A Quest for Well-Being

The book "A Spiritual Recovery" is a vibrant mosaic of a pragmatic spiritual world view. Through a filter of optimism, faith, and gratitude, the author, Linda Crea shares her remarkable healing adventure blending compassionate medical care and alternative methods to "heal her body, mind and spirit." As Linda faced surgery due to a pre-cancerous lesion on her colon, she knew she was in control and supported by God and the Universe. Adhering to spiritual practices, such as the Law of Attraction and meditation was imperative in order for the most pleasing outcome to manifest. As things turned out, blessings appeared that exceeded any expectations Linda had. Linda guides you step by step to a place in your mind where self-awareness and clarity exists. Once you master the LOA mindset and dismiss negative thought patterns, you will be a magnet which will attract to you what you truly want! In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Linda Crea. Linda is the mother of two adult sons currently residing Florida's Treasure Coast, a place she had always dreamed of living. A decade before moving to the Sunshine State, Linda spent a few years cycling due to fallout from a painstaking divorce. When she realized she needed help, a whole new world opened up for her, one where she met God and adopted a lifestyle full of the glorious spiritual practices she teaches today. Linda is an ordained minister, spiritual energy healer and transformation coach. You can find her hosting deep-healing guided meditations and other events. These powerful gatherings include astral travel, chakra clearing, and prayer. Each one is carefully created to bring in light and life-changing self-awareness. She is also a co-author of Woke, an anthology book. To learn more about Linda Crea please visit her website http://www.lindacrea.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

"Love is "a deep appreciation of and gratitude for the object loved." I love my body. It has been very supportive of my actions. At 86 I don't take medicine, I can't walk very well but I can get around enough to meet my needs. I am grateful I can still think, and write, and enjoy the writing of others. I often think of the birthday card that read, "If I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself." I love my wife of 40 years. She has been faithful in fighting the good fight and taken good care of herself. She says she loves me every day in every way. She says she loves the good man that I am. That means a great deal to me. I love my children. They are fully grown and have had a good life. They have all been very kind to my wife and I. I spent a great deal of time and money trying to cultivate others to like me and make me feel important. Trying to fill the void in my soul of not being Christ-like. But I figured it is the organized religions that missed the message. But that is another story. I am happy with who I am and believe my chances in the after life are as good as most. I don't have the confidence to think I'm smarter or more qualified than others. I'm just going to settle back and watch the show. – says: Lawrence McGrath Valeria interviews Lawrence on self-love. In this episode, Lawrence talks about how the cultural conditioning affected his self-esteem and ability to love himself and how he emerged from the situation to find his own answers along with his own definition for Love. Lawrence McGrath is an 86 year-old author who used to be a marine pilot, college professor, college president, bank president, and a consultant. In his book: A Cry From The Heart – A Personal Essay - he expresses his thoughts about religion, dogma, love, and life. To contact Lawrence McGrath, please email him at lawrence1317@gmail.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Many of us walk through life with a mistaken assumption that the circumstances in our lives will never significantly change. We somehow take for granted that misfortune and tragedy will only befall others. In some way, we feel insulated from loss and pain. Our time is consumed with activities that divert our attention from the need for deep thought and contemplation. We shut out things that are difficult to consider, especially those involving loss and change. Instead we choose to focus on more external things. We may treat career as our ultimate master, deluding ourselves in a false view that this life will last forever. In this process, we fail to even consider the potential relevance of our current efforts a century down the road. Perhaps we have walked a similar path, you and I. Maybe we took things for granted, which were actually most important in our lives. Like the dwellers in Plato's allegorical cave, we focused on the shadows projected on the wall rather than the originating source. We either lost or ignored our connection. Loss is a significant force that can serve as a catalyst for change. It can bring about an awakening, drawing out something sacred within us. As change unfolds, truths are often revealed that bring us back to our source, clearing away delusional thinking. I have personally experienced such a significant transformation. Simply put, life continues; in fact everything continues — life, death, what we are, what those we have lost are — even if we do not see the whole of the reality that is continuing. Those who have suffered the loss of a loved one need not succumb to the pain and despair tied to the notion that the person has simply vanished from existence. Death is an opportunity as well