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Dive into an enlightening conversation, as we sit down with Dr. Scott Noorda, a dedicated Longevity Physician who draws on Functional Medicine’s approach to cultivating resilient brain health.

Drawing from his extensive experience working closely with Alzheimer’s patients in memory care, Dr. Noorda sheds light on a topic close to many hearts: Alzheimer’s Disease and brain health. Amidst the shadows of uncertainty, he shares hope, revealing there’s more we can do than we might think to prevent Alzheimer’s.

Through personal anecdotes and professional insights, Dr. Noorda dismantles the notion of accepting brain decline as inevitable. Having witnessed a family member’s battle with Alzheimer’s, he embarked on a mission to specialize in brain health, arming himself with knowledge and strategies to empower everyone to take charge of their brain’s vitality.

Gary Zukav, author of four consecutive New York Times Best Sellers, including the widely popular, The Seat of the Soul, shares his wisdom on the topic of aligning your personality with your soul or higher self, embracing your authentic power, and stepping into a vibrant life of purpose and love.

Gary and podcast host, Deborah Rozman, talk about authentic heart power that is fueling a transformational consciousness emerging in millions of people. Through the episode, Gary discusses evolving from perception through our five senses to multisensory perception and the significant role our heart plays in this awakening.

Picture a time when everything seems to be in place—job, home, and a loving relationship—it should be the recipe for a fulfilling life, right? But what if there’s an unexplainable sense of something missing? A feeling that lingers and leaves you questioning why.

In this captivating episode our guest, Leah Smart, author and host of the "In the Arena" podcast on LinkedIn, takes us on her personal journey through this mysterious terrain. Together with our insightful host, Deborah Rozman, they unravel the enigma of what’s behind a nagging sense of emptiness.

Leah shares her "something’s missing" experience and a pivotal realization that led her to an unexpected path of transformation. Leah’s mission now is empowering women to create more fulfillment for themselves.

In a world where "tough it up" is often praised above all else, our guest Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, a former football player for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, courageously challenged the status quo that said, "If you’re injured, we’ll take care of you; if you’re just hurt, keep on going."

Guided by the intelligence of his heart, he embarked on a self-discovery journey and uncovered the power of heart vulnerability and the healing it brings as a key to health and fitness.

In this episode, released during Men’s Health Month, Karim talks talks with host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., about the outdated narrative so many athletes are taught: "Don’t complain, suck it up," and its effect on mental and physical health.

At this time on the planet, there is increased separation, polarization, and emotional reactivity. Imagine being a congresswoman and having to navigate all the political maneuvering. How would you handle opposing political and social views from yours?

This episode is an eye-opening conversation about what can happen when we choose the power of love, compassion, and justice instead of suspicion and fear, even in the face of being misinterpreted.

In this episode, our guest, Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt (Dr. Pat), talks with host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., and shares how she faced a showdown – being shouted down on the senate chamber floor – and had to make another choice.

We hear more people talking about "becoming your best self" or your "true self" but what does this really mean, and how do we get there?

In this episode, our guest, Kimberly Snyder, author of "You Are More Than You Think You Are" delves into what it means to become our true self and why our heart is the connection point.

Our host, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., and Kimberly discuss some of the common blocks that prevent us from becoming our best self, and Kimberly shares what she considers the 4 cornerstones of true health that can work together to open the heart to connect more with who we truly are.

Is there a link between stress and endocrine imbalances in insulin, glucose, thyroid or cortisol levels? Should physicians do more to include stress assessments during hormone balance evaluations?  

In this episode, guest Dr. Tara Scott, known on Instagram and TikTok as Hormone Guru and founder of Revitalize Med, talks with our host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., about the connection between today’s stress and hormones.

Dr. Scott first became involved with hormone and integrative medicine while practicing as an OB/GYN. She is passionate about educating the medical community on the advances in evidence-based hormone therapy. She is a national speaker on the subject and has an extensive list of credentials which include being a member of the Fellowship of The American Congress of Obstetricians (FACOG) and a member of the Fellowship in Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine (FAAFM).

She addresses important questions, like is stress accumulation contributing to hormonal imbalances and depression in teenage girls, infertility and menopausal problems in women, or causing low testosterone in men?Is there a link between stress and endocrine imbalances in insulin, glucose, thyroid or cortisol levels? Should physicians do more to include stress assessments during hormone balance evaluations?

Dr. Scott offers suggestions for better protecting yourself now from stress-related diseases you could otherwise face later in life, and why heart-based techniques such as HeartMath are a key part of her practice. She also shares how she works with patients to get the right tools to help them rebalance their hormones. She wants people listening to hear that addressing stress and hormonal health is a priority.

What’s the difference between the heart and the soul? Is the heart the coupling between our human self and our soul self?  

