🎧 Diving deep into the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef! 🐠 Join us as we explore marine wildlife, meet inspiring conservationists, and take action. 🪸
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Spiritual Awakening - Expanding Times Fireside Chats
Sandhan, Modern Spiritual Teacher & co-founder of Expanding Times
Hosts Sandhan and Karen speak candidly with each other or with other guests in these 30-minute intimate conversations. They share personal stories, their own awakening experiences, tips and tools to assist you along the way and updates on Expanding Times in a casual, authentic and engaging tête-à-tête. Think of it as a conversation you’d have if you were sitting around your kitchen table enjoying a warm beverage. Connect with us at www.expandingtimes.com
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15. Top 8 Animals to See At the Great Barrier Reef: Part II
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Today we're continuing our countdown of the Top 8 Fantastic Beasts of the Great Barrier Reef and Where to Find Them, with Master Reef Guide Tahn Miller. You won't believe some of the encounters he's had with today's animals! Follow Tahn on Instagram YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Government for stronger policies to protect th…
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The Great Barrier Reef has just experienced its worst summer on record, with cyclones, severe rainfall, flooding, and its most extreme coral bleaching event ever. The World Heritage Committee has expressed concerns that the Australian Government isn't doing enough to protect the Reef, particularly regarding its climate policies, and advised the Ree…
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13. Top 8 Animals to See at the Great Barrier Reef (and Where to Find Them)
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Tahn Miller is a Master Reef Guide who has spent 14 years observing and teaching people about magical creatures on the Great Barrier Reef. Join us as we swap crazy stories about close encounters with these incredible animals, while counting down the Top 8 Fantastic Beasts of the Great Barrier Reef and Where to Find Them! (JK Rowling reference, for …
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12. Whale Season on the Great Barrier Reef with Dr Olaf Meynecke
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Winter is an incredible time to see, hear, and even swim with whales on the Great Barrier Reef! But they also get up to some pretty weird things, and today we'll learn all about the secrets of whales from someone who has dedicated his life to studying them. Sign the petition to stop whale entanglements in shark nets Learn more about "Humpbacks and …
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11. Breaking: Global Coral Bleaching Event with Dr Derek Manzello
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It's official - we are in the midst of the world’s worst coral bleaching event on record, affecting two thirds of corals globally, spanning some 64 countries and territories. We've already explored some of the impacts on the Great Barrier Reef - this week we'll head overseas to find out about the impacts in other countries. To see the map discussed…
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10. The Fight to Stop Oil Drilling on the Great Barrier Reef with Eddie Hegerl and Di Tarte
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In 1967, it was discovered that the Queensland government had secretly leased out more than 200,000sqkm of the Great Barrier Reef for oil drilling. A small group of unlikely heroes banded together to save the Reef. Their courageous story of hope against seemingly insurmountable odds holds a lesson for us all. YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking …
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9. The Fight to Stop Coral Mining on the Great Barrier Reef with Eddie Hegerl and Di Tarte
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The Great Barrier Reef wasn't always considered a natural wonder worth protecting. 😮 In 1967, a small group of volunteers had to fight a battle to save it from being dug up for fertiliser and concrete. ⛏️ Today we meet two of those champions, and visit the place where it all started. Episode Image: A young Eddie Hegerl. References: Daley, Ben, and …
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8. Sea Turtles of the Great Barrier Reef with Richard Fitzpatrick
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🐢 Sea turtles can grow to the size of a table, navigate using magnets in their brain, and fight off gangs of sharks. 🦈 But after 100 million years in our oceans, their existence is now under threat. This week we visit Raine Island with Marine Biologist and Emmy-winning cinematographer Richard Fitzpatrick to find out why. YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petit…
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7. Coral restoration on the Great Barrier Reef with Dr Lorna Howlett
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This week we visit a coral nursery near Port Douglas, to see how tourism operators are teaming up with scientists to care for their patches of reef. The Coral Nurture Program is showing promising results - but what are its limitations, and what role does it play in protecting our Reef? 🪸 YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Governm…
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6. Coral Bleaching at Lizard Island with Dr Anne Hoggett
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The Marine Park Authority has confirmed the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its seventh mass coral bleaching event - the fifth in just eight years, driven by global warming 🫠 This week we head to stunning Lizard Island to find out what's causing this disaster and what we can all do to help 🏝️ Note: At the end of the episode I mentioned a petitio…
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5. First Peoples of the Great Barrier Reef with Malachi Johnson
