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L'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Megan DonMegan Don is the author of Meditations with Teresa of Avila. She is a spiritual counselor and teacher of “The Pathway of the Mystic.” She leads pilgrimages to Avila, Spain and other sacred sites in Europe. Megan devotes herself to awakening the mystic within humanity and teaches an embodied spirituality that honors all traditions.
Saint Teresa Avila had the unique ability to blend a rich mystical inner life with the practical skills required for everyday living and creating. Despite her status in the spiritual community, she often struggled with self-doubt, fear, and lack of validation by others. Through sheer perseverance, she...
2011-04-0158 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Matthew FoxMatthew Fox is the author of 28 books including Original Blessing, The Reinvention of Work, The Hidden Spirituality of Men, and most recently Christian Mystics. He holds a doctorate in the history and theology of spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris. The founder of the University of Creation Spirituality in California, he conducts dozens of workshops each year and is a visiting scholar with the Academy for the Love of Learning (loveoflearning.org). He lives in Oakland, California. His website is www.matthewfox.org.
2011-03-251h 00L'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Jack HawleyJack Hawley, Ph.D., is a consultant and writer, as well as a student, teacher, and lecturer on the infusion of new energy, heart and spirit into everyday life. Jack and his wife, Louise, spend half of each year studying and lecturing in an ashram (spiritual learning community) in rural southern India and the other half helping organizational leaders in the rest of the world apply these principles.
The Bhagavad Gita contains the inner essence of India, the moral and spiritual principles found in the very earliest scriptures of this ancient land. To read The Bhagavad Gita is to swing...
2011-03-1858 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Carl McColmanCarl McColman opens up the symbolism of Narnia and this "Voyage" to new depths of insight in "The Lion, the Mouse and the Dawn Treader", showing how the entire Christian life-journey is revealed. He writes to inspire Christians - meeting in groups, or families at home in the living room--that God wants us to be fearless, honorable, and faithful as Reepicheep, and that this is a quest that has no ending.
2011-03-1159 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: William and Nancy MartinThose who care for the ailing, whether helping someone recover, grapple with a long-term disability, or face a terminal illness, often feel alone, overwhelmed, exhausted. William and Nancy Martin have worked as counselors, hospice trainers, and Zen guides — and as caregivers to Nancy’s late mother. With empathy and insight, they offer readers solace drawn from the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching.
Like the original Chinese text, this book contains eighty-one chapters. Each chapter includes a poem for caregivers, evocative of the verses of the Tao Te Ching, followed by a reflection that presents practical guidance for navigating the emot...
2011-03-0400 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Cami WalkerOne month after her wedding day, thirty-three-year-old Cami Walker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the life she knew changed forever. Each day brought new negative thoughts: I'm going to end up in a wheelchair. My life is over. Why did this have to happen to me?
Then Cami received an uncommon prescription from a friend, an African medicine woman named Mbali Creazzo: Give 29 gifts in 29 days. "By giving," Mbali told her, "you are focusing on what you have to offer others, inviting more abundance into your life." Cami was amazed by what unfolded during her month-long journey.
29 Gifts is...
2011-02-2558 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Dr. Marc Agronin, M.D.Marc Agronin, M.D., a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Medical School, is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and the Director of Mental Health and Clinical Research at the Miami Jewish Health Systems, home to Florida’s largest nursing home.
A young doctor’s reflections on his experiences as a nursing-home psychiatrist—and the remarkable stories of vitality, connection, and growth that transformed his view of aging
2011-02-1859 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Gordon Livingston, M.D.How to Love: Choosing Well at Every Stage of Life
All of us want to be loved. But despite the Web, speed-dating, and all of the other ways the process has changed in the last decade or so, finding love isn't easy. And keeping it alive is even harder.
Reminding us that we're defined by those with whom we spend our time, Gordon Livingston's How to Love begins by summarizing how we should choose our partner and the types of hurtful personalities and behaviors to avoid. "Beware of those who are sure they are right," Livingston cautions. He also advises...
2011-02-111h 00L'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Jenniffer Weigel, author of Stay TunedJenniffer Weigel, the author of I'm Spiritual Dammit! and Stay Tuned: Conversations With Dad From the Other Side, is Bob Gregoire's guest on the 2/4/11 Gregoire Today Show on BlogTalkRadio
2011-02-0459 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite:World Peace 'Really!' with Ron Medved and Gregg CochlanWorld Peace, Really! offers seven principles to help you see world peace as a practical possibility. To do this, you first have to realize that peace begins on the inside. You have to believe in peaceful coexistence in your mind, at the thought level, because you can help or hurt peace by the way you think.
Gregg Cochlan is an author, speaker, consultant and leadership coach whose first book, Love Leadership, challenged traditional corporate conditioning by positioning love as a more effective, sustainable leadership style.
Ron Medved is an athlete, artist and social entrepreneur who grew up during the height...
2011-01-2859 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileRadio Respite: Doreen LechelerDoreen is the author of The Spirit to Heal, Notting Hill Press, a division of Winston-Crown Publishing; available November 2010. This book is the first in the three-part HEALED book series – The Mind to Heal (available Spring 2011) and The Body to Heal (available Fall 2011).
