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Ep 049: I’m really grateful for my life right now, but there’s no way I would be in this position right now, if it wasn’t for all that pain I endured. When you face challenges, you don’t just rise to where you were before life threw shit bricks at you. You usually rise above it… sometimes higher than you ever thought you would go.When you’re still dealing with the hardship, it can be hard to see the big picture… or any good that could come of it. But the truth is, our biggest challenges can be our greatest gifts. It just depends how you handle it. You can either let an obstacle stop you in your tracks… let the pain takeover. Or you can face them head on and try to find your way around them.Our guest today is Danette May. Leading Health Expert, and the founder of Mindful Health, LLC and The Rise movement. She’s a world renowned motivational speaker, #1 best-selling author of seven health and women empowerment books,Her rise began after losing her son during childbirth, getting divorced, and finding herself with $47 to her name. All one after the other. It was then that she decided to stop being a victim and rewrite her story. She transformed her life from having $47 to her name, to operating as a single mother, to owning a $20 million dollar business helping women around the world. She now has a following of people around the world.Today we will learn: How to turn your mess into your message How to find strength in our weakest moments The science behind the woo woo Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/049 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 048: Loneliness is a real problem. Lonely people aren’t just sadder, they are actually unhealthier and they die younger. Loneliness raises stress levels, impedes sleep, and makes depression and anxiety worse. And the scariest part is, loneliness is becoming a bigger problem. Ironically, even though we’re more connected than we’ve ever been through technology, in the physical realm, we’re more disconnected than we’ve ever been.America’s suicide rate increased by 25% between 1999 and 2016. So if connecting people across the globe instantly isn’t helping our loneliness, what can we do?Today we talk to Teal Swan, author of several books including The Anatomy of Loneliness: How to Find Your Way Back to Connection. As a survivor of severe childhood abuse, Teal Swan knowns loneliness and depression. But to make things more interesting, she was also born with a range of extrasensory abilities, including clairvoyance, clairsentience, and clairaudience.Today she uses her extrasensory gifts as well as her own harrowing life experience to inspire millions of people towards authenticity, freedom and joy. Her worldwide success has earned her the nickname “The Catalyst. And at the end of this podcast I’m also going to address a little bit of controversy so stay tuned for that.Today we will learn: The healing power of presence, non-judgment, and affectionate touch How long it takes for oxytocin to release from touch How to hold someone for healing Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/048 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 047: Have you ever wondered how really successful people got their start? We learned last week that yeah, talent will give you a leg up, but as much as talent counts, effort counts twice as much. Sure, a lot of people come from money or went to fancy private schools and have all the connections already set for them to make it big.But what about everyone else?How did Maya Angelou go from growing up in the depression to being arguably the greatest poet of our time? How did Lady Gaga go from singing at open mic nights to one of the greatest women in music history? What’s the secret? Our guest today asked himself the same thing when he was just an 18 year old college student. He thought if he could just find out what how the greatest people in the world launched their careers, he could compile all the answers in a book and change how our generation viewed success. His mission proved more difficult than he imagined, but what he realized is that there is always a way.This author is Alex Banayan, the author of the national bestseller The Third Door, which chronicles his five-year quest tracking down the world's most successful people to uncover how they broke through and launched their careers.Today we will learn: How to keep going through rejection and failure Why it’s important to carefully select your support system How to make the biggest dreams a reality Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/047 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 046: People are generally pretty awesome right? Sometimes I look at athletes are incredibly successful people and think, "I wish I could do that." You have to be born with it right? Or have you just trained for 10,000 hours? Had to be… it's just unfair otherwise right?That’s what we’re exploring today. What does it take to be successful. Is it natural talent? Or is it the will to persevere. And if it’s the latter, are you born with that relentless drive? Or can it be developed?We talk to Angela Duckworth, researcher and author of New York Times bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. When she was young her dad were tell her you’re no genius… which is ironic because she went on to become a MacArthur “genius” grant winner… so she spent the better part of her life proving him wrong. She studied the psychology of achievement for well over a decade. Now we get to learn the nitty gritty of her findings. Yay!Today we will learn: What is grit really and why is it so critical to success How to start developing grit and why it’s not too late How to keep your passion for the long-term Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/046 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of those that is full of actionable tips that you can apply immediately to completely change how you feel in a specific situation.Our body will reflect our mood. We all know that our body will slump when we’re feeling defeated or we frown when we are sad, but there’s a lot of research that that can also be reversed… kind of like those times we fake sick at work or school and suddenly we wonder, wait why do I feel blah right now? Or faking a smile can uplift our spirits.Body awareness can help you change your mind and therefore your experience of life. We have the power and choice to improve our physical health, brain functioning, and energy levels, reduce stress, boost happiness, build emotional resilience, and basically improve our quality of life.Our guest today is bestselling author and psychologist Noa Belling. Noa holds a Masters degree in somatic psychology which is body/mind psychology, she has over a decade of teaching this stuff, she runs a private psychotherapy practice and she does talks and workshops as well. She’s also the author of a book called The Mindful Body which is a great book for those of us that like a very scientific approach to mindfulness.P.S. There are some audio glitches for some reason that I couldn’t quite fix so super sorry about that.Today we will learn: Why and how to add intention to our bodies’ instincts