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If you've ever taken a detour in life, whether physical, spiritual, financial or otherwise, then do we have the detourist show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Amy Oestreicher, Broadway performer, artist, survivor, Ted-Talker, and incredibly inspiring human being.

Today we'll be talking about embracing your detours, about learning how to shine, no matter your life circumstance, and turn your detours into flowers.

That plus we'll talk about sneaking out of the hospital, having graduation in the ICU, the power of edible arrangements, collecting drink containers, how to inhale a pizza…in no time flat, Kathie lee Gifford and musicals, and what the coolest trick in the world to do with red coolaid, on Halloween.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

How creating was Amy's language
How she found out what an agent was at 8.
What happened to her at 17 that changed everything.
What she shared with her mom.
What happened at the hospital.
Why you want to check out her Ted Talk on being a Detourist
What happened when she got out of her coma.
What's a honeymoon coma phase?
How the highlight of her day was brushing her teeth
What the decadence is of an ice-chip
How she got reported and kicked out of the hospital
How the Broadway composer William Finn came in to visit her.
What does her Ted Talk topic Identity Shattered mean?
What she was doing to numb out because she literally couldn't eat
What was the power of journaling to her?
How she got back to a happy place and stayed an optimist through the process
How she went without eating for 6 over the last 10
How her trust was rewired and how she had to rewire for trust and courage again
What does it truly mean to be in a place of awareness without judgment (mindfulness)
What is an ostomy and what's it mean to get one reversed?
What is a detourist?
What's the #lovemydetour campaign?
1. Hashtag a picture holding up a sign with #lovemydetour.
2. Share with Amy how this detour changed your life.
Visit her website at amyoes.com
Her editor is Tom Fitfer from the TheGoodMenProject.com

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How to Find Happiness in Your Detours! + Meditation! Amy Oestreicher | Ted Talk | Inspirational | Spiritual | Self-Help

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If you've ever wanted better people skills, to communicate better, work better, and have people on your side, whatever you're trying to do, then do we have the special show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Dave Kerpen, entrepreneur, speaker, and NYT Times Bes-selling author. He's the founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media company, and the chairman and cofounder of Likeable Media. He is also the author of a fantastic new book, The Art of People, 11 simple people skills that will get you everything you want.

And that's just what we'll talk about today, simple tools and techniques to help you work, play, and communicate better with those around you for your greatest happiness and success.

That plus we'll talk about first dates at 21, 29 pairs of orange sneakers- and counting, how to eat at French Laundry, who's the president of table clearing, why it's oops I got your voicemail again, and how to have a free ballpark wedding, nationally televised, of course.

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

On Paradise Hotel Reality Show – Sexy Singles and One Nerdy Guy – Dave Kerpen
How he didn't get 125,000 for making it to the final.
How he went on a reality TV show to find true love.
How he ended up with his wife?
How he taught math with oreo cookies
What was Mr K's Math Money Mania and what were Mr K Dollars?
The importance of listening and understanding people's need's whether it's in teaching, your career, sales, business or home.
Why Myer's Briggs means nothing and the enneagram mean's everything.
Who was Larry Benet and what are the 3 questions you have to ask – networking secrets
Why it's so important when you're networking to switch your agenda from selling stuff to learning about people
How he's been raising funds for Likeable Local…and what orange shoes have to do with anything.
Who is David McClure and what is 500 Startups in Silicone Valley?
What's the power of Snapchat?
What's the power of linkedin?
What's the importance of empowering people (as leaders).
What Ooops I've Got Your Voicemail again – The Brenda Fuentes persistence, passion and creativity story.
Why it's important to act in the face of fear.
What happiness means for Dave Kerpen
Where to watch his baseball stadium wedding: https://vimeo.com/6698830
davekerpen.com also on google, snapchat, linkedin, google+, Instagram, pinterest and more.
What's the power of gratitude?
How gratitude is helpful in more than just your business or career, but to help put yourself in a good mood…the #1 happiness drug of all time!

