The New Dimensions Café

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known speaker. She is a former board member of the Ms. Foundation, an advocate for a 5th UN World Conference on Women, a convener of the Millionth Circle Initiative, and a permanent representative to the UN of the Pathways to Peace NGO. Her books include The Tao of Psychology (Harper & Row 1979), Goddesses in Every Woman (Harper Paperbacks, 2004), God’s in Every Man (Harper & Row 1989), Crones Don't Whine (Red Wheel/Weiser 2003), The Millionth Circle (Conari Press 1999), Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women (Conari Press 2004), Save the World (Conari Press, 2005), Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can People Can Save the Planet (Conari Press 2010), Artemis: the Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman (Conari Press 2014)Interview Date: 7/9/2014.        Tags: MP3, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Artemis, trees, mythology, myths, Tree people, Mother bear in mythology, dreams,

Kara Valentine is a co-founder and COO of Threads Worldwide. Through collaboration with thousands of Artisans and Fair Trade Partners around the world, Threads Worldwide is dedicated to building a growing market for handmade goods. Partnering with artisan cooperatives and businesses it seeks to create dignified jobs for women through the fair trade of artisan jewelry made by women from Uganda to Ecuador. Many of these artisans have watched their dreams become a reality: dreams of sending their children to school, accessing healthcare, and making their homes safer. Interview Date: 9/27/2019         Tags: Kara Valentine, Threads Worldwide, fair trade partners, livable wage, developing countries, privilege, handmade jewelry, women living in poverty, penpals, Angela Melfi, #trustthechills, premature baby, authenticity, take the first step, labyrinth, Guatemala, Lake Atitlan, Business, Art & Creativity, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation, Global Culture, Community, Women’s Studies

Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. is among a handful of individuals awarded the distinguished service award by the National Alzheimer’s Association. In 2001 he founded The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which researches and distributes knowledge on kindness, giving and spirituality. Post served as a co-chair of the United Nations Population Fund Conference on Spirituality and Global Transformation. He’s a professor in the Department of Preventative Medicine at Stony Brook University and founder and director of the Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics. He’s a leader in medicine research and religion and the author of several books, including Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving (Broadway Books 2008), he Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2nd edition 2000) and God and Love on Route 80: The Hidden Mystery of Human Connectedness. Interview Date: 10/31/2019         Tags: Stephen G Post, synchronicity, Joseph Michael Foley, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, forgetfulness, deeply forgetful people, terminal lucidity, Rudy Tanzi, M.S., Heather Hill Nursing Facility, Personal Transformation, Spirituality, Health & Healing

Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, scholar of mythology, and student of ritual in traditional cultures. He has the unusual ability to tap into ancestral sources of wisdom and connect them into the stories we are living today. Michael is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation. He is the author of The World Behind the World (GreenFire Press 2006), The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul (GreenFire Press 2006), Fate and Destiny, The Two Agreements of the Soul (revised & expanded, Greenfire Press 2012), Why the World Doesn't End, Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss (Greenfire Press 2012)Date: 8/18/2014       Tags: Michael Meade, genius, talents, IQ, teacher as mentor, suicide, The Genius Project, soul, Personal Transformation, Social Change/Politics, Education

Zen Honeycutt is the mother of three boys and Founding Executive Director of Moms Across America, a national coalition of unstoppable moms. Their motto is “Empower Moms, Healthy Kids.” She is the author of Unstoppable: Transforming Sickness and Struggle Into Triumph, Empowerment and a Celebration of Community (Create Space 2018)Interview Date: 9/12/2019   Tags: MP3, Zen Honeycutt, GMOs, glyphosate, food supply, Roundup, autism, allergies, gut bacteria, autoimmune issues, 4th of July Parades, Toxins in food, corporations can’t fire mothers, Monsanto, Dow, DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer, Wayne Parrott, organic food, Sustainable Pulse, Séralini Studies, Stephen Frantz, chelation, nutrients, children’s cancer, buy organic, Moms Across America Gold Standard, CAFO, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, eco-friendly, absorbs carbon, regenerative ag, fair trade, humanely raised, ocial Change/Politics, Health & Healing

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist with a deep interest in neuroscience and mindfulness. He is a senior fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley and creator of the year-long course The Foundations of Well-Being. He is the author of many books including Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (New Harbinger 2009), Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time (New Harbinger 2011), Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (Harmony Books 2013), Meditations to Change Your Brain - CD Set (Sounds True 2009), Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness (Harmony Books 2018)Tags: Rick Hanson, Compassion, Golden Rule, Resilient, Resilience, Self-Compassion, Loving Ourselves, Inner Critic, Internal caring Committee, Inner Victim, Inner Attacker, Inn Protector, Cravings, Psychology, Health & Healing, Personal Transformation, Self Help

David Hanscom, M.D. is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex spine problems in all areas of the spine. He is the author of Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain (Vertus Press 2012). Interview Date: 4/13/2013  Tags: David Hanscom, M.D., stress and anxiety, chronic pain, education, dysfunctional families, bullying, Hoffman Institute, Dr. Daniel Wegner paper White Bears, Dr. David D. Burns Feeling Good about Negative Thoughts, negative thoughts, Health & Healing, psychology

Zachiah Murray is a landscape architect and member of the Order of Interbeing in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. She is the author of Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools for Digging In the Dirt.Interview Date: 1/12/2013         Tags:MP3, Zachiah Murray, mindfulness, gardening, breath, meditation, nature, trees, taking a shower, water, weeding the garden, pests, Meditation, Ecology/Nature/Environment, Spirituality

Patricia Sun graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the top two percent of her class in 3-1/2 years from the University of California, Berkeley with two degrees, one in Social Sciences: Psychology and the other in Conservation and Natural Resources. She began her work as a family counselor. Her work today concentrates directly on creative solutions: “re-creating” thought patterns and “re-perceiving” experience. She is a pioneer in describing “right-brain” thought and is considered to be a teachers’ teacher. She leads workshops and gives private consultations.Interview Date: 1/17/2012   Tags: Patricia Sun, fear, worry, Personal Transformation

Steve McIntosh is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and is a co-founder of the think tank, The Institute for Cultural Evolution. His books include Integral Consciousness: The Future of Evolution (Paragon House 2011) and Evolution's Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins (Select Books 2012)Interview Date: 9/18/2012        Tags: MP3, Steve McIntosh, J.D., Evolution, cultural evolution, cosmological evolution, biological evolution, purpose, meaning, goodness, psycho-social evolution, psychosocial evolution, integral philosophy, modernism, Japan and cultural evolution, Social Change