as a loss. It can be the most terrifying and challenging of all opportunities, all responsibilities. The truth I have to share is that consciousness and personality survive physical death. My story is one of confirmation, even validation, and also one of unimaginable peace and hope. And, best of all, it is true. ~ says: Mark Ireland Valeria interviews Mark Ireland about his book: Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go Mark Ireland is Co-Founder of Helping Parents Heal and the Author of two books, including the groundbreaking Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go. His father, Richard Ireland was a renowned 20th-century Psychic-Medium who counseled Mae West, Glenn Ford, Amanda Blake, and the Eisenhower family. Mark has participated in mediumship research studies conducted by the University of Arizona, and the University of Virginia, and he currently operates his own Certification program. Mark's program objective is to identify high-caliber Mediums capable of furnishing specific, accurate, and pertinent information. According to the Windbridge Research Center, highly evidential readings can provide a therapeutic benefit to grieving persons. To learn more about Mark Ireland please visit his website: www.markirelandauthor.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

The benefits of journaling are multi-faceted, and vary between individuals. If you have a chronic illness, you may find that the symptoms become less troublesome. Expressive writing has helped people suffering with asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, IBS, and lupus – even cancer and AIDS. It helps many people with different long- term illnesses, because it boosts the immune system. This book evaluates and presents the medical evidence for journaling, which has been steadily growing over the past thirty years. If your life is highly pressured, journaling is an excellent stress- management tool. Stress is a huge factor in many physical and mental health problems and compromises the immune system. Therapeutic writing appears to have a protective effect against stress and possibly acts as a release valve. Journaling helps you manage your life and avoid burnout. If you have many responsibilities at work and at home, and have to juggle the needs of children or elderly parents with a demanding career, you can easily become weary. Paradoxically, therapeutic writing will help you avoid exhaustion by learning to prioritize tasks and care for your own needs holistically. You will learn to live life proactively and mindfully so that you are not just responding to each and every crisis with a knee-jerk reaction. – says Mari L. McCarthy Valeria Teles interviews Mari. Mari L. McCarthy is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of CreateWriteNow.com, partners with health-conscious people to use Journaling For The Health Of It™ to heal the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual issues in their tissues and experience, empower and express their True Self. She is the multi award-winning author of Journaling Power: How To Create The Happy, Healthy Life You Want To Live and Heal Your Self With Journaling Power. She's also created 20+ Journaling Power eWorkbooks that include Declutter Your Life, Love Your Body, and Take Control of Your Health. To learn more about Mari L. McCarthy please visit her website https://www.createwritenow.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Do you find yourself resisting life? Or feeling like something is missing? Do you find yourself looking for something more? If you're like Alicia Eichmann, you wish you knew the deeper meaning of life. You suspect it is there but somehow it remains elusive. You've been to church but somehow you didn't find the answers you were looking for. You feel your soul calling you deeper but you're not sure what that means, or where to start. Alicia knows exactly how you feel. She has been where you are, and her book "Becoming Spiritual: How I Found Empowerment and Inner Peace Without Leaving the House" is her story of how she got from discouraged and disillusioned to joyful, empowered and free. Through Alicia's searching, she identified 10 major paradigm shifts for the spiritual seeker. These are mental and emotional shifts that she made that make up the essence of her spiritual transformation. In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Alicia Eichmann. Alicia is a writer, researcher, theologian, spiritual director, and life coach who is passionate about facilitating a shift in our cultural understanding of religion and spirituality. She writes and teaches on the practical application of modern spirituality in order to heal division, apathy, and despair, and help us chart a new way forward together. She has a master's degree in religious studies from Regent University and is a licensed growth coach with Lifeforming Leadership Coaching. Her professional background is in websites, marketing, and project management. She has 9 years of experience as a Marketer at SimonHouses.com, and 3 years of experience as a Research Assistant for an internationally recognized New Testament scholar. In her book, Becoming Spiritual: How I Found Empowerment and Inner Peace without Leaving the House, she shares the story of her journey growing up in the church, losing her faith, and then recovering a more flexible and resilient spirituality. She shares her story, along with major spiritual paradigm shifts that she discovered along the way, including the authors that led her to