Get Off Your Affirmation!

Trump Trauma is a condition characterized by excessive attention, fear, anger, and a high level of stress directed toward Donald Trump. We need to remember the importance of the power of the mind, take the power back we have given to him, and work diligently to help create the democracy that we want to see in our country. In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss ideas for healing Trump Trauma and getting on with our lives.

In this episode, Matthew and Leona discuss the many ways we can block ourselves from achieving our dreams, and share powerful methods of moving beyond our resistance to embrace our Divine potential.

Father Leo Booth is one of the most popular and profound teachers of progressive spirituality. His insights, along with his marvelous wit, offer a perfect opportunity for learning, growing, and coming to terms with the beauty and spirituality that is within us all. In this archived episode from 1998, Father Leo shares his timeless wisdom in a way that is powerful and relevant for the times we are living in today. Listen to Leona Evans and Father Leo Booth as they discuss self-acceptance, recovery, and the way to genuine self-esteem.

Father Leo Booth is one of the most popular and profound teachers of progressive spirituality. His insights, along with his marvelous wit, offer a perfect opportunity for learning, growing, and coming to terms with the beauty and spirituality that is within us all. In this archived episode from 1998, Father Leo shares his timeless wisdom in a way that is powerful and relevant for the times we are living in today. Listen to Leona Evans and Father Leo Booth as they discuss self-acceptance, recovery, and the way to genuine self-esteem.

Eric Butterworth is considered a legend and spiritual icon in the Unity movement. He is the author of 16 bestselling books on metaphysical spirituality. For over 50 years, he helped thousands of people to help themselves to a more abundant life. He had the wonderful ability to take the most complex metaphysical teachings and articulate them in simple "sound bytes" of awareness. He is most famous for his ministry in New York City at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center.In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss some of Eric Butterworth's most popular quotes.

Unity celebrates the presence of God, or Spirit, inherent in all life. We believe in the power of our mind to manifest the deepest desires of our heart. Our Unity philosophy states that we are responsible for the quality of our own lives. While this may sound empowering, it also has a downside. If we're not careful, we can take on too much responsibility and end up frustrated and defeated if we don't manifest a "successful" outcome. However, we cannot take responsibility for everything that happens in our lives. Even the greatest of spiritual masters have endured times of great challenge. This is not because they weren't good enough or evolved enough, but because challenges are a part of life. As we gain greater self-knowledge we can learn to observe our tendencies toward excessive guilt or self-blame and not judge ourselves or others too harshly. 

With all the anger being expressed in our world today it's important to understand that this seemingly relentless display of unbridled emotion is our shadow being forced into the light. If this shadow energy is not addressed and healed within us we will project it on to others, scapegoating them and blaming them for all that is wrong in our lives. In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss ways in which we can become aware of our shadow and take responsibility for  healing our own wounds, embracing our wholeness, and finding the inner strength and power to make positive and powerful changes in our lives and in the world.

More than 20 years ago, Don Miguel Ruiz changed the way we think with his bestselling book, The Four Agreements, which was a New York Times Bestseller for over a decade. In this episode from the archives, Leona interviews Don Miguel Ruiz, who shares fascinating insights from the Toltec wisdom which inspired his book. 

As human beings we are manifesting all the time, but many times we're affirming ideas that keep us stuck in old belief patterns, and without realizing it are standing in the way of our own creativity. We can't insert a new belief into an old habit pattern, and expect it to make a difference.  If your core beliefs tell you that you're undeserving or that you can't do something, just setting a new goal is not going to address the old beliefs. We need a new system or process to make real and lasting changes. In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss her book, "Nothing is Too Good to be True," and share a universal creative process which moves in an orderly way from mind to idea to manifestation.

During the 2022 Midterm elections American people spoke for greater balance and rational interaction from our political leaders. This means that voices for peace,  respect, acceptance, and love are now being given an opportunity to take a center position and pave the way for a new paradigm.Does this mean that from now on we will not hear any of the voices of extremism and violence? No, not at all. What is does mean, however, is that through the power of our prayers, words, and actions, we will no longer allow those behaviors to have unlimited power. Decency and goodwill are finding a voice. Let us do all we can to keep our voices alive.