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How to Connect with Your Buddha Nature! + Guided Meditation! Matthew Fox | Spiritual | Christianity | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 19, 2016

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If you've ever wanted a new way to look at spirituality and your relationship with the divine, something that's both new, and timeless, then do we have a mystical show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Matthew Fox, author of over 30 books including Meister Eckhart, The Hidden Spirituality of Men, Christian Mystics and most recently A Way to God. A preeminent scholar and popularizer of Western mysticism, he became an Episocoal priest after being expelled from the Dominican Order by the future Pope Benedict XVI.

Today we'll talk about mysticism 101 plus, Meisteer Eckhart Thomas Merton, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and much more

From Thomas Murton: How do you tell people they're all walking around shining like the sun?
How he realized the experience of God in Nature.
How Tolstoy's War and Peace became a spiritual and mystical experience for him
What drew him into the Dominican order, as he was drawn to mystical spirituality
What is radical amazement?
Who was Thomas Murton and what was his mystical spiritual experience in Louisville?
Who was Meister Eckhart
Who was Thomas Murton?
Suzuki Zen, Buddhism, Christian mysticism and America
How Meister Eckhart was alive until 13 when Rumi was alive
How Meister Eckhart was condemned after he passed away, and how it wiped him off the history books
Why Carl Jung said Mesiter Eckhart gave him the 'key to the unconscious'
What vegetarian, celebration, mantras, and chanting have to do with anything
Why he wanted to go to Europe to study spirituality
What is Creation Spiritual Tradition (A tradition of original blessing, rather than original sin)
Where original sin came from, and why it didn't exist during Jesus's time.
What are the 4 pathways of creation spirituality?
What is via positiva?
What Rabbi Heschel says about awe and wisdom, and what awe has to do with mysticism
Who was Bob Fox, a street priest in Harlem who literally showed the beauty of the cracks in a sidewalk
What's the via negativa?
What's the inner astronaut?
What's the power of meditation and connection to our inner wisdom and intuition?
Why we're all artists
What's the via transformative?
What's the via creativa?
What is compassion?
What's the purpose of justice?
What is the Isness of God?
Why Isness is God?
Why any expression of being is an expression of divinity. For instance the isness of the Cosmic Christ?
What is the Buddha Nature?
Rabbi David Sieterman has to say about spirituality inside of all beings
What is Stations of the Cosmic Christ?
Matthewfox.org
What are the stations of the cross vs. the stations of the Cosmic Christ?
How we can meditate of a door
What is the teaching of a starfish?
A brief meditation on the Cosmic Christ or the Buddha Nature and light that is inside of all of us.

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TOP SIGNS YOU'RE MAGNESIUM DEFICIENT & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT! DR CAROLYN DEAN | Health | Fitness | Spirituality | Self-Help Jun 18, 2016

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If you've ever struggled with health issues doctors couldn't solve, then you may be one of the 80% of people deficient in magnesium! Magnesium's responsible for over 800 known processes in the body and counting. If you want to find out if you may be deficient, the simplest ways to remedy it, and the huge positive benefits this could have for your body, then today's show is for you.

We're talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean, a leading expert in Magnesium with over 30 books & 110 kindles on the life-changing benefits of magnesium.

First we'll discuss the top signs we're deficient, why the deficiency, and how it shows up in our bodies. We'll learn what to take, what not to take risks, dosages, and how much is safe! Plus baths, and true "electrolyte" sports drinks you can make at home without all the sugar!

We'll look at how to re-mineralize your body, reversing osteoporosis and getting stronger, healthier bones. And we'll look at kicking heart-disease naturally, removing plaque from your arteries, eliminating heart arrhythmias and fibrillation, lowering blood pressure & cholesterol levels, and improving your triglycerides and blood lipid levels.

We'll look at autoimmune & inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, lupus, MS, ALS and Parkinson's, plus autism and epilepsy.

For fitness, we'll look at preventing muscle cramps and fatigue. And how magnesium can dramatically boost energy levels, reduce fatigue and improve the quality of your sleep!

