Family & Relationships

Man the feeling of being free of the opinion of others is fucking amazing. Your feet so rooted in the earth that nothing or no one can make you budge.
You know who you are, what you want and where you’re going. That’s freedom.

Oh the resistance that kicks up in us when we’re ready to fly. I’ve been there so many times. Too many times to count actually.
I escaped what was creating suffering, I began to stretch out my wings, to get ready to fly and then suddenly I lose my breathe, my chest starts to tighten and I stop, resistance sets in, my mind takes over, flashing images of destruction.

I won’t be the first person to ask this question and I certainly won’t be the last. What’s it all for?
Why do we wake up in the morning and do what we do…

Shayne Traviss reflects on his journey to Moholoholo, the experience of a lifetime. Moholoholo is an Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa.

In less than 12 hours South Africa is already having its way, changing our perceptions and foreshadowing an epic adventure to come…

I am deeply sorry about those members of your community who left us by their own hand, because it was too difficult to remain here, under inhumane conditions. I am particularly saddened by those who left us before revealing and fully exploring their innate sexual orientation. Condemnation and absence of societal support forced many to bury and hide their desires, leaving them alone to live tormented and isolated lives.

Because you love the client so deeply, you want the best for them. You have heard their dreams. When you read somebody’s list of what they most want to accomplish in their life, on that list is probably going to be the way they want to serve, be a good mother, or a good wife, a great father, or a good husband. That is tangible and touching. You hear their innermost dreams that they hardly dare to dream.

Breaking the mold with Aaron Landman, How to live your personal dream and continue to grow together as a family.

The Secret Language of the Heart, with Barry Goldstein, learn how the world of sound and vibration can be used as a roadmap to unite your family.

There’s Ram Dass saying that goes, if you think you’re enlightened then go spend a week with your family. Family relationships can evoke the most explosive emotions. A certain kind of remark or tone can come from anyone else and mean nothing, but with family, in an instant, we feel like we’re ten years old again. The bonds that began in our earliest memories of childhood have the power to influence how we relate to life in general…who we marry, what we do for a living, where we live. The question is…Can we all just get along? And do we even need to?

There’s always a wound that makes you do the work you do. Some pivot point in your life where you made a choice—or a choice was made for you—and your soul gets a wake up call. The work you do is an expression of the journey to healing you took for your own soul. Sometimes you don’t see it until many years later, but it’s always there.

Dr. Anastasia Chopelas invites David Larson and Kate Sholonski to talk about their upbeat process of eliminating tension from home and work environments, which catapults people and business to higher profits and success in all aspects of life, with passion, meaning and purpose.

Healing & Immersion with Fu-Ding Cheng, teaches how we can learn from our upbringing, and use these life lessons to understand our present and prepare for our future.

Maria Olsen opens up the conversation for bi-racial parents, sharing her triumphs and struggles.

The goal of a conscious uncoupling is not necessarily the restoration of justice, the attainment of restitution, or the vindication of being right. The goal of a conscious uncoupling is simply to be free. And there is no more powerful action to turn a difficult situation in a harmonious direction than a generous gesture of authentic loving-kindness.

Shayne Traviss discusses the evolution of family; growing up LGBT, navigating and re-defining a changing dynamic through adversity.

Bereavement specialist Yvonne Kaye is Edie Weinstein’s guest who shares what happens when someone who has decades of professional experience offering support to those who have lost loved ones, finds herself in the same position. When her husband died, she realized that although she was prepared for his death, she wasn’t prepared to live without him.

Gretchen Downey connects conscious parenting with children’s health through the technologies of body, mind and spirit for a vibrant human experience

What do you imagine your children most want from you? The newest gadget on which to play games? The latest iPhone? New shoes or designer clothes? A trip to Disney World? Tuition for a top university?

Beth Schulman discusses writing about childhood trauma and healing the past with her mother in this conversation on Mothers, Monsters & Memoir.

We all want to give advice, don’t we? In fact, many of us dive right into solving problems—when all that’s really needed is simply a good ear–an opportunity to get clarity and strength back from having some support. A good rush of serotonin to the brain to bring some peace of mind back.