Launched into door to door preaching and sales of religious publications at the age of 6, Jan Janzen spent 38 years as a Jehovah’s Witness!

But in 1999, she walked away from a religion she had known all her life and lost almost everything - friends, most of her family and her husband of 18 years. No longer feeling comfortable “being in the box” of the religion, she escaped the confines by literally moving to an island and cutting off all connection with her past.

Jan Janzen

Now that Jan was “out” she realized she needed to learn the very basic things most Western society take for granted, including how to celebrate her first birthday and Christmas at 40 years old and what new beliefs she needed to develop in order to function alone in an entirely new society. Everything in her life was now in question - from blood transfusions to sex.

Jan knows what it takes to sell (she purchased her first Molly Maid franchise at the age of 19) so she threw herself into business. Nominated as one of the “most influential women in business in Vancouver, in 2003, Jan began one of the fastest growing networking organizations for women.

In May 2004 she became ordained as a non-denominational minister and after completing her studies with Religious Science, she spent 8 weeks volunteering in South Africa. After a strong gift of healing showed up in 2005, Jan helped clear her business coaching clients of the emotional and limiting blocks that were holding them back in their business. Her healing business, booked solid weeks in advance, was built entirely by referral.

“You can only grow professionally as much as you are willing to grow personally.”
- Jan Janzen

Jan´s latest book, Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round: How to Create the Life You Want Without the Fear, Doubt and Guilt was released in late 2008 and chronicles Jan´s journey from almost bankrupt, homeless and divorced to the amazing life she lives in abundance today.

Getting Off The Merry-Go-Round By Jan Janzen

Jan’s story is amazing! I have learned a lot from Jan’s Book Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round. Jan’s book made me rethink my own beliefs, revisit past issues in my life and finally feel that I can make my own decision that was right for me. I finally understood some of the issues I was facing, and I am working on them each and every day thanks to Jan’s book. This is not one of those “read fast” and put it away types of self-help books, this is one you will want to keep on your bookshelf and re-read it often.

It is such an inspiration to hear other’s stories and learn from them, Jan’s story is one that I will remember for a long time to come!

Learn more about Jan, search her services, download eBooks and more by visiting her site today at http://www.janjanzen.com

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Worry Begets More Worry -The job of worry is to anticipate possible perils, to come up with ways to deal with them, and to rehearse what you will do if the danger does arise. The dilemma is that once you start to worry about your shrinking 401K or if you’ll have a job next month, worry begets more worry, setting into motion a vicious cycle of frightening thoughts and anxious responses—worrywarting—out of control worrying. Worrywarts get stuck in identifying danger as they immerse themselves in the dread associated with the threat, spinning out an endless loop of scary situations, paralyzing themselves by blowing everything out of proportion.

Don’t try to stop worrying, advises Dr. Beverly Potter, author of  The Worrywart’s Companion -21 Ways to Soothe Yourself and Worry Smart, (McGraw Hill, September 2008). Worry itself, is not good or bad, she says. Everyone worries. Worrying is a survival skill because it helps us to identify and prepare for dangers. The problem is that once started, worrying is difficult to control. Allowed to continue unchecked, chronic worry can evolve into panic attacks and, in extreme cases, agoraphobia, which is a paralyzing fear of having a panic attack, especially in public. It can be so severe that, in the worst cases, the sufferer can’t leave home.

Worry Warting seems to be abound in our world today with job losses, a slow economy, stress from bills, and just the everyday “worries” that we all seem to go through.

Dr. Beverly Potter-Author of The WorryWart's Companion

Dr. Beverly Potter shares techniques that will help all worry warts over come there worries and ways to deal daily with worry. I know for myself I am a “natural worry wart” not something I am proud of and I am happy to say that thanks to “The Worry Wart’s Companion” I am better able to deal with those “worries” that keep popping into my head.

Listen in and start using the techniques that Dr. Potter shares with Heal Yourself  Talk Radio listeners:

You can purchase Dr. Beverly Potter’s Book “The Worrywarts Companion Twenty-One Ways to Soothe Yourself and Worry Smart” by clicking here.

To find out more information and to take quizzes to find out if you are a Worry Wart please visit Dr. Beverly Potter’s website today!

The Pain and Ultimate Joy of Late Blooming - the pain of not bringing forth what is in you and the joy of finally fulfilling your potential, no matter when. Societal and psychological contributing factors - e.g. women often put others first, don’t compete, lack self-confidence, are taught not to be aggressive or “selfish”.

Not achieving in our society can lead to shame and inadequacy. Not bringing out one’s gift can even lead to illness.

“I am a card-carrying late bloomer and my motto is: It’s never too late to bloom!”-Tomar Levine

Tomar Levine was an exhibiting artist in New York City for almost twenty years and lectured on art in museums and galleries for ten years. A lifetime student of spirituality, personal growth, and consciousness, she left the art world to become a holistic psychotherapist, and has two masters degrees – in fine art and art therapy.

Most recently she became a certified life coach, life purpose and career coach. She incorporates writing and art in her coaching work and is known as an inspiring teacher. She specializes in helping people find their soul’s calling: their true path, true work, and creative expression. As a late bloomer herself, her passion is to help people of all ages reclaim their dreams and overcome limiting beliefs to fulfill their potential in any season of their life. She is living proof of the fact that it’s truly never too late to bloom!

Visit Tomar’s website today www.tomarlevine.com

I am excited to have Betty Jo Tucker back on Heal Yourself Talk Radio today. Last time we talked about Spiritual movies. Today we will be having fun and talking about the newest movies that are out in the theatres and which ones are the best for you to lose all your troubles and worries in.

Betty Jo also writes movie reviews for Heal Yourself Magazine so be sure to stop over there to read her most recent movie reviews.

Movies we discussed on today’s show:

• Harry Potter and the Half  Blood Prince

• Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs

• Land of the Lost

• The Proposal

• Up

• Captain Abu Raed

• The Soloist

• Dance Flick

Betty Jo Tucker is a member of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and the San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS). She teaches an online class, “The Reel Deal: Writing about Movies” for the LSS School of Writing and has published three movie-related books including CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT, an amusing memoir about her life at the movies. Betty Jo serves as the editor/lead film critic for ReelTalk Movie Reviews and hosts a weekly radio show, “Movie Addict Headquarters,” for BlogTalkRadio. She also writes monthly film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon. For more information, please go to www.BettyJoTucker.com

Catherine VanWetter, MSW is the founder and owner of “To The Heart of the Matter”, an integrative practice specializing in Holistic Family Healing, located in Corvallis, Oregon.

Catherine is trained in a variety of healing techniques that help people come to a place of peace within themselves. Her approach is beyond talk and straight to the heart. While talking often serves us well, sometimes it just isn’t enough. Some psychological, emotional, or spiritual challenges are so deeply ingrained in our psyche that we need a new approach.

Certified in multiple disciplines, Catherine is equipped to customize a therapy specifically designed to address individual client needs. Her newest book and mediation CD, “The Soul of the Heart”, offers inspiration, deep healing and hope during these turbulent times. Catherine’s worldwide workshops and retreats offer resolution to lead you gently back to the Soul of Your Heart. Catherine co-hosts a monthly radio show, Valley Talk, www.kgal.com , and a weekly Blog Talk Radio program, Inspirations of the Heart Radio where she interviews national and internationally known heart-centered authors and visionaries.

