Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you’ve ever wanted to find your deepest purpose and potential in life, then do we have the Designing Destiny show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with Kamlesh D. Patel, a spiritual master also known as Daaji, co-author of the “Heartfulness Way” and author of his latest book, “Designing Destiny.”   That’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about heartfulness practices to find your purpose and fulfil your potential. Plus we’ll talk about salad sandwiches, backdoors and humility, eating with love, a new Ferrari in  the mind, Monica and wet cement, squirrels and observation, salivating and meditation, and what in the world yoda and luminosity have to do with anything.     Key Points Discussed:  How to begin discovering our purpose and fulfilling our potential (03:09) Who is Ram Chandra and how did meeting him change your life? (05:50) Do you believe that destiny is fixed, or do we have free will? (10:24) The things we came here to do in this life or in the life after (14:15) The challenge of meeting the father’s expectations and the constant search to do better (18:44) How to center ourselves and meditation as a hoover vacuum (21:12) The most powerful thing we have and how it affects us (26:52) What is transmission? (37:50) The specialness in the day when it goes from darkness to light (43:15) What is a pure heart and how does living with it change everything? (46:31) Babaji’s message to the UN in 1957 about world peace (55:04) What is super consciousness? (56:38)   Additional Resources: Designing Destiny By Kamlesh D. Patel  The Heartfulness Way www.Heartfulness.org HeartsApp on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store ……. Michael and Jessica have kickstarted their RV trip! Follow their exciting journey and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access. Go to https://www.patreon.com/inspirenation For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: https://inspirenationshow.com/   Follow Inspire Nation, and the lives of Michael and Jessica, on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive/  Find us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirenationshow

Have you struggled to find your purpose, and fully live your life? Then do we have the Claim Your Power show for you. Today I will be talking with Mastin Kipp the #1 best-selling author of Daily Love, blogger extraordinaire of The Daily Love, and author of a fantastic new book on elevating your life, Claim Your Power. That is just what I want to talk with him about today, about going from powerless to powerful by dissolving hidden blocks and traumas and discovering your life purpose. That plus we’ll talk about shaking barrels of monkeys, magical mirrors, the never ending story, a clothing line called Loving Yourself, why you want to be careful when hugging mom, and what in the world Caroline Myss and the Nine Inch Nails, have to do with anything! What happened to Mastin Kipp in Hollywood and Rock N’ Roll? What was he doing by night and how did he lose his dream job? How did Mastin Kipp hit rock bottom? What did it take to begin to change? What did he do with self-help books? How did he start TheDailyLove? What happened in August of 2009 with Kim Kardashian? How did Mastin end up on The Oprah Winfrey Show? What is the importance of prayer? What is the real meaning of obedience? What does it mean to obey the will within? What is the importance of surrender? What does it mean that we have to step forward? Why don’t affirmations work? Why it is so importance to feel your feelings and heal your trauma What does it mean to Claim Your Power? What is trauma and why is it so important? How do we discover our hidden beliefs? What is the importance of goals? What is our real purpose? What is the importance of saying no? Additional Resources: https://mastinkipp.com/ www.inspirenationuniversity.com www.automaticwriting.com ……. Michael and Jessica have kickstarted their RV trip! Follow their exciting journey and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access. Go to https://www.patreon.com/inspirenation For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: https://inspirenationshow.com/   Follow Inspire Nation, and the lives of Michael and Jessica, on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive/  Find us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirenationshow

Are you doing your everything in your power to save the earth, ourselves, and to create a better place for our children?  Today I’ll be talking with Charles Eisenstein, the best-selling author of numerous books including The Ascent of Humanity, Sacred Economics, and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. Economist, humanitarian, and activist, and the author of a brilliant new must-read, on healing mother earth Climate - A New Story. That is just what I want to talk with him about today, about what is really going on with the world today, and what we can do about it. Plus we will talk about the importance of passenger pigeons, Seppi Garrett and the Conodoguinet Creek, Prairie Dogs and the rain, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC), the danger of McMansions, and what in the world temporary employees type #2 have to do with anything! Topics Include: What is really killing us? What is going on in our hearts? What is the new story Thich Nhat Hanh calls “interbeing” What does it mean to restore the inner ecosystem? Why isn’t carbon reductionism the whole answer? What is meant by the earth being a complex living system? What is the real story of our climate crisis? What does it mean that we are killing the organs of Mother Earth? Why is it so important to protect the water and the soil? What is the importance of promoting land regeneration? What is the importance of protecting the Earth’s rain forests? How do the trees affect rainfall? What are teacher trees (Peter Wohlleben: The Secret Life of Trees) What does artificial scarcity have to do with anything? What has to be changed about the world economic system (Sacred Economics) What it means to build a deeper relationship with the earth? What does it mean to change our awareness with the earth? What does it mean to “tend the wild”? How do we regenerate and heal what has been damaged? What does it mean to become an “earth healer”? What can we do to help our kids help the earth? What do we need to teach our kids today? Additional Resources: https://charleseisenstein.org/  https://www.inspirenationuniversity.com/  www.automaticwriting.com  ……. Michael and Jessica have kickstarted their RV trip! Follow their exciting journey and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access. Go to https://www.patreon.com/inspirenation For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: https://inspirenationshow.com/   Follow Inspire Nation, and the lives of Michael and Jessica, on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive/  Find us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirenationshow

If you’ve ever wanted to heal from illness, or feel better about your life, then do we have the Humor and 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, The Art of Healing, and a phenomenal little audiobook Humor and Healing. That is just what I want to talk with Bernie about today, about how to laugh your way to self-healing, and happiness. "I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way." - Bernie Siegel Topics Include: What does it mean to become a love warrior? What it means to send someone love and help change their life? What is 365 Prescriptions for the Soul? How do we heal from the feeling that we are a failure? What we can learn from stories about our life? What we can learn from Simon and Garfunkel? Why you want to wear a bandage when you are not injured! What is the importance of sharing what is ailing you with others? Why people never die, and what it means for you? What laughter means for our health? Why your attitude is so important for your survival? What we can learn from people who have a few months to live? What people have done when they were told they were dying that dramatically extended their lives? What does it mean to choose to live? What does it mean to take back the reigns of your life? How can parents “use love as your weapon”? What does it mean to breathe peace? Additional Resources: http://berniesiegelmd.com/ www.inspirenationuniversity.com www.automaticwriting.com ……. Michael and Jessica have kickstarted their RV trip! Follow their exciting journey and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access. Go to https://www.patreon.com/inspirenation For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: https://inspirenationshow.com/   Follow Inspire Nation, and the lives of Michael and Jessica, on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive/  Find us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirenationshow

If you’ve ever wanted to release attachment and align with inner love, then do we have the Wild Offering show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Tosha Silver, the best-selling author of Outrageous Openness, Change Me Prayers and her latest creation, The Wild Offering Oracle.  That’s just what I want to talk with her about today, how to give it all up and ALIGN WITH THE DIVINE! Plus we’ll talk about gratitude, hardship, forgiveness, and abundance, letting the divine take the lead, the power of living outrageous openness forum, and what in the world a Divine-Ménage has to do with anything! The Wild Offering Oracle Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: Was Tosha Silver spiritual growing up? What did she want to be when she went to Yale? What does it mean she had 30 years of writer’s block? How did she get past writer’s block? What’s it mean to surrender to the Divine? What does it mean to truly let go? How do we let go in today’s world? What does it mean to offer our lives in service? Does letting go mean we can’t have or do what we want? Where does passion or joy fit into the equation? How do we balance offering with driving – or is there such a thing? How does Michael offer up each Inspire Nation Show to the Divine? What does it mean to co-create? How do we call in Divine guidance? What is the biggest challenge with self-help today? What do need to know about finding our purpose and direction? What does it mean to stop using the Universe to get what you want, and instead started asking Love to use you? How do we know when we are being of service? What is true sanctuary? How do we get clarity on our path? How can we surrender AND find greater freedom? How do we release what is no longer needed in our life? How do positivity and gratitude go hand-in-hand? How do we let go in times of crisis? For more info visit: ToshaSilver.com and www.shop.toshasilver.com/wildoffering  FREE guided meditations:  https://inspirenation.mykajabi.com/free-imeditations For additional free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.inspirenationshow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive Find us on TikTok @InspireNationShow

