CANTOR ESTHERLEON SCHWARTZ officiates “HIGH HOLY DAYS”
Event on 2014-09-28 07:30:00
High Holy Day Service: Tax Deductible Donations Welcome.
For Info: (323) 653- 7420 www.Estherleon.com
Cantor Estherleon Schwartz will officiate an uplifting Rosh Hashana Eve of inspiration, reflection, wisdom, tradition, and music. Please visit her website for listings of all High Holy Day Services and locations for Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur where she will offer individual Torah blessings and a candlelighting ceremony, and speak on the topic of how to hold onto your faith in spite of today's challenges. Participation is encouraged.

at Bodhi Tree Bookstore
8585 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, United States

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Brisbane, Australia (PRWEB) June 02, 2014

Have you ever wondered why you were put on Earth? Or if this physical, human life is real, or just a dream?

Australian author Dan Brands new book, Mind WorX: An Inside Story, is a compilation of thoughts and philosophical ideas written as a result of a certain curiosity about the human life we tend to take for granted. For years, he has tried to rationalize his numerous questions regarding the truth of our existence, and he now wants to share his ideas with readers.

Brand said, My credentials come from an avid interest in all things philosophical, plus a long and full lifetimes exposure to both the positive and negative influences and experiences that such a life engenders, thus gaining wisdom that gives me the ability to put those experiences down in words.

His motivation comes from simply wanting to, help as many people as possible become aware of who they truly are, why they are here and why things happen the way they do.

I believe that it only takes a few of us to wake up to reality, Brand said. The rest will naturally follow, for the rising tide of learning lifts all minds. My aim is to help that process along.

Mind WorX: An Inside Story

By Dan Brand

ISBN: 978-1-4525-1381-2

Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Balboa Press online bookstores

About the Author

Dan Brand is retired and lives on Australias Queensland Sunshine Coast. He has always had an interest in questions about human life and its purpose.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 02, 2014

Millions of people are searching for wisdom, guidance and practical techniques to aid in the advancement of their spiritual journey. The #1 New York Times bestselling author, soul leader and a grandmaster of many ancient Chinese disciplines Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha and the founder of Soul Mind Body Medicine

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Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) June 03, 2014

The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT) announced today that Centers for Spiritual Living, an international New Thought organization, will serve as the lead sponsor for AGNTs first ever Awakened World Film Festival Retreat, being held in Santa Barbara, CA from October 27-30, 2014.

Centers for Spiritual Living is a global community comprised of 400 spiritual communities, teaching chapters, study groups and other ministries in 30 countries, teaching a New Thought philosophy through the study and practice of Science of Mind

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Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) June 04, 2014

United Benefit Advisors, the nations leading independent employee benefits advisory organization, announces the release of A Business Case for Benefits Communications, a comprehensive white paper that teaches employers how to help employees better understand (and appreciate) their benefits.

Countless studies show that employee engagement has a direct impact on a companys bottom line. According to a recent Gallup poll, 70% of American workers are either not-engaged or actively disengaged, which costs the US $ 450 billion to $ 550 billion in lost productivity per year.

As the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance continues to rapidly outpace wages and inflation, now more than ever employers find the cost of unnecessary turnover or low presenteeism is very high, says Bob Recchia, president of California Corporate Benefits, a UBA Partner Firm in San Diego. Working at improving employee engagement, retention and loyalty can provide enormous returns on very modest investments.

Single premiums for employer-sponsored insurance increased 48% from 2005 to 2013, according to the 2013 UBA Health Plan Survey, and 27% for families. Additionally, the survey results show that in that same time period, there was a 327% increase in adoption of HDHPs among employers, a trend that is expected to continue. The key to making HDHPs successful at cost savings, UBA finds, is making employees aware of how to use their benefits and take control of their health care consumption.

According to a recent survey from Colonial Life, a UBA Strategic Partner, three out of four employees say they need more education to understand how changes in their benefits affect their financial safety net. UBAs white paper addresses how best to reach them, what they need to know, and how they prefer to receive the information.

The white paper addresses several key areas, including:

Hidden Paychecks

Total compensation statements, or hidden paychecks, serve as excellent ways to inform employees about what the company is providing for them. These statements not only outline an employee’s wages but also display the employers contributions to benefit plans such as medical, life, retirement and more.