You can contact Catherine and read more about her products at

http://www.totheheartofthematter.com

Below is the link to her Blog Talk Radio show:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/InspirationsoftheHeart

Listening to Your Body’s Signals to Stop Anxiety, Erase Self-Doubt, and Achieve True Wellness.

In today’s economic climate, people are more stressed than ever. Job losses, foreclosures, and governmental cutbacks make the headlines on a daily basis. People all over the world are feeling higher levels of stress in their professional, financial and personal lives.

What we need is an ally to help us find the answers to our concerns ~ and here it is ~ the wisdom locked within our brilliant bodies. Your conscious mind may not tell you what you need to know. It is living in the past, projecting into the future, and creating stories around the truth. Your body will never lie and is with you 24/7. Regardless of where your mind takes you, your body knows all it needs to know.

WHAT’S YOUR BODY TELLING YOU? Listening to Your Body’s Signals to Stop Anxiety, Erase Self-Doubt and Achieve True Wellness by body-centered therapist Steve Sisgold, is a detective story where the body conceals and reveals many of the answers we need to feel more stable and confident. This is a step-by-step guide that will teach you how to raise your BQ™ (Body Awareness Intelligence) to successfully navigate your way with concentrated focus and confidence, discerning truth from fear and avoid-ing dangerous knee-jerk reactions.

You will learn to breathe into your emotions, release stress from your body and maintain your physical and emotional health. As a result, your career, your personal relationships and your financial situation will become easier and more enjoyable.

For more information go to http://www.onedream.com

Boston Show Friday May 29, 2009

On today’s show we have Chaney Weiner from WARL Radio talking to us about Letting go of fear and living in the present.

We talked about the following points:

1. Why people are stuck living in fear even though it may not be serving them?
2. What are the major fears that are holding people back? We talked about the 7 fears that hold people back:

• Spiritual authority
• Failing
• Rejection
• Not feeling smart enough
• Losing a loved one
• Not making enough or having enough money
• Ill health

We also discussed the 3 trickes that our mind uses to keep people stuck in fear, how to deal with people who push our buttons and how this plays a role in our fears, mind chatter and how to deal with it, fear of loss, the role of intuition and fear and making the right choices….plus a whole lot more.

You can listen to the show on your computer or feel free to download it to your computer and upload it to your mp3 player or ipod for later listening.

Please feel free to leave your comments or questions and I will be sure that Chaney will see them and answer your comments or questions.

For more information about Chaney Weiner go to http://www.wealthmasterysuccess.com

Remember-”God is always providing and taking care of us.”-Chaney Weiner

We’ve all heard of various killers some famous, some made up characters from stories, while others still walk the earth killing more victims for their guilty pleasure. But, this killer was one of the most creative types, his name sets the perfect crime scene for anyone to follow-up on, this killer was known only as the Zodiac.

But the Zodiac didn’t always having a killing side to him, he had a family and a beloved daughter to call his own, and her name is “Deborah Perez”, and she is about to untangle the mystery behind the killer who turned out to be her father. Today is Mz. Perez’s first interview since confessing to the authorities.

Deborah Perez

Deborah Perez was watching “America’s Most Wanted” in 2007 when she saw a picture of a man who looked just like her adoptive father… but on TV he was referred to as: The Zodiac Killer. After many sessions with Dr. Jack Singer and her faith in God, Deborah has decided to share her story so that she may help to heal families of both victims and relatives of serial killers.

Deborah is a mother of 5 and a real estate agent. Despite being abandoned by her birth father, Deborah went on to have what she thought was a “normal middle-American life”… until memories and clues started to haunt her. From there she “dug deep within” and began to heal. Deborah’s journey with Dr. Jack Singer from realization to acceptance is phenomenal!

Deborah’s story takes the meaning of heal yourself to a whole new level. Deborah truly has an amazing journey of healing to share… and for all the right reasons: herself, her family, others, and her conviction of right and wrong based on her faith in God.

Dr. Jack Singer

Dr. Jack Singer, Deborah’s psychologist is also on the show with us today. Ms. Perez gave Dr. Jack a signed release to discuss details of her case with the media, in order to help her get the truth out so that the victims’ families can finally find closure.

This is a topic that has never been on Heal Yourself Talk Radio before but it is a story that needs to be heard whether you believe her tale or not I do ask everyone to listen to Deborah and Dr. Singer with an open mind and an open heart.

Questions answered:

(Dr. Jack Singer)

• How does anyone know that Deborah is not delusional?

• How do we know that she is not someone who fabricated this story to get attention?

• What was the reason Deborah came to you in the first place?

• People lock up memories from their childhood that were harmful to their emotional and mental well being, Dr. Singer do you believe this is what happened to Deborah?

(Deborah Perez)

• What was the turning point in your life that you realized that The Zodiac Killer was your father?

• Emotions felt, how did you deal with those emotions, were you in denial?

• What was your reason for going public with this information instead of taking it to the authorities first?

• How were you able to accept the two sides of your father?

Many more questions are answered during this hour long interview with both Deborah Perez and Dr. Jack Singer, be sure to listen to the whole show. Please feel free to post questions for either Deborah or Dr. Singer and I will tell them when these are posted.

Should anyone be listening who are in need of help? Or are having dreams that they are not sure or have questions for Dr. Jack Singer please feel free to contact him from his website at http://www.askdrjack.com

UPDATE: Press Release sent to Heal Yourself Talk Radio on Tuesday June 9, 2009

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DAUGHTER OF THE ZODIAC KILLER TO BE QUESTIONED BY THE SFPD

Investigative Reporter/Journalist Larry Garrison Comes Forward to Support the Evidence that Guy Hendrickson is the Zodiac Killer

Los Angeles - (6/9/09)- For the first time in twenty-five years, the San Francisco Police Department will call in a key potential witness for questioning which could finally identify the Zodiac Killer officially.  Deborah Perez has been called in by Lt. Michael Staskos Badge (No. 724) of the SFPD Homicide Unit.   Her date to appear is June 17, 2009. She will be questioned about her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson. Some of the nations top forensic experts have endorsed the handwriting, psychological, and DNA evidence showing Perez’s participation in the infamous Zodiac Killings. All of this evidence was recently turned over to Lt. Staskos SFPD.

Deborah Perez  was seven years old at the time she became his innocent sidekick.  She unknowingly witnessed the crimes of the century. Deborah became aware of her father’s involvement in the Zodiac murders after viewing a segment of “America’s Most Wanted” with a composite that  strikingly resembled her father. This past April 29th, she came forward with a press conference at the San Francisco Chronicle.  The glasses which she handed over to Lt. Michael Staskos on May 7, 2009, currently held in evidence by San Francisco Police Department, will be part of the DNA proof needed.  Deborah Perez feels she,  “..owes it to the families of the victims to put this case to rest.” Though others have come forward, no one has been able to substantiate a claim as Deborah has achieved with eye witness testimony, forensic and DNA evidence. She is also the only witness ever endorsed by former law members of famed attorney Melvin M. Belli, who the Zodiac contacted.

