In our annual look back at intentions we've held through the year, we give thanks for the many miracles and remarkable turnarounds seen in government actions, community resilience and Mother Nature's grace in the wake of the varied emergencies, conflicts and social and political challenges that we've highlighted. Join with us in celebrating and giving thanks for a year of answered prayer. Yes, there's much more progress we'd like to see in many areas, and new fires are starting, but there's much to be grateful for, as this...
In our annual look back at intentions we've held through the year, we give thanks for the many miracles and remarkable turnarounds seen in government actions, community resilience and Mother Nature's grace in the wake of the varied emergencies, conflicts and social and political challenges that we've highlighted. Join with us in celebrating and giving thanks for a year of answered prayer. Yes, there's much more progress we'd like to see in many areas, and new fires are starting, but there's much to be grateful for, as this heart-warming round-up shows!
Suggested Intention Focus for this week
This week, as we reflect on progress made in many areas that we’ve held intention for over the past year, we suggest holding as our main intention:
We give thanks for the many intentions offered by our listeners that have been answered this year, and will that continued transformative energy will continue to flow to bring blessings for the many we held intention for during the year who are still suffering or who are responding to moments of profound change in their lives.
Please join us in holding this.
Mentioned in this episode:
Global Healing Response 2025 Theme, Authenticity
Q1, Groundedness: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q1-authenticity-groundedness/
Q2, Grit: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q1-authenticity-groundedness-2/
Q3, Honesty: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q3-authenticity-honesty/
Q4, Integrity: https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2025-q4-authenticity-integrity/
Sunrise to Sunrise: A 28-hour Silent Vigil to welcome and will light for 2026 on Insight Timer. Drop in as an when you wish on Insight Timer, or via your browser. The vigil will run sequentially over several 14 2-hour sessions. See Clive’s Insight Timer profile page for the links: https://insighttimer.com/cliverj/ (click on the Events tab), or alternatively, a webpage dedicated to the event, https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/GayatriGaiaShort.html.
Chapter markers:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:15 Guest Inspirations
00:07:08 Rise of the Far Right
00:08:43 Human Rights Abuses in Central Africa
00:10:23 Peatland Restoration Efforts
00:12:09 Gang Rape
00:13:18 Misogyny in Adolescents
00:15:35 Resilience After Earthquake
00:16:37 Trans Rights
00:19:54 Student-Led Democracy in Serbia
00:21:10 India-Pakistan Ceasefire
00:22:37 Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
00:24:03 Thailand-Cambodia Border Clashes
00:25:46 Use of Religion for Exploitation
00:26:59 Air India Crash
00:29:38 Miracle Earthquake
00:31:02 Political Polarization in Spain
00:32:01 War in Ukraine
00:34:46 National Guard Deployment
00:37:19 Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
00:39:28 Mass Shootings in the USA
00:42:08 Response to Typhoon Halong
00:43:26 Justice for Child Exploitation Survivors
00:46:11 Resistance to Christian Nationalism
00:48:51 Drought in Southern Angola
00:50:00 Intention Holding and Look Forward
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ace.20568
https://www.everytown.org/solutions/violence-intervention-programs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Netflixwatch/comments/1jakzqn/adolescence_2025_netflix_series_review_a_stunning/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z87wb7h
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-15/schools-to-teach-anti-misogyny-lessons-in-bid-to-tackle-manosphere
https://www.netflix.com/title/81756069
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https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/data/national-survey-of-gun-policy
https://www.unicef.org.au/stories/myanmar-earthquakes-100-days-of-recovery-and-hope
https://www.who.int/myanmar/news/feature-stories/detail/lives-rebuilt--personal-stories-from-myanmar-s-earthquake-recovery
https://msfsouthasia.org/myanmar-earthquake-survivors-share-their-stories-from-myanmar/
https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/survivor-turned-responder/
https://www.ifrc.org/article/courage-crisis-how-one-volunteer-saved-dozens-lives-after-myanmars-march-2025-earthquake
https://myanmar.un.org/en/295736-back-learning-rebuilding-hope-after-devastating-earthquake-myanmar
https://www.savethechildren.org.au/our-stories/myanmar-earthquake-recovery-six-months-on
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www.heartfulimpact.com/ Our show website.
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://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding.
Impact! Is presented by Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson. It is produced by Impact Productions.
Our show content is hosted by Podbean and available from all major podcast platforms.
Our theme music is by Chris Collins. indiemusicbox.com.
Our logo artwork is by AltoClassic (Getty Images/istock).
Contact us via Facebook Messenger from the Impact! Facebook group, or using any of the contact methods mentioned on our websites.
Impact! www.heartfulimpact.com.