This is an incredible, not-to-be-missed show to boost your brain power, healthy & fitness, and keep illness and injury away!

If you've ever wondered why your energy levels were low, anxiety is up, and your skin's aging prematurely, then do we have the show for you too!

Some of the topics covered include:

Signs of Magnesium Deficiency
What is magnesium?
What we should do about a magnesium deficiency.
Why it's magnesium, NOT CALCIUM, that's important for our bones
Signs your magnesium levels may be DANGEROUSLY LOW
Why Magnesium important for SKIN HEALTH
Why magnesium good for anti-anxiety
How magnesium reduce your risk of diabetes?
Digestion and magnesium
Best foods for magnesium
Magnesium for MS, ALS, and epilepsy
Magnesium for autism
Do Sports drinks contain magnesium?
How can we make homemade electrolyte drink?
CoQ10 destroyed by meds and protected by Magnesium
Eye twitching
Heart racing
Mineral loss in teeth from saliva
Magnesium deficiency causing an unhealthy balance of phosphorus and calcium in saliva, which damages teeth
Heart Failure, Heart Disease, and boosting your heart health with magnesium
Statins, high blood pressure, and magnesium
Migraines and magnesium
PMS and menstrual cramps and magnesium
Muscle cramps, exercise, and magnesium
Sleep, constipation, anxiety, migraines
Magnesium greatest predictor of heart disease
Vitamin D deficiency – Vitamin D and magnesium
Blood pressure medication
High cholesterol
Irritable bowel syndrome
Magnesium intake is inversely associated with coronary artery calcification: the Framingham Heart Study.
Are researchers using wrong forms of magnesium?
www.Requestatest.com magnesium RBC test
Why blood tests let us down and why "average" is not good at all.
Safe dosages and protocol to begin
Risks
Atrial Fibrillation and remineralizing your heart
Arthritis, kidney stones, osteoporosis (osteoporosis scurvy of the bone)
Prostate cancer
Are epson salt baths good?
Blood sugar and magnesium deficiency
Dosage – minimum for different people
Fluoride, fluoridated medications, and boron
Brain fog, ADHD, and magnesium
Asthma,
Constipation
Diarrhea,
IBS,
Colitis, Bronchitis,
Chronic Fatigue,
Cold extremities,
Diabetes,
Acid reflux,
Alzheimers,
Adrenal fatigue,
Blood clots,
Angina
Cholesterol elevation
Anxiety & depression
Insomnia
How much is initial amount to start out?
Starting with Epson salt baths and foot baths…see how it affects them.
ADHD and autism, better bowel movements… bowels relax, sleep better, stop being so irritated or irritable.
Magnesium citrate powder
REMAG
Magnesium more important than calcium for children's bones
Magnesium and menopause
Stroke
Kidney disease
Hypothyroid, Hypothyroidism and Magnesium
Magnesium vs. boron for bones.

Why it's magnesium, not calcium that's important for the bones.

Why Aspirin may be dangerous and Magnesium may be better.

Find out why Dr. Oz, Dr. Mercola, and Dr. Weil think we're struggling with magnesium deficiency. Find out why it's critical for your heart, brain, blood pressure, immune system, digestion, blood sugar, muscle strength & more important than calcium...| Health | Fitness | Self-Improvement | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Help

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If you've ever felt a strong connection for nature, the outdoors, or wildlife then do we have a howling good show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Nick Jans, award-winning writer and photographer, and author of numerous books including The Grizzly Maze, and A Wolf Called Romeo, a wolf that for many years became a part of the Juneau community.

Today we'll talk about the story of the Wolf called Romeo, about wild animals in general, and about their intelligence and their presence.

That plus we'll talk about larceny on the ice, how Romeo was a Don Juan, and what in the world Sugar making whoopee with Teddy Precious has to do with anything!

