What if there was only one thing you needed to do in order to access the best you have inside you? Join Michael for an exploration of the simplicity of living from your soul.

Listen in as Michael shares lessons learned from a 1980's Christmas movie and how we can stay clear and present in the face of our own scary thinking.

This week, Michael shares a simple metaphor for how you can immediately begin to do better in any area of your life.

Do you ever wonder why it seems like there's so much going on and so little getting done? In this episode, Michael takes you on a whirlwind tour of the many games of life and how to play them!

With all the books of hacks and tips that have been written about productivity, there is one simple factor that plays a fundamental role in efficiency, effectiveness, and more. Join Michael for a quick peek under the hood of your own mind so you can begin getting more done with less effort in your own work and life!

If you struggle to "be here now" and wonder if the present moment is all its cracked up to be, this week's episode will do exactly what the title suggests - share a whole new way of thinking about the only place you can ever really be!

The Scottish mystic Syd Banks said that "if the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their own experience, that alone would change the world." Join Michael for this exploration of how fear can become less and less of a factor in your world!

Wouldn't it be great if putting words to the music of life helped you to experience it more fully? Listen in as Michael shares multiple metaphors for spirit and its role in helping us come more fully alive!

Once you have a real feel for how amazing you actually are, it's time to take the equipment out into your life for a proper "field test". In the final part of this three part series, you'll get some practical tips on how to "unstick yourself" and spark your own sense of possibility in any area of your life.

When you really understand how something works, you can work with it simpler, better, and more gracefully. Join Michael for part two of this three part series on how "getting it" the way we get a joke makes overcoming challenges and creating in the world both easier and way more fun!

Would you like to come alive to the best you have inside you, and help others do the same? Listen in to the first of this three part series on what transformative coaching is all about.

Want to enjoy your life more? Listen in this week as Michael shares a simple way to experience more presence in any moment!

Do you have your own back? Join Michael for a fascinating exploration of what self-care really is and why it really matters!

What if you could eat whatever you wanted whenever you wanted without having to worry about putting your health or waist size at risk? If you’ve ever struggled with food or knowing what to eat when, this week’s episode is a must!

What if you could get more clarity and power in less than 30 seconds?  Join Michael for a fast ride up the great glass elevator of consciousness!

Want to get on better with pretty much anybody in your life? Listen to this quick hit episode to get started!

Fear plays a major role in many people’s lives even if they’re unaware of feeling afraid.  This week, Michael shares a user-friendly but powerful distinction that will help you to live fearlessly, regardless of your circumstances!

If procrastination has been a problem in your life, today’s episode will provide you with a simple understanding of why we don’t do what we don’t do and how to begin!

Is it really possible to be at your best when things matter the most? Listen in as Michael shows you how to access peak performance without pressure, fear, or stress!

Do you ever feel like you’ve got 101 things to do and only enough time to take care of 12 of them? Join Michael for this exploration of the true cause of overwhelm and how to find a surprising amount of bandwidth to get sh*t done!

What if life isn’t a collection of events and experiences but something more immediate and ever present? Listen in to get a feel for the simple (and wonderful) feeling of being alive!

The Scottish mystic Syd Banks said that every human being is already enlightened - they just don’t know it. Join Michael to explore what it might be like if that we’re actually true!

If you’ve ever thought of ego as a character flaw to overcome, this startlingly obvious understanding may change the way you see yourself forever!

What if you’re only one thought away from a whole new experience of money? Listen in for an effortless way to change your behavior around money for good!

Are you shy? Do you get self-conscious in the midst of your daily life? Join Michael for some quick tips on getting free from self-consciousness and living more in the expansive flow of life!

Do your interrupt your own enjoyment of the moment to remind yourself of your “real life” responsibilities? Learn a simple distinction that can massively reduce the burden of unnecessary (and unhelpful) responsibility in your life!

What if love wasn’t something to do or have but simply a quality of being? Listen in as Michael explores what it is to be love without limits!

What if you don’t have to control your thinking to experience freedom of mind? Join Michael for this exploration of the nature of thought and  an end to suffering!

Have you ever been told to “just be yourself”? In this episode, Michael shares the hidden secret to being yourself and how it can change the game for the better in a heartbeat!

In this week’s episode, Michael shares a simple understanding that will help you to get better at pretty much anything you want to get better at and points out the most common pitfall that’s likely to get in your way!

Are you living your life on purpose? Do you even know what that means? Join Michael in a fun exploration of how traditional ideas like purpose, mission, and vision can emerge from the inside-out!

If you‘ve ever wondered who you really are (and why it matters), let Michael guide you into an eye-opening eyes open experience of being the perfection of life in action!

If you’ve ever wondered what the scientific method has to do with being in flow (and we’re guessing you haven’t :-), in this week’s episode Michael points to the difference between finding solutions and trying to work things out in your head!

Can you really trust your real-time responsive guidance system? Let Michael show you why even the best advice isn’t a patch on your own “fresh from the oven” wisdom!

