A new series dedicated to weddings as a rite of passage.

“I had to investigate why people kept telling me “this is the most important and special day of your life”. ” I know I am not alone in this quest but I have the intense desire to find out for myself what this rhetoric is all about.”  ”I am definitely excited to engage in these meaningful conversations with experts in the field and hope it will bring clarity, excitement and further meaning to myself and others asking similar questions”.

Featured Guests include:

Dr. Jean Houston, scholar, philosopher and researcher in Human Capacities, is one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time. She is long regarded as one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement. Dr. Houston is a prolific writer and author of 26 published books, including A Passion for the Possible, The Possible Human, Public Like a Frog, A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story, and The Passion of Isis and Osiris. Her PBS Special, “A Passion for the Possible”, has been widely shown. Her book drawn from the program was published by Harper San Francisco in August of 1997. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College, a Ph.D. in psychology from the Union Graduate School and a Ph.D. in religion from the Graduate Theological Foundation. She has also been the recipient of honorary decorates.

March. 17 - Devaa Haley Mitchell interfaith minister & life coach and Stephan Dinan, CEO of the Shift Network, author, consultant and speaker  www.radiantessence.com and http://stephendinan.com/blog/

Robert Gass, EdD, has been known for leading edge work in human consciousness and organizational change for more than 30 years. Holding a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Organizational Development from Harvard, his work synthesizes a diverse background in humanistic psychology, organizational behavior, social change, business, music, and spiritual studies.

Robert has for many years served as executive coach to well-known business, non-profit, political and spiritual leaders. Co-creator of the Opening the Heart workshops, Robert has offered seminars to over 100,000 individuals on leadership, relationships (with his wife, Judith) and spirituality at universities, educational centers and conferences around the world including the Conference Board, the American Academy of Psychotherapy, the Institute of Cultural Affairs (China), Omega Institute, Brown University, Auroville (India), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.N. Peace University in Costa Rica.

Judith Ansara Gass trains psychotherapists, coaches, social workers and educators at teaching centers including Esalen, Omega, Hollyhock, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences and serves as a consultant/trainer at organizations in the US and Canada. She is co-founder of The Peacemaker Institute which trains professionals in contemplative-based peacemaking and social action. She has also been dedicated to bringing women and feminine leadership principles into the world.With her husband, Robert Gass, she offers retreats for couples in the arts and skills of committed relationship. Her Transformational Coaches Training has grown from Judith’s and Robert’s life-time work on the theory and process of fostering lasting change, effectiveness and well-being. Also a trans-denominational minister and wilderness quest guide, she creatively weaves ritual into her work as a way of marking passages and anchoring the experience of transformation

More guest announcements to follow in the coming week.   Listen live here and find archived shows here