September 9: Patrick Ryan  has literally “returned from the dead” to bring the world the message that we get to choose how we want to live during our time on this planet.  He tells his story on Full Power Living Internet radio (or iTunes) 9 a.m. PT, September 9, 2010.

We’ve been on-air since 2004, committed to helping people everywhere to experience, understand and master the human navigational system–their emotions.

September 16: Upcoming Show:
 
 

Discover some of the “behind the scenes” information about the book’s creation, as well as why certain elements were included in this lovely book.  Milton learns to be so personally powerful that a boy two years older than he stops bullying Milton.  Do listen!

My older sister asked me, when I was 15, if I thought I knew what I wanted to do in my adult life.  “Write,” I responded, with the certainty of youth.  “What about?” she inquired.

“Life! But I think I have to live some of it before I can write about it,” I concluded.

I forgot about that conversation until many years later, in my 30’s, someone reminded me through a comment they made, stimulating me to think that I may have lived enough life by then to write about some of it.  I decided to write at least 15 minutes per day.  By focusing my attention (Principle:  What we pay attention to, we feed energy to, causing it to grow) on writing, I “awakened” this talent that had been latent in me since my teens.

Truth be told, I got involved in radio at a very young age, too.  As a senior at Hampton High School in Hampton, Virginia, I enrolled in Speech Class. In addition to competing in a poetry reading contest (I didn’t win, because I had practiced so much the judges said I was reciting, rather than reading, “Patterns,” by 

Amy Lowell!), I had the opportunity to direct a radio program.  The segment was fiction, called “The Twilight Zone.”  It was my job to select the actors, sound effects, engineers, and then put it all together into a production.  At schools’ end that year, I was awarded the prize for “Best Radio Production” for my graduating class.  They gave me a silver microphone to put on those popular charm bracelets so many girls had back then.

So, I started speaking in the 4th grade (my teacher allowed me 1/2 hour each day, afollowing lunch, to take “orders” from my classmates as to topic and characters, then make up, tell an illustrate on the blackboard a story I created from my imagination.)  I started writing in 11th grade.  And in 12th grade, I became an award-winning radio producer!

But when I was contacted and offered the opportunity to start my own radio program in 2003, I wasn’t remembering that I was already an award-winner.  Something pulled me to say “yes,” against my husband’s sensible advice.  Never mind that I had to pay for the privilege of creating and hosting a weekly radio program for 13 weeks.  My message, about the importance of human emotions, was one that needed to be heard by everyone; and this was a way to make that happen.

Everything that could go wrong, went wrong.  First of all, I had no idea of what I was doing, because this radio production was on the Internet.  I didn’t realize all that was necessary to do (the recruiter had made it sound so easy—and they promised production support, too).  In addition to creating the concept, deciding the format, recruiting the guests, writing the script and “showing up” (in my office at home, over the telephone) to host the program, I discovered there were new computer programs I needed to know.  They included programs for maintaining contact lists and sending out e-mail announcements of the shows, proprietary systems for listing shows on the “station” website, ways to keep track of statistics, forms for keeping guest information straight, and so forth.  Early on, too, it became evident to me that to be comfortable interviewing people who had written books we were discussing, I would need to read their books.  Initially, it took me at least two full days a week to do a one-hour weekly radio show.

Persistence, they say, pays off. I needed persistence, because three weeks before my show launched, I discovered that my “producer” had quit the radio station, and nobody had told me.  Insisting that I needed a “producer,” the station manager reluctantly agreed to fill the job for me.  That arrangement didn’t work well, because every time I contacted him for help, he readily told me he was a very important person with a very busy schedule—so what did I need, anyway?  After I did my first show, I contacted him to ask for the feedback promised (in the written contract), and was informed two weeks later that they could not give it to me, because their feedback person no longer worked there, either, and nobody else—apparently—had the ability (or the time) to listen to my show and advise me about what I had done correctly, and what needed improvement. 

Nearing the end of my 13 week commitment, I was about to end my very short radio career, when……  (To Be continued!)

How many times have you furtively “borrowed” one of your child’s Harry Potter books, enjoying the magic, adventure and incredible twists of plot—and wished you had a “grown up” series to read? Sandy Nathan is the person who has begun that series for all of us adults! Her new book, Numenon, is the first of the Bloodsong series. As it is released—NOW—Sandy is sending the first book of another series to the publisher. What makes Sandy Nathan so creative? Find out when she appears LIVE on Full Power Living this week, Thursday, February 12, 20089, 9 a.m. (PST). Chat Live with host Ilene Dillon or call in toll-free (800-630-7858) to speak directly with Sandy Nathan.