Making Employees ‘Stewards’ of the Plan

Sharing the financials associated with the health plan and other benefits help employees understand and become stewards of the plans, wanting to become better consumers and help control costs. Its helping employees understand what they can and can’t control in the health care puzzle.

Benchmarking Data

Communicating benchmark data about how an employers plan compares with those of other companies is another way to drive home the value of a benefits package.

We use the benchmark data from UBA Health Plan Survey to compare not only benefits but contribution levels, says Andrea Kinkade, president/employee benefits advisor with Kaminsky & Associates, a UBA Partner Firm in Ohio. We even use it during open enrollment meetings to illustrate how our clients benefits and contributions levels are better than their peers. It is an extremely beneficial and key part of the renewal process as many companies struggle with what level of coverage to offer and how much cost sharing to include. When their benefits exceed the benchmarks, it is a great reminder to employees of just how good a medical program they have.

Industry research has shown that employees have a positive perception of their benefits (even when the overall package is mediocre) if there is an excellent communications plan in place, says Gary Jurney, president of Kainos Partners, Inc., a UBA Partner Firm in Houston.

Employers serious about communicating the value of their benefits and plans and making it a cornerstone of their corporate culture can download a copy of the UBA white paper, A Business Case for Benefits Communications, from: http://bit.ly/1gJR3GE.

About United Benefit Advisors

United Benefit Advisors is the nations leading independent employee benefits advisory organization with more than 200 offices throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. As trusted and knowledgeable advisors, UBA Partners collaborate with nearly 2,000 fellow professionals to deliver expertise, thought leadership and best-in-class solutions that positively impact employers and make a real difference in the lives of their employees and families. Employers, advisors and industry-related organizations interested in obtaining powerful results from the shared wisdom of our Partners should visit UBA online at http://www.UBAbenefits.com.

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Voorhees, NJ (PRWEB) June 05, 2014

Being a dad unfortunately comes with no set of instructions and is certainly not an easy role to define or label. With Fathers Day nearing next month, Bill McCuskers new book, Fatherhood: In Pieces, pays tribute to the unique roles, expectations, contributions and responsibilities of fatherhood, from the perspective of over 30 fathers. Just released in April, the honest and inspiring book is available on Amazon.com.

McCusker interviewed over 30 diverse fathers one-on-one, to impart their insights, wisdom and experiences as a father, delving into specific topics such as spouses, roles of fathers, values, expectations of kids, discipline, etc. The book gives guidance in small bits for the time-challenged or the attention deficit reader, examining the perspectives of fathers in bite-sized pieces so readers can easily digest the array of advice.

Independently published, McCuskers book is a compilation of valuable advice and stories he collected from some standup dads. It was a very touching process in gathering the research for my book. The men I spoke with really opened up with me, revealing their true emotions, worries, and joys of their fathering experiences.

McCusker explains, this is not necessarily a book of proven best practices or a valid scientific study on how to properly raise your kids. Instead, it provides insight and advice from other fathers to help open up the conversation on the most important role a man can have.

A perfect Fathers Day gift, McCuskers book is available for purchase now on amazon.com. For more information visit http://www.fatherhood-in-pieces.com.

About Bill McCusker:

For more than thirty years, Bill McCusker has worked in the business world, where he has held leadership roles, often with global responsibility, in large professional services firms. He and his wife, Trayce, taught school as U.S. Peace Corps volunteers on an outer island in Fiji for three years. Bill received a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He was born in New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two daughters, Kelly and Mary.

Bill McCusker is an entertaining and provocative speaker, weaving humor, straight-ahead opinion, and engaging facilitation skills into his presentations and discussions.

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Patricia King interviews Graham Cooke as he discusses the unique process God took him through to complete the writing of his latest book “Prophetic Wisdom”.
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(PRWEB) June 05, 2014

Kate McKay owns five businesses, teaches others how to live in prosperity and is the founder of the “Living Sexy” movement. Kate’s passion is to help others see their own beauty and take life on their own terms in order to live a fulfilled and happy existence. As the founder of the “Living Sexy” movement, Ms. McKay is a vibrant and exciting woman whose passion is seeing others realize their full potential. To this end, she appears at numerous speaking engagements each year, helping others to learn to unlock their inner potential.

