Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you've ever wanted great change or more success in your life, then do we have the Willpower Doesn't Work show for you! Today I'll be talking with Benjamin Hardy, PhD, since 2015, the #1 writer on Medium.com and soon to be the New York Times best-selling author of a must-read book that has absolutely blown me away, Willpower Doesn't Work. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about the Hidden Keys to success and how to change your environment to change your life! Willpower Doesn't Work Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Benjamin Hardy growing up? What did World of Warcraft Little Caesars and Mountain Dew have to do with anything??? How'd a switch flip in his life? How'd he end up in a PhD program without even applying? What did Nate Lambert have to do with his success? What's the importance of a mentor? How did foster kids help his career take off? What's the importance of your "why"? What's the importance of learning from the best? Why doesn't will-power work? What did he learn from adopting 3 foster kids? What's the importance of sleep? And the importance of a night-time routine? And the importance of a morning routine? And the importance of journaling or automatic writing??? What is our environment? What's the importance of the people in our lives? What's the importance of making ourselves uncomfortable? What's the power of presence and why is it so important? What can we learn from Ellen Langer about mindfulness? What is a true commitment and hwy's it so important? How can we design an environment to propel us toward our dreams? What can we learn from the purchase of a tesla? To find out more and find out how to win a tesla visit WillpowerDoesntWork.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Such a beautiful, heart-warming interview with CJ Liu on how to get things done, even when you don't want to...but how to put the systems in place, the kind-gentle-easy-good way to help you overcome your hurdles, your stucked-ness, procrastitation, and fears, and to step forward toward your dreams! That plus my visit to my Fam in Florida, getting my dad on green smoothies, and even getting him to the gym!!! (And my special trip to the dentist that left me lighter of mouth!) Such a special, heart-warming show, to help you get moving, get things done, and step forward toward your dreams! Shine bright everyone!!! If you've ever wanted to improve or upgrade your life, or simply get ahead, then do we have the Taking Care of Business, show for you. Today we'll talk about how to get moving, get going, and get the things done, you've always wanted to, or need to. If Not Now then When Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened when Michael went to Florida? How Michael did an interview with his parents? How Michael worked to heal himself and his childhood wounds? How Michael got back into his morning routine even when out of town? How to build a powerful healing habit – even with your dad and green smoothies! What "If not now then when" really means? What's coming for Jessica (and her first ultrasound coming up!) What's the importance of delegation, or tightening up your timelines? What in the world is Parkinson's law??? What does it mean to work backwards and come up with a deadline to help you move forward? Why tighter deadlines may be the best way to go! What it means to overcook your goose! What it means to use your environment to support you? What CJ Liu gained from working with Amazon? What is the Amazon sphere? What we learned from "Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader" with Marc Lesser! What Michael needed to do at the dentist and what it has to do with "if not now then when". What it means to be gentle and loving and kind to yourself when you need to get things done. What it means to stop resisting? To find out more visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

There's so much media and hype these days around a plant-based diet, I wanted to have on a guest to help you, if you want to get started. No one diet is right for everyone, but typically the hardest thing in starting a dietary change is knowing what in the world to eat...which is why I was so excited to have the plant-based Dr. Neal D. Barnard on the show. I thought of my parents when recording this one, I know how hard of a challenge it's been for my dad to incorporate a green-smoothie into his daily routine. But he's done so, and I couldn't be prouder of him. If you're looking to up your nutrition, and round the corner with your health, then this show may be for you. I hope you enjoy the interview, and the food too!!! WOO HOO!!! --- If you've ever wanted to boost your health, or go plant-based, then do we have the Vegan Starter Kit show for you! Today I'll be talking with Dr. Neal Barnard, NY Times Best-selling author, one of the leading authorities on Plant-Based diets, and the author of a fun guide to shifting your diet, The Vegan Starter Kit. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about what you need to know about getting started with plant-based eating. The Vegan Starter Kit Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How did Bill Clinton end up on a plant-based diet? And Ellen DeGeneres? What happened to Venus Williams and why did she go plant based? What did Dr. Barnard discover years ago when performing autopsies? What was his health like, and how did he begin to shift? What are some of the benefits of a plant-based diet? What are the rules for going plant-based? What are some of the challenges of eating meat and diary? How can a plant-based diet help with pregnancy? How does one start on a plant-based diet? What are some of the easiest foods to substitute? What are some of the hidden sources of dairy to watch out for? How can going plant-based help you lose weight? How can a plant-based diet help with diabetes? How can it help with high blood pressure? How can it help with cancer? And with inflammation??? How do you get enough protein on a plant-based diet? What about iron? What do we need to know about plant-based diets for kids? How we can help ourselves, and our kids in social situations? And for women pre-menapause? And for cramping? What do we need to know about the latest diets and diet trends? What's the easiest way to try it and transition??? To find out more visit: www.PCRM.org For more info, free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

A beautiful interview with Ellen Tadd on how to connect with our consciousness, spirit, or higher self, how to get in alignment and be guided for our highest good! You'll discover simple steps to opening your third eye, and how to use it. And gain guidance, direction and insight, as learn how to see the world in a completely different way. You may never look at the world in the same way again. Personally, Michael speaking, this is one of this rare interviews where I'm now using her techniques daily, and will refer to them for years to come! Third-Eye Opening Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How Ellen Tadd first began perceiving the world differently. What happened when she told her dad she could see molecules What was happening with her teachers growing up? What happened to her mom, beginning when she was two. How her mom's early death affected her. What it means her mom gave her life at birth and vision at 17. What is hand scrying and what does it have to do with anything? How she learned she had a guide with her? How do we start to discover who we truly are? What's it mean to connect with our inner spirit? What's an individual emphasis and the importance of gentle wisdom? What's the First Error, and what's a karmic snowball? What are cultural impediments? What does it mean to change our focus? How do we begin to perceive the world through our third eye? What does it mean we're a solar plexus dominant culture, and how does this change when we open our third eye? Why do we want to focus through the third eye? What is attunement and what does it have to do with the third eye? An exercise you can do right now to open your third eye. A guided meditation to get yourself in attunement? What's a unique and powerful three step meditation? What's it mean to develop 3rd eye perception How can you use 3rd eye perception to change your relationship with the world? What's the Tadd technique? How do we begin working with consciousness? How is positivity our greatest protection? What does it' mean to cultivate positivity? What's the true importance of inspiration? One homework assignment you can begin today. For more info visit EllenTadd.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

I've had a lot of Zen guests on the show, but Marc Lesser is my all-time favorite. I love his life story, his journey, and how he's brought heart to the workplace, and achievement to the heart. If you're looking to balance love and life, or spirituality and achievement…of course, there really is no separation, then this beautiful interview is for you. I want to have Marc back on the show, because I love his explanations, his wisdom, and his guidance. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!!! If you've ever wanted to be more a more present, compassionate individual or leader, then do we have the Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader show for you! Today I'll be talking with Marc Lesser, CEO and co-founder of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, and the author of a very ZEN take on Mindful Leadership, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader, And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about lessons from google, and a zen monastery kitchen. Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Marc start his path toward becoming a Zen priest? How did Abraham Maslow's book "toward a Psychology of Being" influence him? How'd he end up working at a San Francisco Zen Center? What is Tasajara (first Zen Monastery in the Western World) and how did he become the head chef and then the director? How did Mindfulness become a part of all aspects of their work? Who is Chade Meng Tan of Google and how did they work together to bring mindfulness practices to Google? What does it mean to be between two worlds? What are seven practices to bring mindfulness to your work or bring spirituality to achievement and all that you do? What does it really mean to love the work? What does it mean to do the work? Why don't we want to paint ourselves as an expert (and to have an open heart) What's the importance of connecting with our pain? Why is it so important to connect with the pain of others? What's the importance of depending on others? What does it really mean to keep things simpler and why is this so important? What does it