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This week I'm talking to Lesley Mitchell-Clarke about her book 'Intersections: A True Story of Extraterrestrial Contact'.I never thought it would be me. As a college professor, aliens seemed to me a cultural anomaly, but not related to my life. Maybe I could see a UFO one day, that would be fun. But these vivid experiences from the 80s, when everything I thought was challenged by a dream that didn't look like a dream, where haunting me. It was not until two decades later, when I was unable to sleep, terrified of what was waiting for me at night, that I looked for an explanation. I met Lesley Mitchell-Clarke and she introduced me to hypnosis. They had been there, with me, from the beginning. I was an abductee, and I had been experiencing alien visits from my early childhood. They had something to say…BioLesley Mitchell-Clarke, BFA PsyT MH CNLP, is a Toronto based, Board Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist/Regressionist who specializes in a number of modalities, including working with individuals who feel that they have had contact experiences with extra-terrestrial/ultra-terrestrial beings. Most of this fascinating work, as well as Metaphysical Therapies such as Past Life and Interlife Regression takes place at Lesley's Toronto hypnosis clinic, LIGHTWORK HYPNOSIS (www.lightworkhypnosis.com). Lesley is a properly vetted and selected MUFON mental health care professional, and regularly works with Experiencers/Contactees who are part of their landmark Experiencer Research Programme, headed up by noted author and researcher Kathleen Marden. Lesley performs this same function for FREE EXPERIENCERS, the research group established by the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell, and now, also for the new, cutting-edge organization focused on research into all paranormal events and founded by noted Paranormal Investigator, Ryan Stacey, TESA (www.tesacan.com)For the past ten years, Lesley has been the host of a popular UFOlogy-focused programme – initially presented in audio format as Time/Warner BlogTalkRadio's “CONTACT Radio”, which transitioned into “CONTACT TV” in Spring, 2016 (www.facebook.com/ourcontactTV). All episodes of this fascinating interview programme (which feature a literal “Who's Who” of UFOlogy, Metaphysics, Cryptology, Ancient Archaeology and more) are available on YouTube (www.youtube.com/contacttv). Her co-host (and the Producer of “CONTACT TV”) is experiencer/contactee, Wes Roberts. Wes and Lesley have just had their first book, INTERSECTIONS: A True Story of Extra-Terrestrial Contact published this spring on The Prometea Press imprint, which is about Wes' transformative experience with hypnosis and his recovered memories of alien encounters.Additionally, Lesley focuses her work on performing artists from all disciplines, and has developed hypnosis protocols for dealing with artists' very specialized issues such as stage fright, creative blocks, memory enhancement, dealing with competition and a variety of other topics. Lesley is a graduate of The University of South Dakota, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and was a Licensed Psychiatric Technician, working at a number of mental health and addiction treatment facilities in the Los Angeles area. She is also a graduate of The Ontario Hypnosis Centre and School and is a member in good standing of the National Guild of Hypnotists, as well as the National Guild of NLP Practitioners. She has also earned NGH Certifications in Past Life Regression, Interlife Regression and Energy (Entity) Release, Pain Management, Addictions and Pediatric Hypnosis. She is also a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, with a speciality in substance addiction and dependence.Lesley was recently honoured to have acted as the Mistress of Ceremonies, and to also have been a featured presenter (along with Wes Roberts) at the first, third and fourth annual ALIEN COSMIC EXPO, which took place this past June in Toronto. Co-presenters at these events included a list of luminaries from UFOlogy and related fields, including Stanton Friedman, Len Kasten, Travis Walton, Capt. Randy Cramer, Paola Harris, Linda Molton Howe, Grant Cameron, Patty Greer and the Honourable Paul T. Hellyer. Prior to her work in hypnotherapy, Lesley has also had a busy career as an actor/dancer/vocalist, and for the past twenty-plus years, she has also been a top jazz and arts media consultant, with an array of Grammy and JUNO-winning clients as well as major jazz festivals and record labels. Lesley is currently the Director of LMC Media, with offices both in Toronto and Lesley's hometown of New York City. She is also a busy arts writer, contributing regularly to a variety of publications, including The Whole Note; e-Jazz News, thejazzreview.com, LA Jazz Scene and Hot House New York. Lesley is married to the world-renowned jazz drummer and multiple GRAMMY and JUNO winner, Adjunct Professor of the Jazz Department at The University of Toronto and Member of the Order of Canada, Terry Clarke CM. They have two talented sons, Kristopher and Kyle – who both work in the arts.https://lightworkhypnosis.com/https://www.amazon.com/Intersections-True-Story-Extraterrestrial-Contact-ebook/dp/B07T33235T https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcast https://simonbown.com/ My new book, Aspects of Alien Abduction https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRRPCT9Y Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  What does “I don't know” really mean?   You might say it every day.   “I don't know.”   But what if those three words are not always telling the truth?   What if sometimes you do know, but your brain is overwhelmed, your attention is scattered, you have too many mental files open, or your nervous system is trying to avoid something uncomfortable?   In this episode of The Shiny Minds Show, I am putting the phrase “I don't know” under the magnifying glass.   As someone who has been teaching Neuro-Linguistic Programming since 2011 and has spent years studying the relationship between language, the brain, behavior, and human transformation, I am fascinated by the words we use automatically.   Because language is not just communication.   Language can reveal what is happening inside your system.   In this episode, we explore:   ✨ Why you might automatically say “I don't know” ✨ The difference between genuinely not having information and being mentally overwhelmed ✨ How mental clutter can make it harder to access what you already know ✨ The connection between automatic responses, the amygdala, and survival responses ✨ How “I don't know” can sometimes function as avoidance or freezing ✨ Why coaches need to become aware of their own assumptions and automatic patterns ✨ What happens when you replace an automatic response with a conscious one ✨ Practical alternatives to “I don't know” that create more space for reflection and clarity ✨ My formula for change: Change = Awareness × Willingness   And perhaps most importantly, I want you to begin catching yourself.   The next time “I don't know” comes out of your mouth, pause.   Ask yourself:   Do I really not know? Or have I simply not accessed what I know yet?   That tiny moment of awareness can create an entirely different conversation.   Because the goal isn't to have an answer to everything.   The goal is to become more conscious of how you respond when you don't have an answer yet.   That is where self mastery begins.  

Home Blog at Mom On A Spiritual Journey Akashic Records Spirit Guide Connection With Your Inner Circle Guides – Podcast This month’s podcast is about Spirit Guide Connection – once you have opened a portal to your Akashic Records. Table of Contents Spirit Guides are Souls, just like us SHINE Soul-Level Information About Spirit Guide Connection JOIN THE WAITLIST for my Akashic Tarot Course – Awakening The Higher Self: Sacred Geometry and the Akashic Tarot Soul Blueprint 4-6 Inner Circle Guides – The First Spirit Guide Connection Staying Connected H – Your Guides and Human Design Spirit Guide Connection and I for Intuition, or the Higher Self NLP, Language Work and your Guides Your Spirit Guides and Energetics Thanks for listening Learn More About The Akashic Records Readings I Offer Download the PDF Akashic Records for Beginners Welcome to my Shine podcast for September, 2026. This month, I'm sharing what I know so far from my experiences on how to connect with your spirit guides. I'm an intuitive Akashic Records reader who helps you to know who you truly are at the soul level. Creating this connection opens you to your intuition and more. More information about the first two Akashic Records readings mentioned in this podcast: – Soul Star Reading» Spirit Guide Reading» You can also follow this podcast at my Soul Intelligence Publication on Substack. Spirit Guides are Souls, just like us So let's get started. When I talk about connecting with spirit guides, I'm referring to other souls just like you and me. There are, of course, other types of guides. I'll begin with the guides that we have also been ourselves to other incarnated people in other lives. The main guides that we experience when we are incarnated. These are called our innercircleguides. To keep me on track and to help you with context when we delve into big spiritual subjects like spirit guides, for example, I review the chosen subject through my SHINE model. SHINE S is for soul level information, H for our human design chart, I for our intuition, our higher self, N for NLP, neuro-linguistic programming, and language work, and E for energetics, which covers everything else in between, from chakras to electromagnetic fields. Soul-Level Information About Spirit Guide Connection So let's get into spirit guides, starting with understanding them with the S in Shine, Soul Level Information. There are many types of guides, loved ones, teacher guides, ascended masters – even star beings. But let's start with the basics, your inner circle guides, who are your personal spiritual guides, who have been with you for a large part of your life. Our inner circle spirit guides are souls currently not incarnated. We are incarnated, and in the body, so we can speak the human language. Inner circle guides have lived on Earth before, but currently don't have a body, so we need to connect with them through the language of energy. We exist in the third dimension, they exist in the fifth dimension, and we communicate by bridging the gap in between, the fourth dimension. So how do we bridge this gap through the fourth dimension to connect with our inner circle spirit guides from where we are in 3D to their location in 5D? JOIN THE WAITLIST for my Akashic Tarot Course – Awakening The Higher Self: Sacred Geometry and the Akashic Tarot Includes: – How to get the most out of a 3-card reading. Meditations to connect with your Higher Self and Spirit Guides. Get the most out of using this deck with Sarah Lawrence, an experienced Akashic Records Reader. If you don’t have the Akashic Tarot Card Deck yet, you can use this link to buy it on Amazon>> JOIN THE WAITLIST – updates and offers to follow Soul Blueprint The first place we can do this is by connecting with our own Akashic records. The energy of the records is part of the energetic system of incarnation. We all have a soul blueprint, which is like our cloud or URL of the soul. When we learn about our own soul group and divine soul blueprint, we're making our first connection between 3D and 5D. Once we do that, we can begin to relate to our inner circle spirit guides because they also have a soul group and a divine soul blueprint, maybe even have incarnated with us before. Once people have begun to connect with their guides, it's possible for me to intuit how many inner circle guides you have and the best ways to connect with them. Most people have between four to six spirit guides in their inner circle. Once you've worked on your own Akashic records a little bit, you will begin to bridge that gap between the third and fifth dimension, because you are repeatedly doing so. It's like building a muscle. Then you're making connections with your inner circle spirit guides. Of course, you are in a body, and your inner circle guides aren't. But during a spirit guide reading, I can connect you with them through the energetic information relating to their divine soul blueprint and soul groups, and also share their names and other characteristics with you. It's like making an introduction to a new friend at a dinner party. I also channel pictures of them so that you can use them to reconnect with your guides later. People find the pictures very powerful. 4-6 Inner Circle Guides – The First Spirit Guide Connection As I mentioned before, most people have between four to six inner circle guides. The first guide is your guardian guide who has been with you since birth. The others join in throughout your younger life. Begin to think of them as other people, just like you, with life experiences and stories to share. Often, people recognize their inner circle guides from intuitive experiences they have had in the past or even a familiar feeling of connection. It's very validating. So how do we stay connected with our inner circle guides after we've made contact? It's a lot like other types of friendships, really. Make a habit of chatting with your guides, connecting with them, thinking about them, and sharing information. Staying Connected One reason people don't maintain successful connections with their guides is because they don't repeat the process of connection. Another is that they only think of guide connection when they're having a hard time. Imagine how a friend would feel if you did that all the time. To get firmly connected, you can also chat regularly with your guides, write to them in a journal, and even communicate through things like tarot cards. Once you start connecting regularly, you'll start getting more regular messages back, either as words in your mind, energy in your body, or sometimes signs in your environment. Before we move on to the H for Human Design in Shine, also begin to think of your inner circle guides as guides who have chosen to help you without incurring karma for themselves or for you. So they don't tell you what to do next or reveal information – which as a soul you need to learn on your journey because that would be karmic. They are here to guide. That's why they're called guides. You get to choose what to do next through your own free will. H – Your Guides and Human Design Let's move on to the H in Shine, and the concept of spirit guides through mind and body communication through our human design chart. When guides connect with you, remember they are reaching down from 5D, and you are reaching up from 3D and connecting through your mind, the mental body, emotions, how you feel, even your chakras – and the electromagnetic field that you generate in 4D that surrounds your body. Edgar Cayce, a well-known Akashic reader, used to call 4D therealmofideas. Sometimes people's guides will say to me that they are connecting to a client through a specific chakra or even a human design gate. When I explain the physical sensations, thoughts or emotional reactions that a guide impulsesor sends to a client, people can really identify with it. And realize that they've been accessing and working with their guides all along. Through Human Design, the gate is also imprinted by the energy of a planet and astrological sign. So this can also help a client understand the nature or flavor of messages they may already be getting from a guide. This can be very validating. Spirit Guide Connection and I for Intuition, or the Higher Self Now, let's consider the concept of spirit guides and intuition. To me, intuition is an aspect of our higher self, that connection we have between our own soul and our body. That's one of the primary ways that aha moments or downloads come in, often through our crown chakras at the top of the head. When it comes to spirit guides, they might be directing a download for you to unpack through your higher self, the crown chakra, which also connects to the soul star or eighth chakra above the head. Or they could be talking to you, and you hear a message in your left ear, either in your own voice, called the Third Language, or their voice, directing you through synchronicity, through a sign, symbol, or something you notice that is unusual. If you are strong in a particular clair, such as clairaudience, you'll likely hear more words, or through clairvoyance, you'll receive more visions. NLP, Language Work and your Guides Language work and NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming, is all about getting really clear and conscious with the language we use or the magic of spelling. When you connect with your inner circle spirit guides, you might like to try experimenting with words and synchronicity, especially if you have a guide with the divine energy center of communication, for example. If you're beginning your spirit guide journey, then of course you might stumble up against beliefs or ideas that prevent you making a clear connection with your guides. This is only natural. Often, regular fears, beliefs or blocks clients have around Guide connection relate to thinking that they can't do it or that they're doing it wrong somehow. Really, you're not that special. What I mean is we can all learn to connect with our guides, and it's extremely common to have fears and blocks around the activity of doing so. So you're not the only one if you feel that way. These can be worked through and cleared with practice. Working with affirmations is one way to help clear false beliefs you might have been programmed with around guide work, for example. Your Spirit Guides and Energetics Lastly, we come onto the E in Shine for Energetics. Since guides are pure energy, how we can connect with guides relates to this subject. When I work with clients and help them connect with their inner circle guides, I let them know how each guide in the inner circle connects with them through something called Impulsing, which simply means what type of energy is being used to connect. Some guides connect through specific chakras, others through voice, often in the left ear, or a tingle at the back of the neck, even just a sense of someone being present. With guide connection work, it's important to remind ourselves that we exist in a field of energy, and in fact, an entire field of souls. Just because we can't see our inner circle soul group, it doesn't mean that we have a lack of connection. Knowing how they impulse you can be enormously helpful, since you can also figure out which guide is working with you at what time as well. It's fascinating and empowering stuff. Blog Resource: Discover New Ways to Begin Connecting With Your Spirit Guides Thanks for listening I hope you've enjoyed this podcast about Spirit Guide Connection, maybe even learned something new about Spirit Guides that you didn't know before. If you'd like to get to work on Spirit Guide Connection, I always suggest a reading flow for clients of working with your own Akashic Records first, through the Soul Star Reading, and then connecting with your spirit guides next through the Spirit Guide Reading. With the Soul Star Reading, you'll learn to open a portal to your own Akashic records. Once you understand your soul blueprint and soul group, you'll be able to relate to your spirit guides more easily as you learn their blueprints and groups through the spirit guide reading, and then how they can best guide you in this life. If you'd like to go deeper into spirit guide work over time, then you can learn to connect with your master guides who help you with bigger life themes such as karma, timing, and life lessons. If you'd rather start by hearing messages from your guides first, then my Akashic Journey reading is the way to go to get started with all of this. So that's it for this month. I hope you enjoyed listening. You can find me, Sarah Lawrence, at momonaspiritualjourney.com. I've been writing and podcasting there since 2010, and you can also sign up for my free email learning series about the Akashic Records if you would like. You can also find me on Substack at soulintelligence, and you can find my podcasts on places like Spotify and Apple Podcasts by searching for Podcasts with Sarah Lawrence. The last two Shine podcasts were about life lessons and synchronicity, respectively. So you might enjoy going back and listening to those, too. If you Google Sarah Lawrence Akashic, that's Sarah with an H, L-A-W-R-E-N-C-E, A-K-A-S-H-I-C, you'll find me on social media, and you can email me at sarah at mumonaspiritualjourney.com. Next month's Shine podcast will be about past lives, so I hope you'll join me then. Lots of light to you. Thanks for listening. Until next time. Resource Page: All Podcasts Learn More About The Akashic Records Readings I Offer One way to grow your connection with Spirit Guides is to begin to work with your Akashic Records. This expands the connection to your Soul through your Higher Self (also known as your intuition). You’ll find that your intuition expands with Akashic Records work, and questions you have on the spiritual journey will be answered. It really helps you to connect the dots. If you are interested in an Akashic Records Reading, I always recommend starting with  the Soul Star Reading. This reading gives you 3 different immersive experiences of the Akashic Records: – Connecting with your Divine Soul Blueprint (Soul-level gifts, talents, abilities). Hearing about a Past Life that contains a karmic pattern ready for clearing (you’ll recognize this pattern in your present life). Recognizing and clearing present life blocks and restrictions. 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My first coaching session almost made me quit. I was sitting in my laundry room on a landline doing a practice session as part of my coaching certification. Forty-five minutes in, the woman just goes off on me. "Colin, you are pissing me off." I walked out and told my wife, "I don't know if this is for me." Now, over 17 years later, I've done over 4,500 hours of paid coaching at $3,800/hour. I keynoted at the American Institute of Hypnotherapy and Neurolinguistic Programming. And this week, I've got 55+ people flying in from around the world to spend three days with me. In this episode of The Expert Edge, I break down the exact three skills that transformed my coaching from "I'm pissing people off" to commanding premium rates and creating real breakthroughs with high-level clients. This isn't about being nice. It's about being transformational. What you'll learn: → Master powerful questions - Why asking the right questions creates breakthroughs (not giving advice first) → Use reframes to shift perspective - Stories, metaphors, and the feel-felt-found structure that changes how clients see their situation → Blend all three together - Questions + reframes + advice = transformational results → The difference between okay coaching and premium coaching → How to hold space for new possibility in your clients → Why awareness creates breakthroughs (not information) → Real questions that work with high-level clients → The metaphor approach (airplane in liftoff example) → How to give advice without being prescriptive Real insights from the episode: My first coaching disaster in the laundry room (and what it taught me) Why that experience was actually the best thing that happened to my coaching The mentor who saved my coaching career with one question How I went from free coaching to $125/hour to $3,800/hour Why questions create awareness and awareness creates breakthroughs "For what purpose are you choosing to be angry?" - The question that reframes everything "When did you create that belief?" - Getting people to take responsibility for their own beliefs "Who taught you that?" - Tracing beliefs back to the source The airplane metaphor - Why liftoff is supposed to be hard The feel-felt-found structure - How to pace, lead, and reframe in one move Why the best coaching is a blend of asking, showing, and telling How versatility and behavioral flexibility separates transformational coaches from transactional ones Premium Private Client Masterclass: I'm hosting a live masterclass on building premium private clients-everything from positioning and messaging to structuring your offers and attracting the right clients. Discover how to add $10-20K/month in new revenue by working with just 3-6 premium clients per year. Go to colinboyd.co/premium to register. It's completely free and I'll be answering questions live.   Interested in Elite? If you're interested in finding out more information about our Elite Coaching Program, make sure to DM me the word "ELITE" on Instagram, and I'd love to have a chat. https://www.instagram.com/colinboyd Discover how to authentically connect with your audience & fill your programs with a Conversion Story - Version 2.0 (AI Edition) is now available. https://www.conversionstoryformula.com Hit the "Follow" button so you don't miss an episode! Love this podcast? Write a review and give it a 5-star rating!  For all the show notes and links: https://www.expertedgepodcast.com/blog/episode339 Connect with Colin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colinboyd/  

