Criminal Justice Reform And The Myth Of Modern Community Policing Detailed By TB Collings, Author Of Bestselling Police Drama, Dharma Cop, Tales Of Street Zen

Collings is a former lay monk who ended up working the streets of New York City as a law enforcement officer. His riveting story is detailed in 'Dharma Cop, Tales of Street Zen'.

TB Collings spent 30 years working in the criminal justice system. Prior to this he spent years in Zen meditation and mindfulness training in Japan and China. This seems like an unlikely background for a street cop. He has been on a 40 year quest to integrate these ancient disciplines into his work as a law enforcement officer, social worker and addiction counselor in New York’s roughest neighborhoods.

Collings recently posted an article on his website entitled, "Criminal Justice Reform - Separating Myth From Reality - Modern Community Policing." In that piece he stated in part:

"Community Policing is an impressive sounding policy, which most cops know to be a fraud. It artificially replaces real community policing, which used to be every beat cop’s job and responsibility, with a few designated 'community affairs officers,' whose agenda is mainly public relations.

"Most police unions go along with it because returning to REAL COMMUNITY POLICING would require cops get out of their cars, and get back to walking the beat. Officers would remain in one neighborhood for much of their career, long enough to truly know and become part of the community. Back to the days when everyone in the neighborhood knew, and most trusted their neighborhood cop.

"During my fifteen years supervising parolees in Brooklyn housing projects, it was rare to meet a housing cop patrolling inside the buildings. They drove around the projects all day, entering buildings only in response to 911 calls. Few residents knew any cop by name.

"Agencies must offer incentives to officers who make a long term commitment to their assigned neighborhood. It is the only way to develop close relationships with community residents they serve."

The full text of the piece is available at https://DharmaCop.com.

Can soldiers, cops, and first responders who routinely face danger and violence maintain their humanity? Can we act aggressively when needed without losing our compassion? In DHARMA COP: Tales of Street Zen Thomas Collings shares riveting stories of his 26 years working with convicts, drug addicts and emotionally disturbed individuals on the streets of New York, as both a social worker and a law enforcement officer. High stress encounters where split second life and death decisions are made.

Finding conflict resolution in many potentially violent confrontations, required all he learned during his years of monastic training in Japan and China. How to act rather than react? How to be still when those around you are acting out of anger, fear and desperation? How can a cop act from a place of wisdom and poise, to be a true peace officer?

Starting out as a troubled kid who turns to drugs and alcohol for relief, Thomas eventually commits himself to a life of clarity and stability through a variety of Asian disciplines, which he shares in this book. Learn how to use "soft power" as you follow the author out into the streets. As you read Tales of Street Zen, you will find more compassion for others, even in situations of conflict. You will find peaceful resolution where others see no hope.These stories offer proven strategies for success in high-stress situations whether you are a cop, health care worker, teacher or anyone who finds themself facing stressful encounters.

The book recently achieved bestseller status in several categories. Readers have praised Dharma Cop: Tales Of Street Zen. One reader wrote, "His stories alone could be television or movie scripts about what is real life on the streets. Far more interesting than the formulaic nonsense shown on the screen nowadays. It is both an easy read and provides real insight. Hard to beat that." Another said, "This book has amazing stories about officer experience combined with meditation." Another stated, "Gripping read of real life stories from a real life character. Don't miss the chance to pick this up and be taken back to the gritty days of NYC and one man trying to make a difference."

TB Collings is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at tbarc9@gmail.com. Dharma Cop, Tales Of Street Zen is available in paperback and ebook versions at Amazon. More information is available at his website at https://DharmaCop.com.

About TB Collings:

Years of Zen meditation and mindfulness training in Japan and China seems an unlikely background for a street cop, but Tom Collings says it was “exactly what I needed to tame this wild mind.” His years traveling through Asia, studying with both Zen and martial arts masters was what he calls his essential “internal education.”

In DHARMA COP: Tales of Street Zen, Collings shares his 40 year quest to integrate these ancient disciplines into his work as a law enforcement officer, social worker and addiction counselor in New York’s roughest neighborhoods.

Contact:

TB Collings

https://DharmaCop.com

tbarc9@gmail.com

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Criminal Justice Reform - Quick Fixes Will Not Work Says TB Collings, Author Of Bestselling Police Drama, Dharma Cop, Tales Of Street Zen

Collings is a former lay monk who ended up working the streets of New York City as a law enforcement officer. His riveting story is detailed in Dharma Cop, Tales of Street Zen

TB Collings spent 30 years working in the criminal justice system. Prior to this he spent years in Zen meditation and mindfulness training in Japan and China. This seems like an unlikely background for a street cop. He has been on a 40 year quest to integrate these ancient disciplines into his work as a law enforcement officer, social worker and addiction counselor in New York’s roughest neighborhoods.

Collings recently posted an article on his website entitled, "Criminal Justice Reform - Separating Myth From Reality." In that piece he stated in part:

"Social issues like crime, criminal justice reform, mass incarceration and policing are very complex. The loudest voices often push simplistic solutions reflecting their limited viewpoint, accomplishing nothing more than distorting the issues. Whether progressive or conservative - the common feature of all these groups, with a 'tribal' mentality, is a response to complexity which denies all facts that do not fit neatly into their myopic view.

“Quick fixes are easy, but effective reform requires a difficult process which includes: diversity of viewpoints reflecting the interests of every group impacted, exhaustive fact finding with unbiased analysis, constructive conflict with negotiation, and a time consuming period of trial and error.

“The recent mass subway shootings in New York City by a deranged individual named Frank R. James highlights the results of 'quick fix' solutions cities and state legislatures have enacted in the wake of the infamous death of George Floyd. It is what often happens when politicians ride a wave of popular outrage and emotion following some tragic event.

“It is obvious that America incarcerates far too many young men, particularly young men of color.

"So COURT DIVERSION programs, BAIL(elimination)REFORM, kinder-gentler PROSECUTORS, and more LENIENT PAROLE OFFICERS are being sold as 'solutions.' They are actually simplistic 'quick fixes' that avoid real underlying issues that cause more harm than good."

The full text of the piece is available at https://DharmaCop.com.

