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If you've ever wondered whether there's more to thanksgiving than turkeys, shopping and football, then do we have the Thanksgiving Show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Melanie Kirkpatrick, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, and the award-winning author of Escape from North Korea, and her latest Thanksgiving.

And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, what's the true holiday at the heart of the American Experience.

That plus we'll talk about Franksgiving, Unthanksgiving, Mary had a little lamb, why pumpkin pie's a myth, why no one landed at Plymouth rock, and why in the world a writer in Hong Kong, might think thanksgiving is independence day,

Thanksgiving Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

What's the worst turkey sound ever?
Why a book on Thanksgiving?
What happened in Newcomer's High in Queens?
What happened in 1621 to the Mayflower expedition?
Why Plymouth Rock was a myth
What happened during the first winter?
What were the gratitude practices of people from the Mayflower?
What was the first thanksgiving like?
What was the miracle of Squanto's life experiences?
What was the original significance of thanksgivings
What's the history of thanksgiving and Native Americans
What happened at Alcatraz?
Who else claimed to have the first thanksgiving dinner?
What did George Washing do for Thanksgiving?
Why Lincoln had two Thanksgivings in one year?
Where did Mary Had a Little Lamb come from?
Who was the Godmother of Thanksgiving?
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
How did football and thanksgiving come together?
What's Franksgiving and what happened in 1939?
What's the connection between Thanksgiving and generosity?
What's the history of giving and Washington and Thanksgiving?
What does over-eating have to do with thanksgiving?
What pie wasn't at the first thanksgiving dinner?
When did Turkey's get connected with Thanksgiving
What does succotash have to do with thanksgiving?
What's the practice of five kernels of corn?
Illustrated by Artist Kathryn Messenger on the book :o)
melaniekirkpatrick.com and on facebook

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If you've ever felt daunted challenged or depressed by the news, noise, or events around you, then do we have the possibility-making show for you!

Today we'll talking about seeing the shiny side of things, seeing possibilities, opportunities, and how nearly every challenge can be an opportunity in disguise, if we look hard enough.

That plus we'll talk about fall foliage gone mad, returns from Taiwan, sugar-free pumpkin pie – almost, an end to swimming, and what in the world jump drives, genius and the holidays, have to do with each another.

Inspirational and Motivational Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

What is astro-cartography?
What we can learn from astrologist Natasha Alter
Knowing when you need to cut back on your activities
Trail-running, gym time, and running in nature and the snow
What's going on with the trees and colors this year
A different way to look at the national election
What Paul Selig's guides say about the light and the dark
What we can learn from the elections and where we stand as a people
What 'it is what it is' really means
What's the importance of non-judgment
What's the importance of gratitude

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If you've ever felt uninspired, trapped, at a dead end, or just wondered whose life am I leading anyway, and my God, what have I done, then do we have the inspiring, life changing show for you!

Today I'll be speaking with Jake Ducey, perhaps the first millennial we've had on the show, and the 3 times author of inspirational books including, Into the Wind and The Purpose Principles. He's a future Tony Robbins, correct that, Jake Ducey in the making, and just got off an international book tour where he spoke on stages to 500,000 people and helped raised 345,000 pounds of food for homeless youth in America.

Today we're going to talk about your life's purpose, where it's hiding, how to find it, and what in the world you NEED to do about it once you know you've found it.

That plus we'll talk about self-actualizers, Steve Jobs, Jack Canfield, Jay Z, Dave Matthews, Abraham Lincoln, Sylvester Stallone, SW SW SW, and why in the world you want to take an entire summer or two, retyping the Great Gatsby…

Questions and Topics Include:

How Jake Got Jack Canfield to Write the forward to his book
How Jake Ducey was listening to "Dare to Win' and followed Jack Canfields advice to write down 101 goals and what happened.
What happened on November 20, 2010
Why we're all gambling on the biggest risk of all
How Jake left school to chase his dreams of becoming a writer
What happened with the Shaman in Guatemala (when he was not a very 'spiritual' person)
Why "our lives are like onions and we want to live to live the tough flavorless part first"
Why it's a trap to wait until we get x,y or z (even spiritual or self-discover experiences) to find happiness.
What happened to Vic Revezo and how his death affected Jake
How he had a near-death fall in Indonesia, and how locals risked their lives to save him
What is destination addiction
What's Jake's take on the Law of Attraction & Bob Proctor, and what we have to do to get the unconscious to help us get our desires
What we can learn from Bonnie Ware who studied top regrets of people who were dying
What is risk-ability?
Why lack of evidence is not evidence of lack
The story of Steve Jobs and 'not evidence of lack'
Why most of our fears are just 'monsters under our bed'
The story of Sylvester Stallone and how he got his start
What Martin Luther King tells us about finding our freedom
Why JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter) once considered herself the biggest failure she knew
What's it mean from George Bernard Shaw to become 'unreasonable'
Why Martin Luther King knew he was going to be killed the next day (when he gave his I've been to the Mountaintop speech).
Why most people are gambling on the biggest risk of all, that one day we'll find the time to do what we want.
Story of a friend who was stabbed by his father
Why our childhoods can be blessings in disguise
What we can learn from Jay Z (though not necessarily his content).
What inspiring lesson we can learn from Arnold Schwarzenegger
What inspiring lesson we can learn from Jim Carry – and how he used the Law of Attraction
What's the reoccurring theme between the world's most successful people
What's Bob Marley's inspirational story
The inspiring story too of how Bob Marley put on a free concert for 300,000 and played the night after he got shot!
What's Jack Canfield's Rule of Five?
How he turned a self-published book into a best-seller
What is Jack Canfield's SW, SW, SW?
Why you want to ask for what you want
What's the inner journey?
What's the importance of knowing yourself?
New book coming out June 7th, Profit from Happiness: The Unity of Wealth, Worth and Personal fulfillment.
JakeDucey.com (and check out his Ted Talk!)
Plus Guided Meditation!!!

Jake Ducey Shares Life-Changing Stories from Jack Canfield, Jim Carrey, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Jobs, Jay Z, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob Marley & Martin Luther King + Bob Proctor & The Law of Attraction! Spirituality | Inspiration | Motivation | Self-Help | Ted Talk | Inspire

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HOW TO LIVE AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE! + Meditation! Dr. Peter & Briana Borten | Health | Inspiration | Self-Help | Inspire Nov 15, 2016

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If you've ever wanted to live your greatest life, in balance, and on purpose, then do we have the Well Life show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Dr. Peter and Briana Borten, health and wellness experts, founders of The Dragontree, and authors of the popular Rituals for Living Dreambook and a beautiful new book, The Well Life.

And that's just what I want to talk with them about today, How to Use Structure, Sweetness and Space to Create Balance, Happiness, and Peace.

That plus we'll talk about babies and spas, Salem and Witchcraft, construction nightmares in Boulder, following your bliss vs. following your blisters, making things out of wood, swimming in natural bodies of water, and why the price-per-ounce of soup, just doesn't matter.

The Well Life Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

How they began to create a Well Life – and what that looked like
What was the framework that developed
How did they 'manage' things early on
What were some of the foundational pieces they put in place early on
How did they determine their 'life purposes'
What are the three elements for a Well Life
What is "sweetness' and why is it so important for your life
What we can learn from Thich Nhat Hanh and washing dishes
How do we relax into our work?
What is the importance of 'space' and what does it mean?
What's the importance of 'structure' and what does it look like?
How do we set up structures that are flexible for change
What are the importance of habits and habitualizing
What's the biological importance to play and laughter
What's the importance of getting out in nature
How important is breathing?
What happened when they moved to Boulder?
What we can learn from Muhammed Ali's Rope a Dope?
What is Jing and why it's so important.
How do we restore our Jing?
Why it's so important to work on our energy levels and protect our energy
What's the importance of surrender or saying 'please help!'
How do we stop ourselves enough in the frantic moments to receive help
What's the importance of gratitude
How creative expression can help move you through trying times
thewelllifebook.com and www.thedragontree.com
What's the importance of metta-kindness?
Beautiful inner-smile guided meditation!

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If you've ever wondered how whether positive thought works, or if focusing on happiness does more harm then good then do we have the New Thought show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award-winning historian and one of the true behind-the-scenes leaders in the new thought movement today. He's the author, co-author, and editor of too many books to mention, and a favorite of mine, One Simple Idea.

Today we're going to talk about losing the war on unhappiness, what it means, what we can do about it, and how we can still use positive thinking to help transform our lives.

