by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Aug 24, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
“I gave them my all and they gave me back my life.” Mark Barone, artist
“As you sow, so shall you reap…” is from the King James Version of the Bible, Epistle to the Galatians, 6.7, and a quote with a strong meaning for karma. It means consequences of actions are in proportion to intentions. The seeds you have sown may be your children; your future. Do you want a future filled with cruelty or compassion? r
You may have heard the saying, “An Act of God”, but what about An Act of Dog? And, what do art and compassion have to do with either phrase? More than you may imagine, especially if you love man’s best friend. This interview illustrates how painting with a purpose can save a dog’s life, improve our world, and create a better future for our children one gentle stroke at a time.
According to studies cited in Stanford Social Innovation Review and Preziartists have a powerful medium for reporting on the consciousness of our civilization. By combining the two parallel pathways of art and compassion a powerful engine for social change can be created.
Mark Barone and Marina Dervan create art-work that saves lives every day, because animal lives matter, too.
Marina Dervan is a twenty year veteran of coaching corporate executives from Wall Street to Continental Europe. But her mot recent endeavor is one generated from the heart. She is the co-founder of the charity,An Act of Dog. Charity founder/ artist Mark Barone and Marina created the working, interactive Museum of Compassion where children can come to expression their passion and follow their path of emotional self-discovery concerning all acts of love and atrocities in society, but especially those for and against animals.
“All children are born artists,” Picasso said. Marina and Mark agree.
As a narrative painter for thirty-five years, Mark never had any interest in painting “pretty art” for the wall. His work always has a purpose and a spiritual foundation with a focus on the struggles of the human condition. Now his art and charity is impacting change for our animal friends.Mark’s personal story of redemption includes two cherished dogs, Santina and Rudy. It is the power of dog-love that powers Mark’s paint brushes and Marina’s media engagements.
It all started so innocently.
Marina had always considered herself to be a cat-lady until she met Santina, the brown eyed dog who stole her heart. When twenty-two-year-old Santina died Mark and Marina were devastated. They grieved, as many parents do after losing a fur-child.
When Marina decided to adopt another dog her heart and dreams were shattered again by a waking nightmare.
While searching online she discovered the appalling graphic evidence pointing to the chilling numbers of animals being dumped and destroyed every day. Animals that had once been a part of someone’s family were killed in mind-boggling numbers.
Marina and Mark could have turned away and few would have faulted them for it. After all, what could two people possibly do to make any difference in the lives of so many deserted creatures destined for death?
Within two days of this gruesome discovery, Mark decides to paint the approximate number of dogs killed each day in shelters to illustrate the stark reality of our inhumane animal parenting and sheltering. It was a case of art to the rescue.
Thus began the 5,500 portraits of shelter dogs to create social awareness.
Mark’s goal is to use his art to bring to consciousness a need for compassion and social change to create a solution to this murder and thereby empower pets. He understands that creativity cultivates original ideas that have value and purpose.
Children’s pets and artwork go together like peanut butter and jelly. Mark explains, “kids are the unwrapped gifts to our future, and we believe it is critically important to put meaningful art back into schools to allow them the process of self-discovery and to ignite a desire to become informed about the atrocities in society.”
It is time to take a stand and make a change. Shelters used as stark holding tanks for death need to become compassionate foster care homes for pets. Art-work created by children that focuses on all God’s creatures can become the messenger for social change.
It is Mark and Marina’s goal to help students use creativity to bring life-solutions into the light.
“Creativity is as important as literacy,” Mark says.It is also a way to illustrate the power of art in education because a picture is worth a thousand words.
Mark and Marina began to design and sell products around the world to raise the necessary funds to support the life-saving animal welfare organizations across the nations.
Soon after, An Act of Dog was born.The project has garnered the attention of worldwide media including Oprah, rising country star John Scargall, and they have partnered with filmmaker Sagacity Production which has almost completed the filming of a documentary about this timely and powerful project.
Mark and Marina’s actions are in proportion with their intention to make the world a better place.An Act of Dog is a stroke of genius by Mark and Marina who are making a big difference in the world, one painting at a time. What do you believe you can do?
VIDEO Interview- CLICK Link to WATCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzEpD7FHuiI
Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a TV/Radio Producer/Host, Internationally Syndicated Columnist, and Award-winning Author/Lecturer of the award winning, International bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing, which promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance for success in health, wealth, and relationships. Contact – Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos Website – Surviving Cancerland Website – Inner Guide Facebook – Personal Facebook – Surviving Cancerland Facebook – Wicked Housewives TV Facebook – Wicked Housewives Radio Facebook – Google+ – LinkedIn – Pinterest – Twitter – Youtube – Book
Photo Credit – All pictures and paintings are the property of Mark Barone who has given Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos permission to use them in her articles.
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | May 18, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
Have you ever met a big-hearted quiet-woman who was also known as “a secret weapon?”
Please meet Dr. Gloria, who often works on clients at the recommendation of medical doctors, and has become sought after nationwide for her logic defying healings in which:
- Wounds heal up overnight.
- Arthritis bone abnormalities and bone spurs dissipate.
- Physical structure imbalances correct with the lightest fingertip touch.
- Chronic back pain evaporates.
- Bruises change color and normal coloring returns within an hour.
- Longtime, intractable, seemingly permanent conditions come to an end.
Professional athletes see instant recovery from injuries. Even animals’ illnesses and disease disappear.
Dr. Kaye can access a special kind of healing. If this sounds like soap opera miracles, you are mistaken. These are actual healings are from the hands of Dr. Gloria Kaye:
- a highly regarded psychotherapist,
- and UCLA Medical School lecturer on Healing Touch.
On the Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos Radio Show on Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® Radio
Dr. Gloria Kaye relates these and many more case histories as she discusses dreams and her eye–opening new book, Healer’s Hands, Healer’s Heart: InDepth Insights, Practical Techniques and Inspiring Stories of Success with Non Traditional Healing.
Her clients include well–known personalities, professional athletes, business executives, senior citizens, families, adolescents, young children and even animals.
Dr. Gloria Kaye has been the “secret weapon” of many professional basketball players.
Hall of Famer Rick Barry has said: “In the sessions I had with her, I experienced immediate relief from the soreness of my arthritic condition.”
Dr. Gloria comes forth as a staunch advocate for nontraditional healing.
On the radio show she shares how her healing path began as a teenager when she realized she had inherited these astonishing abilities from her Great Aunt, and then elected to pursue emotional healing and pain management as a profession.
Dr. Gloria Kaye believes everyone has the power to heal.
Here are just a few of the testimonials from doctors, patients and researchers about Dr. Gloria.
“Dr. Kaye performs miracles as far as I’m concerned. There is something magic about her hands; she can take away pain.” Andy Granatelli
“As a pediatrician, I constantly search for the safest and most effective treatment for children I take care of. Dr. Gloria Kaye with her gift for healing and her knowledge of alternative therapies has been an invaluable source for alternative therapies that complement and are advantageous for my patients, either alone or in conjunction with traditional medicine.” Michael Allen, MD
“I have had the honor and pleasure of working with Dr. Kaye on a research project designed to show that her techniques of the healing touch improve the quality of life and perceived pain level in patients with diabetes related pain. Dr. Kaye’s contribution to the study design and implementation will provide the ultimate answer as to the utility of alternative therapies to treat pain syndromes.” Although the clinical trial is in progress and thus we have not obtained definitive data, anecdotal responses from the patients have provided motivation to continue this study and prove scientifically that the healing touch does work to improve the health status of my patients.” Lois Jovanovich, MD, Director and Chief Scientific Officer Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
The Dr is in! And, on the show she will discuss how to help you with:
- Back, neck and shoulder pain
On this show Dr. Gloria Kaye shares tips from her new book, Healer’s Hands, Healer’s Heart: InDepth Insights, Practical Techniques and Inspiring Stories of Success with Non Traditional Healing, and healing practices that can start you on the path to doing this work yourself!
Experience the odyssey of as this amazing healer as she talks about her healing abilities, and expounds on chapters in her book which focus on ways to experience the energy and practices that will foster greater facility with healing.
TO LISTEN-Click the link below.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wickedhousewivesoncapecodradiont/2016/05/18/kathleen-okeefe-kanaovs-show-with-secret-weapon-dr-gloria-kaye
Guest Bio: Dr. Gloria Kaye is a Specialist in energy Healing. In 1980 she received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and health psychology, and developed and administered a holistic center for senior citizens. Part of her dissertation was reprinted in the Clinical Journal of Gerontology. Dr. Kaye integrated pain management and healing into her practice in 1990 working alongside physicians in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. She has taught yoga at several universities. Learn more @ http://www.drgloriakaye.com/about-dr-gloria-kaye.htm
ABOUT THE HOST: Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a TV/Radio Producer/Host of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® and Author/Lecturer of the International award winning bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing which promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance for success in health, wealth, and love, contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams & Premonitions, PATHEOS Blogger and Columnist to Women Voices Magazine: SOUL and HOME, and Wellness Women 40 and Beyond. Kat taught Special Education and Psychology. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Apr 11, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
You have sent me many dream questions and I’ve been waiting for a rainy day to answer them. Well, it’s raining. So, I’ve shut off my cell phone and hung the Do Not Disturb sign I “permanently borrowed” from a hotel room on my door. In order to answer them all, I’ve created a dream series because I believe that by reading the answers to the dreams of others we enrich our waking-life. Each section in the series will focus on answering your dream questions.
