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HOW TO RE-ENERGIZE & RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES! + Meditation! Dr. Deborah Zucker | Health | Fitness | Self-Help | Inspire May 05, 2017

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If you've ever wanted to feel better, stronger, happier, more empowered by life, and with vital force flowing through you, then do we have the vitality producing show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Dr. Deborah Zuhcker, naturopath, transformational health coach, and author of a fantastic book on transforming your health, happiness and our life, The Vitality Map.

Today we'll talk about deep health, joyful self-care, and resilient well-being so you can live an authentic, meaningful life!

That plus we'll talk about your inner mama bear, gardening yourself, bodhissatva syndrome, the dreaded D- word, the power of somatic therapy groups, what a stuffy nose, and dairy may have in common, and why an orgasm a day just may keep the doctor away.

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Vitality Producing Show (Questions and comments Include):

How Dr. Zucker went into a downward spiral.
How the wildnerness was part of Dr. Deborah Zucker's path.
What's the concept of a woundedhealer.
What's the bodhisattva syndrome?
What is personal sustainability
What is a vitality date?
Why we give up our vacation days, and what's wrong with that
How inquiry can help our lives
Why when it comes to our health and wellness, nobody can be the expert more than we are.
What is feminine energy and how can it help all of us
Why gentle is the new strong
What is inner mama bear energy
What are 9 keys to deep vitality
What does it mean to honor your unique life?
What does the dreaded 'r' word 'responsibility' really mean?
What does it mean to garden yourself?
What does it mean to face and embrace your shadows?
What it means from Brene Brown to name the orientation of your vulnerability
What is the diet diary exercise?
What meditation and mindfulness can help us with awareness
What we can learn from our breath?
How the breath can be a building point in self-awareness and intimacy
What's the importance of sleep?
What's wrong with our down time?
Why we want to honor the role of play.
Why we want to honor our sexual energy – and what it means to have an orgasm a day
What's aligning with your yes?
For more info on Dr. Zucker's book: thevitalitymap.com and www.vitalitymedicine.com

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If you've ever wanted more peace in your life, even during foundation-rocking times, then do we have the show for you!

Today we'll talk about finding more peace, being the peace, and experiencing peace, even when it's not around.

Inner-Peace Provoking Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What's the importance of cranking up the self-love
What the importance of "do no harm?"
How do find inner peace when you have too much on the plate?
How do we move past the fear of the unknown
How do you replay your day and learn from your experiences
What's a do-over phrase and how can we use it???
Why it's so hard to catch yourself in the moment, to help you diffuse oyur anger and anxiety
What you do NOT want to do on an airplane
What to do when your tank is full to keep patience in your mind
What's the incredible importance of sleep during challenging times
What's a powerful technique for getting into lucid dreaming
What's the importance of getting moving when you're stressed and anxious
What physical things not working means for you
How foods can calm you down
How to move from being rushed from in rhythm – lessons from Ellen Tadd
What it means to make space – and why giving something away makes room for something new
What's the power of the pause?
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Catch Eldon Taylor's subliminal audio on forgiveness: www.eldontaylor.com/forgiveness.html
And Yuval Ron's subliminal music collection for reducing stress: www.mettamindfulnessmusic.com/mettamusicmedicine.html

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HOW THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS CAN MAKE YOU SMILE! + Meditation! Emma Seppala PhD | Health | Inspiration | Self-Help | Inspire May 03, 2017

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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 did she teach returning veterans yoga breathing techniques (to help with injuries, anxiety and PTSD)
What happened to veterans who did a one week breathing program
What are the incredible benefits of the breath
What she learned while interning for an international newspaper in Paris
What's the Myth of Success and why'd she write The Happiness Track
What are the 6 myths with success?
What was it like first attending Stanford?
Who was Antonio Horta Osorio and what happened with him?
What's an amazing benefit of showering?
Why we want to take time off from work
Why psychic yourself up by stressing yourself out is not the answer
What's the importance of self-compassion
What's wrong with checking our inbox?
Why we want to 'Eat Your Frog' (Brian Tracy)
Why you don't want your email to invade your life
What's the hangover effect
Why mindfulness is so important but we are never happier than being in the present moment
Why the answer may not be willpower or grit
What does calmness have to do with energy management?
Where does play fit into things?
Why life shouldn't be so serious?
What we can learn from Dwight D. Eisenhower about play.
Why it's so important to completely disconnect when you're at home.
What we can learn from Salvador Dali
What we can learn from Pico Iyer and the Art of Silence
When stress is good
Why mindfulness may not be the best, but how meditation from the Art of Living may help.
What we can learn from Jack Ma and Alibaba
What's the danger of self-focus?
What we can learn from congressman Tim Ryan
emmaseppala.com and have infrequent newsletter and facebook page and twitter on the science of happiness

