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12-21-11 Author: Brenda Stockdale - You Can Beat the Odds
December 28, 2019 18:00 - 56 minutes - 25.6 MBAbout You Can Beat the Odds: Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness and Cancer: The Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness & Cancer A compendium of essential information for a lifelong program of how to stay strong and healthy. This practical guide helps you become skilled at using scientifically-based and time-tested techniques that have helped survivors of cancer and chronic diseases for more than a decade. You will learn that there are surprising risk factors – greater than smoking,...
12-19-19 Guest: Dr. Michael Lewis, MD
December 20, 2019 01:56 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBDr. Michael Lewis, MD Founder of the Brain Health Education and Research Institute New weapon arrives in the war on drug abuse: Study finds CBD oil limits cravings and anxiety in heroin users Study at: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18101191) Individuals suffering from heroin and opioid use disorder may have a new, natural, non-prescription medication for breaking their drug addiction: CBD oil extracted from the hemp plant. In a study published in the May, 2019 online edition of the A...
12-05-19 Author Stuart Eisendrat - When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough
December 09, 2019 19:59 - 52 minutes - 47.5 MBStuart Eisendrath, MD, is the author of When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough and the founding director of the University of California San Francisco Depression Center. A senior clinician and research psychiatrist at UCSF, his lectures on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for University of California TV have been viewed more than 1.5 million times. Visit him online at http://www.stuarteisendrath.com.
04-20-11 Author: Martin Boroson- One-Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go
November 29, 2019 20:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBAbout One-Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go Think of all the moments you "lose": stuck in traffic, standing in line, waiting for a download. And think of all the moments you "waste": working when you're not focused, or fiddling with your phone. What if each of these moments offered you an extraordinary opportunity? In One-Moment Meditation, Martin Boroson distils the philosophy of time into a simple form of meditation that you can do anywhere, anytime. It begins with an exerci...
10-26-11 Author: Xorin Balbes - SoulSpace
November 22, 2019 20:00 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MBAbout SoulSpace: Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life -- Creating a Home That Is Free of Clutter, Full of Beauty, and Inspired by You Xorin Balbes created his eight-stage SoulSpace process to help his clients create homes that reflect and celebrate what is essential about their inhabitants. The process works for any budget, anytime, anywhere and results in inspiration, self-discovery, and practical solutions. Through the stages — assess, release, cleanse, dream, discover, create, elevate...
12-28-11 Auther: Peg Schafer-The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm:
November 15, 2019 20:00 - 55 minutes - 25.3 MBAbout The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm: A Cultivator's Guide to Small-Scale Organic Herb Production A leading light in the field of medicinal herb cultivation, The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm is the first cultivation guide of its kind, and presents invaluable information for growers interested in producing high-quality efficacious herbs in all climates of the US, with the historical connectedness of ancient practitioners.
06-22-11 Author: Andy Couturier - A Different Kind of Luxury
November 08, 2019 20:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBAbout Andy Couturier: ANDY COUTURIER is the son of a biographer and a civil rights activist. During his four years of living in Japan, he wrote for the Japan Times; worked with local environmentalists fighting large dam projects, rainforest destruction, and huge electric power plants; taught English; and studied the interconnections between Japanese aesthetics and innovative new forms of writing. In California, he and his partner built their own house using only hand tools, developing a piec...
Health Matters 10-03-12 Director: Nick Polizzi - The Sacred Science
November 01, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAbout The Sacred Science Eight people. Eight illnesses. One journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle. They went looking for alternatives to the modern medicines that failed them. What they found would change their lives forever.
05-30-12 Author: Kent Newburn - Ordinary Sacred: The Simple Beauty of Everyday Life
October 20, 2019 17:57 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBAbout Ordinary Sacred: The Simple Beauty of Everyday Life There is a hidden meaning, a hidden beauty, in life’s most ordinary moments. It is the beauty of the human heart revealed, where what we have in common is greater than what keeps us apart. If we can learn to see the beauty in these moments, whether they are in the light or in the shadow, we become witnesses to the spiritual, testimonies to the sacred. We become true artists of the ordinary, and our life becomes a masterpiece, painted i...