Larry Garrison, President of SilverCreek Entertainment, an Investigative Reporter/Journalist has just come on board to support Deborah Perez. After his own investigations  Garrison verified the evidence including handwriting analysis reports of Perez with professionals.  Garrison has been shown that “Deborah, in fact, wrote those letters and her DNA will be on at least one of the envelopes.” Attorney’s from the Belli office have also confirmed that Deborah was in fact the child who accompanied her Father, Guy Ward Hendrickson to Mr. Melvin Belli’s office.  Larry Garrison states “The proof will be in the forensic evidence and DNA , once Deborah has her chance to have it analyzed.”  Contact Larry Garrison  805-370-3630.

Contact:  Edward Lozzi & Associates Public Relations    310-922-1200     epl@lozzipr.com

Dr. Judith Orloff has blended her traditional medical skills with intuition to form “a democracy of healing”.  She has truly integrated medicine, intuition, energy, and spirituality to achieve physical and emotional healing.  In her new book “Emotional Freedom” Dr. Orloff teaches you how to release your overactive mind of constant stress and negativity; the end result: peace and happiness!

Dr. Judith Orloff author of Emotional Freedom

Rebbekah states: “This interview will have such a profound impact on both my listeners and myself.  Can you imagine being free of the daily emotional roller-coaster that most of us seem to live?!  Dr. Judith Orloff’s combination of traditional and holistic healing is the perfect dose of medicine.”

More about Dr. Judith Orloff

Transforming the face of psychiatry, Judith Orloff, MD is an assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and author of the new international bestseller Emotional Freedom. She synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality to achieve physical and emotional healing. She passionately asserts that we have the power to transform negative emotions and achieve inner peace.  She offers practical strategies to overcome frustration, stress, and worry and teaches people how to quiet overactive minds that won’t shut off.

Dr. Orloff, who comes from a family of 25 physicians, advocates “a democracy of healing,” wherein every aspect of ourselves is granted a vote in the search for total health. She has been celebrated for her unique  approach to mental well-being by proving that the links between physical, emotional, and spiritual health can’t be ignored.

Dr. Orloff is accomplishing for psychiatry what physicians like Dean Ornish and Mehmet Oz have done for mainstream medicine. Dr. Orloff has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, universities, the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums—venues where she presents tools to doctors, patients, and everyday people. She graduated USC School of Medicine, completed a four year psychiatric residency program at UCLA, and currently mentors UCLA medical students and psychiatry-residents-in-training.

As a board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Orloff blends her traditional medical skills with intuition to enhance patient care. Her new book Emotional Freedom (Harmony Books, March, 2009) helps readers liberate themselves from negative emotions and develop hope, compassion, and courage. It is a roadmap for those who are stressed, discouraged, or overwhelmed–and for those who are in a good emotional place but want to feel better. As Dr. Orloff shows, each day presents opportunities for us to be heroes in our own lives: to turn away from negativity, react constructively, and seize command of any situation. Her previous bestsellers include Positive Energy, Second Sight, a trilogy of books exploring new breakthroughs in intuition, energy, and how to combat an epidemic of exhaustion overtaking our world. Positive Energy is a national and Los Angeles Times bestseller which has been translated into 24 languages.

Book Review by Rebbekah White

Emotional Freedom by Dr. Judith Orloff

Dr. Judith Orloff’s book “Emotional Freedom-Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life” is exceptional! Today we are facing trials and tribulations that are testing all of us, help is here if you are facing an emotional breakdown! “Emotional Freedom” is indeed one book that you need to add to your library and keep as a handy reference.

Over the past few years I have gone through several layers of emotions and have been desperately trying to free myself from the repercussions of past events in my life. After reading Dr. Orloff’s book it brought great insights into how I could heal myself and move past the energy draining emotions from a very powerful “Emotional Vampire”.  While I had heard this term before I was not really sure how to deal with those feelings or how to deal with this emotional vampire so I could move on.

Dr. Orloff explains in her book about the 5 different types of emotional vampires and the best way to deal with them plus how to protect yourself from future attacks.

The book also brought to my attention how I am at times an emotional vampire myself, something I had never honestly thought about. By familiarizing myself with each type I am better able to stop myself from becoming one of those people that others want to stay away from.

I highly recommend “Emotional Freedom” to anyone who is looking to heal their lives from the inside out! There is so much information that is relavent to each and everyone of us in this book, I do believe that if more people read this book and became aware of how our own emotions affect others the world would be a better place.”

-Rebbekah White Host of Heal Yourself Talk Radio

I wonder how many of you realize just how much your personal life and health affects your business?

I know when I first started on my journey towards healing my mind, body and spirit it was an enlightening experience. I really didn’t think about how I felt personally affected my business. You see three years ago I was in a really bad spot in my life. I was over stressed, falling into a deep crevice of depression and honestly wanted to end my own life because I was tired of facing issues and all the stress that was in my life at that time.

It is hard to admit that to my listeners because many of them are friends and family and many of them didn’t realize how bad it had gotten at that time in my life. I was raised to always look to God for help yet at that time in my life I didn’t think God could help, I was too far gone into my depression. There were days I walked around in a daze and honestly didn’t realize how far down I had gotten…

During that time I met two wonderful woman who helped me see that I was needed here on earth…I know for a fact that had friends or family told me the same thing I would not have listened.  I have talked several times about Kim Emerson who is a dear friend who helped me from getting in my car and driving to the local quarry to end my life…I don’t know what happened that morning I was in such a bad state that was all that was in my mind. I was tired of struggling, I was tired of facing the pressure in my personal life.  Thank God a good friend online Ginger Marks had called up Kim to talk to me. Kim has helped me so much over the last several years that I owe a lot to her.

The other wonderful woman who helped me was Denise Michaels author of Testoterone Free Marketing, Denise came into my life about 6 months later and was another instrument in my life on my own healing journey. She helped me see that all the issues I was trying to heal in my personal life also needed attention in my business life. Because I was still healing from low self esteem and pressure I was backing down from things in my business life that I should not have been backing down from. Denise was also instrumental in showing me how a flu or a sore throat really meant I was dealing with something subconscious in my life. By learning this and finding out what these things meant I was able to in turn learn how to deal with those issues and move on both in my personal life as well as my business life.

Today’s show I interview Denise Michaels about learning to heal your personal life also helps propel your business as well.  I must admit, as my mother will attest, I am a very stubborn person! I always think I can do it all on my own and it took me years-16 years to be honest-to open up to my own healing and admit I cannot do it all on my own.  By facing issues that kept popping up in my life and realizing that I could seek out support and not look weak I have been able to heal myself from many illnesses in my life.

The biggest example was my Bell’s Palsy attack in January of this year. The episodes actually all started back in October when I faced a situation that I thought would never happen. Friends turned on me, I had a couple people out there spreading lies about myself and my business…that hurt the worst because I have always prided myself on being an ethical business person and to have people who knew me for years turn their back on me and not even give me a chance to defend myself HURT! It was a betrayal, yet instead of facing the anger and the hurt I buried it! I didn’t confront those who were hurting me and spreading these lies. I didn’t face the fact that their lies lost me several clients from not only my graphics and blog design business but also some great speakers that I had come to view as online friends….I buried that feeling and kept going on. I hate confrontation and they knew this! But because of not expressing my anger even in private,  I was hospitalized in January after months of failing health issues, for Bell’s Palsy.

When I was released from the hospital 2 days later I went home and read what Bell’s Palsy meant in You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay (a book Denise had told me I should get 2 years before) it hit home HARD when I read what it Bell’s Palsy meant:

Bell’s Palsy-”Extreme control over anger. Unwillingness to express feelings.”

