America Meditating Radio Show w/ Sister Jenna

Kim Dower was born and raised in New York City and received a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she also taught creative writing. Her first collection, Air Kissing on Mars was on the Poetry Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list and Slice of Moon, her second collection, nominated for a Pushcart Award, was called, “unexpected and sublime,” by “O” magazine. Kim’s work has been featured in "The Writer's Almanac," and "American Life in Poetry," as well as in Barrow Street, and the Los Angeles Review, to name a few. Kim is also the founder of the Literary Publicity and Media Training Company, “Kim-from-L.A.,” and teaches a workshop called, Poetry and Memory in the B.A. Program of Antioch University. Her third collection, Last Train to the Missing Planet, will be published in the Spring of 2016.  Visit www.kimdowerpoetry.com Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna. Like America Meditating, Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Howard Jay Smith is an award-winning writer. His newest and third book is entitled, “Beethoven In Love; Opus 139.” He taught for many years in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program and has lectured nationally. His articles and photographs have appeared in the Washington Post, Horizon, The Journal of the Writer’s Guild of America, and numerous trade publications. While an executive at ABC Television, Embassy TV and Academy Home Entertainment, Howard worked on numerous film, television, radio and commercial projects. He serves on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Symphony and is a member of the American Beethoven Society.  Visit www.beethoveninloveopus139.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.  

Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist, transformation coach, and an expert at turning fear into freedom. For almost two decades, Terri has empowered celebrities, professional athletes, and individuals alike through television, radio, and other media appearances, speaking engagements, workshops, and a thriving private practice to redesign limiting mental blueprints. She is known for her holistic approach, combining practical psychology, thought innovation, and harnessing the power of intention to create sustainable change. Terri was a featured therapist on A&E’s Monster In-Laws, The Lisa Oz Show, writes regularly for The Huffington Post, Positively Positive, The Daily Love and her own weekly blog and is the host of the radio show “Hello Freedom.”   Visit www.terricole.com Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Paying Tribute to Dr. Edgar Mitchell - Rebroadcast.  On January 31, 1971, Navy Captain Dr. Edgar Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. This historic journey ended safely nine days later. It was an audacious time in the history of mankind. For Dr. Mitchell, however, the most extraordinary journey was yet to come. Traveling back to Earth, having just walked on the moon, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had an experience for which nothing in his life had prepared him. As he approached the planet we know as home, he was filled with an inner conviction as certain as any mathematical equation he'd ever solved. He knew that the beautiful blue world to which he was returning is part of a living system, harmonious and whole—and that we all participate, as he expressed it later, "in a universe of consciousness."  Within two years of his expedition, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1973. Watch the Institute of Noetic Sciences video on “Consciousness Matters:  the Mysteries of Inner Space.”  Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Paying Tribute to Dr. Edgar Mitchell. On January 31, 1971, Navy Captain Dr. Edgar Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon.  This historic journey ended safely nine days later. It was an audacious time in the history of mankind. For Dr. Mitchell, however, the most extraordinary journey was yet to come. Traveling back to Earth, having just walked on the moon, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had an experience for which nothing in his life had prepared him. As he approached the planet we know as home, he was filled with an inner conviction as certain as any mathematical equation he'd ever solved. He knew that the beautiful blue world to which he was returning is part of a living system, harmonious and whole—and that we all participate, as he expressed it later, "in a universe of consciousness."  Within two years of his expedition, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1973 and he serves on the board of directors of the Institute. Watch the Institute of Noetic Sciences video on “Consciousness Matters:  the Mysteries of Inner Space.”  Featuring Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Deepak Chopra, Marilyn Schlitz, Dean Radin and Cassandra Vieten. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Congressman Tim Ryan is a relentless advocate for working families in Ohio's 13th District. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and sworn in on January 2003. Successfully reelected six times, he is now serving in his seventh term. Congressman Ryan serves as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, the House Budget Committee, and co-chairman of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus, the Military Mental Health Caucus and Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus. Congressman Ryan remains a leader in the fight to strengthen America's manufacturing base and reform U.S. trade policies and is a champion of efforts to make college more affordable, revitalize America's cities and improve the health and well-being of American families and children. Congressman Ryan is also the author of A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit and The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American Family Farm. Visit http://timryan.house.gov & http://www.timryanforcongress.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Follow us on Twitter. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Jennifer Pastiloff, Beauty Hunter, is a writer and yoga teacher.  She travels the world with her unique workshop: “The Manifestation Workshop: On Being Human." She’s the founder of the wildly popular Manifest-Station blog & Manifestation Yoga® and has been featured on Good Morning America, New York Magazine, CBS News and more for her unique style of teaching. Jen has developed a massive and loyal following from her personal essays. She studied poetry and writing at NYU and Bucknell University and is currently finishing her first book, "Beauty Hunting."   Twice a year, Jen is the guest speaker at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts and also does an annual retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in The Berkshires of Massachusetts. Visit www.jenniferpastiloff.com and www.beautyhunting.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.  