Self-help and self-improvement questions and topics include:

How he met the wolf called Romeo
How every dog is 98% wolf
How the wolf called Romeo came back and back and back
How Nick ended up living in eskimo villages and became a nature writer.
Who were the Eskimos he lived with, the Inupiaq – "The Real People"
What Eskimo's taught him about Nature and the animals
What he learned about animals having souls, and how a wolf or caribou may not be just our equal, but may well be our superior in certain respects
What the history is between humans and the wolf
How the wolf played with dog and got to know the people of Juneau as well
How Romeo the wolf absconded with tennis balls and other toys
What happened between Harry Robinson and the wolf
How he was forebearant of other dogs, even when ganged up by two German Shephers.
How Romeo the Wolf made the cover of the paper.
What was Romeo here to teach us
Why Nick was meant to witness Nick's story and to tell it.
How this wolf was a true miracle of God.
What happened to the wolf
How the wolf was seen in people's dreams
How 113,000 people go to the ER each year from toilets
47000 in 2014 died from accidents
The power of nature to soothe yourself
What we can learn from his book The Giant's Hand, about his time living with the Eskimos.
To find out more: nickjans.com or google "Romeo the Wolf"
What is the black wolf special fund and how you can donate and help: http://juneaucf.org/blackwolf.html
How Nature and animals make us more present and mindful

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If you've ever had an argument between you and yourself, or your ego and your higher self, or something like a scene out of Jim Carrey's, Me, Myself, and Irene, then do we have the show for you.

Today we'll be talking about Compartmentalizing your life... and staying true to your authentic self when your ego-driven self tries to take over. And we'll talk about bucket lists, what's on em, what's not, and why you need to make one, before someone makes one for you.

That plus we'll talk about saving cute and furry mice, going into sloth mode, being cooked by one's house, and why in the world rattlesnakes makes a great dance partners.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement topics include:

Why CJ might be Miss Piggy?
What is Maserati mode?
What to do about inner-strife or an inner struggle?
What do you do if you're being pulled in a dozen different directions--whether in your home life, career, or business?
What we can learn from the sloths on Zootopia
Why you need to see the 'I believe I can fly' sloth YouTube video.
What's sloth mode?
What's the power of slowing down?
Why you don't want to judge who you are based on how your meditation goes
How neuro-linguistic programing (NLP) helps CJ in her career
What's the benefit of conversing with the different versions of yourself (self-help techniques)
How to turn your mind into a collaborative work force
What happened with the rattlesnake?
How the cute and fuzzy mice were saved thanks to Jessica's efforts!
What it's like living on the side of Haleakala on Maui
Why you want to make a summer bucket-list
How we're helping people to find their voice
What's a spiritual stretch goal of CJ's?
What's a spiritual goal of Michael?

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Have you ever wanted to comeback from injury, illness, setback, a lost job, lost path, or anything else, and find greater happiness in your life? Well if so, then do we have the inspiring show for you.

Today I'll be talking with Jessica Lee, my loving wife, producer of the show, and co-host of Inspire Nation, about her journey back to perfect health & happiness, and finding her voice, with creativity, strength and speed.

That plus we'll talk about the cat-naps, pull-ups, homemade 'ice-cream', cute and fuzzy mice, a rabbit named herman, the power of gardening, bucket lists and arm wrestling, and what a little Suzuki cross-over that could, has to do with anything.

Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include:

How to run with grace and ease
How she began her journey back from Mold Toxicity Syndrome
What is VOG?
The importance of surrender and completely letting go of everything to return to health and happiness.
How Jessica Lee went from being an over-achieve to having to let go
Why you need to put your health (and later fitness) first.
How Dave Asprey's documentary 'Moldy' helped.
How Jessica made a decision to live
How Jessica got to 'go down' in a 'gentle and easy way' without the 2x4
How she made a conscious decision that she wanted to get better
How she made a decision to stick around for the cats
How various guests on Inspire Nation including happiness experts Shawn Achor, Michele Gielan, and self-help expert Hal Elrod helped her to start journaling.
How Jessica started a gratitude journal
What does it mean to have to use effort to be happy – aka how to move past depression or a depressed or angry mindset (meditation and mindfulness)
How she started a gratitude journal
How gardening has been her creative outlet
How Jessica's getting her car back on the road
Why taking care of yourself is not a 'I'll get to it when I have time'.
What's the power of acceptance
What was Jessica's break-through moment earlier this week
What she learned while editing Lisa Nichol's interview.
What are bug inches?

