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Do you ever wish you could find a way to heal, to overcome injuries, serious illness, even cancer, or nagging pain or other physical problems that keep coming back or will never go away? If so, then do we have the guest for you! Her name is Brenda Michaels, she’s the nationally syndicated radio show host of Conscious Talk radio, and the amazing co-author of the book the Gift of Cancer. She’s also been an incredible mentor, guide, and I’d even say a guardian angel in helping get our show off the ground. Now Brenda knows a thing or two about repeating patterns and rising above them. She’s struggled with negative emotions, poor relationships and had cancer three times before digging deep and learning how to truly heal. Now she’s been cancer free for over 25 years! Personally, I’ve also had my challenges with repeating patterns, in particular with major injuries over the years. So I’ll always fascinated to talk with Brenda about recognizing challenges, rewriting the programming in our minds, and learning to rise

If you’ve wanted more time in your day, greater success, or to achieve dreams so big you’d scare yourself silly, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Jay Papasan, vice-president and executive editor at Keller Realty, co-owner Papasan Properties Group (with his wife) and co-author of best-seller The One Thing, to me, one of the greatest business books of all time… right up there alongside Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. And so today, while I want to ask Jay questions about dozens of topics, we’re gonna focus on The ONE THING, and that one thing can make your days easier, help you build the life you desire, give you MORE time, and quite possibly greater success than you could ever imagine. That plus we’ll talk about the power of dominos, going small, why big isn’t bad, why will power isn’t always on will-call, what in the world’s a time block, and why we almost all fail at the marshmallow test. Questions and Topics Include: How Jay Papasan stopped writing a book on focus, and lost

If you want to feel more fulfilled motivated and inspired whether you’re leading a household, classroom, team, small business, or fortune 500 company, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Simon Sinek, the undisputed King of the Why, though he may never have been called that before, but he’s the global best-selling author of one of the most Inspiring Books on Leadership, Success and Business Out there, Start with Why. Today we’ll be talking about the “why”, what it is, why it’s so important, how to incorporate it into our lives, and who in the world is using it for success? Plus we’ll talk about inspiration vs. manipulation, Ferrari’s vs. minivans, why there’s 32 flavors of toothpaste, why Sneetches have stars and what in the world Hot pants, and go-go suits, have to do with air travel. Questions and Topics Include: What happened with Simon as a 4th year entrepreneur How his passion and optimism was gone. How Simon Sinek began to learn how our lives (and even businesses) function on t

Today it seems mindfulness is all the rage, mindful this, mindful that, and even mindful running…well, that’s us. But if you’ve ever wondered what’s too this mindfulness, or why in the world you need something else that doesn’t fit in your schedule then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Matt Tenney, business expert, and author of Serve to Be Great: Business Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery and a Boardroom, and author of my favorite new mindfulness book, The Mindfulness Edge: How to Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence Without Adding to Your Schedule. And that’s just what I want to talk with Matt about, what’s mindfulness, why is it so important, and how in the world we fit it into our days! That plus we’ll talk about riding the Poo Bus or the #2, The happiest person alive, and why getting locked in the brig, just may be the greatest gift in the world. Questions and Topics Include: How Matt Tenney was locked in a military brig/prison for nearly 6 years What happene

If you’ve ever wondered if angels were real, and if so, what one would say if you asked your questions, then do we have the angelic show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Gerry Gavin, best-selling author of Messages from Margaret and his brand new book “If You Could Talk to an Angel” And that’s just what I want to talk with Gerry about today and if we’re lucky, Margaret, and Angel who communicates through him. I want to find out how we can all talk with angels, what that really looks like, and then get answers from angels to the big really big questions on life. That plus we’ll talk about haunted houses, descending white spiders, mis-takes, the Lucky Seven, hugging trees, and why letting a balloon go free, may be the greatest experience in the world. Questions and Topics Include: How Gerry ended up in a haunted house in 1991. A wild technical difficulty. What happened during an exorcism of the house What happened to the energy as it left the house What is shamanism? How Gerry began using the Conversations

