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This week's Fireside Chat, Out of Belief Into Possibility will have you captivated. We had such amazing feedback from that previous call with Lori Mitchell from Speed Manifesting that she graciously offered to come back and continue the discussion. After all, if you've been tuned into our Fireside Chats, you'll already know that we try to pack a huge amount of information into a very short time and are always racing against the clock! There's always so much to say...

As we were chatting it felt very much as if we were covering Speed Manifesting 101 since beliefs (both those that serve, empower and expand us, as well as those that don't) are integral to our ability to manifest. Just that some, a lot or MOST of what we are manifesting is sometimes not what we would ideally like to see showing up in our lives!

Remember that the Law of Attraction is ALWAYS working!

So if you don't like what is showing up in your life, it might be time to question your thoughts and beliefs about things. Just sayin'!

Abraham says that, "A belief is simply a thought you keep thinking" so wouldn't it stand to reason that if we could train ourselves to think "better" thoughts, we can change our programming and therefore our results?

We are operating our lives with programming that we didn’t really choose, based on beliefs that may not be true or even part of our conscious thinking! So what do you want to be true?

Listen NOW and join the conversation!


Our values and beliefs colour our vision and perception of the world. They determine our actions or inaction. Thoughts affect feelings. Feelings affect behaviour. Behaviour produces results (or the lack thereof). It all begins with our thoughts, since we have to accept a thought for it to become a belief. And a belief is simply a thought we keep thinking with enough emotion and intensity to make it stick.

It’s been said that whatever you believe becomes your reality. You do not believe what you see; rather you see what you already believe.

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer

Values are the emotional states that we either move towards (“pleasure” values) or move away from based upon what we want in our life experience ("pain" values). Our beliefs about our values are actually the driver behind our behaviour. 

When you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful, empowering beliefs provide, then you can accomplish virtually anything, including those things other people are certain are impossible. ALL you have to do is change your belief system! Melanie and I make a bit of a joke about that since it is very simple but not always easy, and it is often helpful to have someone to reflect back to you what you perhaps cannot see yourself which is why we are all such advocates of coaching.

In today's Fireside Chat with Melanie Spears of The Gratitude Diary, our discussion centres around gratitude, values and beliefs since we are both utterly passionate about how we create our own reality based upon our unique model of the world. One of the most empowering things I finally understood from my time working with Tony Robbins, is that all personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.  The moment we begin to honestly question our beliefs and the experiences we assign to them, we no longer feel absolutely certain about them. Doubt opens the door to replacing your old, disempowering beliefs with new beliefs that support you in the direction you want to go.


"The Universe likes speed. Don't delay. Don't second guess. Don't doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge from within is there, act. That's your job. And that's all you have to do." - Joe Vitale in The Secret.

I just love this quote although sometimes I'm sure I don't seize the day fast enough and jump when the opportunity arises, but yesterday was NOT one of those days! As you'll hear in this week's Fireside Chat, I "happened upon" Lori Mitchell via a Facebook group while I was battling (and yes, I use that word advisedly!) with my own personal website and she offered some advice... Talk about speed manifesting!

From a conversation about Wordpress, membership sites and a screen-shared conversation on Skype, within no time at all we were talking about her book, Speed Manifesting, and her work with people who seem to know a lot about the Universal Laws and personal development but are frustrated in their efforts to turn their life around quickly and create their life consistently.

Here's a woman talking my language!

So within a very short period of time (like 30 minutes) I had invited Lori on to the show to be interviewed in our latest Fireside Chat about her skill at speed manifesting.

"SPEED Manifesting™ is based on years of research and feedback on starting again, manifesting fast prosperity, creating abundance and understanding more than “The Secret” and the Law of Attraction. It is a tried, tested and proven way to quickly and continually create and manifest the life of your dreams." ~ Lori Mitchell ~

I think there are many of us who would agree with both Lori and I that The Secret was a wonderful vehicle for opening people's eyes to new possibilities and expanding their creative thinking and manifesting skills but it has also left people feeling frustrated when it doesn't fall into place and materialise as we would hope.... even if we DO gratitude, keep positive and visualize on our desires. I have always thought there was somewhat more to it than that, and Lori certainly agrees there, and although her process is simple it does require (like everything in personal transformation) a measure of commitment and focus.

SO Listen NOW as we go through the essential elements of Speed Manifesting!

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OMG! The interview I did today for this week's Fireside Chat was totally engrossing!  I thought it was finally time to introduce you to The Work of Byron Katie, since by now I'm sure you know that at Expanding Times we LOVE to bring you tips and especially tools which you can implement yourself; tools that can help you bust false beliefs which are holding you back from your expansion and being all that you can be.. in fact from all that you already ARE!

And as is my wont, I've sourced a real expert in the work of Byron Katie ~ in fact one of only THREE certified facilitators of the work of Byron Katie in the whole of Australia! Tanya Murphy and I are part of the same Miracles Group in an online coaching program and when I heard what miracles she is able to help facilitate with her clients on a daily basis, and also how PASSIONATE she is about the work, I knew we had to invite her onto the show and get you all the goss!

"I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn't believe them, I didn't suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. That joy is in everyone, always." — Byron Katie

If you want to know more about how to distance yourself from the illusions and live a life of greater peace and responsiveness I HIGHLY recommend what has come to be known in spiritual circles as, "The Work"

Tanya is living proof that amongst her clients who consistently do The Work with her as an ongoing practice, they commonly report: Alleviation of depression: Decreased stress: Improved relationships: Reduced anger: Increased mental clarity: More energy and More peace.

To find out more about "The Work" and how it can transform YOU...

==> Listen NOW

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Today's podcast covers the 'thorny' topic of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome! Although I'm sure many people must have suffered from it in times long gone by, as there was no diagnosis it undoubtedly went  undetected or unidentified. So to bring some clarity to the topic, I invited a wonderful lady, Margaret Lambert, who you may have heard me interview before talking about the Emotional Freedom Technique, to come back and share her expertise. She was a long-time sufferer of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue in the 1990's which then propelled her to write a highly acclaimed book about her odyssey, "Longing to Live ~ Journey with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia."

According to the Mayo Clinic, "Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that can't be explained by any underlying medical condition. The fatigue may worsen with physical or mental activity, but doesn't improve with rest.

The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is unknown, although there are many theories — ranging from viral infections to psychological stress. Some experts (and Marg very much concurs with this opinion as you'll hear in our interview), believe chronic fatigue syndrome might be triggered by a combination of factors."

From what I understood from Marg in our call today, there is obviously a difference between fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome and yet there are many areas where the symptoms and treatments converge. So listen now as she shares her insights and recommendations for those of you unfortunate enough to have manifested either or both of these "misfortunes"... for as she says in the call, we have to find the gift within the challenge ~ whatever it might be.

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 11:08pm PDT

Have you ever considered becoming a Certified Law of Attraction Coach?

I know that many people have thought about it because quite frankly I'm asked all the time about becoming a certified Law of Attraction coach once they know that I became certified myself in Law of Attraction coaching, and people are always curious to know more about what that entails.
But more often than not they don't know where to go to get the right information from someone who's done all the research and walked the path (successfully I hope) before them which is why they come to me!

So since the Quantum Success Coaching Academy, where I was certified are just about to open their doors to a new intake of students, what better time to let you all know about it. I really do endorse this online course as being one of the most authentic, comprehensive and best value for money Law of Attraction coach certifications I've come across, and Lord knows there are quite a few out there of varying degrees of good and not so good reputation!

I really encourage people to consider becoming a Certified Law of Attraction Coach so they can not only learn how to expand their own emotional range and vibrational frequency, but also learn a highly lucrative skill to support their loved ones both energetically and financially. Not to mention being able to guide and mentor the many other people who are desperately searching for meaning and purpose in their own lives at this pivotal time in human consciousness. At least that's what I did.

So this week's podcast is all about how to become a certified Law of Attraction coach and how it can benefit you both personally and professionally. I invited my good friend Suzi Cobden to come back again and share her experiences of the QSCA as well since it was during this very course that the two of us first met and began our deep friendship and transformational journey. If you haven't heard her amazing story "If I can do it, so can YOU!" do go back and give it a listen. It was pretty much all due to the support of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy and studying to become a certified Law of Attraction coach!

We both owe Christy Whitman and the QSCA so much..

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:52pm PDT

036 : Astrology and the Shift with Maggie Kerr

Right now we're being invited to Dream the New and Dissolve the Old, both as an individual but also as a collective. So in today's podcast I interview a wonderful lady called Maggie Kerr who shares her perspective on how astrology can be used to reflect the Paradigm Shift.

How can we better understand the nature of Consciousness and the Shift as seen through the window of astrology? And how do planetary cycles correspond with human evolutionary trends?

In her 2014 Year Ahead Astrology Report Maggie writes, " We are living through the most important, exciting and incredible time in human history. A revolutionary new phase in human evolution is unfolding right before our eyes awakening dormant codes in our human potential, and unleashing the very best and worst of times. Times of extremes as the rich get richer at the expense of the poor, our natural world is stressed to the max, and splendid opportunities accompany huge challenges. So how do we respond as individuals in these exciting stressful times? We evolve. We wake up and start doing things differently. The astrology of 2014 is simply loaded with the dynamics of planets all set to finally make this happen!

This will be a year of action and adventure when we must strike out into new territory and dare to go for it.

