LOVE IS THE ANSWER

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Angela Halvorsen Bogo responds to the following questions: 1) What is love to you? 2) Let’s begin our discussion about play by attempting to define it. What exactly is play and why is it important to include it in our lives? 3) Describe what is happening with you during play? 4) Because of our current pandemic, our social bubbles have become pretty small. Do we need other people to play with? Can you give us some tips on how to play by ourselves? 5) (Question of the week) Lately, I’ve been experiencing loneliness more frequently than I used to. How is love the answer to my recurring feelings of loneliness and isolation? Angela is a facilitator and performer with thirty years of experience using play, storytelling, movement, improvisation, meditation, and clowning to facilitate change in individuals and organizations. She is passionate about using modern techniques to help people feel more connected, conscious, and alive. Her website is https://www.transformationalplay.net/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Host: Lynn Kidd, Laurel Elstrom Guest: Angela Halvorsen Bogo Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on December 18, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/ || Special link — Transformational Play Taster Workshop: || https://www.tickettailor.com/events/angelahalvorsenbogo/468745

In this Podcast, Lan Thi shares her insights and experiences with her current "companioning" approach in holding sacred space ("breaking bread") with others, and ways triggers and mirrors arise in our relational experiences. We also explore: • What deep attunement is and how relationships can be an opportunity into healing • The way the man Jesus (Jeshua) expressed love and healing grace • The current Covid-19 pandemic and how we are being affected both individually and collectively — with a deep longing for connection Lan Thi was trained in conventional counseling-coaching model, which she integrated with a caregiving style, gained from her years of Hospice and Bereavement work. Her current "companioning" approach has evolved from her experience in Life Coaching, Companion Care, Soul Regression Therapy, and Dignity Therapy. To contact her, write to [email protected] LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Host: Lynn Kidd Guest: Lan Thi Bray Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on November 27, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Susan Bernardini responds to the following questions: 1) What is love to you? 2) Let’s begin our discussion about hypnosis with a clarification of what it is. What happens to a person during hypnosis? Why should somebody on a spiritual path be interested in it? 3) In your practice, you offer two approaches to Hypnotherapy: clinical hypnotherapy and transpersonal hypnotherapy. a) Please share a little about each. b) Is there a way to use self-hypnosis for both of these techniques? 4) Let’s focus in for a minute on Past Life Regressions and Between Lives Regressions. a) Are you convinced that we live multiple lives? b) What’s the value of knowing about other lifetimes? 5) (Question of the week) How is love the answer to releasing one’s “karma” from a past life experience? Susan is the owner of Transitions Hypnosis, LLC. She has a master of arts (MA) degree in counseling and is a fully trained and Certified Master Hypnotherapist and Past Life Regressionist. She is also a long time student of A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love. Her website is https://www.transitions-hypnosis.com/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Susan Lister Bernardini Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on November 13, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Ronya Banks responds to the following questions: 1) What is love to you? 2) "Righteous anger" is a topic on which you recently spoke. What do you mean by righteous anger? Doesn’t everybody think their anger is righteous? How do I know if my anger is righteous, or is just my point of view? 3) Anger is a tricky subject in Buddhist teachings. Shantideva calls it "the most extreme negative force." Yet we know that repressing our feelings is never a good idea. Can you offer a practice for people who want to find that sweet spot of dealing with anger skillfully? 4) Would you say that the best approach is to transform the feeling of anger, or to use righteous anger to transform our world? 5) (Question of the week) Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle says often: "For some, suffering is their greatest teacher." The Persian poet, Rumi, writes: "Suffering is a gift in its hidden mercy." What purpose does suffering serve in our lives? Ronya is a Vipassana meditation instructor. She is the founder and lead teacher of the Asheville Insight Meditation in Asheville, North Carolina and a certified mentor for the Power of Awareness program offered by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. As a mentor, she trains participants in a mindfulness teaching certification program, sponsored by Sounds True Publishing. Her websites are https://ronyabanks.com/ and https://www.ashevillemeditation.com/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Ronya Banks Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on October 16, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, John Mark Stroud responds to the following questions: 1) What is love to you? 2) It’s pretty fascinating that you’re doing this real life experiment with living from freedom. Will you explain why freedom is a priority for you? What have you freed yourself from? What is it that keeps most people bound? 3) a) What would you say is energetically going on within you now - that outwardly shows up as living in an airstream travel trailer? b) What is your relationship to time with this lifestyle? 4) Can you take us through a typical day for somebody who is committed to living from freedom? How do you decide what to do with your time and energy? Is it exhausting having so many choices? 5) (Question of the week) I have a live-in partner who yells all the time. It feels verbally abusive. This has been going on for several years. I have small children at home and have nowhere else to go. How is love the answer to seeing my inner truth - in what is feeling like a hopeless external situation? John Mark Stroud began his journey as a successful businessman. Eventually, he felt moved to sell his business and begin the inward search for the peace and happiness that he felt deeply was eluding him. He was swept up in a "tidal wave" of synchronistic events which eventually led him into a direct experience of boundless love. A Course in Miracles, A Course of Love, and Way of Mastery have all been part of his journey. At one point, John Mark did some teaching, yet now he focuses on living and responding to life from a place of freedom, along with his wife, Cindy. His website is: http://www.onewhowakes.org/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: John Mark Stroud Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on October 9, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Georgie Jessup responds to the following questions: 1) What does love mean to you? 2) I want to begin by recognizing that, as a transgender person, you have had a unique relationship with your own masculine and feminine energies. What has your experience taught you about balancing both energies? 3) a) I think most people want to be trans-supportive, but they don’t fully understand the transgender experience. A trans person doesn’t actually change their gender. They just change the outside to match how they’ve experienced themselves all along. Would you agree with that, and can you talk about what the experience of being born into a body that doesn’t match you is like? b) Do you miss white male privilege? Culturally, what have you noticed that’s different about presenting in the world as female? 4) The Lakota Native culture is an important part of your life. Can you share the Lakota tribe’s sacred role of a “winkte,” and how that relates to your personal journey? 5) (Question of the week) I have worked very hard to reach what I have achieved. Suddenly everything is falling apart. Life seems to be showing me a different direction, but I strongly feel the profession I have worked toward is my soul calling. Should I go with the flow and see where it leads, or should I strive for what I feel is my soul calling? How is love the answer to finding my next step? Georgie Jessup is a singer, musician, and songwriter in the "cosmic Americana" genre. As a transgender woman, her passionate song lyrics reflect her outspoken advocacy for transgender rights, animal rights, Native American issues, and environmental sanity. Her website is: https://www.georgiejessup.com/georgie_epk/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Georgie Jessup Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on October 2, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/ Song played at closing: "Post Op Freeway" © 1991 Georgie Jessup winkte music/ASCAP