In this episode, our guest Neale Donald Walsch, globally acclaimed speaker and best-selling author of the Conversations with God book series, joins us for an extraordinary conversation about the heart. Neale and our host, Deborah Rozman, explore questions such as what’s the difference between the heart and the soul? Is the heart the coupling between our human self and our soul self?

Neale describes people as 3-part beings; the mind, the body and the soul. However, in this exploration, Neale and Deborah discuss the heart as part of this equation and the conversation expands our understanding to include the energetic or spiritual heart – making us all 4-part beings. The heart is how we connect with something greater than ourselves.

Today’s stressful world and all its unpredictable changes often create challenges in our home life. Many of today’s issues are adding mental and emotional strain on parents. Our’children and grandchildren feel these stressors too, which can lead to an increase in undesirable behaviors – such as acting out, talking back, not listening, etc. As patience is tested, many parents try to correct and control their kids’ attitudes and actions, without a lot of success.

In this episode, Dr. Jorina Elbers, Pediatric Neurologist, Trauma and Parenting Specialists, and Program Director for the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute, shares with host Deborah Rozman how she and her husband Owen have found that by focusing first on their own emotional self-regulation then tuning to their heart for intuitive direction, their communications with their boys has become much more effective.

Jorina also shares a couple of powerful heart tools she uses to manage her personal energy and shift into a heart coherent place which enables her to reduce over-reacting to their undesirable behaviors. She says many parents are told to just breathe to avoid reacting, however if we don’t add heart coherence to a situation, we often end up lecturing a child which shuts down communication. Learning how to shift into heart coherence is key for increasing a parent’s or grandparent’s ability to respond in a way that empowers them in adverse situations – and kids do take notice.

Jorina and Deborah discuss how we can allow children to experience intense emotions in a healthy way. Rather than scolding their behavior, using heart-directed practices can validate their emotions, which helps to defuse their energy and allows for a deeper heart connection and communication to unfold – uncovering what’s really going on.

What is fulfillment and how do we find it and nurture it?

In this episode, Lynne Twist joins host Deborah Rozman to discuss how having a purpose larger than yourself is what leads to deep fulfillment. Lynne says that when we get "off our self-centered focus, we open to new possibilities" that reward us.

We’re in a time when many societal structures and ways of thinking and being are giving way to something new and as yet unformed, which can leave us feeling uncertain, without direction. In her new book, Finding Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger than Yourself, Lynne explains why it’s so important that we listen deeply to our hearts to find and unfold our larger purpose.

Lynne is a recognized global visionary, who has dedicated her life to serving a greater good. She has been an advisor to the Desmond Tutu Foundation and is the recipient of the prestigious "Woman of Distinction’’ award from the United Nations. She helped found the World Hunger Project and the Pachamama Alliance. She sees the time we’re in now as a re-birthing process for humanity and a grand opportunity to find a new vision and purpose in serving a greater whole.

Lynne and Deborah talk about why vision and purpose are essential for personal fulfillment. Their conversation explores the difference between taking a ‘heart-stand’ that unifies people rather than a "mind stance" that separates. Lynne explains how holding a fixed position on issues is what creates judgments and polarization, blocking our ability to see or consider other perspectives.

Gratitude is an amplifier of heart energy and one of the quickest ways to offset stress and lift our mood. With the overwhelming stress so many people are experiencing, gratitude and appreciation count more than ever right now. The greater our capacity for genuine gratitude and appreciation, the deeper the connection to our heart – which is where intuitive guidance, inspiration and new possibilities emerge.

In this episode, Jacqueline Way, founder of 365give, a nonprofit inspired by her discovery of the power of gratitude, joins Deborah Rozman to talk about "Change the World 1 Give, 1 Day at a Time." An adoptive mother of three, Jacqueline shares her inspiring story about how waking up to the power of gratitude moved her to do a yearlong experiment with her young son to give something back to the world every day for an entire year.

Jacqueline and Deborah discuss how gratitude and appreciation aren’t just nice gestures, but are powerful emotions that activate the brain’s reward pathways, feel-good hormones and endorphins that can greatly improve our outlook on life. They also share how scientists have been studying the "Helper’s High" that comes from giving gratitude. When we do something authentic and meaningful for others, it opens our heart and provides us with uplift, spirit renewal and health benefits.

Many Gen Z’s and millennials have lost trust in humanity and hope for the future. Most will tell you they’re stressed much of the time, according to a Deloitte 2022 survey. Driving their stress are feelings of being financially insecure and mentally burned out, fears over climate change, and world unrest.

In this episode, Dillon Brooks, a TikTok channel creator who has established a sizable community for Gen Z’s and millennials called "Citizen Scientists," and our host, Deborah Rozman, discuss what becoming a citizen scientist means and why it’s important for empowerment and creating the positive change we desire personally and collectively.

Dillon and Deborah discuss heart intelligence, its power to transform and lift perception, and why Dillon believes this is, in part, what the younger population is searching for.

Some of our deepest heart connections are with our pets. Whether it’s a dog, cat, bird, hamster, or another animal, the love and care we exchange with our pets is supportive and healing for us and them. This undeniable energetic heart exchange with pets is the focus of this episode.

In this episode, Dr. Allen Schoen, a pioneer of holistic veterinary medicine and recognized as one of the most influential veterinarians worldwide for introducing an integrative approach to veterinary medicine, and our host, Deborah Rozman, explore this amazing energetic heart connection between people and pets. The therapeutic benefits associated with human-pet bonding aren’t new. In fact, research has shown this powerful bond can help decrease stress, regulate breathing, lower blood pressure, and release oxytocin – a hormone associated with love.

Dr. Schoen’s research exploring the heart-to-heart connection of the human-pet bond suggests that without the healing power of the love of animals that uplifts people’s lives, the world would be an even more stressed-out place. Animal lovers will enjoy hearing about the heart-rhythm synchronization that happens when people send love to their pets. Deborah explains these findings that come out of the HeartMath Institute.

At this time in history, there is an amazing opportunity for groups of people to harness the power collective intention to create sustainable change that can help humanity and our planet.

In this episode award-winning journalist and author, Lynne McTaggart and our host, Deborah Rozman, talk about collective intention and Lynne’s research in this area.

Currently, society is mired in many outdated paradigms that no longer fit today’s world. Many societal structures are falling apart, polarization between groups and inflamed biases have become more intense. The power of collective intention is not a new concept, yet we are reminded through examples that Lynne shares of how small groups throughout history have created significant changes that helped to improve and heal people’s lives.

Lynne shares her transformative results from bringing small groups of people with different beliefs and opposing views together to hear each other more deeply and to focus on an altruistic collective intention they all can agree on. Based on her research and HeartMath Institute’s research on collective heart coherence, Deborah and Lynne discuss how the new paradigms needed now for humanity to learn to get along with each other could very well come from small groups empowering a collective altruistic intention.

Spirit can mean different things to people. Some refer to their Spirit as their higher self, soul, or their connection with source. Whatever we call it, we’re acknowledging a source of wisdom that can guide us through the intuitive voice or feelings of the heart. Yet, it can sometimes be a struggle to make a quality connection, especially as life is much more complicated these days.

In this meaningful episode, the author of Speaking with Spirit, Agapi Stassinopoulos, and Add Heart Podcast host Deborah Rozman, discuss how we can deepen our connection to the wisdom of spirit and the heart’s intuitive guidance.

Agapi shares how she felt her heart was hurting and she felt lost not being able to connect with people during the pandemic as she was accustomed to doing. She talks about what helped her transform her pain and sadness was a connection with Spirit that helped her find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Deborah talks about research that demonstrated we access intuitive guidance first through the heart – and then this information is transmitted to the brain/mind which translates intuition into words or images that we can understand.

What do you think of when you hear the word resilience? Many people associate the word with strength, adaptability, or a toughness that can overcome the fiercest of challenges and unexpected change.

In this episode we’re talking with James O’Dea, former President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, former Washington office director of Amnesty International and former executive director of the Seva Foundation.

James joins our Podcast host, Deborah Rozman to discuss why resilience is so key to both our personal growth and to humanity’s collective healing. They talk about the qualities of resilience we all need today in the face of growing personal, social, and global stress and uncertainty.

Integrity is a highly valued quality. Integrity is the practice of being honest and truthful. Integrity manifests when we align with and act according to our values, beliefs and principles.

At this time in the world we are witnessing a global loss of integrity. We see this in intentional disinformation in media reporting that’s impacting public perception, politics, climate change, and so much more.

In this episode, Add Heart^® Podcast host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., talks with Martha Beck, a life coach, speaker, columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine, and author of several bestselling books including the newly released title, The Way of Integrity.

Martha and Deborah discuss how the word integrity means wholeness and is developed as we live more from our core heart values – such as honesty, openness, trustworthiness, reliability, care, compassion, respect and more. Integrity aligns us with our true self. Martha also talks about learning to make 1 degree turns to align with our deeper values and our true self.

Globally, mental health issues are on the rise. A new poll from the American Psychological Association found that a large majority of Americans are reporting high stress levels due to financial concerns, inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Stress and mental health are important topics anytime, but especially now with so much uncertainty happening in our world, this time-relevant episode will give you some valuable suggestions and direction for these times.

High profile athletes and celebrities, including Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Naomi Osaka, and Prince Harry, have courageously gone public about their own mental health challenges, making it more acceptable for any of us to seek help.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Dr. Daniel Amen discuss the dynamic heart-brain connection in this episode, and simple strategies to reduce and prevent stress and increase happiness. Health care professionals and individuals alike, can benefit from the brain tools that Dr. Amen recommends – and the heart tools developed at HeartMath to improve mental and emotional health.