Today, your wildest dream questions are my main priority.
Your Question: Are symbols and symbolism the same to everyone in every dream? Is there a trick to using a Dream Dictionary?
Although World renowned Psychiatrists Dr. Freud and Dr. Jung used Universal Archetypes present in dreams to see into the minds of their patients to better treat them, dream worlds are unique to the dreamer. In fact, your dream world is as unique to you as your fingerprints or DNA. What is frightening to one dreamer may be enlightening to another. Take the example of a large snake in a dream. It may be frightening to someone with a fear of snakes but may be the Kundalini to others more familiar with spiritual symbolism- the ultimate rising spiritual wisdom. If it is a rattle-snake it may mean there is a warning in the wisdom, “Don’t tread here,” just like the Texas state motto. Sometimes the symbolism can be a play on words.
Therefore, although dream dictionaries are usually based on universal archetypes and helpful, they can also be limiting. Learning your own dream language is the best way to interpret your dreams. I call it learning your Alice in Wonderland “Jabberwocky Talk.” Nonsense words (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in “Through the Looking-Glass.” You hear the words and see the pictures but they don’t make sense until you learn your dream language.
Remember; just like any other foreign language, practice makes perfect.
If you still would like to check your personal definition of something in your dream against a dream dictionary do a search for “dream dictionary” using your favorite search engine, and pick one that appeals to you. You can also get one in print from your bookstore or order it online.
Dream dictionaries work just like regular dictionaries: you look up the symbol from your dream that you want to learn more about, and it gives you some background on what that symbol might mean for you.
As the dreamer becomes more in tune with their inner-guidance, they will learn their own dream language just as I learned mine. In my book SURVIVING CANCERLAND: The Intuitive aspects of Healing, I take dreams from my dream journal and show the reader exactly how to underline important words, figure out their meaning according to their context in the dream in order to understand the dream message.
I hope this helps to answers your incredible dream questions. Ask me anything in the comment box.
Join us for Your Wildest Dreams Revealed Series: #10- “Mom! My Teeth Fell Out!”
ABOUT Dream Expert Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® believes your DREAMS can diagnose your life. Author/Lecturer of Award winning, International bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing: which promotes patient advocacy & connecting with Inner-guidance through Dreams, Prayers & Meditations for success in Health, Wealth, & Love. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com Download your free DREAM gift http://bit.ly/My-Free-Gift-to-You
(All pictures and quotes were used with permission from the guest or are owned by the author.)
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Apr 4, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
You have sent me many dream questions and I’ve been waiting for a rainy day to answer them. Well, it’s raining. So, I’ve shut off my cell phone and hung the Do Not Disturb sign on my door that I “permanently borrowed” from a hotel room. In order to answer them all, I’ve created a dream series because I believe that by reading the answers to the dreams of others we enrich our waking-life. Each section in the series will focus on answering your dream questions.
Today, your wildest dream questions are my main priority.
Your Question: Can you give me an example of a Lucid Dream? I have a friend who is taking classes on becoming a Lucid Dreamer? Why are Lucid Dreams so special? Can you have a Lucid Dream without trying to?
Yes, you can have a Lucid Dream without trying to.
Here is an example of a Recurring Dream that was also a Lucid Healing Dream. Dreams can overlap.
A client was distraught because she kept having a recurring nightmare that would wake her during the night and leave her in a bad mood all day. And since she was always aware that she was having the nightmare it was also Lucid. She would be in an epic dream sitting in her living room watching reality TV when suddenly there would be a knock on the door. As her husband moved to answer the door she would yell, “No! Don’t answer the door.” Her husband would open the door and her deceased father would walk into the room and say, “I love you.” This would jolt her from the dream with a scream and leave her upset for the rest of the day because she and her father did not have a good relationship while he was alive.
I told her the next time she had this nightmare, to tell her father that she loved him, too, hug him and that the nightmare would stop and her life would be changed, forever. This was an opportunity to heal her past in order to move into an emotionally healthy future.
“I can’t do that,” she said, “I don’t love him. In fact, I can’t stand him. He was mean to me.”
“Somewhere in your subconscious Daddy’s Little Girl still loves him and needs to express herself and accept his love,” I said. “Your father has had time to consider the error of his ways when he was alive and is asking to make amends. We know he is asking permission because he is knocking on your Sacred Dream Door, not opening it himself and walking back into your life. Your husband, whom you always refer to as your-better-half, invites your father into the living room, or the room of the living. Your husband is also the strong fearless aspect of yourself. ”
The next night she had the same nightmare but this time…. “When there was the knock on the door I told my husband I would get it. When my father walked into the room and said, I love you,” I don’t know what happened to me but I threw my arms around his neck and said, ‘Oh, Daddy, I love you too’ and the dream shifted without me waking up.
She followed my counsel, felt wonderful when she woke up, and never had the nightmare again.
With a simple hug of love she changed the ending of a lucid nightmare into a healing dream that transformed her life forever.
Our family members challenge us the most in our life because they are our teachers, and they are humans who make mistakes. During difficult times they are given permission to return from “the other side” to give us guidance and love.
I hope this helps to answers your incredible dream question. Ask me anything in the comment box.
Join me next time for more on Your Wildest Dreams Revealed Series: #9 Symbols and Symbolism
ABOUT Dream Expert Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® believes your DREAMS can diagnose your life. Author/Lecturer of Award winning, International bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing: which promotes patient advocacy & connecting with Inner-guidance through Dreams, Prayers & Meditations for success in Health, Wealth, & Love. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com Download your free DREAM gift http://bit.ly/My-Free-Gift-to-You
(All pictures and quotes were used with permission from the guest or are owned by the author.)
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by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Jan 12, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
Dear Readers, How often have you heard the words in the title? I heard them daily from my parents, as I offered something up to them in the check-out line, and now I see the wisdom in those words. Today I am pleased to introduce you to my amazing guest blogger, Dr. Kory (Koorosh Peymani, Ph.D.) who is also a scheduled guest on my radio show, The Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos Show on Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod ® TV/Radio which airs every Wednesday night from 6-6:30 EST. Dr. Kory will be a guest on July 27 2016. Save the date and join us LIVE by calling in and listening on your phone @ 646-929-1546 or clicking this link to go to the studio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wickedhousewivesoncapecodradiont/2015/10/28/kathleen-okeefe-kanavos-show-w-dr-larry-burk-research-dreams-that-diagnose
Seem more of Dr. Kory’s captivating blogs here: http://drkory189.blogspot.com/
Now join us as we Access Inner-Guidance.
“We Learn by Enrolling-In EXPERIENCES that realizes our Full-Potential.” ~ Dr. Kory
“Because We Don’t Need It…”
Many of us have been programmed from a very Early start, since we were kids, to Operate on the basis of “Need.” But, if you really think about it, we may need only Very little to SURVIVE on a daily basis.
For example, we may notice that there are many homeless people on streets that day-in and day-out may only eat very little, shower or not, and drag on every day whether they have a place to live or not. We may even get-by with very little to eat or purchasing things every day and keep our bills to a very minimum. We may not choose to buy a car or take vitamins, or not spend money on skin-care products, and not take vacations; etc. But we do Extra things like working more than we should or strive to make more money to be able to afford Better things and move to better places; etc.
We do keep buying better things because we want to Enhance our lives for the better and not just “because we need” to. Living for the Better may take extra work or money, but it can also be accomplished by focusing on Quality in our lives rather than quantity.
About my guest blogger Koorosh Peymani, Ph.D.: Dr. Kory’s Philosophical curiosity in the areas of Psychology, Business, and Law led him towards the Path of Empirical understanding of these subjects. In this Path Dr. Kory has been of Assistance to many Individuals who have been struggling with their Personal issues that has caused them to hold back to be the Leaders they MUST be to SUCCEED in their Careers.
I wish to thank Dr. Kory for sharing his blog with my readers and invite him to share more of his amazing blogs in the near future.
Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a TV/Radio Producer/Host of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® and Author/Lecturer of the International award winning bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing which promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance for success in health, wealth, and love, contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams & Premonitions, PATHEOS Blogger and Columnist to Women Voices Magazine: SOUL and HOME, Kat taught Special Education and Psychology. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com
