Fire It UP with CJ CJ Liu interviews trailblazing spiritual guests including Deepak Chopra, By

A new era can began when a critical number of people change their perceptions and behavior.  Jean Shinoda Bolen and I will talk about the power of woman’s circles and how the sacred circle can bring strength and energy to feed activism and fuel change.  If you can’t make the live show this Wed then you can get the MP3 published a few days after by subscribing to the show or following the Fire it UP with CJ page on Facebook 
 SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Link to Segment 1 The Goddess in Everywomen: What is the inner Goddess that you most resonate with? Jean Shinoda Bolen discusses how knowing your Goddess archetype can help keep you on your life path and open up personal growth areas. Link to Segment 2 Energizing the Women movement: Is the women’s movement dead?  What are the successes we’ve had to-date? How could women circles energize the women’s movement? BLOG POST FROM OUR GUEST
Never doubt that small groups of committed women can change the world:
we did before, we can do it again! — Jean Shinoda Bolen
 CREATIVE ACTS OF EXPRESSION—CATALYZED IN CIRCLES BY JEAN SHINODA BOLEN, M.D.
I know, as so many of us who are fortunate to be in one know, how supportive a sacred circle can be–as an incubator-womb space in which the courage to be authentically ourselves leads to creative acts of expression. This may include what is usually meant by expressive arts—writing, painting, sculpture, dance, theater, films—or political and personal activism, transforming relationships to others, or changing institutions. Inevitably, perhaps because experiences of the sacred are so deep and deeply personal, creative acts of expression are expressions of awakening that begin with trusting our own feelings and perceptions, of realizing it is up to us to be real and act on the premise that what matters to us, really matters. This is soul knowledge that becomes soul work when we take steps to bring what we know into our personal world and into the world.  At times of crisis, what we do — or not, can tilt a situation in either direction.
In the silence of undirected inner reflection, prayer, or meditation, which is an element in this kind of a circle, we tap into a center in ourselves that is also at the center of the circle. In Jung’s psychology, this is the archetype of meaning, the Self.  By meeting as a circle of women, we invite the sacred feminine to come into our midst. This form is archetypal. It connects us to suppressed sources of women’s spiritual power, much as an aquifer lies below the surface until it is tapped into, bubbles up and flows. We tap into an awareness that goes back in time to when divinity was worshipped in many forms, as female, as the Great Mother, Gaia. In the last third of the twentieth century, Merlin Stone’s When God was a Woman got archeological support from Marija Gimbutas and other archeologists who literally dug up evidence.   Scrolls that had been hidden and preserved by the dryness in Egyptian caves near Nag Hammadi, were found in this same period. These became known as the Gnostic Gospels through Elaine Pagels. These early Christian writings were rich in metaphor and included Sophia, the Sacred Feminine.  Gnostic churches were egalitarian rather than hierarchal in form, leadership was shared: who did what—the sermon, communion, greeting newcomers, could be chosen by lot. Everyone was welcome. Women served in all roles. Once the Church at Rome had the power to condemn heresy, the Gnostic Christians were persecuted, its gospels destroyed. Our only knowledge of them came from the church fathers, which systematically had destroyed all previous copies of these gospels. This time, it was different. Circumstances had changed. Through the influence of feminism and the women’s movement, there now were women scholars in all fields including theology.
In the United States before the women’s movement, women did not define themselves; men did–using religion as authorit

Meditation doesn’t have to be silent.  Learn how to literally tap into your inner voice and answer the questions of Who am I? What is my purpose?  For one year Will Hewett sang in a stream of consciousness way for one hour a day.  He sang on planes when travelling. He sang in Australia, South Africa, and Nigeria during business trips.  He just SANG.  As he sang he discovered many things including a new relationships to his work-life balance.  Join vocata (voh-kah-tah) and find your project that will help you develop your capacity for self-expression, creativity, leadership, conscious participation and enjoyment.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
1)  A simple way to inspire your Creativity: Learn how Will developed his daily singing practice and how he found a greater sense of his own creativity and spontaneity in his life. Listen to Part 1
2) Sign15- A simple 15 minute practice toward a more vibrant life:  How do you overcome your fears and commit to adding aliveness in your life and getting out of your habitual routines? Getting clear with “why” you are engaging in this practice?  Listen to Part 2.
3) Hear Will sing and transcend time: What personal lessons and insights Will Hewettgot from singing every day for 15 minutes?  Listen to Part 3
4) Finding your Song:  Start your own singing meditation practice right now!  No time like the present to change your life.   Listen to Part 4
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
 