For many years Roger Nelson, Ph.D., has studied the global effect of collective meditations, Earth Day, Peace Day, etc., where people are focused on heart-based emotions such as compassion, care, and gratitude. He also studied the effect of holidays such as New Years which bring people together in a celebratory emotional state, as well as events where a significant number of people are experiencing fear, anger and anxiety, such as acts of war and large natural disasters.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Roger Nelson, Ph.D., will discuss how humanity’s collective emotional response impacts how the Random Number Generator (RNG) data collection network responds.

In current times people re-evaluated their priorities and connected with deeper values regarding their relationships with family and work. A recent Harris Poll reported: "Sweeping research suggests the future is bright and we are rethinking, resetting, and reimagining our futures for the better. Hope and optimism are increasing, connections with friends and family are strengthening and we are re-prioritizing towards what matters to us most."

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Howard Martin, Executive Vice President of HeartMath Inc., talk about the awakening of the heart that is occurring around the world. They discuss a new opportunity that humanity has right now to sustain the awakening of compassion and heart connection. It’s in the heart that people access feelings such as compassion, care, kindness, forgiveness, and appreciation that lift us above separation, judgments, and blame.

For humanity to learn to get along with each other, it will require more heart. Despite the seemingly unsolvable separation and polarization between people and groups that we see, there is also an amplification of the collective heart throughout the planet. More people are realizing that we are all interconnected and we need to help each other through increasing kindness and care. The omnipresent virus, climate change and extreme weather events, and an uncertain future are waking us up to our interdependence with each other and with nature.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D., a systems scientist, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Founder-Director of the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research in Italy, discuss the critical importance of this time and the essential role of the heart for the future of humanity.

Mental and emotional well-being perhaps has never been more important than it is right now. As a result of the pandemic and ongoing challenges it’s created, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have experienced an increase in headaches, fatigue, feeling anxious or overwhelmed, sleep challenges and so on.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Nick Ortner, best-selling author of The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living, and CEO of The Tapping Solution, LLC, will talk about how we can better support our mental and emotional well-being during these uncertain times.

Gratitude is a powerful heart quality that provides a sense of warmth and lift. When we feel gratitude, we’re naturally more connected with our true self.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Erwin Valencia, life coach and world-renowned physical therapist for the New York Knicks, will discuss gratitude in this fresh light. They will also talk about how the science of gratitude is being used as a biohack by experts like Erwin, who specialize in the neuroscience of human performance in athletes and performance artists.

What does it mean to be a leader with heart? Heart-centered leadership means to lead others with authenticity, transparency and humility.

In this episode, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest, Marilyn Tam, discuss why in our present environment, the heart needs to be part of a leadership role – whether we’re leading a company, a team or group, or a community. They also talk about why caring for people first needs to be a priority in all roles of leadership.

Humanity is in a period of profound change. Though this transformation period can be challenging, we must not lose sight of that which connects us as one human family.

During this month’s Add Heart Podcast episode, host Deborah Rozman and guest Kingsley L. Dennis, sociologist, researcher, and acclaimed author, talk about adding heart to peace and why peace is a product of heart-directed living. They discuss what it means to put the heart first and why it is the foundation for experiencing inner peace – and ultimately creating world peace.

Internal pressure has built-up due to so much change and instability happening in our world today. We wonder if there ever will be a new normal.

During this month’s Add Heart Podcast, host Deborah Rozman and guest Howard Martin, Executive Vice President, talk about why adding heart is important in today’s world. They provide practical examples of how people are adding heart to everyday situations and the benefits they are experiencing.

After over a year of restrictions due to the global pandemic, many of us are excitedly looking forward to taking some time to get outside, relax, recharge and connect with the playful part of our self this summer.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman and guest Peter Fox, the leader in online sports instruction, Managing Director of SportsEdTV’s Learn to Win peak performance training, powered by HeartMath research and technology, and founding Executive Producer of ESPN, talk about how adding heart to sports or play increases the benefits and the fun.

Patience isn’t just a virtue – it’s a necessity, especially during times of change and uncertainty.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman and guest Charlene Johnson, Nurse Manager of Perinatal Services at Kaiser South Sacramento, talk about why, in today’s uncertain energetic environment, it’s prime time to increase our patience baseline and make it an essential part of our new norm.

Tapping into higher heart qualities that embody both strength and softness, allows us to rise up and meet each situation with kindness, care, love, compassion, and more clarity.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman and guest Owen Ward, HeartMath Chief Strategy Officer, talked about a ‘softener energetic’ and how we can access it to help us find more flexibility and ease through whatever life presents. They also explained what it means to soften the energetic environment within and around us – making it easier for others to access their hearts and experience increased clarity and discernment and a deeper connection.

