Affirmative Prayer

Going Global with world traveler Robyn Coward-recently back from Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. She tells about how she put together her trip around the world in 2011 and what it was like to be immersed in the Asian culture for two months. What is similar and different about our ways of doing business and our religious beliefs? We also learn about the kaisen concept-roughly translated to "the spirit of everyone wins."

May Kaidee (Sommay Jaijong) is known around the world for her restaurants and cooking schools in Thailand. Join us as May skypes in from the Thai capital Bangkok to talk about her 25-year journey from a small village at age 15 to the big city to start her own business. Visit www.maykaidee.com to read more about her life. Join us as we Go Global and find out what Oneness is really about.

Elaine Ginn, a licensed practitioner through Centers for Spiritual Living in Jacksonville, Florida, is a former Army nurse, college professor and guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She cared for her parents during their times before and during hospice, and she has also been the recipient of a kidney and liver transplant. Her book, Patchwork, shows how love and faith stitch together Body and Soul and Families through tough times.

We have a lively time on this show, with Revs. Nancy Anderson, Barbara Rush and Paul Skok representing Centers for Spiritual Living Global Services and the food project (285,000 meals) for Tanzania! Global Services, consists of 83 spiritual communities (and growing) outside the United States. To volunteer or contribute, please go to www.unitedcentersforspiritualliving.org and click on Global Services.

What if life is going swimmingly-like Katrina Radke's-with four gold medals in international competitions and as a member of the Olympic swim team-only to be overcome with a debilitating disease that keeps you bedridden for several years ... How does someone go so high and fall so low, only to rise once again into a fuller, richer life? Wherever we are, things will get better and things will get worse. We'll find out how Katrina maneuvered through her own ups and downs and how you can too.

Guest Paul Boynton and host Beverly Molander agree that YES is a powerful word. He says, There's a wonderful bit of Chinese wisdom that asks, "When is the best time to plant a tree?" The answer is "20 years ago" but the next best time is right now. If you're reading these words, they were meant for you, and our timing is perfect." Listen to this show to see if he is correct. "Begin With Yes" is where the Law of Attraction meets the Law of Action-that's a great place to be! Paul also leads us through a "Begin With Yes" guided meditation.

We're all on individual spiritual journeys. Stephanie Jones shares how she uses an ancient (and current) spiritual path, Nichiren Shoshu Hokkeko True Buddhism, chanting that is led by Japanese Buddhist priests. Rev. Kim Brown, Center for Spiritual Living Buckhead, shares about her various meditations-silent, active, dancing-and gives a spiritual mind treatment/affirmative prayer for Stephanie and the healing of her kidney disease. No, there is not just one path, but we are all One in the end.

Get ready for a dynamic conversation with a licensed family therapist who has dedicated her life to addiction, primarily food. Dr. Judi has been on CNN, Oprah, Dr. Oz and many other shows talking about what's behind all that fat. Her books include Fat Is a Family Affair, Fat and Furious, Hot and Heavy, and her most recent, From Bagels to Buddha: How I Found My Soul and Lost My Fat. As she says, "It is about resistance to the spiritual path, and how we all try to get away with our old, worn, tried-and-true, not-working solutions. I laugh at myself and my personal struggles-we are all wounded healers."

Were you watching The Today Show when Savannah Guthrie joined as its new anchor? The staff pulled out her favorite book from when she was a teenager in 1982, Dreams Can Come True. The author of that book, Jane Claypool, is Beverly's guest and, just like Savannah, she has come a long way since then! As a Religious Science minister, Rev. Jane will share her ideas on how we can Activate the Power of YES in our own lives and the world.

Barbara Marx Hubbard has been called "the voice for conscious evolution of our time" by Deepak Chopra. This renowned futurist talks with Beverly about The Shift Network and what will happen beginning December 22, 2012, the day after the end of the Mayan calendar. She says, "This is a new Birth Day in giving a consciousness to what's being born on this planet-a shift toward a planetary culture, toward a co-creative humanity, toward the immediate action of restoring the earth, toward cooperation and participation-toward the birth of a more Universal Humanity."

Rev. Beverly Molander goes global with Kiva. Chelsa Bocci helped found Kiva more than six years ago with the goal to let small investors, like you and me, have a chance to make a difference. With just a contribution as little as $25, hundreds of thousands are pooling together to lend money to individuals for projects that will help them lift themselves out of poverty. We will also talk with two teens from Center for Spiritual Living, St. Augustine, Florida, who will explain how their group got involved with Kiva.org. Kiva and these teens are Activating the Power of YES on a local and global basis!

We're going global again! Wendy Bird is executive director of Pearls With a Purpose Foundation, a nonprofit created to help people in the Philippines who have inadequate means. Women make the pearl jewelry, and when it is sold, it provides the women and their families with the things they need, such as food, clothing, shelter and education. Wendy was recommended to us as a guest by Becky Douglas, of the Rising Star Outreach in India, who was our guest in October. This organization is Activating the Power of YES by providing ways and means for people to make it on their own.

Dan Howard is an expert in "Intentional Resting." You can do it in 30 seconds or less ... even when you're awake or doing something else! Continual stress on the body creates constricted energy, and we don't have to live that way. We can have a whole, quiet, calm body in which every part of us flows together. This technique is easily accessible and can "drop you right into your soul" at any time. For more info, go to http://www.intentionalresting.com/.

Beverly talks with Bill and Sandy Fifield about their book Dig Deep in One Place: A Couple's Journey to A Spiritual Life and how the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can assist anyone in the transformation of their life-through co-dependency, depression, addiction, health issues and fear-to happy, joyous freedom and love. For info about their book, go to www.digdeepinoneplace.com.

Joanne Morton is traveling the United States with an art project to encourage others to share their Magic Passion Love with one another and the world. After Activating the Power of YES for two years, Joanne is taking a break in St. Paul, Minnesota, wondering, What's my next step? We've all been there. Listen to the Affirmative Prayer specifically for her (and the rest of us!) in this situation. For more info on Joanne, go to www.magicpassionlove.com.