{"id":6034,"date":"2013-02-21T19:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2013-02-24T01:22:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T07:22:42","slug":"february-23-2013-barbara-dzikowski-searching-for-lincolns-ghost-carla-wills-brandon-heavenly-hugs-and-guru-sadhguru-capitalism-can-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=6034","title":{"rendered":"February 23, 2013 – Barbara Dzikowski, “Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost,” Carla Wills-Brandon, “The Departing Vision,” and Sadhguru, “Capitalism Can Save the World”"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 23, 2013 – Archives\/Pod Casts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 1<\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 2<\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Hour 1:\u00a0 Barbara Dzikowski<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Joining Amerika Now during the first hour is author Barbara Dzikowski<\/strong> who will be discussing her debut novel, Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying Abraham Lincoln is part of every American’s childhood, and Barbara’s debut novel, Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost<\/em><\/strong>, offers many fascinating Lincoln facts and folklore through a stunning story woven through the eyes of a six-grader coming of age during the tumultuous 1960s.\u00a0 In this disquieting tale, there are plenty of profound lessons to be learned regarding the Golden Rule:\u00a0 How we treat one another–one person, one situation at a time–truly matters.\u00a0 Based on fact, this historical novel teaches empathy while also providing a powerful storyline.<\/p>\n

The protagonist, Andi Powell, loses her parents in an accident, and in her quest to find evidence that there is an afterlife after death, stalks the ghost of Abraham Lincoln (who profoundly haunts her school).\u00a0 Through the innocent eyes of childhood, we see firsthand the damaging and crippling effects of judgment, intolerance, and oppression in the form of prejudice, bullying, and abuse.<\/p>\n

Tying these disparate human rights issues together, author Dzikowski links the injustices of the past with those of the present:\u00a0 cruelty is cruelty, no matter the issue or era.\u00a0 The common denominator is the personal responsibility each of us bears in making a positive difference in the world by examining the quality of the “seeds” that we are sowing.<\/p>\n

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Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost <\/em><\/strong>is a historical work of fiction, and offers an authentic look at growing up in\u00a0 the turbulent and racially-segregated 1960s.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, the book also deals with\u00a0 many social issues such as\u00a0 clergy abuse, homosexuality, and\u00a0 bullying that are also relevant in today’s world.\u00a0 The book teaches tolerance, personal responsibility, and the value of seeing people as individuals.<\/p>\n

If you liked To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>, you’ll love this book.<\/p>\n

Barbara Dzikowski earned an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a graduate degree in Counseling from Indiana University, areas of study that fueled her desire to create fiction that closely examines the human heart and its complex search for love and meaning.\u00a0 After living on both coasts for several years, she returned to Indiana where she how serves as the program director of a social services agency.<\/p>\n

Fascinated by the passion, idealism, and lost hope of the 1960s, she is currently working on her second historical novel about two families struggling with the changes and uncertainties of that decade, with a particular focus on the cataclysmic year of 1968.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit www.barbarajdzikowski.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PLEASE CALL\u00a0 800-259-5791\u00a0 TO SPEAK WITH BARBARA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hour 2:\u00a0 Carla Wills-Brandon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carla Wills-Brandon, <\/strong>a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, joins Amerika Now during the second hour to discuss The Departing Vision:\u00a0 Physical Death is Not the End<\/em><\/strong>, which is based on her books Heavenly Hugs:\u00a0 Comfort, Support, and Hope From the Afterlife (2012), A Glimpse of Heaven:\u00a0 The Remarkable World of Spirtually Transformative Experiences (2003), <\/em><\/strong>and One Last Hug Before I Go:\u00a0 The Mystery and Meaning of Deathbed Visions (2000).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Carla Wills-Brandon, M.A., is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the author of 13 published books discussing topics ranging from relationships, healthy intimacy, sexual healing, self esteem, sexual trauma, addiction and recovery to grief, death, afterlife research and spirituality.<\/p>\n

