Impact! is a podcast that creates change WITH our listeners, using the power of prayer and intention to bring about positive change in our world. Each week, we explore one aspect of what it means to pray, offer healing, or send intention out into the world, and by so doing, to actually have an impact. We welcome anyone who wants to play their part in creating peace, harmony and healing in the world.
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Political Turbulence in Serbia: A Democracy at a Crossroad
Episode 86
Thursday, May 22, 2025 • Duration 14:49
In this episode, we explore the current political turbulence in Serbia. The country is experiencing significant unrest marked by mass protests, democratic backsliding, and challenges to human rights. As international observers express concern over the erosion of democratic norms, we delve into the nature of Serbia's political scene, and the country's precarious stance between the EU and Russia. As always, we look at where we might focus our intentions and prayers, and invite you to join us in holding these.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as Serbia’s political situation remains finely balanced, with the government consolidating power amid mounting domestic and international challenges and mass unrest at home, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that Serbia’s President, Prime Minister and cabinet will be guided by wise and compassionate counsel that seeks to guard against democratic backsliding.
Please join us in holding this.
Our guided time of prayer and intention sending starts at 10 minutes 30 seconds.
Chapter markers:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:13 Understanding Serbia’s Political Turbulence
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
Clive's Secret Trans Life: Trans Lives Matter (Part 2)
Episode 83
Thursday, May 15, 2025 • Duration 01:03:44
This week, in a special episode, Ellen talks to Clive about his experience of being trans and his reactions to a changing in attitudes toward trans people in both the US and UK. He talks about his lived experience of hiding a secret and rarely feeling able to let Anja, his female self, come out and be seen by the world. We talk about how this relates to authenticity and activism, and the beautiful way that Clive has recently found that his journey of gender exploration and coming to terms with his sexuality plays into and is being informed by his spiritual journey. Clive talks candidly, shedding light on the nuances of gender fluidity and his belief in the importance for fostering a beloved community that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Tune in for an enlightening conversation that invites empathy and understanding, introducing listeners both to a side of Clive and to the beautifully varied world of trans that many may know little about.
Feel free to reach out to Clive if you'd like to talk about your own searching or struggling with this issue via Messenger on our Facebook group, or via his website, https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/tmg/tmindex.html.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as we consider Clive’s fear that we may be moving away from building a beloved society that embraces full acceptance and inclusiveness of trans people, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that, in the face of legislative changes and the course of dialogue in our home countries toward trans people, all people will be moved by a desire for beloved community that fully upholds the dignity and equality of trans people, and that tolerates and celebrates differences of view.
Please join us in holding this.
Clive’s YouTube channel, A Gender Fluid Life: https://www.youtube.com/@transformationsontuesday. Offers reflections, explainers, inquiries into “all things trans,” including dedicated playlists aimed at offering help for parents and loved ones of trans people, reflections on being trans and having faith, and help for coming out.
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Famine in Gaza, A Plea for Compassion
Episode 85
Thursday, May 8, 2025 • Duration 07:29
In this emergency episode, we bring urgent attention to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. With severe food shortages affecting nearly the entire population, and close to half a million people thought to already be suffering the most severe stage of famine, we hone in on the consequence of nearly two months of a near complete blockage of aid flows into the territory that now endangers an entire people. Please join us with our urgent plea for compassion.
Suggested Intention Focus
With the deteriorating and perilous situation brining nearly Gaza’s entire population to the point of starvation, we suggest holding as an urgent intention:
We will that the hearts and minds of all who have influence and affect decisions on the flow or otherwise of humanitarian aid into Gaza will be moved with deep compassion for the millions of innocent people who are suffering or facing starvation there.
Kashmir in the Middle: The Crisis Between Two Nuclear Powers that's Moving Dangerously in the Direction of War
Episode 84
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 • Duration 21:36
In this urgent episode, we focus on the rising tensions between India and Pakistan. With over 1.65 billion lives potentially affected, this episode explores the background and implications of India's recent military strikes against its neighbour, accusations of Pakistani support for the attack on civilians in Kashmir two weeks ago, and the deep-rooted conflict that threatens a possible escalation into war. Join us as we look at where our collective power in intention and prayer is now urgently needed to avoid a flashpoint turning into an escalation into a bitter war.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as relations between India and Pakistan have intensified to a level not seen for many years, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that wisdom will prevail among all who have influence in the military command and within or upon the governments of India and Pakistan to determine a forward path that avoids escalation of their conflict at all costs.
Please join us in holding this.
Intentions and prayers start at 18 minutes 30 seconds.
