jewworldorder--2020-08-10--Your Body, Your Choice: Confessions of a Female Doctor

“ You may trust me because I have an M.D .
That may mean , to you , that I have information that you don ’ t have .
I know things about your body – about bodies – that you are not privy to by virtue of your non-expert station in life .
You may trust me because I am a woman .
Because women inspire the trust of a mother , with their flowing hair and eyelashes , their soft skin and breasts , and their uniquely prosodic voices .
What is it , then , for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is it perhaps possible that egalitarian feminism has given us an opportunity to feel the difference between a man in a patriarchal role and a woman assuming that same position ?
Is a woman misusing her power more dangerous than a man ?
It feels easier to trust a female physician , but what is it to trust a woman who believes the body needs to be managed ?
Who likely has not cultivated any intimacy with her own body and its interplay with the mind and emotions , let alone the body @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Perhaps only a women divested of her own relationship to her body ’ s innate wisdom could become a Western physician .
And only as that physician can she then capture men and women as patients in a way that fundamentally disempowers them in service of her seeming expertise around the body machine .
This was my story .
I was a woman seeking mastery over the body in the dominion of a patriarchal hierarchy that treats this mastery like some cultish code only select initiates have access to – not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the patient .
I did not know what a woman ’ s wisdom could look like .
I did not know that the body ’ s symptoms are a signpost for unexplored conflicts , tension , and imbalance .
I did not know that there isn ’ t a way around fear and pain , only through .
I did not know that suppressing and fixing scary symptoms only begets more complex challenges .
I did not know any of this , and because I am a woman , and a doctor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trusted me to write prescriptions for them and their unborn fetuses and breastfeeding infants…They trusted me when I colluded with their fear and assuaged their guilt about taking psychotropics .
I need you to know that I am aware of the ways in which I still wield my credentials , my expertise , and my woman-ness to inspire your trust .
I also need you to know that you are choosing to place your trust in me , and that it is imperative to examine the places we are choosing to trust .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or group that deserves your trust is one that reminds you of what you already know .
Not one that offers a poison apple that is irresistibly shiny and couldn ’ t possibly have been grown in your own back yard .
Don ’ t abandon yourself in search of healing no matter how much the promise seems to offer you a sense of control .
That sense of control will soon transform into dependency on a system that owns the power you gave it .
So if I have lured you in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might offer , allow me to open the door to my examination room .
Go ahead , get undressed , put this gown on , and start exploring .
I won ’ t be back with a diagnosis or prognosis .
Because only you know what can be known about you .
That ’ s why the best healthcare is delivered by Helpers and a community who hold a mirror to allow you to see yourself better , not Western Doctors who only know the body as object.
” I shared this missive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have rededicated myself to creating the conditions , in what ways I can , to liberate every person I touch to their own power .
This power may be best experienced when we can witness our capacity to make self-affirming , self-loving , and self-aligned choices .
But what is a choice ?
Are we really free to make them ?
It strikes me as , perhaps , the single most important feature of the human experience that we have ( and retain ) the capacity for choice .
Sometimes referred to as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our self-affirming impulse .
It is the I AM whispered , spoken , and screamed out into the space beyond .
Choice of what socks to pull on , of what charity to donate to , of whom to make love to , of whether or not to end one ’ s own life .
These choices , made in every moment , weave the fabric of who we are .
And every poor choice misaligned with our deepest essence offers the opportunity to , by contrast , experience a higher integrity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be noted , as well , that in societies where choice is suppressed , dehumanization and the experience of our fellow persons as either compliant or non-compliant emerges ( Handmaid ’ s Tale anyone ? )
.
But the slippery slope to suppression of individual power begins with the “ mindless ” automation of our behavior and actions .
It begins when we allow ourselves to somnambulate , also known as “ sleep walk.
” When we allow our subconscious conditioning to remain subconscious , driving our preferences , opinions , and actions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , it may be that we don ’ t have choice until we know that we do .
The process of rendering the subconscious ( read trauma imprints , parental programming , intergenerational patterning , and social engineering ) conscious may be a lifetime spiritual pursuit .
Right now , however , across the globe , we have a veritable emergency unfolding…an alchemical cauldron the likes of which brewed the Holocaust and slavery .
So how can individuals be re-empowered now ?
Here ’ s what has worked for me…and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because I don ’ t know anything for certain .
1 .
Identify where you have put your trust : Trust is the connective tissue of our meta-organism .
We long to trust .
We do it even when we shouldn ’ t .
We animate our beliefs with faith .
And this faith-based trust is a vector with a direction from you to the other .
It ’ s a piece of you that you give away .
And this is why it hurts when it is violated or betrayed .
Betrayal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you did not want to see .
So how can we see with eyes wide open and actively choose where we are placing our trust ?
It begins with recognizing our influencers .
At this point , I choose to trust mother earth , a handful of human beings , and the cosmic design of this mystery .
But once upon a time , I trusted science , the medical establishment , and the principles of pharmaceutical interventions .
I would have given all of my freedom away for the promise of safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Any big corporations on that list ?
Doctors ?
Governing agencies ?
Your parents ?
Whole Foods ?
Make a list .
2 .
Learn what is possible : There are visionaries , pioneers , and trailblazers in our midst .
I ’ ve been known to say , however , that they are often the first to be captured by psychotropic medications .
Those individuals , when their gifts are nurtured , can manifest within them what does not already exist without .
The rest of us , however , do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know what ’ s possible in order to awaken to our own directionality .
Terminal cancer can be meaningfully transformed into vitality ?
Multiply medicated chronic psychiatric disorders can be shed like a too-tight skin ?
Organs can be regrown ?
People can get up out of wheelchairs ?
Yes .
Allow the knowledge of these already-lived experiences to call you home to your rightful destiny .
When life is about avoiding the bad and collecting the good ( and more for you means less for me ) , then the driving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all agree that acting from fear – from a story we tell ourselves about what is happening that inspires urgent short-sighted action – is never as powerful as acting from strength let alone from love .
Look for the loudest voice around a given choice…is it “ this is bad and needs to go away !
” or is it “ what is this about , and how can I support myself in discovering more ?
” If it ’ s the former , put a pause on related decisions and look for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come from an inner sense of I ’ m worth it and will wait for myself rather than I ’ m terrified and need to feel ok immediately .
If we start here , we can learn about the landscape of choices , and even if we feel we “ don ’ t have a choice , ” we can recognize that we still have microchoices – places where we respond to what is .
We can kick or not .
Scream or not .
Tell or not .
We can run or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact , this is one of the more powerful premises of Byron Katie ’ s methodology she calls “ The Work ” which serves to dispel victimhood through the identification of each and every place that we played a part .
Each and every place – even as a prisoner of war , even as an incest survivor – that we made small choices to participate with what unfolded .
The point of this is not to blame the victim , but to end the illusion that we are powerless .
Speaking of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same ?
Plus column , minus column , squint and focus and take the leap !
As it turns out , there is a way to live life without making a single decision .
It ’ s called being present to what is .
Decisions can feel like an intellectual test .
But when that ’ s the case , it may be that it ’ s not the time to make a decision yet .
When you don ’ t know what to do , wait until you do .
Because there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what to do .
You make that phone call , you move your body to the left , you leave that job , and the action emerges from a felt knowing that that step emerges from the previous one .
Decision-making can be a means of overidentifying with an intellectual or psychological understanding of the available terrain…an understanding that may be conditioned or limited .
Choice on the other hand , can be an exercise in self-declaration , in self-authority , and in selecting opportunities from a place of personal agency , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are .
In NYC , it can be difficult to go to a new restaurant or out on a date because of the nagging sense that there might have been a better option that was forsaken .
Abundance of options can lead to a fearful state that invokes our childhood wounds around “ doing something wrong ” that will lead us to isolation , rejection , and loss of love , so we often align with what we imagine to be the “ right ” or “ good ” option .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cut through the noise .
And our bodies have an inbuilt yes and an inbuilt no .
You may be attuned enough to feel the “ hit ” if you get quiet enough .
I ’ ve found that self-applied muscle testing methods can be a powerful tool .
These days when I am confronted by 18 bottles of supplements on my counter , I ’ ll only take the ones my body says yes to .
Not so much , right ?
Even if your beliefs happen to fall on the side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rendering elective abortion illegal , you might imagine that if you happened to fall on the wrong side of this particular approach to civil liberties , you might not appreciate the tyranny of the majority dictating what you can do with your body .
Bodily sovereignty is something most of us must awaken to , however , because when we are afraid , we give up all sorts of power in exchange for a sense of control .
We are not in our bodies , we fear them , we abuse them by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reject , and for many of us , this started at a point of trauma wherein our souls literally fled the premises .
But the truth is that your body is trying to show you something .
Like my girlfriend who had a ( large ! )
wart on her finger for an entire year .
During that year she was traveling with her children around the world and her husband was working from their home in the States .
I reflected that I might have done whatever I could , natural or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to get that thing off my finger .
But she didn ’ t .
She waited for her body to show her , and when she returned home and spent the summer with her husband and children , the wart fell off .
In fact , according to German New Medicine , a wart relates to a separation conflict , so now she knows that that is how her body expresses that tension .
Our bodies will tell us how to move , what to eat , and where we might be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ language of this sophisticated organism .
“ Funny experience today that shows that your body knows once you give it time to reset .
I am on day 2 of a bad cold and thinking of what to eat .
I was craving yogurt ( non-dairy , no sugar ) and thought I would make a mushroom omelet , something I don ’ t think I have ever made .
Then I read this afternoon that yogurt , mushrooms , eggs , and yams are some of the best ways to shorten a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I just need to make a yam and I should kick this thing quick !
So cool my body was craving all that.
” As we welcome ourselves home to ourselves , we are invited anew to act as guardian over our own experience .
We have the opportunity to retain our power , our native expertise over ourselves and to resist the fear-based temptation to outsource it .
For example , it doesn ’ t take much objective consideration to recognize that a woman presenting to an allopathic male gynecologist to learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is kind of “ off.
” Under the auspices of ritualized medicine ( white coat , standardized office decor , physician speak ) , she allows a man to penetrate her most sacred regions , so that he can tell her what she apparently can not discover about herself or through the supportive care of a female healer who herself is sharing the wisdom of her experience to awaken another ’ s .
Doctors only know what they know and they must believe that what they know is valuable or they wouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The premise of conventional medicine is the belief that we can engineer and architect a safer , more productive , more functional reality than nature itself can .
We ’ ve tried this with agriculture , and it turns out that the only hope we have for restoring our soil lies in cessation of all of our best practices and a good-faith effort to get out of the way of a deeper intelligence .
This deeper wisdom is something we all possess .
In fact , there is a Greek word I love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sense , remembering what you already know .
It is my sincere hope that this M.D .
has helped you to remember that you don ’ t need me , my answers , or anything but the inspiration and support to finally turn your loving gaze inward .
Interested in more insights and tools to help you Own Your Self ?
My newest book , Own Your Self , helps you discover the meaning behind your symptoms and your struggle as a way to reclaim your health and your Self .
Click @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Originally published at kellybroganmd.com and reproduced here with permission .
Kelly Brogan , M.D .
is a holistic women ’ s health psychiatrist , author of the NY Times Bestselling book , A Mind of Your Own , the children ’ s book A Time For Rain , and co-editor of the landmark textbook , Integrative Therapies for Depression .
She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College , and has a B.S .
from M.I.T .
in Systems Neuroscience .
She is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and integrative holistic medicine , and is specialized in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms .
She is on the board of GreenMedInfo , Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation , Functional Medicine University , Pathways to Family Wellness , Mindd Foundation , SXSW Wellness , Chickasaw Nation Wellness , and the peer-reviewed , indexed journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine .
She is Medical Director for Fearless Parent and a founding member of Health Freedom Action .
She is a certified KRI Kundalini Yoga teacher and a mother of two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for her newsletter at kellybroganmd.com .