Earth Day is a special day to honor and appreciate our beautiful planet. Scientific research has confirmed what most of us feel – that we are deeply interconnected with nature and Earth. Our heart and brain rhythms are influenced by Earth’s rhythms and magnetic fields.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman, HeartMath President and CEO, and guest Jude Currivan, Ph.D., cofounder of Whole World-View and author of the book Gaia: Her-Story, talked about why healing our human relationships and loving each other is essential to healing our relationship with Earth, and how as we honor our heart connection with Planet Earth, we facilitate humanity in creating a new story.

While separation, mistrust and misunderstanding continue to create chaos within societies and between nations, there’s a stronger force emerging with an even greater momentum – that force is the heart and it’s awakening in millions of people around the world.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman, HeartMath President and CEO, and guest Gavin Andrews, Managing Director of HeartMath in the UK and Ireland, talk about a growing heart-directed movement that’s currently happening throughout the world. People wanting to connect more with their own heart and with the hearts of others is what inspired Gavin to start the "WeAddHeart" initiative, an international momentum of small groups coming together, online, to experience simple but powerful heart-focused meditations and practices.

From one perspective it may seem as though the human race is more divided than ever. 2020 was a year of events that amplified racial and political separation. And the global pandemic forced much of the world’s population into physical separation, creating divisiveness and fear. These and other global challenges are awakening many more people to the realization that we finally have to cooperate and care more to find solutions.

During this month’s Add Heart Call, host Deborah Rozman, HeartMath President and CEO, and her guest Claudia Welss, Chairman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, discuss the global movement toward deeper care and connection. They share ways we can each broadcast or radiate love into the energetic field environment to create more care and connection in our personal lives and help the planet at the same time.

Most of us have experienced being near someone whose energetic vibration or presence helped us feel more comfortable and at ease. Now research is helping to explain how our vibrational energies, especially our moods and emotions affect others and the implications for humanity.

During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, when virtual meetings and physical distancing are expressions of care, new research is indicating how even while being apart we can energetically support and lift each other’s vibration and the planetary vibration at the same time.

Deborah Rozman and her guest, HeartMath Institute Director of Research, Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., discuss exciting research findings on how heart-to-heart synchronization between people located miles apart and not in phone or online contact can occur. They also talk about new findings on how our heart’s rhythms can synchronize with the resonant frequencies occurring in the Earth’s magnetic fields, and how collective heart-focused intention may help create a reservoir of coherent heart energy that can redirect planetary consciousness toward harmonious solutions.

As we look back on 2020 and prepare for 2021, we know that our world is different now and changing in unpredictable ways. This is leaving many people feeling anxious, depressed or fearful of the future.

Host Deborah Rozman and guests, HeartMath LLC’s Executive Vice President Howard Martin and Chief Strategy Officer Owen Ward share how they and the HeartMath team used the power and intelligence of their hearts to uplift their spirit as they navigated often tumultuous ups and downs of this past year. They also describe how using tools like the power of neutral, higher dignity and wholeness inclusive care along with their heart’s intuitive guidance created what we call "turn-arounds." This uplifted their perceptions, prevented much energy loss and magnetized new opportunities.

The holidays are approaching and people are rethinking how to celebrate given the pandemic and increasing stress levels. One powerful and effective way we can support our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being, is to practice sincere appreciation for the good things in our lives that we value.

Host Deborah Rozman, CEO of HeartMath, talk about appreciation as a powerful core heart quality that can quickly uplift us and those we care about. Special guest, Jon Berghoff, founder of the XCHANGE Approach, a scientific approach to unlocking collective wisdom in any group, shares a process called "Appreciative Inquiry" that we can use during our virtual or in-person holiday gatherings, or anytime and in any conversation that allows for wisdom, intelligence and strength to be unlocked together.

There’s so much happening in our world on many different fronts. Current events and issues are exposing divisiveness, polarized perceptions, truths and non-truths. It’s all swirling around like energetic cyclones that can wreak havoc on our emotional and mental resilience.

Host Deborah Rozman, CEO of HeartMath and special guest, Sandy Travis, international HeartMath Certified Trainer and HeartMath coach, share how to use the power of the heart to access a state called "Neutral" to maintain an active calm which builds our resilience capacity, and how this has been invaluable to Deborah throughout her nearly 2-month evacuation experience as a result of recent California wildfires.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many unexpected changes for all of us, including our children. The experiences of sheltering-in-place, isolation, virtual learning and ongoing uncertainty have created anxiety for children and parents alike.

As the school year opens in its various forms, parents and children of all ages continue to experience anxiety and depression that need heart support.

Host Deborah Rozman, CEO of HeartMath and special guest, Jorina Elbers, M.D., a neurologist specializing in pediatric neurology, formerly an assistant professor at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute, discuss how parents can find balance during these times, and how they can recognize signs of distress in their children.

