“What the Bleep?” meets “Honor Who You Are”

Dr. Candace Pert is an internationally recognized psychopharmacologist who popularized her groundbreaking theories on consciousness, neuropeptides, and reality in the film, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” She is currently developing Peptide T, a therapeutic for the treatment of HIV.

Many years ago, before the movie was released, I was so inspired by Candace Pert’s book, “Molecules of Emotion”, that I sent her one of my original CDs. I felt that somehow there was a resonance with Dr. Pert’s journeys and discoveries and the messages in my songs.

At least a year and a half went by before I received a response in an email from Candace describing her personal experience with one particular song that she found herself listening to repeatedly during a challenging time in her life. She was planning to produce a guided imagery and affirmation CD, which would be called, "Psychosomatic Wellness: Healing Your BodyMind”. In her quest to choose a song as the capstone, she asked permission to use my song “Honor Who You Are”, which she felt captured the healing essence of the entire project. Of course I enthusiastically agreed to just gift her the usage rights, retaining the copyright, thrilled to have the message birthed into the larger world in such a miraculous manner.

Dr. Pert has used the guided meditation and song extensively for her own healing and thousands of others. “Honor Who You Are” is a tribute to the power of each individual’s gift to humanity through honoring their true self through the changes that are inevitable in life.

"I got connected with Bentley's beautiful songwriting through magical circumstances. I featured a new arrangement of her beautiful song "Honor Who You Are" as the capstone of my guided imagery and affirmation CD "Psychosomatic Wellness: Healing Your BodyMind". As I did, hundreds of people have responded to its simple and clear call to appreciate ourselves here and now to" bring your heaven to your earth". It's an inspiring message for me and many others who are often "trying too hard" in an unnecessary struggle--a beautiful selves-esteem building tune ..Thank you Bentley!" --Candace Pert, PhD

“Bentley Kalaway is a brilliant songwriter, whose passion and life’s mission is to tell the story of the Bodymind connection and our personal and collective journey to healing and awakening consciousness through the power of love, truth and forgiveness. Although she has now been recognized by one of the world’s leading edge researchers, the true depth of the profound power of her songwriting is still untapped.” -- Keith Ranney

Dr. Candace Pert received her Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, served as Chief of the Section on Brain Biochemistry of the Clinical Neuroscience Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), held a Research Professorship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and is currently the Scientific Director of RAPID Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dr. Pert appeared in the feature film What the Bleep Do We Know!?? and Bill Moyer's TV program Healing and the Mind. She is the author of the book Molecules of Emotion: The Scientific Basis Behind Mind-Body Medicine (Scribner, 1997), Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d (Hay House, 2006), and the musical guided imagery CD Psychosomatic Wellness: Healing your Body-Mind.