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If you’ve ever had things go off track, off kilter, or come completely off the rails, then do we have the re-railing show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Jessica Lee about overcoming hurdles, getting out of the muck and the mire, and getting back on track…and making the best of it. That plus we’ll talk about potatoes gone bad, boats that float away, and why towels over litter boxes, make the best pillows. Inspirational & Motivational Self-Help & Self Improvement Topics Include: What it means that everything happens for a reason What’s the power of prayer and when do you want to do it What’s the power of surrender What are important wake-up calls for us Why we need to let go of what doesn’t serve us What is the Dark night of the soul What Dr. Joe Dispenza talks about when it comes to a dark night of the soul Why dark nights of the soul can be very helpful for you How emotion can help you pivot How these dark moments can be tremendous opportunities in disguise What’s a cosmic detox Can dark mome

If you’ve ever felt, nervous, scared, at wit’s end, or completely unsure what to do, then do we have the faith restoring show for you. Today we’ll talk about faith, what it is, where to find it, and why it might be hiding in Bablyon. That plus we’ll talk about wrong turns gone right, the benefits of family reunions, swimming in cold water, wearing bug-eye glasses, why the rockiest trails might just be the best for you, and why when hit by a lull or a header, you want quickly bear off a few degrees, make sure you sheet in hard, and that your Cunningham’s tight. Confidence and Faith Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: What it means to be questioning your faith What it means to be doubling back in life? What we can learn from Dimitri Moraitis How living life is all about having experiences And how ‘bad experiences’ are part of your soul’s evolution Is it wrong to feel a lack of faith in the moment? What’s the difference between short-term and long-term faith Why it’s so important to keep taking stpes

Today I’ll be talking with Howard Martin, one of the founders of Heart Math with Doc Childre and the co-author of The HeartMath Solution, considered a definitive work on the intelligence of the heart, and his latest work Heart Intelligence. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about Connecting with the Intiuive Guidance of the Heart to help you be more coherent, on purpose, and in harmony with your heart and mind, and all that you do. That plus we’ll talk about card table antics, dogs and horses, the power of freeze-frame, how to change the world, and why in the world hiking by yourself in the Santa Cruz mountains just might make them taller than they already are. Heart Intelligence Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What’s the energy of old-growth Redwoods How HeartMath is beginning to monitor the energy in the Redwoods and fluctuation and changes in the energetics of these trees How did Howard Martin end up working with Doc Childre What Heart Intelligence is How Howard went from b

If you’re looking for meaning or purpose in life, guidance and direction, or were simply touched by the book or movie The Way of the Peaceful Warrior and want to find out more, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be interviewing one of the most influential human potential authors of our time, Dan Millman, the run-away best-selling author of the book and movie The Way of the Peaceful Warrior along with more than a dozen more, and his most recent book, The Four Purposes of Life - Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World Today we’ll talk about Learning Life’s Lessons, Finding Your Career and Calling, Discovering Your Life Path, and Attending to the Arising Moment. In short, we’ll learn how to become Peaceful Warriors and discover our path. That plus we’ll talk about Zen Sword Masters, 16 years to an overnight success, what we can learn from snood, and what in the world is unreasonable happiness? Questions and Topics Include: Why The Way of the Peaceful Warrior once went out of print. How Dan

If you ever feel like you’re being squeezed, short on time, short on attention, and short on the bandwidth you need to make smart decisions, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Peter Bregman, best-selling author 18 Minutes: Find our Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, and his latest award-winning book Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results You Want! Today we’ll talk about stopping the clock and finding the time to make smart decisions, how to take steps forward, and how to take the time to assess the situation, without taking so long the ship goes down. We’ll also talk about Ted Talks, Ditching the Need to be Perfect, returning iPads, when a missing Rabbi’s a good thing, why an experience is better than a performance, why it’s so important to keep from being in Sea Kayaker magazine and why getting flipped upside, pinned, and spun out in the grand-canyon can actually help you relax. Questions and Topics Include:

