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If you’ve ever wanted more happiness, and resilience your life, or greater positivity in the face of storms, then do we have the Buddha’s Brain show for you.  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Rick Hanson, neuropsychologist, brain expert, and the best-selling author of Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing and the Buddha’s Brain. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to develop resilience and a Buddha brain, one simple practice at a time. Neuroscience of Positivity Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:  What to do when the waves of life come? What is a self-transforming brain? How can we change the emotional intelligence of the brain? What is the brain’s negativity bias? Why are we so vulnerable to the impact of negative experiences? Why do our brain’s focus on the sticks over carrots – or on the negative experiences? How does mindfulness awareness help bring more stability and peacefulness to our minds? Three fundamental ways to relate to the mind How do we begin to focu

If you’ve ever felt stuck, in a rut, or wondered where to go from here, then do we have the open to new possibilities expand your horizons and dare to dream show for you!!! Today we’ll talk about stepping forward, daring to dream, getting uncomfortable, and being open to crazy new possibilities. Topics Include: What in the world Michael in the movies really means??? What is the documentary PGS, or the Personal Guidance System from Bill Bennett? What can we learn from George Costanza about getting unstuck? What’s the importance of trying new things? What’s the benefit in believing you don’t have the answer or might even be wrong? Why do we want to get uncomfortable? What’s going on with the Inspire Nation coach trainees??? Will Inspire Nation be having retreats in Colorado??? What it means to get lighter for our journeys? Why do we want to play “mind games” with ourselves? What’s the benefit of having a carrot in your life? How we can use visualization work to re-energize ourselves? What does it mean to have

If you’ve ever wanted to wake up in your dreams, and use it to change your life, then do we have the Lucid Dreaming show for you! Today I’ll speaking with Robert Waggoner, the past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, and the author of one of my all-time new favorite books, Lucid Dreaming! Lucid Dreaming Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: When was Dr. Waggoner’s first lucid dream? What are pre-cognitive dreams? What did he learn from The Lesson’s of Don Juan by Carlos Castenada? What was the early technique he learned for Lucid Dreaming (and still teaches today) What’s the importance of modulating your emotions when lucid dreaming? What does it mean that only the mind distniugishes between the two realities? What do waking activties have to do with lucid dreaming? What is the shadow self? How are the top ways of getting into lucid dreaming? What’s the MILD technique? What’s the NAP To Lucidity techniqu

If you’ve ever wanted all-natural remedies to improve your health, then do we have the Simple Guide to Natural Health show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Melanie St. Ours, a clinical herbalist, founder of Psyche and Soma, and the author of a beautiful new healthful book, the Simple Guide to Natural Health. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about super easy-to-use home remedies for health and healing! The Simple Guide to Natural Health Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: Why did Melanie St. Ours get into herbalism? What’s the benefit of looking into natural health? What are natural remedies? How do natural remedies encourage prevention? How do natural remedies complement modern medicine? How do we know when we can DIY our health? What’s the importance of understanding your medications? What do you need to know if pregnant or nursing? What herbs are never safe during pregnancy? What are safety guidelines for children under 12? What plants do we want to stock up on? Wha

If you’ve ever thought ANYTHING was impossible, or the challenge was too great, then do we have the Sometimes Brilliant Show for You. Today I’ll be talking with Larry Brilliant, pioneering physician, global philanthropist, and one of the key players in the eradication of smallpox, which has saved millions, of not a billion lives to come. He’s also the best-selling author of a brilliant new book, and a MUST read about faith or courage, Sometimes Brilliant. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about the impossible adventure of a spiritual seeker and visionary physician who helped conquer the worst disease in history. Larry Brilliant Notes What happened with his dad and the mafia What ancient coins taught him about India How did he meet Martin Luther King Jr, and how’d he change Larry’s life What does a motorcycle ride and nitrous oxide have to do with anything Who he miraculously got into medical school What was a rescue mission to Alcatraz and who was Wovoca? What happened with Larry and Warner

