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**Coming Alive**

Do you have a vision for your life but just can’t seem to make it happen? You can be the person you want to be, but there’s a catch. Your dreams don’t fulfill themselves, you have to fight for them. The fight is against the habits with which you sabotage yourself: anxiety, self-indulgence, insecurity, procrastination, and more. In each episode of Coming Alive, we help you identify something that holds you back and arm you with actionable weapons to break free of it. We also talk to top Hollywood creatives and others who use these techniques to transform their lives. Armed with The Tools®, your life will blossom into everything it’s meant to be.

Latest Episodes:

Ask the Shrinks! (Vol. 4) May 22, 2018

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Barry and Phil dive deep into some of your questions in this episode of Ask the Shrinks! They cover:

The Field and the 4 laws necessary to access its power
What multiple personalities can teach us about the Shadow
How to use the Dissolving Thoughts tool to manage anxiety and runaway thinking

Ask the Shrinks! (Vol. 3) Mar 23, 2018

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In this episode of Ask the Shrinks!:

Is being in the flow or tapping the life force the same as the zone one gets into when doing something like playing a video game?
What to do about nightmares?
Is it bad to sometimes want a self-esteem boost from others?
How can I get my wife to use The Tools?
I have a relative with schizophrenia. Will The Tools help?
What's the difference between the Reversal of Desire and the Tower?
How can I use the Reversal of Desire to find the courage to talk to beautiful women?
Is there anything to the Law of Attraction?
I worry about my family all the time. What can I do?

Ask the Shrinks! (Vol. 2) Jan 22, 2018

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Barry and Phil get together again to answer your questions in this episode of Coming Alive. They cover some interesting territory this time, and you might be surprised by some of their answers.

Want to submit a question for a future episode? You can do that here.

In this episode of Ask the Shrinks!:

I'm not good at visualizing, can the Tools work for me? (Spoiler: Yes!)
What Tools are helpful if you have a narcissistic parent? (Hint: work with your Shadow and Cosmic Rage)
Is there a benefit to downtime, rest, and boredom?
Why do I feel really down after I've had success at using the Tools? (Phil calls this the bi-phasic fantasy. You can read more about it here in a conversation he had with actor John Cusack.)
Can the shadow be older or is it always young?
What is the Sick Shadow? (This is a new concept. We hope to have more on this on the website soon.)
Is evil something outside of us or inside of us?
Why use the language of war and battle to describe our fight with our inner enemy? Isn't that language divisive?
Do you occasionally see sparkling or twinkling lights like Phil? Hear what he thinks is going on.

A Conversation With Tommy Swerdlow Dec 18, 2017

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The always entertaining and often poetic Tommy Swerdlow is an actor and writer known for films like Cool Runnings, Little Giants, and Snow Dogs. Most recently he directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the film A Thousand Junkies. Barry and Tommy have known each other for more than two decades. Their conversation covers a lot of territory, some of it pretty deep, including addiction and the dramatic event that abruptly ended his using, the challenges of being a writer, and how he's come to think of everything as an energetic exchange.

A Conversation With Allison White Dec 04, 2017

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How does a Tools coach use the Tools for themselves? Find out in this discussion between Barry and Tools coach Allison White.

They explore:

Allison's experience of Shadow work, including a discussion on the evil shadow
Allison's challenges with debilitating hypochondria and how she uses Reversal of Desire to fight it
How to change the emotional valence around your history by revisiting your past with an attitude of love and compassion.
Barry's mystical experience of reparenting his 10-year-old self
Why forces are sometimes more useful than words or intellectual solutions
What is unique about Allison's marriage to a recovering addict, including how being required to be present and sober all the time lets you see when you don't want to be
Learning how to stop trying to fix others and instead offer loving detachment
How she uses the Tools with her empathic 11-year-old son
How being a parent is full of lessons to help you reparent yourself
The most common challenges she sees in her coaching practice: procrastination, fear of failure, lack of self-acceptance.
Allison's favorite Tools
How to embrace failure as part of the creative process
Using Cosmic Rage to fight Part X

Learn more about Allison at Allison White Coaching

Ask the Shrinks! (Vol. 1) Nov 20, 2017

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In this first installment of our periodic Ask the Shrinks! episode, Barry and Phil get together to discuss some of your questions. They cover a lot of territory, including:

How Phil discovered and named Part X
The value of uncertainty and flow and how to use the turnaround to get there
The importance of mental hygiene
What to do when the higher states and Part X are fighting over your state of mind
Peace of mind as an active state
The part of Grateful Flow that people often skip
How the Law of Aggression can help you know if your anger is constructive or not
The role of the Evil Shadow (more to come on this in the future)
The secret to using the Tools with children
Why it's important to your family to do your own work
Why images of the Shadow are associated with adolescence
How to deal with people in your life who are stuck in a victim state

Want to submit your question to Barry and Phil for future episodes? Contact us.

A Conversation on Parenting With Joe Newman Nov 06, 2017

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Joe Newman is author of Raising Lions: The Art of Compassionate Discipline. He trains parents and teachers to transform difficult behaviors into respectful ones and gives us a clear map out of chaos and into happy, harmonious homes and classrooms. Barry Michels talks with Joe about his favorite tools for parents, what to do about your own and your child's Part X, and how you can create a structure to help your kids learn to make smart choices.

A Conversation With Benji Madden Oct 23, 2017

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Benji Madden is a guitarist, songwriter, and producer. With his twin brother Joel, he is cofounder of Good Charlotte and The Madden Brothers. He also runs the successful management company MDDN. We talk about Benji's Part X, how his life changed after discovering the Tools, his early musical influences, how he distinguishes fame from success, and his evolving relationships with his brother and his wife, Cameron Diaz.

A Conversation With Buckethead Oct 10, 2017

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If you're at all into the guitar (or were a Guns N' Roses fan), then chances are you know who Buckethead is. And if you've never heard of him, prepare to meet one of the most talented, generous, and soulful human beings around. In this episode of Coming Alive, Barry talks to Buckethead (whose real name is Brian Carroll), about his Part X, his recent struggles with back pain, how he's comping with the death of both his parents, and his life's dream to build an amusement park. They also talk about the creative process and the genesis of Brian's Buckethead persona.

An Introduction to The Tools Oct 02, 2017

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What is a tool? When do you use it? How do you know if you're using it right? What if you're not good at visualizing? How can these simple tools change my life? Barry Michels answers some of the most frequent questions they get about the tools in this bonus episode of Coming Alive.

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