Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler

Today we have a very authentic and heart-felt guest, I’d call him a bridge, between languages, cultures and ancient wisdom and the modern world. He’s a master, a student of the Toltec tradition, perhaps you could even call him a warrior, though not in the traditional terms. And he’s a Nagwal, but I’ll him share about that. His name is don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Don Miguel Ruiz JR, is the author of two very special books, The Five Levels of Attachment: Toltec Wisdom for the Modern World, and Living a Life of Awareness, Toltec Wisdom for the Modern World. You may be familiar with his father, who’s written some of the most beautiful spiritual books such as The Four agreements: A guide to Personal Freedom. At the age of 14, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. apprenticed to his father don Miguel Sr. and his grandmother, a faith healer, Madre Sarita. From that early age, he was called upon to translate Madre Sarita's prayers, lectures and workshops from Spanish into English. In this way, through constant repetition and review, he learned the content of her teachings in both languages. Don Miguel Jr.'s apprenticeship lasted 10 years. When he reached his mid-20's, his father intensified his training. At the apex of this power journey don Miguel said to his eldest son, "Find your way out. Go home and master Death by becoming alive." For the past eight years, don Miguel Jr. has applied the lessons learned from his father and grandmother to define and enjoy his own personal freedom while achieving peace with all of creation. Today, don Miguel Jr. is married and has two young children. And so, as a Nagual he begins once again to pass along the wisdom and the tools of his family's traditions in helping others to achieve their own personal freedom and optimal physical and spiritual health. I am so excited to have don Miguel Ruiz Junior on the show, I think there’s so much we can learn from him, from Toltec wisdom, and from his experience as a bridge between the wisdom of the past, and the wackiness of today. Thank you so much for being on the show Miguel, are you ready to shine??? Questions Include: Who are the Toltec People? What does Toltec Mean? What was it like growing up in both cultures and ways? What is a Nagual? Grandmother – faith healer, and translating it, but letting knowledge get in the way Domestication and attachment Let go of the attachment that you must obtain some image of perfection for you to be happy. Facing our own reflection When you no longer believe in a self-judgment, it will no longer have any power over you. You can choose to view yourself from a place of acceptance based on the undeniable truth that you are already perfect and complete exactly the way you are right now. Why did you think you were imperfect when your father would tell you you were perfect just as you were? Where did the differing belief come from? (childhood? Parenting? Experiences?) 47: min - For me, I have crossed that threshold from concept to experience while jogging – usually around the one-mile marker. This is when I am no longer thinking about my route, pace, or even the pain in my legs. This is a moment when everything goes calm, and all I can feel is my breath, the stride, and the environment. My mind suddenly shuts off and I am completely in the moment, and I know exactly what I am doing without the need for thought. From this place even the term Authethic Self disappeares, along with the rest of my thoughts. I am simply alive with the complete freedom to love myself and everbody as I chose. I have no need to distort the information I perceive because my perception of life is unencumbered by any attachments. The authentic self is the harmony of mind, body and soul as the expression of life. Level 2 – the controlled folly The clean mirror What does Toltec mean? What was your upbringing like? What is Domestication WHAT ARE THE 5 levels of attachment How can we use the five levels to transform our lives…or to liberate us??? How are we subjugated, or tied to…at present What is the biggest demon in the world? (or why is love the biggest demon in the world?) Mitote and narrators in our head Being motivated by self-love :o) How do we move from level 5 to 4 or 4 to 3 or so-on? Are we supposed to strive toward level 1 (or judge people based on the level they’re at?) Quest for truth vs. quest for being right Toltec 5 – Believing without being skeptical The Gift of Listening