Can soldiers, cops, and first responders who routinely face danger and violence maintain their humanity? Can we act aggressively when needed without losing our compassion? In DHARMA COP: Tales of Street Zen Thomas Collings shares riveting stories of his 26 years working with convicts, drug addicts and emotionally disturbed individuals on the streets of New York, as both a social worker and a law enforcement officer. High stress encounters where split second life and death decisions are made.

Finding conflict resolution in many potentially violent confrontations, required all he learned during his years of monastic training in Japan and China. How to act rather than react? How to be still when those around you are acting out of anger, fear and desperation? How can a cop act from a place of wisdom and poise, to be a true peace officer?

Starting out as a troubled kid who turns to drugs and alcohol for relief, Thomas eventually commits himself to a life of clarity and stability through a variety of Asian disciplines, which he shares in this book. Learn how to use "soft power" as you follow the author out into the streets. As you read Tales of Street Zen, you will find more compassion for others, even in situations of conflict. You will find peaceful resolution where others see no hope.These stories offer proven strategies for success in high-stress situations whether you are a cop, health care worker, teacher or anyone who finds themself facing stressful encounters.

The book recently achieved bestseller status in several categories. Readers have praised Dharma Cop: Tales Of Street Zen. One reader wrote, "His stories alone could be television or movie scripts about what is real life on the streets. Far more interesting than the formulaic nonsense shown on the screen nowadays. It is both an easy read and provides real insight. Hard to beat that." Another said, "This book has amazing stories about officer experience combined with meditation." Another stated, "Gripping read of real life stories from a real life character. Don't miss the chance to pick this up and be taken back to the gritty days of NYC and one man trying to make a difference."

TB Collings is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at tbarc9@gmail.com. Dharma Cop, Tales Of Street Zen is available in paperback and ebook versions at Amazon. More information is available at his website at https://DharmaCop.com.

About TB Collings:

Years of Zen meditation and mindfulness training in Japan and China seems an unlikely background for a street cop, but Tom Collings says it was “exactly what I needed to tame this wild mind.” His years traveling through Asia, studying with both Zen and martial arts masters was what he calls his essential “internal education.”

In DHARMA COP: Tales of Street Zen, Collings shares his 40 year quest to integrate these ancient disciplines into his work as a law enforcement officer, social worker and addiction counselor in New York’s roughest neighborhoods.

Contact:

 

TB Collings

https://DharmaCop.com

tbarc9@gmail.com

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How Meditation, Mindfulness And Kindness Transform The Lives Of Prisoners - Doug Carnine's Latest Book Offers Readers An Inside Look At A Revolutionary Paradigm Shift

Carnine's book relates the stories of four prisoners who achieve transcendence using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness.

While it was not always considered a hot topic, the media today is filled with articles about how meditation, mindfulness and kindness can significantly affect and, in some cases, utterly transform the lives and experiences of those incarcerated in prisons and jails worldwide.

NBC recently presented a piece entitled "Prison Meditation Program Helps Inmates Rebuild Minds, Restart Lives". Amy Maclin offered a piece on Oprah.com entitled, "Why Meditation Is Becoming So Popular In Prisons." Lisa Rapaport's piece on Reuters.com was titled, "Meditation linked to lower stress among prison inmates." CNN.com carried a piece by Stephanie Chen titled, "Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars." More articles can be found on the websites of Huffington Post, NPR, The Washington Post and others. There are hundreds more.

In addition, organizations like the Prison Mindfulness Institute and the David Lynch Foundation focus on showing prisoners how to create a sense of "freedom behind bars".

Why all the fanfare about meditation and mindfulness in prison? Because it works like nothing else. Doug Carnine, author of 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell,' presents the proof in his highly praised, must-read book.

Carnine has personally witnessed the life-changing benefits meditation and mindfulness produce for those who are incarcerated in jails and prisons. The book is a story spanning seven years’ worth of letters and Carnine’s growing friendships between Roy Tester and three other prisoners.

In their own words, the prisoners describe the crises they face including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. Readers are stunned to see the destructive forces of an abusive childhood, a criminal adulthood, and a life without parole in prison result in their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring.

"Mindfulness is necessary but not sufficient to transform both prisoners and prison staff," Carnine stated. "Mindfulness clears our mind of worry about the past and anxiety about the future. But what then? The purpose of mindfulness is not primarily to make us feel better but to make us better able to act with kindness, which is the greatest win-win in the world. The recipient of kindness benefits. And those who act with kindness are happier, healthier, have more loving relationships and live longer. One of my co-authors, Roy, murdered his parents after being sexually abused for years by this father. Yet Roy risked his life to prevent the murder of a child molester who had just entered prison. Kindness overcame Roy’s hate of child molesters."

Another of Carnine’s books, 'How Love Wins: The Power of Mindful Kindness', follows in the same vein. Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.

In 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, leading the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with prisoners and hospice patients, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable almost anyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick.

Carnine was recently named one of 50 great writers you should be reading in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards'. He was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Readers and reviewers have praised his work. Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com.

About Douglas Carnine:

Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on teaching at-risk students and led to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer made him curious about the importance of kindness. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website, Feedkindness.com, along with his books, ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Award Winning Author Doug Carnine's Latest Book Presents Clear Evidence Of The Life Changing Power Of Mindfulness, Meditation And Kindness For Prisoners

Carnine's book relates the stories of four prisoners who achieve transcendence using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness.

A recent article on Oprah Winfrey's website by Amy Maclin entitled "Why Meditation Is Becoming So Popular In Prisons" discloses a few powerful and insightful facts from Kate Crisp, executive director of the Prison Mindfulness Institute. In that article, Crisp says she believes many inmates land in prison after an act of pure impulse. She, like so many others, knows that mindfulness training can help.

Meditation and mindfulness training can help with much more than just impulse control of course. It can also teach prisoners how to manage anxiety, reduce stress and depression, and can improve conflict resolution skills. Mindfulness training and meditation can also dramatically impact self transformation efforts and personal development.

Doug Carnine, PhD, author of 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell,' has personally witnessed the life-changing benefits meditation and mindfulness produce for those who are incarcerated in jails and prisons. The book is a story spanning seven years’ worth of letters and Carnine’s growing friendships between Roy Tester and three other prisoners.

In their own words, the prisoners describe the crises they face including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. Readers are stunned to see the destructive forces of an abusive childhood, a criminal adulthood, and a life without parole in prison result in their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring.

