Alan Wade and Cindy Preston Wade are international bestselling and award winning authors, speakers, transformational and mindset coaches, and the creators of the Secrets of the Universe trilogy—a magical fantasy series that weaves spiritual and universal concepts, self-discovery, and the mysteries of the universe into a captivating adventure, empowering readers to discover who they truly are and the power they hold within. With their experience in addiction and mental health, Hypnosis, Reiki, and transformational coaching. Cindy and Alan draw from their professional expertise, spiritual studies, and their own journeys of adversity and transformation to help others transform pain into power. At the heart of both their books and their work is a powerful message: we are far more powerful than we realize. Their passion is helping others awaken to their inner power and divine essence—and discover the magic within. We talked about the convergence of fiction and reality, who can be hyptonized, the lessons to be learned from fiction, why people who bury their emotions often become very controlling...and more. It was a fascinating discussion. Alan and Cindy's life work has been helping people deal with trauma. 00:00 START 07:39 Drink 1: Jellyfish 10:25 Reading 1: The Veil is LIfting 13:23 The dreams that led to the books 24:52 Fiction, counseling, and Umberto Eco 28:16 Drink 2: Thunder 33:06 Reading 2: Thunder at Castle Danger 39:46 Let emotions wash through you 41:56 Reflections on each chapter: fiction & self help 43:42 Drink 3: Bourbon Coffee 45:33 Reading 3: How the Veil Started 49:31 Burying pain and becoming controlling 55:05 Ripples: how our choices affect others Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS Www.booksandbrews.net www.lauravosika.com www.gabrielshornpress.com www.glenmirrilfarms.wordpress.com Https://tmw.coach ~ ~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefited from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We've been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode. Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com COMING UP: RickSorenson, Art & theology Edie Cay, romance Trip Buck, sci-fi/ futuristic/speculative David Seaburn Sean O'Leary Connor Wilson Blair Laggest And many more! UPCOMING EVENTS Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: CHILDREN and AMERICA. See www.gabrielshornpress.com/poetry-anthology See Laura's interview at The Mind of Sai Marie Our music is new, original music Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to get notifications of all our new videos. We have now interviewed more than 115 authors! Would you like to be featured? Leave a comment. If you liked this episode, you might also like these Books and Brews episodes: Dive into Fantasy with Benjamin Schwarting #86 Fantasy and Dwarves with Douglas van Dyke, #10 Sympathetic Monsters & Appalachian Lore, Clay Gilbert #73