Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

Hi everyone, welcome back I'm Michael sandler your host on inspire nation along with you ever creative, sometimes uber-quiet, wifey, Jessica Lee. If you've ever struggled with getting outside of your comfort zone, then do we have overcoming insecurities show for you! Today we'll talk about challenging ourselves to put ourselves out there, get out of our shells, and step toward our greatest brightest selves, even when filled with fear and doubt. Finding Greatness by Stepping Outside of Your Comfort Zone Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How Jessica's stepped outside the comfort zone to get back on the mic. How we both stepped outside our comfort zone to set up a green-screen studio What are "mistakes" and "failures" along the way, and why is it okay Why losing your job sooner than expected can be a good thing What it means that the "Universe" knows your ready Why if it ain't broke, you want to "fix" it…or completely change it up What we can learn from Google X's Mo Gawdat on exponential growth What it means to fall in love with the problem and not the product Where did Jessica disappear to, and what's she learn to get back on the mic? What happened when the Happy Medium, Kim Russo did a ready on the air. Why Jessica's vulnerability is actually a good thing. What it means (especially for women) that we grow up recognizing masculine strength, but not feminine strength What Jessica's been gaining from her automatic writing – for stepping outside her comfort zone. What's the Inspire Nation Baby project? What we can learn from creative angst – and why's it so important to challenge ourselves and get uncomfortable What's the importance of stepping forward, even in times of great trial and error What can we gain from a book of intentions? Why being a social butterfly (when you're an introvert) can help you What we can learn from animal healings? Why it's important to explore your possible futures, and work to discover your passion's and talents What's Jessica's learning about distance healing work? Why it's important to become aware of the hidden programming going on in the background that's keeping you from stepping outside your comfort zone. Why it's important to do something when your heart leaps for it. The importance of the C word – commitment, and what that means! Jessica Lee On How to Move Past Fear & Step Outside Your Comfort Zone for Growth, Happiness & Success! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted a life filled with more meaning, purpose, and fulfillment then do we have the Remembering the Light Within show for you! Today I'll be talking with Dr's Mary R. Hulnick, and Ron Hulnick, founding faculty of University of Santa Monica, the worldwide center for the study and practice of spiritual psychology, and the authors of a beautiful new love song, scratch that, beautiful new book, Remembering the Light Within. And that's just what I want to talk with them about, discovering our goal line and our soul line, what is soul-centered living, and how do we begin living soul-centered today. Purpose, Meaning & Fulfillment Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: How did Mary come to spirituality How did Ron come to spirituality How did Ron and Mary meet each other? Who is John Roger and how did they end up studying under him? How did they end up running a school together? What is spiritual psychology? What's the Michelangelo effect? What does it mean it's not a journey about becoming as it is about remembering? What does it mean to remember the angel essence within each of us? What is spiritual amnesia? What did Teilhard mean that we're having a spiritual being having a human experience? What's the difference between a goal line and a soul line? What is our true essence? What is an intention to awaken? What does it mean to awaken? What are soul line intentions? What's an overaching spiritual intention? What does it mean that the mind is a tool to be used in service to the Heart? What's the importance of silence? What's the importance of self-appreciation and self-love? What does it mean to see the love essence? What's the importance of commitment? What can we learn about unworthiness? Why is self-forgiveness not for sissies? Dr's Ron & Mary Hulnick on Finding More Meaning Purpose & Fulfillment, By Discovering Who You Are! + Guided Meditation! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wondered if spirits are real and if so, what they can teach us, then do we have the Happy Medium show for you. Today I'll be talking with Kim Russo, known for starring in The Haunting of…on Lifetime Movie Network and the author of a jaw-dropping incredibly fascinating, must-read book, The Happy Medium. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about life lessons and what we need to know from the other side. The Happy Medium Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened after an early past-life regression with your husband? What happened when Kim Russo was a child? Why can kids see ghosts better than adults? What are earthbound souls and why are they stuck here? What are guides and do we all have them? How do we find our guides or their names? What do we need to know about our kids and their ability to see what adults can't see? For people who are experiencing spirits or "hitch-hikers" what works for protection or to get rid of them? What is happening when spirits get trapped in the physical dimension? How do we avoid trapped spirits? How do we find out who are What happened when Kim moved from one house to another? What can she tell us about meeting children waiting to be born? Who