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“The Reef is our nervous system. It’s made up of land, sea , sky, animals, and people… Once we destroy that nervous system, it’s critical damage for our body. Because we are all one." 🙌🏽 🌏 This week, Gooreng Gooreng man Malachi Johnson talks about how Indigenous ways of viewing the world can help us heal our relationship with the Reef, heal our rel…
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4. Breaking: Coral bleaching at Heron Island with Dr Stuart Kininmonth
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The Marine Park Authority has confirmed severe coral bleaching is unfolding on the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef 🪸 So this week, we head to Heron Island to meet the island's chief scientist and see first-hand what's happening 🏝️. YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Government for stronger policies to protect the Great…
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Meet Dr Kate Quigley, a molecular ecologist who has spent years studying corals up close 🪸. Lately, Kate has been selectively breeding corals to try and increase their heat tolerance 🫠 - a race against time as the Reef starts to show the first signs of coral bleaching for 2024. YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Government for st…
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This week we're off on a snorkelling adventure to meet the curious creatures who built the Great Barrier Reef. 🪸 On this fun and immersive tour, learn which types of coral grow on the Reef, what it's made from, how it grows, what it eats, how it reproduces, what poses the biggest threat to its existence, and what we can all do to protect it! YOU CA…
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Meet our host and tour guide Tanya for a scenic flight over the world's largest Reef. ✈️ We'll spot some marine life 🐳 and learn about how the Reef was formed, its history, and some of the threats it is facing. You won’t believe what we’ll see along the way! YOU CAN HELP Sign the Petition, asking the Australian Government for stronger policies to p…
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042: Values Beliefs Gratitude and Spirituality
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Our values and beliefs colour our vision and perception of the world. They determine our actions or inaction. Thoughts affect feelings. Feelings affect behaviour. Behaviour produces results (or the lack thereof). It all begins with our thoughts, since we have to accept a thought for it to become a belief. And a belief is simply a thought we keep th…
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041: Out of Belief Into Possibility with Lori Mitchell
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This week's Fireside Chat, Out of Belief Into Possibility will have you captivated. We had such amazing feedback from that previous call with Lori Mitchell from Speed Manifesting that she graciously offered to come back and continue the discussion. After all, if you've been tuned into our Fireside Chats, you'll already know that we try to pack a hu…
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040: Speed Manifesting with Lori Mitchell
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"The Universe likes speed. Don't delay. Don't second guess. Don't doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge from within is there, act. That's your job. And that's all you have to do." - Joe Vitale in The Secret. I just love this quote although sometimes I'm sure I don't seize the day fast enough and j…
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039: The Work of Byron Katie with Tanya Murphy
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OMG! The interview I did today for this week's Fireside Chat was totally engrossing! I thought it was finally time to introduce you to The Work of Byron Katie, since by now I'm sure you know that at Expanding Times we LOVE to bring you tips and especially tools which you can implement yourself; tools that can help you bust false beliefs which are h…
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038: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Today's podcast covers the 'thorny' topic of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome! Although I'm sure many people must have suffered from it in times long gone by, as there was no diagnosis it undoubtedly went undetected or unidentified. So to bring some clarity to the topic, I invited a wonderful lady, Margaret Lambert, who you may have heard …
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037 : Become a Certified Law of Attraction Coach
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Have you ever considered becoming a Certified Law of Attraction Coach? I know that many people have thought about it because quite frankly I'm asked all the time about becoming a certified Law of Attraction coach once they know that I became certified myself in Law of Attraction coaching, and people are always curious to know more about what that e…
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036 : Astrology and the Shift with Maggie Kerr
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Right now we're being invited to Dream the New and Dissolve the Old, both as an individual but also as a collective. So in today's podcast I interview a wonderful lady called Maggie Kerr who shares her perspective on how astrology can be used to reflect the Paradigm Shift.How can we better understand the nature of Consciousness and the Shift as see…
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Have you ever heard the term "awakener" and would you like to hazard a guess at what it means? And even if you have a sense of what it is to be one, would you be courageous enough to own your own gift as an awakener and stand in the truth of who you really are? Exciting ~ and expanding ~ times are upon us and people all over the planet are waking u…
