Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you’ve ever wanted to overcome an addiction, of any sort, then do we have The Abstinence Myth show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Adi Jaffe, PhD, research psychologist, addiction, specialist, founder of IGNTD, and the author of a brilliant new book on recovery, The Abstinence Myth. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a new approach for overcoming addiction without shame, judgement or rules. The Abstinence Myth Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened when Dr. Adi Jaffe asked his first girl out? How did Dr. Adi Jaffe end up in a cycle of addiction? What was the dual life he was leading? What happened after he was caught? How did going to jail change Dr. Jaffe? Why did he go back to school? Why is everything we’ve been told about addiction wrong? What does it mean that we are not our addiction? Why doesn’t recovery require or have to begin with abstinence? What’s wrong with the label of an “addict” What’s the importance of the issues we’re avoiding? What is the Pygmalion effect? What can we learn about the Pygmalion effect and kids And with rats? What’s the study he did on addiction and what did he find? What if people want help, but don’t want to stop? What does it mean to release our shame? Why is it not about willpower? How do we let go of the belief we are unfixable? What do we do if a loved one has an addiction? And if a child has an addiction? For More Info Visit: IgnitedRecovery.com 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   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 a stronger healthier relationship then do we have the New Relationship Show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Nancy Levin, an all-time favorite guest of mine, the best-selling author Worthy and Jump, and the author of a phenomenal book at reframing love, The New Relationship BluePrint. And that’s just what we’ll be talking about today, about 10 steps to loving deeply, without losing yourself. The New Relationship Blueprint Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Nancy Levin’s Marriage? Why was it “you deplete me” rather than “complete me”? What can we learn from Jerry McGuire? What happened when she was D.O.N.E. with relationships? What are core wounds and triggers? How do we attract relationships that trigger our core wounds? What was a “deady sin” to Nancy? What are a few key myths about relationships? Why are we the only one who can heal the sadness and loneliness inside of us? How is being in a relationship school? What are our origin stories? How do our origin stories affect our relationships? What are shadow beliefs or limiting beliefs? How do we prove our beliefs are wrong? What’s the importance of forgiveness in relationships? Why do we need self-forgiveness for relationships? What’s the importance of selfishness? What’s the correct order of priorities? What’s wrong with the term “sacrifice”? What’s a pattern interrupt and why is it so important? Why do we want to “negotiate” when we fight? Why don’t we want “conflict resolution”? What’s the wisdom of surrendering? What’s a relationship 2.0? How do we learn to live ourselves? What do we need to know about self-talk? To find out more visit NancyLevin.com 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   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 step into your power, then do we have The Miracle Club show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, award-winning PEN historian, best-selling author, a master of the new thought movement, and the author of a brilliant new book for stepping into your power The Miracle Club. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about diving INTO spirituality to dive IN to your inner power. The Miracle Club Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What’s the "power of silence”? What is the 48 Laws of Power? What does nobility have to do with personal power? What does it mean to be as wise as serpents, as harmless as doves? Do spirituality and power actually go together? What’s the million dollar secret hidden in your mind? What can we learn from Anthony Norvell? Why do we tend to minimize ourselves and our abilities? What does it mean that our minds like definiteness? What’s the importance (and challenge) of giving yourself a five-year plan for study, growth, and evolvement? Why does it mean you must create a need in your life for the things you want? What does it mean (and matter) to attend to your outside? What’s the importance of asking how we want to present ourselves to the world. What we can actually learn from Lisa Simpson? What it means that our aim is the elevation of self? Why there’s really no distinction between the exterior and the interior? What is the “other self”? What can we learn from The Magic Story and a “plus entity” What’s the importance of making a daily and nightly companion of your plus entity? What’s a late summer experiment we can all try? What does it mean that we are all black magicians in our dreams? What’s the Condensed Classics Library??? To Find Out More Visit MitchHorowitz.com 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   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 more brilliance on demand, then do we have the Radical Brilliance Show for You! Today I’ll be talking with Arjuna Ardagh, awakening coach, public speaker, the best-selling author of at least nine books including the #1 national bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and the author of a brilliant book on awakening your mind, Radical Brilliance. And that’s just what I talk with him about, about the brain and brilliance, how and why people original life-changing ideas, and how we can have them ourselves! Radical Brilliance Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What does Shakespeare have to do with a 1-year old? What did Arjuna learn from a Hare Krishna monk? How did Arjuna use the law of attraction to begin attracting wealth into his life? What is the meaning of life? Is there a magic switch to find life satisfaction? What is brilliance? Is there a formula