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If you're looking for more inspiration and motivation in your life, then today's show is for you. Dean Karnazes wasn't fit for a desk-job, though he tried to make the most of it. But he knew he wasn't living an authentic life, and he knew his sister, who died tragically at 18, wanted something more for him. And after years of trying to fit in, and live the American dream, he finally cracked. And at thirty ran away from it all, or ran to his new life. A life filled with running and adventure, and the courage to live his greatest dream. This interview, sharing Dean's story of how he got where he is today, one of the most elite, and well-known runners in the world, and one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people, will inspire and motivate you to chase your biggest dreams, and live your most daring, authentic, life. And we'll look at the daring journey of Philippides, the man behind the marathon, who changed or saved the course of history through two epic runs. And the Spartathalon, a 153 mile race from At

Jen Sincero didn't start out with a silver spoon in her mouth. She had an "eek-by" mindset, and just a few years before her NY Times #1 best-seller You Are a Badass was still living in a converted garage. But then she changed her mind. She made a commitment to getting wealthy, and changing her life. She took concrete steps to do so, helping her become an incredibly successful wealth coach in the process. And in our interview she shares how you can do the same!!! The #1 reason we're not more successful, is we don't believe we deserve it. We have hangups about money and being rich, and end up struggling. But it doesn't need to be this way. We talk about how to move past the struggle. How to heal your relationship with money. And simple ways you can begin becoming wealthier starting today. We'll talk about why our typical mantras don't work--or why they're sabotaged by our subconscious. And we'll look at how to hop over, under, or blast through our subconscious, to create a wealth mindset. And she'll explain the

If you've ever wanted to change your state of consciousness and awareness, to live an ecstatic life, then do we have the Peak Brain show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dr. Andrew Hill hold a pHD in Cognitive Neuroscience From UCLA, and continues to do research on attention and cognition. He's also a leading peak performance coach. Dr. Andrew Hill's specialty is helping people rewire their minds for more happiness, and brain power—think a more positive emotional state with greater focus, concentration and memory! And (Dad if you're listening!) at any age! He call's it ecstatic living or peak brain performance! So today we'll talk about accessing this state, and how what he calls "shift happens", or how you can literally change and rewire the mind, with tips you can begin today. Dr. Hill talks about how we're constantly rewiring our minds, in all that we do. We can rewire to strengthen the mind, weaken the mind, to dwell on the negatives, or learn how to focus on the positives. In today's show we look at w

If you've ever wanted more success and direction in your life, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll talk about finding direction, and success, in all that you do, and now, rather than later. Plus we'll help you define or redefine what success looks like for you. And help you to be okay with the process, even when things appear in your way.  Often what's in the way, IS the way, and will help you find your greatest success! Success & Direction Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What's the "don't know" mindset? What's the importance of letting go of the reins What's the importance of slowing down before executing things What's the importance of accepting what is What's the importance of releasing all of your desires (Tosha Silver) to allow a higher power's desire to come into being Why we may not get what we expected, but may get something even better over time. What's the spiritual significance of any resistance you may face Why you don't want to push or strive in order to f

If you've ever struggled with an auto-immune disorder or chronic condition, then do we have the Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life, show for you.  Today I'll be talking with Dr. Terry Wahls, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and the best-selling author of The Wahls Protocol, and The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to protect your mitochondria and her groundbreaking protocol, featuring delicious, nutritionally dense foods. Wahls Protocol Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What was life like for Dr. Terry Wahls before being diagnosed with MS? What happened when she was diagnosed with MS? What conventional treatments did she try? What was the outcome? What was the prognosis from the "experts"? What did Dr. Terry Wahls do to turn things around? How did she get her health back? What is functional medicine? What did she learn about our mitochondria? What's the importance of pr

If you've ever wanted to do more with less, and build a better life, then do we have the Stretch show for you! Today I'll be talking with Scott SunandShine, pHD, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University, award-winning researcher, teacher and consultant at fortune 500 companies, and the author of a fascinating new read with a philosophy I work on each and every day, Stretch. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about unlocking the power of less, and achieving more than you ever imagined. Stretch Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What did he learn from working at tech start-up Vividence? What happened to his colleague Jeremy Glick on Sept. 11, 2001? What happened to the Dot Com industry in 2001 and how did that steer Scott's life? What can we learn from Dick of D.G. Yunegling & Son? What can we learn from the demise of Strohs? What is chasing and who are chasers? What's the importance of a better use of our resources? Who in the world is Van Ma

If you've ever struggled with stress, anxiety, depression, or full-blown PTSD, then do we have the Emotional Freedom Technique show for you!!! Today I'll be talking with repeat guest and personal hero, Dr. Dawson Church. He's the founder of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, editor of the peer reviewed journal Energy Psychology. and the award-winning best-selling author of the Genie in Your Dreams and is on a personal mission to help those with PTSD through tapping or EFT. Well talk about how to use tapping to overcome any emotional challenge, and in particular PTSD, plus how to use it for greater abundance, and success in your life. EFT and Tapping Self-Improvement and Self-Help Notes Include: What happened to the Vietnam nurse Sally, and how did Single Session Therapy (SST) help her? What exactly is SST? What is EFT or Tapping? How did Dr. Dawson Church get on a mission to help those with PTSD? What have the studies on PTSD and Tapping Found? What's the Veterans Stress Project? What did Mic

