Michael welcomes three-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, Golden Globe Award winner, and Academy Award-nominated actor Sterling K. Brown. Sterling portrayed Christopher Darden in the FX limited series “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and starred as Randall Pearson in the acclaimed NBC drama series “This Is Us,” among other TV roles. He’s also known for his leading roles in the drama film “Hotel Artemis,” the mockumentary film “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul,” as well as his voice roles in the animated films “The Angry Birds Movie 2” and “Frozen II.” Sterling had supporting roles in several critically acclaimed films such as “Marshall,” “Black Panther,” “Waves,” and “American Fiction,” for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Highlights from Sterling and Michael’s conversation include: -Sterling’s journey from Economics major at Stanford University to actor, and the courage he found to make that change -His mother’s religious faith and support which continue to serve Sterling well in his life and career -How Sterling’s spiritual life and practices assist him in navigating his marriage with actress Ryan Michelle Bathe (whom he met at Stanford), raising their children, and his acting career -The spiritual insight Sterling brings to his characters/roles; his Academy Award nomination for the film “American Fiction”; his upcoming TV and film projects; his new podcast with Ryan called “We Don’t Always Agree” coming out in September; and so much more! Next, Michael leads a brief guided meditation. Follow Sterling on IG, FB, and X! 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 his newly-redesigned website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at https://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 (https://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 question comes from Cyndi who has a deep fear of failure when it comes to moving forward with her life purpose and wants to know how to get unstuck.  For 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 his brand new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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

Michael welcomes Sahara Rose. Sahara is a spiritual teacher, musical artist, and host of the Highest Self Podcast which, for the past 7 years, has been the #1 spirituality podcast in the U.S. with over 45 million downloads. She has been called “a leading voice in the millennial generation” by Deepak Chopra, who wrote the forewords for her three books including her latest, “Discover Your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose.” Sahara is the co-founder of Highest Self Institute, a premier spiritual coaching certification school. As a musical artist, she creates music you feel good about getting stuck in your head, combining fresh Afro Beats with vibey Middle Eastern melodies. Her album, My Body Is An Altar, is available now.  Brief highlights from Sahara and Michael’s enriching conversation include: –Sahara’s spiritual awakening and journey to self-healing after experiencing perimenopause and critical health challenges in her early 20s –The generational, cultural, and life perspective differences between Sahara and her Iranian immigrant parents and their effect on her spiritual path –What Dharma is, your Dharma archetype, and the 5 stages of your Dharma journey (see how to take Sahara’s “Dharma Archetype” quiz below!) –How experiencing dark nights of the soul makes us come alive  –Sahara’s Highest Self podcast, her latest album, My Body Is An Altar, and so much more!  Next, Michael concludes with a brief guided meditation on waking up to our Dharma and discovering our True Self. Discover your Dharma Archetype with Sahara’s free quiz here: dharmaarchetypequiz.com and get the book Discover Your Dharma here: iamsahararose.com/dharma.  Become a Certified Dharma (Soul Purpose Coach) here: https://highestselfinstitute.com/certifications-and-courses. Follow Sahara on social media here https://www.instagram.com/iamsahararose and check out her Highest Self podcast here: https://iamsahararose.com/podcast/! Subscribe or follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at his brand new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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 comes from Wisdom who wants to know how to stay rooted in hope and faith while his family continues moving through a challenge they’ve been facing for over three years.   For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around your relationships, finances, life purpose, or understanding of 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 his brand new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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

Today Michael welcomes abundance coach, thought leader, conscious businessman, father, husband, experiential speaker, and author of the upcoming book coming out in August 2024, “Spiritual Millionaire: Unlock the 7 Inner Laws of Abundance and Money,” Preston Smiles. Since 2005, Preston has coached over 100k people and leads cutting-edge workshops all over the world with his wife, Alexi. He won the Millennial Mentor of the Year award, has graced the cover of Inspired Coach Magazine, and has been featured on some of the biggest podcasts and media platforms, including “Impact Theory” and “School of Greatness.”  Highlights from Michael’s and Preston’s insightful conversation include:  –Pivotal moments in Preston’s life that put him on his path of self-discovery including the night he first felt and heeded his intuition which *literally* saved his life  –Learning how to sidestep the personality to say “yes” to coming into your authentic self –Preston’s “seeing God in the Walmart bathroom” story and the opportunity and lesson for inner expansion it gave him  –Preston’s first date at Agape with his now-wife and workshop partner, Alexi Panos, and what it means to be an “in-tuned” husband –The Seven Inner Laws of Abundance from Preston’s upcoming book "Spiritual Millionaire," and so, much more!  Next, Michael leads a guided meditation on gratitude.   You can find Preston at https://prestonsmiles.com/ and follow him across all social media platforms including his YouTube channel.  To get your copy of “Spiritual Millionaire” when it drops next month, go here: https://prestonsmiles.com/book. 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 his brand new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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 comes from Monica who has heard about people who can hear direct messages from their spirit guides and wants to know how she can do the same.  For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around your relationships, finances, life purpose, or in 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 his brand new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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

In today’s episode, Michael reflects on the richness, the challenges, and the beauty of his 40+ year evolutionary journey as a spiritual teacher.  Highlights include: -Michael’s spiritual awakenings, insights, and understandings that gave rise to his unique teaching style, and his ongoing conscious commitment to spiritual expansion and alignment as a way of life -How the spiritual space has evolved over the decades, including how spiritual practices like meditation, which was once dismissed as “woo-woo” in the West, are now more mainstream -How the new sciences of quantum physics and epigenetics demonstrate and align with ancient spiritual wisdom teachings around the nature consciousness, frequency, and the interconnectedness of all Life  -The calling Michael tried to avoid—but then surrendered to—to start the Agape International Spiritual Center, the early pushback he received from traditional Christian churches, and how Agape has continued to grow and evolve in its 38 years of existence -The launch of Michael’s new website, MichaelBeckwith.com, as a platform for and the expression of the next phase of his work in service to the world (including a free gift offer), and yes, so much more!  Michael then concludes with a beautiful guided meditation that contemplates the question, “Who am I?”  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 receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable,” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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 comes from Mark who is rebuilding his business, after it experienced a downturn, and wants to know how to discern whether the internal guidance he receives is coming from his ego or God.  For practical spiritual insight and encouragement around your relationships, finances, life purpose, or in 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 his newly-redesigned website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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

Michael welcomes back money and happiness expert, Ken Honda.  Ken’s writings bridge the topics of finance and self-help, focusing on creating and generating personal wealth and happiness through deeper self-honesty.  He is the author of the international bestselling book, “Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace With Your Money.” Ken recently released his new book, a novel, “True Wealth: True Wealth – 9 Lessons From a Grandfather on Happiness and Abundance.” In this episode, Ken and Michael discuss: -Ken’s definition of wealth and our tendency towards fostering a scarcity mindset around money  -Practical tips and strategies for developing a mindset of abundance and a loving relationship with money, particularly if one is struggling financially -The power of everyday choices in cultivating happiness, purpose, and authentic connection in life -Insights from Ken’s latest novel, “True Wealth,” and so much more! Next, Michael leads a guided meditation focusing on the feeling-tone of All Needs Met. Catch up with Ken, his work, and his Arigato Living community at https://kenhonda.com/  and on social media.  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 his newly-redesigned website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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 question comes from Cassidy who wants to know why she hasn’t seen what she desires manifest yet in her outer world despite practicing being in a high vibration.  For 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 his newly-redesigned website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael!  You can also connect with him at 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