Numenon is about the clash of two cultures, one ancient and wise and the other brash and young. As its story unfolds, universal wisdom that is just now coming to light in our own everyday world, is encapsulated and revealed. When you finish reading Numenon, your first reaction is “where’s the next one?” And now, Sandy Nathan has started two other series, with a totally different focus (science fiction), that she is writing simultaneously with the first. If you would like to open to this level of creativity in yourself, listen to this show!

Sandy Nathan [www.sandynathan.com] describes herself as a “blazing, old talent,” a woman who has enjoyed several professional careers, and is a wife, mother and grandmother. She has worked and written as an Economist, owned and operated an Interior Design and Furniture Store, obtained a degree in Marriage and Family Counseling, assisted in teaching “Negotiation and Intervention” at Stanford Business School, and has been a horse lover her entire life, obtaining her first horse in 1958. Her book, Stepping Off the Edge was a Finalist in the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Awards in the New Age Category. It won a Bronze Medal in Self Help in the 2007 IPPYs. And it was a 2007 Indie Excellence finalist in Memoir, Self Help, and Spirituality.

Instead of 90 meetings in 90 days, how about 90 contemplations in 90 days! Seeing True, by Ron Chapman, is a “clear guide laid out in easy-to-follow, day-by-day steps for examining your life and ultimately, transforming it.” Ron Chapman  uses humor and storytelling to assist readers and listeners in seeing past our usual perceptions of people, things and circumstances, to the Reality that is on the other side of our misperceptions. Please Join Us!

Ronald Chapman is the author of What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes, and is the founder and principal of Magnetic North LLC. Chapman’s consulting practice fosters organization development, strategic planning and personal and profession growth in public, private and nonprofit organizations.has followed many paths of spiritual and religious study over the past twenty years. Based on his personal and professional experiences and research, he created the Seeing True ™ transformational philosophy, which has helped thousands of people to clearly identify inner obstructions that impede success. His Seeing True approach to dispelling illusions and achieving clarity helps businesses and organizations as well as individuals.

The world is in the midst of incredible, on-going change. How do we survive—thrive? By “re-inventing” ourselves! Brian Tracy says reinvention is the key to finding success, wealth and real satisfaction in your work and in your life. In his book, Reinvention, Tracy unlocks the secret to literally reinventing yourself—drawing a line right through your past and starting over on the career and life you’ve always truly wanted. He discusses his 7-step process that will help you keep your feet firmly planted on the ground.

Brian Tracy is one of the most dynamic, effective, and successful speakers in the world. He has given more than 5,000 talks to at least 5 million people in 46 countries over the past 25 years. BusinessWeek listed him among the Top 10 brand names in the motivational speaking and training business. As a consultant and author, as well as a speaker and seminar leader, Tracy specializes in personal and professional development, productivity, and achievement. He has worked with trade associations, local businesses, and global corporations—Bank of America, IBM, and Verizon, for starters—among hundreds of clients. He has written 45 books, and counting, which have been translated into 36 languages and are sold today in 52 countries. His acclaimed and popular titles include the Wall Street Journal bestseller Focal Point, The Power of Charm, Create Your Own Future, Eat That Frog!, and Goals

Pete has appeared on Full Power Living more than any other guest.  He was forever sending me e-mails with the outline of a new approach, a new angle, a new idea, asking me to “pick one of these” and schedule him for a show.  We talked about luck, The Formula (for designing your own life), re-defining happiness and the secret to having a great day! 

Pete and I also talked off-air, sharing some of our family background, the things we have learned, and encouraging each other’s efforts to make a living AND make a difference in this world.  He spouted book titles, drawn from his brain after he’d listened to a story I told, encouraging me to write the book.  He chastised me for thinking “too small” for the talents he believed I had.  When his mother died this past Summer, Pete called to talk.  I had planned to meet him in person at the beginning of my trip to the South Pacific in September, but on the day we had scheduled, I learned of the death of another long-time friend, and thought it best not to drive in Los Angeles traffic in my half-attentive state, so I cancelled.  He told me he missed being able to give me a Pete Siegel hug.  Now, I will miss it forever.

Pete Siegel coached athletes, athletic teams, Olympians and CEO’s to Peak Performance.  He interviewed to host his own show on Court Television, worked with Jacquie Jordan as a “Guestpert,” wrote and did his own PR to get on radio and television programs to promote his work–work which was, after all, designed to help people be their very best in this world.  He was disappointed during the Olympics, when the three athletes he coached did not win gold (as they had expected), mostly because of injury. His disappointment was short-lived, as he moved on to the next project to hold up the world.  I called him “irrepressible.”

Pete Siegel, I never met you in person, yet I know your heart and Soul.  This world is better because you were here; and many, many of us miss you sorely now that you are no longer here.  Pete Siegel, thanks for the great legacy you have left me with, the challenge of your voice in my ear encouraging me to believe in myself and let the whole world know what I came to share!