Consciousshift With Julie Ann Turner

Oliver Demille, author of FreedomShift and LeaderShift - explains that, approximately every century, a nation makes a shift - either toward freedom, or toward force. In 1776 we had a Freedom Shift in America. In 1913-1936 we experienced a Force Shift with the implementation of the Federal income tax, the Federal Reserve, the change in the election of Senators and finally the redefinition of the general welfare clause.DeMille has studied nations and history over the last 3,000 years and says we’re in line for a coming shift — a world-scale shift - rather than just a national one, due to the increasing global nature of our technological society.Will we experience a force shift or a Freedom Shift? The momentum, DeMille claims, is toward a force shift. But he also shares that there’s much hope for a FreedomShift. In any shift, 95-97% of the people are not even involved. They simply don’t care. This leaves 3-5% of the populace to make things happen, and that number is split between the people wanting more force a

What if Divine Law governs the condition of our bank accounts,not just the condition of our spirits and our relationships?Well, of course, it DOES!Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest - Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles" - reveals a path to abundance by way of a powerful spiritual principle called the Law of Divine Compensation. The Law says that when we lack faith in our higher selves and focus on the negative, we create and perpetuate our own negative circumstances; conversely, when we have faith in God and in love and all that can go right in our lives, we open ourselves to receive the miracles the universe is holding for us.While millions have suffered heartbreaking and seemingly intractable financial woes, every one of us possesses the power to believe that something else is possible, that our destinies can change, that a miracle can happen. This simple shift in how we think can have a monumental e

This is your chance to embrace, experience and witness an extraordinary birth of a new world, with the man known around the world as the master of Toltec Wisdom - International bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz, Sr. ("The Four Agreements," which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 7 years). Join Julie Ann on ConsciousSHIFT, as she welcomes Don Miguel Ruiz, to bring to the world the message of the Mayan Elders - and the true meaning of December 21st, 2012 - the end of the Mayan calendar. Mythology says this is the end of the world. Don Miguel shares the Truth - that "this day is like any New Years Eve, it will come and it will go and nothing will happen... ... unless we make it happen." Miguel's invitation is for us all to agree that this indeed is the end of the world... as we know it. "Let's utilize this unique moment in time. Let's all agree that this is the end of an era living in fear and fanaticism, and instead the beginning of a new era living in truth... and then let's act on this new agr

During his 2nd Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama called for us to protect our "National Treasure" - stressing the importance of addressing critical environmental issues, including global warming. “The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks.” In a fascinating exploration of environmental issues - from Boston to Beijing and back - and of new views on our dynamic, global ecosystem, Julie Ann and her ConsciousSHIFT guest Dr. Daniel B. Botkin - nationally renowned ecologist and author of THE MOON IN THE NAUTILUS SHELL - shed light on our roles as conscious participants in this fragile systemof which we are a powerful part.Dan shares his extensive resear

Jean Houston, visionary leader and author of "The Wizard of Us: Transformational Lessons from Oz," reveals how the beloved story The Wizard of Oz has the power to reveal the Hero’s Journey that awaits each of us.Through a mythic lens, we may discover how Dorothy’s adventure in a magical land inspires our lives today, offering valuable tools to guide us through our challenging times ... where we may learn to thrive rather than merely to survive.Jean shares with us the deeper messages within The Wizard of Oz, aligned with the Hero’s Journey that awaits each of us - a profound adventure of self-discovery and awakened potential.Together we'll explore lessons to propel you into greater self-understanding, and understanding of the human condition, the importance of myth, and the critical nature of our role in the larger world story and how we can participate in the creation of a better world. THE WIZARD IS USIn exploring The Wizard of Us, we'll discover the powerful, unique skills and qualities of Dorothy, the Wiza

