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If you’ve ever wanted to live the life of your dreams, then do we have the God and Love on Route 80 show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Stephen G. Post, the best-selling author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People, the founder of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, and a brilliant new book on the meaning of life and the importance of spirituality, God and Love on Route 80. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about living your dream and the hidden mystery of Human Connectedness! Topics Include: What was the guiding dream Stephen G. Post had frequently as a child? How did he end up stealing his dad’s car and seeking out his dream? What happened when he tried to return the car? How did the dream play out before his eyes – and what did he learn? Who was the crazed person who almost killed him with a Harley Shovelhead motorcycle? What did Stephen G. Post learn about dreams from these experiences? Who was old Gus and what is a Gohonzon? What does synchronicity in our l

WARNING!!! If you're trying this method, you must watch Wim Hof's free mini-class first:  https://www.wimhofmethod.com/free-mini-class In this episode, I’ll be talking to Wim Hof, a Dutch daredevil who holds 20 world records for his ability to withstand extreme cold and the co-author of “The Way of the Iceman” and “Becoming the Iceman”. We are going to be talking about using the science and secrets of using breath control and cold training to reclaim your vitality, energy, and health.  We’ll also talk about avoiding space cake, diving into waterfalls, bike rides to Senegal, running in the Arctic, swimming under ice, and what in the world the police and swimming in canals have to do with anything. See you on the inside. (Don't forget to check out Wim's event too - he's coming to the USA! https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/wim-hof-experience-san-jose)     Key Points Discussed:   How Wim’s birth was a surprise to his mom and doctors (03:12) The experience of diving into a waterfall in the Ganges (10:40) We

If you’ve ever wanted to overcome an addiction, of any sort, then do we have The Abstinence Myth show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Adi Jaffe, PhD, research psychologist, addiction, specialist, founder of IGNTD, and the author of a brilliant new book on recovery, The Abstinence Myth. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a new approach for overcoming addiction without shame, judgement or rules. The Abstinence Myth Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened when Dr. Adi Jaffe asked his first girl out? How did Dr. Adi Jaffe end up in a cycle of addiction? What was the dual life he was leading? What happened after he was caught? How did going to jail change Dr. Jaffe? Why did he go back to school? Why is everything we’ve been told about addiction wrong? What does it mean that we are not our addiction? Why doesn’t recovery require or have to begin with abstinence? What’s wrong with the label of an “addict” What’s the importance of the issues we’re avoiding? Wha

If you’ve ever wanted a stronger healthier relationship then do we have the New Relationship Show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Nancy Levin, an all-time favorite guest of mine, the best-selling author Worthy and Jump, and the author of a phenomenal book at reframing love, The New Relationship BluePrint. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about 10 steps to loving deeply, without losing yourself. The New Relationship Blueprint Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Nancy Levin’s Marriage? Why was it “you deplete me” rather than “complete me”? What can we learn from Jerry McGuire? What happened when she was D.O.N.E. with relationships? What are core wounds and triggers? How do we attract relationships that trigger our core wounds? What was a “deady sin” to Nancy? What are a few key myths about relationships? Why are we the only one who can heal the sadness and loneliness inside of us? How is being in a relationship school? What are our origin stories? How do our

If you’ve ever wanted to step into your power, then do we have The Miracle Club show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, award-winning PEN historian, best-selling author, a master of the new thought movement, and the author of a brilliant new book for stepping into your power The Miracle Club. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about diving INTO spirituality to dive IN to your inner power. The Miracle Club Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What’s the "power of silence”? What is the 48 Laws of Power? What does nobility have to do with personal power? What does it mean to be as wise as serpents, as harmless as doves? Do spirituality and power actually go together? What’s the million dollar secret hidden in your mind? What can we learn from Anthony Norvell? Why do we tend to minimize ourselves and our abilities? What does it mean that our minds like definiteness? What’s the importance (and challenge) of giving yourself a five-year plan for study, growth, and

