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Dr. Bernie Siegel, well known for his groundbreaking book: Love, Medicine & Miracles, joins Mimi to discuss his new book Three Men Six Lives, an entertaining fiction novel born of Bernie’s experience of his current and past lives. Dr. Siegel is the NY Times bestselling author of almost 20 books, and a leading teacher of the Mind-Body Connection. He is a retired pediatric/general surgeon, and the founder of ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients) a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients’ drawings, dreams, images and feelings. In this episode, Bernie and Mimi discuss past lives, dreams, art therapy, miracles, healing, and more.

www.berniesiegelmd.com

Episode 26 – The Healing Field with Penny Price Lavin

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Penny Price Lavin is the creator of the amazing film ‘The Healing Field’ which features thought luminaries such as Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggart, Beverly Rubik, Candace Pert, Gerald Epstein and more. Penny is an energy medicine practitioner and instructor with a background as an award-winning producer and filmmaker. She has worked on Good Morning America, NBC Magazine and many documentaries, and has also been practicing energy medicine since 1995. Penny is committed to helping others learn, heal, and evolve through her teachings via the media as well as her school, One Light Healing Touch. Due to the popularity of her film ‘The Healing Field’ on Amazon and Gaia, Penny has a newly released book by the same name. Both the book and the movie explore the powerful healing capabilities of energy medicine.

For more info on Penny and her school: http://onelighthealingtouch.com/

‘The Healing Field’ film on Amazon

‘The Healing Field’ film on Gaia

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This is the second episode in a three-part series where Mimi Pettibone and Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos explore dreams happening during the coronavirus pandemic. Dreams discussed include health dreams, a spirit guide with a message, the ground crumbling, a lego-man, and follow ups on dreams from episode 23, including Kat’s coronavirus dream and the shark-turned-llama dream.

www.thequeenofdreams.com

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Author Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos talks about her new book ‘Chaos to Clarity’ and how life’s difficulties can actually help us through important personal transformations so that we can come out on the other end stronger and more in alignment with our soul’s path. Mimi and Kat also explore dreams that are happening during the time of Caronavirus, looking at how the pandemic is affecting the quality and content our dreams, and offering tools for working with dreams to help us through these challenging times. Dreams discussed include some of Kat’s own health dreams, a door that seems to hold an answer, Kat’s Covid dream, and wrestling with a shark who turns into a llama!

www.kathleenokeefekanavos.com

Episode 20 – Dr. Larry Burk on 5G, Carona, Precognitive Dreams, EFT, & more   SUBSCRIBE: Spotify | Apple | Pandora | Google | Stitcher | Tune In | Castbox | RSS

Dr. Larry Burk has a fascinating background spanning from conventional medicine in radiology and MRI, to the more alternative realm or working with dreams, EFT, acupuncture, hypnosis, parapsychology, and shamanism. In this episode we talk about 5G and it’s potential correlation to the Carona Virus, precognitive dreams, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), symptoms as metaphors, and more.

Dr. Burk is the author of ‘Let Magic Happen: Adventures in Healing with a Holistic Radiologist’ and co-author of ‘Dreams That Can Save Your Life’ with Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos. He is also the founder of the Breast Cancer Dreams project, where he conducted research with women whose dreams predicted breast cancer and guided their medical treatment. One of Dr. Burk’s goals is to bring dreams back into their rightful place in the field of medicine, and possibly even into the medical school curriculum.

www.larryburk.com

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Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos is a 3-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams saved her life by providing early detection when no doctors or medical tests could. We talk about her books ‘Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing’ and ‘Dreams That Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases’ with co-author Dr. Larry Burk. We explore how dreams can provide both literal and symbolic warnings, and look at some of the common symbols in dreams of cancer patients. We also discuss dream visitations from deceased loved ones (aka after death visitation dreams), and how they can play a significant role in delivering message to warn us of health concerns. By listening to her dreams and her waking life intuition, Kat was guided on the path to healing, despite resistance from medical professionals. Join us to hear her fascinating story. You can visit her website here.

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Ask The Dream Detective: from Mimi’s Dream Column for the New Spirit Journal

UNHEALTHY EATING

A 14 year old girl had the following dream:

 “I have recently been having recurring dreams that I am eating unhealthy food in very large portions.”

When I asked the dreamer if she had any ideas of what this dream might mean to her, she stated that she had been on a strict diet and was not consuming very much food at all. She said that she often felt hungry in waking life, and was especially pre-occupied with not eating anything that might be considered unhealthy. In the dream she felt anxious, and she reported sweating a lot in her sleep.

