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Normal is Over with Renee Scheltema

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Normal Is Over (103’ min) is a compelling and visually rich film directed by award-winning and investigative TV-journalist Renée Scheltema. Her film chronicles the way humans have inadvertently imperilled our planet: species extinction, climate change, the depletion of critical natural resources, and industrial control of our food production.

This unique documentary examines how our economic and financial system connects all these issues and offers solutions, which could be implemented immediately, from practical everyday fixes to rethinking the overarching myths of our time.

Renée takes off on a multinational voyage, meeting not only prominent experts, but also everyday citizens who concentrate on matters such as organic agriculture, the banning of plastic, saving species, ecological economics, sustainable architecture, renewable energy, and more.

While this film is intended to challenge viewers on many different levels, it most of all offers hope.

NOW, a host on ECOISM Because Normal is Over with Sara Troy, Renee and Sara will bring you the experts who have answers for our planet.

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AIRING OCTOBER 3RD

Renee Scheltema

As a one-woman-crew, it took me 5 years to do the research, filming, producing and editing of this film.

As an investigative journalist, I set out to find out the cause, and symptoms of our environmental issues, while looking for a variety of solutions offering hope.

Normal Is Over The Movie, covers a great many ways humans have inadvertently put our planet in peril. It tackles control of our food production; climate change; species extinction and depletion of critical natural resources.

The film examines how our economic and financial system connects all these issues and offers solutions which could be implemented immediately.

From practical everyday fixes to rethinking the overarching myths of our time, this film should challenge many of us on every level, while offering hope.

I spent 3,5 years editing the 180-some hours of footage I shot.

Logging it, bringing it down to a long version of 10 hours within 2 years, and then finishing the final version of 2 hours at the end of last year.(2015)

I made a loan and rented out my house to make this feature documentary.

My youngest daughter Elisa Emely (25) dedicated the last 3 years of her life helping me with this process.  She transcribed all the interviews; created all the animations; gave input; constructed my websites. However, just a few days after the film was locked, she tragically passed away in a freak car accident.

I already dedicated the film to a; future generations but I opened up the film and also dedicate its message to her

I have been devastated for over a year.

At the end of 2016, I did a reboot – both mentally and physically.  I had to pick myself up. I still have another beautiful daughter still with me and at the time one grandson, and now a few months old granddaughter. Whom I have hardly seen as I am travelling so much with the film. So at the end of 2016, I recreated the film, made it different, and shorter I made a new trailer and new artwork.  And basically, started all over.

Elisa would have wanted me to bring this film- made with all our positive energy, and humour!- out into the world, and “make this movie into a movement”, as she used to say…

Now some amazing volunteers are busy setting up a  Making Of The Future Foundation, to help spread the word, as I can’t-do this very well.

About 16 volunteers offered to translate Normal Is Over in 8 more languages: in French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, and working on Russian.

For a better planet and as a tribute and memory to her life, we are now fundraising via the MakingofTheFuture.org website, not only to help spread the word about Normal is Over, and raise awareness, but also with the idea that we need to connect all eco-communities. I also like to make a sequel to Normal Is Over, with more solutions, specifically regarding the new economy we need to create, with one thing in mind first: The planet, and all it creatures, plants, animals, and yes humans

I would kindly ask you to assist me-the planet- to spread the word via your network, blogs, or social media. You’re also very welcome to hold a screening

Many thanks in advance you for your cooperation; working for a better collective future. I can offer you a link for a small fee and sincerely hope that you will enjoy the film!”

Warm wishes

Renée

http://www.NormalIsOverTheMovie.com

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Featuring:

-Charles Eisenstein, Author, Speaker, Phd Math & Philosophy (US)

-Prof. Bernard Lietaer, Professor International Finance, Club of Rome (Belgium)

-Paul Gilding, Author, Social Activist, Former CEO Greenpeace (Tasmania)

-Dr Ian McCallum, Psychiatrist, Poet, Conservationist (South Africa)

-Prof. Naomi Oreskes, History and Science (US)

-Dr Vandana Shiva, Author, Activist, Pioneer (India

-Prof Michael Braungart, Chemistry (Germany)

-Prof. Michael Mann, Meteorologist (US)

-Prof. Lester Brown, Director World Watch Institute (Washington)

 -Wouter van Dieren, Dutch Representative Club of Rome (Holland)

–Ta’Kaiya Blaney, First Nations, Activist, Singer, (Canada)

-And many more ‘Keystone Individuals’ who are already making a difference.

What others say:

The only thing harder than making the changes explored in this film is the future we will face if we don’t make them.” – Betsy Rosenberg, Huffington Post

…”Smart, different and compelling”-Andy Ridley, Former CEO Earth Hour. Managing Director Circle Economy

“… Her documentary is a must for every decision maker of this planet.”

-Prof. Michael Braungart, Co-founder Cradle-2-Cradle.

“A beautiful job, with compelling voices. .BRAVO!”.- Joanna Macy, Author, Buddhist scholar, Environmental Activist.

….” We are speechless. It was moving, emotional and infuriating. I loved every bit of it. I am ready to work with you in any way possible”- Miles, Univ. of California Graduate Student

…“This independently produced film shows the causes and symptoms and investigates a variety of SOLUTIONS to reverse the global decline. There are many films out there, this one stands above the others for its systems-thinking and solutions approach.”

Elizabeth Ferguson and Jeremy Lent

Renée Scheltema is a Dutch documentary filmmaker and photographer, living in Cape Town. Her latest feature documentary is called Normal Is Over The Movie (2016)

Drs. in Criminology at Leiden University, The Netherlands

M.A. University of California, Berkeley. USA. TV-Journalism & Photo-Journalism.

B.A. at Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Renée has worked for Dutch television as a Director, Producer and Camera-person for 35 years. Many of her documentaries were selected at International Film Festivals.

As a photographer, Renée has worked for Magazines and Newspapers in Holland, the US, and South Africa. She was a member of Gamma Liaison in New York, now called Getty Images.

Our Global Veterans Stories

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Our Veterans are not only heroes but have become leaders in overcoming and supporting each other in each other’s recovery and in getting back into a productive life. Veterans realize what they have all gone through and understand what they need in healing their mental emotional and physical wounds. Because of this, they have become an inspiration to all who are going through trauma and struggles in life.

We will be bringing a show series specializing in veterans stories of adapting back into mainstream life. Each series will address a certain aspect of their new directions. This is their journey but could be ours, and being so inspired by their strength and courage we find solutions and that strength in our own life’s journey.

These shows will also become a funding platform for Veterans for services needed in their recovery and redirections.

GV25-26. David Brown’s “Hard Rain” - Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest David Brown, on air from July 1st Awarded Medals By Queen Elizabeth II For His 40  Years In The British Army, A Retired Major Pens A   Powerful War Novel Set In 1970s Northern Ireland  David Brown, a lifelong military man for the British Army, who received […]
GV25-26. Dr Josh McConkey on Fatherhood - Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest Dr Josh McConkey, on air from July 1st It is critical to highlight a growing crisis that’s often underreported and often ignored: the decline of strong, engaged fatherhood, and its impact on the future of our nation. Dr. Josh McConkey, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, combat […]
GV25-01. Robert D. Hicks, WOUNDED FOR LIFE: - Our Global Veterans with Sara Troy and her guest Robert D. Hicks, on air from January 14th Robert D. Hicks, PhD, former Director of the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia and author of WOUNDED FOR LIFE: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War? In this interview, he will talk about how this topic relates to those that are disabled today, including wounded veterans.  He […]
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What if we supported the people and organisations who are making a difference?

What if we celebrated people and their journey because they inspire others to do the same?

What if by coming together in unison and harmony, we worked with each other to enhance the global progress in making this world a happier place to live?

Self Discovery Community is where we support services needed to help people grow in Freedom Dignity Independence and Equality. We will raise money for these organizations that are supporting their community, those in Mental health, Veterans, Addiction, Children, Soul Consciousness and Body Mind Health, to name a few. 

