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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

If you’ve ever wanted to transform your life and free yourself from mental pain, then do we have The Illumination Process show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Alberto Villoldo, a trained psychologist and medical anthropologist who has studied the healing processes of the Shaman and Directs the Four Winds Society and is the Founder of the Light Body School, is a multiple best-selling author, and the author of an fascinating new book, The Illumination Process. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about the neuroscience of enlightenment and a shamanic guide to transforming toxic emotions into wisdom, power, and grace. Shamanic Wisdom Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Dr. Alberto Villoldo end up meeting shamans in South America? How do we begin to renew our light? What can we learn from the wisdom of the indigenous healers? What it means that we were kicked out of the garden? How he went from a brain research lab to shamanism? How do we begin to heal ourselves wi

If you’ve wondered whether there’s more to the world than meets the eye, or more than science is letting on, then do we have the One Mind Show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Larry Dossey, an internal medicine physician and the former Chief-Of-Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. He’s the author of the NY Times best-seller Healing Words and 11 other books, and a new personal favorite mind, or consciousness of mine, One Mind. And that’s what we’ll be talking about today, about how our individual mind is part of a greater consciousness, and why it matters. That plus we’ll talk about coyotes and bobcats, MASH units and helicopter crashes, cosmic soup and frothy fractal boundaries, bison on the plains, bobby the collie, what in the world happened at Evans Corner Drug, and why god won’t drive flies away from a tailless cow. Dr. Larry Dossey On How We’re All Connected to Consciousness & Why it Matters! Health | Medicine | Inspiration | Motivation | Meditation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational

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. Sirini 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

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 onlinemagazine, 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 technique

If you've ever wanted to bring more power, purpose, and freedom into your life then do we have the show for you. Today we'll talk about charging the batteries, finding your power, discovering your voice and manifesting your 4 p’s, passion, partner, purpose and play, especially when your son's heading off to college. Stepping Forward Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What changing of times means for us? What’s the importance of letting go? How to be present in the transitions in life? What’s the importance of being in the unknown? What’s the neutral zone (William Bridges) What’s the power of doing things before the sun even rises? How movement and nature can help you reconnect with your soul and bring you into your power Profound messages CJ shares on what parents learn when their children go off to college What it means to know what societal norms you’ll follow, and which to let go of What is Inspire Nation Babies? What it means to step forward into your power? Why it’s important to slow down

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