Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

If you’ve ever wanted to shift your life, breathe new energy into things, feel better about the world, and gain a whole new perspective on life, even a 4 legged perspective then do we have the show for you. Today I’m interviewing Laura Coffey, writer, editor and producer for Today.com, the website of NBC’s Today show, and author of one of my favorite books ever, My Old Dog. Now I’m biased, I’ve had older dogs travel with us on book tour, and run with us, until they were seventeen, so I love older dogs. I love younger puppies too, but there’s so much wisdom, patience, and love in an older dog. And I’m not alone, celebrities such as George Clooney, and the humans being the upscale Nordstrom, love their old dogs too. As does Grammy nominated singer-song writer Neko Case. So I can’t wait to talk with Laura about Einstein and George Clooney, about older dogs and what they have to offer and why tongues hanging out, just might be a good thing. Topics Include: Why Adopt an Older Dog? George Clooney and Einstein Instagram's Marnie Bretagne – last surviving 911 Ground-Zero dog Movement for senior dogs Why “seniors” actually make the best pets Perfect Ready-To-Go Pets Resource guide with senior-specific rescue groups Gray muzzle organization Benefits of Senior Dogs Mady and Maddie Dogs for seniors Dogs at nursing homes Sunny – 16 year old dog 3 Nuns, Death Row, and Remy Such a meaningful, rewarding adoption Woofabago, 25 dogs and travelling x-country Stinky – AKA Marny – Internet Famous Dog (2 million Instagram followers) What about kids and senior dogs Doing something out of kindness and compassion, letting that love into your home, you can’t go wrong. Retired Service Dogs Inmate trained Dogs Words of Wisdom Don’t be afraid of it – don’t overthink anything about it! Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Spiritual | Mindfulness | Boddhisatva | My Old Dog | Happiness | Kindness | Compassion | Buddhism | Religion | Love

Today we have a very special, relaxation, pet meditation. This meditation fits perfectly with Today’s show, by NBC Today.com Producer Laura Coffey on Rescued Pets, and How they Rescue Us. This is a perfect meditation to do any time of the day. This meditation will put a smile on your face, and help drain your tension away. If you like this meditation, please do us a HUGE favor and rate and review our show on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are the #1 way you can help us, and help people to find the show. Thanks so much in advance. To find more meditations by me, or by our guests, and to check out Laura Coffey’s fantastic interview of Rescued Pets…which is perhaps my favorite interview so far, check out our inspire nation show, or visit inspirenationshow.com. I send love. I send light. And many, many blessings your way. Namaste. To do this meditation, you can be either seated or laying down. You can do it eyes open or eyes closed as well. There’s a healing power to petting an animal, and a soothing power as well. It’s been shown to lower blood pressure, lower our heart rate, our breathing rate, and take us from a fight or flight sympathetic nervous system response, and bring us into a rest, relax, and digest better, parasympathetic response. So in essence, we’re going to breathe nice and slow and deep, as we visualize petting our favorite pet, real or imaginary, present or gone. Inspiration | Visualization | Meditation | Mindfulness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Pet | Animal | Rescue | Love | Kindness | Compassion

