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Hi Everyone, welcome back I’m Michael Sandler, your host on Inspire Nation, along with CJ Liu, the upper-popular coach and host of the Fire it Up with CJ Show. If you’re wanting to get in shape, move your body, and feel younger than you’ve felt in years, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking about moving in the springtime, specifically the amazing health benefits of walking and running, the simplest ways to get into it, and how you can run or walk, live you’ve never done before. That plus we’ll talk about stripping off your shoes, hopping on the rocks, taping your mouth shut, and why Michael’s called the Mule. Questions and Topics Include: Why Michael is Called “The Mule” How running (and body wisdom) is a spiritual practice Why running uphills can be so much fun How to achieve your fitness goals, small or large What’s the importance of baby steps? How to get your body going, no matter where you’re at. Why exercise cannot be exercise Why exercise must become play What’s the health benefit

If you want to slow down, catch your breath, and bring more life to your moments, rather than moments to your life, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll talking with best-selling author Achim Nowak, about The Moment: A Practical Guide to Creating a Mindful Life in a Distracted World. Today we’ll talk about connecting to the moment, the precious present with all of it’s sights, sounds, meaning, and memory, and how it can enrich, sculpt, and literally transform our lives. That Plus we’ll talk about augenbilck’s, climbing stairs, sleepwalking through life, being blindfolded for two and a half days, a little white house, therapeutic dolphins, and why in the world you might want to penis breath. And therapeutic dolphins Questions and Topics Include: How to bring more life to your moments rather than moments to your life (aka how to bring more mindfulness to your life) Why each moment matters and what we can learn from the moments shared in his book. Why Achim loves his mini-cooper How he went from being

If you’ve ever struggled to get things done, keep on top of your inbox, or keep from singing the to do blues, or the "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, If Only I Had the Time" shuffle, then do we have the time free, stress-reducing, show for you! Today we’ll be talking with David Allen, the undisputed king and best-selling author of getting things done. And that’s just what we’re going to talk with David about, how in the world do we get things done, without more pressure, more stress, more hours, and less life at the end of our days. Plus we’ll talk about cleaning out our inbox, de-cluttering our lives, jumping chasms over weekends, and how in the world to move past amorphic blobs of undoability. Questions and Topics Include: What David means by having 35 jobs by 35. How David Allen went from those 35 jobs to Lockheed, Palm Pilot, then GTD (Getting Things Done) How to leverage consciousness or tap in so we can work less How Getting Things Done is much more elegant and easier if you’re on a spiritual path (whether it

If you’ve ever wondered how to tap in to your inner wisdom, and get guidance, or direction to answers to life’s most pressing questions, then do we have the show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Colette Baron-Reid, A popular medium, and the star of the national hit Canadian TV show Messages From Spirit. She’s also a best-selling author and has her own oracle cards called Wisdom of The Oracle Today we’ll be talking about oracle cards and connecting with your intuition, what they are, how they work, why you don’t need to be afraid of them, and how you can use them to change your life. That plus we’ll look at sleepwalking to full moons, doing Barbie re-enactments, Charlie the Frog, and why you want to be careful, when you’re headed to the dent Questions and Topics Include: What is the difference between a medium and an intuitive counselor 5 Books and 7 Oracle Card Decks! What happened to Colette on Full Moons What were the nightmares Colette was getting when she was a very little girl How she grew up with ‘

If you’ve ever been stressed out, anxious, or found your blood pressure too high, then do we have the interview for you. Today we interview Dr. Stephen Sinatra, “America’s #1 Integrative Cardiologist”. He’s been on The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, CNN’s “Sunday Morning News,” XM Radio’s “America’s Doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz,” and PBS’s “Body & Soul." He is also the author of the monthly newsletter Heart, Health & Nutrition and founder of Heart MD Institute. Dr. Sinatra is also the runaway best-selling author of The Cholesterol Myth, Earthing, and Reverse Heart Disease Now. This is one of the most informative, and actionable interviews on reducing stress and heart-disease TODAY! 101 Topics Including: Stress Cell Phone Stress Emotional Stress Locked in Sadness – if we don’t get in touch with it. Experience the emotion, for instance anger, much healthier for the heart than holding it in. (When you have anger out, it discharges the body) Sadness is good for the body, so crying and sobbing are good for the body.

