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THE PERFECT POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING! + Meditation! Mitch Horowitz | Napoleon Hill | Law of Attraction | Career | Self-Help Jan 27, 2017

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If you've ever heard, read, or watched a movie about Positive Thinking and the Law of Attraction, then do we have a special show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award Winning Historian, and the author of Occult America, and the vice-president, executive editor, and director of backlist and reissues at TarcherPerigree. He is also the author of a fascinating new book on Positive Thinking " One Simple Idea.

Today we'll talk about what Positive Thinking, New Thought, and the Law of Attraction really is, where it came from, how it came about, what's real about it, and what isn't, and how we can all use it to transform our lives.

That plus we'll talk about hardware stores and milk, heart shaped pink buckets, and how we can transcend our cake and eat it too.

Questions and Topics Include:

What book Elvis's hair stylist gave him?
How Elvis read books by Earnest Holmes, Madame HP Lebatsky, Manley P. Hall
Gave him a copy got a copy of the Impersonal Life from Joseph Benner
What do we do if we're stuck in a 9 to 5 job?
What's a great book to discover your purpose?
Why you want to read Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Ebby Thatcher
How do you help someone to find their one thing and light the fire underneath them
How to get the subconscious working for at night or at any time through the day.
Why we don't want to blame ourselves for negative events…and why we don't want to interpret Rhonda Byrne's The Secret in this way.
What you want to do if someone (or you) is sick.
What is a D-Day approach to healing (including, but not limited to the spiritual and meditative side of things)
What do we need to know about Wallace D. Wattles author of The Science of Getting Rich
What can we learn about Ralph Waldo Emerson and the New Thought movement
What is the definition of New Thought (Positivity and New Age and metaphysics movement)
What it means that thoughts are causative – that thoughts become things
Where did the Law of Attraction come from and when did it first come about?
What Andrew Jackson Davis has to do with the Law of Attraction
Who were the first new thought writers to talk about 'what you think about you bring about
Prentice Mulford and his book Your Forces and How to See Them. (also used by Christian D. Larsen)
What is Hermeticism? (From Alexandria and Egypt in the time after Christ)
What Greeks have to do with the positivity movement?
Why ESP research has been hijacked, when there's good literature and proper science behind it.
1. JB Rine who had an ESP lab at Duke for several decades and did several hundred thousand trials
What ESP has to do with positivity
Why New Thought was originally focused around healing and then why it shifted in this country
What can we learn from Earnest Holmes?
Why Neville Goddard is Mitch's personal favorite.
What can we learn from Norman Vincent Peale?
Who was American's evangelizer of the positive
What did Ronald Reagan have to do with positivity and positive thinking metaphysics
How Reagan made positive thinking metaphysics mainstream Americanism.
Who gave birth to the whole field and business of audiobooks today.
What can we learn from Earl Nightingale and The Strangest Secret
Where the Dr. Demartini statement 'What we think about and thank about we bring about' (Law of Attraction!)
How do we transcend our cake and eat it too?
How important is the meaning behind each word we chose to use.
What's wrong with the term 'enlightenment'?
How Mitch just wrote the article "Is there a right way to affirm" for Science and Mind Magazine
Is there a best way to think and to pray?
What's it mean in New Thought or positivity to 'think from the end'
What are pink heart-shaped buckets?
What did Rod Sterling of the Twilight Zone give us?
What can William James tell us?
What are some of Mitch's most powerful personal practices?
What's the importance of expressing gratitude?
What strange habit Michael and Mitch share on journaling
What's the power of writing down goals
What's the power of a 3 PM prayer
Why Aldous Huxley felt kindness was the powerful tool
What's the importance of radical forgiveness
Why it's so important to abstain from humiliation
What are a few more of his top must reads
1. Resurrection by Neville Goddard
2. William James Essay "Is Life Worth Living"
3. Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
4. The Power of Your Super Mind by Vernon Howard
One Simple Idea is now out on paperback – Occult America also available wherever books sold
Can find more at mitchhorowitz.com or on google put in Mitch Horowitz
How there is a vast family tree behind new age, new thought, and positivity have such a rich and powerful history
Guided Positive Thinking Law of Attraction Meditation

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If you've ever wanted to take your health and life to a whole new level then do we have the show for you.