If you’ve ever wanted to change your mindset about wealth, success, and significance, then do we have the Unlock It show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dan Lok, best-selling author, mulit-millionaire serial entrepreneur, and the author of Unlock it.  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about the master key to wealth, success, and significance. Topics Include: How’d Dan Lok end up moving from Hong Kong to Canada (without any English skills!) What happened to his parents at 16 that forever changed his life? What did he learn from Bruce Lee that helped him forge success? What was the commitment Dan Lok made? How’d he begin to find success (even after 13 businesses failed)? What are the four stages of life and where are we almost all living? What’s the great debt lie? What does he mean we have a lack of high-income skills? What are some of the debt-lies? Whare are some of the myths about money? How do you increase your value? What are some of the top money mistakes we make? What are so

If you’ve ever wanted to stay in your heart-space, and feel better about life, then do we have the be in the love, show for you. Today we’ll talk about getting in your heart-space, staying in the love, and even how to get back to the love, when you’re feeling lost or afraid. Topics Include: What it means that life is conspiring for you? What Michael feels called to do next? What’s it mean to let ourselves fall apart? What it means to step forward even when you don’t know? What it means to be open and let go of believing you have the answer? What it means to be there with the ones you love? Why CJ let her son go sky-diving??? How and why you want to be “calmly in your heart”? What it means to have attachment in your life – and be able to let it go??? What it means to know what’s most important in your life? How important is it to let go of attachment to your identity? What it means to change your look? What it means to release tension from your back and your life? How pain can be a positive reminder to get us

If you’ve ever wanted to wake up from your dream state, then do we have The Way of Liberation show for you. Today I’ll be talking with the spiritual teacher Adyanshanti, author of two of the most beautiful and important books I’ve ever read, Falling Into Grace, and The Way of Liberation. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a practical guide to spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Awakening & Enlightenment Self-Improvement and Self-Help topics include: What Adyashanti was like as a child? What he discovered about the world? What his early spiritual experiences were like? What did Adyashanti discover in a book by Alan Watts? How did he get into Zen Buddhism? What did he build in his backyard for meditation practice? What is the “spiritual fast track” What were his awakening experiences? Why is it so important we wake up now? What’s the importance of moving past our egoic minds? What’s the importance of letting go of judgment of yourself? What’s the importance of the question o

If you’ve ever wanted to live a different way, more in alignment with your soul, then do we have the Be Feel Think Do show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Anne Berube, a modern shaman, speaker, teacher and the author of a beautiful, soul-revealing journey, Be Feel Think Do. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about what happens your soul wakes up to who you truly are, and how to get there. Be Feel Think Do Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:  How did Anne Berube meet Wayne Dyer? How did she begin working with Wayne Dyer? What was her near-death experience years earlier? How did life change for her – or what was the parallel life she saw? What did she learn from Shirley Maclaine? What did she learn from her grandmother? How do we steer by listening to our guts? What can we learn from our pain? What does it mean to spend time being and feeling? What did she learn from the Shaman Laura Kealoha Yardley? What is the ancient Hawaiian tale of Lemuria? What does it mean to

If you’ve ever wanted to use your superpowers to engage, persuade, and change your life, then do we have the Storyworthy show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Matthew Dicks, the international best-selling author, 36 time Mothy StorySLAM champion, five-time GrandSLAM champion, cofounder of Speak Up and the author of a truly brilliant must-read book for spinning a yarn, Storyworthy.  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to engage, teach, persuade and change your life through the Power of Storytelling. Storyworthy Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:  How did Matthew Dicks become a good story-teller? What happened when he went to his first Moth StorySLAM??? What are some of the early stories he’s shared? Do we need big stories in order to become a story-teller? Can anyone become a story-teller? Why do we want to learn how to tell good stories? What can we learn about ourselves through the process? If you have no desire to get on stage, why learn to be a story-teller

