Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you've ever wanted to live the most authentic, genuine life and to truly be yourself for more happiness and contentment, then do we have the All our Waves are Water show for you! Today I'll be talking with Jaimal Yogis, the best-selling author of Saltwater Buddha, and a fantastic new memoir, All Our Waves are Water. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about stumbling toward enlightenment and the perfect ride, and finding more, peace and happiness, even in the blender of the journey. Be Your Authentic Self, Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How did Jaimal get his name? What were his parents like – particularly on their spiritual path in his early years? How did he first try meditating? How did he end up getting in trouble in your early years? What did Jaimal end up doing at 16? How did his first book come about? Why did he write the Saltwater Buddha? Why did he write All Our Waves are Water? What is the teaching behind All Our Waves are Water? Who was the dancing singing monk? Why is "Dis Berry Sad" no problem? What happened to him on an Vipassana meditation retreat? What's the importance of letting sadness be itself? What's the importance of looking inward? How to get out of the judging comparing game? How to accept yourself just as you are How to be our authentic self? How to honor our kids emotions? For More Info Visit: JaimalYogis.com Jaimal Yogis, the Saltwater Buddha on How to Be an Open-Hearted Warrior for Greater Peace & Happiness in Life! Health | Fitness | Surfing | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted to reinvent yourself and discover who you truly are, then do we have the Rebirth show for you. Today I'll be talking with Kamal Ravikant, silicone valley entrepreneur, the best-selling author of one of my all-time favorite books, love yourself like your life depends on it, and the author of a fantastic new fable on life, Rebirth. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about walking the El Camino and Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart. Re-Invention Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Kamal Ravikant in Silicone Valley? How did he end up writing Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It? How was it such a huge risk? What was the key message? How does one turn loving yourself, into a practice? What's the importance of forgiveness? How did he come to write Rebirth? How did he end up walking the Camino Del Santiago? What was the journey like? How much does his book mirror real-life? Top ten takeaways from the book? Why we need to bring forth what's within us? Why we don't want to play it safe What it means to jump off the cliff and grow your wings on the way down? What's the importance of hitting bottom What it means to look at things as gifts? What it means that it's not your wound that makes you special. What's the importance of switching from why me, why now, to now what? What does it mean to find our stone? What is personal alchemy and following your heart? What's the importance of loving the right people? What it means to give yourself to your work? What it means to go all in on whatever's your thing? For More Info Visit: http://rebirthfable.com/ Kamal Ravikant Shares Life-Changing Lessons Learned on Camino Del Santiago & How to Transform Your Life! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Today I'll be talking with Howard Martin, one of the founders of Heart Math with Doc Childre and the co-author of The HeartMath Solution, considered a definitive work on the intelligence of the heart, and his latest work Heart Intelligence. And that's just what we'll be talking about today, about Connecting with the Intiuive Guidance of the Heart to help you be more coherent, on purpose, and in harmony with your heart and mind, and all that you do. That plus we'll talk about card table antics, dogs and horses, the power of freeze-frame, how to change the world, and why in the world hiking by yourself in the Santa Cruz mountains just might make them taller than they already are. Heart Intelligence Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What's the energy of old-growth Redwoods How HeartMath is beginning to monitor the energy in the Redwoods and fluctuation and changes in the energetics of these trees How did Howard Martin end up working with Doc Childre What Heart Intelligence is How Howard went from being a musician to studying consciousness How they began doing research on the heart What exactly is heartmath, and where does it come from What is Heart Rate Variability? How is the heart communicating with other systems in the body? What is heart rate variability analysis and why is it so important? What happens when we're running the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems at the same time What it means to get in a state of coherence and how do we do this Do couples sync up together? The story