If you've ever struggled to find meaning in life, or with anxiety, depression, addiction, or PTSD, then do we have the Listening to Ayahuasca show for you! Today I'll be talking with researcher and psychologist Rachel Harris, PhD, she's received a National Institutes of Health New Investigator's award, published more than forty scientific studies in peer-reviewed Journals and is the author of a brilliant new read that's sure to change lives, Listening to Ayahuasca. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about wisdom from the plant world, for hope, guidance, healing, and direction in our lives. This is a very special interview. I share my own personal journey with Ayahuasca and how it transformed my life. Rachel Harris, PhD shares her journey, and how she was called to research this amazing medicine for the jungle. And she shares her research on how Ayahuasca has affected, healed, and transformed the lives of people around the world. This is truly a mind-blowing, world-view changing intervie

If you've ever wanted more happiness and positivity in your life, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll talk about moving past the grumpies, overcoming anxiety and how to find your happy place, even when trouble's around. We'll talk about key ways to link to a positive state, and how to hold on to, and cultivate happiness, even in difficult circumstances. Plus we'll talk about my first Near Death Experience, how it transformed me, and what it taught me about happiness and positivity. Positivity and Happiness Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How to anchor and stretch out the good moments? How to succeed without the need to conform What it truly means to do what you love and still find success How you can link to a positive state and take you to a positive place anytime you want. What poses or body positions can help you link with a positive state What we can learn from EFT or tapping to help put you in a positive place How to use visualization to recharge you. How to use visualization to

If you've ever seen a loved one before they passed away, and heard their final words, or words in the preceding weeks and wondered what it really means, then do we have the Words at the Threshold show for you. Today I'll be talking with Lisa Smartt, linguist, educator, poet and the found of the Final words project, and the author of an amazing book new book, Words at the Threshold. In this show we look at people's final words, from a few weeks out, to a few moments. We'll look at what they mean, recurring themes, and why what we once thought was gibberish, may be anything but. And we'll see what our loved ones are trying to tell us, in their last moments and weeks, and why it can make all the difference in our lives. Final Words Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Lisa come to study linguistics? What happened when her father was dying? What was her experience in her father's last weeks? What does it mean that our loved ones speak in metaphors? What did her father's metaphor of the big art

If you've ever wanted breakthrough ideas, and incredible creativity then do we have the Net and the Butterfly Show for you! Today I'll be talking with Olivia Fox author of The Charisma Myth, and Judah Pollack, both former faculty members at Stanford's StartX and the authors of an incredibly creative and entertaining new book on breakthrough ideas, The Net and the Butterfly. And that's just what I want to talk with them about today, about the art and practice of breakthrough thinking. If you've ever wanted to find success, think outside the box, break-through paradigms, or re-invent your job, career, or life, then today's show is for you! Breakthrough creativity Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What can we learn from Einstein and special relativity. What's a breakthrough? What's the difference between the executive network of the brain and the default network? What can we learn from Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones What's the importance of switching back and forth between the Executive

---Consider today's show the Law of Attraction in Action!--- If you've ever wanted to heal, overcome challenges, bring in more prosperity, or live the life of your dreams, then do we have the Creative Visualizations show for you. Today I'll be speaking with Marc Allen, leader, writer, author, and composer and the co-founder of New World Library along with Shakti Gwain on her groundbreaking book, that's just hit it's 40th anniversary, with over seven million copies sold, Creative Visualizations. Today we'll talk about Shakti Gwain's 8 million copy international best-selling book, and the creative visualization and affirmation techniques she teaches. This is one of our all-time best interviews for sharing powerful techniques, rather than philosophy, on exactly how to do visualizations, how to do affirmations, and how to attract into your life whatever you desire. Law of Attraction Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:   What happened to Marc Allen before his thirtieth birthday? How did visualizat

If you've ever wanted to reach your dreams or make great changes in your life, while feeling at your best, then do we have the pause on the mountain, ME time show for you! Today we'll talk about stepping back, taking a break, assessing your situation, and figuring out the best ways to be you, and make great change. And we talk about learning what it means to pause when you climb the mountain. Jessica discusses her recent trip to North Carolina, what she hoped to gain, and why she structured it the way she did. In essence, it's about building a pause into your life, so that you can step back, re-evaluate, see where you're going, and how you want to get there. If you're always on the go, you don't have time to come up with a good plan, and get stuck in the busy-ness of life. So today we talk about getting out of the busy-ness, and giving yourself the pause you need to build the life, and next steps to success (whatever that may look like) that you desire! Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Wha

