Real Life with Jennifer Till

1/28/12 Indra’s Net

Jennifer — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:35:15 +0000

It is 1968, the height of the Vietnam War. A young man, just turned 19, arrives in Bangkok to the country where he was born and adopted as an infant. This is the opening of the novel Indra’s Net written by Brad Bryant who lives and works here in the Charlottesville area. It has been described as an adventure novel with a metaphysical twist. Those of you familiar with Buddhism will undoubtedly recognize the title as a symbol of the interconnectedness of all things. In the words of one of my producer’s favorite philosophers, Alan Watts, “Imagine a multidimensional spider’s web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image.”

This morning I have the pleasure of talking with the author about his work, his time living in Thailand and hopefully learn more about his own metaphysical journey…

Here’s the book that Brad talked about – The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Arthur Zajonc, Editor.

You can find Brad’s book at www.heartwoodpublishing.info.

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1/21/2012 The Man Formerly Known as Mayor: Dave Norris

Jennifer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000

If 2012 marks the end of Dave Norris’ two terms as Charlottesville mayor, it does no such thing when it comes to his involvement in the life and well being of this community. Long an advocate of affordable housing, environmental sustainability and educational opportunities for young and old, he will continue his efforts both as a member of City Council and with the newly formed The Charlottesville Institute for University-Community Engagement. Join with me this morning as we look back at some of the highlights of his six years on council and look forward to his vision of the future for our city.

You know, I forgot to thank him for his service to in our community…thank you Dave Norris.

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2/11/2012 The Dirty Life

Jennifer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:52:08 +0000

Kristin Kimball was born in 1971, and grew up in central New York. She graduated from Harvard in 1994, then moved to New York City, where she worked at a literary agency, taught creative writing, and freelanced for magazines and travel guides. In 2002, she interviewed a wingnut farmer named Mark, and took more than a professional interest in both him and his vocation. They founded Essex Farm together in 2004 – the world’s first full-diet CSA, as far as they know – and she’s been professionally dirty ever since. Kristin and Mark have two daughters, and she has three great jobs: mother, farmer, writer. She says she still stinks at returning email.

www.kristinkimball.com

2/4/2012 Meditation Flash Mob

Jennifer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:41:25 +0000

Meditation Flash Mobs! Their intention is to create an environment for people from all religions, all world views, and all experience levels to join together in meditation. Their vision is to continue inspiring world-wide meditations until the entire world is invited to join – literally!

1/28/2012 CLAW: Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers

Jennifer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:39:34 +0000

“CLAW came out of a joke between friends. Actress, carny, and entrepreneur Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell and salon owner Jodie Plaisance were having a drink together at a bar and decided to arm wrestle out of boredom. Jennifer won easily, and Jodie demanded a rematch. When that rematch ended in similar defeat, Jodie suggested weight training together so she could avenge herself. During these training sessions, the two smacktalked themselves into characters in a fantasy arm wrestling league: Prim Reaper vs. MoJo the Underdog. They asked fellow weightlifters and, eventually everyone they encountered anywhere, if they’d be interested in joining their fake league. Everyone said yes.

Shortly thereafter they convened a meeting of all interested parties in the backroom of the Blue Moon Diner, including key theater comrades Sian Richards (Nurse Cheryl), Jude Silveira (The Ref), Bree Luck (Stiletto Southpaw), Opal Lechmanski (Opal), and Steph Finn (Trixie ‘The Vault’ Mancini). Two hours of hard labor later, CLAW was born.”

www.clawville.org

1/14/2012 Mindful Living Revolution

Jennifer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:56:50 +0000

Suppose you had a burning desire; a calling; a certainty that you wanted to help create a better, more sustainable planet? How would you go about making that vision a reality? If you were Deborah Eden Tull, you would write a guidebook on living the interconnected life; start a blog and develop online courses and workshops to share your knowledge with those interested in healthier and more effective personal lives.

And of course you would launch an online fundraising effort to raise the $10,000 necessary to get everything rolling.

Join me this morning for an engaging conversation with a woman who wants no less than to change our world.

www.deborahedentull.com

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12/31/2011 Consciously Setting Intention for the New Year

Jennifer — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:17:46 +0000

Are you just about to make your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you remember what happened last year with your resolutions…say about sometime in March? Before giving yourself another reason to beat yourself up for some failed goal or project, listen to my conversation with Caverly Morgan as we talk about how we habitually set goals from a misinformed belief that we need to be improved. We don’t – if self-improvement as a practice worked, don’t you think it would have worked by now?

Our country spends over $10 billion (with a B) dollars a year in the pursuit of hope—the hope that somehow I can make myself “better.” Why is this such a successful industry?

www.onehouseofpeace.org

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12/24/2011 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Stories with Jim Weiss

Jennifer — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:35:42 +0000

Real Life with Jennifer Till is Charlottesville’s fresh new radio show for women who are REALLY ready to love their life. Join us to share a piece of your story and uncover possibilities yet to be explored. Hear how other women face their challenges, reframe their failures and celebrate their success – stories and lessons learned to help you find balance, alignment and joy in all of the areas of your life.

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1/14/2011: Deborah Eden Tull

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:46:27 +0000

We live in a world where time is speeding up and everything supports faster, more, better mentality. Our attention is usually outward on doing, becoming, achieving, getting, and the chatter of the conditioned mind. Mindfulness offers a life-changing opportunity to focus our attention on present moment experience and unplug from the beliefs and assumptions that no longer serve us, including our perceptions of time. Regardless of what pace we’re going, regardless of how much is on our plate, we can learn to refine our attention and get present to the grounded compassionate awareness that is always there. Join me with Deborah Eden Tull as we explore the Mindful Living Revolution and how we can live sustainably from the inside out. Deborah will share with us her unique approach to mindfulness and meditation designed to help us to SLOW DOWN, GET PRESENT, AND SAVOR…in every context of your life.

1/7/2012 Best of 2011

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:35:57 +0000

Join David Winer and me as we look back over the last year and share some of our favorite Real Life moments filled with sweet memories, joys, insights, and lessons learned.

12/17/2011: What would Jesus buy? with Rev. Billy (Replay)

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:34:05 +0000

Original air date 12/11/2010.

A new impact driver for Dad, some French perfume for Mom, an Ipod Nano for Jessica…sound familiar? It’s Christmas time and so we make lists, presents to buy for the people we love. It’s not a tradition that’s going to end any time soon. Nor would I be the one to suggest that it should.

But in the midst of our annual glut of consumerism, is there an opportunity to reframe how we think of giving and how we choose our gifts? Can we be kind to those we love AND at the same time be thoughtful and generous to others and the one planet that we all share?

I invite you to listen as we explore Christmas with a different perspective as we ask, “What Would Jesus Buy?” with my friends and guests, Savitri D. and Reverend Billy, with The Church of Life After Shopping.

www.revbilly.com

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12/10/2011: Zero Waste Holidays with Deborah Eden Tull (Replay)

Jennifer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:45:28 +0000

Original air date 12/04/2010.

No matter how much we love traditions, and we do, there’s always a time to start new ones. And with more and more of us looking to share the resources of our planet, there may be no better time than now to look at starting some Holiday traditions that spread the joy but reduce the ecological waste. This morning my guest, Deborah Eden Tull, author of The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution, and I will explore the brave new world of Sustainable Holidays.

www.creativegreen.net

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12/3/11 Unconscious to Conscious with Gregg Kendrick

Jennifer — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:59:33 +0000

Communicate. It’s something we do every day of our lives; at home, at church, in the super market, at school; at work. But given the frequency with which we do it it’s unsettling to see how often we don’t do it as well as we might. The consequences of poor communication can range from mild to catastrophic and when this happens in the workplace in can damage not only working relationships, but your bottom line as well. My guest this morning is Gregg Kendrick, a certified trainer in NVC (Non Violent Communications) and a small business owner. He has, as his web site says, a vision of creating financially viable, creative, empowering organizational cultures–a vision that rests on a foundation of effective communication skills.

