Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

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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 is shower power?
What's the importance of connecting with Nature
What Chinese elements have to do with anything.
What are groomer fish?
What's the importance of going slow to go fast.
What it means to make your own Zen Zone.
How the sound of water can help us in our home
How we can bring water into our homes to calm us
How to open and flow with life

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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 a world-distance skating record on his first big adventure
How it took him 2 ½ years before his next adventure
How he kayaked 1500 miles for his next adventure
How he got depressed after each adventure, and wanted to figure out how to prevent depression after an event
What is Expedition 1000
How to shift your life
What in the world is road magic
Why every stranger is just a friend waiting to happen
Why you need to promise to yourself with everything that you do
What's the importance of telling people what you'll do with genuine excitement and meaning
What's the power of solitude and being out there by yourself
What's the importance of saying yes?
What's a Yes List?
What's it mean to Say Yes More #SayYesMore
How he did 1000 mile swim along the Missouri when he'd only swam 100 meters at a time before
Why you never want to listen to advice unless you asked for it
What was the conversation he had with his kitty cat?
What happened on journey 12 around the Dead Sea?
Who's Emma and how'd she meet them
What's the Yes tribe?
What's the Yes bus?
What's the Yes boat?
What's important about Uganda and the River Nile
davecornthwaite.com has all the stories over the last 10 year, also www.sayyesmore.com to find out about the Yes tribe and the Yestival October festival, also look for The Yes Tribe on google.
What's Exploring Mindset?
1. Sept 25- to October 2nd along the Mississippi river
Why it's important to take adventures with your kids
Check Out Do Try This At Home on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meekroadventures

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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 with his mom when he was 11
What happened when Jeffrey shaved his legs for the first time
What the power is of the book "There is Nothing Wrong With You" by Sherry Huber
1. Sherry is from a monastery in California
Why Jeffrey wrote this book to touch hearts
How Jeffrey studies Zen Buddhism
What spiritual lessons has Jeffrey learned from Zen Buddhism
What has Jeffrey learned from his spirituality
What's the importance of self-acceptance?
How did Jeffrey Marsh become a LGBT Gay / Queer / Gender Neutral Vine star?
Why if something scary you have to face the fear
What are zen circle paintings and what do they have to do with the book "How to Be You"
How we can help prevent tragedies in the world
Why it's so important to learn how to be secure in who you are
How to gain confidence
WWWD – What Would Wonder Woman Do? What would Linda Carter do???
Why is Wonder Woman a hero of Jeffrey Marsh?
How important is it to put kind, gentle, easy, and good first
Why you can't do self-improvement through judgement and self-hate
Why it's so important to 'fight with kindness'
What's a daily joy list?
How he went on a conservative show as LGBT / LGBTQ
What compassion has to do with anything
jeffreymarsh.com and google vine beard eyeshadow
Why there's an appendix in the book on treating young people with respect
What's the best way to help kids today
What's the Jeffrey Marsh app?

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HOW TO INCREASE WEALTH THRU KINDNESS & COMPASSION! + Meditation! Master Sha | Inspirational | Spiritual | Self-Help | Inspire Aug 07, 2016

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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 blockages?

Wealth & Abundance Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

How Master Sha grew up with a simple, not wealthy life
Why is someone wealthy vs. why does someone struggle?
What our karma and our past-lives have to do with our current financial situation
What's a virtue bank account
How do we keep out of a place of self-blame and self-judgment when it comes to a lack of abundance or making 'mistakes'
What's the importance of forgiveness
A short forgiveness guided meditation
What is a scarcity consciousness?
What do you move past blockages (clear negative karma)
How do we move past fear?
What's a body power, soul power, mind power, and sound power technique
What's it mean to open your spiritual eye (pineal gland)
What is spiritual soul marketing
What can you ask God, spirituality, the divine or Universe for in prayer?
What does compassion have to do with abundance?
When is a weekly worldwide chant and meditation for love, peace and harmony
Why service is the most important element in becoming wealthy
How do we serve more?
How do we give our love to humanity?

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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 Mindfulness Weight Loss Topics Include

What does chocolate chip cookie dough have to do with anything.
Why comfort foods are meant to keep calling, no matter how healthy you are
What is mindless, not mindful, automatic eating
Why what we see is what we eat
What's the endless bowl of soup?
Tell us about the Wheel of Health
Why stress leads to belly fat
What stress has to do with diet and eating
How mindfulness can help with eating and nutrition
How Jon Kabat-Zinn describes and defines mindfulness
What's the science behind mindfulness
Why dieting is stacked against someone and not sustainable
How to use mindfulness to learn more about yourself
How breathing can help with mindfulness
How do we flex our kindness muscle?
What's the goldilocks principle
What are the biggest mistakes around when we eat
Why it's so important to slow down when I eat
What are the four pillars of healthy eating
How do we eat for blood sugar balance
What's it mean to eat a plant based diet?
Why it's so important to eat whole foods
What's a calorie bomb?
How frequently should you eat?
What are hidden calories
What's a whoopee pie moment?
What's the benefit of an attitude of gratitude
Why it's not important to join the clean plate club
Key eating tips for kids
emindful.com (chief scientific officer),
Left Duke, now at Vanderbilt

