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With Renowned Mystic, Author and Scholar
An On-demand Audio Training
Discover the advanced teachings and practices hidden within the depths of esoteric Christianity to transfigure your body, mind and spirit and birth a truly sacred culture.
Be prepared to enter into the mysteries of Christ Consciousness to open your heart, divinize your shadow and walk a path of sacred action in the world.
Jesus said that we would someday do the same works he had done, and, in fact, even greater works.
Do you dare take him at his word? Do you see yourself as capable of attaining the depth of his divine realization? Can you dream of truly living from Christ Consciousness?
Jesus As Wayshower
While it's easier to view Jesus as a superhuman Savior, many believe that the Christ Path he illuminated was never meant for just one individual to walk, but a pathway for many more to follow.
Seen in this light, Jesus was a wayshower rather than a singular Messiah, a pathfinder rather than a king commanding all of humanity.
He was a teacher who wanted his students to eventually surpass him.
Shifting our understanding in this way opens a far more intimate, illuminating and liberating relationship with one of history's great spiritual leaders — and the mystics who followed in his footsteps.
This fundamental shift allows us to see Christ Consciousness as a higher octave of our OWN potential — if we allow ourselves to undergo the necessary purifications, healings and transformations to embody it.
The many predictions of a Second Coming of Christ, seen through this lens, are not about the return of the historical Jesus but about the activation of Christ Consciousness on a wider scale, which has the potential to transform the world as know it.
Imagine not just one Jesus, but hundreds, thousands and eventually millions following in his footsteps.
It's a bold vision but one that just may hold the key to birthing an integrated divine humanity and delivering us into wholeness.
Why the Christ Path is So Vital for This Moment
We are blessed to be alive at one of the most amazing moments in history, when all that was once hidden is now becoming revealed, including the esoteric truths of mystics from around the world.
Humanity is awakening to who we truly are — at once finite and infinite, matter and spirit, human and divine.
And yet, as the veils are slowly lifted from our eyes, the chasm widens between those of us who are "waking up" and those of us who choose to continue "sleeping." The repercussions from this self-imposed slumber are horrifying, as consumerism, waste and war are continue to devastate human society and our natural ecosystems.
We are fast approaching the crossroads of our destiny. Many believe that this decade will culminate in a crucial tipping point — we'll either turn the tide or suffer a total systemic breakdown.
If we continue down the path we're on — the path of unconscious materialism — we risk the potential destruction of the planet and all of humanity.
However, if we can find the courage to "wake up" and walk a new path of sacred consciousness and peaceful activism, we'll have a precious and rare opportunity to divinize ourselves and create this world in a wholly new way.
The path of Christ Consciousness offers a foundational, even essential, set of teachings and practices for seeing THIS world as divine, given to us to steward in a way that leads to peace, communal prosperity, health and justice.
It's a path based on Oneness and seeing all of humanity as a sacred family. It's a path of blessings, wholeness and sacred embodiment.
It's a love-filled antidote to the soul-deadening, planet-destroying greed of materialism which holds enormous sway over our culture, our businesses, our politics and our minds.
Humanity's Rite of Passage
Our collective crises are now leading us into an intensely personal and collective rite of passage to face and heal our shadow in order to reclaim our full divinity and open to a higher octave of possibility.
If we resist this initiatory process, we only amplify our unconsciousness and the suffering it creates.
Instead, by consciously embracing this tranformative journey, we not only transmute our suffering but also begin the alchemical process of divinizing our body, mind and soul.
According to the great evolutionary mystics throughout the ages, the ultimate purpose of evolution is to bring heaven to earth and birth God in man.
That is what awaits us on the other side of our rite of passage.
The Return of the Esoteric Christ
One of the greatest spiritual secrets guarded through the ages was that Jesus was both fully human and radically divine. He was in fact a demonstration of the kind of transformation that is possible for ALL of humanity.
Hidden within his remarkable life is a complete spiritual map for transforming human consciousness and creating a truly sacred culture on planet earth.
While more and more people are beginning to wake up to this profound truth, the question remains:
How can we decode, understand and apply the ancient map of spiritual transformation that Jesus left us?
In other words, how do we authentically manifest the Christ force in our modern lives?
Rediscovering the Advanced Teachings & Practices of the Christ Path
The good news is that a profoundly gifted teacher has dedicated his life to unveiling the mystery of the esoteric Christ and sharing powerful teachings and practices available to those of us who are ready to receive it.
That man is the renowned mystic and scholar, Andrew Harvey.
Andrew is the prolific author of over 30 books and spiritual classics, including The Essential Mystics, The Son of Man and The Heart of Yoga. He's also one of the most inspiring and illuminating speakers on esoteric Christian mysticism. He has a remarkable gift for opening our eyes and peeling away falsehoods to reveal the wild, liberating truth at the core.
On a personal level, he's endured the raging fire of the Dark Night of the Soul, which annihilates all pretensions and destroys the constructions of the ego so that the whole being can be purified and the deep sacred transcendent consciousness can be released.
From his own enriching experiences, Andrew understands the birthing of Christ Consciousness in a way that few others do. Because of his scholarly depth and his passion for teaching and helping others awaken to their own innate divinity, there is perhaps no more articulate, passionate and perceptive teacher to lead people on this life-enhancing adventure.
That's why we're so excited to offer — exclusive to The Shift Network — Andrew's groundbreaking program, The Christ Path Advanced Intensive.
It's the most rigorous, in-depth, no-holds-barred training Andrew has ever offered at a distance. This sacred offering from his heart to yours is a chance to harvest the bounty of a lifetime of mystical practice and rigorous scholarship.
The Christ Path Advanced Intensive has been created for heart-centered, open-minded, globally concerned seekers to undertake a profound, life-changing journey together.
Throughout the course — which is designed to complete over nine months — you'll explore and deepen your relationship with Christ Consciousness in a way that gives you full access to the profound blessings of this path.
The journey will help you clear away lingering falsehoods and misinterpretations that have distorted Christian traditions. It will lead you instead into profound initiations, mind-expanding recognitions and the next steps on your journey of transformation of body, mind and soul.
You'll have the chance to unlock the innermost, esoteric secrets of the Christ Path and receive the hidden truths, liberating practices and profound blessings of Jesus and the many extraordinary mystics that followed him, from Meister Eckhart to Teresa of Avila to Father Bede Griffiths.
You'll deepen your understanding of the Divine Feminine, the Sacred Masculine and the birth through the Sacred Marriage of the Divine Child, the Divine Human.
The goal is nothing less than pioneering and practicing a 21st-century embodiment of the Christ: grounded in sacred action, suffused with wisdom and illuminated by a divine fire.
To enter this journey, one need not be a Christian. Spiritual seekers (and even atheists) from every tradition are welcome.
The only requirement is a commitment in your heart to walk the path with real dedication, since The Christ Path Advanced Intensive is for those with a powerful love for this world and a sincere desire to become an emissary of the Divine.
Andrew has created this advanced training because he sees our world teetering on the brink of destruction — and recognizes the need for a spiritual path that gives us a roadmap for the transfiguration of ourselves and our world.
This personal transformation takes time — far more than a weekend workshop or introductory course can give. Nine months is the gestation period for a newborn baby, and it can be the gestation period for the Christ within you as you undertake the embodied practices that bring the Christ alive on a cellular level and transform your heart, mind, soul and body.
If you expect the spiritual path to be only sweetness and light, this Intensive is not for you. Andrew will show you how you may be evading suffering in ways that imperil you. He'll challenge what you believe in ways that may sometimes be uncomfortable. He'll speak into the heart of darkness and shadow — because birthing Christ Consciousness requires a heroic and unflinching commitment to truth and love.
These teachings hold essential keys for our individual healing and collective awakening: they're the gateway into the sacred marriage and the guide to the alchemical journey in which we turn the lead of our ignorance into spiritual gold.
It's time for the world to embrace a more full-spectrum view of the Christ Path, one that embraces embodiment as well as transcendence, the awakened heart and the fierceness of love in action.
Jesus' central message was not to blindly follow him into some transcendent paradise, but to discover the Christ within you, within all things, and to thus embody the divine human, marrying heaven with earth, body and spirit, heart and mind, to become the co-creator on earth of the Kingdom/Queendom.
How to Embody Christ Consciousness in Your Daily Life
If you're one of those rare individuals who has heard your soul's calling and yearns to attain and embody Christ Consciousness, this is a truly special opportunity for you.
This immersive online training — exclusive to The Shift Network — builds upon the foundational principles Andrew taught in his acclaimed introductory Christ Path course but expand the curriculum considerably and take it to deeper, subtler and more advanced levels, while drawing upon the wisdom of many of the great Christian mystics.
This life-changing Intensive is offered with the sincere intention of fueling the sacred fire in your heart and empowering you to make permanent shifts in your awareness while contributing to the evolutionary rise of collective consciousness.
When you graduate, you will have more fully integrated the Christ Path into all aspects of your daily life.
What You'll Discover in This 36 Module Intensive
During these 36 modules, Andrew will build upon the essential pillars of a 'Christed' life while skillfully guiding you through the fundamental spiritual skills and practices that you'll need to transform your body, mind and spirit while living in the modern world.