02-29-12 Author: Michael J. Gelb - Brain Power
October 04, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBVirtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement? Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they ...
04-25-12 Author: Marcelle Pick Are You Tired and Wired?
September 27, 2019 19:11 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBAbout Are You Tired and Wired?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic Again Do you wake up every morning feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and stressed? Are you constantly reaching for coffee, soft drinks or some other promise of energy just to keep yourself going? Do you struggle through the day - tired, irritable, forgetful, depressed and craving sweets - only to have trouble sleeping at night? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions - you...
08-11-10 Author:Jeffrey A. Wands Knock and the Door Will Open
September 06, 2019 18:34 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBAbout Knock and the Door Will Open: 6 Keys to Mastering the Art of Living Successful psychic medium Jeffrey Wands invites you to embark on a wondrous journey of discovery and harness the power within. Jeffrey believes that each of us is a giant treasure chest waiting to be filled with the gifts that we’ve been given, but most of us have not summoned the courage to open ourselves up to discover our personal treasures. When you are brave enough, you can change your mind and change your life. He...
11-10-10 Author: SARK -Glad No Matter What
August 22, 2019 16:40 - 1 hour - 27.4 MBAboutGlad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity Though SARK has empowered millions to live their creative dreams, manage their businesses, and savor personal connections, the deaths of her mother and cat and the end of a treasured relationship tested her ability to walk her talk. But as Glad No Matter What shows, she journeyed through the spirals and layers of grief and loss and emerged stronger and more whole. In this inspiring book, she shares the insights ...
09-08-10 Author: Jonathan Goldman The Divine Name
August 16, 2019 19:56 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBAbout The Divine Name: Invoke the Sacred Sound That Can Heal and Transform What if there was a technique for sounding the personalname of God that could change the world? This revised-edition book—featuring three all-new chapters on Jonathan Goldman’s recent discoveries regarding the Divine Name, including information on the Angel of Sound—is a step-by-step process of vibratory activation that will allow you to experience the power, majesty, and healing of this extraordinary sound. Also incl...
07-18-12 Author: Dr. Marsha Lucas - Rewire Your Brain For Love
August 09, 2019 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBAbout Rewire Your Brain For Love In Rewire Your Brain for Love, neuropsychologist and psychotherapist Marsha Lucas, PhD, helps you untangle those relationship snarls, bringing together the latest neuroscience with a practice consistently heralded by top academic institutions for its effectiveness in changing the brain: the practice of mindfulness meditation.
10-12-11 Author: Chris Titus - The God Complex
August 02, 2019 19:00 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBAbout The God Complex Inspired by actual events, The God Complex takes readers on a thrill ride through Chinese medicine. Discover the secrets of the Orient as you embark on a 'factional' adventure pitting Eastern medicine against its critics in the West. Each clue brings you one step closer to solving the mystery and uncovering an ancient secret that connects Chinese medicine to martial arts
08-31-11 Author: Colleen Morton Busch - Fire Monks
July 29, 2019 20:32 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBAbout: Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire In June 2008 more than two thousand wildfires, all started by a single lightning storm, blazed across the state of California. Tassajara, the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States, was at particular risk. Set deep in the Ventana wilderness north of Big Sur, the center is connected to the outside world by a single unpaved road. If fire entered the canyon, there would be no way out.
03-13-13 Author: Ellen Kanner - Feeding the Hungry Ghost
July 29, 2019 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBAbout Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith, and What to Eat for Dinner A Satisfying Diet for Unsatisfying Time What do we turn to for both everyday sustenance and seasonal celebration? Food. Often, though, we’re like the hungry ghosts of Taoist lore, eating mindlessly, wandering aimlessly, and wanting more — more than food itself can provide. Ellen Kanner believes that if we put in a little thought and preparation, every meal can feed not only our bodies but our souls and our communities ...