10th August, 2020
By Kelly Brogan, M.D.
Guest Writer for Wake Up World
“You may trust me because I have an M.D. That may mean, to you, that I have information that you don’t have. I know things about your body – about bodies – that you are not privy to by virtue of your non-expert station in life.
You may trust me because I am a woman. Because women inspire the trust of a mother, with their flowing hair and eyelashes, their soft skin and breasts, and their uniquely prosodic voices.
What is it, then, for a woman to become a Western physician? Is it perhaps possible that egalitarian feminism has given us an opportunity to feel the difference between a man in a patriarchal role and a woman assuming that same position? Is a woman misusing her power more dangerous than a man? It feels easier to trust a female physician, but what is it to trust a woman who believes the body needs to be managed? Who likely has not cultivated any intimacy with her own body and its interplay with the mind and emotions, let alone the body, mind and emotions of her patient. Perhaps only a women divested of her own relationship to her body’s innate wisdom could become a Western physician. And only as that physician can she then capture men and women as patients in a way that fundamentally disempowers them in service of her seeming expertise around the body machine.
This was my story. I was a woman seeking mastery over the body in the dominion of a patriarchal hierarchy that treats this mastery like some cultish code only select initiates have access to – not the layperson, and of course, not the patient. I did not know what a woman’s wisdom could look like.
I did not know that the body’s symptoms are a signpost for unexplored conflicts, tension, and imbalance. I did not know that there isn’t a way around fear and pain, only through. I did not know that suppressing and fixing scary symptoms only begets more complex challenges. I did not know any of this, and because I am a woman, and a doctor, my patients trusted me nonetheless. They trusted me to write prescriptions for them and their unborn fetuses and breastfeeding infants…They trusted me when I colluded with their fear and assuaged their guilt about taking psychotropics.
I need you to know that I am aware of the ways in which I still wield my credentials, my expertise, and my woman-ness to inspire your trust. I also need you to know that you are choosing to place your trust in me, and that it is imperative to examine the places we are choosing to trust.
Perhaps the only person, institution, or group that deserves your trust is one that reminds you of what you already know. Not one that offers a poison apple that is irresistibly shiny and couldn’t possibly have been grown in your own back yard. Don’t abandon yourself in search of healing no matter how much the promise seems to offer you a sense of control. That sense of control will soon transform into dependency on a system that owns the power you gave it.
So if I have lured you in with the promise of what my credentials might offer, allow me to open the door to my examination room. Go ahead, get undressed, put this gown on, and start exploring. I won’t be back with a diagnosis or prognosis. Because only you know what can be known about you. That’s why the best healthcare is delivered by Helpers and a community who hold a mirror to allow you to see yourself better, not Western Doctors who only know the body as object.”
——–
I shared this missive on my Instagram a while back and have rededicated myself to creating the conditions, in what ways I can, to liberate every person I touch to their own power. This power may be best experienced when we can witness our capacity to make self-affirming, self-loving, and self-aligned choices. But what is a choice? Are we really free to make them?
The anatomy of choice
It strikes me as, perhaps, the single most important feature of the human experience that we have (and retain) the capacity for choice. Sometimes referred to as free will, choice is our power. Our self-affirming impulse. It is the I AM whispered, spoken, and screamed out into the space beyond.
Choice of what socks to pull on, of what charity to donate to, of whom to make love to, of whether or not to end one’s own life. These choices, made in every moment, weave the fabric of who we are. And every poor choice misaligned with our deepest essence offers the opportunity to, by contrast, experience a higher integrity choice in the future.
It might be noted, as well, that in societies where choice is suppressed, dehumanization and the experience of our fellow persons as either compliant or non-compliant emerges (Handmaid’s Tale anyone?).
But the slippery slope to suppression of individual power begins with the “mindless” automation of our behavior and actions. It begins when we allow ourselves to somnambulate, also known as “sleep walk.” When we allow our subconscious conditioning to remain subconscious, driving our preferences, opinions, and actions under the light of our awareness.
In fact, it may be that we don’t have choice until we know that we do.
The process of rendering the subconscious (read trauma imprints, parental programming, intergenerational patterning, and social engineering) conscious may be a lifetime spiritual pursuit. Right now, however, across the globe, we have a veritable emergency unfolding…an alchemical cauldron the likes of which brewed the Holocaust and slavery. So how can individuals be re-empowered now?
Here’s what has worked for me…and all that I can share is my experience because I don’t know anything for certain.
1. Identify where you have put your trust:
Trust is the connective tissue of our meta-organism. We long to trust. We do it even when we shouldn’t. We animate our beliefs with faith. And this faith-based trust is a vector with a direction from you to the other. It’s a piece of you that you give away. And this is why it hurts when it is violated or betrayed. Betrayal itself may simply be awakening to something you did not want to see. So how can we see with eyes wide open and actively choose where we are placing our trust? It begins with recognizing our influencers. At this point, I choose to trust mother earth, a handful of human beings, and the cosmic design of this mystery. But once upon a time, I trusted science, the medical establishment, and the principles of pharmaceutical interventions. I would have given all of my freedom away for the promise of safety. So where are you placing trust? Any big corporations on that list? Doctors? Governing agencies? Your parents? Whole Foods? Make a list.
2. Learn what is possible:
There are visionaries, pioneers, and trailblazers in our midst. I’ve been known to say, however, that they are often the first to be captured by psychotropic medications. Those individuals, when their gifts are nurtured, can manifest within them what does not already exist without. The rest of us, however, do well to be inspired. We need to know what’s possible in order to awaken to our own directionality. Terminal cancer can be meaningfully transformed into vitality? Multiply medicated chronic psychiatric disorders can be shed like a too-tight skin? Organs can be regrown? People can get up out of wheelchairs? Yes. Allow the knowledge of these already-lived experiences to call you home to your rightful destiny.
3. Understand fear as a motivator:
When life is about avoiding the bad and collecting the good (and more for you means less for me), then the driving force is fear. Hopefully we can all agree that acting from fear – from a story we tell ourselves about what is happening that inspires urgent short-sighted action – is never as powerful as acting from strength let alone from love. Look for the loudest voice around a given choice…is it “this is bad and needs to go away!” or is it “what is this about, and how can I support myself in discovering more?” If it’s the former, put a pause on related decisions and look for the choices that you can make that come from an inner sense of I’m worth it and will wait for myself rather than I’m terrified and need to feel ok immediately.
If we start here, we can learn about the landscape of choices, and even if we feel we “don’t have a choice,” we can recognize that we still have microchoices – places where we respond to what is. We can kick or not. Scream or not. Tell or not. We can run or not. Hide or not. In fact, this is one of the more powerful premises of Byron Katie’s methodology she calls “The Work” which serves to dispel victimhood through the identification of each and every place that we played a part. Each and every place – even as a prisoner of war, even as an incest survivor – that we made small choices to participate with what unfolded. The point of this is not to blame the victim, but to end the illusion that we are powerless.
Choice vs decision
Speaking of choices and decisions, are they the same? Plus column, minus column, squint and focus and take the leap! As it turns out, there is a way to live life without making a single decision. It’s called being present to what is. Decisions can feel like an intellectual test. But when that’s the case, it may be that it’s not the time to make a decision yet. When you don’t know what to do, wait until you do. Because there will come a moment when you know what to do. You make that phone call, you move your body to the left, you leave that job, and the action emerges from a felt knowing that that step emerges from the previous one. Decision-making can be a means of overidentifying with an intellectual or psychological understanding of the available terrain…an understanding that may be conditioned or limited. Choice on the other hand, can be an exercise in self-declaration, in self-authority, and in selecting opportunities from a place of personal agency, that are the truest reflection of who we are.
Choice paralysis
In NYC, it can be difficult to go to a new restaurant or out on a date because of the nagging sense that there might have been a better option that was forsaken. Abundance of options can lead to a fearful state that invokes our childhood wounds around “doing something wrong” that will lead us to isolation, rejection, and loss of love, so we often align with what we imagine to be the “right” or “good” option. But the truth is that our bodies can help cut through the noise. And our bodies have an inbuilt yes and an inbuilt no. You may be attuned enough to feel the “hit” if you get quiet enough. I’ve found that self-applied muscle testing methods can be a powerful tool. These days when I am confronted by 18 bottles of supplements on my counter, I’ll only take the ones my body says yes to.
Your body, our choice
Not so much, right? Even if your beliefs happen to fall on the side of mandatory vaccination, masks, or rendering elective abortion illegal, you might imagine that if you happened to fall on the wrong side of this particular approach to civil liberties, you might not appreciate the tyranny of the majority dictating what you can do with your body. Bodily sovereignty is something most of us must awaken to, however, because when we are afraid, we give up all sorts of power in exchange for a sense of control. We are not in our bodies, we fear them, we abuse them by making choices that we know our bodies reject, and for many of us, this started at a point of trauma wherein our souls literally fled the premises.
But the truth is that your body is trying to show you something. Like my girlfriend who had a (large!) wart on her finger for an entire year. During that year she was traveling with her children around the world and her husband was working from their home in the States. I reflected that I might have done whatever I could, natural or otherwise, if I had been her, to get that thing off my finger. But she didn’t. She waited for her body to show her, and when she returned home and spent the summer with her husband and children, the wart fell off. In fact, according to German New Medicine, a wart relates to a separation conflict, so now she knows that that is how her body expresses that tension. Our bodies will tell us how to move, what to eat, and where we might be misaligned, if only we learn the language of this sophisticated organism.
Resetter Quote:
“Funny experience today that shows that your body knows once you give it time to reset. I am on day 2 of a bad cold and thinking of what to eat. I was craving yogurt (non-dairy, no sugar) and thought I would make a mushroom omelet, something I don’t think I have ever made. Then I read this afternoon that yogurt, mushrooms, eggs, and yams are some of the best ways to shorten a cold’s length. So, I just need to make a yam and I should kick this thing quick! So cool my body was craving all that.”
As we welcome ourselves home to ourselves, we are invited anew to act as guardian over our own experience. We have the opportunity to retain our power, our native expertise over ourselves and to resist the fear-based temptation to outsource it. For example, it doesn’t take much objective consideration to recognize that a woman presenting to an allopathic male gynecologist to learn more about her genital anatomy and symptoms is kind of “off.” Under the auspices of ritualized medicine (white coat, standardized office decor, physician speak), she allows a man to penetrate her most sacred regions, so that he can tell her what she apparently cannot discover about herself or through the supportive care of a female healer who herself is sharing the wisdom of her experience to awaken another’s.
Doctors only know what they know and they must believe that what they know is valuable or they wouldn’t be effective authorities or experts. The premise of conventional medicine is the belief that we can engineer and architect a safer, more productive, more functional reality than nature itself can. We’ve tried this with agriculture, and it turns out that the only hope we have for restoring our soil lies in cessation of all of our best practices and a good-faith effort to get out of the way of a deeper intelligence.
This deeper wisdom is something we all possess. In fact, there is a Greek word I love – anamnesia – that means, in a sense, remembering what you already know. It is my sincere hope that this M.D. has helped you to remember that you don’t need me, my answers, or anything but the inspiration and support to finally turn your loving gaze inward.
Interested in more insights and tools to help you Own Your Self?
My newest book, Own Your Self, helps you discover the meaning behind your symptoms and your struggle as a way to reclaim your health and your Self. Click below to claim your copy today.
Originally published at kellybroganmd.com and reproduced here with permission.
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About the author:
Kelly Brogan, M.D. is a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, the children’s book A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. She is board certified in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and integrative holistic medicine, and is specialized in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms. She is on the board of GreenMedInfo, Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, Functional Medicine University, Pathways to Family Wellness, Mindd Foundation, SXSW Wellness, Chickasaw Nation Wellness, and the peer-reviewed, indexed journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. She is Medical Director for Fearless Parent and a founding member of Health Freedom Action. She is a certified KRI Kundalini Yoga teacher and a mother of two. For more articles, sign up for her newsletter at kellybroganmd.com.