If you’ve ever wanted more brilliance on demand, then do we have the Radical Brilliance Show for You! Today I’ll be talking with Arjuna Ardagh, awakening coach, public speaker, the best-selling author of at least nine books including the #1 national bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and the author of a brilliant book on awakening your mind, Radical Brilliance. And that’s just what I talk with him about, about the brain and brilliance, how and why people original life-changing ideas, and how we can have them ourselves! Radical Brilliance Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What does Shakespeare have to do with a 1-year old? What did Arjuna learn from a Hare Krishna monk? How did Arjuna use the law of attraction to begin attracting wealth into his life? What is the meaning of life? Is there a magic switch to find life satisfaction? What is brilliance? Is there a formula for brilliance? What is the brilliance cycle? What are the 4 components of the brilliance cycle? How does one know where one’s

If you’ve ever wanted more creativity and joy in your life, then do we have the Art and Soul Reloaded Show For You! Today I’ll be talking with Pam Grout, #1 New York times best-selling author, repeat guest, and the author of a beautiful new book and treatise on rediscovering your creativity, Art And Soul Reloaded.  And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to summon your muses and reclaim your bold, audacious creative side. Art & Soul Reloaded Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What does it mean to be a closet Bohemian? How did Pam Grout go from creative to corporate America? How’d she end up becoming a travel writer? What does Pam like people on both sides of the bell curve? Why is it so important to help people with their creative side? What does it meant to invite in our muses? Are we all creative? What does it mean to have creativity inside of ourselves? What does it really mean when we believe or say we don’t have time? What’s the importance of writing down thre

If you’ve ever wanted a life worth living, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll talk about living fully, exploring life, and bringing out the fun in all that you do. How CJ is becoming an empty-nester this week? What is CJ doing for her transition? How may walking the Camino in Spain help her to live a life worth living??? How movement can help you get your energy unstuck? Why Michael and Jessica are putting their lives on instagram: instagram.com/inspirenationlive Why it’s so important to take in different, sometimes even uncomfortable experiences? Why putting yourself out there, such as in drum circles or other unusual events, can help bring back out your childlike eyes? Why you want to dress like yourself, and have lots of FUN with it!!! What it means to “live life in this moment”??? Why you want to plug back in with the natural world??? How automatic writing (AutomaticWriting.com) can help change your life? What it means that a walk, or life, can be “the practice”? How you can use a watch as

If you’ve ever wanted to feel greater freedom and peace with the shape of your body, then do we have the Physical Disobedience show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Sarah Hays Coomer,  a certified personal trainer, wellness coach, “diet abolitionist,” and the author of Lightness of Body and Mind. And her latest to set you free, Physical Disobedience. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about an unruly guide to health, stamina, busting through paradigms, taking control of our lives, and making great change in the world! Physical Disobedience Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What was Sarah’s relationship with food and dieting growing up? What does it mean to access your body and make peace with it? What is physical disobedience? What can we learn from the Dove study about our body image? What happened to her stomach? How did she become a physical trainer? What can we learn from physical training about our bodies? What does it mean that beauty has nothing to do with the

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re struggling with your health, your emotions, or your mind, then do we have the Mind-Gut Connection Show for You. Today I’ll be talking with Emeran Mayer, MD, who has studied brain-body interactions for the almost 40 years and is considered a pioneer and world leader in the area of brain-gut microbiome interactions and chronic pain. He’s the author of an astounding new book and look at our minds and our health, The Mind-Gut Connection. And that’s just what we’ll talk about today, how the hidden conversation within our bodies impacts our mood, our choices, and our overall health, and what we can do about it. Gut Health & Microbiome Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How he started listening to his gut and where it steered him What’s the power of journaling? How many microbes are in us and on us? What do microbes have to do with what we think, feel and say How to listen to your gut when you’re shopping for food What’s a new view of the human being or the human s

If you’ve ever wanted to flow through change then do we have the Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Jessica Ortner, the New York Times best-selling author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence, co-producer of The Tapping Solution documentary, and the author of a beautiful new book The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to get unstuck and find your flow. The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What were Jessica Ortner’s weight challenges growing up? How did it all turn around through tapping? What is a pattern of panic? What is tapping? What does the science show? How do we begin tapping? What is tapping 101? What’s a most-pressing issue? How do we measure intensity? How do we craft a set-up statement? Where do we tap and how do we do it? What’s a tapping meditation? How can a tapping meditation help re-write th

