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Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Russill Paul, author of Jesus in the Lotus: The Mystical Doorway Between Christianity and Yogic Spirituality published by New World Library. Russill Paul is a world-renowned musician as well as a teacher of Eastern spirituality. He trained simultaneously as a monk and Yogi under the direction of the renowned sage and mystic Bede Griffiths in South India for close to five years and has taught in graduate and postgraduate spirituality programs for the past seventeen years. Born and raised in India, Russill lives in Austin, Texas, and runs a Yogic Mystery School. He performs and conducts workshops, retreats, and pilgrimages throughout the world. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Fr. Paul Coutinho, S.J., author of Just As You Are: Opening Your Life To the Infinite Love of God published by Loyola Press. Fr. Paul Coutinho, S.J. is an internationally recognized Ignatian scholar, author, and speaker who brings an Eastern flavor to Western spirituality. A native of India and a Jesuit from the Bombay province, he frequently leads retreats, gives spiritual direction, and trains people to lead the Spiritual Exercises. He holds masterâs degrees in both clinical psychology and religious studies, and he has a doctorate in historical theology from Saint Louis University, where he specialized in Ignatian spirituality and is now a visiting theology professor and on the Advisory Board of the Review for Religious and the Faculty Advisor for the Theology Club.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Dr. Joanne Stern, author of Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life published by Greenleaf Book Group Press. Joanne Stern, PhD, is a psychotherapist with a private practice emphasizing family and couples counseling. Sheâs a teacher, consultant, speaker, and expert guest on parenting and family topics, including communication, discipline, self-esteem, addictions, eating disorders, grief, and loss. In 2002, she also became an EEG neurofeedback practitioner to address a variety of childhood disorders, including attention deficit disorder, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Stern is dedicated to helping individuals, couples, families, and groups learn, heal, change, and grow in their relationships with one another. Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life is her first book. A mother and grandmother, she and her husband, Terry Hale, live in Aspen, Colorado. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of the Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Rex Weyler, author of The Jesus Sayings: A Quest for His Authentic Message published by House of Anansi Press. Rex Weyler is a journalist, writer, and ecologist. He was born in Denver, Colorado in 1947, went to high school in Midland, Texas, and later studied physics, mathematics, and history at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He worked as an apprentice engineer for Lockheed in 1967, but left engineering for a career in journalism. In 1969, he published his first book with photographer David Totheroh, a pacifist discourse with photographs from a winter in Californiaâs Yosemite Valley. Weyler married Glenn Jonathans in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1971 and immigrated to Canada in 1972. He worked at the North Shore News in North Vancouver and with Greenpeace. Between 1974 and 1982, he served as a director of Greenpeace, editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles magazine, and was a co-founder of Greenpeace International. He sailed on the first Greenpeace whale campaign, and his photographs and news accounts of Greenpeace appeared worldwide. Weylerâs photography and essays have been published in the New York Times, Oceans, Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, New Age Journal, Conscious Choice, New Times, Shared Vision, National Geographic, and other publications. Weyler received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his Native American history, Blood of the Land, and he co-authored the self-help classic Chop Wood, Carry Water. He co-founded Hollyhock Educational Centre on Cortes Island in British Columbia â dedicated to environmental, personal, and professional studies â and which remains Canadaâs leading educational retreat centre. He co-developed the Justonic tuning software used by innovative musicians around the world and wrote The Story of Harmony about the history of musical tuning theory. His account of the first decade of Greenpeace is available in September 2004 from Raincoast Books in the Canada and Rodale Press in the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Weyler was married for the second time in 1990, to Lisa Gibbons. He remains active in environmental work. He writes for magazines and newspapers, is widely reprinted on the Internet, and appears weekly on Canadaâs Omni-10 News show, The Standard. He lives in Vancouver, BC, and has three sons: Jack, Jonah, and Liam. Weyler and his wife, Lisa Gibbons, are foster parents for displaced teens. Weyler serves on several company and non-profit boards, including Greenpeace International Marine Services. He speaks regularly to schools and public audiences. For correspondence and bookings: Contacts. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Guy Finley, author of Letting Go: A Little Bit At A Time published by Llewellyn Publications.Guy Finley's encouraging and accessible message is one of the true bright lights in our world today. His ideas cut straight to the heart of our most pressing personal and social issues -- relationships, fear, addiction, stress/anxiety, peace, happiness, freedom  and lead the way to a higher life.Guy is the best-selling author of The Secret of Letting Go and more than 36 other books and audio albums that have sold over a million copies in 16 languages worldwide. In addition, he has presented over 4,000 unique self-realization seminars to thousands of grateful students throughout North America and Europe over the past 20 years and has been a guest on over 400 television and radio shows, including national appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, Wisdom Network, and many others. His radio program, Guy Finley Live, is a live chat that airs monthly on HealthyLife.net as part of the network's Visionary Celebrity Host Series. His syndicated weekly radio program is aired on several international networks including Healthylife Radio Network, WorldTalkRadio Network, and Contact Talk Radio International. His work is widely endorsed by doctors, business professionals, celebrities, and religious leaders of all denominations.Guy's career reached this point through a circuitous path. Born into a successful show business family, he is the son of Late-Night TV and radio pioneer Larry Finley. His childhood friends were the sons and daughters of the most famous celebrities in the world. As a young man Guy enjoyed success in a number of areas including composing award-winning music for many popular recording artists including Diana Ross, Debbie Boone, The Jackson 5, Billy Preston, The Four Seasons, as well as writing the scores for several motion pictures and TV shows. From 1970-1979 he wrote and recorded his own albums under the Motown and RCA recording labels.Throughout his youth, Guy suspected there was more to life than the type of worldly success that led to the emptiness and frustration he saw among his own successful friends and colleagues. In 1979, after travels throughout North America, India and the Far East in search of truth and Higher Wisdom, Guy voluntarily retired from his flourishing music career in order to simplify his life and to concentrate on deeper self-studies.In addition to his writing and appearance schedule, Guy presents four inner-life classes each week at his non-profit Life of Learning Foundation headquarters in Merlin, Oregon. These classes are ongoing and open to the public. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of the the Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Dr. Gloria J. Burgess, author of Dare To Wear Your Soul on the Outside: Live Your Legacy Now published by Jossey-Bass. Gloria J. Burgess, PhD, founder and Managing Consultant of Jazz, Inc., is an innovative program developer, consultant, performance coach, educator, and speaker. As a program developer, Gloria and her colleagues at Jazz design comprehensive, customized on-site education and training programs for leadership, management, and cross-cultural (diversity) development. Jazz has designed customized programs for many clients, including The Boeing Company, Adobe Systems, Bastyr University, The Casey Family Program, The Urban Health Initiative, the University of Washington, and Valley Medical Center. Gloria and her colleagues also consult with organizations, groups, and individuals to help them master the art of leadership and teamwork, change, creative problem solving, cross-cultural competence (diversity), and learning about learning*. For clients who prefer a personal touch, Gloria works one-on-one with executives and other leaders to fine tune their skills and performance. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Mr. Ernest D. Chu, author of Soul Currency: Investing your Inner Wealth for Fulfillment As an abundance coach, he has evaluated thousands of business proposals and advised hundreds of emerging companies, serving as leader and business coach to nine early stage companies, with five of those companies becoming public companies. In his new book, Soul Currency: Investing Your Inner Wealth for Fulfillment equivalent of business success and redefines financial value, such as currency, into the organic aliveness of spirit. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, author of Buddy's Candle published by Trafford Publishing. Dr. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College where he graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is a former president of the American Holistic Medicine Association. In 1989 he retired from the practice of general and pediatric surgery to travel around the world, speaking to patients and their caregivers. His book, Buddy's Candle is available now. Faith, Hope, and Joy -- The Unexpected Side Effects of Cancer will be released early in 2009. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Dr. Janine Walker Caffrey, author of Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve published by Da Capo Press. Janine Walker Caffrey, EdD, has more than twenty yearsâ experience in education and is the founder and head of Renaissance Academy, a private pre-K-12 school. A frequent seminar speaker, she is also director of the Drive Institute dedicated to helping young people propel their lives forward. She lives with her family near Tampa, Florida. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Ms. Michelle Nicholasen, co-author of I Brake for Meltdowns: How to Handle the Most Exasperating Behavior of Your 2- to 5-year-old Michelle Nicholasen and Barbara O'Neal published by Da Capo Press. For nearly a decade Michelle Nicholasen produced documentaries for PBS, including award-winning films for NOVA and FRONTLINE. Her journalism has covered controversial science and public policy issues such as AIDS, autism, power lines, tobacco, breast implants and human evolution. Her mini-series on 20th century science for middle schoolers called A Science Odyssey: Short Trips, has won multiple awards including a Cine Golden Eagle. In 2004 she gave up her film career to raise five children under the age of five. How did this happen? After a 2-year battle with infertility, Michelle and her husband hit the IVF jackpot. She gave birth to her first daughter in 2001. Then, trying for a second child, she became pregnant with triplet girls. When the triplets were 10 months old, she became spontaneously (and impossibly) pregnant with her fifth child, a boy. Michelle survived an intense learning curve and decided to put all her little-kid behavior strategies, along with Barbara O'Neal's decades of wisdom, into a book to give a leg-up to other moms and dads. Visit her website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Mr. Marc Allen, co-author of How To Think Like a Millionaire by Mark Fisher and Marc Allen and published by New World Library. Marc Allen is a renowned author, composer, and speaker. On the day he turned thirty, Marc cofounded New World Library with Shakti Gawain, and as the company's president and publisher, he has guided it from a small start-up operation with no capital to become one of the leading publishers in its field. He has written numerous books, including The Greatest Secret of All, Visionary Business, The Millionaire Course, and The Type-Z Guide to Success. He has also recorded several albums of music, including Awakening, Breathe, and Solo Flight. He is a popular speaker and seminar leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more about Marc, including his free monthly teleseminars, see www.MarcAllen.com. For more about his music (including free samples), see www.WatercourseMedia.com.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Dr. Ron Leaf, co-author of Sense and Nonsense in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has To Be Said written by Ronald Leaf, PhD, Mitchell Taubman, PhD, and John McEachin, PhD., published by DRL Books. Ron Leaf is a licensed psychologist who has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of autism. Dr. Leaf began his career working with Ivar Lovaas, while receiving his undergraduate degree at UCLA. Subsequently he received his doctorate under the direction of Dr. Lovaas. During his professional training at UCLA, he served as Clinic Supervisor, Research Psychologist, Lecturer, and Interim Director of the Young Autism Project. He was extensively involved in many of the Young Autism Project research investigations, contributed to The Me Book, and is co-author of The Me Book Videotapes, a series of instructional tapes offering training for teaching autistic children. He is co-author of A Work in Progress, a manual on behavioral treatment. Dr. Leaf has consulted nationally and internationally to families, school districts, day programs and residential treatment facilities. Dr. Leaf served as the Director of Straight Talk's Developmental Disabilities Services division for 15 years. This program provided residential and day treatment for adults with developmental disabilities. Dr. Leaf is also the Executive Director of Behavior Therapy and Learning Center, a mental health agency providing treatment, consultation and related services to parents, program staff and school personnel. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, author of Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasure To Transform Your Life Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, founder of the Power Healing system and Soul Mind Body Medicine, received his MD and traditional Chinese medicine certifications in China. He has also received certificates in acupuncture and is a pioneer in the field of self-healing. He has achieved mastery in a variety of Eastern disciplines, including Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Kung Fu, and was named Qi Gong Master of the Year at the 5th World Congress on Qi Gong. Dr. Sha is the author of Power Healing and has delivered inspirational speeches to thousands of people worldwide. He lives in San Francisco and Toronto, though he returns to China frequently for spiritual retreats. Visit his website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast interviews Dr. Dawna Markova, author of Spot of Grace: Remarkable Stories of How You DO Make a Difference published by New World Library Dr. Dawna Markova is a former Senior