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11/26/11: Gratitude with Caverly Morgan

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:54:40 +0000

As I thought about this upcoming show on gratitude, I thought about a single and unique strawberry that recently grew in my garden. As I’m sure all of you know, our local strawberry season is long over. Indeed the last strawberry that I picked was in May. But last week, as I cleared away a pile of dead leaves that had fallen from the trees around my garden, I found one new, unique, hearty and as it turned out delicious strawberry. I know it was delicious because I picked it and I ate it. I was grateful. But it made me think…was the strawberry grateful? Was this miracle of late entry onto the planet something that would have caused the strawberry to say, “I’m so happy to be here,” and this made me think – What are the things that inspire a sense of gratitude in my life and why. And on an even more basic level, what is gratitude? Is it just another word for happy? Is it a sense of thankfulness? Or is it something larger—an awareness that connects us to the planet and the celebration of things both large and small.

Today my good friend, Caverly Morgan, Founder and Director of One House of Peace, and I are going to talk about gratitude. Caverly was a zen monk for 8 years prior to founding One House Peace.

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11/12/11: Changes with David Winer

Jennifer — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:38:16 +0000

Sometimes the old familiar and simplest pleasures can be the best. And so this morning, my Executive Producer, David Winer, and I are going to reach back to the earlier days of Real Life with Jennifer Till when we would choose to make a show just about the who make the show. To talk about things in our lives, things that matter, and things that we find interesting and that we hope you do to.

But don’t let the informality fool you. When we sit down there is usually a topic that’s front and center in our collective intelligence. What some of you may not know is that David and I also collaborate on work projects in the area of organizational development. We’ve just recently completed some work that deals with the need for cultural change and the recognition of how hard change can be. We’ve spent many hours thinking, reading, researching, discussing and yes, even arguing about change and it felt like the most natural thing in the world to invite you, our listeners, into this conversation.

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11/5/11: American Walkabout with Andrew Forsthoefel

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:35:11 +0000

Walkabout refers to a rite of passage during which male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months. In this practice they would trace the paths, or “songlines“, that their people’s ceremonials ancestors took, and imitate, in a fashion, their heroic deeds. My guest this morning has recently embarked on his own “American” Walkabout.

Andrew Forsthoefel explains the motivation for this walk: “I think…it’s such a gift to be truly heard and fully seen by another, for it’s in being heard and seen that our story is recognized as a great one, and that all its chapters of tragedy and triumph are the components of some ineffable but undeniable miracle, every bit of it beautiful, every bit of it us. To forget someone’s extraordinariness seems heartbreaking. And to put stock in a celebrity instead of my neighbor, a sitcom instead of myself? Disaster.”

www.WalkingToListen.com

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10/29/11: Starhawk and The Fifth Sacred Thing

Jennifer — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:59:09 +0000

On Real Life with Jennifer Till, we’ve had a number of guests who have a vision of what our world could be, can be. Today’s guest, in the minds of many in my circle of friends, is a super star in this arena. Her name is Starhawk, and on her website she describes herself as an author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality. She’s a peace, environmental, and global justice activist and trainer, a permaculture designer and teacher, a Pagan and Witch.

So stay tuned for what I expect will be a far-reaching and far-ranging conversation about the state of our planet, the state of our community, what’s its like to be a 21st century witch, about the Occupy movement, about her efforts to turn her groundbreaking book, “The Fifth Sacred Thing,” into a movie on her terms and whatever else pops up along the way.

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10/22/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Happily Ever After — Separately

Jennifer — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:35:06 +0000

What if a good friend suggested that the best way for you to “fix” you ailing marriage was to maintain separate residences? That’s what my guest this morning, Lise Stryker Stoessel, educator, speaker, author and self-development guru proposes in her soon to be published book, “Living Happily Ever After – Separately.” Is this a throwback to the separate bedrooms of the 18th century, a new form of commitment cop-out or a dynamic and creative way to look at relationships and dealing with the differences that undermine and destroy so many marriages. Or in the words of Susan Oberman, Family and Community Mediator “This book speaks for a generation that was determined to do things better than their parents, to be true to themselves in achieving personal goals and creating loving families–to have it all.”

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10/15/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Sugar and Spice Not Necessarily Nice

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:17:52 +0000

Sugar and spice and everything nice; the Ginger Bread House; Candyland; I call my baby “lollilop” - in nursery rhymes and fairytales, children’s board games and song lyrics, and more commercials than we would have time to list, sugar and sweets are a central theme in the lives of our children. But to children’s health activist, mother and candidate for the school board, Ivana Kadija, there is a dark and dangerous side to how much sugar is in our children’s diet. What that is and what we can do about it is the conversation we are having this morning. My guest has told me that she would like to have an open dialogue about it, so if you’d like to join in the conversation, give us a call at 977-1070.

Good morning Ivana and thanks for being here so early on a Saturday morning.

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10/8/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Off Balance

Jennifer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:09:26 +0000

The notions of living a life of balance and alignment are not new to this show. They are, in fact, key elements of what you might think of as a Real Life Philosophy. But as with most words and concepts, there is often misunderstanding about what we mean when we use them. For many, the idea of balance in their life, means aiming for an equal division of resources, (time, money, attention) to the various aspects of their lives: work, family, spirituality and so on. For us balance has always been more about understanding one’s self; being attuned to one’s needs and creating and maintaining an internal harmony that helps us stay aligned to those things most important to us at any given point in time.

This morning we are joined by a former guest, Susan McCulley, who many of you may remember is a NIA Blackbelt at ACAC and we’re going to talk about balance, not on any grand conceptual level, but on a very real and every day basis of our bodies, and how achieving that level of balance can help us on every level of the journey each of us is on.

Good morning Susan.

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10/3/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: The Trauma of Cancer

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:23:17 +0000

When we talk about the trauma of cancer it is easy to be overwhelmed by the numbers. The number of ways in which cancer attacks that human body: ovarian, testicular, breast, lung, liver. The number of newly diagnosed cases each year. The number who die.

This morning we are going to focus on a much smaller number–the number one. The one person in the life of the cancer patient: husband, mother, daughter, brother, who is there in the role of primary support or caregiver. We will look at the trauma from their point-of-view and the way in which that relationship can alter how we look at life itself.

My guest this morning, James Yates, has been with us before in the role as a psychotherapist talking about relationships. This morning he has graciously agreed to share his insights and the lessons he has learned during his wife’s battle with cancer.

Good morning James.

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09/24/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: African Development Project

Jennifer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:26 +0000

We live in a time when there are so many in need and a time when the core of American charitable giving is itself facing hard or even devastating economic challenges. So it may seem simply logical to think, “I’ll keep my charity closer to home for now”. But to do so just reinforces the “illusion” of home. The earth is our home and national borders in no way limit our connections to all of its inhabitants.

My guests today Bev Wann and Sue Rainey raise money here in Charlottesville to support the African Development Project; a coalition of five African charities whose goal is to support individuals in a way that helps create a path out of poverty and despair. They look to create sustainable solutions, for the land and the people it supports.

Good morning ladies.

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09/17/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Shalom Salaam Hu

Jennifer — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:53:44 +0000

Sept. 21st is International Day of Peace. Millions of people, around the world, will be participating in a variety of activities and events, some large, some small. If you go on to the website, (www.internationaldayofpeace.org ) you can read that it “provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.”

I know of no one who is against peace. No one. But I also know that in the last 20 years alone we have had over 100 wars and outbreaks of violence around the world. So the question feels like it needs to be asked. How does the support of, and the participation in, such events make a meaningful difference in our world?

I am joined this morning by Ron Povich, radio personality and organizer of an event here in Charlottesville, to learn more about how this day and this organization hopes to make such a difference.

Good morning Ron.

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Cease Fire

Jennifer — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:15 +0000

The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on September 21. Peace Day was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982.

Since its inception, Peace Day has marked our personal and planetary progress toward peace. It has grown to include millions of people in all parts of the world, and each year events are organized to commemorate and celebrate this day. Events range in scale from private gatherings to public concerts and forums where hundreds of thousands of people participate.

Anyone, anywhere can celebrate Peace Day. It can be as simple as lighting a candle at noon, or just sitting in silent meditation. Or it can involve getting your co-workers, organization, community or government engaged in a large event. The impact if millions of people in all parts of the world, coming together for one day of peace, is immense.

