Provocative Enlightenment Radio

Dr. Pychyl is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, the Director of the Centre for Initiatives in Education at Carlton University and he has a cross-appointment to the School of Linguistics and Language Studies. His research in psychology is focused on the breakdown in volitional action commonly known as procrastination and its relation to personal well-being. He founded the Procrastination Research Group where they have conducted original research on procrastination. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask — read work email, reply to a text, check Facebook, watch a video clip, etc. We can do it all, 24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, or the unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen — a neuroscientist and a psychologist — explain why our brains aren’t built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-tech world without giving up our modern technology. Dr. Larry Rosen is Professor Emeritus and past chair of the psychology department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is a research psychologist with specialties in multitasking, social networking, generational differences, parenting, child and adolescent development, and educational psychology, and is recognized as an international expert in the “Psychology of Technology.” Over the past 30-plus years, Dr. Rosen and his colleagues have examined reactions to technology among more than

Peter Singer has been described as the world’s most influential living philosopher. His book Animal Liberation is credited with having triggered the animal rights movement, while his work on global poverty has played an important role in promoting Effective Altruism, which encourages more effective giving to help people in extreme poverty. He is professor of bioethics at Princeton Univ. and now spends part of each year at the University of Melbourne, in Australia, where he is Laureate Professor. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Peter Singer has been described as the world’s most influential living philosopher. His book Animal Liberation is credited with having triggered the animal rights movement, while his work on global poverty has played an important role in promoting Effective Altruism, which encourages more effective giving to help people in extreme poverty. He is professor of bioethics at Princeton Univ. and now spends part of each year at the University of Melbourne, in Australia, where he is Laureate Professor. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Daniel L. Shapiro, PhD, is a world-renowned expert on the psychology of conflict resolution. Named one of Harvard’s top 15 professors by the Harvard Crimson, he is founder and director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program and regularly advises everyone from hostage negotiators to families in crisis, disputing CEOs to clashing heads of state. He has launched successful conflict resolutions in the Middle East, Europe, and East Asia. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Elaine Clayton is an internationally known author and artist, intuitive healer and Reiki Master. She is a former teacher and author and illustrator of dozens of books for children, including books by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley and Wicked author Gregory Maguire. Her books on intuitive development and the link between art/creative practice and intuitive intelligence are sold worldwide. Her most recent book, Making Marks: Discover the Art of Intuitive Drawing is an award winning exploration of the natural and innate power we all hold as mark-makers, using the method she calls stream drawing (drawing in a stream of consciousness state). Elaine conducts workshops and one-on-one private intuitive development classes. For 3 decades, Elaine has taught children empathy and empowerment through drawing at schools, libraries, museums and wellness centers. She has studied earning MFA at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and lives on the Coast in the NYC area where she practices in her studio and enjoys time

Nutritionist Julie Daniluk, R.H.N., hosts The Healthy Gourmet, a reality cooking show aired in 72 countries that highlights the ongoing battle between taste and nutrition. Her best-selling books, Meals That Heal Inflammation and Slimming Meals That Heal, advise on allergy-free foods that both taste great and assist the body in the healing process. Julie has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, and is a resident expert for The Marilyn Denis Show and Reader’s Digest. Julie’s latest bestselling book, Hot Detox, embraces the ancient wisdom of India and Asia, applying the time-tested intelligence of warming up your body’s core. Inspired by hot yoga practices and backed by 600 peer-reviewed scientific studies, Julie’s detox system will help your body to gently rid many of the toxins you experience in our modern world. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, is the founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and professor emerita at California State University, East Bay. The Inner Mammal Institute offers resources for rewiring your mammalian neurochemistry. Dr. Breuning writes the blog, Your Neurochemical Self: Getting Real with a 200 Million-Year-Old Brain, on PsychologyToday.com. Be sure to catch this show and begin enjoying a happy brain chemistry today! To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Do animal rights matter? PETA president and cofounder Ingrid Newkirk has led the world’s largest animal rights organization for more than 35 years. Her passion and dedication to making this world a better place for all living beings has inspired countless others to do what they can to help animals. She has spoken internationally on animal rights issues. Ingrid was born in Surrey, England, and lived in Europe until she was 7 years old, when she and her parents moved to New Delhi, where her father worked as a navigational engineer and her mother volunteered for Mother Teresa and various charities. Ingrid’s early volunteer experiences—packing pills and rolling bandages for people who were suffering from leprosy, stuffing toys for orphans, and feeding stray animals—informed her view that anyone in need, including animals, is worthy of concern. Under Ingrid’s leadership, legislation was passed to create the first-ever spay-and-neuter clinic in Washington, D.C. She coordinated the first arrest in U.S. history of

Join Eldon and Ravinder for a conversation regarding Choices and Illusions. Why is it we do the very thing we say we will never do? Why is it our own self-talk often betrays our desires. Why is it so hard to believe in yourself? Is there any such thing as bad luck? Is struggle necessary in life? Is it ever too late to change? Why is it that almost everyone wants to change and yet among the most fearful things we deal with in life—it is change? Join in the conversation and learn how to begin to truly make decisions that are more than automatic reactions to programming we all are subject to! To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Dr. Shealy was first introduced to the work of the “father of holistic medicine,” Edgar Cayce, in the early 1970s. Cayce was the inspiration for his transformation from traditional medicine to holistic alternative therapies, which he has pursued for more than 30 years. Now combining decades of clinical work and research with advice from the Edgar Cayce readings, Shealy has created a blueprint for healing that each of us can follow with questionnaires for self-assessment throughout. C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is President of Shealy Wellness, LLC and of Holos Energy Medicine Education. He was founding President of the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978. He was founding President of Holos University Graduate Seminary and is now Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine. He has 12 patents in the field of Energy Medicine, has published 30 books and over 300 articles. Dr. Shealy began using acupuncture in 1966 and added electrical stimulation of the needles. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment

Doctors work in life-and-death situations every day. But what happens when they encounter something even they can’t explain scientifically? Dreams foretelling future events, apparitions, and other miraculous experiences fill this book, as practicing doctors recount the most unusual moments of their careers. Meant to awe, instruct, and inspire, these tales will convince even the harshest skeptic that there are things beyond this physical world and that sometimes, all we need to do is believe. Dr. Kolbaba is an internist in private practice in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine with honors and did his residency at Rush Presbyterian-Saint Lukes Medical Center in Chicago and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He has been awarded membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and has been featured in Chicago magazine as a “Top Doctor” in internal medicine. His friends accuse him of specializing in “big.” Being an only child, he now has a family

Eliminating Self-Sabotage is the key to keeping those hard sought after resolutions, whether it’s shedding some pounds, ending an addiction, achieving success or any other activity that seems allusive. Change your thinking and change your life is so true—but not so easy! Join Ravinder and Eldon to learn the tricks and secrets behind those who soar with their goals! To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Bill Sweet from Spindrift Research joins Eldon to discuss scientific findings from research that demonstrates the power of prayer. Three forms of prayer will be discussed: goal-directed prayer, non goal-directed prayer, and how our Defense Mechanisms contribute to why we fail to get a decent grasp of our own psychic and spiritual experiences. Don’t miss this discussion. Bill Sweet was always interested in paranormal phenomena which include the spiritual phenomena of prayer. Through meeting the founders of Spindrift Research, Bruce and John Klingbeil, Bill began to grasp new ways of applying consciousness research to religion and science. Bill learned that the Klingbeils were healers in the Christian Science tradition who were doing scientific tests of consciousness and prayer. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. His words are burned into the pages of history, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!” It’s July 1969, only seven months since NASA’s made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket. So was it a giant leap for mankind? Eldon was surprised when he began interviewing people about this event to learn that most did not feel that it was such a big deal and many believed it was staged. Join Eldon and Bruce Tweedy for an inside look. Bruce Tweedy became a fast draw artist at the age of 15—going on to become the fastest draw in the state of Minnesota and winning many competitions. It wasn’t until 1989 that Bruce began to explore the world of crystal music glasses when he was given his grandfather, Charles Wold’s, original crystal music glasses. It was on this set of unique and carefully selected glasses that Bruce learned to play waterless crystal glass music. To learn more about Provocative En

For more than thirty years Eldon has carried out research on the power of forgiveness and in the process developed what he refers to as “The Four Corner Philosophy” for living a better life. Ravinder and Eldon will discuss this research and share several stories illustrating a path to success in everything that you do. If you have ever felt guilt, shame, anger, blame, and the ilk, you will want to catch this show. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

David Hand is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College in London, where he was Professor of Statistics. He served two terms of office as President of the Royal Statistical Society, and is currently Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. As a statistician, he is an enthusiast for data, and how to extract information and understanding from it, and for how probability and chance affect our lives. He’s written 29 books, including The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day. The Improbability Principle explores the curious and apparently contradictory fact that events which are extremely unlikely seem to occur terribly often. We know that the chance of winning a lottery is astronomically small, and yet someone seems to win almost every week. Worse, there are people who have won lotteries twice, and even three times. We hear stories of people who lose a ring, only to rediscover it twenty years later. Many of us have had the experience of th

If you are sick of all the fighting and political nonsense around religion, and long to experience something deeper, you are bound to appreciate how my more systematic approach endeavors to takes you to a deeper experience, by starting to dissolve all the cultural and linguistic conditioning which, inevitably, confine us spiritually as we grow up. David Low believes that spirituality connects all religions in meaningful ways and promises to share these commonalities during this show. David Low, MS PhD is an author, former Adjunct Professor of Religion, drug counselor, and former entertainer (juggler) who today does dreamwork, teaches meditation, and speaks on topics in popular spirituality and religion. After some powerful meditation experiences, Dr. Low travelled extensively and visited different Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Sufi, Jewish, Christian, and Orthodox Muslim groups. Soon after getting initiation from his major teacher, he began having psychic dreams, often involving “angels” and other spiritual guides,

Lisa McCourt is a bestselling author and ghostwriter currently specializing in expanded consciousness projects. In her own name, she’s penned over three dozen books for both adults and children that have sold over seven million copies, among them the modern classic, I Love You, Stinky Face and its many sequels. Published by Hay House, Scholastic, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, McGraw Hill, and Health Communications, her books have won 6 publishing awards, been featured on Lifetime TV, Fox News, CNN, and PBS, garnered praise from over 200 reviewers, and been translated into 11 languages. On the secret side of Lisa’s publishing path, she’s been the silent ghostwriter for many prominent thought-leaders, from New York Times bestselling authors to Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Hollywood stars. A former popular CBS Radio host and a frequent speaker at both writing conferences and self-growth events, she brings her passion and unique blend of skill-sets to an eclectic career path that is ever mysteriously

Will Bowen is a #1 International best-selling author; an award-winning trainer, the 2016 Purdue University Executive in Residence and he is the World Authority on Complaining—what causes it, why we do it and how to get ourselves and others to stop. Bowen has been featured on Oprah, NBC’s Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, The ABC World News Tonight, and Fox News. The Complaint Free movement he began has been featured in thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. After several decades as a top performer in media and insurance sales, Will Bowen became a Unity minister. In July of 2006, he was teaching a class on prosperity. That summer morning, Will Bowen’s life and the lives of millions of people worldwide would change forever. Will handed out 250 purple rubber bracelets inviting people to use them as a tool to monitor their complaints and to eventually eradicate complaining from their lives by going 21 consecutive days without complaining. His idea exploded around and, to date, more than 11 million purple C