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If you’ve ever wondered about the brain science of meditation, and how to begin, then do we have The Mind Illuminated show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Culadasa, also known as John Yates, PhD, a meditation master in the Tibetan and Theravadin Buddhist traditions, a former professor of psychology and neuroscience and the author of an amazing book on Meditation , the Illuminated Mind. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science to dive deep into meditation! Meditation and the Brain Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What’s the importance of our connection to the land? What did he learn from his early childhood that affected his spiritual growth and desire to later learn about the brain? What did he learn from his mother about different world views? How did he end up in and out of seminary – and later on to a PhD for the brain? What did Maharishi and the Beetles have to do with anything? Why do we meditate? What is the higher g

If you’ve ever felt angry, afraid, or don’t understand why in the world you act, or re-act the way you do, then do we have the It Didn’t Start With You, show for you! Today I’ll be talking with mark Wolynn, Founder and director of the Family Constellation Institute, and the author of what I consider a MUST READ BOOK, particularly if you have or are thinking about having children, It Didn’t Start with You. And that’s just what I want to talk with Mark about today about how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and what we do, and how to end the cycle once and for all. That plus we’ll talk about rats and traumas, mice and cherry blossoms gaining sight, and what in the world Hansel and Gretel have to do with anything. Health & Emotion Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How he started to go blind What was the real cause of his vision loss What are some of the challenges of being a forceps baby What happens with our words during trauma What can we learn from Rachel Yahuda at Mount Sinai Medi

If you’ve ever wanted to live your greatest life, in balance, and on purpose, then do we have the Well Life show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Peter and Briana Borten, health and wellness experts, founders of The Dragontree, and authors of the popular Rituals for Living Dreambook and a beautiful new book, The Well Life. And that’s just what I want to talk with them about today, How to Use Structure, Sweetness and Space to Create Balance, Happiness, and Peace. That plus we’ll talk about babies and spas, Salem and Witchcraft, construction nightmares in Boulder, following your bliss vs. following your blisters, making things out of wood, swimming in natural bodies of water, and why the price-per-ounce of soup, just doesn’t matter. The Well Life Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How they began to create a Well Life – and what that looked like What was the framework that developed How did they ‘manage’ things early on What were some of the foundational pieces they put in place early on How

If you’ve ever wanted great things in your life, or to simply feel better in the moment, then do we have the power of patience and the law of attraction show for you! Today we’ll talk about intention work and the power of patience. How to get it, why we need it, where it’s been hiding, and why we just can’t get it fast enough! Power of Patience Law of Attraction Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What’s the point of bringing your attention to your intention? How to create the reality you want to see to bring about the future you desire (law of attraction) What we can learn from automatic writing and channeled writing. What is fullness? How do we feel empty and still full? What does it mean that emptiness is happening? What does it mean to have more nutritional density in your life (fullness) What do our different filters have to do with our emotions What does it mean that all great things take time? What does it mean that it’s all about the energy we bring to things? How does going to a place of

If you’ve ever wanted a happier, more glowing and satisfying life then do we have the Power of Kindness Show for You. Today I’ll be talking with Piero Ferrucci, psychotherapist, philosopher, and collaborator with Roberto Assagiolio the founder of psychosynthesis. He’s the author many beautiful, beautiful books, including the incredible best-seller, The Power of Kindness. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about the unexpected benefits of leading a compassionate life. That plus we’ll talk about an ice age of the heart, chimpanzees and compassion, hippos and split pea soup, why in the world you’d put a herring in your pocket, why you can’t solve problems with French fries, and What in the world does a drunk, an airplane and a toad have to do with anything??? Kindness and Compassion Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How he met his teacher Roberto Siggioli – founder of psychosynthesis Where does joy come from? How are beauty and kindness connected? What’s the importance of “space”