Whether you’re on a quest for your special someone, or want to take your relationship to an entirely new level, then do we have the show for you! Today we’re interviewing Mali Apple and Joe Dunn, relationship coaches extraordinaire, speakers, and best-selling authors of The Soulmate Experience and the Soulmate Lover. Today we’ll be talking about attracting a soulmate, nourishing your soulmate, being a soulmate, and a soulmate approach to life…That, plus maybe just a bit on sex, something they’re known to write about too! Topics Include: Being Mindful Playing with the edge to keep things new and fresh What is a soulmate experience Anyone can have this experience of total connection – doesn’t require a one and only Soulmate experience can be with anyone Family Co-workers Friends Begins with the relationship of yourself Not looking for someone else to complete you or to fix your self-esteem Why Tom Cruise’s “You Completely” is dangerous! Helping the other heal brings you closer together Being able to reframe everything How am I looking at my reality? How I’m looking at the world completely effects my world. Body image – The Importance of Being Comfortable With One’s Body How it’s a mirror at the county fair. How we see ourselves is not how others, or our spouse sees us. When we look at ourselves we see the things we don’t like and we reinforce them Instead we should be looking for the Mirror-cles Self-inventory – look at every aspect of who you are Including addictions Including social media – that pull towards is there something important Reducing baggage How do you become aware of your baggage? Go ask your last partner! Sometimes baggage isn’t really baggage, but could be gifts Such as kids, which you may think are “baggage” where others see they’re incredible gifts! Re-framing “baggage” as an asset is incredibly empowering. Often don’t see our own talents and abilities Ask your best friends “what are my free greatest gifts?” Having a magical space where negativity doesn’t exist. Scrubbing away the negativity Changing your mind Loving your body Removing your baggage Raising your soulmate potential – the mindsets to give you the greatest potential to find and maintain a really incredible potential One very practical thing you can do, look at the expectations you have and see how many are valid and how many can you do without. The more you can do without the more likely you’ll be able to connect with someone on a soul level. Letting go of all the superficial stuff that gets in the way Law of attraction The most powerful way is to get the feeling and the energy and let go of the particulars of what that looks like. The universe knows better than you…let go of the limiting beliefs and need to control and trust the universe. Don’t be limited by your list Mali would have never have found Joe Have an energetic feeling and let the rest go. Staying in a place of gratitude – they’re just temporary, they’re just a guest. Staying in touch with the fact of how short our lives are, but helps us stay in touch with the gratitude Having a guest card, like a get-out-of-jail card. What is true commitment? Not a fearful or manipulative thing. Most people’s commitment is coming from a place of fear Should be commitment made out of love Do you need to keep repeating a commitment to love to yourself – staying mindful Is awareness of the great relationship and wanting it to continue “Context” an idea of what you have to offer to the relationship Idea of what I have to offer rather than what you have to give Why jealousy can be a good thing! A very juicy, alive feeling. Often attracted to other people, how you deal with that is what’s most important She wants him to be attracted to other people, keeps him feeling alive Free to be yourself Why innocent flirtation can be healthy Playful I see you, you see me How to move past resentments Making positive changes allows you to attract the person in your life Do internal work before you’re ready to attract someone The partner game of “leapfrog” Not working on relationships, but embracing it. If you want a really amazing relationship, continually explore what makes your relationship amazing. The importance of having “no agenda” Pushing the “edge” in relationships Doing things you’re uncomfortable with. The edge is where the party is happening Experiencing your partners passion Work on relationship vs. play with relationship Connecting on a soul level The Law of Attraction and Relationships Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Love | Sex | Sexuality | Health | Body | Attraction | Relationships | Communication | Law of Attraction

Today we have a very short, relaxing, body-image meditation. This meditation goes perfectly with today’s interview with Mali and Joe on the Soulmate Experience. You can do this meditation anytime of the day, but I like this one best first thing in the morning, or after coming back from a workout or the gym. If you like this meditation, please do us a HUGE favor and rate and review our show. Ratings and reviews on iTunes tremendously help people find the show, so I can’t thank you enough. To find Joe and Mali’s fun, sexy, and enlightening interview, or to find more meditations by me, or our guests, check out our Inspire Nation Show or InspireNationShow.com. I send love. I send light. And many, many blessings your way. Namaste. For this meditation, we’re going to do the exact opposite of what we typically do. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression we have 60,000 thoughts a day, and that 90-95% of those thoughts are exactly the same, time after time. Well when it comes to our bodies, or body-image, it’s more like 99% of the time. For instance, if you’re concerned about your stomach, then when you hop out of the shower, that’s all you see, your belly. Or if it’s wrinkles around your eyes, then you might not see your toned thighs, but only those pesky wrinkles. No matter what the imperfection, or area for improvement, we give it a disproportionate amount of our attention. And based on the law of attraction, what we think about, is what we bring about. So focusing on what we don’t like, or what’s bothering us, only makes more of it. Instead, if we focus on what we do like, we bring more of that about as well. On top of that, we get more comfortable in our skin, or more comfortable with our bodies. This means greater self-confidence, healthier relationships, we become attractor magnets for more positive experiences in our lives, and yes, better body image, can also mean, better sex. Why? Because we’re more comfortable and confident, and that comes across to our partner as well! This meditation is really simple. We’re going to do a full body scan…looking only, and always for the positives. Remember what you resist, persists, so no looking for “negatives” or imperfections. Save that for another day, and may the nother day never come. Instead, let’s look for those amazing positives you have. And you do have them. We all do! For this meditation, I highly recommend laying down if at all possible. And getting good and comfortable, yes, this means a blanket or pillow too if that helps. Inspiration | Mindfulness | Spirituality | Self-Help | Motivation | Body Image | Soulmate Experience | Joe | Mali | Self Love | Compassion | Health | Law of Attraction