"RJ offers the  most unusual example of transformation through mindful kindness, Carnine stated. "RJ, who confessed to me that he was a child molestation addict with 100 victims, would soon be released on parole in Arkansas and feared he would molest a child. At his request I tracked down the the prosecutor’s office that will result in him being transferred directly to a prison in Washington, where he committed most of his molestations. His wish is being granted. He will never be free to molest another child."

Another of Carnine’s books, 'How Love Wins: The Power of Mindful Kindness', follows in the same vein. Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.

In 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, leading the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with prisoners and hospice patients, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable almost anyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick.

Carnine was recently named one of 50 great writers you should be reading in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards'. He was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Readers and reviewers have praised his work. Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com.

About Douglas Carnine:

Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on teaching at-risk students and led to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer made him curious about the importance of kindness. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website, Feedkindness.com, along with his books, ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Dalai Lama, Kirin Bedi, And Award Winning Author Doug Carnine Agree That Mindfulness and Meditation Dramatically Affect Prisoner's Lives

Carnine's book relates the stories of four prisoners who achieve transcendence using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness.

In a recent news article on the OneIndia website, the Dalai Lama praised Kiran Bedi, BJP's chief ministerial candidate, for the introduction of a program of meditation in Tihar jail. While this may seem to be somewhat unconventional, it is in fact a powerful strategy for making improvements in the lives of prisoners. Nearly all of us are aware of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation, but we seldom think of them in the context of how they can help people in the correctional system.

Doug Carnine, PhD, author of 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell,' has witnessed the life-changing benefits meditation and mindfulness produce for everyone, including those who are incarcerated in jails and prisons. 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell' is a story spanning seven years’ worth of letters and Carnine’s growing friendships between Roy Tester and three other prisoners.

In their own words, the prisoners describe the crises they face including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. Readers are stunned to see the destructive forces of an abusive childhood, a criminal adulthood, and a life without parole in prison result in their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring.

" My prisoner friends used mindfulness to move past their guilt and anger and begin to focus on how to be kind to others," Carnine stated. "Roy Tester, whom I have been writing about mindful  kindness for almost 9 years, was sexually abused by his father and a friend of his father, with the full knowledge of his mother. In spite of his hate of child molesters, his kindness practice lead him to risk his life to save a child molester from being murdered by two other prisoners. Combining mindfulness and kindness has brought about unbelievable changes in the murderers featured in my book."

Another of Carnine’s books, 'How Love Wins: The Power of Mindful Kindness', follows in the same vein. Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.

In 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, leading the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with prisoners and hospice patients, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable almost anyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick.

Carnine was recently named one of 50 great writers you should be reading in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards'. He was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Readers and reviewers have praised his work. Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com.

About Douglas Carnine:
Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on teaching at-risk students and led to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer made him curious about the importance of kindness. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website, Feedkindness.com, along with his books, ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Award-Winning Author Doug Carnine's Latest Book Proves That Mindfulness And Meditation Can Transform The Lives Of Prisoners

Carnine's book relates the stories of four prisoners who achieve transcendence using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness.

An article on the PsychCentral website by Janice Wood, entitled "Meditation Can Foster Transformation In Prisoners," presented some sobering facts. According to the article over 80% of those incarcerated have been the victim of some form of crime or suffered some kind of abuse. Trauma also plays a key role in higher rates of recidivism and is associated with adverse mental and health conditions.

These findings clearly demonstrates the need for effective ways to reduce the effect of trauma on this segment of the population.

According to the same article, a study published in 'The Permanente Journal' demonstrated that prisoners who used a transcendental meditation technique for just four months had "a 47 percent reduction in total trauma symptoms over the course of the study."

Doug Carnine, PhD, author of 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell,' has witnessed the life-changing benefits meditation and mindfulness produce for everyone, including those who are incarcerated in jails and prisons. 'Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell' is a story spanning seven years’ worth of letters and Carnine’s growing friendships between Roy Tester and three other prisoners. .

In their own words, the prisoners describe the crises they face including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. Readers are stunned to see the destructive forces of an abusive childhood, a criminal adulthood, and a life without parole in prison result in their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring.

"What surprised me was how the kindness of the prisoners triggered kindness in the prison guards and nurses," Carnine stated. "I’d flown from Oregon to Arkansas and was talking to Roy through a four-inch bullet proof glass when a burley, tough crew-cut sargent walked up and asked me to try to get Roy to eat more because he was wasting away. Roy’s kindness lead a nurse to resign in protest over a doctor’s cruel treatment of Roy. Society does not realize  how much guards and nurses benefit them being more kind. For example bolstering the resilience of guards might reduce their suicide rate, which is 39% higher than the average for other occupations."

Another of Carnine’s books, 'How Love Wins: The Power of Mindful Kindness', follows in the same vein. Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.

In 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, leading the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with prisoners and hospice patients, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable almost anyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick.

Carnine was recently named one of 50 great writers you should be reading in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards'. He was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Readers and reviewers have praised his work. Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com.

About Douglas Carnine:

Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on teaching at-risk students and led to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer made him curious about the importance of kindness. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website, Feedkindness.com, along with his books, ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Meditation And Mindfulness Can Dramatically Help Prisoners Improve Mental Health And Wellbeing Says Author Doug Carnine

Carnine's latest book relates the stories of four prisoners who achieve transcendence using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness.

An article in the British newspaper The Telegraph by Sophie Jamieson described how mindfulness and meditation training helped prisoners and prison guards control anger and reduce depression and anxiety. The same article also described how almost 200 MPs, peers, and staff received similar training following Labour MP Chris Ruane and Lord Richard Layard setting up a program in Westminster that called for.“…the role of mindfulness and mental wellbeing to be officially recognised and reflected in policy, including in healthcare, education and criminal justice."

Doug Carnine, PhD., author of 'Saint Badass - Personal Transcendence In Tucker Max Hell,' is well aware of the life changing benefits meditation and mindfulness can produce for everyone, including those who are incarcerated in jails and prisons.

“Mindfulness improves our lives," Carnine stated. "Adding kindness to mindfulness transforms our lives. Scientists have found that being kind is as important to the well being of your body and mind as what you eat and how much you exercise. Moreover kindness, found in all religions, is also one of our four basic instincts, along with survival, success and reproduction. Modern society promotes success and sex. But how much do we hear about kindness? My job is to get the word out about the power of combining mindfulness and  kindness.”