jewworldorder--2020-08-10--A Quickening: Astrology Forecast August 9th – 16th, 2020

Stand by for big jumps in frequency in this turbulent Uranus retrograde storm as the Great Awakener slows to a virtual standstill in Taurus turning backwards on August 15th .
This is volatile unpredictable shocking high frequency energy bringing sudden change to the physical/ material – such as the world witnessed when Beirut was blown sky high .
Meanwhile , Pluto ’ s shamanic drumbeat of “ Truth or Die ” is getting louder , more insistent and harder to ignore .
The Great Eliminator is retrograde until October 4th , travelling with Saturn and Jupiter in hard edged Capricorn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stripped away and permanently dismantled .
Between now and December , whatever has been conceived in darkness will be revealed in a period of full disclosure and transparency .
This applies especially to the US as this is just the start of its first karmic Pluto Return since the Founding Father -a power struggle for its soul .
Mars is now conjunct Disruptor Eris in fiery aggressive Aries and lighting the blue touch paper under the triple conjunction of heavy hitters in Capricorn .
On August 10 the warrior is at odds with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s going to be intense and the stakes are high both collectively and personally as the Erisian demands for inclusivity for all get louder and more insistent .
Mars will not exit his own sign of fiery Aries until January 6th 2021 , turning retrograde on September 10 .
It ’ s been 32 years ( 1988 ) since the last Mars retrograde in Aries and it will be 47 years before it happens again in 2067 .
It takes a lot of inner strength and awareness to bear this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rage and controversy as people go into battle for their cause -losing all perspective of the big picture .
Misjudgments , boundary crossing and the fomenting of dissent for the sake of it are all likely outworkings in the 3D world .
In the collective , the 1 % are going to be repeatedly challenged by the rage of the 99 % in a perfect storm caused by of lockdown frustration , financial losses and hardship mixed with demands for social equality .
With the Sun and Mercury in Leo forming a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in this ongoing clash between our individual rights and the powers of the state , hold on to the big picture , the long term vision rather than descending into polarised tribal fighting .
For those of you who can see the bigger picture and are bold and creative , enormous growth and evolution is accessible , depending on how well you transform Strong Will into Skilful Will and unlock your High Heart .
“ The force of events sweeps away who we thought we were and plunges us to a deeper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediacy , the sudden clarity shifts mountains of intent into a different octave altogether .
Being taken by storm is the most direct path from here to there .
And when cosmic worlds are urgently coming through , the only smart thing is to step aside and make a huge amount of room for unexpected guests , at events you could never have arranged in your wildest dreams.
” Inside Degrees Elias Lonsdale .
An Old Priest using Oil to anoint a Carved Stone Lingam “ Command of ancient forces .
The set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous karmic attainments and make sure to fulfil them now .
Driven by destiny .
Detached witness consciousness .
Inwardly timeless and sage-like .
Gifted in acute discernment .
Most adept at the very things modern consciousness slides over and misses .
The throwback .
Narrowly , one-pointedly setting out upon a destiny course that is supported by previous lives and hidden forces .
Instruction as constant from the dawn of the world to the indefinite future .
Most deeply gifted with the rare ability to tap a vital source spring that never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forever .
It only gets stronger and clearer as it ripens and holds steady.
” Inside degrees Elias Lonsdale .
It ’ s going to be intense for just about everyone this week and , as a solar Aries , your sign is in the thick of it .
Your personal planet Mars is in your sign and at odds with Pluto the great Eliminator .
Channel any aggressive urges into physical activity-especially sport of any kind- to avoid lighting the blue touch paper .
Challenges may come at work from an authority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid damage to your reputation .
Instead of locking horns or refusing to shift your stance , listen , respond , create rapport and negotiate .
Happily , Venus is now lighting and lightening up anything to do with your home , your family and your tribe .
If you can , re-charge your batteries by spending as much time as you can with those you love outside in nature .
If the world looks different , it ’ s because you ’ re different .
You ’ re in an extended period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taurus and this week , as Uranus slows to turn retrograde , all that nervous energy , restlessness and frustration with your comfort zone will be at a peak .
With action planet Mars at odds with the Great Eliminator Pluto , widening your horizons is now non-negotiable .
It ’ s no longer an option but a necessity .
Just think about it-your beliefs about what ’ s possible for you , about the world and life in general have changed beyond recognition since 2008.And , now , with Venus lighting up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is re-wiring itself .
It ’ s time to learn , study , teach , mentor or coach -to share what you know and what life has taught you .
This is going to be an unpredictable week full of twists and turns for just about everyone , so don ’ t take it personally when plans change in the blink of an eye .
Warrior Mars is stirring up your social life , your friendships and networks and is now at odds with Great Eliminator Pluto in your deeply emotional 8th House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or uncharacteristically resentful over someone ’ s good fortune .
Remember , you can ’ t compare other people ’ s outsides with your insides .
With Venus now in your money angle , don ’ t overpromise then under deliver .
You might be torn between what you really want and what you can afford .
Or feeling pressured to spend more than you ’ re comfortable with .
Some of this is old stuff coming back around again for you to resolve .
Getting to the root of your dissatisfaction .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ your deep 12th House , Venus has finally crossed into your own sign , helping you to feel more at home in your own skin after months of stress and pressure .
Look out for Venus rising as the Morning Star at dawn-she ’ s your guide and amanuensis this month .
Life all around you will likely be turbulent and unpredictable with plans subject to sudden change or cancellation .
Just go with it .
Take the path of least resistance .
Venus takes the hard edges off , smoothing your way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attractive .
Use this gift of charm to the full if there are clashes or challenges in relationships or at work .
Remember Michelle Obama ’ s mantra : ” When they go low , I go high ” -it will stand you in good stead .
Watch the urge to splurge the cash .
Change or be changed is your watchword now , Leo .
Awakener Uranus at the very pinnacle of your chart stationing all week before turning retrograde on August 16th and pulsing erratically .
This is inventive , progressive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and brings shocks and surprises .
Look at where in your life you ’ re feeling most stuck , trapped and restless-ready to make a big leap of faith .
Relationships and career look to be in the frame for a shakeup and shakeout .
There are only so many times you can push the elephant in the room back under the carpet .
You have a lot of support from both Mercury and Mars so the optimum time to make your move is in the next week .
Whether it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or calling time on a partnership , trust your heart ’ s guidance .
Is it a Big Yes or a Big No ?
There is definitely no certainty to be found this week but at least you , as a solar Virgo , have all the ingredients for a highly innovative and creative time .
The triplicity of change agents Saturn , Pluto and Jupiter in Capricorn are working harmoniously with your own Earth sign to push the boundaries of your self-expression .
You must be getting the planetary message by now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true voice out into the world .
There ’ s a much bigger platform waiting for you , you just have to step up .
Mars excavating your deep 8th House is bringing up personal material you can transform into art- of whatever kind .
Your own lived experience has huge value for others but you need to be prepared to be visible .
Aligning your outsides with your insides .
In what is set to be a week of sudden shifts and surprises , cancelled arrangements or 360 about turns , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the very pinnacle of your solar chart from Cancer .
This makes you more visible , more attractive and more persuasive , so make the very most of it by getting your ideas heard , strengthening alliances and networks and standing up to be counted .
There will be opposition from some people-probably those who want to keep you small- so gather your tribes this week , get them onside and ask for their input .
Listen rather than talk .
Override your old modus operandi of always being the diplomat and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just for yourself .
Although August is traditionally the month to take a break or go on holiday , for you as a solar Scorpio this year you need to keep your eye on the ball .
Your personal planet Mars is now lighting a fire under you from your angle of work , routines , service and health and is going to keep the pressure on until early January next year .
Meanwhile the Sun and Mercury are crossing the top of your chart in your career sector giving you a big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the next few months .
Mars at odds with Great Eliminator Pluto is taking care of business , impatient to clear away outdated systems , working practices and technology .
Now is the perfect time to strategise , streamline and purge anything that prevents you from standing up and being counted .
Put your physical wellbeing at the top of your agenda .
Despite all the travel restrictions , with both the Sun and Mercury in fellow Fire sign Leo until August 21st , you ’ re finding creative ways of exploring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same time .
Fire-as in inner fire-is a theme now as Mars is nudging you to break new ground , to go after your heart ’ s desire and to take consistent action on your own behalf .
You have a lot of planetary support , are highly motivated and practically unstoppable .
Just make sure that everyone who matters is on board with your plans .
Before you leap and hope the net will appear , there ’ s some number crunching to do first as Mars clashes with Pluto in your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House of backers and supporters is your saving grace , delivering financial support just when you most need it .
For you as a solar Capricorn , it ’ s going to be an intense week- no sugar coating .
Those three heavy hitters and change agents Saturn , Pluto and Jupiter in your sign are at odds with warrior Mars in your angle of roots , home and family .
At the same time , unpredictable Uranus is in his retrograde storm , changing things in the blink of an eye .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people you depend on to change their minds at the last moment .
Knowing this , take a step back , let go of expectations around trips and holidays and allow family dynamics to change without trying to control them .
If you have to stay at home in August , channel the excess energy into a new fitness programme or updating where you live to fit your current way of working .
With both the Sun and Mercury in your opposite sign of Leo , it ’ s time to show those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoy the warmth and closeness and give it back in spades .
This , more than anything , will help you and your tribe to navigate this intense week together rather than separately .
With your personal planet Uranus at a standstill and turning backwards on Saturday August 15th , something ’ s brewing , probably close to home .
This is where to invest all your energy and creativity .
Expect a sudden burst of communication in the next couple of weeks when others share their plans or ask for your input @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blue news will have a knock-on effect on you .
Your old way of operating used to be to resist change unless someone could prove it would work .
That approach just kept you stuck .
Shift into a place of no expectations , so that life can show you it has far bigger ideas for you than you do .
Intuition -your Piscean superpower- is in overdrive as quirky Uranus slows to a standstill in your angle of communication .
Use this progressive future -oriented energy to build networks , update your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a podcast or to launch a website .
With the Great Awakener in this part of your chart until 2026 , innovation is the name of the game .
Come up with multiple ways you can teach , mentor or coach what you ’ re learning as you ’ re learning it .
Break new ground in thinking up wildly impossible new goals .
With action planet Mars in your income zone , you ’ re on a mission to maximise your earning power .
The key to achieve this is in wise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your own work .
With Mars at odds with Pluto , watch for challenges or confrontations this week and get your allies onside .
Originally published at hareinthemoonastrology.co.uk and reproduced here with permission .
Variously described as a visioneer , a creative disruptor , a life guide and a change maker , my passion is to blend the tools of Visionary Astrology and Transformational Coaching to help you to connect with your inner world so that you can transform your outer world .
Through my practice , Hare In the Moon , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the modern art of personal coaching to offer clients all over the world a unique mix consultations and coaching services .
I work with clients around the world by phone and email , tailoring my Astrology Coaching to each unique individual or business I work with .
I ’ m a qualified Psychological Astrologer , Jungian Psychotherapist and Master NLP Coach , and I ’ m currently taking a Master ’ s Degree in Analytical Astrology .
I ’ ve had a varied career as a Modern Languages Teacher , a Management Development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Performance Consulting Worldwide , a Personal and Career Coach and Psychotherapist , and former Consultant Astrologer for The Sunday Times Magazine .
You can pick up my e-book “ Bringing Your Astrology into the 21st Century : The 5D Planets ” here .
You can learn more about my work or contact me at :