Each training session will build harmoniously upon the next so that you'll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you'll need to sustain your Christ Path in everyday life.
If you're truly ready for a deep dive into the transformative power of the Christ Path, this 36-module Advanced Intensive with Andrew Harvey is the perfect training for you.
Module 1: Advanced Principles of the Christ Path Awakening the Divine Human (Six sessions)
Understand the advanced stages of the mystical path to awaken and embody Christ Consciousness and the challenges to navigate each stage
Explore the deeper esoteric meaning behind Jesus' life and mission, including stories and teachings long misinterpreted
Dive into the Gnostic gospels of Thomas and Philip, understanding why they were marginalized by the Church and what they reveal about Jesus as a pioneer of transfiguration
Identify, dissolve and release distorting myths that we've inherited from the church, revealing a far more multidimensional view
Receive a more esoteric understanding of the relationship between Jesus and the Christ and how to access that level in yourself
Practice inner dialogue with Christ, as taught by Teresa of Avila
Hone your ability to avoid key pitfalls, detours and distractions on the spiritual path
Understand the path of Theosis — the divine transfiguration and inner alchemy
Featured Mystics: St. Thomas, St. Philip, Meister Eckhart, Father Bede Griffith
Sacred Practices: New version of the "Our Father" prayer, Practice of Inner Conversation with Christ (derives from Teresa of Avila), Empowerment by the Divine
Module 2: Exploring the Light Side of the Sacred Feminine Opening to the Esoteric Mysteries of the Divine Mother (Five sessions)
Ground our vision of the evolution of the Mother archetype from Neolithic times and follow its growth through early feminine initiatory schools, Buddhism, Taoism and the Shekinah of Kabbalah
Discover the 10 sacred suggestions and the 5 sacred passions of the motherhood of God
Re-envision Mother Mary as the Divine Mother and the crucial counterpart to Jesus as co-redemptrix, embodying fierceness and human vulnerability
Enter into the sacred heart of the Mother through the gateway of the Marianne mystics who help open our eyes to the Sacred Feminine
Understand Sri Aurobindo's vision of the Mother as the central agency of the divine transformation of humanity
Explore Jesus' hidden teachings, found in the gospels of Mary and Thomas, about the divine feminine
Experience deeper mystical practices to connect with the Divine Mother
Understand the power of becoming the Bride of Christ on an archetypal level
View Mary Magdalene's role in the emergence of Jesus in a new light, revealing more about her relationship with sacred sexuality and initiatory practices
Practice the healing power of sacred relationship in a way that opens the portals to divine embodiment
Featured Mystics: Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Bernard of Clairvaux, Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Hadewijch of Antwerp, Hildegard von Bingen, Meditations on the Tarot
Sacred Practices: A radical reinterpretation of The Hail Mary, The Practice of the Presence of the Mother (rooted in de Montfort's work), Radiant Embodiment (an adaptation of the great Hindu Tantric practice allows to experience embodiment of divinity through agency of mother)
Module 3: Embracing the Wisdom of the Dark Feminine Unveiling the Secret Knowledge of the Black Madonna (Five sessions)
Discover how the Black Madonna is connected to the Dark Feminine traditions in Hinduism, with special attention to Kali and Vajrayogini (Tibetan Buddhist)
Explore the teachings on the 7 Dark Diamonds in the crown of the black Madonna that represent the different stages of her initiatory process
As queen of the dark void, the shadow, destruction, of the dark night, of the mysteries of nature, tantra and of divine ferocity
See how the Black Madonna — the fierce side of the divine feminine and an archetype of the crucifixion and resurrection — became camouflaged, covered up and suppressed in the history of the Christian Church
Connect with the fierce feminine Goddess traditions worldwide and infuse your Christ Path with her transformational power
Experience practices of the Dark Feminine, the mystical fire of dissolution that brings about the alchemical rebirth
Transmute your fear and repression of the Dark feminine into deep reverence and respect
Featured Mystics: Ramprasad (great mystic of Kali), modern mystics of the Dark Feminine (Marianne Woodman, Anne Baring, Matthew Fox), Hadewijch of Antwerp, Dionysius the Areopagite
Sacred Practices: Practices of Awe, practice of transmuting anger into fierce Compassion energy, Practice of transforming ferocity into golden Love power
Module 4: Honoring the Full Spectrum of the Divine Masculine Archetype Invoking the Heart of the Godforce (Seven sessions)
Reveal the template of the sacred masculine by using Jesus as a model of the fusion of gentleness and power
Heal your relationship with the patriarchy by reclaiming the sacred masculine in you (for both men and women)
Explore the higher octave of the Cosmic Christ, masculine archetypes of King, Warrior, Magician and Lover
Expand your understanding of these 4 masculine archetypes to include archetypes such as the Shaman, seeing how indigenous wisdom was embodied in Jesus' life
Develop an expanded range of understanding of the sacred masculine from Sufism, Mahayana Buddhism, the Cult of Dionysus in Greek Mysticism and the complex vision of Shiva and Shaivism.
Learn how to merge the strength, majesty, fierceness and power of the king with the tenderness, compassion, commitment to service and humility of the servant
Learn from the depths of the Cosmic Christ tradition and other mystical systems how to realize the full greatness of the masculine in service to and protection of the divine feminine
Develop a deeper understanding of how Jesus' teachings became totally distorted by the victory of patriarchy through history
Reconnect with the Divine Father as infinite power, wisdom, mercy and justice
Featured Mystics: Jan van Ruysbroeck, Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Francis
Sacred Practices: Cosmic Christ practices — developed from Hindu, Tantric and Mahayana practices
Module 5: Healing the Shadow of the Masculine & the Feminine Illuminating & Transforming the Dark Patriarchy (Four sessions)
Come to terms with the unbalanced psychotic masculine and see through the lens of the healing and illumination now required for the Dark Patriarchy — the unconscious shadow side of the masculine that has dominated the world for the last 2000 years
Look at the male figures in the Gospels such as Pontius Pilate, the high priest Caiaphas, Judas, doubting Thomas that illustrate the masculine shadow's resistance to Jesus' teaching and presence
Learn how to transmute sadness and rage into the activist's passion for justice
Develop an expanded capacity for forgiveness of oneself and others for the damage of the past
Create an alchemical container internally to work with the wounds that need to be resolved
Develop practices to heal the imbalance in the individual and collective psyche
Address the patriarchal shadow of the Churches created in Jesus' name and how it has played out from fundamentalism to misogyny, to homophobia, and blindness to the sacredness of creation and how it has supported and not challenged the fantasy of infinite growth and the progressive degradation of the environment
See how the five crucial shadows of our global crisis (disbelief, denial, dread, disillusion and death wish) and five personal shadows (narcissism, love of comfort, woundology, fear of witnessing the truth, and the golden shadow) align, dovetail and collude to keep our world crisis going
Sacred Practices: Practice of the Sacred Heart as developed by saint Mary Margaret, Alacoque, Teilhard de Chardin; Journaling practices that address the shadow masculine, self- forgiveness practices, Buddhist Tonglen Practice (transmutes negativity)
Module 6: Birthing the Divine Child – The Path to Transfiguration The Advanced Alchemical Mysteries of Creation (Three sessions)
Delve deeply into the Gnostic gospels to discover their teachings on the sacred androgyne and the more advanced esoteric teachings on the divine child
Study the visions of the divine child received by mystics such as Heinrich Suso and Angela of Foligno
Study archetypes of divine child in hinduism, taoism, alchemy and Jungian psychology
Deepen your understanding of the tantric play of divine masculine and feminine as partners in creation
Access and integrate the qualities of the divine child, including its innocence, purity and vulnerability
Study and apply sacred practices to connect with the divine child within for healing, spiritual awakening and renewal
Develop a nuanced, historical understanding of the Orthodox tradition of theosis and the experience of it in modern mystics
Receive wisdom and insight from later Christian mystics such as Father Bede Griffiths who began the process of transfiguration
Begin to apply the principles of transfiguration in your own life and spiritual journey
Awaken a fuller spectrum of spiritual energies through prayer and contemplation, as well as embodiment practices
Understand the phenomena of preservation of the body in certain Christian saints such as the Curie of Ars
Featured Mystics: Father Bede Griffiths, Teresa of Avila, John Ruysbroeck, Greek, Russian and Romanian Orthodox mystics such as San Symeon the Theologian and modern evolutionary masters such as Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin
Sacred Practices: Exercises from Heart Yoga that will enable you to radiate your cells with divine light, new version of the Jesus Prayer attuned to the theosis process, Birthing the Divine Child with the Divine Mother (adapted from Hindu Tantric path)
Module 7: The Unification of Light & Shadow, Soul & Body Advanced Shadow Work & the Mystical Union of Opposites (Two session)
Advance your practice of the deep Yoga of Christianity — the tantric union of the divine masculine and feminine, light and shadow
Discover how to heal the 5 shadows of our Global Crisis — Disbelief, Denial, Dread, Dissolution, Deathwish
Re-integrate the truth of evil in your life in a more multidimensional way, going beyond New Age conceptions and platitudes
Activate the power of the light by bringing in the transcendent aspect of the divine — focusing that power on our personal and collective shadows
Learn how to transform the 5 global and 5 personal shadows that have been introduced in Module 5 and learn how to work with and transform them in depth
Draw from the deep wisdom of the shadow to deepen your embodiment, your service and your ministry to those who are suffering
Activate the power of your golden shadow
Engage the inner alchemy around power, recognizing your lust for power and turning it into a passion to serve
Learn more advanced practices such as a Christ-centered version of the Tonglen practice of Tibetan Buddhism to unify light and shadow, soul and body, setting you on the path of living as a Christed being
Experience authentic oneness with the whole of humanity, compassion through heartbreak
Develop skillful means of dealing with those who are engulfed in the shadow
Featured Mystics: Carl Jung, Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Emmanuel Levinas
Sacred Practices: Five Strong Heart Practices to endure and transmute what you learn about the shadow derived from Sufism, Christian Mysticism and Hinduism
Module 8: Living Christ Consciousness Co-creating an Enlightened Culture on Planet Earth Through Sacred Activism (Four sessions)
Draw inspiration from modern sacred activists such as Julia Butterfly Hill, Matthew Fox, Adam Bucko, Jane Goodall, Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama
Commit to the spiritual disciplines of the sacred activist, putting your love into service
Practice the reunification of heaven and earth through your body
Shift your understanding of the spiritual path beyond the pursuit of personal enlightenment to discover how you can co-create an awakened culture and society
Deepen your experience of practices to awaken and embody more of your innate divinity through focused prayer and action that flows from your heart
Integrate principles for expressing and embodying Christ Consciousness
Reflect on the journey of the last nine months and enact commitments for moving forward
Featured Mystics: Chris Saade, Dorothy Solelle, Ignatius of Loyola, Charles Wesley, William Wilberforce, Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, Aung Sun Soo Chi, Linda Tucker, Aboriginal Kanyini philosophy
Sacred Practices: Creating Networks of Grace to enable small cells to be formed of sacred activists, How to build and create a 5-part integrated, sacred practice that will help you become a Christed, sacred activist serving the birth of divine humanity
The Christ Path Advanced Intensive
Bonus Collection
In addition to Andrew Harvey's introductory training and transformative 9-month Advanced Intensive, you'll also receive these powerful bonus sessions with the world's leading mystics and teachers. These bonus sessions will complement the Advanced Intensive, deepening your understanding and practices.