Do you love your corn, potatoes, beans and rice, and wish that they just weren’t starches so you could eat them to your heart’s content? Well if so, then do we have a myth-busting, turn-things-on-their-heads, no potato left unturned, starchy show for you! Today we'll be talking with Dr. John McDougall, author of 12 National Best-Selling books, including The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! Today we’ll be talking about starch, what it is, why it’s supposedly not good for us, what the studies show, why you’ve never heard this before, and perhaps the shocking truth. For I want to get to the bottom of this, because I love my potatoes and with a bit of salt, but for years, wouldn’t touch a single one. I’ve been high ketone, high fat, high veggies, lots of green smoothies, but always, above and beyond everything else, LOW STARCH…and don’t even get me started about the glycemic index. But we’ll talk about all of it today in a mind-blowing, myth-busting show.

If you’ve ever had a pet, or have a pet, and wonder if alternative, complementary, or holistic medicine may help or protect your pet, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with 30 year veterinarian and holistic veterinary practioner Dr. Dennis Thomas of Spokane Washington, who’s also the author of what I consider a brilliant book on holistic medicine geared toward pets, that could also hold true for us humans as well. It’s called Whole Pet Healing. And that’s what I want to talk with Dennis about today. What is holistic medicine? What does look like? Why would one consider it, and why don’t main stream vets almost ever recommend it. That plus we’ll talk about animal nutrition, vaccinations, chemotherapy, acupuncture, and why in the world you want to talk with your pet. Plus how pets know when we’re coming home, how they help us get happy, why pets help us heal, what in the world’s a healing room, and why a living Buddha may be right at the end of your leash. Questions and topics Include: H

If you’ve ever wondered what the most successful people in the world know that the rest of us don’t, then do we have the show for you! Today we’re going to talk with one of the most positive researchers in the world! * Bio at bottom. His name is Shawn Achor and he’s one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. His research on mindset made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of the most popular with over 11 million views, he’s lectured or worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as the NFL, the NBA, the Pentagon and the White House. Shawn is the author of New York Times best-selling books The Happiness Advantage (2010) and Before Happiness (2013) and he recently did a two-hour interview with Oprah at her house to discuss his mission to bring positive psychology to the world. Today we’re going to talk using positive psychology to rewrite your own maps, and completely transform your life. This means greater success at work, happin

If you suffer from a chronic condition, whether back pain, irritable bowel, arthritic conditions, migraines, thyroid disease, autoimmune diseases, depression and mood disorders, cancer, lyme disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic pain, or know someone who does, then do we have the show for you. Today we’ll be talking with a new instant hero of mine, award winning science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of Does Anybody Else Look Like Me, The AutoImmune Epidemic, The Last Best Cure, How You Can Heal, and Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, Today I want to talk about Childhood Disrupted, how our past can affect our health of today, even 20, 30, or 50 years later. I want to talk about what this really means, what’s going on with our bodies, and what in the world we can do about it, beginning today. Questions and Topics Include: How Donna is doing with 4 auto-immune diseases and long-term injuries How her father passed away do to a medical error How she went

If you’ve ever wondered how in the world The Secret and the Law of Attraction really work, or if it truly works at all, then do we have the interview for you! Today we talk with the run-away New York Times best-selling author Pam Grout, author of 17 books including E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality and E-Cubed: E-Cubed: Nine More Energy Experiments That Prove Manifesting Magic and Miracles Is Your Full-Time Gig. We’ll discuss ways to prove the Law of Attraction works, and help you manifest anything you desire! But we’ll dig deeper too, helping you get greater happiness, a higher fun-quotient in your laugh, and in this laughter-filled interview, likely have you rolling in your seat as well. Or if you’re running, prepare to levitate from the levity! Consider this interview Manifestation 101 – how to do it, what to do, what not to do, and how to get it right time after time, no matter how large or how small. As Esther Hicks says, it’s as easy to manife