Today we have two very harmonic guests Dr. Eben Alexander and Karen Knewell, who will be talking with us about frequency, healing, and acoustic meditation. ---Dr. Eben Alexander, Best-Selling Author of Proof of Heaven and as seen on Oprah!--- I’ve been extremely intrigued by the power of sound and meditation to help us train the mind and to heal. Not to geek out too much, but I’ve been fascinated by how different sounds make us feel better, relax, or increase our focus, whether that’s Tibetan singing bowls, chants, particularly Om, or binaural or warbling sounds. Today we’ll talk about all of these and how sound can be a gateway for greater health, for empowerment, focus (and attention) and in a sense, for transcendence, or at least to quiet our minds. We’ll also be talking about a bonus meditation you can find on our Inspire Nation show, a sacred acoustics sample, offered by Karen Newell and Dr. Eben Alexander. As for our guests, Dr. Eben Alexander (seen on Oprah) has been on our show before, he’s the run-away best-selling author of Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife and The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion and Ordinary People are Proving the Afterlife. And Karen Newell, an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation. Using Sacred Acoustics music, sound & harmonic resonance recordings, she teaches you how to enter and engage your own consciousness in order to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. ---Also how sacred sound and music greatly increases focus, mood & concentration for those with ADHD--- Today we’ll be talking about sacred acoustics, about using sound to quiet the mind, take an inner journey, to heal, and to connect with a deeper part of ourselves. It should be a fascinating journey into the power of sound. And again, you’ll want to check out the bonus sacred acoustics meditation afterwards and try it out for yourself! Inspiration | Motivation | Meditation | Sacred Acoustics | Tibetan Chimes | Buddhism | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Proof of Heaven | Dr. Eben Alexander | ADHD | Attention Deficit Disorder | As Seen on Oprah | Karen Newell | Harmonics | Binaural Beats

Today we have a very special sacred acoustics guided meditation for you. This meditation is from Dr. Eben Alexander, neurologist and best-selling author of Proof of Heaven and Karen Newall, today’s guests on the show. You can find out more about this meditation, and the amazing health benefits of sacred acoustics on today’s show. This is a very powerful meditation, body, mind, and soul that can have exceptionally positive effects on you. However, an important note: Do not listen while driving OR operating heavy machinery. One more time, do NOT listen while driving or operating heavy machinery. There is so much to share about this meditation I highly recommend listening to today’s interview from Dr. Eben Alexander and Karen Newell. ---Great for Relaxation, Health, Healing, Focus, Concentration, ADHD, and Quieting the Mind--- If you like this meditation and enjoy the show, please do us a HUGE favor and rate and review our show. It’s the #1 way you can help support the show. Thank you so much! To find more meditations from our guests, and from me, check out our Inspire Nation Show, or InspireNationShow.com I send love. I send light. And many, many blessings your way. Namaste. Woo Hoo! Relax, Recharge & Quiet Your Mind with this Sacred Acoustics Meditation from Dr Eben Alexander (As Seen on Oprah) Author NYT Best-Seller Proof of Heaven & Karen Newell | Spirituality | Inspiration | Health | Focus | Attention | ADHD | Healing | Self-Help

Do you ever feel like you’re not in control of your food, but your food is control of you? You know, when you have that one chip, or one bite of ice cream, or a simple little chicken wing, and suddenly, you’ve plowed through an entire bag, box or pint? And perhaps without even knowing it! If so, then you’re not alone, and do we have the show for you! We’ll be talking with Mark Schaztker, award-winning food journalist and author of The Dorito Effect: The surprising new truth about food and flavor. Today we’re going to talk about an explosion of flavor, and how it’s downright killing us! We’ll talk about why our flavor’s been in charge, what’s happened to our food supply-and why our great-grandma wouldn’t recognize the food of today. We’ll discuss what I call franken-foods or why a chicken’s no longer a chicken, and why no matter how we try, loosing weight almost seems impossible. Most importantly, we’ll discuss what we can do to make simple changes today, right away, that will make huge impacts in our health, and in our waist bands! Why do we eat? Flavor Everything has gotten bigger and cheaper, but less nutritious and blander Thank flavor technology since 1950’s Every year consume more than 1,000,000 tons of fake flavoring Story of ancient chemical language of every organism, designed to help you find the nutrition it needs It’s been telling lies Story of what’s been happening to flavor, and what we can do about it. How did Doritos come about? Story of Chickens Of Tomato’s What’s wrong with Chicken? Why don’t tomatoes taste like tomatoes? What in the world is a Dorito? Are we all addicted to food? What does it mean to be addicted? Is it any different than being addicted to heroin or cocaine? Why an addicted brain is not a happy brain What’s the importance of micronutrients What is nutritional wisdom? Do we have inner wisdom when it comes to eating? Goats Kids Rat Studies How do we wake back up our sense of taste and nutrition to know what in the world to eat? What do we do for our kids? Is it true kids first develop their palate in the womb? Can you discuss your rules of flavor Humans are flavor-seeking animals. The pleasure provided by food, which we experience as flavor, is so powerful that only the most strong willed among us can resist it. In nature there is an intimate connection between flavor and nutrition Synthetic flavor technology not only breaks that connection it also confounds it. What’s the delicious cure? Do you have pets, and what do we do for them? Why do we eat? Rats getting zapped before stop eating How flavor has changed our food system Synthetic or artificial flavor Why natural flavor is synthetic flavor The history of Dorito’s “Let’s make it taste like a taco” “You don’t know the difference between a thing and a flavor” How flavor become manufactured Turns on pleasure part of the brain How our food now tricks you – but the nutrition isn’t there anymore Nutritional Wisdom And Goats! Food tastes good to a goat because it tastes good to the goat The goat follows it’s palate Scurvy and orange cravings Lack of nutrition in our food – the other side of the flavor coin Things losing their nutritional value Franken-Chickens The Chicken of Tomorrow Why meats are now bland Chicken used to have Omega 3’s, The blandness is now a nutritional problem So chicken is further processed, in the same way we make doritos Tasty in the moment, huge hit of calories, but don’t satisfy us. Studying the neuroscience of food addictions People addicted to food don’t even enjoy it. Rat studying – weren’t doing it for the pleasure Were like heroin addicts Let’s look at the positives Michael Pollan – eat what your grandmother ate, but it wouldn’t taste like food How to eat better and how Why natural is not natural How to get back to nutritional wisdom Getting back to foods How to have a healthy relationship with food When eat get satisfied and the hunger light goes off The relationship between flavor and nutrition What’s the delicious cure Find real food that’s delicious Give yourself an opportunity to change Stay open minded to food choices What do we do to feed our cats (or our pets) Variety Different brands Different meats Treats Tuna Sardines Why do kids get frustrated by our food choices? How fetuses experience the flavors of the foods their mom eats and it affects their palette as well. THE SOLUTION - Think about flavor | Health | Nutrition | Diet | Paleo | Vegan | Vegetarian | Weight Loss | Weight Watchers | Inspiration | Motivation | Self-Help

Do you know what do Bill Gates, Charles Schwab, Warren Buffet, Steven Spielberg, Michael Jordan, Julia Roberts, Facebooks Mark Zuckenberg (facebook) Twitter’s Jack Dorsey (twitter), Google’s Larry Page (and maybe even Obama) have in common? They’re all introverts. And believe it or not, so am I, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Today we’ll be talking with a very extroverted introvert. Her name is Beth Beelow, she’s a life coach best know as the Introvert Entrepreneur and is the author of “Insight: Reflections on the Gifts of Being an Introvert” and the forthcoming book “The Introvert Entrepreneur: Amplify Your Strengths and Create Success on Your Own Terms. If you’ve ever wondered how to get ahead when going on the inside is your path, then do we have the show for you!!! What are key strengths of introverts? Self effacing Self reliant Self possessed Self reflective (May also be quite Spiritual / Spirituality Centered Too) Questions Include: I used to struggle with Social media – how do we promote & self-promote? How do we extrovert? What does it mean to be an introvert and an entrepreneur? Can you talk with us about Fear and Doubt (and other icky stuff) How do we find our voice? How do we (be present) network as introverted entrepreneurs? What do you do if you’re not a “salesperson” What do you mean it takes a village? What’s it mean two heads are better than one? Talk about bigger and better – business expansion as an introvert Success Accelerating Failure Staying in your comfort zone How else can we set ourselves up for success? Any tips for kids who are introverts to empower them for life? Inspiration | Motivation | Business | Career | Self-Help | Entrepreneur | Intrapreneur | Sidepreneur | Spiritual | Spirituality | Introvert | Introverted