Father Bede Griffiths
Mystical Transmission Series (Video and Audio)
Father Bede Griffiths was a British-born Indian Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a leading thinker in the development of the dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism.
Andrew Harvey considers Father Bede Griffiths the most advanced, illuminated, and profound modern Christian mystic — the true embodiment of the Christ Path. After a lifetime of deep devotion and study, including living in India, Father Bede underwent a transfiguration process as he moved towards death.
Listen to Andrew introduce his mentor,
the Mystic Father Bede Griffiths
In this exclusive bonus package, Andrew shares with The Christ Path Advanced Intensive community a series of fresh, raw, unscripted audios and videos from and about his dear friend and mentor. They contain precise and powerful transmissions of wisdom and direct revelation of the Christing process as it was underway in him.
You'll receive these special sessions:
Prayer Audio Session
"A Human Search" Video
"Discovering the Feminine" Video
Indian Spirituality and the Passion Audio Sessions
"The World Church" Audio Session
"Jesus, King of the Jews" Audio Session
"The Way of Meditation with a Mantra" Video
Documentary on Father Bede Video
The Divine Feminine Series
With Caroline Myss, Matthew Fox and Cynthia Bourgeault
Session 1: Teresa of Avila & the
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Caroline Myss
In this groundbreaking dialogue, one of the most innovative spiritual teachers of our day, Caroline Myss shares about the significance of the well-known Christian Mystic, Teresa of Avila. Caroline writes, "You'll journey to the 16th century to discover the fiery passion of one of Christianity's most inspiring saints. A tireless reformer and the mentor of Saint John of the Cross, Teresa's greatest legacy is her revelation of ecstatic love for God — a love so powerful that it pierces the heart like a burning sword. Through illness, hardship, and persecution by the Inquisition, this courageous mystic lit the way with her unquenchable spirit to an 'interior castle,' a place of unimaginable beauty and light where no darkness can touch us."
Caroline Myss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned speaker in the fields of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine and the science of medical intuition.
Session 2: Hildegard von Bingen & the Divine Feminine
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Matthew Fox
One of the most original and sometimes provocative Christian thinkers, Matthew Fox, looks with Andrew at the pioneering mysticism of Hildegard von Bingen in relationship to the divine feminine lineage within Christianity. This powerful session with these two renowned teachers, authors and mystics, who are also great friends, will be sure to shed light on your notion of the role of the divine feminine within Christianity and your own life.
Matthew Fox is author of more than 30 books including Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works: With Letters and Songs; Hildegard Bingen: A Saint for Our Times — Unleashing Her Power in the 21st Century; Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen; Original Blessing; The Reinvention of Work; Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet; One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths; A Spirituality Named Compassion; A New Reformation!; and The A.W.E. Project: Reinventing Education, Reinventing the Human.
Session 3: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Cynthia Bourgeault
No Biblical figure has been so misunderstood as Mary Magdalene, and yet, it is clear that she was near and dear to Jesus' heart and his ministry. In this session, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, one of the most profound Christian scholars of our time, will dialogue with Andrew about the deeper meaning and mysteries that Mary Magdalene represented.
Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer and internationally known retreat leader as well as the founding Director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School. She is also the author of seven books: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, The Wisdom Jesus, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Mystical Hope, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Chanting the Psalms and Love is Stronger Than Death.
Christ Path Advanced Video Package
Teachings from Andrew, Matthew Fox and Marion Woodman
This video package will deepen your journey on the Christ Path as you'll learn up close and personal from Andrew Harvey, Matthew Fox and Marion Woodman. You'll receive many hours of powerful teachings through the following video sessions:
The Practice of the Sacred Heart (Andrew Harvey)
Dancing in the Flames (Marion Woodman)
The Jesus Prayer and Merkabah Practices (Andrew and Matthew)
Cosmic Christ Training (Andrew and Matthew)
The Gospel of Thomas (Andrew Harvey)
The Pope's War (Andrew and Matthew)
What Graduates of The Christ Path Advanced Intensive Are Saying...
Everything about this course worked! The content was rich, filled with insight. Andrew's presentation of the material was filled with passion and devotion, quite contagious. And finally, his deep humility served as a profound invitation to join him on the Christ Path. As a result of this course, I feel renewed energy to focus on my life purpose, and have seen a deepening of love with my immediate family and those I work with. Finally, I often feel a great joy; the joy of knowing that the Christ spirit is alive and well in the world — and in my heart!
– Ron, Boulder, CO
This 9-month course has been the most powerfully stretching and illuminating course I've ever taken. I am still digesting, metabolizing all that was transmitted ... So rich! So subtle, so splendidly mysterious ... Andrews bigheartedness and amazing intimacy, passion and wisdom about the Path of sacred activism shook and shocked, inspired, steadied, calmed and catapulted me into another level of orbit of living and loving in action. Thank you so much Andrew and The Shift Network for this most wondrous journey.
– Lynette, Anaheim, CA
It not only struck a chord in my heart, it played a symphony. Confirmation. Emergence. The course brings a deeper understanding to the Christ through the writings and works of the mystics, expanding interpretations and insights. The insights, practices, brought a new level to the knowing of who we are. Thanks to Andrew, the Christ Path is now well lit.
– Margaret, Queensland, Australia
There is no way to measure the impact of this course. Andrew's deep love of Jesus and commitment to love in action is thrilling. It is also contagious. He truly has been blessed with the Spirit for a mission in this world at this time. I am humbled and honored to have been a part of his deep shadings.
– Madeline Horrigan, Raleigh, NC
Andrew's class has been the most transformational class I have taken and I have taken many classes over the past decade. Andrew pushed me to look deep inside myself — past my egoic new age comfort zone, past my social and religious ingrained beliefs. I found the marriage of the light and dark inside me, discovered the child of the mother/father godhead that I am. Andrew's deepening practices provided me with real tools that truly help me in this busy human world. This course helped me navigate my way through a difficult divorce and the big shifts/changes I've made along the way. Thank you Andrew for YOU, for the love you are, for bringing these transmissions to the world! Thank you Shift Network for offering big courses and impacting my life through Andrew's class. Many blessings.
– Carol Mauer, Waterloo, IA
The entire trajectory of my life has shifted since beginning the journey of the advanced Christ Path with Andrew Harvey. I am no longer sitting on the sidelines of life, powerless and fearful. I am now fully, joyfully engaged in the world in Sacred Action. My commitment comes from a deep understanding of what is transpiring on many different levels and what is being birthed: nothing less than a new human and a new earth. I recommend this course to anyone who is committed to transformation and to birthing the Christ within. Andrew Harvey's transmission is soul searing.