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034: The Financial Shift ~ Eyes Open, No Fear
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We're going through a complete paradigm shift in terms of our world right now, and how we operate within it. In particular a global financial shift is upon us as our current system can no longer sustain itself. Get prepared for some big changes. In this podcast we aim to bring you up to speed on what WE believe is going on that the media and mainst…
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When I asked today's invited guest, Sahaja Coventry what qualifies her to talk so knowledgeably about, and work so intimately with, addictions, she said without hesitation "My addictive personality!" Go figure! Well at least she's honest...I think we all have an addictive personality in some way, shape or form if we're truthful, and it can get quit…
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Last week Karen and I talked at great length about Vitality, and as usual we went way over time so have had to turn this into two episodes! Out of the four pillars of vitality, outlined by Pedram Shojai in his recent movie Vitality, which was our departure point for our discussion last week, we only managed to cover healthy diet and good eating pra…
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I watched a really interesting movie the other day that really explains vitality from a holistic perspective ~ a view that is characterized by the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease. So Karen and I decided to give you a resumé of said movie "Vitality" as found a l…
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Today's podcast is all about Reconnective Healing and the work of Eric Pearl, and I interview two of my closest friends, Suzie Cobden and Karen Waters about their work with Reconnective Healing. According to the Reconnective Healing website: "We live in a world where we are bombarded by external messages about what we should do, who we should be, a…
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029: What is E.F.T or The Emotional Freedom Technique
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The Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is a psychological acupressure technique Karen and I regularly use and highly recommend to optimize our emotional and physical health. Although it's still often overlooked, emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and wellbeing, and no matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and…
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028: Making a Difference ~ Generosity Philosophy with Kim Trumbo
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Before I give you the show notes of today's Fireside Chat with Kimberly Trumbo from Generosity Philosophy I had to share this amazing quote by Robert F. Kennedy about how making a difference can impact the world. Today's podcast is all about how small acts of generosity and random acts of kindness can transform our world and shift the collective en…
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Do you ever feel like you’re not good enough? Do you ever feel like there’s something holding you back from having the life you want? Do you ever feel like you have no control over what happens to you?Do you have regrets about things you have done (or have not done)?Do you think you’re not clever, pretty, thin, etc enough?If you answered, “yes” to …
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Do you feel like you’re in charge of your own destiny? Would you LIKE to feel more in the driver's seat of your own life? Do you believe the decisions you make are rational or intuitive, (or hopefully a little bit of both)? Do you consider yourself skilled at weighing up your options and making favourable decisions? And yes I DO know that Karen and…
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Clarity is more than just a feeling. There’s an emotional state associated with it, but it’s even more than that. Clarity is a palpable vibe. When you’re really clear, you can sense that vibe through every cell of your being. Your mind and emotions are centered. Every part of you is on the same page. There’s no fear or uncertainty and even if the "…
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Today's podcast is our very first one of 2014. The energy of last year (and let's face it, some previous years too) felt really heavy, stuck and not particularly flowing for many of us. Looking back on last year and trying to take stock of my successes, highlights and magic moments I'm almost ashamed to say that my list was pretty lacking. But this…
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Before I summarize our latest Fireside Chat, reviewing 2013 and beyond, I wanted to share this wonderfully uplifting quote from Carlos Barrios, a Mayan priest, historian, anthropologist, researcher and an expert in the Sacred Maya Calendar. Hopefully it will give you a more positive outlook on all these current shifts and changes. "Our planet can b…
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022: The Upgrade from 3D to 5D IS HAPPENING!
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Moving from 3D to 5D is not without its birthing pains! But it IS happening! And the pace is certainly revving up, don't you reckon? In this week's call Karen and I revisit some of what you might be feeling as we bridge the gap between the old ways of doing and fearing and transition through the 'sticky grey matter' of the 4th dimension towards the…
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This week's podcast is more than a wee bit special! We've called it 'If I can do it, you can too!' because this week we have an invited guest, Suzi Cobden, who was my 'pod' buddy when I studied Law of Attraction coaching with the Quantum Success Coaching Academy and Christy Whitman. (By the way, we are also featuring Christy as our very first guest…
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020: What Other People Think of You is None of Your Business!