If you run a business, you have to know how to sell — and yet so many of us do this thing I call the mom voice the second it's time to say a price out loud. Something like, "It's $300," in this careful, coaxing tone, like we're convincing a kid to tie their shoes. Meanwhile we're talking to a fully capable adult who actually wants to work with us. This week I'm joined by Nikki Rausch, a sales strategist, speaker, and the founder of Sales Maven. Nikki spent 17 years in corporate sales, mostly in a male-dominated, technology-driven world, before she started coaching women entrepreneurs on exactly what she'd learned along the way. Now, with more than 25 years of sales experience and a background as a Master Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, she teaches service-based entrepreneurs how to have sales conversations that lead to yeses, without feeling pushy or fake. Nikki and I get into why so many of us freeze up, get weird, or avoid the conversation altogether the moment sales comes up, and what actually shifts once you stop treating selling as something you do to a person and start treating it as something you do with them. I loved hearing her real client examples throughout this one, including a story about a client who pictured her ideal buyer as a polished, highly paid professional, while the people actually showing up to hire her were moms in hoodies with their hair in a bun — herself included. If you've ever felt weird about naming your price, or wondered why some sales conversations feel so much harder than others, this episode is for you.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: The one condition that has to be in place before you ever try to sell to someone, and why most people skip it entirely The two habits Nikki sees that quietly sabotage sales conversations, including one she calls "hallucinating" what the other person is thinking How a simple "softening phrase" makes it so much easier to ask the budget question everyone's afraid to ask What a "rapport bank account" is, and why every early interaction is either a deposit or a withdrawal Nikki's "cat calling versus dog calling" framework for creating curiosity without coming on too strong Why your first 10 seconds, and the next two minutes, decide whether someone trusts you, and what that means for how you show up   NIKKI'S GIFT TO YOU As her gift to Girlfriends, Nikki is sharing her Sales Follow-Up Made Easy Guide — proven follow-up strategies, ready-to-use scripts, and techniques to build trust and stay top-of-mind with your leads, so you're never stuck wondering what to say or when to send it. Get it → https://yoursalesmaven.com/easyfollowup CONNECT WITH NIKKI RAUSCH: Website: https://www.yoursalesmaven.com Podcast: Sales Maven Podcast — https://www.yoursalesmaven.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/your_sales_maven/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoursalesmaven/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkirausch/   ABOUT NIKKI RAUSCH Nikki Rausch is a sales strategist, speaker, and founder of Sales Maven. With more than 25 years of sales experience and over a decade as a business owner, she teaches service-based entrepreneurs how to have confident sales conversations that lead to yeses, without feeling pushy or fake. As a Master Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Nikki focuses on the language and communication behind selling. Her approach is rooted in building rapport, recognizing buying signals, and guiding conversations in a way that feels natural for both you and the client. She is the author of three books, including The Selling Staircase, and host of the Sales Maven Podcast, ranked in the top 1% globally. Through her coaching, programs, and speaking, Nikki supports women entrepreneurs in turning sales into a skill they can rely on, so they can grow their business with clarity and confidence. READY TO STOP GUESSING IN YOUR SALES CONVERSATIONS? This episode might have you thinking about where you've been going quiet in your own sales conversations, or where you've been guessing instead of asking. If so, let's talk about it. As my gift to Girlfriends, I offer a 30-minute discovery call. We'll talk about where you are right now and what might be getting in the way. Book here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=13047670&appointmentType=2244195   FREE GIFT FROM SARAH Get Sarah's Freedom Calculator and discover how much your business needs to make to finally be free. Download at https://sarahwalton.com/freedom   LEARN FROM SARAH Explore Sarah's online courses and free resources to start building your business with confidence. Online Courses: https://sarahwalton.com/online-courses Free Resources: https://sarahwalton.com/free-resources   CONNECT WITH SARAH: Website: https://sarahwalton.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSarahWalton Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesarahwalton   ABOUT SARAH WALTON Sarah Walton is a wealth consciousness coach, strategic advisor, podcast host, and mentor who helps women entrepreneurs build businesses they love. Her mission is simple: to put more money in the hands of more women. She's the creator of the Abundance Academy, The Art of Receiving, and the Game On Girlfriend® podcast. Sarah teaches authentic, heart-centered business strategies because when women have more financial power, they don't just keep it — they use it to take care of their families, support their communities, and build something bigger than themselves.   RELATED GAME ON GIRLFRIEND® EPISODES YOU'LL LOVE: Episode 211: 3 Easy Tips for Your Sales Conversations, with Jamie Gulino Davis — Jamie's tips on building rapport and asking better questions in a sales conversation are the tactical follow-up to the "with" versus "to" framework Nikki lays out in this episode — https://sarahwalton.com/sales-conversations/ Episode 336: How to Sell Without Feeling Slimy — Sales Tools That Actually Work — This solo episode on using sales tools ethically, supporting people who already want what you're offering instead of pushing reluctant prospects, is the same "with, not to" distinction Nikki draws in this episode — https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-sell-without-feeling-slimy/ Episode 216: How I Made $1 Million in a Year, with Kendall SummerHawk — Kendall's own journey through fear and tears around money is the deeper dive into the complicated relationship with money that Nikki and I talk about in this episode — https://sarahwalton.com/make-one-million-a-year/   LOVE THE SHOW? 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What happens when a young woman who grew up surrounded by horses and the outdoors develops a mysterious red ring after spending a summer working at a horse camp in West Virginia—but no one recognizes the possibility of Lyme disease? In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with Hannah Green, a Lyme disease survivor, advocate, and author from England whose international Lyme journey stretches across the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. Hannah is the author of My Lyme Success Story, a book documenting her personal experience with chronic Lyme disease, the research she conducted while searching for answers, the approaches she believes helped her recover, and the lessons she learned about listening to her body along the way. Tick Boot Camp first met Hannah after she traveled from England to Connecticut for the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala, where patients, researchers, clinicians, authors, advocates, and Lyme community leaders gathered for an evening centered on science, advocacy, connection, and hope. Hannah's story is ultimately about much more than one treatment or protocol. It is about missed warning signs, years without answers, becoming her own researcher, learning to trust herself again, and refusing to give up on the possibility of getting better. Growing Up Around Horses—but Knowing Almost Nothing About Ticks Hannah grew up in southeast England and spent much of her childhood outdoors. Horses became one of her greatest passions, and she eventually trained professionally in riding, horse management, dressage, and eventing. She was also deeply interested in animal health. Hannah spent time working around veterinary medicine and learned about fleas, lice, worms, botflies, equine influenza, strangles, and other conditions affecting horses. Yet one subject was almost completely absent from her education: ticks and Lyme disease. Despite spending years around horses, dogs, cats, veterinary environments, fields, and the English countryside, Hannah remembers receiving virtually no meaningful education about ticks or the infections they can transmit. The West Virginia Horse Camp and Hannah's Possible Lyme Exposure At approximately 19 years old, Hannah traveled alone from England to the United States to work as a riding counselor at a horse camp in West Virginia near the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a major adventure for someone who describes herself at that age as extremely shy. Hannah suddenly found herself responsible for a cabin of young campers while teaching multiple horseback riding lessons each day. She loved the experience. But the camp also introduced Hannah to something she had never encountered before: ticks. Hannah remembers discovering engorged ticks attached to horses grazing in long grass. After asking what they were, she and other staff members were shown how to remove them. Removing ticks from the horses soon became part of their regular routine. What Hannah does not remember receiving was comprehensive education connecting those ticks with the potential risk of Lyme disease in humans. She recalls being warned about hazards such as poison ivy and rattlesnakes, but she does not remember meaningful tick-bite prevention training for counselors or campers. There was a Lyme disease pamphlet in the staff area, but the information Hannah remembers most strongly involved severe neurological complications such as seizures and paralysis. She did not come away understanding the broad range of symptoms that could develop or recognizing how important an expanding rash could be. The Red Ring That Was Dismissed as a Spider Bite Years later, while reconstructing her medical history after finally learning about Lyme disease, Hannah remembered something important from that summer. She had developed a distinctive red ring on her lower leg. At the time, Hannah says someone told her that it was probably a spider bite and that she should simply keep the area clean and watch it. The rash did not significantly hurt or itch, and it eventually disappeared. No one, according to Hannah's recollection, asked whether she might have been bitten by a tick. She did not connect the rash with the ticks she had been routinely removing from horses, and she did not connect it with the Lyme disease pamphlet she had briefly seen. Hannah believes today that this may have been the event that began her Lyme disease journey. For practical prevention and early-action information, read the Tick Boot Camp Tick Bite Blueprint. The First Sign Something Was Wrong Hannah initially remained extremely healthy and active after leaving the United States. She returned to England and attended Aston Business School near Birmingham. But approximately six months after her time at camp, she began noticing unusual problems with her knees. She was a runner and initially assumed she had simply overtrained. Her knees would ache and sometimes lock, particularly when walking down gentle slopes or moving at certain angles. Cold weather could make the discomfort worse. Because Hannah had been a competitive runner and lifelong equestrian athlete, healthcare professionals often attributed the symptoms to physical activity and wear and tear. She was told variations of the same explanation: runner's knee, overuse, muscle imbalance, or consequences of years of athletic activity. Yet Hannah was still a young woman, and the symptoms continued. Over time, joint problems began appearing elsewhere. Her elbows became involved. Her lower back became increasingly problematic. A diagnosis of scoliosis provided another seemingly logical explanation for some of her pain. Hannah kept adapting and pushing forward. She even completed the London Marathon, although afterward her knees became so painful and locked that she struggled to walk normally for approximately a week. When Her Health Finally Collapsed After university, Hannah continued traveling internationally, including spending time in Borneo and eventually completing a round-the-world trip. Then, around 2006, everything changed. After developing what appeared to be a significant viral illness, Hannah says she never fully recovered. Her shoulder became extremely painful and effectively froze. What followed was no longer an isolated problem with her knees or back. Hannah describes developing a growing collection of debilitating symptoms that included: Severe fatigue and exhaustion Joint and musculoskeletal pain Digestive problems Insomnia Anxiety Depression Episodes of intense anger or rage Memory problems Progressively worsening neurological and systemic symptoms Difficulty maintaining normal work and daily activities She describes the illness as feeling like a combination of flu, glandular fever, and malaria. Instead of resolving, her symptoms continued getting worse for approximately six years. Trying to Keep Working While Becoming Increasingly Ill Hannah attempted to continue working despite her deteriorating health. She worked with horses and also painted portraits professionally, but even limited morning work became increasingly difficult because of overwhelming fatigue. She frequently needed time off and struggled to explain what was happening because she did not understand it herself. Later, while working in a tea shop, Hannah began noticing that her memory was also being affected. She describes 30 or 40 symptoms gradually accumulating, with insomnia, chronic fatigue, and mood changes becoming some of the most difficult to manage. Meanwhile, repeated medical testing failed to provide an explanation. Several doctors told Hannah that her results were normal and that they could not find anything wrong. She says she did not necessarily feel directly accused of imagining her illness, but over time it became easier to stop discussing what she was experiencing because she felt that people were not truly hearing her. Moving to Australia While Searching for Answers Hannah eventually moved to Australia, hoping that a different environment and lifestyle might improve her health. She would spend approximately a decade there. Initially, the excitement of the move helped her keep going. She settled in tropical Darwin and started a graphic design company. Then her health crashed again. During the first wet season, Hannah became severely ill and spent significant periods in bed. Eventually, even working a few hours per day from home became too difficult, and she had to close the company she had built. She developed severe food reactions and describes being bedridden for seven to ten days at a time. Her relationship also ended during this period. Hannah describes eventually losing her business, her apartment, her ability to ride horses, much of her independence, and a significant amount of weight. At her lowest point, she says she would sometimes visit the stables and simply hold herself against a rail while watching the horses because she no longer had the strength to ride or even interact with them normally. The Chance Conversation That Changed Everything One day at the stables, another person noticed how ill Hannah had become. Hannah explained what was happening, and the woman told her about another horse rider with similar symptoms who was seeing a doctor who periodically traveled from Perth to Darwin to work with patients experiencing chronic fatigue and unexplained illness. Hannah and the other woman both scheduled appointments. After reviewing Hannah's extensive symptoms, the physician told her he believed she had late-stage Lyme disease. Hannah says subsequent testing through Australian Biologics was positive for Borrelia. The diagnosis triggered a flood of memories—the ticks on the horses, the pamphlet in West Virginia, and the unexplained red ring on her leg years earlier. For the first time, Hannah felt that the scattered pieces of her story might belong to the same puzzle. Lyme Disease, Co-Infections, and Alternative Testing Hannah continued exploring her illness through a combination of conventional and alternative approaches. She describes undergoing PCR testing through Australian Biologics as well as bioresonance and autonomic response testing. During the interview, Hannah says these alternative assessments suggested possible Borrelia strains, co-infections, active viruses, heavy metals, parasites, yeast overgrowth, gut inflammation, and other abnormalities. Among the infections discussed during her journey were Borrelia, Bartonella, Babesia, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Chlamydia, as well as viral findings including Epstein-Barr virus. It is important to distinguish Hannah's personal experience from established clinical diagnostic standards. Bioresonance and autonomic response testing are not established replacements for validated medical testing for Lyme disease or tick-borne infections. Hannah is sharing what practitioners told her and how those results influenced her personal recovery decisions. Choosing a Different Lyme Treatment Path After receiving her Lyme diagnosis, Hannah says the physician treating her wanted to begin an aggressive multi-antibiotic protocol. Hannah decided not to pursue that approach. She was already extremely weak, her digestive system was severely affected, and she was concerned about medication side effects. Instead, she asked whether there were other options and ultimately chose to spend several months researching Lyme disease treatment approaches around the world. Her family and friends were frightened by the decision, but Hannah says she felt strongly that she needed to find a different path for herself. That decision became the beginning of the recovery strategy she would later document in My Lyme Success Story. Building a Staged, Whole-Person Recovery Plan Hannah describes her recovery not as one treatment, but as a staged process. Working with naturopathic practitioners and combining their guidance with her own research, she focused first on what she describes as improving her body's overall terrain before directly targeting Lyme and co-infections. Her personal strategy included: Reducing environmental stressors Simplifying her lifestyle Changing her diet Supporting gut health Addressing issues practitioners identified as heavy metals and parasites Reducing inflammation Using herbs and supplements Using binders and detoxification strategies Experimenting with bioresonance Meditation and nervous-system calming practices Emotional and trauma-focused work Creating an environment where she felt safe enough to recover Hannah emphasizes that the sequence mattered to her. She believes preparing her body first made it easier to tolerate later interventions. The Diet Change That Gave Her Hope Diet became one of the earliest major changes in Hannah's recovery. Based on the recommendations she was receiving at the time, she adopted a highly individualized, low-inflammatory Paleo-style diet. She says that after approximately four weeks of changing her diet and focusing on cleansing and lifestyle interventions, she felt better than she had in four years. That improvement became a major psychological turning point. For the first time in years, Hannah had tangible evidence that something she was doing might be helping. From there, she continued gradually working through the other areas she believed were contributing to her illness. Herbs, Bioresonance, and Individualized Treatment Hannah experimented extensively with herbs and natural products. She describes using BioPure Quintessence, a herbal tincture containing ingredients including Japanese knotweed and Andrographis, after another product did not feel appropriate for her. She also describes using binders and other detoxification strategies while gradually increasing the intensity of her treatment. Bioresonance became another major part of her personal approach. Hannah says she used a portable device at home for approximately six months and also used bioresonance testing to help guide decisions about foods, herbs, and supplements. She reports that, through the overall combination of approaches she was using, she went from being largely bedbound to symptom-free in approximately 11 months. That is Hannah's personal account and should not be interpreted as evidence that the same interventions will produce the same results for another person. The Story Behind Hannah's "Lyme-Busting Drink" One memorable moment in the interview involves something Hannah jokingly calls her "Lyme-busting drink." Hannah says she gathered several antimicrobial ingredients in her kitchen and intuitively selected ingredients to combine into a homemade preparation. She later took the mixture to her naturopath, who tested it using the bioresonance method they were working with. Hannah says the mixture tested strongly for her. The larger takeaway from this part of the story is not that listeners should reproduce Hannah's homemade mixture. Rather, Hannah uses the story to illustrate just how individualized and experimental her own recovery process became. She repeatedly emphasizes listening to her own body and adjusting what she was doing based on how she felt. Learning to Trust Her Body Again One of the strongest themes throughout Hannah's interview is intuition. Years of unexplained illness can cause people to question themselves, especially after repeated normal tests or medical appointments that fail to provide answers. Hannah says she never entirely lost the belief that her body was telling her something important. When she was told nothing could be found, she continued searching. When one explanation did not make sense to her, she kept looking. And once she finally received a diagnosis, she approached recovery with the same determination. Rich identifies this as one of the most powerful parts of Hannah's story: despite years of confusion and dismissal, she continued trusting her own observations enough to keep investigating. Mindset, Spirituality, and Asking for Help Hannah also describes a major shift in her mindset and spirituality. For much of her life, she had been fiercely independent and believed that she could solve any problem herself. At her sickest, that changed. Hannah remembers lying in a dark room, sometimes barely able to lift her head, and finally looking outside and simply asking for help. She describes this as a turning point. A housemate later gave her a book about the Law of Attraction and introduced her to meditation. Hannah says these ideas reawakened something she remembered from childhood: a strong belief that mindset, intention, and action could help shape the direction of her life. She began meditating regularly and eventually built up to approximately 45-minute sessions. Whether listeners share Hannah's spiritual framework or not, the interview makes clear that hope and belief became important psychological resources during a period when her physical circumstances gave her very little reason to feel optimistic. Trauma, NLP, and Emotional Healing Hannah's recovery eventually expanded into emotional and trauma-focused work. She describes exploring Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, after reflecting on experiences from earlier in her life. One particularly powerful realization involved her premature birth. Hannah was born approximately three months early and spent significant time in an incubator, separated from her mother. During a later meditation experience, Hannah says she suddenly connected that early experience of illness and isolation with what she was experiencing as an adult. She later participated in NLP-based work that involved revisiting and reframing those experiences. Toward the end of her recovery, Hannah also explored Faster EFT, combining tapping and other emotional-processing techniques. She says she realized that even after becoming physically healthier, she had developed significant fear about leaving her home and becoming ill again. After working through some of those fears and other emotional experiences, she felt more capable of re-entering normal life. For Hannah, physical recovery, emotional recovery, mindset, spirituality, and lifestyle became deeply interconnected parts of the same journey. From Bedbound to What Hannah Describes as Fully Recovered Hannah says she eventually went from being largely bedbound to symptom-free over approximately 11 months. She attributes that change not to one single intervention, but to the sequencing and combination of approaches she personally used. She emphasizes reducing inflammation and other stressors first, then gradually addressing the infections and other issues she believed were affecting her. Her experience shaped one of the central messages she now shares with other Lyme patients: recovery does not necessarily have to happen through the most aggressive approach available. She encourages people to work with knowledgeable practitioners, move carefully, and allow the body time to recover. As she says during the interview, she believes there is value in "slow, steady, gentle" healing, while also emphasizing the importance of appropriate medical supervision. Why Hannah Wrote My Lyme Success Story Once Hannah had recovered, she began organizing everything she had documented during her illness. Her background made that process unusually natural. Hannah had experience in graphic design, photography, writing, editing, and copywriting. She had also meticulously recorded what she tried during her illness—partly because she wanted a record in case she ever became sick again. Eventually, people began encouraging her to write a book. That became Hannah Green: My Lyme Success Story. Hannah says she wrote the book for several reasons: To document what happened to her To explain her experience to family members in England who had been thousands of miles away during the worst of her illness To process the trauma of what she had been through To organize the research and strategies she had collected To help other Lyme patients who might find value in her experience The book includes Hannah's story, the approaches she personally tried, her research, and practical resources including meal plans, shopping lists, checklists, and educational information intended to help patients and families better understand Lyme disease. Learn more about Hannah, her book, and her resources on her website: Hannah Green: My Lyme Success Story Meeting Hannah at the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala This Tick Boot Camp interview began with an in-person connection. Hannah traveled from England to attend the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala on May 9, 2026, at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Tick Boot Camp partnered with Lyme Warrior to help photograph, document, and amplify the event. The gala brought together Lyme patients, advocates, researchers, clinicians, authors, families, and supporters for a night focused on research, advocacy, humor, music, community, and hope. Hannah attended alongside other members of the Lyme community who traveled from England, including Kirstie Haysman, Ms Great Britain 2026. The night included appearances from leading Lyme voices including Dr. Eva Sapi, Dr. Monica Embers, Dr. Richard Horowitz, Dr. Myriah Hinchey, Nicole Bell, Jesse Ruben, and many other advocates and community leaders. Read Tick Boot Camp's full coverage of the event. A Lyme Story Across Three Continents Hannah's Lyme journey crosses three continents. She grew up in England. She believes her Lyme exposure may have occurred while working with horses in West Virginia in the United States. Her earliest symptoms emerged after returning to England. Her illness eventually became severely disabling. And in Australia, Hannah finally received the Lyme diagnosis that gave her a framework for understanding what had happened. Australia also became the place where she developed the personal recovery strategy she later documented in My Lyme Success Story. Hannah eventually returned to England in 2019 to spend more time with family. Her international experience underscores an important reality: Lyme disease does not respect borders, and gaps in tick awareness, diagnosis, and treatment can follow patients across healthcare systems. What You'll Learn in This Episode In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, Hannah Green discusses: Growing up in England surrounded by horses and the outdoors Why she knew almost nothing about ticks despite extensive equestrian experience Traveling alone to America as a shy 19-year-old Working as a horse-riding counselor at a West Virginia summer camp Removing engorged ticks from horses without understanding the possible human health risk The Lyme disease pamphlet she remembers seeing at camp The red ring on her leg that she was told was probably a spider bite Why she now believes her Lyme exposure may have occurred in West Virginia Developing unusual knee problems after returning to England Years of migrating joint and back symptoms Running the London Marathon despite worsening knee problems The viral illness after which her health dramatically deteriorated Digestive issues, insomnia, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, rage, and memory problems Trying to continue working while becoming progressively sicker Repeated medical visits that failed to explain her illness Moving to Australia and eventually becoming largely bedbound How another horse rider helped connect her with the doctor who diagnosed Lyme disease Borrelia and the co-infections discussed during her journey Her experience with PCR testing, bioresonance, and autonomic response testing Why she declined the multi-antibiotic protocol initially proposed to her The three months she spent researching treatment approaches around the world Her staged approach to lifestyle, diet, gut health, and other interventions The low-inflammatory Paleo-style diet she says produced an early improvement Her use of herbs, binders, naturopathic care, and bioresonance Her homemade "Lyme-busting drink" Creating an environment dedicated to healing Learning to trust her intuition Meditation, spirituality, and asking for help Trauma work, NLP, and Faster EFT The fear of leaving home even after her physical health improved Why she believes mindset is critical to recovery Why she wrote My Lyme Success Story Her advice for people newly diagnosed with Lyme disease Why she believes patients should not give up on the possibility of healing Hannah's Advice for Someone Newly Diagnosed With Lyme Disease Near the end of the conversation, Hannah shares several lessons she wishes more people understood early in their Lyme journey. First, she encourages people not to panic. She believes a recovery mindset matters and that people benefit from knowing that others have gotten better. Second, she recommends finding a practitioner you genuinely trust and who looks at the person as a whole rather than focusing on only one symptom. Third, she emphasizes consistency and persistence rather than continually jumping from one protocol to another. And finally, Hannah advocates for a gentler approach when appropriate, saying that the body may need time and a sense of safety in order to recover. Her advice reflects her own experience rather than a universal medical prescription, but the underlying message is powerful: stay engaged, keep learning, work with qualified support, and do not surrender hope. Why Hannah Green's Lyme Success Story Matters Hannah's story is not presented as a universal Lyme disease treatment protocol. It is one person's experience of becoming severely ill, searching for answers across multiple countries, experimenting with approaches that felt appropriate for her circumstances, and eventually reaching a level of health that inspired her to describe her journey as a Lyme success story. Her experience reinforces several important messages for the Lyme community: Tick education matters before a bite ever happens. Not everyone remembers finding an attached tick. An expanding red rash deserves careful medical evaluation. Lyme symptoms can evolve and involve multiple body systems. Migrating joint symptoms can be an important part of a patient's history. People with unexplained chronic symptoms deserve to be heard. Recovery journeys can be highly individualized. Emotional and psychological support can coexist with treatment of physical illness. Community can help replace the isolation that so often accompanies chronic illness. Hope matters. Healing is possible. Final Takeaway Hannah Green's Lyme disease journey began long before she knew she was on one. A young woman from England traveled to America to teach horseback riding, encountered ticks for the first time, developed a mysterious red ring that was dismissed as a spider bite, and returned home feeling healthy. Then the clues slowly appeared. First her knees. Then other joints. Then her back. Eventually, after another illness years later, her health deteriorated dramatically. What followed was a long search for an explanation that eventually took Hannah across the world and into an intense process of research, experimentation, self-advocacy, emotional healing, and recovery. Today, she has transformed that experience into My Lyme Success Story in the hope that what she learned can help others ask better questions and feel less alone. Her exact path will not be everyone's path, and the approaches Hannah believes helped her should not be interpreted as medical advice or a universal treatment plan. But the larger message of her story belongs to the entire Lyme community: keep asking questions, keep learning, find people who take your experience seriously, and do not give up on the possibility of healing.