The Year of the Earth Horse in Chinese Astrology is loaded with the fire to get things moving at a practical level, in contrast to the more introspective Water Snake of 2013, where we have been clearing up lots of old emotional junk, learning to trust our intuition and tuning in to new levels from higher guidance. Horses and heroes go together of course, thus the nobility and courage of the horse is our animal totem for the year ahead.

The call to our individual heroic process began in 2011 when Uranus entered Aries triggering the massive shifts and revolutions in our lives and world since 2014 will be a fast paced year of extremes especially after July when Jupiter (whose animal is the horse) moves into dynamic Leo for the first time since 2002. We will experience breakdowns, breakups, breakthroughs and breath taking shifts that have been building during 2012...

 


Have you ever heard the term "awakener" and  would you like to hazard a guess at what it means? And even if you have a sense of what it is to be one, would you be courageous enough to own your own gift as an awakener and stand in the truth of who you really are?

Exciting ~ and expanding ~ times are upon us and people all over the planet are waking up, and in my humble opinion as they (we) do, we are starting to affect the people around us and influence their awakening process almost by osmosis. It may as yet be a modest difference that you and I are making to the planetary vibes, but from small acorns grow mighty oaks and we have no idea how one kind word, unconditional love, forgiveness or simply a smile can impact someone else's future trajectory.

However over the last 50 years or so, certain beings have incarnated with perhaps greater influence than others of us, being able to impact large groups and even societal change, and in today's call I've invited Sahaja Coventry to return and talk to us about some of those lightworkers and energy transformers, we refer to as "Awakeners."

Please be assured that if YOU are a fan of Expanding Times, listen to our podcasts, read our articles or follow us on social media, then we know that you too are an awakener and will do whatever we can to support your message and essence to get out there in any way that we can to help accelerate this global paradigm shift.

If you need any help with this, then sing out via our contact form or any of the aforementioned channels. But for a really fascinating podcast on Awakeners and their power to connect us to Source or Grace or whatever you prefer to call the Universal Force,

==> Listen Now

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We're going through a complete paradigm shift in terms of our world right now, and how we operate within it.  In particular a global financial shift is upon us as our current system can no longer sustain itself.  Get prepared for some big changes. In this podcast we aim to bring you up to speed on what WE believe is going on that the media and mainstream channels are not reporting ~ or perhaps are not even aware of themselves.

These changes in our financial shift are part of the Great Shift in Consciousness.   

This Shift is well underway and is in fact accelerating.   The purpose of this latest podcast is to create awareness of some of the financial changes so that you can be prepared both physically and emotionally.   Have your eyes open, but stay pragmatic.

Many people in the financial arena suggest that we are on a path of two choices: currency collapse or a global currency reset backed by commodity assets.  One is inevitable (the collapse) if we do not do the other (the reset).  Many sources say that the consequences of a worldwide currency collapse are too dire, so this means that a global currency reset will occur.

In this week's podcast, Karen shares the depth of the research she's been preparing since we started Expanding Times in a bid to enlighten us all to these adjustments and empower us.

Corruption has been and continues to be exposed, which is a great thing – it goes far deeper than any of us can imagine, but rather than go there, it’s enough to know that we’ve been willing participants and that those who are waking up from their trancelike state of unconsciousness no longer want to play that game.  It’s time for change and it's coming! All over the world, people are waking up to the financial slavery system of which we've all unintentionally been a part.

But there's no need for worry if we take the time to inform ourselves.  Many around you who don't understand that this is all part of moving into a higher level of consciousness will feel like victims, but you can be there to steady them and shine your light.

This latest Expanding Times Fireside Chat podcast is intended to be a means of awakening you to what has been going on and the beginning of your education and empowerment.   While there are great changes coming, we will most definitely go through a period of disruption, so it's important to be prepared. 

Stay focused on the end result, which is that we will free ourselves from the financial slavery system of massive global and personal debt, credit and and we will experience prosperity and an unprecedented abundance of wealth.  Stay positive and centered! We are...


When I asked today's invited guest, Sahaja Coventry what qualifies her to talk so knowledgeably about, and work so intimately with, addictions, she said without hesitation "My addictive personality!" Go figure! Well at least she's honest...

I think we all have an addictive personality in some way, shape or form if we're truthful,  and it can get quite obstreperous if most of us are not vigilant, discipled and hyper aware of why we're doing what we are doing and what feelings our addictions to even seemingly innocent pursuits, such as reading, shopping or maybe even gossiping are trying to cover up. And that's without mentioning recreational drugs, alcohol, food,  relationships and a whole heap more!

Addiction has long been understood to mean an uncontrollable habit of using alcohol or other drugs. Because of the physical effects of these substances on the body, and particularly the brain, people have often thought that “real” addictions only happen when people regularly use these substances in large amounts.

However more recently we have come to realize that people can also develop addictions to behaviors, such as gambling, shopping, reading, TV and even quite ordinary and necessary activities such as exercise and eating. What these activities have in common is that the person doing them finds them pleasurable in some way yet they mask feelings and unmet emotions that the individual would rather not confront and feel as they may be distressing.

In today's call, Sahaja and I discuss the value to our long term health of getting 'down and dirty' with the core of what's really going on underneath the behaviour, agreeing that whatever is not LOVE is up for inspection and review these days. We are being invited more and more to get real and vulnerable and delve deep into our souls. And many awakeners have come to earth at this time to help us do that with the minimum of suffering.

I recently recorded a podcast about The EmMatrix in which I am very well versed and which you might like to listen to. I use it all the time in my coaching/healing work to help people get unstuck from pernicious patterns and addictions or The Journey work of which Sahaja is an accomplished practitioner is another amazing tool she loves to share with people who are really ready to dive deep and come home.

Listen NOW to find out more!

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Last week Karen and I talked at great length about Vitality, and as usual we went way over time so have had to turn this into two episodes!

Out of the four pillars of vitality, outlined by Pedram Shojai in his recent movie Vitality, which was our departure point for our discussion last week, we only managed to cover healthy diet and good eating practices, so this week we continue by covering the other three ‘spokes of the vitality wheel’ since they all interact and nurture each other. We need to optimize each one in order to experience true vitality.

We also have to learn how to really live from a holistic perspective and take personal responsibility for our total Body/Mind/ Spirit wellness and vitality. So we at Expanding Times are here to help YOU in all areas of your health, wellness, zest for life and vitality and if you need any support at all from us we are both more than willing and able to respond to that call. Sometimes it can be hard to find a medical practitioner who recognizes the need for an integrated approach to medicine unless you’re really discerning and fortunate.

But we believe that good health is categorically the basis for higher growth and evolution, personal growth and AWAKENING!!

Which also means including healthy emotions, enlightened spirituality and flourishing relationships as well as sound physical health: in fact we need to foster our entire lifestyle.

So ask yourself these questions right now.

How am I living? And what could I do to be more healthy in all areas of my life?

Vitality is based on energy which comes from a regular intake of clean food, enough water and oxygen, regular muscle building exercise and sufficient rest and regenerative sleep as well as a positive mindset.

Listen NOW as we expand the conversation!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 1:33am PDT

I watched a really interesting movie the other day that really explains vitality from a holistic perspective ~ a view that is characterized by the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease. So Karen and I decided to give you a resumé of said movie "Vitality" as found a lot of value in the content that the director had to share.

So what do we mean by vitality? Several dictionary definitions explain it as: the
continuation of a meaningful or purposeful existence, or having the energy to do whatever you want, emotionally, physically and mentally with a zest for life

So in today's podcast we ask you to look at how you're living - Our body has daily energy needs, and provided we extract enough energy from the food we eat, from our exercise, from the air we breathe and from the rest that we receive, we can live a vital life.

The global healthcare system is broken yet we as patients are taught that it can fix us.  It doesn't teach us what to do to heal ourselves. Rather, it encourages us to do whatever we feel like: eat whatever, drink whatever and then go to the doctor to be healed.

The body, mind, emotional life, interpersonal relationships and spiritual life are inextricably interwoven and only when all of these are balanced, can we lead a vital, healthy life.  While modern medicine does remarkable things with trauma, it's not the solution to vitality and health and we as individuals must take responsability for our own wellness.

Doctors in the USA now have to see a patient every 7 - 10 minutes to be profitable and in that time, all they have time for is to make a diagnosis and write prescriptions. And a shocking 90% of doctor visits are stress-related yet there is no time to get into why people are sick and treat the CAUSES and not simply the symptoms.

In this call, we delve into the four pillars of wellness ~ diet, exercise, sufficient good sleep and mindset.

As usual we run way over time so this constitutes Part 1 of Vitality.
Tune in to Part 2 next week!

And if you'd like to watch the movie you can click here for a free viewing.

Let us know what you thought of it!


     

 


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Today's podcast is all about Reconnective Healing and the work of Eric Pearl, and I interview two of my closest friends, Suzie Cobden and Karen Waters about their work with Reconnective Healing.

According to the Reconnective Healing website: "We live in a world where we are bombarded by external messages about what we should do, who we should be, and how we should function. Given this acculturation, those seeking balance and harmony often end up running frantically from one doctrine to another, in search of someone else’s answers. At The Reconnection®, however, we acknowledge the inter-connectedness of every human being and the humility of not knowing all the answers.

From this place, we offer an alternative vision for walking through the world.