'Saint Badass - Personal Transcendence In Tucker Max Hell' is a story spanning seven years worth of letters and growing friendships between four prisoners and Carnine. Each prisoner faces various crises in prison including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. Readers are stunned to see  the destructive forces of an abusive childhood, a criminal adulthood, and a life without parole in prison result in their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring.

Another of his books, 'How Love Wins', follows in the same vein. Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.

In 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, he leads the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with prisoners and hospice patients, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable almost everyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick.

Carnine was recently chosen as a finalist in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards Contest. He was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Readers and reviewers have praised his work. Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com

About Douglas Carnine:

Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on teaching at-risk students  and lead to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer made him curious about the importance of kindness. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website Feedkindness.com along with his books ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Author Doug Carnine Named As Finalist In ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards

Doug Carnine was picked from a field of hundreds of authors who appeared on The Authors Show.

Doug Carnine, author of ‘Saint Badass’ and 'How Love Wins' has been named as a finalist in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards Contest. His honor came as a result of his appearance on The Authors Show. Carnine was chosen as a finalist from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

“Being a finalist gives me the opportunity to share with readers the wide range of  life-changing benefits available through mindful kindness. For example, scientists reported that physical wounds healed faster in couplers who were kinder to each other. In a large corporation, employees who were trained to act with more kindness and the employeess who received the kindness were happier and more satisfied with their jobs and lives. Mindfulness is needed to get out of our self absorption, so we can be aware of when and how to be kind, to ourselves and others. After 11 year-old Keyara listened to one of my podcasts, she summed up my work, ‘You could have kept the project to yourself, but you thought it was important to let others know about the mindful kindness work so that others could do what you did to spread kindness.’"

'Saint Badass - Personal Transcendence In Tucker Max Hell' is a story spanning six years worth of letters and growing friendships between four prisoners in an Arkansas maximum security prison and author Doug Carnine. Each prisoner faces various crises in prison including disabling illness, a brain tumor, a prison gang attack, family betrayal, medical abuse and harsh punishments for mild offenses.  Each prisoner in his own way achieves transcendence through his crisis using mindfulness, meditation and the blessings of kindness. The abusive childhoods, criminal adulthoods, and lifes without parole stand in stark contrast to  their incongruously continuous acts of kindness. The book contrasts the horror of the prisoners’ upbringings- with their growing concern for the wellbeing of others. Their voices are raw and honest, and at times inspiring. The book trailer is available at http://feedkindness.com/about/.

'How Love Wins': Most of us recognize that being kinder and more present would not only improve our own lives and the lives of our loved ones, but also strengthen our communities. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed that both living mindfully and being kind to others offer a host of benefits -- from stronger relationships to longer life. Yet even if we truly care and are motivated to change, we find that old habits keep us from achieving our goal of increasing our kindness and improving our relationships.
With his book 'How Love Wins', Carnine offers another path. In this simple but powerful guide, he leads the reader through a 12-step process of transformation, opening a toolbox of skills and techniques that anyone can use to live more fully in the moment and be more kind to themselves and others. A lay Buddhist minister who has worked with hospice patients and prisoners, Carnine provides a clear path that will enable everyone to build a mindfully kind life -- and make it stick. The book trailer is available at http://feedkindness.com/about/.

Readers and reviewers have praised Carnine’s work. Kirkus Reviews wrote this about ‘Saint Badass’: “…absorbing…often palpable…well-written…An illuminating and hopeful account of inmate rehabilitation through Buddhist teachings.” Geri Larkin, Founding Teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple and author of 'Stumbling Toward Enlightenment' said, “Saint Badass isn’t simply about the transformative power of sincere spiritual practice. It demonstrates the impact of our practice on our environment and the people around us. These men have many reasons to be filled with hate, to be violent, and to be completely shut down given the lives they are leading in the bowels of the hell realm of our society, our prisons. And yet. They transform. One of them glows in the dark, I swear. Reading the book gave me hope.”

Kirkus Reviews wrote this about ‘How Love Wins’: “… as the author points out, the concept of kindness is as basic as concepts get, however elusive it often is in practice—and thus, the book’s suggestions and strategies will likely find universal application. A mind-opening guide to self-improvement.” Duana Welch, PhD, author of 'Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do' stated, “This powerful book takes any of us from a life of 'me' to 'we,' from isolation to connection and love. In a world where kindness is so needed yet so little understood, How Love Wins is a must-read.”

Members of the public who want to vote for Carnine in the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ Book Awards can vote at The Authors Show site at http://www.TheAuthorsShow.com.

Doug Carnine is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at dcarnine@uoregon.edu. Both books are available at online retail book outlets. More information is available at his website at http://feedkindness.com.

About Douglas Carnine:

Douglas Carnine, a professor emeritus from the University of Oregon, began his pursuit of scientific research, instructional design, Buddhism and martial arts when he was 21. His academic career focused on failure-to-thrive children and lead to him receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children.

After retiring, he became curious about the importance of kindness from working with men convicted of murder and serving as a hospice volunteer. After reviewing the research on kindness, he decided to devote his writing and his advocacy to making the importance of mindful kindness more prominent. The resulting project is his website Feedkindness.com along with the books ‘How Love Wins’ and ‘Saint Badass.’

Contact:

Douglas Carnine
dcarnine@uoregon.edu
http://feedkindness.com

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Mediumship as a Doorway to Christ: Pat Chalfant's Newest Video Demonstrates that EVP's and NDE's Can Open the Doorway to Christ

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. She is the author of 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship'

Certified Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant has announced the release of a video that demonstrates that electric voice phenomena (EVP) and near death experiences (NDE) can both serve as the doorway to Christ. Regardless of which terms we use to describe the reality that lies beyond the veil of bodily perception, we have come to accept that this reality can break through on occasion through various means. Real mediums (as opposed to the stage version or the entertainment form of mediumship) have a unique gift that allows them to interact with that dimension. The results can be surprising and, in some cases, startling.