Join Michael for this week’s exploration of why giving up on self-improvement may make more of a positive difference than any of the things you try to do to improve your life!

In this week’s episode, Michael shares two questions that will help you to align with your deepest desires and create a life that makes you go “wow!”, even if nobody else ever notices!

Remember the old pictures of Atlas carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders? Join Michael for this surprisingly liberating exploration of how to lighten up your thinking and your life!

Learning how to thrive, in many ways, is as simple as beginning to notice the extent to which you are already thriving from moment to moment. In this episode, Michael shares a simple way to check-in with yourself and take time to thrive!

What if an evil hypnotist convinced all the superheroes on earth that they were ordinary mortals? That's the premise behind this episode's lighthearted deep dive into the heart of the human potential!  

One of the implications of the inside-out understanding is that 100% of our experience comes from Thought and none of it comes from circumstances, other people, or the past. Join Michael to see how embracing the "100/0" nature of personal experience takes us from victims to owners in our lives.

Let Michael take you through a simple yet valuable "pre-flight checklist" for your day. This episode is a great one to play (or replay) anytime you want to check-in and make sure you're getting the most out of yourself for whatever's on your schedule for the day!

Is artificial intelligence going to replace human beings, or is it going to help us go deeper into our true potential? In this episode, Michael explores the similarities and differences between the mind, the brain, and the new AI program, Chat GPT!

The Buddha reportedly said "If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." Listen in as Michael shares ideas and examples for being kinder to yourself and doing better in the world.

Does your income come from a job? From your customers? From your clients? Or does it come from something before your job, customers, or clients even exist? Join Michael for this quick hit exploration of the real source of income and how we can create more of it, regardless of what we do.

Have you ever wondered what the most valuable tool in your toolkit as a human being is? Listen in as Michael shares a number of resources and picks the one he's found to give us the "biggest bang for our buck"!

Listen in as Michael shares what a near-death experience has to do with overcoming embarassment, giving up stress, and finding more ease and grace in your life! 

Want to find out what people are *really* like and maybe even fall in love again for the first time? Join Michael for a mind-bending insight into the difference between looking in a mirror and looking out the window!

If you'd like to experience more clarity, insight, and creative disruption in your world, listen in as Michael shares some new twists on a classic metaphor.

Want to see the world with fresh eyes? Let Michael guide you through an exploration of how you can bring "newborn consciousness" into your daily life.

Join Michael to learn how a simple experiment in deeper feeling can become an energizing and more peaceful way to live!

Have you ever felt the need to choose between spirituality and making money? Check out this episode to see how money can lift up both the giver and receiver in every exchange!

If you'd like to heighten your discernment and experience more "effortless change" in your life, come join  Michael for a tour of what Robert and Holly Holden call "The Holy Church of Noticing".

Do you exhaust yourself trying to be "superhuman" in order to make your way in the world? Listen in as Michael explains how tapping into your natural superpowers can make life easier and more fun than ever before!

Is fear really a gift, or is that just a new age idea? In this episode, Michael shares his own journey to unwrapping and opening up to the true gift of fear!

What if "sin" has nothing to do with morality or rule breaking? Listen in to learn about how an ancient Greek definition of "sin" can transform the way you live your life!

How long do you need to wait to forgive yourself and others? In this episode, Michael shows how there's no downside to forgiving "before you're ready" and just how easy it can be to do!

Have you ever heard the expression "there is nothing wrong with you"? Let Michael explain the only thing that's actually wrong with you and why that's way less of a problem than you might think!

Does it feel safe to love your life, exactly as it is right now? This week's episode shows why the "danger" of growing complacent, tempting fate, or breeding jealousy are vastly overestimated and just how much they cost us over time!

Most of us have heard about "loving what is", but what are we meant to do about "what isn't"? Listen in to find out why ignoring it might just be the most responsible thing you can do!

Would you be open to a miracle happening as a result of listening to this podcast? No matter how unlikely you think that would be, this episode will increase your sense of hope and possibility for a nicer life!

If you've ever wondered how to find and follow your own perfect path through life, this week's episode will point the way!

Today's podcast is the final part of three episodes where I'll be exploring a whole new way of thinking about struggle.

Today's podcast is part two of three episodes where I'll be exploring a whole new way of thinking about struggle.

Today's podcast is part one of three episodes where I'll be exploring a whole new way of thinking about struggle.

In this week's episode Michael shares a whole new way of thinking about thriving and it starts with finding the place inside of ourself that is already thriving.

In this week's episode, Michael invites you to take the day off from your thinking and see what happens. (Spoiler alert: It probably won't be what you think!)

This week, Michael shares surprising new research into the root cause of depression and how a foreword written by Dr. Candace Pert more than a decade ago suggests that consciousness itself may be the key to a happier, more productive life.

Ever feel like you're carrying the weight of your past thinking with you into every new experience? Today's episode will show you how to honor your personal history without it ever dragging you down.