How to be a better Public Speaker with Dr Lousie Mahler.  (This is a reboot of episode 71, recorded a few years back - and one of our favourites) Dr Louise is the polymath's polymath and is recognised as a Top 30 Global Guru in both Body Language and Communication. She was an Opera singer for 10 years with the Vienna State Opera.  Louise's qualifications include B.Econ; B. Mus; Post Grad Dip Music; L.Mus.A; Master of Applied Science in Organisational Change and a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.  She has completed an award-winning PhD around the unsung wisdom of the mind-body-voice connection she named Vocal Intelligence. She is a sought-after commentator discussing leadership, body language and effective presentation on television, radio and in the media. Her recent interviews with Channel 7 where she analyses the body language of Harry and Meghan Sussex have over 2 million views. Louise's clients include Fortune 500 clients around the globe.  Louise was voted Keynotes Speaker of the Year in 2021 by the Professional Speakers Association and is the author of "Resonate: for people who need to be heard"  She is the virtuoso of the voice, the high priestess of hot air and the femme fatale of unfailing attraction.  In this episode we explore:  The importance of breathing out (not just in)  Why we all need to channel ancient Rome and have way more Grrrrrrrravitas  Why communication should not just be a linear give and receive  Why we need to stop making excuses for communication (including being left-handed)  How we need to embrace Move, Move, Move  How wit and levity are wingmen for all types of communication  Why it's important to be an active listener, not just a passive listener The importance of saying ‘yes, please!' more often More about Louise https://louisemahler.com.au/   Say Hello www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/ SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg   Take the Innovation Scorecard! https://empoweringinnovation.scoreapp.com/   Take creativity & innovation to the next level Answer 25 questions and we'll send you a personalised report to benchmark the  level of creativity and innovation in your organisation It just takes a few minutes takes just a few minutes It's completely free Receive customised results instantly

