Affirmative Prayer

Maci Daye is a certified sex therapist with a graduate degree from Harvard who is Skyping in from Germany today. She explains how erotic potential is a state of mind ... and a state of mindfulness. What if you could simply have nongoal-oriented sex that evokes curiosity and pleasure without expecting the same results again and again? What if you could be grounded in the moment of sexual and sensual pleasure without having your past or your present (stress, job, kids) interfere with your current state of passion? What a nice way to Activate the Power of Yes! Go to her website at passionandpresence.com.

Nicole Hill is an actress, singer, and playwright who launched her career in New York City, and then launched herself to Zimbabwe, and then to Atlanta, and finally, back to Manhattan. She is currently creator/performer of plays for the New York Neo Futurists in NYC's longest Off-Off Broadway show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. The operative word here is "launched." Nicole likens some of her most rewarding experiences to "being shot out of a cannon." If you are settling for a dial-tone, boring kind of life and wondering if that's all there is, perhaps you can take some tips from Nicole ...

In Seven Cups of Consciousness, Aleya Dao shows us how we can have more health, vibrancy, and vitality-one cup at a time. She has created a step-by-step process to help you gain access to your energy self and the energetic resources it controls. She says once you learn how to tap into your divine flow, you will find ways to detach from whatever thought, activity, or person is keeping you where you are. Here's to you and your higher self. It has been waiting for you! Go to cupsofconsciousness.com for more information about Aleya, her audio meditations, and her free energy balancing session.

David Hulse is a Unity minister who has studied many aspects of sound energy. What do the ancient Solfeggio scale, DNA activation, Gregorian chants, and quantum physics have in common? They are linked by sound and vibration. David is a master-certified sound therapist and teacher who does an excellent job explaining how life goes way beyond our five senses. As founder of SomaEnergetics, David has created what he calls a "vibrational bridge," with tuning forks designed for healing and opening up to new possibilities. If this sounds confusing, it won't be at all. David speaks with authority and clarity.

Most of us have a good idea for inventing something that we haven't seen before, but then we stop there. How do we get a patent? Protect our idea? Get a prototype made? That's where our special guests can help. Jim Dunn has patented a product being used by airline travelers to protect the contents of their luggage and Brian Fried has consulted with inventors to get their products ready for retail, Internet sales, As Seen On TV, and home shopping channels. Get your questions answered here, so you can Activate the Power of Yes and get your product to market!

Carl Greer is a Ph.D., Psy.D., Jungian analyst, and trained shaman. Through his work with Dr. Alberto Villoldo at the Healing the Light Body School in Peru and with shamans in North and South America, Australia, Ethiopia, and Outer Mongolia, Dr. Greer has written Change Your Story, Change Your Life. How can we access that quiet, invisible part within that has the answer to so many of our dilemmas? What if you can recognize the stories you have been telling about yourself, interact with them, find out what you can do to reclaim power of your life, and tell a new, more fulfilling story?

Ordained minister and wedding officiant Marcy Ann Cheek has been in charge of 150 weddings per year throughout the past 20 years-many held in Laguna Beach, California. She brings us into the 21st-century with her ideas about how to create a ceremony that works best for YOU in this day and age. Her strongest admonition-"Be true to yourself." In addition, let a professional help you with the details, practice the ceremony in advance ... and be ready to go to Plan B if your Plan A isn't working (such as if the beach is washed out). Have you ever heard of a Sand Ceremony? It's a great idea if you can't use candles in a strong breeze. Ever thought about being a wedding officiant? Go to her course at weddingofficiantschool.com.

Elenore Snow is a psychotherapist and filmmaker whose journey with a mysterious infection of her interstitial fluid has taken her into a YES on honoring our earth's waters. Beginning with a 40-day water fast at a natural spring in Greece, she commences on a three-year journey to experience the restorative properties of springs all over the world. Elenore says we all have traumas that need to be healed so we can transform our lives into fluid beings who can let go of control and be carried by the current of life. Listen to this beautiful show ... you will find your imagination taking you to beautiful places you may have long forgotten. Reach her at broadcastinglight@gmail.com and elenoresnow.com. Invite her to come and visit your favorite spring!