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Have you ever come across the saying "What other people think of you is none of your business"? How much time have you spent wondering, or even worrying, what others' judgments are of you? What else could you be doing with that mental energy and space? How is that fear and insecurity holding you back from living with real purpose and passion? As lo…
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This latest podcast in our Fireside Chat series focuses on the 10 Rules for Being Human by Dr Cherie Carter-Scott, from “If Life is a Game, these are the Rules." Sometimes one or other of us comes across a story, an article, metaphor or a quote that provokes an insight or two and these 10 Rules for Being Human were no exception. As usual we take a …
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018: I Create My Day ~ Conscious Creation!
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What if, before you got out of bed in the morning and began your day, you really took the time to ask yourself one simple question? “What is the greatest ideal of myself that I can be today? What if I were to consciously create my day?" Your MINDFUL observation of reality REALLY matters.... You know how much we emphasize Conscious Creation! If you …
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017: Abraham, Esther Hicks and The Law of Attraction
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As per usual, last week Karen and I ran way over time as we discussed The Law of Attraction! We WANTED to talk about the main principles of the teachings of Abraham and how they relate to the Law of Attraction and living a life of abundance, happiness and joy, but we never quite made it! So in this week's podcast we really go into them... even thou…
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016: Everything is Energy ~ The Law of Attraction 101
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Did you know that EVERYTHING is energy? Have you heard about The law of Attraction? Do you know how to use it? Have you tried to use it without success? Have you seen the movie The Secret and wondered why you're following what the experts said but it still doesn't seem to be working for you? The point that they really didn’t clarify in The Secret i…
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Have you ever asked yourself the questions, "Who am I and what am I here for?" Well if you're anything like me, you may well have wondered what life is all about and that may even have been equally the reason you set off on a deeper spiritual search. So what IS the meaning of life? Story Waters, one of Karen's favourite channels has perfectly descr…
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In last week's call Karen and I introduced you to the concept of the "Internal GPS"... Figuring out where you ARE in life before you can establish where you want to GO! But did you know that the ultimate end of ANYONE'S life is that they re supposed to experience FUN... and that's it's not really abut what we achieve and certainly not about what we…
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So many people we talk to today say “I just feel there is more to life than this” or “I feel like I am stuck in a rut”. They talk about and genuinely want to make a 'soulfully fulfilling life' for themselves and their loved ones, yet they're still confused about how to do that.In today’s call Karen and I share a tool with you which we have frequent…
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Why should the simple act of thinking about who and what we’re grateful for make such a big difference in our life? Because it reminds you of the positive things in your life.~ It makes you happy for the people in your life, whether they’re loved ones or just a stranger you met who was kind to you in some way.~ Gratitude turns your attention to wha…
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“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart If there were ONE single thing you could do whenever your vibration needs a polish, practising gratitude and appreciation would be it.Because we thought it was time to give you some more tools to help raise your vibration...and gratitude and appre…
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Once more Karen and I set ourselves another daunting task! In this week's Fireside Chat, we take on the topic of self love and what it means to truly love oneself! We've all heard that New Age platitude, "Just love yourself!" Personally it actually infuriates me sometimes because it can sound so trite and make it seem so easy! It is in fact, just l…
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007: Truth, Beauty, Health, Happiness and LIGHT
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Upon the recommendation of one of my good friends, I recently read a book called Entering the Circle: Ancient secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist. It's a remarkable account of her spiritual adventure in snowbound Siberia..... Joining an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Atai Mountains, Dr. Kharitidi is taken int…
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009: Energy Transformation and Healing Telesummits
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Join the world’s Two Largest Energy Transformation & Healing Telesummits! Allow us to guide you through the world of online telesummits. There are so many different ones out there, without a guide or advocate, how would you know which ones to subscribe to and which ones, in our humble opinion have the most value? What is a telesummit and how can be…
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