If you’ve ever really struggled in life or faced depression, alcoholism, an eating disorder, or a hole in your belly you just couldn’t fill, or if you simply love animal stories and their incredible power to heal, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Shannon Kopp, an eating disorder survivor, animal welfare advocate, and the bestselling author of Pound for Pound, A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life. Today we’ll talk about big struggles and challenges, how to overcome them, and finding that one thing that brings you the love to overcome. That plus we’ll talk about miraculous shelter animals, their stories, their struggles, and how they can nurse us all back to health, plus Jane Goodall and chimpansees, the Ocean Beach Dog Park, Sugar, Sunny, and why Cheez Whiz is the answer, when you’re going on TV!…just ask Abby. Questions and topics include: Who was Sugar? How did Jane Goodall influence Shannon’s life? What happened with her Shannon’s dad w

If you’ve ever struggled with fighting in relationships, keeping relationships, or keeping the peace in relationships, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Bob and Judith Wright, best-selling authors, human development experts, relationship FIGHT masters and authors of their latest masterpiece, The Heart of the Fight. And that’s what we’ll be talking about today, about how fighting can be good for a relationship, incredibly healthy, and healing, if done well, and no that doesn’t mean always winning. That plus we’ll talk about dueling over dollars, the hidden middle finger, making love and war, and how a day on Oprah can turn into the family feud. Questions and Topics Include: What happened on Oprah? Where is the only place you’re allowed to compete (in a relationship)? Why “good relationships require great fights” Why you’re avoiding intimacy when you’re avoiding fights Why fighting is engaging (and in the relationship fully) What are a few of the 15 types of fights that make or brea

Hi everyone, Welcome back I’m Michael Sandler your host on Inspire Nation, along with repeated guest, uber-coach, and super-star radio host, CJ Liu of Fire it Up with CJ. If you’ve ever struggled with decisions, needed clarity, or wondered what in the world you should do, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking about your gut…not digestion that is, but INTUITION. What it is, where it comes from, how to use it, and why it’s so darn good, IF we only take the time to listen. That plus we’ll talk about getting clarity, your inner GPS, strengthening that heart muscle, and what in the world Krispy Kreme donuts have to do with tornados. Questions and Topics Include: What’s your head to heart ratio? How do you stay out of a game of fear or of ego? Why you may need to ‘play the game’ and what that looks like, when looking for jobs or working on LinkedIn. How do you tell how much heart is at play vs. head? How do you know when something is a heart idea? What Alan Cohen, Author of A Course In Miracles

If you’ve ever struggled with wealth, and wondered why in the world others can get it, but no matter how hard you try or focus on it, it just doesn’t come your way, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Mitch Horowitz, Editor of one of my new all-time favorite books, by one of my favorite authors. It’s The Miracle Power of Your Mind: The Joseph Murphy Treasury a compilation of 24 all-time favorites by Joseph Campbell, including The Power of Your Subsconscious Mind, Believe in Yourself, Fear Not, and Riches Are Your Right. Today we’ll talk about the power of the mind, and your subconscious to create anything you desire. We’ll look at how it works, how to use it, what you don’t want to do, and even the best ways to pray! That plus we’ll talk about surgery without anesthesia, the power of magnetized steel, and why in the world, you want to daydream while you’re in a sleepy state! Questions and Topics Include: Why physical books are not dead How did Mitch get interested in Joseph Murphy’s

Want to be a Badass, Kick a little butt, and live your greatest life possible? Want the most Badass Wealth Consciousness in the world? Then do we have the show for you! Today we’re talking with Jen Sincero, super bad-ass success coach and the run-away best-selling author of YOU ARE A BADASS. In her words a few years ago, she said goodbye to her home in California to travel the world indefinitely and encourage as many people as possible to live lives of unbridled awesomeness. Unbridled awesome, who couldn’t use more of that? So today, we’ll talk about being a badass, living a kick-ass life, why fear is for suckers, and how you can live a life of unbridled awesomeness! That, plus the G word, doing, not spewing, loving the one you is, following your crotch…it’s not what you think, taking Hell Bent for Glory Action, plus how to make money your new best friend!  Topics Include: Taking Risks is Essential Coaching Finding a way to get an 85K coach Lighting a fire under you’re a**. Raising your energy Letting go