I had held those feelings of anger, and hurt for far too long and they manifested not only in my physical being, my spiritual being but also in my business….

I know this is a long post to do an introduction to Denise’s interview but I had to share with you all the behind the story of why Denise is on HYTR talking about how healing yourself will help your business…

Thank you to all who over the years have stood by me and have supported not only myself and my personal health but my mental health as well without you I know Heal Yourself Talk Radio would not be here today!

Now more information about Denise Michaels:

Denise Michaels author of Testosterone Free Marketing

Denise is author of the myth-shattering business bestseller, “Testosterone-Free Marketing: the Yin and Yang of Marketing for Women.” A dynamic visionary, she’s an all around marketing, copywriting, public relations, strategic planning and sales expert and has worked with thousands of home-based and small business owners over the last decade.

Those who take her straight-from-the-hip, compassionate, savvy, time-tested advice and run with it get measurable results. In fact, she’s known for helping home-based business owners double and triple sales, often in just weeks.

How does she do it? As a wise marketing mentor to thousands and a professional speaker, Denise combines her down-to-earth message with a boost of confidence building, giving her extraordinary insights, especially for women.

She’s spoken in front of corporate meetings including Mary Kay, Beauti-Control, Pre-Paid Legal, World Financial Group, NAWBO and many others. Her keen observations of what makes people ‘tick’ and the ‘Mars/Venus’ differences between men and women in the competitive world of marketing have enabled her to create an all-new niche in the home-based business world: “Testosterone-Free Marketing.”

Enjoying a great life, not just a great business is important to Denise and so she enjoys writing, reading, physical fitness, travel and spending time with her husband, her friends and her three grandchildren. “I do what I love every day and that means I feel like I haven’t worked in many years.

For more information go to Denise’s website here http://www.mentoringwithdenise.com

Javetta went through a life that so many of us cannot even comprehend, yet despite everything she always believed in herself and her own strength. After living through years of abuse from family members and than a husband, Javetta left the only life she knew and took her kids far away and lived in the projects working 2-3 jobs to support her children.  After years of struggling she was able to move her boys out of the projects, is going back to school studying law enforcement so that she can help other women and children break free from abuse.

While doing all this Javetta and her sons started an organization called Encouragement In The Trauma. Which you can find at http://www.encouragementinthetrauma.org

They help others by offering postcards, inspirations, music and skits done by the children to show hope and strength and encouragement to those who are going through what they escaped.

The strength, courage and bravery of this family is something everyone can learn from!

You can also listen to Javetta and the Boys on Blog Talk Radio each Friday from 3-5 am, they do the show during these times as Javetta explains-”When you are going through abuse sometimes the only way to get help is in the early morning…that is why we do our show so early in the morning…”

Recorded on WBNW 1120 AM Boston’s Talk Variety and Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network on Friday February 13, 2009

More about Encouragement Blossom’s

Encouragement “Blossom’s’ where we help mend the emotional scars of the wounded using encouraging words. We are a family non- profit organization operating out of Ohio. This organization was formed by a mother and her two children, formed on December 31, 2002 under the name Our Family ministry “Blossom’s” With Acts Of Kindness. A name change took place on January 2006.

The family based organization was formed because of the physical and emotional abuse the mother went through as a child, and the family. Within an abusive marriage they found strength to learn to love themselves first, each other, and forgive. The family wish to spread the news to help mend the hearts of the broken hearted. Encouragement believes through  believing in others and distributing arts, crafts, small baskets, mailing kind letters, and phone encouraging they will help heal the abused, homeless families, and single families that’s conquering through abuse. We have previously added our services to extend to those who are over coming the death of a loved one through encouragement, you may call for this service if you need it.

Listen to Javetta’s show here

Friday January 23rd, 2009- Dreamvisions 7 Radio and WBNW 1120 AM Show 1:00-2:00 pm est

Listen LIVE by going to http://www.dreamvisions7radio.com and clicking on the listen live link OR if you are in the Massachusetts area you can hear it on 1120 am or 1390 am radio.

“Simply a Woman of Faith-How to Live in Spiritual Power and Transform Your Life” with author Pat Hastings.

Are you wondering where God is in your life?

Are you looking for God in your daily life, looking for miracles, looking for a sign that God is there for you?

Pat Hasting’s book is simply the best motivational and spiritual book I have read in a long time. Her stories of how finding things she needed at garage sales by asking God for help: for instance her husband was out of work and he had a job interview and needed a size 12D wing tip shoes-not a common yard sale item.  God answered her prayers and she was able to find the shoes her husband needed to a job interview.

Her book is filled with so many inspirational and wonderful stories about miracles and how God does provide or lead you to where you need to go, it filled my heart with joy last night as I was reading and made me start to really think again where those “instincts” come from.

More about Pat Hastings

Pat Hastings, MS LCDP is the author of Simply a Woman of Faith.  Pat owns her own business utilizing her gifts as an Author, Inspirational Speaker, Teacher, Spiritual Coach, Retreat and Workshop Leader. She is an ordained minister and has a private practice specializing in women?s issues and Spirituality.  Her book, Simply a Woman of Faith, was published in 2007 and has been highly praised in numerous reviews. Pat is available to speak at conferences or small groups. Pat shares her everyday experiences of faith and answered prayer, from getting what she needs at yard sales to being a messenger and saving someone’s life.. Whatever your spiritual beliefs are, Pat?s message has a universal message of Love, hope and transformation.   Her website is www.simplyawomanoffaith.com

Pat Hastings has been leading Women’s Spirituality retreats and workshops for the past eight years. In her retreats she helps participants find a loving relationship with God through prayer and forgiveness, as well as making peace with the past. She is a dynamic speaker who recently won a Toastmaster’s inspirational speech contest. She is available to give presentations on a variety of spiritual subjects including faith, prayer, self-love, self esteem and manifesting and creating your dream.

She is also a psychotherapist with twenty years of experience, both in private practice and in a local government agency. Her current practice offers spiritual healing/counseling, specializing in women’s issues: self esteem, relationships, abuse, grief, divorce and codependency.

She has recently written a book titled Simply a Woman of Faith in which she shares her everyday experiences of faith and answered prayer. Whether you are searching for more meaning and purpose in your life or already have strong faith and prayer, her poignant stories will touch you deeply. Whatever your spiritual beliefs are, her stories have a universal message of love, hope and transformation.

Pat received her Master’s degree at Springfield College in Massachusetts and completed two years at the Spiritual Life Center in R.I. She has been living the spiritual life for over thirty years.

For more information and to purchase Pat Hasting’s Book “Simply a Woman of Faith” visit her site at http://www.simplyawomanoffaith.com/

In this book, you will learn:

How to connect with the Divine and find the sacred place within your soul where there is perfect peace.
How to transform your fears and live in Divine-spiritual power.
How God communicates with you in a language that is understood by your soul, learning to hear God’s small still voice within.
To strengthen your faith in God and receive His abundance and blessings.
How to let go of problems and place them in God’s loving hands, trusting the unfolding of a Divine Plan.
How to become a free, healthy, joyful, inspired expression of God.
How to receive Divine Love and radiate God’s love to the world.
How to develop an intimate relationship with God through daily prayer and meditation.
How to practice loving patience and wait for God’s perfect plan to unfold.
How to recognize and be open to GODincidences in your life.
How to connect with your passion and create your dream.