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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:

What happened to Jonathan Balcombe at 8 years old
What was the goldfish incident
Why we've missed the boat on fishes
How there are fish that can literally fly
Why there have been fish over 200 million years ago that had umbilical cords
David Attenborough announcer had the fish named him
What is the menhaden?
What we can learn about flounder and other flat fish?
What happens to flounder in puberty
What can swordfish do with their eyes
What's the Abyss and how much life is there?
What can sharks do with their eyes to see in the dark
Walking sharks?
Rose lipped bat fish?
What can we learn from fish and optical illusions?
How can fish hear?
What kind of music do Koi like?
Why fish grow faster with music, particularly Mozart
What is scary stuff from fish?
What's a fish's sense of taste like?
How fish navigate via the sun, and magnetism
What are cleaner fishes?
What can we learn about cooperation from groupers and moray eels.
What is a robofish?
What can we learn from Lauri Cook about Beta-Fish and what's the beta-fish myth? (aka Siamese Fighting Fish)
How do fish use tools?
Can Tiger Fish catch birds?
Who is Christina Zenato and what does she do with sharks?
What can we learn about changing sex and Nemo
How a puffer fish create mandalas
Why is the seahorse the super-dad?
What Carl Safina author of Beyond Words found with trawlers and Green Peace in the Arctic
What do trawlers do?
What happens when fishing shrimp aka shrimping
What is by-catch
Why is shrimping so harmful to the environment
Why is eating tuna like eating tigers?
What does Yao Min, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have to do with shark fins?
What a Fish Knows is now a New York Times best-seller, visit jonathanbalcombe.com and www.jonathan-balcombe.com – come join his newsletter!

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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' to strengthen the wiring mechanisms of our brain
What is mental masturbation?
What we can do to reduce information overload
What I learned from Meir Schneider about relaxing his eyes
How we can use our eyes to help calm us down
How water can be incredibly calming
How meditation can help with calming and reducing stress
How bears can help with your fitness when you're out running
What lucid dreaming and dream yoga can do for your relaxation
How organizing our calendars can help us get our stress levels down
How to enforce yourself to relax
What's the power of date time
What's the power of snuggle time

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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, even, if not especially during a fight
Why compassion is important
How does one have the energy to be compassionate toward someone else, especially a complete stranger
How compassion can be contagious and the instant karma you get from being compassionate
What's a bank account of compassion
What's the importance of presence?
What's the importance of sending someone love?
What Ajahn Brahm has to say about self-gratitude
What we can do to shift and be more empathetic toward others
What is syncing and how can we use it to help ourselves and others
What self-compassion really looks like
What's the importance of the I Love Myself exercise, and do it right before going to sleep
Where kindness and compassion comes into play for learning
What kindness and compassion has to do with grit.

Jessica Lee Shares How Compassion Helps Make Life Easier, More Enjoyable & Improves Relationships! Karma | Happiness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Career || Meditation | Inspiration | Motivation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire

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HOW THE NEW SCIENCE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY CAN HELP YOU & THOSE WITH BRAIN INJURIES! Dr. Clark Elliott | Self-Help | Inspire Aug 02, 2016

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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 coaster

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Brain Health Topics Include

How running has helped his healing.
What were things looking like prior to September 1999
How he taught Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Sciences at DePaul University in Chicago
What was the accident that injured his brain
Why he had such difficulty getting a proper diagnosis
What happens when his brain fatigues.
What are the three main batteries for the brain
Why he put his head injury notes of brain thoughts into the book.
How Clark Elliott had become spiritual, and what happened once he had a head injury
What does The Ghost in My Brain mean, and who or what was the ghost?
A big shout out to Donna Lee and Deborah Zelinsky for Clark Elliot's healing
Where did self-love fall into the equation
How did Clark Elliott keep from being depressed?
How he managed to accept things, and let go, just as it was
What was Clark Elliott's secret weapon?
What happened on a surprise trip to a Thai monastery?
How Donalee Markus understood him and knew what to do to help Clark Elliott
How Donalee helped retrain Clark Elliott's brain.
What a brain injury means or looks like
What brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries have to do with balance issues
What may learning disabilities have to do with learning disabilities such as ADHD
Go see a neurodevelopmental optometrist, http://mindeyeconnection.com/ - Clarkelliott.com website go to Nora
Why there are so many hidden concussions in school sports

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HOW TO ACCELERATE YOUR SUCCESS THRU THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS! + Meditation! Emma Seppala PhD | Career | Self-Help | Inspire Aug 01, 2016

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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