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR DAY BETTER & TAKE A LEAP TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT! + Meditation! Steve Taylor Phd | Health | Self-Help | Inspire May 02, 2017

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If you've ever wanted to achieve enlightenment, or at least get a glimpse on your spiritual path, then do we have the LEAP show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Steve Taylor, Phd, senior psychology lecturer at Leeds Beckett University the author of numerous books on spirituality and psychology, ranked one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people by Mind body and spirit magazine, and the author of a fantastic, please read and digest slowly books, The Leap.

And that's just what I want to talk with him about today about the psychology of spiritual awakening, and how we can all begin to access it.

Enlightenment and Awakening Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What was spirituality like in Steve Taylor's family growing up.
What happened to Steve Taylor around 16?
What happened when Steve discovered transcendental meditation?
How did Steve begin studying (transpersonal psychology) enlightenment and awakening experiences?
What became Steve's burning mission in life.
What can we learn from Van Morrison's music
What was Van Morrison's music saying about higher states of consciosuness?
How was a rock n' roll lifestyle hurting his spiritual path?
What can near-death experiences do to people?
What can a diagnosis of cancer do to someone?
What is the collective awakening going on today?
What are some major characterless of pre-historic and indigenous people's experiences of the world?
What's the danger of separateness?
What does it mean to sleep versus awaken?
What's temporary wakefulness?
How do most people temporarily awaken?
What are common themes among all spiritual traditions?
What's the awakening story of Russell Williams?
What is post-traumatic transformation?
What's a shifter?
What's a natural state of beingness?
How to have more of a connection with everyone around us?
How do we move from accumulating to contributing?
What is a kundalini awakening?
What it means to be incredibly present?
What does it mean that children don't experience separateness?
Why kids live in a timeless state – and what this really means?
Why is time so expansive for children?
Are kids wired for compassion and altruism?
What's the importance of meditation on this journey?
What's the importance of detachment?
What else can we do to help us on our path toward awakening?
StevenMTaylor.com
Beautiful guided meditation

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If you've ever dreamed big in life, whether that's starting your own business, moving to a foreign land, landing that dream job, or anything else then do we have the Think Big show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Michael Port, former professional actor – you may have seen him in Sex in the City, law and Order, The Pelican Brief or Down To Earth; He's a New York Times Best Selling Author, key note speaker and CEO coach. And he's the author of an amazing book Steal the Show, and my new all-time favorite Key Note Address and Inspirational Speech: The Think Big Revolution

Today we'll talk about how to dream big, stand tall, find your voice, and how to guarantee a standing ovation for all the performances of your life.

That plus we'll talk about why you don't want a devil's advocate, what in the world Marlon Brando has to do with cotton balls, and why deep-fried car tires, might just be your greatest food in the world!

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics and Questions Include:

How'd he become a professional actor, and why did he leave.
Why performance arts and acting means studying others
How to get casted in Hollywood
What Marlon Brando did to get the role in the Godfather
What it means to 'raise the stakes' and 'play' life at a high level
What's it mean to be ready to shine?
What this means for a career or job interview, sales pitch or other high stakes situation – why it's important to show up as a performer
Why Michael Port had learning disabilities, but they didn't hold him back.
And why Michael Sandler also had learning disabilities, and what this meant
How learning disabilities may lead you to become an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship
Why Michael Port has a sense of urgency
Why urgency is different that impatient
Why you don't want to be 'realistic'
How he treats people with love
What is a superobjective
What's the power of presence – and what performance is really about
Why performance is authentic behavior in a manufactured environment
What's his overarching super-objective
How boating is a meditative, mindfulness experience.
Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Mind - how the water affects us, body, mind and soul
Why he doesn't meditation on a regular basis but gets his meditation through boating
Why he's excited to learn about personal finances
Why thinking big about who you are and what you bring to the world is so important and why we each want to have our own Think Big Revolution
Why you don't want to tell your kids they are smart
Where can people go to find Steal the Show and StealTheShow.com for the podcast also heroicpublicspeaking.com,

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HOW TO ATTRACT HEALTH & ABUNDANCE THRU FLOWER POWER!!! + Meditation! Robert Reeves | Inspiration | Fitness | Self-Help | Inspire Apr 28, 2017

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If you've ever wanted to feel better, have more happiness joy, and inspiration in your life, then do we have the flower-power show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Robert Reeves, best-selling author and naturopath who holds a strong connection to angels and the natural world. And along with Doreen Virtue he's the co-author of flower therapy oracle cards and a beautiful book on flowers, Flower Therapy.