Now, Kate is releasing her first book in the “Living Sexy” series, entitled Living Sexy Fit, which launches Tuesday, June 10th, 2014. Her fitness history made this a logical choice for the topic of the first book of this series. At age 50, Kate began bodybuilding and has competed in multiple contests to place within the top three. She brings this enthusiasm and joy for life to her new book, in which she describes the important role that fitness plays in living a fulfilling existence.

Ms. McKay will be appearing as keynote speaker at the Advancing Women’s Excellence in Business conference on June 10 on the topic of “Dare To Break Through.” At that time, she will introduce the idea of the “Living Sexy” platform as well as talk about her new book series and how it can reach and help those who want to live a more full and productive life. Living Sexy Fit will be published by Next Century Publishing.

For those interested in the “Living Sexy” movement or who want to learn more about Kate McKay, more information is available at her website located at http://kate-mckay.com/about-kate.

About Kate McKay:

Kate McKay is a speaker, coach, fitness guru and entrepreneur whose passion is to spread her message of living a life of abundance. She founded Gold Siena/Gold Party New England and Kate McKay, headquartered in Newburyport, Mass. Kate has a single goal in life: to help others live the most abundant life possible by helping them tap into their inner strengths. Ms. McKay offers her wisdom through her “Living Sexy” series of books as well as personal speaking engagements.

http://kate-mckay.com/

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2014 EQi 2.0/EQ360 Certification Training Classroom Sessions
Event on 2014-12-01 08:30:00

PerformanceWorks LLC

EQi 2.0/EQ360 Certification Course

 Note:  The dates listed for this course are placeholder dates for the Eventbrite system.  Classes can be scheduled for groups or individuals at any mutually convenient time.  Contact us at info@hptworks.com to arrange your dates.

Add these highly respected, leading-edge Level B assessments to your talent management/coaching toolkit and use them to:

• Improve performance by building your employee/client development action plans
• Identify and develop high-potential talent
• Build your leadership pipeline
• Assist your clients in developing critical self-awareness
• Make more informed decisions about your clients, employees and hiring candidates
• Have the necessary knowledge and tools to build a business case for developing emotional Intelligence in the workplace
• Increase your effectiveness in a variety of ways: coaching, counseling, leadership development, selection, team building, and much, much more.

What Does Certification Include?

• Three 30 minute, online pre-work modules, two day online training workshop, online exam
• Personal EQ-i 2.0 assessment with confidential, 1 hour debrief prior to the session (0 value)
• 5 in tokens (5 value) to purchase assessments post-certification
• Free online account where you administer and score the assessments
• The EQ Edge (3rd Edition) by Steven Stein and Howard Book
• EQ-i 2.0 and 360 User's Guide
• EQ-i 2.0 and 360 Participant workbook and presentation materials
• Access to other MHS EQ assessments: Team, Leadership and Organizational Reports
• Access to free online resources on the EQ-i 2.0 portal
• A certificate authorizing you as eligible to purchase and administer the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ360
• Unlimited, on-going support, training and coaching through PerformanceWorks' EQ Insights Community

Investment:  95 

Who should participate:

• Internal and external coaches (Public/Private sectors)
• HR professionals
• Organization and leadership development professionals
• Internal and external consultants
• Therapists and psychologists
• Anyone interested in helping others improve their emotional intelligence

This course pre-approved for 15 General HRCI Credits and 16.5 CCEs from the International Coach Federation.

Registration is limited to 10 participants per session. Register early!

What Participants are Saying:

"Susan is a great business partner in the industry.  She has great organizational knowledge and wisdom and brings that with her as she integrates it into her practice. Her knowledge about Emotional Intelligence and its usefulness for individuals is powerful.  She was able to help me learn how to take this complex information and turn it into a useful business tool.  Thanks, Susan!!!     

     - Jennifer Webster, Ph.D., Business Strategies, Inc.

From the personal coaching session of my own EQ-i results to learning and practicing in the classroom and all the way to the final exam–Susan coached me every step of the way. I really enjoyed the experience and am glad that I picked her as my trainer and coach. I recommend her to anyone hoping to feel completely competent in administering the EQ-i assessment. Thanks, Susan!  

     - Shamra Clark, M.A., Ford Family Foundation

Cancellation Policy:

• If you cancel your EQi 2.0 Certification Workshop registration, PerformanceWorks automatically transfers your registration to a future workshop date.  Refunds of the workshop fee are not offered.

