But then, on the verge of opening a law practice, he heard a little voice inside telling him to stop, just stop. With great difficulty, he honored this voice and began a heartfelt quest for the truth that lived within him. Although he didn’t realize it then, he was actually questing for his innate image, the essential being that he came into this lifetime to embody. He was searching for his authentic face.

Soulshaping presents a new and distinctly human paradigm for expanding our consciousness: Ascending with both feet on the ground. This paradigm is rooted in the reality of our daily lives, and makes no distinction between our spiritual quest and our emotional life. Our feelings, our unresolved issues and life experiences, are the grist for the soul mill that takes us higher. Rather than looking for the answers outside of ourselves, we choose to look inside, in our often ignored bodies of wisdom.

At times funny, at times profound, Soulshaping will meet you where you live and where you long to live. It is a vulnerable, grounded, original, and beautifully written account of the inner treasure hunt that awaits us all, if we so choose. A journey of courageous self-creation, it is for anyone who has heard a whisper of something truer calling out to them amid the distractions of modern life. It is for anyone getting ready to take flight who needs an inspired push.

Tune in LIVE on Wednesday, February 3rd at 2 pm EST on VividLife Radio!

Deborah King is a contemporary master healer and recognized expert in the health & wellness field. She was a successful attorney in her twenties when a diagnosis of cancer sent her on a search for truth that radically changed her life. Unwilling to undergo invasive surgery, she turned to alternative medicine and had an amazing remission at the hands of a healer. Along the way, she conquered her addictions to alcohol and drugs that she had used to bury her abusive childhood. Leaving the corporate arena for the mysterious world of healers, sages, and shamans, she mastered ancient and modern healing systems and developed a powerful technique of her own.

Combining her personal history and deep wisdom, Deborah wrote a national bestselling book, Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You (Hay House 2009), which explores the powerful relationship between the suppression of painful emotions and their impact on our health and happiness.

Deborah travels widely, working with thousands of people in experiential workshops, bringing about personal transformations and healing.

Deborah is featured regularly in broadcast, online, and print media, making frequent appearances on national TV, including CNN, Fox News, ABC, and NBC, and is a featured blogger for Psychology Today and the Huffington Post. She has been quoted in such diverse media as USA Today, The Newark Star-Ledger, W Magazine, Fox News, and ABC News.

Tune in LIVE on January 27th at 2pm EST.

Martha Beck is a writer and “life coach” who specializes in helping people design satisfying and meaningful life experiences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in sociology, all from Harvard University. She worked as a research associate at Harvard Business School, studying career paths and life-course changes in today’s economic and social environment. Before becoming a life coach, Dr. Beck taught sociology, social psychology, organizational behaviour, and business management at Harvard and the American Graduate School of International Management. She has published academic books and articles on a variety of social science and business topics. Her non-academic books include the New York Times bestsellers Expecting Adam and Leaving the Saints, as well as Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live and her newest book, Steering by Starlight. Dr. Beck has also been a contributing editor for many popular magazines, including Real Simple and Redbook, and is currently a columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine. More information can be found on this Web site, including Dr. Beck’s articles, books, speaking appearances, and life coaching strategies and suggestions. Dr. Beck lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her family.

Tune in LIVE on January 20th at 2pm EST on VividLife Radio.

Cheryl Richardson is the author of The New York Times bestselling books, Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers, Stand Up for Your Life, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace and her new book The Art of Extreme Self Care. She was the first president of the International Coach Federation and holds one of their first Master Certified Coach credentials. Cheryl is also the recipient of the 2000 Motivational Book Award for Life Makeovers from Books for a Better Life, which honors the year’s most outstanding books and magazines in the self-improvement genre. Her book, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace, was chosen as a finalist in the 2005 Spiritual Inspiration category for Books for a Better Life.