And that's just what we'll be talking about today, how flowers can help us feel better, overcome challenges, heal from illness, and even be law of attraction magnets for our desires.

That plus we'll talk about roses, eucalyptus, the power of sweet pea, why you want to be careful with grevillia, what in the world is pig face, why we all want to try aura stroking…no, it's not what you think.

Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

Robert Reeves and Doreen Virtue Flower Therapy and Flower Cards
What's going on with the weather down-under right now.
How the fairies and angels help him with our gardening
How 10 minutes outside can make a big difference
How Pine helps us
How flowers can get your back
Is it okay to work with cut flowers?
Why tulips are so good for us
Why it's so powerful to ask for help and guidance from nature
What to do to protect your energy from others
How parents can benefit from this, people in office environments, and even our friends.
How flower photos can help
What is aura stroking
Why Robert is obsessed with white roses
Why lavender may or may not be the answer
Why german chamomile is such a powerful, calming oil
How do we choose flowers (or let them choose us)
How to ask if you can cut a flower
How to cut the flower without harming the plant
What is flower-cutting 101
How do we keep the flowers from wilting?
Why you don't want to use the sugar that comes from the florist on your flowers
Healing methods with flowers
What's the single flower method?
How we can use the law of attraction for manifestation with our flowers
Why you can use the law of attraction with seeds (by setting intention)
What's the power of a flower therapy garden?
How to use flowers for a house chakra cleansing
Different flowers and how they can help
Why a white rose is great for stuck energy
What is calendula and how it can help
How marigold can help
What flower can help us have more energy
How the sunflower can help
What flower helps with anxiety
How lavender and daisies can help
What flowers can help with our pets
What flower helps with keeping pets calm
Why you want to be careful with grevilia
What flower helps with pregnancy
A flower that brings families together
What flower is best for confidence
What flower for abundance and manifestation
What's the benefit of clover
What flower is great for romance
What carnations are great for (and what's the added benefit of carnations!)
What flower is best for happiness and positivity?
What flowers can help with the third eye
What the lotus can help with?
What the bird of paradise can help with?
What's the benefit of cactus and cactus flowers?
Flower Therapy and Flower Therapy Oracle Cards – can connect robertreeves.com.au and Robert Reeves on Facebook
A flower power guided meditation and prayer

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If you've ever wanted more peace, freedom, and ease in your life, or at least a step back from the chaos then do we have the Power of Letting Go show for you!

Today we'll talk about letting go on a physical level, an emotional level, and everywhere in between, what it looks like, how to do it, and what it certainlty DOES not mean to do…sorry donuts!

The Power of Letting Go Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What in the world happened to Michael's Car?
How'd a new home magically appear for Michael and Jessica?
How Michael hit a place of overwhelm and what he did about it
How moving has been a healing experience, and an opportunity to give
How the letting go process has been healing and special
What it means to have to let go of everything and anything
What it means to let go of your routine, and how it can help you
Who is Quantum Physicist Dr. Jude Currivan?
How letting go of attachment can change everything
What we can learn from CJ's mom about moving
What it means to find a way?
What trust and faith have to do with letting go?
What CJ's learning about letting go by watching her garage smashed.
What is biofield tuning and what we can learn from Eileen Day McKusick?
What it means to go into the next version of your life and how letting go can help with the process.
Why stepping back and looking at the big picture during transition can be really helpful.
What is a pro-active vs. a re-active place?
Why it's so important to put a pause between your activities?

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LEARN HOW TO LEARN & DISCOVER YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL!!! Barbara Oakley, PhD | Health | Inspiration | Self-Help | Inspire Apr 26, 2017

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If you've ever wanted to re-invent yourself (at any age) learn a new skill, start a new career, or simply expand your mind, then today's Mindshift show with Dr. Barbara Oakley, teacher of the world's most popular online class "Learn How to Learn" is for you!!!

Today we'll be talking about Mindshifts, or how to shift your mind to a new perspective, or direction, to truly reinvent yourself in life.

We'll talk about her re-inventions, from studying Russian, joining the army, working a radio in the south pole, and going to back to school, after flunking math through high school, to become an engineer!