\"\"Carla’s latest book, Heavenly Hugs:\u00a0 Comfort, Support, and Hope From the Afterlife <\/em><\/strong>deals with both the historical and modern-day heavenly visions the dying often encounter before physical death occurs. Visited by deceased family and friends only they can see, death loses its sting.\u00a0 Friends, family and healthcare workers also report seeing \u201csomething\u201d leaving the body at the moment of passing.\u00a0 Such experiences have been documented for centuries and continue to be scientifically researched today.\u00a0These comforting encounters strongly suggest the personality, soul, or consciousness continues after death.\u00a0 Based on this information, death is nothing to fear.<\/p>\n

Carla has lectured across the U.S. and U.K. and has appeared on numerous national radio and television programs<\/a>, such as Geraldo Rivera<\/a>, Sally Jesse Raphael<\/a>, Montel Williams<\/a>, Coast To Coast Radio Show with Art Bell and George Noory, Uri Geller\u2019s Coast To Coast Radio Show and Politically Incorrect<\/a> With Bill Maher.<\/strong> Wills-Brandon has also appeared on several programs with her husband, Licensed Clinical Psychologist Michael Brandon, PhD., to whom she has been married for over 35 years.\u00a0 Together, Carla and her husband have been in private practice for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

Carla received her undergraduate degree in Psychology at California State University Fresno and then went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology Fresno, in Fresno, California.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit www.carlawillsbrandon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PLEASE CALL\u00a0 800-259-5791\u00a0 TO SPEAK WITH CARLA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hour 3:\u00a0 Sudhguru<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Joining the show during the final hour is renowned yogi, mystic, and visionary and the Founder of the Isha Foundation Sadhguru<\/strong>, who will be discussing how capitalism can bring about world peace.<\/p>\n

The answer(s) to the world’s problems are easily within humanity’s reach; we have the resources to end economic strife, poverty, hunger, warfare and climate change, says renowned mystic and visionary Sadhguru, Founder of the Isha Foundation (www.ishausa.org)<\/a>, a nonprofit organization with two million volunteers across 150 cities worldwide.\u00a0 “Building businesses which are beneficial to all will set the needed conditions for a peaceful world,” says Sadhguru.\u00a0 “Of the four major forces in the world–politics, military, religion and economics–that decide the quality of people’s lives to a large extent, I see the economic force as the biggest possibility for bringing about some unification and sensible action.\u00a0 If business and other economic leaders are spiritually equipped, they will naturally have a more inclusive way of experiencing life.\u00a0 Inclusive Economics was a concept first mentioned by the modern mystic.<\/p>\n

“The decisions economic leaders make today impact not just themselves but a large number of lives.\u00a0 It is very important they are balanced and joyful by their own nature, and not because of their quarterly balance sheets,” says Sadhguru.\u00a0 “That is why we are talking about inclusive economics.\u00a0 Expansion is inclusion.”<\/p>\n

Named one of India’s 50 most influential people, Sadhguru has addressed prominent global forums on issues including socio-economic development, leadership and spirituality.\u00a0 He has served as delegate to the United Nations Millennium Peace Summit and the World Peace Congress and has been a special invitee to the World Economic Forum, TED, Dartmouth’s Business School, Microsoft, and other conferences.\u00a0 A yogi and humanitarian, Sadhguru works tirelessly toward the physical, mental and inner well-being of all.\u00a0 He was recently honored with the Indira Gandhi Award, India’s highest award for environmental work in recognition of his Project Green Hands initiative.<\/p>\n

Sadhguru is the author of more than 50 books and has been featured by the New York Times, Huffington Post, CNBC, BBC, Detroit News, PBS, CNN International <\/em>and others.<\/p>\n

If you’d like more information about Sadhguru, please visit http:\/\/www.ishausa.org\/sadhguru\/<\/a><\/p>\n

PLEASE CALL\u00a0 800-259-5792\u00a0 TO SPEAK WITH SADHGURU.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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