Many people are feeling a heart prompting to make a difference in our communities – and ultimately the world. We want to contribute to a sustainable shift that reflects the true values of heart-based living.

Host Deborah Rozman, CEO of HeartMath and special guest, James Miles, Ph.D., an expert in community engagement working to heal and empower African American communities, disucss what’s working and already making a difference in communities that need to heal and overcome separations and inequalities.

During this unprecedented and challenging time of global protests, COVID-19 resurgance, and divisions within communities, it’s important to add heart to help ease the separations and promote healing.

During this 30-minute live call, guest Michael Nila, managing partner of Blue Courage, shares his experience and what he thinks it will take for communities to start healing from long standing divisions and injustices.

The past few months have illuminated the importance of community. Sheltering at home meant changing roles and deepening community within the family and having more quality time together. We’ve been connecting more with neighbors or online with friends, co-workers or clients.

Many of us have experienced virtual meetings as an opportunity for intimate, caring and effective connections. It’s not that we didn’t already know we need each other, rather the pandemic has moved us to reach out and care more, to be vulnerable about what we’re going through, and realize how grateful we are to have each other.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Steve Havill, HeartMath Certified Professionals Activation Facilitator, talk about heart-based communities as a foundation for a new world and how these communities are creating the new normal where we recognize we can get along more and appreciate each other for who we really are.

Many countries and states in the USA are easing restrictions and allowing businesses to re-open while others are still on lock down or "sheltering in place" to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The financial consequences have been devastating. At the same time, healthcare workers on the frontlines are concerned about a second wave of COVID-19 patients if restrictions are eased too soon.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Gayle Novack, Chief Nursing Officer, talk about how HeartMath’s Resilience Advantage™ tools are helping health care workers. Gayle also shares stories from the frontline, and how healthcare workers are utilizing HeartMath techniques to help themselves and COVID-19 patients.

Healthcare workers around the world are selflessly putting themselves at risk as they treat patients affected by the coronavirus.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guests Robert Browning and Sheva Carr, Co-Directors of HeartMath Healthcare, talk about how they are facilitating hospital staff with the use of HeartMath’s in-the-moment stress relief tools during this global crisis.

Now, more than ever, children need every advantage to access their heart’s intelligent guidance to effectively navigate through our ever-changing world.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Jeff Goelitz, HeartMath Institute’s Education Specialist, talk about the purpose of the 100,000 Coherent Kids Initiative and how it’s teachings can be applied at any age.

Compassion helps raise the vibration of the individual and collective environment. It helps us connect with our higher reasoning capacity to make smarter choices while managing the infectious waves of stress and insecurity that are on the rise. Latitude is an attitude that includes qualities such as being less critical and more patient and tolerant with each other yet not having to agree with or condone another’s views or actions.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Dr. Lise Janelle, coach and author of Conversations with the Heart and You are Loved, talk about two HeartMath keys for creating deeper heart connection and improving relationships – Deep heart listening and Compassionate latitude.

As the often repeated quote of Albert Einstein says, "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."

It’s now heart time on the planet, and individually and collectively we have the opportunity to write the next chapter of what it means to be human. This will be a story based on compassion, kindness and a deep care for each other and our collective awakening.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Gregg Braden, internationally renowned as a pioneer bridging science, spirituality and human potential, talk about how we have new power to change the way we think about ourselves, our relationships, our purpose and what it means to be alive at this time of exponential change. They also discuss why heart intelligence is key to re-wiring human consciousness and reshaping our collective story.

It’s the holiday season – a time when people throughout the world celebrate holidays and connect more in the heart as they share kindness and care.

Research findings have shown that we influence each other more than we may realize through energetic fields that surround each of us. Though invisible to most, these fields are generated from our thoughts, feelings and emotions.

During this 30-minute live call, HeartMath Leaders Howard Martin, HeartMath Inc., Rollin McCraty Ph.D., HeartMath Institute, and Deborah Rozman, HeartMath Inc., discuss the energetic fields that surround us and the unique opportunity to utilize the amplification of the holiday energies to add more heart coherence to help lift our personal, social and global consciousness.

There are moments that draw our appreciation. Acknowledgement for our efforts on a project, a warm smile from someone passing by, a surprisingly quick moving check-out line at the grocery store. We’re grateful for a beautiful day and for loved ones in our life. When we give appreciation to others it uplifts them and us. Appreciation and gratitude are qualities of the heart that bring happiness.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times Best-selling Author of Happy for No Reason, and Love for No Reason, discuss how we can refresh and amplify our gratitude and appreciation as a daily practice.