– Lorisa Schouela, Vancouver, BC
I now have MUCH more confidence that my actions are in alignment with my mission. As a Palliative Care volunteer visitor, I use music and energy awareness to connect with people facing the end of their lives. When the course began I thought I'd be guided into a new field of Sacred Activism best suited to me. Now, with joy and full confidence, I know this is what I'm meant to contribute and have already arranged to do more. Andrew has inspired me in many ways over many years and this course brought it all together to ACTION, not just learning. In constant appreciation, I'm going forward in great joy.
– Sue Carduelis, Toronto, Canada
I feel stronger in being a sacred activist and helping to expand this community of people in our so out of control world. This has been a life changing transformational course for me ... This course provided me with a wealth of knowledge and experiences from Andrew and all of the many people has connected with in this lifetime. It has given me more courage and less concern to myself by becoming a Sacred Activist.
– Rick Bushroe, Nevada City, Grass Valley, CA
For me Andrew is the embodiment of love, wisdom, knowledge and compassion. For nine months I feel I was like Mary, (sister of Martha) sitting at the feet of Jesus, the Christ ... I didn't have time to serve or worship; instead I took the time to write many notes ... and mostly just listen. Much of the wisdom was not new to me, but still I wrote and still I listened, still I learned. I was touched to my deepest core by his passion and kind loving teachings, encouragements and advice. I did not sit as to adore; I sat to absorb within myself that which I deeply admire in him. I still have work to do but I am inspired to bring forth my own brand of sacred activism. I will continue to open to the public my property and the sacred labyrinth and gardens I built. I will continue to give labyrinth workshops. I will continue to hold dream groups. I will honor his sacred activism work — the real work of Jesus the Christ — for the betterment of myself and our world and I shall always thank him and bless him for giving himself so authentically to so many.
– Nancy Ayer, Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
In both his teaching and Q & A sessions, Andrew Harvey combines deep spiritual insights to transform the individual, with not-to-be-ignored practices to transform the world. I will be re-visiting the course materials over and over again in order to continue this beautiful, challenging journey of transformation for myself and the world.
– Deb, Kalispell, MT
This course has raised my consciousness and awareness to national and world situations. Andrew has gently and compassionately led me to expand my knowledge as well as my heart. His message of the Christ Consciousness is invaluable for everyone regardless of religious orientation.
– Judy Mirczak, Hadley, NY
Andrew Harvey moves beyond the dogma of Christianity and the Bible, expressing the true Spirit, life and meaning of Jesus in the deepest sense of transformation and transfiguration. This course offers profound insight and practices that supports integration of Christ Consciousness as a daily experience as no other training I have experienced.
– Cass Charrette, Troy, MI
Andrews's brilliance blended with his glorious heartfelt clarity as to his teachings that expressed a balance or coming together of the opposites, which Carl Jung called the "enantiodromia". In doing so, Andrew poignantly spoke of the marriage of the masculine and feminine, the dark and the light; the challenge of duality and how we might meet it as Jesus so profoundly did in bringing through Love that seems to transcend all opposites.
– Thea Soroyan, MA, MFT, Boulder, CO
Christ Path is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for anyone who wishes to follow a TRUE and effective path to spiritual development.
– Sami Longo-Disse, M.Div., PhD
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Every age has its teachers who keep the eternal truths alive for all of us. And when a generation is very, very lucky, it encounters a teacher so illumined that the words he delivers must be illumined as well. In the case of Andrew Harvey, the light he sheds is like a meteor burst across the inner sky.
– Marianne Williamson, Author of Everyday Grace
Andrew is a genius and an inspired visionary who has the ability to interpret the meaning and significance of the chaos and patterns of change that are redirecting the compass of our contemporary culture. Andrew is a spiritual, intellectual and cultural mystic whose passion is to awaken people to a new and essential empowerment in this world: sacred activism. He has defined and grounded the route, the means and the way individuals can and should respond to the chaos and rapid changes that now characterize our contemporary spiritual and cultural life. Andrew's research reflects his superb academic background as a professor at Oxford, and his passion clearly reveals that his soul is on fire with a grace that comes from the Divine.
– Caroline Myss, Author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Sacred Contracts
Using humor, passion and analysis, Andrew Harvey challenges us to wake up and get up off of our couches to become the spiritual activists we all can be. A powerful, provocative, prophetic appeal to sanity and activism for our apocalyptic times, I recommend Andrew to anyone who cares about the survival of their grandchildren or planet or both.
– Reverend Matthew Fox, Author, Creation Spirituality and founder of Wisdom University
Amid the myriad challenges we face on Earth — the population explosion, environmental degradation, nuclear proliferation, religious fundamentalism, terrorism, war, apocalypse-think, and more — it is easy to be overwhelmed by a sense of futility and hopelessness. Now comes a singularly courageous, charismatic individual, Andrew Harvey, with an answer to all of these challenges: personal transformation and empowerment through an encounter with the divine feminine. This process is not esoteric, but is entirely natural and as near as our own shadow. Harvey's sacred activism is a corrective to the doomsayers and do-nothings who are part of our problems. He is a modern version of a fiery, Old-Testament prophet, whose words were ignored at great peril. We must attend to Andrew Harvey's message. Not only will it help us humans regain our sanity, it just might save our skins.
– Larry Dossey, M.D., Author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things
Andrew Harvey is one of the world's irreplaceable resources.
– Lance Morrow, Writer, Time magazine
Andrew Harvey is the living proof of what he is speaking about and his love and compassion for Christ and for the Christ Path shines through every word he speaks. His whole being is enlightened by the Christ energy. He is a very powerful and touching "love generator."
– Christine, Austria
There is enormous love, compassion and action generated by Andrew Harvey. He is an inspiration to follow Christ's path and actions in the world today.
– Lynn, Alexandria, VA
The Christ Path course was life altering. It offered a clear, challenging and supportive template for continuing on the vital evolutionary path of the sacred activist. Andrew Harvey is a true reflection of what a divine human is and his teaching style is exceptional.
– Melanie M-C, Herndon, VA
This course profoundly stirred my soul, gave me clarity on my meandering spiritual journey of decades and a sense of coming home. The Vision Andrew shared and the practices he offered are a wonderful start to finding my way ahead on this awesome Path.
– Evelyn, Arizona
The Christ Path with Andrew Harvey was a life changing experience. Every lecture was the perfect balance of grounded realism and Spiritual ecstasy. The bridging of Heaven and Earth and Divine Feminine and Masculine resonated totally and was energetically palpable through Andrew. I am so grateful for this beloved, authentic, passionate and visionary soul and the urgent message he brings at this time.
– Amata Boccella, La Cienega, NM
This course was such a blessing for me. Andrew is more than a pioneer in this area, he is a visionary and a prophet for our time. The richness of his scholarly work and the depth of his personal mystical insights are so far ahead of anyone else's teaching at this time. The world is finally starting to catch up with him and we are all blessed that he continues to share so generously with the world. Thank you The Shift Network for making his teachings available in a format that makes it easy to access and study in even more depth. His teachings are truly priceless.
– Stephanie, Charlotte, NC
I LOVED this course. It brought me to tears several times! The content was superb. I found Andrew himself to be such a shining example of the kind of human we can ALL be. He's a great example of humility & grace, and his knowledge of the subject matter is both academic & personal. To live the way he does is something to aspire to – or to "let loose" from within! Thanks SO much! More, more, more Andrew Harvey, please!
– Lisa Talamantez, Chicago, IL
About Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey is an author, speaker and founder/director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective and practical agents of institutional and systemic change in order to create peace and sustainability.
Andrew Harvey has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as at various spiritual centers throughout the U.S. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary, The Making of a Modern Mystic, and appears also in Rumi Turning Ecstatic and The Consciousness of the Christ: Reclaiming Jesus for A New Humanity. He is coauthor of the best-selling, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and has worked with the great Iranian Sufi dancer, Banafsheh Sayyad, in producing a film, In the Fire of Grace, which marries Sufi-inspired dances to the stages of Rumi's understanding of the path of Divine love.
He has written and edited over 30 books and received many awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award.
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Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers
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By Editor June 21, 2014
Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance.
Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country.
Already, ISIL has started to enact its puritanical vision of Islam in Mosul, which it captured 10 days ago as it swept across northern Iraq. Mosul residents said ISIL members had destroyed symbols of Iraq's rich heritage, razing statues of cultural icons and the tomb of a Mediaeval philosopher.
President Barack Obama offered on Thursday up to 300 American special forces advisers to help the Iraqi government recapture territory across northern and western Iraq that ISIL and other Sunni armed groups have seized.
But he held off granting a request for air strikes to protect the government and renewed a call for Iraq's long-serving Shi'ite prime minister Nuri al-Maliki to do more to overcome sectarian divisions that have fuelled resentment among the Sunni minority.
In office since 2006, Maliki has disappointed Washington by alienating Sunnis. Obama has called for a more inclusive government in Baghdad, although he has stopped short of saying Maliki should be replaced. There has been speculation Maliki may also have lost the confidence of allies in Iran.
Tehran and Washington have both spoken of cooperating with each other after decades of mutual hostility to prevent anti-Western, anti-Shi'ite zealots controlling swathes of Iraq.
