Dr. Brenda Shoshanna, psychologist, Zen practitioner and author of Fearless (The 7 Principles of Peace of Mind). Brenda shares her knowledge and experience of facing fear head on in order to defeat and deflate it. Fear is a bully.

Amy & Julie discuss of role of acceptance in Being the Change.

Co-host Amy talks about the importance of consciously remembering what is most important to us.

Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one’s own life and the lives of others. He is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader.

Peter Muir, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Music and Health (IMH). IMH is a center based in New York’s Hudson Valley providing specialized training and service for those interested in using music for wellness. If you can’t listen to the whole interview, be sure not to miss the completely heart-felt version of Over the Rainbow sung by an autistic boy that starts at about 50 minutes in.

Louise Montello is a practicing psychoanalyst, music therapist, and award-winning author of Essential Music Intelligence. She has a workshop coming up in April at Kripalu: The Voice of Trauma: A Sound Approach to Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma.

We speak to Nurit Nardi about why she does not call herself a healer, and how she helps people to heal themselves. Besides her background in the performing arts, Nurit holds a Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology, and is a licensed Massage Therapist. She combines energy-based psychotherapy with somatic and diverse bodywork modalities.

“Herbal Medicine is People’s Medicine.” Herbalist Susun Weed explains the uses of several plants that grow wild in your lawn. We get a very brief history of the Wise Woman’s role in the history of human healing, and learn about slowing down enough to  listen to plants.

We talk with Dr. Carol Robin, DC, CCN, holistic healthcare practitioner, intuitive health and healing guide. Her focus is to empower people to be actively involved in their own healing process. She hosts of a series of web-seminars featuring a range of nationally known healers.

Barbara & Phil Mansfield tell us about their late son Killian, his big heart, and the foundation he created. The mission of the Killian Mansfield Foundation is to empower children with cancer and other serious illnesses through integrative health care dedicated to treating the whole child—mind, body and spirit.