Do you want to learn how to wake up in your dreams, and use it to change your life? Then do we have the Lucid Dreaming 101 show for you! Today I’ll be speaking with Robert Waggoner, the past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, and the author of one of my all-time new favorite books, Lucid Dreaming! That is just what I want to talk about today, about understanding the gateway to the inner self for creating a new reality, healing yourself and others, and living the life of your dreams. Robert Waggoner wrote the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming – Gateway to the Inner Self and co-authored Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple with Caroline McCready. Robert Waggoner enjoys educating others about the science, beauty, and potential of lucid dreaming. Lucid Dreaming Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: When was Dr. Waggoner’s first lucid dream? What are pre-cognitive dreams? What did he learn from The Lesson’s of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda? What was the early technique he learned for Lucid Dreaming (and still teaches today) What’s the importance of modulating your emotions when lucid dreaming? What does it mean that only the mind distinguishes between the two realities? What do waking activities have to do with lucid dreaming? What is the shadow self? How are the top ways of getting into lucid dreaming? What’s the MILD technique? What’s the NAP To Lucidity technique? What are other techniques and activities to improve the chance of lucid dreams? How do we remember our dreams? What advice for people who do not dream (or remember dreams) What is a conquistador of consciousness Is there anything to fear in lucid dreaming? What kind of questions can you ask in your dreams? What can you learn in your dreams? How can you heal yourself through lucid dreams? What does it mean to manipulate your dream body? What are the benefits of meditation and meditating in your dreams? What can we learn about a connected universe through our dreams? How important is it to talk with our children about their dreams? How can we help children with nightmares? Additional Resources: www.lucidadvice.com and www.dreaminglucid.com www.inspirenationuniversity.com www.automaticwriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.inspirenationshow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive Find us on TikTok @InspireNationShow

If you've ever wanted to free yourself from smoke shackles and more, then do we have the wings of change show for you. Today we'll talk about flying above the fray, seeing through the smoke, and coming out shining bright no matter what comes your way. We discuss about our upcoming RV trip and our destination to the unknown, the smoke that packed its bags and took itself to the mountains and the impact that has had on the mind, trying new things and overcoming the fear that comes with it, reflecting on our book tour, how we create stories in our mind and the self negative talk that we give ourselves, former pro cyclist Michael talks letting go of who you think you are and opens up to trying an Electric Mountain Bike, and how Roo Roo the Rooster is growing up to be a beautiful rooster who has mastered the art of yoga poses and is the protector of his flock! Be well, have fun, and realise it's so true, objects in the mirror are not how they appear to be. Write your own story of what this looks like, and what you want it to look like, and above and beyond all else, Shine Bright!   Additional Resources: www.fireitupwithcj.com www.inspirenationuniversity.com www.automaticwriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.inspirenationshow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on TikTok

If you’ve ever wanted to wake up from your dream state, then do we have The Way of Liberation show for you. Today I’ll be talking with the spiritual teacher Adyanshanti, author of two of the most beautiful and important books I’ve ever read, Falling Into Grace, and The Way of Liberation. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a practical guide to spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Awakening & Enlightenment Self-Improvement and Self-Help topics include: What Adyashanti was like as a child? What he discovered about the world? What his early spiritual experiences were like? What did Adyashanti discover in a book by Alan Watts? How did he get into Zen Buddhism? What did he build in his backyard for meditation practice? What is the “spiritual fast track” What were his awakening experiences? Why is it so important we wake up now? What’s the importance of moving past our egoic minds? What’s the importance of letting go of judgment of yourself? What’s the importance of the question of being? Why is it so important to know thyself? Why is the question of being everything? What does it mean to be sleep walking in life? Why is it so important to awaken? What are the three core practices for awakening? What’s the importance of meditation? What is meditation that helps with awakening? How does one begin with this type of meditation (and for how long)? What is the process of inquiry? How does one begin the process of inquiry, and what can it be done on? How does one balance inquiry with meditation? What’s the importance of introducing a sentence or phrase into meditation? What’s the importance of understanding what is looking through our eyes? A guided meditation to help us begin the awakening process. To find out more visit: Adyashanti.org And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com  And to support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation  