If you want to live the life of your dreams, overcome fears, and experience incredible joy and beauty in every moment…AND with more zeros in your bank account, and smiles in the bedroom, then this is the show for you! We interview Marc Allen, author of Tantra for the West and one of the most successful independent publishers in the world. We discuss how he achieved his dreams, and guiding principles to help you achieve yours, while finding happiness and incredible abundance.   Marc co-founded New World Library (with Shakti Gawain) and has guided the company, as president and publisher, from a small start-up to its current position as a major player in the publishing world, publishing life-changing books such as those by Eckhart Tolle author of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment and Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. We discuss tantra, or pure mindfulness in every moment, and how to use it to truly achieve your dr

If you’ve ever felt you could heal, help others to heal, or just wanted to learn about energy medicine, then do we have the hands-on healing show for you! Today I’ll be talking with William Bengston, PhD, sociology professor, self-proclaimed skeptic, President of the Society for Scientific Exploration, and a leading researcher into the mystery and power of energy medicine, and the author of a must-read book, The Energy Cure. Today we’ll talk about hands-on healing, what it is, what it looks like, what the studies show, and how we can all do it. That plus we’ll talk about vaporizing clouds, God in a Bottle, why table tennis isn’t for tortoises, turning down flat screen TV’s, the power of charged cotton, and why in the world you don’t have to be from Alpha Centauri, in order to help others heal. The Energy Cure Self-Help and Self-Improvement Healing Topics Include: Who was Bennett Murrick What’s the Boggle Effect? How healings on people began How William’s chronic back pain was healed for life How people began

If you’ve ever felt there has to be a better way to parent, where you get along with your kids, work as a team, and overcome life’s toughest situations, even meltdowns, then do we have the dharma parenting show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Robert Keith Wallace, PhD a pioneering researching on the psychology of consciousness and the founding president of Maharshi University of Management, and Frederick Travis, PhD, world-renowned neuroscientist who studies the brainwave patterns of children and directs the Center for BNrain Consciousness and Cognition, and both the co-authors of Dharma Parenting a fantastic book with an Ayurvedic take on parenting. I love it! Today we’ll talk about understanding your Child’s Brilliant Brain for Greater Happiness, Health, Success, and Fulfillment, and to help make your life easier as a parent. That plus we’ll talk about and the enemy of fatigue, the dreaded B word, what’s the difference between a looking day and a buying day, why families are no longer run by dictatorshi

If you’ve ever wanted more energy, vibrancy, and creativity in your life, then do we have the playful show for you. Today I’ll be talking with my ever-playful wife, Jessica about play. What it’s all about, why we need to do it, and why it’s so incredibly important for all that we do…and at any age. That plus we’ll talk about Nature time, nibblers, trying new things, exploring new trails, taking a child-like view of the world, and what’s the powerful lesson Sir Meowsers has taught both of us about play. Game Changing Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What we can learn from kitty play How play helps with arthritis and with our health How play can flip the on-switch for life What happens with kids when they have to focus and pay attention Why getting too serious hurts our kids efforts and ours as well How you can overcome obstacles by making things a gam What is play? What is nature play? What it means to look at the world with child-like eyes What’s a great (playful) thing to do on a hike What it

If you’ve ever wanted calming, healing, clarity of mind, or just to enjoy a little liquid and ahhhh, then do we have the blue mind show for you. Today we’ll be talking about all things water. How it calms us, why we like it, where to find it, and how to bring a little bit of this liquid blue peace into our lives. That plus we’ll talk about screaming banshees, flying fish, shower-power, making your own zen zone, singing in the rain, going slow to go fast, and what in the world toe-nibbling has to do with anything. Blissful Fun, Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Why CJ is off the chipper charts How CJ got more clarity about a new career path for her Why things that don’t ‘work out’ may actually how a powerful positive reason for them happening What we can learn from Jonathan Balcombe author of What a Fish Knows. How past memories were reignited by the water How water can bring clarity Why Wallace ‘J’ Nichols author of ‘Blue Mind’ talks about the power of water What’s the importance of water What i