If you’ve ever wanted to discover your life purpose, then do we have The Life You Were Born to Live show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dan Millman, former world champion gymnast, coach, martial arts teacher, the run-away international best-selling author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and a phenomenal guide and one-million book best-seller for discovering your life purpose, The Life You Were Born to Live And that’s just what I want to talk with him about, about an amazing Life-Purpose system, to find meaning, purpose, and direction in your life. The Life You Were Born to Live Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: Who did Dan Millman meet after he shattered his leg in college? How did he become Socrates in The Way of the Peaceful Warrior What’s the true story behind Socrates? Who was the warrior priest who Dan Millman met in 1984? How did he change Dan’s life? What will Dan Millman’s last book be? How did Dan discover what became the “Life-Purpose system”? Where did the system come from? Wha

If you’ve ever wanted greater happiness in your life, then do we have the shake it up, show for you! Today we’ll talk about shaking things up and focusing on happiness, what it looks like, how to do it, why it’s so important, and why challenging yourself, is half the fun! Topics Include: What does it mean to shake things up for greater happiness? What can we learn about happiness for chipmunks? Why we want to challenge ourselves by doing the uncomfortable? What it means to see the world from a new perspective? Why we want to get outside of our “bubbles”? Why do we want to “try” things, even if we don’t know the outcome in advance? How CJ’s training is going for the Camino pilgrimage in Spain? Why going on our own “pilgrimage” is so valuable for us? Why the things going “wrong” in your life, may be the very things that strengthen you? How to drop the struggle, and realize the challenges aren’t what they appear to be? What it means to treat everyone with complete and total love and kindness? What it means to s

If you’ve ever wanted to find greater peace, happiness, and fulfillment in your life, then do we have THE Self-Love Experiment show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Shannon Kaiser, best-selling author, 7 time contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul, and author of a phenomenal new book on perhaps my all-time favorite topic, The Self-Love Experiment. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about, about the key principles for becoming more kind, compassionate, and accepting of yourself! Self-Love Experiment Self-Improvement and Self-Help Notes Include: What was the struggle she faced in her childhood? How did she end up in corporate America? How did she hit the reset button in her life? How did she overcome eating disorders and drug addiction? What does it mean that she went out of her way to sabotage herself? What’s the danger in “when I’s”? What does it mean to lean into your troubles for guidance? How did she lean into her depression? How did she start the self-love experiment? What is the

If you’ve ever wanted to breathe easier and ditch your perfectionism, then do we have The Perfection Detox show for you.  Today I’ll be talking with Petra Kolber, internationally renowned fitness authority and happiness facility who has choreographed and starred in over 60 award-winning workout programs and is the author of a Perfect new book on letting go of perfectionism, The Perfection Detox. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about taming your inner critic, living bravely, and unleashing your Joy. The Perfection Detox Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  How did Petra become one of the top fitness experts in the US? How was she struggling with perfectionism and eating disorders during this time? How did she survive cancer? How did her body force her to look at her perfectionism? What does the inner critic have to do with perfectionism? What’s a perfection detox? How can a journal be a powerful tool to overcome perfectionism? How do we begin to tame our thoughts? What’s t

If you’ve ever wanted to change your beliefs and regain your health, then do we have the MindBody Self Show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Mario Martinez, licensed clinical neuro-psychologist and the best-selling author of The Man from Autumn, The MindBody Code, and The MindBody Self. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about biocognitive science, and how to change the beliefs that limit your health, longevity, and success. The MindBody Self Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Where did Dr. Mario Martinez group up and how did his culture affect his beliefs? What does neuropsychology have to do with our health and success? What did Dr. Martinez learn working in a maximum-security prison? Where do our limiting beliefs come from? How our cultures powerful architects in creating our reality? Do we have any influence in creating our own reality? How do our cultural beliefs affect our health and happiness? How are cultural beliefs embodied in our biology? Where does our f

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