for brilliance? What is the brilliance cycle? What are the 4 components of the brilliance cycle? How does one know where one’s at in the brilliance cycle. What is resting in pure awareness – and what’s the harm of getting stuck there? What is creative flow, and what happens if we get stuck there? While we know what productivity and accomplishment are, why do they need balance with pure awareness? What is letting go and dissolution, and why is it so difficult? What does it mean to get addicted or stuck to any part of the cycle? What is going on with our brains during these times? How can we shift back into the creative cycle and out of a place of feeling stuck? What are tips for those who stay in pure awareness? What are tips for people who stay in the creative flow – but cannot get things done. What are tips for those stuck in the “do” mode? What are tips for those stuck in “self-improvement” or “self-help” mode? What do we need to know about our kids and brilliance? For More Info Visit: RadicalBrilliance.com   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   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 more creativity and joy in your life, then do we have the Art and Soul Reloaded Show For You! Today I’ll be talking with Pam Grout, #1 New York times best-selling author, repeat guest, and the author of a beautiful new book and treatise on rediscovering your creativity, Art And Soul Reloaded.  And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to summon your muses and reclaim your bold, audacious creative side. Art & Soul Reloaded Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What does it mean to be a closet Bohemian? How did Pam Grout go from creative to corporate America? How’d she end up becoming a travel writer? What does Pam like people on both sides of the bell curve? Why is it so important to help people with their creative side? What does it meant to invite in our muses? Are we all creative? What does it mean to have creativity inside of ourselves? What does it really mean when we believe or say we don’t have time? What’s the importance of writing down three creative ideas every day? How do we overcome internal resistance to creativity? How do we get creative again after we’ve been told or shown we’re not creative (particularly from early experiences) What does it mean if we say “I have no talent” What’s an invocation to the muses? What’s zumba for the soul? What did Hay House send Pam Grout just before she released E-Squared? What’s the importance of blogging? What is a creativity ritual? What does it mean to “do it anyway” and how can this help us? What are 5 of the top creativity myths? Why is “starving artist” such a dangerous believe? What is creative capital? How’d she start Patootie Press? What’s wrong with “when I grow up…” Does real art require sacrifice? What is silliness and do we need more of it??? What does it really mean “to create or die” What’s the importance of an “art partner” and just what is one? What can we learn from John Steinbeck’s Working Days: The Journal of The Grapes of Wrath”? Why is the creative life a sacred calling? To find out more visit: PamGrout.com 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   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 a life worth living, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll talk about living fully, exploring life, and bringing out the fun in all that you do. How CJ is becoming an empty-nester this week? What is CJ doing for her transition? How may walking the Camino in Spain help her to live a life worth living??? How movement can help you get your energy unstuck? Why Michael and Jessica are putting their lives on instagram: instagram.com/inspirenationlive Why it’s so important to take in different, sometimes even uncomfortable experiences? Why putting yourself out there, such as in drum circles or other unusual events, can help bring back out your childlike eyes? Why you want to dress like yourself, and have lots of FUN with it!!! What it means to “live life in this moment”??? Why you want to plug back in with the natural world??? How automatic writing (AutomaticWriting.com) can help change your life? What it means that a walk, or life, can be “the practice”? How you can use a watch as a reminder to “drop in”? What’s the importance of getting assistance to help us peel away the obscurations to your happiness? To find out more visit: FireItUpWithCj.com 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   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 feel greater freedom and peace with the shape of your body, then do we have the Physical Disobedience show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Sarah Hays Coomer,  a certified personal trainer, wellness coach, “diet abolitionist,” and the author of Lightness of Body and Mind. And her latest to set you free, Physical Disobedience. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about an unruly guide to health, stamina, busting through paradigms, taking control of our lives, and making great change in the world! Physical Disobedience Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What was Sarah’s relationship with food and dieting growing up? What does it mean to access your body and make peace with it? What is physical disobedience? What can we learn from the Dove study about our body image? What happened to her stomach? How did she become a physical trainer? What can we learn from physical training about our bodies? What does it mean that beauty has nothing to do with the pursuit of perfection? What does it mean to squander away our lives by picking our bodies to pieces? What can we learn from She-Ra? What does it mean to give our mice a microphone? What’s a health opportunist and why should we become one? How can helping our bodies help us with stress? What is the myth between exercise and weight loss? What’s the importance of focusing on our breath? What’s the truth about social media? What’s the importance of stopping doing what you feel you’re supposed to be doing? What’s the importance of being aimless? What can we learn from Felix Ivanov