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07/12/2014

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Cathy MacDonald talks to writer and physical therapist David Charles Manners.

Cathy MacDonald talks to writer and physical therapist David Charles Manners, who explains about how a Nepalese shaman changed his life during a trip to the Himalayas.

David Charles Manners is a physical therapist, yoga teacher and writer. As a younger man he travelled to the Himalayas where a chance encounter with a Nepalese shaman changed his life. He talks to Cathy about the transformation. 

The Scottish government has announced plans to review the law on succession and inheritance. It's an issue that touches both our heads and our hearts. Is the transfer of wealth between generations an injustice, leading to wider inequalities in society, or is it an important individual freedom reflecting a very human impulse to pass something on to those we hold dear? Simon Barrow, director of the beliefs and values think-tank "Ekklesia" and author and journalist Katie Grant join Cathy to discuss the ethics of inheritance. 

With the recent announcement that children may be able to stay overnight with their mothers in prison, our reporter Monica Brown went to meet Kirsten Johnston, an ex-prisoner to find out how her children and family coped while she was in prison. 

Sami Awad, the Director of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem discusses the power of non-violence to build a path to peace in the Middle East. 

In this week's poignant Listening Project, dad Eddie and daughter Leigh talk about how his struggles with addiction affected their relationship.

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