Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you’ve ever wanted superpowers, then do have the plug back into nature show for you. Today we’ll talk about the healing, quieting, zen-like, and recharging powers of nature, and how to access it almost from your back door.  Plus we’ll talk about San Francisco trip, nature’s healing, passion-compassion, finishing Camino, integrating new parts, extroversion, the power of scenery, action, smells, decoration, incense, meditation, channeling energy, earthing animal, sliding in the mud, and what in the world chipmunk breakfasts have to do with anything.   Key Points Discussed:  Becoming more simple and not trying to think and understand how everything works (02:44) The meaning that one gets from the Camino and learning that nature heals us (05:26) Rediscovering our authentic nature and walking into our beingness (10:08) Tuning in to the signals and the power of operating in the felt sense (17:18) Healing and transitioning by learning from a group of people who have gone through a transition (22:53)  The theory of relativity, going through a wormhole and letting things be (27:11)  How unplugging from oneself can help in discovering and expanding our consciousness (31:27) The time and energy efficiency of letting life do its thing  (33:48)  …….   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

If you’ve ever wondered who you really are, why you’re here, and what you could do to make a difference in the world, then do have the discover your greatness and change the world show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with Audrey Kitagawa, JD, the current chair of the UN Task Force and the Programmatic Areas Standing Committee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the United Nations Representative for the United Religions Initiative, and Chair Emerita of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns.   And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about discovering our own spirituality and greatness, and how we can make a true difference in our own lives, and the entire world.     Key Points Discussed:  What we can do to discover/re-discover our true divine nature (03:30) Floating on the ceiling incident in Elementary school (04:30) The cry baby who became a lawyer and the experience that transformed her from within (06:00) Who was she referring to, who are the two masters that you were serving? (13:04) The wind of the divine and how it knocked her diploma off the wall (15:38) Being open and receptive to whatever direction the divine will dictates (20:40) The possibility of making a bad decision while on a sacred journey (25:12 ) The art of being able to have the acuity to be able to change with life experiences so we don’t become rigidified (27:38) The healing power of humor and going to the upper room (30:20) What does it mean to work with the light? (34:43) Cultivating the inner essence within us that is deeply connected to the divine (36:55) The importance of love versus the importance of forgivessness (and self forgiveness) (40:14) How important is compassion today and what have you learned from working with children in armed conflict? (44:45) What’s wrong with the words “Just a kid”? (49:11) Is there a way to make a conscious choice to view the world in a different way? (53:03) We are perfect children of God, immortal, eternal, and already in God’s light (58:26)   Additional Resources: www.LightOfAwareness.org/   …….   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

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s an afterlife and answers to life’s greatest questions, then do we have the show for you. Today I’ll be talking with one of the world’s leading authorities on NDE’s, Dr. Raymond Moody, the best-selling author of Life After Life who actually coined the term Near Death Experience (NDE). And Lisa Smartt, literacy expert and the best-selling author of a brilliant book on final words called Words at the Threshold, about their elevating new project, The University of Heaven. And that’s just what I want to talk with them about, about life beyond life and answers to life’s greatest questions from near-death experiences, shared death experiences, and even after-death experiences.   Key Points Discussed:  How Dr. Moody learned about near-death experiences. What happened when Dr. Moody went to medical school after becoming an expert on NDE’s. How did Lisa Smartt get interested in people’s final or dying words? What can we learn from the language of nonsense – people’s last words, or words of delirium? What can we learn about life, and life after life, from Near Death Experiences? Who is Anthony Cicoria and what happened with his near death experience? What are the different levels of experiences people have with NDE’s? What are some of the common things that take place in NDE’s? What does it mean that death is a transition into another reality? Are people who have had NDE’s on a mission when they come back? What can we learn from early greek philosophers about NDE’s? What can we learn from Plato and the cave allegory about near death experiences? What happened to Carl Jung and how did it change him? What do people start saying before they die? What is a living dream and what can we learn from it? What does it mean that final words has meaning and patterns to it? What happens to people when they’re out of their body? What do we realize when we leave our bodies? What do near death experiences teach us about life? What are shared death experiences? Is it definitive that there is an afterlife? How do shared death experiences prove there’s an afterlife? What can our kids teach us about life after life? What can we learn from kids about reincarnation?   Additional Resources: TheUniversityOfHeaven.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