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 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 more happiness out of life, then do we have A Complaint Free World show for you! Today I’ll be speaking with Will Bowen Founder of A Complaint Free World and the author of the international best seller A Complaint Free World. And that’s what I want to talk with him about, How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted. A Complaint Free World Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:  What happened to Will during his childhood? How’d he become morbidly obese? How’d he flip the switch and lose 100 pounds at 19? How’d he go from sales to becoming a Unity minister? How did the idea for complaint free bracelets come about? How’d he end up giving away over 10 million bracelets? What is a complaint free 21 day challenge? What’s the importance of treating the mind like a garden? What’s wrong with the news, or the “bad news”? What’s the importance of wearing a bracelet? And switching the bracelet from wrist to wrist? How much do we complain? How do we become addicte

If you’ve ever wanted more courage in your life, then do we have the show for you. Today we’ll talk about raw courage, what it is, how to get it, how to keep it, and how to access it on a moment’s notice, when you need it the most. Raw Courage Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What a rope course has to do with raw courage? What it means to have a second chance? How you can begin to cultivate your courage muscle? What it means to let go – particularly if your son has just left for college! How your career can change and grow when you begin to let go How to let go of the egoic part of you that’s attached to fear How energy running practices can help you. How to focus all of your energy with intention What it means to take your fear, anxiety, and worry and transform it (into courage) What it means to recognize the transitory nature of time? What’s the power behind “This Too Shall Pass” What does it mean that life is a game? What’s the importance of taking small tiny steps forward? How you help solu

If you’ve ever wanted more peace, even during stormy times, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll talk about finding peace, bringing peace to the moment, staying out of a place of fear, and how to return to peace, especially when the storms have just passed. That plus we’ll talk about working on the floor, kitties climbing walls, storage units and midnight, move, move, where the move, the power of coaching sales, lawn-mowering gone bad, eclipses and intention ceremonies, and what in the world Zippy, Izzy, Junior and Bebe, have to do with anything! Finding Peace Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What is TV close? Why is all of the furniture out of Michael and Jessica’s home? What has hurricane Irma done for the Inspire Nation Show? What it means to surrender to your experience? How Jessica got mild mold-toxicity poisoning again? What she’d done through this experience? What it means when the same event comes back and back and back into your life? What it means to spiral upwards up the mou

If you’ve ever wanted healthier, happier relationships, or more love in your life, then do we have the Beyond Mars and Venus show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with John Gray, relationship expert, and the incredible best-selling author of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, and his latest, Beyond Mars and Venus. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about relationships skills for today’s complex world. Beyond Mars and Venus Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  How did John Gray meet Yogananda? How did John Gray get involved with Transcendental Meditation? How did John Gray become a monk for 9 years under Maharisha Mahesh Yogi? How did John Gray become a couples teacher? How did he get the idea for Men are From Mars? What is the basic premise of Men are From Mars? How are relationships more confusing and complex now? What is wrong with relationships today? What are the challenges for both men and women today? What are the symptoms of chronic stress in women? How are thing

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s a God, and if so, what in the world he’s doing in Hollywood, then do we have The Ken Commandments show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Ken Baker, E! News senior correspondent and the best-selling author of numerous books including The Late Bloomer and a fantastic new, can’t put it down page-burner The Ken Commandments.  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about Ken’s search for God, in Hollywood, and what it means for us.  “The Ken Commandments” Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  How did the Kardashians Help Ken Baker to Find Spirituality? What did Lamar Odon have to do with Ken Baker’s Spiritual Quest? How did he want to mark 20 years of being a reporter in Hollywood? How did he start to get his spiritual life in order? What experience on the runway left him with severe anxiety? How did this experience point his compass toward spirituality? What did Howard Stern and atheism have to do with his journey? What did he learn from Adam Gra

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 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. That plus we’ll talk about exotic Bavarian chocolates, the dangers of eating mad, gut microbes and making Xanax, breast milk and valium, dietary lessons from the Yanomami, a bus-ride that shall forever live in digestive infamy, and what in the world rhesus monkeys have to do with going to college. Gut Health & Microbiome Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: H

