Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

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Have you ever felt you weren't enough, didn't do enough, achieve enough, succeed enough, or that your work just wasn't good enough, then do we have the perfection shattering show for you.

Today we'll talk about letting go of performance addiction and being enough, no matter what you do or who you are, without having to strive, succeed, or achieve. Almost sounds sacrilege, doesn't it

That plus we'll talk about bug bites and fevers, tlc and massages, the little car that could, finding dori, why butchered hair-do's are best, motel-room paintings, why you don't want to move your head, a newsletter gone viral, and why the future's all about snapchat.

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

What happened to Michael's hair
Why CJ's speaking from random motel rooms
Why there's always someone better than us – and why we don't want to worry about
What's the self-help problem with continuously striving
What's the power of acceptance
What Jake Ducey, the millennial says about materialism.
What we can learn from Chade-Meng Tan of Google.
What we can learn from The Stress Solution and Arthur Ciaramicoli.
Why striving for the unachievable is insanity making
What we can learn from Tal Ben Shahar about happiness
Why the more does not bring you happiness
Why it's importance to let go of your dogma's
Why our fears and worst-case scenarios are often just stories
Why you break if you don't flow
What recapitulation means for you.
How Jessica made a decision to live
Why not making a decision is making a powerful decision
What's the power of snapchat and why Inspire Nation Show is going snapchat (inspirenation)
Why the Inspire Nation newsletter is going viral
What we can learn from Dan Kerpen on The Art of People

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HOW TO SPICE UP YOUR RELATIONSHIP! + COUPLES MEDITATION! Dr Stan Tatkin | Inspiration | Spiritual | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 30, 2016

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How To Build A Couple Bubble For Love and Happiness!!!

If you've ever struggled with love, particularly in your relationship or marriage, then do we have the couple-building show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Stan Tatkin, clinican, researcher, teacher, and developer of the psychobiological approach to couple therapy. He's also the author of four books including his latest, my new favorite couples book, Wired For Love.

Today we'll be talking about building, protecting, and not-popping the couple bubble so you can defuse conflict and build a secure relationship.

That plus we'll talk about the emote me game, the power of the insula, the orbitofrontal cortex, early birds and night owls, and why it's okay to be annoying, just not threatening!

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Wired for Love Topics Include

How'd Stan get into teaching vipassana?
How he worked with John Bradshaw
How'd he get into meditation
What a sensory deprivation tank had to do with anything
How he got interested in child and brain development while working with John Bradshaw
How he got interested in preventing personality disorders
How Jessica got interested in mindful pregnancy
What is one of the most important premises in healthy child development?
How do you support a mother raising her child
What Thich Nhat Hanh says about caregivers and raising a child.
What is a couple bubble?
What chemistry takes place when we start dating.
Why we make mistakes in relationships because our brains are relying on shortcuts
What is normal in relationships
Why a couple bubble has to do with secure functioning
What's the dumb vagus?
What's the insula
What are the primitives?
How do we bring in the ambassadors to prevent war?
What does presence and attention have to do with preventing fights?
What do islands, waves, and anchors have to do with anything?
What are pleasing and soothing 101?
What's the importance of knowing your partner?
How to prevent things from being long-term problems?
What are morning and nighttime rituals, and early birds and night owls?
Why most problems in relationships have to do with separations and reunions
Why you want to wish your partner well dead or alive before going to bed
How do we fight?
How do we come up with a win/win situation?
What's it mean to wave the flag of friendliness?
Why our brains are constantly filling in the blanks and why you shouldn't leave things blank
What are the perils of digital fighting?
Why hugging with your bellies together is so important
Do we all need touch?
Words of wisdom for parents
Shambhala Mountain Center Sept. 15th to 18th Wired for Love Couple's event
Go to stantatkin.com and for counselor training www.Thepactinstitute.com
Also see Wired for Love and Wired for Dating

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If you've ever wondered how to bring out your bravest boldest self, then do we have the presence producing show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Amy Cuddy, Harvard Professor, amazing Ted Talk speaker, and new york times best-selling author of one of my new favorite books, Presence.

Today we'll talk about bring your boldest self to your biggest challenges, plus impostorism, iposture and power poses.