of Josh and Mabel (a boy and a dog) synching up What HeartMath learned from a study by Dean Radin, PhD out of the Institute for Noetic Sciences What is social coherence What we can learn from Bill Russell of the Celtics being in the flow A guiding meditation to transform your emotions What do you do to overcome fear What's the importance of self-love or self-compassion Why if nothing else, it's so important to have compassion for yourself What's the annual Heartmath event in the Maya Riviera heartmath.org to find out more. Howard Martin of Heart Math Shares the Incredible Intelligence of the Heart & How to Harness It! + Guided Meditation | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Career | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted more peace and happiness in your life, even when you've lost baseline, or things feel flipped upside down, or in boxes for that matter, then do we have the make peace with anything, integration blues show for you! Today we'll talk about finding peace in the chaos, and discovering happiness even in the midst of change. We'll talk about how to ground in movement, get centered when spinning, and even how to fall out of trucks with ease. 1. How not to drive a moving truck 2. Why you don't want to listen to your GPS 3. How not to fall out of a truck 4. How Michael and Jessica moved to North Carolina 5. How to find patience in challenging moments 6. How do you end up with a frog on your head 7. What do special animal experiences mean? 8. What's the spiritual significance of frogs? 9. What's the spiritual significance of turtles? 10. What does a snake gazing have to do with anything? 11. How in the world to walk your frog? 12. Where is the Crystal Coast in North Carolina? 13. How messy experiences can be in our best interest 14. How to let go while being flipped upside-down and backwards 15. What is joyous, nutty-making confusion. 16. What to do when on the phone for 4 ½ hours with Time Warner Cable! 17. Why being flipped-upside down and backwards may be your greatest teacher 18. How to stay calm amidst the chaos 19. What's the importance of awareness and perspective 20. Why you don't want to judge yourself for being wacky in a wacky situation 21. What we want to do in life's most stressful situations, such as moves, death, divorce, and losing a job 22. What to do when a child is leaving for college 23. What to do when you're in a major transition in life (such as an empty-nester) 24. What are the different life-stages and what do you do with societal expectations? 25. What's the importance of slowing down and taking it easy during transitions – when possible 26. What it means to cry with tears of freedom 27. What it means to break free from gravity and why the messiness of breaking free is okay. 28. Why an emotional roller-coaster feeling is okay at these times 29. What's it mean to chose love over fear? 30. What happened when Michael and Jessica locked themselves OUT of their new house, right before coaching. 31. What's the importance of bringing awareness to your situations so that you don't pick on yourself CJ Liu on How to Get Thru Messy Times of Transition and Challenges with Laughter Instead of Tears! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com and www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted to stop stressing and start living, then do we have the Stress Less Show for you. Today I'll be talking with Kate Hanley, best-selling author, columnist, coach and author of a fantastic new read to help you de-stress fast, Stress Less. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today about the top 10 or more, mindfulness exercises for calmness and clarity. Stress Less Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Why in the world you'd want to do downward dogs in the closet? What was Kate's path to mindfulness? How did she leave the .com world for yoga? How did she start msmindbody.com What happened after she moved and her boyfriend left her? What happened when giving birth to her first child? How did she use mindfulness techniques while giving birth? What happened after her second child was born? What were her early parenting challenges and how did mindfulness help? What is fool-proof meditation? What are some of the top techniques for stressing less? Why do you want to sign your brains out in the car? How can staring at the clouds help us? What does it mean to dare to get bored? What's the importance of picking a trigger? How do we meditate on a piece of chocolate? What's the importance of not doing something you don't want to do? What's a red light relaxation? What's the benefit of getting grounded or lying on the floor? What's it mean to soothe yourself to sleep? What's the importance, or fun, of zenning up your car? What's road grace? What is the power of hugs? For more info visit: MsMindBody.com Kate Hanley On Top Mindfulness Exercises For Calmness & Clarity + Yoga & Mindful Parenting Tips! + Guided