Your Superior Self

This is a guided mediation.  Please do not listen to this mediation while driving or operating heavy machinery.    Julie Lusk, M.Ed., is president of Wholesome Resources. She focuses on opening, balancing, and strengthening the body/mind/spirit connection through Yoga, Meditation, Therapeutic relaxation, and guided imagery. Julie teaches Yoga and Meditation regularly in Cincinnati. Professionally, she has served as Regional Director of the Mercy Holistic Health and Wellness Center (Cincinnati, OH), Assistant Dean of Students of Roanoke College, and Director of Health Management at Lewis-Gale Clinic. Julie’s volunteer efforts in community wellness and health promotion earned recognition from the US Surgeon General and the Governor of Virginia. Julie has more than 30 years of experience brings out the best in others through her knowledge, natural lightheartedness, and caring nature. She is an internationally published author whose books include Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief and Yoga Medit

Julie Lusk, M.Ed., is president of Wholesome Resources. She focuses on opening, balancing, and strengthening the body/mind/spirit connection through Yoga, Meditation, Therapeutic relaxation, and guided imagery. Julie teaches Yoga and Meditation regularly in Cincinnati. Professionally, she has served as Regional Director of the Mercy Holistic Health and Wellness Center (Cincinnati, OH), Assistant Dean of Students of Roanoke College, and Director of Health Management at Lewis-Gale Clinic. Julie’s volunteer efforts in community wellness and health promotion earned recognition from the US Surgeon General and the Governor of Virginia. Julie has more than 30 years of experience brings out the best in others through her knowledge, natural lightheartedness, and caring nature. She is an internationally published author whose books include Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief and Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices for Awakening.

Jolie DeMarco Soul talkin' Clairvoyant- Rockin Master Crystal healer, author, inspirational speaker, and innovator of MyFloraAura.com Mindful Healing Center. Jolie shares her " higher knowledge" from Angelic guides, including ArchAngel Michael, Galileo, EROM, and many from the light. Constantly channeling "messages of the light." Jolie wrote High Vibes Crystal Healing-Crystal frequencies and Body layouts that will Rock your World! with Llewellyn Publishing- (3)Metaphysical Self-Healing books,(1) Fun Fiction Chic Flick,(3) children's books, and (5)oracle card decks (MyDaily Crystal, Self-healing Mandalas & Soul Talking & Relationship decks).her tag line " We are All Souls that Live Together." She's a writer that brings her humor, love and personality in her works.

Paul Selig is considered to be one of the foremost spiritual channels working today. In his breakthrough works of channeled literature — I Am the Word, The Book of Love and Creation, The Book of Knowing and Worth, The Book of Mastery, The Book of Truth, The Book of Freedom, and the Beyond the Known Trilogy: Realization, Alchemy, and The Kingdom (see books page) — author and medium Paul Selig has recorded an extraordinary program for personal and planetary evolution as humankind awakens to its own divine nature. Paul was born in New York City and received his master’s degree from Yale. A spiritual experience in 1987 left him clairvoyant. As a way to gain a context for what he was beginning to experience he studied a form of energy healing and began to “hear” for his clients. Described as “a medium for the living,” Paul has the unique ability to step-into and “become” the people his clients ask about, often taking on their personalities and physical characteristics as he “hears” them telepathically. Paul’s work

For several decades, Catherine Weissenberg has been sharing her unique ability to communicate and dialogue with God, the deceased, and coma patients. To retain a lasting record of these communications, Catherine writes the conversations longhand as they occur, calling them “Writings.” Although intimate to the recipient, the Writings are beautiful in their imagery and metaphor, often involving universal themes of self-growth, interpersonal relationships, and life challenges. She is grateful to serve others by facilitating the transmission of spirit, wisdom, and healing energy. Using God Writings from retreat settings, Catherine has created the concept of Loveality® as a love-based approach to living and experiencing reality. She offers Loveality workshops, books, and cards. For more about the transformative energy of the Writings, please visit loveality.net.

