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Ever wanted a life coach or a personal development mentor, but couldn't find the right one or afford the right one? Well, one publication is hitting the market offering the best in life coaching from the world's leading experts.
Personal Development Magazine just launched its premier issue and offers success training in areas such as wealth building, finances, goal setting, health and fitness, relationships, travel, spirituality and much more. Each issue curates the knowledge of world experts in the fields of personal development including, motivators, teachers, life coaches, corporate CEO's, spiritual leaders, health and fitness gurus and financial giants amongst others.
Promising to deliver a healthy mix of inspiration and practical strategies, the magazine offers an easy and affordable solution to getting powerful tools for expanding ones's life.
To preview an issue online or to subscribe, go to www.mypdmagazine.com
"What the Bleep Do We Know?" is a mind expanding documentary exploring the realm of where spirituality, neurology and quantum physics intersect. Featuring a slate of fascinating speakers from the scientific, medical and academic communities, the film is guaranteed to offer some intriguing perspectives on the very nature of reality. For a more detailed look at the subject, check out the extended version "Down the Rabbit Hole."
Go to the www.bleepstore.com to get either version on DVD, or choose from the array of books and other products exploring this topic (and other areas of spiritual exploration) on the site.
Artivist Film Festival just got slammed in the middle of a massive controversy linked to accepting sponsorship funds from the Petrobras oil company. Apparently, the Brazil owned company drills in pristine areas of the amazon with plans to drill in a region of the Yasuni National Park Biosphere Reserve. Since news of this leaked out, celebrities such as Daryl Hannah and NGO's such as Amazon Watch have very publicly dropped their support.
The fall out began last week when the festival announced the oil company as a presenting sponsor. The announcement caused a major stir, especially from Martin O'Brien whose film "Justica Now" was premiering at the event. The director appealed to the board of the festival to return all funds and sever ties. The festival had committed to dropping the sponsor but apparently had kept a significant portion of the funds. The festival has yet to respond to the PR nightmare.
"ARTIVIST International Film Festival" opens on November 8th at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angels. The event marries film and social activism to create a groundbreaking forum profiling and inspiring social activists through the moving pictures medium. The festival highlight films, and awards projects and individuals, whose dedication is exemplary in the fields of Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Rights.
This year marks the fourth year of the event. In addition to Los Angeles, the festival will travel to Lisbon Portugal (Dec. 1- 2), and London, U.K (Dec. 8-9). This year, the festival awards Ted Danson, Alyssa Milano, Claes Nobel of the Nobel Prize Family, and the winning films of the Artivist Film Festival.
Past recipients include Joaquin Phoenix, Mathew McConoughey, Daryl Hannah, James Cromwell, Ed Begley Jr., Tippi Hedren and Mike Farrell. The event promises to spark the heart of the activist in all attendees.
For more information: Go to artivists.org
In the small town of Hermitage Pennsylvania, by the border of Ohio near Youngtown, a publication is being put to bed, that is looking to transform the nature of parenting magazines as we know it. Welcome to the world of Primal Parenting Magazine.
The magazine seeks to redefine the “mommy and baby” slant on traditional publications by creating a whole family, and family first direction on looking at modern parenting.
“We plan to feature a fathering and grand parenting column, as well as features on different races, cultures and types of families.” says Dena Smith Givens, Co-Founder and Publisher, who with her husband/business partner Rich, and their five kids combined are the living metaphors for the Primal Parenting movement.
“Rich and I wanted to do something that would not take us away from our kids, the magazine was the solution.” Dena says. “We need to put our families first, that is the essence of being a primal parent. We need to slow down, enjoy our kids…savor our kids.”
The magazine has been in development for the last decade and a half, conceived after the birth of her first child.
“I realized I was new on the parenting journey, and as a young mom I definitely felt discriminated against. Mothering felt like a one size fits all, much like maternity clothes of the day. But I felt different, and unique and felt unheard and began collecting my thoughts and experiences for a book. After five or six years, we decided the book, would be a magazine.” Givens said.
The magazine is based on five core Primal Parenting principles, including; healthy diet, alternative health care, natural parenting, sustainable living and educational alternatives. The magazine seeks to bring readers back to where the heart of the home is, in the relationships that define it. The publication includes exploration of the extended family unit and explores lives of step parents, interracial parents, gay parents, adopted parents, all forms and all backgrounds – defining instead by the heart of the family, than the structure, color, or social position.
“Our generation is different than that of our parents. They wanted to work hard so they can spend time with their grandchildren. We want to work, but we want to enjoy our kids.”
Givens brings to the publication a wealth of experience in mindful parenting and natural living. Givens spent thirteen years as a volunteer leader for the La Leche League, was founder of several nature food co-ops and natural parenting groups, she home schools her three and five year old, and is a licensed massage therapist with a background aromatherapy. Givens is the embodiment of the heart of Primal Parenting.