So, what do we make of this dream? Is it occurring because she has been depriving herself of food in waking life, or is it symbolic of something else? The only way to know is to check with the dreamer, since any dream can have a variety of possible interpretations. And, in this case, we actually do have a little bit of dream research to back us up as well. Studies have been conducted in which people were deprived of food, then monitored in a sleep lab to see what they were dreaming about. Can you guess? Yes, they dreamed about food. This very much fits with the above dreamer’s waking life experience. However, why did she dream of eating unhealthy food, rather than a sumptuous, nutritious feast? A different person under similar circumstances might dream of eating all of their favorite foods and experience pleasure, rather than anxiety, around it.

This young woman was putting a great deal of energy into not only eating sparsely, but into eating only healthy foods. She developed almost a fear of eating something unhealthy and ‘falling off the wagon’ so to speak. This theme can also show up in the dreams of recovered alcoholics, addicts, and former cigarette smokers. It is a reflection of the fear of going back to the old ‘unhealthy’ ways, and a reminder not to. What a relief to wake up from that dream. So, in this sense, the dreams are reflective our young dreamer’s fears as well.

What about the night sweats? The anxiety? It is very plausible that sweating in her sleep and the feeling of anxiety in the dream could have been physically triggered by low blood sugar from simply not eating enough before going to sleep. Whatever the body experiences physically can be incorporated into our dreams.

Aside from any biological basis, it is always important to look at emotional connections as well. I have seen many dreams about eating unhealthy food that have more to do with unhealthy relationships, or participating in things – not necessarily food related – that are ‘unhealthy’ for us in other ways. The food in these instances is a metaphor for something else. We explored this angle and the dreamer could not connect anything to her current waking life, so we came to the conclusion that in this case it was the hunger factor that caused the dreams, and the desire for health combined with low blood sugar that created the story of eating unhealthy food and feeling anxious about it.

Working with this recurring dream theme proved to be an eye-opening experience for the dreamer. She came to her own awareness that, while healthy eating was very important to her, perhaps she was taking the food deprivation part to a bit of an extreme in a way that was actually not healthy for her. Our dreams will show us where we are off-balance, and give us clues about how to restore balance. My belief is that we all have this knowledge within us, and our dreams are an amazing portal to access this information. I love to facilitate the process, but the dreamer comes to their own awareness by connection with their deepest and true self, and it is an honor to be part of the experience.

Here are some links to a few articles about foods that can help you sleep:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-newzzz/201311/kiwi-super-food-sleep

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271232.php

http://www.canadianliving.com/health/sleep/5_foods_that_help_you_sleep.php

Highlights from CanadianLiving.com:

Foods that help you sleep
While turkey and hot milk are the most well-known sleep-inducing foods, there are others you can load into your grocery cart for an express ticket to dreamland.

1. Kiwi fruit
The fuzzy tropical fruit might be the ultimate sleepy-time snack. A recent study by Taiwanese scientists found that women with sleeping problems who consumed two kiwi fruit one hour before bedtime fell asleep 45 minutes faster, and had better sleep duration and quality than those who went without the fruit. One explanation: Kiwi fruit may contain serotonin, a compound that regulates the sleep cycle.
Extra credit: Kiwi fruit is brimming with vitamin C, an antioxidant shown to reduce blood pressure.

2. Pistachios
If you spend too many nights tossing and turning, consider going nuts for pistachios. The verdant nuts are a good source of vitamin B6, which your body needs to make serotonin. Pistachios also contain fibre, protein and healthy fats – a trio that will help quell late-night hunger pangs.
Extra credit: Because you have to shell the nuts, scientists at Eastern Illinois University found that snacking on in-shell nuts as opposed to shelled ones improved portion control.

3. Tart cherry juice
Move over, warm milk, there’s a new drink in town. A 2012 European Journal of Nutrition study showed that insomniacs slept an average of 34 minutes longer after drinking tart cherry juice in the morning and evening. Researchers credit the juice’s high quantities of melatonin.
Extra credit: Look for a brand that is 100 percent cherry juice. Dilute it with water or club soda if you find it too tart. Also try adding dried tart cherries to cereals and salads.

Highlights from MedicalNewsToday.com:

Possible health benefits of consuming kiwis

Consuming fruits and vegetables of all kinds has long been associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other conditions. Many studies have shown that increased consumption of plant foods like kiwis decreases the risk of obesity and overall mortality.