That plus we'll talk about l'esprit d'escalier – the spirit of the staircase, why we want to stop being silk, what we can all learn from Barishnakov, when you want to shut off an annoying fan, a challenge to all duaghters, sisters and femal friends, what we can all learn from pill bugs, and what in the world happens when you decide to marry an Australian.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

Who are Boy and Bear? BoyandBear.com
What is Ted-Talker Amy Cuddy 101
How a roller-skating waitress decided to become a psychologist
What is the Spirit of the Stairs?
What was an elevator pitch gone bad
What is synchrony and what does it mean when someone is being present and authentic?
What we can learn from Lakshmi Balachandra and venture capital pitches
What's the challenge for psychology researchers for self-esteem
What's the difference between cockiness and confidence
What studies show you want to bring to a job interview.
What we can learn from Susan Cain, the author of Quiet about introverts and presence.
What's wrong with self-affirmations
What's she learned from Mikko Nissinen professional ballet and Baryshnikov
What is presence?
What does presence have to do with mindfulness?
How do we take presence off of its pedestal?
What is impostorism?
When an opportunity comes to us, should we all do the New Zealand
1. Why it's really about preparing the self
How does the body shape the mind, and what's it mean to starfish up?
What are power poses and what does it have to do with expansiveness
1. Why did power poses catch on from the Ted Talk?
How to help women feel more expansive
How team sports may help girls to be more expansive
What is iPosture and what's so bad about being on our phones and smaller electronic devices
Why an iHunch or 'text neck' makes us feel sad and less assertive
What's the importance of expansive posture and expansive breathing
Why breathing is tied to good posture, and what that means
What are a few key ways to mind our posture throughout the day?
Why it's so important to teach our kids that how they carry themselves changes the way they feel
What we can learn from College Confidence with ADD by Michael Sandler.
amycuddy.com, @amyjccuddy for twitter

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How to Manifest Miracles thru Little Big Steps! Arash Bayatmakou - Ted Talk! Inspirational | Spiritual | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 28, 2016

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If you've ever wanted to overcome a giant challenge, reach new heights, or move past a major medical hurdle, then do we have the hurdle jumping show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Arash Bayatmakou, one of the most inspiring, won't take no for an answer, people I've ever met, and I've just met him! But he's lit a fire under me, and has one of the most amazing Ted Talks, called Little Big Steps.

Today we'll talk about the power of visualization, of seeing where you want to go, and how to stand up, and put one foot in front of the other to get there, no matter where that may be.

That plus we'll talk about Mrs. Smartipants, cupping muffins, getting towed by labs, the case against the couch potato, the power of the bridge, exoskeletal fame, becoming Aquaman…and swimming from cannibals, and how to move like a drunk penguin listening to Ricky Martin!

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Includes:

How he plans on circumnavigating Donner Lake by Lake Tahoe.
How he made his way from Iran to the Bay Area
Why he made himself leave California for school
How he played Rugby at BU
How he's been exploring spirituality from a mindfulness and meditation point of view
How he travelled the world for five years after college
What is Evolution Valley California?
What happened after his hiking trip
How he started to get to work on his recovery
How he began visualization work after he could get his pinkie toe moving
What are some of the visualizations that he began using to reconnect his nervous system
What was his first experience in a pool
How he became 'aquaman'!
What does Arash mean 'recovery is my religion'?
Why you want to celebrate the 'little big steps'
The importance of your word choice, even in your head
How his new girlfriend stood by his side after his accident
What his goal was and how he proposed to her
What's the power of gratitude?
arashrecovery.com and Ted Talk - Arash Bayatmakou | TEDxMarin - YouTube
What are 'solvable problems'?

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If you've wanted more money, a better job, or had a special dream and wished you knew how to get there, then do we have the Think and Grow Rich show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, PEN award-winning author extraordinaire, vice-president and executive editor at Tarcher Perigee and editor of the latest edition of my all-time favorite book, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

Today We'll talk about achieving your dreams, turning your life around, getting the wealth, health, and happiness you desire, and how to literally think and grow Rich.

That plus we'll look at the power of sex, the six ghosts of fear, famous alibis and old man If, Worryitis and Fearitis, an invisible counsel or historic proportions, stopping three feet short of gold, an enchanted kettle, and what no serpent no apples, and no apples no state, has to do with anything!