Note:  PerformanceWorks LLC reserves the right to cancel the session up to two (2) weeks prior to the training if attendance requirements are not met and will not be held responsible for any travel arrangements made due to the cancellation of the session.  

at Clackamas Community College
Gregory Forum
Oregon City, United States

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On Monday, May 10th, 2010, Tim Wallace-Murphy lectured at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York. The lecture was…
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Elgin, IL (PRWEB) June 09, 2014

Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide, a leading global manufacturer of packaging and converting hot melt and water-based adhesives and the longest continuously operating adhesives manufacturer in the world, announces the appointment of Tom Rolando to Chief Operating and Technical Officer. He recently served as Wisdoms Chief Technical Officer.

In his role as Chief Operating and Technical Officer, Tom will combine his extensive technical adhesive industry knowledge with managing Wisdoms day-to-day global operations and focus on production, global distribution channels, customer service and human resources. In addition, Tom will oversee the companys new product and business technology efforts.

With over 25 years of experience in adhesives, coatings and sealants technologies, Tom has significantly added to Wisdoms product line portfolio with innovative new products such as GreenBond Sustainable Adhesive product line and ClearBond hot melts as well as Wisdoms latest metalocene-based hot melt, WIzAssure. Additionally, Tom spearheaded the Wisdom Total Quality Management (WTQM) and LSS-FAST business programs, which increased production and enhanced communication

It is my pleasure to announce Toms promotion to Chief Operating and Technical Officer. Tom is an integral part of our global expansion efforts. His leadership skills, enthusiasm and knowledge of adhesive technologies for todays packaging and converting applications are an embodiment of the Wisdom Way of doing business. states Jeff Wisdom, CEO and fifth generation owner.

Prior to joining Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide, Tom Rolando ran H.B. Fullers Flexible Packaging Program in a dual role as Technical and Business Manager. He also has worked as Technical Director at both Akzo Nobel and Cargill. Tom Rolando holds a M.S. in Organic Polymer Chemistry from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and a B.A. in Chemistry from the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN.

As a global supplier of environmentally safe and compliant water-based and hot melt adhesives to industrial users, Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide manufactures water-based resins, dextrins, PSAs and acrylics; hot melt EVAs and metallocenes, PEs and PSAs; and protein adhesives and reactive products. Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide serves a wide range of industries, including packaging, converting, bookbinding, graphic arts, tissue and towel, product assembly, textiles and general purpose. Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide is known for responding to global customer needs faster often with a 24-hour turnaround than any other company in the industry, providing high-quality products and personalized service second to none.

Since 1875, Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide has been advancing the technology of adhesives. The companys exceptional leadership has been headed by five consecutive generations of the Wisdom family, still exceeding the expectations of worldwide customers at an unparalleled pace. In this age of global entities, Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide stands out as a company of real people working person-to-person in order to respond to the needs of each and every industrial adhesives customerand doing it fast.

For more information, call 847.841.7002 or visit http://www.wisdomadhesives.com. Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide is headquartered at 1575 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123

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Iceage – Father Murphy, Femminielli
Event on 2014-10-19 00:00:00
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If you’re reading this, you’re probably part of whatever is left of the music press in 2011. There is no reason to explain the state of modern, relevant punk rock to you; you’re paid (in one way or another) to know it all. Fittingly, there is no reason to outline any scene reports or regional histories that brought about the formation of Copenhagen’s Iceage. Its members are teenagers, presently 18 or 19 years of age, and as with most people that age, it doesn’t do any good to cite influences. Rather, Iceage mixes punk, post-punk, Goth and hardcore as if they invented it, and does such an excellent job of blending these tropes with the pent-up energy and frustration of the just-post-pubescent years of young mens’ lives, that they might as well have.

New Brigade is Iceage’s debut album (licensed from Escho Records of Denmark); 26 minutes of anthemic stress, of tension undiluted by worldly wisdom or amassed experience. Following a seven-inch single (recorded by Peter Peter, of the Sods and Sort Sol) and compilation track, New Brigade displays a confidence that substitutes worldly experience for the thrills of discovery, of knowing that it is possible to forge your own path in light of adults, the establishment, and prevailing wisdom telling you to do otherwise. In this tradition, New Brigade’s twelve songs rush past, long enough to hit you in the chest and short enough to make you wonder what happened. YouTube shows Iceage’s live shows to be frenetic, sometimes violent affairs with very little compromise in the way of sound or concept. You may get pushed around. Deal with it. This is a punk record from a punk band that plays punk shows. American audiences will get their first chance to see them play this summer, once they finish their current year of high school.