As a professional speaker, Cheryl has designed and presented programs to universities, Fortune 500 companies, educational conferences, and professional associations. Her work has been covered widely in the media including The Today Show, CBS This Morning, New York Times, USA Today, Good Housekeeping, and O Magazine.  Most recently, Cheryl has been a regular guest on Good Morning America. She was the team leader for the Lifestyle Makeover Series on the Oprah Winfrey Show and she accompanied Ms. Winfrey on the “Live Your Best Life” nationwide tour.

Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist who has written and taught extensively about the essential inner skills of personal well-being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice – as well as about relationships, family life, and raising children. He founded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, www.WiseBrain.org.

Dr. Hanson’s latest book is Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom with Rick Mendius, M.D. (Foreword by Daniel Siegel, Preface by Jack Cornfield, PhD.; New Harbinger, Nov 2009)  www.buddhasbrain.com

Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ways that changed history.

Well-referenced and grounded in science, the book is full of practical tools and skills readers can use in daily life to tap the unused potential of the brain—and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.

With a Foreword by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and a Preface by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Buddha’s Brain  joins the forces of modern science with ancient teachings to show readers how to have greater emotional balance in turbulent times, as well as healthier relationships, more effective actions, and a deeper religious or spiritual practice. The book shows readers many effective ways to light up the brain circuits that relieve worry and stress, and promote positive relationships and inner peace.

If you can change your brain, you can change your life.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist, a meditation teacher and is a weekly contributor to psychology-today.com. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader training program of Spirit Rock, he teaches at Spirit Rock, Sati Center, and other organizations. He and his wife have two children and live in Marin County, CA.

Tune in LIVE Tuesday, January 5th at 2 pm EST on VividLife Radio with host Darcelle Runciman.

Business Owner, Speaker, TV Host, Coach/ Mentor, Innovator, Risk Taker

Well known and trusted in both Figure Skating and Ice Hockey- Internationally

Ready to overcome obstacles, surge past plateaus and achieve new levels of success? Steffany Hanlen is a performance coach with incredibly special and unique knowledge and understanding of the “winning strategies” you need to know to succeed beyond your wildest dreams.

As a coach Steffany has worked with high-profile professional and amateur athletes, including NHL hockey players and Olympians, as well as singers, actors, ballroom dancers, business owners, CEOs, real estate investors, parents, hard-working “regular people (non-athletes)” and many others … and in each and every case her mission has been the same – to help clients expand and grow, overcome challenges, and achieve even greater success.

Tune in LIVE Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2 pm EST on VividLife Radio with host Darcelle Runciman.

“Speaker”, “journalist”, “author”, “coach”, “trainer”, “advisor”, “facilitator”, “mentor” and “leader” are all words that describe Donna Messer to a tee. Look closer, however, and you’ll see that a common theme runs through them all – a love of people. For more than two decades, Donna has been a renowned expert on and promoter of the often overlooked, true currency of business – personal relationships – how to forge, nurture and leverage them to enable those who properly cultivate these relationships to put them to mutual benefit.

As President of ConnectUs Canada, Donna’s contact network extends well into the tens of thousands – a network that she routinely and freely shares with her clients, associates and acquaintances via the extensive speaking engagements and workshops around the world.

A dynamic, highly sought-after speaker, Donna has spoken throughout North America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe and Iceland on a host of topics dealing with the art of networking and the ties that bind. She has spoken before Federal, Provincial, Municipal and State governments, even serving as an advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on issues relating to women in business.

Tune in LIVE to VividLife Radio Wednesday, December 30th at 2 pm EST

Love Your Body, Love Your Life: 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently

Sarah Maria is a respected body-image expert who impassions people to love their bodies no matter how they look. Through her speeches, coaching programs and her new best-selling book Love Your Body, Love Your Life, Maria is showing women how to break people free from their Negative Body Obsession (NBO) and adore themselves, regardless of what the package looks like. The quest to eliminate NBO is the core of her acclaimed book. Maria shows women and men how to break free from their Negative Body Obsession and adore themselves, regardless of what the package looks like.

Maria’s mission is to create a world where every person sees the beauty in themselves and in others. Her passion grew out of her own 15-year struggle with body hatred and the obsession to stay thin. Despite her academic achievements, her NBO persisted. That’s when Maria began the long journey of self-discovery that led through the gateway of self-love and acceptance. She uncovered an empowering roadmap that she has distilled into the contents of her book. Love Your Body, Love Your Life outlines a powerful five-step process designed to help people break free from Negative Body Obsession and discover the beauty already inside of them.

“Read this book and you will discover that there is only one beauty, and you are that,” — Deepak Chopra.

Having trained with well-known spiritual teachers and physicians, including Deepak Chopra, Dr. David Simon, co-founder of the Chopra Center for Well-being in Carlsbad, CA, Wayne Dyer, and Jack Canfield, among others, Maria brings both a mainstream practicality and a spiritual inspiration to her programs, her book and her mentoring. She is a Chopra-Center Certified Meditation instructor and an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor.

In addition to her extensive training in health, personal growth, and spirituality, Maria has a long and remarkable academic career. Prior to embarking on her career as a body-image expert, she received a law degree from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University. She lived and worked in Latin America, focusing on economic development through small business assistance.

Sarah Maria now lives in Carlsbad, CA. For more information, go to www.breakfreebeauty.com

Love Your Body, Love Your Life: 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently

Tune in LIVE on December 16th at 2 pm EST.

Weight Loss Artist*, Janice Taylor, most certainly did not wake one morning with a smile on her face and enthusiastically say, “Whoopee, I’m fatter than ever. I’ll go on a diet. This will be fun!”

No. She rolled out of bed, pulled up her size XXL elastic-band pants and said, “Oh my, even these are tight. I must stop the fat monster from further multiplying before HE takes me over entirely.” She prayed for guidance.

That’s when Our Lady of Weight Loss entered the picture. “Who is Our Lady? Where did she come from?” you ask.   Janice wonders as well, “Is Our Lady a higher-power, the higher-self, the ‘good’ Mother that lives within each of us, or is she just a fig newton of my wild imagination? Does it really matter?”

What matters is that instead of eating crazy amounts of fried foods, heavily buttered bread and chocolate in any form, Janice was able to permanently remove over 50 pounds of excess weight 5 years ago.

“I exchanged fat for art,” she explains. “Our Lady guides me and ‘feeds’ me messages, and I illustrate them. At first, I created the art just for myself, but soon friends and acquaintances wanted to know the secret to my oh-so-fabulous success.”

Our Lady of Weight Loss instructed Janice to write and illustrate a book. Our Lady of Weight Loss: Miraculous and Motivational Musings from the Patron Saint of Permanent Fat Removal - is divinely delicious. A five-course meal consisting of Motivational Musings, faToids, Righteous Recipes, Chewing the Fat (letters to Our Lady) and Weighty Confessions (forgiveness guaranteed!).

Janice wants you to know that “She’s not MY Lady of Weight Loss.  She’s OUR Lady of Weight Loss.  She’s here for all of us!”

O, the Oprah Magazine deemed Janice a “kooky genius,” and further suggested that Janice’s “idiosyncratic diet plan may work for you.”    True enough!

*What is a Weight Loss Artist™??? You ask? A Weight Loss Artist is someone who makes art about food instead of eating it and loses weight in the process.

Tune in LIVE on Wednesday, December 9th at 2 pm EST on VividLife Radio.

David Simon, M.D. is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body medicine. As a practicing physician, innovative researcher, and insightful teacher, David continues to expand his vision for an effective and compassionate healthcare system. More than three decades ago as an anthropology student exploring humanity’s earliest communities and cultures, he was drawn to the understanding that the role of the doctor was much more than a disease technician; a true healer had to be a diagnostician, medicine man, psychotherapist, and priest – an expert navigator of the mind and spirit as well as the physical body.

Integrating ancient wisdom healing traditions with modern scientific principles, David has forged a model of health that integrates the multiple dimensions of a human being – environmental, physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual. As a board-certified neurologist and expert in Ayurvedic medicine and other traditional healing arts, he brings a unique perspective to the relationship between mind, emotions, and health.