Everybody is playing it safe, because they think that's the smart thing to do. But in today's new economy, playing it safe is the riskiest thing you can do.All the rules have changed and they're going to change more tomorrow.Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Randy Gage - NYTimes Bestselling Author of "Risky is the New Safe" - explains that disruptive technology, changing cultural trends, a breakdown of the education system, government and corporate corruption and malfeasance, and a societly that is some ways evolving - and in other ways devolving - has moved the target. And it keeps moving, faster every day.The people who create prosperity in the new economy will be in front of the trends, anticipating them instead of naively reacting to what happened yesterday.It doesn't matter if you're an individual or a company. To create wealth or success today, you have to become a critical thinker and blow up conventional wisdom.When everyone is zigging, you want to be zagging.Let's face it - tired, old conventional t

We spend our lives seeking love, acceptance, wealth, success, and even ‘spiritual enlightenment’ in the future.We long to be complete.Yet right at the heart of life there is an intimacy, a simplicity, a completeness that is totally beyond words – and which cannot be reached through any effort of ours.In our exhausting attempts to change, to improve ourselves, to become perfect or enlightened - or perfectly enlightened - we end up ignoring this wordless intimacy which exists here and now – an intimacy which is really our true home, and the end of all our seeking.Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Jeff Foster, author of "The Deepest Acceptance: Radical Awakening in Ordinary Life," invites us to discover the ocean of who we are: an awareness that has already allowed every wave of emotion and experience to arrive.What if we were to deeply explore the nature of our experience, not with the aim of ‘fixing’ it – but of seeing the wholeness within it?Jeff invites us to think of this ‘nonduality’ as a ‘finger pointing t

Does the Holiday Season - or ANY busy time in your life and work - trigger anxiety and stress for you?As human beings, we are equipped with powerful healing resources – the mind, body and spirit, which enable within all of us change, growth and healing - as ‘normal daily tasks.’The connection of mind, body and spirit represent a perfect healing system, equipped with infinite possibilities to respond to even the most adverse circumstances. However, most people don’t know how to access and utilize this innate potential – and find true self-empowerment.The integration and alignment of mind, body and spirit provides us with the most powerful healing resource.However, negative emotions, inner conflicts and limiting beliefs are common factors, which prevent us from utilizing this enormous potential to change, heal and succeed.In general, our core beliefs act as our personal laws of the universe. They shape how we view and feel about ourselves and the world, and they determine the choices we make and actions we ta

Imagine a world where everyone feels welcomed and wanted... Imagine a world where everyone knows, deep in their hearts, that they belong...Imagine a world where we all recognize that we are part of one global family...It may sound like a dream, but it’s not.This world is possible now!And the time has come to make this dream a reality.That’s the intention of Global Oneness Day: To remind you to remember the truth of our Oneness, that all of life is connected, and to inspire you to celebrate and appreciate this truth with others.Join us as Julie Ann hosts Steve Farrell, co-founder with Neale Donald Walsch of Humanity's Team and Global Oneness Day, which was launched at the United Nations in 2010 - and will celebrate the 3rd Annual Global Oneness Day on Oct. 24, 2012.On ConsciousSHIFT, you'll hear about the Global Oneness Day Telesummit (http://globalonenesssummit.com/) - featuring luminaries such as such as Ken Wilber, Jack Canfield, Lynne McTaggart, Neale Donald Walsch, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Michael Beckwith

Andrea Polard/A UNIFIED THEORY OF HAPPINESSHappiness is a good relationship with the WHOLE of life ... the good and the bad, the fragility and the strength.Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Andrea Polard, author of A UNIFIED THEORY OF HAPPINESS: An East-Meets-West Approach to Fully Loving Your Life, encourages we blend the best of both Western and Eastern modes of consciousness - using the "twin wings" of full life participation."Happiness seen as full life participation is fulfilling," Andrea explains. "Our Western culture makes us actively part of life, and our Eastern culture fosters awareness of our participation in life. These are the two modes of consciousness: the Basic Mode, wherein one actively relate[s] to the so-called objective world; and Supreme Mode, wherein one focus[es] on Being."On this show, we will explore how weaving both the Active/Basic mode of consciousness - expressed as ambition, competence, connection and confidence - and the Awareness/Supreme mode of consciousness - experienced as re

The results are in: It’s not about how much information we can stuff into children's brains in the first few years, and it’s not about how highly they score on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Paul Tough, author of HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, connects the dots between groundbreaking research in neuroscience, economics, and psychology to show that the qualities that matter most for success have less to do with IQ and more to do with character: skills like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, and optimism.Paul takes on what he calls the “cognitive hypothesis,” the idea that success hinges on mental processing speed and traditional brainpower. Instead, citing lots of interesting research, Tough shows that “non-cognitive skills ... perseverance, optimism, self-control, and so on – are actually what matter most.More than that, the ability to adapt to change - and bounce back from failure - are the capacities that create the chara

How can we experience this kind of clarity? How can we manage constant stress and anxiety? How can we overcome the multitude of challenges we are presented with on a daily basis?Julie Ann and her ConsciousSHIFT guest Marlise Karlin will explore these questions, and Marlise will share her ground-breaking "Simplicity of Stillness (SOS)" methodology for connecting to the universal energy of peace, as revealed in her new book The Power of Peace in You: A Revolutionary Tool for Hope, Healing and Happiness in the 21st Century. The Simplicity of Stillness Method is an immediate, accessible, and experiential form of higher learning that evokes an awakened mind and open heart.It contains three elements that elicits calm, focus and confidence in times of turmoil and adversity.1. Stillness Sessions are a unique form of meditation, infused with (the profound) Energy of absolute peace. Simply listening to the words and music ignites a journey of greater understanding. 2. The Three Breath Awareness is a reconnection tool

When we think of evolution, we may first envision fossils and fruit flies, Charles Darwin and perhaps Richard Dawkins.But what if our current scientific understanding of evolution was just the tip of the iceberg?What if there’s a way to see evolution that could transform not just your understanding of the physical world, but also your most fundamental sense of self-identity? That could give you a rational, intellectually informed sense of optimism for the future? That could even provide a new source of spiritual insight and inspiration?As we explore on ConsciousSHIFT - evolution is a master creative process in which we all participate, consciously or unconsciously ... ours is a World in Process. Today, a movement of visionary scientists, philosophers, and spiritual thinkers is forging a new understanding of evolution that honors science, reframes culture, and radically updates spirituality. Author Carter Phipps calls them Evolutionaries.And Julie Ann will be exploring this emerging worldview with Carter Phi

How do we genuinely and authentically build a global culture of peace? Global activist and author James O'Dea joins Julie Ann to explore the cultural, spiritual, and scientific dimensions of just this question - at a critical time on our planet.The guidance Julie Ann and James will explore - drawn from James's latest book, "Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st-Century Peace Ambassador," is relevant for us all - even those who have never considered themselves peacebuilders - not just for peace activists, mediators, and negotiators, but for psychologists, educators, businesspeople, and clergy - and for us, as everyday citizens.At an individual level, we may play a role as activators of peace through energy mastery - we can we can transform the energy that triggers us and model how to successfully transform unhealthy conflict in our families, workplaces, and local communities.On a community and societal level, peacebuilding creates space for healthy, deep introspection, dialogue, healing - and new vision.Peace wor

Science is usually focused on more specific issues, but with the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson, or “God Particle,” the global conversation about science is expanding to include bigger, more philosophhical questions, like “Where did we come from?” ... “How did something come from nothing?” ... and causing many to ponder anew the meaning of existence.Science and spirituality are often thought to be at odds, but Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Andrew Cohen shares that Evolutionary Enlightenment is a spirituality that is informed by the latest discoveries in science, like the Higgs boson, particularly in relationship to the evolution of the cosmos.More than that, it is often through these “big science” projects like the Large Hadron Collider that scientists discover unimaginable things - and these discoveries, in turn, inevitably spark philosophical questions - questions that only a more evolutionary spiritual view may encompass - and resolve within a higher harmony and wholeness.Julie Ann and Andrew will