There likely will not be a record of this type so singular and stunning until Iceage makes another one.

at Horseshoe Tavern
368 Queen Street West
Toronto, Canada

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John Butler Trio
Event on 2014-11-08 18:00:00

The contradictions in John Butler are evident, and, despite his magnificently successful career (with number one albums in Australia and sell-out tours) his is a troubled soul. One of the most successful recording artists Australia has ever produced and a musician whose reputation has begun to rock the waters of both Europe and America, Butler is nevertheless a man on the edge, poised like a beautiful suicide. Where will he go next? Up or down? Despite the tensions within the man and his music the new album makes his future trajectory abundantly clear.An independent role model, founder of Australia's Jarrah Records, family man and proud skateboard aficionado, JB, in spite of his matey public persona, remains an enigma. He is from everywhere and nowhere, an Australian/American, Everyman/Nowhere Man, and his music mixes rootedness and rootlessness, pain and celebration in a way that is utterly beguiling. He is the consummate rebel-refugee whose songs chart disenchantment with the corporate world and show a yearning for truth along with an ongoing struggle for a sense of locus. The songs' off-centre grooves have always been their charm, and yet now there is a sense, in the new album at least, of resolution and peace after years of being against the world and what it offered. Maybe the man on the brink will not jump after all?The PastBorn in California and of mixed Australian, Greek and Bulgarian ancestry, Butler began his musical career in classic if tentative style. The narrative arc is well-known Down Under. An art-school dropout, he was 'discovered' busking in 1996, bystanders marvelling at 'the sweat flying off his brow' and 'the holy madness in his eyes'. The tape of these early compositional soundscapes Searching for Heritage gave an inkling of where Butler was going, reaching as it did both forwards and backwards in time, conversant with all genres and yet somehow defining its own. The sound had, and still has, elements of folk, funk, reggae and rock all drizzled through the 90s Seattle sensibility. Behind all that there was a wistful Celtic ambience surreally counterpointed by a Jamaican roots/rudeboy vibe. What could have been a mess somehow made perfect sense, with the bluegrass fingerpicking, hip hop beats and psychedelic wig-outs proving not uneasy bedfellows but perfect complements.NowOn Flesh & Blood it goes even further, yet with a restraint that bespeaks a deepening maturity. There are dirty Stevie Wonder-style boogies, ghostly refrains that could come from Simon and Garfunkel, sonic poltergeists which seem, at times, to resemble lost rock classics. In the hands of a lesser man this would be mere thievery dressed up as 'eclecticism'. But Butler is a maestro – he takes his influences and transcends them. He creates a sound that is as ancient as aboriginal bone-art and yet as modern as your Twitter feed. He has been hailed as one of the world's greatest guitarists, a musician's musician, one whose sound offers not three chords and the truth but a thousand. His prestidigitation is astounding. An old song like "Ocean," for example, has chalked up 30 million Youtube hits, and not just with guitar freaks studying his technique. The new album has songs that are less expansive and more 'reined in', but the playing is all the more impressive for being more tightly corralled. Less sometimes really is more.Flesh & Blood may be his best yet. In parts it is simply overwhelming. The album has captured that elusive thing: soul. Butler has spoken in interviews of his songs being like 'wild horses, wild beasts' and you can see what he means. Songs, he says, come from the 'ether', from a savage hinterland: they must be caught without breaking their spirit. A 'song-capturer', Butler's job has been not to tame those horses but to present their wildness. His myth of composition evokes the timeless expanse of both the Aussie Outback and the American West, and he and his fellow band members have been at pains to honour the songs as independent things that belong to no one, least of all themselves. Arising from a series of agenda-free jams in Butler's studio 'The Compound' in Fremantle, (Australia) the album