August 10th, 2020
By Lorna Bevan
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Stand by for big jumps in frequency in this turbulent Uranus retrograde storm as the Great Awakener slows to a virtual standstill in Taurus turning backwards on August 15th. This is volatile unpredictable shocking high frequency energy bringing sudden change to the physical/ material – such as the world witnessed when Beirut was blown sky high.
Meanwhile, Pluto’s shamanic drumbeat of “Truth or Die” is getting louder, more insistent and harder to ignore. The Great Eliminator is retrograde until October 4th, travelling with Saturn and Jupiter in hard edged Capricorn. Multiple low frequency timelines are being stripped away and permanently dismantled.
Between now and December, whatever has been conceived in darkness will be revealed in a period of full disclosure and transparency. This applies especially to the US as this is just the start of its first karmic Pluto Return since the Founding Father -a power struggle for its soul.
Mars is now conjunct Disruptor Eris in fiery aggressive Aries and lighting the blue touch paper under the triple conjunction of heavy hitters in Capricorn. On August 10 the warrior is at odds with Pluto then on August 24th with Saturn. It’s going to be intense and the stakes are high both collectively and personally as the Erisian demands for inclusivity for all get louder and more insistent. Mars will not exit his own sign of fiery Aries until January 6th 2021, turning retrograde on September 10. It’s been 32 years (1988) since the last Mars retrograde in Aries and it will be 47 years before it happens again in 2067.
It takes a lot of inner strength and awareness to bear this tension and volatility. Expect collective frustration, rage and controversy as people go into battle for their cause -losing all perspective of the big picture. Misjudgments, boundary crossing and the fomenting of dissent for the sake of it are all likely outworkings in the 3D world. In the collective, the 1% are going to be repeatedly challenged by the rage of the 99% in a perfect storm caused by of lockdown frustration, financial losses and hardship mixed with demands for social equality.
With the Sun and Mercury in Leo forming a Finger of Fate with Jupiter and Neptune, in this ongoing clash between our individual rights and the powers of the state, hold on to the big picture, the long term vision rather than descending into polarised tribal fighting.
For those of you who can see the bigger picture and are bold and creative, enormous growth and evolution is accessible, depending on how well you transform Strong Will into Skilful Will and unlock your High Heart.
The Chandra Symbol Mars 23 Aries:
A Bottle Labelled “Drink Me.”
“The force of events sweeps away who we thought we were and plunges us to a deeper place beyond the known. The sheer immediacy, the sudden clarity shifts mountains of intent into a different octave altogether. Being taken by storm is the most direct path from here to there. And when cosmic worlds are urgently coming through, the only smart thing is to step aside and make a huge amount of room for unexpected guests, at events you could never have arranged in your wildest dreams.” Inside Degrees Elias Lonsdale.
Chandra Symbol for Pluto Capricorn 23:
An Old Priest using Oil to anoint a Carved Stone Lingam
“Command of ancient forces. The set apart path of one who must recapitulate previous karmic attainments and make sure to fulfil them now. Driven by destiny. Detached witness consciousness. Inwardly timeless and sage-like. Gifted in acute discernment. Most adept at the very things modern consciousness slides over and misses. The throwback. Narrowly, one-pointedly setting out upon a destiny course that is supported by previous lives and hidden forces. Instruction as constant from the dawn of the world to the indefinite future. Most deeply gifted with the rare ability to tap a vital source spring that never runs dry. This can go on forever. It only gets stronger and clearer as it ripens and holds steady.” Inside degrees Elias Lonsdale.
Aries Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
It’s going to be intense for just about everyone this week and, as a solar Aries, your sign is in the thick of it. Your personal planet Mars is in your sign and at odds with Pluto the great Eliminator. Channel any aggressive urges into physical activity-especially sport of any kind- to avoid lighting the blue touch paper. Challenges may come at work from an authority figure, so tread extra carefully to avoid damage to your reputation. Instead of locking horns or refusing to shift your stance, listen, respond, create rapport and negotiate. Happily, Venus is now lighting and lightening up anything to do with your home, your family and your tribe. If you can, re-charge your batteries by spending as much time as you can with those you love outside in nature.
Put down that flame thrower.
Taurus Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
If the world looks different, it’s because you’re different. You’re in an extended period of individuation courtesy of Awakener Uranus in Taurus and this week, as Uranus slows to turn retrograde, all that nervous energy, restlessness and frustration with your comfort zone will be at a peak. With action planet Mars at odds with the Great Eliminator Pluto, widening your horizons is now non-negotiable. It’s no longer an option but a necessity. Just think about it-your beliefs about what’s possible for you, about the world and life in general have changed beyond recognition since 2008.And, now, with Venus lighting up your communication zone, your mental circuitry is re-wiring itself. It’s time to learn, study, teach, mentor or coach -to share what you know and what life has taught you.
Insights and breakthroughs.
Gemini Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
This is going to be an unpredictable week full of twists and turns for just about everyone, so don’t take it personally when plans change in the blink of an eye. Warrior Mars is stirring up your social life, your friendships and networks and is now at odds with Great Eliminator Pluto in your deeply emotional 8th House. You might find yourself suddenly envious or uncharacteristically resentful over someone’s good fortune. Remember, you can’t compare other people’s outsides with your insides. With Venus now in your money angle, don’t overpromise then under deliver. You might be torn between what you really want and what you can afford. Or feeling pressured to spend more than you’re comfortable with. Some of this is old stuff coming back around again for you to resolve.
Getting to the root of your dissatisfaction.
Cancer Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
After a longer than usual visit to your deep 12th House, Venus has finally crossed into your own sign, helping you to feel more at home in your own skin after months of stress and pressure. Look out for Venus rising as the Morning Star at dawn-she’s your guide and amanuensis this month. Life all around you will likely be turbulent and unpredictable with plans subject to sudden change or cancellation. Just go with it. Take the path of least resistance. Venus takes the hard edges off, smoothing your way ahead by making you more appealing and attractive. Use this gift of charm to the full if there are clashes or challenges in relationships or at work. Remember Michelle Obama’s mantra:” When they go low, I go high”-it will stand you in good stead.
Watch the urge to splurge the cash.
Leo Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