If you’ve ever wanted more love, greater love, or to find the greatest love of your life, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Laura Berman, Nationally syndicated Radio show host and New York Times Best-Selling author of Real Sex for Real Women, and the author of Quantum Love, Use Your Body’s Atomic Energy to Create the Relationship You Desire. And so today we’ll talk about quantum love what it is, how we can cultivate it, and ways to bring it into our lives, consider this show the law of attraction meets love. That plus we’ll talk about the energy of kissing, the power of the number nine, why three minutes matter, and how in the world to manifest quantum sex. Questions and Topics Include: What is an AFGE? What was Dr. Laura Berman’s dark night of the soul How it was predicted Laura was about to have a crisis Why Robert Ohotto suggested Laura Berman needed to ‘land her plane’. How ‘The Secret’ and the Law of Attraction affected Dr. Berman How Dr. Laura Berman went to see Therise R

If you’ve ever struggled with people who treat you like dirt, then do we have the AssHole Survival Guide for You. Today I’ll be talking with Robert I Sutton, Stanford University Professor and organizational psychologist and the New York Times best-selling author of The No Asshole Rule, and Good Boss, Bad Boss, and his latest, The Asshole Survival Guide. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to deal with people who treat you like dirt. A**Hole Avoidance Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Dr. Sutton become an A** hole expert? How’d he come to write “The No A**Hole Rule? What’s a bias-busting mantra? What’s it mean to look at ourselves first? How do we figure out if we have an a**hole problem? What are a few good diagnostic questions? What in the world was a a**hole factory? What are petty tyrants and why are they so dangerous? How do we work with rule nazi’s? What’s a grin-f’er? What can we learn from Adam Grant about a**hole survival? Why is quitting sometimes

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. That plus we’ll talk about the importance of juke boxes, Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm Bus, the power of a pomegranate Ben Spock, Martin Luther King, Ram Das, time off for bad behavior, what in the world 420 and the Bhagavad-Gita Gita have to do with anything, who’s the world’s tallest white monkey, eating car tires, and what Grandma Ida and Electric punch have to do with anything. Larr

If you’ve ever struggled with manifesting abundance and wealth, and wondered why in the world others can get it, but no matter how hard you try or focus on it, it just doesn’t come your way, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, editor of one of my new all-time favorite books, by one of my favorite authors. It’s The Miracle Power of Your Mind: The Joseph Murphy Treasury a compilation of 24 all-time favorites by Joseph Campbell, including The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Believe in Yourself, Fear Not, and Riches Are Your Right. Today we’ll talk about the power of the mind, and your subconscious to create anything you desire. We’ll look at how it works, how to use it, what you don’t want to do, and even the best ways to pray! That plus we’ll talk about surgery without anesthesia, the power of magnetized steel, and why in the world, you want to daydream while you’re in a sleepy state! Questions and Topics Include: Why physical books are not dead How did Mitch get inter

If you’ve ever wanted to feel more alive in your life, then do we have the epic living show for you! Today we’ll talk about living large, feeling more alive, and how to dance with life’s events into the unknown. That plus we'll talk about Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee's epic eclipse, Michael's birthday, CJ's college drop off, and how to make events sacred in your life.  Epic Living Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What was Michael and Jessica’s view of the eclipse? What CJ saw when watching the eclipse from an airplane What happened when CJ left her son for college? What Jessica and Michael did for intention prayers at the time of the eclipse? What Michael and Jessica have been doing to live an epic life? What it means to have epic mini-adventures in your life? What we can learn from Paul Selig about bringing Freedom into your life? What it means to look at fear? How we can move away from fear and move more toward love? What it means to allows what’s to occur to occur? Why you don’t want to

If you’ve ever been fascinated by bees and wondered what can we learn from them, then do we have the Song of Increase show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Jacqueline Freeman, a biodynamic farmer and natural beekeeper who’s appeared in the award-winning documentary, Queen of the Sun, been featured in the documentary Dancing with Thoreau with the Dalai Lama and is the author of another new all-time favorite books of mine, Song of Increase. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about, about listening to the wisdom of Honeybees, to tap into consciousness, and for a kinder, better world. Song of Increase Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How’d Jacqueline get introduced to bees? What did she wear when bees first arrived at her farm? How did she realize they could sense her emotional state? How long was it before she stripped off her bee suit? What did the bees first do when she arrived without her bee suit? Why bees sting some people but not others? When did her first intuitive conversation