In the area around Samarra, on the main highway 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, which has become a frontline of the battle with the ISIL, the provincial governor, a rare Sunni supporter of Maliki, told cheering troops they would now force ISIL and its allies back.
A source close to Maliki told Reuters that the government planned to hit back now that it had halted the advance which saw ISIL seize the main northern city of Mosul, capital of Nineveh province, 10 days ago and sweep down along the Sunni-populated Tigris valley toward Baghdad as the U.S.-trained army crumbled.
Governor Abdullah al-Jibouri, whose provincial capital Tikrit was overrun last week, was shown on television on Friday telling soldiers in Ishaqi, just south of Samarra: "Today we are coming in the direction of Tikrit, Sharqat and Nineveh.
"These troops will not stop," he added, saying government forces around Samarra numbered more than 50,000.
This week, the militants' lightning pace has slowed in the area north of the capital, home to Sunnis but also to Shi'ites fearful of ISIL, which views them as heretics to be wiped out. Samarra has a major Shi'ite shrine.
The participation of Shi'ite militias and tens of thousands of new Shi'ite army volunteers has allowed the Iraqi military to rebound after mass desertions by soldiers last week allowed ISIL to carve out territory where it aims to found an Islamic caliphate straddling the Iraqi-Syrian border.
"The strategy has been for the last few days to have a new defence line to stop the advance of ISIL," a close ally of Maliki told Reuters. "We succeeded in blunting the advance and now are trying to get back areas unnecessarily lost."
Fighting continues in pockets. Government forces appeared to be still holding out in the sprawling Baiji oil refinery, the country's largest, 100 km north of Samarra, residents said.
At Duluiya, between Samarra and Baghdad, residents said a helicopter strafed and rocketed a number of houses in the early morning, killing a woman. Police said they had been told by the military that the pilot had been given the wrong coordinates.
Fighting flared in Muqdadiya in northeastern Diyala province, where security forces attacked a swathe of orchards dominated by Sunni militants, and 1,000 civilians fled north for safety, according to a security source. State television accused the extremists of displacing the Sunnis as a propaganda tool to embarrass the state.
CALL FOR UNITY
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most respected Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, pleaded for stability and for Iraqis to stop their country from falling into the abyss.
In a speech read by an aide, the reclusive octogenarian, who rarely leaves home, urged Sunnis and Shiites to stand together against ISIL and called on the country's politicians to soon convene the newly-elected parliament so the process of forming the government could begin.
Many Iraqis fear the political class will postpone the government formation as long as possible to take advantage of the current chaos. Sistani reemphasised a call made a week ago for civilians to volunteer and fight ISIL through the Iraqi security forces.
He described his message as a call to arms for all Iraqis, not just his sect. His appeal was widely seen as giving a boost to a government and armed forces that had been deeply shaken in its war with Sunni armed groups, dominated by ISIL.
"If fighting and dislodging them is not done today, all will feel sorry tomorrow," Sistani said.
PURITANICAL VISION
In Mosul, where ISIL stunned Iraq by seizing the north's biggest city, the militant group, which had sought alliances with other armed Sunni factions, has started to impose its strict interpretation of Islam.
Witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ISIL has destroyed a statue of Othman al-Mousuli, a 19th Century Iraqi musician and composer, and the statue of Abu Tammam, a Mediaeval Arab poet.
The group has also desecrated the tomb of Ibn al-Athir, an Arab philosopher who travelled with the army of warrior sultan Salahuddin in the 12th century, they said. Under ISIL's interpretation of Islam, tomb shrines are a form of idolatry.
During the U.S. occupation from 2003-2011, ISIL, then known as the Iraq branch of al Qaeda, alienated many Sunnis with its strict and violent interpretation of Islam, leading tribesmen to join forces with U.S. troops and the Baghdad government. But this time around, Sunni tribes are so angry with Maliki that many have joined the revolt alongside ISIL.
Obama has ruled out sending ground troops back to Iraq, two and half years after he withdrew them.
Announcing the despatch of advisers, the president said he was prepared to take "targeted" military action later if deemed necessary, thus delaying but still keeping open the prospect of air strikes to fend off the insurgency.
Obama also delivered a stern message to Maliki on the need to take urgent steps to heal Iraq's sectarian rift, something U.S. officials say the Shi'ite leader has failed to do and which ISIL has exploited to win broader support among the Sunnis.
"We do not have the ability to simply solve this problem by sending in tens of thousands of troops and committing the kinds of blood and treasure that has already been expended in Iraq," Obama told reporters. "Ultimately, this is something that is going to have to be solved by the Iraqis."
The contingent of up to 300 military advisers will be made up of special forces and will staff joint operations centres for intelligence sharing and planning, U.S. officials said.
Leading U.S. lawmakers have called for Maliki to step down, and Obama aides have also made clear their frustration with him.
While Obama did not join calls for Maliki to go, saying "it's not our job to choose Iraq's leaders", he avoided any expression of confidence in the embattled Iraqi prime minister.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council Friday air strikes "might have little lasting effect or even be counter-productive if there is no movement towards inclusive government."
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I have everything working ok on my desktop (Standalone license, 1Password 7, Windows 10 ).
Have just installed 1Password 7 on my laptop (also Windows 10) and whatever I do I can't seem to remove read only restrictions. I used .opvault file to transfer vault to laptop. Can someone explain the correct steps? Things were so much easier with 1Password 4.
Otherwise you can continue using the version you paid for. I hope this helps. Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions!
I have a license for 1Password 7.
It states "This license can be used by (my name) on as many PCs as needed.
The issue I have is removing read only restrictions on a laptop I just copied the vault to.
When I click 'add license' it launches open file dialog box for a .onepassword7 file. I have no memory of receiving such file.
I just found my email receipt. It had a download link for the license file. Other than feeling stupid, all is fine now.
@sargas: Ah, thanks for clarifying. Unfortunately 1Password has no way of knowing whether or not you've purchased it unless you register the app with your license information. Have you tried doing that from the license email you received? The good news is that all you need to do is follow the instructions there and click the link to install the license in 1Password to register the app and remove the trial restrictions. Let me know how it goes.
Thanks. I sorted it out before you finished composing your reply. See above.
Tch. If you're stupid, then I'm slow, so I guess we make a good team! Anyway, glad that did the trick for you. It sounds like you should be all set, but we're here if you need us. Have a great weekend!
Something I forgot to ask. How does one restore 1Password 7 from the zip file backups? Import option doesn't recognise zip folders, neither does 'Open vault on this PC'. I searched the forums and also checked the 'Learn More' link in the Import section but found nothing.
I noticed that saving new logins/passwords/etc will trigger a new backup zip file but only a single time, further saved logins do not create backups. There also doesn't seem to be an option to create these zip backups, so restoring from them may not contain the most recent saved logins etc.
@sargas: Just extract it and rename the folder with the extension .opvault — any recent version of 1Password can open that.


Fortnite is battling media titans into a corner, with the smash hit game probably bringing in more in sales than any Hollywood movie last year. Netflix said this week that it is threatened too, in the fight for viewers' attention. Reuters Breakingviews' Robyn Mak explains why both traditional movie outfits and streaming giants are right to be alarmed.


I could never do this on my own hair. Well, never say never. Maybe with enough practice I could manage something. I love it so much that I'm going to start practicing on all my friends and family! I will have a sign-up list for guinea pigs willing to get their hair pulled on in the name on beauty. If anyone is interested… Lol. Isn't this waterfall braid simply the best?
Bethany Hamilton, You rock! This tutorial is simple and easy to follow. Just what I need. I love that there are so many possibilities with it too. Have two braids, go all around the crown, braid down behind the ear. It will never get old. Maybe with her help and lots of practice I can branch out from my daily ponytail.
In case you are looking for more instruction and tutorials, check out the book 'DIY Braids.' It's the best. Amazon has it for just a few bucks too!
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Meghan Markle admitted that she was taking advantage of a certain tiktok trend. This is the secret of her young and luminous complexion. "I swear it works"
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The new trend is conquering TikTok and as it turns out, Meghan Markle herself uses it. It's about the facial massage she recommended in an interview with "Best Health". This is the secret of her youthful and radiant complexion. The effects are to be visible after the first month.
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Meghan Markle performs the iconic massage with TikTok
This life hack is loved by women all over the world. With regular massage, the skin should look younger and radiant. Sample recordings flooded applications, and the effects? Amazing. Prince Harry's wife admitted in an interview that it may sound stupid, but it really works. Her cheekbones are much more visible after exercising, and her complexion shines with a natural glow.
I swear it works. Although you may feel silly when exercising! On the days when I do it, my cheekbones and jawline are much more marked – said Meghan Markle in an interview for "Best Health".
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The massage is to emphasize the cheekbones
TikTok users say that the massage is best done immediately after washing the face with thoroughly washed hands. Simple hand movements should be made to improve blood circulation and lymph positioning. This is to improve the appearance of the skin. No more bags under the eyes. The massage will make the cheekbones visible and improve skin elasticity.