International Day of Peace is also a Day of Ceasefire – personal or political. Take this opportunity to make peace in your own relationships as well as impact the larger conflicts of our time. Imagine what a whole Day of Ceasefire would mean to humankind.
(Excerpted from www.internationaldayofpeace.org)

What will you do? You can start by listening Saturday morning as my guest, Ron Povich, and I discuss personal and global cease fires and one event, of thousands around the world, that will be happening here in Charlottesville.

Shalom. Paix. Salaam. Paz. Mir. Salam. Maluhia. Paco. Booto.

Jennifer — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:12:35 +0000

Peace. I saw it everywhere and couldn’t find it anywhere.

Peace and Justice. Peace Corps. Peace Frogs. Peace Lily. Peace and Love. Peace Dove. Peace Out.

I used to think that finding Peace was like pulling a big warm and cozy blanket up and over and snuggling in underneath. In my made-up world, the Peace blanket that covered me made everything underneath safe and perfect, keeping in the good, keeping out the bad. But it wasn’t true. No matter how much I wanted it to be, it just wasn’t so. Broken heartedness, shame and unworthiness were hiding underneath my blanket and kept poking out the sides, staining its imagined perfection. The Peace blanket didn’t really take all this “bad stuff” away–I simply pretended it didn’t exist.

It took a shattering event in my life to realize that there is a gap between the ideal state of Peace, and the human experience of becoming Peace. I’ve learned that cultivating Peace is an ongoing process, and I’m required to wrestle with the places in myself that I’m ashamed of. Or scared of. Or loathe. And in this wrestling, I come face to face with the person that I’m not “supposed” to be. Sloppy. Lazy. Liar. Selfish.

I think we all exist on the continuum of any particular human trait; that it is rare to find something or someone that is frozen for all time at a single point. I want to think of myself as good, but have to recognize that my behaviors and my actions move from one end of the scale to the other. So the con-man has lied to get money from his latest scam. When have I lied to get what I want? So the student has stolen an Ipod. When have I taken something, that wasn’t mine, perhaps just figuratively, but stolen it none the less?

Today, I surrender to becoming more and more of a whole human being, calling a detente between the antagonism of what I’ve been enculturated to believe is not acceptable, and the feelings, desires, and needs that I actually experience. Willingness is key. Rather than pushing away discomfort, I lean into it and ask, “What can I learn about myself?” I strive to continue to push against the walls of my “container” to increase my capacity to hold seeming contradictions simultaneously. To welcome the conflicted parts of myself. To extend compassionate kindness even to the most unforgiveable parts of myself. And in doing so, I continue my journey toward reaching Peace.

Namaste.

09/10/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: True Nature Of The Soul – Wali Ali

Jennifer — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:16:16 +0000

The Dalai Lama has been heard to say he finally came to understand Westerners when he understood the degree to which most people in the West are holding onto self-loathing. This morning my guest and I this morning will explore the true nature of the soul and why we take on this burden of shame and unworthiness. Wali Ali Meyer is a murshid, or senior teacher, and Director of the Esoteric School of the Sufi Ruhaniat International, offering guidance to spiritual wayfarers on the path of awakening to the true nature of their own soul. Good morning Wali Ali.

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09/3/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Pay It Forward

Jennifer — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:09:58 +0000

Would you give a kidney to a stranger? Would you buy a meal for the person behind you in the drive through, even though you have no idea who she is?

There are people that perform random acts of kindness and charity every day. For many of them, it is part of their belief in the power of a simple philosophy called Pay it Forward, from the book and movie of the same name. A daughter receives a kidney from a stranger, and her mother donates her own kidney to another stranger, forming links in a chain that stretch out months or even years.

When I asked listeners, “What kind things have you done?” I heard, “Weeding a neighbor’s garden while they’re on vacation”, “anonymously sharing home-baked cookies”, “paying the toll for the person behind”…Catherine Ryan Hyde told me of a “Pay It Forward” chain that lasted all day at a drive-thru restaurant.

What drives us to do kind things for people we don’t know, without even the pay-off of our “goodness” being affirmed by the recipient? Is there something other than the “pat on the back” or the “attaboy” that motivates us to do good. I wonder if people somehow feel connectedness at the core of their being. The Dalai Lama says that kindness is his religion. Mine too!

Join me as we both find out about Catherine Ryan Hyde’s experience of writing her book, “Pay It Forward,” and it being made into not only a movie but a foundation.

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08/27/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Women In Green

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:14:43 +0000

Studies show that women are more likely than men to support environmental causes through voting, activism, and consumer choices. Some people even say that women are starting the next revolution. This morning, my guests, Kira Gould and Lance Hosey, co-authors of Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design, are here to discuss how women are bringing their right-brained, nurturing nature to the design industry.

I want to start out with a quote from the back cover of your book:
“As you read through this amazing book, a realization dawns. The medicine needed for true sustainability, true balance, turns out to be our own passion for what we love to do, combined with our longing to be home.”

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8/20/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: 100 Thing Challenge

Jennifer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:23:34 +0000

My producer, David Winer, was talking to a woman about today’s show and asked her: “What if you had to live with only 100 things, what would they be?” The woman wanted to know what he was talking about so he explained, “If you were trying to simplify your life and scale down everything you own, what 100 personal items would you choose to keep?”

“Why would I do that?” asked the woman.

“You know, to reduce consumerism in your life. To break the chain of having more and more and then needing bigger and bigger spaces to store it. To live a simpler and less complex life.”

And the woman replied, “Why would I do THAT?!?”

My guest this morning, Tammy Stroebel, Blogger and activist with an engaging website called Rowdy Kittens: social change through simple living, is going to help us answer that age old question of WHY? Good morning Tammy. You’ve taken the 100 Things challenge, haven’t you?

www.rowdykittens.com

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08/6/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Stunningly Beautiful

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:12:45 +0000

While my guest this morning has spent the last 2 years traveling through uncertainty, fear, and the worst physical discomfort that she has ever experienced, she assures me hers is not a sad story. Beryl Solla, Chairperson of the Art Department and Curator of the Gallery at PVCC, was diagnosed with myelodyplastic syndrome and is returning to our to show this morning to share her journey through the fight of her life.

Good morning Beryl.

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07/30/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Co-Parenting With An Ex

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:04:36 +0000

Joint custody arrangements, can be difficult and if the divorce was a bitter one, frustrating and infuriating. The acrimony built over years doesn’t just miraculously disappear with the court decree. Even in relationships that are ongoing and loving and supportive, the decisions and tasks of child rearing can be challenging. Parenting with an ex- can raise the difficulty level exponentially.

But if your goal is to the be the best parent you can, help raise children who are secure, confident and capable, and who have positive role models of cooperation and collaboration –parenting with your ex is a skill you’re going to want to develop.
Please join me in welcoming my guest this morning, Ellen Kellner, Coach, Speaker and Author of The Pro-Child Way: Parenting with an Ex.

Good morning Ellen.

www.theprochildway.com

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If You Wish…

Jennifer — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:05:39 +0000

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If you wish people to obey you, you must learn to obey yourself; if you wish people to believe you, you must learn to believe yourself; if you wish people to respect you, you must learn to respect yourself; if you wish people to trust you, you must learn to trust yourself. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

07/23/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Curl Up with A Good Cook

Jennifer — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:01:49 +0000

Passion. For some, that word brings to mind an image of a movie hero sweeping up the woman he loves in his arms and carrying her up a long flight of stairs. For others, it speaks deeply, although sometimes softly, to a part of us that we long to fully connect with. But for many, fear of the unknown or comfort with the life we are living makes us hesitant to embark on that journey to fully embrace the passion within. My guest this morning is Chef Kellie Tikkun, a long time friend and long time manager with Pepsico who is on her journey to passion and has graciously agreed to come and share her story with us.