In today’s rapidly changing world, resilience is a must-have skill. HeartMath defines resilience as the ability to prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge or adversity.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Claudia Weber, an Information Technology Manager at Intel Corporation and a Certified HeartMath Corporate Trainer and Resilience Coach for Intel, talk about how we can build more self-awareness of draining behaviors and how this can save our energy. They also discuss simple yet effective practices that can help us power up our resilience capacity.

People hope and pray for world peace; yet more are recognizing that peace must begin within our own hearts. Peace is not something we seek but rather something we can create with an alignment of heart, mind and emotions.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah and guest Sheva Carr, founding Executive Director of Heart Ambassadors, The Fyera Foundation and Sunflower SunPower Kids, talk about how adding heart power can create more peace within our own lives and in the world.

September is around the corner and it is the month that the world acknowledges the shared desire for International Peace. But how can we have peace collectively if the individuals that make up the collective are suffering from extreme stress?

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and guest Robert Erdbrink, Director of HeartMath Benelux, discuss how Robert is helping companies in Europe understand heart-mind-body connection and providing them with tools and technology they can use in the moment to reduce stress and burnout. The results are so significant that the entire Dutch police force has adopted this heart-based program.

Social media is a major influence in the lives of many people. It is an avenue for self-expression, a place to connect with others, and be swayed by other’s likes and posts. Social media isn’t just a place for videos, memes and small talk. It often shapes how people view the world. Social media is an important avenue to add heart and nurture our personal connections or causes we care about. It has the potential to create networks of people who want to help uplift each other and humanity.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and guest Mari Smith, Social Media Expert, discussed how to use social media in positive ways that connect us more deeply with each other and the planet. Mari is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on social media. She is a Forbes’ Top Social Media Power Influencer, author of The New Relationship Marketing and co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day.

When it comes to our health or the health of someone we care about, it’s important to create a healing environment where heart qualities of care, kindness and compassion are part of the healing plan.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and guest Tim Culbert, MD, Medical Director of Integrative Services at Prairie Care Medical Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, discuss how Tim "adds heart" to his own personal wellness practices and how he teaches his patients, whether adults or children, to do the same with amazing benefits.

Sparking this month’s Add Heart Call discussion is the growing need for "compassionate latitude" for others and for ourselves. In a just-released Gallup poll, more than half of Americans are reporting record levels of stress and worry. Rising stress levels are also occurring in the UK and Europe with uncertainty about the future of Brexit and polarizing politics of separation vs. inclusiveness.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Gavin Andrews, director for HeartMath UK, discuss the importance of having "compassionate latitude" during these times, what that really means and how to practice it to the benefit of all. Gavin also talks about the changes he sees happening in the UK and simultaneously a new awakening to heart awareness and connection that’s bringing hope to many.

Have you found that your efforts to relieve stress don’t seem to be working as well as they used to? Perhaps it’s because today’s stress is different than even a few years ago.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Heidi Hanna, Ph.D., executive director of the American Institute of Stress and a HeartMath Certified Trainer, discuss why being aware of our stress is important and shared strategies that allow us to take charge of stress from the inside out. They also talk about about simple and proven ways to prevent and release today’s stress accumulation by opening the heart, reducing drama and practicing compassion and self-compassion.

Each day we start out with a fresh charge to our personal energy – much like the battery in our phone. As we go through the day we encounter many things that use up our personal energy. Some situations drain our energy, such as heated conversations, worry over people or situations we care about, frustration and impatience regarding projects at work or issues in our personal lives. How fast we run through our personal energy has a lot to do with our ability to recover and recharge our inner battery in real-time.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Rich Diviney, former Navy Seal Commander and a HeartMath Certified Trainer, discuss the unique and powerful recovery tools that Rich provides leaders to quickly recover and recharge their inner battery. He also shares how he introduced his Seal Team to "micro-recovery" using heart coherence skills to manage their energy and destress after being ramped up in a highly charged state. You will be able to apply what you learn in this Add Heart Call to your own charged situations.

It’s hard to imagine a world without heart. Qualities such as care, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and patience, uplift and connect us all. In fact scientific research is showing that it’s the lack of genuine heart qualities that’s behind much of the stress that we create personally and within teams and groups.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Dr. Jean Watson, founder of the Watson Caring Science Institute, an international non-profit organization created to advance the philosophies, theories and practices of Human Caring, discuss how qualities of the heart can heal and neutralize feelings of stress and overload when things get tough. They also talk about how daily practice of heart attributes gives us a deeper sense of self-security and balance, and acts as a first line of defense against stress and overwhelm.

Reset, a simple, yet powerful process that can assist us now and throughout the year. A personal reset can be used in several ways. We can reset to start fresh after closure on an issue. We can reset daily or throughout a week to re-energize important commitments. We can reset when things seem to be off-track or when we need to refocus and draw in more clarity.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Steve Havill, a conscious business leader and HeartMath^® Certified Trainer and Coach/Mentor, discuss how they use reset and what resetting for the new year means to them. Deborah also talks about a collective reset that is building around the world and how we can individually contribute to it.

