In this Podcast Dr. Mehl-Madrona discusses with Merryn Jose the healing benefits of story telling and how he incorporates it into his medical practice. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and finished his training in family medicine and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont. He is currently Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, in Canada, and is also Director of their newly evolving Centre for Aboriginal Health and Healing. He is the author of 4 books, including Coyote Wisdom.

Happy New Year from Merryn, Cheryl, and the Merlian News Team We’d like to take a moment to wish our readers a peaceful New Year and remember those who have been hit hard in the last few months.

An Explanation of the Universe by Patricia Cory Ms. Cori has channeled the Sirian High Council and the Starseed Consciousness in previous books, and is the creator, most recently, of The Sirian Starseed Tarot deck. For more information go to www.sirianrevelations.net

The Healing Powers of Burdock – Burdock Root has been reported to destroy bacteria and fungus cultures. It is a popular detoxifying agent that produces a diuretic effect on the body which aids the filtering of impurities from the bloodstream….

Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander is vivid, moving and exciting — and one of the best accounts of a Near Death Experience (NDE) you’ll ever read. Eben Alexander’s memoir of his illness and miraculous journey of consciousness while in a comatose condition will touch the heart and make a believer out of the most skeptical.

We’re Still Here… Looking Beyond 2012 Each step we individually take toward higher awareness is a step up for mass consciousness. I’m completely confident as I write this article, that humanity will continue here on earth after December 21, 2012… humanity is definitely inching forward in an evolutionary process of waking up to the greater reality of a compassionate unity within our differences, instead of separation in all its shadow forms.

The Seer and The Sayer: Revelations of the New Earth by Victoria Hanchin Review by Cheryl Shainmark The Seer and The Sayer paints the most joyful picture of a post-2012 future imaginable — readers will be swept up by Victoria Hanchin’s infectious enthusiasm for this evolving co-created world of peace, unity, and right-relations with all beings. This is the Mayan Love Train, people, and, if this the future you want, then it is time to get on board.

This simple and delicious recipe is a healthy side dish for any meal! Taken from the pages of Siren’s Feast, An Edible Odyssey , Nancy Mehagian once again leaves us with our mouths watering for more!

December 21st, 2012, a.k.a. the End Of Time – If you’re like me, you’ve been reading about and anticipating this day for many, many years, and now it’s finally here! So what exactly does the “End Of Time” mean? What are we supposed to expect?