First, we help you become more intrinsically aware of the universal intelligence that created all life forms. Next, we teach you how to tune into and access the healing frequencies of this intelligence, from both inside and out. Lastly, we demonstrate how to bring in this intelligence and interact with it at a more comprehensive and evolved level – to inform, guide, heal, and transform your life. The Reconnection® principle is simple, and the outcome is revolutionary: There is a healing power that transcends the limitations of human ability and imagination. By opening to it, without preconceived agendas, we are able to restore balance and harmony in our lives and, as such, transform our bodies, hearts, minds, and souls in ways that otherwise may seem impossible."

The Reconnective healing frequencies are composed of light, information, and intelligence. They work on our DNA, acupuncture meridians, and the light field or grid surrounding us and extending out from our meridian lines helping to balnce mind, body and spirit as one.


So to discover more about how Reconnective Healing can benefit you, LISTEN NOW!

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The Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is a psychological acupressure technique Karen and I regularly use and highly recommend to optimize our emotional and physical health. Although it's still often overlooked, emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and wellbeing, and no matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and lifestyle, you will not achieve your body's ideal healing and preventative powers if emotional barriers stand in the way.

Recent research agrees that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease, and clinical trials have shown that EFT tapping is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress.

Once the distress is reduced or removed, the body can often rebalance itself, which in turn can then accelerate healing.

EFT uses elements of Cognitive Therapy and Exposure Therapy, and combines them with Acupressure, in the form of fingertip tapping on 12 acupuncture points. Over 20 clinical trials published in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals have demonstrated that EFT is effective for phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain and other problems. I personally have used it frequently on myself and taught it to my clients as a panacea for anxiety and depression. But it can also help with physical ailments, pain in the body, help to eliminate negative thoughts and feelings as well as supporting positive outcomes!

Plus it's relatively quick, can be done without consulting a professional (although of course one can go deeper and unravel more complex and obscure beliefs and blockages by enlisting the help of a trained counselor such as my guest today ~ Marg Lambert).

Tune in as Marg gives us background into how and why EFT is so effective, while giving us a direct experience we can all sense in less than 5 minutes.

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Before I give you the show notes of today's Fireside Chat with Kimberly Trumbo from Generosity Philosophy I had to share this amazing quote by Robert F. Kennedy about how making a difference can impact the world.

Today's podcast is all about how small acts of generosity and random acts of kindness can transform our world and shift the collective energy from pain and fear to LOVE!

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

Kim Trumbo is one of those people ~ a young (compared to me anyway!) woman who heard the call one day to begin podcasting and feature people from all over the world in not for profit organisations or individuals acting singly, helping and contributing to the lives of others in humble and heartwarming ways.

In honour of the 2nd Birthday of Global Love Letters we begin by reminding people about how easy it is to make someone's day by writing an anonymous love letter and leaving it for a stranger to find. Then we go on to talk about other ways of making a significant, positive impact on someone's life... if there's one thing that is clear from chatting with Kim, she underlines the fact that even though we all face inevitable challenges in our lives, one doesn't have to be famous or wealthy to be active in making the world a better place!

All it takes to create an entire movement is the desire and determination of any one person and Kim is out there lightling the way!

Listen NOW!

Following the Generosity Philosophy is a way of life to be practised daily!



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Do you ever feel like you’re not good enough? Do you ever feel like there’s something holding you back from having the life you want? Do you ever feel like you have no control over what happens to you?Do you have regrets about things you have done (or have not done)?Do you think you’re not clever, pretty, thin, etc enough?
If you answered, “yes” to any of these questions, you could ABSOLUTELY benefit from emotional clearing.

So what is it that drives you?  What stops you from achieving what you want ~ what you know you are capable of?  How come you’re outwardly quite successful and can see your future mapped out in front of you and yet something STILL holds you back? It might feel as if you are constantly bumping up against the same old, same old time and time again …..  AND whatever that is will be entirely unique to you. 

We're all unique and even though as human beings there are only so many possible storylines that can influence us, (unworthiness, fear of being alone, not being loved, fear of failure etc ) it is how we've put the meanings and the beliefs together in our own distinctive style that makes the process of clearing the blocks absolutely unique to you and as a facilitator an absolute miracle for me to observe!

Whatever happens or has happened in our lives will make us feel SOMETHING … and you better believe that no-one else made you angry, sad, upset or even happy for that matter! Whether we like it or not, our emotions are simply an internal response to some kind of stimulus.  Someone cuts us off in traffic … we feel annoyance or anger. We curse. The truth is that the driver didn’t put the anger and emotional pain inside of us. It was already there and rather their action unleashed a whole range of internal triggers which then led to our external reaction / response. And this is true of ALL our emotions... both ‘good’ and ‘bad’.

But what if there were no such thing as a ‘negative’ emotion and that everything we feel were simply a window to go deeper inside ourselves to discover more of who we REALLY are at our core ~ a radiant being filled with light and love!

We cannot change the suffering or trauma that happened in the past (much of which is very likely a cause of what blocks us today) but we CAN change the way we feel about it now by gaining new awareness, insight and consciousness. We can detox it, change the frequency, the vibration of it, and TRANSFORM the energy, bringing in supportive resources instead of limiting patterns that impose restrictions on us. True emotion only lasts a number of minutes. Yet many people have unconsciously chosen to stay on the same rollercoaster for minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, or even a whole lifetime, re-running the same old limiting blocks and patterns.  WHY?  BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO STOP!

In today’s podcast I talk about The EmMatrix technique ~ a graceful, intelligent process facilitated by yours truly, TRANSFORMING blockages into something that resonates with us at a soul level, brings peace, clarity and connection to our inner self and a reconnection to our body, our mind and our soul. Not bad, eh!

My way of working with the basic tool of the EmMatrix has developed and expanded over time the more artful I have become using it! I find it is a very dynamic and practical way of working with a “package” of emotions, issues or blocks that simply clog our DNA and keep us STUCK!
When we start to access the truth of how we feel in the body and not in the mind … we are able to move forward in a more authentic, integrated and aligned way.

Quantum physics, neural pathways, common sense, science, and much more, all play their part in the success of The EmMatrix, but you really don't need to know the mechanics of the process. All you need to know is that I have worked with countless clients from all walks of life and from all over the world, and this process WORKS!

Feel free to connect with me via www.expandingtimes/contact for more information and to book a life changing sesion!

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Do you feel like you’re in charge of your own destiny? Would you LIKE to feel more in the driver's seat of your own life? Do you believe the decisions you make are rational or intuitive, (or hopefully a little bit of both)? Do you consider yourself skilled at weighing up your options and making favourable decisions? And yes I DO know that Karen and I go on about how we should try to let go of too much control, but we do also all need to allow the flow of our intuition to connect us to the stream of Universal Energy, which if we allow it will inevitably lead us where we want to go with greater ease and grace rather than with struggle and stress. 

A healthy balance of logic and intuition, mind and heart, reason and trust in one's gut is the Expanding Times healthy recipe for a smoother ride through life!

Intuition is defined in the dictionary as the ability to know and understand something directly without the need for conscious reasoning. It's a process that bridges the gap between the conscious and non-conscious parts of our mind, and likewise between gut feeling and analysis.

Synonyms might be: instinct, clairvoyance, sixth sense or second sight and it’s a totally fascinating form of brain power that goes way beyond the rational mind. Yet since EVERY time you make a decision, your logical brain enters an often invisible battle between risk and reward ~ between intuition and rationale it is very important to have a good relationship with one's inner world (inner tuition). 

Imagine you got a flat tyre on your way home last night. You could either go to the repair shop first thing in the morning, or drive to work on your spare and run the errand on your lunch break. You're dreading the idea of having to sit around for an hour or more, waiting on your car. You take a few deep breaths and invite intuitive information to come into your consciousness. It is highly probable that the errand will take far less time in the morning. You follow this guidance, and are in and out of the tyre store in fifteen minutes.


Some people think of intuition as a mystical power, while sceptics write it off as no more than lucky guesswork. Everyone is intuitive. Put aside any concerns you have about being gifted in this area. Your intuition is a function of your Soul itself, and since you most definitely have a Soul, it just becomes a matter of learning how to access and cultivate your inherent intuitive abilities. Then as you tune in to yourself more and more, with practice you'll start noticing your own quiet voice within. Some people might see flashes of pictures, some people get feelings and others experience a simple "knowingness" but no matter how YOU experience intuition, it is definitely something you can and should develop and in today's call we show you how you can access your intuitionand get  response in under 3 minutes!

Whether we ‘re making life-changing decisions or small everyday choices, the above scenarios are all examples of how our intuition can serve us. Our intuition is one of the most fantastic resources at our disposal. When we are able to access this tool accurately and reliably, it can save us time, money, energy, and a lot of frustration. Our intuition can show us the quickest way towards a desired goal. That goal can be finding a future life partner, or simply getting home in time for dinner. Our intuition can assist us in embracing our life purpose and can help us avoid unnecessary detours and roadblocks on our path.

In today's call my invited guest, Bronwyn Clee, creator of Interpreting Intuition and I, discuss our personal experiences of listening to our intuition as well as what can happen when we don’t! 


Clarity is more than just a feeling. There’s an emotional state associated with it, but it’s even more than that. Clarity is a palpable vibe. When you’re really clear, you can sense that vibe through every cell of your being. Your mind and emotions are centered. Every part of you is on the same page. There’s no fear or uncertainty and even if the "doubter" is there, you are able to let him or her rave on without getting hooked in! This is a powerful state of BE-ing to experience because you are in the flow, magnetic and able to attract miracles and magic.