Want greater income? A better job? The fitness you’ve always wanted, or to finally be excited to get out of bed and take on the day? Then this interview with motivational speaker, life coach and #1 best-selling author Hal Elrod of The Miracle Morning is for you!  Some call him the next Tony Robbins, and after you’re fired up from this interview with powerful actionable advice you’ll understand why! Yet before Hal (aka Yo Pal Hal) became a success, he died 3 times after a drunk driver hit him head-on at age 20. Despite permanent brain damage, he rebounded, set his company’s sales record, and Hal joined his business hall of fame. Years later as an entrepreneur he experience financial disaster, losing his home, and getting deeply depressed. Yet he pulled himself up and became an unstoppable force of motivation and self-help guidance in the process. And he became an ultra-runner and visionary business and life coach too! His secret? The Miracle Morning program he shares in this interview that he learned after stu

If you’ve ever lost a loved one and felt guilty, angry, lost, sad, or depressed, or simply wanted a sense of closure, or the chance to say goodbye you never got, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Dr. Jamie Turndorf, also known as Dr. Love, known to millions through her website AskDrLove.com and in major magazines and networks, like CNN which recently dubbed her their Resident Love Doctor. She also hosts a radio show on Hay House and has a new book by that very title, Love Never Dies. Today we’ll look at what happened to Jamie after her husband of 27 years passed away, and then began revisiting her. We’ll talk about love, life, death, and why death do we part may be 180 degrees wrong. We’ll look at how to reconnect with our loved ones, how to heal, move past the guilt, get closure, or even the reverse, re-establish connections that we were once told are long gone. That plus we’ll look at what squirrels can tell us, why you my want to switch a Miata for a Porsche, and why electronics

If you’ve ever felt jumbled, spinny, foggy, short on attention, brainpower, memory…what was I talking about again, or like your mind’s just not working like it used to, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with cognative behavioral therapist and brain fog expert Dr. Mike Dow. He is also the cohost of TLC's Freaky Eaters and My 600-lb Life Reunion, Logo's That Sex Show, ID's Strange Criminal, and VH1's Couples Therapy. He also appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show has been on the   Rachael Ray show and has a fantastic new book, The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory and Joy in Just 3 Weeks. And that’s just what we’ll talk about today, reclaiming your brain. How to gain focus, concentration, overcome anxiety and depression, sleep better, and even be a better mommy or daddy…or maybe even have smarter kids. Plus we’ll look at the benefits houseplants, rescuing animals, kicking yourself outdoors, the power of berries and why we should all go crazy with curry. Questions and Topics Include:

If you’ve ever wondered why your mind goes in a funk, or you’re stuck and can’t get where you want to go, then do we have the show for you. Today I’ll be talking with CJ Liu, coach and host of the super-popular Fire It Up With CJ Show. Today we’ll talk about the importance of words…words you speak, works you write down, and words you tell yourself in your head. In a sense words are a key to unlocking the door to our potential. Choose your words carefully and you’ll improve your relationships, career, finances, and virtually every aspect of your life. Of course, choose not so wisely, and well, it’s anyone’s guess. So today we’ll talk about empowering language choices. What to say to yourself and the ones you love, to help springboard your life toward happiness and success! Questions & Topics Include: Rick Hanson and how to have a happy amygdala What triggers the brain to go into a fear-mode or negative self-talk Donna Eden – Love Energies and Languaging The Incredible Temple Grandin – and what she would d

If you’ve ever faced a setback disappointment, failure, or situation that’s out of your control, and sends you reeling, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Christine Hassler, the best-setlling author of 20 Something Manifesting, and 20 Something, 20 Everything, and the author of Expectation Hangover: So today we’ll talk about freeing yourself from your past, changing your present, and getting what you really want, even the life of your dreams, by learning how to manager your expectations. That plus we’ll talk about the temper tantrum technique, how to woa, and why you should never go to chinese food restaurants, when you’re looking for nachos. How is George Clooney as a kisser? How Christine found that even a Hollywood life wasn’t ‘enough’ What to do when plan A doesn’t work How we project our identity, and why whether we get something or not, it’s a double-edged sword How she wanted to quit her Hollywood job, even when ‘everything’ was seemingly going great for her. What a leap of