This Life Lessons Podcast looks into your Life Lessons – where they can be found, how a reader intuits them, and what you can learn. Table of Contents Life Lessons Podcast Through the SHINE Model, August 2026 View The Life Lessons Podcast The Akashic Records – Your Soul-level Information Cloud What Are Life Lessons? So how do Life Lessons work, exactly? Noticing Repeating Patterns Life Lessons Podcast: Human Design May Show Us Life Lessons Life Lessons Podcast: Example of Life Lessons Through A Famous Person Life Lessons Podcast: Lessons Are Like A Slide Rule Gary Moore's Life Purpose Life Lessons Podcast: You May Recognize Your Life Lessons NLP™, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Language Life Lessons Podcast: Energetics, Love and Relationships Do we ever complete Life Lessons? Life Lesson Readings Last month’s Podcast: Shine through Synchronicity Learn More About The Akashic Records Readings I Offer Download the PDF Akashic Records for Beginners Life Lessons Podcast Through the SHINE Model, August 2026 Hi, this is Sarah Lawrence at Mum on a Spiritual Journey. Welcome to my SHINE podcast for August, 2026. This month, I'm talking about life lessons from the perspective of your Akashic records. If you're new to this podcast, I'm an intuitive reader who creates a clear frame of reference to help you make decisions by understanding who you truly are at the soul level and how to connect your soul purpose with your human design life purpose. Through my work, you can also experience a deeper understanding of self, align more fully with who you are at the soul level, and bring that energy into your everyday life for greater self-awareness, clarity, and fulfilment. I also teach Akashic Records work and how to grow the connection to your intuition, also known as your higher self. This month in my Shine podcast, we're looking at life lessons, something that can be intuited through your Akashic Records. View The Life Lessons Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14D3f73GvSY&t=16s The Akashic Records – Your Soul-level Information Cloud I like to think of the Akashic Records as your soul-level cloud or website. The Records hold information about your soul and the energetic patterns that help you understand your life at a deeper level. In this podcast, I look at life lessons through 5 different frames or layers of awareness, creating an acronym I call SHINE. S is for Soul Level Awareness, the Akashic Records, and Past Lives. H is for Human Design. I is for Intuition. N is for Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Language Work. E is for Energetics, anything to do with your energy. Put them all together, and you have a way to shine. What Are Life Lessons? First of all, to work at the Soul level of Shine, let's set a definition for life lessons. Think of life lessons as themes that run through your life. I use the term life lessons because the word lessons is something we all understand from our experiences at school. But these aren't lessons in the traditional sense of being tested or graded. From an Akashic perspective, Life Lessons are chosen by the soul before incarnation. There can be three main reasons for this. Firstly, a life lesson may relate to a pattern that your soul wants to clear from a past life. Secondly, and equally, a life lesson can relate to the life situations and circumstances of your present life. And thirdly, your Soul may be interested in working through Genetic Karma using the lens of a particular life lesson. Genetic karma is connected with our ancestral heritage, the patterns and energy that can be carried through our family line. So you can see how Life Lessons can run through our lives almost like an energetic thread. So how do Life Lessons work, exactly? When I read your Akashic Records through your Divine Soul Blueprint, which is the essence of who you are at the soul level, I look for your personal Life Lessons. There is a Primary Life Lesson to be found, along with between three and six Secondary Life Lessons, depending on what your Soul has chosen for this lifetime. These life lessons can relate to up to 11 different life areas. Some examples of life areas are career, Health and wellness, and relationships. Some life lessons may be active in your life from day one. Others may be sparked by a particular life situation or circumstance. And sometimes a life lesson can be activated by a karmic pattern that is asking to be cleared. You'll often know when a karmic pattern is being activated because you notice something repeating in your life. Noticing Repeating Patterns You might find yourself experiencing similar situations again and again. Or feeling as though something almost just out of reach is holding you back. But for this podcast, let's come back to life lessons. So by now, you're probably wondering which Life Lessons you might have. I can intuit your life lessons from your Divine Soul Blueprint, that cloud or URL of soul energy that's accessible through your Akashic Records. Discovering your life lessons, especially your primary life lesson, can be a real head-slap moment. It's very helpful and validating to learn because it can put so much of your present life experiences into a whole new perspective. Life Lessons Podcast: Human Design May Show Us Life Lessons Sometimes life lessons show themselves very clearly in your Human Design chart. This is a representation of your aura using ancient and modern measurement tools, such as the Hindu chakra system and the Chinese I Ching prediction system. Recently, I started work as a specialist on something new called the Success Codex, which looks at some astrological aspects of your personality plus the main aspects of your personality through Human Design. Sometimes the life lessons show themselves energetically in the Success Codex chart, too. At other times, the actual words of the life lessons come up. I find this so fascinating as a reader that information I channel also shows up in a chart. Amazing validation! (See story below). Human Design +How The Success Codex Changed My Experience of Life Lessons In 2024, I found myself studying my energy in a whole new way. I'm definitely a student of the new. This partly comes from my Divine Soul Blueprint, where my primary Energy Center is Divine Communication – an aspect of this energy is being the eternal student! Read the full story over at Soul Intelligence on Substack Life Lessons Podcast: Example of Life Lessons Through A Famous Person Let's look at life lessons through Human Design and the Success Codex now. It's always helpful to have an example to relate to when we're contemplating a spiritual concept like life lessons. This month, I've chosen Gary Moore, who is a famous guitarist. If you don't know who he was, check him out on YouTube. Search for Gary Moore, The Messiah Will Come Again, and you'll get a sense of his incredible expertise and passion. Of course, we're not all Gary Moores. We're all designed to be uniquely ourselves. But looking at his life lessons and his Human Design Life Purpose in relation to his career gives us a really interesting example. Life Lessons Podcast: Lessons Are Like A Slide Rule And do remember that Life Lessons are a little bit like a slide rule. If you have the Primary Life Lesson of Abundance, for example, you might experience financial abundance and have plenty of resources in your life. But equally, you might find that you struggle with abundance throughout your life. The soul is interested in experiencing the Life Lesson. It doesn't judge the experience in the way we humans tend to. And who knows, if you struggle with a particular life lesson, perhaps there is a karmic pattern getting in the way of fully experiencing it. So, back to Gary Moore's life lessons. His primary life lesson was Peace, which, looking at his life history, was something he struggled to find. His secondary life lessons were Ease, Abundance, and Openness. He may have felt most at peace when he was playing and working with music. He did experience financial abundance through his work over time, although sometimes that abundance became out of balance. Gary Moore's Life Purpose His soul's intention was simply to experience ease or not, abundance or not, openness or not. He famously fell out with fellow musicians, sometimes fell back in with them again, and had an eventful personal life. Through Human Design, his life purpose is that of Endeavor. And interestingly, it's 11.11 on the clock as I'm recording these notes for the podcast. He was totally focused on his musical career throughout his life, and the level of skill he achieved on the guitar was a true endeavor. As a young man, he even stretched out the tendons on his left hand so that he could play the guitar right-handed. He was naturally left-handed. Now that's definitely an endeavor. Through his Success Codex chart, I can see that he regulated his emotions through creativity. Maybe that gave him some peace. His Superpower was Sharing, and his North Node or Purpose was to live through his Passion. His guiding light from the Success Codex™ was to cultivate his Wisdom. As with many people's lifetimes, he worked through some of his life lessons, but didn't necessarily work through all of the potential within each lesson. And again, the Soul doesn't judge this. It simply experiences. Life Lessons Podcast: You May Recognize Your Life Lessons Now let's consider recognizing your own life lessons through your intuition, the I in the SHINE model. When clients hear their life lessons, they often intuitively start to connect the dots with where and when particular life lessons have been activated in their lives. There is often an immediate recognition of the theme when the Life Lesson is named. With intimate relationships, one of our Primary or Secondary life lessons may be activated. Or there may even be a separate life lesson connected specifically with that relationship. Perhaps attracted through a karmic pattern from a past life or through choices and decisions made in the present life. As I mentioned earlier, the soul is neutral about what is experienced through a life lesson. We have free will, and we take action based on the decisions we make. The soul can't predict exactly what we're going to do with that free will. It can choose to incarnate to have certain experiences, but it doesn't judge the outcome. Expectations are a very human trait. NLP™, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Language Now let's go to the N in the SHINE model, which is working with NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the language we use related to life lessons. When I work with a client during the sole purpose reading for the primary life lesson, or the life lessons reading, we delve into the various word definitions of the life lessons in question. Often, this brings deeper enlightenment as a client finds different ways to relate to a life lesson through this approach. It's also helpful to imagine your life as a timeline and contemplate life situations through the lens of a particular life lesson. This can also bring about deeper understanding. I also suggest finding a quote or affirmation you like with the specific name of the life lesson in the quote or affirmation to help you align with the positive potentials of that particular life lesson. Life Lessons Podcast: Energetics, Love and Relationships Now let's look at the E in the SHINE model, Energetics, with a focus on love and relationships. When I give my Relationship Reading, sometimes clients will discover how present-day life lessons connect with that relationship because it will confirm difficult dynamics or growth patterns that clients are going through in their present life. Relationships that are over may also be a part of this life lesson, so it's good to review your past relationships too. Sometimes two souls have shared other lifetimes, and there may be karmic patterns still playing out, which is why they've been magnetically drawn together during this lifetime. Karma is like a catalyst, and it keeps offering a soul the same patterns over and over until they're resolved. Do we ever complete Life Lessons? When we work on spiritual aspects of ourselves, it's easy to apply human values to spiritual values because that's what we know and experience here in this dimension. So when we hear about a life lesson, we wonder if we're going to get a good completion score or how we can do better. Life lessons aren't an exam, though. They are vibrational themes to help us grow. We can choose to grow a lot or a little in this lifetime or the next. Perhaps a good metaphor is thinking about life lessons as different rooms off a long corridor. We can choose to spend more time in one room than another, and it's okay to do so. But if you want to get more conscious about it, then at least knowing the available rooms, or life lessons to work on, is a really good start. Life Lesson Readings I hope that after listening this far, you're beginning to think about life lessons in a whole new way. I offer four different types of readings that relate to your life lessons. If you're new to my work at momonaspiritualjourney.com, I recommend beginning with the Soul Star reading. This introduces you to your divine soul blueprint, the nature of who you are at the Soul level, your soul group or star seed group, and how to clear a karmic pattern from a past life. The Soul Purpose Reading, which follows on from that, introduces you to your Primary life lesson, its completeness, and which life areas are currently activated and how. You'll also learn more about a soul characteristic and your higher self connection through the Soul Purpose Reading. If you've already had your Soul Star Reading and want to go deeper into life lessons, then the Life Lessons Reading looks at all of your soul-level life lessons. We can explore their completeness, life area activation, and even the reflections of those life lessons through your Human Design and Success Codex charts. And if life lessons through relationships resonate with you, you can have a Relationship Reading through the Akashic Records. This can be connected to a partner, family member, friend, or even a work colleague as long as you know their birth data. Next month, I'll be talking about connections with Spirit Guides through the SHINE model. Lots of light. Thanks for listening, and see you next time. Last month’s Podcast: Shine through Synchronicity Learn More About The Akashic Records Readings I Offer One way to grow your psychic ability is to begin to work with your Akashic Records. This expands the connection to your Soul through your Higher Self (also known as your intuition). You’ll find that your intuition expands with Akashic Records work, and questions you have on the spiritual journey will be answered. It really helps you to connect the dots. If you are interested in an Akashic Records Reading, I always recommend starting with the Soul Star Reading. This reading gives you 3 different immersive experiences of the Akashic Records: – Connecting with your Divine Soul Blueprint (Soul-level gifts, talents, abilities). Hearing about a Past Life that contains a karmic pattern ready for clearing (you’ll recognize this pattern in your present life). Recognizing and clearing present life blocks and restrictions. 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Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1971DM A woman stopped Jim Curtis on the street, hugged him, and thanked him for the workshop that “changed her life”. Turns out she got divorced and lost her job right after. She said it was the best thing that ever happened. She finally realized she was worth more, met the love of her life, and now makes double the money. Jim's framework is Release, Align, Become. First you find the hidden beliefs quietly running your life, stuff like “I'll always be broke” or “I'll be single forever”. You can't release what you can't see. It's like living in an invisible cage built from something your dad said when you were a kid. Release uses journaling, mirror exercises, even cord cutting to physically shake loose old programming, not just talk about it. Alignment isn't just wanting something, it's falling so in love with the vision that clarity and excitement do the work for you. Become is about shifting your body's homeostasis, literally changing what you believe you're capable of holding. How do you know it worked? Things get easier. You start receiving more love, more money, more flow instead of forcing everything. This isn't about fixing yourself. It's about freeing yourself. Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You're Not Who You Think You Are Who the f*ck am I? That was the question that dropped into my head while I was sitting with my puzzle book. And what started as a bit of quiet thinking took me somewhere I didn't expect. We often confuse who we are with what we do. I'm a therapist. I'm a parent. I'm a partner. I'm successful. I'm anxious. I'm confident. But those are roles, behaviours and experiences. They aren't necessarily our identity. So who are we underneath all of that? I started thinking about Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Wonder Woman. They all have different identities, different roles and different ways of showing up in the world, but underneath the costume there's something deeper: values, purpose, a calling and a direction. And perhaps that's true for us too. In this episode, I explore identity, self-discovery, personal growth, purpose and finding your North Star, along with a simple process for meeting the different versions of yourself and asking one rather interesting question: Which one is pretending to be you? I also share how my puzzle book has become a surprisingly powerful tool for thinking, asking better questions, exploring the unconscious mind and finding my way through change. This isn't me teaching you who you are. It's me sharing what I'm discovering about myself and inviting you to explore alongside me. Because maybe we're not here to find ourselves once and for all. Maybe we're here to keep discovering who we're becoming. Enjoy every heartbeat. What You'll Explore Why we can confuse our roles and behaviours with our identity The difference between what you do and who you are How self-discovery can reveal parts of ourselves we've overlooked Why values and purpose may matter more than rigid goals Finding your calling and personal direction My North Star approach to personal development A simple process for exploring the different versions of yourself How a puzzle book can help uncover thoughts, ideas and unconscious insights Why leaving a question unfinished can sometimes be surprisingly useful How to use curiosity and reflection for personal growth A Question For You Which version of you is pretending to be you? And perhaps the more interesting question: Who's noticing them all? Don't forget to share or should I say REMEMBER to share this episode https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/488-youre-not-who-you-think-you-are And if you want to me recording this episode https://youtu.be/B1Ci7953cME Shine Brightly