Will Hewett is an organizational transformation consultant, executive coach, learning designer, vocalist and improviser. As consultant and practice leader with JMJ Associates, Hewett works with corporate clients around the world to raise their capacity to act inside complexity, and to bridge their deepest commitments with their daily work.
Will is an engaging speaker and workshop leader, offering groups an opportunity to step out of the hubbub of life and into a deeper connection with themselves and their world.
RESOURCES:
http://tedxrainier.com/2/speaker_hewett.asp http://willhewett.com/ Join Will at Vocal Improv Workshop at Hollyhock learning center in British Columbia: http://www.hollyhock.ca/cms/Rhiannon-WeBe3.html Go towillhewett.com to find tips and guidance on starting and sticking with your own Sing15 practice. Will Hewett shares how to use song & stream of consciousness literally tap into your inner voice & answer tough questions such as Who Am I and What is My Purpose. | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Singing | Self-Improvement | Self-Help
For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com

Are you feeling dazed and confused and in need of good advice?  Do you want people to “get you” at a soul level?  Join us as we talk about “What is a soul?” and more as our guest, Michelle Vickers, offers practical advice and shows us how you can bring back power and control in your life.
Show Highlights: 
Part 1: Who and where should you go for life advice?  What is the soul? Why is talking to your soul the best resource? What are your natural abilities that you came to express in your life according to your soul’s wisdom?  Listen to Part 1
Part 2:  Do you get yourself at a soul level? Michelle offers a real-life experience with what it feels like to connect to your own soul. What does your soul feel like? How can you make a soul connection with others?  Listen to Part 2
 Part 3: How can you connect to love, illumination, purity, truth, respect,etc. during your everyday experiences?  Let’s say you are about to go to a business meeting.  How would you tune into truth, movement, etc. during that meeting to be integrity with these higher values?  Listen to Part 3
Part 4: What does it mean to tune into your heart and soul?  How you could have 2000 soul mates? Listen to Part 4
 About our Guest: 
Michelle’s gifts offer you the opportunity to experience feeling the fullness of your Soul energy; free from any of your personal challenges or illusions. Michelle connects you directly to your Soul and then holds the “space” so you are able to nurture and develop your relationship on a physical level. Cultivating this relationship with your Soul brings you a deeper clarity and awareness of the powerful gifts and talents you have within you.Michelle has spent lifetimes cultivating a greater understanding of the Universe, how it works and why we are here. It is through her past experiences and dedication to personal change that allows her to offer others ancient knowledge on a Universal level explaining who we are and why we are here.Resources: 
Michelle’s website: www.michellevickers.com Booking either private Soul Connections or 3 day Soul Awakening Intensives: www.michellevickers.com  
Michelle Vickers, offers practical advice on “What is a soul?” and shows us how you can bring back power and control in your life. Inspiration | Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Health | Love | Self-Help
For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com

RADIO INTERVIEW ABOUT SUSTAINABLE FARMING
Learn what sustainable farming is and the damage done by big factory farms. What are the hidden costs of factory farmers and prices you see at the grocery store?  What is the environmental impact of fertilizers and pesticides? How can you make more educated choices when you are at the grocery store?  What do labels such as cruelty free and free range really mean? MISSIE APRIL-  CO-OWNER OF LEARNING RUN GARDEN, A SUSTAINABLE FARM
Missie Aprill owns and operates a small family farm in Cape May County, NJ. She and her husband also own an award-winning public flower garden and replica colonial farm, called Leaming’s Run Gardens. Located on a historic site, the gardens cover over 20 acres of native woodlands and are home to one of the oldest whaler’s homes in the state, built in 1706. The gardens have been open to the public since 1978, and are maintained completely by Missie and her husband, Gregg.
Missie is past president of the South Jersey Shore chapter of Slow Food USA, and is an organic farmer and an open-hearth cook.
Missie April shares about slow food &sustainable farming & how your food decisions can help the planet.  Slow food is food that’s good for the people who grow it, good for the people who eat it & good for the planet | Environment | Health | Self-Help
For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com

Jeffrey Marks, a spiritual medium and real-life Ghost buster, talks to 14 people of different religions, ages, and asks 52 questions to unlock the deeper possibilities inherent within people and to discover more about what it means to be a Soul.  Plus, hear his answers to really important questions about life after death.  Do you still have sex in Heaven?  Can you look like the 20 year old version of yourself?  Plus, we’ll find out all about Ghost busting.
Show Highlights: 
Segment 1:  How mediums do their thang?  How mediums work with clients that want to talk with those that have passed? Segment 2: What happens when you die? How did Jeffrey Marks traverse territory that few mediums have explored?  What do you need to know about the afterlife that will allow you to live more fully today? Segment 3: What are ghosts?  How do ghost explorers communicate and verify the presence of a ghost? Why don’t ghosts just cross over to the other side? Why are ghosts so gosh darn scary? Segment 4: What are demons?  Why do they exist? Should we be scared of them? About our Guest: 
Jeffrey A. Marks is a research and spiritual medium, paranormal investigator, and author of Your Magical Soul: How Science and Psychic Phenomena Paint a New Picture of the Self and Reality(winner of 2012 Nautilus Silver Book Award in Science & Cosmology and silver finalist for the 2012 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Award in Body, Mind & Spirit), and theThe Afterlife Interviews: Volume I. A Columbia Gorge native, Jeffrey is a compassionate voice for the spirits, and has connected for both individuals and groups in the Pacific Northwest. Starting from a left-brained perspective, Jeffrey’s explorations take him into the right-brain and deep into the Other Side and provide him with the insight to present knowledge with humble authenticity, making him a true Consciousness Explorer. He is also the co-host of the Internet talk radio show Explorers of Consciousness, a founding member of the Northwest Mediumship Association, past president of the Washington State Ghost Society, and is a dynamic educator and speaker on spiritual potential.
Jeffrey’s intent is unique among psychics and sets him apart: “My interest in being a psychic medium is not to use the ability to go out and do what other mediums are doing, or trying to duplicate them in hope of being John Edward or James Van Praagh or any of the others. I am using it to unlock the deeper possibilities inherent within people and to discover more about what it means to be a Soul. Yes, I can connect and pass messages and there’s incredible value in that (which I do a lot of the time), but I am also wishing to apply it to what I feel could answer the greater questions of life and consciousness. I am using the ability to learn more about what we are, what we are capable of, and hopefully reach a greater audience with it — in the hope of making the world a better place when I leave it than when I entered it.  I think, ultimately, that has the most value to me in the nature of this work.”
Resources: 
Read more from Jeffrey on his blog The Inner Voiceand check out his calendar of events on his website andFacebook. Jeffrey Marks, a spiritual medium and real-life Ghost buster, talks to 14 people about Life after Death | Inspirational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Religion | Mediums | Mediumship | Self-Improvement | Health | Self-Help

Are you feeling dazed and confused and in need of good advice?  Do you want people to “get you” at a soul level?  Join us as we talk about “What is a soul?” and more as our guest, Michelle Vickers, offers practical advice and shows us how you can bring back power and control in your life.
Show Highlights: 
Part 1: Who and where should you go for life advice?  What is the soul? Why is talking to your soul the best resource? What are your natural abilities that you came to express in your life according to your soul’s wisdom?  Listen to Part 1
Part 2:  Do you get yourself at a soul level? Michelle offers a real-life experience with what it feels like to connect to your own soul. What does your soul feel like? How can you make a soul connection with others?  Listen to Part 2
Part 3: How can you connect to love, illumination, purity, truth, respect,etc. during your everyday experiences?  Let’s say you are about to go to a business meeting.  How would you tune into truth, movement, etc. during that meeting to be integrity with these higher values?  Listen to Part 3
Part 4: What does it mean to tune into your heart and soul?  How you could have 2000 soul mates? Listen to Part 4
About our Guest: 
Michelle’s gifts offer you the opportunity to experience feeling the fullness of your Soul energy; free from any of your personal challenges or illusions. Michelle connects you directly to your Soul and then holds the “space” so you are able to nurture and develop your relationship on a physical level. Cultivating this relationship with your Soul brings you a deeper clarity and awareness of the powerful gifts and talents you have within you.Michelle has spent lifetimes cultivating a greater understanding of the Universe, how it works and why we are here. It is through her past experiences and dedication to personal change that allows her to offer others ancient knowledge on a Universal level explaining who we are and why we are here.Resources: 
Michelle’s website: www.michellevickers.com Booking either private Soul Connections or 3 day Soul Awakening Intensives: www.michellevickers.com Michelle Vickers, offers practical ‘soul level’ advice and shows us how you can bring back power & control in your life. Inspiration | Inspirational | Motivation | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Spiritual | Spirituality | Health | Self-Help | Love
For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.Com