took a mere 20 days to record and, though beautifully structured in sonic terms, there is a rawness and honesty to the album that reflects the brevity of its laying down. The songs have a wide-open, semi-improvised feel. The crisp and beautifully spare production of Jan Skubiszewski accentuates the sense of limitless space: the drums (courtesy of the aptly named Nicky Bomba) kick with dub explosions, while the bass ('Lord' Byron Luiters) goes on inspired transient walkabouts. Butler's voice, free of the 'anger' that has dogged him for so long, now soars with both melancholy and plangent purity. "Wings are Wide" evokes rainforests: it is drenched in dizzying guitar loops in which the listener is enmeshed and lifted timelessly elsewhere. "Spring to Come" could be a classic, Butler's acrylic fingernails plucking more of their extraordinary patterns. "Blame it on Me" is a cocky peacock-strut juxtaposed with dark references to apocalyptic 'heavy times'. "Young and Wild" has the simple beauty of a song – a down home-country feel offset by the gorgeous shadowing of female vocalist Ainslie Wills. "How You Sleep at Night" is a hypnotically anthemic piece featuring the ferocious drumming of new man Grant Gerathy; Bomba having jumped ship (albeit amicably) to front his own Melbourne Ska Orchestra. The synth-anchored "You're Free" sounds like its title: it is as if the composer, haunted by righteous ire, has taken flight, escaping earthly confines but not flying too close to the sun. New single "Only One" shows a new maturity in pop craftsmanship. The quiet/loud dynamic is beautifully exploited yet again. A simple three note refrain and rolling storm-cloud drums establishes a minor key mood: a place of 'castles built out of sand' and 'something haunting' the protagonist. But then the chorus erupts with steel drum euphoria transporting the listener to what sounds like Africa a third world of ecstatic being. That is the JB trick par excellence: the shift from fireside ballad to communal dance, from private to public, from doubt to assertion.Home AgainWith Flesh & Blood, Butler has come full circle. Searching for Heritage led ultimately to April Uprising, an album that delved into Butler's family history, one in which ethnic Bulgarians (Butler's kin) rose up in 1876 against the tyrannical Ottoman Empire that had suppressed them. John's own name derives from his paternal grandfather, a forestry worker who died fighting a bushfire in Nannup, Oz. From these historical titbits we glean some inkling of the artist. He is a man fighting for justice, a man fighting fires those of love gone bad, of corporate greed, or simply of his own angry soul. As Butler has confessed in a recent interview, "I thought my anger was my strongest asset and that's what made me powerful, but it was actually my weakest link. My vulnerability, my honesty and patience and trust are my strongest attributes." The album bears this out. As Butler has matured the anger has been sublimated in poetry, and his voice, on the tender love songs especially, has become his outstanding instrument. Flesh & Blood is a testament to his talent, and to a man who has finally found himself. On some songs he sounds simply reborn. "I wanted the songs to be a lot more guttural and fleshier," says a newly humble JB. "I wanted to smell it and feel it a bit more. And I wanted my voice, now and always, to be more convincing." If it's authenticity he was seeking he has surely found it.If he has been a 'man on the edge' he is certainly not going to jump and end it all. He now has the wisdom and the courage to take a step back – and enjoy the view.John Butler is no pie-in-the-sky hippy. He has dirt beneath his feet: red dirt. He is well-known Down Under for his environmental and political commitment. His white Rasta look once suggested a teleported Bob Marley – but that has gone. The more recent barbered image makes him look like a handsome American from the Civil War era. His stare is hypnotic. Who will draw first, you or him? He is not, however, all gun and no trousers. He has put his money where his mouth is, fronting a campaign that helped stop a vast gas plant from despoiling the natural beauty of the Kimberley area in NW Australia. He has also set up a charitable trust that has enabled many aspiring artists to find an outlet. He is a man who cares about the world he is in and one who has tried, in his own way, to set in right.