Michael's guides are and what's their influence? Who are Jessica's guides? What mission or message do they have for Jessica? What are old souls and what does that mean for our kids? What's the importance for kids in using their creativity? What it means to stay in our own lane in life What's the importance of our intentions? What's the importance of our frequency? What's the importance of forgiveness for keeping our vibration high? What's the importance of setting boundaries? What's the importance of respecting and loving yourself? Where does gratitude fit in? Why you want to be codependent on the Universe. For More Info Visit: KimTheHappyMedium.com Kim Russo, The Happy Medium & Star of The Haunting of..., on Wisdom from the Spirit World to Improve our Lives! Health | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Today we'll talk about finding more love, cultivating love, radiating love, and how in the world to usher in more love for yourself. That plus we'll talk about getting aero, the dangers of late night chocolate, no pain, no gain, what you don't want to do with a fit bit, and what in the world calf massages have to do with anything? Be the Love Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What late night chocolate means for your week! What do you do when you feel "behind" What Michael's automatic writing book means for all of us What's the importance of front-loading? What are some of the benefits of automatic writing? What's the importance of an automatic writing sandwich? How to get loving words and guidance for your life and for your day? How do we remember who we truly are? What's the importance of transcending your worries and concerns? How to have your subconscious go to work for you while you sleep? What's a way to unwind in the evening and clear your mind for a great night's sleep? What we can learn from a fit-bit about our sleep? Why it's so important to get up at the light part of the sleep cycle What can we learn about love and self-love these days? What's the challenge with the no-pain, no-gain mentality? Why the no-pain, no-gain paradigm is broken? What's the importance of listening to your body and staying in the parasympathetic zone? What we can learn from Michael's desire to ride, run and swim fast (triathlons) Why you don't want to go into the fight-or-flight response in work, and especially in your work outs. What's the importance of getting to a place of self-love in your workouts What we can learn about parenting and self-love What CJ's son's graduation has to do with her life, gratitude, and self-love What happened to CJ at her son's graduation How to use self-love to move past anger-issues (and what surrender has to do with anything) What's the importance of taking loving time with our partner's, spouse, or kids CJ Liu on How to Shift Your Mindset, Your Day and Attitude Be Being, Sharing, and Sending Love!!! CJ Liu | Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted to rediscover your power, and transform your health and your life, then do we have the shamanic journey show for you! Today I'll be talking with Judah Pollack, former faculty member at Stanford's StartX and the co-author of an incredibly creative and entertaining new book we've spoken about on the show, The Net and the Butterfly. Today I want to talk with him about the shamanic journey, what it is, what it looks like, and how we can reclaim our power and connection to the natural world. Shamanic Journey Questions and Topic Include: What's Judah Pollack's background and how'd he get into Shamanism? How has it helped the former Stanford StartX's faculty member? What exactly is a shamanic journey? What does shamanism and the shamanic journey have to do with nature? What can the shamanic journey help with? Why is it so important today? How does it help overcome obstacles? What is soul loss and how does the shamanic journey help? How does power loss come about? What are the symptoms? Can it show up as illness as well? What is soul retrieval? How does one lose pieces of one's soul? Why is it so important to do something about it? What is the shamanic journey itself? What is a helping spirit? What's the importance of the drum, rattle, or chanting – or what's a sonic driver? What happens wihen the drum plays? Do we need a shaman? Where do we go? What are the upper, middle, and lower worlds? What's a departure point? Why is it so important to remember your way back? What's it mean to develop a disciplined practice and why is it so important? How do we maintain a journey practice on our own? What's the importance of setting intention before taking a journey? Can you lead us through a guided journey? Guided shamanic journey with drums! For more info visit: JudahPollack.com Judah Pollack on How to Reclaim Your Power, Health, Energy & Happiness By Taking a Shamanic Journey! + Guided Meditation with Drums!!! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've been practicing your affirmations, and working on that law of attraction, but it just isn't getting you where you want to go, then do we have the affirming, scratch that, afforming show for you. Today we'll be talking with Noah Saint John, the best-selling author of 10 books, including Afformations: The Miracle of Positive Self Talk. So today I want to talk about affirmations, what they are, and why're their not working, and why it's NOT your fault, and afformations, what's the difference, how they work, and why they're so powerful. (Whether you're an entrepreneur, have your own business, career, are in school, anywhere in-between, or are raising children) That plus dasummumptions, dbar, success anorexia, a shower that changed everything, and what in the world is a loving mirror? Questions and Topics On Today's Inspire Nation Show Include: How Noah stacked the odds in his favor through ballet How he started in a 'dirt poor' home in a rich town. Very interested in question of how some people succeeded when others did not. How he learned that hard work wasn't the answer. How John started in a career as a professional ballet dancer How John became suicidal and made the decision to die. How John heard he should leave Hollywood and move back home – the exact one place he didn't want to go. What was the shower heard round the world Why weren't affirmations or positive statements working? Why people don't believe their affirmations? What is a belief gap? What is your CPR vs. NPR? How to go from where you are and where you want to be? What is a empowering question vs. a disempowering question? What are the four steps for afformations? What's the difference between a traditional vision board and an affirmation board? What does afformation mean and where did it come from? What's it mean to accept an assumption or an afformation? What do people do if they're feeling stuck? What are afformations to help with income? What are examples of afformations for physical health? What are afformation statements for emotional health? What's one of the most powerful afformations? What is a loving mirror? Why you should give yourself permission to succeed and get your foot off the brake. Noah St John on How to Supercharge the Law of Attraction & Turn Your Affirmations Into Success! + Guided Meditation | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you want to feel more fulfilled motivated and inspired whether you're leading a household, classroom, team, small business, or fortune 500 company, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Simon Sinek, the undisputed King of the Why, though he may never have been called that before, but he's the global best-selling author of one of the most Inspiring Books on Leadership, Success and Business Out there, Start with Why. Today we'll be talking about the "why", what it is, why it's so important, how to incorporate it into our lives, and who in the world is using it for success? Plus we'll talk about inspiration vs. manipulation, Ferrari's vs. minivans, why there's 32 flavors of toothpaste, why Sneetches have stars and what in the world Hot pants, and go-go suits, have to do with air travel. Questions and Topics Include: What happened with Simon as a 4th year entrepreneur How his passion and optimism was gone. How Simon Sinek began to learn how our lives (and even businesses) function on the same three levels. How Simon Sinek began his search to find his why and to find his balance again. What is nature's balance? The story of the race for flight Wright Brothers vs. Why people and companies 'fail' Why the clearer the cause the more maniacal we become to succeed What is a why? How did Apple Computers exemplify the why? Why you can't have price, speed, and technology. What Simon talked about in his Ted Talk, and what does it mean to have Why, How, What? What is the Golden Circle and why do we have things inside out? Why people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do. Why you want to be honest and true and do things that reflect my beliefs, and why those who believe what I believe will be attracted to me What Dr. Seuss's Sneetches have to do with us What Ben Cohen, a runner with cerebral palsy, can teach us about ourselves. How do we become more like Ben Why we're drawn to people who only compete with themselves What requires tremendous courage Why you need to go for it, and take care of those around you, even if you're putting yourself at risk Why it's important to risk yourself to help others What it means to be called a leader Why Martin Luther King gave the 'I have a dream' speech, not the 'I have a plan' speech, but why politicians today all give 12 point plans to solve a problem Why a common vision is needed first What does it mean to start at the values level, and why is it so important. How do we bring out our why? He has it online – The Why Discovery course – startwithwhy.com How can we start to do this right away (to find your why)? How do you cultivate your why? What do you do once you find your why? How do you use your why once you find it? How the why works What's the Celery test? What does 32 flavors of toothpaste have to do with anything? Why there's only two ways to influence people (manipulation or inspiration) Why it's so important to take care of each other Why we truly help ourselves by helping each other Simon Sinek (As Seen On Viral Ted Talk) Shares How 'Starting With Why' Ignites Your Inspiration & Motivation, Helping You Achieve Success, Happiness, & Greatness In Life! Plus Become An Amazing Leader! Business | Career | Health | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you want to be happier, feel happier, or feel more positivity in your life, and no matter how you much you try, you just can't get that stick…well then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. Today we'll be talking about Hardwiring Happiness, or creating the grooves in the record that help us get positive, stay positive, or return to a positive state of being, almost no matter what…we'll talk about why to do it, how to do it, and how it can literally transform your life. Plus we'll talk about tapioca pudding, weeding dandelions, neural Darwinism, Green Brain, Red Brain, A Joyful Amygdala, and what paper tigers, have to do with anything. Questions and Topics Include: How did Rick go from a 'shy, dorky, nerdy kid' to where he is today. Why it's