SACRED PLEASURE: UNFOLDING OUR HIGHER SELVES THROUGH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL UNION WITH RIANE EISLER

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…“Our deepest and most powerful human yearning is for connection – for sex, for love, for all that gives pleasure and meaning to our lives.  Yet sexual violence is commonplace and the ‘war of the sexes’ continues to perpetuate misunderstanding and pain.  Why does this struggle persist?  What can we do to reclaim our innate power to give and receive pleasure and to find meaning in our lives.”

That short passage was taken from a book that was published 24 years ago, a book which I only recently got to read, but which - as has become evident over the past few years - seems to have been growing more relevant with each passing year… 

The book is Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body… N ew Paths to Power and Love… by cultural historian, social systems scientist, and best selling author of The Chalice and the Blade, Dr. Riane Eisler… who joins me tonight to discuss:

* The truths about sex that have been swept under the rug of religious dogma and scientific jargon

* The sexual myths that have corrupted male/female relationships over the millennia

* How & why domination & violence have been eroticized and even sanctified

* How sexuality is constructed differently in a partnership or dominator society…

And, most important of all…

*How we can construct a society in which the unfolding of our higher selves through physical and spiritual union can be socially supported instead of distorted and repressed. 

RIANE EISLER is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the lives of people worldwide. She is President of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS) and Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. A refugee from Nazi Europe as a child, she has addressed the UN General Assembly, the US Department of State and Congressional Briefings, and authored over 500 articles published in outlets including The Christian Science Monitor,Human Rights Quarterly, and International Journal of Women's Studies. Her book The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future is an international bestseller. 

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Join us for the final episode of Synchronise Your Energies with Sandie Sedgbeer, Lee Harris and Suzy Miller

Join us at 4pm ET/7pm PT for the final episode of Synchronize Your Energies with Lee Harris, Suzy Miller, and me.

Listen in and Lee, Suzy and I reflect on 2019 and share our thoughts about what 2020 will bring.

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MINDFULLY GREEN, COMPASSIONATE ACTION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES WITH STEPHANIE KAZA

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We’re living in unprecedented times with climate deniers occupying the highest levels of government and the USA pulling out of the Paris climate accords… with species rapidly disappearing, global temperatures rising, and a growing urgency to do something meaningful to act on the ecological crises we face… two key questions arise…How can we stay sane in the face of such blatant denial?  And how can we take wise action”

Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. A leading Buddhist environmentalist, she has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology, and is the author of Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking, Conversations With Trees: An Intimate Ecology, theeditor of Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. and coeditor of Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. 

Stephanie Kaza joins Sandie this week o talk about her latest book – Green Budhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Timeswhich offers guidance on how Buddhists, can be a critical voice in the green conversation, and what we can learn from them. 


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What the Future of Healthcare Sounds Like with Gary Malkin

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According to award winning media composer, public speaker, and music and health innovator, Gary Malkin, the very first sense we humans develop, at roughly 16 weeks in utero, is our listening sense. on the other end of life’s spectrum, hearing is the VERY last sense to go before we die. This suggests that vibrations – and our ability to be affected by them- can serve a meaningful role to keep us healthy and vital throughout our lives.  

Gary Malkin joins me this week to discuss not what the future of healthcare looks like, but what it sounds like. Topics include:

* How research is showing that sound and music interventions can lessen physical pain and emotional and spiritual suffering

* Engaging the unified field through the power of music

* Why loss assimilation really significant in the context of promoting optimal health, and the role that music can play in this  

* How music, and the emotionally vibrant genre of film scoring can help reconnect us to who we truly are and what matters most

* How music can be utilized to address society’s and the planet’s challenges… and more

GARY MALKIN is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning composer, performer, public speaker and music and health innovator who empowers the world to embrace music and sound strategies as catalysts for health, wellness, and a connection to what matters most. He is dedicated to redefining music’s role in healthcare, with a particular focus on developing listening tools to support patients, care providers and families who are facing life transitions at both the beginnings and endings of life. He’s also dedicated to creating resources that generate inner “heart coherence” with musical tools that catalyst “heart-centered mindfulness^TM. His globally acclaimed palliative classic, Graceful Passages, co-created with award-winning filmmaking team Michael and Doris Stillwater, has touched nearly a million people worldwide, offering psycho-spiritual support for patients and caregivers engaged in all phases of the life-threatening illness and end-of-life processes. 

Gary Malkin received a Best Soundtrack Award from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the groundbreaking documentary, THRIVE, seen by 90 million people in 40 languages since 2011. He has presented at places such as Stanford Health, UCSF, Houston Methodist, Google, Harvard’s Conference on Spirituality and Health, Scripps Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente – and is frequently asked to speak and perform for integrative health, wellness, and life-affirming communities all throughout the world. 