Jensen Huang. Steve Jobs. The other guy responsible for those aggressively ugly cars/the rebirth of conspiracy theory internet free speech. (Thanks Elon?) What do people like this see around the corner that the rest of us don't? Why do certain leaders recognize an emerging possibility years before everyone else catches up? Are they geniuses? Pattern-recognition freaks? Secret remote viewers? This week on Open Loops, Greg sits down with Tye Glover, innovation coach, author of The Perception Gap, and creator of Neuro Creative Programming (NCP)—a developing methodology designed to model the perceptual patterns of unusually creative thinkers and make those patterns more accessible to the rest of us. Because maybe creativity isn't simply about having better ideas. Maybe some people are literally noticing different realities. See that one over there? Made you look! This conversation becomes an experience in perception itself. Tye and Greg explore the filters determining what makes it into conscious awareness, what gets deleted before you ever notice it, and whether those filters can actually be trained. And then, surprise surprise, things get weird. Somehow, Tye stands directly in the middle of all of it, trying to take ideas that could easily disappear into the metaphysical abyss and turn them into something practical enough to use inside an office on Monday morning. You know....those empty buildings people used to hate themselves making money for someone else in together. It's trippy. It's surprisingly grounded. And somewhere in the Perception Gap may be an entirely different way of seeing what's been sitting in front of you the whole time. Welcome back to Open Loops. TYE'S Links: Get The Perception Gap / Learn More: https://thinkdifferentnation.com/the-perception-gap Think Different Nation: thinkdifferentnation.com Tye Glover on LinkedIn: LinkedIn profile Work with Tye / Book a Consultation: Schedule with Tye Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

There's a moment that happens to most of us, usually in the middle of something small, washing dishes, sitting at a red light, when we realize we haven't actually been here at all. We've been replaying a conversation from yesterday, or rehearsing one that hasn't happened yet. Heather Elliott, founder of Mindful Change and a mindset expert with two decades of experience, joins host Avik to unpack why mindfulness isn't about clearing your mind, how to work with anxious or racing thoughts instead of fighting them, and a simple way to move into what she calls the observer position when you're feeling overwhelmed. About the Guest: Heather Elliott is the founder and CEO of Mindful Change, a mindset and relationship coaching practice she has run since 2005. She holds degrees in psychology and education, is certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Core Belief Engineering, and is the author of Same Shit Different Day, helping individuals, couples, and business owners identify and transform the limiting beliefs behind recurring life patterns. Key Takeaways: Mindfulness isn't about emptying the mind, it's about noticing what you're focused on and asking whether it's taking you somewhere you actually want to go. Move into the "observer position": picture your worry or fear sitting in a chair across from you, then examine it with some distance instead of being consumed by it. Anxiety and depression often have a story underneath them, tracing that story is frequently more useful than just trying to calm the feeling on the surface. Writing down racing worries at night can let your mind feel heard, so it can quiet down instead of looping. Question your own emotional reactions before assuming someone meant to hurt you, most relationship conflict comes from unverified interpretation, not actual intent. Connect With the Guest: Website: https://mindfulchange.com Free Course: https://mindfulchange.com/course 5D Psychology Info: https://mindfulchange.com/5d Episode Chapters: [00:00] The Moment We Realize We Weren't Actually Here — the real question behind this episode [02:22] The Biggest Misconception About Mindfulness [05:22] What People Are Actually Doing When They Practice Mindfulness Well [10:57] How Mindfulness Addresses Anxiety and Depression at the Root [13:41] Using the Observer Position When You're Overwhelmed in the Moment [18:51] One Piece of Advice: Question Your Emotions Before Assuming Intent (approx.)   Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. Healthy Mind By Avik™️is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity, not a luxury. Born during the pandemic, it's become a sanctuary for healing, growth, and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty, storyteller, survivor, and wellness advocate. With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters.

On this episode of Coaching Call, Sifu Rafael welcomes David C. Olcott, founder, president, and CEO of Samurai Success, Inc., for a powerful conversation about purpose, discipline, success, and legacy.With more than 35 years of transformational coaching experience, David has empowered individuals and organizations around the world through his trademark Samurai Success coaching system. By integrating Newtonian and metaphysical principles, he helps people rediscover who they are, live with greater purpose, and build sustainable, profitable businesses.David's remarkable career includes serving as the #1 national trainer for Anthony Robbins, working as business manager for the world's #1 real estate agent, and serving in public leadership roles, including Chief of Staff in the Florida State Senate. He is a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and author of the Amazon bestseller Swords of Illumination.A second degree black belt in Aikido and seasoned motorcycle racer, David brings the principles of discipline, awareness, courage, and intentional action into every aspect of his work. His challenge to others is powerful: stop living as a worrier and develop the mindset of a warrior.Watch on YouTube and subscribe:https://www.youtube.com/@sifurafaeltv?sub_confirmation=1Sifu Rafael is a master instructor and founder of Speaking Prowess, combining communication and leadership to help people unlock their potential with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.This episode is brought to you by Sifu's Mind Body Method, a lifestyle transformation blending movement, mindset, nutrition, hydration, fasting, journaling, and faith. Learn more at sifumethod.comThat's where connecting with Sifu Rafael matters.Through Speaking Prowess and Sifu's Mind Body Method, Sifu Rafael helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts refine their message, command a room, and step onto more stages with clarity and confidence. From podcasts and live shows to keynote stages and curated experiences, he helps people get seen, heard, and positioned as trusted voices in their industry.If you know you're meant to speak, lead, and impact at a higher level, this conversation is your invitation.Visit sifurafael.com to connect, explore speaking opportunities, and start positioning yourself for more stages, stronger presence, and real influence.#coachingcall #sifurafael #samuraisuccess #warriormindset #leadership #purpose #speakingprowess

What happens when a high achiever learns that success isn't just about pushing harder—it's about thinking differently? In this episode, Christina sits down with renowned executive coach John Ryan to unpack the mindset, tools, and experiences that have shaped his coaching career. They dive into the power of NLP, the hidden challenges that often come with high achievement, and why genuine human connection may be more important than ever in an increasingly tech-driven world. This is a conversation about success, self-awareness, and what it really takes to perform at your highest level, without losing yourself in the process. About John Ryan John Ryan, MBA, MSW, PHD is a leading expert in leadership, communication, and change. He is a Certified Master Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Founder of NLP Unlimited™. John has 30 years of experience in the training and development industry, logging over 2,000 days of training and countless hours of coaching, empowering his students and clients to expand their impact, influence, and income.  Connect with John on LinkedIn Follow John's Youtube channel   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating  and leave us a comment on iTunes   CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA! Instagram LinkedIn Christinalecuyer.com Book a Free Clarity Call Book Christina For Your Next Workshop

Imagine someone places their hands on your shoulders, says, “Enjoy the trip,” and you enter a profound altered state. Completely sober. No expectation. No hypnotic induction. Yet suddenly, you're buzzing.   Nearly thirty years ago, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer Hugh Comerford encountered an enigmatic French-Canadian energy healer who could produce experiences Hugh couldn't explain=and couldn't explain himself. So Hugh became obsessed with a question: Could you model the unconscious competence of a “unicorn” healer and teach it to anyone? The result is The Hümmo Method—a strange nexus of NLP, breathwork, perceptual shifts, and energy work. In this episode of Open Loops, Hugh reveals how the method emerged, why he says belief isn't required, the curious power of turning your problem into an “it,” and what happens when an NLP modeler spends decades trying to reverse-engineer the seemingly impossible.   .....Like Greg does sometimes when he looks into the ingredients of a Celsius can.   What happens when something shouldn't work according to your model of reality...but somehow does?   Listen to this week's episode to feel the shift(s) yourself... Hugh's Links: Explore The Hümmo Method™: https://www.hummomethod.com/ Pre-order The Hümmo Method: Energy Healing for the Rest of Us on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4DNQJGV Book release: August 18, 2026 — available in Kindle and print editions.   Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

Why do the same arguments keep happening? Why do certain people trigger us so deeply? And what if the biggest obstacle in our relationships isn't the other person... but the unconscious patterns we've carried for years? In this episode of The Breaking Free Podcast, I sit down with Matt Castle, neurotransformational therapy practitioner and NLP life coach, for a powerful conversation on relationships, emotional healing, and personal transformation. Matt explains how emotional triggers are often unresolved patterns rather than problems created by other people.  Together, we explore how changing the meaning we assign to our emotions can completely transform the way we experience conflict, connection, and love. The conversation also dives into fear, judgement, nervous system regulation, personal values, and the importance of becoming someone who responds rather than reacts. Matt also shares his own personal journey, including navigating ongoing court proceedings, parenting challenges, and how those experiences shaped his mission to support men going through separation and major life transitions. Whether you're single, dating, married, separated, or simply wanting healthier relationships, this episode offers practical insights to help you understand yourself and others on a much deeper level. In this episode: Why emotional triggers aren't your enemy The hidden patterns sabotaging relationships Responding instead of reacting How NLP can reshape emotional responses Fear, judgement and unconscious programming Aligning your values for stronger relationships Men's mental health after separation Parenting, resilience and personal growth Building emotional intelligence Creating healthier, more conscious relationships If you've ever wondered why the same relationship challenges keep showing up, this conversation may help you see them through a completely different lens. Thank you for listening and watching wherever in the world you are.  Jump on BonCharge and grab yourself some protection  from wifi, 5G, blue/red light and so much more… At the Checkout Use Code “Nath22” to receive 15% off. RESOURCES:  Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgJniAABDY Part I Audio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/60Hmu3Wwy4HbLCzCUUh49p?si=f5b90eeaa0984719 Connect With Matt Castle:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.castle.397 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.castle.397/ Website: https://emotionalrestorationproject.com Skool: https://www.skool.com/emotional-restoration-project-1981/about Retreat: https://emotionalrestorationproject.com/retreats Connect With Me (Nathan Francis Coach/Mentor)  Substack: https://substack.com/@nathanfrancis Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/OSS.Health.Mind Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nath.francis69 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanfrancis222?_t=8iKxXw8R2ee&_r=1 Telegram: https://t.me/nathf94   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanfrancis__/ Email me anytime: nathanselfsabotage@gmail.com The Breaking Free Podcast  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1fHxmfbFZwyZPIcOrjw3Hf?si=q42PtUR4Qeu8SvUuWDMrpw Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/breaking-free-podcast/id1657951151 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@nathanfrancis__?si=df69YA7zK-CUeG8-    

In this episode, Victoria Johnson speaks with Yvonne Oswald, PhD, about clearing negative emotions in minutes rather than spending years repeatedly talking about the past.Yvonne is the author of several books, including her latest, No More Therapist: Your Brain Has the Answer, a seven-day rapid mind-rewire program. The book includes a section inspired by Louise Hay's work, used with permission, that connects areas of the body with their possible emotional meanings and integrates those insights into a practical system for emotional and physical reset.Victoria and Yvonne discuss how the brain and body store experiences like file folders, why revisiting every detail of the past is not always necessary, and how precise language can influence emotions, health, relationships, and success. They also explore quantum thinking, self-talk, and how to stop repeating familiar emotional patterns.Originally from England and now living in the Dominican Republic, Yvonne is internationally recognized for her expertise in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the power of language.Her guiding message is: “Every word has power. Success starts with self-talk.”Learn more about Yvonne at ⁠globalwelcome.com⁠, and receive her free Safety Box gift at ⁠globalwelcome.com/safety-box⁠.Explore Victoria's Heal Your Life® training programs at ⁠healyourlifetrainer.com⁠.

