MH22-28 Ronald A. Alexander, Open Mindfulness Creativity

July 11, 2022July 10, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Mental Health Awareness with Sara Troy and her guest Ronald A. Alexander, on air from June 28th

The Big Idea: When artists describe their creative process, they inevitably talk about being in an open mind state where the download of core creativity can happen. Musicians such as The Band’s Robbie Robertson’s description that “Creativity comes from the womb of emptiness” to James Taylor’s observation about “waiting to hear it” and having “to be in a place where you can receive the song” reveal that creativity isn’t a rational, calculated activity. It’s about allowing oneself to become receptive.

The So-What: Mindfulness meditation takes us out of overthinking and into the mind state of receptivity. The stillness and focus involved in meditation alters our brainwaves, and therefore, our mind state. Distraction-free time leads us to an open mind. Both core creativity and intuitive wisdom and knowledge can be accessed in an open mind state — not because we have an open mind, or are trying to be open minded, but because we’re in a state of pure receptivity after giving ourselves over to emptiness.

Key Messages: Ron Alexander can expound on the exciting possibilities available to us all to open the mind and stimulate creative responses. He explores:

Where ideas ultimately originate from
What valuable mind-sets and habits can prepare us to achieve creative breakthroughs
How to activate the “witnessing self” to become less emotionally reactive and more open to new experiences
How to embrace what Buddhists call beginner’s mind to approach what’s familiar with a fresh perspective
How dreams offer clues to what’s unfinished or unexpressed in our lives

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The Source: Ronald A. Alexander, PhD, is a psychotherapist, a mindfulness trainer and a creativity, business and leadership coach. He has a private psychotherapy and executive coaching practice in Santa Monica, California. He’s the executive director of the OpenMind® Training Program that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness-based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership and meditation.

In today’s era of COVID, political unrest and inflation why is creativity more important than ever to navigate all these upheavals?
What is Core Creativity and how does it differ from ordinary creativity?
How can someone who wants to make changes in their life use core creativity to help them experience a reinvention?
What can block us from accessing our Core Creativity?
Tell us about Mindfulness and Creativity Psychology. What does the research have to say about it and why are so many psychotherapists integrating meditation and mindfulness into their practices?
In your book you discuss the Core Creative terms: Absorbing Mind, Open Mind, and Generating Mind. What role do they play in accessing one’s core creativity?
Why is mindfulness important to accessing creativity?
How can someone tell if their intuition is genuine or false?
How have some of your clients incorporated core creativity into their lives and business?
You have a chapter on Mindful and Creative Leadership. What are some of the traits of a wise leader?

I’d be happy to send a bylined article, “Find Creative Solutions by Emptying Your Mind,” to send a review copy of his new book, or to schedule an interview with Ron Alexander.

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LM22-27. James Campion and “Take a Sad Songs” Inspiration.

July 11, 2022September 27, 2024Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

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In The Emotional Currency of “Hey Jude,” James Campion dives deeply into the song’s origins, recording, visual presentation, impact, and eventual influence, while also discovering what makes “Hey Jude” a classic musical expression of personal comfort and societal unity conceived by a master songwriter, Paul McCartney. Within its melodic brilliance and lyrical touchstones of empathy and nostalgia resides McCartney’s personal and professional relationship with his childhood friend and songwriting partner, John Lennon, and their simultaneous pursuit of the women who would complete them. There are also clues to the growing turmoil within the Beatles and their splintering generation scarred by war, assassination, and virulent protest.

Campion’s journey into the song includes the insights of experts in the fields of musicology, sociology, , and history. Campion also reveals commentary from noted Beatles authors, biographers, music historians, and journalists and, finally, a peek into the craft of songwriting from a host of talented composers across several generations.

Take a Sad Song is a tribute to how a song can define, inspire, and affect us in ways we do not always fully comprehend, as well as a celebration of a truly amazing track in the Beatles canon that reveals one band’s genius and underscores its lasting voice in our cultural and musical landscape.

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James Campion is a syndicated columnist and contributing editor for the pop culture magazine the Aquarian Weekly, where he’s reported on and interviewed several and varied musical artists and reviewed concerts and albums for twenty-three years. His long-form music essays are featured in the webzine Dog Door Cultural. His work has also appeared in NY Newsday, North County News, Hackwriters.com, and Huff Post, among other periodicals. He is also the co-host of the popular music podcast Underwater Sunshine with Counting Crows front man, Adam Duritz. The two host an annual music festival in New York City by the same name.

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AK22-28. Bill VanPatten author. “As a gay and Latino Author,”

July 11, 2022July 10, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

***Authors Kiss, with Sara Troy and her guest Bill VanPattern, on air from July 12th***

Bill VanPatten is a brilliant expert on language acquisition and bilingualism, he tells hilarious jokes on stage, creates movies and a telenovelas and writes well-crafted mysteries with a social message. Meet Bill VanPatten. Language has been his life’s passion for nearly four decades. He taught linguistics, Spanish, and second language acquisition at Michigan State University, Texas Tech University, and University of Illinois for over 30 years, traveling around the world to deliver over 1,000 lectures, publish 200 articles, and inspire thousands of students. He retired in 2018 from that chapter in his life, only to write another. His third novel, A Little Rain, was just released.