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How To Access Joy On Demand with Chade-Meng Tan, Google's Jolly Good Fellow | Ted Talk | Buddhism | Spirituality | Jun 14, 2016

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If you've ever wanted more happiness, joy or contentment in your life, then do we have the joyous show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Chade-Meng Tan Google's Jolly Good Fellow (which nobody can deny). Meng was one of Google's earliest engineers. Among many other things, he helped build Google's first mobile search service, and headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google's search quality. His current job description is, "Enlighten minds, open hearts, create world peace". He's also the author of two very special books, Search Inside Yourself, and a amazing new favorite of mind, Joy on Demand.

Today we'll be talking about just that, tapping into the joy inside of us, each and every any moment we desire.

That plus we'll talk about the benefit of being lazy, flying between trapezes, the happiest man in the world, how meditation makes you more attractive, and can get you lucky, gaming meditation, mengdonalds, and what in the world is the happiness ray gun…pew pew!

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

Who is Google's Jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny?
How has the Dalai Lama been Meng's excuse for tardiness?
What do Buddhist nuns and selfies have in common
Has Meng always been happy?
How is happiness a trainable skill
How do you train the skill of happiness?
How he started working with an Apple 2
How he decided he wanted to work for Google?
Why he didn't want to be 'the smartest kid in the room'
How did he become Google's jolly good fellow?
How did Meng start meditating?
How did he shed misery as his constant companion?
How did he teach himself meditation?
How he was 'the worst meditator in the world'?
Why he couldn't even breathe during meditation?
What's the importance of don't stop and don't strain
How he began gaming meditation?
Why you don't want to strive and break relaxation
How to keep relaxed and joyful?
How you are able to access Joy On Demand?
Why you don't want to be 'serious' even as a Google programmer
Why you don't want to sacrifice happiness to be successful
Why success doesn't necessarily lead to happiness, but happiness leads to success!
What gives you true self-confidence?
What are the three ways to gain confidence?
How can Buddhism and spirituality give you confidence?
How can Buddhism and spirituality give you resilience, and why that's so importance for your happiness and success?
What happened at Meng's Ted Talk at the UN?
Why he was so nervous at his Ted Talk at the UN?
How meditation helped him with his Ted Talk?
What's the importance of 'just one breath'
What's the benefit of being a 'shameless lazy engineer' (at Google!)
What's the shortest amount of time you can meditation and gain the benefits of meditation?
Why the ability to settle the mind is the most important skill from meditation?
What is one of the most powerful meditation practices?
What is the Just Note Gone meditation practice?
What is the happiness ray gun and the 10 second exercise?
What is a kindness and compassion, loving kindness meta meditation (from the Buddha)
Who is the happiness man on earth?
What did he learn from Matthieu Ricard?
What's the power of loving kindness (and how will it morph into compassion)?
How to find Joy on Demand – joyondemand.com

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How to Have Abundance Now! + Meditation! Lisa Nichols from The Secret! Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Help | Inspire Jun 13, 2016

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If you've ever wanted more abundance and prosperity in your life, then do we have the life-transformative, overflowing show for you.

Today we'll be talking with one of my all-time favorite human beings, though she doesn't know it yet.

Her name is Lisa Nichols, she's one of the stars of the movie The Secret, one of the most requested public speakers in the world, and one of the most successful African American businesswomen and entrepreneurs out there.

And the founder and CEO of one of the only publicly traded personal and business development companies, Motivating The Masses, Inc.

She's also on a mission to help teens through her non-profit foundation, Motivating the Teen Spirit, and she's also an incredibly inspiring author of seven amazing books including the NY Times best-seller 'No Matter What' and her latest book, Abundance Now.