Good morning Chef Kellie.

www.mandalameals.com

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7/16/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Successful Teening

Jennifer — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:56:33 +0000

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7/9/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Music Teacher Superstar

Jennifer — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:18:01 +0000

Each of us, at least the lucky ones, has a special teacher we remember with fondness, or awe, or gratitude or a mixture of all of those and more. For my producer it was his third grade teacher Ms. Dow, who opened the doors to imagination and creativity and a first “crush”. For me it was Mrs. Hackman and her “Super Duper” scrawled across my spelling tests. For her students, that teacher is Margaret Newcomb. She joins me today with one of her students, Chelsea Meynig. As a result of working with Margaret, Chelsea found her way to Carnegie Hall as principal flute at the tender age of 17 years old.

danwilsonmusic.com

So please join me for some conversation, some insights and some live and beautiful music.

You can contact Margaret Newcomb at mn2k@yahoo.com. If you would like to contribute to Chelsea’s flute fundraiser, you can reach her at cmeynig09@su.edu.

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Super Duper

Jennifer — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:04:19 +0000

We all have one. Mine was Mrs. Hackman. A small, stern woman with silverish-gray hair, bright red lipsticked lips and steely blue eyes; she was demanding and set the bar high for all of us. She had a giant heart and a smile that I strove to earn. In the day I would have done almost anything to see “Super Duper” in her impeccable cursive across the top of my spelling test. One time, a second grade classmate pooped in the the locker area of the room. She was furious, and we were all trembling. With a forboding stare, she told our class that we had 5 minutes for the offender to step forward. To this day that was the longest 5 minutes of my life. I don’t remember if the offender ever confessed, but what I do remember is that when that 5 minutes was up, she was done. Mrs. Hackman told us it was over; she smiled and laughed, and sent us out for recess.

Mrs. Hackman also holds the position of solving one of life’s unsolvable mysteries. She taught me THE best cure for hiccups. She held the water fountain in the on position while I plugged my ears and drank. Worked like a charm every time…

Four over four decades the person that she was has had a profound influence on the person I strive to be. And I am grateful to have known her.

6/11/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Lindsay’s List

Jennifer — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:30:06 +0000

On her web site, my guest today writes “think of energy being to the economy and our way of life what breathing is to the human body. Imagine being in a yoga class, where you’re asked to become aware of your breathing. It feels amazing.

“Wow,” you think, “such a sublime experience of my own existence.” But when yoga is over you forget it. Few people are hyper-conscious of their breathing all the time.

Energy is much the same. It fuels everything we do in the modern world. And in petroleum, it also acts as a raw material in plastics, medical supplies and other products. It’s everywhere. It’s unequivocally the thing before the thing. As in before the hospital, before the school, before the fire department. As in before the education system, before the health care policy, before the first responder funding. Like breathing you become aware of energy for a moment and then…back to snoozing on it.”

But for many of us energy problems feel really big; large corporation big; environmental group big; country big. What can we as women, as individuals do, besides making ourselves more aware of the issues, to make a difference? This is one of the questions we will be exploring this morning with my guest Lindsay Curren, Founder of Lindsay’s List.

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6/4/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: The Joy of Embracing It All

Jennifer — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:55:10 +0000

Because of the nature of life–you know, getting it all done and trying to keep it all in balance–we tend to live reflexively. Behavioral scientists indicate that 95% of what we do operates below the conscious level. While this behavior may give a sense of comfort and familiarity, it can also rob us of the pleasures of fully experiencing our lives. This morning with my good friend, Caverly Morgan, Founder and Director of One House of Peace, we are going to take a look at how each of us and all of us can move toward living a more conscious life.

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5/28/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Non Violent Communication

Jennifer — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:12:41 +0000

Communication. It’s something we do every day of our lives; with family, neighbors, co-workers, strangers. It’s often reflexive; we don’t always pay a great deal of attention to what we’re saying or how we say it. After all we’re just talking, or tweeting, or emailing. We do it all the time. So what’s the big deal?

When we communicate we have the power to inspire, to inform, to captivate and, all too often, to hurt: to hurt others or to hurt ourselves. In the past decades, we have learned that violence is not confined to physical actions but can also be a part of how we communicate.

The really good news is that each of us can learn how to communicate in non violent, compassionate and effective ways that can improve our personal relationships and, by extension, the world around us. This morning, my guest, Sea Aviar, an NVC practitioner, and I are going to explore Non Violent Communication or NVC.

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5/21/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Transition Voice

Jennifer — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:17:45 +0000

Big problems often make us feel even smaller. We tell ourselves that we don’t have the resources, the knowledge, the skills, the…fill in the blank, to make a difference in issues with global implications. But not everyone accepts that premise. For those people involved in the Transition Initiative, or Transition Town, underlying its efforts are three basic beliefs:

• Waiting for governments to fix the problem is not the solution
• Acting as individuals, the effort is not substantial enough to make a difference
• Working as communities offers the best opportunity for success.

Joining me today to talk about peak oil, explore what Transition Town means to you and how our local community can prepare for a future that will be cleaner, more local, and run on a human-scale are Lindsay and Erik Curren, co-founders of TransitionVoice.com

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5/14/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Trash Savior

Jennifer — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:59:46 +0000

Many of us set out challenges on a semi regular basis to improve our lives: lose 10 pounds, go back to school and finish my degree, buy a vacation home in Italy on a teacher’s salary. Some of set challenges to improve our lives and give the planet a nudge in the right direction at the same time. My guest this morning is Rose Brown, and her challenge started in 2008 with this interesting question: “could I live a whole year without throwing anything away” in other words without producing any garbage. That question morphed into research, a dramatic change in lifestyle, workshops and a website where you can follow her story and learn how anyone can radically decrease their harmful impact on planet Earth.

Rose, Good Morning.

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From Should to Could

Jennifer — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:06:38 +0000

I am astounded by the discomfort and distraction that a splinter, no larger than an ant poop, is causing me. My yoga class this morning was consumed by the throb in my pointer finger. In the event I’ve not yet conveyed how ridiculously tiny the colossal annoyance is, I have to use my reading glasses to even see this thing.

Discomfort. Ughh. I find that with the wisdom and the white hair installing itself at my temples, comes the growing desire for ease and comfort. It’s no wonder that the feelings that came up for me when I was talking with Rose Brown on air this morning caused not only my palms, but my feet to sweat!

Zero Garbage Challenge. Really? Zero? I found myself wanting to re-negotiate the level of challenge. How about The Almost Zero Garbage Challenge? Or the Less Than I Used to Produce Garbage Challenge? I find myself in this awkward yet undeniable position of having to weigh my concern for our Mother Earth and our yet unborn children against my willingness to stretch out of my comfort zone.

As Rose suggested, I will work with re-framing my perspective from should to could. What opportunities lie within the resistance? Shedding the light of awareness on my actual consumption habits I’m sure will be illuminating. This weekend, I’m going to set up a system to segregate my the trash for a month to see what I’m actually throwing away. Then I’ll see what feels like the next right step for me.

I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to give up using tampons…I’ll let you know how things unfold…

5/7/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Women of Substance

Jennifer — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:15:27 +0000

Browse the bookshelves at your favorite store and there is no end of titles to choose from that deal with self-defeating or destructive behavior of girls and women: “Women Who Think Too Much”, “Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem”, “Bad Behaviors”, “Healing Your Emotional Self”, and the list goes on and on.

So why do we, as a community, as a gender struggle so with these issues and what can we do about them.

My guest this morning has her thoughts on the subject and is here to share them with us. Sheila Early (also known as Ahmadi) is a Charlottesville based Licensed Clinical Social Worker at UVA with over 25 years of experience if working with high risk teens and women and has done so with the goal of helping those women “experience themselves differently” and in so doing lead healthier and more satisfying lives.
Good morning Ahmadi.

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4/30/11 Real Life With Jennifer Till: Autism Spectrum

Jennifer — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:59:57 +0000

In 1943 a 10 year old from the small town of Forest, Mississippi known in the medical journals as Donald T., or Case #1, was the first child diagnosed with autism, or more correctly Autism Spectrum Disorder. At the time, it was thought to be exceedingly rare with less than a dozen known cases. And while we know much more about ASD today, it is what we don’t know that continues to frustrate researchers, practitioners and families about a condition that affects about one of every 110 children born.