If you’ve ever wanted to walk away, or skate away from it all, and live a different way, or chase your dreams no-matter-what, then do we have the freedom seeking Say Yes, show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dave Cornthwaite, professional adventurer, freedom seeker, and author of 3 books including Life is the Slow Lane, a patient quest for adventure. And that’s what we’ll talk about today, about saying yes to life, taking adventures, and looking at the world, a completely different, more empowered way. That plus we’ll talk about skateboarding Australia, Priscilla the bike car, Fred the Frog, world record egg-crushing, the power of nutella, how we all won as sperm, and why breaking your foot, might just be the greatest gift in the world. Self-Help and Self-Improvement Motivational, Life and Career Topics Include: How he got very depressed What happened on his 25th birthday What was life like in the 6 months after his 25th birthday How he ended up skateboarding the length of the UK How he ended up setting

If you’ve ever felt awkward, out of place, hiding your true self, or afraid to share who you truly are, then do we have the out of the closet show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Jeffrey Marsh, online sensation, Vine Star, and author of a fabulous…(huh, huh) new book on being yourself, called How To Be You. And that’s just what we’ll talk about today, about how to stop trying to Be Someone Else, and Start Living Your Own Fabulous Life. That plus we’ll talk about the great peanut-butter debate, bringing vegas to the barnyard, WWWD – what would wonder-woman do, what we can all learn from the velveteen rabit, why you want to lipsync Julie andrews when your head is upside down (and you’re wearing a hat on your chin), and why you’re lucky if a bathroom fire doesn’t reach the house! Self-Improvement and Self Help Topics Include: Why you’re lucky if you can’t hide your authentic selves Why it’s so important to be yourself. Why it’s so important to come out as your true self How he came out for the first time wi

If you’ve ever wanted more prosperity and abundance in your life, but no matter how hard you try, it’s not coming about, then do we have the abundance making show for you! Today I’ll be speaking with repeat guest, doctor and master Sha, a world-renowned master healing and spiritual teacher, and a grandmaster of many ancient disciplines including tai chi, qigong, kung fu, feng shui, and the I chin. He’s the author of countless best-sellers, and has co-authored with Adam Markel a radically different book on prosperity I’m extremely excited to about, Soul Over Matter, which is now a chart-topper on Amazon. Today we’re going to talk about the ancient wisdom and modern techniques that get at the heart of scarcity and abundance. What these terms mean, why we struggle and how we can turn things around to manifest the abundance we desire. That plus we’ll talk about scarcity statements, a virtue bank account, the power of karma, failure phobia, the importance of service, and what in the world are heart, mind, and soul

If you’ve ever struggled with food, what to eat, when to eat, or how to keep from eating too much then do we have the mindful eating show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Ruth Wolever, Director of Vanderbilt Health Coaching, Founding Research Director for Duke Integrative Medicine, and the Chief Scientific Officer for eMindful. She’s a nationally recognized expert on Health and Wellness Coaching, and one of the elected leaders of the National Consortium for Credentialing Health and Wellness Coaches and the co-author of a fantastic book on changing your eating habits, The Mindful Diet. Today we’ll talk about just that, about transforming your relationship with food, for lasting weight loss, vibrant health, and better control over what you eat and when. That plus we’ll talk about stealth calories, calorie bombs, the goldlocks principle, why you want to graze like a cow, and why you don’t want barbeque flavored cardboard, and what in the world is a whoppie pie moment? Self-Help and Self-Improvement Mindfu

If you’ve ever wondered what the lives of underwater brethren, the fish are like, then do we have the holy mackerel show for you. Today we’ll be talking with Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of four books, including Second Nature, Pleasurable Kingdom, and What a Fish Knows, a fascinating book I found incredibly hard to put down. Today we’ll be talking about the inner lives of our underwater cousins, what a fish knows, thinks, feels, and what’s life really like, a few feet, to many fathoms below the sea. That plus we’ll talk about why Nemo’s dad Marlin, may have really been Marlette, fish and optical illusions, mucus and jolts, carp and Mozart, democracy and robo-fish, ebay rankings for cleaner fish, the super-dad of the sea world, the animal Einstein Olympics, what Yao Ming, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have in common, and why male bulldogs may just want to shorten their EOD’s! Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