Today we have a very simple yet powerful Law of Attraction meditation. This meditation is perfect to help you bring about anything you desire in your life. It goes well with today’s guest, Michael Samuels, author of 3 books on the Law of Attraction. You can do this meditation any time of the day, but I prefer it first thing in the morning, or last thing at night If you like this meditation, please do us a huge favor and rate and rate and review our show. Ratings and reviews help others find the show so they can enjoy the same meditations you do. Thank you so much. To listen to Michael Samuels interview or more meditations by me or our guests, please check out our Inspire Nation Show or InspireNationShow.com. I send love. I send light. And many, many blessings your way. Namaste. (Similar to Meditations by Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, and Deepak Chopra) Manifestation Meditation to Help You Attract Your Greatest Wishes Into Your Life | Michael Sandler | Law of Attraction | Relaxation | The Secret | Mindfulness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Health | Wealth | Love | Happiness | Career | Family | Self-Help

Have you ever felt life was a marathon, that you were just hanging in there by a thread, and didn’t know how you were going to push through, achieve your goals, or get ahead? If so, then do we have the show for you. We’ll be taking with Travis Macy, an extremely accomplished ultra-endurance athlete and adventure champion who knows more than a thing or two about grit, and pushing through. He is the author of The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life, and he holds the record for Leadman, an epic endurance event consisting of a trail running marathon, 50-mile mountain bike race, Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, 10k road run, and Leadville 100 Run, all above 10,200' in the Rocky Mountains. Today we’ll talking about the core principles of Ultra Mindset, and how we can use the lessons learned from extreme endurance racing to make our lives easier, to help us overcome giant hurdles, and help us get to the finish, intact and at peace! It’s great, Travis did all the work, we’ll reap all the rewards! This one episode will help you find the courage, determination, and discipline…an ultra-mindset to reach for the stars and achieve your dreams…or at the very least, succeed in whatever you’re doing and hopefully without needing to nearly drown, go hypothermic, cross the Sahara, or have your toe nails drilled before 7 AM! These lessons will help you find greater success at home, at work, in your business, career, as an entrepreneur, artist, athlete, parent (the ultimate ultra marathon!!!) or chasing your dreams!!! Key Topics & Questions Include: Commitment – Using an Ultra Mindset for Success In Business, At Home, In Your Career, Chasing Your Dreams – Anywhere and Everywhere in the Game of Life! Giving up the choice to make another choice later on. Having an Ultra (resilient) mindset. It’s all good mental training When the going get’s tough it’s actually $$$ you’re putting in the bank – it’s all about the stories we tell ourselves How important is the commitment to finish? Turning around to get your gear Ultra-Mindset #1 – it’s all good mental training 5 year old riding bike Dad at first Leadville 100 Ultra Marathon Running Race Danielle and near-death fall Ultra-Mindset #2 – be a wannabe Cross Country / Basketball / CU Mike Kloser Mike shows up with full presence Wannabees with a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset Ultra-mindset #3 – Find Your Carrot Why a 72 year old great-grandmother may be stronger than a navy seal How to use external carrots Dave Mackey – Dr. in Boulder Ultra-mindset #4 – Have an ego and use it, until it’s time to put it aside - ego without ego Asking for help and being coached by Josiah The “kiwi” mission What can you tell us about Josiah, your coach and the ego Ultra-mindset #5 Think about your thinking – what and why Extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivator Have an Ego and Use It Confidence Letting go of your ego – asking his main competitor to coach him. “managing life is the tendency…living life is the goal” Brene Brown – the value of vulnerability Dear Karnazes – what do you take from this you’ll take with you for the rest of your life Michael Merzenich – don’t make the place easy and comfortable Need challenges to build us Think About What you’re Thinking Mindfulness – being present ---being like an aircraft pilot--- What’s a WHY mindset? Hands free life Mindset #6 – The 4:30 rule, when you don’t have a choice, ANYTHING is possible Mindset #7 - Bad stories, good stories, the ones you tell yourself make all the difference Mindset #8 – Never Quit, except when you should quit QUITTING if I built an early lead, my fear could increase as I worried it was my race to lose. How quickly the mind can shift and No Whining – dad’s rule Don’t quit because you’re afraid of something you really Stories you tell yourself that make all the difference Learning how to reframe the voices in our head Listen to the voices first, hear what they have to say Identify the process that’s pulling you down (write it down and look at it) can you write a new story, put a spin on it, proof that it’s not true Never Quit except when you should quit If you’re doing something you truly believe in, you’ve closely examined and it lines up, you can’t quit just because it’s too hard. Failure is part of the process Struggle is part of the process Can you talk about the inevitable highs and lows Choosing a route and other parallels between life and adventure racing Paddling down a reservoir during the world championships Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Brene Brown | Dean Karnazes | Business | Career | Entrepreneur | Entrepreneurship | Goals | Dreams | Achievement | Success | Happiness

---Take a Fantastic Journey That Will Leave You Relaxed, Refreshed, and At Peace--- Today we have a very special guided journey and relaxing inner-peace meditation from Sian Chua, A Dolores Cannon past-life regression quantum healing practitioner from Australia. (Note, this is our second meditation led by Sian Chua) ---Prepare to Take an Extra-Special Journey--- This meditation can be done any time of the day, however, it’s best to do when you have the time to relax and be still for a short time afterwards To find more meditations from me, and from our guests, please visit Inspire Nation Show or inspirenationshow.com. And please do us a huge favor, please rate and review our show which helps more people find us, and enjoy more beautiful meditations like this one. Your ratings and reviews help keep the show going. Thank you. We send love. We send light. And many, many blessings your way.Namaste. Woo Hoo! (Similar to guided meditations from Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle and Dr. Wayne Dyer) Take an amazing guided journey and blissful inner-peace meditation & Dolores Cannon expert Sian Chua from Australia. You’ll be relaxed, recharged & incredibly at peace & at one with the world around you. Spirituality | Mindfulness | Inspiration | Self-Help | Love

In 2004, Michael Sandler undertook a 5000 mile, 40 day, solo, unsupported bike ride to raise awareness around learning disabilities. In this candid, heart-warming interview, find out how to find the strength to continue when the going gets tough in life. Jessica Lee here your mysteriously absent co-host, who’s actually here today and Michael’s typically loving wife. Don’t worry, Michael’s not on holiday, he’s right here on the line with me, but today we’ve planned a special treat for you. And today I’ll be turning the tables on Michael and interviewing him as a guest on Inspire Nation. You might know Michael sandler as the uber positive host of inspire nation. You might think that he was born this way, but truthfully speaking, though he did came into this world with some admirable traits, he had to work pretty hard at becoming the man I so admire today. Now as Michael’s wife, you might think that I’ve heard his stories a million times by now – it’s true I have, but amazingly I’ve never tired of hearing them. There’s always something new & fascinating to learn. So I decided I wanted to give you, the listener, the opportunity to be truly inspired by Michael himself. Today we’re going to zero in on one oh-so incredible epic journey that Michael took. Back in 2006, he rode his bicycle across the country to raise awareness for children and adults with learning disabilities, 5,000 miles in 40 days, solo and unsupported. Yes, that means it was him, his bicycle, a few pieces of precious gear, and Mexican radio – though that didn’t last very long. We’ll talk more about that later. Today we’re going to talk about divine inspiration – how to know when it’s not coming from you, perseverance vs. being plain stubborn; how to keep going when the going gets tough, what to do when people start doubting you, how to summon in the miracles when things start looking bleak & keeping the faith no matter what. KEY TOPICS: What possessed Michael to undertake such a grueling physical endeavor Why he only allowed himself 6 weeks to prepare Why Michael brought 1/2 of a Wayne Dyer book with him, and mailed the rest of the Wayne Dyer book back to himself! Finding out how little you need to survive and the beauty of simplifying How Michael went from calling events “nightmares” to “opportunities” How people doubted Michael’s ability to finish, and why Michael never wavered in his conviction How the universe sometimes tests you Michael’s metaphor of standing on a diving board and sinking down before you can launch What Michael discovered when he finally turned off the music and what you can discover in the silence How to get over the fear of being alone What happened when Michael ran out of money on 3 separate occasions How to call in more miracles into your life How doing good in the world, brings more goodness back to you What transpired when Michael got pulled over by police (twice!) Why it’s ok if you’re path in life isn’t a straight line Why sometimes it’s necessary to go backwards, before you can move forwards How to cultivate your intuition and be certain it’s not coming from you How Michael got through some of the toughest parts of America, including the murder capital of the country, on his bicycle What was waiting for him at the end of his bike ride Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Spiritual | Self-Help | Meditation

In 2004, Michael Sandler undertook a 5000 mile, 40 day, solo, unsupported bike ride to raise awareness around learning disabilities. In this candid, heart-warming interview, find out how to find the strength to continue when the going gets tough in life. Jessica Lee here your mysteriously absent co-host, who’s actually here today and Michael’s typically loving wife. Don’t worry, Michael’s not on holiday, he’s right here on the line with me, but today we’ve planned a special treat for you. And today I’ll be turning the tables on Michael and interviewing him as a guest on Inspire Nation. You might know Michael sandler as the uber positive host of inspire nation. You might think that he was born this way, but truthfully speaking, though he did came into this world with some admirable traits, he had to work pretty hard at becoming the man I so admire today. Now as Michael’s wife, you might think that I’ve heard his stories a million times by now – it’s true I have, but amazingly I’ve never tired of hearing them. There’s always something new & fascinating to learn. So I decided I wanted to give you, the listener, the opportunity to be truly inspired by Michael himself. Today we’re going to zero in on one oh-so incredible epic journey that Michael took. Back in 2006, he rode his bicycle across the country to raise awareness for children and adults with learning disabilities, 5,000 miles in 40 days, solo and unsupported. Yes, that means it was him, his bicycle, a few pieces of precious gear, and Mexican radio – though that didn’t last very long. We’ll talk more about that later. Today we’re going to talk about divine inspiration – how to know when it’s not coming from you, perseverance vs. being plain stubborn; how to keep going when the going gets tough, what to do when people start doubting you, how to summon in the miracles when things start looking bleak & keeping the faith no matter what. KEY TOPICS: What possessed Michael to undertake such a grueling physical endeavor Why he only allowed himself 6 weeks to prepare Why Michael brought 1/2 of a Wayne Dyer book with him, and mailed the rest of the Wayne Dyer book back to himself! Finding out how little you need to survive and the beauty of simplifying How Michael went from calling events “nightmares” to “opportunities” How people doubted Michael’s ability to finish, and why Michael never wavered in his conviction How the universe sometimes tests you Michael’s metaphor of standing on a diving board and sinking down before you can launch What Michael discovered when he finally turned off the music and what you can discover in the silence How to get over the fear of being alone What happened when Michael ran out of money on 3 separate occasions How to call in more miracles into your life How doing good in the world, brings more goodness back to you What transpired when Michael got pulled over by police (twice!) Why it’s ok if you’re path in life isn’t a straight line Why sometimes it’s necessary to go backwards, before you can move forwards How to cultivate your intuition and be certain it’s not coming from you How Michael got through some of the toughest parts of America, including the murder capital of the country, on his bicycle What was waiting for him at the end of his bike ride Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Spiritual | Self-Help | Meditation

Today we have a very kind and loving meditation from our recent guest, Don Miguel Ruiz Jr, author of 5 Levels of Attachment, the sequel to the runaway best-seller 4 Levels of Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz. This is a very gentle, relaxing, and peaceful meditation you can do anytime of the day, I particularly like this one for the evening hours. If you like this meditation, please do us a huge favor, and rate and review our show on iTunes. Rating and reviewing our show is the #1 way you can support us, and help more people to find our meditations. It’s good karma! To check out Don Miguel Ruiz Jr’s interview, or find more meditations by me, or our guests, visit our Inspire Nation Show, or InspireNationShow. I send love. I send light. And many, many blessings your way. Namaste. Woo Hoo! BONUS GUIDED INFINITE LOVE MEDITATION (5 MIN) | Don Miguel Ruiz Jr| Relaxation | Inspiration | Spirituality | Self-Help Inspiration | Motivation | Spirituality | Spiritual | Meditation | Mindfulness | Guided | Love | Inner Peace | Tranquility | Bliss | Harmony | Health