With the magazine set to launch in a few short days, readers can order their copies of the inaugural issue now online on the Primal Parenting Site. Primal Parenting will offer a FREE magazine to all Lohasian readers with a 50% discount on all subscriptions. Just send and email to subscribe@primalparentingmagazine.com with "Code: The Lohasian" in the subject heading to take advantage of the offer.
In addition, The Lohasian is very proud to announce that it will be collaborating with Primal Parenting Magazine. Starting the week of November 26, 2007, the publication will have a featured column on The Lohasian, providing an insider perspective on primal parenting from “the inside out.” Also, check out Primal Parenting Magazine for “The Lohasian Arts & Culture Review” column, delivering a look at the creative culture behind mindful living.
Photo by Lyndsey AddarioDirected by Altemeier and Somji, "Conventional Trap" is a startling look at the real price of growing conventional cotton.
We just caught up with Josh Dorfman writer of "The Lazy Environmentalist" and host of the radio show by the same name (catch it on on Sirius), in the Green Tent of The 15th Annual International Hamptons Film Festival to discuss his take on the state of living green.
Dorfman, who just completed a presentation, was surrounded by a crowd of festival attendees signing copies of his book, when we whisked him away to a corner filled with powder blue coaches surrounded by handbags and displays of Prada shoes (yes, Green clearly is a bit more high end, on the east end).
A month ago the festival contacted Josh to participate in the "Green Initiative" sponsored by Greener Days. Josh said he was happy to participate and excited about the opportunity to get involved in a film based event, as the industry tells the stories that "need to be told"...green being one of them.
"The media does not get how to tell the stories in a positive way, without all the doom and gloom. That's what's missing" he said.
According to Dorfman neither the mass media nor the blogosphere (with the exception of his two favorites in the space, Eco Geek and Inhabitat) is doing a particularly good job of telling the story. But although the mass media seems to be behind the eight ball, the "hippification of green" driven by celebrities is effective in his view.
"The planet couldn't care less about why people are making positive environmental decisions, as long as they are. Celebrities can put their name behind a cause and create change. This is a good thing, this is what matters."
But how exactly do we get the masses to realign the every day things, those fundamental changes that effect our footprint on the planet? Beyond wanting to be part of the green trend - how do we create a sustainable shift in our very approach to how we live?
"Everybody knows the environment is a mess, especially once you take away the global warming angle, few have anything to argue." Dorfman stated.
"What we need is a two prong plan to effect real change. We need to paint a vision that will inspire people to create change, to show them how living green makes their life better. The second part is making green accessible by making it economical - make it cheap - have it make sense to the public's bottom line."
We began to wonder, how does Dorfman see the world in five years, does green stay hip, does it get cheap, does it make finally reach mass proportion or remain on cutting edge fringe ? Where is " living green and doing green business” in five years?
"I don't think we have reached the pinnacle of the movement yet. It seems that in 2003-2004 something happened in the creative community (the "professional creative class") where simultaneously different creative groups began making product that works for them and started to 'influence up',' the CEO's of companies, and inadvertently influencing down - to the consumers." According to Dorfman the green world might see what the Internet world saw after web 1.0 - essentially a massive correction.
"Real business will survive while others won’t." said Dorfman. The five year snap shot seems to promise the discovery of where the real green is - in living green.
But outside all the talk about business, marketing, and the media we wondered about the question of what ultimately is the driving force in the shifting culture-perhaps something more meaningful, dare we say even more "spiritual."
Dorfman admits that being green needs to be simple, and cheap, and make sense to ones own individual life - it is also about an overall shift in consciousness.
"It is an overall consciousness, the more choices you make about living a certain way, the more it impacts the rest of your life - who you are. Its unavoidable."
According to Dorfman, and we agree, becoming green might be a very positive and very steep slippery slope.
To learn more about Josh Dorfman, or his book or radio show (both titled The Lazy Environmentalist), go to www.lazyenvironmentalist.com
Since the advent of cinema the public has been touched, moved and inspired in countless way through it enormous power to influence. The issue with what message one sends using this medium has been the topic of debate since that very beginning. In 2003 The Spiritual Cinema Circle emerged, as a dedicated source for inspirational and thought provoking film that harnessed the power of this art in a positive direction.
Founded by veteran film producer Stephen Simon (Producer of "What Dreams May Come" "Somewhere in Time" and " All the Right Moves" amongst others) and psychologists Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks, the company offers a monthly membership program that entitles subscribers to 4 hand selected films a month, delivered on DVD, for $21/month. The films are selected for their spiritual messages, or as the founders state "movies of inspiration, hope, encouragement and empowerment." The selection includes short and long form films, with a mix of well known and unknown name talent in the starring, and directing roles.
The Spiritual Cinema Circle offers a unique and valuable opportunity for adults and families to experience movie viewing dedicated to touching the heart, each and every month.
For more information go to www.spiritualcinemacircle.com