In this episode, Victoria Johnson speaks with Yvonne Oswald, PhD, about clearing negative emotions in minutes rather than spending years repeatedly talking about the past.Yvonne is the author of several books, including her latest, No More Therapist: Your Brain Has the Answer, a seven-day rapid mind-rewire program. The book includes a section inspired by Louise Hay's work, used with permission, that connects areas of the body with their possible emotional meanings and integrates those insights into a practical system for emotional and physical reset.Victoria and Yvonne discuss how the brain and body store experiences like file folders, why revisiting every detail of the past is not always necessary, and how precise language can influence emotions, health, relationships, and success. They also explore quantum thinking, self-talk, and how to stop repeating familiar emotional patterns.Originally from England and now living in the Dominican Republic, Yvonne is internationally recognized for her expertise in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the power of language.Her guiding message is: “Every word has power. Success starts with self-talk.”Learn more about Yvonne at globalwelcome.com, and receive her free Safety Box gift at globalwelcome.com/safety-box.Explore Victoria's Heal Your Life® training programs at healyourlifetrainer.com.

Have you ever upgraded your phone but forgotten to upgrade the way you think?   What if the fears, limiting beliefs, procrastination, and emotional patterns you've been carrying aren't part of your identity, but simply outdated programming?   In this episode of The Shiny Minds Show, I introduce you to the foundation of my life's work: Neuro-Shine Technology™ (NST™), the New Human Operating System™ designed to help you think, communicate, lead, and live from your highest level of consciousness.   For years, I've studied neuroscience, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), emotional intelligence, coaching psychology, and human transformation. What emerged from that journey is the NST Operating System, a practical methodology that upgrades your inner world before you attempt to change your outer world.   In this episode you'll discover:   ✨ What Neuro-Shine Technology™ really is ✨ Why most people are operating on outdated mental software ✨ The NST Coaching Mindset ✨ The Formula of Change: Awareness × Willingness ✨ Why awareness without action creates no transformation ✨ How powerful language rewires your nervous system ✨ Why judgment blocks growth,and curiosity creates expansion ✨ How to become a grounded, conscious leader   Transformation isn't about becoming someone new.   It's about uninstalling what no longer serves you and remembering who you've always been.   If you're ready to upgrade your Human Operating System™, this episode is for you.   —  

On this episode of CFO at Home, Vince wraps up his conversation with Heidi Heron, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner with 25+ years of experience, with a discussion about changing what we coin ·unresourceful· money habits; chronic overspending which is often driven by unconscious needs like control, safety, and power, as well the opposite pattern of being extremely frugal, often rooted in fear and a lack of safety. Heidi suggests practical next steps: get clear on what you want, examine what money and spending mean to you, and defines values for different types of money (today, future, business, fun) Learn more at heidiherron.com, including 1:1 work, NLP training, and her book, The Wizard of Cause. 01:00 Money as Energy Setup 01:32 Retail Therapy Overspending 05:41 Rewiring the Dopamine Loop 07:51 Breaking the Spending Circuit 09:14 The Miser Money Fear 11:23 A Father's Money Shift 16:03 Mindset Steps to Change 19:35 Money Buckets and Values 23:10 Resources and Wrap Up Key Links: https://www.heidiheron.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.heidiheron/ https://www.facebook.com/DrHeidiHeron https://www.youtube.com/c/nlpwithdrheidi https://www.linkedin.com/in/drheidiheron/ Contact the Host - vince@thecfoathome.com Want to be a guest on CFO at Home? Send Vince a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1628643039567x840793309030672500  

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the Coven of Awesomeness Podcast! This week we have the incredible Fiona Campbell Arrand with us to talk about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). But first, we're sending messages to our 16-year-old selves.Then we dive deep into NLP. Fiona shares what NLP is, it's history and how it can change the way we interact with the world. We talk about how we can incorporate NLP into our spiritual practices, and Fiona shares some easy steps we can take to try NLP at home.Then, as always, we finish with awesomeness. Renee has been watching movies int he park, Louise saw one of her favourite bands play at Wembley Stadium, and Fiona has been enjoying the sunshine.Follow Fiona on InstagramFor complete show notes and links, go to awesomeon20.com/episode268Follow Renee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Renee_awesomeon20/Follow Louise on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Louise_awesomeon20Support the showIf you're able, give this podcast your support by joining the International Coven of Awesomeness on Patreon so we can keep sharing witchy content for that's free for all.Get your free ebook How to Work with the Moon to Get Things Done.Check out the latest workshop offerings from the STC Witchcraft Academy for both online workshops and in-person circles in the Glasgow, Scotland area.Find all your favorite recipes and witch tips at Awesome on 20 Kitchen Magick.Book a tarot reading with Renee at Sagittarian Tarot & Coaching. Join the Moon Magic Membership coven to receiving ongoing support in your witchcraft journey. Join our Coven of Awesomeness Facebook group open to everyone.

This episode of CFO at Home is part 1 of Vince·s conversation with Heidi Heron, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner with 25+ years of experience, about how the ·language of the mind· creates patterns of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors·and how those patterns can be changed through root-cause work. Heidi connects NLP to money issues that commonly come up in her work, like worthiness, lack and limitation, and relationship dynamics around finances. She shares examples of a successful day trader who couldn·t keep money due to an unconscious childhood message, and a woman who shifted a belief that money is hard to get after tracing it back to an overheard conversation. Heidi also explains what she means by ·money as energy,· describing how gratitude for both paying and receiving money helped transform her own relationship with it. Learn more at heidiherron.com, including 1:1 work, NLP training, and her book, The Wizard of Cause. 01:39  Neuro-Linguistic Programming Explained  03:25 Mind Chatter and Feelings 05:14 Money Meets Mindset 05:51 Top Money Blocks 08:01 Root Causes and Memory 09:05 Money Pattern Stories 12:35 Beliefs Create Reality 14:15 Common Meanings and Limits 16:58 Money as Energy 17:28 Heidi Money Turnaround 21:30 Digital Money and Vapor Key Links: https://www.heidiheron.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.heidiheron/ https://www.facebook.com/DrHeidiHeron https://www.youtube.com/c/nlpwithdrheidi https://www.linkedin.com/in/drheidiheron/ Contact the Host - vince@thecfoathome.com Want to be a guest on CFO at Home? Send Vince a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1628643039567x840793309030672500  

Send us Fan Mail⚔️ What if success isn't about finding yourself… but creating yourself?In this powerful episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Joey Pinz sits down with executive coach, martial artist, NLP expert, and Swords of Illumination author David C. Olcott for a deep conversation on identity, subconscious programming, presence, fulfillment, leadership, and what it truly means to live with purpose.From growing up in the Florida Keys and diving at age 12 to working in politics, luxury real estate, and alongside Tony Robbins, David shares how life experiences shaped his philosophy around congruence, intentionality, and self-mastery.The conversation explores why many successful people still feel empty, how subconscious beliefs shape our lives, the danger of living from ego, and why being fully present may be the greatest competitive advantage in business and life.

SummaryIn this episode, Blake Zealear and host Aaron Kleinerman explore the intricate dynamics of love and leadership. They discuss the importance of honesty, compatibility, and timing in relationships, especially in the context of open and polyamorous connections. Watch the full episode on YouTubeYouTube Key TakeawaysHonesty is crucial in any relationship, ensuring transparency and understanding.Identify compatibility and timing as key factors for a successful partnership.Recognize the distinction between needs and wants to avoid misalignments.Utilize radical honesty to navigate complex relationship dynamics.Embrace the concept of a relationship as a container for love, not its entirety. ResourcesThe Embodied Man Online Course | https://aaronkleinerman.com/the-embodied-manRadical Honesty Book About the Guest Blake Zealear — Founder Blake is an evolutionary guide working at the intersection of men's work, feminism, sacred sexuality, and new-paradigm relating. He identifies as two-spirit, queer, pansexual, an erotic shapeshifter, and a multitude of other human expressions - and this faceted perspective illuminates his teaching. His multi-disciplinary approach provides the empowerment, permission, and playfulness that enable a liberated reclaiming of his students' lives. Blake has studied embodiment, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Radical Honesty, Landmark technology, Tantric and Yogic practice, breathwork, shamanic sexuality, esoterics, polarity, non-traditional relationship design, shadow-work, and Spiral Dynamics, among other modalities. He is devoted to the emergence of a new culture of love in our lifetimes, the transmutation of suffering into power, and the ascension of humanity through healing our relationships to ourselves and the Earth. Connect with Blake Website: https://www.blakezealear.com Podcast ResourcesThe Embodied Man (Book) — The Embodied Man: Mastering Masculinity in the Head, Heart & Balls is a powerful guide for men who are ready to move beyond performance, fear, and outdated conditioning to become grounded, authentic leaders in every area of life. Blending psychology, somatic practices, spirituality, tantra, and real-life experience, Aaron Kleinerman offers practical tools to help men heal emotional wounds, cultivate healthy relationships, master their sexuality, and lead with courage, presence, and integrity. Rather than simply teaching new ideas, this book invites readers to embody them—transforming knowledge into lived experience. Whether you're seeking deeper purpose, greater confidence, more fulfilling intimacy, or a stronger connection to yourself, The Embodied Man provides a roadmap for becoming the man you were born to be. → Buy nowChapters:0:01 - Navigating Open Relationships with Honesty and Integrity8:03 - Navigating Relationships with Radical Honesty16:13 - Redefining Relationships: Beyond Traditional Labels30:24 - Navigating Emotional Dynamics in Relationships31:57 - Resolving Arguments with Emotional Release Techniques39:36 - Deepening Inner Union and Relationship Dynamics48:27 - Breaking Relationship Patterns and Corrective Experiences55:25 - Effective Communication and Relationship Needs

Have you ever considered that the problem isn't what you are wanting from your life, your business, or your relationships, but how you're going about the wanting?Most of us are stuck in a classic mental trap: the "if-then" fallacy. We tell ourselves, "When I achieve this goal, get that promotion, or fix my health, then I will finally be happy." But your external reality isn't a vending machine that dispenses joy once you input enough hard work—it is an exact reflection of who you are right now. If you are operating from a core state of anger, lack, or constant dissatisfaction, your system will simply keep reproducing environments that reflect that.Episode OverviewIn this episode of Engineering Emotions and Energy, we look at the mechanics of human desire and the subtle ways our rigid expectations block our fulfillment. We dive into why the true purpose of living is about learning how to be happy while in the active pursuit of our desires, rather than waiting for an arbitrary end point. It's time to open ourselves up to receiving what we want in highly unexpected, elegant, and easeful ways.Key Ideas / TakeawaysThe Iceberg of Reality: Understanding how your subconscious beliefs and identity form the foundational bulk that dictates your actual physical environment.The "If-Then" Fallacy: Breaking down why waiting for an achievement to feel happy is the worst way to go about it, and how being delighted now invites what you want much faster or funer-er-er.Letting Go of the Spoon-Fed Solution: Why fixating on a highly specific delivery method—like George Costanza eating a candy bar with a knife and fork—blinds you to the gifts landing right in your lap.Data Points Beyond the Scale: Re-engineering how you track your success in your health, career, or relationships by learning to look for multiple data metrics instead of one single, stubborn number.Why ListenThis conversation is for anyone who feels like they are grinding away without seeing the signs of success they've been struggling for. If you're ready to build the internal muscle of genuine appreciation, this episode offers the exact perspective shift you need to let things show up smoothly.Links & Connect With JustinConnect with Justin:Main website: https://www.justinwenck.comAbout Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/aboutFree offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offeringsEvents: https://www.justinwenck.com/eventsConnect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connectPodcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.comAmazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WVAudible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealthSend us Fan MailWatch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more! Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at podcast@justinwenck.com.Remember to subscribe so you don't miss the next episode! Connect with me:JustinWenck.comFacebookInstagramLinkedInYouTubeDisclaimer: No copyright infringement intended, music and pics belong to the rightful owners.=====================================================

Ever wondered how to make sales from speaking, webinars, or by sharing your story? In today's episode Colin Boyd is going to share exactly how you can do that...  Grab Colins book here: https://onepresentationawaybook.com/  Connect with Colin on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/colinboyd  Colin is an international speaker, trainer, and coach. He's been running his Speaking business since 2017.  Originally from Australia, he moved in 2017 with his wife of 16 years, Sarah and 2 little toddlers to Newport Beach, California. He primarily now runs his flagship program Sell From Stage Academy® which helps people turn every presentation into a money-making machine.  He coaches some of the biggest names in the industry including Amy Porterfield, James Wedmore, and Carrie Green to name a few, and thousands of other speakers and coaches to sell from the stage (without being pushy and slimy). He is a CSP, Accredited ICF Coach, holds a Bachelor of Commerce and certifications in Behavioral DISC profiling and Neurolinguistic Programming. Connect with Niyc on social media:  Instagram: www.instagram.com/niycpidge  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niycpidgeon Website: www.niycpidgeon.com  Download my FREE Positive Psychology Sales System here:  https://niyc-pidgeon.mykajabi.com/the-positive-psychology-sales-system  Grab The $27 Positive Psychology Sales Stack here:  https://niyc-pidgeon.mykajabi.com/positive-psychology-sales-stack 

Welcome to A Swift Kick in the Ass, where real conversations meet real tools for living life on your own terms. In this episode, John sits down with Dr. Josh Davis, NLP expert, psychology professor, and best‑selling author, to explore how Neuro‑Linguistic Programming helps us reshape our thoughts, emotions, and relationships. They dive into: NLP for better parenting and communication How mental models shape conflict Reframing problems to create fast change Positive intentions behind negative behaviors Emotional state management Letting go of attachments and outdated identities Fatherhood, expectations, and the "provider" mindset Josh also shares insights from his books The Difference That Makes the Difference and Two Awesome Hours, and discusses his coaching work with dads and executives. If you're a parent, a leader, or someone who wants to understand your mind better — this episode delivers.