Originally diagnosed with stage one breast cancer in 2006, Doreen took a more traditional approach to healing – undergoing surgery and radiation treatments. In 2009, Doreen found out the cancer had spread; she had stage four breast cancer. This time she chose an integrated approach to her severe diagnosis. Facing the spread of cancer to her spine and possibly deadly cell...
2011-01-2140 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileMarc Allen with The Greatest Secret of AllMarc Allen, the author of The Greatest Secret of All, joins Bob Gregoire on Gregoire Today on BlogTalkRadio
2011-01-1458 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileJeff Brown with The Winner's BrainHarvard psychologist and author Dr. Jeff Brown is a champion of cognitive-behavioral psychology. Brown not only walks along side clients who want to manage inconvenient psychological symptoms, but teaches them how to apply research-based strategies for fine-tuning their brains and optimizing life. He’s board-certified in both clinical and cognitive-behavioral psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Outside of his practice, Brown is the psychologist for the Boston, Chicago and Marathon medical teams and is on Runner’s World magazine’s scientific advisory board. His psychology expertise has been cited by The New York Times, ESPN, The Wall Street Journa...
2011-01-071h 00L'Economia Spiegata FacileBrian Haycock with Dharma RoadBrian Haycock lives in Austin, Texas, where he has worked mainly for nonprofit organizations. He enjoys running (especially in the summer heat), hiking and reading stories of all kinds. His crime and suspense stories have appeared in Thuglit, Nefarious, Yellow Mama, Amarillo Bay, Reflection’s Edge, Darkest Before the Dawn, Pulp Pusher, Swill, and other highly respected publications. Unlike the people he writes about, he is law-abiding and reports he’s “reasonably sane.” He has practiced Buddhism for over thirty years. His book about modern Zen practice, Dharma Road, is published by Hampton Roads Publishing. Check him out at ondharmaroad.blogspot
2010-12-1759 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileJulie Loar with Goddesses for Every DayJulie Loar is the author of Goddesses for Every Day, as well as six previous books under the name Julie Gillentine. She contributes to numerous magazines and journals, and writes a popular astrology feature that appears in Atlantis Rising. She lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Visit her online at www.julieloar.com or www.queenofcups.com
Julie Loar is an award-winning author, International Astrologer and Taroist. Her work includes performing readings, consultations, and monthly Full Moon Meditations. Julie Loar also conducts classes and workshops and leads a yearly educational trip to Egypt.
Although Julie Loar makes Pagosa Springs, Colorado her...
2010-12-1059 minL'Economia Spiegata FacilePamela Bloom with The Power of CompassionCompassion is much more than a state of mind. That’s because it has the power to move people to act on behalf of others.
Here more than forty, first-person stories by the likes of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Pema Chodron, Barbara Brodsky, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jay Jarvis Masters, Joan Halifax, and Sogyal Rinpoche that demonstrate how compassion can be a dynamic force that achieves concrete consequences. In one story, a monk welcomes a dying child into his home, providing the boy with practical care and a sense of peace during the boy’s last nine months of life. In anot...
2010-12-031h 00L'Economia Spiegata FacileCarl McColman with The Big Book of Christian MysticismIn popular usage, “mysticism” typically refers to New Age or Eastern forms of spirituality. However, the mystical tradition is also an important component of the Christian tradition. At its heart—and much like its expression in other faith traditions—Christian mysticism is an ancient tradition that incorporates meditation, contemplation, worship, philosophy, the quest for personal enlightenment, and the experience of Divine presence.
This volume is a comprehensive introduction and guide to Christian mysticism. It is a big book about a big possibility: the hope of achieving real, blissful, experiential union with God. Among the topics covered here are a general introduc...
2010-11-1958 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileWilliam Murtha with 100 WordsWilliam Murtha is a man with a mission. Following a near-death experience, he set out to discover how he—and each of us—might make a positive impact on the world. And he sent out the call that resulted in this amazing, inspiring book:
“In 100 words, please share empowering stories and thoughts that best encapsulate your insight, wisdom, and feelings on how we can move towards a more just, fulfilling, and peaceful world.”
100 Words includes a brief biography of each contributor, plus a list of five books that have influenced their paths. This one-of-a-kind book is an inspirational devotional and a guide...
2010-11-1259 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileJennifer Weigel with I'm Spiritual, Dammit!Jennifer Weigel author of I’m spiritual, Dammit! How to Keep Your Feet on the Ground and your Head in the Stars will be live on air with Bob Gregoire.
Is it possible to be grounded AND have a rich interior life? Is it possible to get through the day with poise when everything hits the fan? Is it possible to have a spiritual life and not be a wing-nut?
For Jen Weigel, the answer to all three questions is a resounding YES. This is an honest, amusing teaching memoir rooted in Weigel’s everyday experience as a mother, television pers...
2010-11-0559 minL'Economia Spiegata FacileJeff Rasley with Bringing Progress to ParadiseJeff Rasley author of Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving
to a Mountain Village in Nepal with be live on-air with Bob Gregoire.
In October 2008 Jeff Rasley led a trek to a village in a remote valley in
the Solu regions of Nepal, where trekkers and mountaineers do not go. In
Basa Village he found a people thoroughly unaffected by Western
consumer-culture values. They had no running water, electricity, or anything
that moves on wheels. Each family had a flower garden and they lived in
beautiful, hand-chiseled stone houses. All they seemed to want, byond what
they...
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