If you've ever wanted to shift your life, discover what you're made of, and rock it toward your dreams, then do we have the deconstruction show for you. Today we'll talk about deconstructing our lives, and tearing things down, in order to build something better. We also talk about the power of getting uncomfortable, deconstructing & unraveling parts of your life in order to build something new. We'll look at why discomfort serves you and can be a powerful, positive tool for direction and guidance in your life. We'll look at ways to manage your emotions, your time, to set priorities, and re-evaluate what's most important to you. And we'll look at the spiritual significance of tearing down the old, in order to build the new. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What our ayurvedic body types have to do with anything? Why you want to question everything and look at your limiting beliefs How you can work to bring more space into your life What's the importance of deconstructing your

A beautiful interview with Ellen Tadd on how to connect with our consciousness, spirit, or higher self, how to get in alignment and be guided for our highest good!  You'll discover simple steps to opening your third eye, and how to use it. And gain guidance, direction and insight, as learn how to see the world in a completely different way. You may never look at the world in the same way again. Personally, Michael speaking, this is one of this rare interviews where I'm now using her techniques daily, and will refer to them for years to come!   Third-Eye Opening Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How Ellen Tadd first began perceiving the world differently. What happened when she told her dad she could see molecules What was happening with her teachers growing up? What happened to her mom, beginning when she was two. How her mom's early death affected her. What it means her mom gave her life at birth and vision at 17. What is hand scrying and what does it have to do with anything? Ho

If you've ever felt overwhelmed burned out or stuck, then do we have the Pause for you. Today I'll be talking with Rachael Oh'Mare ah, transformational coach, Google exec, a host of the Mindful Talks at Google program, US National rowing champion, and the author of a fantastic new book called Pause. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about harnessing the life-changing power of giving yourself a break. She was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a "pause" a time out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. We'll talk about top signs you need a pause and what that may look like. We'll examine top types of pauses, how to take them, and even what to do when you only have a minute. Plus we'll even look at how to take a pause while single parenting! Pause Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What is paid pupp

If you've ever been daunted or scared out of your mind, and had no idea how to overcome the obstacles you're facing then do we have the Eyes Wide Open show for you. Today I'll be talking with Isaac Lidsky, Magnu Cum Luade from Harvard Law School, law clerk for Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, entrepreneur, founder for Hope for Vision, teen star of Save by the Bell: The New Class, father of Triplets, and one of the most amazing, and inspiring people I've ever had the privilege of meeting, though I'm just meeting him now and he's the author of one of the most jaw dropping, unbelievable and inspiring books I have ever read, Eyes Wide Open. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about Overcoming obstacles and recognizing opportunities in a world that can't see clearly. Isaac Lidsky knew he was going blind, while he played the new "Screech", or "Weasel" on the hit sitcom Saved by the Bell, the New Class. He raced to go back to school, get a degree and make a ca

If you've ever wondered how the story of Adam and Eve affects our lives, and what it really means, then do we have The First Love Story show for you! Today I'll be talking with Bruce Feiler, author of the This Life column for the Sunday New York Times and six consecutive New York Times best-sellers, and a fascinating new book The First Love Story. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about Adam, about Eve, and what it means to Us. We'll look at the mythical meaning behind the story; the story of the Sistine Chapel; what Adam and Eve really means for women's rights; what we're not told about the story—and why it matters, and how the original love story affects our culture, our beliefs, and even our daily lives. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  Why do an investigative book on the story of Adam and Eve? Is the story of Adam and Eve still relevant today? Are we talking an original myth??? What did Saint Augustine say about viewing Adam and Eve verbatim? What was he invest

Today I want to talk about coming up with a vision for your future, how to do, why you want to do it, and how to use that future vision, to help you today. We'll talk about ways to envision your future, get specific, leave things open, and how to then begin manifesting the future you want "or something better"! It's law of attraction in action, meets David Allen's Getting Things Done! Prepare to discover your greatest vision for the future and begin to make it a reality! Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What do zombies want in life? How do you get your stuff in order? How do you keep chaos at bay while you're trying to maintain your life? What's the importance of getting things into an organized structure fashion—if you can. How Jessica and Michael are working on a new book. How to use Parkinson's law to your advantage in time management How do we look at our futures far out into the future What having a clear vision of the future means for our peace and happiness today What's the importa

If you've ever wanted to work less, and do more of what you want to do, then do we have the Will it Fly Show for You! Today I'll be talking with Pat Flynn, best-selling author, passive income expert, and the author of two phenomenal books on building freedom, Let Go, and Will It Fly! And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about getting out of the 9 to 5 rut, finding your runway, and taking off! We'll discuss Pat's struggle's, how he lost his job, and turned things around making 4 million dollars in the process. We'll look at what it takes to step out on your own, find your own path, and gain freedom in the process. And we'll look at how to go far beyond building a successful business, to building a successful life, living your way, by your rules.  Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  Does Pat really have time to put his family first? What was Pat's childhood like and how did he become an architect? What did Pat do to leap ahead in his career? What happened when he was