08-31-11 Auhor: Colleen Morton Busch-Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire
July 22, 2019 19:00 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBAbout Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire In June 2008 more than two thousand wildfires, all started by a single lightning storm, blazed across the state of California. Tassajara, the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States, was at particular risk. Set deep in the Ventana wilderness north of Big Sur, the center is connected to the outside world by a single unpaved road. If fire entered the canyon, there would be no way out.
01-20-10 Guest: Dr. Adam Richards
July 13, 2019 21:05 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MB/Guest Dr. Adam Richards is a Team member of the "Global Health Access Program"
Health Matters 10-17-07 Guest: Dr. John R. Shearer
June 28, 2019 18:12 - 58 minutes - 26.5 MBJohn R. Shearer is the President of "California Physicians Alliance" Comes in to talk about Single Payer Insurance. About Us Join Us California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) is a voice for physicians, providers and advocates who want a health care system that works for us all. We want better outcomes for our patients. We work to end health disparities and the financial hardship that results from our current fragmented system. We want physicians to be free to focus on patient care without undo...
11-28-07 Author Nell Casey- An Uncertain Inheritance:Writers on Caring for Family
June 20, 2019 21:52 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBAbout An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family Thirty million people today care for ailing family members in their own homesa number that will increase dramatically over the next decade as baby boomers enter old age, as soldiers return home from war mentally and physically wounded, as medical advances extend lives and health insurance fails to cover them.
04-25-07 Guest: Colette Bizal
June 07, 2019 19:00 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBColette Bizal the Director of the "Sky Hill institute" School of Wholistic Healing Arts
01-24-07 Authors: Dr. Steven & Joy Gurgevich The Self-hypnosis Diet
May 31, 2019 19:30 - 55 minutes - 25.1 MBAbout The Self-hypnosis Diet: Use the Power of Your Mind to Reach Your Perfect Weight What's missing from the hundreds of diets on the market to help us achieve healthier bodies? "The most important element, teaches Dr. Steven Gurgevich, is not in the body but in your mind." As a key member of Dr. Andrew Weil's physician's training program, Dr. Gurgevich has brought hypnosis to the forefront of modern medicine. With The Self-Hypnosis Diet, he shows that anyone can use medical hypnosis to ach...
10-03-07 Guest: Margarita Dodd
May 27, 2019 19:30 - 58 minutes - 26.4 MBMargarita Dodd Subject: Essential Feng Shui Creating the Life You Want
09-26-07 Guest: Teresa Rousseau
May 16, 2019 18:57 - 58 minutes - 26.5 MB09-26-07 Guest: Teresa Rousseau by Dr. Ned Hoke
12-26-07 Author: Katy Byrne
May 03, 2019 19:16 - 58 minutes - 26.5 MB12-26-07 Author: Katy Byrne by Dr. Ned Hoke
06-20-07 Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Low
April 25, 2019 18:39 - 56 minutes - 26 MB06-20-07 Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Low by Dr. Ned Hoke
05-23-07 Guest Sara Miles -Take This Bread : A Radical Conversion
April 18, 2019 18:25 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBAbout Guest Sara Miles -Take This Bread : A Radical Conversion Early one morning, for no earthly reason, Sara Miles, raised an atheist, wandered into a church, received communion, and found herself transformed–embracing a faith she’d once scorned. A lesbian left-wing journalist who’d covered revolutions around the world, Miles didn’t discover a religion that was about angels or good behavior or piety; her faith centered on real hunger, real food, and real bodies. Before long, she turned the b...
Health Matters 04-11-07 Author: Dr. Mitchell Earl Gibson our Immortal Body of Light
April 11, 2019 20:00 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBAbout Your Immortal Body of Light "My name is Mitchell." Thus begins, Your Immortal Body of Light, a fascinating and true story that takes Mitchell E. Gibson, M.D. out of his ordinary consciousness and into the inner realms of his being. Dr. Gibson was Chief Resident in Psychiatry at a large inner city medical center when he began his journey, expanding his consciousness using meditation. On his quest, he actually encounters an ancient 'god of healing' known as Djehuti (pronounced Dee-jan-tee...