And that's just what we'll be talking about today, about finding abundance now, amplifying your life and your personal prosperity beginning today.

That plus we'll talk about the power of playtime, the importance of the Caribbean, the danger of jet skis, turning down Jack Canfield 5 times, that is, and how to go from dead last in swim meets to record-setting, plus catastrophic key-lime pie and the adventures of Mustard Man and Garlic Girl!

Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:

Lisa Nichols starred in The Secret
Life Transformative Show for You
How did she manifest Oprah?
How 'Lisa tells all on the Oprah Winfree show'
How powerful is a vision-board?
Why you want to be careful what comes on your visionboard
Lisa Nichols – 101 – who she is and where she came from
What will people say about you at your funeral?
How Lisa turned her life around by becoming a voracious learner – how she got great jobs without a college degree.
How she became a six-figure income-earner and began to shape her message.
What was she building before The Secret?
What is Motivating the Teen Spirit?
Who is Grandma Bernice?
Why quitters never win, and winners never quit.
How she went from welfare to walstreet, from public assistance to taking her company public, from going broke, to running a multi-million dollar company
How she began to adopt a way of abundant thinking
How your lifestyle follows your abundant thinker
How to go from an average thinker to an abundant thinker (how to think past protection)
Why safe thinkers are average thinkers
How abundant thinking (a powerful self-help technique) helps you become abundant
How to think abundantly!
Why you don't want to just focus on the macro win, but on the micro win (another powerful self-help technique!)
Why fun is such an important part of the equation for an abundant thinker
What's the importance of your health and fitness in pursuing your life's purpose
Why your responsibility to the planet, to your family, to your society, to yourself is to take care of your body (health and fitness).
What are the four e's?
What's the mindset required for an abundant, prosperous life?
What's the importance of milestones?
What's the power of I Am meditations?
How to intentionally use 'I Am' self-help meditations!
Why she has a CEO crush on Howard Schulz of Starbucks who she saw on a Super-Soul talk with Oprah (How he infuses his spirituality, core beliefs, and principles into running a mega-billion dollar company)
What it means the quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our relationships
Do we all come here with a calling or life assignment?
How do we discover our own life purpose
Do we want to quit our jobs?
Why your day job or career is your investor
abundancenowonline.com also has a course with 14 video modules to unpack each part of your life: each module is 20-40 minutes long, (along with Susie Carter, Lisa's life-coach), www.abundancenowonline.com/course

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If you've ever wanted to feel more love in your heart and spirit all around you, then do we have the special show for you!

Today I'll be talking with Radhanath Swami a world-renowned spiritual leader and the best-selling author of The Journey Home, Autobiography of an American Swami, and the author of one of my new favorite spiritual books, The Journey Within.

Today we'll be talking about attaining divine love and living a more spiritual existence in each and every moment.

That plus we'll talk about cave dwelling in the Himalayas, the yoga of cooking, the secret of redwoods, hanuman's tail, and what we can all learn from monkeys!

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

What happened to his mother with a monkey near Mumbai
Understanding the monkey mind
The importance of treating a sentient being with compassion and love
In his first book, The Journey Home, how he tells the story of his travels to India and through the Himalayas, and how he spent time with a Saddhic Kaleshbaba, and what he taught him about living in the jungle
What's the importance of seeing other people and other things as children of God, with compassion and respect.
What the true wisdom is of seeing everyone with equal vision
How do we answer the question, who am I?
What's it mean to live in sacred space?
How we're affected by the people we're with, and our environment – important self-help tip!
What is the spiritual definition of 'success' and what we can learn from Hanuman
How to find love
What's the spiritual importance of satsang, or associating with uplifting people?
What's the spiritual practice of satana? (How yoga is a method of doing this too)
What is sadichar – living in a spirit of service and character?
About Hrishikesh and Reika
How we would treat people differently if we viewed people as gifts of God entrusted in our care
What he was given on the bank of a river that an orthodox hindu holy man had held onto for 40 years

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