Beautiful Skin: Collagen, the skins support system, is reliant on vitamin C as an essential nutrient that works in our bodies as an antioxidant to help prevent damage caused by the sun, pollution and smoke, smooth wrinkles and improve overall skin texture.¹

Better Sleep: According to a study on the effects of kiwifruit consumption on sleep quality in adults with sleep problems, it was found that kiwi consumption may improve sleep onset, duration, and efficiency in adults with self-reported sleep disturbances.

Heart Health: The fiber and potassium in kiwis support heart health. An increase in potassium intake along with a decrease in sodium intake is the most important dietary change that a person can make to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease, according to Mark Houston, MD, MS, an associate clinical professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School and director of the Hypertension Institute at St Thomas Hospital in Tennessee.³

In one study, those who consumed 4069 mg of potassium per day had a 49% lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease compared with those who consumed less potassium (about 1000 mg per day).³

High potassium intakes are also associated with a reduced risk of stroke, protection against loss of muscle mass, preservation of bone mineral density and reduction in the formation of kidney stones.³

Lowering Blood Pressure: Because of their high potassium content, kiwis can help negate the effects of sodium in the body. It is possible that a low potassium intake is just as big of a risk factor in developing high blood pressure as a high sodium intake.

According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, fewer than 2% of US adults meet the daily 4700 mg recommendation for potassium.³

Also of note, a high potassium intake is associated with a 20% decreased risk of dying from all causes.³

Constipation Prevention: Numerous studies have reported that the kiwi may have a mild laxative effect and could be used as a dietary supplement especially for elderly individuals experiencing constipation. Regular consumption of kiwifruit was shown to promote bulkier, softer and more frequent stool production.

From PsychologyToday.com:

Here’s some news that might make kiwi a true superfood: new research suggests that eating kiwifruit may have significant benefits for sleep.

Researchers at Taiwan’s Taipei Medical University studied the effects of kiwi consumption on sleep. They found that eating kiwi on a daily basis was linked to substantial improvements to both sleep quality and sleep quantity. Their study included 22 women and 2 men between the ages 20-55. All were experiencing some form of disrupted sleep. For a period of 4 weeks, the volunteers ate 2 kiwifruit 1 hour before bed. Researchers collected data on volunteers’ sleep throughout the study period using sleep diaries, a standard sleep-quality questionnaire, and wristwatches that measured aspects of sleep quality and quantity. After 4 weeks of kiwi consumption, researchers found significant improvements to several measures of sleep:

• People fell asleep more quickly. Sleep onset latency—the amount of time it takes to fall asleep after going to bed—decreased by 35.4%.

• People slept more soundly. Waking time after sleep onset—the amount of time spent in periods of wakefulness after initially falling asleep—fell 28.9%.

• Sleep quality improved. Scores on a standardized sleep quality questionnaire—where lower scores mean better sleep—decreased by 42.4%.

• Sleep efficiency—a measurement of the amount of time spent actually sleeping compared to the total amount of time spent in bed—increased by 5.41%.

• People slept more overall. Total sleep time among the volunteers increased by 13.4%.

These are some pretty dramatic improvements to quality, quantity and efficiency of sleep. We need to see additional research explore the sleep-promoting effects of kiwifruit, but this is a pretty intriguing start.

What’s behind the possible benefits of kiwi to sleep? There are a couple of characteristics of the fruit that may make it a strong sleep-promoting food: its high antioxidant levels and its high serotonin levels.

The same antioxidant properties that provide so many other health benefits also may help to improve sleep. The relationship between antioxidant foods and sleep is one we’re just beginning to understand. Research has established a basic link between sleep and antioxidants in the body. Studies show that poor sleep is associated with decreased antioxidant levels, and also that recovery sleep appears to help restore antioxidant levels. A number of studies have demonstrated the negative effects of obstructive sleep apnea on antioxidant function, and that the antioxidant vitamin C is effective in treating cardiovascular problems associated with sleep apnea. But what about improvements to sleep itself? We’ve yet to see much research directed at the role of antioxidants and antioxidant-rich foods in promoting sleep. This latest study may well indicate a role for kiwifruit and other high-antioxidant foods in treating sleep problems.