and Tai Chi? What’s the importance of being soft? What can we learn from 96 year old Lois Lee Frauchiger? What was her philosophy of acceptance? SarahHaysCoomer.com 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 wondered why you’re struggling with your health, your emotions, or your mind, then do we have the Mind-Gut Connection Show for You. Today I’ll be talking with Emeran Mayer, MD, who has studied brain-body interactions for the almost 40 years and is considered a pioneer and world leader in the area of brain-gut microbiome interactions and chronic pain. He’s the author of an astounding new book and look at our minds and our health, The Mind-Gut Connection. And that’s just what we’ll talk about today, how the hidden conversation within our bodies impacts our mood, our choices, and our overall health, and what we can do about it. Gut Health & Microbiome Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How he started listening to his gut and where it steered him What’s the power of journaling? How many microbes are in us and on us? What do microbes have to do with what we think, feel and say How to listen to your gut when you’re shopping for food What’s a new view of the human being or the human superorganism What are we really made of? What is the human microbiome? What is the language of the microbiome Who is driving the ship, or how are the micro-organisms controlling or talking to us How changing the microbiome changes whether we gain or lose weight Why we have to be careful which microbes we feed How our microbiome has developed for our modern poor diet What’s the danger of eating angry? What’s the power of prayer for your food What does your childhood has to do with your gut? How we can help our children’s guts How our guts and microbiome has been changed over multiple generations How to prevent our kids from getting obese What we can learn from Michael Pollan What the stress on the mother (during pregnancy too) does for the microbiome of the baby What’s the importance of breast-feeding What happiness and positivity have to do with your child’s microbiome What’s the French paradox? What are some of the healthiest diets in the world What’s the danger of emulsifiers and additives What does our food have to do with our mood How does meditation and mindfulness change the microbiome How does spirituality and spiritual practices change your microbes emeranmayer.com – find lots of interviews and video clips On The Mind Gut Connection What’s a Buddhist approach to our microbiome What has his meditation practice been like What focusing on our breath in meditation has to do with our microbiome 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 to flow through change then do we have the Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Jessica Ortner, the New York Times best-selling author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence, co-producer of The Tapping Solution documentary, and the author of a beautiful new book The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to get unstuck and find your flow. The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What were Jessica Ortner’s weight challenges growing up? How did it all turn around through tapping? What is a pattern of panic? What is tapping? What does the science show? How do we begin tapping? What is tapping 101? What’s a most-pressing issue? How do we measure intensity? How do we craft a set-up statement? Where do we tap and how do we do it? What’s a tapping meditation? How can a tapping meditation help re-write the subconscious? How can a tapping meditation help us get unstuck? Why do we stay stuck? What’s the brain’s safety bias? How do we create lasting change? How do we use tapping as the ultimate stress-relieving technique??? How does tapping help relax the body and quiet the mind? What can we learn from Arianna Huffington about Failure? What’s the importance of celebrating our “one star” reviews??? What can we learn from Louise Hay about trust and faith? What were the most powerful lessons Jessica Ortner learned from Louise Hay? What can we take away from Louise Hay at the time of the anniversary of her passing??? For More Info Visit: TheTappingSolution.com/Change  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 to discover your life purpose, then do we have The Life You Were Born to Live show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dan Millman, former world champion gymnast, coach, martial arts teacher, the run-away international best-selling author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and a phenomenal guide and one-million book best-seller for discovering your life purpose, The Life You Were Born to Live And that’s just what I want to talk with him about, about an amazing Life-Purpose system, to find meaning, purpose, and direction in your life. The Life You Were Born to Live Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: Who did Dan Millman meet after he shattered his leg in college? How did he become Socrates in The Way of the Peaceful Warrior What’s the true story behind Socrates? Who was the warrior priest who Dan Millman met in 1984? How did he change Dan’s life? What will Dan Millman’s last book be? How did Dan discover what became the “Life-Purpose system”? Where did the system come from? What does the system have to do with Numerology? What does Dan Millman mean that one’s life path is a mountain they get to climb? How does one determine one’s life path number (you can visit peacefulwarrior.com for a calculator) What does one’s life path number tell you? Is each person’s life path number unique? How can you use your number to guide you? What does it tell you about your career? What are the positives and negatives about your life path number? How does one’s numbers affect their relationships? What can we learn about our relationship from our numbers? What are the laws of spirit? What’s the law of flexibility and how does it affect us? How did the law of process affect Dan Millman’s life? What is the law of love? For More Info Visit: PeacefulWarrior.com 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