Chapter markers:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:02 Urgent Focus on India and Pakistan
00:09:55 Historical Context of Kashmir Conflict
00:14:42 Military Escalation Risks and Peace Prospects
This week, as a landmark legal ruling in the UK and sweeping executive orders in the US come into effect, we take a deep dive into the controversial social issue that has sparked fierce debate in our own countries: the rights and recognition of people identifying as trans. We delve into the nature of the division in this divide, understand the challenge of finding a way forward that may be acceptable both to trans people and those who argue for their exclusion from single sex safe spaces, and explore what may lie behind the increasing unease in society on the issue, especially in the U.S. and U.K. Crucially, we consider why the "trans issue" is one that affects us all, and that to ignore or push it into the long grass risks further alienation and future crisis in our own back yards and has broader implications for equality, freedom of expression, and social progress. As always, we conclude with suggested intentions and prayers.
This is Part 1 of a 2 part special on this topic. Next time, Clive talks about his own experience of growing up trans and sharing his reactions and reflections on what’s now happening in our own back yards.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as we consider the grave fear and sense of exclusion being faced by many trans people in the US and UK, as well as in other countries, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that there will be a readiness among all people to recognise and respect the gender identities of others that they may consider to be outside the norm, including where these may be contrary to the notion of binary or biologically-determined sex or gender according to their own faith-based or other worldview.
Please join us in holding this.
Intention and prayers start at 38 minutes 30 seconds.
Chapter markers:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:01 The Trans Issue Explained
00:03:48 A Landmark Judgment
00:06:34 Trans Rights in a Global Context
Celebrating World Labyrinth Day 2025: Sending a Love Train Around the World
Episode 81
Thursday, April 24, 2025 • Duration 40:55
World Labyrinth Day on 3 May encourages people around the world to walk a labyrinth, willing peace and harmony, and activating a wave of goodwill from the earliest walks in New Zealand and in the east through to the places where the sun will last set on this day in the west. With hundreds of events already planned, this offers a rare and important opportunity to meditate and send collective intention with thousands of others, en masse. In this episode, special guests Carmel Stabley and Susie Leiper tell us about the significance of labyrinths in meditation and healing, and how we can each play a part in willing positive intention as we are encouraged to "walk as one at one" (at 1pm in our time zone), which may include using a finger labyrinth downloadable from the World Labyrinth Day website, or joining an online, virtual walk.
Ellen turns interviewee in this episode, as she talks about her role as Co-ordinator of World Labyrinth Day and her reflections of what has been learned and achieved over the 5 years that she has carried this mantle.
Suggested Intention for World Labyrinth Day
As regular listeners know, we always offer a suggested intention for the week ahead in our episodes. This week, looking forward to World Labyrinth Day 2025, we suggest as our intention this week:
We will that all who engage with World Labyrinth Day this year will be excited to experience and moved to pass on the power of collective intention for universal peace and wellbeing.
Please join us in holding this, both now, and on the day itself.
2025 Pre- World Labyrinth Day Intention:
The hearts of the hosts and participants are prepared for World Labyrinth Day. All labyrinths are connected for the highest good of our world.
In this episode, hosts Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson explore the powerful impact of the Netflix series Adolescence and its timely themes of teenage violence, online misogyny, and radicalization. As the series sparks global discussions, Ellen and Clive dive into the portrayal of the challenges faced by teenage boys in today's digital age. It's not necessary to have watched the series in order to tune in with this episode, and we don't make that assumption!
Set against the backdrop of a British psychological crime drama, the hosts examine the major issues raised by the series, including the influence of toxic online spaces known as the manosphere, the pressures of social media, and the struggles of young boys navigating masculinity, mental health, and societal expectations.
Amidst alarming statistics and international concern, the episode highlights efforts to educate and guide young minds, engage parents and care givers, and foster meaningful conversations on how to address these critical issues. Join the discussion on what you can do to help counter harmful narratives and support a more empathetic and understanding approach to youth in crisis, and join with us in offering prayers and holding intention for what is among the most critical social crises of our age.
This week, as we contemplate the massive pressures and dangers faced by teenage boys and the response of their care givers in the wake of the Adolescence drama series, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that all who have influence in schools and on social media to recognise and be guided in their actions to foster a cultural change that aimed at addressing the harmful conditioning of young boys who are exposed to the manosphere.
Please join us in holding this.
GRIT: When you Walk Through a Storm in a Chaotic World (Global Healing Response)
Episode 79
Thursday, April 10, 2025 • Duration 22:45
As Global Healing Response turns its attention to a new aspect of this year's theme of authenticity, in this episode, we explore the topic of GRIT and its importance for staying true to ourselves in today's chaotic world. We consider understanding grit not just as determination, but a blend of passion, perseverance, and the courage to stay true to our core values despite the various challenges we may face. We explore how grit aligns with groundedness, guiding us to sustain our efforts, nurture our inner drive, and foster a stable sense of self and resilience. As always, we invite you to join us in holding intention, and suggest practices for cultivating grit, nurturing authenticity, and remaining steadfast amidst life's adversities.
Intentions and prayers start at 17 minutes 11 seconds.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as we enter a new quarter and focus for Global Healing Response, focusing on the theme of grit and its importance for remaining authentic, we suggest holding as our main intention:
I will to endure and keep walking, not because my journey may always be simple,
but because I know I am never alone.