If you’ve wondered how to tap into your soul, get inner guidance or wisdom, or connect with your higher self, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with John Holland, best-selling author, radio-show host, and one of the top psychic mediums and spiritual teachers in the country. He’s also the creator of some of the most interesting or accurate sets of tarot cards we’ve ever worked with. Today we’ll talk about psychic tarot, plus tapping in to your own inner guidance, for greater peace, happiness, and love in your life, plus growing your own intuitive gifts. That plus we’ll talk about unsolved mysteries, falling out of trees, and what in the world is spiritual book camp. Questions and Topics Include: Why John was always the different one or the sensitive one in the family How John began to see things What happened at a janitor’s cave when John was a child What was unusual about Grandma Rose and Aunt Shirley How Aunt Shirley would win horse races with her gifts How John had to keep his abiliti

If you’re struggling with health challenges, unsure where to turn, and wonder why in the world your body is betraying you, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with neuropsychiatrist, physician, and medical intuitive, Mona Lisa Schulz, best-selling author of numerous books including The Intuitive Advisor and All Is Well: Heal Your Body with Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuiton Today we’ll be talking about the connection between your body and your life, what injuries and illness are trying to tell you, how to listen, and what steps to take to get you healthier, happier, and pain or illness free again, beginning today. That plus we’ll talk about gall bladders and green pants, hitting walls, accidental tourists, trauma Olympics, and why if the world ended today, there’d still be cockroaches, and Cher. Questions and Topics Include: What she began writing when she was 5 How long she had to keep her intuitive skills quiet What happened on her first day as a psychiatrist How she predicted someon

If you love animals, pets, the furry ones, or the scurry ones, or simple enjoy time in nature, watching the birds, or the deer and the antelope roam, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Gene Baur, animal activist and co-creator of the Farm Sanctuary and author of Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day. Today we’ll talk about the Farm Sanctuary, and the lives of farm animals, plus how to live and eat more humanely and why sheep, cows, pigs and goats, may all make great pets…as long as you have a VERY LARGE back yard! That plus we’ll talk about Hilda, Jelly Bean, Hope the Pig, Bob Comis’s runt, Snowie and Shotzie, Opie the cow, and the love of Susie’s life, Larry the 3000 pound cow. Questions and Topics Include: What’s the story behind Hilda, and how did Farm Sanctuary start? What is the rendering industry? What happens to farm animals that pass away? How they saved Hilda Who was Jelly Bean? How did Farm Sanc

If you’ve ever wanted more love, greater love, or to find the greatest love of your life, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Laura Berman, Nationally syndicated Radio show host and New York Times Best-Selling author of Real Sex for Real Women, and the author of Quantum Love, Use Your Body’s Atomic Energy to Create the Relationship You Desire. And so today we’ll talk about quantum love what it is, how we can cultivate it, and ways to bring it into our lives, consider this show the law of attraction meets love. That plus we’ll talk about the energy of kissing, the power of the number nine, why three minutes matter, and how in the world to manifest quantum sex. Questions and Topics Include: What is an AFGE? What was Dr. Laura Berman’s dark night of the soul How it was predicted Laura was about to have a crisis Why Robert Ohotto suggested Laura Berman needed to ‘land her plane’. How ‘The Secret’ and the Law of Attraction affected Dr. Berman How Dr. Laura Berman went to see Therise R

If you’ve felt pulled off track, swirled in emotions, or on an emotional railroad train to nowhere then do we have the show for you. Today we’ll be talking with coach and uber-famous radio show host Fire it Up with CJ. Today we’ll be talking about our emotions, and in particular, out of control emotions, where they come from what to do with them, and how in the world to let them go. Plus we’ll talk about post-offices, cashier lines, and why exchanging those mangos, might not be as easy as it seems. Questions and Topics Include: What to do when you’re spun out or your emotions are out of control. How to let food be thy medicine to help you get ‘grounded’ What’s a pattern interrupt? What emotions visit you frequently, what it means, and what to do about it How our emotions are gifts How to strengthen your intuition and make quick decisions How to use muscle testing on a daily basis What’s the gift of ‘I don’t know’ and what’s the ‘gift of maybe’? What plateau’s are never what you expect them to be What are dif