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Virenia Peeples responds to the following questions: 1) What does love mean to you? 2) I am fascinated that you have had a successful show business career because in spite of all that public approval, you’re more interested in living as love. How has fame affected your spiritual journey? Has it helped or hindered your recognition of your essential Self as something beyond identity? 3) In your Human Harmonics work, you say that love is a frequency, and we can use that frequency to access the whole of who we are. How do I access the frequency of love within myself? 4) Let's talk about this woman who is at the crossroads of her life, and is crying on the beach because she doesn't know who she is, or what she wants. Can you say a little about the self that you present to the world and the authentic Self? 5) (Question of the week) Sometimes I am certain God will see me through. Sometimes I have doubts and on a rare occasion I've gone into despair without a ray of hope. What is the key to returning to the knowing that I'm always being supported? Virenia has had a successful career expressing herself through acting, singing, and dancing under the name Nia Peeples. After she experienced upheavals in her life, she traveled the world to listen to her heart and discover who she really is. She now wants to simply be Love through living it out loud, and empower others to do the same. She has written a children's book entitled The Little Apple Tree, which has been brought into classroom curriculum. Her websites are https://www.humanharmonics.life/ and https://www.niapeeples.com/. LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Virenia Peeples Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on September 25, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Suzanne Quinney responds to the following questions: 1) What does love mean to you? 2) (a) I think a lot of people have heard of Findhorn, the intentional community in Scotland, but I understand that it has evolved beyond its beginnings. Years ago when I heard Peter Caddy speak, I was fascinated by his description of the founders’ work with nature spirits and by their efforts to communicate with them. It seemed magical. Is this emphasis on nature still practiced today? How has it evolved? (b) Can you clarify how co-creating works in the Findhorn community? 3) (a) What are some personal examples of NEW ways of togetherness being born in the collaborative atmosphere @ Findhorn? (b) In what ways have you personally transformed living within community? 4) Another subject we want to touch on today is that of taize singing. I have participated in a taize service myself and found it extremely peaceful and sacred. Can you talk a little about what taize is and how it contributes to community? 5) (Question of the week) I have always longed to belong to a group of people who really support and care about each other. Our culture provides plenty of surface level interaction, but aside from joining an existing intentional community, what can I do to connect with people on a deep level? How is love the answer to finding the kind of genuine connection I crave? Suzanne and her husband have formed their own business in the UK which provides training and facilitation for using appreciative inquiry. Suzanne is currently a member of the Findhorn community in Scotland, and is a longtime student of A Course of Love and A Course in Miracles. She is inspired by and loves Taize singing. Her website is https://appreciatingpeople.co.uk/. The Findhorn Foundation's website is https://www.findhorn.org/. LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Suzanne Quinney Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on August 21, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/ Taize Song: https://youtu.be/wGgGFguXwms

