MY LOSS BECAME MY LOVE – MARGOT WARE, RN BScN CNG(C)   Typical Thinking: Death brings loss, fear, and heartache. The Miracle Mindset: Death brings opportunity, hope, and love.   Margot story shares how she went from a place of despair and fear into a life filled with hope and love by the choices she made when she was at her lowest point. After the death of closed family members, Margot was questioning her life path and want to do with her life. A series of special events had her turning her losses in to a lifelong path of service to others and her community. She hopes people facing what may seem like insurmountable loss can learn that changing your thinking truly does change your life in unmeasurable ways.   BIO  MARGOT WARE   Margot Ware, RN, BScN, GNC(C), is the present director/owner of Shylo Home HealthCare. She initially joined the company as a Companion in 1986. Impressed by Betty and Linda's home nursing and palliative care of her terminally ill mother, and later her aged grandfather, she stumbled into her vocation through their wonderful example. She started her educational journey towards a Registered Nursing degree while continuing to work as a Home Healthcare Aide at Shylo. Ten years later, when Betty and Linda were ready to retire, Margot took over the company that she'd grown to love. Not only has Margot been fortunate enough to spend her career giving back to the citizens of her community, but she has also been privileged enough to meet many amazing seniors along the way and hear their wonderful stories.    Margot C. Ware RN BScN CNG(C) ShyloHomeHealthcare.ca [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/margot-ware-0453b120 https://www.facebook.com/margot.ware https://twitter.com/margotware @margotware  

FINDING FREEDOM – REVEREND HELENA ELIAS   Typical Thinking: I must figure this out and find a solution to my problem. The Miracle Mindset: I surrender to divine guidance and trust in a solution for all.   Trying to figure out a problem is what we have all been taught in life.  Helena started her search for a nanny with this idea in mind. But, as the search became painful, Helena asked herself: “What if we are not meant to do life on our own with our limited knowledge?”  She slowly came to realize our best interest and that of our loved ones is, beyond our capacity to know. In this podcast, Helena discusses how we are being called to live in connection to our brothers and sisters, and to unwind from our separate interests.  We each have a part to play in the collective awakening.  Each one of us has a specific plan of healing that will bless the world.    BIO REVEREND HELENA ELIAS, SPIRITUAL COACH, YOGA INSTRUCTOR   Helena Elias is an ordained spiritual minister, yoga teacher and a dedicated student and teacher of A Course in Miracles. After a decade of devoted study and practice, she immersed herself in the minister training program with Modern Miracles in 2018 and was ordained as a spiritual minister by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry in 2021.    Helena has a thirst for learning and growth. You will always find her either taking a course or being mentored. Some of her mentorships have included David Hoffmeister and the Living Miracles community as well as Dr. Ian MacNaughton, a Peter Levine Legacy Faculty member of the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education. In 2020, she completed a training course with Clear Leadership and was quickly recruited to work with them, all while furthering her trauma education taking a three year Somatic Experiencing® professional training through Somatic Experiencing® International.    Helena currently resides in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and their three boys. As a mother, she practices being patient, consistent, and open-minded as well as having much practice with forgiveness and giving unconditional love. She is a trauma survivor and recovered addict and shares her experience, strength, and hope by offering spiritual coaching and yoga therapy.  www.helenaelias.com

THE QUANTUM LAUGH – CAROLE AMES, MTC, Dip.C, BES   Typical Thinking: Humour can hurt. The Miracle Mindset: Humour can transform.   Carole Ames has used humour both as a weapon against herself and a way to open up to herself.  In this podcast she explores the evolution of her journey to find her authentic self through the vehicle of humour. She talks about moving from a fear-based stance in which I constantly felt discouraged, incompetent, and fake to where I am now: an imperfect yet complete human being who is loving, solid, clear-thinking, compassionate, creative – and often, funny!     BIO CAROLE AMES, MTC, Dip.C, BES   Carole has forged a full and successful career in planning, management, and human relations. She has cultivated her humour, creativity, and integrity, blending these attributes in all of her work.   Carole's career has taken her from director of planning for the City of Yellowknife, NWT, to being a mentor/advisor for two holistic centres near Beijing, China, with many stops in-between.  She is the founder and principal of Creative Pursuits in Victoria, BC, where she currently offers facilitation for individuals, relationships, and teams.   Carole is an active member of The Haven Institute's Core Faculty, leading programs for them on Gabriola Island, BC as well as in China. These include foundational personal development programs as well as her flagship program “Getting Unstuck: The Alchemy of Humour,” which has been offered in various iterations for twenty years now.   One of Carole's personal interests has been the exploration of film, theatre, and improv. She has appeared in a number of productions and has directed a one-woman play – a comedy, naturally!   You can find Carole playing on an Improv stage, facilitating a workshop, or at any of the links below.   [email protected] https://www.creativepursuits.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/CaroleAAmes/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/carole-ames-70a2091/