Meditation! Health | Career | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever been told anything you wanted to achieve was impossible, whether your health, your wealth, career, family, sports, business, arts, or otherwise, then do we have the one-in-a-million show for you. Today I'll be talking with Aaron Baker, a true hero of mine, who also happens to be one of the most able-bodied recovering quadriplegic athletes, business owner's and inspiring people out there. Since his injury, he's walked 20 miles across death valley, ridden his bike not once, but twice across the country. Go-carted, mountain biked, and does more in a day that doctors say was 'impossible' than most people will do in a lifetime. And that's what I want to talk with him about today. About believing in yourself no-matter what the experts tell you to achieve the impossible…or at least give it your best shot! We'll talk about getting started, overcoming odds, and going after your dreams, like there's no tomorrow. That plus we'll talk about pink training wheels, mountain-biking mammoth, go-karts and red bull, and why having your toe-nails painted all the colors of the rainbow, just may be the greatest gift in the world! Questions and Topics Include: Overcoming Odds How happy he was getting his first motorcycle at age 3 How he won Nationals and the World Championship How Ego and Confidence blended How he had the mindset to win, or the psychological edge over his competition How he was in the zone, space, flow, where he was almost invincible How seeing a quadriplegic friend completely unnerved him (who later became very successful with a family and working for Oracle) How his subconscious knew or was foreshadowing his accident What happened on the day of the accident Pre-race and new gear rituals he would do What happened while testing his racing motorcycle How did he keep breathing after he fell How he was peaceful with the experience and just allowed it to unfold. What was his Near Death Experience (NDE) while in the hospital How he's come back through gratitude How he was so fortunate to have a ferocious (fierce) mother that was on his side for an optimal healing environment How his mom brought in nature music for his health Why he wouldn't change a thing How he was allowing love to flow naturally Why all we can do with our lives is to share ourselves and 'give it away" Why he had to stay so mindfully in the present, in the day-to-day, present moment How he was so mindful and present – which he needed in order to survive and then to heal How to stay in the moment (mindfulness) and work on one flicker or improvement at a time How having his toenails painted all the colors of the rainbow helped him turn inward, visualize and picture his toes moving again (how he used visualization and meditation to help himself to literally rewire himself!) How he used the law of attraction and visualization to start "rewiring and re-firing" How water helped him to heal (and how scary it was being put in the water the first time) How he was asking for more whenever he got treatments What a clean slate means, and what it truly means to move forward How the outlet for his energy became the workouts he was doing. What happened when he was 1 year into his recovery How he made it through when he wanted to end things… How he found a miracle partner in the healing process, Taylor Kevin Isaacs How they made it through financially How he did a tandem bike ride across the country with his mother. How he began pedaling his own bicycle!!! (And then did a SECOND bike-ride across the country, SOLO!!!) What is the trike he rode across the country How he debuted the trike at the LA marathon. How he walked solo 20 miles across Death Valley How much he's been at peace through the process How he's become an explorer of his potential, his body's potential, his mind's potential, and discovering the limits of his ability to create and make things happen – incredibly inspiring!!! How he qualified for the 2012 Olympics How to become an explorer of our own reality How much has visualization been a part of the process? What's the power of gratitude? How mindful, present, and peaceful he needed to be in Death Valley How he created CORE with his mother, and then brought Taylor Kevin Isaacs along. What is the business he created, the rehab center CORE (Center of Restorative Exercise) in Northridge California The power of "what you think about you bring about" and how positivity and positive outcome affirmations and thoughts helped bring about CORE. How he met his wife What is the Wings for Life World Run – Sponsored by Red Bull Who are his sponsors: Fox Racing & Todd Hicks CORE Centers Wings for Life Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation Triumph Foundation Life Goes On Foundation Rock Racing Reactive Adaptations Mountain Biking – And YouTube Video Flying Down Mammoth To Find CORE – Go to centerforrestorativeexercise.com iamaaronbaker.com Words