If you’ve ever wanted to become a boundary badass then do we have the setting boundaries will set you free show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with Nancy Levin, an all-time favorite guest of mine, the best-selling author of “Worthy”, “Jump”, “The New Relationship Blueprint”, and an incredible must-read on boundaries, “Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free”   And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to tell the truth, create connection, and find freedom to become a boundary badass.    Key Points Discussed:  What do a Wayne Dyer briefcase and a 4 am flight have to with anything? (03:05) Giving the father of motivation a finger and cross personal boundaries to achieve a goal (08:30) What is boundary blindness? (11:24) The energetic risk of serving others and not yourself (15:22) How do we know if we need to set boundaries? (16:02) Common myths about boundaries and applying the simplest boundary in the world (18:43) Knowing our non-negotiables and how to make ourselves a priority instead of putting everyone else first (23:37) Guilt: The most common symptom we have of co-dependence disease (27:21) What are disowned qualities and the “what if” syndrome? (30:42) How do we snuggle up with conflict and what’s a desire list? (35:54) The importance of pledging to ourselves and choosing our beginner boundaries (39:43) Repeat until free: Embracing boundary setting as a way of life until you no longer have to set boundaries (45:00) Is there ever a right time to set a boundary? (45:45)   Additional Resources: Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free By Nancy Levin www.NancyLevin.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

If you’ve ever wanted to find more peace in your heart and in your life, then do we have the what is peace show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with Lexie Brockway Potamkin, a human rights activist, counselor, and minister, former Miss World USA, a speaker before the UN, a collaborator with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan monks, and the author of a brilliant series of books including “What is Spirit?” “What is Peace?” and “What is Love?”   And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about “What is Peace?”, how they’re each interrelated, that plus death and laughter too, and how we can bring more peace into our lives.   Key Points Discussed:  How to bring more peace into our lives right now (03:17) Going back in time, what can you tell us about your dad? (03:32) What did your parents teach you about making your life the argument (05:34) How in the world did you end up in beauty pageants and how many pageants were there along the way to Miss World USA? (08:26) Death as a doorway to something greater rather than a final ending (12:01) The power of being defenseless and the meaning of Shalom/Shalem (13:35) How visualizing world peace can help us all come together (19:36) What does visualizing peace look like to you and how are love and peace intertwined? (20:15) Finding peace after losing a lot of the savings she had invested with someone (26:10) What is the relationship between spirit, peace, and love? (31:47) Death and understanding how temporary this world is (34:38) How every prayer helps and having no fear around death (37:51) Meeting Tibetan monks and forming a strong connection with them (42:43) Finding peace when we’re stuck in the chase (46:42) How have the monks taught you about staying in your heart? (49:25)   Additional Resources: www.SpiritPeaceLove.com What is Peace? By Lexie Brockway Potamkin As A Man Thinketh By James Allen Create VisualizationBy Shakti Gawain What is Death? By Lexie Brockway Potamkin What is Love? By Lexie Brockway Potamkin What is Laughter? By Lexie Brockway Potamkin …….   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

If you’ve ever wanted revolutionary change in your life, then do we have the fasten your seat belts Dorothy, we’re not in Kansas anymore show for you.   Today we’ll talk about stepping through portals, envisioning a new future, learning from the past, and how to step forward into your future without getting spun.   Plus we’ll talk about a Camino, integrating, opening up to the universe, crazy early winter, working on a TV show, temporary slowdown, hiring, hiring, and more hiring, putting systems in place, the countdown to a ghost rider, parental visit, breaking ribs, surrendering, surrendering, and more surrendering, what on earth is a zapping party, and what in the world a most harrowing auction has to do with anything.   Key Points Discussed:  Working on a TV show with a producer in Hollywood and a new book (02:55) Manifestation is a two-step dance: writing about it and stepping forward (09:15) A self-inflicted knee to the chest that cracked a rib (09:58) One of the most emotional experiences of Michael’s life (14:40) Stepping through the portal for the flow to get back in place (21:34) Zapping parties and how zapping helps in reconnecting our energetic channels (25:49) Getting ready for skiing season and climbing 2,000 feet an hour (29:32) Going to LA to produce the TV show, selecting the first guests, and what the first episodes will look like (36:19) Becoming an anchor for those around us who aren’t as awake and aware or are spinning due to life’s circumstance (42:00) CJ’s amazing the Camino de Santiago experiences and integrating (48:20) Physical transformation and re-discovering aspects of ourselves that have been dormant or concealed (53:14) How to have some experience where we can step back enough to become the observers of our lives (1:00:31) Finding a way over, around, or through the mountain in our way (1:03:04) …….   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