For over 12 years Yolanda Jackson found herself being shipped from one foster home to another. During this time she wrote to help her deal with her life. She got out of foster care at age 17 and became a medical transcriptionist and now writes for a living.

Yolanda during the interview talks about how at age 17 she was let out of the foster care system and literally walked out of the court house with no where to go. How she struggle for many years working 3 jobs just to make it and having never really been alone felt she needed to keep busy hence so many jobs at once, she was afraid to be alone in her first apartment.

From high school Yolanda always had the dream to become a writer, she didn’t have parents who supported her dreams and many times neither did her teachers. But that didn’t stop Yolanda from reaching for her dreams!

Writing eased her pain of moving from one foster home to another or one group home to another. Everytime she moved she tried to write a novel to help her cope with her new hom, and because of this she became more involved in writing and she began to image places that only exist in fantasy or animals that only inhibit one’s imagination.

She published her first book “Peter Carrot-Top In Search of the 8th Key” in December of 2008 and her goal is to keep writing for children of the world to show them that they can do anything they can put their mind to and to keep using their imagaination to dream and to dream big.

NOTE FROM ADMIN: After interviewing Yolanda it is my honest opinion that Yolanda may be the next J.K Rowling. Yolanda is very passionate about her work, and for someone to have gone through what she went through and still follow her dreams there is no stopping this lady! Yolanda is a wonderful woman and I wish her all the luck and success to her!

You can purchase Yolanda’s book “Peter Carrot-Top In Search of the 8th Key” through Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com or any other online bookstore.

This week I had the priviledge to have back on Heal Yourself Talk Radio a dear friend and business associate Dr. Jack Singer.  Dr. Singer and I talk about the uncertain times we are all facing and how we can overcome all our doubts, fears and step through with resiliancy and survive all the “BAD” news that we are all hearing day in and day out on TV, in newspapers and all around.

From tips on how to beat stress to stories of humor and how to use humor to battle the everyday stresses we all face day in and day out, Dr. Singer is a well known speaker across the United States and known for his humor when he speaks.

One story we briefly talk about “The Zipper” is shown in video form on his site at http://www.funspeaker.com I cannot do it justice by talking about it here so if you are looking for a good laugh go view Dr. Singer’s video on his site.

More About Dr. Jack Singer

Dr. Jack Singer

Dr. Jack Singer is a practicing Organizational, Clinical and Sports Psychologist, author, trainer and consultant. His expertise includes a Doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a Post-Doctorate in Clinical/Sports Psychology. Jack has been recognized with Diplomates from the American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, and he has been awarded with a special Diplomate in Sports Psychology from the National Institute of Sports Professionals. Jack has taught in the Psychology departments of seven universities, including four years as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Dr. Jack even worked as a comedic actor on the “Here’s Lucy” show, with the Queen of Comedy herself; so he certainly understands the value of humor and fun in riveting an audience’s attention and retention. Recognized for his skill in mesmerizing audiences, Dr. Jack has been invited, for the past seven years, to teach meeting professionals from across the U.S. how to make their meetings spectacular productions!

But Jack’s passion is his work as a professional keynote,seminar & workshop speaker. A proud member of the National Speakers Association, Jack is renowned among North America’s top motivational speakers and has spent twenty-five years speaking for and consulting with Fortune 1000 companies, athletes, professional associations and human resources professionals from Miami to Malaysia. His research and self-help articles appear in business, medical, human resources and sports journals across the United States.

A sought-after media guest, Jack appears frequently on CNN, MSNBC, FOX-SPORTS, and on radio talk shows across the U.S. and Canada.

For more information go to his sites at http://www.funspeaker.com and http://www.askdrjack.com

Friday December 19, 2008 Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network on our Flagstation at WBNW 1120 AM Boston Radio and WPLM 1390 AM

(And Tips for Those Who Love Them) by Dr. Nancy Reeves

Nancy Reeves, Ph.D. is a registered clinical psychologist, spiritual director, and author, who has specialized in the area of trauma, grief and loss with adults and children since 1978. She also conducts workshops and retreats in the area of spirituality. She is internationally respected as a workshop facilitator, psychotherapist, author, and poet.  In her clinical practice she works with individuals, families, groups, and in trauma recovery sessions after community disasters.

Dr. Nancy Reeves

Does prayer have to be silent? Does meditation have to be solemn? If I’m an extrovert, can I worship God? In this groundbreaking book, psychologist and spiritual adviser Nancy Reeves presents a refreshing view of spirituality that goes beyond personality to provide extroverts (and those who love them) with exciting new ways of approaching God.

Have you ever wondered how you can be spiritual if you are an extrovert? Or do you love an extrovert and wonder how to support they way they worship?

Not everyone worships or shows spirituality like everyone else.  There are the people who like to go to church and sit in the pews or join in the choir and there is nothing wrong with that.  Yet there are others who still worship God by not going to church.  They feel more spiritual and in connection with God right in their own home or outside in nature.  So how do you get along if you are in introvert and do things the way most people do by going to church when you are in love with someone that is an extrovert and feels more in tune with worshipping at home or out in nature?

Nancy Reeves book “Spirituality for Extroverts” is there to help all of us!  I know I learned a lot about myself reading the book.  I am one of those people who would much rather worship at home in my own yard, and feel more in tune with God sitting in nature and studying.  While my husband doesn’t feel like he is worshipping unless we are in a church pew.  I don’t mind either, but honestly I have always felt closer to God in nature.

For a long time I thought I was “bad” or I was doing something wrong, but Nancy helped me see that it is ok to worship the way I feel is right for “ME” and my husband to worship what feels right to him.  Her book helped both of us better understand each other better

Reeves explores a wide variety of spiritual practices for extroverts, including:

• Praying in motion
• Singing
• Cultivating spiritual friendships
• Practicing spirituality in groups

Let the Inspirational story of One Woman’s Journey Show You That You Can Overcome the Obstacles That You Face!

A truly inspiring story of inspiration!  Anna Dee Olson was our guest speaker on WBNW 1120 AM radio on Friday November 21, 2008.

Anna was born and raised in the Amish culture, many things shroud this community in secrecy.  Anna comes on Heal Yourself Talk Radio to shed some light on the culture, her experiences living Amish and her own desire to leave the Amish community.

Anna Dee Olson

Anna describes being shunned, from her own communities stand point.  How she decided to leave the Amish lifestyle to pursue the life that she could only dream of…

If you have ever faced uncertain times in your life, or have had challenges with your own “religion” or how you were raised this is a story to hear!

Do you find it difficult to make positive changes in your life?

Do you feel as though you have no control over the events in your life?

Let Anna’s inspirational story show you how you can use these obstacles to become a better person and to live a better life.

Anna Dee Olson has experienced more than most people will ever experience in their lives. She has lived in two conflicting worlds; worlds so different that she had to learn a completely different way of thinking in order to adapt to modern American life. Anna spent the first 24 years of her life living in an Amish community. She has seen the best and the worst of both Amish culture and modern American life, and she uses what she has learned to live a more fulfilling life today. Now Anna wants to pass this knowledge on to you. Let Anna’s experiences teach you how you too can live a more rewarding life.

