In the KNOW!

Singing Bowls have been used for centuries for healing and meditation purposes.  It's said that the sounds generated by these bowls can  promote healing, reduce stress, create calm, and address dis-ease.

  What an interesting concept.  I'm new     to this, obviously, but totally captured!

  I bought 2 singing bowls during my         visit to Myanmar and have been       mesmerized with their sounds.

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Among all the crushing images I saw at the Auschwitz-Birdenau Memorial and Museum, it was the hair that had the most immediate and lasting effect. Actual hair sheared  from the heads of every man, woman, and child prisoner; disinfected; wound in balls; and placed in net bags.  I saw a roomful of this hair, discolored by the years, but unmistakably human brown, gray and white hair.

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This is a meditation is designed for the Charter for Compassion course entitled "Cultivating Compassion through Travel."

However, it is useful for anyone interested in receiving and sending compassion from and to loved ones, acquaintances, and people all over the world.

This Course and this meditation will assist you in becoming more compassionate.

Why choose to act compassionately?

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This guided meditation is designed for my "Cultivating Compassion through Travel" course offered online by the Charter for Compassion.

WHEN THE COURSE IS OFFERED IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

For course participants, be sure to compete the previous activity in the Course so that you wil... Read more

Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.

This meditation is designed to experience, embrace, and practice mindfulness. 

When we are mindful, our mind is fully attending to what is happening, to what we are doing.  

The benefits of mindfulness in... Read more

This podcast is one in a series of podcasts designed especially for my "Cultivating Compassion through Travel" online course, which will be offered by the Charter for Compassion.  

This is a simple guided meditation for Giving and Receiving Compassion.  It is designed to allow for relaxation and absorption of self-compassion and compassion for... Read more

In this "In the KNOW!!" podcast show episode, I have the honor of interviewing Dr. J., Ph.D. and former sex therapist turned erotica writer.  We discuss how she came to choose sex therapy as a career, her teaching techniques, her philosophy and approach to writing sex-positive sex scenes, as well as her leadership in teaching others to write appropriate sex-positive sex scenes.  You DO NOT want to miss this episode!

I have found that I cannot count on apartments or hotels to have the cleaning products I need when I need them.  And, often, I need products immediately.  I choose not to buy products because the bottles contain much more product than I need and I refuse carry more than I need in my luggage. 

Therefore, I carry toothpaste...it is a remedy for so many challenges. 

Listen to all the uses for toothpaste.  Do you have ... Read more

This episode provides a glimpse of my challenges having faced 4 eye surgeries, which reduced my perfect vision of 20/20 to 80 percent loss of vision. And, my vision deterioration was not over and stress and worry consumed me to the point that my blood pressure skyrocketed into the danger zone. 

I HAD to address my brain-screaming fear.  I HAD to get control back before my blood pressure problems seeped over and created ha... Read more

The Mediterranean coastline is known as the Italian Riviera, includes Cinque Terre and Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure, as well as Sanremo.  And then, there is Genoa, birthplace of Christopher Columbus, and gateway to the sea.

Twenty-five miles north of Genoa, deep into the Liguria Alps is a small village of a mere 2000 residents: Read more

This episode is an excerpt from my book, "The Essential Guide to a Life of Travel: the ABC's of International Travel."  While this reading is about my experiences in this lovely Italian city, it is also about compassion. 

I meet Bernard at a Puccini concert.  His small, but kind gesture of compassion began our friendship.  We remain friends today.

 “Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to... Read more

Listen to this informative podcast about Quito, Ecuador.  I share some confessions and discuss Quito facts, as well as fun personal stories, especially about meeting Lea (above) and her family.  

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This episode is a RErelease of my second episode that I recorded in Quito, Ecuador in Februay of 2017. But, still useful to travelers everywhere.  I discuss nine items I use every single day when I travel.  I can't do without them. People are always asking me all sorts of questions about my adventures, including what do I use for this, what do I use for that, etc.  My podcast show is an effort to respond to all of those ques... Read more

I began podcasting in January, 2017, one year after I left the country to travel the world and before I actually named my podcasting the "In the KNOW!" show. 

Diann reads from her women's-literature-genre book, "Just A Girl: A coming-of-age novel about innocence, isolation, love, heartbreak, and discernment.  Chapter 22 marks the middle of the story about Paula.  This chapter tells of the story of Paula's father when he is suddenly taken ill.

This episode is all about AIRBNB and a step-by-step guide to renting an AIRBNB... including learning more about a location before accessing AIRBNB, finding the best space for you and in the right location, ensuring accuracy, learning about specific transportation options to the AIRBNB location, asking for more information, more!

International cities are placing more and more restrictions on AIRBNB hosts.  Diann fleshes out those restrictions in 6 cities so that you know when an AIRBNB has followed city guidelines.  When AIRBNB hosts do not register with their city, their apartments can be yanked from AIRBNB at any moment...even AFTER you have booked and paid.

Part One of 2 podcasts about restrictions placed on AIRBNB.  Part One focuses on US cities. Be sure to have pencil and paper ready for this episode. It's full of important information. And, watch for Part Two, Airbnb Restrictions in International Cities.