From the radio archives of 1997, Leona Evans interviews Dr. Joan Borysenko, world-renowned expert in the mind-body connection. Dr. Borysenko earned her doctorate in Medical Sciences from the Harvard Medical School. She completed a second post-doctoral fellowship in the field of behavioral medicine and her third post-doctoral fellowship in psychoneuroimmunology. In the early 1980s she became licensed as a psychologist and was appointed instructor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School.In 1987 she wrote the New York Times bestseller, "Minding the Body, Mending the Mind," and has authored numerous books including "The Power of the Mind to Heal," "Fire in the Soul," "Guilt is the Teacher, Love is the Lesson," "A Woman's Book of Life," "It's Not the End of the World," "The Ways of the Mystic: Seven Paths to God," and others. She is the founding partner of Mind/Body Health Sciences, LLC located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In this episode Leona and Matthew discuss a history of Roe v. Wade, important statistics on the issues of abortion, and specific actions we can take to support the sanctity of human rights. Our goal is to strengthen our voices for human rights and take action to support legislation which will protect people's reproductive freedoms.

For the past twenty years, there has been a significant decline in church attendance and traditional worship in general.  People are looking for a nontraditional experience of spirituality which offers greater inclusiveness, tolerance, and practical application in relation to the challenges we face in everyday life. In this episode, Leona and Matthew are going to discuss Progressive Spirituality, which offers  powerful and positive alternatives to traditional worship. In fact, it introduces a whole new paradigm for moving from a culture of violence to a culture of peace.

Our center of gravity is made up of old beliefs and self-concepts that have taken root in our consciousness and now comprise our mental and emotional "comfort zone." Since we greatly underestimate the power of our center of gravity, we believe that permanent changes  in habit and lifestyle are much easier to accomplish than they really are. Our willpower provides us with the impetus to make the changes, but once our willpower is exhausted, we need to  work at a deeper level in order to sustain those changes. In this episode, Matthew and Leona discuss the importance of understanding the way our center of gravity works and provide us with methods to lift ourselves from limited and self-defeating mindsets.

Philosopher and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said "We are not human beings learning to have a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings learning to have a human experience." If we believe this to be true then we have a responsibility to respond to life situations in rational, humane, and compassionate ways and do everything we can to avoid demonizing people. In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscar Award Ceremony and examine ways in which we can go beyond polarized thinking and condemnation of others to a greater level of understanding and maturity. We will also discuss how our condemnation of others is in direct relation to the condemnation we feel for ourselves and our own humanity. The harder we judge others the more intolerant we are of our own shadow or dark side. This is why learning to become fully human is the only way we can ever understand what it means to fully accept ourselves and others as a work in progress.

As Russia continues to invade Ukraine, we in the free world find ourselves facing a serious threat to our democracy. The unilateral decision by Vladimir Putin to take back Ukraine by force, even though it has been free for more than 30 years, is a devastating example of autocracy in action. What can we as individuals do to help support our democracy? In this episode Leona and Matthew discuss ways that we can be part of the change we wish to see.

Critical race theory is an academic concept that has been around for more than 40 years. The basic idea is that racism is not just the product of individual bias or prejudice, but it is also something that has been embedded in legal systems and policies for a very long time. In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss how a white ally can support our black brothers and sisters in the quest to help eliminate systemic racism in our country.

The  new year is traditionally a time to transform our lives in significant ways. People throughout the world look forward to making resolutions designed to benefit and bless us. However, why do a great majority of those resolutions remain unfulfilled? Why are there so many projects left unfinished? Why are so many gym memberships unused? Why don't we seem able to keep our word to ourselves? In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss powerful insights which can bring us closer to the goals we have set for ourselves.

One of the primary needs of all people is to be recognized and appreciated for who we are, however, if we don't feel gratitude for ourselves we are unlikely to feel grateful to others. Dismissing our accomplishments and focusing on our flaws diminishes our joy in living and keeps us from recognizing love and appreciation for both ourselves and others.In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss the power of gratitude and the many ways in which it can enhance our lives and the lives of those around us.

Eckhart Tolle's bestselling book, "The Power of Now" has sold more than 2 million copies in the past ten years and is a powerful resource for helping us understand what we are missing when we spend too much of our time living in the past or living in the future.In this episode, Leona and Matthew discuss the importance of this preset moment and how giving our full attention to what is happening in each and every moment can actually change our lives in powerful ways.