ConsciousSHIFT with host Julie Ann Turner

Most people go through life sleepwalking — they do the same routine every day devoid of meaning or purpose ... and without even realizing it. The simple way to end this cycle, according to Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Chris Attwood, co-author with his wife Janet Attwood and Sylvia Dvorak, of YOUR HIDDEN RICHES: Unleashing the Power of Ritual to Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose (and the NY Times bestseller, The Passion Test), is by embracing your hidden riches. So, what are your hidden riches? Hidden riches refer to the unique life design that is inside everyone. Chris says the key to discovering these riches is to harness the power of RITUALS, and unlock the treasury where your hidden riches lie. Successful people in every area use rituals, but most don’t talk about them because they’re very personal. Sports stars use rituals to perform at their best. Musicians and artists use them to spark their creativity. Business leaders use them to create cohesive teams and build a company culture. Celebrities use them to maintain a balance between their personal and public lives. Rituals are simply tools, and because tools can be used for good purposes or bad, ‘ritual’ can have a negative connotation. Chris will share that not only can rituals be fun and meaningful, but they’re a time-tested way to manage your time, your energy and your thinking in this fast-paced, sometimes crazy modern world we live in. Rituals can serve us for better Relationships ... Diet, Health, and Beauty ... Creating Wealth ... Seasons of Life ... a Closer Family Circle ... and much more. By structuring conscious, intentional rituals into your life, you ensure your life has balance. You focus on what’s truly meaningful and you create deeper connections with the most important people in your life. Join Julie Ann and Chris to explore how we can reignite the power of personal and community rituals - to sustain us in the midst of an ever-increasing onslaught of information and complexity, and to sustain our world by reawakening the awareness of our interconnection with all life.

ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner featuring AMIT GOTSWAMI / QUANTUM CREATIVITY: Think Quantum. Be Creative. Clearly, our societies are going through crisis - and the world is crying out for creative solutions. The signs are everywhere — economic meltdowns, environmental pollution and global climate change, worldview polarization of politics and frozen democracies, terrorism, loss of meaning and value in education in favor of information processing, healthcare systems whose costs cannot be contained. Not coincidentally, there is an acute need for a paradigm shift from our worldview of religious dualism and scientific materialism (the primacy of matter) to an integrative worldview based on the primacy of consciousness. For crisis resolution and paradigm shifts, we need creativity. In this pivotal time, opportunities arise - and call for - the fulfillment of our creative potential. What is the vehicle that a creative rides? According to Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Amit Gotswami, quantum physicist and author of Quantum Creative, the answer is, the quantum, the quantum, the quantum. Dr. Gotswami explores creativity through the unique lens of quantum physics - sharing a way to nurture and enhance our own creativity - the ultimate source of joy and fulfillment. What is creativity? Can anyone be creative? What kinds of creativity are there? The quantum approach is telling us that everyone today can be creative. According to quantum physics, reality occurs on two levels: possibility and actuality. Dr. Gotswami shares that creativity requires "quantum thinking" — the capacity to engage with a problem both in the conscious mind of actuality and the unconscious mind of possibility. We will explore quantum unconscious processing and quantum leaps that creativity researchers identify as the AHA! insight. We will learn the secrets of creative living - do-be-do-be-do - and the flow experience. We will explore creativity in the outer arena — the arts the sciences, and businesses ... as wells as inner creativity - how to creatively transform our emotions from negative to positive and acquire emotional intelligence. We also will explore the creative journey of spiritual enlightenment. Join Julie Ann and Dr. Amit Goswami to discover how to more consciously activate your quantum creative power and potential.

Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs Everything you need to emerge as your BEST SELF is within you now! Join Derek Rydall on ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner! * WED., 9/17! 2pm Pacific! >>> www.ConsciousSHIFTNow.com [Receive Show Details + Access to GIFT Audio/Action Guide] REGISTER at www.ConsciousSHIFTNow.com (IT'S FREE) EMERGENCE! The 7-Step Radical Process for Achieving Anything- (Yes - Regardless of Where You Are Now) Live Wed., Sept 17 at 2 p.m. Pacific. On ConsciousSHIFT, Derek will share: -- The ONE PRINCIPLE that will free you from lack and victimhood forever! (You can start activating this IMMEDIATELY) -- The GREAT REVERSAL that will activate real wealth and success in your life FAST! -- THE PROVEN 7-STAGE PROCESS that will get you unstuck, on purpose -- and make you truly unstoppable! Julie Ann Turner's CONSCIOUSSHIFT Radio Show is broadcast worldwide to more than 505,000+ global followers and growing, where Julie Ann interviews the visionaries leading Conscious SHIFT unfolding across the globe - like Marianne Williamson, Seth Godin, Don Miguel Ruiz, and more - as we all realize we are the only ones who can consciously choose to CREATE the world we wish to see. REGISTER at www.ConsciousSHIFTNow.com (IT'S FREE) (Receive Show Details + Access to Gift Audio/Action Guide) Join Julie Ann and Derek to discover the “secrets” to radical positive change from within!

A NEW WORLD STORY... the greatest transition drama the world has ever seen ... will take a total SHIFT in consciousness ... The SHIFT is happening - and each one of us is a part of it. There is mass awakening - and THE SHIFT MOVIE will share the message, with the intent to accelerate the shift in consciousness toward global human thriving. Julie Ann’s ConsciousSHIFT guest, movie director Rochelle Marmorstein, calls this a MOVIE MADE BY A MOVEMENT, because what it illustrates is a Movement that is the combination and culmination of ALL the movements to a more socially just society and peaceful world. Every one of us has a role to play and can contribute to making this a better world. This film showcases individuals who are already making a difference with passion and a commitment to positive change, magnetizing incredible luminaries, leading-edge thinkers, evolutionary futurists, scientists and ordinary people doing extraordinary things – including Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Desmond Tutu, Jean Houston, Lynne Twist, Peter Diamandis, Russell Brand, and activist Derrick Ashong. Rochelle has invested her resources and her expertise as a film director into this project over the last 10 years - shooting visionary interviews, and now shooting the individual stories of the ordinary people stepping into their power to make a difference to their families, local communities, countries and to the world. Technology and innovation breakthroughs are rapidly advancing the individuals' capability to make a bigger impact on the billions on the planet – and these stories in the film illustrate the impact that each one of us has the opportunity to create at this historical moment. “By embracing the Inner SHIFT from powerless to powerful, from victim to deliberate creators of our reality, we ignite the imagination and consciousness to create the world of which we dream,” Rochelle shares. “By SHIFTING the conversation from complaining about problems to solving them, individually and together through collaboration and cooperation as ordinary individuals do extraordinary and courageous things to move our culture into the future with peace, love, well-being and vision.” Join Julie Ann and Rochelle to explore how THE SHIFT MOVIE shines a light on the magnificence of the human spirit and imagination to overcome adversity.

Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs When is the work of two people together greater than what either could do on their own? As long as we’ve been interested in creativity, we’ve been preoccupied by the myth of the lone genius. Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT Guest Joshua Wolf Shenk - author of THE POWERS OF TWO - busts this fantasy apart, and draws on new scientific research to show how the pair is the embodiment of ingenuity. On the show, we'll explore the magic of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the power of "hidden partners" (even Einstein had one), and the genius of scores of others in the fields of writing, music, dance, science, technology, social activism, and business. When it comes to creative success, we'll discover why Josh persuasively argues that two is the magic number – and why this changes everything we thought we knew about creativity. Join Julie Ann and Josh to discover the “secrets” of creative pairs!

Take inner-city troubled teens + mentors + building ELECTRIC CARS (that's right!) = MINDDRIVE At-risk high school students in Kansas City’s urban core travel down a new road when they remodel and convert cars - from a Lotus Esprit to antique Karman Ghias - into electric cars as part of MINDDRIVE, a nonprofit educational program geared toward teaching STEM principles through hands-on learning. MINDDRIVE students choose from after-school and Saturday classes in Automotive Design Studio, Welding, 3D CAD, Contemporary Communication and Solar Lighting Design, and use real-world challenges of our times to learn critical thinking, creativity, entrepreneurship and how to improve their future by expanding their vision for themselves. In the Automotive Design Studio, he autos are stripped down to the frame, then completely rebuilt. The groups are in charge of the design, ordering of parts, and building the cars – tasks that take teamwork, planning, and leadership. Adult volunteers act as mentors. For students not interested in cars, MINDDRIVE offers Contemporary Communications, where students learn photography, videography, editing, social media, and blogging. The communications group works as an advertising agency for the auto group, publicizing its work. That’s how last year’s SOCIAL FUEL MEDIA TOUR came about. Student’s drove from Kansas City to Washington, D.C. To raise awareness for experiential learning like MINDDRIVE, the students added a monitoring device to their electric car that "converted" social activity into energy. Through tweets, posts, shares and likes, the team had enough fuel to travel from K.C. to D.C., where they held a Congressional Hearing, sponsored by the ASME and the IEEE, to drive change in education. The focused conversation was around the impact of experiential, hands-on learning on creating a direct link to STEM-related jobs. At the culmination of each school year, MINDDRIVE takes its students on the road trip of a lifetime. This year, the MINDDRIVE group took a road trip to northern California where they visited the Googleplex— Google’s headquarters — Twitter’s offices and a number of others. MINDDRIVE has created an educational model that influences the student’s other core classes. The students are exposed to several new career paths and can see how the work they do at MINDDRIVE can translate into a career choice or an exploration of possibilities they'd never thought of before. Join Julie Ann and MINDDRIVE's President Linda Buchner for a fascinating and inspiring conversation about what fueling creative thought in teens makes possible!

ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner featuring MARY ROCKWOOD LANE / HEALING WITH THE ARTS Ever gardened in a community garden? Sung a song to lift your mood? Painted a mural with your neighbors to cover graffiti? Each of these acts has the power to heal your body and your community. ART — including visual arts, dance, writing, and music — along with spiritual practices and guided imagery - gives us the tools to heal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual ailments. Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Mary Rockwood Lane, co-author with Michael Samuels of "HEALING WITH THE ARTS: A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community," shares with us how creativity and self-expression pave a path to healing ... whether your personal health or the health of your community - the ARTS awaken the innate healing ability within each of us. "By releasing tension and fear, by opening the mind to passionate creativity and the forces that made us, the inner artist and the inner healer release the immense power of love to heal," Mary shares. "The inner artist and inner healer as one, is an exquisite balance of energetic wholeness. By finding your inner artist and joining with your inner healer, you may change your body’s physiology and optimize healing." Leland Kaiser, health futurist at University of Colorado, says that the future of healthcare is a convergence of art, spirituality, and healing. Forty-five percent of U.S. health-care institutions now have arts in medicine programs of some sort, according to the most recent data by the Global Alliance for Arts & Health. Art and healing is now a huge field ... all over the world, people are healing themselves, others, community and the earth with the arts: from women in the Middle East painting to heal their spirits to survivors of sexual abuse dancing in the Western United States from one women writing and singing a song for her sick baby to another in the Philippines painting to heal the suffering of her indigenous culture from music concerts to heal the community in Newtown, Connecticut to women painting to heal breast cancer in San Francisco Join Julie Ann and Mary, to discover how you can become an artist/healer. Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the co-founder and director emeritus of Shands Arts in Medicine program at University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where she created the first artist-in-residence program of its type in the United States. At a time when art was not integrated in health care, Mary became inspired by her own experience of healing herself through art and created a program which incorporates art, music, poetry, theater, and dance into the medical profession. She directed the nationally-recognized Arts in Medicine program for over 15 years. Since moving on, she has worked tirelessly to promote this vision for a more creative and transformative nursing practice. Mary is now an Associate Professor of at College of Nursing, UF where she teaches Creativity and Spirituality in Healthcare.

ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner featuring MINA TRINITY CHANG / WHEN THE WORLD HURTS From the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram (#BringBackOurGirls) to those hurt by natural disasters and crushed by poverty worldwide, Mina Trinity Chang and NGOs like Linking the World speak up, step in, and lead a global revolution for sustainable growth. Attending the May 2014 World Economic Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, Mina Chang, CEO of Linking the World, spoke out about Boko Haram, the terrorist group responsible for kidnapping hundreds of school girls, which opposes Western education - and education of any kind for women. In this ConsciousSHIFT Show, Julie Ann and Mina will explore the reality of terrorism and human slave trade worldwide, and the role that NGOs play in creating safe haven, economic stability and inclusive growth around the globe. A former recording star/musician and model, Mina Chang is now Chief Executive Officer and President of Linking the World International, which provides humanitarian aid and sustainable growth programs and support in more than 40 countries worldwide. As the eldest child of two Salvation Army Commanding Officers, Mina was immersed in inner-city social programs and world mission projects and got a first-hand look at how these efforts can save and change lives. Her childhood exposed her to the entire economic spectrum around the world. As a child, she did not see poverty-stricken children of disaster areas as any different from herself, but she instinctively knew they needed help. As a graduate of the University of the Nations, Mina studied development and aid practices with the goal of one day dedicating her life to becoming a full-time aid worker. Through her experience working with large NGOs and development projects around the world, she witnessed communities taken from one cycle of poverty straight into another cycle of dependence on humanitarian aid. Mina was determined to continue her career with an organization that was in alignment with her belief that in order to break cycles of poverty, programs must scale capacity to foster resilience of local markets. Mina has personally been involved in the disaster response operations to the earthquake and cholera outbreaks in Haiti, the tsunami in Asia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and they Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. She has worked in some of the world’s most dangerous slum communities such as Kibera in Kenya and Citi Soliel in Haiti. Mina’s giving spirit and dedication to philanthropy have earned her widespread recognition. She was named 2012 CBS Humanitarian of the Year on the nationally televised Women that Soar Awards. Today, Mina continues to propel Linking the World forward with a global vision for the future and a deep passion for helping others by relieving suffering and breaking cycles of poverty. In both her work and life she has committed herself to being a bridge builder, emphasizing the importance of making connections and recognizing similarities. “When [Linking the World] goes into a country, we focus on helping in a way that can be sustainable,” Mina says. “It doesn’t do any good if we step in, help, and then disappear.”

Mike Dilbeck believes COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP - when someone moves beyond their fears and intervenes in a situation - is a revolution ... a movement. A movement away from the shame, regret and guilt we all feel from being bystanders to any injustice or wrongdoing. A movement towards a whole new world where we are standing up, stepping in, and speaking out against inappropriate, abusive, and unhealthy behaviors. A movement based on a creed that challenges us, inspires us, and moves us to action. Mike - the founder of RESPONSE ABILITY - The Revolution for Courageous Leadership (raproject.org) - believes in our ability to respond to bullying, sexual harassment and abuse, violence, fraud/corruption, cheating, discrimination, hazing, and other social situations by going beyond our fears and demonstrating courage in momentary choices. — For colleagues. For family. For friends. For strangers. — In organizations. In business. In community. In life. With Julie Ann on ConsciousSHIFT, Mike will share how the COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP movement is a community of ordinary people who act as catalysts for extraordinary change. A massive change in the way people treat and support each other. The kind of change that creates a world of security and acceptance. Of respect, fairness and dignity for all. Of people knowing that they matter — that each of us matters. Across the globe, we witness stories filled with the shame and regret from not intervening in a moment of need. Each story points to the pain we carry with us for the rest of our lives ... pain that determines whether we will ever stick our neck out again. Pain that impacts our own confidence and self-esteem. Join Julie Ann and Mike to discover how COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP moves us past this pain and gives us permission to go from passive to powerful.