That plus we'll talk about what's wrong with the law of attraction, what in the world happened with the secret, challenging moves to Long Island, where to find pink heart-shaped buckets, and what in the world Norman Vincent Peale, has to do with today, literally.

Positivity Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

Is positivity thinking dead?
What does Norman Vincent Peale have to do with current events today
What can we learn from Paul Selig
What positive movement is for all of us
Has the war against unhappiness been lost?
What's going on in the positive psychology movement?
Is positive psychology dead?
What's going on in the positive psychology world?
What are the latest studies showing?
What's the Dalai Lama effect?
What can we learn from Emile Coue
What do we do when we hit a wall in our subconscious?
How do we move past the blocks of our subconscious?
Tina Turner Chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
What does it mean we don't really want what we think we want.
What happened to Mitch's family when he was a child – and how manifestation helped
What can we learn from Roy Jarrett and the 3-step miracle
What is 'It Works'
What's the importance of Gratitude
What's a 'morning connection'
What's the importance of a 3 PM prayer or meditation?
What is the divine mercy devotion?
What did Neville Goddard say about 3 PM?
https://mitchhorowitz.com/

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If you've ever wanted to discover your unique life's purpose, and what you're truly worth, the do we have the book of knowing and worth show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Paul Selig, medium and author of I am the World, The Book of Love and Creation, The Book of Mastery, and the Book of Knowing and Worth.

And today we'll talk about the Book of Knowing and Worth, finding our own purpose, worth and greatness.

Than plus stepping through doorways, leaving package at the door, and what to do when you discover your kingdom!

Before we dive right into things, I want to thank you so much for the beautiful interview last year, it was incredibly well received.

Spirituality, Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

How Paul began hearing voices
How Paul's books have come about
How he left academia to help people
How he left his job of 26 years at NYU
How did this book, the book of Knowing and Worth come about?
How did the book of Knowing and Worth
What is 'the word'
What does 'Christ' mean to Paul's guide in I Am the Word and his later books
Who is our true authentic self?
What does 'agreement' mean and what does 'accord' mean
What is a vibrational 'accord'
What does it mean we're in 'agreement' with everything around us
How do we allow ourselves to be who we truly are?
What's the importance of: I know who I am. I know what I am. I know how I serve.
What it means to let go of the attachment of what your life, or future, or path is supposed to look like.
How do we move past our emotional blocks or subconscious blocks
What it means that the small self cannot fix the small self
How do we step to the side of the little self
How do we align to bypass fear
What it means to align with intent
I know who I am in truth. I know what I am in truth. I know how I serve in truth.
What it means you can't be the light, and hold others in darkness
What would guides say for kids today
paulselig.com

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If you've ever wanted to heal from illness, or feel better about your life, then do we have the Art of Healing show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Dr. Bernie Siegel, revolutionary doctor and the best selling author of numerous books including Love, Medicine and Miracles, Love Animals and Miracles, and a book that's dropped my jaw to the floor, The Art of Healing.

And that's just what I want to talk with Bernie about today, about how to uncover your hidden wisdom and potential for self-healing, and for happiness.

That plus we'll talk about a Boo-Boo rescue from 3000 miles away, love me teddy bears and cemeteries, why a heart transplant patient would be dying for a beer, What do a box of crayons, a water gun, a noise-maker, and a magic marker have in common? What Buddy the dog said about riding in cars, why a case of amnesia, may be the greatest gift in the world, flipping coins and first dates nd what in the world, hope, miracle and sex have to do with one another.

The Art of Self-Healing Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

What happened to Bernie at age 4
Bernie Siegel on near death experiences
What's an Jungian surgeon?
What it truly means to surrender and give our challenges to a higher power
What's the healing importance of drawing
What can parents learn from their children's drawing
What we can learn from Buddy his dog
What can happen when we're out running
What was the book Buddy's Candle (and why your tears put out your loved-one's cancer)
How dreams can help us with healing
What does it mean 'people choosing to live'
How do we use this information for healing
How do we learn to love ourselves – and what's the importance of self-love?
berniesiegelmd.com
Recommended Book: The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan, also 'The Human Comedy'

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BECOME WILDLY WEALTHY, HEALTHY & BURSTING WITH LOVE! + MEDITATION! Melissa Ambrosini | Self-Help | Inspire Nov 11, 2016

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If you've ever found yourself negative, chastising, berating, or picking on YOURSELF and getting in your own way, then do we have the 180 show for you!