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LIVING A RADICALLY AUTHENTIC LIFE WITH SHAYNE TRAVISS

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Sometimes, growth involve digging up the dirt and planting anew… So, says this week’s guest, Shayne Traviss, who, after 20 years of marketing, promoting and producing others, decided to embark on a new chapter in his life.  

He left the corporate world, and set out on a journey of self-discovery which led him down some unexpected roads… into bankruptcy, fear, anxiety, and love.  Followed by heart-rending loss, the founding of a personal development movement that reached millions around the globe, and an invitation to meet face to face with the most famous media mogul in the world, self-help guru Oprah Winfrey.

Shayne Traviss joins Sandie this week to discuss his challenging life, from abuse and bullying to chasing an ideal of success that wasn’t the healthiest, as he struggled to find his place in the world. While life’s challenges can shut some people down, Shayne Traviss uses each experience to learn more about himself and integrate the lessons, which he shares with others in his new book Your Vivid Life: An Invitation to Live a Radically Authentic Life.

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NURTURING OUR HUMANITY: HOW DOMINATION AND PARTNERSHIP SHAPE OUR BRAINS, LIVES & FUTURE WITH RIANE EISLER

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Everywhere we turn these days, from the news to books and movies, we are bombarded with the same hackneyed message: human nature is inherently bad… just look at all the senseless violence, greed, murder, rape, & war. We humans it seems are genetically wired, for selfish, cruel behavior.  Or are we?  Are violence, greed, domination and control really a fundamental and ineradicable part of “human nature?” 

“Absoluely not,” says cultural historian, social systems scientist, and author Riane Eisler, whose international bestseller, The Chalice and the Blade, has been hailed as the most important book since Origin of Species.

In her latest book, Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives and Future, Riane Eisler explains that” Neuroscience shows that the human brain is flexible. Through the interaction between genes and our lived experience, behavior patterns become woven into our individual and social fabric over time. To move toward the pro-social, cooperative, nurturing behavior that brain scans show we are inclined toward requires a shift from a system of “domination” to one of “partnership.”    

Riane Eisler joins Sandie this week to upend age-old assumptions about human nature. Topics include:  

·       How research demonstrates that the tragic shootings of recent months and years may well stem from the impact of growing up in a “domination” culture or family that is held together by fear and force.

·      Witnessing or experience violence causes significant stress and leaves a powerful psychic imprint on children, which in turn can lead to violent behavior

·      Neuroscience shows that caring behavior is actually humanity’s default tendency

·      The blueprint for ending domination and violence at home and in society at large, and weaving non-violent behavior patterns into our individual and social fabric over time.  And more…

RIANE EISLER is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the lives of people worldwide. She is President of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS) and Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. A refugee from Nazi Europe as a child, she has addressed the UN General Assembly, the US Department of State and Congressional Briefings, and authored over 500 articles published in outlets including The Christian Science Monitor, Human Rights Quarterly, and International Journal of Women's Studies.  Her bookThe Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Futureis an international bestseller.

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FROM SEPARATION TO UNITY – HOW INDIGENOUS WISDOM CAN SAVE OUR WORLD WITH DR. ANITA SANCHEZ

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As our geopolitical challenges continue to escalate, the message is becoming louder and clearer: separation is the sickness that ails humanity, unity is the cure.

This week, indigenous and Mexican-American thought leader Dr. Anita Sanchez returns to What is Going Om to continue a critical conversation that she and Sandie had earlier this year based on her award-winning book The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times. Hailed as the “the Native American Four Agreement,” and winner of the 2019 International Latino Book Award for "Most Inspirational Nonfiction," "Best Self-Help Book," and “Best Spirituality Book,” The Four Sacred Gifts shares the wisdom from elders from all continents as they come together to give the world four sacred gifts¾the power to forgive the unforgivable, the power of unity, the power of healing, and the power of hope¾to help us remember the power of unity, 

“What happens in China affects the United States,” Anita asserts. “What happens to the rain forest causes changes in the Arctic. When one species of animal or plant becomes extinct, its effects are felt elsewhere. We are indeed interconnected, and the more we are awakened, the more we can understand the power and sensibility of oneness. When we work with any one part of the circle, the whole circle is affected. This means we have the power to affect positive change.”

DR. ANITA SANCHEZis a powerful visionary of Mexican American and Aztec heritage who has woven her knowledge of indigenous wisdom, business, and science into her global consulting and training work with world and corporate leaders and their teams for more than thirty-eight years. She also guides journeys into the Amazon rainforest with the Pachamama Alliance to help businesspeople and their families learn about their connection to spirit, earth, and indigenous people, as well as to build understanding of the importance of preserving indigenous cultures for us all.  https://foursacredgifts.com/

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