Today we're going to talk about the power of challenging yourself, why you want to do it, what it looks like and how it can change your life.

That plus we'll talk about IRS Miracles Jessica in the gym, group coaching fun, The importance of getting cold, freedom, fun and work, shakes and hives, and what getting kitty litter and date night have in common?

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

What's the importance of getting our energy up
What's the importance of kindness
Why it's so important to be present – rather than focus on the past
What's the danger of being on the defensive
What it means to let go of perfectionism
What exactly is the power of letting go?
What it means to play a bigger game?
What it means to truly know yourself.
When stretching it great
Why discomfort can be so powerful
Scary moments after a near death experience
What it means to truly surrender to the process
What it means to be burned away and rebuilt anew
What it means to melt away the old
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HOW TO STEP INTO GREATNESS!!! + Meditation! Dr. Pedram Shojai - The Urban Monk | The Health Bridge | Fitness | Self-Help Jan 25, 2017

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If you've ever wanted more success happiness and peace in your life, then do we have the Urban Monk show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Dr. Pedram Shojai, qigong master, master herbalist, and doctor of oriental medicine. He's also the host of The Health Bridge and The Urban Monk podcasts and the author of an amazing owners manual to living a more balanced, in sync life, The Urban Monk.

And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to use eastern wisdom and modern hacks to stop time and find success happiness, and peace.

That plus we'll talk about a monthly vow of silence, fasting in waimea, running in the dark, why you don't need Oakley iridium's, the power of bouldering, why hibernations a must, and why in the world above all else, you want to do kung fu stances while standing at your desk.

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What happens to our pre-frontal cortex under stress?
What does it mean to use meditation as an operating system?
What's a mental virus?
What's the importance of doing greater things if you're stressed?
What's the importance of scanning our body for feelings and sensations?
What's the importance of stepping outside of our comfort zone?
What is time compression syndrome?
What's the importance of nature?
What did Dr. Pedram Shojai learn from building a brain lab and bringing meditators in and testing them
What was found on brain scans of meditators?
What's the importance of movement
What does physical health have to do with mental (and spiritual) well-being
What's the importance of kung-fu stances done at your desk.
What's the importance of backcountry backpacking
Why do we want to expose our kids to dirt?
What does it mean that money is simply flow?
What does it mean to live a life of purpose?
Why do we all want to "goof" off?
How can we make a difference?
What's the most important thing that we do today?
Go to http://www.TheUrbanMonk.com and http://wwww.Well.org
A guided meditation

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If you've ever felt there's more to your health, fitness, and human spirit than meets the eye, then do we have the What Doesn't Kill us show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Scott Carney, investigative journalist, anthropologist, and author of a fantastic paradigm busting book and journey, What Doesn't Kill us.

And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning can renew our lost evolutionary strength – oh goodie!!!

That plus we'll talk about climbing mountains in shorts, dancing indoors in the rain, why you don't want to go floppy, brown fat over white, breathless pushups, a mutiny on a mountain, spartan races, eating tapeworms, a mental umbrella, and what in the world Turritopsis dohrnii, the so-called "immortal jellyfish" has to do with anything!

What Doesn't Kill Us Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What's an Immortal Jellyfish and what does it have to do with anything?
Who is Wim Hof, aka the Iceman?
Why did an investigative reporter want to visit Wim Hof?
What happened after only seven days with the Iceman?
What was going on with the body?
What can we learn about our own bodies from immersion in the cold?
What does the human body physiologically when put in cold water (or snow)?
What does breathing have to do with anything?
What's the importance of rapid breathing?
What's the importance of breath-holding?
What is Brown Fat?
What's the master switch of life?
Why is brown fat so important and do we still have it?
What can we learn from Samoset, the first Native American to meet the pilgrims?
Who is Rob Pickels at the former Boulder Center for Sports Science?
What can we learn from Laird Hamilton and the Millennium Wave?
How does the cold affect diabetes?
How does the cold affect auto-immune disorders?
How does the cold affect Parkinson's disease?
Who is Brian MacKenzie and what is HIIT training?
What does meditation have to do with any of this?