Change or be changed is your watchword now, Leo. Awakener Uranus at the very pinnacle of your chart stationing all week before turning retrograde on August 16th and pulsing erratically. This is inventive, progressive future -oriented energy that strikes like lightning and brings shocks and surprises. Look at where in your life you’re feeling most stuck, trapped and restless-ready to make a big leap of faith. Relationships and career look to be in the frame for a shakeup and shakeout. There are only so many times you can push the elephant in the room back under the carpet. You have a lot of support from both Mercury and Mars so the optimum time to make your move is in the next week. Whether it’s finally launching that new website and business or calling time on a partnership, trust your heart’s guidance.
Is it a Big Yes or a Big No?
Virgo Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
There is definitely no certainty to be found this week but at least you, as a solar Virgo, have all the ingredients for a highly innovative and creative time. The triplicity of change agents Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter in Capricorn are working harmoniously with your own Earth sign to push the boundaries of your self-expression. You must be getting the planetary message by now: stop underestimating yourself and let your true voice out into the world. There’s a much bigger platform waiting for you, you just have to step up. Mars excavating your deep 8th House is bringing up personal material you can transform into art- of whatever kind. Your own lived experience has huge value for others but you need to be prepared to be visible.
Aligning your outsides with your insides.
Libra Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
In what is set to be a week of sudden shifts and surprises, cancelled arrangements or 360 about turns, you at least have the lovely Venus lighting up the very pinnacle of your solar chart from Cancer. This makes you more visible, more attractive and more persuasive, so make the very most of it by getting your ideas heard, strengthening alliances and networks and standing up to be counted. There will be opposition from some people-probably those who want to keep you small- so gather your tribes this week, get them onside and ask for their input. Listen rather than talk. Override your old modus operandi of always being the diplomat and strengthen your boundaries.
Do something special just for yourself.
Scorpio Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
Although August is traditionally the month to take a break or go on holiday, for you as a solar Scorpio this year you need to keep your eye on the ball. Your personal planet Mars is now lighting a fire under you from your angle of work, routines, service and health and is going to keep the pressure on until early January next year. Meanwhile the Sun and Mercury are crossing the top of your chart in your career sector giving you a big picture view of what needs to happen in the next few months. Mars at odds with Great Eliminator Pluto is taking care of business, impatient to clear away outdated systems, working practices and technology. Now is the perfect time to strategise, streamline and purge anything that prevents you from standing up and being counted.
Put your physical wellbeing at the top of your agenda.
Sagittarius Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
Despite all the travel restrictions, with both the Sun and Mercury in fellow Fire sign Leo until August 21st, you’re finding creative ways of exploring new places and having fun at the same time. Fire-as in inner fire-is a theme now as Mars is nudging you to break new ground, to go after your heart’s desire and to take consistent action on your own behalf. You have a lot of planetary support, are highly motivated and practically unstoppable. Just make sure that everyone who matters is on board with your plans. Before you leap and hope the net will appear, there’s some number crunching to do first as Mars clashes with Pluto in your money zone. Venus in your 8th House of backers and supporters is your saving grace, delivering financial support just when you most need it.
On fire.
Capricorn Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
For you as a solar Capricorn, it’s going to be an intense week- no sugar coating. Those three heavy hitters and change agents Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter in your sign are at odds with warrior Mars in your angle of roots, home and family. At the same time, unpredictable Uranus is in his retrograde storm, changing things in the blink of an eye. Expect plans to change without warning or people you depend on to change their minds at the last moment. Knowing this, take a step back, let go of expectations around trips and holidays and allow family dynamics to change without trying to control them. If you have to stay at home in August, channel the excess energy into a new fitness programme or updating where you live to fit your current way of working.
Feeling the life force.
Aquarius Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
With both the Sun and Mercury in your opposite sign of Leo, it’s time to show those closest how you really feel. Just enjoy the warmth and closeness and give it back in spades. This, more than anything, will help you and your tribe to navigate this intense week together rather than separately. With your personal planet Uranus at a standstill and turning backwards on Saturday August 15th, something’s brewing, probably close to home. This is where to invest all your energy and creativity. Expect a sudden burst of communication in the next couple of weeks when others share their plans or ask for your input. Some of the out of the blue news will have a knock-on effect on you. Your old way of operating used to be to resist change unless someone could prove it would work. That approach just kept you stuck. Shift into a place of no expectations, so that life can show you it has far bigger ideas for you than you do.
Updating your modus operandi.
Pisces Weekly Forecast: 9-16 August, 2020
Intuition -your Piscean superpower- is in overdrive as quirky Uranus slows to a standstill in your angle of communication. Use this progressive future -oriented energy to build networks, update your technology and your skills, to make a podcast or to launch a website. With the Great Awakener in this part of your chart until 2026, innovation is the name of the game. Come up with multiple ways you can teach, mentor or coach what you’re learning as you’re learning it. Break new ground in thinking up wildly impossible new goals. With action planet Mars in your income zone, you’re on a mission to maximise your earning power. The key to achieve this is in wise and strategic collaboration whilst keeping ownership of your own work. With Mars at odds with Pluto, watch for challenges or confrontations this week and get your allies onside.
Inspiration and insights.
Originally published at hareinthemoonastrology.co.uk and reproduced here with permission.
About Lorna Bevan M.A., MAPAI:
Variously described as a visioneer, a creative disruptor, a life guide and a change maker, my passion is to blend the tools of Visionary Astrology and Transformational Coaching to help you to connect with your inner world so that you can transform your outer world. Through my practice, Hare In the Moon, I combine the ancient art of astrology with the modern art of personal coaching to offer clients all over the world a unique mix consultations and coaching services. I work with clients around the world by phone and email, tailoring my Astrology Coaching to each unique individual or business I work with.
I’m a qualified Psychological Astrologer, Jungian Psychotherapist and Master NLP Coach, and I’m currently taking a Master’s Degree in Analytical Astrology. I’ve had a varied career as a Modern Languages Teacher, a Management Development Consultant, a Counselling Clinician at Personal Performance Consulting Worldwide, a Personal and Career Coach and Psychotherapist, and former Consultant Astrologer for The Sunday Times Magazine.
You can pick up my e-book “Bringing Your Astrology into the 21st Century: The 5D Planets” here.
You can learn more about my work or contact me at:


jewworldorder--2020-08-12--7 Simple Ways to Soothe Your Soul

7 Simple Ways to Soothe Your Soul

Be nourishing and gentle with yourself .
Create a small space ( or a large space is even better ) @ @ @ @ @ something nurturing for yourself , even if it ’ s just lighting a candle , @ @ @ @ @ of music or having your favourite mug of tea .
The things you love and @ @ @ @ @ you , so allow yourself to indulge in them without feeling guilty .
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@ @ @ @ @ help to soothe our souls is to help someone else , reach out to someone @ @ @ @ @ drop some groceries off with a neighbour or find a flower for someone you love @

Be nourishing and gentle with yourself. Create a small space (or a large space is even better) in each day to do something nurturing for yourself, even if it’s just lighting a candle, listening to a favourite piece of music or having your favourite mug of tea. The things you love and find comforting are unique to you, so allow yourself to indulge in them without feeling guilty. By
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. The other thing that can help to soothe our souls is to help someone else, reach out to someone who is by themselves or drop some groceries off with a neighbour or find a flower for someone you love.


jewworldorder--2020-08-11--Become A Socialist With This CEO Pay Calculator

You ’ ve probably heard , anecdotally , that Jeff Bezos earns your salary in some absurdly short amount of time—but do you know exactly how short ?
Well , now there ’ s a tech CEO salary calculator from SimpleTexting that can give you the infuriatingly precise answer .
You can also use it to figure out how quickly Elon Musk could pay off your mortgage , or that Mark Zuckerberg could pay off the average American ’ s $ 35,359 in student debt in 8 1/2 minutes .
Does Jeff Bezos make enough to cover your living expenses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would take you to pledge yourself to the fight to burn capitalism to the ground ?
( The answer is less time—Bezos earns the annual rent for my two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment in under 15 seconds . )
While there ’ s nothing particularly unique about the vast sums accumulated by tech CEOs versus those in , say , the banking sector , they have become familiar targets of proletariat ire , particularly as their fortunes have grown even as the pandemic has taken a toll on the wealth of average Americans ( and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s calculator operates based on data from a pool of the 15 most generously compensated executives in the tech industry , from Bezos to Zuckerberg ( what a pool party that would be ) .
According to the site : Simply pick a CEO from the dropdown menu , choose your salary or expense , enter the amount and hit “ calculate ” to see how long it would take said mogul to thoughtlessly earn your life-changing financial windfall in terms of days , hours and minutes .
You can then share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t , unless you are ok with giving everyone an easy way to figure out what you make , and also ok with using Facebook .
SimpleText presents the calculator without particular context , though it ’ s pretty clear we ’ re supposed to walk away with the idea that executive compensation is absurd ; executive pay averages 278:1 versus the average worker salary , according to a 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute .
You already know , of course , that ( again according to the Economic Policy Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay is a major contributor to rising inequality ” and that “ CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay , not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific , high-demand skills.
” You ’ re already angry .
But now your anger is , at least , more exact .
Joel Cunningham is the managing editor of Lifehacker .
He lives in Brooklyn and occasionally goes outside .

Above photo: Picture alliance. Getty Images.
You’ve probably heard, anecdotally, that Jeff Bezos earns your salary in some absurdly short amount of time—but do you know exactly how short? Well, now there’s a tech CEO salary calculator from SimpleTexting that can give you the infuriatingly precise answer. You can also use it to figure out how quickly Elon Musk could pay off your mortgage, or that Mark Zuckerberg could pay off the average American’s $35,359 in student debt in 8 1/2 minutes. Does Jeff Bezos make enough to cover your living expenses in more or less time than it would take you to pledge yourself to the fight to burn capitalism to the ground? (The answer is less time—Bezos earns the annual rent for my two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment in under 15 seconds.)
(If you read at an average speed of around 300 words per minute, it took you roughly 24 seconds to read the preceding paragraph; according to the calculator, Jeff Bezos made just over $62,000 in that time.)
While there’s nothing particularly unique about the vast sums accumulated by tech CEOs versus those in, say, the banking sector, they have become familiar targets of proletariat ire, particularly as their fortunes have grown even as the pandemic has taken a toll on the wealth of average Americans (and Black Americans in particular). SimpleText’s calculator operates based on data from a pool of the 15 most generously compensated executives in the tech industry, from Bezos to Zuckerberg (what a pool party that would be). According to the site:
We ran the numbers, and as of 2019, fifteen of the most generously-compensated tech CEOs in the U.S. have a combined annual income of over 83 billion dollars. We calculated annual income from SEC filings by collecting the sum of each CEO’s base salary, annual cash bonuses, annual stock awards (or earnings from equity), and other forms of compensation.
Simply pick a CEO from the dropdown menu, choose your salary or expense, enter the amount and hit “calculate” to see how long it would take said mogul to thoughtlessly earn your life-changing financial windfall in terms of days, hours and minutes. You can then share your results on Facebook—though I wouldn’t, unless you are ok with giving everyone an easy way to figure out what you make, and also ok with using Facebook.
SimpleText presents the calculator without particular context, though it’s pretty clear we’re supposed to walk away with the idea that executive compensation is absurd; executive pay averages 278:1 versus the average worker salary, according to a 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute. You already know, of course, that (again according to the Economic Policy Institute) “[e]xorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality” and that “CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills.” You’re already angry. But now your anger is, at least, more exact.
Joel Cunningham is the managing editor of Lifehacker. He lives in Brooklyn and occasionally goes outside.


jewworldorder--2020-08-11--Perseid meteor shower: shooting stars set to rain down in annual spectacle

Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year ’ s biggest cosmic light shows overnight , with the Perseid meteor shower about to reach its peak .
The annual shower , famed for its high number of “ shooting stars ” , is caused by debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle , which moves across the skies from late July until late August , peaking in the early hours of August 12 .
Therefore staying up late tonight ( August 11 ) , or getting up before dawn tomorrow ( August 12 ) will give viewers the chance to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best seen between 2am and dawn .
Fireballs are caused by larger particles of comet material , and can persist in the sky longer than the average meteor streak .
Unfortunately , according to NASA , a bright moon will impede the viewing somewhat – reducing visible meteors from the usual rate of over 60 per hour down to 15-20 .
To get the best possible view , try and go to a place with as little light pollution as possible , and from there , you don ’ t need to focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – meteors could appear in any part .
The Perseid shower arrives hot on the tail of Comet Neowise , which made a rare visit past the Earth over the month of July .
That comet gave stargazers the chance to observe its stunning trail of debris , but it will be another 7,000 years until humans get to watch it again from Earth .

Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year’s biggest cosmic light shows overnight, with the Perseid meteor shower about to reach its peak.
The annual shower, famed for its high number of “shooting stars”, is caused by debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which moves across the skies from late July until late August, peaking in the early hours of August 12.
Therefore staying up late tonight (August 11), or getting up before dawn tomorrow (August 12) will give viewers the chance to see the meteors and fireballs. They are best seen between 2am and dawn.
Fireballs are caused by larger particles of comet material, and can persist in the sky longer than the average meteor streak.
Unfortunately, according to NASA, a bright moon will impede the viewing somewhat – reducing visible meteors from the usual rate of over 60 per hour down to 15-20.
To get the best possible view, try and go to a place with as little light pollution as possible, and from there, you don’t need to focus on a particular part of the sky – meteors could appear in any part.
The Perseid shower arrives hot on the tail of Comet Neowise, which made a rare visit past the Earth over the month of July.
That comet gave stargazers the chance to observe its stunning trail of debris, but it will be another 7,000 years until humans get to watch it again from Earth.


jewworldorder--2020-08-11--New Report: US Special Forces Active In 22 African Countries

Above photo : Mauritanian Soldiers simulate a casualty during the Flintlock Exercise in partnership with US Special Forces in Nouakchott , Mauritania on Feb. 27 , 2020 .
Sidney Sale | DVIDS .
The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa .
A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa .
Last year , elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries .
This accounts for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overseas , the largest number for any region besides the Middle East .
American troops had also seen combat in 13 African nations .
The U.S. is not formally at war with an African nation , and the continent is barely discussed in reference to American exploits around the globe .
Therefore , when U.S. operatives die in Africa , as happened in Niger , Mali , and Somalia in 2018 , the response from the public , and even from the media is often “ why are American soldiers there in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. military , especially commandos , is rarely publicly acknowledged , either by Washington or by African governments .
What they are doing remains even more opaque .
U.S. Africa Command ( AFRICOM ) generally claims that special forces go no further than so-called “ AAA ” ( advise , assist and accompany ) missions .
Yet in combat , the role between observer and participant can become distinctly blurry .
The United States has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent , with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Intercept reported that the military operates 29 bases on the continent .
One of these is a huge drone hub in Niger , something The Hill called “ the largest U.S. Air Force-led construction project of all time.
” The construction cost alone was over $ 100 million , with total operating costs expected to top $ 280 billion by 2024 .
Equipped with Reaper drones , the U.S. can now conduct cross border bombing raids all over the North and West of Africa .
Washington claims that the military ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combat the rise of extremist forces .
In recent years , a number of Jihadist groups have arisen , including Al-Shabaab , Boko Haram , and other al-Qaeda affiliated groups .
However , much of the reason for their rise can be traced back to previous American actions , including the destabilization of Yemen , Somalia , and the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya .
It is also clear that the United States plays a key role in training many nations ’ soldiers and security forces .
For example , the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contractor , to train elite Somali units who are at the forefront of the fighting in the country ’ s internal conflicts .
According to The Mail and Guardian , these Somali fighters are likely also funded by the U.S. taxpayer .
While training foreign armed forces in basic tactics might sound like a bland , unremarkable activity , the U.S. government also spent decades instructing tens of thousands of Latin American military and police in what they called “ internal security ” at the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Western Hemisphere Institute for Security ) .
Recruits in the twentieth century were instructed on internal repression and told that a communist menace lied around every corner , meting out brutal repression on their own populations once returning .
Likewise , with counter-terrorism training , the line between “ terrorist ” “ militant ” and “ protester ” can often be debatable .
The U.S. military also occupies the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean , claimed by the African island nation of Mauritius .
In the 1960s and 1970s , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population , dumping them in slums in Mauritius , where most still live .
The United States uses the island as a military base and a nuclear weapons station .
The island was critical to American military activities during both Iraq Wars and continues to be a major threat , casting a nuclear shadow over the Middle East , East Africa , and South Asia .
While there is much talk , ( or more accurately , condemnation ) in Western media of China ’ s imperialist motives in Africa , there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role .
While China operates one base in the Horn of Africa and has greatly increased its economic role on the continent , the thousands of American troops operating in dozens of countries are overlooked .
The amazing thing about the American Empire is it is invisible to so many who serve it .
Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News .
After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books : Bad News From Venezuela : Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , The Guardian , Salon , The Grayzone , Jacobin Magazine , Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary .

Above photo: Mauritanian Soldiers simulate a casualty during the Flintlock Exercise in partnership with US Special Forces in Nouakchott, Mauritania on Feb. 27, 2020. Sidney Sale | DVIDS.
The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa.
A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa. Last year, elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries. This accounts for 14 percent of all American commandos deployed overseas, the largest number for any region besides the Middle East. American troops had also seen combat in 13 African nations.
The U.S. is not formally at war with an African nation, and the continent is barely discussed in reference to American exploits around the globe. Therefore, when U.S. operatives die in Africa, as happened in Niger, Mali, and Somalia in 2018, the response from the public, and even from the media is often “why are American soldiers there in the first place?”
The presence of the U.S. military, especially commandos, is rarely publicly acknowledged, either by Washington or by African governments. What they are doing remains even more opaque. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) generally claims that special forces go no further than so-called “AAA” (advise, assist and accompany) missions. Yet in combat, the role between observer and participant can become distinctly blurry.
The United States has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent, with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa. Earlier this year, The Intercept reported that the military operates 29 bases on the continent. One of these is a huge drone hub in Niger, something The Hill called “the largest U.S. Air Force-led construction project of all time.” The construction cost alone was over $100 million, with total operating costs expected to top $280 billion by 2024. Equipped with Reaper drones, the U.S. can now conduct cross border bombing raids all over the North and West of Africa.
Washington claims that the military’s primary role in the region is to combat the rise of extremist forces. In recent years, a number of Jihadist groups have arisen, including Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, and other al-Qaeda affiliated groups. However, much of the reason for their rise can be traced back to previous American actions, including the destabilization of Yemen, Somalia, and the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
It is also clear that the United States plays a key role in training many nations’ soldiers and security forces. For example, the U.S. pays Bancroft International, a private military contractor, to train elite Somali units who are at the forefront of the fighting in the country’s internal conflicts. According to The Mail and Guardian, these Somali fighters are likely also funded by the U.S. taxpayer.
While training foreign armed forces in basic tactics might sound like a bland, unremarkable activity, the U.S. government also spent decades instructing tens of thousands of Latin American military and police in what they called “internal security” at the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning, GA (now rebranded as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security). Recruits in the twentieth century were instructed on internal repression and told that a communist menace lied around every corner, meting out brutal repression on their own populations once returning. Likewise, with counter-terrorism training, the line between “terrorist” “militant” and “protester” can often be debatable.
The U.S. military also occupies the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, claimed by the African island nation of Mauritius. In the 1960s and 1970s, the British government expelled the entire local population, dumping them in slums in Mauritius, where most still live. The United States uses the island as a military base and a nuclear weapons station. The island was critical to American military activities during both Iraq Wars and continues to be a major threat, casting a nuclear shadow over the Middle East, East Africa, and South Asia.
While there is much talk, (or more accurately, condemnation) in Western media of China’s imperialist motives in Africa, there is less discussion of the U.S.’ continuing role. While China operates one base in the Horn of Africa and has greatly increased its economic role on the continent, the thousands of American troops operating in dozens of countries are overlooked. The amazing thing about the American Empire is it is invisible to so many who serve it.
Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. He has also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary.


jewworldorder--2020-08-11--‘Nation’ report on Ilhan Omar race has one glaring omission (pro-Israel donors)

John Nichols , the National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation magazine , is one of the best political reporters in America .
He knows more about grass-roots organizing across the country than almost anyone else .
But his latest article , on today ’ s primary challenge to Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota , has one serious omission ; he leaves out the huge role that elements of the pro-Israel lobby are playing in the effort to unseat her .
Most of Nichols ’ s report is a characteristically informed and passionate endorsement of Rep. Omar .
He enumerates her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ progressive issues , including her co-sponsorship of the Make Billionaires Pay Act , where she ( and Sen. Bernie Sanders ) are demanding tax hikes for the super wealthy to start paying for the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic .
But Nichols ’ s article has almost nothing to say about Israel-Palestine .
He has only one solitary sentence , in which he notes only that , “ She has helped foreground a national conversation on Palestinian rights and the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
” No doubt plenty of people would like Ilhan Omar removed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces that have donated $ 2 million to her opponent , Antone Melton-Meaux .
Public records show that among the Melton-Meaux campaign ’ s biggest donors are the pro-Israel America PAC , which has given him $ 500,000 , and NORPAC , which coughed up another $ 350,000 .
In total , the challenger has raised about $ 4 million , so the pro-Israel donors , few of whom apparently live in Omar ’ s Congressional district , account for half of his war chest .
Melton-Meaux ’ s campaign website praises Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberal democracy.
” He keeps his donors even more happy by adding : The good news is that Ilhan Omar , who has supported BDS , does not seem to be in great danger of losing today .
Polls show her with a commanding lead , and she raised $ 4.2 million , most of it in small donations .
Still , she had to spend time pursuing contributions and campaigning against an opponent who , without the pro-Israel support , would surely have been considerably weaker .
And if a progressive magazine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we expect that mainstream centrist corporate media will report it ?
P.S .
Meanwhile , the Israeli newspaper Haaretz is not so squeamish .
A report today by Amir Tibon notes straightforwardly that the donations to Ilhan Omar ’ s opponent include And Alex Kane at 972 is also on the mark : “ Israel lobby faces off with Palestinian rights movement in Ilhan Omar primary .
The Democratic race for Minnesota ’ s Fifth Congressional District has become the latest proxy war over the future of U.S. policy toward Israel .
”

John Nichols, the National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation magazine, is one of the best political reporters in America. He knows more about grass-roots organizing across the country than almost anyone else. But his latest article, on today’s primary challenge to Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, has one serious omission; he leaves out the huge role that elements of the pro-Israel lobby are playing in the effort to unseat her.
Most of Nichols’s report is a characteristically informed and passionate endorsement of Rep. Omar. He enumerates her enthusiastic advocacy on a wide range of progressive issues, including her co-sponsorship of the Make Billionaires Pay Act, where she (and Sen. Bernie Sanders) are demanding tax hikes for the super wealthy to start paying for the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Nichols’s article has almost nothing to say about Israel-Palestine. He has only one solitary sentence, in which he notes only that, “She has helped foreground a national conversation on Palestinian rights and the U.S.-Israeli relationship.”
No doubt plenty of people would like Ilhan Omar removed from Congress. But it is pro-Israel forces that have donated $2 million to her opponent, Antone Melton-Meaux. Public records show that among the Melton-Meaux campaign’s biggest donors are the pro-Israel America PAC, which has given him $500,000, and NORPAC, which coughed up another $350,000. In total, the challenger has raised about $4 million, so the pro-Israel donors, few of whom apparently live in Omar’s Congressional district, account for half of his war chest.
John Nichols of “The Nation”
Melton-Meaux’s campaign website praises Israel, calling it a “beacon of liberal democracy.” He keeps his donors even more happy by adding:
Movements such as Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel (BDS) only serve to further the conflict, elevate the violence, and harm those they seek to help. That is why I will always oppose BDS.
The good news is that Ilhan Omar, who has supported BDS, does not seem to be in great danger of losing today. Polls show her with a commanding lead, and she raised $4.2 million, most of it in small donations. Still, she had to spend time pursuing contributions and campaigning against an opponent who, without the pro-Israel support, would surely have been considerably weaker.
And if a progressive magazine missed the pro-Israel connection, how can we expect that mainstream centrist corporate media will report it?
P.S. Meanwhile, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz is not so squeamish. A report today by Amir Tibon notes straightforwardly that the donations to Ilhan Omar’s opponent include
a direct attempt by organizations and Political Action Committees such as “Pro-Israel America,” “Friends of Israel “ and NORPAC (an organization affiliated with AIPAC) to drive Omar out of Washington.
And Alex Kane at 972 is also on the mark: “Israel lobby faces off with Palestinian rights movement in Ilhan Omar primary. The Democratic race for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District has become the latest proxy war over the future of U.S. policy toward Israel.”


jewworldorder--2020-08-11--Lebanon’s Government Resigns Over Deadly Beirut Port Blast

In a brief televised speech on Monday , Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he was taking “ a step back ” so that he can stand with the Lebanese people “ and fight the battle for change alongside them.
” “ I declare today the resignation of this government .
May God protect Lebanon , ” Diab announced .
“ Today we are heeding the people and their demands to hold accountable those responsible for a disaster.
” Diab blamed his predecessors for last week ’ s deadly blast in the capital Beirut .
“ They ( political class ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their corruption is what has led to this disaster that had been hidden for seven years , ” he added .
“ Their corruption created this tragedy , ” said Diab .
“ Between us and change stands a thick wall protected by their dirty tactics , ” he added .
President Michel Aoun accepted the resignation of the government .
Earlier on Monday , Health Minister Hamad Hassan told reporters that Diab was heading to the presidential palace to “ hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cabinet meeting amid mounting pressure to step down over the devastating explosion that killed more than 150 people in Beirut earlier this week .
Meanwhile , France has urged the “ rapid formation ” of a new government in Lebanon .
“ The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard , ” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement following Diab ’ s announcement .
“ The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be to meet the main challenges of the country , especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without which the country will plunge into economic , social and political chaos , ” he said .
French President Emmanuel Macron was the first Western leader to visit Beirut on Thursday , just days after the deadly explosion .
Protesters and critics of the government have blamed corruption and poor leadership at the heart of Lebanon ’ s government for the explosion .
At least nine members of parliament have resigned since the blasts with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reuters reported citing ministerial and political sources .
The cabinet was formed in January with the support of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its allies .
Hours after the first protests rocked Beirut over the weekend , Prime Minister Diab vowed to hold early parliamentary elections as his embattled government faces calls to resign .
Diab said he would stay in government for another two months until major parties can reach an agreement .
About 20 people have been detained over the explosion , including the head of Lebanon ’ s customs department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the port .
Dozens more have been questioned , including two former Cabinet ministers , according to government officials .
The investigations is focusing on how 2,750 tons of the extremely explosive ammonium nitrate chemical came to be stored at a warehouse in Beirut ’ s port for six years .
Protesters clashed with riot police in Beirut and tried to break into a cordoned-off area at the parliament square on Sunday amid widespread anger over the massive explosion that killed at least 158 people earlier this week .
A fire broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near the parliament building , according to footage shown by Lebanese television .
Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd .
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In a brief televised speech on Monday, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he was taking “a step back” so that he can stand with the Lebanese people “and fight the battle for change alongside them.”
“I declare today the resignation of this government. May God protect Lebanon,” Diab announced.
“Today we are heeding the people and their demands to hold accountable those responsible for a disaster.”
Diab blamed his predecessors for last week’s deadly blast in the capital Beirut. “They (political class) should have been ashamed of themselves because their corruption is what has led to this disaster that had been hidden for seven years,” he added.
“Their corruption created this tragedy,” said Diab. “Between us and change stands a thick wall protected by their dirty tactics,” he added.
President Michel Aoun accepted the resignation of the government.
Earlier on Monday, Health Minister Hamad Hassan told reporters that Diab was heading to the presidential palace to “hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers.”
“The whole government resigned,” Hassan said.
The Lebanese government on Monday held a cabinet meeting amid mounting pressure to step down over the devastating explosion that killed more than 150 people in Beirut earlier this week.
‘Aspirations of the Lebanese people’
Meanwhile, France has urged the “rapid formation” of a new government in Lebanon.
“The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement following Diab’s announcement.
“The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations of the people, whose mission will be to meet the main challenges of the country, especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without which the country will plunge into economic, social and political chaos,” he said.
French President Emmanuel Macron was the first Western leader to visit Beirut on Thursday, just days after the deadly explosion.
Ministers step down amid growing public anger
Protesters and critics of the government have blamed corruption and poor leadership at the heart of Lebanon’s government for the explosion.
At least nine members of parliament have resigned since the blasts with many more ministers wanting to resign, Reuters reported citing ministerial and political sources.
The cabinet was formed in January with the support of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its allies.
Snap elections
Hours after the first protests rocked Beirut over the weekend, Prime Minister Diab vowed to hold early parliamentary elections as his embattled government faces calls to resign.
Diab said he would stay in government for another two months until major parties can reach an agreement.
About 20 people have been detained over the explosion, including the head of Lebanon’s customs department and his predecessor, and the chief of the port. Dozens more have been questioned, including two former Cabinet ministers, according to government officials.
The investigations is focusing on how 2,750 tons of the extremely explosive ammonium nitrate chemical came to be stored at a warehouse in Beirut’s port for six years.
Protests grip Beirut
Protesters clashed with riot police in Beirut and tried to break into a cordoned-off area at the parliament square on Sunday amid widespread anger over the massive explosion that killed at least 158 people earlier this week.
A fire broke out at the entrance to the square near the parliament building, according to footage shown by Lebanese television. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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jewworldorder--2020-08-11--“Financially Devastated” – Over 80% of NYC Restaurants Unable to Pay Rent

The state of the New York City restaurant industry is in dire straits .
July proved to be another disastrous month for restaurants , bars , and nightlife establishments across the city with a majority unable to pay rent in July , a new survey found .
NYC Hospitality Alliance surveyed about 500 owners and operators of eateries in the city , with 83 % of respondents indicating they couldn ’ t pay the entire rent in July while 37 % paid no rent at all .
“ Restaurants and nightlife venues are essential to the economic and social fabric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struggling to survive and absent immediate and sweeping relief so many will be forced to close permanently , ” said Andrew Rigie , executive director of The Alliance .
“ While complying with the necessary pause , our industry has been uniquely and financially devasted .
Small businesses urgently need solutions from government leaders at the city , state , and federal level , inclusive of extending the moratorium on evictions , extending the suspension of personal liability guarantees in leases , pausing commercial rent taxes , providing landlords with needed support , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to weather the storm , ” Rigie said .
To make matters worse , 71 % of owners and operators said landlords “ would not waive portions of rent due to COVID-19.
” About 61 % said , landlords “ would not defer rent payments , ” while 90 % of landlords “ would not formally renegotiate leases.
” Indoor dining in the city remains halted , “ outdoor dining service is not generating sufficient revenue to cover rent and other expenses , small business owners in the industry continue to express significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viable in the future , ” said The Alliance .
We recently outlined how high-frequency data suggests New York City ’ s recovery has stalled , as well as the US recovery has reversed .
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The state of the New York City restaurant industry is in dire straits. July proved to be another disastrous month for restaurants, bars, and nightlife establishments across the city with a majority unable to pay rent in July, a new survey found.
NYC Hospitality Alliance surveyed about 500 owners and operators of eateries in the city, with 83% of respondents indicating they couldn’t pay the entire rent in July while 37% paid no rent at all.
“Restaurants and nightlife venues are essential to the economic and social fabric of our city, but they are struggling to survive and absent immediate and sweeping relief so many will be forced to close permanently,” said Andrew Rigie, executive director of The Alliance.
“While complying with the necessary pause, our industry has been uniquely and financially devasted. Small businesses urgently need solutions from government leaders at the city, state, and federal level, inclusive of extending the moratorium on evictions, extending the suspension of personal liability guarantees in leases, pausing commercial rent taxes, providing landlords with needed support, and infusing small businesses with enough cash to weather the storm,” Rigie said.
To make matters worse, 71% of owners and operators said landlords “would not waive portions of rent due to COVID-19.” About 61% said, landlords “would not defer rent payments,” while 90% of landlords “would not formally renegotiate leases.”
Indoor dining in the city remains halted, “outdoor dining service is not generating sufficient revenue to cover rent and other expenses, small business owners in the industry continue to express significant concerns about surviving the pandemic and staying viable in the future,” said The Alliance.
Through July, OpenTable restaurant data reveals foot traffic at eateries remains depressed.
We recently outlined how high-frequency data suggests New York City’s recovery has stalled, as well as the US recovery has reversed.
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