Today we'll be talking with Melissa Ambrosini, TV Star, Dancer, Model, and Author of Mastering Your Mean Girl and silencing your inner critic, and becoming wildly wealthy, fabulously healthy, and bursting with love.

And that's just what we'll talk about, the mean girl and mean boy inside of each one of us, how we can silence them, kick them out of our lives, and generate the success, happiness, and love we desire.

That plus we'll talk about your internal GPS, meeting your soulmate, bunjee jumps and bikinis, why you want to ban the B word, and why caterers cancelling at the last minute, may be the greatest wedding gift in the world!

Questions and Topics Include:

How did you end up dancing at the Moulin Rouge in Paris?
What is Operation Self-Destruct?
How she heard about Self-Love from Louise Hay
What was Melissa's first step to heal the mean girl or mean boy inside of ourselves
What a mean girl or mean guy is and where it comes from
What is an internal GPS?
"What would love do right now?"
How do you heal a sense of worthiness?
What is a worthy-ometer?
What's the 3-step mastering your mean girl process?
How do we love our body and begin to get a super-healthy body.
What it means to 'come from your why'.
What is an easy practice in self-love we can all do?
How do we begin to find our passion and purpose in life?
How fear is a sign you're on track
What's an abundance mindset?
What does a mean girl or mean guy have to do with spirituality?
How do we cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself?
A simple way to find some time to meditate?
Go to masteringyourmeangirl.com can also get the Mastering Your Mean Girl ten week activation program and find 10 Mastering Your Mean Girl meditations

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If you've ever wanted more peace, happiness, or sanity in your life, then do we have the peaceful show for you.

Today we'll be talking about getting grounded, finding peace, and when necessary, how to be the eye of the storm.

That plus we'll talk about white deer, lawn lunches, delorean time machines, and what to do, when your kitties are in charge.

Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

How to bring peace to difficult situations
Why sometimes less is more
What's the power of being 1 percent better (or less) each day
What's the power of focusing on one thing at a time
Why pushing and creativity may not go hand in hand
What's the importance of stepping away – or the creative pause for getting things done
What it means to really go with the flow
What's the shred zone, and why you need to stay away from it.
What to do when the doors keep on closing
Why you want to take 'lawn lunches' and what in the world is that?
Why being a martyr may not be the answer
What we can learn from Tom Sterner and 'The Practicing Mind'
Why we cannot pick on ourselves for our past
Why it's important to listen to your heart when making big decisions
What does a mythical white deer have to do with anything?
What it means to go back to the future to move forwards?
FireItUpWithCJ.com

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If you've ever wanted more courage and bravery in your everyday life then do we have the BRAVE show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Margie Warrell,. Forbes and Huffington Post Columnist, TV host of RawCourage TV and The best-selling author of Stop Playing Safe, and one of my all-time favorite inspirational and motivational books, BRAVE!

And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about every acts of courage we can take to THRIVE in work, love and life.

That plus we'll talk about sky-diving 13 year olds, winning horses in raffles, plumber vans and breakdowns, why you can take the girl out of the country, but can't take the country out of the girl, Maddie and diamante tiarra's, climbing Kilimanjaro—family style, and what I see great things for you and becoming a nun have to do with each other.

Brave Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:

How'd she end up on a private island with Sir Richard Branson for a week?
What did she learn from Richard Branson?
What did she learn from Marianne Williamson
How do we strengthen our courage muscles
How to win a horse
What it means to trust others, trust your intuition, and trust your kids – particularly your 13 year old!
How her entire family (4 kids) climbed Kilimanjaro?
What it means to stand for a collective goal?
How do we find courage?
What's it really mean to decide what you stand for?
What it means to live your life with purpose and intention
How do you let go of other people's opinions (of you)
What's the importance of handing things over to God?
How surrender helped get her through an eating disorder?
How small rituals can change your life
What's the power of gratitude?
What happened to her big-brother Frank, and how he's doing
How do we help our kids be more courageous
How do we help raise brave kids and brave girls
How to help kids handle failure
margiewarrell.com

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