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Hearts Rise Up Podcast
Experience inspiration with host Carol and co-hosts Ann and Concetta along with guest interviews to help you elevate your mind, your life and the world. We’re here to inspire, empower, and catalyze your evolution to live life on your terms, be intentional, and rise to your best and highest self.
Explore new ways of Thinking, Feeling, Seeing, and Being in the world. Extract wisdom and share it with others. Together we can rise to a higher level of consciousness and a more constructive state of being.
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Ep. 83 – From Logic to Intuition: A Skeptic’s Path to Spiritual Awakening – With Julia Marie
Join us in this episode with Julia Marie as she walks us through her spiritual awakening. She offers a unique perspective on the guiding ‘voices in your head’ and the ‘Sound of the Universe,’ linking them to spiritual teachers and innate childhood capabilities. She candidly discusses the skepticism stemming from her military and legal background, and reveals how she embraced her intuition through validation training. Prepare to be inspired by Julia’s journey of awakening, and her evolving abilities as an energy healer, medium, and intuitive—more about Julia in her bio below.
Ep. 82 – From Catwalk to Nature’s Canvas – Shana Robbins’ Artistic Transformation
In this enchanting interview, Shana shares her challenging life as a child and her remarkable journey of how she came to discover and embody her nature-oriented art after a career in modeling. Her work has been fueled by her global travels, inspirational ideas, and performances in some of the most magnificent and magical locations.
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Your Guide To Beginner’s Meditation During COVID-19
Have you always wanted to try meditation but never knew where to start? Though a beginner's meditation practice may seem mysterious and complicated, it's not as difficult as you may imagine. It's no secret that regular meditation can provide you with various physical,...
Use Laughter To Quickly Optimize Your Health And Instantly “Lighten Up”
Occupy Sanity Tool (OST): Laughter
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable even hopeful. – Bob Hope
In a year, seemingly filled with many reasons to cry, I have been using the OST: Laughter daily. It might seem crass or cruel to even think of laughing with all the shock, pain, trauma, suffering, angst, and grief, to name a few feelings we’ve experienced. Yet, I learned in my 20s that I needed something to counterbalance my seriousness and my growing tendency to be depressed.
Winter Solstice – 2020 Grand Conjunction
In an average year, many of us are aware of the Winter Solstice but this year is special with a Grand Conjunction…
Gratitude 2.0: A Habit To Turbo-Charge Your Happiness
Occupy Sanity Tool (OST): Gratitude 2.0
I first introduced the OST: Gratitude with a 3 step exercise in my blog post “5 Minutes of Gratitude Attitude Raises Your Vibration”. As I mentioned in that article, I continue to find: “…that a daily Gratitude Practice has improved my ability to move from a negative state into a positive one quickly.” In 2020, there have been times when I needed to ‘turbo-charge’ my practice; thus I’ve created the OST: Gratitude 2.0.
Imagine The Life You Want In 3 Simple Steps
Occupy Sanity Tool (OST): Imagine
“To bring anything into your life, imagine that it’s already there.” ― Richard Bach
As a child, I spent countless hours in my imaginary world, where everything was possible. I suspect many of you did as well.
I would imagine traveling around the world or that I was living on…
The Power Behind Your Smile
I can be happy, and my smile mechanism can be in neutral. But when I smile, which is frequently, it lights up my face and my eyes. Some people appear to be smiling, whether they are happy or not, but a genuine smile is hard to fake.