The Sweet Spot Podcasts

Soulmate or Cell Mate: A Guide To Healthy Relationships

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Length- 28 minutes, 28 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Ms. Jackie Woods, author of Soulmate or Cell Mate published by Adawehi Press.

Ms. Jackie Woods

Jackie Woods is the founder and CEO of Adawehi Healing Center, Institute and Press in Columbus, North Carolina and has more than 25 years of relationship counseling experience. Her work has been featured in publications such as Awareness Magazine, Spirit in the Smokies, and Natural Awakenings, and she has appeared on numerous national and regional radio and television programs. Woods is also the author of two previous books, Journey to Ultimate Spirituality and Spiritual Energy Cycles.

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Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap

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Length-27 minutes, 7 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap published by New World Library.

Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold

In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website.

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The Flight from Intimacy

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Length-24 minutes, 24 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of The Flight from Intimacy: Healing Your Relationship of Counter-dependence - The Other Side of Co-dependency published by New World Library.

Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold

In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website.

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Essence of Tantric Sexuality

Length-24 minutes, 40 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb host of the Sweet Spot Podcast, interviews Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand) authors of Essence of Tantric Sexuality published by Llewellyn Publications.

Patricia Johnson and Mark Michaels

Mark Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand)a devoted married couple who have been teaching Tantra and Kriya Yoga together since 1999. Their popular workshops have been featured in several publications, including the Village Voice, Now magazine, and Breathe magazine.

The two seek to combine a traditional, lineage-based approach with the best contemporary, Neo-Tantric methods. Their approach includes breath work, meditation, chanting, and puja (a type of Hindu devotional ritual), and their "initiated Kriya yoga" practices aim to lay a spiritual foundation for bringing the heightened awareness and pleasure of sex into everyday life.

The authors are senior students of Dr. John Mumford (Swami Anandakapila Saraswati) and have been named lineage holders of the OM-Kara Kriya® system for the Americas and Sunyata, coauthor of The Jewel in the Lotus, named Michaels his lineage holder in 2001.

Michaels and Johnson have studied Bhakti Yoga with Bhagavan Das and Tantra with Dr. Rudy Ballentine, and they have been featured in Dr. Judy Kuriansky's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tantric Sex.

Michaels is a graduate of New York University School of Law, is a member of the Bar in New York State, and holds master's degrees in American Studies from NYU and Yale. A playwright and translator, he translated and adapted Goldoni's The Mistress of the Inn, The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Debate, which premiered at New York's Primary Stages.

Patricia Johnson is a professional operatic soprano who tours extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and South America and has performed with the New York City Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Berlin Komsiche Opera.  Visit their website.

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Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved

Length-24 minutes, 46 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Harville Hendrix, author of Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved published by Owl Books.

Dr. Harville Hendrix

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a couple’s therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the “most socially redemptive” daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazine’s team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

Length-25 minutes, 2 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Dr. Harville Hendrix, author of Getting The Love You Want: A Guide for Couples published by Owl Books.

Dr. Harville Hendrix

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a couple’s therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the “most socially redemptive” daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazine’s team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net