If you want to be happier, feel happier, or feel more positivity in your life, and no matter how you much you try, you just can’t get that stick…well then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. Today we’ll be talking about Hardwiring Happiness, or creating the grooves in the record that help us get positive, stay positive, or return to a positive state of being, almost no matter what…we’ll talk about why to do it, how to do it, and how it can literally transform your life. Plus we’ll talk about tapioca pudding, weeding dandelions, neural Darwinism, Green Brain, Red Brain, A Joyful Amygdala, and what paper tigers, have to do with anything. Questions and Topics Include: How did Rick go from a ‘shy, dorky, nerdy kid’ to where he is today. Why it’s important to let the good sink into you. How to marinate in the positive – and how it makes you stronger and kinder Wha

If you’ve ever felt that you’re off-track or off path because of where you are, how you’re feeling, or because you feel what you’re doing isn’t good enough, or spiritual enough, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Chris Grosso, author of the best-selling book The Indie Spiritualist: A No BS Exploration of Spirituality and his latest book Everything Mind: What I've Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening, and the Mind-Blowing Truth of It All And that in a sense is what we’ll talk about today…how everything is part of our path, the good, the bad, and the really, really ugly. We’ll talk about getting through the tough times, finding our way, practicing non-judgment, particularly toward ourselves, righting the ship, and making peace with wherever we are. That plus we’ll talk about punk rock, tattoos, ron burgundy, and skateboarding have to do with anything. Questions and Topics Include: How everything is part of our path. What Chris’s life looked like when he was 16 How Chris got

If you’ve wanted to get unstuck, feel inspired, have faith or simply make a difference in the world, then do we have the show for you! Today I’ll be talking with Conor Brennan, the #1 international New York Times best-selling author of Little Princes, and a genuine tried and true super-hero if you ask me. Today we’ll be talking about his adventure from ordinary to extraordinary, a reluctant hero who helped and saved the lives of countless youth in Nepal, and has helped many illegally orphaned or even enslaved children of Nepal be reunited with their families. I want to understand how he grew the strength and conviction to do what he did, where it came from, and how he went from near penny-less and jobless, to helping thousands along the way. And how he took himself into the mountains, just before snow-season on an epic adventure of Hollywood proportions….though I’m guessing he wouldn’t call it that at all. So today we’ll look at faith, having strength, believing in what you’re doing, and putting one foot in

We’re always talking about how YOU can improve yourself and YOU can change your life, but it’s often exhausting and filled with worry, and how do we know what’s best for us anyway? Well if you’ve ever wondered if you’re trying too hard, striving in the wrong direction, or have no idea where to go-or how to right the ship, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking with Toesha Silver, and she’s here not a minute too soon! She’s the best-selling author of Outrageous Openness and the recently released Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Surrender. Today we’re going to talk about a very powerful way to live. It’s called Outrageous Openness, or how to be open to the world around us and the divine within or how to seek a divine plan so life happens through us, and for us, rather than by us. That plus why giving away your Seinfeld collection, may just set you free. Topics Include: Life happening through you and for you, rather than by you Scammed by scammer, but the money returned It’s about creati

If you’ve wondered why we’re getting sicker and unhealthier, despite the latest in medicine, pharmaceuticals, nutracueticals, DNA testing, diets and supplements, then do we have the show for you! Today we’ll be talking With T. Colin Campbell, PhD Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University and coauthor of the bestselling book, The China Study and his latest book WHOLE. His legacy, the China-Cornell-Oxford Project, has been acknowledged as the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. He’s also authored more than 300 peer-reviewed research papers. Today I want to talk about why the emperor has no clothes, or why the studies, the science, and the medicine we’ve come to love and trust, may not be quite what we think they are, especially when it comes to nutrition. But then I want to empower us, and talk about what works, why, and what we can do to live happier, healthier, and quite possibly long lives, and even return to perfect health, despite having disease, or e