This week's podcast is all about getting clear and the main thing I teach you is how to use the Clarity Through Contrast Technique. This is a super simple process I learned a few years ago in my Law of Attraction coach certification, and which I not only use repeatedly with my coaching clients, but have used on many occasions on myself.  Getting clarity through using contrast is a great technique for those people.... of whom the world is full... who when asked what they want in life will give you a catalogue of what they DON'T want but who have quite a challenge extracting what they DO!

Last week we spoke about Living a Life of Purpose ~ following your joy and allowing your heart to guide you. But I sensed some of you out there saying, “what if I’m so far removed from being able to access my heart, I don’t know what will give me joy?”

Well today's podcast is for you!

On our website http://www.expandingtimes.com/clarity-contrast-fireside-chat-25 you'll also find a template and complete instructions for the Clarity Through Contrast process as well as the Desire Statement exercise!

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Today's podcast is our very first one of 2014. The energy of last year (and let's face it, some previous years too) felt really heavy, stuck and not particularly flowing for many of us. Looking back on last year and trying to take stock of my successes, highlights and magic moments I'm almost ashamed to say that my list was pretty lacking. But this year I'm optimistic that new adventures, opportunities and adventures await us all and my life will be filled with mystery and passion.

So what do we mean by living a life of passion?

Well one perspective is beautifully expressed by Eleanor Roosevelt – former First Lady.

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste and experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” 

That’s it!!!!

That being said, we're inspired by this new beginning and encourage each and every one of you to turn the page on the past, to let go of suffering and regret and let us all turn our attention to new beginnings and adventures. And that is not something we only think about at the start of a New Year, since EACH DAY is an opportunity to start afresh, to be as present as we can and to CHOOSE the way we interpret events, also choosing the ensuing decisions we make based on our conclusions.

So what IS the purpose of life? What does living a life of passion look like? We believe that the purpose of life is to be joyful, to experience anything and everything that makes your heart sing and to follow the breadcrumbs, however small, that lead you to your eventual destination of daily happiness and joy. I’ve come across so many people today who feel discouraged because they say they don’t know what their purpose is. We seem to have become obsessed with finding and living it and in my humble opinion I believe that stems from a genuine desire to expand and be more, to live our potential, to contribute and make a difference, to leave a legacy of some sort ~ even if that is simply to have touched people in small and often unnoticed ways and to live a life of meaning.

In "Man's Search for Meaning" Viktor Frankl wrote, "The purpose of life is to live a life of joy ~ a life of making a difference and giving," and we certainly agree that contribution is a very high value that many of us on the planet today share and need in order to feel truly fulfilled.

But that meaning will be as different for each of us as there are people on the planet. What lights me up may make you cringe and vice versa. NO ONE is here to tell you how you SHOULD live, so we are not here in our call either to add more pressure to your world! What we DO encourage you to consider is that this journey called Life will be over before we realise it, so why spend another second living a life that isn’t personally meaningful to you? 

So LISTEN NOW and discover our personal perspective on how you can bring more passion and purpose into your daily life. 

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Before I summarize our latest Fireside Chat, reviewing 2013 and beyond, I wanted to share this wonderfully uplifting quote from Carlos Barrios, a Mayan priest, historian, anthropologist, researcher and an expert in the Sacred Maya Calendar. Hopefully it will give you a more positive outlook on all these current shifts and changes.

"Our planet can be renewed or ravaged. Now is the time to awaken and take action...The prophesied changes are going to happen, but our attitude and actions determine how harsh or mild they are. This is a crucially important moment for humanity and for earth. Each person is important. If you have incarnated into this era, you have spiritual work to do balancing the planet...The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find you heart, and you will find your way."

So as 2013 draws to a close, Karen and I wanted to review the last year since 12/21/12 and what many people feared might herald "the End of the World"... What was certainly a pivotal point for the dawning of New Consciousness and greater collaboration on Planet Earth has indeed brought about many shifts and transformation ~ some of it frightening and awesome in the true sense of the word, much of it touching and inspiring, depending on your perspective!

Once more we encourage you to become increasingly aware of where you're putting your attention, energy and focus and the words that you're speaking. We really DO have the choice in every moment! And again, that is not to belittle the terrible things that are happening on Earth, but do you want to "put your finger in the socket" and plug into the drama, gossip and media scaremongering or do you want to support and encourage those around you to recognize this shift as something that will ultimately bring about "Heaven on Earth"?

The earth IS evolving, just as we are and will be positively refashioned through the Shift.  It’s analogous to giving birth – there is some contortion as well as some challenging and even painful moments and we don’t know how long it will take, but once we're through the birth canal, we’ll be in a new 5D reality where gratitude, co-creation, appreciation, love, oneness and instant manifestation will be our reality. Yee ha!!

We know that great changes are coming very soon (within the next 6 months even), although nobody knows for sure what they are going to look like. All we can do is to urge you to stay as grounded, centered and optimistic as possible. We believe that we all clamoured to be here, taking physical form, at this time RIGHT NOW and to play our respective roles in global awakening, even if whatever is happening around us makes us question what on earth possessed us to live THIS!

Just know that we are here for you all: to love, accompany and support anyone and everyone who might be finding this birth activation just a wee bit too much!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am PDT

Moving from 3D to 5D is not without its birthing pains! But it IS happening!

And the pace is certainly revving up, don't you reckon?

In this week's call Karen and I revisit some of what you might be feeling as we bridge the gap between the old ways of doing and fearing and transition through the 'sticky grey matter' of the 4th dimension towards the Light of greater love, joy and peace. There's really only one question... am I being moved by fear or by LOVE?

So what's been going on recently on Planet Earth and beyond? (The day we recorded this call the death of Nelson Mandela was announced which touched us both deeply and we start the call with a prayer for his legacy).

For me the transition in to 5D is what we used to call "The Alchemy of Transformation"... turning baser metals into gold. Yep, our DNA is being (and has already been) upgraded and now we're almost being rebooted like a computer upgrade and it can often feel like being pulled in two directions at once. Frequently the swings of the pendulum between extremes of high and low, joy and depression, love and fear seem even more exacerbated than before but I wonder if it's sometimes just a test to see how centered I can remain in the midst of the hurricane!
Life is certainly dishing out some unexpected gifts ~ both 'good' and 'bad' as we peel back the layers of the onion and allow the wounds to heal from the inside out.

Hang in there!

We've come a long way in this last year even if at times it seems like we're still stuck in our old patterns.

So in this call we again dish out some great advice, some personal insights and a whole lot of encouragement!

==>Listen NOW

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This week's podcast is more than a wee bit special! We've called it 'If I can do it, you can too!' because this week we have an invited guest, Suzi Cobden, who was my 'pod' buddy when I studied Law of Attraction coaching with the Quantum Success Coaching Academy and Christy Whitman. (By the way, we are also featuring Christy as our very first guest in our Conscious Conversations podcast series also available on iTunes in early 2014). Plus, if you want to know more about how you too can become a certified LOA coach and not only change your life but also positively impact others' lives, click here!

Suzi and I first met a couple of years ago when we were both going through some pretty tough times and without in any way being demeaning, one of the main reasons Karen and I wanted to interview her is because she is so representative of what many people are going through right now.... but the miracle is how she has coped with what some would describe as utter chaos and destruction in her life, and how she has come out the other end invigorated, empowered and illuminated!

What seems like a simple conversation contains some real nuggets and insights you can use right now to gain balance, peace and expansion if you are currently struggling with what seem like insurmountable obstacles. In the New Year, Karen and I will be launching our online coaching program called THRILL Bootcamp ~ taking you from FEAR to FABULOUS, and Suzi really epitomizes that formidable journey!

"If I can do it you can too" is the path of everyman... and woman ... who decides to ask for freedom, growth, expansion and being all that they can be, so tune in to learn what jewels Suzi has to share with us on her voyage of self discovery!

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Have you ever come across the saying "What other people think of you is none of your business"? How much time have you spent wondering, or even worrying, what others' judgments are of you? What else could you be doing with that mental energy and space? How is that fear and insecurity holding you back from living with real purpose and passion?

As long as we live in the 3D model of the world, people WILL judge you. People WILL talk about you. People will project their stuff onto you. People will continue to gossip. Yet it is only what it is and can affect you only as long as you allow it so to do. It IS possible to detach and see it simply as the "theatre to entertain."

We often hold back from being fully ourselves or stepping out and living our purpose in a big way because of the fear of being judged and what people will think or say. So how DO you unhook from the paranoia and the need for other people’s validation and approval, so you become truly powerful and free?

Other people’s opinions do NOT have to become your reality.
Do not  let anyone walk through your mind with their dirty feet!

So do any of these traits apply to you?
Can you identify with any of them?
Have you become what is bluntly referred to as "a People Pleaser"?

  • I try to be who someone wants me to be.
  • I’m afraid to rock the boat.
  • It is hard for me to know what I want.
  • I avoid speaking my mind.
  • I find it easier to go along with what someone wants or with their opinion.
  • I fantasize about a strong person taking over my life and making it work.
  • It is hard for me to express my feelings when they are different from someone I’m close to.
  • It is difficult for me to say No.
  • I avoid getting angry.
  • It is hard for me to take initiative.
  • I try to be nice rather than expressing how I really feel.
  • I want everyone to get along.