You will see these organizations here with their own shows bring awareness to the work and people they support. As a radio community, we will be raising funding for these organizations in support of their great work. 90% of all funding goes directly to the Self Discovery Community uses the 10% to grow the awareness of such dedicated organizations.

We believe, when you invest in humanity, it grows a strong positive community where helping each other to grow in abundance is what it is all about.

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C 17-38 David Essel on Inner Honesty Setting us FREE

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest David Essel, on air September 19th 

Everyone talks about how they’re such an honest person. How they wish everyone else would be as honest as they are. But for most of us, it’s a total illusion. Most people in America are petrified of living an honest life, regardless of what they might try to tell themselves on a daily basis

This might seem startling to many. Maybe even you.

We’ve been told since were a little kid that honesty is the best policy. Abe Lincoln is immortalized in a story about being honest.

But it doesn’t matter what your parents said, doesn’t matter what Abe Lincoln did, because most of us are so petrified of being honest that we would rather tell white lies, be passive aggressive in nature, then risk being honest with those around us.

510njmsnyil-_sx331_bo1204203200_Number one bestselling author, life coach, counsellor and Radio host David Essel has seen firsthand the damaging effects of people who are afraid, to be honest in life with their partners, kids, friends, coworkers and parents.

The fear of honesty can be wrapped up in a word called co-dependency. Into thousand two, David called co-dependency “the largest Addiction in the world today.”

So before you read any further, are you an honest person? On a scale of 1 to 10, would you claim that you’re 100% honest 100% of the time? Or only 10% of the time?

Here’s what David Essel believes are the four biggest blocks to living an honest life. David has been called “the new leader in the positive thinking movement” by celebrity Jenny McCarthy, for good reasons. He’s honest.

” most of us are raised to be honest. At least that’s what our parents, society and teachers tell us. Always be honest. But what percentage of our society actually lives an honest life?

I can tell you from my own experience that rarely was I honest growing up, in college, and even in the beginning of my professional career with most people.

And there are reasons for that. It’s not that we are dishonest because were bad people, but because we’re afraid of the ramifications of what it would look like to lead an honest life.

Below are my four top key reasons why most of us are currently not honest, and unless we really get on the ball, will not be honest for the rest of our lives. It’s sad. But true.

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Number one. Fear of being rejected by family, friends, partners co-workers and more. Most of us aren’t honest because we’re afraid that people are going to reject us. They’re gonna tell us that was stupid. Whatever we’re talking about, whatever side of the fence we’re taking, in conversations,  most of us would rather avoid being honest so that we couldn’t be rejected.

Number two. Our fear of being embarrassed. If we stand for a cause and talk openly and honestly about how we feel about a social situation, economic situation, Addiction situation, educational situation, we’re afraid that if we speak our mind honestly we might be embarrassed to find out that we could be wrong. Or we might embarrass ourselves by not knowing as much as we might think we do about a certain topic. So instead of risking embarrassment, we will go along and agree with whoever we’re talking to in a certain circumstance.

Number three. Our fear of being ridiculed. Being ridiculed is a little different than being rejected. Being ridiculed means that we could be made fun of if we’re honest. If 20 years ago you were a Chicago Cubs fan, you may not openly admit it to people because the Cubs had struggled for so long. And if you were honest with them, you’re afraid that you might be ridiculed for liking a team that had been one of the biggest losers in sports franchise history.

Number four. The fear of abandonment. The greatest fear that most humans have is that if they were honest with people they would be abandoned. This is one of the reasons why so many gay people stay in the closet, or transgender’s, or bi sexual’s…… Because they’re afraid of being abandoned by their friends, partners, family, co-workers and society in general. The fear of abandonment is absolutely one of the greatest fears in the world, and it’s one of the reasons why we choose not to be honest in life.

If you look at the above statements… You can evaluate your own life. I was one of those people for years that didn’t want to rock the boat, didn’t want to have people upset with me, didn’t want to have people reject me, embarrassed me, ridicule me and God for bid someone might leave my life because of my opinions.