Today I’ll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, a leader in the New Thought Movement, PEN award-winning historian, the author of the Miracle club, and the napoleon hill success course series, which includes the Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim, and One Simple Idea  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how thoughts are causative, and how to reprogram your mind! Topics Include: What happened to Mitch’s book when it was published in China? Are thoughts causative? What’s the danger of people believing thoughts become things? How is it a destabilizing force? What happened to Marianne Williamson and why are people so threatened by the law of attraction? Why are so many people afraid of self-help? Who made the term “self-help” popular? How old is self-help? Was Benjamin Franklin into self-help? What does authentic self-help demand? Who was Emile Cuoue? How were the Beatles influenced by Emile Cuoue and self-help? What did Paul McCartney and John Lennon write and sing about? How did Emile Cuoue

If you’ve ever struggled to shift, then do we have the surfing great change, show for you! Today we’ll talk about creative angst, surfing great change, and how to step forward, even when there’s an Everest Looming straight ahead! Topics Include: What we can learn from clearing out storage units? What it means to let go of things from our past??? Why we don’t want to eat frogs or elephants – as we’re tring to make great change? What we can learn about balancing our energy from our Garmin heart-rate-variability devices (Garmin Vivoactive 3 and Garmin Forerunner 4). What we can learn from life’s concussions??? Why we want to watch the number of decisions we make in the day (like Steve Jobs). What books falling out of the sky means for us? What Michael learned from a medium? What does “Less is More” mean and why is it so powerful? What it means to truly let go during time of great change to help you get in flow? How to create a TV show? What it means to chop out that which isn’t necessary? What it means to step

If you’ve ever wanted greater peace in your life, then do we have the Way of Effortless Mindfulness show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Loch Kelly, director of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute, licensed psychotherapist, mindfulness expert, and author of a beautiful book on letting go, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a revolutionary guide to an awakened life. Topics Include: How did mindfulness help Loch Kelly? What’s a Big Sky Witness, and how’d he learn to tap in??? What does sky-gazing have to do with meditation? What is effortless mindfulness? What’s the difference between effortless mindfulness and what people are practicing today? What are mindful glimpses? What is the witness protection program? What is the exercise eyes of awareness? What’s the latest neuroscience show about mindfulness? What do EEG signals tell us about mindfulness? How does the brain change in mindfulness practitioners? What are gamma brain waves and how do

If you’ve ever wanted to be more creative and more successful, then do we have the Tinker Dabble Doodle Try Show for you.  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Srini Pillay, a Harvard trained practicing psychiatrist, brain imaging researcher, brain based technology innovator, the award winning author of Life Unlocked and the author of one of my all-time favorite books –Tinker Dabble Doodle Try! And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to train your brain for success and unlock the power of the unfocused mind. Law of Attraction Brain Science Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Srini in his second year of medical school. What’s the danger of hyperfocus? Why you need to let go of focus to perform at your best Why are breaks necessary to the brain Why is the brain a resource constrained dynamically configured environment What is possibility thinking? How do we have a growth mindset How to reset the brain and see the world differently How do we replace old habits w

If you’ve ever wanted to attract miracles into your life or help to change the world, then do we have the Coherence Healing Meditations, show for you! Today I’ll be speaking with Dr. Joe Dispenza, international lecturer, researcher and the best selling author of numerous books including You Are the Placebo, and his latest must-read book for changing your life, Becoming Supernatural. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about getting in coherence, becoming one mind, and helping hear yourself, and our world. Becoming Supernatural Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What are the miracles Dr. Joe Dispenza has been witnessing? Why do “miracles” appear to be happening more and more? What’s it mean to get beyond ourselves? What’s it mean to step outside convention? What’s the concept of emergence? What’s a daily practice of getting beyond yourself? What is coherence? How do we get into coherence quickly? What does it meant to live in coherence? How can coherence take us out of surv