of wisdom for people going through this. What it means to be willing to walk through the fire Aaron Baker is a miracle man! He broke his neck & couldn't even breathe on his own & has defied all odds. He can walk, rode across the country & even hiked Death Valley! Inspiration | Meditation | Mindfulness | Motivation | Happiness | Fitness | Health | Spirituality | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever struggled to lose weight, get in shape, train for a marathon, or find the energy you need to make big changes in your life, then this is the show for you! Today we interview Dr. Michelle Segar, an acclaimed motivation expert, who shares the science of motivation and her book No Sweat! Learn why the paradigm of health and fitness is broken, and how to overcome it. Discover why there's a constant tug-of-war between your heart and your head, and why the heart always wins…Once you understand this, you make different choices, and set up habits to make it easier to set yourself up for success. Discover what marketers have known all along to make us buy, that we can use, to get ourselves healthy or make big changes in our lives. Understand the vicious cycle of failure in diet, exercise, or any motivated endeavor, or why PUSHING THROUGH never works. You'll understand why no pain, no gain is never sustainable, but what is sustainable for the long run! (Similar themes to some of Tony Robbins or Zig Ziglar's talks, but backed by science!) Key Topics Include: Learn how science shows we all have a limited or finite amount of will power or self-control, and what we can do to circumvent this or use it to our advantage. Learn how to literally trip across the success we'd like to bring about in our lives. Learn how to get healthy and lose weight without trying, but in a way that'll keep us healthy for a lifetime. Discover how to make movement a part of our lives, anytime and almost anywhere. Learn the power of the OTM – the Opportunity to move Discover the danger of Care-taker-itis. Learn how to put the oxygen mask on yourself before others. Discover how to be the model for your kids Discover how to bring effortless movement, fitness, and health into your family. Put the Science of Motivation to Your Advantage with Dr. Segar author No Sweat! Gain Fitness, Loose Weight, Improve Your Business or Career, w/o working harder by changing how you motivate yourself! Dr. Michelle Segar Shares How the Science of Motivation for Fitness, Health, Weight Loss & Career! Inspiration | Inspirational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Mindfulness | Motivational | Happiness | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For more information visit www.InspireNationShow.com

If you find yourself confused by diets, yo-yo-up and down with your weight, or even confused by the conflicts amongst the guests we bring on the show…sorry folks! Then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with an anti-diet expert. His name is Dr. Joel Fuhrman, and he's one of Americans leading nutrition experts, he's appeared on Dr. Oz and even has his own PBS television shows, and if you've ever shopped at Whole Foods, he's the inventor of the ANDI score. He's also the NY Time best-selling author of Eat to Live, and has a beautiful new book out, The End to Dieting,. And that's just what I want to talk with Joel about…Atkins, Low Carb, High Fat, Ketone, Vegan, Paleo, Wheat Belly, and the list goes on and on. And yet, we're getting fatter, or at the very least, NOT getting healthier. So I want to talk to him about getting some clarity, and figuring out what in the world is going on and what we do to get things back on track. And I want to talk with him about making it easy…All-too-often, we here the latest diet craze, but if it takes 10 hours to prepare our food, or we don't even know where to begin, then we're sunk before we even start. So hopefully today we'll stop a bit of the madness, and put an end to dieting once and for all. Questions and Topics Include: How Joel Became an Olympic and World-Championship Level figure skater Why there's billions of dollars spent to protect the meat, dairy, egg and sugar industries Three irrefutable facts about nutrition all scientists can agree upon. Why studies consistently show if you have an Atkins style diet (more meat, less carb) you have a correspondingly increased risk of heart disease, cancer, and death. What's the most dangerous way to eat, and why we're almost all doing it. Why it's higher biological value foods that are killing us Why we have it all wrong when it comes to protein How eating better helps you feel better and function better now What is a nutritarian diet 4 Basic Principles of a Nutritarian Diet What is nutrient density Why we want to avoid foods that drive proteins to cancer-producing levels Why is a bagel like a piece of chicken Why we need to eat foods with high micronutrients and low macronutrients Why we should avoid having carcinogens, poisons, and