And we'll talk about how you can learn how to learn and make a mindshift to do or become anything you want in life!!!

Shift Your Mind Shift Your Life Topics Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

How'd she end up on her career path from the army to Russia to the South Pole and on to engineering—after having flunked high school math!
What is a massive online class and what does it have to do with Mindshifting?
What's it mean to Mindshift?
What's the pomodoro technique and how does it help you learn or focus?
What are different types of meditation for learning?
What is self-monitoring and how can we use it to mindshift?
What's the importance of small mental chunks?
How did she retrain her brain from Mathphobe to professor of engineering?
How do we completely retrain the brain?
What's the importance of leisure activities for the brain?
What's the importance of applying metpahors to concepts we've just learned?
What's the importance of second-skilling?
What are a few key mindshifts that enhance learning?
What is a mind-map and why's it so valuable?
What's it mean to switch back and forth between focused mode and diffuse mode?
What can we learn from the Father of Brain Plasticity Dr. Michael Merzenich?
What's the importance of doing something novel?
What's the importance of getting outside of our comfort zone?
Can the brain shift at any age?
What do we need to know about massive online classes?
What one homework assignment should we begin today to shift our minds and chase our dreams?
How do we help kids learn how to learn?
To find out more go to: BarbaraOakley.com

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If you've ever wanted to feel more free in your home, office or life, then do we have the lighten your load show for you!

Today we'll be talking about stuff, what it means, what it does for us, why it can weigh us down, why we don't need to part with it all, and even how we can liberate us!

That plus we'll talk about the power of donations, the danger of the basement, 15 minute bike rides, what to do with wisdom teeth, and why might meltdowns have their benefits!

Last but not least we talk about prosperity consciousness, lack consciousness, blocks around money and abundance. Plus we discuss honoring and spending on yourself, and challenges Michael has personally had in all of these arenas!

What do we do with someone's teeth once they're removed?
What does a drowning Honda accord have to do with anything?
What's the difference between being frugal and being cheap?
What's the frequency of our possessions?
What it means to practice abundance and the law of intention?
How we improve our relationships with money?
Why it could be important to spend money on yourself?
Where did Michael's abundance blocks come from?
What does guilt have to do with our relationship with money and buying what we desire in life?
What it means that all of our possessions have energy?
How spending on ourselves can actually increase our vibrational level?
What we can learn from Jen Sincero, Lisa Nichols, and Dr. Joe Vitale?
What is living art and what's the importance of surrounding ourselves with beauty?
What it means to move past your wiring toward abundance?
What it means to reward ourselves, and why we truly deserve it?
What it means to step away from the doingness?
Why we don't want to judge ourselves by what we've done or not done?
How did Michael go from hating himself to finding self-love?
How our stuff can energize or exhaust us?
How emotion code has helped Jessica?

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DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE & THE MEANING OF LIFE THRU QUANTUM PHYSICS! + Meditation! Dr Amit Goswami! Health | Self-Help | Inspire Apr 24, 2017

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If you've ever wondered about the science consciousness and the meaning of life, then do we have The Everything Answer Book show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Dr. Amit Goswami, a personal hero of mine! He's a theoretical nuclear physicist, quantum activist and pioneer, serial author, star in the movie What the Bleep, and the author of a phenomenal new book on consciousness, The EveryThing Answer Book.

First we'll talk about his life and how he went from studying nuclear physics to studying consciousness.

Then we'll look at consciousness, quantum science and the brain, and what it tell us about our purpose, path, and direction in life. Plus we'll look at the science behind karma, reincarnation, near-death experiences, the power of love, and much more!

Consciousness, Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

How did Dr. Amit Goswami go from studying nuclear physics to the science of consciousness?
What does consciousness have to do with how we live our lives?
What's the challenge with how we view the world today?
What can we learn from near-death experiences?
What do we need to know about the fundamental nature of reality to understand our lives?
What does quantum science have to do with discovering our purpose?
What are archetypes and what do they have to do with our purpose?
What does quantum science and consciousness have to say about why we're here?
Do we each have our own distinct purpose in life?
Do we come here with free will?
What is karma?
Is there science that supports reincarnation?
What's the power of crisis and what does it have to do with our purpose?
What is kirlian photography, and is it real?
What happens to our energy, auras, and chakras through love?
What's the importance of self-love?
Are our kids coming into this world different or more evolved?
What do we need to know to prepare our kids for the world today?
What one homework assignment can we begin today?
To find out more visit: AmitGoswami.org

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