That's what special guests Perry Mitchell and Pam Woodley ask when they give Compassion and Choices presentations on health care planning and end-of-life issues. Do you want a say in what happens to you or your loved ones at the end of life? Will you always want life-sustaining treatment? Do you have an advance directive and a POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) AND do your doctors, family, and friends have a copy? If you don't have these filled-out forms available, the medical staff and hospital will keep you alive (and keep a running tab of expenses), even when it is obvious that recovery isn't possible. We plan ahead for life events, and we can plan ahead for eventual death as well. To allow death with dignity and/or get a copy of the Good to Go Toolkit, go to compassionandchoices.org.

Walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago is a magical, spiritual adventure for many. But for Henry Leeds it was much more. It was a way to shed his limiting beliefs about how he, a 74-year-old, unathletic guy, could complete a journey like this. Then, there was an epiphany on his fourth day of walking. Henry explains, "I'd once been morally, spiritually, and financially bankrupt. This walk was my celebration of completely escaping that." Henry, a career and business coach by trade, also offers advice for listeners who feel they are going through a challenge they can't overcome. For more info on Henry go to www.henryleeds.com.

Author Betsy Chasse says that not only do we have those 'sacred cow' beliefs we got from our parents and grandparents, we also have New Thought and New Age 'sacred cow' beliefs that hold us back just as much. Listen carefully to what is inside your head ... If you are pointing a finger at someone or something else who is directing your destiny ("God," "Spirit," "the Universe"), you are giving your power away and not taking responsibility for your own thoughts and actions. You'll find out more in her chapter, "Who Is the Universe and Why Does It Have All My Stuff?" Join us and take a playful romp through the cow pastures of doubt, fear, and judgment to find out how to tip your own sacred cows and continue on the (never-ending) road to enlightenment.

Alisa Absullaeva, president of the Wellbeing Foundation, and Ann Basserab, its chief inspiration officer, are women of the world. Raising funds and overseeing the installation of a water well in a Maasai Village meant that the women of the village no longer had to walk five miles each way to the river and back, carrying coffee-colored water in a heavy jug, to sustain their families. Having enough water has given a new energy and vibrancy to the people in the village. Next step-baby elephants. When their parents are killed by poachers, the chances of survival are miniscule. If the babies don't die of a broken heart, they need to be nurtured for the first eight years of their lives. Wellbeing-Foundation.org has initiated a Water for Elephants movement to provide life-sustaining water while the elephants are being cared for before being released into the wild. Go to indiegogo.com and find Water for Elephants to donate. To find out more or volunteer, go to wellbeing-foundation.org.

The power of collective giving-that's what Dining for Women has demonstrated since it started in 2003. Executive Director Beth Ellen Holimon and Helen Borland, a volunteer regional coleader, tell how the organization has grown to 450 chapters and has raised more than $4 million since then. Want to make a difference in the world? Find out how providing just one goat per family in Nepal led the way to eliminating daughters being sold into servitude; or how educating women to start a co-op store in Kenya has brought them earning power that helped stave off hunger during droughts; or how the Grandmother Project in Senegal helped empower the girls to a more confident life. For more information or to find how you can get involved, go to diningforwomen.org.

How do we aspire to PEACE NOW when all around us there is evidence to the contrary? Rev. Barbara Leger founded Temenos Center for Spiritual Living in Ukraine and Crimea about 14 years ago, so we can only imagine the changes she and her practitioners have seen. Tackling issues surrounding war and peace, the practitioners have chosen PEACE-one practitioner, one board member, one friend, family member, or community leader at a time. Want to make a difference? Find out about becoming a partner with Ukraine or the new Crimea/Russia organization for PEACE. Attend the New Thought Conference in Ukraine August 20–24 (all-inclusive except airfare for $500 U.S.). Contact Barbara Leger at bap3@sonic.net for more information. And pledge for PEACE NOW, beginning wherever you are ... with you.

On paper, Hannah Papp appeared to be fulfilling her dreams ... with a graduate degree and a job in Budapest. Embittered by love and disillusioned with her life, she set off on a solitary backpacking trek across Western Europe. She discovered the more important part of herself as mystical events unfolded and significant people appeared on her path. You can have your own mystical journey. Gather the thorns and roses from each day and find out the messages you are learning. Sounds mysterious, but there are practical steps we can follow to Activate the Power of Yes in getting out of our rut and into this big, beautiful life.