Want a foolproof way to get a new perspective on any aspect of your life? Listen in as Michael shares a simple strategy for opening yourself up to insight!

This week, Michael shares a quote from the enlightened Scottish welder Syd Banks and how it points to the freedom available to us all.

Join Michael for this lighthearted look at how understanding how all human beings work can make a positive difference to anyone, no matter how complicated or difficult their current circumstances appear to be

Listen in as Michael shares an alternative description for what is often called "the upper limits problem" and suggests a much simpler way of expanding your world.

Need a break? Listen in as Michael shares how it's often enough to just send your brain on holiday, even if you need to keep showing up to your life!

Do you ever feel like you're worse off than you were before you started on your spiritual path? Join Michael for this simple explanation of why seeing more sometimes makes things seem worse - and why it's actually a sign that they've begun to change for the better!

Are you judgemental? Let Michael guide you to a fresh understanding of the nature of judgement and why you might not be as judgemental as you think!

What if the source of any struggle we have in life is simply a thought believed? Join Michael for this exploration of why our circumstances have less to do with our experience than we think!

What if everything that happened was preordained and personal choice and free will were just an illusion? In this week's episode, Michael explores the difference between being a victim and being an active participant in the dream of life!

Ever wonder what it takes to spark change in yourself, a loved one, a colleague, a team, or a company? Listen in as Michael shares metaphors and stories on being an "impact catalyst" in your world.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this exploration of how spirituality has more to do with the feeling we live in than what we do (or don't do) with our lives.

Join Michael for this exploration of what makes a principle a principle and more importantly, why recognizing and understanding principles can change your life for the better!

Today's podcast is the final part of two episodes where I'll be exploring a whole new way of thinking about uncertainty

Today's podcast is part one of two episodes where I'll be exploring a whole new way of thinking about uncertainty

If you've ever wondered what the heck it means to "be yourself", join Michael for an exploration of the three levels of meaning hidden in that simple admonition.

Listen in as Michael shares his newest iteration of the essence of transformation and a whole new way of being in the world.

If you'd like to be unstoppable in any area of your life, Michael's  two-step formula will show you how simple it can be to become an unstoppable force in the world.

Need to forgive someone? Maybe even someone who looks and sounds remarkably like you? Listen in as Michael shares some simple secrets to forgiveness.

In this week's episode we explore just how often we already know exactly what to do

This week Michael shares a simple metaphor for meditation and how you can experience more of your innate peace, clarity, and wellbeing.

Join Michael to learn why resolving circumstances rarely solves the dramas we experience in our daily lives.

Michael discusses how Will Smith's actions at the Oscars and the ensuing debate online illustrate society's fundamental misunderstanding of how the mind actually works.

In this week's podcast I share the simple mistake I keep making.

In this week's episode I share why we don't need better thinking

In this week’s episode I talk about patience and humor.

CW: This episode contains reference to suicide/self-harm.  In this week’s podcast I talk about the transition from coping to thriving in life. 

In this week’s episode I look at the key to high performance in pretty much anything. 

In this week’s episode I look at how you actually become great at something, and how none of us are broken. 

In this week's episode I look at how I view the game of life.

It this week's episode I look at the differences between stoicism, psychological boogeymen, and imperturbability. 

In this week's episode I look at a piece of advice from Syd Banks' wife. 

In this week's episode I share two things I know that help me not think about stuff.

In this week's episode I explore "isness".    

In this week's episode I take a look at whether or not "thinking about something" is really helpful.  

In this week's episode I explore the idea of separate realities. 

In this episode I want to share my experience of truly seeing that there really is nothing wrong us, that we are all sitting in the middle of mental and just don't know it.

On this week's podcast I explore effortless being

In this episode I share some thoughts on mental health from Syd Banks

An exploration of living a guided life

A new skill to try bringing into high-conflict situations. 

An exploration of compassion and forgiveness. 

A metaphor for our 24/7 access to the deeper intelligence that runs through all life. 

A recall to the classic childhood story of “Harold and the Purple Crayon”, and how it applies to us in the world as grown ups. 

An exploration of how we can both perceive the world as it really is, and recognize that our feelings have nothing to do with that world, and how this can create a deeper, richer experience of life. 

A look at why some of our best ideas come to us in the shower, and how we can spend more time in this space. 

In this episode I reflect on a conversation I had with one of my mentors, Mavis Karn, about the opposite of anger.

A reflection on a different way of thinking about learning.

In this episode I talk about the difference between a principle and a belief, and where the Inside-Out understanding stands in relation to the two. 

A look at my journey with the understanding that’s at the heart of all these podcasts. 

Once you realize regret is just a thought, then the idea of living without regrets takes on a different meaning.

A look at how choosing to feel all of your emotions to the fullest isn’t an obstacle to high-performance, and that it can actually enhance your experience of being alive. 

A metaphor for describing who we really are. 

