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New Worlds Emerge When Patterns Break Down with Marguerite Moore Callaway

Marguerite Callaway is founder of an international leadership and management consultancy, The Callaway Leadership Institute. Her many projects take her all over the world to several countries in Africa and to China and many other places, as well. She’s the author of The Energetics of Business and the forthcoming Leadership and the Unknown.

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The Power of Productive Obsession with Eric Maisel, Ph.D.

Eric Maisel, Ph.D., holds degrees in philosophy, creative writing, and counseling psychology. He hosts two shows on the Personal Life Media Network, and writes a monthly “Coaching the Artist Within” column for Art Calendar Magazine. He lectures and provides workshops nationally and internationally, and has written more than 30 books.

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Nature as Guide in Perilous Times with Osprey Orielle Lake

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founding Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus, where she is working nationally and internationally with grassroots leaders, policy-makers, business people and scientists to promote resilient communities and foster a post-carbon energy future, while also addressing societal transformation. She is an advisor to the International Eco-Cities Framework and Standards Initiative; an international advocate for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature; and has traveled to five continents studying ancient and modern cultures while making presentations at international conferences and universities.

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The Foremothers of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity with Charlotte Gordon, Ph.D.

Charlotte Gordon, Ph.D. received her doctorate at Boston University, and taught as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Theology. She is the author of several books, including The Woman Who Named God: Abraham’s Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths (Little, Brown & Company 2009).

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Humor Saves the Day from Loss with Allen Klein

Allen Klein is the former Director of Life and Death Transitions in San Francisco. He’s a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. He’s the author of many books including The Healing Power of Humor (Tarcher/Putnam 1989), The Courage to Laugh, Change Your Life: A Little Book of Big Ideas (Tarcher 1998), and Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying: Embracing Life After Loss (Goodman Beck Publishing 2011).

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Lighting Up Our Lives and Work with Cathy & Gary Hawk

Cathy Hawk is founding partner of Clarity International®, a coaching and training firm that teaches skills in how to see, sense, and use energy as a primary life and work strategy. As a veteran energy coach, Cathy developed an innovative interview and image-feedback process called Light-On Learning™ method. Gary Hawk is managing partner of Clarity International® and serves as an executive coach and mentor for CEOs, business owners, and senior executives. Since 1994, Gary has also facilitated peer groups for business owners and senior executives.

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Creating the New Dream and the Future of the Earth with Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D.

Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. is an internationally acclaimed evolution biologist, futurist and author. Her books include Earth Dance: Living Systems in Evolution ( iUniverse 2000); Co-author with Brian Swimme & Sidney Liebes, A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us (John Wiley & Sons 1998), and co-author with the late Willis Harman, Biology Revisioned (North Atlantic Books 1998).

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Finding Freedom Beyond Ego Identification

Peter Baumann began his career as a member of the internationally acclaimed 1970s band Tangerine Dream and later founded the Private Music record label. Instead of being derailed by fame and fortune, he asked himself this in his late forties: “Given that I probably have about ten thousand days left on the planet, how can I use this time in the most meaningful and useful way possible?” To address this question, Baumann assembled a top-notch interdisciplinary think-tank, the San Francisco-based Baumann Foundation.

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Learning to Receive

One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn is to accept and ask for help. I’ve had a lifetime to prefect self-sufficiency and going it alone. Care taking others, figuring out systems for them, and taking on tasks to ease their way, is a piece of cake for me. This strategy has helped me develop many talents, and learn new ways of doing things. That’s the good news. However, there is a down side to this constant giving: the muscle that, asks for and receives help, has atrophied. Even so, there is some hope for me yet. Lately, some events have forced me to start exercising this less used muscle, and it is because of some small things, and then some very big things.

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A Lesson in a Supermarket

New Dimensions’ guest, Susan Moon (see program #3374, airing Jan. 5, 2011), tells the story of her mother’s circle of women friends. They call themselves,”Mother’s of Daughters” and would have a gathering each time a daughter came to visit from far away. Although their hands were shaking and many used walkers to help them get around, they had each lived vibrant and interesting lives. So often we are quick to dismiss our elders. We can be impatient with them as they amble slowly down the grocery store aisles blocking our way as we rush around in our “busy” and “important” lives. There was a day, however, when I was stopped in my tracks by a young man who had a different view from mine.

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