mean we have only one career? What is the 84th problem? To find out more visit: www.marclesser.net And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wondered how emotions work, and what it means for all of us, then do we have the how emotions are made show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, an NIH award winning researcher and a university distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University about her new book, How Emotions are Made. And that's just what I want to talk with her about, about the secret life of the brain and what in the world it means for us. That plus we'll talk about Rowdy the dog, chimps and bonobos, right and left dog-tail wagging, eating baby bees, infant baby expressions, mistaking the flu for the love, and what in the word, fuzzy cheese pizza vomit and edible baby-poo have to do with anything! Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What do 8 "failures" at the University of Waterloo have to do with anything Why is anxiety and depression so confusing to people Can people really recognize their emotional states? Are there only a handful of emotional states? Are emotional states hardwired into the brain at birth Do people worldwide all have the same emotions Is there a biological finger print for different emotional states How is the brain creating emotion on the flies Why is what we've learned about emotions so important in experiencing emotions What do social constructs have to do with our emotions What is the wiring in infant brains How do our brains wire themselves to mirror the social and physical environment they grow up it Why the big innovation of brains is not cognition but is brain plasticity How is the brain guessing what's going to happen next, and how does it make sense of these sensations What do the sensations of attraction and the flu have to do with one another? Why our confidence to read people can get us in real trouble Why are women more likely to die from heart disease than men What does emotional stereotyping have to do with women Why is there a glass ceiling for women in their career, and what's the difference between female expressiveness and male expressiveness How does this emotional bias play out in elections with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? What's the danger or false perception of an amygdala response? Why the amygdala is not really the home of fear, emotion, or irrationality, and what understanding this really means for us. What does the limbic system really mean? What in the world is the political flu and what does it have to do with our emotions? How can we protect our emotional state? What it means to titrate our exposure to negativity? What's the importance of mindfulness? How is gratitude an antidote to acrimony? Where does compassion fit into things? What to do when your brain is mobilizing the body to do something For more info visit: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/ What it means to be an architect of your own experience and how to empower your life! And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

WOW! I can't believe I interviewed my parents!!! Come join me for a heart-warming, festive, inspiring interview on moving past your wiring, childhood wounds, and whatever holds you back. This interview was filmed live for a YouTube audience, with both my Mom and my Dad. And they did great!!! I love this interview, and if you're looking for inspiration, believe you will too! Enjoy and Woo Hoo!!! Blast Past Your Wiring Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What were Michael's earliest days like? How did Michael handle his ADHD? What happened in Michael's first parent/teacher conference? How did Michael handle being bullied? How did he begin to rewire his mind? What is the emotion-code work Michael has done to help clear his wounds? Why is it the more successful we become, do we have an even bigger fear we might ruin things? How do we move past the "I might screw up" language in our minds. How can our challenges and accidents help to serve us? What does it mean that we're not our conditions, our diagnosis, or anything else that we're told or defines us? How Michael managed to get his mind under control? How did he learn to rewire his mind, and observe his energy too? What does it mean to notice where our blocks are? What it means to let go of our definitions of ourself, or what we take "ownership" of? Why it's important to take challenges, even if you might "fail"? What our default mode is—and how do we move past it? How do we move past the "cant's" in our mind? What it means to challenge your limiting beliefs? What's the importance of constructing a positive environment? What it means that we are who we surround ourselves with? What's the importance of our habits? How we can use our homes and decorations to positively influence us? How we can use the law of attraction with our environments? To find out more and for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

I often try to take a kind, gentle, and loving line on interviews, and always look for the good in everyone. But when it comes to the food industry, they often act like Big Tobacco...feeding us unhealthy chemicals, while telling us they're safe. I send love to everyone, but we need to make the choices that protect our health, and the health of those we love (Mom and Dad, I hope you catch this interview). So I was so happy to have Vani Hari on the show today, talking about the food industry's lies and what we can do about it! Here's to your health, and may you enjoy this interview!!! If you've ever struggled to figure out what in the world is safe to eat, then do we have the Feeding You Lies show for you! Today I'll be talking with Vani Hari, New York Times Best-selling Author, food activist, the founder of FoodBabe.com and the author of a brilliant book on transcending the lies and eating healthy, Feeding Your Lies. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about unraveling the food industry's playbook and reclaiming your health! Feeding You Lies Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened with Vani Hari and Chick Fillet? What happened with Vani Hari and Starbucks? What is Big Food and what is Big Food's dirty secret? How does Big Food spread their lies? What are some of the top lies we've been fed? Can the FDA help protect us? Why was coconut oil attacked? Is coconut oil really safe? What are the dirty dozen and why were they under attack (to find the dirty dozen visit EWG.org What's the difference between foods in America and foods in Europe? How can we take action steps to protect ourselves? Are gluten free foods really safe? What's wrong with "low calorie" foods? What's the truth about calories? What's the truth about soft-drinks (and how do we get off of them)? What's the truth about artificial sweeteners? What are fattening chemicals? What are some of the hidden names for sugar? What does "natural" really mean on a label? What are "natural flavors" and what's their harm? What's the importance of reading the labels? What are three important questions to help you choose wisely? What's the danger of weed-killer, and how does it get in our foods? What's the importance of organics? How do we want to eat (or snack) if we're pregnant? What do we need to know to keep our kids safe? To find out more visit: FeedingYouLies.com and www.FoodBabe.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever struggled with anxiety, illness, or dis-ease, then do we have the Clarity Cleanse Show for you. Today I'll be talking with Dr. Habib Sadeghi, Co-founder of the Be Hive of Healing Integrative Medical Center in LA, the author of Within: A Spiritual Awakening to Love and Weight Loss, the publisher of MegaZEN, and the author of a brilliant new book on healing, with a foreword by Gwyneth Paltrow, The Clarity Cleanse. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about 12 steps to finding renewed energy, spiritual fulfillment, AND emotional healing. The Clarity Cleanse Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What was Dr. Sadeghi's wake-up call in his second year of med school? What did the doctors recommend? Who was Gary the Angel and how did he change his outlook on life? What does love have to do with healing? What is a journey into love? How can cancer be a signpost for something deeper on the inside? What are the messages we're getting from our bodies? What does living in clarity mean? How is illness an expression of a deeper wound? What's the importance of a container? What's good psycho-spiritual hygiene? What's a clarity mindset? What's the process of creating clarity? What's the importance of acceptance? What is Purge Emotional Writing? What's the importance of asking questions? What's the importance of embracing suffering (and reframing it)? What is compassionate self-forgiveness? What does feeling better to get better mean? What does a South African Krugerrand and a tarnished Mexican Peso have to do with anything? For More Info Visit: BeingClarity.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Today I'll be talking with David Neagle, President of Life is Now, and the author of a brilliant book on transforming your life, The Millions Within. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to manifest exactly what you want…and have a truly EPIC life. The Millions Within Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to David when he was four? What big questions was he asking by age six? What was David's big wake-up call? What was the manifestation card he wrote to himself afterwards? What was the demand he made, and what did he hear that began to change everything? What does it mean to have a good attitude? What were the three basic tenets he began living by? How did he triple his income in one year? What did it mean to change his paradigm, and what could he see once he did? What did Bob Proctor tell him when he got stuck? What did he learn from being coached by Bob Proctor? How did he challenge himself to get unstuck? How do we help our subconscious accept our biggest challenges? What does the first Universal Law of "More Life" mean for us? What's the importance of our desires, and what does that realy mean? What's wrong with hearing "oh come on!" and how do we move past this? What's the difference between what we think we want and what we really want? How do we discern what we truly want? What's the problem with WISHING for something? What's the power of a conscious decision? What's the importance of alignment? Why do unexamined beliefs often lash back out at us? What's the importance of self-acceptance? What are three keys to self-acceptance and how can they liberate us? To find out more visit DavidNeagle.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com