A look at my journey with the understanding that’s at the heart of all these podcasts.   

The inspiring story of Buckminster Fuller, and an idea to experiment with to live your life in the best way possible. 

A conversation I recently had about the connection between spirituality and religion.

In this podcast I share how a deeper understanding of the nature of fear allows you to live fearlessly regardless of what you happen to be feeling in any given moment.

What’s your definition of success? Here’s one that may not have occurred to you to experiment with. 

A look at what urgency really is, how it can harm our well-being, and how to get out of it (even if you have a lot on your plate).

A look at the difference between "thought spotting" and "thought recognition", and how the latter can change your life for the better. 

This week's episode is a re-release from some of our most popular episodes. Are you happier when you think happy thoughts or before you start thinking at all?

In today’s episode I talk about how much of our mental space is often taken up by thinking about what we have to do in the future, and how helpful the question, “what’s not your job right now?” can really be.

In today’s episode I talk about the relationship between state of mind and performance, and if it's really as essential as we think it is. 

A look at the unconscious contracts we sign that we think are responsible for our well-being, and how we can get out of the habit of making them.

This episode takes a look at “thought detox” - the process of coming down from our habitual high levels of thinking, and how it leads to settling down into our natural state of mental health and wellness.

In today’s episode I look at the phrase “Enough Already”, but in a different way than you might expect.

In this week’s episode I look at how the only person who can ever truly be an expert on you is you, and how realizing that can help you thrive more of the time.

This week’s episode of the Caffeine for the Soul podcast talks about “The Platinum Rule” - which is to do unto yourself as you would have others do unto you. 

In this week’s episode I talk about the idea of “delightful detachment” in opposition to “spiritual avoidance” and how we can use it to live fuller, happier lives. 

This week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul explores a whole new way of thinking about suffering.

In this week’s episode I look at the question, “when’s the last time you felt the way you wish you felt all the time?” as a gauge for how often you find yourself feeling like the real you, and how to spend more time there.

In this week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul, I share my journey towards gratitude, and how I have shifted from seeing it as a burdensome expectation to seeing it as the most beautiful space we have within us to experience life from.

This week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul talks about “waking up” to who we really are.

This week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul talks about the art of “pulling on threads”, and how we can get better at getting down to the truth of what’s really going on when people are suffering.

This week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul takes a look at fear, and the idea that you don’t have to be afraid, but it’s totally ok if you are.

A look at where expertise comes from, and how we can cultivate more of it where we want it. 

This week’s episode of the Caffeine for the Soul podcast talks about “quiet listening” - what it is, how to do it, and how it can enhance your life. Click the ‘podcast’ link in my bio to listen to the episode!

This week’s episode looks at the value of proceeding with clarity versus drama. 

This week’s episode of Caffeine for the Soul talks about a metaphor referred to as "The 4 Horsemen of the Mental Apocalypse", (stress, pressure, discouragement and fear) and what we can do about them.

This week's episode is a look at how the solutions to our problems are almost always much simpler than they may seem. 

This week's Caffeine for the Soul is a re-release from one of my older episodes. It's an exploration of how we can truly fall in love with life. 

An exploration of the best magic trick in the world. 

This week's Caffeine for the Soul is a re-release from one of my older episodes. It is a look at the problem with thinking we "should" be doing anything. 

This week’s Caffeine for the Soul is a re-release from one of my older episodes. It is based on one of my favorite questions from the spiritual teacher Byron Katie - who would you be without your story? 

What it means to dwell in possibility, and how it can change our lives for the better. 

How what we decide to tolerate/not tolerate in our lives can make them better.

The only thing you need to know to change your life forever. 

An exploration of self-care, and how it ties into caring for others. 

A look at what NOT to do to have a wonderful life. 

A look at where we really come from, and where we are now.

Exploring the question of free will in relation to the inside-out understanding.

A look at the illusory nature of the mind, and whether or not we should spend our lives trying to escape it.

A look at who we think we are, and how two ways of using the mind can affect that.

A look at unhelpful habitual thinking, and what we can do to suffer from it less.

A metaphor for enlightenment. 

A metaphor for the problem with how most of us try to work with our minds, and a suggestion of a more helpful method. 

An exploration of two common reasons we struggle.

Some helpful metaphors for living more insightfully. 

How understanding the nature of dreams can help us in our everyday lives.

A metaphor for insightful thinking. 

This week’s podcast is a re-release from a collection of our top listener favorites over the years. In “Slamming Your Hand in the Car Door of Life”, I discuss why movies can’t be powerful, people can’t be inspiring, and thoughts can never (yes, never) be triggered by circumstances.

This week's podcast is a re-release from a collection of our top listener favorites over the years. “Six Words That Changed My Life” is the story of one of my biggest wake up calls since I began in this conversation. It was the first time that I really saw just how made up my personal reality is, and by proxy how much more possibility there is for the future than I'd ever thought possible.