11999082_1076683125699244_5259454418228206069_nThe paragraph above is a definition of codependency. I was highly co-dependent in my world. It wasn’t until 1997, when I worked for 52 straight weeks with a counsellor, that I found the depth of my codependency.

I’d also found that I wasn’t honest in my relationships. If I wasn’t happy with a woman I was dating, I might bring it up once or twice, but if I didn’t get the end result I wanted, in other words, if she didn’t agree with my position, I would slowly back out. I would disappear into my addictions. Or have an affair. Or work longer hours. Anything to avoid having to face the consequences of a disagreement.

Our fear of being honest is a fear of rocking the boat, so we are dishonest, or omit our true feelings, or hide behind someone else’s feelings, or use passive aggressive behaviour instead of facing the facts and being honest. Independent.

Currently, of the thousands of people, I have worked with in the last 27 years as a counsellor and a life coach from all over the world, 50% of my clients are battling codependency. They are afraid of living an honest life. And they’re shocked to find when we start working together, that there in the majority, and their main addiction is that of co-dependency.

The great news is with the help of a fantastic counsellor, minister, priest, life coach or other types of professional you can shatter your need to be liked and accepted by everyone, and risk being yourself. A powerful, independent person living in this world.

If you need help on how to do this, contact me directly. I know the way, I once was in that place of dishonesty, and the freedom that not only myself but thousands of clients have found in leading an honest life is amazing. It’s not always easy by any means. But it simply amazing.”

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17-37 Toronto are you ready for me?

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Sara Troy on Sara’s View of Life, on air from September 12th

Toronto, a city of vibrancy and high energy. I am asked why I would leave beautiful Vancouver for Toronto, we have so many islands, mountains, with rivers and an ocean around us, and it’s warmer why go? Well, the answer is this, 1. I have hardly had 30 days with my eldest daughter in 10 years as she lives in Toronto and I want more time with her. 2. I need to be around new energy to grow into my next phase of life and business.

I know going in the middle of winter is crazy, (November) but this is the time shown to me, I have a strong feeling to go and so I must follow that feeling. I have been waiting for the guidance of my direction for a while, I have to move, but did not know where here in BC? Nanaimo calls me, I have a wonderful daughter there too, but not till later after I have achieved what I need to do, then maybe there as its energy is so peaceful.

Leaving my other two children here will be hard, my some Tyler will be running his new venture Humble Roots Cafe/deli, and my daughter Tasha finishing university. I am not leaving for ever, just till I have emerged into my new purpose and added some zest to my life, I will always want to be near my children, that is why it is Tabytha’s turn in Toronto.

I am excited, I like Toronto, it is a city of life of living and of getting things done. With my next chapter in Self Discoveries story, I need to be around the I  see it people, the do it people and everything is calling me there. I had hoped to go back to the UK to expand, and I will at some stage, but it is not the first step, Toronto is.

You will see Self Discovery Radio become Self Discovery Community, where I will be supporting with radio video and more, organizations/foundations/charities that are doing great work for people by raising money and awareness for them. I already have one wonderful Veteran organization on board with more to come. You will also hear some wonderful series shows from them and others to give a fuller picture on their topics.

This is where I need you folks, I will be house sitting in Toronto, so if you know of any people or organizations to help me find a place, please let me know. Also I am asking for support in getting there, every penny helps and would be so appreciated, for years now I have supported this station, now in order to help those in need even further, I am asking for help in what I need to achieve this and my gratitude will be poured into the work I am doing for people in their Self Discovery in our community.

This is my 63 Birthday gift to me, a new adventure, a new step in Self Discovers evolution and even a new step towards a loving life for me.

It is exciting, so join me here as I speak to more of why Toronto 

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I am following my calling and it has to be started in Toronto, getting there is a challenge right now, and I am inviting support from my followers who believe in me to cover my flight expenses from Vancouver BC. Any and everything helps and is received in gratitude. 

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