“Language is a very powerful means for expressing who we are,” says VanPatten. “After teaching about language for so many years, I love the freedom to now use it to tell stories that both enlighten and entertain readers.”

“As a gay and Latino man,” says VanPatten, “my books shed light on two communities that are often marginalized and misunderstood. But I also provide a great escape to readers who want to enmesh themselves in the lives of others, who struggle to find their way in a complex world.”

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How his books provide opportunities to share meaningful messages and address social issues
Why Americans enjoy tales of murder, revenge, and secrets
How he transitioned from being a scholar to a writer of mystery novels and thrillers
How he uses the power of language to deliver realistic, intense scenes
Why gay and Latino characters are central to his fiction

Bill VanPatten has been an internationally-acclaimed professor and scholar of language acquisition and bilingualism. In his career that spanned three decades, he has presented over 1,000 lectures, written over 200 academic articles, and has hosted two podcasts for five years. Bill VanPatten now writes fiction in English and Spanish.

His first novel, Seidon’s Tale, received the 2019 Kops-Fetherling International Books Silver Phoenix Award for “Best New Voice in Fiction.” His second novel, Looks Are Deceiving, has garnered positive reviews from Kirkus, Reedsy Discovery, Prairie Book Reviews, Writer’s Digest, Readers’ Favorite, SPB, Indie Readers, among others. A Little Rain was released this Spring and is his newest book.

As an #OwnVoices author, gay and Latino characters are central in his fiction. Bill has always had a passion for stories and is the award-winning academic who co-wrote the best-selling educational telenovela, Destinos, as well as the movies Sol y Viento and Liaisons.

His work in academia led him to lecture in almost every state, as well as Europe, Australia, South America, and Mexico. A former professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at Michigan State University, he specialized in second language acquisition, which he investigates on both theoretical and practical levels, using approaches from linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. Bill earned his MA and Ph.D. from The University of Texas, and his BA from The University of Santa Clara.

While living in Chicago, he performed as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs on occasion, and is known to always be ready to tell some jokes. Bill lives in the Central Valley of California.

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22-27 You Do Not Own Me……

July 4, 2022July 7, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from July 4th

Quite simply my body belongs to me and my choices are my own….not anyone else’s.

I am not anti-pro-choice, but I am anti-birthing when it is forced on someone who can not for some reason raise a child. Women who have been raped, incest, pressured into sex by a partner, or medically, emotionally, and financially can not support a child which is a lifetime commitment. Who are you to decide what is best for them?

Being a Mother is truly a wonderful experience, but it is a long one, a life time, and unless the man who got her pregnant is willing to step up with funding, support, and time to raise that child, then who are we to demand she has a child she can not take care of.

My idea is two fold, 1. NO SEX UNLESS THE MAN SIGNS A LEGAL DOCUMENT STATING THAT IF SHE GOT PREGNANT THAT HE WOULD FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYICIALLY BE THERE TO HELP RAISE THE CHILD AND MAKE IT MANDITORY. 2. Demand a man have a vasectomy if he wants sex without protection.

There is NO accountability for the man who got a woman pregnant, she did not get pregnant on her own, so why is he not paying the price too? Having an abortion is not easy, so many emotions and conflictions and pain involved, and yet the man has nothing to go through? If a man does not want children and enjoys sex with consenting partners, then get a vasectomy. Free sex has a price too.

Women, we are so strong, so smart, so resilient, so empowering, so capable and so not going to give in to this. So lets us rise up and create our own laws ( like no sex until sign) and show the men that they to must step up and hold some responsibility for their actions too.

We as women have worked hard to have rights to be a woman, to be seen, heard, e qualified and that we are a force to be reckoned with. Don’t not mess with our minds, bodies, hearts, souls, spirits, for you will lose. We are mighty and we are not going to stand for this intrusion into our womanly rights any more on any level no matter how big or small.

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22-26 Let Summer Rejuvenate You…..

June 27, 2022July 11, 2022Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Sara’s View Of Life with Sara Troy, on air form June 28th

Summer is here and we have been waiting for that sun to warm our souls, heal our hearts, lift our spirits and clear our minds. It has been a long hard winter but now summer is here, we can start freeing ourselves and let nature hold our hands and guide us into joy, love and living an exuberant life.

We feel so much better with the sun is kissing our brow, and the breeze is rustling through our hair, and that warm tingling feeling of less clothes on our bodies breathing in light and recharging every cell in our beingness. We feel so much better with our toes in the water washing away our woes, embracing our spirits and setting us free to be.

Summer is a time to let go and be free and make that discovery of self. Nature in its complex simplicity helps us to reconnect with our inner selves allowing for a deeper inner love of life and just being who we are. Take a walk on the wild side, say no to statuesque and be adventurous and explore what can be and free your self from the same old same old.

What you want is waiting for you, you just have to decide to go and get it. Stepping into a purpose, even if it is just to make people smile and or help someone out, it all helps to embrace that sunlight that is burning inside begging to come out. So let summer help you and get out side and be a part of natures healing and rejuvenate your soul, heart, spirit and mind.

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