Sing the song of love to yourself this Valentine’s Day. How many times have we heard that another can not love us until we love ourselves?
Coach Betty’s WOA Baby will take you back to the 1200’s…self-love is a concept that has been handed down through the centuries. Why is it so hard for us as humans to truly accept and love ourselves…just the way we are right here and now?
Listen in to this 3 minute podcast and see how easy it is to start…
How many ways can you find to love yourself in this moment?
Watch the trailer for the movie, Equinisity…you will not see programs like this anywhere else in the world. A life changing message of Oneness and Love found when reconnecting with the innocence and wonder of our inner child.
This is real footage of participants (I was one of the lucky ones) from all over the world who came together at the Gateway 2 Ranch in British Columbia, Canada to receive the E.A.R.T.H. (Equine Assisted Re-connective Therapy and Healing) program. The ranch is the home to author Liz Mitten Ryan, her husband, and their sixteen horses, dogs, cats and Tesoro, the steer. In this pristine setting, all things properly align for the highest earthly vision human beings can possibly experience.
My own personal journey at Gateway 2 was nothing short of miraculous. I confronted and faced fears from my childhood about how powerless I felt in the presence of these enormous animals. Within a week, I went from shaky and scared in the paddock on Monday, to falling off Luxy (the largest horse in the herd) on Tuesday, and by Friday I experienced a godlike feeling as I walked Epona (a beautiful mare in the herd) to the playground and through the obstacle course.
Liz Mitten Ryan
In addition to that miracle, there were energies on the land, amongst the rock formations, that actually helped heal my tailbone from the fall. I was named “most improved player” by my supportive tribe of fellow participants. When you open yourself to be vulnerable, get very quiet inside, and ALLOW…you are available to be healed by the Oneness of the universe. I am here to tell about it, but it is not only my story…please listen in to the following interviews with other participants and practitioners from Gateway 2 Ranch.
Annie Spiegelman, or the Dirt Diva, shares her story of moving from the parking lot pavement in New York City to playing with the weeds in Northern CA. She will inspire you to consider the many benefits of organic gardening. Her new book “Talking Dirt” helps you care for yourself, your relationships and your planet. Annie is a garden geek with style who will make you laugh as she drives home her point about stepping up and taking care of our environment.
Listen to this 11 minute podcast and learn the first common sense step to an organic garden.
Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt Diva
Raised in the asphalt jungle of New York City, with a can of Raid in her hand, Annie Spiegelman moved to the Bay Area over ten years ago and became a passionate environmentalist and Master Gardener.
She is the author of two previous books on gardening (and life):
“ANNIE’S GARDEN JOURNAL: Some Thoughts on Roses, Life, Weeds, and Men”
and “GROWING SEASONS: Half-baked Garden Tips, Cheap Advice on Marriage and Questionable Theories on Motherhood.”
Her third book entitled “TALKING DIRT” (Penguin Group), an organic gardening how-to guide, will be in bookstores nationally on February 23, 2010.
Spiegelman writes a popular garden column entitled Dirt Diva in the Bay Area’s Pacific Sun newspaper while also working in the film business as a First Assistant Director. She claims she spends her days dodging bullets from the cutthroat publishing business, the maniacal movie industry and her teenage son… And rarely uses medication.
The Science of Happiness has proven that positive emotions or happy feelings release chemicals that boost our immune system leading to greater health and well being. Dr. Aymee Coget shares her ground breaking work with Betty Louise on how to achieve sustainable happiness.
Listen in to this 12 minute podcast and learn how to tap into a natural healer that lives inside of you and can learn to choose happiness in every moment. Imagine being able to feel happy regardless of circumstances on the outside.
Dr. Aymee Coget
Dr. Aymee Coget , CEO of the American Happiness Association, has devoted her entire life to helping millions of people live happier lives. She has an international practice based in San Francisco, California offering three month happiness makeovers. She explains that the science of happiness looks at what is right with us instead of what is wrong…how refreshing!
This podcast highlights international artist Yossi Fine, who is a musician, music producer and engineer and life coach. He shares his own healing story of how music helped him through a childhood of depression and asthma. His talent with music allowed him to understand his own unique intelligence, and he now helps others do the same through his life coaching practice.
Listen here to this 17 minute podcast.
Yossi Fine
Yossi was born to a West Indian singer and an Israeli guitar player, and began playing the guitar at the age of 4. Whether as a producer, arranger or bassist, Yossi’s unique and undeniable talents have made him one of the most in demand names throughout a number of different genres.
He has worked internationally with legendary names including David Bowie, Lou Reed and Deepak Chopra. He has taken his own success and experiences and now helps others find their uniqueness through a life coaching practice.
The following podcast highlights neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, who is also the author of a book titled “Buddah’s Brain: the practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom.”
During this interview, Rick explains why we hang onto negative thoughts, and need to make an active effort to think positively. The reward for your positive thinking is a good one…happiness, love and wisdom!
Listen to this 15 minute podcast and find out how easy it can be to train the brain.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, and teacher in contemplative neuroscience. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Rick founded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, edits the Wise Brain Bulletin, and teaches therapists and the general public in Europe, Australia, and America.
Buddha's Brain
To reach Rick and learn more about his work, check out WiseBrain.org.
How would our relationships change if we took out the verbal communication, and related to our partners by dancing to deep African rhythms with Latin overtones as a way to communicate? Wow…just imagine that!
On this Green Think podcast, international artists Jean-Pierre Simons and Bianca Blesching explore just that with Coach Betty…how dancing can strengthen our relationships.
Listen to their fascinating work and story…
Jean-Pierre Simons and Bianca Blesching
Jean-Pierre Sighé of West Central Africa’s Cameroon nation grew up in a cultural environment where dancing was part of normal living. Equipped with his African dancing background, he later discovered the Latin dances and immediately felt their appeal…particularly Argentine Tango.
His motivation for teaching Tango derives from his desire to share with others the beauty of this wonderful gift to the world from the Argentinean people. He does not want to simply teach a set of steps following some futile pattern. Jean-Pierre desires to faithfully transmit to others what he has had the privilege to receive directly from the Tango Masters – the spirit of Tango.
Bianca Blesching grew up in rural Germany. As a child, her inner appeal for dancing grew strong leading her to seek formal training in Hamburg, and a degree as a Certified Modern Dance Instructor and Choreographer with a focus on Improvisation.
Bianca followed her passion for dancing into Latin styles as she studied then taught Salsa. A logical progression in her exploration took her to the Tango world where she found roots.
Bianca is an instinctive dancer who is familiar with the rhythmic language as applied in African dancing. She enjoys the code of “call-response”, which plays a major role in improvisational exchanges between dancing partners.
Check out more beautiful photos, and learn more about these two fascinating people at TangoMagdalena.com.
Master Ming Yi Wang, from the Medicine Buddah Teahouse and Healing Center, shares his theory and experience with the power of a BODY smile. A smile, which we carry around with us everywhere we go, is an inner source of healing and well being.
Master Ming Yi Wang
On this 9 minute podcast, Master Wang describes how to smile with your body, and how that helps us release tension and drop the burdens we carry.
A physical smile helps us expand and access the inner light. Listen to Master Wang share his simple theory of how we can re-balance our lives.
My special guest on this podcast is Beth Hillson, the Founder of Gluten Free Pantry. She shares how she was inspired to create these yummy foods without gluten so that those with Celiac Disease and other health conditions sensitive to gluten can enjoy good quality breads and pie crusts. Eliminating gluten has helped reduce my joint pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis also. And, I was not a pie eater until I had her “Perfect Pie Crust!” Listen in…
Beth Hillson
Beth Hillson was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 1954 and again in 1976. Beth had been a so-called “Banana Baby,” thought to outgrow the disease after a few years on a very restricted diet (mainly bananas). We now know that patients do no outgrow Celiac Disease.
She was re-diagnosed while living in Europe and attending culinary school so she could learn to eat defensively. In the process of learning the intricacies of preparing fine foods so she could ask the right questions in restaurants, she discovered she could create the same dishes at home by substituting gluten-free flous and without sacrificing taste and texture.
She serves as the president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance, and is the food editor and writer for “Living Without Magazine,” a lifestyle publication for people on special diets.
Master Ming Yi Wang, originally from the Yunnan region of the Himalayan Mountains in China, shares the amazing health results you can achieve by drinking hot water.
Master Ming Yi Wang
He is the Founder of the Medicine Buddah Teahouse and Healing Center in San Francisco where every Friday at 10 am and Sunday at 3:00 pm he has an open tea service.
Zen and Tea
Master Wang’s “Total Vitality Program” includes hot water as a healing therapy. From the first visit or phone call, Master Wang requests that you drink 2-4 liters of hot water every day.
Listen in to this eleven minute podcast to learn how you can become healthier, happier and achieve more vitality by using this simple therapy which holds NO SIDE EFFECTS.
Stay tuned next week to Master Wang’s philosophy on how powerful your smile can be in your health and well being.
I’ll bet there are not many people who would say they fear going to Paris, France. Would you?
Coach Betty offers up a perspective on fear that may expand your mind AND make you less fearful. When you are fearful, you are not able to love yourself…all your energy is taken up with the fear response…brain power compromised…muscles tense…disconnected to spirit…not to mention it doesn’t feel good.
Check out this short Views You Can Use segment, and see if you can’t redesign your fear. I can guarantee it is worth the effort…
After great reflection from last year’s Green Think Radio Shows, it was stunning how guest after guest, book after book, article after article showed that repairing our relationships and saving the planet begins with self-love. My mission is to help us find our greatest love of all in 2010 – SELF LOVE!
My approach to healing involves using what we have available. I will continue to explore the research on the healing powers of our own bodies, including sex…it lives within us. Check out interviews, WOA Babies (news sounds bites), and Views You Can Use Segments from 2009 and you will hear a strong argument for the healing powers of sex. We even have scientific evidence that a healthy sex life is good for our hearts and immune systems. Pleasurable and loving sex shows protection against cancers, and lower rates of depression.
So then…it is a WOA BABY that…
“Thirty-two percent of women and 15% of men lacked sexual interest for several months within the last year.” (Laumann EO, Paik A. Rosen RC. Sexual dysfunction in the United States: Prevalene and Predictors. JAMA 1999;281:537-544).
All that healing power going to waste…
Listen to this two minute WOA Baby, and let Coach Betty inspire you to have “More HEALTHY Sex” in 2010 for the sake of bringing more self-love to the planet. How about THAT?