If you’ve ever found yourself negative, chastising, berating, or picking on YOURSELF and getting in your own way, then do we have the 180 show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Melissa Ambrosini, TV Star, Dancer, Model, and Author of Mastering Your Mean Girl and silencing your inner critic, and becoming wildly wealthy, fabulously healthy, and bursting with love. And that’s just what we’ll talk about, the mean girl and mean boy inside of each one of us, how we can silence them, kick them out of our lives, and generate the success, happiness, and love we desire. That plus we’ll talk about your internal GPS, meeting your soulmate, bunjee jumps and bikinis, why you want to ban the B word, and why caterers cancelling at the last minute, may be the greatest wedding gift in the world! Questions and Topics Include: How did you end up dancing at the Moulin Rouge in Paris? What is Operation Self-Destruct? How she heard about Self-Love from Louise Hay What was Melissa’s first step to heal the mean girl or mean boy i

If you feel like you’re being pulled in too many directions, have too many competing demands, or are working yourself to the bone, but not getting where you want to go, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Greg McKeown, author of one of my all-time favorite books, the NY Times best-seller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Today we’ll talk about the power of less, of letting go of everything that doesn’t serve you and focusing all your efforts on just what’s essential. That plus we’ll talk about the how to go in monk mode, why we all want to go fly a kite, why sleep is the new status symbol, what a dinosaur covered in pink flamingos has to do with anything, and why from here on out, there’s no more Yes. It’s either Hell Yeah, Or No! Questions and Topics Include: What is the power of less? How’d Greg go from Law School in London to Essentialism Question: What would you do if you could do anything? What his dad said to Greg when he told him he was thinking of quitting law

If things feel too complicated to you today, whether it’s your work, your homelife, or even your spiritual or meditation practice, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Brad Warner, a Soto Zen Priest, punk bassist, film-maker, Japanese monster-movie marketer and author of Sit Down and Shut Up, Hardcore Zen, Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate, and his latest, Don’t Be A Jerk. Today I want to talk with Brad about simplicity, about what zen really is, what it means, and how in the world it can help today, more than ever. And what in the world it means like to meditate like a Buddhist. That plus we’ll talk about the Flintstones, Loch Ness monster, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and why Star Trek really was WAY cooler than Lost in Space. Questions and Topics include: Do you have a Godzilla collection? How’d you become a monster movie marketer? How and when Brad Warner got into Zen Buddhism How Brad lived in Kenya while he was growing up. How Brad got into punk rock Why a Zen Buddh

If you ever felt you’re aging too quickly, get cold after cold, or your immune system just isn’t what it used to be, or how you think it can be, then do we have the anti-aging, health-boosting show for you! Today we’ll be talking with New York Times Best-Selling author and Longevity expert Dr. Mark Liponis co-author of Ultra-Prevention and best-selling author of The Hunter Farmer Diet Solution and Ultra-Longevity. Today I want to talk with him about ultra-longevity, and ultra-health, how boosting our immune system can help us live longer, healthier, and more energized lives! That plus we’ll talk about the power of dance, developing a dream mantra, the power of music-therapy, and why we all need our vitamin L – Love that is. Questions and Topics Include: Why is Hook a favorite movie? What got him into holistic medicine? What is Canyon Ranch and how did Dr. Mark Liponis end up there? What Dr. Liponis and his wife have learned by volunteering in Laos. What is Immune System 101? What is the innate intelligence o

If you’ve ever wanted to feel better about living, feel great about life, leaves worries, guilt and heart-aches behind, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Alan Cohen a contributing writer for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and the author of 24 popular inspirational books, including the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, the award-winning A Deep Breath of Life, and the classic Are You as Happy as Your Dog? Today we’ll be talking about his latest book, A Course in Miracles Made Easy. We’ll talk about moving from fear to love, how to go from a place of worry and concern, to one of joy, abundance, and happiness. And how to truly be at peace in the moment, no matter what arises. That plus we’ll talk about, Pete the Duck, authority figurines, lifestyles of the rich in spirit, and why God has memory issues. (Plus a Guided Meditation) Questions and Topics Include: When was Alan first exposed to Course in Miracles? How A Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore was written at