Our choices are critical - for the food we eat, and for the way food is processed on this planet ... Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT Guest Ocean Robbins, co-author of "VOICES OF THE FOOD REVOLUTION" with his father John Robbins, makes the case that we can heal our bodies and our world - with food. In fact, what you eat can avert further climate change (yes, really!), eradicate global hunger, express your respect for animals, more closely align you with your deepest values, prevent and reverse disease, or just help you feel fantastic and full of energy. Currently, though, our food supply is contaminated with hormones, antibiotics, GMOs, chemical cocktails, and neurotoxic pesticides. Even many so-called “natural” foods are actually hazardous to our health. Toxic food is making millions of people sick, and the costs of treating an epidemic of illness are driving families and even nations towards bankruptcy. Industrialized agriculture is polluting our air and water, treating animals with immense cruelty, and even fueling climate change. And we know we can do better. Join Julie Ann and Ocean to discover how to make informed, positive and practical decisions about food - and to see how your own actions matter, and how you can participate in a healthy, sustainable, humane and delicious revolution. Ocean Robbins is co-author of Voices of The Food Revolution, co-creator of the The Food Revolution Summit 2014, and serves as adjunct professor for Chapman University and CEO and co-host (with best-selling author John Robbins) of the 100,000+ member Food Revolution Network.

What does it mean to be a global citizen? 15-year-old filmmaker Kasha Slavner is traveling the world this Spring to document the answer to that question, by filming people who wake up every day with a desire to make the world we live in a better place, not only for themselves, but for their communities and all life that shares this planet. At 8 years old - after seeing Craig Kielburger, the founder of Free the Children, give a talk on the work of his organization - Kasha decided she was ready to start making a change in the world. Kasha became quite active very quickly - joining social justice clubs, raising funds for issues she was passionate about, and participating in campaigns for a variety of charities. In March, 2013 Kasha was selected as a youth delegate by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace to attend the United Nations for the 57th annual session on the Commission of the Status of Women. Now, Kasha is taking a giant leap to make a difference by starting The Global Sunrise Project and convincing her mother, Marla, to let her take a semester out of school to travel the world using her love of photography, film and change-making to create a short documentary and book on global citizenship. The duo is seeking support and funding from others who believe in the project, through their Indiegogo Project for the documentary - "The Sunrise Storyteller©" - which will focus on stories of hope and resilience where people, despite what challenges they may face, are doing good things to make a difference in their own lives and in their communities - people who are "being the change they wish to see." She and her mom, Marla, will begin their 6-month trip this Spring. They will experience a completely different side of life from what they’re used to in their home of Toronto, Canada — the adventure will take them to corners of the globe where life isn’t always so easy, and they’ll be living out of one small bag with just a few changes of clothes. Kasha's mom, Marla, believes all of this experience is part of what she calls "educaring" for Kasha - which goes beyond just a traditional education. Join Julie Ann as she hosts both Kasha and Marla on ConsciousSHIFT, to explore the choices we each can make to positively impact change.

How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change It began with a question to a small boy, begging on the streets of India. "What do you want most in the whole world?," Adam asked. "A pencil," the boy replied. Adam Braun reached into his backpack, handed the boy his pencil, and watched as a wave of possibility washed over the small boy. Adam saw then the profound power and promise brought through something as small as a giving a pencil to just one child. Over the next 5 years, Adam backpacked through over 50 countries. From conversations with local parents & children, Adam realized the need for a nonprofit led on-the-ground - & he founded PENCILS OF PROMISE in 2008. Starting with a $25 deposit, Adam & PoP have now built more than 200 schools in Africa, Asia & Latin America. Join Julie Ann and Adam, Founder of PoP, & author of the bestselling book, "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change" - as they explore Adam's unique “For-Purpose” approach, blending nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles.