“Growing Up Amish: Insider Secrets from One Woman’s Inspirational Journey” is the true story of Anna’s struggles growing up in the world of the Amish. Her book will not only give you access to one of the most secretive cultures in America, it will inspire you to follow your heart, no matter how great the challenges you might face.

You can read more about Anna’s experiences by going to her website http://www.growingupamish.com

Listen to her story below:

I had the honored priviledge to interview Dr. Doris Helge, Ph.D. again on Heal Yourself Talk Radio.

Doris has written many books such as “Joy On The Job” and “Transforming Pain Into Power” which I highly recommend to each and everyone of my listeners and visitors to Heal Yourself Talk Radio.

“Doris, made me feel so empowered! She always recognize and stresses my strengths. Doris helped me realize that I am on track with my life and that there is nothing wrong with who I am. At points in my personal and professional life I wanted to just up and walk away from all the hard work I had been doing. Doris was there to help me not only sort through my thoughts and feeling of being overwhelmed, she was also able to show me that with every new step in my professional life comes growing pains and you helped me work through them.”-Rebbekah White owner of Heal Yourself Talk Radio and Heal Yourself Magazine

On Today’s show recorded out of WBNW 1120 AM Boston Radio station you will hear “The Joy Coach,” Dr. Doris Helge, reveal secrets for transforming pain into peace & personal power. Shield yourself from negative people. Say goodbye to delight-deficiency disorder. Discover how to use change, uncertainty & challenge to your advantage. For a sneak peek, go to http://www.MoreJoyOnTheJob.com now.

Don’t forget to go to http://www.FreeJoyEbook.com to receive your FREE eBook from Doris.

On October 31 Jon Gordon author of The Energy Bus and The No Complaining Rule was on our WBNW 1120 AM Boston Radio show talking about his new book “The No Complaining Rule“.

Have you ever noticed how often you complain?  I don’t mean the legit complaints that once you say them you can give an honest solution but the complaints that just fly out of your mouth that honestly didn’t need to happen?

Lately I had been surrounded by people who all they did was complain, and it started rubbing off on me…I hated how it made me feel, to be honest like I say on the interview at first I didn’t realize it had rubbbed off on me till an incident happened that made me stop and look back over the past 2-3 months.

Jon is very straight forward and down to earth and his book is written like a fiction book but is actually based on a real company.

About The No Complaining Rule

The No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon

“It’s Tuesday morning and Hope walks into her office with puffy eyes, a swollen head and a broken heart. Unfortunately her company, EZ Tech, is in worse shape than she is. The fact that their computer batteries are catching on fire are the least of their problems. Employees have been posting negative comments about management on internet blogs for the world to see, the media is attacking the credibility of the company, morale is at an all time low, negativity is at an all time high and the stock price is falling faster than the Titanic. As head of Human Resources, Hope is charged with finding a solution to overcome the biggest challenge in her company’s history. In the process of battling her own adversity she discovers The No Complaining Rule and other positive ways to save her company and herself from ruin.”

In the spirit of his international best selling book, The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon once again shares an inspiring and enlightening story that reveals a powerful way to tackle the biggest problem in business and life today… negativity. It costs organizations billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. Based on an actual company that created and implemented The No Complaining Rule, Gordon delivers an engaging story filled with innovative ideas and practical strategies to develop positive leaders, organizations and teams. For managers, team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative energy into positive solutions, The No Complaining Rule shares powerful principles and an actionable plan to win the battle against individual and organizational negativity. When you implement The No Complaining Rule you’ll spend less time and energy on problems and more time focused on solutions.

You can find posters, handouts and sign up for Jon’s newsletter by going to http://www.thenocomplainingrule.com

This past week I realized just how powerful the Law of Attraction really is. Last weekend I decided I no longer wanted to be surrounded by negativity and people who are negative as it was starting to effect my life in ways that I could no longer handle.

Negativity no matter where it comes from does affect how we live our daily lives, from the negative news to the negative campaign ads, to people we work with and live with.  Once I decided I no longer wanted to be around negative influences, things started to happen that honestly I didn’t even realize what was happening till a couple days later.  People started to fall away in my business life and changes started to happen in my personal life.  While one instance this week I can honestly say I did not handle it well, for that I can just say “Lesson learned….need to learn to think before I speak” and while this was a life lesson for me in how fast the law of attraction can happen when you decide to take action…it was out of left field and took me completely by surprise and to be honest something I didn’t want to happen and wish I could change but that is not up to me to change.

The major lesson I learned this week is that everything happens for a reason whether we want to believe that or not, and that what you want if you are not careful will happen AND it can come completely out of the blue!

I have been studying the law of attraction for a couple years, and during this time I have learned also that when you think negative those things will happen to you as well.  When you wake up and start complaining about people in your life, about how they act and how you think the day is already starting guess what?  They will happen!  For instance this week I was complaining about someone and wished I could have just a couple days reprieve from this person’s negative influences, now I was complaining in my own mind but still I was complaining and my subsconscious heard this and things changed!  Not in a good way either, the more I thought about what was happening and how all this negative influence was making my life miserable the more upset I got, the more I was sending out negative vibrations.

So why do I tell you this story to show that when you are not in control of your thoughts, your emotions the law of attraction, the universe however you want to state it will answer your thoughts and not always with your best intentions involved.

So be careful what you think about, what you wish for and BE SURE you know what you are asking for.  Be focused on the positive and what you want in your life!

This leads me to our guest at the bottom of the hour Liz Pagayonan who is a scrapbooker.  She found out that while she was using scrapbooking to create memories of her children how focused she become on the happy times in her life and how it changed her whole outlook on things.  So she took what she herself learned and is now teaching others how to use scrapbooking to create your purpose, to be more focused.

Scrap-booking Your Intentions Using The Law of Attraction

I know in the show I talk a little about how I created a vision board, now I have created a vision board before but didn’t really get into it till the last one I created.  I went to our local craft store and bought a bunch of scrapbook stickers, embellishements, papers etc to create my vision board.  I really got into it!  My first intention was to get onto WBNW 1120 am Boston Radio and the Dream Visions 7 Radio network, I focused so hard on that intention while creating my vision board that it came true 3 days later! NOW I had to put action behind this vision BUT by creating the vision board using fun things, photos, scrapbooking materials and creating it for ME when I started putting action behind my plans to be on WBNW 1120 am radio they came true faster than if I had just “wished it”.

Liz has created a DVD that will show you how to focus on your goals, intentions and your purpose in life by using scrapbooking.  Listen in to the show as I share more about my thoughts on this past week and listen as Liz describes more about using scrapbooking to accomplish your goals!

On Liz’s site I found this:

Scrapbooking positively formed thoughts with focused intention, instantly rewrites and deeply imbeds the new way of thinking as the dominate thought. This means that you can instantly begin to experience the benefit or essence of your new way of thinking. Scrapbooking makes it EASY and FUN to completely transform any area of your life!

All I can say is give it a try! It worked for me…it really helped me to focus on what I want in my life.

For more information about Liz please visit her website at http://www.creativeintentions.com and when you stop over there tell her Rebbekah from Heal Yourself Talk Radio sent you

It is my honor and pleasure to talk to Brent “The Reaper” Medley today on Heal Yourself Talk Radio. While many of my listeners are wondering why I am interviewing a UFC fighter on HYTR, there is a reason :). Brent faced many changes in his life to follow his dreams of being a UFC fight, from starting out at age 18 then moving back to his home town of Amarillo, TX to going through a long term relationship and being very successful at a career after leaving the UFC, to deciding that this was not what he wanted.  Brent decided to contact his good friend Evan Tanner and get back into the UFC with his comeback fight this Thursday October 16, 2008 in California.

