Join your host Geoff Laughton as he talks to Author Michael Brown. “What was hard to explain has now been written. What was previously assumed to be a peaceful territory available only to “spiritual adepts” is now open to all. By simply reading this book, our perceptions are cleansed. By participating experientially in The Presence Process, our life experience enters healing. In showing us how to step beyond our personal physical, mental, and emotional afflictions and addictions, and by empowering us to facilitate ourselves into wholeness, The Presence Process takes a bold step into a new paradigm of healthcare.”

Join your host Geoff Laughton as he interviews A former criminal lawyer and psychotherapist, Jeff Brown author of “Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation,” recently published by North Atlantic Books. Jeff and Geoff will discuss the model of Grounded Spirituality at the heart of Soulshaping, as well as many of the key terms in the Soulshaping dictionary at the rear of the book: Truth aches, Cell your Soul, Enrealment, Soulular Phone, Ascending with both feet on the ground

Join your host Geoff Laughton as he talks with Ali Grace, MA, CHt. Ali helps jumpstart those who feel stuck in life, guilty, and playing the blame game for not being where they expected they would or should be in life. Ali is known to be the coach who bridges the gap between the mainstream and the metaphysical while providing practical, real world guidance with an intuitive twist. Her own life reads like a bestselling thriller! Shortly after almost 10 yrs of an intense spiritual journey, a devastatingly shocking incident shook her to her core, causing her, once again, to look deep within for answers. A terrifying brush with death, created a new direction in her life and gave her insights into the #1 root cause of what’s blocking virtually everyone from their true life desires. This is the focus of her most recent workshops and her upcoming book. The Grace Experience was birthed and will be introduced in 2010. She has a private coaching practice, as well as workshops and retreats throughout the year. To find out more information about Ali, or to book a consultation, visit www.GuiltFreeGoddess.com and www.AliGrace.com, or call 949.642.7172.

It is obvious that human beings suffer.  Buddha was quoted as saying “Life is suffering.”

In contrast, many years ago, someone taught me that “Suffering is optional.”  Somewhere in between that observation and what we long for as possibilities in our lives is a middle ground that beautifully holds the tension and exhilaration of how to reconnect with, and respond to, our innate desire to live Heaven on Earth, both externally and internally.

My work, my heart, and my life is dedicated to assisting people in living lives that bring Heaven to Earth.  How is that possible? By each of us living as their highest and finest expression of who we truly, authentically are…unapologetically, yet grounded in the innate guidance that our individual Spirit offers us in every moment, if we’ll but listen.

One of the catches to this, though…living such a life of alignment with one’s Spirit has to be done no matter what our circumstances may be and (here’s the real clincher for a lot of folks) no matter what others may think.

We all know well the voices of the “Monkey Mind,” or ego, that tell us we can’t be this way, shouldn’t do that, don’t dare say “xyz” to someone, for fear of reaction and rejection.

We tend to forget that we’re born with a freedom and sense of unlimited possibility…no limitations residing within us.  Yet, within our families and within our school experiences, that sense of “no limitations” gets squashed, distorted, adapted, and compromised to the point that we often lose track of where the “real” us – our essence – begins and the “socially acceptable” us ends.  In maintaining the latter, we get tired, confused, frustrated, self-doubting, self-judgmental, short-tempered, shut down, and disconnected.

This effort ultimately wears us out, and the negative energies that can get so rampant leak out on our children (if we have any), on our colleagues, our spouses/partners, and back onto ourselves.  This cycle is one I’ve seen with so many people.  It’s a cycle I’ve lived and still live if I’m not paying attention, staying connected to my highest self and truth….and, if I’m not living and practicing love as much as humanly possible.

It may be considered a cliche (though I believe cliches become cliches because there’s a lot of proven truth to them) that – as the Beatles said – “Love is all you need.”  My contention is that Heaven on Earth is achievable at ANY moment simply by returning to our connection to love…not just self-love (as critical as that is), but love, period.

Not loving yourself and feeling like crap?  Love someone or something else.  In that moment, perhaps you’ll notice you’re living Heaven on Earth.

I invite you to try that practice today, and then comment on this post to share your experience when you do that one simple thing.  Or, if you believe it just couldn’t be that simple…let me know that, too.