important to let the good sink into you. How to marinate in the positive – and how it makes you stronger and kinder What happens with zombie worms Shawn Achor – The Happiness Advantage - How we can learn & grow on an exponential curvilinear way' How are brains are constantly being shaped by our experiences Why our brains are wired to look for the negative – and why it's so important to hold the negative in mindful awareness What is paper tiger paranoia? How and why you deliberately want to take in the good Why we need to change the world inside to change the world outside And how "the personal is the political and the political is the personal" How do we hack our brain What we do to H.E.A.L ourselves How we get better at the installation of our beneficial experiences into our brains How to get the most out of our beneficial experiences, even the 1's and 2's out of 10's. How you link to a negative experience to make it a positive. Why our brains are designed to learn from negative experiences, particularly negative experiences in childhood – why we're designed to overlearn and hold onto it…aka why we often can't 'get over it' How do we use these techniques to help our children? Where can people find Foundations of Wellbeing – RickHanson.net Freely offered resources Talks, videos, writings, interviews The Foundations of Wellbeing – Comprehensive Collection of Resources Tara Brach Barbara Frederickson on positive emotions Sue Carter on oxytocin the love hormone Dan Siegel positive neuroplasticity Plus (Mindfulness) Stress-Releasing, Relaxing Meditation Dr. Rick Hanson on How to Hardwire Happiness & Transform Your Mind Thru Simple Exercises & Awareness! + Guided Meditation! TED | Health | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Today we talk about passion, creativity, and overcoming challenges. We look at how to find more passion in your life, and ways to overcome hardship, and adversity. And perhaps most of all we look at how to move past anger, frustration, and stress, in times of great change! In essence, we look at aligning yourself with whatever makes you shine the most – especially if your son is headed off to college. The Power of Creative Angst Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What is squirrel on crack on a mission energy? What is "Go Time"? How to call in our guides for guidance? What does fear and anxiety have to do with motion? What does creative angst have to do with our day-to-day lives? What do barriers (such as in running) have to do with anything? What's the importance of having a big goal or target? What's the importance of individuation and riding your own bike? What does spinning class have to do with spinning? What can we learn from the different phases of life – particularly with young children What's an operating manual for children? What is CJ learning from her son's high school graduation? What does emotional emptiness have to do with our eating habits? What's the creative process to discover what we want to do next? What are integration issues with different phases in life? What we can learn from different transitions in life? What we can learn about transitions from the author William Bridges? What's the positive power of frustration in the creative process? What it means to take the metta-perspective during transition What to do with the pain and loss in transition How to work through powerful emotions Why tears can be such a beautiful thing What tears in the creative process mean for you What we can learn from Carla McLaren on emotions Why it's important to challenge ourselves and take creative chances What we can learn from Art Therapy For More Info Visit: FireItUpWithCJ.com and www.InspireNationShow.com CJ Liu on Finding Incredible Power in Times of Change Thru Anxiety Frustration & Creative Angst! Health | Running | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted more motivation in your life, then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with Dan Ariely, Ted Talker Extraordinaire, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University, a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty, and a new favorite book on Motivation, Payoff. And that's just what I want to talk with him about, about the hidden logic that shapes our motivations, and how in the world to find more of it! Science of Motivation Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Dan Ariely in a fire? How was he burned over 70% of his body? What's a pain person? What did the nurses have to do daily? How and why did Dan try to negotiate with them? What was his working hypothesis? What would happen to Dan when the scars began to shrink? What did he learn about short term pain vs. longer term pain? What ideas did Dan discover were false? Why was Dan interested in studying motivation? What's irrational thought and why did it intrigue him? What can we learn about irrational thought? How do we motivate ourselves more? Can we motivate anyone? How do we set people up for success? How do we make getting things done easier? What are the unintended consequences of our environments? How do we change the environment to change our motivation? How do we help kids to be more motivated? What is gameification and how does it help kids? What are the challenges of modern technology and distraction? How do we view time and how does that skew our decision-making abilities? What's the importance of helping others? What's the importance of meaning? To Find Out More Visit: DanAriely.com Dan Ariely, PhD On How To Find Motivation, Overcome Incredible Hardships & Step Forward Toward Your Dreams!!! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com