This morning we hope to explore the truths and myths about ASD and about the unique challenges it places on caregivers, friends, teachers; just about everyone who touches the life of a child born with ASD.

My guests this morning are: Ethan Long, the Executive Director at Virginia Institute of Autism, and Bernie Webb, father of a family affected by autism. Susan Anderson, a developmental pediatrician at UVA, will join us for the last segment of the show.

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4/23/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Near Death Experience

Jennifer — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:37:03 +0000

Tomorrow, hundreds of millions of Christians worldwide will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus; an act of death returning to life that is a touchstone of faith and belief. There is a smaller, but still sizeable group, for whom death and life has a different, but no less profound connection. According to an informal survey conducted several years ago, 4-5% of all Americans have had a near death experience, or NDE. That’s approximately 15 million people in this country, a number that certainly warrants serious investigation, research and conversation; something with which both of my guests this morning agree, although both approach it from their own unique and personal perspective. And both share the absolute conviction that such experience is, at its core, all about changes in one’s state of consciousness.

I am joined this morning, in the studio by PMH Atwater, researcher, spiritualist, author, public speaker, prayer chaplain and visionary, who, as the title of one of her books says “died three times in 1977”. According to her biography on Wikipedia she “is a pioneer in subjects like near-death experiences, the aftereffects of spiritual experiences, transformations of consciousness, reality shifts and future memory.”

And joining us by phone is Dr. Eben Alexander, an academic neurosurgeon for the last 25 years, including 15 years at Harvard Medical School, and currently serving at UVA. In 2008 he was overcome by bacterial meningitis, rendered comatose on a ventilator in the ICU, a state in which he persisted for the next seven days. In his words he says. “My story offers a critical key to the understanding of spirituality. The human part of my brain, the neocortex, died for a week. In the midst of that, I had an extraordinary experience that could not have occurred in my brain, given our current understanding of neuroscience.”

Welcome to both of you.

http://www.pmhatwater.com

http://www.reconciliationlife.com/

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4/16/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: The Joy Equation

Jennifer — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:20:59 +0000

Every day we all grow older–our partners, our children, our parents. And for many of us, it is this last group that provides some of our greatest challenges.The day of multi-generations all living under one roof is as gone as the rotary telephone. Distance, technology, increased life expectancy are all combining to make providing support and care for aging parents harder than ever. My guest this morning is Elizabeth Swider…

Care is There: www.careisthere.com
Cville Seniors: www.cvilleseniors.org
Aging in Place Business Round Table: http://www.cvilleseniors.org/profile/AginginPlaceBusinessRndTble
Exuberances photography show: http://tiny.cc/exuberances

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4/9/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Tax Day Kindnesses

Jennifer — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:14:29 +0000

Once again we’re coming upon the day that sends millions of Americans into a state of panic and dread- April the 15th – tax day. But with preparation and information, tax filing doesn’t have to be quite so fearful.

We’re joined this morning by Charlotte Drummond, Personal Financial Coach with Framestone Solutions. Personal Financial Coaching includes Bookkeeping, Organizing and Coaching. Charlotte knows quite a bit about the dos and don’ts of preparing for tax day and will share with us some insights on avoiding the pitfalls that tend to stop us all.
Good morning Charlotte. Actually, this year we all get a three day extension until April the 18th. Does that extra three days help or do people just put off the deed?

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4/2/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Peace is the Human Way

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:43:08 +0000

How can we break down our belief that violence is an engrained part of the human condition so that peace is not possible? My guest this morning, Rachel Mann, Owner and Founder of Metta Knowledge for Peace, spends her time exploring how wisdom from indigenous traditions have adapted into Western settings, and she articulates how these practices can change our consciousness in a language that resonates to non-Natives.

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3/19/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Conversation with Death

Jennifer — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:02:47 +0000

It is a subject with which most of us in the western world are extremely uncomfortable. It is a subject that many do everything they can to avoid. It is the subject of dying and death. And yet my guest this morning, bodhi be, who is the Spiritual and Executive Director of Doorway into Light, is committed to changing that culture because he, and his group, believe that this unwholesome relationship with death has led to an unhealthy relationship with life and the life of the world we live in.

According to its web site, Doorway Into Light is founded on the essential truth that the death of our bodies is a sacred and spiritual passage. We are dedicated to elevating the process of death and dying back into the realm of sacred work; empowering, educating and supporting families and communities on their rights and choices for the dying; and helping to heal this culture’s relationship to aging, dying and death.

http://www.doorwayintolight.org

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3/12/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Ascent of Humanity

Jennifer — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:01:20 +0000

My guest this morning could be described my any number of words but defined by none. Seeker of truths, scientist, traveler, businessman, father, teacher, spiritualist. Charles Eisenstein is the author of The Ascent of Humanity, a book described by one reviewer as “putting his finger on the core problem facing humanity” and who in his web bio describes the last five years of his life as a “birthing process”.

http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/

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3/5/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Engaged Buddhism

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:35:33 +0000

When we think of Buddhism, some of us often think of silent monks in remote Eastern locations, practicing and meditating, set aside from the world in which the rest of us live. But as Buddhism teaches us, this too, is an illusion in today’s world of socially Engaged Buddhism. For those who still see Buddhism as primarily passive, my guest today, Sallie King, is ready to open your eyes to a world in which the Buddhist is actively and intimately involved in issues that concern all of us.

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WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN WAKING

Jennifer — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:06:58 +0000

In that first
hardly noticed
moment
to which you wake,
coming back
to this life
from the other
more secret,
moveable
and frighteningly
honest
world
where everything
began,
there is a small
opening
into the new day
which closes
the moment
you begin
your plans.

What you can plan
is too small
for you to live.

What you can live
wholeheartedly
will make plans
enough
for the vitality
hidden in your sleep.

To be human
is to become visible
while carrying
what is hidden
as a gift to others.

To remember
the other world
in this world
is to live in your
true inheritance.

You are not
a troubled guest
on this earth,
you are not
an accident
amidst other accidents
you were invited
from another and greater
night
than the one
from which
you have just emerged.

Now, looking through
the slanting light
of the morning
window toward
the mountain
presence
of everything
that can be,
what urgency
calls you to your
one love? What shape
waits in the seed
of you to grow
and spread
its branches
against a future sky?

Is it waiting
in the fertile sea?
In the trees
beyond the house?
In the life
you can imagine
for yourself?
In the open
and lovely
white page
on the waiting desk?

~ David Whyte ~

(The House of Belonging)

2/26/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Positive Image

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:54:02 +0000

The Positive Image Boutique is a wonderful work in process that is scheduled to open in April as part of the new University of Virginia Health Services Emily Couric Center. To the casual observer, this will be a store that sells clothing and accessories for women who have had body alteration secondary to cancer or other illnesses. To the less casual, this is a place that will support women in recreating their very personal and individual stories of how they see themselves and how they want the world to see them. My guests this morning are Pat Periolat, and Susan Morris, co-chairs of the Steering Committee for the Positive Image Boutique at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center.

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/volunteer/auxiliary.cfm

http://www.wix.com/uvaauxiliaryauction/silent

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2/19/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Birthing Stories

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:41:07 +0000

Birth is truly the one event that unites us all, and yet it is unique to each and every woman. We know that pre-natal health and the delivery itself can have a profound impact on the health and well being of the child, the family and the community. We also know that current infant mortality rates in Charlottesville are higher than the state average.

My guest this morning is Kate White of Birth Matters, VA and a driving force behind trying to change that. According to their web site: “The Healthy Birth, Healthy Baby event is a first time collaborative event between public, private and nonprofit agencies and providers who support pregnancy, birth and the postpartum families.” Briana Tillman is also joining us to share her birth story.

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2/12/11 Real Happiness with Jennifer Till: Sharon Salzberg

Jennifer — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:55:08 +0000

“Meditation allows us to stop looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Real, abiding happiness, we discover, isn’t the result of getting our needs met temporarily. That often leads to an endless cycle of disappointment and escalating desire. The things we pin our hopes on don’t prove to be enough. The bar is continually being raised, and then we’re on the lookout for something more.”