Clive continues his conversation with spiritual teacher and director Andō, whose remarkable ministry focuses on the true nature and power of silence. In this episode, we explore the notion of nothingness, and also turn attention to understanding the role and value of spiritual direction. Andō draws on her deep experience of surrender, trust and dwelling in silence, following her many years of living in retreat and spiritual community, together with being out in the world, and through several major health crises. She talks about how she has been inspired by faith and practice in the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, along with Advaita Vedanta, Christian mysticism, non-denominational Christianity and contemporary nonduality, among others. As a spiritual director and contemplative mentor she serves those of all faiths and none. Andō offers a safe space for entering awareness of the movement of the divine in your life.
You can subscribe to Silentium, a journal on themes of interior silence — of meditation, contemplation, silent prayer, stillness, and quiet moments, for all faiths. Shared from a tiny hermitage in Cornwall, England by writer, spiritual director, and retreat facilitator Andō. Find and subscribe to Silentium at http://silentium.substack.com/welcome.
Myanmar's Earthquake: Intentions and Prayers for Healing and Hope
Episode 78
Thursday, April 3, 2025 • Duration 17:25
Join hosts Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson as they attempt to build a picture of the aftermath of the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that recently struck Myanmar, causing widespread destruction and despair. With over 2,700 confirmed dead and thousands more injured, this episode sheds light on the immense challenges facing rescue teams amidst ongoing civil conflict and infrastructural collapse.
Reflecting on the broader impacts, we focus on the power of collective intention, meditation, and prayers in supporting those affected, looking at specific areas where our focus is needed both immediately and for the longer term.
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as Myanmar comes to terms with one of Asia’s most devastating earthquakes in a century, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We will that all involved in coordinating the recovery effort in Myanmar following last Friday’s earthquake will have wisdom to know where to direct their attention and resources to maximise protection of human life.
Please join us in holding this.
Prayers and intentions start at 12 minutes 38 seconds.
Crossdream Life. Includes discussion forum and help for families, partners and significant others of trans people, and a dedicated area for transmen. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/crossdreamlife/
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
Global Healing Response offers hundreds of resources to support theme-based labyrinth walks, including this year’s theme of authenticity https://globalhealingresponse.com/
Videos presented by Ellen and others introducing World Labyrinth Day and suggesting how to approach a labyrinth walk, including some beautiful photo montages from previous years and concerning the biology of heart intention. See the dedicated YouTube channel of The Labyrinth Society: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLabyrinthSociety/videos
Labyrinth walk at St Colomba’s Scottish Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA. Hosted by Ellen and Lars Howlett, 3 May 12 noon – 2pm EDT. Registration not required.
Community Labyrinth in Settlers Green, North Conway, NH, USA, hosted by Susie. 3 May 1 at 1230 EDT. Registration not required.
Group labyrinth walk and grand opening of the largest indoor labyrinth in South Africa at the R'new Festival, Vaal Estate, 5 South Bay Farm, R716, Deneysville, 1932, South Africa. Go meet Carmel and enjoy a festival of fire dancing, drumming, music, workshops, and much more! Registration required. See https://www.rnew.co.za/
Labyrinth walk hosted by Clive at Highlands Methodist Church, Sutherland Boulevard, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3PT, UK, 3 May at 1pm BST. Registration not required.
Pre World Labyrinth Day workshops (video recordings of recently held events), including ‘Let's Create Temporary Labyrinths for World Labyrinth Day’ with Lars Howlett and Peter Clark https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2025/pre-wld-events
Chris Katzenmeyer, Director of Legacy Labyrinth Project and a pioneer in the field of applying intention through contemplative practice, spoke to us in an episode some months ago, offering a wonderful 101 grounding in the basics of intention. Listen in at: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-fpvwh-153e065 and find out about upcoming training in intention setting and labyrinth activism offered by Legacy Labyrinth Project at https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/llpa .
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
The following are among resources and sources of help available to support parents and others guide boys through adolescence.
Previous episode, focusing on the need for and ways of developing grit, ‘GRIT: When you Walk Through a Storm in a Chaotic World (Global Healing Response)’
Young Minds: Offers extensive resources on improving the mental health and emotional well-being of children and teenagers, including a confidential parents' helpline. https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Essentials for Parenting Teens (CDC): This free online resource provides evidence-based tools to help parents build positive relationships with their teenage sons. Topics include managing emotions, encouraging independence, and improving communication. https://www.cdc.gov/parenting-teens/about/index.html
RESOURCES for schools, colleges and those offering events to support child and teenage engagement in meditation and labyrinth walking offered by the Australian Labyrinth Network: https://aln.org.au/wldes-resources
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
Swedish research on authenticity and wellbeing: Vainio, M.M., Daukantaitė, D. Grit and Different Aspects of Well-Being: Direct and Indirect Relationships via Sense of Coherence and Authenticity. J Happiness Stud 17, 2119–2147 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-015-9688-7
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.
https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.
https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.
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