In one such case, Medium Pat Chalfant unintentionally attracted a masculine spirit person to her online Spiritualist church meeting several years ago.  It occurred in an online Skype meeting when she happened to be lecturing that day.  She was unaware of him because her eyes were closed as she spoke (she routinely lectures online with eyes closed). Three women living in three different states:  California, Oregon, and Arizona who had studied mediumship with her and attended that day saw a man on their computer screens as he crossed from Pat’s hall doorway through the room where Pat’s service was held, passing behind Pat at her computer and disappearing at the window beside her.  Later, she learned that there are many working to develop equipment with which to capture this sort of thing on Skype and that, if this was a genuine occurrence, it would be considered quite rare. 

Books about electronic voice phenomena (EVP) like “Miracles in the Storm,” by Mark H. Macy, stress that these communications come from the Other Side of life.  They describe that side as being what some call Heaven, what others call the astral plane, or Summerland, etc.  Pat Chalfant now ponders:  If we can see heavenly spirits on earth, how can Christ ever be far away from us?  Mr. Macy’s book states that there is a quotation in the Bible referring to something that makes it sound like EVP might have been known about in those long ago times.

We know also that those experiencing NDE’s often report Christ assisting them to assess their “Life after death Review” and ushering them on tours of the Other Side, as well.  Whatever interpretation one may choose to apply to what, for Pat, is a never-to-be-forgotten Spiritualist meeting, she hopes her report of it may strengthen the belief of many others in life after death, as well.  Many spirits who communicate through Mr. Macy’s EVP setup sincerely wish to reassure us all of life after death, as well, according to the messages they bring to and through him.  

Pat's inspirational book, 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship', explains how Pat, a real skeptic regarding such matters, developed mediumship abilities and now lives a life transformed by the spiritual. Mediumship is a controversial issue and Pat understands this, but she also believes that credible mediumship holds the promise of real benefits for mankind that have not been fully explored.

In addition to offering one-on-one client consultations, Pat has penned the 'Spirit Lights Song Book' and three of those songs are in the National Spiritualist Association of Churches hymn book. There are samples of the words and music on her web site, http://www.patchalfant.com, and ‘Spirit Lights’ song books for sale there, too. She does readings for clients by phone and teaches mediumship development classes. She has also created a DVD entitled 'Spirit Lights Development DVD'.

Pat Chalfant's Youtube channel is now available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qOQWIWR-DUL8hBDqE5TnQ.

Pat Chalfant is currently appearing on The Authors Show. Her interview is available now at The Authors Show site. 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship' is available at her website and at Amazon. Pat is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com. She is also available for inspirational lectures. More information can be found at her website at http://www.patchalfant.com.

About Pat Chalfant:

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. Pat has written a column on parapsychology and interviewed Hollywood stars and the psychics who read for them for a national newspaper. Other topics she’s taught and written about are: past life therapy, death and dying, the Edgar Cayce work, the Cathars, and Spiritual healing.

The Association for Past Life Research and Therapies newsletter published a series of her interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, and hypnotherapists who were all west coast pioneers of past life therapy. Pat believes that series is destined to become a book.

She teaches internationally online and intermittently hosts an online Spiritualist circle, Spirit Lights Chapel.

Contact:

Pat Chalfant
pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com
http://www.patchalfant.com

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Los Angeles Life Coach Jacqui Greene Announces The Amazon Project to Revitalize Rainforest Through Stateside Mindfulness, Meditation & Nutrition Retreats

The goal of 'The Amazon Project' is to generate $150,000 over the next 5 years to plant 5,000 trees on deforested land in the Amazon, and to purchase 500 acres of Peruvian rainforest that will maintain as natural preserve

Los Angeles and London-based Jacqui Greene has announced the formation of 'The Amazon Project'. Her goal is simple; to generate $150,000 over the next 5 years to plant 5,000 trees on deforested land in the Amazon, and to purchase 500 acres of Peruvian rainforest that will maintain as natural preserve. She will fund the Project through at least 10% of proceeds from her private consultations, leadership on retreats, workshops, and book royalties.

As a transformational life coach, bestselling author and keynote speaker, Greene helps individuals, families and businesses to thrive.  Results driven, Jacqui's professional and inspirational coaching approach mixed with her ability to help her clients find the answers they already have inside, gives her the edge when it comes to creating lasting change that begins today.

Greene offers a one-of-a-kind transformational life coaching experience that sets her decidedly apart in both approach and scope.  Her approach to coaching is built on 4 key concepts -

*Conceive * Believe * Act * Achieve

The Act Imperative is what moved Greene to create 'The Amazon Project', following a life-changing trip to Peru.

“I owe the deepest gratitude to the Peruvian Amazon," Greene stated. "My experiences there changed my life, discovering a deep and true love not only for myself but for our beautiful planet and everyone and everything on it.  I am beyond passionate about helping as many people as I possibly can, to leaving this earth better off for having had me here and committed to accumulating the resources necessary to achieve the goals of ‘The Amazon Project’.”

To kick off funding for 'The Amazon Project', Greene will be holding:

The Listening Workshop:
The Hudson Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA on Thursday, August 11, 2016
The Point in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK on Thursday, October 20, 2016

The Listening Retreat 4-Day Intensive:
Los Angeles, CA, USA, Thursday August 25 through Sunday, August 28, 2016
Presented with profound innovator, thought leader and whole body, mind and soul nourishment specialist Lindsay Williambrown. 

Arrangements for workshops, the retreat as well as her private one-on-one consultations can be made through the website where you can also get hold of a no-charge downloadable guide to "The Six Human Needs" when signing up for her mailing list.

“Through my work, I not only get to help people to change their own inner health/ecosystems,” Greene says, “but my clients and I now all get to contribute toward the health of our planet’s ecosystem too.”

Jacqui Greene is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below.  Information regarding workshops and retreats is available at the website www.jacquigreene.com.

About Jacqui Greene:

Jacqui Greene is a bestselling author, transformational life coach and dynamic speaker, working with individuals, families and businesses who are ready to make changes, starting today. Her specialty is helping women age between 30 and 50 to reconnect to themselves and find true fulfillment in their lives.