Beyond its strength as an antioxidant, kiwi is also a fruit high in serotonin. A hormone that also functions as a neurotransmitter, serotonin is involved in a broad range of physiologic processes: it has digestive and cardiovascular functions, assists in learning and memory, and helps to regulate appetite and mood. Serotonin deficiency has long been associated with depression and mood disorders. The relationship of serotonin to depression has never been fully understood, and the precise role of the hormone in depression and other mood disorders remains contested among scientists. Serotonin is also critical in sleep. Serotonin in the body contributes to several aspects of sleep, including helping to initiate sleep onset and to maintain sleep during the night. The hormone is involved in regulating movement through the stages of sleep, including time spent in the deepest, slow-wave sleep. Serotonin also helps to stimulate wakefulness in the morning. Research indicates that manipulation of levels of serotonin up or down can promote or inhibit sleep. Serotonin appears to interact with melatonin, another hormone essential to sleep, in helping to regulate the body’s 24-hour circadian cycle as well as other physiologic functions. Studies have shown that the stimulation of serotonin levels may in turn increase melatonin levels. The presence of a relatively high concentration of serotonin in kiwifruit may contribute to its apparent ability to improve sleep.

Kiwi isn’t the only potentially sleep-boosting food out there. There are a number of other types of food that can aid sleep. Magnesium and potassium rich foods help promote relaxation and circulation. They include dark leafy greens, bananas, nuts, seeds, citrus, tomatoes, and whole grains. Foods high in calcium help to boost melatonin levels. In addition to dairy, soy, nuts, seeds, and whole grains are strong calcium sources.

So, should you run out and buy a bag of kiwi for a pre-bedtime snack? One study can’t tell us all that we need to know about the effect of kiwifruit consumption on sleep. We’ll need to see additional research to confirm and expand on these very interesting initial results. That said, there is little question that a vitamin rich, low-fat and low-sugar diet is beneficial for your sleep.  And the possibility that we might harness the power of certain foods like kiwi as a natural, low-cost, non-pharmacologic, direct treatment for sleep is an exciting one, and worth further investigation.

Sweet Dreams,

Michael J. Breus, PhD

The Sleep Doctor™

This is an article by Dr. Judith Orloff, original post is here:

http://www.drjudithorloff.com/_blog/Dr_Judith_Orloff%27s_Blog/post/why-empaths-are-at-risk-for-adrenal-fatigue/

(Adapted from The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life Harmony Books, 2014 by Judith Orloff MD)

As a psychiatrist I treat many empath-patients who come in exhausted with a syndrome known as adrenal fatigue. This is a collection of symptoms such as exhaustion, body aches, anxiety, trouble thinking clearly, and insomnia. In this condition, the theory is that the adrenal glands can’t keep up with outside stress so the hormones such as cortisol that normally keep you energized begin to get depleted.

In my book, The Ecstasy of Surrender I discuss the very real situation of empathic illnesses where empaths literally take on the stress and symptoms of others. Unfortunately, conventional medicine doesn’t have a context with which to understand this and many empaths are left in the lurch or misdiagnosed. Because empaths can be emotional sponges and take on the literal symptoms of others, it adds to their stress levels and leaves them more vulnerable to adrenal fatigue. To learn more about Empathic Illnesses including strategies to stop absorbing other people’s toxic energy read the chapter “Harmonizing with Illness & Pain” in my book.

Here are some solutions for empaths to treat adrenal fatigue that can turn your symptoms around and restore your energy. But remember, for empaths this isn’t a one-time fix—it requires some basic life style and diet changes so that you can effectively manage your energy over the long term.

Strategies to Relieve Adrenal Fatigue

In addition to these practical tips, get in the habit of practicing positive thinking. By this I mean, do not beat yourself up with negative thoughts such as “I will never feel better” or “I am weak and sick.” Rather focus on the surrender affirmations I present at the end of every chapter in the book such as “I am healthy, happy, and deserve to have vibrant well-being.” You might not have control over some stresses in your life but you can have control of your attitude. To relieve adrenal fatigue, you can remove a great deal of inner stress by surrendering patterns of self-loathing and embracing self-compassion and self-love!

Judith Orloff MD is a psychiatrist, intuitive healer, and NY Times bestselling author. Her latest book is The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your life. Dr. Orloff’s other bestsellers are Emotional Freedom, Second Sight, Positive Energy, and Intuitive Healing. Dr. Orloff synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality. She passionately believes that the future of medicine involves integrating all this wisdom to achieve emotional freedom and total wellness.

This just in – the latest way high tech has come up with to assist you in remembering your dreams:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2013/09/18/remember-your-dreams-with-shadow-a-social-dream-database/