SEARCH INSIDE YOURSELF with Google's Chade-Meng Tan"SEARCH INSIDE YOURSELF," the popular course taught at Google, was created by Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest Chade-Meng Tan, to elevate the work and lives of the best and brightest people at one of the most innovative, successful, and profitable businesses in the world.Now, Meng has captured and shared the magic and transformation of the Google course, in his new book, "SEARCH INSIDE YOURSELF: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)."Meng's job title at Google is Jolly Good Fellow (which nobody can deny). His job description reads, "Enlighten minds, open hearts, create world peace." Isn't that a phenomenal job description - one that many ConsciousSHIFT-ers would love to express, as well?Meng, as he is known, takes his job seriously and laughs a lot at the office. As one of Google's earliest engineers, he helped build Google's first mobile search service and headed the team that monitored Google's search quality. He currently se

Is 2012 leading up to a doomsday - or a planetary BIRTH DAY - an invitation for humanity to rise to a new level of conscious choice and co-creation?As we move further into 2012, many people are experiencing heightened uncertainty and fear that is exacerbated by the media frenzy of doom and gloom scenarios, as we face a escalation of natural disasters, economic instability, global warming, threats of war, and more. While many indigenous prophecies - most prominently those of the Maya, whose prophecies are often, erroneously, associated with these "forecasts of 2012 doom" - do concur that a time for a planetary shift is upon us, the leading voices and conscious visionaries of our time are heralding the truth about this shift as a "conscious choice point" for humanity - as Julie Ann shares as the core message on ConsciousSHIFT.Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest and concious visionary Barbara Marx Hubbard, especially, has been a leading voice to put forth a more hopeful vision, which is to declare this 2012 “end” d

IMAGINE: HOW CREATIVITY WORKS with Jonah LehrerDid you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? In IMAGINE: How Creativity Works, bestselling author Jonah Lehrer will share with us a sparkling and revealing look at the new science of creativity. Shattering many creativity myths, Jonah echoes one of ConsciousSHIFT's themes, that creativity is not a single “gift” possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can ALL learn to use more effectively.Julie Ann will explore with Jonah the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child, and daydreaming productively ... and then take us out of our own heads to show how we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, and our schools more effective.We’ll explore Bob Dylan’s writing habits and the drug addiction of poets ... consider bartender who thinks like a chemis

According to rising young economist Enrico Moretti, of U.C. Berkeley, we are in the midst of an unprecedented redistribution of jobs, population, and wealth - and a huge shift in the world's centers of innovation - that will only accelerate in the years to come.Tectonic shifts are reshaping the labor market — from globalization and income inequality to immigration and technological progress — and these shifts are dramatically affecting our communities.New Innnovation Hubs are emerging - cities with a well-educated labor force and a strong innovation sector. Their workers are among the most productive, creative, and best paid on the planet. At the other extreme are cities once dominated by traditional manufacturing, which are declining rapidly, losing jobs and residents.In the middle are a number of cities that could go either way - and, for the past 30 years, these differences have been diverging at an accelerating rate. This divergence is one the most important recent developments and is causing growing geog

This is your invitation to LIVE from your heart's highest potential - to unleash your heart's transformative power - with the tools to reduce stress, improve your health & well-being, enhance your performance, and lead you to experience much more positive emotions.Deborah Rozman, renowned psychologist and HeartMath co-founder, will share how HeartMath's techniques transform the body's physiological response to stressful emotions, so you may meet uncertainty, turbulence, challenge and other stressors - with peace, compassion, openness and joy.When we learn to live from our heart's deepest wisdom, we can best serve the needs of the day and enjoy our lives more fully.Positive emotions can literally shift your heart rhythms, transforming the effects of stress - and HeartMath's technologies and scientific research have confirmed the significant role the heart plays in emotional resilience and improved brain function.Check out the Global Coherence Initiative >>> www.glcoherence.org (Membership is free - lots o