If you’ve ever wanted to find your deepest purpose and potential life, then do 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.”   And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about heartfulness practices to find your purpose and fulfill your potential. Plus we’ll talk about salad sandwiches, backdoors and humility, eating with love, a new Ferrari and 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 superconsciousness? (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 …….   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

If you’ve ever struggled with a great loss in your life, then do we have the Finding Meaning show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with David Kessler, the world’s foremost expert on grief, the co-author of “On Grief and Grieving” and “Life Lessons” with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and “You Can Heal Your Heart” with Louise L. Hay, and his latest and perhaps most important creation, “Finding Meaning.”   And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about the sixth stage of grief and what it means to all of us.   Key Points Discussed:  What to do to feel better when we are grieving a loved one (03:10) Would you mind sharing what happened with your son? (07:01) Finding meaning: What we have control over after a loss (12:26) What took place on New Year’s Eve ‘72 and the weeks that followed? (15:41) The different forms of grief we experience in life (23:00) What happens if we try to avoid sadness and grief? (25:13) Curiosity about how at the end of life people see loved ones who have already died  (27:30) How writing allows us to witness our own grief and deal with the thoughts of our mind (33:27) Listening to our loved one’s body when it is winding down (37:26) The idea that even our most ordinary day could be enough for us (44:12) Learning to live with grief in a way that honors those we’ve lost (46:08) How do we know when it’s time to be present? (50:54) What is Takotsubo/Broken Heart Syndrome? (53:03) The year of grief and being present in the season we are in (1:00:03) What's the power of a hug? (1:02:51)   Additional Resources: On Grief and Grieving Life Lessons You Can Heal Your Heart Finding Meaning www.SixthStage.com www.Grief.com The Needs of the Dying …….   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

If you’ve ever wanted to know the purpose of life and why you’re here, then do we have the Brother John show for you! Today I’ll be talking with August Turak, award winning author, speaker, contributor for Forbes.com, and the BBC, founder of the Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation, author of "Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks", and one of the most beautiful, meaningful books I’ve ever read, "Brother John". And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a monk, a pilgrim, and the purpose of life!   Key Points Discussed: What are happy accidents? What happened to August after jumping out of an airplane? What was his dark night of the soul? How did August end up working for MTV before they even launched? How did he go from being a CEO to cleaning monastery toilets? What did he learn when he first went to a Trappist Monastery? What does he mean that work is a form or prayer? What does it mean that everything is sacred? Who is Brother John and what is his magical umbrella? What can we learn from Brother John? What is the true purpose of our life? Why are we so scared to see what the purpose is of our individual lives? How do we dive into our purpose? What is the truth of the meaning of life? What’s the importance of self-commitment, and to what??? What are the biggest lies? What are we so afraid of? What does it mean to act on faith? What is grace? What’s the importance of living a meaningful life? What does it mean “Trappist monks don’t just make success happen, they let success happen” What can we learn about business success from Trappist monks??? What can we learn from near death experiences about the meaning of life???   Additional Resources: www.AugustTurak.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

If you’ve ever wanted to live a more beautiful, peaceful life, then do we have the Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness show for you.   Today I’ll be talking with Stephen Mitchell, a brilliant author and interpreter of books including Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, the co-author of three beautiful books with his wife Byron Katie, and the author of one of the most beautiful reads I’ve ever had  the privilege of coming across, “Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness”   And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a profound tale to open your heart and ease your life.    Key Points Discussed:  How to bring more forgiveness into our lives (03:08) Has forgiveness always come easy to you? (03:23) The inner wisdom that would pull Joseph to do things and that was there for his highest good (10:34) The central moment: When Joseph choose not to blame his brothers for throwing him into the pit (12:10) The freeing realization that can lift condemnation from ourselves and the rest of the world (17:29) What does “May your will be done” mean? (20:57) Using God’s name as a synonym for reality and getting out of the human image of God (24:31) Accepting what is and seeing every situation as the best that could possibly be happening (31:42) How everything that appeared to be the worst thing for Joseph actually served him (37:57) The many years of intensive Zen practice and practice of “The Work” that changed Stephen’s life? (47:36) The meaning of “The Great Hymn to the Sun” (58:53) How important is it to forgive everyone in our lives? (01:02:58) Additional Resources: Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness www.TheWork.com www.StephenMitchellBooks.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