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HOW TO MANIFEST MIRACLES!!! The Secret's Dr. Joe Vitale!!! + Meditation! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Self-Help | Inspire Jan 23, 2017

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Today I'll be talking with Dr. Joe Vitale, one of my all-time favorite guests. He's the best-selling author of countless books, has starred in numerous movies including the secret, and thanks to the Remember Process, is now a musician with fifteen albums to his credit. He's also the author of a brilliant book on transformation I can't recommend enough. The Miracle: six steps to enlightenment.

And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, the Six steps to enlightenment to help you leap past your hurdles, and live the life you desire.

That plus we'll talk about Ho'oponopono, gullwing Mercedes, horse-shoes bolts, and screws, the power of a number 2 pencil, butterflies and magicians, how to nevillize your goals, why 2 acres is better than four, why intention is for wimps, and why in the world you want to check your lights when you're leaving the valet!

Miracle Manifestation Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What's the missing secret (they didn't tell you about in The Secret)?
What's wrong with how most people practice the law of attraction?
What are counter-intentions?
How'd Joe end up Homeless in Dallas?
How were his thoughts getting in his way???
What we can learn from Attract Money Now?
What are base beliefs and how do they affect us?
How does our spouse's beliefs affect our outcome?
How do we move past the fear of failure?
What can we learn from Neville Goddard?
What does the Reticular Activating System have to do with anything?
What is clearing, and why is it the missing step?
What's it mean to Nevillize your goal?
What is Ho'oponopono and why is it so important?
Why's it so important to challenge our beliefs?
What can we learn from Dr. Hew Len and the book Zero Limits
Why is intention for wimps?
What in the world is strongman training???
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The Power of Beliefs Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

What in the world happened at the gym
How to use the body to silence the mind
How to get the mind incredibly still.
What it means to change your inner landscape
How to be the eye in the center of the storm.
How tapping into the body helps the mind
What it means to let go of your limits, or move past limiting beliefs
What we can do by changing our mind or beliefs
What we can learn from Scott Carney and breath-holding around limiting beliefs
What it means to be aware of your fears
What's it mean to face your fears and do it anyway
What's the importance of treating everyone as a human being
What it means to build up a bank account of kindness and compassion
What effect our beliefs have on our outcome
How the power of belief can have an effect on your outcomes
How we can sabotage ourselves with our beliefs
Why it's so important to dig into your beliefs
What it means to no longer stay small
Why it's so important to express yourself
What it means to feel whole
What's the power of taking small steps
Why you need to get started, even if you start slowly
What's the importance of switching your beliefs, before taking steps
What it means to take inventory of your limiting beliefs
What it means to let go of your limiting beliefs
What we can learn from Menas Kafatos on You are the Universe

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If you've ever been told anything you wanted to achieve was impossible, whether your health, your wealth, career, family, sports, business, arts, or otherwise, then do we have the one-in-a-million show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Aaron Baker, a true hero of mine, who also happens to be one of the most able-bodied recovering quadriplegic athletes, business owner's and inspiring people out there. Since his injury, he's walked 20 miles across death valley, ridden his bike not once, but twice across the country. Go-carted, mountain biked, and does more in a day that doctors say was 'impossible' than most people will do in a lifetime.

And that's what I want to talk with him about today. About believing in yourself no-matter what the experts tell you to achieve the impossible…or at least give it your best shot! We'll talk about getting started, overcoming odds, and going after your dreams, like there's no tomorrow.

