The New Dimensions Café

Gail Storey was formerly administrative director of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. She is a writer, hoop dancer and comic performance artist. Porter Storey, M.D. has been a full time hospice physician since 1983. He is a national leader in hospice and palliative medicine.  Together they bicycled on their tandem from Maine to San Diego, and years later trekked the Pacific Crest Trail. Gail is the author of The Lord's Motel (Persea Books 2011), God's Country Club (Persea Books 2011) and I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail (The Mountaineers Books 2013) (winner of the Barbara Savage Award). Porter is the editor of: The Primer of Palliative Care, 4th edition (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2010)Interview Date: 10/2/2013      Tags: Gail Storey, Porter Storey, M.D., Pacific Crest Trail, trekking, river rafting, falling into river, flooding in Boulder, Colorado,  Personal Transformation, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality

Arlene Goldbard is a writer, speaker, consultant, workshop leader, and cultural activist whose focus is the intersection of culture, politics, spirituality, the arts and artists. She is a fierce advocate for the power of human creative expression. Interview Date: 6/11/2013        Tags: Goldbard, paradigm shift,  Datastan, Stories, availability cascade, attention, resilience, possibility, Czechoslovakia Velvet , Berlin, Estonia, Banyan, endangered languages, Boal, education, Ravitch, Occupy Movement

Phil Cousineau is a freelance writer, filmmaker, photographer, art and literary tour leader, teacher of creativity, a lifelong lover of the night, and an all around Renaissance man. He’s published over 30 books and has over 25 documentary film writing credits. He is also host and co-writer of "Global Spirit," a nationally broadcast television series. He’s a guest host for New Dimensions Radio. His books include Wordcatcher (Viva Editions, Cleis Press 2010, Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections On Atonement (Jossey-Bass 2011), Stoking The Creative Fires (Red (Wheel/Wiser 2008) and Burning the Midnight Oil: Illuminating Words For the Long Night’s Journey Into Day (Viva Editions 2014)Interview Date: 12/20/2013   Tags: MP3, Phil Cousineau, night, Blue Mosque Reverie, Sultan Ahmet Mosque, creativity, Rilke, Circling the ancient tower, dominoes, café, numinous, Edward Hopper, Charles Bukowski, pay attention, paying attention, iconic images, storytelling, Arts & Creativity, Writing

Christine Page, M.D. received her medical degree from the University of London in 1978. She’s an international seminar leader on healing and empowerment.  She became a well-known bridge builder and played an important role in the acceptance of alternative therapies in the British Health System. She is the author of: Frontiers of Health (Rider 2010), The Healing Power of the Sacred Woman: Health, Creativity, and Fertility for the Soul (Bear & Company 2013) Interview Date: 11/13/2013      Tags: Christine Page, illness, emotion, soul, intuitive, intuition, women's biological cycles, moon cycles, menstrual cycles, menses, Health & Healing, Women’s Studies

Don Oscar Miro-Quesada is a respected kamasqa curandero and shamanic adept from Peru, and has been guiding cross-cultural, ethnospiritual apprenticeship expeditions to sacred sites of the world since 1986, with special emphasis on Peru and Bolivia. He's been a popular faculty member at numerous U.S. colleges and universities. He originated the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of cross-cultural shamanism, and is the founder of the Heart of the Healer Foundation.  His works and programs have been featured on CNN, Univision, A&E and the Discovery Channel. Don Oscar Miro-Quesada is the author of: Lessons in Courage, Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life (co-author Bonnie Glass-Coffin) Interview Date: 8/26/2013       Tags: don Oscar Miro-Quesada, Pachakuti Mesa tradition, don Celso Rojas Palomino of Salas, Chiclayo, don Benitao Corihuaman Vargas of Wasau, Cusco, Andean and Peruvian shamanic tradition, rituals, ceremony, communion, consecration, composition, connection, cooperation, spiral, pilgrima ge to sacred places, Indigenous Wisdom, Shamanism

Carla Malden has been a screenwriter and published author. She began her career as the assistant to renowned director Elia Kazan. With her husband and screen writing partner, Laurence Starkman, she co-wrote many screenplays and produced and wrote several award winning short films. She is author of When Do I Start? [co-authored with her father, Academy Award winning actor Karl Malden] (Limelight Editions 2004) and Afterimage, A Broken Hearted Memoir of a Charmed Life (Skirt! 2011)Interview Date: 9/6/2012       Tags: Carla Malden, grief, loss, Death & Dying

Anat Baniel was born in Israel and worked with the great master of movement Moshe Feldenkrais, who frequently taught classes in her parents' home. She has established an international reputation for her work with children with special needs. A clinical psychologist who, since the early 1980s, has refined her method for working with children and now runs the Anat Baniel Method facility in Marin county in Northern California. She created the Anat Baniel Method for working with special needs children and adults. She is the author of Kids Beyond Limits: The Anat Baniel Method for Awakening the Brain and Transforming the Life of Your Child With Special Needs (TarcherPerigee Books 2012). Interview Date: 4/24/2012     Tags: Anat Baniel, brain science, working with special needs children, Health & Healing, Science, Parenting

Michael Gelb, Ph.D. is a business consultant, seminar leader, and authority on applying genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He’s also a certified qigong teacher. His books include Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success (co-author Sarah Miller Caldicott) (Plume 2008), Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age (co-author Kelly Howell) (New World Library 2012), How To Think Like Leonard da Vinci : Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Dell 2000), Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius (Sounds True 2014)Interview Date: 2/20/2012.      Tags: Michael J. Gelb, Ph.D., Michael Gelb, Brain, aging, Self Help

Ronita Johnson, an African American daughter of a preacher, grew up initially in the southern part of the U.S., and later in Northern California. She came of age during the civil rights movement. She is a certified integral coach, and a convener and guide of sacred women’s circles including a monthly forgiveness circle in Berkeley, California. Johnson has worked with inclusion and diversity issues since the 1980s. She is the author of: Coming To Forgiveness: A Daughter’s Story of Race, Rage, and Religion (Ronita Johnson & Associates 2012). Interview Date: 4/6/2012.       Tags: Ronita Johnson, forgivenes,s gratitude, civil rights movement, molestation, family secrets, circles, circle work, deep listening, shame, Personal Transformation

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founding Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Caucus, where she is working nationally and internationally with grassroots leaders, policy-makers, business people and scientists to promote resilient communities and foster a post-carbon energy future, while also addressing societal transformation. She is an advisor to the International Eco-Cities Framework and Standards Initiative; an international advocate for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature; and has traveled to five continents studying ancient and modern cultures while making presentations at international conferences and universities. In addition to her advocacy work, she is a bronze sculptor and author. She is the author of Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature (White Cloud Press 2010) (Winner of 2011 Nautilus Book Award)Interview Date: 1/11/2012       Tags: mp3 Osprey Orielle Lake, water,climate change, nature, Ecology/Nature/Environment