at Greenfield Park and Gardens
Third Street and Carolina Beach Rd
Wilmington, United States

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The Advanced School of Wellness
Event on 2014-09-13 10:00:00

The Advanced School of Wellness with Dr. Vera Baziuk.

Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired?  Do you lack energy or time to prepare foods to help you lose or maintain your weight? Do you stuggle to make time for physical activity?

Listen, participate and be empowered as Dr. Vera Baziuk shares knowledge and wisdom with you to create and incorporate a healthy lifestyle into your busy active life.

An Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle Program helps you manage, adapt and better control how we react and respond to the physical, mental/emotional and chemical environment.  

For further details please contact:

Dr. Vera Baziuk
drbaziuk@gmail.com
780-995-3146

at Suite 201
10432 123 St NW
Edmonton, Canada

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Read to expand your mind
Event on 2014-09-16 17:30:00

Please read the whole book and be prepared to have an open discussion about the book.

The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.

The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.

Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.

at Catalyst Real Estate Professionals
2119 W March Ln
Stockton, United States

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If you guys want to follow me on instagram – @itswhitelightning or twitter – @dakota_kappelle . WATCH until the end to see twerking and a bunch of other funn…
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Sex, Money, and Sustability: How to Go From Uncertain to Irresistible! (Ethically)
Event on 2014-09-07 10:00:00

• Do you feel like money has got you by the short hairs and not in a good way?
• Do you want to be able to tell hard truths with clarity, conviction, and compassion?
• Do you want to see opportunities where you now see limitation or fear?

 This unique work brings together a powerful crossroads of amazingly deep and profound work that breaks down the barriers and resistance you have to creating change.

Are you ready to engage sustainable and loving practices around sex, money and power that support your whole being?

You’re in the right place! 

There are deep stories we tell ourselves and each other about sex, money, and power. These stories that live inside us often keep us from being who we really are, from doing what we really want to be doing, and from making the connections we desire to build with people and in all areas of our lives.

These stories interweave with out ideas of power holding us back in ways that we're often not conscious of. This work sheds light in how we use power – safe, sane a consensually (and not). With sensuality, and rope and handcuffs – or not.

Come open up your Pandora's box and learn and play with the forbidden, the taboo, and the sensual, to take risks and explore deeply – in a safely held container.

Special co-teacher Charlie Glickman, PhD! (Keep reading for more details!)

In this workshop you will get:

• Identifying what’s standing in the way of getting what you want and transforming that
• Renewed ability to create change
• Practices that will help you feel sexier and relate in alignment with your true self
• Align your resources with your needs around money, sex, and time so that you can communicate that clearly and with integrity.
• Deeper connections with people who are also doing this work – building out your support network

In creating these epiphanies, Briana Cavanaugh will be joined by Charlie Glickman for an amazing synergy of awesomeness!  Charlie brings a depth of information and experience in discussions about sexuality and power as well as his delightful presence. 

There is help and support for you to explore your passion, gain agency in your life, and open to your own inner wisdom and guidance. And you don’t have to do it alone. I mean you can, but it’s more expensive, takes longer, and is exhausting – isn’t that how you got here to begin with?

Experience the sacred and the playful in this day-long deep dive into the inter-sex-tions of sex, money, and power.  This is not your mother’s workshop about money!  And it is not your daughter’s sex ed!

 This invitation is to dive deeply and gently into pleasure and connection in a circle of other heart-centered, passionate, loving humans who are called to do what they love with integrity and honesty – and make money doing it!  You will meet other amazing human beings who are also on a path of deep exploration and connection, sharing support and creating accountability.  You will get the shame, blame, upset and overwhelm out of the way and get into profoundly aligned, radiant action. 

We will be doing work that explores the intersection of our own personal power, the depth of our hearts, and practical pieces about financial well-being and alignment. It’s a rare combined exploration of topics that most people shy away from. But not you – you’re up for the adventure! 

You will connect or re-connect to the passion that drives you and your business wild! You do what you do for a reason. Come and connect to that passion, seduce yourself with your own passion and anchor that passion within you in a more powerful way. This workshop is designed to get you into action as well as into your power and sexuality – giving you sexy action steps to get your financial vision and true purpose out into the world!

Come enjoy a day of exploring edges, pushing boundaries, and getting down and dirty with SEX, MONEY and POWER!

Special Co-teacher for this event!

Charlie Glickman PhD is a sex & relationship coach, a certified sexuality educator, and an internationally-acclaimed speaker. He’s certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and has been working in this field for over 20 years. His areas of focus include sex & shame, sex-positivity, queer issues, masculinity & gender, communities of erotic affiliation, and many sexual & relationship practices. Find out more about him on his website www.charlieglickman.com

What other people are saying about this work: 

“Whoa. I had no idea this level of clarity was even possible.” –M.L.

“Briana is exceptionally skilled at holding space for these very tender conversations, that always leave us feeling emotionally closer, and clearer about our finances.  Thanks Briana!” – D.S. 

“Briana brings amazing clarity, knowledge, compassion and excellent communication to our  work together. She has skills and knowledge that give me the confidence to take on my finances and trust her with my substantial baggage in this area.” – R.M.

at Terra’s Temple
3051 Adeline Street
Berkeley, United States

Sex, Money, and Sustability: How to Go From Uncertain to Irresistible! (Ethically) is a post from: Intervention Therapy