This week's podcast is a re-release from a collection of our top listener favorites over the years. In “Every Thought is a Lie (including this one)” I explore how much more space we have in our minds when we stop filling it up with analysis and judgement of our own thinking.

For the next few Caffeine for the Soul episodes, we will be choosing from some of our top listener favorites from over the years. Today’s is called, “What Inside-Out Really Means”, where I do my best to go beyond the “exam answer” that we’re living in the feeling of our thinking to the heart of how reality is actually created.

Part-two of a two-part episode. A deeper look into how we can get to our true identity.

Part-one of a two-part episode. A look at the the “horse crap” metaphor - how we spend so much time covering the wonder of who we really are with conditioning and stories, and how to dig up that true core.

A few stories from my life that point to our true nature.  

A guide to the best feedback mechanism we have for discerning our current state of well-being.

A look at the Syd Banks quote: “The most selfless thing you can do, is to be selfish about prioritizing your own peace of mind”, and what implications that has in our everyday lives.

Why we find "the bit in the middle" (the part that's not now, and not the long term) so worrisome, and an invitation to rest in today instead.   

What I’ve found to be the ultimate answer to all of our questions, and the ultimate formula for getting there.

Some metaphors for our different states of mind to help us better understand them.

Why the notion, "ready, fire, aim!" is often more helpful than "ready, aim, fire!" when it comes to creating.  

How coming to terms with how little control you have over where you’re going can help you in all aspects of work, life, and play.

We can find a millions “reasonable reasons” as to why being unhappy with the state of the world makes sense, but is it a useful catalyst for change?

Some simple insights that can lead to a more desirable ratio of effort to reward in your work life.

A look at the two different parts of the Inside-Out conversation.

Why putting pressure on yourself is like choking a water hose, and what you can do to improve your performance.    

A business episode to help you tell the difference between if you’re genuinely trying to help people with your business, or if you’re operating from a darker place of fear and greed.

Part 5 of a 5-part excerpt from my book: Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life. The beginners guide to sharing the Three Principles, and an invitation to live with hope.

Part 4 of a 5 part excerpt from my book: Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life. We’re all living in separate realities - what does that mean for our relationships and disagreements with others?

Part 3 of a 5 part excerpt from my book: Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life. On arguing for your limitations: “You’re gonna have to find a way to shut the hell up in your mind…and listen for something new, something you don’t already think and something you don’t already know. If you do, I promise you you’ll hear something that will change this for you”

Part 2 of a 5 part excerpt from my book: Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life. 3 steps to awakening hope, and some more insight on making your and others’ dreams come true.

Part 1 of a 5 part excerpt from my book: Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life. One of my favorite metaphors for how we can make the biggest difference in the world. 

This episode looks at the question so many of us have caught ourselves asking during the recent weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic - should we be afraid?

This episode talks about what's at the heart of the inside-out understanding that can really make a difference - both in our lives and in the world. 

This episode talks about the original point of all the spiritual teachings we talk about today, and how to find it when we've strayed away from it. 

A look at two tools we have inside of us and how they can help to guide us home in any given moment. 

Is the zone something we can only access randomly, or is it present, all of the time?

Finding the place inside of ourself that is already thriving.

Two things you can do to have a nicer experience of everyday life

Understanding the relationship between money, happiness, and business success

In today's podcast I share some thoughts I had recently about a change in my career and whether or not it is true that I would make a terrible spy!

Part two of a two part exploration of the creative genius at the heart of who and what we really are.

Part one of a two part exploration of the creative genius at the heart of who and what we really are.

How to have conversations that transform lives and a piece of advice from the Scottish mystic Syd Banks

Are you happier when you think happy thoughts or before you start thinking at all?

To mark the passing of the spiritual teacher Ram Dass, here's an exploration of the true meaning of the word 'Now' and how we can go deeper into the only moment there is.

In the podcast I dramatize an imaginary conversation between me and a visitor from another planet to highlight what money's good for, what it isn't good for, and where security and insecurity really come from.

This week’s podcast is an exploration of how we handle the challenges in our work and lives and what we can do to thrive more of the time.

In this week’s podcast I share one of my favorite metaphors for the nature of mind and how we are always supported whether we notice it or not.

This week's podcast is a PG13 rated exploration of one of my favorite Syd Banks quotes that points to the intersection of our personal psychology and impersonal spiritual nature. It's kind of a fun one if you like that sort of thing... :-)

in this week's podcast, , I explore how much more space we have in our minds when we stop filling it up with analysis and judgement of our own thinking.

This week's podcast is taken from a talk I gave at a coaching conference about what it is that sets apart "helpful" coaching from coaching that is truly transformative.

This week's podcast is inspired by W. Timothy Gallwey's "inner game" model, and is a quick intro to how you can make an almost instant improvement to how well you do pretty much anything by getting out of the way of your capacity for innate performance.

This week's podcast features a voice that in many ways has already emerged, Clare Dimond. It's an incisive and insightful exploration of why we are neither the owners nor victims of our lives and points to who and what we may actually be.