Everyday Addictions - you know, the little ways we all get "addicted" - from our roles (as "mom" or "caregiver" or "boss") to "being the one to do it all, to our food, our work, our relationships, and more - the small, but ultimately insidious ways we allow ourselves to stay tethered to energy-sucking patterns that fail to serve us, and ultimately hold us back from expressing our best self. Julie Ann explores these Everyday Addictions with ConsciousSHIFT Show guest Kelley Alexander, co-director of The Sanctuary at Sedona, to discover how we can learn and adopt more healthy ways and tools to heal ourselves and regain our power and reach our true potential.

As an entrepreneur, you’re heeding the call to bring something new into the world ... building something that matters ... doing something larger than yourself ... that makes YOU a hero. Yet, so many of us suffocate in our cubicles; we’re afraid to become the hero of our own life story. We need modern-day guidance for the innovator whose creativity is stifled, the job hunter losing hope, the spiritual seeker afraid of financial success, the professional who no longer feels connected and fulfilled. Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest David Howitt, author of HEED YOUR CALL: Integrating Myth, Science, Spirituality and Business, shares that "Life is not an either/or prospect - you can have it all." Inspired by anthropologist Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey,” David shares how to facilitate meaningful success without sacrificing heart, including: • THE POWER OF “AND”: Life doesn’t have to be an “either/or” affair. By embracing our duality — the poet AND the scientist, the computer programmer AND the musician, the parent AND the lover — we bring richness and abundance into our lives. • TRUST AND SURRENDER: Discovering our purpose, loving what we do, and then going out and sharing our gifts with oth¬ers is what will heal the world. • DEEP EMPATHY: As we embrace empathy, we are better able to intuit what others are feeling, and we gain insight into their needs and desires. Empathy makes it possible to instinctively and effortlessly interact with each other on a much deeper, more meaningful level. • VULNERABILITY: Embracing your vulnerability helps open you up to seeking guidance from mentors along the way. Join Julie Ann and David to discover what fashion designer Donna Karan says is a "journey we are all on toward creating a more soulful economy ... [a way] to infuse wisdom and wonder into the realm of business is exactly what is required to create a union between business, spirit, and philanthropy.”

For some time now, people have been saying that they prefer spirituality over religion. They no doubt think about religion in the usual way as a belief system to join, a set of rules and customs to adopt, a particular place to go, and a community and leadership to follow. Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Thomas Moore - author of Care of the Soul and his latest book, A RELIGION OF ONE'S OWN, who spent 12 years as a Catholic monk - thinks this view of religion is too limited. Rather than reject religion, he encourages us to redefine and re-imagine religion. In an increasingly secular world where rationality is privileged over spirituality, and where religion is, at best, seen as a topic to be avoided in polite dinner conversation, it’s no surprise that many of us, in the process of “losing our religion,” have also lost track of our souls. Without the spiritual compass once provided by organized religion, many yearn for something more - suffering depression, stress, aggression, and a sense of purposelessness as a result. Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions — and others who have lived wholly without religion — hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer, but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. Tom proposes a return to religion — a radical, dynamic, and fluid religion tailor-made to our unique values and spiritual needs, and explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion. Drawing from a diverse wealth of traditions ranging from Greek mythology to Saint Francis, Tom urges us to begin by “never again sensing any conflict between one tradition and another” and follow their bliss, working intuitively to create a religion that is truly their own. Tom joins Julie Ann to explore how to use the time-honored elements of the religions to craft our own religion out of our personal experience and inspiration, and to start by reflecting upon your approach to religion: reframing, renewing, and re-imagining what it means to you. Whether you are happily rooted in one tradition, a spiritually independent seeker who draws upon the wisdom of many religions, or someone who has never had any religious education or participation, this exploration will help you bring religion down-to-earth - and into the very heart of your life. These ideas, which Tom develops in his new book, may mean that crafting your own religion involves staying with your long-held tradition and rediscovering its value, arranging its components into a personal "rule" of life. Seekers may draw from many traditions and from nature to formulate a way of life and a practice that is not secular but is not religious in the usual sense. You'll enjoy Julie Ann and Tom's exploration of the benefits of contemplative living as revealed in a more original and imaginative spirituality. Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and 15 other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist.