Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you’ve ever wanted to be happier, more content, and more comfortable with who you are, and those around you, then do we have the personality revealing show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Brian R. Little, researcher, author, and professor, voted the favorite professor by students at Harvard for three consecutive years! He’s also the author of a fascinating book on who in the world we are, and why we operate the way we do, Me, Myself, and Us. And that’s what we’ll be talking about today, about the science of personality and the art of Well-Being, and how it can change our lives. That plus we’ll talk about bathtub farts and lumberjacks, music that makes your hair stand on end, why the professor’s left shoe is an introvert, the dangers of caffeine after 3, what in the world is cyberia, what North Dakota has in spades, why you don’t want to follow the professor into the bathroom, the power of weasel words and why extroverted females, may be the most heroic of them all! Happiness & Success Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What we can learn from his Ted Talk (s) and how do we know he’s an introvert? How do we tell if someone is an introvert or an extrovert Can we shift from introvert to extrovert What are personal constructs? What can we learn from Jack and the lumberjack What can we learn from a Harvard Student who’d been in Army ROTC What’s it mean to be in your own cage? How you can grow resiliency What can we learn from the Myers Briggs test What are stand up chameleons What are the big five dimensions of personality How epigenetics and social powers can change aspects of our human genome and therefore our personality What happiness really is, means, and how important is it really Why introverts use weasel words What is hardiness or resiliency and can it be learned? What does hostility have to do with type A personalities What we can learn from play What’s the importance of play What do we need to know about personality and creativity What is the creative project? What’s the hero view of the creative personality How are geography and personality intertwined? 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 a healthier, happier life with greater spiritual growth and Vibrant Physical health, then do we have the Wheels of Life show for you!  Today I’ll be speaking with Dr. Anodea Judith a groundbreaking writer and spiritual teacher, and one of the preeminent experts on chakras and author of one of the most fascinating and perhaps important books I’ve ever read, The Wheels of Life. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about a guide to the chakra system, and how it can change our lives. Open your Chakras Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How did a meditation change the course of Anodea Judith’s life? How’d she get interested in the chakra system? Where did Anodea go to learn about chakras? What are chakras? What’s a mythical rainbow bridge? Where are the chakras located? How do chakras work? What do chakras respond to on the physical level? How do chakras generate the shape and behavior of the physical body? How do chakras correspond to seven levels of consciousness? What are open and closed chakras and do they come in a particular order? How do chakras correspond to various types of activity? Can we inherit stuck chakras (and what does karma have to do with our chakras) What can our lives tell us about what chakra may be stuck? What is Shiva and Shakti? Why are both currents important? What is the root chakra? What does it mean to be stuck in first chakra consciosuness? How do we assess the condition of our first chakra? How do we open our first chakra? All about the second chakra through 7th How to assess each individual chakra. How to open each individual chakra. Where is humanity’s eveolution in terms of chakras? How do we foster healthy chakras in our children? A guided meditation for your chakras. To Find Out More Visit: AnodeaJudith.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 a healthier, happier heart, then do we have the Heart Solution for Women (and men too!) show for you!  Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Mark Menolascino, Medical Director of the Meno Clinic, and the author of a brilliant book at healing your heart, Heart Solution for Women. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a proven program to prevent and reverse heart disease…and the different needs for women, vs. men. Topics Include: Why is heart disease the #1 killer of women today? Do women have more strokes than men? Why is heart-disease (and heart attacks) under-diagnosed in women? Why don’t women show the same signs, symptoms, and even EKG readings as men??? What is functional medicine? Why is heart-health for women so misunderstood? What happens to wome right after menopause? What can we learn about women’s heart health challenges from Dr. Bailey and Grey’s Anatomy? What’s the link between diabetes and heart disease? And between alzheimers, depression and heart disease? What are some of the top health’s around heart disease? Does plaque really clog your arteries? What the cholesterol myth? What do we need to know about fat? What do we need to know about statins? Is dieting really the key to reversing heart-disease? Are all calories created equal? What is inflammation doing to our bodies? What does a “baby” have to do with inflammation? What’s the harm with simple carbohydrates for the heart? Do happy people have less heart disease? What can we learn from Dr. Sarno? What is heart energy? What is heart-coherence and how can it help us? What are some of the top foods to eat for heart health? What do we need to know about healthy hormones and the heart? What’s the heart gut connection? What do food sensitivities and a leaky gut have to do with heart health? What are the top clues of heart disease? What can your earlobe tell you about the chances of having a heart-attack? What are the top supplements we want to take for the heart? What is mitoq? How and why do we want to get off pharmaceuticals? To find out more visit: www.menoclinic.com

If you’ve ever wanted to overcome addiction or keep from “screwing up” or attacking yourself with your mind then do we have the show for You! Today I’ll be talking with Chris Grosso, writer, speaker, author of The Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind, host of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast and the author of a brilliant new read, Dead Set on Living. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about Making the Difficult But Beautiful Journey from F-ing Up to Waking Up. Dead Set On Living Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Chris Grosso since our last interview? What’s the importance of moving past the “if only” mindset? What’s the importance of letting go of shame? What is the “RAIN” practice to help you let go? What’s “the primary problem” according to Gabor Mate? What does the law of attraction have to do with spiritual puberty? What can we learn from Lissa Rankin and “God is Not Your B*tch”? What does Tosha Silver teach about surrendering to the divine? What does Tosha mean about the next phase of your soul’s journey? How do we take away shame and judgment? What does Ram Dass mean about loving awareness? What does Sharon Salzberg mean about a happiness that isn’t going to shatter? How can we forgive ourselves after we’ve screwed up? What’s the value of a loving kindness meditation? What can we learn from J Ivy about forgiveness How do we write to help ourselves? What’s the importance of gratitude and how do we use it? How to keep from self-sabotage? What are clues you might be slipping? How do you put a protective net in place against negativity??? What’s the importance of self-compassion and being gentle with yourself? For more info visit: TheIndieSpiritualist.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 

Today I’ll be talking with Brian Buffini one of the nation’s top business experts, and founder of Buffini and Company which has trained three million professionals in 37 countries, He’s also the author of a motivational masterpiece, The Emigrant Edge.  And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about How to make it big in America, and the world, whatever that means to you! The Emigrant Edge Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What was life like growing up in Ireland? How did he choose to emigrate to America? Was he scared? What happened just three months after he arrived. How many surgeries did he need? Why didn’t he tell his parents? How did he make it through and get back on his feet? How did he turn to real estate? What did he learn about learning from his mentor Gene Kullman? How did he begin a top real-estate agent and what can we learn form it? What’s the mindset of a successful emigrant? What are the seven traits of successful emigrants? What’s the importance of a voracious openness to learn? What’s a do whatever it takes mind set? What’s the importance of a willingess to outwork others – and what does it mean? What can we learn from Brian’s Wife Beverly and how she made it to the olympics? What’s the importance of a heartfelt spirit of gratitude? What’s the importance in a boldness to invest? What’s the importance of a commitment to delay gratification? What’s the importance of an appreciation of where you came from? What’s the importance of remembering where you came from? What’s it mean to put your name on that? What’s it mean to be an ungodly parent to your children? To Find Out More Visit: BrianBuffini.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 wanted to walk through a door, and magically transport yourself into your future, then do we have the energy shifting show for you! Today we’ll talk about shifting your energy, clearing out the old, and stepping forward into the new! Topics Include: What we can learn from Lori Morrison, author of Power Animals? Why Jessica left for California to empty a storage unit? What does shedding the old have to do with shifting your energy??? Why do we want to listen to our intuition when it comes to letting things go? What it means to go through a portal in life? What does a head-bump have to do with great change in CJ’s life? How did CJ end up with a concussion? What a Garmin Vivoactive 3 and Garmin Forerunner has to do with tracking your stress? How you can use GarminConnect and what our resting heart-rate has to do with our energy (and our immune system)? What’s the importance of asking yourself what you were thinking if you trip or stumble? How walking and running barefoot can help your body? How working out can provide a powerful energy shift? What’s the extreme value of resistance training? How can balance work help you too? What’s the importance of small steps toward a big energetic shift? What are the changes coming for the Inspire Nation Show on YouTube? Why you don’t need massive fast changes for great energetic shifts? How did Jessica become “Super Pookie”? Why we want to try new things and challenge ourselves for shifts in our lives? The importance of asking yourself if you can do things differently and what does that look like??? To find our 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 

If you’ve ever wanted to overcome subconscious blocks, then do we have the Close Your Eyes, Get Free show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Grace Smith, master hypnotherapist, hypnotherapy instructor, stress-relief expert, and the author of a brilliant must read for blasting past subconscious blocks, Close Your Eyes, Get Free. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about, about using self-hypnosis to reduce stress, quit bad habits, and achieve greater relaxation, focus and success in all that you do. Plus of course, much greater happiness!!! Close Your Eyes, Get Free Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Grace Smith get introduced to hypno-therapy? How did she quit drinking? How did hypnosis help her quit smoking as well? What did she learn from reading Journey of Souls? How did she help her early clients, and what was the journey she took them on? What can we do through hypnosis? How can we stop negative or ruminating thoughts? How can we rewire or re-ignite our minds? What is the subconscious? Why can’t we alter the subconscious through our conscious minds? What is really running the show or our lives, and how do we change it? Why don’t affirmations work as well as we’d like? What are hypnoaffirmations? What’s important to know if we say “I want to stop but I can’t”? How can we access the subconscious minds? What’s the power of “every day in every way…” How much can self-hypnosis help? How quickly can self-hypnosis help? What were the results of a study done by Grace Smith on people who tried self-hypnosis for one week? Why can’t you work on peak performance until deeper issues have been addressed in the subconscious? What are the four steps to mental freedom??? What is hypnobirthing??? For More info visit: gshypnosis.com/book 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 master your power within, then do we have The Three Questions show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Don Miguel Ruiz, the world-famous author of The Four Ageements, along with Barbara Emrys, the author of The Red Clay of Burundi about their latest masterpiece The Three Questions. And that’s what I want to talk with them about, about three questions to help you discover and master the power within you. The Three Questions Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include:  How did Don Miguel Ruiz go from practicing neurosurgery to studying Toltec wisdom? What is Toltec wisdom? Where did Barbara Emrys grow up and how did she get involved with Toltec wisdom? How did they begin working together to change the world? What’s the difference between the ideal world and the world we live in? How do our minds become corrupted? What does IF have to do with love? What does conditional love have to do with our happiness? What does it mean that our kids become “domesticated”? What is the little government in our heads? Why do we need to look at who we are not? What is the trouble with “Me”? What does it mean that we are life and only life exists? What does it mean that we are the artist and we are also the painting? Why do we need to dare to look inwards? What does it mean (and how do we begin) looking inwards? How do we solve the mystery of who we are? Why do our principles taught to us by our family and culture often limit our joy??? What does respect (and self-respect) really mean? What’s the importance of self-love and self-compassion? What’s the importance of a forgiving mind? How do we move past self-judgment and self-contempt? How do we eliminate the oppression of our minds? For More Info visit: miguelruiz.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 wanted to transform your fear, and live your greatest life, then do we have the Joy from Fear show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Carla Marie Manly, clinical psychologist, fear-based disorder expert, and the author of a brilliant book on transforming your fear, Joy from Fear. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about creating the life of your dreams, by making fear your friend. Topics Include:  Why was Dr. Manly’s life and health falling apart when she appeared to have everything? What can we learn from Don Miguel Ruiz of the Four Agreements about fear and the “government” of our mind? What’s the significance of Dr. Manly falling in love with the darkroom? Why don’t we trust ourselves??? How did Dr. Manly begin to face her fears? What’s the “positive enlightening” side of fear? What is fear as a fire-breathing entity??? What is the “Devil we know,” destructive fear? What is the “Messenger we want to know,” constructive fear? How is constructive fear our inner wisdom? Why is constructive fear really the voice of love??? What’s going on with medications today, and why is it such a problem??? What is anxiety? What’s a visualizing fear exercise? What’s the importance of what Dr. Anodea Judith calls “charge”? How do we get comfortable with being uncomfortable? What are some simple tools for balance, mindfulness, and letting go? What is feather-duster breathing? Why do we want to use a sticky-note to remember to breathe? What do we need to know about burnout??? A beautiful guided meditation – with chimes! To find out more visit: www.DrCarlaManly.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 ever thought your more than just your genes, then do we have the Biology of Belief show for you. Today I’ll be talking Bruce H. Lipton, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit, winner of the 2009 GOI Peace Award and the author of my new all-time favorite book, The Biology of Belief. And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about how we’re more than our DNA, what really controls us, and how to change your life by changing your beliefs! The Biology of Beliefs Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How Bruce Lipton got into microscopy? What was Bruce’s first time with an electron microscope like? What happened to Bruce in 1985? How did he end up leaving a tenured position and why? Why was he struggling with such negativity? What happened when he began studying cell membranes? What’s the breakthrough he discovered? What did he learn about DNA in the process? What did he learn about the cell nucleus and why’s it important for all of us. Why Darwin was wrong and what it means for us? What is really going on with our genes? What is epigenetics and why does it matter? What is the new biology? What is the danger of Darwin’s theory and what does it mean for humanity? Where does humanity need to go from here? What are the blocks in our way to realizing our greatness? How do we begin to move past our subconscious blocks? How do we create a new generation of children? What is conscious conception and conscious parenting? What are some of the ways we can help kids to avoid creating limiting beliefs? How do we overcome our own limiting beliefs? What’s the importance of hypnosis, repetition, and energy psychology? What one homework assignment can we begin today to reprogram our subconscious minds? For More Info Visit: BruceLipton.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