience in The Age of Surprise and shares the tools to navigate this age with grace, forbearance, humour and resilience. Find the calm in the chaos in the Age of Surprise.


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Deirdre Hade is a born mystic and visionary. Dedicated to healing those who have suffered from trauma, pain, and loss, Deirdre founded the non?profit organization The Foundation for Radiance which has worked closely with the Women’s Prison Association of New York and Nuevo Amanecer (Sister Trinidad Lopez’s program for women rescued from abuse and sexual slavery in East Los Angeles). She designed My Angel Pillow with Kellee White to bring the healing comfort of angels to children in hospitals all across the country.

A keeper of the World Peace Flame and founding member of the Association for Transformational Leaders of Southern California, Deirdre is a member of Jack Canfield’s Transformational Leadership Council, an organization of 150 world leaders in the field of personal transformation (including John Grey and Marianne Williamson). Deirdre’s teachings on the Power of Meditation are featured alongside the writings of other modern-day spiritual luminaries such as Neale Donald Walsch and Don Miguel Ruiz. She has been honoured by Dr. Iziz Fuqua and the Circles of Light, receiving the F.L.O.W.E.R. award for her pioneering work in energy healing. She has also been knighted by the Sovereign Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem for her humanitarian work.

26166788_10155890552841760_4515208742381513846_nA profound sensitive and psychic, Deirdre headed off to college at 17, determined to get a degree in anthropology. A chance meeting with Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author of Hero with a Thousand Faces changed the course of her life. “Don’t go into anthropology,” he told her. “It will ruin your gift. You already have what we are all looking for.”

That same auspicious year, Deirdre was given a photocopy of the then unknown book, A Course in Miracles. For months, she voraciously studied the texts. This, along with her mentors in the southern gospel churches, gave her innately scientific mind a spiritual foundation. (Her parents were research scientists in biochemistry and physiology). At 16 she and her mother had a spiritual awakening allowing her mother with terminal breast cancer to live 13 years longer than expected. This became the foundational work for Deirdre’s Radiance Healing and Meditation System. Deirdre went on to have a successful dance career working with Robert Joffery, founder of The Joffery Ballet NYC, Frank Borman of the Royal Ballet of England to name a few. She founded an inner-city dance program for disadvantaged youth in the Memphis / Mid-South Region. Her Company, Celebrations of the Sacred, was a pioneer in the field of sacred dance.

Deirdre’s inner gifts and search for self-discovery brought her under the mentorship of elders and teachers in the mystical Christian tradition, the “I Am Presence” teachings, the Hindu Vedic tradition and Mussar and Lurianic Kabbalah, which she studied for over 20 years under the tutelage of two esteemed Rabbis in Los Angeles. Deirdre is overwhelmingly grateful to her mentor in personal psychology and women’ studies former head of USC Psychology dept. Dr. Lawanda Katzman Staenberg.

In 2004 Deirdre founded Radiance Healing and Meditation now simply called The Radiance Journey, a system of energy healing and mystical wisdom from the ancient knowledge of the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life. To date, Deirdre has given Radiance personal healing sessions and Radiance Journey Retreats to thousands. At The Omega Institute, The ACADEMI of Life, Urban Zen Center and Deepak home base in NYC, The Evolutionary Healing Institute in Miami, Florida, The Chopra Center at  La Costa , Canyon Ranch Resort and Montecito’s own Sacred Space. In 2018 she will be the main presenter at the Kripala Center in Stockbridge, Mass.

Her Radiance Pure Energy Program for energetic clearing and healing has been sold in over 132 countries. Deirdre’s book, The (not so) Little Book of Surprises, released in 2016, was presented by Donna Karan to a standing-room-only audience at her Urban Zen Center in New York City. Recently married, she and her husband William Arntz have created The Mystic and the PhysicistAn Exploration Into The Vanishing Point Where Science and Spirituality Meet presented to standing room only at Deepak Homebase, NYC this fall. They are currently filming this as a series.