A ton a really simple but powerful body hacks to actually change our state of consciousness How to use the body to identify personality types and better connect with people Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/045 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 044: Today our guest is Evin Rose Lipman, a love and dating coach. She guides and supports women in creating empowered dating lives and dreamy relationships.This episode will be fun because you’re going to get both sides of the coin… You have Evin who is still out there rocking the dating scene which is great because although I’ve only been married a few years, I don’t know what dating is like anymore. That shit changes so fast. And then you’ll get the perspective from the married woman. Me. And I consider my relationship extremely successful. Who woulda thought. Even my friends notice it. I somehow scored the perfect husband and I love him so much and I am told that the dynamic of our relationship is inspiring to our friends.So today today Evin and I are going to help you conquer love.Today we will learn: How to get in alignment with what you’re looking for in a partner The biggest ways we get in our own way in dating Preparing your energy to meet and connect with someone Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/044  Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 043: Before I started Mind love, i couldn’t have predicted the amount of healing I would find through sharing my story. On one hand people might say, well that seems painful why would you want to dig that up, but on the other, it frees up space.Our guest today specializes in helping you unpack your shit to get it on paper and the moment I heard her story I knew I wanted her on the show.Her name is Anna David. She’s a New York Times bestselling author and her life reflects that of someone with a story to tell. She’s gone through some really low lows, that I can relate to, but she’s managed to find creative outlets of self expression to pull herself out of that, whether it’s writing, speaking or podcasting and now she helps other people access their dark so they can find their light—through writing, storytelling, podcasting or whatever public means of self expression you find most appealing.We Will Learn: Tips to living with addiction triggers How embracing labels could actually be empowering How to detox your social circle Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/043  Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 042: We talk a lot about following your passion, or creating a life you love and manifesting your desires. But easier said that done right? Some of you are thinking, "well what if I’ve been working in one type of job for the last decade and it’s all I know? This is who i am!"But this is limited thinking. We are so much more than our little brains can even comprehend. So the first step is believing all things are possible... but then what?Today we're learning to reset our thinking to make room for all that we can be. Sounds like we need a mentor. Surprise!Today we’re talking to Sergei and Vadim Revzin. These two brothers who have not only mentored and taught hundreds of entrepreneurs on this topic, they also have personal experience in resetting their own thinking to adapt to multiple career changes.They’ve worked multiple fields at both early and growth stage businesses, and have been starting businesses together since college. Now Sergei is a Venture Investor at NYU and Vadim is a Entrepreneurship Lecturer at State University of New York, and they both write, public speak and host a podcast called The Mentors.Today we will learn: How to reset your thinking to move beyond your current career How to identify skills you may not realize you’re great at and quickly acquire new skills Why it’s critical to reframe your story to fit your new career Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/042  Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 041: Today we are going to discover exactly what it takes to achieve greatness.It's easy to look at other people’s lives and assume, "Well I could never do that." But the truth is, we can do anything. Be anything. Achieve anything. It just takes choosing to become that, and then following through.Today we’re talking to someone who has reached the top in nearly every aspect of life. Although he came from a modest family, by age 19 he already traveled the world solo, biked 10,000 miles across countless countries and lived on a remote island. By age 28 he was already worth $40 million dollars. He’s run marathons, studied martial arts, and is a world-class composer.Our guest today is Murray Hidary. And I’ve decided he’s my new hero. In this interview he lays out exactly what it takes to become great in a specific discipline, whichever one is calling to you. We cover everything from how his life growing up contributed to who he is today, to his thought processed and action steps through each accomplishment.Today we will learn: How being of service puts you in alignment with the universe How to activate creativity under pressure How to become world class in anything Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/041  Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 040: Most of us, especially entrepreneurs have unbalanced feminine and masculine energy. We all need a balance of feminine energy, but over hundreds of years we’ve been taught feminine energy is weak. Those who have dealt with physical, sexual or emotional abuse are even more disconnected from our bodies.To explain how this happened, we need to learn the true history of women. It’s easy to believe women have been starting from the ground up, slowly claiming more and more power with voting rights and equal pay.But the truth is, Women had power. They were revered as mysterious, intuitive, powerful beings that could calm storms, predict future events and bring forth life through their bodies. But as political structures were formed, this unknown, mysterious power that women had became a threat and history was rewritten by those with physical strength.So many women are living in their masculine side, whether to keep up with the standards of a corporate environment, or we were physically or sexually abused, or we’re convinced our feminine nature is weak. And so many men don’t realize the balance of their feminine energy is critical to connect with intuition and empathy and to balance their power throughout their body. So today we’re going to learn about balancing our masculine and feminine energies, from the loins up.Our guest in Lani Nalu, a coach to female entrepreneurs. She lived through both sexual and domestic abuse. As she embraced her rock bottom, she experienced breakthroughs that led her to her highest purpose. Now she helps other women breakthrough the root of their pain to experience pure love and business success.We will learn: Why a balance of masculine and feminine energy is critical to success in life and in business How to connect to your personal power through thought A powerful way to start each morning that connects you to your essence of pure love.  Show Notes: mindlove.com/040 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices