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  "The Moses Code": A Discussion w/ Best-Selling Author James Twyman

  Awaken Talk Radio

  Date / Time: 4/3/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  Category: Self Help

  
  

  Join Krista-Lynn and Jenna for an inspiring conversation with James Twyman, best-selling author, and noted filmmaker. James will be discussing his electrifying new book and documentary movie, "The Moses Code", which unlocks the ancient mystery of the Law of Attraction and unleashes the most powerful manifestation tool in the history of the world! Conversation explores the concept of "Soul Manifestations", which is the power to draw upon your own innate spiritual connection to produce miracles.

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  Original Air Date: 7/31/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  Drop the Drama and Pick up your Power!

  In this episode, Krista-Lynn and Jenna are joined by Pat Arnold, author of "Crossing an Unseen Bridge: The Law of Attraction Secrets No One Wants to Talk About". Conversation explores the many ways we create the drama in our lives, and how to stop it. You can change your life from a tragic drama to a divine comedy -- listen and learn how!
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  • Tags:
  • law of attraction
  • The Secret
  • empowerment
  • drama
  • spirituality
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• Original Air Date: 7/24/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  Problem Resolution-"Can we agree to disagree?"

  Even in the best of relationships communication can be difficult sometimes. In this episode, Krista-Lynn and Jenna discuss the art of problem solving. Tune in to learn how to lovingly resolve issues with others, and communicate in a more thoughtful and effective way.
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  • Tags:
  • communication
  • peace
  • truth
  • spirituality
  • responsibility
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• Original Air Date: 7/17/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  The Return of Desire -- Sex Therapist Dr. Gina Ogden

  Acclaimed sex therapist, Dr. Gina Ogden, joins Krista-Lynn and Jenna for a compelling discussion about female sexuality. Gina, an expert in the field of human sexuality, shares insights from her new book, "The Return of Desire: A Guide to Reclaiming Your Sexual Passion". Dr. Ogden's shares a plethora of tips for enhancing your sex life. This is a truly stimulating episode! Listen and learn how to improve your connection with your partner, and experience greater sexual pleasure.
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  • Tags:
  • Sex
  • Women
  • Spirituality
  • Desire
  • Sexuality
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• Date / Time: 7/11/2008 6:52 PM UTC

  The 5 Stages of Grief -- Grief Hotline Numbers

  Loss is an aspect of life that none of us can avoid. At some point, each of us will have to face the pain of loss, and the grief that follows. Because loss effects us all, I felt it important to delve into the topic a bit deeper.  

  
  

  Grief is a process of recovery, there are five distinct stages we go through; Denial, Anger, Depression, Bargaining, and finally, Acceptance. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a pioneer in the field of grief recovery, has written many books on the topic, which bring greater understanding, and move forward one's healing. Included below is an in depth analysis of the grieving process, as explained by Kubler-Ross. 

  
  

  With love,

  Krista-Lynn

  
  

  
  

  
  

  GRIEF HOTLINE NUMBERS:

  
  

  After Loss: 800-423-8811 (Bereavement)

  
  

  Compassionate Friends: 877-969-0010 (Support for those dealing with death of a child)

  
  

  SHARE: 800-821-6819 (Pregnancy and infant loss support)
  

  
  

  Vet Med: 800-565-1526 (Pet loss support hotline)

  
  

  
  

  The Five Stages of Grief  

  David Kessler & Elisabeth  Kübler- Ross working on the  five stages of grief On Grief and Grieving is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s final legacy, one that brings her life’s work profoundly full circle. On Death and Dying began as a theoretical book, an interdisciplinary study of our fear of death and our inevitable acceptance of it. It introduced the world to the now-famous five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the process of grieving and weaves together theory, inspiration and practical advice, all based on Kübler-Ross and Kessler’s professional and personal experiences.

  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance The stages have evolved since their introduction and they have been very misunderstood over the past three decades. They were never meant to help tuck messy emotions into neat packages. They are responses to loss that many people have, but there is not a typical response to loss as there is no typical loss. Our grief is as individual as our lives. The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief. Not everyone goes through all of them or in a prescribed order. Our hope is that with these stages comes the knowledge of grief ’s terrain, making us better equipped to cope with life and loss. Denial This first stage of grieving helps us to survive the loss. In this stage, the world becomes meaningless and overwhelming. Life makes no sense. We are in a state of shock and denial. We go numb. We wonder how we can go on, if we can go on, why we should go on. We try to find a way to simply get through each day. Denial and shock help us to cope and make survival possible. Denial helps us to p ace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature’s way of letting in only as much as we can handle. As you accept the reality of the loss and start to ask yourself questions, you are unknowingly beginning the healing process. You are becoming stronger, and the denial is beginning to fade. But as you proceed, all the feelings you were denying begin to surface. Anger Anger is a necessary stage of the healing process. Be willing to feel your anger, even though it may seem endless. The more you truly feel it, the more it will begin to dissipate and the more you will heal. There are many other emotions under the anger and you will get to them in time, but anger is the emotion we are most used to managing. The truth is that anger has no limits. It can extend not only to your friends, the doctors, your family, yoursel f and your loved one who died, but also to God. You may ask, "Where is God in this? Underneath anger is pain, your pain. It is natural to feel deserted and abandoned, but we live in a society that fears anger. Anger is strength and it can be an anchor, giving temporary structure to the nothingness of loss. At first grief feels like being lost at sea: no connection to anything. Then you get angry at someone, maybe a person who didn’t attend the funeral, maybe a person who isn’t around, maybe a person who is different now that your loved one has died. Suddenly you have a structure - - your anger toward them. The anger becomes a bridge over the open sea, a connection from you to them. It is something to hold onto; and a connection made from the strength of anger feels better than nothing.We usually know more about suppressing anger than feeling it. The anger is just another indication of the intensity of your love. Bargaining Before a loss, it seems like you will do anything if only your loved one would be spared. “Please God, ” you bargain, “I will never be angry at my wife again if you’ll just let her live.” After a loss, bargaining may take the form of a temporary truce. “What if I devote the rest of my life to helping others. Then can I wake up and realize this has all been a bad dream?” We become lost in a maze of “If only…” or “What if…” statements. We want life returned to what is was; we want our loved one restored. We want to go back in time: find the tumor sooner, recognize the illness more quickly, stop the accident from happening…if only, if only, if only. Guilt is often bargaining’s companion. The “if onlys” cause us to find fault in ourselves and what we “think” we could have done differently. We may even bargain with the pain. We will do anything not to feel the pain of this loss. We remain in the past, trying to negotiate our way out of the hurt. People often think of the stages as lasting weeks or months. They forget that the stages are responses to feelings20that can last for minutes or hours as we flip in and out of one and then another. We do not enter and leave each individual stage in a linear fashion. We may feel one, then another and back again to the first one. Depression After bargaining, our attention moves squarely into the present. Empty feelings present themselves, and grief enters our lives on a deeper level, deeper than we ever imagined. This depressive stage feels as though it will last forever. It’s important to understand that this depression is not a sign of mental illness. It is the appropriate response to a great loss. We withdraw from life, left in a fog of intense sadness, wondering, perhaps, if there is any point in going on alone? Why go on at all? Depression after a loss is too often seen as unnatural: a state to be fixed, something to snap out of. The first question to ask yourself is whether or not the situation you’re in is actually depressing. The loss of a loved one is a very depressing situation, and depression is a normal and appropriate response. To not ex perience depression after a loved one dies would be unusual. When a loss fully settles in your soul, the realization that your loved one didn’t get better this time and is not coming back is understandably depressing. If grief is a process of healing, then depression is one of the many necessary steps along the way. Acceptance Acceptance is often confused with the notion of being “all right” or “OK” with what has happened. This is not the case. Most people don’t ever feel OK or all right about the loss of a loved one. This stage is about accepting the reality that our loved one is physically gone and recognizing that this new reality is the permanent reality. We will never like this reality or make it OK, but eventually we accept it. We learn to live with it. It is the new norm that with which we must learn to live. We must try to live now in a world where our loved one is missing. In resisting this new norm, at first many people want to maintain life at it was before a love one died. In time, through=2 0bits and pieces of acceptance, however, we see that we cannot maintain the past intact. It has been forever changed and we must readjust. We must learn to reorganize roles, re-assign them to others or take them on ourselves. Finding acceptance may be just having more good days than bad ones. As we begin to live again and enjoy our life, we often feel that in doing so, we are betraying our loved one. We can never replace what has been lost, but we can make new connections, new meaningful relationships, new inter-dependencies. Instead of denying our feelings, we listen to our needs; we move, we change, we grow, we evolve. We may start to reach out to others and become involved in their lives. We invest in our friendships and in our relationship with ourselves. We begin to live again, but we cannot do so until we have given grief its time. More information and resources can be found on David Kessler's website: www.davidkessler.org

  
  

  
  
  • Tags:
  • Grief
  • Loss
  • Death
  • Breaking up
  • Heartache
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• Original Air Date: 7/10/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  Grieving the Loss of a Loved One

  Everyone deals with loss in their life at some point. People die, relationships end, life happens. Today, Jenna and Krista-Lynn will be discussing recovering from the grief of loss. Callers are invited to call-in and join the conversation: 347.945.6373
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  • Tags:
  • Loss
  • Grief
  • Death
  • Soul
  • Women
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• Original Air Date: 7/3/2008 5:30 PM UTC

  LISTENERS CHOICE

  Today Jenna and Krista-Lynn open the phone lines and let callers pick the topics of discussion. A truly stimulating hour! If it matters to you it matters to us!! It is also time for the monthly segment CELEBRATION! - listeners are invited to call in and celebrate themselves or someone else. The call-in # is (347) 945-6373.
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  • Tags:
  • spirituality
  • passion
  • purpose
  • celebration
  • consciousness
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