If you’ve ever felt stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed, then do we have the calm inducing show for you. Today we’ll be talking about all things calm, how to relax, feel better, keep from getting overwhelmed, and stay out of that fight or flight state, that turns our brains to mud. That plus we’ll talk about the power of water, the shock of shipping, calendar mavens, kitty exercise, the beauty of hammocks, what in the world is Bear Time, exotic deserts, and cat-o-nine-tails and Kermit, the frog that is. Calm Inducing Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: Why overwhelm can require an A game of self-care What consciousness has to do with overwhelm What stress and fear of the unknown has to do with calmness What it means for energy to get stuck What it means to be meditating and noticing in your meditation you’re not meditating What we can learn from Clark Elliott, author of The Ghost in My Brain Why we want to challenge ourselves by looking at the world in different ways How to turn things into a ‘test’

If you’ve ever wanted greater happiness, peace, or better relationships in your life, then do we have the compassionate show for you! Today we’ll be talking about compassion, what it is, how to cultivate it, why in the world you want more of it, and why it’s so powerful for ourselves. That plus we’ll talk about car horn compassion, kitty compassion, family compassion customer service compassion, and even compassion at your department of motor vehicles. Compassionate Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: What is Kitty Compassion Why have a show on compassion? Who is AI researcher Clark Elliot, author of The Ghost in My Brain Why there are so many more people with head injuries than we can imagine Why people who are struggling in line, or look strange, may actually have a head-injury Why it’s important to have compassion with people acting oddly What happens when we get to a place of overwhelm, and why we want to treat everyone in overwhelm with compassion Why you want to have compassion for someone,

If you’ve ever had a head injury, concussion, learning disability such as ADHD, or no someone who does, then do we have the concussive show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Clark Elliott, PhD, brilliant artificial intelligence researcher and professor, and the author of an incredibly powerful book, and perhaps one of my most important reads of the last year, maybe of ever…The Ghost in My Brain, How a concussion stole my life, and how the new science of brain plasticity helped me get it back. And that’s just what we’ll talk about today, about head injuries and what that really means, and how we can get our lives back, or our minds back, after we’ve suffered one…even many years or misdiagnosis later. That plus we’ll talk about the dangers of follow mode, the importance of knowing you don’t have a dog, why a toddler’s first words may have been do it myself, do it myself, Clark is the man who never gives up, ever, ever, ever, ever, the danger of scanner beeps, and when you should never ever ride a roller coast

If you’ve ever wanted less stress, greater happiness, and MORE success in your life, no matter what that looks like, then do we have the happiness producing show for you.  Today we’ll be talking with Dr. Emma Sepalla, Associate Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Center at Stanford University, founder of Fulfillment Daily, a TEDx talk speaker who’s work has been featured in the Documentary Free The Mind and the author of a fascinating new look at the science of Happiness, The Happiness Track. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, how to apply the science of happiness, to accelerate your success! That plus we’ll talk about the danger of strengths, morning morality, the Stanford Duck syndrome, successaholics, the power of a hug, why we might want to stop paying attention, and start daydreaming, and why taking a take a 2 day silent retreat before surgery, just may be the greatest gift in the world. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Happiness Topics Include: How di

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s more to your dreams than meets the eye, and if you could wake up and explore your dream world to benefit your days, then do we have the lucid dreaming show for you. Today we’ll be talking with Andrew Holecek, author of The Power and the Pain, Preparing to Die, Meditation in the iGeneration, and an incredible book I think will make a huge difference in our lives, Dream Yoga. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, how to wake up in your dreams and illuminate your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. That plus we’ll talk about and what in the world is an onighronaut, learning to sleep sitting up and what you can learn when taking your dog to the dog park, why you might want to fly in your dreams, and put your hands through walls, and the spiritual benefit to giving yourself the finger? Self-Improvement and Self-Help Lucid Dreaming Topics Include: What happened with Andrew that changed his perspective on dreams, and life How large quantities o