ACHIEVE SUCCESS BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE – FLORA GORDON    Typical Thinking: Success comes through guarding and defending my interests. The Miracle Mindset: Success comes through giving.   Flora Gordon, Graphic Designer and Owner of imageimage.agency writes that a competitive mindset often hampers real success and growth.  In this podcast she discusses how using the miracle mindset, not only will you stop truncating your growth, you will invite new opportunities for expansion, beyond what you can imagine®. She reminds entrepreneurs that it’s possible to have a successful business, take care of your employees, be conscious of accessibility, reduce environmental waste, and contribute to the betterment of society.   imageimage.agency floragordon.design    

EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP – JOYCE BAUER   Typical Thinking: My friend is dead and gone. The Miracle Mindset: My friend and I are connected beyond death.   BIO JOYCE BAUER Joyce Taylor-Bauer started her 35-year career in media/advertising when men dominated the industry. She cut her hair short and dressed androgynously, getting glasses before she really needed them. She graduated with a Business/Advertising diploma from St. Clair College in small town Windsor Ontario. She didn’t take typing because she wanted to have a secretary, not be a secretary. Through the years she learned to navigate through this male dominated industry eventually running her own advertising agency, specializing in media planning, and buying. She recently retired as President of Think Mint Media, which she founded and ran for 25 years. She employed and mentored many people, that now hold prominent positions.   Now retired Joyce focuses on her family and their real estate holdings. She is rediscovering her creative side and enjoying splitting her time between North Vancouver and Salt Spring Island.

EVERY CHILD IS A DIVINE ASSIGNMENT: REVEREND LISA WINDSOR   TYPICAL THINKING: Follow the world’s advice about raising a child THE MIRACLE MINDSET: Follow your inner guidance about raising a child. Can a change in your mindset make all the difference in your parenting? Reverend Lisa Windsor says it did for her. She wants to inspire parents to see each child as a divine assignment and the role of parenting as an essential part of our growth journey. She explains how becoming a parent was a huge catalyst for our own spiritual evolution as she learned early on that my own inner intuitive compass was an essential navigation tool for parenting my children. To follow in her footsteps she offers a free downloadable step by step worksheet on how to an intuitive parent. [email protected] www.modernmiracles.ca  [email protected]  www.facebook.com/modernmiraclescommunity  www.instagram.com/modernmiraclescommunity     BIO LISA WINDSOR: REVEREND, MOTHER, FOUNDER MODERN MIRACLES Reverend Lisa Windsor is an ordained spiritual minister, spiritual coach, and A Course in Miracles mentor. She founded Modern Miracles Spiritual Wellness a growing community based on the teachings of A Course in Miracles. Lisa has been a student of spirituality for over twenty years and is passionate about living the transformational teachings from the Course through the practice of true forgiveness. Her deep trust in her Inner Teacher has led to profound healing and clarity. Lisa is inspired to share the joyful message that we are loved, whole, and eternally safe. Her approach is focused on practical application and open-hearted honesty. Through the teachings of A Course in Miracles, Lisa reveals the miracles that occur when we follow our inner guidance and truly forgive. Lisa lives near Vancouver, BC with her four amazing kids who inspire her to forgive often and love unconditionally.

AWAKENING TO THE ETERNITY OF LOVE – LAUREL FAVEL Typical Thinking: The exchange of love dies when a person dies. The Miracle Mindset: The exchange of love is eternal.   Many people believe that a loving relationship ceases when a person passes on. However, in a miracle mindset, love is an eternal communication. For Laurel Favel in her story Awakening to the Eternity of love, the most precious person in her world had to die for her to experience the magnificence of the spiritual world that exists all around us.          BIO LAUREL FAVEL   My life has been hectic, and I have faced my own challenges and loss. My north star has always been my total belief that I can overcome and be more than I am. It has seen me through a diagnosis where I was told there was no successful treatment and sustained me after my soul mate’s passing.    My policy career has been involved in supporting Indigenous peoples to improve their health services, but more and more, I have been drawn to art. Art and the creative process is now a major part of my evolution as a spiritual being, where beauty abounds and transformation beckons.    Art is my freedom from the fears and constraints of this world; I dive into another world where my limitations are only those I acknowledge. Art pushes me to be the best I can be. Nature shares an infinite palette of the most amazing colours and form, and it is my journey to translate them into a visual voice that reflects my life experiences. My brush becomes my expression for that which is seen and unseen.   www.laurelfavel.com

GETTING LIFE BACK ON TRACK – JOANNE DAMANT-BROOKS   Typical Thinking: I want to control my healing. The Miracle Mindset: I need to surrender control to heal.   For anyone experiencing chronic or debilitating pain, Joanne Damant-Brooks story offers hope as she describes that Miracle Mindset that shifted her 5-year battle with chronic electrical pain that went over 24 hours, 7 days a week.  Her journey to healing involved years of outside  modalities – chiropractic, physiotherapy, acupuncture, prolotherapy, reflexology, spinal block injections, referrals for surgery, extensive reading on changing how the brain receives pain. Finally, it was a change in thinking that changed her life and her pain.       BIO JOANNE DAMANT-BROOKS   Joanne was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and lived there for the first eight years of her life. After immigrating to Canada in 1975, she and her family landed in Sudbury, Ontario in the middle of a snowstorm at -50 °C! Immediately deciding that this was beyond cold, they relocated to Victoria, British Columbia where it was above freezing and there was no snow.   Joanne attended an all-girl’s private school, community college and private college as well as the University of Victoria where she met her husband, Steve. They now have two boys who are grown.   Joanne has worked in data entry for an engineering company, an office manager for an art gallery, an office manager for a video and film production company and a customer service representative for an insurance company. She is now looking at the world of voice-over acting.   Joanne is an avid reader and belongs to two book study groups. She loves the field of personal growth. Before her injury, Joanne loved skiing, water skiing, running, hiking, motorcycling and “Make a Difference” vacations. Today, gentle walking and modified yoga are where it’s at.   [email protected]

THERE ISN’T A PROBLEM UNLESS YOU MAKE ONE – LYNN SUMIDA, MSW RSW   Typical Thinking: I feel I can be unfairly treated. The Miracle Mindset: I am responsible for what I feel.   In this podcast, Lynn Sumida, counsellor, social worker and facilitator for Miruspoint talks about dealing with her mother who had Alzheimer in the last years of her life.  Lynn found herself running out of patience with her mom during their visits and she truly wanted to change that experience. How did she accomplish this?  Lynn talks about the incredible miracle mindset change she had around her mother that allowed them both to enjoy more fully the last years of her life. She has a three-step process that really could help anyone wanting more peaceful relationships with their loved ones. www.ourworldtransformed.com www.miruspoint.com http://www.linkedin.com/miruspointfacilitatorsinc facebook.com.youtube.com/miruspoint.com www.miruspoint.com   BIO LYNN SUMIDA Lynn is one of those lucky people who knew early in life she wanted to work with people. She began traditionally, getting a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, then obtained the real “tools of her trade”, becoming a Senior Faculty for the William Glasser International, training in the Satir Model of Family Therapy and becoming a Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Lynn is an outstanding teacher and trainer, travelling and working globally. She has experience in the fields of health, education, mental health and business and opened her first private practice firm in 1981. She specialized in treating trauma and abuse, searching for ways to heal those deep wounds. Lynn considers her own development critical, holding the belief you need to “walk your talk”. This opened her to a deep connection with her intuition, spiritual nature and what it means to be in flow with life. As President of Miruspoint Faillatators Inc. and Co-founder of Our World Transformed, Lynn can do all she loves – work with clients, train dedicated professionals, and help build a community of people who passionately champion creating a world that serves and values everyone. She co-authored “The Extraordinary Within: Welcoming Change and Unlocking Our True Essence”” and contributed to the bestselling book – “The Thought that Changed My Life Forever”. Lynn lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.   Lynn Sumida, MSW RSW miruspoint Facilitators Inc. 1-778-233-6875 T

 EPISODE 1 MY MIRACLE IN FRANCE – REVEREND DIANE C. LUND Typical Thinking: Miracles are rare and difficult. The Miracle Mindset: Miracles are natural and are everyone’s right.    Are miracles just for the religious and spiritual? Can everyone experience miracles in their lives? A Course in Miracles (ACIM) clearly states that miracles are natural. When they do not occur, something has gone wrong. In this first episode, Reverend Diane Lund describes how what she thought was far too difficult and impossible occurred in France when she let go of her “limited perspective” and had faith in “unlimited possibility”.   BIO: REVEREND DIANE C. LUND Diane Lund has always had two loves in her life: being a creative writer/producer and studying spirituality. Working as a Creative Director in her company Creative Wonders Communications, Diane has written and produced for corporate clients for over 30 years. (You can see her portfolio: www.creativewonders.ca) Finally, she decided it was time to write and produce the spiritual books and creative projects that were renting space in her head. Right alongside her creative passion, Diane has been leading Course in Miracle study groups in her home for decades. In 2018, she became a Reverend specialized in A Course in Miracles through the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministries (CIMM). Her two #1 Amazon bestselling books focus on looking at life from a different perspective – a point of view that is often 180 degrees or completely reversed from conventional western thought.  In addition, Diane currently offers eight decks of colourful inspirational cards, has recorded over 150 Monday Miracle Moment videos, offers online study groups, free course in miracles downloads and six online courses. Each course focuses on one of the six areas highlighted in her first two books. Check it all out on her website.  https://www.dianelundmiracles.com.  https://www.meetup.com/Course-in-Miracles-Study-Group/ www.facebook.com/dianelundmiracles www.facebook.com/groups/dianelundmiracles/