them, and guides the reader in beginning to make these shifts as well. To learn more about Alicia Eichmann please visit her website http://aliciameichmann.com/alicias-soul-adventure/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Coping with any loss may be one of the hardest challenges we face in life. It is a fact of life whether we admit or not. Let us be honest it scares us. When we lose a spouse, sibling, parent, friend, a favorite item, a house or anything that you think is of a value, that grief can be particularly intense. Loss is understood as a natural part of life, but we can still be overcome by shock, confusion, anxiety and fear, leading to prolonged periods of sadness, the blues or gray days, loss of interests, irritability, withdrawal The sadness typically diminishes in intensity as time passes, but grieving is an important process in order to overcome the feelings and emotions so to embrace the time you had with your loved one. Everyone reacts to loss differently and employs various personal coping skills for grief and loss. People and families do recover from loss in their own way through the passage of time when they have positive social/family/employments supports and healthy habits. It can take months or years to accept a/the loss. There is no "normal" time period for someone to grieve or to feel the sense of loss. Don't expect to just pass through any phases of grief or in a linear way. Many people can be all over the map. It is ok it is normal. It will take some time and thought before you are able to look back on the and loss. Human beings are naturally resilient, we have the capability to endure what we do not believe we can. People do continue on with our own lives yet there are some that hold on so tight and choose not to heal and grow. There are some people that struggle so much with grief and loss for long periods of time and feel unable to carry out their daily activities. People that suffer severe grief and loss or complicated grief could benefit from further intervention from family, co-workers, peers, or a professional counselor and grief support groups. We all need support and assistance through this time. It is a fact that we cannot do it alone. – says: Rev. Marc Baisden Valeria interviews Rev. Marc on grief recovery. As a Minister and Therapist, Rev. Marc Baisden has seen so many individuals, families, communities, agencies, and churches struggle with Emotional Instability/Distress, Relational Distress, and Addictions. The calling that guides him is to serve people no matter where they are or are at. Through that calling, Rev. Marc has been able to work in Institutions, hospitals, community centers, native villages and reservations, schools and in front rooms/kitchens. To learn more about Rev. Marc Baisden please visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-marc-baisden-a57b33149/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Do you often lose control over food? Are you tired of obsessing over every bite? You're not weak, or a failure; you're just stuck. And it has nothing to do with willpower or being addicted to food. Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, the author of the Binge Cure will teach you exactly how to create permanent, sustainable weight loss--no dieting necessary! In this episode, Dr. Nina shares some of the successful tools she has used in her online program to help thousands of people heal their relationship with food. Dr. Nina talks about how to crack the code of emotional eating, identify your binge triggers, express your feelings, and make lasting changes with powerful strategies that will help you stop bingeing, lose weight, and gain health. Her program also helps you discover which emotions you are feeling based on the types of foods you are bingeing with The Food-Mood Formula. If you mindlessly overeat to manage deeper, intolerable feelings, then you need to investigate what's leading you toward food, rather than fixating on what you're eating. There's only one way to get rid of the uncomfortable feelings you are trying to avoid: to feel them. It's time to ditch your inner critic, lose the fat talk, and be a real friend to yourself. Instead of focusing on what you weigh, focus on what's weighing on you. If something is bothering you, you can't starve it away or stuff it down--and you cannot measure your true value on a bathroom scale. When you feel, you will heal. Get ready to break the diet habit and make peace with food--and yourself. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst, author and radio host specializing in food, weight and body image issues. Internationally recognized for her unique perspective, she is the author of The Binge Cure: 7 Steps to Outsmart Emotional Eating and Food For Thought: Perspectives On Eating Disorders. She is co-editor of Beyond The Primal Addiction and hosts a radio program on LA Talk Radio. To learn more about Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin please visit her website https://drninainc.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