Affiliate of the Organizational Learning Center at MIT and is now a consultant member of the Society for Organizational Learning. She is also a board member of the Visions of a Better World Foundation. She has established learning communities across the country, founded the Institute of Human Ecology and served as a faculty member at the Union Institute, and Lesley and Antioch graduate schools. She is the author of The Smart Parenting Revolution, I Will Not Die An Unlived Life, No Enemies Within, How Your Child IS Smart, Learning Unlimited, has co-edited Random Acts of Kindness, and has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio. Visit her website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap published by New World Library. In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Stephanie Sarkis PhD NCC LMHC, author of 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD: How to Overcome Chronic Distraction Dr. Sarkis maintains a private practice in Gainesville, Florida and is the Director of Assessments and Evaluations for Sarkis Clinical Trials in Gainesville. She is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Counselor Education in Gainesville Florida. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at St. Leo University in Lake City, Florida. She is a National Certified Counselor and also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. Dr. Sarkis received a 2001 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Psychiatric Association for her research on comorbid ADHD and brain function. She lectures and presents her research internationally. She can be contacted at www.stephaniesarkis.com or stephanie@stephaniesarkis.com. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Ms. Sandra Blakeslee, co-author with her son, Matthew Blakeslee of The Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: How Mind Maps In Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better published by Random House. Sandra Blakeslee is a regular contributor to The New York Times who specializes in the brain sciences. She has co-written many books, On Intelligence with Jeff Hawkins, and Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce with Judith S. Wallersein. She is the third generation in a family of science writers. Matthew Blakeslee is a freelance science writer in Los Angeles. He represents the fourth generation of Blakeslee science writers. This is his first book. Visit Sandra Blakeslee's website and Matthew Blakeslee's website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb interviews Dr. Bud Harris, author of The Fire and the Rose: The Wedding of Spirituality and Sexuality published by Chiron Publications. Bud Harris began learning about Jungian psychology when he joined a Centerpoint group during the early 1970s. In the pursuit of his path, he and a number of others founded the C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta. Later, he went to Zurich, where he trained as a Jungian analyst. Since 1989, he has been in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina. He is the author of Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance and The Father Quest: Rediscovering an Elemental Psychic Force, as well as the coauthor of Like Gold Through Fire: Understanding the Transforming Power of Suffering. Visit Dr. Harris's website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, clinical psychologist and host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Gay Hendricks, author of Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True published by New World Library. Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, Spirit-Centered Relationships, and The Corporate Mystic. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at University Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars in North America, Asia and Europe. In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others. Visit The Hendricks Institute website and the 5 Wishes website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, with Ms.Barbara Abercrombie about her book Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story published by New World Library. Barbara Abercrombie has published two novels for adults, plus books for children, including the award winning picture book, Charlie Anderson. Her novels have been optioned for films and published in six languages. Her essays, articles and poems have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor and United Airlines Hemisphere magazine. She teaches in the Writers' Program at UCLA Extension where she won the outstanding teacher award in 1994. She also conducts workshops for The Wellness Community, a nationwide organization for people with cancer. Her book, Writing Out the Storm, Reading and Writing Your Way Through Serious Illness or Injury, published by St. Martin's Press in October 2002, is part memoir, part writing guide, and based on her Wellness Community workshops. Recently she and her daughter, Brooke Abercrombie, started a website/blog featuring weekly posts for writers. Barbara lives in Santa Monica, California and Twin Bridges, Montana with her husband. She has two grown daughters and three grandchildren. Visit her website. Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and The Sweet Spot blog.