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The mother of two children, Leilah Katherine Franklin and Eric Harel Franklin, (“The two greatest accomplishments of my life!”), in 2014 Deirdre married her great love, William Arntz. Today they live happily ever after in Montecito, California.

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 www.TheFoundationforRadiance.org   

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LM 18-08 “Tears for Inanna” with Kaliyani

“for the LOVE of Music” with Sara Troy and her guest  KALIYANI, on air from February 20th

CAPTIVATING NEW AGE RECORDING ARTIST KALIYANI INFUSES PASSION AND SPIRIT WITH RELEASE OF “TEARS FOR INANNA” MUSIC VIDEO CELEBRATING SACRED SENSUALITY

Tears for Inanna is Brazilian-born Kaliyani’s powerful second release. Her debut video, “Nammu’s Invocation,” garnered more than two million views on YouTube and is a collaboration with Hollywood composer/filmmaker Riz Story (writer, director and producer of A Winter Rose which features Kaliyani’s first single).Seamlessly weaving visions of sensuality into a primordial context, Tears for Inanna is a beautiful manifestation of a generally misunderstood archetypal myth. Inanna challenges us to review our belief systems, particularly with respect to our culture’s view on sexuality and the role of the sacred feminine throughout history. Kaliyani radiates this sacred Inanna energy in the video, the enchantment of her powerful yet graceful vocalizations leading the way.

Kaliyani’s musical style elegantly blends exotic world music with complex transcendent qualities. Emotive and alluring, her vocals summon Operatic and Gregorian styles, while her music uniquely delves into dramatic, contemporary orchestration profoundly rich in structure.

A spiritual and creative visionary, Kaliyani only recently discovered her singing voice. A remarkable distinction of Kaliyani’s music career is that she is more connected to the content and soul of what is being expressed, rather than taking pleasure from the act of singing alone.

“I believe in quality far more than in quantity and so I feel very comfortable in this unique space I allow myself to express from, without pressure and fully rooted in the authentic expression of my soul, untainted by outside models or expectations,” says the artist.

“I am a singles artist, who is most connected to the purpose in singing rather than the pleasure of it. One could say I’m a bit stage shy. I much prefer to create, release and let it go into the world by itself, and spread its magic on its own.”


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We are on 4 sites and 15 audio and 2 video platforms as seen here.

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Through Tears for Inanna listeners are transported to an ancient, mystical world where the Sacred Feminine is fully realized. “Inanna, who was said to have taught much of what we know about civilization,” as Kaliyani illuminates, “also taught us that the sexual union is, in fact, a sacred and spiritual act; as opposed to a sinful one. Rather, a holy and powerful energetic offering that can, when done with reverent intention, release harmonic frequencies for the manifestation of balance in every dimension of being.”

Kaliyani (also known as Jane Villar-Gehr) is a spiritually inspired visionary, producer, artist and founder of Stargate Alliance Films & Media whose mission is to inspire humanity though offering alternative visions, and empowering tools for global soul transformation. It is Kaliyani’s dream to offer herself as an instrument for the betterment of humanity and uplifting of consciousness on the planet. She says her deep heartfelt connection with Source is the driving force and fuel in everything she co-creates and assists in bringing forth.

Kaliyani discloses, “Light and shadow are just equal aspects of a whole. Whenever we arrogantly chose one over the other, we are not only making God wrong, we are bound to set nature out of harmony for one does not exist without the other. The integration of opposites is the ultimate step towards true soul liberation.”


 To experience Kaliyani’s music or for more information please visit

 www.kaliyanimusic.com

kaliyani@kaliyani.com 

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VS18-08 Songs and Stories for Veterans with Dan Perkins.

Our Global Veterans Stories with Sara Troy and her guest Dan Perkins, on air from February 20th

How is it possible that this author writes children’s books and has a foundation for Soldiers. Also is the author of a 4 book series on Radical Islamic terrorism against the United States. The latest book called Ted Baker in Terrorist Gold just started marketing today on Facebook and has not finished the first full day and has over 72,000 Ad views and over 1,000 books sold?