The holiday season is here and many of us will be participating in social gatherings and celebrations. This is prime time to go deeper into our hearts to understand other’s concerns and amplify our care.

HeartMath Institute is researching the power of social coherence and seeing evidence of a positive feedback loop as individuals and groups intentionally create heart coherent energy fields, which increases our connections with each other.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Rollin McCraty Ph.D., HeartMath Institute’s Research Director, discuss why during holiday social gatherings is prime time to go deeper into our hearts to understand other’s concerns and amplify our care. They also talk about the research behind social coherence and how intentionally creating heart coherence energy fields increases our connections with each other.

This thought-provoking discussion will add an uplift to our intentions as we focus on gratitude for our family and friends this holiday season.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Gregg Braden, New York Times bestselling author, internationally renowned speaker and HeartMath Global Coherence Initiative Steering Committee member, discuss gratitude as a higher brain state that releases a self-rewarding feel-good neurotransmitter. They also talk about recent evidence from brain-imaging studies that shows the brain’s "reward center" lighting up when we’re feeling grateful.

All of us need care to thrive – whether we’re receiving or giving care – it is vital to our existence. The ability to express love through our care is one of the highest attributes we have. And like most anything, care has a balance point.

Whether it’s personal, family, social issues within our community, or global issues that affect us all, when our care turns into overcare or insecurity, our energy quickly drains. This hinders our ability to be effective, even when our intentions are to care.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Owen Ward, HeartMath Chief Strategy Officer at the HeartMath Institute, share how balanced care has helped them become more attuned to intuitive intelligence to guide their choices in different situations.

Stillness is an ancient practice, but so easy to dismiss in modern times. Contrary to what the mind and to-do list might have us believe, taking stillness breaks each day is especially important when we have a lot of responsibilities and priorities. Going to Stillness allows our heart, mind and emotions to experience a time-out from competing against each other and enjoy some casual peace together.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and special guest Robert Browning, HM's Dir. of Org. Programs, talk about why it’s especially important in an emotionally-charged and rapidly changing world to create space for inner stillness and how to do it. The simple inner stillness practice they share with you allows heart, mind and emotions to experience a time-out.

Many of us learned the value of pause from our parents and even passed it on as wisdom to our children. However, as life’s demanding pace keeps increasing, the memory to pause often fades, especially when we are under pressure.

There are numerous situations where we sacrifice our wellbeing because we allow the hurry of life to usher us into quick decision and actions. Many times, this can cause us to miss our heart’s intuitive signal to pause before an important and sensitive engagement.

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and guest Jeff Goelitz had a lively discussion about the value of Pause and share suggestions on how to instate this valuable practice more often. They also talk about how to engage in the choice to Pause to create the most flow for restoring our inner balance and clear direction.

It’s an inner confidence that allows us to take control of our lives and see beyond problems or roadblocks to create solutions. It’s being able to self-regulate our mental and emotional reactions. It’s the ability to transform anxiety and fear by staying closely attuned to our heart’s intuitive guidance. Humans are self-referencing beings so when the world we know starts to change we immediately ask how will this affect me?

During this 30-minute live call, Deborah Rozman and guest Gregg Braden discuss the new level of self-empowerment needed to embrace our changing world in a healthy way. They also talk about the significant shift that’s happening in the human story and provided some heart-based practices that can build our self-security.

We’re constantly exchanging unseen information with all living things through our thoughts, feelings and attitudes. Traditionally, during the summer months most of us spend even more time connecting with family, friends and nature. Learn how you can "Add Heart" to the unseen energetic exchanges you share with people and with nature, and how we can lift each other’s vibration and renew our connections with all of life.

During this 30-minute live call, join Deborah Rozman and meet her special guest Robert Erdbrink, Director of HeartMath Benelux, discuss what "Add Heart" means to Robert and some of the ways he adds heart to our world.

As a former rock-and-roll drummer, Howard has a keen awareness of rhythms and how all aspects of life have different rhythms. We experience them in dance and music, we observe them in the ocean’s tides and changing seasons – and course we live by our heart’s rhythm. Right now many people are enjoying the changing rhythm of nature moving into spring weather after a long winter. We can find rhythms in just about everything within us and outside of us.

Learning how to shift our inner rhythms can help life feel a lot less stressful and more balanced. Connecting with our inner heart rhythm helps us sense right timing and enjoy increased care and sensitivity in our relationships and engagements with life.

During this 30-minute live call, special guest Howard Martin, Executive Vice President of HeartMath Inc., talk about how we can tune into the inner rhythm of daily life and find more flow. You’ll learn suggested ways to prevent the impatience of the mind from overriding the sensitive and intuitive whispers of your heart’s direction.