01-31-07 Author: Dr. Janet Maccaro- A Woman's Body Balanced by Nature
April 05, 2019 19:13 - 58 minutes - 26.4 MBAbout A Woman's Body Balanced By Nature: Great health for the rest of your life Walk in the abundant and divine health today... and forever! When your body, mind and spirit function in concert,you are healthy! That's the unique message in Janet Maccaro's newest book in which she shows women how to achive balance and stay free from anxiety, depression, worry, and physical maladies.
06-13-07 Author: Dawson Church - The Genie in Your Genes
March 28, 2019 18:58 - 57 minutes - 26 MBAbout The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention Your genes respond to your thoughts, emotions and beliefs. The way you use your mind shapes your brain, turning genes on and off in ways that can dramatically affect your health and wellbeing. In this best-selling, award-winning book, researcher Dawson Church reveals the exciting applications of the new science of Epigenetics (epi=above, i.e. control above the level of the gene) to healing. Citing hundreds of...
01-10-07 Guest: Joel Kramer - Yoga As Self-Transformation
March 22, 2019 21:43 - 58 minutes - 26.5 MB01-10-07 Guest: Joel Kramer - Yoga As Self-Transformation by Dr. Ned Hoke
05-16-07 Author: Dr. Thomas Kersting Losing Weight When Diets Fail
March 07, 2019 18:22 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBAbout Losing Weight When Diets Fail: The Clinically Proven Power Programming Method for Amazingly Easy, Fail-Proof, Diet-Free Weight Loss Your subconscious mind is like a computer, says author Dr. Tom Kersting. For years you've been programming it with eating habits that make you overweight. The Kersting solution for losing weight and keeping it off is power programming,-his method for uninstalling the subconscious mind's make-me-fat software and replacing it with new programming that will m...
06-18-2008 Author: Dr. Misha Cohen - The Hepatitis C Help Book
February 28, 2019 20:20 - 58 minutes - 26.5 MBAbout The Hepatitis C Help Book: A Groundbreaking Treatment Program Combining Western and Eastern Medicine for Maximum Wellness and Healing Hepatitis C has been called "the emergent and preeminent public-health problem of the twenty-first century--surpassing HIV." It has also been dubbed "The Shadow Epidemic," because it is one of the most clandestine of viruses and infects healthy people who have no idea they are being attacked by something they can't even detect. Now, the two experts on Hep...
07-30-08 Author: Dr. Zhi Gang Sha Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasures to Transform Your Life
February 22, 2019 20:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBAbout Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasures to Transform Your Life This introductory book in the Soul Power series takes integrative medicine to a whole new and exciting place far beyond “mind over matter,” emphasizing instead the concept of “soul over matter.” Soul Wisdom is Dr. Sha’s gift from the Divine, the wisdom of a higher power channeled into a practical guide for anyone interested in opening their souls to heal their bodies and minds.
03-13-13 Author: Ellen Kanner - Feeding The Hungry Ghost
February 14, 2019 20:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBAbout Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith, and What to Eat for Dinner - A Satisfying Diet for Unsatisfying Time What do we turn to for both everyday sustenance and seasonal celebration? Food. Often, though, we’re like the hungry ghosts of Taoist lore, eating mindlessly, wandering aimlessly, and wanting more — more than food itself can provide. Ellen Kanner believes that if we put in a little thought and preparation, every meal can feed not only our bodies but our souls and our communities ...
01-02-13 Author: Janie Bowthorpe - Stop the Thyroid Madness
February 04, 2019 19:18 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBabout Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Treatment With even more pages, a new chapter on foods and supplements, and additions throughout the entire book, this informative Second Edition of the ever-popular classic, "Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Treatment", continues to break ground as the ONLY thyroid patient-to-patient book on the market. It addresses a 60+ year, international thyroid treatment scandal i...
02-26-15 Bradley Nelson Author The Emotion Code
January 25, 2019 20:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBAbout The Emotion Code In The Emotion Code, renowned holistic physician and lecturer Dr. Bradley Nelson skillfully lays bare the inner workings of the subconscious mind. He reveals how emotionally-charged events from your past can still be haunting you in the form of "trapped emotions"; emotional energies that literally inhabit your body. Dr. Nelson explains clearly and concisely how trapped emotions can create pain, malfunction and eventual disease. In addition, trapped emotions can exert a...