That plus we'll talk about pink training wheels, mountain-biking mammoth, go-karts and red bull, and why having your toe-nails painted all the colors of the rainbow, just may be the greatest gift in the world!

Questions and Topics Include:

Overcoming Odds
How happy he was getting his first motorcycle at age 3
How he won Nationals and the World Championship
How Ego and Confidence blended
How he had the mindset to win, or the psychological edge over his competition
How he was in the zone, space, flow, where he was almost invincible
How seeing a quadriplegic friend completely unnerved him (who later became very successful with a family and working for Oracle)
How his subconscious knew or was foreshadowing his accident
What happened on the day of the accident
Pre-race and new gear rituals he would do
What happened while testing his racing motorcycle
How did he keep breathing after he fell
How he was peaceful with the experience and just allowed it to unfold.
What was his Near Death Experience (NDE) while in the hospital
How he's come back through gratitude
How he was so fortunate to have a ferocious (fierce) mother that was on his side for an optimal healing environment
How his mom brought in nature music for his health
Why he wouldn't change a thing
How he was allowing love to flow naturally
Why all we can do with our lives is to share ourselves and 'give it away"
Why he had to stay so mindfully in the present, in the day-to-day, present moment
How he was so mindful and present – which he needed in order to survive and then to heal
How to stay in the moment (mindfulness) and work on one flicker or improvement at a time
How having his toenails painted all the colors of the rainbow helped him turn inward, visualize and picture his toes moving again (how he used visualization and meditation to help himself to literally rewire himself!)
How he used the law of attraction and visualization to start "rewiring and re-firing"
How water helped him to heal (and how scary it was being put in the water the first time)
How he was asking for more whenever he got treatments
What a clean slate means, and what it truly means to move forward
How the outlet for his energy became the workouts he was doing.
What happened when he was 1 year into his recovery
How he made it through when he wanted to end things…
How he found a miracle partner in the healing process, Taylor Kevin Isaacs
How they made it through financially
How he did a tandem bike ride across the country with his mother.
How he began pedaling his own bicycle!!! (And then did a SECOND bike-ride across the country, SOLO!!!)
What is the trike he rode across the country
How he debuted the trike at the LA marathon.
How he walked solo 20 miles across Death Valley
How much he's been at peace through the process
How he's become an explorer of his potential, his body's potential, his mind's potential, and discovering the limits of his ability to create and make things happen – incredibly inspiring!!!
How he qualified for the 2012 Olympics
How to become an explorer of our own reality
How much has visualization been a part of the process?
What's the power of gratitude?
How mindful, present, and peaceful he needed to be in Death Valley
How he created CORE with his mother, and then brought Taylor Kevin Isaacs along.
What is the business he created, the rehab center CORE (Center of Restorative Exercise) in Northridge California
The power of "what you think about you bring about" and how positivity and positive outcome affirmations and thoughts helped bring about CORE.
How he met his wife
What is the Wings for Life World Run – Sponsored by Red Bull
Who are his sponsors:
1. Fox Racing & Todd Hicks
2. CORE Centers
3. Wings for Life
4. Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation
5. Triumph Foundation
6. Life Goes On Foundation
7. Rock Racing
8. Reactive Adaptations
  1. Mountain Biking – And YouTube Video Flying Down Mammoth
9. To Find CORE – Go to centerforrestorativeexercise.com
10. iamaaronbaker.com
11. Words of wisdom for people going through this.
12. What it means to be willing to walk through the fire

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If you've ever wanted to work less, yet do less, and be on top of your game without running yourself ragged, then do we have the show for you!

Today I'll be talking with positivity and performance guru and best-selling author Christine Carter, PhD, author of a new favorite book of mine, The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and at Work. I'd say it's more than just a book, but an owners manual for doing less and accomplishing more, and who couldn't use that!

So today we'll talk about finding your sweet spot, that once-thought mythical place where you can relax yet get things done, achieve your dreams, without driving yourself into the ground, and where you really can have your cake and eat it too.