One of America’s leading spiritual teachers and authors, Sharon Salzberg is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. The ancient Buddhist practices of vipassana (mindfulness) and metta (lovingkindness) are the foundations of her work.

Sharon is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, and was a contributing editor of Oprah’s O Magazine for several years. She has appeared in numerous magazines including Time Magazine, Yoga Journal, msnbc.com, Self, Tricycle, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Body & Soul, Mirabella, Buddhadharma, More and Shambhala Sun, as well as on a variety of radio programs. Sharon has also served beside the Dalai Lama on panel discussions.

Good morning Sharon. Would you lead us in a breath practice this morning?

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2/5/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till:Feminine-ism

Jennifer — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:50:46 +0000

Feminism has been a powerful movement in this country (and others) helping millions of women to see the world in a totally different way and allowing them to reshape their personal stories of capability and success. But as is the case with virtually any “ism”, there are times when a set of beliefs and the events that shape our lives become less synchronous; forcing us to “rethink” our thinking. My guest this morning is a wonderful writer and one such woman: Elaine Gale.

Good morning Elaine. I first found you through a blog that you had written entitled Breaking up with Feminism. For listeners who have not yet read it, could you give us a quick synopsis?

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/111695344.html

Here is the poem in full from which Elaine read an excerpt:

Awakening Now

Why wait for your awakening?
The moment your eyes are open, seize the day.
Would you hold back when the Beloved beckons?
Would you deliver your litany of sins
like a child’s collection of sea shells, prized and labeled?
“No, I can’t step across the threshold,” you say, eyes downcast.
“I’m not worthy, I’m afraid, and my motives aren’t pure.
I’m not perfect, and surely I haven’t practiced nearly enough.
My meditation isn’t deep, and my prayers are sometimes insincere.
I still chew my fingernails, and the refrigerator isn’t clean.”
Do you value your reasons for staying small
more than the light shining through the open door?
Forgive yourself.
Now is the only time you have to be whole.
Now is the sole moment that exists to live in the light of your true Self.
Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.
Please, oh please, don’t continue to believe in your disbelief.
This is the day of your awakening.

Go In and In: Poems From the Heart of Yoga
~Danna Faulds

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1/29/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Brain Training

Jennifer — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:33:39 +0000

Children with learning disabilities don’t just struggle with education…they struggle with life. Often diagnosed later in the education process, it is not uncommon for very bright and talented children to label themselves as “stupid”. The stories they tell themselves revolve around failure and shame and an inability to succeed at what others seem to do with ease.

My guests this morning want to help change all that.

Dargan Coggeshall is the Owner and Director, and Megan Richards is the Consultation Director of Learning RX, which is a local company that believes they can help train the brain and in so doing solve the causes, not just treat the “symptoms”, of learning disorders.

Good morning and thanks for joining me on Real Life. In many ways, for parents, nothing is more real than the difficulties confronting their children. How big a problem is this?

http://www.learningrx.com/charlottesville/

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Can I be vulnerable?

Jennifer — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:27:42 +0000

In the natural world we see interdependency everywhere. In contrast the world we are creating seems driven towards isolation. We can buy all the gadgetry that we need to successfully live without anyone else’s help. Or input. Or push back. Or opinions. Or idiosyncracies. Or support. Or…

I am a shining example of the independent woman (and I’m singling myself out here for something that I’m not so proud of). I’ve lived all over the planet, mostly on my own. I’ve been a single mom since my son’s birth. I’ve started my own business. I bought my own house. Drive a nice little car. I now live alone…see a trend? “I can do it myself!”

During the Batesville Store show, we talked about the importance of community. It’s OK, in fact more so in rural life than urban, imperative to rely on each other. After the show, I reflected on how I’m doing within the context of living in community.

This is what I uncovered–in order to depend on others, I must have the courage to be vulnerable. I have to have the courage to be disappointed or feel let down when the other person, can’t, or perhaps worse yet, doesn’t want to, fulfill my request. A few years ago, shortly after I had crushed my fingers in my bedroom window, I was at one of my most vulnerable moments, when I mustered up the courage to ask the friend who had come over to help me bathe, if she would drive me to my doctor’s appointment the next day. Flatly, she said, “No.” I dissolved into uncontrollable tears. I simply could not believe that she would deny me this request when clearly I needed help. I asked for what I want, or more scarily, what I needed. (I did find someone who was able to help me the next day.) While it wasn’t great reinforcement for my wanting to venture out into the land of vulnerability, I can also share with you that someone from the Batesville Store brought me soup that week. And another friend brought dinner. And many, many friends checked-in on me.

Today, after the show as I pulled into the parking area in front of my house (I live in the country, so I don’t have a clearly defined-by-macadam driveway), I re-visited a thought that I’ve had many time when I pull into that space–in order for a friend to be able to come visit me, I have to park in such a way that leaves enough space for them to be able to park their car. And I’m left with these questions:

PRACTICE: Where in my life am I not creating space for others to contribute to me? How can I make room to include community? Is it really more important to be alone than to be vulnerable?

1/22/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: The Batesville Store

Jennifer — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:30:04 +0000

On its website the Batesville store is described in the following terms:

“The Batesville Store, located at the intersection of Plank Road and Miller School Road, has been the commercial and community center of Batesville and its environs since 1880. Originally a general store selling dry goods and staples, it now features comfort food made fresh in the store, homemade baked goods, local crafts and Virginia wines, live music every weekend, and free wireless access. The store is also a place where people come just to hang out or to visit with friends and neighbors.”

As a neighbor and frequent visitor to the store I can attest to the fact that all of that is undeniable true. But if truth can have different levels, that the higher truth can be found in the nine words at the end of the description which reads

“It is the heart of Batesville, pure and simple”.

I am joined this morning by Liza and Cid Scallet, the two people who reside and work their magic in the center of that heart – good morning and welcome to Real Life.

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1/15/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Falling Apart. Falling Together.

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:40:59 +0000

I ‘m not sure if the FCC requires me to attach a warning to this show, but in all good conscience, I think some of you might want to have a box of tissues nearby.

Each of has known and will continue to know adversity and challenge; to have to deal with events that create pain, losses that make us question the choices we have made and situations that may, at first, feel overwhelming.

My guest this morning is a colleague who has recently found herself in such a place and has graciously joined me this morning to share the pain and the lessons learned…Abby Arnold.

PRACTICE: Here is the link for the Winter Feast for the Soul that we talked about on the show. Will you join me in a daily practice to simply pay attention to your breath? Count your breath, 1 to 10, and then start over at 1 again. Choose an amount of time that you feel as though you can commit to every day for 40 days. Even 5 minutes per day. Let me know how you’re doing. http://www.winterfeastforthesoul.com/

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Ananda

Jennifer — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:20:45 +0000

I’ve put here, for your ease and convenience, Abby Arnold’s newsletter post in its entirety. You can reach Abby at abby@anandawellnesscenter.com.

Dear Jennifer,

I’m writing to tell you that I have made the decision to close the retail and the ‘center’ portion of Ananda, effective immediately. Emotionally, this was a wrenching and painful decision. Economically, it is the only viable option in my life at this moment. The healing and teaching work of Ananda continues, for now privately or through me going to other locations for appointments and classes, but the space that I created is shut down.

I’m not the only person facing difficult decisions and challenges right now. The economy affects almost all of us. Many of us on this mailing list are entering middle age and beyond, and some of our bodies are reacting to that, with illness, pain and medical conditions that can be quite shocking and painful on many levels. Added to economics, aging and the ‘wear and tear of life,’ however, is the fact that numerous indigenous spiritual traditions point to this time period as one of great transformation in human consciousness, a raising of ourselves as both spiritual and human beings to a new level. I’m in no position to comment on the literal truth of these prophecies, but I have become more and more convinced that there is a larger purpose at work in many of the difficulties I see people going through at this time.

We already know through the science of psychology that for awareness to be raised and transformed, we must confront and directly engage the patterns, habits, beliefs and actions that hold us back. And this tends, in a deep understatement, to not be fun. These patterns manifest on many levels, physical, mental/emotional and spiritual. So, in the spirit of “we’re all in this together,” and because I know that many of you value the work that we did together through Ananda, I offer part of my journey to make the decision to close Ananda, in the hopes that my situation and conclusions can be of some service to others going through their own difficult changes.