Dan Perkins is most certainly one of those people who goes into action when he sees a need. For his show on Dementia with his number one best selling book Why Can’t Grammy Remember Me? he addresses the need for understanding what to say to our children about what Dementia is.

FOR OUR SHOW ON DEMENTIA AND BOOK GO HERE. 


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While being an author is first and foremost, he still continues his 43-year career in money management with a small number of clients. In addition, as a veteran himself, he has a passion for helping veterans return to a normal life. Seeing the struggles of PTSD, sleep deprivation, and suicide that face veterans, he and wife Gerri, have set up a non-profit foundation, Songs and Stories for Soldiers. This amazing foundation distributes MP3 packages free to veterans and injured active duty men and women in hospitals who are trying to return to normal life. The web site songsandstoriesforsoldiers.us allows veterans to download from over 3 million songs, over 100,000 audio books, 30,000 old time radio shows and 4 additional 8-hour sleep audios, all for free.

Songs and Stories for Soldiers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to providing free, customizable electronic entertainment for members of the American Military, both active and retired. We will be providing MP3 players, with headsets and USB connection cable or the most recent technology, free to American Military. We will start with active duty wounded, and as their needs are met we will branch out to Veterans and VA hospitals across the United States.

Helping those with P.T.S.D.

PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.

It is natural to feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation. Fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to help defend against danger or to avoid it. This “fight-or-flight” response is a typical reaction meant to protect a person from harm. Nearly everyone will experience a range of reactions after trauma, yet most people recover from initial symptoms naturally. Those who continue to experience problems may be diagnosed with PTSD. People who have PTSD may feel stressed or frightened even when they are not in danger.

Helping Veterans sleep.

When you have lived in trauma and are in pain, sleep avoids you, Dan’s organization has wonderful music programs that help Veterans sleep.

Author and master storyteller Dan Perkins presents the first book in his trilogy about terrorism against the United States. The first in the series, The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, A Terrorist Perspective, has propelled him to national acclaim with interviews on radio, television and in print. With the second instalment, The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, America Rebuilds, we get a closer look into the mind of an ingenious writer. Picking up where book one ends, book two delivers more intrigue and mystery while striking terror in the hearts of readers as we ask the question: How in the world can we stop this from happening?

FAMILY HEALTH AUTHOR: Dan Perkins, is a master storyteller and author of the new book, Why Can’t Grammy Remember Me? Perkins is a contributor to DailyCaller.com,  Lifezette.com,         ClashDaily.comDailySurge.com and TheHill.com

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WJ 18-07 Dreaming BIG In Mid-Life – Allowing  Yourself To Be Led To A Life You Love

The Wellness Journey with Lynnis Woods-Mullins and her guest Ilona Selke, on air from February 13th 

It’s wonderful to know that in mid-life it is not too late to move forward in life and go after all those dreams that we may have put off earlier in life.   It’s not too late to really LOVE your life.

At mid-life we are ready to take 100% responsibility for our lives and a life true to our dreams and desires.   It truly is not too late, and if we work on moving forward we can accomplish our dreams and live a life we enjoy.

Ilona Selke shares with us ways to dream big and live a life of our dreams.   She reminds us of the importance of positive self-talk and declaring what it is you want for your life.   From her wonderful book “Dream Big – the Universe is Listening”, she shares with us how to co-create our life with the universe and how to manage and transform our negative emotions into a teaching moment that will take us on a journey to pursue our dreams.

Ilona is passionate about life and the fact that it is never too late make a change and pursue what excites you and makes you happy.   Her philosophy of living life passionately, dreaming big, listening to the universe (God, Spirit whatever you call it ) and pursuing life with passion and purpose, is both motivational and inspiring.


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Ilona Selke is an international bestselling author, seminar leader, lecturer, musician and CEO/Co-Founder of Living from Vision. Over 30+ years, Ilona has inspired thousands of people worldwide to discover the power of their consciousness and create a successful life. Her new book “Dream Big: The Universe Is Listening” offers real-life stories of transformation as well as practical tips anyone can use to shapeshift their lives from the inside out. For more information,

http://www.livingfromvision.com

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