Amanda ‘Pua’ Walsh, M.S., is the CEO and Founder of Astrology Hub. She hosts the weekly Astrology Hub Podcast, a top-ranking astrology podcast with over 80,000 downloads per month, featuring conversations with the best astrologers in the world today.  Prior to this, Amanda was a co-owner of a successful technology consulting company in New York City after pursuing a Master's Degree in Psychology and graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She left NYC and her career to embark on a more heart-centered life, in Hawaii, 9 years ago. She then navigated an extremely challenging period of time in her life where Astrology became a lifeline, and she’s been working hard to make astrology accessible to those who can benefit from the wisdom ever since. In her work, Amanda blends her diverse background in business leadership, psychology, digital marketing, and media with her passion for astrology, spirituality, and personal growth.  Amanda serves on the Board of Directors for Maui-bas

Tess Whitehurst has been interested in all things magical since childhood. Her parents remember the way she casually referred to the “different colors around people’s heads and shoulders,” and her preschool-age backyard activities included intuitively performing nature rituals and speaking with faeries. Now, for over a decade, she’s been inspiring people to thrive through her books, articles, live workshops, online classes, podcasts, magical planners, and certification program. She truly loves sharing principles and practices that have so supported her (and continue to support her!) on her own healing journey. An award-winning author, spiritual teacher, podcaster, and blogger, Tess presents ancient, sacred, and empowering wisdom in a friendly, joyful, and accessible way. In addition to creating the Magic of Flowers Oracle and the Cosmic Dancer Oracle, she’s written nine books that have been translated into eighteen languages, and her articles have appeared in such places as Writer’s Digest, Spirit, and Destin

Participating in psychedelic ceremonies with shamans from the Amazon. Diving headfirst into rituals at Burning Man. Flying across the world to work with spiritual gurus in Bali. These were never on Doug Cartwright’s radar as “must-have” experiences, but when you’re a 20-something ex-Mormon ex-millionaire living deeply unfulfilled after doing everything you were “supposed to", you start searching for a normal reality far from your original version.  This book is Doug’s story, a psychedelic journey into meditation, silent retreats, astrophysics, neuroscience, philosophy, and all forms of self-healing. It’s how he found the purpose of life, realized his mistakes and built a new reality. Doug’s story is how he shifted his perspective on life - and it’s how you can learn to shift yours. In Holy Sh!t We’re Alive, Doug shows you how to live with intention, trust yourself, and show up every day for a meaningful life. You’ll learn mind-blowing facts and important clues to understand your existence and unique contribut

Dean Radin is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He earned a BS (electrical engineering), and then an MS (electrical engineering), and a Ph.D. (psychology) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the IONS research staff in 2001, Radin worked at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. He has given over 600 talks and interviews worldwide, and he is author or co-author of over 300 scientific and popular articles, four dozen book chapters and forewords, two technical books, and four popular books translated into 15 foreign languages: The Conscious Universe (1997, HarperCollins), Entangled Minds (2006, Simon & Schuster), Supernormal (2013, RandomHouse), and Real Magic (2018, PenguinRandomHouse).  

Kathryn Ford, M.D. has been practicing psychotherapy for over 20 years.  She has a private practice in Menlo Park specializing in working with couples and other relationships. She received her M.D. from Brown University Medical School and did her psychiatry residency at The Stanford School of Medicine. Kathryn trained in several models of group work, including training with Irv Yalom, M.D. at Stanford. She has led therapy groups and consultation groups and has served on staff at Tavistock Group Relations Conferences since 1994. She has developed the Learning Partners™ model of couples therapy which emphasizes learning and adult development.  A central part of this model is the emphasis on Aperture™ awareness.

Rev. Skip Jennings is the co-host of “Voice of Unity” on UnityOnlineRadio.org, the host of “In the Flow” Podcast and the author of The Lotus Kitchen, Spirit Explosion, and his latest creation, The Little Book for Big Transformations: 31 Days of Inner Visions and Spiritual Practices.  He is a graduate of the Michael B. Beckwith School of Ministry. The founder of Mind, Body, Spirit Solutions L.L.C. Rev. Skip is a motivational speaker, transformational coach, Yoga instructor, and a shamanic healer. His coaching and expertise can be found on SkipJennings.com, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Insight Timer Meditation app. Rev. Skip counsels and coaches, clients, using his C.A.R.E.S. philosophy, which stands for Connection, Action, Remember, Empowerment, Self-Love. As a Licensed Spiritual Practitioner and co-director of the L.G.B.T.Q.A. ministry at Agape, Rev. Skip has served for our ten years. With 30 years of experience and over fifteen certifications in spiritual counseling, wellness, health &fitne

Michele Graglia is a former top model and is currently one of the world’s top ultra runners. Since 2011, he has competed in over thirty ultramarathons all over the world, often winning and setting course records. He has set Guinness World Records for his runs across the Atacama and Gobi deserts. His wins in the Yukon Arctic Ultra, with temperatures below -40oF, and the Badwater 135 in Death Valley, with highs above 130oF, made him the first person in history to win both the hottest and coldest foot races on Earth. His motivational speaking has inspired thousands around the world.