Today we’re going to do a very short guided relaxation meditation to help you connect with nature, both inside and outside of yourself. I’ve used many of these meditations to help quiet and center me, and I’ve even used them in doctor’s office’s to help me stay calm and relaxed, or so they can use less medication. Yes, this works in a dentist’s office too. You can do this meditation any time of the day, it’s fantastic if you have the time during a mid-day break. If you like this meditation, please do us a HUGE favor. Please rate and review this show on iTunes. The more ratings and reviews, the more it helps us, helps the show, and helps people find these beautiful meditations. Thank you so much, we are very grateful for your support. To check out more meditations by me, or by our guests, check out our Inspire Nation Show, or InspireNationShow.com. I send love, I send light, and many, many blessings your way. Namaste. Woo Hoo! (Similar meditations to Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and Eckhart Tolle) Feel your body, mind, & soul completely relax during this short guided meditation. Designed to help you get grounded, plugged back in, and feeling incredibly at peace for the day. Spirituality | Mindfulness | Inspiration | Nature | Relaxation | Self-Help

If you’ve ever wanted to travel the world, but thought to yourself, if only I had the money, the time or I’d love to do that someday when I retire, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Rolf Potts, veteran travel writer, for the likes of Salon.com and world hum, and best-selling author of Vagabonding: and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There. His adventures have taken him across six continents, and include piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, driving a Land Rover across South America, and traveling around the world for six weeks with no luggage or bags of any kind. Today we’re going to talk about working to live, instead of living to work, and about taking our own life adventure, or what I call Vagabonding 101. I want to know how we can all get into it, what’s the simplest way to start, and if we really need to wait till we have that nest egg, or are retired to be able to afford to travel around the world! That, and perhaps find out about Tantric Sex and taking or not taking donkey’s through the desert. Inspiration | Motivation | Travel | Self-Help | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Adventure | Vacation | Inspirational | Motivational | Uplifting | Business | Career | Sabbatical

Today we have a very special relaxing inner-peace meditation, or a true journey into stillness, led by Sian Chua, A Dolores Cannon past-life regression quantum healing practitioner from Australia. 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 the utmost 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 a blissful inner journey led by guided 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

LEARN HOW TO THRIVE THROUGH LIFE'S TRANSITIONS! If you’ve ever wanted to face a challenge or transition in life a different way, to learn how to truly embrace them, to surf the waves of change and come out smiling on the other side, then do we have the guest for you! Her name is Sherre Hirsch, she’s a Rabbi, inspirational speaker and author of the best-seller’s We Plan, God Laughs, and Thresholds: How to Thrive through Life’s transitions to live fearlessly and regret free. And that’s exactly what we’ll be talking about today, about embracing life’s challenges, to live fearlessly through them, and without regrets. Of course, we’ll also talk about Moses, letting go, and the biggest F word of them all, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Questions for Today’s Interview Include: What do we do when life’s plans go completely awry What is a threshold moment? How do we know we’re in a threshold moment, and what does it meant to us? How do we deal with the biggest F word of them all, fear? How do we learn to trust ourselves? How do we begin practicing trusting in ourselves to make better decisions How do we learn to have faith in ourselves and trust our intuition? How do we live life regret free? Living life regret free What’s a “Wait Box”? Why should we strive to be a B+ rather than an A? Words of wisdom for parents. Why luck is the residue of design And why putting yourself in the game, doesn’t make you lucky, it makes you blessed! This interview will help you overcome the tough spots in life, and see them for what they really are, hallways to something better. How we get through the hallways effects how we get through everything in life. Sherre Hirsch shares words of wisdom from a lifelong career as a Rabbi, counselor and mother of 4 on getting through lifes transitions in order to truly thrive!

Hi Everyone, Michael Sandler here, your host on inspire nation. Today we have a very special meditation to give you inspiration and help quiet your mind. It’s from Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, our guest on the show today, talking about Thriving through life’s transitions. If you like this meditation, please do us a huge favor. Please rate and review the show. Your ratings help so much in helping others find the show, so they can enjoy it as well. Help us, to help others. Thank you! To hear more meditations from me, and from our guests, subscribe to our Inspire Nation Show, or visit inspirenationshow.com. I send love. I send light. And many many blessings your way. Namaste Woo Hoo! BONUS GUIDED MIND-QUIETING MEDITATION (5 MIN) | Sherre Hirsch | Peace | Inspiration | Happiness | Spirituality | Self-Help | Spiritual | Religion | Judaism | Buddhism | Inner Peace | Zen | Mindfulness