Welcome to the Strength Connection!Dr. Heidi Heron brings a rare blend of clinical psychology, coaching, neuroscience, and consciousness studies to conversations about how people change, grow, and create meaningful lives.A clinical psychologist, author, master coach, and internationally recognised trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming for more than 25 years, Heidi has been helping people understand how the mind works and how to change the patterns that shape their thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. She has trained thousands of coaches, therapists, and leaders around the world to create meaningful and lasting change in their own lives and in the lives of others.In this interview, Dr. Heidi shares her 25+ years of expertise in NLP and psychology, focusing on helping people find their authentic selves and overcome subconscious patterns. Discover how the mind works, the power of language, and practical tools to create lasting change.Check out more from Heidi at:https://www.heidiheron.com/https://www.instagram.com/dr.heidiheron/https://www.facebook.com/DrHeidiHeronChapters00:00 Introduction to Dr. Heidi Heron and NLP01:49 The Journey to Authenticity and Wholeness05:18 Understanding Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)08:02 The Language of the Subconscious Mind10:33 Patterns of Self-Perception and Identity12:31 The Autopilot of the Unconscious Mind18:26 Fear of Success vs. Fear of Failure20:47 Recognizing and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs27:30 Understanding Patterns and Emotional Responses30:53 Cultural Perspectives on Hustle and Success33:34 The Importance of Patience and Long-Term Thinking36:21 The Role of Fear and Love in Motivation48:36 Integrating Mind and Body for Holistic Growth

Welcome to the Psychedelic Conversations Podcast!Episode 172:In this episode, we discuss the evolving landscape of psychedelic work with Lucyne Jade and returning guest Simon Hinkly. Together, we explore what brought them to this path, from Lucyne's decades of experience in psychotherapy, plant medicine, retreat facilitation, and integration, to Simon's journey from filmmaking and men's work into psychedelic practice. We also speak about the future of psychedelic healing, including retreats, clinical models, indigenous wisdom, safety, integration, and the importance of moving away from extraction toward collaboration and “cross-pollination.” A central focus of the conversation is their pioneering psilocybin retreat for former boarding school students, created to support deep healing around disconnection, grief, survival strategies, and inner child wounds. Lucyne and Simon share the intention behind the retreat, the importance of preparation and integration, and why creating a safe, well-held container is essential for meaningful transformation.About Lucyne:Lucyne Jade is an intuitive healer, mentor and psychotherapist. She worked as an addiction therapist for many years at the Priory in London. She now specialises in Breathwork, Therapy and Shamanism and has travelled throughout Central and South America, Hawaii and Europe studying and becoming a carrier of ancient healing practices. She leads personal developments workshops and retreats in the UK and Europe. Most recently she spent 3 years at Rythmia Life Advancement Centre in Costa Rica, where she ran groups up to 100 people. She has a great passion for holding space for awakening and creating an environment of safety, love, depth and transformation. She is also a skilled sound healer and uses the power of sound during workshops. Lucyne has been also been trained to utilise the following modalities to inform her work: Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnosis, Family Constellations, Art Therapy, Kundalini Yoga, Kirtan Chanting, Mater Reiki and Life Coaching.About Simon:Simon Hinkly has been involved in the film industry for many years working as a First Assistant Director on feature films and TV series such as The Long Good Friday and My Beautiful Laundrette. Later as a producer of short films. He has worked as a producer, director and assistant director on over 50 feature films, shorts and documentaries. Simon brings a great passion for telling stories that have a big impact on the world. As a producer Simon was twice winner of the Kodak Film Awards for Best Short Films: Letters of Service (2004) and A Neutral Corner (2006)Connect with Lucyne:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucynejade/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lucynejade750LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyne-jade-2a9556218/Website: https://www.heartfirehub.com/Connect with Simon:Email: simonhinkly1@gmail.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-hinkly-b209a5b/Website: https://www.boardingoninsanity.com/This show is for information purposes only, and is not intended to provide mental health or medical advice.About Susan Guner:Susan Guner is a holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology, focusing on trauma-informed, community-centric processes that offer a broader understanding of human potential and well-being.Connect with Susan:Website: https://www.psychedelicconversations.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/susan.gunerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-guner/Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/susangunerTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/susangunerBlog: https://susanguner.medium.com/Podcast: https://anchor.fm/susan-guner#PsychedelicConversations #SusanGuner #LucyneJade #SimonHinkly #PsychedelicPodcast #Microdosing #PlantMedicines #Entheogens

Join Beth for her all new LIVE 3-Part Masterclass + Hot Seat Coaching, Clear Path to Aligned Abundance:  https://go.bethaweinstein.com/clear-path-abundance/ (PAY WHAT YOU WISH) In this episode, she explores why so many coaches, therapists, healers and spiritual entrepreneurs are doing all the "right things", posting consistently, doing tons of inner work... but are still feeling stuck, unclear, stagnant and even struggling with money. Episode Highlights: ▶ Why AI and endless content are making many entrepreneurs more confused and stuck, not less  ▶ The difference between conscious effort and the unconscious patterns quietly blocking your results  ▶ Why clarity does not come through thinking, and what to do instead  ▶ Money wounds, ancestral loyalties, and the hidden obligations holding you back from receiving  ▶ Why posting more and working harder is often the wrong direction entirely  ▶ What the Year of the Fire Horse has to do with slowing down and resetting  ▶ The three-part series breakdown: clarity, unconscious blocks, and alignment  ▶ Why abundance and ease are your birthright, and what gets in the way of experiencing that   Join Beth for her all new LIVE 3-Part Masterclass + Hot Seat Coaching, Clear Path to Aligned Abundance: https://go.bethaweinstein.com/clear-path-abundance/ (PAY WHAT YOU WISH)   Links Free Gifts: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business/ Sunarai: The Journey Home to Your Quintessence, Clarity & Abundance: https://go.bethaweinstein.com/sunarai/ Upcoming plant dieta (with astrology + special guests): sign up for the waitlist here https://go.bethaweinstein.com/rose-dieta/    If this episode speaks to you… Send it to someone who's been circling a big decision or someone who's trying to stop outsourcing their truth to “the next thing.” And if you're not on Beth's email list yet, that's the place to stay connected when social platforms do what they do. Download Beth's free trainings here: Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-businessIntegrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business▶ Beth's Coaching & Guidance: https://bethaweinstein.com/coaching ▶ Beth's Offerings & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Instagram: @bethaweinstein ▶ FB: / bethw.nyc + bethweinsteinbiz

Happy Pride Month! We're celebrating Pride with Kathleen Gage, the founder of Vegan Visibility. Kathleen shares her experiences as a vegan lesbian and emphasizes the significance of understanding the history of the LGBT+ community and its relevance to current political and social dynamics. Kathleen discusses her business, Vegan Visibility, and her work with Blue Barn Animal Sanctuary in Creswell, Oregon. She also shares her personal way she celebrates Pride.Kathleen Gage is the founder of Vegan Visibility and a longtime business consultant, keynote speaker, marketing strategist, and podcast host. With certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University, Kathleen has spent decades helping entrepreneurs and changemakers grow their visibility and impact. She hosts 2 podcasts “Vegan Visibility” and “Plant Based Eating for Health,” and is the creator of the Vegan Visibility Virtual Summit, supporting vegan and plant-based entrepreneurs worldwide. She resides with her wife in Pleasant Hill, Oregon.Resources:Vegan VisibilitySocials: https://x.com/kathleengagehttps://www.facebook.com/VeganVisibilityNetwork https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleengage/Other Pride Hope for the Animals Episodes:The Vegan Drag Queen, Honey LaBronxTrans Vegan Voices

Aubrey Masango speaks to Mpogeng Jack Raphela, Owner and Director of Moeletsi Solutions & Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming unpacking how the urge to be needed too much is the biggest thing holding your business back. The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen. Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show. Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stress is never going away, but Dr. Gary Sprouse believes we can change the way we understand and manage it. In this episode of Health Coach Conversations, Cathy Sykora talks with Dr. Sprouse about why many people who feel overwhelmed may not be depressed—they may simply be carrying too many problems at once. He explains how worry, guilt, regret, low self-esteem, and overwhelm can be side effects of valuable human skills, and why the goal is not to lose those skills but to reduce the side effects. Dr. Sprouse also shares practical tools like "delumping," the empathy wall, realistic optimism, and the worry organizer to help people separate stressors, shift perspective, and regain control. This conversation is especially helpful for health coaches and practitioners who support clients through stress, overwhelm, and behavior change. In this episode, you'll discover: Why Dr. Sprouse says stress is an unavoidable part of adapting to a changing world How worry, guilt, regret, overwhelm, boredom, and low self-esteem can be side effects of human skills Why some people labeled as depressed may actually be overwhelmed How "delumping" helps separate problems so they feel more manageable What the "happy place" is and why it includes gratitude, joy, anticipation, fulfillment, contentment, connection, safety, humor, and hope How health coaches can use an "empathy wall" to care about clients without taking on their stress How realistic optimism and a worry organizer can help clients stop spiraling and take practical action Memorable Quotes: "Stress is our adaption to a changing world with our changing self." "The majority of human stresses are side effects to having a skill." "The more separate you keep them, the less overwhelmed you're going to be." Bio: Dr. Gary Sprouse – The Less Stress Doc – is an award-winning author and speaker. He helps people who are stressed and overwhelmed find calm again without medication or long-term therapy. He developed an innovative system that includes a simple, practical method designed to help people separate problems, lower stress, and take back control. Dr. Sprouse is a retired primary care physician who practiced in Maryland for 38 years. He graduated from George Washington University Medical School in the top 10% of his class and is a member of Mensa. He has become a holistic doctor to address people's physical and psychological needs. Certified in hypnosis and NeuroLinguistic Programming, he uses these skills to help people adjust their perspectives and reframe their past to improve their future. Dr. Sprouse is committed to helping people improve their mental health. He has taken everything he has learned about stress and crafted his award-winning book, Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress. Best-selling author Jack Canfield reviewed the book and said, "In the span of getting to know Dr. Gary Sprouse and reading his book, I have been introduced to many new concepts and ideas. His ideas and models for stress reduction are life-changing. You will absolutely love this. A must-read." Dr. Sprouse also collaborated on a book with Jack Canfield. The new book, Mindset Matters, is a best-seller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. An expert on mindset and stress management, Dr. Gary Sprouse is extremely passionate about bringing happiness into people's lives through humor, compassion, and understanding. His groundbreaking discovery defines where most human stress originates. This insight and the tools he developed to deal with stress are changing lives. He aims to have everyone living in their Happy Place. Mentioned in This Episode: Your Happy Place: https://thelessstressdoc.thinkific.com/products/courses/your-happy-place Highway to Your Happy Place: https://www.amazon.com/Highway-Your-Happy-Place-Roadmap/dp/B0CH25H25V Mindset Matters: https://amzn.to/4dAY2iU Links to Resources: Health Coach Group Website: thehealthcoachgroup.com Special Offer: Use code HCC50 to save $50 on the Health Coach Group website Leave a Review: If you enjoyed the podcast, please consider leaving a five-star rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

On this episode of Coaching Call, Sifu Rafael welcomes David C. Olcott for a powerful conversation on purpose, leadership, discipline, mindset, and building a meaningful legacy. As the founder, president, and CEO of Samurai Success, Inc., David has spent more than 35 years helping individuals and organizations transform their lives and businesses through his trademark Samurai Success coaching system.Blending Newtonian and metaphysical principles, David helps people reconnect with who they truly are, strengthen their leadership, and create sustainable success rooted in clarity and purpose. Throughout this conversation, Sifu Rafael and David explore the difference between living as a worrier versus stepping fully into the mindset of a warrior.David's remarkable journey includes serving as the number one national trainer for Anthony Robbins, managing the business operations for the world's number one real estate agent, and working in public service roles including chief of staff in the Florida State Senate. He is also a Master certified Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner, the author of the Amazon best seller Swords of Illumination, a second degree black belt in Aikido, and a seasoned motorcycle racer.This episode dives into communication, self mastery, resilience, leadership under pressure, and how personal growth impacts every area of life and business.Watch on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube and be sure to subscribe:Sifu Rafael TVSifu Rafael is a master instructor and the founder of Speaking Prowess, where he combines expertise in communication and leadership to help individuals unlock their full potential. As a professional speaker, solutions expert, and executive coach, Sifu Rafael leverages years of experience to guide clients toward their goals with clarity, purpose, and strategic insight. His mission is to make the art of effective communication accessible to all, empowering personal and professional growth. Sifu Rafael's unwavering dedication to improving communication skills has earned him a reputation as a trusted mentor and coach. His vision is clear: to enhance communication worldwide, one individual at a time.This episode is brought to you by Sifu's Mind Body Method, a lifestyle transformation that blends movement, mindset, nutrition, hydration, fasting, journaling, and faith. Learn more at Sifu MethodThat's where connecting with Sifu Rafael matters.Through Speaking Prowess and Sifu's Mind Body Method, Sifu Rafael helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts refine their message, command a room, and step onto more stages with clarity and confidence. From podcasts and live shows to keynote stages and curated experiences, Sifu Rafael helps people get seen, heard, and positioned as trusted voices in their industry while sharpening their speaking skills along the way.If you know you're meant to speak, lead, and impact at a higher level, this conversation is your invitation.Visit Sifu Rafael to connect, explore speaking opportunities, and start positioning yourself for more stages, stronger presence, and real influence.#CoachingCall #SifuRafael #DavidOlcott #SpeakingProwess #Leadership #Purpose #Success #Mindset #Legacy #PersonalGrowth #Communication #SamuraiSuccess

What you'll learn in this episode: Why self-belief is the foundation of every successful business The GPS framework for achieving goals with clarity and focus How the “commit or quit” mindset removes distractions Why consistency beats talent in sales and entrepreneurship The CPI Communication Model for building trust and rapport How neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) improves communication Why follow-up is the most overlooked sales skill The SCARLET framework for hiring winning team members How great leaders teach people how to think, not what to do Why “You are good enough” is the ultimate entrepreneurial truth    

"Talk therapy results in only 38% success. Give this a try instead."Dr. Yvonne shares innovative techniques for rapid emotional healing, rewiring trauma, and transforming mental health practices. Discover how her methods can help you clear negative emotions in minutes and improve your mental well-being."You chose to be here for a reason."Chapters00:00 Transforming Emotional Healing03:10 The Power of the Mind06:03 Rapid Release Techniques08:53 The Book and Its Purpose12:02 Advice for Overcoming Challenges14:53 Connecting with Your True SelfSupport the showThank you for being here. Don't forget to subscribe to stay current! You can email all questions for the host or guest to Danica at PodcastsByLanci@gmail.com.This show is brought to you by Living Proof TBI Coaching specializing in recovery for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors, Families, and CaregiversCRISIS LINE: DIAL 988