The past two years of my life have been a remarkable time of creating a dream business, meeting wonderful new people, and developing unexpected and powerful healing, teaching and intuitive gifts in myself. Simultaneously, it has also been a time of profound loss and changing relationships. People and things that I love (relationships, my business, financial security!) have left my life, especially in the last six months, at a speed which has left me rather winded. Any single one of these losses could be looked at situationally; that is, they each had a particular, unique reason. But when I step back and look at the overall pattern, what I see is that I have been forced, over and over, to examine my own self-value and identity and to release everything that stood in my way, no matter if I loved that person/thing and wanted him/her/it in my life. Where was I relying on something other than me to create my own sense of value? Where was I handing over power in my life, going along with what other people wanted instead of what I knew to be true for myself? Where was I relying on an outside person or thing to give me a sense of security? Where was I struggling to hold onto something that, no matter my feeling for that person or that thing, I knew my life would be easier and more effective without that struggle?

If you have also been going through numerous changes, what patterns and larger message do you see?

In each one of these relationships and situations, I felt sadness, anger and often fear when facing the end of what I knew. It is easy to stay trapped at this level of response, because these feelings are so acute. But when I could pull back from these feelings, I also felt a sense, however small, that this ending was the right thing to do. The more I could stay in that feeling of relief, the more I was able to recognize the gifts that each ending gave me. In general, I can say that with each loss, more of me came in to fill the gaps. My healing abilities and intuitive insights have been raised to a new level. My sense of peace with myself. My moving beyond what I or others thought I ‘should’ be doing, to valuing what I value in myself and my own life. Believing in all the aspects of who I am and what I want in relationships and not holding on to someone who fulfilled only part of those needs no matter how good it felt in the moment. My ability to move in and out of fear, as I face this latest challenge in particular.

Someone said to me recently that even though my outside world is falling apart, internally I am falling together, and this feels profoundly true. Trust me, I am ready for these lessons to be over. I want financial security, a stable work environment, a loving intimate relationship. But the absence of these things, and being open to the work of transformation that these absences have triggered, has brought me to myself, and connected me with others, in ways that I never experienced, or even imagined before in my life, and for that I am deeply grateful.

I’ve had a number of conversations lately that begin with one of us saying, “I’m not the kind of person who…” Fill in the blanks: ‘goes on anti-depressants,’ ‘gets divorced,’ can’t perform at the physical level I’m used to,’ ‘can’t pay my bills.’ And more. And yet we find that this is exactly what has come into our lives. For many of us, the identities on which we structured our life are being radically re-altered and many of us feel called to use this as a jumping off point for profound spiritual and emotional healing. This is difficult work. Here’s my experience on how to get through it.
1)    Take care of yourself physically. Do what you need to do to get enough sleep, to eat healthily, to take care of your bills, your body, your physical life.
2)    Be real with your emotions. One of the reasons I can face this with some degree of composure and awareness is because of the many times I have been quite literally on the floor, screaming and crying. Or calling my friends, freaked out and scared and needing help. Or being thoroughly pissed off at someone. The more real you can be with your own painful feelings in the moment, the easier it is to get through them. They are going to stick around anyway, one way or another, until we recognize them. We might as well get it over with as soon as possible. It is actually easier that way.
3)    Be aware of yourself as a many faceted person: physical, mental/emotional and spiritual. The more you can access these different parts of your life, the easier difficult change can be. When you are freaked out by a ‘real world’ situation, and telling yourself it means something catastrophic, tune into the aspect of yourself that is beyond the physical, to bring a larger perspective to your situation. Challenge your own belief systems about what you think your situation means. Notice where, even though you are feeling difficult feelings, your body may show a sense of relief (I can’t tell you the number of people who have said to me lately, “You look fantastic, are you in love?” Far from it, but clearly my body recognizes something in these changes that other aspects of my life don’t). Move in and out of these levels of your being, bringing wisdom and guidance from one area of your psyche to support the ones that are in pain and fear.
4)    Look for a larger pattern. There is the life situation and then there is the impulse of your own psyche behind that, even in situations you didn’t consciously create or want for yourself. Your psyche, your soul, is participating in your life, constantly prompting you towards growth. What is it saying to you now? Be still and listen, as best as you can.
5)    Head towards relief. Make the decisions, acknowledge the emotions, that bring you a sense of relief or rightness. Even when you don’t like it. I don’t want to close Ananda, but doing so will ease my financial burdens and help me focus and expand the parts of myself and my work that I love: time with my family, finding a job that pays my bills, letting me build my energy healing and Reiki work, teaching, writing in ways that balance my life and not drain it. Closing Ananda is painful and hard and I wish it wasn’t happening, but it also gives me relief in areas where I have been struggling long enough.
6)    Keep going. Whatever challenges you are facing, know that you are not alone. Reach out for support, acknowledge the moments of grace and beauty, and you will find comfort, friendship, guidance and love in both expected, and unexpected places.

1/8/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Connected

Jennifer — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:13:19 +0000

If you were to sit down, right now, and make a list of the people with whom you wish you had maintained contact, how long would it be? Two names, twenty, more? Why is this something so many of us just don’t do? Too busy? Maintaining and strengthening the ties of friendships made over space and time can be of enormous value at both personal AND professional levels, but the fact is that millions of Americans just let those relationships evaporate.
My guest this morning is Steiner Knutsen, social networking expert.

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PRACTICE: Write down 3 people who are important in your life that you’ve lost contact with and then get in touch with them. Don’t wait–do it now!

1/01/11 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Who is the Me that I Want to Be? with Susan McCulley

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:17:23 +0000

What would it be like if this year you don’t make the New Year’s Resolution that you end up beating yourself up with because you didn’t fulfill it? How would your life be different if instead this year, you make the time to identify the delight your heart is whispering to you? Make the time to hear that small quiet voice that already knows what you are, already knows the path that’s perfect for you? How would your life be different if you make the time to uncover more and more of who you are?

This morning my guest is Susan McCulley, NIA Blackbelt teacher and Movement Educator, and we are going to probe the question: Who is the me I want to be?

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http://www.tinyurl.com/cometoyoursenses

PRACTICE: What is a quality that you would like to cultivate this year. Maybe you feel that it doesn’t yet live within you. Or perhaps you want to turn up the volume on a gift that you’ve already been practicing. How will you make time and space for this new gift to sprout?

12/25/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Story Telling with Jim Weiss

Jennifer — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:46:12 +0000

In older times, my guest today would have been accorded even more prestige and esteem than that in which I hold him. He might have been called a griot, a raconteur, a bard, a jongleur or a rabbi. He is a teller of stories. And stories, in our human history, have played an enormously important role, so important in fact, that in some native American cultures every question was answered with a story.

Stories and the ways in which they are told, shape distinct cultures, and play an important part in the developments of identity and self-image. So engrained are stories and their casts of characters, of heroes and villains, of good and evil, in our collective consciousness, that it is not an exaggeration to say that the roots of religion and psychology also lie in story telling.

So, this morning I am inviting you to gather your loved ones around, get snuggled up and prepare to be engaged and enlightened by my guest, master story teller, Jim Weiss.

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12/18/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: “Home” for the Holidays

Jennifer — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:02:53 +0000

Home – the very word is filled with memory and emotion. It speaks of safety and warmth, of love and conflict, of smells and sounds that irrevocably ties us to how we see ourselves and who we think we are. But I would suggest to you that there is another “home”, one that dwells within you. One where you may or may not be as comfortable. One where you may or may not yet have achieved a sense of peace.

This morning my guest and friend, Caverly Morgan, Founder and Director of One House of Peace, and I are going to explore this “home” and how you might best find it amidst the chaos that is the “holidays”.

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12/11/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Rev. Billy & The Church of Life After Shopping

Jennifer — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:22:28 +0000

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12/4/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Zero Waste Holidays

Jennifer — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:31:54 +0000

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11/27/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Balance with Terri Allard

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:44:53 +0000

In describing a collaborative songwriting process on the show this morning, my guest, Terri Allard, said it may not be your line that ends up being sung, but your line may have inspired the line that inspired the line that is. As a woman and mother, that caused me to think about our children and how we hope to inspire them, albeit, that inspiration is often indirectly.