It's easy to take good care of yourself, right? We're all "self-made" people. We have what it takes and we know what to do. With all the information out there on balance — how to work right, eat right, sleep right, love right, think right, walk right, talk right, exercise right . . . and the list goes on. We're all doing it right, right? If so, then why are so many people depressed, stressed, in conflict in relationships, at work, even at play? Dr. Annika Sörensen believes we've got it wrong. We talk about how much we've evolved over time, and in part, it's true. But for human beings to really be functional, satisfied — truly happy — she thinks we need to go back to the basics. Our brains seek stimulation, and our bodies need to move! Period. And we have to find models to help keep us on that track. It's been said, that "All roads lead to Rome." Dr. Annika thinks this applies to regaining control of our lives as well. There are many ways to re-energize and fully participate in our own lives on all levels. Her method is clear and simple: commit to our "whole being," and recapture our inner power which helps us navigate the turnstiles of life. We must dare to be true to ourselves — to see ourselves as we really are, and then commit to who we know we want to be, and can most definitely be. We must dare to seek the "man in the mirror," to truly understand we can't change anyone but ourselves. It's when we truly accept this notion, that we can make positive changes for the future. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Annika Sörensen Dr. Annika Sörensen MD, specialized in family medicine and health promotion strategies. She has practiced in the Public Health System in Sweden for 30+ years helping patients with stress and stress-related issues. Today she has changed focus from disease to health, with an emphasis on stress, health promotion, work assessment and other business related issues. She mentors business professionals, executives and corporate leaders. Dr. Annika offers a number of services and is a regular public speaker, on topics related to stress management and healthy living. She has published two books "Take Stress from Chaos to Calm" and "My De-Stress Diary." She also has a TEDx talk about stress. To learn more about Dr. Annika Sörensen please visit her website www.askdrannika.com and https://www.stresslesstoday.com/free-training For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Imagine… Letting go of past hurts and pains, Being able to express yourself and loving it, Being more self-aware and aware of others, Understanding yourself and others better and understanding what it means to love and be loved, Not obsessing about how you look and what you are going to eat, Imagine… Not stressing out about what you are going to wear because your clothes don't fit, Loving the holidays and going to parties, Feeling strong, confident and healthy, Looking in a mirror and liking the person you see, Knowing how much you are loved by God, Being of service to others and living your life on purpose. If you embrace these secrets and make a little progress every day, you will move forward and begin to live a life of joy and flow. Your life will be filled with much more than food. You will have good days and bad days. Forgive yourself and keep moving. The goal is not perfection but progress. You'll find much more than just the freedom to eat. I believe you will have the freedom to live the life you have always wanted or dreamed of but may have forgotten. Valeria Teles interviews Jackie Trottmann. Jackie is an international and award-winning author of two books: God Notes – Daily Doses of Divine Encouragement and The Freedom to EAT – 10 Secrets for Lasting Weight Loss and Inner Peace. Her meditation CDs, Be Still, Let it Go, and Trust help people all over the world overcome PTSD, panic attacks, anxiety, and ceaseless mind chatter to find greater peace. She blogs at Joy and Flow.com where she encourages readers to change their mindset from stressing and striving to allowing life to unfold as they follow their heart's desires and God's nudges. To learn more about Jackie Trottmann, please visit her website https://www.jackietrottmann.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

Do you wish you knew how to be the right kind of friend when the worst things happen in their life? Do you feel clueless as to what to say when a friend loses a spouse or a child unexpectedly? Do you find it easier to step away from a friend's pain because you're fearful of adding to it? Then this episode is for you. Feeling ill-equipped to be a natural nurturer is a nearly universal phenomenon. Valeria Teles interviews Lynne Hoeksema on cultivating compassion and becoming an effective comforter. She provides insights into the emotions of the grieving world, Practical "now and later" suggestions, What to say and do, what NOT to say and do - and the "WHYs" behind it, God's call to be compassionate, and how he can equip you. So, whether your friend has lost a spouse, a child, a job, their health, or their status quo, cultivating compassion is a must! Lynne began her "Be a Blessing to Your Grieving Friend" ministry a few months after the death of Dale, her husband of 31 years in October 2017. Her goal for the ministry is to teach others how to navigate the sometimes tricky waters of walking alongside someone who is grieving. She also looks at what the Bible says about compassion and how God can equip us. Because this walk can often be uncomfortable, her "behind the scenes" perspective and practical knowledge will provide the confidence necessary to step out in faith and bless someone in their time of need. In her book, Cultivating Compassion - Practical Advice as You Walk a Friend through a Season of Loss, Lynne provides the tools you'll need in your compassion arsenal to be the kind of friend we all long to be. To learn more about Lynne Hoeksema, please visit her website https://lynnehoeksema.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.