Contact:

Jacqui Greene
jacqui@jacquigreene.com
(626) 823-1827
http://www.jacquigreene.com

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Mediumship As A Doorway To Christ: Pat Chalfant's Newest Video Demonstrates That NDE's Can Open The Door To The Experience Of Christ

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. She is the author of 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship'

Pat Chalfant, a CARE-certified medium, knows that mediumship is one doorway to Christ. It is not the only one, however. The near death experience, a relatively recent phenomenon, serves as another. She recently developed a new video, now available to the public, that helps people who wish to "roll away the stone". In her words:

When Dr. George Ritchie, M.D., was a 20-year-old college student hospitalized with pneumonia, he was dead for nine minutes.  But, before he knew he was dead, he left his bed to find someone to talk to.  Everyone he met in the hospital halls seemed too preoccupied to notice him.  He went back to his bedroom, but found in his bed a body covered head to toe with a sheet.  Only one hand was uncovered, and, on it he recognized his own fraternity ring!  He immediately plummeted into a profound depression.  As a blindingly bright white light appeared at the head of his bed, something deep inside his spiritual self spoke in a voice more commanding than any he had ever heard: “STAND UP, YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SON OF GOD.”  Then out of the brilliant light a spirit person emerged whom he immediately recognized as Jesus Christ.  Dr. Ritchie was experiencing the beginning of the tour of the Other Side of Life that Near Death Experiencers (NDE’s) are given by spirit guides.

Dr. Ritchie watched a panoramic review of all 20 years of his life while Christ looked on with him and both rejoiced as it became clear that Dr. Ritchie’s 20-year-old intentions were on the whole quite positive, that he had been learning to love, which is what we all are primarily here on earth to do. Christ took him then to places of learning such as one where people were taught all the many religions of the world from time immemorial and another place where inventions/discoveries that eventually find their way to earth are first conceived.  When Christ directed him to return to earth from this productive, wonderful, loving place, the 20-year-old Ritchie fought to remain.  He tried to leap back into Christ’s presence when he felt himself being pulled back to earth.  His leap was unsuccessful and he was back in his hospital room once more.

Dr. Ritchie has told his NDE story throughout all the years whenever and wherever he has spoken to people.  A student of his, Raymond Moody (a non-believer concerning life after death), who heard him tell it in class thought it was intriguing but only really got seriously interested in the occurrence years later when Moody heard the same story from one of his own students.  By then, he had become Dr. Raymond Moody, an associate professor of philosophy at West Georgia State College.  This time he decided to try to collect more of these Near Death Experiences.  He published a book about his early research, “Life After Life,” after interviewing many people who had died and been subsequently resuscitated.  Since then, he has collected 30,000 letters from NDE experiencers all over the world.  Not surprisingly he now has a very different belief about life after death than he did when as an undergrad he heard his first account about an NDE from Dr. George Ritchie, M.D., professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia.

Pat's inspirational book, 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship', explains how Pat, a real skeptic regarding such matters, developed mediumship abilities and now lives a life transformed by the spiritual. Mediumship is a controversial issue and Pat understands this, but she also believes that credible mediumship holds the promise of real benefits for mankind that have not been fully explored.

In addition to offering one-on-one client consultations, Pat has penned the 'Spirit Lights Song Book' and three of those songs are in the National Spiritualist Association of Churches hymn book. There are samples of the words and music on her web site, http://www.patchalfant.com, and ‘Spirit Lights’ song books for sale there, too. She does readings for clients by phone and teaches mediumship development classes. She has also created a DVD entitled 'Spirit Lights Development DVD'.

Pat Chalfant's Youtube channel is now available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qOQWIWR-DUL8hBDqE5TnQ.

Pat Chalfant is currently appearing on The Authors Show. Her interview is available now at The Authors Show site. 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship' is available at her website and at Amazon. Pat is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com. She is also available for inspirational lectures. More information can be found at her website at http://www.patchalfant.com.

About Pat Chalfant:

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. Pat has written a column on parapsychology and interviewed Hollywood stars and the psychics who read for them for a national newspaper. Other topics she’s taught and written about are: past life therapy, death and dying, the Edgar Cayce work, the Cathars, and Spiritual healing.

The Association for Past Life Research and Therapies newsletter published a series of her interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, and hypnotherapists who were all west coast pioneers of past life therapy. Pat believes that series is destined to become a book.

She teaches internationally online and intermittently hosts an online Spiritualist circle, Spirit Lights Chapel.

Contact:

Pat Chalfant
pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com
http://www.patchalfant.com

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Mediumship As A Doorway To Christ: Pat Chalfant Announces Mediumship Video Series On YouTube

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. She is the author of 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship'

Pat Chalfant, a CARE-certified medium, believes that mediumship is one doorway to Christ. She has been actively involved in mediumship for many years. She recently announced the creation of a Youtube channel, where she will offer video presentations that discuss varying aspects of meditation and mediumship and how mediumship can serve as a doorway to Christ. Pat is very much to the point on the subject, stating that “Becoming a medium was my doorway to Christ.”

Pat grew up in a very Christian family with two grandfathers who were ministers and for many years she attended Methodist church where she was very active, singing in the choir, directing children’s choirs, and for a short time even considering life as a Christian missionary.  In spite of this distinct emphasis on Christianity, she never really felt a deep connection with Christ.  Eventually, she would discover Spiritualism.  It began when she moved from the Midwest to California and, seeking peace of mind, began taking a course in meditation.

During that difficult time in her life, she meditated two or three hours a day.  She says she found the peace she sought, but she found something else, too.  After many months of this routine, one day with eyes still closed, about to end one of her daily meditations she suddenly saw tiny, sparkling white lights.

After that she saw the little lights every time she meditated.  Many months later, she opened her eyes one day after a daily meditation and the little lights were still sparkling in the air around her, as well. But that was not the end of the light’s developments, there was a further one in store for her.  Months later, the little lights began also to be colored lights as well as white ones.  The small, colored lights that flash around her occasionally have continued right up to the present to be with her throughout her life.

Many years later, when she began getting images of things that subsequently started happening in her life, she decided she should develop this beginning mediumship so she attended class in a Spiritualist church.  After she graduated and started reading regularly for people, she began to feel differently about Christ.  When she had been younger, she had felt she longed to have proof of Christ’s resurrection and his promise of life after death, but short of having been there when the stone was rolled away and when he later appeared to everyone clearly still alive, she couldn’t find any proof. 