01-25-12 Guest Tomas Heikkala
January 18, 2019 19:19 - 55 minutes - 25.3 MB01-25-12 Guest Tomas Heikkala by Dr. Ned Hoke
04 - 21 - 16 Author Dr. David Kessler Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
January 13, 2019 00:19 - 52 minutes - 121 MBAbout Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon—capture—is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside ...
03-24-16 Guest Natasha Trenev
January 03, 2019 19:58 - 56 minutes - 103 MBAbout Natasha Trenev Natasha Trenev is a world renowned expert in the field of probiotics. She brings her family’s 750-year history and knowledge of cultured products to you. Through this Web site, she will share her vast knowledge on health, enabling you to improve your well being and vitality by using high-quality probiotics.
03-10-16 Author Kira Asatryan Stop Being Lonely: Three Simple Steps to Developing Close Friendships
December 27, 2018 17:24 - 56 minutes - 103 MBAbout Loneliness Has an Antidote: The Feeling of Closeness Loneliness isn’t something that happens only when we are physically alone. It can also happen when we are with people. Online friends, followers, or “likers” don’t necessarily add up to much when you crave fulfilling interaction, and satisfying, long-term relationships are not a mystery to be left up to chance (or technology). The good news is that, according to relationship coach Kira Asatryan, loneliness has a reliable antidote: the...
03-12-2008 Guest: Dr. Molly Bourne
December 11, 2018 20:02 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBHealth Matters w/ Guest Dr. Molly Bourne Medical Director for Hospice By the Bay
03-05-2008 Guest: Carole Peccorini
December 03, 2018 22:08 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBGuest Carole Peccorini talks about "The Butterfly Project"
05-20-09 Guest: Joe C. Chang
November 29, 2018 19:54 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBGuest Joe C. Chang and Dr Ned Hoke talk about Integrative PTSD Programs for Veterans
10-04-06 Guest: Bethany Staffieri
November 15, 2018 18:36 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBAbout Bethany Staffieri Bethany Staffieri is certified as a Western Medicine Herbalist, a Certified Naturalist, Ancestral Skills and Wild Foods Forager, and has a BFA in Art from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA. Bethany loves to create and share delicious homemade food. She has been fermenting vegetables and teaching the craft for the past five years in the Humbolt area through the Arcata CoOp Community Kitchen and Humbolt State University's OhSNAP program.
Health Matters 06-17-09 Author Robyn O'Brien The Unhealthy Truth
November 12, 2018 22:42 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBAbout: Robyn O’Brien is not the most likely candidate for an antiestablishment crusade. A Houston native from a conservative family, this MBA and married mother of four was not someone who gave much thought to misguided government agencies and chemicals in our food—until the day her youngest daughter had a violent allergic reaction to eggs, and everything changed. The Unhealthy Truth is both the story of how one brave woman chose to take on the system and a call to action that shows how each ...
08-19-09 Guest: Dr. Len Saputo A Return to Healing
November 05, 2018 20:48 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBAbout A Return to Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine For several decades, a rapidly emerging person-centered medical paradigm has catalyzed a renaissance in the understanding of lifelong wellness, and this timely book presents the inspiring story of this new medicine, revealing how it can unlock the door to a health care system that works for all Americans. This resource explains how corporatized medicine only gets to work once disease occurs, while integrative med...
10-25-18 Joshua Pollock Author The Heartfulness Way
October 30, 2018 19:30 - 56 minutes - 52 MBAbout The Heartfulness Way Heartfulness is an ideal, a spiritual way of living by and from the heart that is inclusive of all ideologies, beliefs, and religions. In this heart-centered book, a student in conversation with his teacher, Kamlesh D. Patel—affectionately known as Daaji, the fourth and current spiritual guide of the century-old Heartfulness tradition—present a unique method of meditation with the power to facilitate an immediate, tangible spiritual experience, irrespective of a pe...