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

How Inspire Nation Got to 1 Million Downloads
How did Mitch start to read Think and Grow Rich
Why you'll be journaling with Think and Grow Rich for wealth, career & happiness!
What is it about Napoleon Hill that generates such passionate dedication?
How did Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate, not Dale Carnegie from How to Win Friends and Influence people, start Napoleon Hill a 20 year assignment
How spiritual is Napoleon Hill or how much was he into spirituality, or spiritual experimenting?
What does this mean 'all earned riches have their beginning in an idea'?
Why Napoleon Hill was adamant that you work hard in your career or toward your definite goal.
The story of RU Darby and stopping 3 feet sort of gold
What are Napoleon Hill's six steps of desire
What's the importance of putting down a date?
What's the importance of joining a Master Mind?
How would Napoleon Hill say we get started
What's the most important thing you can do right before going to bed
What is Napoleon Hill's definition of faith
What the Charles Schwab story with US Steel?
How important preparation is to Napoleon Hill and to Ralph Waldo Emerson – what he called 'drilling' and what we would call practice, or rehearsal
What is autosuggestion?
Why does Napoleon Hill mean that nothing can enter the subconscious mind without autosuggestion?
What's the power of imagination?
What's the power of desire?
What's the power of definite purpose and definite plans?
How do we move past the fear of criticism and fear of failure?
Why we want to be very careful of who we take advice from.
What's the power of the master mind, and why is it so vital?
What is a master mind?
Why do men seldom succeed before age 40?
Why the sexual impulse in the individual may be the creative force of life
What sexual alchemy has to do with Napoleon Hill
What was Napoleon's invisible counsel
How do we move past the fear of poverty?
What advice would Napoleon Hill give to kids?
mitchhorowitz.com or in google Mitch Horowitz
Meditation to discover your definite chief aim

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How to Find Greater Peace, Happiness & Purpose! + Guided Meditation! Dr. Daniel Houfman | Spirituality | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 26, 2016

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If you've ever struggled to find greater peace, happiness or purpose in your life, then do we have the life-expanding show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dr. Daniel Houtman, a doctor of Oriental medicine, better known as 'The Spirit Doctor'.

He travels the world using natural healing talents and learning the healing systems of traditional people's. He's also the author of a beautiful short book, Spiritual Evolution.

Today we'll talk about the blocks in your path toward happiness, health and your spiritual evolution.

That plus we'll talk about Bali, horses and carriages, and what better breathing has to do with anything.

How to find greater peace, happiness and purpose in your life – self help topics
How he ended up getting from Ithaca to Australia and ended up working in Alice Springs Australia working with the aboriginals
How we are all part of nature
How Dr. Houtman began healing people as a young child
How he began exploring other religions and philosophies as a young teen
Why he struggled so much in college
What happened when he began studying the ancient Chinese ways
How he discovered he already knew about Qi Gong.
How we can circulate energy with Qi Gong.
Are we a soul inhabiting a body?
What's the advantage and disadvantage of technology?
What's the importance and power of empathy
How and what it means to be all one
thespiritdoctor.com book Spiritual Evolution – what he's focusing on for Tuesday, October the 18th – "Just Five Minutes"

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How to Feel Great & Leave Pain & Emotional Trauma Behind! Dr Bradley Nelson | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 25, 2016

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Do you have a nagging injury or condition, that just won't go away? Or do you struggle with fear, anxiety, depression, or any other emotional condition?

Well if so, then do we have the fun show for you today!

Today we'll be interviewing holistic doctor and author Bradley Nelson, Author of the Emotion Code.

We'll be talking about how trapped emotions from the past, even from experiences you're unaware of can affect your health, wellbeing, and emotions of today, and a powerful easy-to-do technique to release your trapped emotions for greater health, love and happiness. Woo Hoo!

That plus how you can help heal a spouse, partner, child, distant loved one, and even your cat or dog!

Plus we'll talk about walking on air, kirlian photography, a clown from hell Twiggs the Lhaso Apso and flying frogs.

Questions & Topics Include:

Why Dr. Bradley Nelson went into holistic medicine
What's the cause of 90% of all our physical problems.
How emotions get trapped in our bodies
What is a "trapped emotion"
What happens when you experience an intense emotion
How emotions have their own frequencies, and what it means to us.
Where exactly do trapped emotions come from?
What "Bad Doctor, Away!" has to do with trapped emotions.
How releasing trapped emotions changed two children's lives!
How do we test for a trapped emotion?
What a sway test is.
How to release trapped emotions on our own.
What's the science behind muscle testing.
What's the importance of magnets in helping to remove trapped emotions and help with healing
What a heart wall is, and why it's so important to remove the heart wall.
What to do if you suspect a trapped emotion or heart-wall in a loved one
How releasing a heart wall can transform your life.
How you can help heal your family line by healing family walls – it's more amazing than you think!
How to get a free copy of the Emotion Code
What was the Clown from Hell?

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If you've ever wanted to warm your heart, a change of heart, or simply to feel you're not alone, then do we have the heart-melting show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Rachel Anne Ridge, amazing human being, professional artist and designer, beautiful author, speaker and owner…or dare I say owned by, Flash the Once-Homeless Donkey.

And that's what we'll be talking about today, about her beautiful book and donkey named Flash, who showed up one day, melted her heart and changed her life.