After she began receiving reports from people she was reading for that she was bringing them convincing proof of the continued existence of their loved ones after so-called death, she finally had her proof.  She began to view Christ in a different light as a result.  So it was that medium Pat Chalfant found the doorway to Christ in her life.  For her, mediumship had “rolled away the stone.”

Pat's inspirational book, 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship', explains how Pat, a real skeptic regarding such matters, developed mediumship abilities and now lives a life transformed by the spiritual. Mediumship is a controversial issue and Pat understands this, but she also believes that credible mediumship holds the promise of real benefits for mankind that have not been fully explored.

In addition to offering one-on-one client consultations, Pat has penned the 'Spirit Lights Song Book' and three of those songs are in the National Spiritualist Association of Churches hymn book. There are samples of the words and music on her web site, http://www.patchalfant.com, and ‘Spirit Lights’ song books for sale there, too. She does readings for clients by phone and teaches mediumship development classes. She has also created a DVD entitled 'Spirit Lights Development DVD'.

The Youtube channel is now available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qOQWIWR-DUL8hBDqE5TnQ.

Pat Chalfant is currently appearing on The Authors Show. Her interview is available now at The Authors Show site. 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship' is available at her website and at Amazon. Pat is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com. She is also available for inspirational lectures. More information can be found at her website at http://www.patchalfant.com.

About Pat Chalfant:

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. Pat has written a column on parapsychology and interviewed Hollywood stars and the psychics who read for them for a national newspaper. Other topics she’s taught and written about are: past life therapy, death and dying, the Edgar Cayce work, the Cathars, and Spiritual healing.

The Association for Past Life Research and Therapies newsletter published a series of her interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, and hypnotherapists who were all west coast pioneers of past life therapy. Pat believes that series is destined to become a book.

She teaches internationally online and also hosts an online Spiritualist circle, Spirit Lights Chapel.

Contact:

Pat Chalfant
pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com
http://www.patchalfant.com

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Spiritual Healing, Meditation And Mediumship - Pat Chalfant, Author Of 'Spirit Lights', Offers Guidance And Proof

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide

Most of us are familiar with Spiritualist mediumship, in which a medium addresses a crowd of people, then delivers greetings and convincing identification to many of them from friends and loved ones who have passed on.

There is another kind of mediumship that is less familiar to most of us.  It is the medium who heals.  This medium works the same way that the message-giving medium does — assisted by a spirit guide who heals through the medium from the Other Side of Life. The person who is perhaps the most familiar to us as a source of other-worldly healing is Edgar Cayce, but he didn’t refer to his source as a spirit “guide,” instead, he simply called it “The Source.” Cayce's astounding abilities brought healing to thousands of people.

Pat Chalfant, author of 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship', has direct experience with spiritual healing. As a certified medium, she has seen the results personally.

"My husband and I," Chalfant stated, "received Spiritualist healing in Los Angeles over the years from a man named Malcolm Smith who discovered he was a healing medium when he was visiting his aunt’s house one day and a Spiritualist medium who was also visiting inquired, “Do you know that you’re a healer?”  He asked what she meant and his aunt’s friend explained that a spirit guide works with a Spiritualist healer and brings healing from the Other Side through the healer to people who are ill.  He went home and successfully tried out his abilities with family members, then later branched out and began to offer healing to the public.  He became widely known after he approached the Edgar Cayce foundation, A.R.E., and they began to sponsor his healing in major cities all over America."

"If you have ever thought that you might want to be a healer, you might want to investigate the training program for healers in Spiritualist churches.  Malcolm Smith got some experience and advice from them early on in his career.  The most powerful healing I have ever experienced was from a healer in my own Spiritualist church in Panorama City, CA, who had developed her healing ability in Brazil where Spiritualism also exists but is called 'Spiritism.'  You may want to be a healer and, if so, you couldn’t find a better place to study than with the Spiritualists."

'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship', explains how Pat, a real skeptic regarding such matters, developed mediumship abilities and now lives a life transformed by the spiritual. Mediumship is a controversial issue and Pat understands this, but she also believes that credible mediumship holds the promise of real benefits for mankind that have not been fully explored.

In addition to offering one-on-one client consultations, Pat has penned the 'Spirit Lights Song Book' and three of those songs are in the National Spiritualist Association of Churches hymn book. There are samples of the words and music on her web site, www.patchalfant.com, and ‘Spirit Lights’ song books for sale there, too. She does readings for clients by phone and teaches mediumship development classes. She has also created a DVD entitled 'Spirit Lights Psychic Development DVD'.

Pat Chalfant is currently appearing on The Authors Show. Her interview is available now at The Authors Show site. 'Spirit Lights A Path To Mediumship' is available at her website and at Amazon. Pat is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com. Pat maintains a Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9qOQWIWR-DUL8hBDqE5TnQ.  She is also available for inspirational lectures. More information is available at her website at http://www.patchalfant.com.

About Pat Chalfant:

Oregon Spiritualist Medium Pat Chalfant's amazing psychic gifts have helped hundreds of individuals worldwide. Pat has written a column on parapsychology and interviewed Hollywood stars and the psychics who read for them for a national newspaper. Other topics she’s taught and written about are: past life therapy, death and dying, the Edgar Cayce work, the Cathars, and Spiritual healing.

The Association for Past Life Research and Therapies newsletter published a series of her interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, and hypnotherapists who were all west coast pioneers of past life therapy. Pat believes that series is destined to become a book.

She teaches internationally online and also hosts an online Spiritualist circle, Spirit Lights Chapel.

Contact:

Pat Chalfant
pat.chalfant@patchalfant.com
http://www.patchalfant.com

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Author And Speaker Elizabeth Welles To Speak At Paradise Valley Community College On Journaling, Creativity And Meditation on February 7, 2013

Nationally known author and speaker Elizabeth Welles will speak on journaling to heal grief, sharpen intuition, deepen one's peace and enhance creativity. In addition, on Saturday March 2nd she will present a 3 hour cooking, journaling and meditation experience entitled 'COJOME' to Eat Write and Relax

Acclaimed author and speaker Elizabeth Welles will be appearing at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, Arizona on February 7, 2013. The topic of her presentation will be journaling and how journaling can help heal grief, sharpen intuition, deepen one's peace and enhance creativity. The event will be held in the PVCC Buxton Library, Building E at 18401 N. 32nd St. in Phoenix, AZ., from 12 noon to 1pm.  The no charge event is open to the public and is a part of the Lifelong Learning Seminar series, presented by the PVCC Counseling Division.

"Journaling," stated Ms. Welles, "de-clutters your life. It helps you dream on paper and clears paths to your own true voice. It unveils reservoirs of creativity that lie inside you. It gives you a safe harbor in which to heal, and provides you the room where your dreams can unfold. Meditation is a thoroughly integrated art and science, long in history, with valuable implications. In a culture of increasing frenetic noise, meditation is your appointment with peace. These two key practices contribute to health and well-being, and support you in living a life of peace and joy."

On Saturday, March 2 Welles will present a 3 hour cooking-journaling-meditation experience entitled 'COJOME' to Eat Write and Relax. Participants will learn how to make four fabulous healthy desserts. The dishes are easy-to-make recipes with inexpensive ingredients from Trader Joe’s and Sprouts (or Whole Foods.). No wheat, dairy or eggs are involved in the preparation of these dishes. Participants will also experience joyful camaraderie, playful journaling exercises, and a quiet meditation before indulging in the pleasure of dessert eating. The event will be held at a private residence in northeast Scottsdale AZ.

"If you need help finding or pursuing your creative gifts, then Elizabeth is the guide you want. Nothing else can quite substitute for the knowledge and know-how she brings to the table. I’m honored that I had the privilege to work with and come to know her. She inspires the artist and creator within us all with wisdom, compassion, and grace." -  Carol Lynn Healy, Energy Medicine Specialist

Admission to 'COJOME' is $70. Reservations by February 23, 2013 are preferred. Reservations can be made by calling (323) 682-4025.

Elizabeth Welles is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at peacomm@yahoo.com. All of Elizabeth Welles' books are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, local book stores and at her website. For large orders contact Elizabeth directly.

About Elizabeth Welles:

Elizabeth Welles, nationally known author, speaker, performance artist and poet, is the author of ‘Journaling for Well-Being & Peace’, the editor of 'Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment', and creator of the CD, 'Meditation for Relaxation'. She regularly performs her one-woman shows, 'Speak the Lands of My Heart,' about a journey to India, and 'Water from the Welles,' an entertaining collection of monologues, stories, poems and songs that connect the listener to their own inner resources of wisdom and compassion.She founded The ISIS Method for Stress Reduction and The Four Wisdoms of Creativity. She regularly facilitates workshops to enhance creativity, laughter, and peace.

Contact:

Elizabeth Welles
www.ElizabethWelles.com
peacomm@yahoo.com
323-682-4025

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Author And Speaker Elizabeth Welles To Speak In Carbondale, CO On September 28 On Journaling, Creativity And Meditation

Nationally known author and speaker Elizabeth Welles will share her experience from her lifelong exploration of journaling, creativity and meditation at Bonfire Coffee in Carbondale Colorado (Denver /Grand Junction area) on September 28, 2012. She will also read from her latest book, ‘Journaling For Well-Being & Peace’

Acclaimed author and speaker Elizabeth Welles will be appearing in the Denver / Grand Junction CO area on September 28, 2012. She will speak on the topics of journaling, creativity and meditation at Bonfire Coffee, 433 Main Street in Carbondale, CO at 7 pm. This event is sponsored by Davi Nikent Center for Human Flourishing and Bonfire Coffee. Welles is the author of the ‘Journaling for Well-Being & Peace’, the editor of Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment, and is the creator of the CD, Meditation for Relaxation. As an actress and storyteller, she weaves words, story and soul to create shows that combine comedy, drama and surprise.

"Journaling," stated Ms. Welles, "de-clutters your life. It helps you dream on paper and clears paths to your own true voice. It unveils reservoirs of creativity that lie inside you. It gives you a safe harbor in which to heal, and provides you the room where your dreams can unfold. Meditation is a thoroughly integrated art and science, long in history, with valuable implications. In a culture of increasing frenetic noise, meditation is your appointment with peace. These two key practices contribute to health and well-being, and support you in living a life of peace and joy."

Other upcoming events include:

Water From The Welles:  An Evening of Stories from the One-Woman Shows of Elizabeth Welles - Wednesday, October 3rd at 7 PM for the Carbondale Council on Humanities and Arts. The event will take place at 520 South Third Street in Carbondale CO. This event is sponsored by Davi Nikent Center for Human Flourishing, and CCAH Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities as a part of SWAN Supporting Women Artists Now.

Water From The Welles serves up an original stew of quirky, dynamic and poignant stories. Elizabeth steps out between the pieces to speak directly with the audience about the river of inspiration that lies behind the stories. Selections include: Grace Under Fire, how not to worry when you find yourself in a twisted fairytale; Mikaela, a woman surviving with her family during World War II; Growth Opportunities, an attorney defending the true broad and bawdy meaning of equality; and Speak the Lands of My Heart, a spiritual cross-cultural odyssey to India and back. Due to the nature and content of the material, no children are allowed.

Journaling For Well-Being And Peace: The Fall Teleseminar - Seven consecutive Tuesday evenings, beginning October 16, 2012. The teleseminar series includes:

* Individual coaching and guidance from Elizabeth
* An atmosphere of unconditional support and encouragement
* Original material presented with a fresh take on journaling
* Tools for creativity and healing that will last a lifetime
* Meditation and Relaxation with every class
* Autographed copy of the book, 'Journaling for Well-Being & Peace'

Cost for the teleseminar is $295. For information & registration, call 323-682-4025.

Elizabeth Welles is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at peacomm@yahoo.com. More information on the events is available at her website. All of Elizabeth Welles' books are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, local book stores and at her website. For large orders contact Elizabeth directly.

About Elizabeth Welles:

Elizabeth Welles, nationally known author, speaker, performance artist and poet, is the author of ‘Journaling for Well-Being & Peace’, the editor of Women Celebrate: The Gift in Every Moment, and creator of the CD, Meditation for Relaxation. She founded The ISIS Method for Stress Reduction and The Four Wisdoms of Creativity. She regularly facilitates workshops to enhance creativity, laughter, and peace.

Contact:

Elizabeth Welles
http://www.ElizabethWelles.com
peacomm@yahoo.com
323-682-4025

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