In this week's podcast I lay out my own explorations of the difference between "making things happen" and "going with the flow", and how I've come to see that if we let the system do the work (instead of trying to force more of one approach or the other), we're naturally both proactive and responsive at just the right time to engage more effectively with our work and life.

This week's podcast recounts the story of our recent house move with some thoughts on fate, will, and the nature of creation.

This week's podcast explores how using language to describe spiritual truth is like attempting to point to fire with ice - the closer you get to what you're pointing to, the less you have to point with.

This week's podcast is a thought experiment I heard about from a friend a couple of week's back that was echoed by Anita Moorjani during this weekend's training. It's a fun way to get a read on how much of your activity is tempered and shaped by what you think other people will think about what you do.

This week's podcast features a modern-day fairy tale written and recorded by Stephanie Benedetto Padovani, a participant in this year's Emerging Voices mastermind. When she read it out in the group we all had goosebumps, and she very generously took the time to record it so you could all get a chance to enjoy it!

This week's podcast is an exploration of how the number one enemy of inner peace is our own habit of winding ourselves up about anything and everything.

In this week's podcast I share an old Sufi story about a village surrounded by a seemingly infinite, impenetrable wall and what happened when they try to find out what's on the other side. (As it happens, it also points to the limitations of spiritual teaching and sharing and why sometimes the only way out is in.)

This week's podcast explains what Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Connors, and the marriage vows have to do with having a wonderful life. (It makes sense once you listen to it. I think... :-)

This week's podcast explains how it is that changing the outside world can seem to change our inner world, even though it never really works that way.

This week's podcast is an exploration of a couple of the key ingredients in turning possibilities into reality. I also talk about a fire worth tending inside ourselves.

This week's podcast points to the heart of the inside-out understanding and why social media might not be the optimal forum for exploring the deeper nature of reality and the human experience.

In this week's podcast I share one of the core distinctions that makes exploring the principles behind the inside-out understanding different from pretty much any other transformative conversation I've explored in my 30 plus years of spiritual spelunking.

In this week's podcast I explore what's really on offer when we dive deep into the principles behind the inside-out understanding.

In this week's podcast we'll explore going beyond self-concept and discovering who and what we really are.

For this week's podcast I talk about my fascination with people who either have something to say but difficulty saying it or are brilliant at communicating but still struggling to find something authentically worth communicating about.

In this week's podcast I share my reflections on the essence of this understanding and a simple experiment to put it to the test in your own life.

This week's podcast is an exploration of what Agatha Christie and Don Miguel Ruiz have to say about navigating our lives with ease and grace.

This week's podcast is the story of one of my biggest wake up calls since I began in this conversation. It was the first time that I really saw just how made up my personal reality is, and by proxy how much more possibility there is for the future than I'd ever thought possible.

How much more peace and quiet would show up in your world if you didn't feel the need to explain, justify, or defend your experience?

Then in this week's podcast I take on the same idea but this time emphasizing the common sense nature, or "obviousness" of our behavior given the frameworks we are operating inside of.

In this week's podcast I share and expand upon the simple realization that ended my battle with depression and anxiety - the fact that we are all sitting in the middle of mental health, we just don't know it. Our mental health is our spiritual nature; our spiritual nature is our mental health. 

In this week’s podcast, I share some thoughts on the psychological immune system and what I consider to be the two key indicators of true mental health.

In this week’s podcast I share what I’ve been seeing about the relationship between happiness and success and how differently we play the game when we begin with a more helpful end in mind.

This week’s podcast is an exploration of the most significant thing I discovered about money in researching the mindset of "happy millionaires and billionaires".

In this week’s podcast, I talk about why behavioral prescriptions like "stop smoking" or "meditate more" rarely move the needle on our behavior, and how easily change can happen when we understand how it actually works.

This week's podcast is one of my favorites and points to the "always already there" nature of our own thinking. You may not be able to figure out how the trick works, but knowing it's a trick is half the battle won. 

This week's podcast is adapted from a recent blog and explores how the shift from ego driven to spiritually guided is never more than one thought away. 

This week's podcast highlights how some of the most obvious measures of progress and signs of change can be hidden from view until you know where to look to find them.

This week's podcast is a somewhat tongue in cheek meditation on what it's like to live in a state of meditation. 

This week's podcast is an exploration of how simple it can be to invite in the creative genius of the universe!

This week's episode is a reflection of sorts on how when we get comfortable operating in the unknown, even the thought of death itself loses its sting and becomes an adventure to be anticipated rather than and ending to be feared.

This week's podcast is a slightly tongue in cheek look at one of the biggest misunderstandings affecting Western civilization - the idea that we're not ever supposed to feel bad and we need to do whatever we can to stop, change, fix, or solve our feelings.

In this week's podcast I explore how the feeling of hopelessness and futility is what actually exhausts us and makes it seem like it would hurt too much to care about other people and the world around us. I also talk about how being hope-full is a realistic option, wherever we find ourselves in our life.