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We know how to perform the iconic facial massage
We start everything with a thorough washing of the face and hands. First, we massage the lower part of the face by pressing the fingers to the jawline, initially under gentle pressure. Then we go up the face, following the auxiliary lines added by the tiktokerka. The movements should be made for 30 seconds, from the center to the outside of the face, always in the same direction.
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Missy Franklin embraces 'disappointments' going into Olympic season
By Nick ZaccardiNov 12, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
In August, Michael Phelps swam his fastest times in six years. Ryan Lochte captured a fourth straight World Championship. Katie Ledecky (re-)broke world records.
Meanwhile, Missy Franklin has entered six meets since mid-June and won zero individual events.
She dealt with the transition from a decorated NCAA career to becoming a professional swimmer, a move and coaching change and continued to take preventative care of her back.
Franklin, who won four golds at the 2012 Olympics and a record six at the 2013 Worlds, began experiencing adversity at the August 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, when she needed help walking due to back spasms two days before the meet in Australia.
The pain then was a "10 out of 10," she said, and she left the meet with one hard-fought bronze medal from four individual races.
Franklin persisted and starred in college last fall and winter, winning three individual NCAA Championships for California in March.
Then she turned professional immediately after that sophomore season, moved back into her parents' Colorado home (the basement, specifically) after the school year and returned to her old coach, Todd Schmitz. She had to quickly transition to international swimming (in 50-meter pools versus 25-yard NCAA pools) after an exhausting NCAA campaign.
Then Franklin went winless in five events at a tune-up meet in Santa Clara, Calif., in June and finished second, third, fifth and seventh in four events at the World Championships in August. She wanted more.
"You find out how tough you are," Franklin told media Wednesday in Minneapolis, site of a Pro Swim Series meet Thursday through Saturday (finals at 7 p.m. ET on USASwimming.org). "You find out how hard it is to get up and go to practice and keep working at it and go to a meet and still be disappointed despite knowing that you put in 110 percent effort every single day. That's probably one of the worst feelings ever, is knowing you did everything you could, and that it wasn't where you wanted it to be."
That's left Franklin with two options.
"You take it, and you say, OK, well then that's it, like I guess, if I'm going to try this hard and not getting anything out of it, then why try," she said. "Or you can say, I'm not going to settle for that. Like I'm going to keep trying my best, and I'm going to try even harder than I thought I was doing before, and I'm going to see where that gets me. And so it's just an incredible growth experience all around."
It's the beginning of the Olympic season, and the focus is on peaking first for the Olympic trials in June and July and then the Rio Games in August.
"The most important thing for me right now is not to gauge where I'm at based on my times," Franklin said. "Most importantly, if what I'm doing in practice is translating into a race."
Franklin kept busy after Worlds, racing in FINA World Cups in Paris, Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore. She racked up podium finishes but never the top step.
Australian Emily Seebohm is now queen of the backstrokes. Franklin's freestyle events are loaded with talent from Australia, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden and Ledecky.
"This weekend will probably tell me a lot," Franklin said. "It was hard to kind of gauge where I was at with World Cups because you take two weeks off, and then you train for three weeks, and then you race, how can you really gauge that? That was really more about racing experience."
Franklin laughed when asked to compare herself in 2012 — a 17-year-old baby who loved Justin Bieber, she said — to now — a 20-year-old woman.
"I think back in London to I was kind of at the point where my career just kept going up and up and up and up," she said. "And now, I'm at a stage in my career where I had those ups and downs. I've had those disappointments. And I didn't have that back then. And so, while that's been really hard to go through, you can't have a career without that. You can't have a sports career. You can't hope to develop yourself as a person without those kinds of disappointments as an athlete. As hard as it is working through that, I think that's been really, really good for me."
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Wireless devices used by nurses are unlikely to interfere with vital electronic medical equipment if staff stick to simple rules, concludes a new study.
Research by Concordia University in Canada found there was minimal risk of hand-held devices like tablets causing medical equipment to malfunction, providing staff stuck to "minimal separation distance" (MSD) guidelines specified by hospitals.
While hospitals often require staff and patients to switch off devices like mobile phones in certain areas, wireless technology is increasingly being used on a regular basis on the wards to access patient notes and record data.
A team from the Concordia's engineering and science faculty used advanced mathematical modelling techniques to assess the risk of electromagnetic radiation from such technology interfering with equipment like heart monitors.
The study, published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, found MSD policies, which generally require devices to be kept more than a metre away from sensitive medical equipment, were effective.
Extending the MSD beyond a certain point did not necessarily increase safety, the researchers found.
However, they noted that if staff neglected to follow the rules then that could potentially cause problems.
"Hospitals need to be vigilant that staff members obey the MSD rule," said senior study author Christopher Trueman, a professor in the university's department of electrical and computer engineering.
"The nature of the problem is that there can never be zero risk, but by complying with MSD the risk can be reduced to a low enough value that it's very unlikely there will be interference," he added.
A nurse has been chosen to help with a high-powered review looking at ways to improve NHS information technology, including electronic health records and a "paper free" system by 2020.
Nurses at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals Foundation Trust are to start using electronic tablets instead of paper charts to record patient observations from next week.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust says it has equipped community nursing and midwifery staff with the latest technology for mobile working in all of its areas.
A mobile "app" is set to revolutionise the collection of safe staffing data by drastically reducing the time taken to record and analyse information, according to nurses behind its development.
Already said there's a risk that even keeping a meter away is going to fry the heart monitor.... why take the risk?
The risk is minimal as it is... has there ever been a recorded instance where a heart monitor has been affected by a modern wireless device? Sure back in the 70's through to early 90's there were reports of devices being overloaded due to EM radiation but that was before regs came in to reduce this effect. The US I know has reduced regs compared to the EU for devices is that reflected in this paper?
Or is this yet more scare mongering like the reports that wifi could give you cancer. Most hospitals you can be exposed to upwards of 70 different wifi sources excluding patients and visitors. I've stood in several wards with a wifi analyzer app and seen all the wifi signals (Range of about 30m) that are currently on and I've never seen so many, even standing in the middle of London at Victoria Train Station or St. Pancras you don't get that many.
Does this research account for that? Because even taking into consideration "The spatial variation of the field strength can be characterized by the well-known Ricean probability distribution, using the Sabine method to evaluate the parameters."
Even accounting for all that... with 70 sources of wifi sending their signals I find the impact of you being a meter away is hardly doing anything... more chance of you disrupting the monitor by throwing your device at it. If a heart monitor is going to be KO'd by a laptop being near it then it'll be ruined whenever the CT scanner downstairs turns on, they kick out a metric ton of EM radiation.
I do expect there is a degree of 'keep devices away from patients' here due to the fact that if you're looking down tapping away rather than looking at the patient then there is the issue of overlooking things or being distracted.
MSD is just a distraction that doesn't solve the problem... Oh, sure, the nurse doesn't cause a problem... but what happens when a visitor comes in and his mobile kills the heart monitor? I think the issue is more with the heart monitor... a simple wire cage on the inside of the case should create a Faraday cage that prevents EM radiation from entering.
Anyway. I expect the technophiles to jump all over this using it as an excuse to complain about computers in wards.
I agree - complete nonsense. Hope the Daily Mail doesn't get hold of this.
Woops, at the end I said Technophiles rather than Technophobics. No 'edit' button.
The risk to medical equipment was disproved decades ago, when cabling became shielded universally. There's no risk. The main reason for reducing or banning use of wireless devices is simply manners.
Having attended numerous incidents for a well known medical company that manufacturers heart monitors. I can confirm without any reservation that wireless devices do interfere with some heart monitoring devices. The problem is caused by Bluetooth connectivity on wireless devices transmitting on the same frequency band that medical devices use to provide telemetry or wire free functionality. The most common incident is the patient ecg signal is not received by the monitoring device and any patient alarms that would be generated by that signal are subsequently missed. This can result in patient death if the ecg alarm is in the life threatening category.
Until the UK government allocates a safe frequency band for medical devices to operate in, there will be no safe method to transmit wireless patient data from the patient whilst in the proximity of devices that are also using the same frequency band.
Most wireless medical devices will work alongside other devices transmitting over the range of WIFI channels without any interference, the problems are normally caused by leaving Bluetooth enabled on devices issued to staff or patients using Bluetooth on their own devices.
But Bluetooth is unsecure and more or less redundant when hospitals have their own wifi networks.
Also it points out that things like ECG monitors shouldn't be wireless... The article wasn't dealing with interference but the issue of devices being overloaded by EM radiation, Interference is a different matter one that wifi and bluetooth devices can deal with by having a simple passcode. Unsecured devices are at risk of being hijacked as has happened with a brand of pacemakers in the USA when a security exploit was found that could enable someone to turn them on or off at will.
what about us? we have electrical wiring in all of our cells; each cell is a battery, our nervous system, our Purkinje fibers in our heart, I see NOTHING about safety for staff. staff and patients are both human beings !
The role of medical equipments in hospital, clinics or other health center is very crucial in monitoring, diagnosing and providing treatment to the patient. There are array of medical equipments like present at ilexmedical.com etc. serve different purpose in medical field. However, it is true that some medical equipments are very sensitive to the wireless devices such as cellular phones, handheld transceivers etc. as they are largest sources of RFI. Thus, these sources must be kept away from such medical equipments to avoid any interference that leads to injuries and death.


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New Issues (And Fixes) for iPhone Data Usage
By Pauline Frommer
It's not your imagination. Your iPhone is using more data lately.
That's because in a recent update Apple quietly added a little feature that will use cellular signals rather than Wi-Fi if the Wi-Fi signal becomes weak. And it will do so even if the Wi-Fi signal is perfectly usable.
Most alarmingly: Your phone will indicate that it's pulling from Wi-Fi even when it's also drawing cell signals—so that trick of only using Wi-Fi for data on the road may not work and you'll have to pay for more data. The default is set so that it's always on, even if you have never chosen to do this.
Happily there's a quick fix. Go into "Settings" on your phone, tap "Cellular", scroll to the bottom and turn off "Wi-Fi Assist". Bingo: Problem solved.
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A reader of the site by the name of Clayton Long submitted his collection to us via our contact form and we decided to post his shelves for everyone else to see.
A lot of great stuff in Clayton's collection, spanning from the early days of Dragon Ball merchandise all the way up to more recent releases. Check out the gallery below!
Very cool collection. I like the Staff Officer Black in the red ribbon army mech and Master Roshi's house the most.
I'm a big fan of the different Oozaru figures and statues myself.


What do you get when you combine 5 bloggers, 8 bloggers kids, and Halloween? A super cute and delicious Halloween party dessert table made up of easy DIY's for decor and recipes. It was so much fun getting together with our friends and joining forces to put together this dessert party table full of unique ideas and inspiration.
Black BOO Balloons: With a little spray paint to cover up the silver balloons I created black 'BOO' balloons in seconds.
Black & Orange Themed Drink: Use orange pop or orange juice and black liquorice for straws. Cups from a dollar store and bottoms spray painted black.
I hope you have so much fun planning your next Halloween party. If you use any of these ideas we would love to see how you styled them. Be sure to send an email to show it off.


Did you see the newest free pattern on Accuquilt??
it's called Fun neighborhood and I designed and made it for Accuquilt a few months ago.
I had just gotten my plastic templates for the long arm and the math worked out that I could perfectly do clamshells in rows across the whole quilt, my hands got a little stiff, as I'm not used to it, but I loved the result!
it was a learning experience as I found it better to work from the bottom and up and that's NOT how a quilt is loaded on a frame, so I had to do it first like that and then I think I was able to work from the top and down after a little while.
The pattern is super easy and I used a FQ bundle from Riley Blake and solid white and the 8" QUBE and companion set.
I like the clam shells. Could you have loaded the quilt upside down and worked from the top of the machine down to the bottom?


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Notes from an Apocalypse: Mark O'Connell in conversation with Sarah Moss
Dublin journalist Mark O'Connell's latest book, Notes from an Apocalypse, meets the real-life Doomsday preppers and asks, is this the end of days?
Iriseoir as Baile Átha Cliath is ea Mark O'Connell. Ina leabhar is déanaí, Notes from an Apocalypse, buaileann sé le daoine atá ag ullmhú do Lá an Bhreithiúnais agus cuireann an cheist an bhfuil deireadh an tsaoil ag druidim linn i ndáiríre?
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Date/Dáta: Sunday 22 November
Time/Am: 12.00pm to 12.40pm IST/GMT
Dublin journalist Mark O'Connell's Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back, sets out to meet the Doomsday prepares—men and women the world over who are busying themselves preparing for what they believe to be the certain and imminent end of civilisation as we know it. They are environmentalists who fear the ravages of climate change; billionaire entrepreneurs dreaming of life on Mars; and right-wing conspiracists yearning for a lost American idyll.
Sally Rooney described the book as "Extraordinarily good-insightful, affecting, funny, and appropriately terrifying. The perfect handbook for the end times. Mark O'Connell is a truly brilliant writer and Notes from an Apocalypse could hardly be more incisive, or more timely."
Mark will be in conversation with Sarah Moss, the acclaimed author of Summerwater, and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at UCD's School of English, Drama and Film.
As part of the festival's response to Covid-19 guidance, this interview will be pre-recorded and then broadcast ONLINE on Sunday 22 November Time: 12.00pm to 12.40pm IST/GMT
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Sunday 22 November at 12.00pm
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Leo Burnett and Starcom have lost the Department of Health's 4m NHS Careers account after pitching against three other roster agency teams. Publicis and PHD have also been kicked off the pitch, leaving AMV and Manning Gottlieb OMD to battle it out against Lowe and Experience.
Leo Burnett and Starcom have lost the Department of Health's £4m NHS Careers account after pitching against three other roster agency teams. Publicis and PHD have also been kicked off the pitch, leaving AMV and Manning Gottlieb OMD to battle it out against Lowe and Experience.
The NHS Careers account includes brand advertising aimed at encouraging potential recruits to enquire about working in the social care sector, ranging from domiciliary and residential care work, to professional degree-level social work.
The pitch – being run by COI Communications – also invited strategic proposals on potential future recruitment into careers in healthcare.
Leo Burnett inherited the business when it merged with D'Arcy in 2002. D'Arcy had won the brief from Saatchi & Saatchi in 1999.
The two final teams' proposals will go into research before a decision is reached. The DoH plans to put out a new campaign in spring 2007.
The careers account pitch is separate to the review of the NHS recruitment advertising, marketing, and search and selection services. The process is being overseen by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, and also includes media planning and buying, direct marketing and the digital business.
The NHS is looking to award contracts for three years, with the scope for a 12-month extension. The deadline for submitting tenders is the end of December.
The NHS faces an ongoing recruitment battle as members of staff retire from service or defect to better-paid agency work or to jobs overseas.
Network Rail has awarded the right to distribute a free evening newspaper at its ten London stations to News International's thelondonpaper, which has beaten arch-rival Associated Newspapers' London Lite to the contract.


The Kafka Thermometer is a short digital questionnaire which takes about 15 minutes to complete. It serves as a tool to help executive teams and boards to determine the level of unnecessary bureaucracy in their organisations. The questionnaire is sent to either a sample or all employees, who respond to multiple choice questions on seven different dimensions including: workflow, collaboration, connection between policy and implementation, professional attitude, customer focus, culture and change readiness. Once analysed, the questionnaire results offer both an overview of unnecessary bureaucracy in the organisation and some practical starting points for action.


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Resident Evil 2 Claire Intro Gameplay Footage Leaked
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQeL9Nq3Ko
Capcom is gearing up for the big release of Resident Evil 2 all over again. Years after the game's initial launch, the development team has crafted up a remake that is suitable for today's latest platforms. This is a game that fans have been asking about for a while now and finally, we're days away before gamers are able to get their hands on a copy. But if you're looking to still get a bit more information or gameplay of the title then you're in luck. A leak has made its way online that showcases the first storyline bit of Claire.
If you haven't already enjoyed the demo, Capcom released a timed demo for Resident Evil 2 which puts you into the shoes of Leon as he explores a portion of the Raccoon Police station. At the end of this demo, we learn that Claire Redfield has made it but trapped in a section which Leon needs to unlock. We, unfortunately, didn't get a demo of Claire but a leaked video uploaded from Mad Geek on YouTube showcases the first bit of gameplay. This footage also shows some slight differences from the original Resident Evil 2 video game narrative.
While for the most part, everything is the same, there are some setting changes and gameplay alterations such as Claire having a weapon right away and changing up where she meets up with Leon. Again, these changes are small but it still matches up with the narrative story structure that was present in the first video game release. For those who want to get their hands on a copy of the game then you only have to wait a few more days. Resident Evil 2 will release on January 25, 2019, for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms.
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U.S. Companies Rated AAA, Higher Than U.S. Government Bonds
Corporate & High Yield
Funds and ETFs
All Bond Investing
Bond Investing Corporate & High Yield
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By Thomas Kenny
Reviewed By Gordon Scott
For years the U.S. government was looked to as the gold standard for good credit. Due to its taxing power and healthy finances, it was considered one of the safest investments in the world. Today, that picture has changed somewhat, and now, only two U.S.-based non-financial companies have higher credit ratings than the country itself: Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson.
The map below illustrates companies across the U.S. color-coded by Standard & Poor's credit rating.
To gain a better sense of why this is, it helps to understand the factors that underpin the credit rating of a bond issuer. Ratings are assigned by major credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's, and Fitch, and are based on the likelihood that the bond issuer will default, taking into consideration its financial health and future prospects. For instance, the agencies assess factors such as:
The strength of the issuer's balance sheet; specifically, its total debt and the strength of its cash position
Its ability to service its debt via the cash left over after expenses are subtracted from revenue
Its current business conditions, including earnings growth, profit margins, etc. as well as its future outlook, including the potential impact of industry trends, the regulatory environment, its tax burden, its ability to withstand economic adversity, and other factors.
The agencies rate each issuer on a letter scale based on these and other criteria. The ratings differ somewhat among the three agencies, but the highest ranking–AAA for Fitch and S&P, Aaa for Moody's–indicates that the borrowing entity is extremely unlikely to default on its debts.
How the Two AAA Companies Gained Higher Ratings than the Government
Due to its rising debt, continued budget deficits and sharply deteriorating debt-to-GDP ratio, the United States is no longer seen as offering the same degree of long-term safety it did even as recently as the late 1990s. From the perspective of its credit rating, the most important event occurred in August 2011, when S&P downgraded the United States debt from AAA to its second-highest rating, AA+.
The primary reason S&P cited for its downgrade was the lower degree of predictability in the U.S. political picture, which raised the uncertainty that wrangling associated with issues such as the debt ceiling.
Alone, the downgrade didn't have a meaningful impact on the market. The other two agencies retained their high ratings, and even S&P itself distinguishes the difference between AAA and AA as being an "extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments" versus a "very strong capacity" to do so.
However, the fact that the U.S. is no longer afforded the highest ranking by all three agencies, whereas Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson both retain that status, means that the two companies are seen as having lower credit risk than the government.
This advantage is justified in the sense that both companies have much better debt profiles than the country as a whole. At the same time, however, the U.S. has the ability to "monetize" or pay off its debt by printing money, something that of course can't be said for corporations.
The AAA Rating Isn't Everything
When comparing the bonds of these corporations to U.S. Treasuries, it's important to keep a few issues in mind:
Even though these two companies are more highly rated than the U.S. government, they also continue to offer higher yields since corporate bonds trade at a higher yield than government bonds. This gap is known as the "yield spread." Since these companies are so financially strong–and therefore at lower risk of default–their spreads are typically lower than the average corporate bond.
No matter how highly rated the issuer, the performance of its bonds–particularly longer-term issues–are affected by interest-rate risk as well as credit risk. In other words, just because a bond is rated AAA doesn't mean that the investor is completely safe from the effects of fluctuations in their principal.
While AAA is the highest rating, bonds rated AA or the equivalent are also extremely safe in terms of the rarity of default. Even though there are only two companies rated AAA, that doesn't mean that there isn't an abundance of bonds just outside of this group that are almost equally as safe.
Ratings, while useful, are by no means the only consideration an investor should have when choosing a bond.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "Form 10-K: Microsoft Corporation." Accessed Jan. 2, 2019.
S&P Global. "Fitch Affirms J&J's Ratings on Consistent Operating, Financial Performance." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
S&P Global Ratings. "S&P Global Ratings Definitions." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
Moody's. "Moody's Rating Process." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "The Deficit Has Never Been This High When the Economy Was This Strong." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
IASG. "S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
Fitch Ratings. "Fitch Affirms United States at 'AAA'; Outlook Revised to Negative." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
Moody's Investor Service. "Moody's Confirms US Aaa Rating, Assigns Negative Outlook." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
Pimco. "Corporate Bonds." Accessed Jan. 2, 2020.
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Pain is a common effect of cancer and is also one of the symptoms dreaded the most by cancer patients. Cancer pain can result from the tumor itself or from treatments, such as chemotherapy. In particular, bone cancer pain is one of the most serious types of cancer-related pain. Analgesics, drugs used to relieve pain, are available but they are often associated with severe side effects and risk of addiction. In a recently published article*, researchers supported in part by the National Institutes of Health** tested the effects of a topical treatment on improving bone cancer pain in a rat model of cancer. Tong-Luo-San-Jie (TLSJ) is an herbal analgesic gel created by the researchers. TLSJ is a mixture of seven herbs that have been shown in earlier studies to reduce pain.
The researchers initially treated healthy rats with TLSJ gel to see if the gel resulted in toxicity. Compared to rats treated with a control gel, there were no differences in weight, behavior, or blood biochemistry tests, suggesting that the TLSJ gel was safe to use.
Next, the researchers applied the TLSJ gel to rats that had been injected with cancer cells to see if the gel was effective in decreasing pain. To determine changes in pain, the researchers used two types of paw withdrawal tests every few days, measuring when each animal withdrew its paws away from hurtful stimuli. If the animal withdrew its paw very quickly away from a heat source (such as a small light bulb), that indicated increased pain sensitivity to the heat source. The other test measured sensitivity to mechanical stimuli by poking the animal's paw with von Frey filaments (thin wires of varying stiffness). If a very thin filament caused the animal to withdraw its paw that suggested the animal was very sensitive to pain. The results of this study showed that rats treated with TLSJ gel were able to withstand longer exposure to the heat stimulus and thicker von Frey filaments than rats treated with a control gel. These findings suggested that the TLSJ gel decreased the animals' sensitivity to hurtful stimuli — in other words, after treatment with the TLSJ gel, the rats were less bothered by pain.
Then, the researchers wanted to know how the TLSJ gel caused decreased pain sensitivity. Bone cancer pain is caused by destruction of bone tissue, so the effects of TLSJ gel on specific bone cells was examined. Bone remodeling — the process of bone being broken down (by bone cells known as osteoclasts) and then re-formed (by osteoblasts) — is a normal, ongoing process that occurs in all of us. However, in cancer this process is altered and levels of two biomarkers associated with remodeling (BAP and ICTP) have been shown to increase in cancer patients and may indicate that cancer has spread to the bone.
In the current study, rats that were treated with TLSJ gel showed lower levels of BAP and ICTP compared to rats treated with control gel. In addition, the number of osteoclasts and osteoblasts were lower in TLSJ gel treated rats. The authors noted that the findings suggest that "the gel may be useful in managing cancer pain and that it may act by inhibiting osteoclastic activity." The authors surmise that a receptor known as TRPV1 may also be involved in this process. When this receptor is activated, we experience a burning, painful sensation. TRPV1 receptors are found on nerves throughout the peripheral nervous system, including in bones. Research has suggested that TRPV1 receptors may be activated as osteoclasts break down bone during remodeling. The researchers posit that the TLSJ gel blocks osteoclast activity, which may decrease cancer pain by inhibiting the TRPV1 receptor.
*Wang J, Zhang R, Dong C, Jiao L, Xu L, Liu J, … Lao L. (2012). Topical treatment with Tong-Luo-San-Jie gel alleviates bone cancer pain in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 143, 905-913.


People who experience gender dysphoria have a long-standing dissatisfaction with their assigned gender.
How do people with gender dysphoria express their gender?
There are many ways people can express their gender. For many, interacting with the people around them in their preferred gender is important. Legal documentation of gender is important for many people, and this forms another way that people can have their preferred gender recognized.
Physical change is important for many people with gender dysphoria. There is a wide range of modifications that people can make to change their appearance. Clothing, hair, makeup, jewellery can be powerful expressions of gender. For some, long term physical changes are important, and medical intervention with hormones or surgery are indicated.
What is involved in hormone therapy?
Hormones are chemicals secreted into the blood stream by glands. Hormones circulate through the body and change the way body parts look and function. Most of the body differences between males and females are due to hormones.
Hormone therapy aims to reduce distress by changing peoples' bodies to better reflect their gender identity. Hormone treatment is best seen as a permanent, irreversible bodily change.
Who is suitable for hormone therapy?
Not everyone wants or needs hormone therapy. Hormone therapy is only recommended after a careful assessment, and collaborative discussion about where hormones might be of benefit. Assessment may involve a mental health professional with experience in gender variance. In addition, a physical examination, blood tests and medical history are often performed to assess the risk of side effects from hormones.
Hormone therapies all carry the risk of serious side effects, and should be used with medical support. The risks of hormone therapy are dependent on which particular therapy is prescribed, and the person's individual medical history. A detailed, individual discussion of potential risks and benefits of hormone therapy is done prior to commencing.
Dr Stuart Aitken is a specialist sexual health physician who is interested in the the medical management of people with gender dysphoria. His particular interest is in hormone therapy. Stuart has over fifteen years experience in gender medicine, and he is a member of both the Australian and New Zealand Professional Association for Transgender Health, and the World Professional Assiociation for Transgender Health. He participates in the Transformative Practice Mental Health Professional Network, and is actively engaged in working with mental health colleagues to provide the best care. He has collaborated in the design, implmentation and teaching of Iris Education's workshop 'Best Practice in Transgender Health'.


Aerobic Exercise: what is it?
Aerobic exercise is any activity involving large muscles, makes your heart and lungs work harder and is done for an extended time. Some basic examples of aerobic exercise are walking, biking and jogging. However even raking the leaves, walking the stairs at work and gardening can be considered aerobic exercise.
So many benefits to aerobic exercise!
The benefits of aerobic exercise can't be ignored. They add years to your life and quality to your years. Aerobic exercise involves continuous and rhythmic physical motion so it improves your stamina by helping your body become more efficient and use less energy for the same amount of work. The more aerobic exercise you do the more conditioned your body becomes, the more efficiently your body runs and the smoother your body functions.


Anyone familiar with XT8000EFI - Fuel Injected with TruePower™?
Which of these two generators would you keep?
. A question from someone over on the RV forum I belong to. Does anyone make a truly portable diesel generator ? .