Mike Mitchell considered himself a grassroots philanthropist after serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, his enthusiasm, service and inspiration alone were not enough to make his dream a reality.  But, with the help of generous friends and supporters who believed in his vision, Project Play Soccer later become a reality. Project Play Soccer, which Mike founded, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children through the sport of soccer which started out delivering and implementing organized soccer programs to impoverished nations of Niger and Benin. Mike Mitchell joins Sister Jenna on the America Meditating Radio Show to discuss his journey and Project Play Soccer.  Visit www.terricole.com. Watch a video about Project Play. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android. “By providing the tools for playful social integration, we help enable people to eliminate violence and poverty” – Mike Mitchell

Penney Peirce is a world-renowned intuitive empath who is one of the early pioneers in the intuition development movement.  A popular author, lecturer, counselor, and trainer, Penney specializes in intuition and sensitivity development, skillful perception, personal energy and frequency training, dream work, and future trends. She travels widely, working throughout the U.S., Japan, South Africa, and Europe as an advisor to business executives, scientists, psychologists, other consultants and trainers, and those on a spiritual path. She has counseled tens of thousands of people worldwide about life and business direction, and the fulfillment of destiny. Penney is the author of numerous books, including Leap of Perception, Frequency and The Intuitive Way.  She says that we are in the midst of a transformation process - at both a personal and societal level – a shift from the Information Age to the Intuition Age.  Visit www.penneypeirce.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.  

Nora Maccoby is an energy strategist and an award-winning filmmaker who trained in theater directing and playwriting at Oberlin College and earned an MFA in Film Directing from The American Film Institute, where she won numerous awards. She co-wrote "Bongwater" and "Buffalo Soldiers" which was nominated for 6 Independent Spirit Awards and won the Evening Standard Award for Best Screenplay in 2003. In 2002, while researching a film on the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, West Indies, she began working with the local government to develop clean energy solutions and later worked with leaders to create Nature’s Partners, a bipartisan energy literacy initiative and common ground for a national energy conversation. Nora is a champion of clean energy technologies and a strategist for bringing them to the public. She has appeared on C-Span, led workshops internationally, and brought together leaders in the investment world with green technology experts. http://www.maccoby.com/nora Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Zhena Muzyka is an author, motivational speaker, women's business & life coach, social entrepreneur, activist and the founder of Zhena's Gypsy Tea. Celebrated for her work in fair trade business practices, Zhena was named a Country Living Women Entrepreneur Honoree, a Top Woman in Business by Pacific Business Times, 20 most inspiring women in Coco Eco Magazine, and has received the Enterprising Women of the Year award and the Socially Responsible Business award, among others. She has been featured in Marie Claire, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, and countless others for her unique view of business and meditation, work and family life with empire building.  She is the publisher of Enliven Books, a new Mind-Body-Spirit imprint from Atria/Simon and Schuster. Her new book entitled, “Life by the Cup: Inspiration for a Purpose-Filled Life,” chronicles her experience of growing a multimillion-dollar fair trade tea company, Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, as a single mom with $6 to her name in hopes to inspire others to achieve their most audacious dreams. Visit www.Zhena.TV. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Kristin Meekhof graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College with a major in psychology. She completed the clinical Master in Social Work program at the University of Michigan, and is a licensed social worker.  When she lost her husband to a rare form of cancer, she quickly discovered what all widows learn at the very moment you are stripped of a partner, you must make crucial decisions that will impact the rest of your life. Kristin was born in South Korea and was adopted as an infant after being abandoned on the street.  She writes about healthy ways to transform difficult situations.  She joins us today to discuss her new book, “A Widow's Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First 5 Years” co-authored with James Windell.  Visit www.Kristinmeekhof.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Visit our website at www.meditationmuseum.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Amy Hatkoff is an author, advocate, teacher and filmmaker. She has spent much of her career raising awareness of the needs of children and families in America and has collaborated with New Screen Concepts to produce Rob Reiner's The First Years Last Forever, a home video that addresses how parents and caregivers can foster children's emotional, social and cognitive development. She co-produced "Neglect Not the Children, an award-winning documentary that draws attention to the needs and realities of children at risk in America. Amy has authored several books including, "You Are My World, How a Parent's Love Shapes a Baby's Mind," and “The Inner World of Farm Animals, Their Amazing Social, Emotional and Intellectual Capacities.” Articles about Amy and her work have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. Amy joins us today to discuss her book on The Inner World of Farm Animals, which brings their surprising intelligence, emotions and social nature to life, and makes a plea for treating them with compassion and respect.  Visit www.facebook.com/amy.hatkoff. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Dr. Lori Leyden is an internationally known stress and trauma healing expert and uniquely qualified psychotherapist, author, workshop leader, inspirational speaker and humanitarian. After a near death experience, she developed The Grace Process, a transformative spiritual practice for heart-centered living. She is the author of The Grace Process Guidebook and The Stress Management Handbook: Strategies for Health and Inner Peace.  Inspired by the resilience of orphan genocide survivors she works with in Rwanda, Dr. Leyden founded the non-profit organization, Create Global Healing and established Project LIGHT: Rwanda – the world’s first international youth healing, heart-centered leadership and entrepreneurship program.  She is the Executive Producer of When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy, an award-winning documentary. Dr. Leyden partners with Nick Ortner to head up The Tapping Solution Foundation’s Newtown Trauma Relief & Resiliency Project supporting those traumatized by the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, CT. Visit www.CreateGlobalHealing.org & www.ProjectLIGHTRwanda.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.  

After spending nearly 20 years in the fashion and entertainment industry, Candace Van Dell has a profound understanding of the high standards and ideals, perfectionism and extreme levels of pressure in this world today. She grew up very energetically sensitive and intuitive and in 2011, Candace had an intense longing and calling to deepen her spiritual and self-development studies. She settled in Los Angeles and earned her Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica. Candace is now a certified Yoga Instructor, Meditation Teacher, Reiki Therapist and serves as a Spiritual Life Coach working with a diverse range of clients, including models, actors, business leaders, students and teachers from all over the world via Skype. She is also a contributor to the Huffington Post and is writing her first book about the great misunderstanding of the spiritual kids today often labeled with ADHD.  Visit http://candacevandell.com.   Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android