If you’ve ever wanted more happiness, and resilience in your life, or greater positivity in the face of storms, then do we have the Buddha’s Brain show for you.  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Rick Hanson, neuropsychologist, brain expert, and the best-selling author of “Hardwiring Happiness”, “Just One Thing” and the “Buddha’s Brain” And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to develop resilience and a Buddha's brain, one simple practice at a time Key Points Discussed: What to do when the waves of life come? What is a self-transforming brain? How can we change the emotional intelligence of the brain? What is the brain’s negativity bias? Why are we so vulnerable to the impact of negative experiences? Why do our brains focus on the sticks over carrots – or on the negative experiences? How does mindfulness-awareness help bring more stability and peacefulness to our minds? Three fundamental ways to relate to the mind How do we begin to focus on the positives with our brain? How do you switch from the negative to the positive? What’s the importance of focusing on the rewards in an experience? What does it mean to experience what you want to grow? What does it mean that the path our life takes boils down to three causes? What are 9 ways to make your life better? What has the greatest opportunity to make your life better? How do we increase our resources for positivity and resilience? One simple way on a day to day basis to grow our mental resources? What does it mean to anchor an experience? How do we steepen our growth curve to learning in our lives? How do we learn how to learn? What’s the importance of safety, satisfaction, and connection? How do we watch our minds learn? What’s the importance of reflection on our experiences? How to rewire the mind for courage. How do we change ourselves in some meaningful way? Additional Resources: www.RickHanson.com www.InspireNationUniversity.com www.AutomaticWriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.Instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on Tik Tok

If you’ve ever wanted to take a giant leap but didn’t know how in the world to do so (Or where in the world you’re going to go), then do we have the Leap of Faith show for you. Today we’ll talk about taking the leap, having faith, and stepping forward over the edge even when you can’t see the glass bridge below.  Key Points Discussed: Being on the fifth year of the Inspire Nation Show and Michael’s last episode from the current studio (03:35) Michael and Jessica on the mic sharing their journey and lessons learned (05:27) Stepping back from our current life circumstances and getting outside of our regular way of being to create something new (07:30) Mapping out the RV tour by scouting out areas to see if they wanna leave Colorado and being drawn by giant majestic peaks (12:00) Stepping into the unknown, surrendering and allowing the universe to guide them (16:00) What it’s like being in unknown territory without clear tools to use and staying in a state of prayer (21:30) Trust and perseverance: Going slowly, finding time to connect, and allowing and accepting the present moment versus running away from it (25:22) How to make work an ecstatic endeavor (27:11) Putting ourselves out there, navigating the discomfort, and expecting something magical (31:20) Getting Rooroo some custom made rooster diapers while they figure out the litter training (32:57) The walk of faith: How not getting help is actually getting help in and of itself (36:41) Identifying the setups designed by the universe for us to make choices (38:19) Trying to move more slowly, and being extra loving, kind, and gentle to avoid overwhelm (42:31) Embracing that everything happens for us at a higher level for our greatest benefit (45:15) Avoiding the rush so you don’t find yourself in a place where you have to heal from your journey to healing (46:34) The Ph.D. in alternative ways of living that Michael and CJ have been taking for the last five years (48:30) Additional Resources: www.InspireNationUniversity.com www.AutomaticWriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.Instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on Tik Tok