Believe me, both Karen and I have identified with one or all of these points at one time or another although to listen to us today, you might not think so. It has most certainly been a journey of growth and transformation to own our greatness and quirkiness.... and it's still a work in progress like all of Life's Journey.

In today's call Karen and I help you live from your uniqueness without caring what other people are going to think, feel or say about you!

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This latest podcast in our Fireside Chat series focuses on the 10 Rules for Being Human by Dr Cherie Carter-Scott, from “If Life is a Game, these are the Rules."

Sometimes one or other of us comes across a story, an article, metaphor or a quote that provokes an insight or two and these 10 Rules for Being Human were no exception. As usual we take a great skeleton and expand upon it, adding our own unique spin and perspectives.

Please don't just read these 10 headlines since we go into SO MUCH MORE detail, giving tips and tools to help you accept your humanness, your physicality and its resulting limitations, supporting your expanding spiritual experience in a physical body! When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual so hopefully these guidelines may help Life work better and run more smoothly!

Below are the 10 Rules for being Human, but do make sure you LISTEN NOW as we begin with a wonderful meditation to soothe, calm and relax!

The Ten Rules for Being Human
by Cherie Carter-Scott

Rule #1: You Will Receive a Body
Make peace with your body — Accept its imperfections and respect what your body needs to run its optimum performance.

Rule #2: You Will Be Presented With Lessons
As you travel through life, you will encounter lessons unique to you. Be open to those lessons and choose actions that align with your true path.

Rule #3: There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons
View mistakes as opportunities to learn. Be compassionate, learn to forgive, live your life ethically and keep a sense of humor.

Rule #4: A Lesson is Repeated Until Learned
Do you find yourself repeating the same patterns in your life? Learn to recognize the patterns and the lessons they offer.

Rule #5: The Learning Does Not End
If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. Embrace your role as a perpetual student of life.

Rule #6: “There “ is No Better Than “Here”
Live in the Present. Dance the fine line between living in the here and now while holding in your heart your fondest dreams and aspirations for the future.

Rule #7: Others Are Only Mirrors of You
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

Rule #8: What You Make of Your Life is Up to You
Every person creates his or her own reality. Imagine yourself at 90 years old, looking back at your life. What do you want to see?

Rule #9: Your Answers Lie Inside of You
All you need to do is to look inside, listen and trust yourself.

Rule #10: You Will Forget All of This at Birth
Somewhere along your journey from the spiritual world to the physical one, you simply forgot These Rules!

The 10 Rules for Being Human are not like religious commandments; they are universal truths that apply to us all. When you lose your way, call upon them. Have faith in the strength of your spirit. Aspire to be wise, for wisdom is the ultimate path of your life, and it knows no limitations other than those you impose opon yourself.

Do tell us what you think of these 'rules'... bearing in mind that neither Karen nor I hold the word in too high a regard!
How about 'maxim' or 'guidelines'? Like that better?

Anyway, why not leave us a comment on our website and share your thoughts on being human! Sometimes it's pretty challenging, don't you think?

Also remember that if you’re not already a free member of Expanding Times, do join our community and invite your family and friends too if you think it can support them.

And by sharing our podcasts with just one other person we can grow our tribe of awakened souls exponentially, so do get your tribe to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so none of you ever miss an episode!

While you’re there, we’d love you to rate and review the podcast if you enjoyed it. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls by keeping us in “What’s Hot”!

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What if, before you got out of bed in the morning and began your day, you really took the time to ask yourself one simple question? “What is the greatest ideal of myself that I can be today? What if I were to consciously create my day?"

Your MINDFUL observation of reality REALLY matters.... You know how much we emphasize Conscious Creation!

If you were patient enough to wait for an answer, you would almost certainly start to think differently than if you simply woke up and unconsciously thought of yourself as the same person as the day before and the day before that ~ and went through your same mechanical daily actions based on your habitual thoughts like an automaton.

We are not the thoughts we think any more than we are their victims... WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE!

You really DO always have the choice to pick uplifting thoughts or downer thoughts; choosing love based thoughts will trigger positive based feelings and actions and fear based thoughts will trigger negative feelings and results.....

Every person is a divine creator, and independent of our race, gender, culture, social status, education, religious beliefs, or even past thinking, there is a power within each of us that is common to every human being — and we are all connected to it.

This podcast continues the theme from our calls about The Law of Attraction and also the one about Abraham - Hicks where we talk about Source energy and "infinite intelligence" and how we are all connected to it vibrationally.

You know, if you repeatedly think and act in identical ways on a daily basis, your brain will become moulded into a specific hardwired pattern that will support the same level of thoughts and make you inflexible and narrow-minded, which is so ironic, because most people routinely think the same thoughts and perform the same actions, yet secretly expect something different to show up in their lives!

I first came across the concept of "I Create My Day" via Dr Joe Dispenza in the movie What the Bleep Do we Know ~  a 2004 film that combines documentary-style interviews, computer-animated graphics, and a narrative that espoused a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness. This hypothesis is becoming more and more widely accepted these days: less of a concept and more of a proven fact as science and spirituality blend and converge.

What the Bleep Do We Know was pretty much one of the first semi mainstream movies that began to talk about the relationship between mind and matter and brought Quantum Physics to the masses! While the relatively recent discovery of neuroplasticity, that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains, even into old age, is the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the workings of the brain in four hundred years!

The quantum physics model of reality tells us that mind and matter are not separate elements. In fact, subjective mind has a real effect on the external objective world.

An intentional mind literally conditions and organizes matter into the blueprints of personal destiny!
Meaning that when we consciously create, we become Master and Commander of our Universe!

So if you want to know more about how to implement the "I Create My Day" daily ritual, listen in to this week's podcast where Karen and I dive deep into the exercise.

Karen guides us in a wonderful meditation to help us centre and get grounded and I share my preferred "I Create My Day" script.

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As per usual, last week Karen and I ran way over time as we discussed The Law of Attraction!

We WANTED to talk about the main principles of the teachings of Abraham and how they relate to the Law of Attraction and living a life of abundance, happiness and joy, but we never quite made it! So in this week's podcast we really go into them... even though we could have talked for hours and still had to cut ourselves short!

It was a whole lot of fun ... we seem to have been really enjoying our own path to joy anyway!

In this week's call we go through a Synopsis of Abraham-Hicks' Teachings, giving our own unique spin on things ~ as usual!
Plus the customary tips and techniques to help you live a happier more relaxed and flowing life!

So who or what is (or are) Abraham? Have you heard of them perhaps through the movie The Secret, where they first gained world-wide prominence? Esther Hicks was a narrator and star of the original version of the film, as well as a central source of the film's inspiration, although as we mentioned last week they are no longer to be seen in subsequent versions of the movie, (and you can watch Esther Hicks talking about why here).

For our purposes right now though, all of that is not at all relevant in order to gain a good understanding of their message.
A veritable who’s-who of authors, speakers and teachers continue to publicly acknowledge and praise the immense value of the wisdom that is pouring forth from Abraham through Esther.


Abraham has described themselves as “a group consciousness from the non-physical dimension” for our convenience (which helps a lot - not!) There is no physicality in non-physical so it is just an artificial analogy designed to help us understand the idea of consciousness with different intents.

When people ask questions of Esther during a seminar, the question itself attracts through her different consciousnesses that are most in alignment with an appropriate answer. So the consciousness that we refer to as Abraham is always changing in response to the answer that is being attracted through Esther. Clear?? The best way to really understand this is to search for Abraham on YouTube and watch what happens when people ask questions in a workshop and Abraham responds; there are literally THOUSANDS of videos and recordings to choose from.

Or go to www.AbrahamHicks.com for more info

You could say there is a core consciousness that you might term Abraham, which consists of Esther's inner being and other inner beings that are in close alignment with her. But ultimately you'd have to ask Esther directly for her own experience of what the essence of Abraham is!
Equally Abraham is a name. A symbol. A feeling. Esther herself calls Abraham “infinite intelligence,” and to Jerry, Esther's late husband, they are “the purest form of love I’ve ever experienced. I don’t know what they are and I don’t care what they are. I’m just using them for the good it will do for myself and others.”


They have told us through Esther that whenever we feel moments of great love, exhilaration, pure joy, stoned-out bliss, even the energy of sexual orgasm when we feel that Energy Flow rushing through our bodies, that is the energy of Source, and that is who Abraham “is”. They have also said, “We are that which you are. You are the leading edge of that which we are. We are that which is at the heart of all religions."

In this week's call we go through a Synopsis of Abraham-Hicks' Teachings, giving our own unique spin on things ~ as usual!


Plus the customary tips and techniques to help you live a happier more relaxed and flowing life!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Did you know that EVERYTHING is energy?

Have you heard about The law of Attraction? Do you know how to use it? Have you tried to use it without success?

Have you seen the movie The Secret and wondered why you're following what the experts said but it still doesn't seem to be working for you? The point that they really didn’t clarify in The Secret is about how VIBRATION is paramount and that everything is energy and that you have to FEEL not think to have any success in manifesting.

Quantum physics has now proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything in this Universe is not solid matter but is vibrating, and that if you were to get the biggest microscope in the world and place anything at all ~ whether living or inanimate ~ under its lens, you would see tiny energy particles dancing together.

Well in this week's call Karen and I give you a simplified guide to how to REALLY make the Law of Attraction work for you.

We explain some of the finer points that you may never have had explained to you.

This is The Law of Attraction 101!

Simply put The Law of Attraction says:

  • like attracts like;
  • that which is like unto itself is drawn;
  • as above so below;
  • others describe it as Fate, synchronicity, Karma, serendipity or ‘out of the blue’

and it states that whatever you think about with enough emotion (whether positive or negative) you will attract to yourself ~ even if you are sending out the signals from your SUB- conscious mind. Everything is energy!

It works like a boomerang.

What you are most frequently giving your attention (vibration) to will be made abundantly clear to you by what is showing up in your life; and this for the most part involves your subconscious beliefs (of which you will only become aware if your outer world is found to challenge your conscious thoughts).

What shows up in your world will be the indicator of your true beliefs and thoughts, so if you're not living a life of prosperity, joy, well being and abundance at the levels you desire, then you will have to change what is known as your dominant vibration or emotional set point.

To help reset our emotional set point, one of the things Karen and I always like to remind ourselves when we're feeling less happy than we might like, is to "Think feel better thoughts".... You know, sometimes you just have to stop and remind yourself to check in with what you're thinking and therefore FEELING. We do it all the time.
 

Plus there are quite a few different things you can do to start thinking feel better thoughts.

On the call we talk particularly about the "Clarity through Contrast" technique as well as "Wouldn't it be Nice"... so as promised here are examples of how to use them both, but DO listen in to the call for more specifics.

Also  remember to keep in touch via the forum where you can share your feelings and thoughts about this podcast, leave us a comment on Facebook, and in the meantime if you’re enJOYing the shows, don’t forget to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so you never miss an episode!

Conscious Conversations will be along soon featuring that interview with Christy Whitman talking about The 7 Essential Laws, so look out for that as the Law of Attraction is only one of these fundamental laws of the Universe.

Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the series if you enjoyed this and the other podcasts. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls.

Thanks so much and see you next week!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

Have you ever asked yourself the questions, "Who am I and what am I here for?"

Well if you're anything like me, you may well have wondered what life is all about and that may even have been equally the reason you set off on a deeper spiritual search. So what IS the meaning of life?

Story Waters, one of Karen's favourite channels has perfectly described his vision of the meaning of life in 700 words!

So in this week's podcast we go through his explanation ~ adding our own interpretations which will hopefully expand upon his portrait.

As per usual WE don't manage to keep ourselves to 700 words!

If you'd like a downloadable PDF of Story's Meaning of Life in 700 Words, click here.

There's also a video on that page of Story Waters reading the transcript but if you'd like to listen to our spin on his exposé ....

LISTEN NOW!


And if you’re not already a free member of Expanding Times, please join our community and invite your family and friends too if you think it can support them. By sharing our podcasts with just one other person we can grow our community of awakened souls exponentially, so do get your tribe to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so none of you ever miss an episode!

Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the podcast if you enjoyed it. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls by keeping us in “What’s Hot”!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am PDT

In last week's call Karen and I introduced you to the concept of the "Internal GPS"... Figuring out where you ARE in life before you can establish where you want to GO!

But did you know that the ultimate end of ANYONE'S life is that they re supposed to experience FUN... and that's it's not really abut what we achieve and certainly not about what we amass, but about who we become along the way.

LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!

Now this might be quite a novel concept for many of us, seeing as we have been conditioned to spend hours setting goals and doggedly pursuing ambitions, but what if we started to think of those drivers as dreams and aspirations?

What if the object of the exercise were to design your life to maximize FULFILMENT and JOY?

Isn’t being fulfilled what life is all about? In whatever we’re doing in life - work, play, relationships, fun, chores, travel - we believe in maximizing joy and fulfilment.

Life is supposed to be FUN!!

We've talked a bit already about Abraham, whose name is also synonymous with "Infinite Intelligence" or connection to Source, (and in a few weeks we'll be teaching you a whole lot more about them and their relationship to the Law of Attraction); 
but they say: “What is the reason for life? It is Expansion!”

zAnd a great coach can help you to do just that - to EXPAND and figure out what you DREAM for in your life? So as coaches at Expanding Times, we put “expansion” on the top of the list.

“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” Goethe

As you create a more fulfilling life you’ll feel more:

  • fully alive     
  • appreciate and enjoy each moment more as you learn to live in the now       
  • Living in alignment with YOUR individual values and purpose       
  • Living in greater Joy and Abundance    
  • Share and connect in more meaningful soulful relationships      
  • Do more of what you LOVE...         
  • Realizing your dreams and goals       
  • Acknowledge to yourself that you ARE living a truly fully fulfilled life!!!

 Abraham also talks about

  • “The basis of life is absolute freedom.
  • The objective of life is absolute joy.
  • The result of life is absolute growth.” 

    So tune in as we discuss all these ideas and hopefully make them come alive rather than remaining conceptual and abstract.

    More and more people these days are talking about and wishing to create a 'soulfully fulfilling life' but how do you get from where you are now to where you want to be? Well remember to listen to last week's episode of Fireside Chats where Karen and I talked about "Getting the Most from Life."


To all intents and purposes, this week's podcast is a continuation of HOW TO work out WHAT you want to change.

Most people have no idea what they want to modify, or if they do, they have few tools or have weak resources to do so; and so our aim at Expanding Times is to help you all to focus holistically on your life and identify your way forward.

So if you haven’t done so already... go back to the post and podcast about The Wheel.

In this week's call we really urge you to consider the possibility and benefits of not only joining a community of like-minded souls, such as Expanding Times who can support and mirror back to you so you start to experience more freedom and sense of responsibility for your life. We also extol the virtues of working with a personal coach who will be your guide, confidant, accountability partner, and your sounding board in your quest towards a more meaningful life for you, but who will ultimately help YOU to work out what is best for YOU.

We also ask the question, "Who’s on your bus?" Who is there to encourage and reflect back to you in a helpful and positive way? Do you have healthy boundaries? (Listen to our call on Self Love if you have any doubts!)

Abraham: “What is the reason that you came forth into this physical experience? You wanted more. You wanted more exposure, to more opportunity, to have more feelings. So the meaning of life, it sounds strange to say it, but the meaning of life is LIFE!

It’s to feel life pouring through you, to feel the exhilaration of a new idea coming to fruition. To feel yourself not right on it and then work yourself until you are on it. To have a new idea occur to you and to recognize you are not a vibrational match to it, and then to deliberately become a vibrational match to it.

All of that is fun and all of that is life. So the meaning of life and the reason for life is for the
thrill.”

You know you always have a choice, don't you? Even though we can all find a million reasons why something isn't happening or we can't make something work for us!

We don't agree with 'victim consciousness' because it's the easy way out!

Although I'd like to add that, "Yes it is often a choice we make as to whether we are a victim, or a victor. In many situations, there is a way to look on the bright side, to take responsibility, to focus on the lesson, in our efforts to grow forward. But lets not throw the whole victim out with the bath water. Because sometimes there are victims. Sometimes there are people who did not choose their suffering. Sometimes there are people in such horrifyingly difficult situations that positivity is not enough to save them. And sometimes people actually need to express their victim-hood as part of their healing. They need to express it, and they need to be heard. And sometimes they need our help before they can become victors.

When we tell them they have a choice, sometimes we forget that WE have a choice too. We can sweep their pain under a bushel of feigned positivity, or we can help them up. We can ignore their challenges or we can support their liberation. Yes, we have a choice, too."
~ Jeff Brown ~

So please feel free to share WHATEVER is coming up for you without feeling like you have to censor.
We all appreciate the challenges people are going through right now and want to support you ~ That's what community is for.

So please go over to http://www.expandingtimes.com and write in the forum, share your feelings and thoughts  there, comment on Facebook, and in the meantime if you’re enJOYing the shows, don’t forget to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so you never miss an episode!

Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the series if you enjoyed this and the other podcasts. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls.

See you next week!


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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am PDT

So many people we talk to today say “I just feel there is more to life than this” or  “I feel like I am stuck in a rut”. They talk about and genuinely want to make a 'soulfully fulfilling life' for themselves and their loved ones, yet they're still confused about how to do that.

In today’s call Karen and I share a tool with you which we have frequently used on ourselves and with our coaching clients to get a better sense of orientation. It's called The Wheel of Life and it can really help to bring more balance and harmony to your life and help you to EXPAND, simply by shedding more light and awareness on your blind spots!

Wheel of life

The Wheel of life can help you to live from your essence ~ from your Source ~ rather than feeling that there’s got to be something more, by showing you where your life is out of balance and revealing areas you might like to cultivate, as well as highlighting areas where you are doing brilliantly.

Even if you’ve used this process before, do give it a chance as taking the time to self evaluate periodically is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself ~ particularly if you’ve recently lost your sense of direction due to these massive shifts in planetary energy and you need to adjust your course and get back on track.

Do let us know what you came up with... what areas need your attention?  What are you happy with? What would need to change for your life to radically improve?

Leave us a comment via http://expandingtimes.com/contact-us/ We love to hear from you!

If you're not already a free member of Expanding Times, please join our community and invite your family and friends too if you think it can support them. By sharing our podcasts with just one other person we can grow our community of awakened souls exponentially, so do get your tribe to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so none of you ever miss an episode!

Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the podcast if you enjoyed it. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls by keeping us in "What's Hot"! 
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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 3:27am PDT

Why should the simple act of thinking about who and what we’re grateful for make such a big difference in our life?

