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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

If you’ve ever wanted to make your life better, and other people’s too, then do we have the Four Tendencies show for you! Today I’ll be speaking with Gretchen Rubin, the new york times best-selling author of the happiness project, better than before, and happier at home, the award winning podcaster of Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and the author of a fascinating new look at people and at life, The Four Tendencies. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better, and other people’s too! The Four Tendencies Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How’d Gretchen end up in Yale law school? How’d she end up working for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor? How’d she end up becoming a NY Times Best-Selling Author? What is she learning about color – and what do we need to know? How did Gretchen begin researching and writing about happiness? How’d she start researching the Four Tendencies? What are the Four Tendencies and how

Today I’ll be talking with Brian Buffini one of the nation’s top business experts, and founder of Buffini and Company which has trained three million professionals in 37 countries, He’s also the author of a motivational masterpiece, The Emigrant Edge.  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about How to make it big in America, and the world, whatever that means to you! The Emigrant Edge Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What was life like growing up in Ireland? How did he choose to emigrate to America? Was he scared? What happened just three months after he arrived. How many surgeries did he need? Why didn’t he tell his parents? How did he make it through and get back on his feet? How did he turn to real estate? What did he learn about learning from his mentor Gene Kullman? How did he begin a top real-estate agent and what can we learn form it? What’s the mindset of a successful emigrant? What are the seven traits of successful emigrants? What’s the importance of a voracious o

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 wanted to use the law of attraction, and manifest your dreams, then do we have the Power of Intention show for you! Today I want to talk about setting your intentions, when to do, why you should do it, how often to do it, and why now, with the solar eclipse is the absolute best time in the world to do so. The Power of Intention Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: 1. How body language can elevate your energy levels? 2. What's the Power of Ten Woo-Hoo's. 3. What's the power of visualization in intending what you desire in life? 4. What's the importance of a shared mission? 5. What's the benefit of a loss of self? 6. What happens when you become, or are about to become an empty-nester? 7. What it means to open up to new things? 8. How automatic writing and journaling can help us be intentional and gain clarity? 9. What we can learn from Dr. Michael Lennox on the Eclipse. 10. What's a time of super-intentionality? 11. How intentional can we be in planning for the future? 12. What's the

If you’ve ever wanted to move past subconscious blocks and negative patterns that are holding you back then do we have the Healing Stories show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Rebecca Thompson Hitt, the author of three books on conscious parenting, the founder of the consciously parenting newsletter and a pioneer behind healing stories, which are for everyone. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today. About how healing stories can help us get at our traumas, uncover hidden patterns and help us heal our origin wounds. Healing Story Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What are birthing stories? What does nursing a baby sheep have to do with anything? What are healing stories? What do our early family histories have to do with anything? Why are we so susceptible to traumas early on? What’s wrong with behavioral parenting? What is attachment parenting? How do we heal traumas through relationships? How can we heal PTSD through relationships? How do we recognize the needs of our kids

If you’ve ever wondered if you’re gonna make it, how you’re gonna make it, or how in the world to vault past your hurdles, then do we have the Everything Is Possible Show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Jen Bricker, one of the most energized and inspiring people I’ve ever met, and I haven’t even met her yet! She’s an incredible athlete, gymnast, areal artist (she’s even toured with Britney Spears) and much more, and the author of an incredibly inspiring read, Everything is Possible. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about finding the faith & courage to follow your dreams. That plus we’ll talk about pink power rangers, the power of Alf, a trampoline and popcorn, the importance of the Lion King, lifeguard rescues by Robie , the importance of Hardees ham and cheese sandwiches with the white cheese instead of the yucky orange, and why in the world you don’t want to leave your legs in the bathroom. Inspiring Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: Why Can’t is not in her family’s

If you’ve ever wanted to get out of your way, and live your greatest life, then do we have the UnF*Yourself Show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Gary John Bishop, personal development and urban philosophy expert in the UNF yourself department about his irreverent new book, UnF Yourself. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today. About unFing yourself and getting out of your head, and into your life. How to Unfu*k Yourself Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How did Gary John Bishop go from Glasgow to Miami! What was his childhood like and how did it set him back? What took place that finally began turning his life around? How did he end up in the self-help field? How does language change our lives? What is positive self-talk vs. negative self-talk How do we steer our thoughts? What is assertive “I am” self-talk? What does it mean to be willing? Why do we want to stop blaming? What do we do about procrastination What’s the importance of declaring your unwillingness? What’s it m