Sacred breakthrough coach, speaker, and writer Abiola Abrams was born to empower women to transform their lives. The award-winning author of “The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love” gives advice and produces media about self-worth, healthy relationships, and how to live with joy and passion. Abiola has been a featured columnist on prominent sites from Essence to Match.com. In addition, Abiola is a recurring self-esteem, love, and lifestyle guru on talk shows like the CW Network’s “Bill Cunningham Show” and documentary TV like MTV’s “Made.” Black Enterprise Magazine named her self-development blog which hosts her award-winning web series, one of the top African American lifestyle blogs. She also reported on celebrity relationships and personal issues as a BBC Radio entertainment correspondent.

Lynne McTaggart is one of the central authorities on the new science and consciousness. She is the award-winning author of seven books, including the internationally bestselling The Intention Experiment, The Field, The Bond and The Power of Eight, and her books have been in some 30 languages. Lynne is also architect of the Intention Experiments, a web-based ‘global laboratory,’ and she was prominently featured in the plotline of Dan Brown’s blockbuster The Lost Symbol. A highly sought after public speaker, who has spoken in nearly every continent, Lynne has also appeared in many documentaries, including What the Bleep?! Down the Rabbit Hole, I Am, The Abundance Factor, The Healing Field and The 1 Field. She is consistently listed as one of the world’s 100 most spiritually influential people. Recently, Lynne co-founded and launched the international health expo and health hub Get Well (http://getwell.solutions), which brings to the public a wide range of the most promising and well-proven holistic treatments t

Bob Thurman, known in the academic circles as Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, is a talented popularizer of the Buddha’s teachings and the first Westerner Tibetan Buddhist monk ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, A charismatic speaker and author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics, and culture, Bob was named by The New York Times the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism and was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2020, for his help in recovering India’s ancient Buddhist heritage. Time Magazine chose him as one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997, describing him as a “larger than life scholar-activist destined to convey the Dharma, the precious teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, from Asia to America.”

Dr. Lona Cook grew up in Chippewa Falls and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as Northwestern Health Sciences University for her Doctorate of Chiropractic where she graduated in the top of her class. . Dr. Lona loves helping people through the power of chiropractic and teaching them about their innate ability to heal! She has a strong passion to communicate the benefits of proactive care and help families take active roles in their own health.  For the past 12 years, Dr. Lona has helped thousands of people regain health by working with the body's power to heal and chiropractic care. Dr. Lona is also on the state association board and speaks nationally many weekends of the year spreading the message of better living through chiropractic care. Dr. Lona lives with her husband, Kyle and sons, Jack & Max, on Lake Wissota.  They love being close to family in the beautiful Chippewa Valley.

Amy O’Keeffe has spent the past twenty-five years studying the works of spiritual masters and has successfully led and produced workshops and retreats on the topic of spiritual development. For over fifteen years she served in a leadership role of an organization comprised of the world’s top women business leaders.  She has since worked with some of the most successful women trailblazers and influencers in business. Through this experience, coupled with her lifelong interest in personal and spiritual development, she has developed a passion for teaching others about the key principles necessary to achieving an abundant and purposeful life. Ms. O’Keeffe is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and has been the principal voice-over talent for several commercial television campaigns. She is also the mother of a twenty-three old daughter and is proud to say that they share the same birthday.

Diane Ray is a radio professional with over 30 years of radio and podcasting experience. Starting at WSHE in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the age of 19 for their Amateur Hour, Ray started a longtime career as an on-air broadcaster working in Miami, Florida, Austin, Texas, and Jacksonville, Florida and eventually in San Diego working for the legendary KGB-FM Radio. In San Diego, a dream came true of combining a lifelong interest in spirituality and metaphysics with broadcasting and digital media when she joined Hay House Publishing working for Louise Hay and was the Network Manager and Producer of Hay House Radio. Ray was able to work with and interview legendary New Thought and spiritual leaders including Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Caroline Myss, Gregg Braden, and many others. She helped grow that network to over 2 million visitors a year. Following that she became the Director of Programming for Unity Online Radio. She increased engagement bringing new audiences to the Unity message by adding new talent an

Michelle Kelly is an Intuitive Spiritual Healer who embraces imperfection and inspires others to start their journey on becoming their highest potential of LOVE.  

Jonathan Hammond is a teacher, energy healer, shamanic practitioner, and spiritual counselor. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan, he is a certified master teacher in Shamanic, Usui, and Karuna Reiki as well as the advanced graduate studies advisor for Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. He teaches classes in shamanism, energy healing, spirituality, and Huna at Omega Institute and around the world.