Among those gifts are learning to love and prioritizing the seeds that you’re planting and the flowers that they will grow to be ahead of the financial rewards of the harvest. There are pressures that abound, often from society, sometimes from our family, teachers, bosses, colleagues, co-workers, that our value and our worth is measured in productivity and money. I would beg to differ.

I think that value comes from allowing who we are to flow naturally through what we are doing and into the world around us. The joy that we experience while doing what we love is a perfect indicator that what we are doing is what we are meant to do; what we were born to do. It’s not always easy to close out the clamoring of the voices around us and listen to the small quiet voice within. And while I know there are no secrets, I know there are keys. To me, making the time, embracing the moment, and listening to that small quiet voice is a key that allows me to evaluate and value the choices I have and the decisions I make.

We often talk on the show about balance and how we maintain joy as we race from one thing to another. Life has taught me that joy is a natural by-product of fully embracing what we have chosen to do; whether that be writing a song, interviewing a guest on air, or sitting quietly and reflecting.

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11/21/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: The Art of Happiness

Jennifer — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:36:23 +0000

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11/11/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Living Will Documents

Jennifer — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:31:36 +0000

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11/6/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Virginia Film Festival

Jennifer — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:10:59 +0000

Please welcome my special guest, Mary Nelson, Communications Manager for the 2010 Virginia Film Festival and Yasminca Wilson, manager of the Digital Media Gallery.

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10/30/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till

Jennifer — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:35:28 +0000

Real Life with Jennifer Till is Charlottesville’s fresh new radio show for women who are REALLY ready to love their life. Join us to share a piece of your story and uncover possibilities yet to be explored. Hear how other women face their challenges, reframe their failures and celebrate their success – stories and lessons learned to help you find balance, alignment and joy in all of the areas of your life.

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10/23/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Health Insurance Changes

Jennifer — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:42:19 +0000

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10/16/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Lynn Easton of Easton events

Jennifer — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:37:21 +0000

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Tabula Rasa

Jennifer — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:08:47 +0000

We just finished a great show! I know a great show by feeling, and I asked David (who agreed with my enthusiastic assessment) what is at the root of that feeling? He said, “It can be a number of things: the topic, the guest, energy, chemistry… And he thought today’s show qualified on a number of those levels. So did I.

Here’s the funny part. Last night as I was prepping for the show, I thought that this would may be one that I would later describe as a “lighter” show. I was dead wrong. And, in being wrong, I had the wonderful opportunity to exercise my awareness practice. Each time we enter a situation, whether we realize it or not, we bring into it preconceptions and expectations. None of us is an emotional tabula rasa, a blank slate. It’s just the way we are as human beings.

What this morning’s show with Lynn Easton provided was an opportunity not to let my preconceptions become my reality. My willingness to be open to the moment, Lynn, her wonderful story, her great energy, her willingness to share her vulnerability, and her incredible sense of joy, completely overwrote the “story” that I had created. By being open, I allowed myself to experience what the universe was giving me.

Herein is the lesson: Unless you remain aware of the story that you weave, and the unfolding of the actual event, keeping both in your mind, than it is difficult, maybe impossible, to reflect upon what the lesson is to be learned. I have said on many occasions that when a relationship ends, I take the time to learn more about myself–how can I grow from this experience? What parts of the story that I’ve been telling do I want keep? What parts do I want to release? What parts do I want to add? In smaller and subtler ways these opportunities are available to us every day. We need not wait for the ending of a relationship to uncover more about ourselves. We need only practice the gift of awareness and the exercise of actually comparing what we expected something to be, against what we experienced it to be. And then asking, what will I do differently because of what I’ve learned about myself today.

We can all be grateful for such opportunities.

10/9/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Aroma’s Cafe & Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet

Jennifer — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:44:05 +0000

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10/2/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: SuzySaid.com

Jennifer — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:43:05 +0000

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09/25/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Dating in the Middle Ages

Jennifer — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:41:58 +0000

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09/18/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Demystifying Meditation

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:17:49 +0000

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09/11/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Beleza Brasil

Jennifer — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:40:45 +0000

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Large summer veggies

Jennifer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:41:22 +0000

For those of you who missed the opening of Saturday’s show and particularly for those of you who aren’t comfortable with the technology to download the podcast, I am reprinting it herewith.

“Consider Cinderella- a hard working young woman presented with a wonderful social opportunity – an invitation to the ball. But, sadly, she feels overwhelmed and totally unable to “pull it all together” with everything else she has to do.

To her rescue, a fairy godmother, who with the help of some clever rodents, some large summer vegetables and a little magic – helps Cinderella with the time crunch.

I’m guessing that my guest this morning; Neil Halverson-Taylor of RelayFoods.com has probably never thought of himself as a fairy godmother, but, like her and with the help of some clever people and the magic of technology, endeavors to help busy, hard-working women (and men) achieve better balance.”

So why the repeat.

Because after every show my producer and I sit down and discuss the show and possible topics for the blog. What thoughts came out of doing the show? What points do I wish I had spent a little more time exploring? That sort of thing. And this week, an often recurring thought that came to me, one that many of you have heard me talk about was the “stories” that we tell. Those powerful stories that impel us or curtail us, but are uniquely our own and which we are truly reluctant to release or retell.

A story that many of us tell is about the “things I can’t.” I can’t change a tire–that’s a man’s job. I can’t figure out the computer–I’m too old for technology. The stories aren’t necessarily true. Gender and age and education (or the lack thereof) are elements of who we are but are not by any stretch of the imagination absolute limits on what we are capable of doing.

In the end, the choice is yours. You can be the woman who says: I’m not equipped to handle a ton and a half of heavy machinery that has computer integrated controls, which requires training and a license to operate and which, if anything goes wrong, could result in damage or even death to myself or others.

Or you can by the woman who says: Of course I can drive a car.

The truth of those two statements is the same – only the stories are different.

09/4/10 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Relay Foods

Jennifer — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:39:26 +0000

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8/28/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Local Money Matters with Glenn Rust

Jennifer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:46:58 +0000

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Money Matters

Jennifer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:22:16 +0000

When we start a radio show, we have developed a format for the show, but I never know what’s actually going to come out of my mouth. And frankly, this morning, I was a bit surprised by how candid I was about my personal past financial difficulties. And I wondered why…

At the core is my belief that this show is about real life. And to be anything less than open and honest and candid with you would mean I was being less than I know I am. You’ve heard me say before that our lives are shaped by the stories we tell, about ourselves and about others. It is my hope that in hearing the unvarnished truth in the stories that I tell about myself and my life, you find yourself more comfortable in creating stories of your own capabilities. Our connection, our community has to be based on what is real and what is genuine, and not about the fictions we create so that other people like or respect us.

The other factor in this morning’s revelations was my guest, Glenn Rust. I know him to be someone who genuinely cares about his community and about his customers. And when you find yourself in the company of those who really do care, you find that it becomes much easier to share some of those “can I really say this?” thoughts. Which brings me to a final question… In matters financial and not, do you choose to surround yourself with people who support you and honestly and lovingly reflect what they see.

8/21/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: In the Shadow of my Mother

Jennifer — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:57:56 +0000

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8/14/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Take This Job and…Make It What You Want

Jennifer — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:01:09 +0000

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8/4/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Cancer Prevention

Jennifer — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:25:24 +0000

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7/31/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Compassionate Honesty

Jennifer — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:41:10 +0000

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7/24/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Ghana

Jennifer — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:31:59 +0000

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7/17/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Play!

Jennifer — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:49:27 +0000

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7/3/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Land of the Free

Jennifer — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:45:54 +0000

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6/26/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Pete Meechum

Jennifer — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:50:50 +0000

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6/19/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Father’s Day

Jennifer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:21:55 +0000

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6/12/2010 Real Life with Jennifer Till: Coming Back To The Heart

Jennifer — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:19:56 +0000

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