In this week's podcast I share just that - what I saw highlighted about the nature of our innate real-time responsive intelligence while enjoying last year's Mission Impossible blockbuster.

In this week's podcast I either hammer the point home or beat it to death as I share some lessons learned while listening to my colleague Mara Gleason talking about what she's learned in a lifetime of working with businesses and shares through her non-profit, the One Solution Global Initiative.​

This week's podcast talks about a basic standard for operational excellence we've instituted within my company over the past few years and why such a basic difference can make such a comprehensive difference.

This week's podcast is an exploration of, well, obviousness. In particular, I share how the black and white path of knowing or not knowing what to do is one of the simplest and most reliable ways to navigate through life.

This week's episode of the Caffeine for the Soul podcast does exactly what the title suggests - explains the only two problems people ever come to me with and the simple solution to them both.

In this week's podcast I share one of the insights that has made the biggest difference in reducing stress and pressure in my own life and work.

This week's podcast is an exploration of how our bias towards "right action" can distract us from our own wisdom.

In this week's podcast I share a story about the Scottish mystic Syd Banks and his continually pushing people towards following their own wisdom, not his.

In this week's podcast I share what I've been seeing about the nature of commitment and how it has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with self-awareness.

Today's podcast is again taken from the audiobook of Supercoach. If you've been finding yourself discouraged or downhearted in your life or work, these three simple ideas will help you see that you can't think your way out of a problem you've made up with your thinking.  

Today's excerpt from the audiobook of Supercoach and is one of my favorite stories from the original edition of the book called The Rich Man and the Beggar.

In today's audiobook excerpt from Supercoach, I share one of the "secrets" my clients tell me has made the biggest difference in their lives and a simple exercise to help clarify your inner wisdom from what Karen Horney called "the inner tyrant - the voice of the should".

Today's podcast is taken from the audiobook of the 10th anniversary edition of my book Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone's Life.

Today's podcast is an excerpt from the Supercoach audiobook, where I share more of the story of what's changed in over a decade of studying and sharing the Three Principles and why I was so excited at the chance to do a complete overhaul of the original book.

A complete change of pace in this week's podcast. If sales is a part of your job (and it almost inevitably is), I think you'll find this one extremely helpful!

This week's podcast is excerpted from last month's most popular radio show and explores both the true meaning of the word "genius" and what it takes to unleash the best you have inside you. 

This week's podcast is an exploration of the difference between 'different' and 'original' and why original thought is the key to pretty much any game changing innovation in pretty much every field.

In this week's podcast I share how a deeper understanding of the nature of fear allows you to live fearlessly regardless of what you happen to be feeling in any given moment.

This week's podcast shares a simple way to get beyond your habitual thinking and into the space of innovation - the space of fresh, original thoughts and ideas.

In this week's podcast I share an insight from Syd Banks that helped me see that talking about Mind, Consciousness, and Thought isn't always the best way to share them.

In this week's podcast I explore why answering the question "how does it work?" is nearly always more helpful than trying to answer the question "how do I do it?"

In this week's podcast I share what I've learned about goals and contentment over three decades of trying to decide between them only to discover they're part of the same unfolding.

In this week's podcast I explore what it is to become conscious of yourself as Consciousness and how life changes when we stop trying to "tell it like it is".

In the podcast this week, I share a distinction that explains why some teachers are seemingly able to impact anybody while others struggle to get through to almost anyone. It also points to how you can become more effective in whatever it is you teach through a simple shift in your preparation. 

In this week's podcast I​'m excited to share an excerpt from my new online video program with Anita Moorjani, Experiencing God.  It's taken from the live Q&A we did during filming, and it's one of the most powerful messages I've ever heard about what really moves the needle when it comes to overcoming illness and cultivating our natural movement towards health and well-being.

In this week's podcast, I continue the avian theme of my blog with an exploration of Pigeon Dancing, broadening it out beyond the realm of money to show how often we all get caught up in superstitious rituals for happiness and success and what we can do to experience more freedom, love, contentment, and joy.

In this week's podcast, I'm sharing another clip from the Audible edition of The Space Within. ​​It points to the world of difference between the absence of thought and the presence of the deeper mind.

​In th​is week's podcast​ ​I run through the difference between universal truth and the impact seeing truth will inevitably make in the way we live our lives.

This week's podcast is an exploration of how we inadvertently psych ourselves out when we believe ideas like "big" and "small" have existence outside the temporary reality of our own thinking.

In this week's podcast I share a metaphor for how recognizing what we have going for us lets us live our lives and impact the world with greater ease and impact.

In this week’s podcast I share one of my favorite metaphors for how working on ourselves can get in the way of loving our lives.​

In this week's podcast I share a story that began life as a part of the Caffeine for the soul blog. It sums up, as best I have yet been able, the difference between trying not to suffer because, "hey, it's all thought" and waking up to the divine nature of your soul.