That plus we'll talk about celebratory dances, the Yay Me, a hospital fantasy, why no mud, no lotus, what we can learn from olive trees and marathoners, what the real meaning of the codeword 'green' is!

Questions and Topics Include:

How'd she become known as the 'friendly jogger'
How do you get a treadmill for free?
How'd she end up in the ER with 103 degree fever
What was the turning point in her life.
What's a hospital fantasy?
What was the low-point in her life
How did she start rebuilding her life
Why she's obsessed with habits and willpower
What does it mean to live and work from your sweet-spot (overlap of place you have greatest strength and place of greatest ease)
What's the equation for a sweet spot (and why it's so important)?
What's the importance of having things on auto-pilot (versus mindfulness)?
What is recess and why do we need it?
Why working more to get more done is completely counter-intuitive (especially for kids)
What makes us feel productive is not what makes us more productive
Why Happiness (her first book was Raising Happiness) is so important
What Happiness does for us (and why it really is the answer)
Why happiness really means positive emotions
Why true happiness is not gratification
A few key tips on happiness
What is the power of gratitude?
How gratitude can make a snowball of positivity in the brain
How our posture (and physiology) affects our emotions
How to quickly and easily become more confident
How to quickly generate endorphins through your posture!
How fast can she take a shower in drought-ridden California
How do we crack the habit code and where do we get started?
1. Free email coaching program to crack the habit code
Where do people get hung-up the most
Why is choosing the right habit so important
How do you crack the exercise nut?
1. What's a 5 minute workout?
What's the importance of a trigger or a cue?
What are keystone mini-habits and why are they so important.
How you can have your computer automatically shut down at night
What's the app forcefield (particularly good for children's phones)
christinecarter.com – new coaching program, establishing a new habit, great facebook group (for new habits) and also an online-class "The science of finding flow" learning how to drop into the flow state.
Why it's so important to be able to turn your devices off, and what skill successful children will need most in the future for their careers and happiness!

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If you want to make sure 2017 doesn't pass you by without you moving toward your hopes or dreams then do we have the gift of presence show for you.

Today we'll talk about being present, not just in the moment, but in stepping back and seeing where you want to go, and how you want to get there.

That plus we'll talk about haircuts, needles and college appointments, how to buy awareness, why sore knees aren't what you think, the magic of 108, and why you don't want to toss your gold fish, just because they're floating upside down.

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

What we can learn from a crazy, sideways goldfish?
How we can see our mistakes as guidance
What we can learn from Dr. Joe Dispenza
How to use Dr. Joe Dispenza's techniques to be in a state of abundance
How to get into a state of abundance
How we can bring more freedom into our lives?
What's the untapped importance of self-care
What in the world is facial rejuvenation?
Why our work or career is not our value
How to bring more peace and awareness into our lives?
What we can learn from moving big weights in the gym – even for women?
What our body's pain tells us?
How we can use meditation for feedback and brainstorming?
How do you help kids with their college decisions?
How do we help guide our kids while helping them to make their own decisions?
What we can learn from emergencies such as brake lights failing?
What it means to go with the flow
What we can learn from cars cruise controls and Tesla auto-pilots?
How we can help fulfill our goals
What it means to work with our expectations?
What does awareness and intention have to do with anything?

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If you've ever wanted more peace, happiness, and prosperity in your life then do we have the Mantras Made Easy show for you!

Today I'll be speaking with Sherianna Boyle, adjunct psychology professor, seasoned yoga instructor, energy practitioner and the author of six books, including a new blissful favorite of mine I want to share with the world, Mantras Made Easy.

And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about the power of your words to bring in happiness, peace, prosperity and more.

That plus we'll talk about amethyst mala beads, the Goddess Lakshmi, why you want to feel everything, and attach to nothing, and what in the world Halloween glitter and zipper bracelets have to do with anything!

The Power of Mantra's Self-Improvement and Self Help Topics Include: