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A blast from the past: some of my original Conscious Living shows are being featured in the special limited-time revival of Empower Radio.I have no idea which titles were selected, so this is a true archive surprise. These episodes are presented as-is — original content, recorded live, free of edits, and very much from the moment. Gasp! And yes, that photo is… dated. Gasp x2.Empower Radio began in 2007 as an idea scribbled on the back of a receipt after lunch: what if radio could be used to raise consciousness and connect with people in a deeper, more meaningful way?Founder Brent Carey brought that idea to life in 2009, launching Empower Radio as an internet station in Northern Michigan. Live shows were later made available as “shows on-demand” before most listeners were familiar with the word podcast. Over time, Empower became one of the early national podcast networks offering subscription-based shows focused on personal growth, spirituality, health, wellness, and conscious living.After 13 years as an online radio station and podcast network, Empower paused in 2022 and later evolved into The Empower Channel in 2024, expanding its mission through video on YouTube, Facebook, X, and Substack.Now, in celebration of Empower’s 17th anniversary, Empower Radio is back for a limited time, streaming a curated mix of inspiring conversations from 2009 through today — including archive episodes from longtime hosts, plus new weekly episodes from Bonnie Wirth and Lisa Campion.I’m honored to have Wendy’s Coffeehouse included in this revival and grateful to be part of Empower’s larger mission: positive media created to inform, uplift, and inspire curiosity.Listen to Empower Radio: www.empowerradio.comLearn more about The Empower Channel: www.theempowerchannel.com~~~UPDATE: When the site paused in 2022, we were given the option to remove shows we wanted to keep because the archive would be retired. New life - and new discovery! Spotify has my Empower Radio Conscious Living shows. Gasp x3!Empower Radio aired 10 years of my interviews with guests. What a great surprise to find this archive is still available. I am so glad it survived. Names and show descriptions are all saved. https://open.spotify.com/show/5ryDEHVitjmpgsguRyXPnv?si=f71a01a3efcc4480

In 1997, Maria Cuccia entered a meditative state and began receiving music that would become the album Abduction. Created through a process she describes as listening rather than composing, these recordings explore themes of perception, contact, and internal awareness.This episode features sample excerpts from the album, including: “Control” (Track 7) — reflecting emotional tension tied to interpretation, uncertainty, and unexplained experiences “Spiritual Growth” (Track 11) — incorporating spoken elements from Whitley Strieber and marking a turning point in perspective Also included are samples of meditation-based compositions noted for their sustained tonal quality and distinct atmospheric presence.Recorded nearly three decades ago, Abduction predates the current surge in discussion around UAP, consciousness, and contact phenomena. This episode revisits that work within today’s evolving conversation.Maria Cuccia is also the author of His Name Is Elijah, a memoir detailing a lifetime of anomalous experiences, including an encounter involving a child identified as Elijah. The ETs told Maria, Elijah is her son.Learn more: https://mariacuccia.com/

Travis Dean didn't just find a piece of land. If you believe — and after hearing him, it's hard not to — the land found him. The snake didn't strike. The Jeep held him in that wash until the call came through. The Golden-Eye People called to him in dreams. And somehow, a data scientist who models disasters for a living ended up becoming exactly what this desert needed: an Earthkeeper.We talk about some of the interesting things Travis has experienced after buying the property. "You saw something on screen — a golden light disc — and before you could finish saying "what is that," it was gone.Travis Dean is a cancer survivor, engineer, and data scientist specializing in disaster communications recovery. Coming out of chemotherapy in 2018, he began seeing the world, and its data, differently. Years of modeling hurricanes, pandemics, and large-scale crises while watching warnings go ignored pushed him toward something more tangible than analysis.That conviction led Travis to 160 acres of remote Arizona desert and the founding of the Jackson Earth Restoration & Research Center, a 501(c)(3) named for his dog and rooted in a simple belief: science and stewardship belong together. The Center advances climate adaptation through biocrust cultivation, pollinator monitoring, and disaster modeling, while creating living memorials through ceremonial plantings, dedicated groves, and community-driven acts of legacy.In the Lakota tradition, Mitakuye Oyasin — "all my relations" — is both a prayer and a worldview. It holds that every being, every animal, every rock, every river is part of one sacred, interconnected family. Travis may not have known that phrase when he nearly stepped on that rattlesnake at sunrise. But he backed away with respect. And the land noticed.The Jackson Earth Restoration & Research Center is growing — literally. The next community planting event is November 2026, and Travis is looking for people who feel it too. People who are compassionate, committed, and done waiting for someone else to act.Connect with Travis and the Project: 🌐 jacksonerp.org 📺 YouTube 🦋 BlueSky ☕ Buy Travis a Coffee @jacksonearthrp on Instagram Tree Dedication Form And keep an eye out for the Golden-Eye Children — the portrait tells you everything words can't.

"When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun." — William Shakespeare, Romeo and JulietA Conversation with Dr. Adam Rizvi - What happens when a physician who witnesses death daily discovers it holds no power over love?Dr. Adam Rizvi is a critical care physician and neurointensivist whose decades on the frontlines of America's ICUs have given him an intimate understanding of mortality —and its transcendence. In his luminous book Love Does Not Know Death, he offers a radically compassionate guide to meeting our greatest fear without flinching, drawing on both his clinical experience and deep contemplative practice rooted in A Course in Miracles.Based in California, Dr. Rizvi leads hospital teams, teaches workshops on awakening and end-of-life care, and co-hosts the spirituality podcast Letters to the Sky. His work invites us into a grounded, loving community devoted to transforming grief into peace and remembering love's enduring presence.From the Book: One of the most extraordinary accounts in Love Does Not Know Death is a Shared Death Experience Dr. Rizvi had at a patient's bedside: Despite the chest tube being placed and multiple liters of blood being transfused, it became clear to me that this young man would be unlikely to survive. Then, almost imperceptibly at first, in the stillness at the foot of his bed, I could feel the young man standing next to me, looking at his body. I sensed him to my right and slightly above, floating. I turned briefly and saw a faint outline but could not see distinct features. I could hear him, though. He asked, "Is that me?" In my mind, I responded, "That's your body. But it's not you." — Chapter 7, page 122On Practicing from a Different Place: Writing on Substack, Dr. Rizvi reflects: "I still order CT scans and adjust ventilator settings. I still have difficult conversations about prognosis and place DNR orders. But I've learned to do all of it from a different place—not from fear of death, but from trust in something that death cannot touch."Learn More: 📖 Love Does Not Know Death — lovedoesnotknowdeath.com ✍️ Dr. Rizvi's Substack — adamrizvi.substack.com/p/when-death-becomes-the-teacher

Maria Cuccia is the author of His Name Is Elijah, a memoir that explores a lifetime of extraordinary experiences that challenge conventional understanding of reality. Central to her story is a life-altering encounter in the early 1990s involving a child identified by non-human beings, as her son, Elijah, an experience marked by telepathic communication, and a message that would shape the course of her life. Writer, researcher, and longtime experiencer, Cuccia has shared her story on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and The Other Side with Dr. Will Miller. Cuccia’s public appearance on The Other Side in the late 1990s became a pivotal moment, giving voice to experiences often dismissed or silenced by fear, stigma, or misdiagnosis.Maria’s experience is grounded by meticulous journaling, preserved dates, and medical documentation confirming her pregnancies, details recorded long before she ever spoke publicly. At work on a second book, Maria will relate her ongoing musical and meditative connection with Elijah. I've included a sample from one of her performance meditations, Maris. Website: https://mariacuccia.com/Image credit: Book cover for His Name is Elijah. Representation of the child Maria saw.

Fiona Dodwell is a freelance writer and published author whose work spans film, music, and theatre, but her lifelong passion has always been the study of the paranormal. That passion took an unexpected turn while she was researching her book, A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to Literature and Movies. During the process, Fiona adopted one of the very objects she was writing about, a haunted doll named Knock Knock Harry. She makes a brief reference to Harry in the book and that is the hook for this interview. Harry, as it turns out, had no intention of remaining a background character.With a bold personality and a noticeable attitude, Knock Knock Harry has made his presence known in unmistakable ways, even during Fiona’s interviews. You'll find multiple social media interviews and posts. What began as research quickly evolved into an ongoing, very active paranormal partnership. He clearly enjoys an audience. And Fiona's collection is expanding.My personal read? Harry carries a trickster-performer energy, more Houdini than horror. A born entertainer. And, for the record, he is very clear on one point: he is not a ghost.Those who know say the doll chooses you. I have to agree, if only for the learning curve. I've had my own haunted doll experience and opted not to keep the doll.Fiona on Instagram: linkHer book on Amazon: via my affiliate link

Before We Were Born - Former attorney turned author Kathleen Ready Dayan talks about how a powerful visitation experience transformed her understanding of life and death, showing her that there is no true separation.That moment became the foundation for her spiritual awakening and her writing. In our conversation, she credits the importance of a supportive partner and a community resource for those exploring mediumship and intuitive gifts.Her stories invite readers to glimpse the afterlife as a continuation of being, where connection, guidance, and remembrance weave through every incarnation, forming an infinite thread of love that never breaks.She also shares how her own spirit guides found a place within her fiction, weaving the lessons she’s learned into story form to help others recognize the unseen connections that shape our lives. Book Two is now available, with plans underway for a third in the series.Goodreads Reader review: Elia and Kalli, Jeremy and Joy. The same people but in different worlds. Loosing each other, finding each other. An inseperable couple and their spiritual romance. Timetraveling until they meet again. Great concept, well written, fast paced. Quite a wonderful journey.Website: kathleenreadydayan.comreincarnation • afterlife • mediumship • spiritual fiction • past lives • psychic development • paranormal

The Science of the Paranormal: The Truth Behind Telepathy, ESP, Reincarnation, and More Mysterious PhenomenaJ. M. DeBord’s The Science of the Paranormal collects the kind of stories I’ve spent years exploring, from reincarnation and telepathy to psychokinesis and ITC communication. His emphasis is on people who have done what many call impossible.This interview highlights how dowsing solved the mystery of the stolen harp, and - not featured in the book - some of his own paranormal experiences. He also talks about becoming a certified practitioner of an energy methodology that helped him achieve personal success on his own journey of self-healing. DeBord underscores the roadmap to our latent PSI abilities — a reminder that the impossible is already happening, waiting for science to catch up.Website: https://jmdebord.com/