A Mesmer Mother's Day Special Episode of Open Loops with Greg's Hypnosis/NLP Trainer, Dr. Yvonne Oswald! And since BetterHelp and Talkspace probably aren't sliding into Greg's inbox for a sponsorship anytime soon: “No More Therapists!” indeed. Let's be precise here: this is a pro-mental-health conversation that moves far beyond conventional ideas of psychotherapy. Dr. Yvonne Oswald has spent over 30 years in clinical sessions, trainings, and live demonstrations helping people move through deep trauma, emotional chaos, limiting beliefs, and inner disarray toward peace, power, and freedom in their own minds. She just knows how to do it fast. After a lifetime of teaching hypnosis, NLP, language mastery, emotional release, and mind technology, while continuing to refine and create new methods, Dr. Yvonne has put her work into her new book, No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer, where she teaches readers how to clear negative emotions in minutes, rather than spend years circling the same pain. Greg had the chance to study with her in Niagara Falls, Canada, inside her healing house during her Hypnosis Master Training and Every Word Has Power live coaching experience. Years later, he still considers her breakdown of Mind Magic, emotional release, submodalities, high-vibration language, and unconscious reprogramming some of the clearest, most lucid, and most practical material ever explored on Open Loops. Which says a lot, considering this show has also covered how to have a five-minute conversation with Bigfoot that borders on flirtatious. This episode is different. You will learn. You will shift. You may even experience one of the techniques working on you while you listen. In this unique episode, you'll discover: -Why your brain may already have the answer before your conscious mind knows how to ask the question. -How Dr. Yvonne's Mind Magic process uses breath, gaze, anchoring, and language to interrupt emotional patterns rapidly. -Why “negative emotions” may be less like permanent wounds and more like mislabeled files waiting to be cleared. -How low-energy words can quietly program stress, limitation, and emotional contraction into the nervous system. -Why changing one word can alter the direction of your unconscious “GPS.” -What most hypnotists miss about emotional neutrality, and why neutral may be the real doorway before joy, peace, or manifestation. -How Dr. Yvonne blends grounded NLP structure with spiritual healing, source connection, and higher-consciousness work without losing practical precision. Listen if you're interested in hypnosis, NLP, trauma healing, manifestation, emotional release, language patterns, mind technology, or the strange possibility that your brain has been waiting for better instruction (ie. "Can you use me instead of ChatGPT for once?")   Dr. Yvonne's Links Get Dr. Yvonne Oswald's Safety Box:https://globalwelcome.com/safety-box Sign up now to receive Dr. Yvonne's Safety Box, a free collection of rapid emotional-release techniques designed to help you calm emotional “tsunamis” and return to neutral fast. You'll also be notified when her new book, No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer, comes out next week on May 16th. Dr. Yvonne Oswald's Website:https://globalwelcome.com New Book:No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer Clear negative emotions in minutes, not years. Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

She speaks with deep reverence about iboga as a master plant teacher, describing how years of preparation through transformational NLP, family constellation work, somatic therapy, and energy work shaped the depth of her experience. Beth reflects on the themes of masculine healing, ancestral purging, inner child integration, and epigenetic clearing that moved through her ceremonies, and shares why she believes preparation and integration are everything with this medicine.  Beth also touches on the physical destabilization that followed, the profound purge she experienced, and why she is now considering offering pay-what-you-wish preparation sessions for others called to work with iboga. Episode Highlights: ▶ Why Beth waited 12 years before saying yes to iboga  ▶ How deep preparation shaped the depth of her experience  ▶ What sets iboga apart from other plant medicines she has worked with  ▶ Prayer, intention, and what the medicine chose to work with  ▶ Healing the masculine and surfacing deep unconscious patterns  ▶ Inner child integration brought to a whole new level  ▶ The purge: ancestral, epigenetic, and beyond words  ▶ Dreams repeating for two years that came to fruition in ceremony  ▶ Physical effects and bringing presence to parts of the body that were offline  ▶ Why discernment and proper medical intake matter with this medicine  ▶ Her plan to offer preparation sessions for those called to iboga Themes Prayer and right relationship with Iboga and other sacred plant medicines Timing, readiness, and discernment Integration as an actual lifestyle (not just an integration circle) When fear is a doorway in The way spirit weaves in your life LONG before the ceremony Truth vs. bypassing Mentions + Modalities referenced ▶ Iboga experience and insights ▶ Preparation and integration in plant medicine ▶ The sacred relationship with master plant teachers A note on Iboga safety + discernment Iboga is not to be taken lightly. Making this decision was not a casual path. Beth speaks to the importance of being held by skilled facilitators, proper screening, and not rushing toward a “quick fix.” If you're feeling called, let your prayer deepen, let guidance ripen, and choose safety and integrity over urgency. New 1-1 Container Now Open! Sunarai: The Journey Home to Your Quintessence, Clarity & Abundance is a 12-Week 1:1 Private Alchemical Journey with Subconscious Reprogramming Transformational NLP Sessions;  Plant Medicine Guidance + Support;  Gene Keys + Energetic Activation;  Embodied Soul Alignment, and deep purification work    Links Free Gifts: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business/ Sunarai: The Journey Home to Your Quintessence, Clarity & Abundance: https://go.bethaweinstein.com/sunarai/ Upcoming plant dieta (with astrology + special guests): sign up for the waitlist here https://go.bethaweinstein.com/rose-dieta/    If this episode speaks to you… Send it to someone who's been circling a big decision or someone who's trying to stop outsourcing their truth to “the next thing.” And if you're not on Beth's email list yet, that's the place to stay connected when social platforms do what they do. Download Beth's free trainings here: Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-businessIntegrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business▶ Beth's Coaching & Guidance: https://bethaweinstein.com/coaching ▶ Beth's Offerings & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Instagram: @bethaweinstein ▶ FB: / bethw.nyc + bethweinsteinbiz

What if the right words could rewire your brain… or at least make you feel like they did? This week, Amanda is joined by journalists and hosts of the podcast Mind Games,  Alice Hines (@alicehines_) and Zoë Lescaze (@zoelescaze), to unpack the cult of neurolinguistic programming, the self-improvement framework that promises transformation through language, mindset shifts, and a little bit of psychological sleight of hand. They dig into how NLP showed up inside NXIVM and explore why these techniques can feel genuinely helpful in everyday life, and how the line between self-help and manipulation often comes down to who's in charge. Amanda even tries an NLP session herself, which is equal parts intriguing and slightly unsettling and begs the question: is NLP a useful set of tools… or a very persuasive vibe? Subscribe to Sounds Like A Cult on Youtube!Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod, @amanda_montell, @reesaronii, @chelseaxcharles, @imanharirikia.  Come see Sounds Like A Cult LIVE at The Bell House in New York on April 21st! Tickets at amandamontell.com/events Thank you to our sponsors! To Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain, Head to ⁠⁠https://www.squarespace.com/CULT Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://LIQUIDIV.COM and get 20% off your first purchase with code CULT at checkout. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at https://BollAndBranch.com/slac with code slac.  Download the Whatnot app today and get free shipping on your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mind of a Voiceover Legend: Spike Spencer Voiceover Mindset and Performance BOSSes, Anne Ganguzza welcomes Spike Spencer, a veteran whose voice has defined iconic series like Evangelion, Pokemon, and World of Warcraft. But Spike isn't just an actor; he's a certified Master NLP Coach who understands that the "pipes" are only a tool—the real engine is the subconscious. This episode dives into the practical application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in the booth, the evolution of the anime industry over 30 years, and how to "anchor" yourself into a winning state before you even hit record.     Chapter Summaries: 30 Years of Anime: From VHS to Instantaneous (10:58) Spike reflects on the technological shift in the industry. Thirty years ago, dubbing involved recording to VHS tapes and mailing them to Japan for feedback. Today, it's instantaneous and script-free. He notes that the speed of modern gaming and anime sessions requires actors to rely solely on instinct and advanced cold-reading skills. NLP 101 for Actors: Subconscious Listening (23:29) Spike explains Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as the "study of excellence." He emphasizes that your subconscious is always listening to your internal dialogue. If you tell yourself "I hope I get this," you are operating from a state of lack. He discusses how to shift into a "paid voice actor" identity by simply asking for a $10 "lunch fee" for freebies to trigger a mental state change. The Power of Anchoring (25:38) To improve your voiceover mindset and performance, Spike suggests "anchoring"—associating a physical action or sensation with a specific mental state. He shares techniques like touching a specific part of your booth doorway or using a physical gesture (like pinching an ear) during a moment of high energy to "program" your brain to enter that state whenever the gesture is repeated. The "Matador Walk" and Audition Recovery (32:13) Drawing parallels from professional tennis, Spike discusses the importance of the "recovery state." After an audition—good or bad—actors must "shake it off" physically and mentally to enter the next read with fresh energy. He notes that animals (and microphones) are incredibly sensitive to manic or nervous energy, making mindfulness a prerequisite for a clean take. Manifestation and "Stair-Stepping" Goals (40:30) Affirmations often fail because the subconscious rejects them as lies (e.g., "I am a millionaire"). Spike teaches "stair-stepping": setting goals that are realistic enough for the subconscious to believe. He also introduces the concept of anchoring the achievement of a goal by visualizing the feeling 15 minutes after the success has occurred. Homesteading and Fatherhood (53:30) Beyond the booth, Spike discusses his life in the Texas Hill Country, where he gardens, homeschools his kids, and manages a homestead with donkeys and chickens. He argues that this "Dad energy" and grounding in nature provide the creative fuel necessary to sustain a decades-long career without burning out.     Top 10 Takeaways for Voice Actors: Master Cold Reading: In modern anime and gaming, you won't see the script ahead of time. Acting classes and daily reading practice are essential. Your Subconscious is the Captain: It believes whatever you tell it without judgment. Speak to yourself as a successful professional. Use Physical Anchors: Create a "booth ritual" (a touch, a scent, or a specific song) to instantly trigger a high-performance state. The "First and Last Take" Rule: Avoid overthinking. Usually, your first read is the freshest, and your last read is the most refined. Stop there and move on. Identify as a Pro: If you haven't been paid, do a small job for a nominal fee ($10). Once money changes hands, you are a "paid voice actor" in the eyes of your subconscious. The Energy is Audible: Microphones pick up tension. If you are nervous, the listener will hear it. Use breathing and movement to ground yourself. Recover Like a Matador: After every audition, do a physical "reset" to let go of the previous performance and clear the slate for the next one. Stair-Step Your Affirmations: Don't claim "I am the world's best actor" if you don't believe it. Start with "I am a working actor who is improving every day." Make Your Booth a Sanctuary: If you feel like someone is listening through the walls, your acting will be restrained. Ensure your space feels private and safe. Perform Everywhere: Whether you're cooking on camera or reading to your kids, keep your creative energy flowing to prevent stagnation in the booth.  

Today, I'm joined by Curtis McCollum—certified clinical hypnotherapist, master practitioner in neurolinguistic programming, and high-performance coach focused on helping individuals rewire their internal dialogue to unlock their full potential. In this episode, Curtis and I explore how communication goes far beyond words. We talk about the power of presence, why great communicators are highly aware of nonverbal cues, and how your internal state directly impacts how your message is received. Curtis shares insights on building rapport quickly, adapting your communication style in real time, and why active listening is one of the most critical—and overlooked—skills for leaders today. This conversation blends practical communication strategies with deeper insights into mindset, awareness, and human behavior, offering a unique perspective on what it truly takes to connect and influence others. Let's dive in. ► Follow Communispond on LinkedIn for more communication skills tips: https://www.linkedin.com/company/communispond ► Connect with Scott D'Amico on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdamico/ ► Connect with Curtis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-mccullom/ ► Learn more about Bespoke Human Potential Coaching:  https://www.bespokehumanpotentialcoaching.com/ ► Subscribe to Communicast:  https://communicast.simplecast.com/ ► Learn more about Communispond:  https://www.communispond.com

What if your past didn't define you — but prepared you? In this deeply honest and expansive episode of Wake Up with Joni, I sit down with Deborah Yager — Master Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, High Performance Coach, and co-founder of Yager Training — for a conversation that bridges transformation, spirituality, and the power of identity. Deborah shares her extraordinary journey from addiction, toxic relationships, and profound shame… to becoming a leader who now helps others rewire their minds, reclaim their worth, and step into unapologetic freedom. Together, we explore: ✨ How the language you use shapes your reality ✨ The roots of shame — and how to release it ✨ Rewriting identity at the deepest level ✨ The connection between NLP and spiritual awakening ✨ Why "rock bottom" can be a powerful initiation ✨ Embracing your perfectly imperfect path This conversation is an invitation to see yourself differently — to move beyond the stories that have kept you small and into the truth of who you really are. If you've ever felt stuck in your past, struggled with self-worth, or sensed there's more available for your life… this episode is for you.

What if someone told you that you could skip years of therapy with a few mental tricks? It sounded impossible… until we found Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP is a form of hypnosis beloved by everyone from sex cults to the U.S. military to fortune 500 companies–yet almost no one knows it exists. Long before she co-founded NXIVM, hypnotist Nancy Salzman encountered NLP as a radical method for reprogramming the mind. Her story leads us to its inventor, Richard Bandler, a volatile, self-made guru. As we dig into how it took hold in so many places, we face an unsettling possibility: NLP might actually work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if someone told you that you could skip years of therapy with a few mental tricks? It sounded impossible… until we found Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP is a form of hypnosis beloved by everyone from sex cults to the U.S. military to fortune 500 companies–yet almost no one knows it exists. Long before she co-founded NXIVM, hypnotist Nancy Salzman encountered NLP as a radical method for reprogramming the mind. Her story leads us to its inventor, Richard Bandler, a volatile, self-made guru. As we dig into how it took hold in so many places, we face an unsettling possibility: NLP might actually work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week we explore career motivation, generative AI for leaders and the psychology of meaningful work. Plus we put Neuro-Linguistic Programming under the microscope and answer career questions from future business psychologists.

We're excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you'd enjoy: Mind Games. What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you? Or.... secretly hypnotize others into giving you anything you want? That's the promise of NLP. Mind Games is an investigation into the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology that has quietly shaped industries, institutions, and belief systems around the world. Part science experiment, part investigation, part true crime thriller, Mind Games tells the story of NLP and its crazy cast of disciples, including the fake doctor who invented it at a New Age commune, took it to Fortune 500 boardrooms, and whose gruesome murder trial did little to stop its rise. Find Mind Games on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. New episodes out Tuesdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you'd enjoy: Mind Games. What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you? Or…. secretly hypnotize others into giving you anything you want? That's the promise of NLP. Mind Games is an investigation into the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, a blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and psychology that has quietly shaped industries, institutions, and belief systems around the world. Part science experiment, part investigation, part true crime thriller, Mind Games tells the story of NLP and its crazy cast of disciples, including the fake doctor who invented it at a New Age commune, took it to Fortune 500 boardrooms, and whose gruesome murder trial did little to stop its rise. Find Mind Games on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. New episodes out Tuesdays. Listen here: swap.fm/l/listen-to-mind-games

“The conscious mind is the goal-setter, the unconscious mind is the goal-getter”Deborah Eager is an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Trainer and High Performance Coach who helps people move through subconscious barriers, to realize their absolute potential for achieving their dreams and true leadership. As Co-Founder of Yager Training alongside her husband Brandon, they are changing lives with their signature NLP model and methodology. Tune in, as Deborah shares:Her own critical, pivotal moment of realization of her self-destructive pathThe amazing NLP impact on rewiring the unconsciousmind, freeing from limiting beliefs and false narrativesThe Yager Training work on “breaking the cycle” with Generational TraumaTo connect with Deborah, and learn more about her great work with Brandon, visit: www.yagertraining.comIG: @yager_trainingFB: YagerTraining