If you’ve ever wanted Peace, RIGHT NOW, then do we have the INSTANT CALM show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Karen Salmansohn, best-selling author, award-winning designer, and social media maven, and the author of a sensory stirring book on calming you down, Instant Calm. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about, about 2 minute meditations to create a lifetime of happy. Topics Include: What’s a 2 minute meditation? How can two minute meditations help us? What’s a stop and swap? How’d you get blessed by Madonna? What does “Succeeding without a Penis” have to do with anything? What was “The Vortex”? What did you learn from these experiences? What are sensory meditations? What’s a type of meditation that taps into the five senses? What are sight meditations? Examples of sight meditations? What are smell meditations? Examples of smell meditations? What’s the power of the smell of vanilla? What are sound meditations? Examples of sound meditations? What’s the benefit of Om? What’s the power of mantr

If you’ve ever wanted to be happier, more content, and more comfortable with who you are, and those around you, then do we have the personality revealing show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Brian R. Little, researcher, author, and professor, voted the favorite professor by students at Harvard for three consecutive years! He’s also the author of a fascinating book on who in the world we are, and why we operate the way we do, Me, Myself, and Us. And that’s what we’ll be talking about today, about the science of personality and the art of Well-Being, and how it can change our lives. That plus we’ll talk about bathtub farts and lumberjacks, music that makes your hair stand on end, why the professor’s left shoe is an introvert, the dangers of caffeine after 3, what in the world is cyberia, what North Dakota has in spades, why you don’t want to follow the professor into the bathroom, the power of weasel words and why extroverted females, may be the most heroic of them all! Happiness & Success Self-Impr

If you’ve ever wanted a healthier, happier life with greater spiritual growth and Vibrant Physical health, then do we have the Wheels of Life show for you!  Today I’ll be speaking with Dr. Anodea Judith a groundbreaking writer and spiritual teacher, and one of the preeminent experts on chakras and author of one of the most fascinating and perhaps important books I’ve ever read, The Wheels of Life. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about a guide to the chakra system, and how it can change our lives. Open your Chakras Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How did a meditation change the course of Anodea Judith’s life? How’d she get interested in the chakra system? Where did Anodea go to learn about chakras? What are chakras? What’s a mythical rainbow bridge? Where are the chakras located? How do chakras work? What do chakras respond to on the physical level? How do chakras generate the shape and behavior of the physical body? How do chakras correspond to seven levels of consc

If you’ve ever a healthier, happier heart, then do we have the Heart Solution for Women (and men too!) show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Mark Menolascino, Medical Director of the Meno Clinic, and the author of a brilliant book at healing your heart, Heart Solution for Women. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a proven program to prevent and reverse heart disease…and the different needs for women, vs. men. Topics Include: Why is heart disease the #1 killer of women today? Do women have more strokes than men? Why is heart-disease (and heart attacks) under-diagnosed in women? Why don’t women show the same signs, symptoms, and even EKG readings as men??? What is functional medicine? Why is heart-health for women so misunderstood? What happens to wome right after menopause? What can we learn about women’s heart health challenges from Dr. Bailey and Grey’s Anatomy? What’s the link between diabetes and heart disease? And between alzheimers, depression and heart disease? What

If you’ve ever wanted to overcome addiction or keep from “screwing up” or attacking yourself with your mind then do we have the show for You! Today I’ll be talking with Chris Grosso, writer, speaker, author of The Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind, host of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast and the author of a brilliant new read, Dead Set on Living. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about Making the Difficult But Beautiful Journey from F-ing Up to Waking Up. Dead Set On Living Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Chris Grosso since our last interview? What’s the importance of moving past the “if only” mindset? What’s the importance of letting go of shame? What is the “RAIN” practice to help you let go? What’s “the primary problem” according to Gabor Mate? What does the law of attraction have to do with spiritual puberty? What can we learn from Lissa Rankin and “God is Not Your B*tch”? What does Tosha Silver teach about surrendering to the divine? What does