During the show we discuss his first years in the UFC, the years in between UFC and deciding to go back and his special relationship with mentor and friend Evan Tanner who passed away on September 8, 2008.

More about Brent “The Reaper” Medley

A few years ago when Brent was first in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) things did not turn out the way he imagined….. so he moved back to Texas….. Amarillo to be exact. His family is there. In a committed relationship, he had a little girl, and was leading a good life in business making a good living. But the unfulfilled dream of becoming a successful UFC Fighter nagged at him continuously.

After prompting from his good friend Evan Tanner who was already leading the fighter’s life in Las Vegas, Brent returned to the octagon. He moved himself and his burning desire back to Las Vegas, and moved in with Evan where he started training and living the fighter’s life once again, leaving behind the good life in Texas for an uncertain future in the octagon of Las Vegas.

His comeback fight is this Thursday. Physically he’s in the best shape to move forward as a success in UFC.

NOTE FROM HYTR: Audio Acrobat’s players no longer work with the new updated word press, so we can no longer offer the player to listen from the site, we apologize for this inconvience.  However all downloads are safe and virus free. Thank you for your understanding.

Brent “The Reaper” Medley participated in the Evan Tanner Tribute fight which is now up on SharkFights.com

$1 dollar of each PPV purchase will be donated as well to the Evan Tanner Scholarship Fund. In his honor we are giving him and his family Tribute including a last call to the cage with 5 bells, we are also announcing the Evan Tanner Scholarship Fund to be given in his name to Evans former high school, Caprock High were Evan was a 2-time Texas State Wrestling Champion.   Evan Tanners last fight in Amarillo was at the Amarillo National Center, so it was only fitting to have this event there.

From 2:00-2:30 Edie Weinstein-Moser will be on talking about Cuddle Party -a fun, playful and empowering workshop. From 2:30-3:00 we have Rose Van Sickle on talking about overcoming panic attacks and depression.

Edie Weinstein-Moser is a Renaissance Woman whose work and play are one and the same: free-lance journalist, speaker, workshop facilitator, interfaith minister, licensed social worker, therapist and creative guide. as well as massage/energy worker. She touches hearts and lives by enouraging people to ‘live juicy’; bringing color, creativity and passion into their days . One of her greatest joys is offering a life changing communication and boundary setting workshop, cleverly disguised as a nurturturing touch workshop, called Cuddle Party. Edie is one of (at this point) 42 people world wide, certified to teach this fun, playful and empowering workshop. In addition, she is a member of Team Goddess; who co-facilitate an annual Goddess Retreat, dedicated to helping other women see the beauty and wisdom within themselves.

What a Cuddle Party Is: A structured, safe workshop on boundaries, communication, intimacy and affection. A drug and alcohol-free way to meet fascinating people in a relaxing environment. A laboratory where you can experiment with what makes you feel safe and feel good.

Cuddle Party

This playful, fun workshop has been a place for people to rediscover non-sexual touch and affection, a space to reframe assumptions about men and women, and a great networking event to meet new friends, roommates, business partners and significant others.

Can Cuddle Party restore your faith in humanity? It just might. But at the very least, you’ll have a great time, and leave feeling relaxed and inspired.

Rose Van Sickle Author of Peace of Mind and Peace of Body

Rose Van Sickle

“In 1980 while living in her native Michigan, VanSickle was plagued with panic attacks and clinical depression, and became virtually housebound. The practical, effective mental fitness techniques described in her book, Peace of Body, Peace of Mind, enabled her to return to school, start a new profession, relocate across the country and ultimately overcome both disorders.

VanSickle says: “Decreasing the impact of daily stressors is one of the most critical keys to good mental health.”

From http://www.rosevansickle.com

Diane Tegarden wasn’t a full time writer until she was stricken down with lupus and had to close her company and stop working full time. What could have been a crippling end to a productive life was at first a blow Diane didn’t think she’d overcome. Then, after struggling several years with lupus, she found that an organic diet and lifestyle helped to partially restore her energy level and health, so that she could start to think about working again.

That’s when Diane decided to do what she’d always wanted to do. At first, she felt she couldn’t justify letting someone else support her while she launched her new career at the ripe young age of 48!! Then Diane just allowed it to happen, and it’s wonderful beyond words.

Join us for a touching hour of Talk Radio!

Rebbekah will share her daily struggles with Lupus as well, while she doesn’t talk very often about her struggle with Lupus on today’s show she will discuss the many aspects of dealing with an auto immune disease.

“Lupus is a hard disease to diagnose, through so many tests coming back with either a yes or no so many times the doctors finally said this is what you have, although we are not sure.  The only thing I have come to rely on is how I feel day to day.  There are many days I need to lay down for a couple naps to get my energy back.  I have begun to take better care of myself, by starting to eat more organic foods, listening to my body when I need rest and basically scheduling my day around how I feel.

Many of my clients are not aware that I am “ill” and to me that is a good thing.  I am a strong woman and while I have many daily ups and downs what keeps me going is my family, my friends and my clients. So while I do discuss having LUPUS on HYTR, please do not change your opinion of me or how I am able to handle clients etc ….I have learned that if there is a will there is a way.  Hence why some days you will see me online late at night those were the days I needed to lay down in the afternoons.  Being able to run a business from home has been a blessing.  I am better able to schedule my hours around my body, rest and still give 100% to my clients and my radio show.” -Rebbekah White

What is Lupus?

Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s natural defense system (immune system) attacks its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. This causes inflammation. Inflammation causes swelling, pain, and tissue damage throughout the body. If you develop severe lupus, you may have problems with your kidneys, heart, lungs, nervous system, or blood cells. Lupus is the common name for systemic lupus erythematosus, also called SLE.

Although some people with lupus have only mild symptoms, the disease is lifelong and can become severe. But most people can control their symptoms and prevent severe damage to their organs. They do this by seeing their doctors often for checkups, getting enough rest and exercise, and taking medicines.

This topic focuses on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common and most serious type of lupus. But there are four other types of lupus: discoid or cutaneous lupus, drug-induced systemic lupus, neonatal lupus, and subacute cutaneous lupus.

What causes lupus?

The exact cause of lupus is not known. Experts believe that some people are born with certain genes that affect how the immune system works and that they are more likely to get lupus. Then a number of other factors can trigger lupus attacks. These include viral infections, including the virus that causes mononucleosis, and sunlight.

Although these things can trigger lupus, they may affect one person but not another person.

What are the symptoms?

Lupus symptoms vary widely, and they come and go. The times when symptoms get worse are called relapses, or flares. The times when symptoms are not so bad are called remissions.

Common symptoms include feeling very tired and having joint pain or swelling (arthritis), a fever, and a skin rash . The rash often happens after you have been in the sun. Mouth sores and hair loss may occur. Over time, some people with lupus have problems with the heart, lungs, kidneys, blood cells, or nervous system.

How is lupus diagnosed?

There is no single test for lupus. Because lupus affects different people in different ways, it can be hard to diagnose.

Your doctor will check for lupus by asking you questions, looking for common symptoms, and doing some blood tests. It is easier for your doctor to diagnose lupus if you have the most common symptoms and your blood has certain proteins. These proteins are called antinuclear antibodies, or ANAs. But other problems can cause your body to make ANAs, so doctors will use blood tests and other tests to find out if you have lupus.

How is it treated?

Lupus is treated by:

• Applying corticosteroid cream for rashes.
• Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for mild joint or muscle pain and fever.
• Taking antimalarial medicines to treat fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, and lung inflammation.
• Taking low-dose corticosteroids if other medicines are not controlling your symptoms.

Because corticosteroids are powerful medicines and can cause serious side effects, the doctor will recommend the lowest dose that will give the most benefit.

The doctor may also recommend other medicines that slow down the immune system.

How can you manage lupus?

One of the goals of controlling mild to moderate lupus symptoms is to prevent flares, the times when your symptoms are worse. Some of the other things you can do include:

• Rest to reduce stress.
• Avoid the sun. Wear sunscreen and protective clothing when you are outside.
• Exercise regularly to prevent fatigue and joint stiffness.
• Stop smoking.
• Learn the warning signs of a symptoms flare, such as fatigue, pain, and rash, and take steps to control them.

With good self-care, most people with lupus can keep doing their regular daily activities.

It is important to learn about lupus so that you can understand how it might affect your life and how you can best cope with it. Also, help your family and friends understand your limitations and needs when your symptoms flare. Develop a support system of family, friends, and health professionals. For more information on LUPUS go to

http://www.aolhealth.com/conditions/lupus-systemic-lupus-erythematosus?sem=1&ncid=AOLHTH00170000000023&otim=1221487624&spid=28185470

Ask The Expert: Your Toughest Breakup, Divorce and Widow Etiquette Questions Answered with guest speaker Carole Brody Fleet. You can visit Carole’s site at http://www.widowswearstilettos.com

Listen to Carol’s first interview on Heal Yourself Talk Radio talking about her book “Widows Wear Stilettos” by going to http://healyourselftalk.com/widows-wear-stilettos

Carole Brody Fleet is the award-winning author of “Widows Wear Stilettos: A Practical and Emotional Guide for the Young Widow”, (New Horizon Press); as well as the author and executive producer of her CD, entitled, “Widows Wear Stilettos: What Now?”. She is the founder of Widows Wear Stilettos and www.WidowsWearStilettos.com, the first website of its kind; allowing actual interactivity between its visitors, as well as a place where widows of all ages find support and encouragement; helpful tips, education and resources for themselves and for their children.

Using a fresh approach and putting a unique “twist” on her topics, Ms. Fleet is a popular motivational speaker and coach to those who have been touched by the pain and challenge of widowhood; regardless of age. With her own inimitable message of “What Now and What Next”, Ms. Fleet educates, motivates, inspires, enlightens and offers practical, emotional and even humorous guidance to the millions who have experienced loss, tragedy or a challenge in their lives.

Ms. Fleet also speaks to general audiences of all ages; addressing such issues as goal-setting and achievement; overcoming obstacles; time management; stress management; work and life balance; “leadership or “leaner-ship”; giving back / effecting change and “finding the powerful voice within” – and does so in an uplifting, witty manner.

Ms. Fleet has made guest appearances on national, regional and local television; appears as a regular guest on numerous radio programs in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is a featured expert in many well-known international and national magazines, newspapers and websites in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. She addresses a wide variety of topics; including, but not limited to: caregiving, illness and loss / post-loss issues; as well as matters relating to financial transition after loss or divorce; raising children who have lost a parent; re-entering the world of dating and love and most importantly, making a return to a fulfilling and abundant life after the loss of a spouse; as well as after any kind of loss, tragedy, challenge or life difficulty.

In addition to her messages of hope, optimism and empowerment, Ms. Fleet also uses her own experiences as an author and writer to educate, motivate and mentor those who aspire to careers in writing and / or as an author.

Al is the popular Radio Personality/DJ at 100.7 WZLX in Boston! Al has such a dedicated following of Radio listeners, that they affectionately call themselves “Al Cole-holics”! Now it’s time to make “Al Cole-holic” an Online buzz word too!Al has just completed a book titled “Romance For Women (Treating Women With the Dignity They Deserve)” . . . and of course men can benefit from the philosophy too.

Interviewing Al was a breath taking experience, if you have ever taken a look at Al’s eyes you will realize the butterflies I had the first time I talked to him. Plus you will hear me gushing like a school girl with a crush…embarrassing but that is what Al does to you…To me the eyes are the windows of the soul and one look into his eyes and you know that what he talks about not just in his book and in our interview is what he truly believes…Al is open and honest about many topics in our interview….

To listen to Al Cole and purchase his book “Romance for Women” go to his My Space page at http://www.myspace.com/alcolemusic

This show is our first show to  be featured on Live 365!  Now you can listen to HYTR anywhere not just from your computer!  Be sure to visit our station at http://www.live365.com/stations/healyourself-It is an honor to have Derek O’Neill as our first show on LIVE 365.

Derek O’Neill is a master spiritual teacher, healer and psychotherapist based in Dublin, Ireland. He is committed to teaching both individuals and corporations how to use consciousness, compassion, and cooperation to transform not only themselves but also the world.

I learned so much from Derek today that I have invited Derek to come back in a couple months to answer listener questions LIVE on air!

I had a wonderful time, learned a lot from a great man and found a couple of my own answers to life questions and my own purpose for being on this earth…Derek’s story of how he started doing what he is doing now is amazing! I was flabbergasted how the universe knew right from the beginning what Derek was going to be doing…You have to listen to this show if you have any questions at all about your purpose in life….

About Derek O’Neill

Derek O’Neill is a master spiritual teacher, healer and psychotherapist based in Dublin, Ireland. He is committed to teaching both individuals and corporations how to use consciousness, compassion, and cooperation to transform not only themselves but also the world. This can be achieved by starting with yourself, then family, friends, neighbors, your country and then the world.

As the founder of Born Free Now LP, Derek helps us to discover the possibilities for expansion and growth right here, right now to manifest the life we want. Through healing workshops, professional corporate coaching, and teaching tools such as books and DVDs, Derek shows us how, in this moment, we are either using conscious choice to create positive change or unconsciously allowing our choices to be made for us. Believing that it is our moral obligation to utilize the tools we have been given - including ideas, experiences, support, and financial resources - to help humanity, Derek leads by example as a successful businessman who is happiest when serving and motivating others. He demonstrates that our highest ideals are not only compatible with good business sense but are in fact essential to our success, happiness, and fulfillment.

Derek’s presence, humor, unconventional leadership, charm, and vast love are forces to be experienced. He is a way-shower of healing and truth in an era of need. His timely teachings guide us through the current climate of personal and global change, by enabling us to access the wisdom of the heart. Derek is a practicing psychotherapist, philanthropist, and founder of Creacon Prema Agni Healing Centre, a spiritual teaching and retreat center in Wexford, Ireland. He holds the position of Supervisor of the Ireland’s Association of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists, is a martial arts sensei, and is a loving husband and parent. His popular More Truth Will Set You Free workshops have helped thousands worldwide to free themselves from longstanding obstacles and step into love, joy and empowerment. His upcoming books are highly anticipated by all who have experienced his inspirational teachings.

For more information about Derek visit his website at http://www.bornfreenow.com