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Anjula Ram answers the following questions: 1) What does love mean to you? 2) I’ve heard you say it takes courage to love. Doesn’t love just happen naturally? Is something else going on here? 3) You talk about integrating the masculine and feminine. Can you talk more about how you work with that? 4) (a) I really liked your short film: “Essays from the Heart: Emergence from Within.” What was that experience like for you? (b) Why have you chosen filmmaking as your primary method of connecting with people? 5) (Question of the week) I want to behave lovingly toward people, but I’m not interested in being fake, or disingenuous. How is love the answer to connecting authentically with people I don’t actually like? Anjula is of African and Indian descent and was born in the UK but migrates between UK and the US, according to where her work and adventures take her. She is best described as a journalist filmmaker, combining her gift for visual art with social interaction. Her website is https://www.anjularam.com/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Anjula Ram Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on August 14, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/

In this podcast hosted by A Course of Love facilitators Lynn Kidd and Laurel Elstrom, Rod Chelberg, M.D. answers the following questions: 1) What does love mean to you? 2) You tell a lot of amazing stories about how Christ helped you diagnose and treat patients. I’d like to know if we can tune into this kind of wisdom as individuals in order to diagnose and treat our own bodies, and if so, how? 3) (a) You've spoken of quieting the breath, placing your hands over your heart, and saying the words "I AM." What is happening here? (b) HeartMath Institute's research shows that the heart is intuitive and has its own intelligence and wisdom. Does the heart also have a healing frequency? 4) A Course of Love and Right Use Of Will suggest that once we’ve learned to live as the Self, our bodies don’t have to die. Yet everybody I know of so far has had an expiration date. What do you think about this teaching? Do human bodies have to die? 5) How do I make practical decisions if I don’t use my thoughts and mind to evaluate my best choices? 6) (Question of the week) Dr. Deepak Chopra says that our body is a blueprint of our thoughts. Do thoughts create dis-ease in our bodies? What about feelings that are repressed and denied? Do denied feelings create disease? How is love the answer to our relationship with disease in our own bodies? Rod Chelberg, M.D. (aka "Dr. Rod") is a retired physician who practiced medicine for 28 years, including Emergency Room, ICU, and Hospice. He’s also the author of the book, When God Calls, Say "Yes." His website is https://www.rodchelberg.com/ LOVE IS THE ANSWER is a podcast that explores the POWER OF LOVE in real life. We look for answers to the problems we face within our lives. What if the solution is right within us? What if LOVE is the answer? In each episode, we ask our guests questions related to ordinary life situations, and let them share their experiences with living from love. ------------------------------------ Credits: A Course of Love: https://acourseoflove.org Hosts: Laurel Elstrom, Lynn Kidd Guest: Rod Chelberg, M.D. Podcast Editor: Rodrigo P. Cayres Date: Recorded on July 24, 2020 Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Stock Image: https://pixabay.com/users/gdj-1086657/