Take Back Your Mind

Welcome to the new Take Back Your Mind Life Question of the Week podcast, a spinoff of Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith where each week, Michael will address your Life Questions! The response to the Life Question segment was so incredible that we turned it into its own weekly podcast episode that drops each Friday!   Today’s Life Question comes from a yoga instructor who has been rejected by his childhood friends because they believe yoga is “demonic and goes against God,” and wants to know how to overcome the various challenges this experience is causing him.  If you’d like practical spiritual insight and encouragement around your relationships, finances, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com and it may be featured in an upcoming episode. Remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Friday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X:  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w

*Note: Starting today, the Life Question of the Week segment will not be featured in this and future Take Back Your Mind episodes. The response to the Life Question segments was so overwhelmingly great that we decided to make it its own Take Back Your Mind Life Question of the Week podcast with episodes dropping each Friday.  So catch our new Take Back Your Mind Life Question of the Week podcast this Friday, March 8th! On today’s show, Michael welcomes the Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, founder and spiritual director of the Sunray Meditation Society and the Sunray Peace Village Land Trust in Lincoln, Vermont. Sunray preserves and shares the peacemaking teachings of the Cherokee spiritual traditions and Tibetan Buddhism, and in 1992, was granted NGO status by the United Nations as a gateway for Indigenous voices to be included in planetary conversations.  For four decades, Venerable Dhyani has designed and taught programs for training peacemakers, mediators, and CEOs, inspired by Ani Yun Wiwa and Buddhist wisdom. She is also the CEO of Beautyway Productions and the author of many curriculums and books including, “Voices of Our Ancestors,” “Learning Cherokee Ways: The Ywahoo Path,” and “108 Quotations: A Treasury of Mystical Wisdom.”  During their powerful conversation, Michael and Dhyani talk about: -The mystical way she and Michael met back in the 70s -Dhyani’s spiritual gifts, which started during her childhood and were further developed under her Cherokee grandparents’ tutelage  -The ancestral lineage she holds which believes that we came to Earth to relight the fire of having clear minds and that it’s our spiritual duty to be happy because what we think and speak reverberates throughout the world   -The meaning behind our connection to nature, including the water and trees -Sunray Village’s transformational programs, ceremonies, and more! And as always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation. Connect with Venerable Dhyani at https://sunray.org/ and https://www.beautywayproductions.com/.  Remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X:  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)!

How can you stop feeling triggered when someone says something contrary about your spiritual experiences? Find out on today’s Life Question of The Week! Next, as Black History Month ends this week, Michael chats with 15-year-old youth activist Yolanda Renee King, daughter of Martin Luther King, III and Arndrea Waters King, and the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Yolanda recently authored her first book, “We Dream A World,” a children’s book she says is for kids “big and little.” It talks about the legacy of her grandparents and the choice we all have to follow the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. During this inspiring conversation, Michael and Yolanda talk about: –Yolanda’s activism of passionately addressing mass gatherings at protests and penning articles against gun violence, homelessness, and the inhumane treatment of refugees seeking asylum on the U.S. southern border –Why she chose to follow in the legacy of her grandparents as well as her parents in their work to realize the Dream –Yolanda’s new book, “We Dream A World,” and her other interests including what she likes to do for fun - and more! And as always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. Remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)!

Today’s Life Question of the Week comes from someone who had a major falling out with her parents after discovering through DNA testing that her dad is not her biological father, and wants to know how to release all the hurt and anger she feels.   Next, this special Valentine’s Day edition of Take Back Your Mind is all about Love as Michael shares insights from his short e-book, “The Eight Principles of Thriving Relationships” (see below on how to download your free copy!) including: -How all relationships--intimate, family, friends, work--have to be based on the principle that we are evolving and are here to grow, develop, and unfold into our greater yet-to-be -The number one mistake people make in their relationships is believing that their joy, happiness, love, and fulfillment will come from their external relationships  -The importance of the roles of “The Cheerleader and The Critic” in our relationships -The “Friction of Fictions,” which is when two people come together who have not started to do the work around healing the parts within themselves that desire healing, resulting in two fictional characters attempting to get along -That every successful relationship will go through a series of “Divorces and Remarriages” – and more!  And, as always, Michael concludes with a brief teaching and meditation that captures the spirit of and lessons from his conversation. Download your FREE copy of “The Eight Principles of Thriving Relationships” at https://web.agapelive.com/registrations/eight-principles. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. And remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)! 

How can one heal and spiritually grow after experiencing years of sexual abuse and family trauma? Find out on today’s Life Question of the Week.  Next, Michael sits down with the acclaimed bestselling author of the Conversations with God book series, Neale Donald Walsch. Neale has written 40 books on contemporary spirituality and its practical application in everyday life, including his latest, GodTalk: Experiences of Humanity’s Connections with a Higher Power, a book in the Common Sentience book series. Seven of Neale’s Conversations with God books made the New York Times bestseller list. Book One remained on that list for 134 weeks. His titles have been translated into 37 languages and have been read by millions of people around the world.  During their universal and poignant conversation, Michael and Neale discuss: -How Neale’s Conversations with God series came to and through him during a time of profound life changes and inner transformation -How everyone is having a direct conversation with God or a Higher Power all the time, but just calls the experience by other names. It’s not something that only happens to “special people” or just occurred during ancient times -That certain religious leaders and organizers came to use religion as a means to control people by saying they needed intermediaries and certain sacraments and rituals to “get to God”   -Neale’s latest book, GodTalk, which outlines six steps for intentionally conversing with God based on his own experiences and observations, plus inspiring stories from people around the world who’ve experienced divine interventions of their own -How Gen Z and younger generations should “question the prior assumption” when it comes to existing ideas and beliefs about God, and be more curious and courageous about exploring their own spiritual identities – and much, much more!   And as always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation that encapsulates the energy of their conversation. Connect with Neale at http://nealedonaldwalsch.com/ and on social media.  For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. And remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X:  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)!

Today’s Life Question of the Week comes from someone having a crisis of faith and wanting to know which path to follow.  Next, Michael welcomes Chani Nicholas. Chani is a Los Angeles-based New York Times bestselling author and astrologer with a community of over one million monthly readers. She has been a counseling astrologer for more than 20 years, guiding people to discover and live out their purpose through understanding their birth chart. Her app, CHANI, offers users a personalized, daily understanding of their birth chart. It has had nearly a million downloads and counting since its launch in December 2020. Chani has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and on Netflix. During their insightful and delightful conversation, Michael and Chani discuss: -Chani’s discovery of astrology as a child through her step-grandmother -The ancient history of astrology; its relationship with science, astronomy, religion, and medicine; and its cultural and political influence throughout the ages -Astrology as a tool for self-awareness and self-development, and how to turn what looks like a limitation into a spiritual practice -That whatever your astrological chart may reveal about where you are, you still get to choose your destiny -The wildly popular CHANI App -- and a whole lot more! And as always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation that encapsulates the energy of the episode’s topic. For more information about Chani, go to https://chaninicholas.com/. You can also follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and X. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. Remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X:  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)! 

How can we know when a relationship or friendship has reached its end and how can we let it go? Find out on today’s Life Question of The Week! Next, are your 2024 resolutions getting off to a rocky start? Then you just might have ‘Intention Deficit Disorder.’ What is that and how can you co-create a life of joy, love, purpose, and abundance for 2024 and beyond?  Through the power of your intention! Today, Michael offers some of his most powerful teachings and tips for living an intentional life, including:  -Transcending the obstacles to intention-setting by undoing the imprints and programming around lack, worry, doubt, and fear that may have permeated the environment you grew up in -Healing the “I’ll Be Happy When” syndrome so that your life and happiness aren’t dependent on and determined by outer conditions -The value in asking ourselves contemplative questions such as, “Who would I be without my complaints, doubts, and worries?” -How intentions serve as the vibrational rudders necessary to direct our lives and experiences -Tuning into the Divine Mind broadcast and channeling your highest frequency - and so much more! As always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation that encapsulates the energy of the episode’s topic. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. Remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! If you are inspired by the Take Back Your Mind podcast, please share it with your friends and family, and give us a 5-star rating! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)! 

Today’s Life Question of the Week comes from someone asking how to let go of the anger they feel towards a family member’s financial abundance when they believe they don’t deserve it.  Next, Michael sits down with Matthew Fox. Matthew is an author, theologian, and activist priest who, for over 50 years, has ignited an international movement to awaken people to be mystics, prophets, and contemplative activists who honor the Earth and work for justice. He founded the University of Creation Spirituality to help establish a new pedagogy for learning spirituality grounded in an effort to reawaken the West to its own mystical traditions in such figures as Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, the mysticism of Thomas Aquinas, and other contemporary scientists and mystics.  During their insightful conversation, Michael and Matthew discuss:  Matthew’s early life as a monk in the Dominican Order, and his eventual embrace of spirituality and Liberation Theology which ultimately got him expelled by the Vatican The challenges of institutionalized religion, why younger generations are moving more towards spirituality, and what that means  The importance of returning to mysticism and spirituality, and Matthew’s work in discovering the teachings of Western mystics including:     -Thomas Aquinas, a 13th-century theologian and Dominican monk who stood up the religious establishment of the day by embracing Aristotle and his paganist beliefs in nature, science, creation, non-dualism, and being present to love and the Universe     -Julian of Norwich, the first woman to write a book in English in the 14th century. She wrote about the goodness of nature, that nature is God, and that we are all born in, and are here to share joy     -Howard Thurman, an American author, philosopher, theologian, mystic, educator, and civil rights leader who grounded all of his work in the idea that life is alive with creative intelligence Cultivating joy, and how playfulness and fun are virtues – and much more! And as always, Michael concludes with a brief meditation that encapsulates the energy of their conversation. *Please note that this conversation includes a brief discussion on Bishop Carlton Pearson, a progressive spiritual teacher and author who, since the recording of this episode, has passed away. Learn more about Matthew at https://www.matthewfox.org/home. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. And remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)! 

Today’s Life Question of the Week asks, when someone feels as if they have betrayed themselves, how can they move forward feeling free and happy?     Next, Micheal welcomes Gerard Powell, a conscious entrepreneur whose mission is transforming lives. He is the founder and CEO of Rythmia Life Advancement Center, an all-inclusive, medically-licensed spiritual retreat in Costa Rica, the “go-to" program for spiritual awakening and personal transformation where over 97% of guests have reported receiving a miracle. He is also the author of two books, Sh*t the Moon Said: A Story of Drugs, Sex, and Ayahuasca and Truthenomics: The Science of Allowing Abundance Through Honesty. During their personal and revealing conversation, Michael and Gerard discuss: -Gerard’s journey from successful business owner to conscious entrepreneur through experiencing a personal crisis that initiated him onto a journey of self-transformation  -The importance of understanding the difference between living to give vs. living to get  -Gerard’s life of abusing alcohol, drugs, and sex - until he had a powerful encounter with plant medicine that transformed and liberated his life and inspired him to found the Rythmia Life Advancement Center -That when we tell the unadulterated truth of where we want to go, the Universe always makes a way -The various programs Rythmia offers (e.g., metaphysical workshops, breathwork, meditation, stem cell therapies, massages, plant medicine, etc.) - and so much more! **Please note that today’s episode contains explicit language.**   And, as always, Michael concludes with a brief teaching and meditation that captures the spirit of and lessons from his conversation. Find out more about Rythmia Advancement Life Center at https://www.rythmialifeadvancement.com/ and connect with Gerard at https://www.gerardarmondpowell.com/. In addition, during the Life Question of the Week segment, Michael mentioned Agape’s Prayer Ministry: https://agapelive.com/pages/prayer-ministry  and Agape’s Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Core: https://agapelive.com/pages/practitioner-core. For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around relationships, finances, health, life purpose, or understanding world events, submit your Life Question of The Week to podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. And remember to subscribe/follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael’s AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)! 

Shaman Durek, a 6th generation shaman, discusses his spiritual journey and teachings. He demystifies spirituality and shares insights on creating a new world, embracing self-love, and unleashing infinite potential. The podcast also recounts a near-death experience and explores the concept of the giant age.