Because it reminds you of the positive things in your life.
~ It makes you happy for the people in your life, whether they’re loved ones or just a stranger you met who was kind to you in some way.
~ Gratitude turns your attention to what you DO have instead of what you don't.
~ Utilising The Power Of Gratitude is an extremely important component of attracting all the abundance and happiness you long for in your life, and developing an attitude of heartfelt gratitude for your current blessings releases the energy for receiving even more.

Because it turns “bad” things into “good” things.
~ Consistently thankless people tend to think that material goods, such as a big-screen TV, or winning the lottery will make them happy.
~ Having problems at work? Be grateful you HAVE work.
~ Not enough money? Start to feel grateful for the money you DO have and watch it increase exponentially.
~ Be grateful you have challenges, and that life isn’t boring!!
~ Be grateful that you can learn from these challenges. Be thankful they make you a stronger person.

And as Tony Robins says... it's not the things you have that ever make you happy anyway, but who you become along the way!

Because it reminds us of what’s REALLY important. It’s hard to complain about the little things when you give thanks that your children are alive and healthy. It’s hard to get stressed out over paying bills when you are grateful there's a roof over your head.

Because it reminds you to thank and validate others. People who recognise the blessings they have tend to recognise they'll get happiness from things like fulfilling friendships and relationships—which, we know, are the REAL sources of joy and happiness.

The simple act of saying “thank you” to someone can make a HUGE difference in that person’s life.

Calling them, emailing them, stopping by to say thank you … just taking that minute out of your life to tell them why you're grateful toward them is SO important to them. People like being appreciated for who they are and what they do. It costs you little, but makes someone else happy. And making someone else happy will make you happy.

 If you want more things in your life to be grateful for, simply learn to give what you want to receive MORE of... give more of your gratitude and appreciation to the Universe and share that joyful vibration with the Cosmos! The Universe always gives us more of what we focus on so it's prudent to focus on things that make us feel GOOD ~ not things that make us contract and feel bad!

Tune in to today's show and get another dose of gratitude... you'll hear how it REALLY ROCKS! 

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am PDT

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart 


GratitudeIf there were ONE single thing you could do whenever your vibration needs a polish, practising gratitude and appreciation would be it.

Because we thought it was time to give you some more tools to help raise your vibration...and gratitude and appreciation are so fundamental and easy to practise ... we are spending this week and next in our podcasts exploring them. We've both found practicing an 'Attitude of Gratitude' to be primordial in helping us both have our energy expand and our vibration scintillate!



If you want to live an empowered life, it’s crucial to recognise the consequence of accepting responsibility for whatever is going on in your life. 

ALL OF IT!!

You have to become grateful for EVERYTHING that’s showing up because YOU attracted it on some level and this can be VERY challenging to accept!

All the events, conditions and circumstances that you’re currently experiencing in your life are the result of the thoughts and emotions you’ve chosen either consciously, or more likely unconsciously, sometime in the past.


It’s as a result of those thoughts and emotions that you are experiencing whatever you currently are. 

Remember, YOU are the one that thinks your thoughts. Your thoughts do not think you.

Similarly, the emotions you are experiencing serve as a barometer and are a reflection of the quality of thoughts that you are thinking. The way you feel is a direct indication of the balance of your emotions, so if you want to feel better, switch your attention to something you could feel good about.

Practise an ‘attitude of gratitude’...More Gratitude

WHY......

Well many studies show that when we consciously nurture feelings of gratitude it can increase levels of well-being and happiness among those of us who practise it regularly... it becomes a new habit and interrupts pernicious patterns of negative thinking and fear.

In addition, grateful thinking is associated with increased levels of energy, optimism, and empathy.


"We are what we repeatedly DO.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a HABIT" – Aristotle - 


Neuroplasticity: Is one of the most popular areas of research in psychology these days and refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout our life. It allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment. Neuroplasticity is a fancy way of saying that our brains can change. That we are not victims of our neurons or genes. We are empowered creators of our mental states. The erroneous belief that we are "set in stone" can stop people from trying to change and take away their responsibility. Spreading the knowledge about our brain’s ability to change can alter the way our culture approaches emotions, attitudes, and values.

It is on account of the brain's neuroplasticity that we are also able to retrain our neurons to behave differently and change a habit in around 21 days by teaching ourselves to do things differently.

ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS TODAY TELL US THAT GRATITUDE IS THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO ABUNDANCE.... and we wholeheartedly agree!


So tune in today as we chat about the how's and why's of being grateful. 

Gratitude has the rather extraordinary power to change just about every aspect of life  - in very surprising ways.  When gratitude is practiced relationships are transformed, dissatisfaction is minimised, and happiness levels go through the roof! This effect is profound and long lasting because, essentially, gratitude rewires the brain to see and process the world differently.



And remember, if you’re enJOYing the shows, please do subscribe to our series so you never miss an episode! 
Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the podcast if you enjoyed it. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls.

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Category:general -- posted at: 12:39am PDT

Once more Karen and I set ourselves another daunting task! In this week's Fireside Chat, we take on the topic of self love and what it means to truly love oneself!

We've all heard that New Age platitude, "Just love yourself!" Personally it actually infuriates me sometimes because it can sound so trite and make it seem so easy! It is in fact, just like everything else, a habit we need to cultivate and a daily routine that comes with practice.

So what is it? What does self love mean? And how on earth do you develop the habit of putting your own wants and needs above everyone else's when we have been so conditioned by society, family and especially religion, to feel guilty and selfish when we look after numero uno!

WE maintain that if we DON'T take care of ourself first and keep the well filled up and flowing, that eventually we get dried up, resentful, diminished and even sick. Happily we are becoming more educated as a species that self love is valuable and now an integral element of raising happy, creative and confident kids, but when both Karen and I were younger, social customs and practices had not yet quite reached that enlightened stage; and as a result we were not raised to have healthy self esteem, belief in our abilities or faith in the mysteries of life!

These are all skills and qualities I for one have certainly had to work hard at to help them expand in my character and have found that nurturance to be one of the most fundamental elements of my spiritual journey.

To become your authentic self and become all that you have the potential to be requires you to love yourself - full, unconditional and  unequivocal self love!

Oneness can only come from loving oneself... unconditionally.

Inner peace = outer peace!


Osho's insight on self love

“The first thing to remember is to “be more loving to yourself.”  The moralists have poisoned the whole world. They say, “Don't love yourself. This is selfishness.” They say, “Love others, but don’t love yourself. The love of the self is sin.

But I say to you that this is absolute nonsense – and not only nonsense; it is dangerous nonsense. Unless you love yourself, you cannot love anybody.   It is impossible, because a man who is not in love with himself cannot be in love with anybody. If you are in love with yourself, only then can your overflowing love reach somebody.

In spite of that, emotionally, we have all been excessively trained to search outside of ourselves for meaning and fulfillment. Yet spiritually, the more we realize that claiming our strengths, seeing our beauty, validating our own rightness, and loving ourselves unconditionally, the more we discover our proven road to fulfilment.
Try Approving of Yourself!

Today we discuss:

* Giving to yourself first - guiltlessly!

* Showering yourself with loving words instead of criticism and comparison

* Going for your dreams with conviction and courage

* Choosing the situations and relationships that make you happiest

* Discovering and exploring your deepest thoughts and desires — and how to act on them
When we are feeling unworthy, we are in our minds, replaying the messages that we've picked up along the path of our upbringing that said that we weren't good enough or worthy of love. We are in a 3D model that rewards us for what we DO rather than for who we ARE!

By grounding ourselves and moving into our heart space, we move into the flow of love that is always there.  

So what practices can we adopt?

In this call we run down several prescriptions for Self-Love that we absolutely love … plus we share the single most life affirming question you can ask yourself not only every day, every time you need to make any kind of decision or when you need to "tune in"... but several times a day to simply keep yourself on track ... downstream, paying attention to your heart, following your bliss and EXPANDING!

Of course we're not going to tell you what that question is in this blog post!

So Listen NOW and get all the 'goss'!!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am PDT

Upon the recommendation of one of my good friends, I recently read a book called Entering the Circle: Ancient secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist.

It's a remarkable account of her spiritual adventure in snowbound Siberia..... Joining an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Atai Mountains, Dr. Kharitidi is taken into apprenticeship by a native Shaman who guides her through bizarre, magical, and often terrifying experiences that open her eyes to a wellspring of deeper learning. On the road to Belovedia, a fabled civilization of highly evolved beings, she encounters revolutionary mystical teachings while discovering ancient secrets of magic and healing. I found Entering the Circle to be an inspiring story of personal growth and an insightful work about the limitless potential of human spirit!

But one paragraph in particular jumped out at me about making decisions based on conscious questioning and five particular elements.

In this podcast Karen and I delve into the meaning of the five attributes of Truth, Beauty, Health, Happiness and LIGHT ♥..."

'Twas a lot of fun!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am PDT

Join the world’s Two Largest Energy Transformation & Healing Telesummits!

Allow us to guide you through the world of online telesummits. There are so many different ones out there, without a guide or advocate, how would you know which ones to subscribe to and which ones, in our humble opinion have the most value?

What is a telesummit and how can becoming a subscriber / listener benefit your spiritual, healing journey?

Today Karen and I introduce you to two of the VERY best telesummits currently out there  - new seasons are beginning right now so it's a chance to get in from the start and not miss a single show. But as we explain, you can usually listen to all the replays for about 48 hours once they are aired or purchase the whole series so as to receive ALL the mp3's to listen to again and again in the comfort of your own home or on your ipod/phone as you drive or exercise.

So which are our favourite telesummits?

Healing with the Masters is hosted by Jennifer Maclean and they have created for you a set of transformational FREE workshops that will allow you to interact with THE world leading transformational teachers, healers and masters to guide you into not only managing the seemingly increasing life challenges, but also help move you into a state of being in grace and ease no matter what shows up! 

The You Wealth Revolution is hosted by Darius Barazandeh and although of course both series have some cross overs in subject matter, guests and topics since both are about helping you EXPAND and AWAKEN, Darius and his guests focus particularly on what he calls our "vibrational set point."
This set point determines everything that we attract in life, including love, health and of course wealth and abundance. 

You can see why WE resonate with these messages! 

Listen NOW for more information and details about these two incredible FREE online series! 

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 3:20am PDT

Today Karen and I bite off far more than we can chew and aim to do the impossible! - To define what we and others mean by Spirituality, which at the same time is somewhat of an oxymoron in that we are always trying at Expanding Times to avoid definitions and stay open to possibilities!

Join us as we discuss

- Why people even start to turn inwards and explore a spiritual path.
- Is there only one path or are there many?
- What does religion have to do with spirituality and how come we have become so dogmatic over the years?
- What is a "quality of religiousness"?
- How do religion and spirituality coexist? Can they?
- Does suffering end when you become more spiritual?
- How becoming more spiritual can help us become more vibrationally attractive and better magnetisers of synchronicity and magic!

Many people today are choosing to live in a kind of bubble of illusion that all is well until something major hits the fan, at which point they start to look for meaning and a bigger purpose... to comprehend where they fit into the grand scheme of things. While others are simply so unfulfilled that they begin looking for something more rewarding outside of themselves with which to sustain their lives. What they may not realise at the start of the journey is that the deeper they travel along their chosen path, not only will the route twist and turn as they make new discoveries and ah-ha's, but that the voyage will take them deeper and deeper INSIDE of themselves until they discover the jewel within that is their unique connection to God / Source / Existence / The Universal Energy and the All That Is.

We also demystify the many names that are used synonymously to label that larger energy which powers the Universe; and at the end Karen "downloads" a very touching portion from the beyond that makes me wonder if what we are always trying to define as God is simply the Power of LOVE! 

It quite took our breath away and left us speechless for a moment!

So tune in to this week's show as I am able to not react while Karen talks about people going off and getting lost in ashrams, as we discuss some collective residual religious conditioning and as always MUCH MUCH more!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 10:35pm PDT

006: Disassociate From Drama

What do we do when plans go awry, things happen that frustrate us over which we seemingly have no control and how do we disassociate from the drama while not denying our feelings? How do we keep up as things seem to be moving so fast? Or do we simply have to decide what is REALLY important, stop the old thinking / analysis habits and allow everything to be filtered through the heart?

Today we talk about how our Higher Self chooses 'drama' so that we can really get clear on what we want by knowing what we DON'T want.

This is known as Clarity Through Contrast.

And we also explore 'victim consciousness' - that state which people are in when they believe they have had no part in attracting their circumstances and wonder, "Why me?" Or "Why is this happening TO me?".... utterly disempowering questions guaranteed to always create a negative response and make us feel even more paralyzed and powerless.

In this week's podcast Karen and I have to "let go and let God!" as we decide to modify our plans for this call and head in an altogether direction, while at the same time keeping aligned with our underlying desire to provide support and healing during turbulent times!
Karen gives us a real life situation from her day and tells us how she was able to watch what was going on in "Shakespeare's Theater to Entertain" and shows us how she was able to disassociate from her drama!

Remember we are all mirrors for each other and your challenges are also ours sometimes!
We're all human and it helps to remember that rather than beat ourselves up, eh?

But to help Karen arrive in her body and settle into the show, we began with a relaxing meditation which I promised to give the script for in this blog post, so here it is! Hope you found it helpful.

Meditation is a HUGE key to maintaining our composure when we 're in the midst of the "drama for the day" and just about every New Age teacher and healer recommends its practice as a top way of maintaining premium emotional, physical  and spiritual health.

So if you want to know what it sounded like, you'll have to listen to the recording!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 2:08am PDT

Nothing should surprise us anymore as we move into these innovative times. “Who am I going to be today?”  is an inspired question we could all ask ourselves when we step out of bed each morning and create our day ahead. Who would you LIKE to BE today? This period of evolution is now about be-ing, about becoming and not about DO-ing, and that’s what 5D is all about.

And as this has never happened for human kind before, we need new tools and ways to navigate these interesting times – a new roadmap which is what we are hoping to provide with our podcasts and interviews as well as with the varied content on Expanding Times

Today we talk a lot about going with the flow, and allowing it to carry us, rather than resisting Life: about thinking we know better and controlling our environment and we discuss what it is to ‘just let go’! So many of us are driven by the fear of what might happen if we aren’t in control 24/7 but it actually stops us being so ‘attractive’ or charismatic and reduces our ability to flow easily and magnetically.

We also introduce you all to Abraham – Hicks and one of our favourite metaphors: The Stream.

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 7:11pm PDT

004: 12 Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening

In this week's show Karen and Sandhan delve more deeply into the Symptoms of Awakening.
Using their free ebook (available from www.expandingtimes.com 
you can follow us as we go through each of the 12 Symptoms of Awakening by Geoffrey Hoppe. And of course there are so many more we could add to his list, so if you have any, we’d love to hear from you; these are simply indicators we wanted to illuminate as a way of reminding you, that you are NOT GOING CRAZY: You’re just waking up! Your software is being upgraded. 

Spiritual awakening is an evolutionary process that happens INSIDE of us and can happen to anyone and everyone. It is frequently happening to people who have never done any 'inner work' on themselves or studied esoteric books etc and as a result can feel not only frightening but as if you have developed some terrible dis-eases and / or syndrome!

As each human being starts their own individual awakening process, they are beginning to return their mind/body/spirit back to full waking consciousness, and this process involves clearing emotional blocks, facing old fears and purifying negativity... and THIS is what is frequently causing those bumps and curves in the road of Life.

The process of awakening can vary massively from one person to another : some of us are experiencing intense PHYSICAL symptoms while others are experiencing mainly emotional or psychological ones.... some of us are subjected to all three, often all at once! 

Join Karen & Sandhan as they discuss how the resultant shifts in our awareness (consciousness) is impacting not only each individual but also influencing the planet and give us their insights into how to cope with the added pressures you might be feeling.



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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 6:51pm PDT

What do 3D, 4D, and 5D really mean? How do we get from one to the other? What happened to 4D?

Did we just bypass it entirely or what?  By now you MUST know that we’re transitioning from one state of consciousness to another ... a dimensional shift from 3D to 5D via the 4th dimension to be specific.

In this week’s show we talk about how the collective consciousness is gathering steam. A dimensional shift from 3D to 5D is really taking place all over the world,  and boosting the universal heart centre at an unparalleled rate.  INSPIRED action rather than aggressive, THOUGHT action are today’s leitmotifs. We see that collaboration, community and compassion are mercifully ousting competition, separateness and selfishness. ‘Me’ transforms to ‘we’ and we give you a whole heap more fundamental and concrete key explanations about how the Shift is already manifesting around us.

A time of great change has arrived and all of us who chose to be here at this time are starting to experience a transformation of such magnitude that few on Earth can currently grasp its import — We believe unquestionably that the transformation of Planet Earth and Humanity into Beings of Light and Universal Creators is occurring and Karen and Sandhan share more of their experiences, leanings, tips and tools on how to make this transition as graceful and painless as possible!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 5:40pm PDT

Did you know we’re currently striving to break free of a very old paradigm where many of us are becoming more aware of our mind chatter and our inner geography, and as a result are experiencing the world entirely differently?  We’re moving into a higher vibration and becoming more whole, more integrated as individuals.

Spirit and science are blending rather than existing in duality and in turn all of this is massively transforming planetary consciousness. We’re recognizing our interconnectedness and our effect on the global collective energy as we strive to become our best selves and live our potential.

This week’s podcast covers this and so much more… 

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 7:03am PDT

These are words taken from our free e-book ‘Your Expanding Self’ that you can download at www.expandingtimes.com and which aims to support you move through some potentially uncharted waters during this shift in Global Consciousness. 

Perhaps you’re feeling the fluctuating energies moving on the planet right now and are finding it hard to stay grounded? Or you’re unusually anxious or depressed and feel like you’ve lost your direction and momentum?  Could be you’re finding it hard to even recognise yourself some days? Well, you could simply be starting to wake up and are moving into a more conscious state.  As you expand and evolve, things change moment by moment and it can sometimes be hard to stay centered and grounded.

We’re having the same issues! 

In this inaugural "Fireside Chat" Karen and Sandhan, the co-founders of Expanding Times give you an overview of who they are and what they’re here for, (ordinary people looking to empower others like YOU!)

Plus you’ll learn about what they envisage for Expanding Times and how they intend to support you long term by using their own experiences and those of other experts in weekly podcasts, "Fireside Chats" and “Conscious Conversations”.

To learn more about Awakening and the Global Shift in Consciousness, and to receive the free ebook that accompanies this call, head to www.expandingtimes.com

By subscribing as a free member to the site you'll be able to stay regularly updated about special offers, bonuses and free gifts!

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Category:Spirituality -- posted at: 11:25pm PDT

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