toxic foods Farm-raised salmon E-coli in commercial raised meats Why we want the diet to be largely made of plant foods Why Paleo's out – and quite dangerous Why Atkins is out – and quite dangerous Why Olive Oil is NOT a health food Why you want the whole food, not the oil. The miraculous benefits of lignans The incredible benefits of sesame seeds and walnuts The benefits of nuts of moving from oils to nuts How a nutritarian diet lowered blood pressure (without medication) and reduced diabetes (without medication) What you want to do on the weekend to prepare your food for the week The power of tomatoes (particularly against prostate and breast cancer) Why beans are such an amazing food and so protective for the microbiome of your gut Strengthen bones Fight cancer Stabilize blood sugar What is an incredibly powerful fat-burning food. What are GBOMBS? Greens Beans Mushrooms Onions Why you won't get gas from beans if you eat them regularly Dr. Joel Furhman – Discover why today's latest diets (Paleo, Mediterranean, Atkins, High Fat…) may be hurting or killing you, what the science has to say & how to eat to live longer, healthier & smarter! As Seen on Dr Oz! Health | Nutrition | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted to shake things up and make giant leaps forward then do we have the scare yourself silly show for you! Today we'll talk about getting out of the comfort zone, why you want to do it, why now's the right time, how do it, and why scaring yourself silly might just be the best thing in the world. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How do we accept whatever is? What's the importance of letting go? What's the importance of flipping situations upside down? Why extending ourselves into the unknown can be so beneficial for our growth? Why overextending ourselves for short periods of time can help us – and be great teachers! How CJ made it from Microsoft into politics, then back out, and then onto the radio! Who was the female Socrates from Dan Millman's Way of the Peaceful Warrior? What it means to CJ to have and raise kids – and what's happening to her now? What are state changes and why are they so important to us How does getting ourselves uncomfortable help ourselves with state changes? What we can learn about Taoism about what's wrong may be right, and right may be wrong, and what that really means to our lives Why Michael cried during the test-drive What's the importance of doing something every day that's a little bit outside of your comfort zone? What Matt Kahn has to teach us about doing something daily outside of your comfort zone Why you don't want to rip out your foundation What kind-gentle-easy-good has to do with change? Why you want to take massive action for massive change? What it means that we're not here to play life small For More Info Visit: FireItUpWithCJ.com and www.InspireNationShow.com What Jessica Lee means by announcing "limiting belief" Why when you're the scaredest when moving forward, you are right on path! CJ Liu on Why Stepping into Fear, Discomfort & Change Can Radically Help Your Life! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Parenting | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever wanted more heart-centered guidance and direction in your life, then do we have the Whatever Arises, Love That, show for you. Today I'll be speaking again with Matt Kahn, after nearly 600 episodes of Inspire Nation and counting, he is still one of my all-time favorite spiritual teachers and authors, with one of my all-time favorite, beautiful, and transformative books out there, truly a must-read, Whatever Arises, Love That. Heart-Centered Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What does it mean to love whatever arises? What does beyond barriers mean? What are the barriers to spiritual evolution? Why frustration is not necessarily a bad thing? What's it mean to live from a heart-centered consciousness? How do we heal the frustrated part of ourselves What does frustration and anxiety really mean, and how can we reap benefits from it? How do we recognize the divinity in each thing that takes place in our lives? What's a kundalini flu or a spiritual detox? How to learn to be with yourself? How do you learn to love yourself? How do we begin to find our purpose and direction in life? What's the importance of discovering who you are? What's the beauty of confusion in your life? What do we want to do with our confusion? Do we really have free will in life? Is it important to try? What does it mean to do a 2-step dance with the universe? How do we balance working with the universe without striving too hard? How do we set the highest intention in our lives? How do make incredibly big and powerful intentions? For more info visit: truedivinenature.com Matt Kahn on How to Find Your Purpose & Direction In Life on a Heart-Centered Path! + Guided Meditation! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com