That plus we'll talk about horse ballet, how a cold wars ending, golf carnage, Haysooos, the mystery of the phantom barber, the miracle of the blue hoof. and why sixty two chromosomes are enough to allow me to run with horses

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

Did they get Donkey right in Shrek?
How'd she meet Flash the stray donkey.
How they began patching Flash back together
What did the sheriff say about stray donkeys.
How somebody else named her donkey
What's the importance of a name?
What it meant for Rachel to remember her name
What did Flash do during the ice-storm?
How Flash got a salon treatment
What is horse ballet?
How we all are artistic and all have creative abilities
How Flash became a father
What it means to wear your donkey heart on your sleeve
How Flash and Beau the lab made friends.
What's the miracle of the blue hoof?
Who was the phantom barber?
How is donkey owner obedience school?
Who is Henderson #10
Donkey Rescue – Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, donkeyrescue.org,
For the book and to find out more go to rachelanneridge.com or www.flashthedonkey.com
About a Flash the Donkey book for kids

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If you've ever felt anxious, stressed out, and unable to bend with the wind, then do we have the resilience-building show for you!

Today I'll be talking With Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, licensed clinical psychologist, chief medical officer of soundminz.org. He's been on the faculty of Harvard Medical school and is the Chief Psychology of Metrowest Medical center. He's also the author of several book including The power of Empathy and The Stress Solution.

Today we'll talk about the Stress solution, how to use empathy and cognitive behavioral therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Develop Resilience, and return to a state of goodness.

That plus we'll talk about the power of dark chocolate, berries and leafy greens, what we can learn from a Kima the Siberian Husky, who's perhaps the world's most compassionate mom, the true importance of Kaitlyn Jenner's coming out and what American Master Spy and Algiers has to do with anything.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

Who was Arthur Ciaramicoli's mom
What kind of legacy do you want to lead in your life?
What is empathy?
What's the difference between sympathy and empathy
What is empathetic cognitive behavioral therapy - psychology
In psychology, what's a cognitive distortion?
Tell us about Aaron Beck, and what's a negative schema?
What does a negative schema have to do with negative self-talk?
What's second-hand stress?
What does it mean to lose touch with our inherent goodness?
Why depression is often an inability to do sorrow work
How to counteract depression with oxytocin, the love hormone.
How empathetic listening leads to a release of oxytocin
What does it mean to 'make a relationship'
How do we turn down the intensity of our own emotions
How empathy helps us move from the emotional brain to the thinking brain
What is mindfulness meditation, and how can mindfulness help us to be here now and to be present
What is catastrophizing and how does it relate to mindfulness and empathy?
How to plan how you're going to wake up, the night before.
How do we rewire our brains to produce feel-good chemicals?
How studies show the power of empathy
What happens to children who grow up surrounded by empathy.
What's a goodness formula?
Stress reducing foods?
What supplements help with stress
What can we learn from Caitlyn or Bruce Jenner coming out.
Where can people go to find out more and to find The Stress Solution: balanceyoursuccess.com,

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Have you ever felt a calling, a pull, a desire to do something so strong you felt you'd never live it down if you didn't go for it?

Well if so, then do we have the special show for you.

Today we'll talk about getting in alignment with your passion, listening to your higher self, and how to know when you're on track.

That plus we'll talk about a serendipitous trip to princeton, dancing in new shoes, Jessie on the mic, birds checking out their landing zones, cars of abundance, and a rumble in the jungle.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

Why a drum is CJ's Binky.
What's the Myers Briggs career training CJ will be going for.
Why Robbie Holz, of Aboriginal Healing, says 'ask for help' and what this means
What it means to have top focal points or a top 3 and what you want to do about them daily to help bring them about – aka Napoleon Hill, Bob Proctor, and Law of Attraction
What we can learn from Rhadhanath Swami
What neuro-linguistic programming has to do with your five senses and the law of attraction
What Dr. Joe Vitale says you can do with the hypnogogic state for law of attraction results
What in the world happened in Princeton
How Jessica has been getting into alignment with her running, passion, stride and health
How Jessica's been using her garden time to heal and as a creative outlet
What we can learn from Celeste Longacre
Why it's important not to resist openings when they're happening
How Jessica's coming to the microphone
Why Lisa Nichols says 'don't quit your day job' (or leave your career) until you're ready. Instead see your career or job as an investor in your future.
How play time is exactly what you should be doing to find yourself
What happened with Rhadhanath Swami on the riverback, and what it has to do with St. Francis of Assisi
What are cars of abundance?
What's the message behind Back to the Future 2?
What practices Michael uses from Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
What's the podcast mastery program we're building
How to bring about the law of attraction in your life – when you're in alignment
Why celebrating your victories is so important