Create to Heal Podcast

In this episode, we are honored to speak with the lovely Colleen Coleman - healer, reiki master, shaman, intuitive counselor, and business development leader. Tune in to hear this exchange in the first episode of Season Two. As always, please send us your gems of joy to pv@patriciavarga.com - we'd love to hear what resonated with you.

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In this episode, we speak with Yasmine Diba, Expert Artist in Residence at MEA (Modern Elder Academy). Yasmine is a highly skilled art teacher with training from the universities of Chester and Oxford. She also has a 25-year background in the set up and management of a successful private art school for art students aged 4-84, and she happens to be a highly experienced, university-accredited personal and business life coach, guiding clients across the globe to define their preferred outcomes. 

Yasmine can be reached at her website: 

In this episode, we speak with Len Fong, innovative thought leader and strategist with over 30 years of experience in multicultural marketing. As a Founding Partner of East-West Advertising, Len is considered a pioneer in Asian American marketing. He has developed and launched multiple successful campaigns, and multicultural marketing agencies and is actively involved in community events and outreach efforts.

Victor La Cerva, MD actively worked on violence prevention and wellness issues for more than twenty-five years. He is retired from his position as Medical Director of the Family Health Bureau, NM Department of Health, and holds an Emeritus clinical faculty appointment with the Department of Pediatrics at UNM Medical School. In 1984, he co-created the NM Men’s Wellness movement, exploring the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of men in our society. There are now seven organized events every year as this work moves into its 34th year. In 1989 he organized four statewide workshops on violence with the NM Public Health Association.  “Let Peace Begin With Us” was released in 1990, updated in 1993, 1996, and 2002, highlighting levels of homicide, suicide, child & elder abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault on a county by county basis. The documents also included general information about violence as a preventable public health problem, programs that are making a difference, and specific recommendations for action.  A similar document on children’s mental health issues, “Listen to our Children”, was released in January 1998.  He continued to “build the movement” as the NM co-chair for the 1994, 1996 & 2000 Silent Marches on gun violence, and the establishment of the New Mexico “Not Even One Team: Not one gun death in any young person is acceptable.” He was interviewed by Bill Moyers, in the 1996 PBS series on preventing violence, broadcast nationally, and consulted with the community after the Columbine school shootings. Victor cares deeply about social justice and preventing violence, and believes that solutions are found by strengthening what is already good within ourselves, our families, our communities and our culture. His first book, “Pathways to Peace: Forty Steps to a Less Violent America” clearly articulates that vision.  In early 1999, he released “Worldwords: Global Reflections to Awaken Spirit”, a collection of concepts from around the world that don’t have words in English, relating to peace and wholeness. He is co-creator of two award winning videos, Man to Man (Emmy 1997) addressing issues of young men, and Stolen Childhood (Telly & Visions Awards 2001), which explores the adverse impact on children of exposure to domestic violence. Dr La Cerva released Masculine Wisdom in 2013. Drawing on various worldwide cultural and spiritual traditions, this book and forty-card set is designed to help men and women embrace a healthier vision of what it means to be masculine in the modern world. In 2018, he published Letters To A Young Man In Search Of Himself, and in summer 2018, Hazelden Publications will release Cornerstones: Daily Meditations for Young Men in Recovery. Victor holds the rank of sandan in Aikido, a Japanese martial art that accepts and redirects aggressive energy, so that neither the defender nor attacker is injured. This practice, combined with Buddhist explorations and Native American teachers, forms the core of a humanistic spiritual path. He has provided trainings internationally and in every state. His current focus is to bring to organizations, both large and small, practical wellness and stress reduction tools to improve personal wellbeing and efficiency.

E mail: heartsongsvittorio@gmail.com

In this episode, we are delighted to speak with Darcel Being. 

Darcel is a personal transformational coach, speaker, and the celebrated author Dear Mamas, along with 4 children's books. With a degree in psychology, marriage of over a decade, and three young children, she is the founder of the Being Well Community.
She facilitates multiple workshops, group and 1:1 coaching programs designed to empower and support women in their unique journeys of healing, radical embodiment, and full alignment to their life's most extraordinary calling.

In this episode of the Create to Heal Podcast, we interview Lindsay and Jonas of It's A Charming Life - a Swedish & American couple who run a lifestyle blog & YouTube channel together, generously sharing their passion for all things charming, mindful, cozy, and enchanting.

Connect with them here: 

Part 2 of our interview with Jenny Baltazar, Transformational Embodiment Coach, Writer, and Speaker.  Jenny shares with us her journey through loss, trauma, and healing.

The poem she shared with us on the podcast: 

Pockets For Magnolia

Collecting moments in time
Sand and stone
Broken shells
Coins and crayons
Rescuing bits
Gifts for very occasion
Tucked inside
Hiding fragments of time
Trinkets
Treasure 
In purple pockets
everywhere.

Shattered.
Gathering glass bits
Fine and coarse
Leaking between the seams
Broken hearts

Gone without a trace
Sad faces
Lost love
Dreams divided
Overflowing teardrops
Missing promised moments
No where to hide things
As they slip through holes unseen
In soggy purple pockets.

I promise you -
Mended holes
Holding.
Holding.
Discovery and wonder.
Precious petals
Brightly patterned leaves
Snowflakes
Warm hugs
Teardrops blessed
Love everlasting
Giggles and sunshine.

Kisses on your head, nose, and toes.
Shiny crystals
Moon dances and magic.
Sunset chasing
Mountains of love brimming
Bold and Beautiful
Dreams come true.
Safe and sound.

I promise you -
Joy overflowing from purple pockets
Forever.

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Please send us your gems of joy as you listen to and reflect on Jenny's stunning poem - please email us at PV@PatriciaVarga.com 

Part 1 of our interview with Jenny Baltazar, Transformational Embodiment Coach, Writer, and Speaker.  Jenny shares with us her journey through loss, trauma, and healing. 

In this episode, we sit down to talk with Quinn Fontaine - Writer, Comedian, Entertainer, Life Coach. He is the author of a #1 International Bestseller book: HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: A Real-Life Transgender Adventure of Tragedy, Comedy, and Recovery.

Part 2 of our interview with Keith Saggers - visionary, author, life coach, producer from Australia.

We also discuss the healing power of music and listen to a track by musician Steven Halpern from his Soundtrack "DEEP THETA: Brainwave Entrainment for Healing and Meditation".

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Part 1 of our interview with Keith Saggers - visionary, author, life coach, producer from Australia. We'll also explore survivorship, and share a gem of joy sent to us by a lovely listener 🍵

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In this episode, we speak with Rishell Graves - musician, artist, poet - and listen to her incredible journey. We also speak about poetry as meditation and share a couple of our favorite poems.

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Welcome to the Create to Heal Podcast Episode 2. In this episode of Create to Heal, we interview Dr. Mauro Zappaterra, an exceptional physician who blends Eastern and Western medicine to help his patients reduce their pain and ultimately get off of opioids. Trained at Harvard, with an MD and PhD, Dr. Zappaterra did his additional training at UCLA medical school in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In private practice in Pasadena, CA, Dr. Z also teaches at UCLA medical school. AND, he writes children’s books, inspired by his family.

In this episode, you will hear gems of joy like:

“The ability to heal is the ability to connect to yourself.” “Doctora means to educate and empower the patient.” “Ask yourself, what am I resisting in this moment and why.” Thank you for listening!

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Welcome to our first episode of the Create to Heal Podcast. We are your co-hosts Patricia Varga and Melody Wang. We aim to use this space to cultivate creativity and help you discover your own gems of joy. We'd love to connect with you!

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