In this week’s podcast I discuss why movies can’t be powerful, people can’t be inspiring, and thoughts can never (yes, never) be triggered by circumstances.

In this week's podcast you can listen to the first chapter of The Space Within excerpted from the unabridged Audible edition.

In today's podcast​, I talk about what I learned about what I do from watching the movie Murder on the Orient Express. (I'm pretty sure it makes more sense when you listen to it, but you can let me know... :-)

In this week's podcast I use the ten commandments as a metaphor for unleashing your inner wisdom and divinity.

In today's podcast​ I share a few stories that point to how much more is on offer with a deeper understanding of the principles than just getting relief from the feelings of stress and pressure in our lives.

In today's podcast ​I explore the connection between time management, English gardens, and how aligning yourself with the messiness of life helps clean things up tremendously well.​

In today's podcast, I suggest a different way of thinking about your thinking - one with considerably more patience and humor than you're probably used to.

This week's podcast is an exploration of a simple idea at the heart of understanding resilience, freedom, and high performance. It's one of the many questions I'll be exploring alongside Garret Kramer and Jamie Smart at the beginning of June on our two day workshop, Getting in the Game.

This week's podcast explores the seeming dichotomy between pursuing a spiritual path through life and enjoying the things of the world. This is something I wrestle with from time to time, and is at the heart of the paradoxical need for "Caffeine for the Soul".

​This week's podcast is the final part of What I'm Up to as a Coach, where I ​address one of the fundamental purposes of coaching - assisting people in creating cool sh*t in the world!

​This week's podcast is part two of What I'm Up to as a Coach, where I speak to ​opening up to a larger field of possibility without falling down the rabbit hole of psychology.

This week's podcast is the first of another three part series​. In part one, I point to the essence of the impact of transformative coaching, regardless of the particular approach you use or the particular clients you might be working with.

Today's podcast picks up on the theme from this week's blog but places it into the context of creativity and productivity - how to get the most out of your innate creative potential.

In this week's podcast I explore how the willingness to make mistakes as we go is the key to mastery over time.

This week's podcast is an exploration of the relationship between personal and impersonal, ego and essence, and how being ordinary is one of the most extraordinary things we can realize.

This week's podcast is taken from the latest installment of my new video series A Whole New Way of Thinking about... These videos are currently available exclusively to members of my Inner Circle, and we'll be bringing out a new video every month for at least the rest of this year.

For the podcast this week, I'm sharing a clip called Goals vs. Miracles taken from Creating the Impossible 2018. By the time you're done listening, you'll be able to distinguish between goal setting and 'miracle setting' and have a clear idea about the pros and cons of each approach.

Today's podcast is built around an excerpt from my new book Creating the Impossible: A 90 Day Program to Get your Dreams Out of your Head and into the World. In it, I speak to how and why we stop ourselves and how to create what we most want in our lives.

Today's podcast is the final in a series of five excerpts from an interview I did with Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff, authors of the book Coming Home. 

Today's podcast is the fourth in a series of five excerpts from an interview I did with Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff, authors of the book Coming Home. In our final podcast we'll be speaking about The Ultimate Answer.

Today's podcast is the third in a series of five excerpts from an interview I did with Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff, authors of the book Coming Home. Over the course of the week we'll also be speaking about: Going Deeper and The Ultimate Answer.

Today's podcast is the second in a series of five excerpts from an interview I did with Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff, authors of the book Coming Home. Over the course of the week we'll also be speaking about: Beyond the Words, Going Deeper, The Ultimate Answer.

Today's podcast is the first in a series of five excerpts from an interview I did with Dicken Bettinger and Natasha Swerdloff, authors of the book Coming Home. Over the course of the week we'll also be speaking about: The God Problem, Beyond the Words, Going Deeper, The Ultimate Answer.

In this podcast I share the epilogue from the Creating the Impossible book - some reflections on what Mahatma Gandhi's relationship with his son has to do with being a successful rapper, selling a million records, and ending racism in the world.

In this week's podcast I share the best of what I've learned about the surprising relationship between pressure and performance and how to take advantage of it in your own life and work.

This week's podcast is taken from chapter four "The Secrets of Effortless Productivity" of my new book, Creating the Impossible

This week's podcast is taken from chapter four "The Secrets of Effortless Productivity" of my new book, Creating the Impossible

This week's podcast is taken from chapter four "The Secrets of Effortless Productivity" of my new book, Creating the Impossible

This week's podcast is taken from chapter four "The Secrets of Effortless Productivity" of my new book, Creating the Impossible

This week's podcast is taken from chapter four "The Secrets of Effortless Productivity" of my new book, Creating the Impossible

In this episode I share the fruits of a conversation I had with my friend and mentor George Pransky about how easy it is to love any (yes, any!) job on the planet.

In this podcast I share a simple metaphor for how we can go higher and experience more of our innate health and deeper nature in our daily lives.

In this episode I'm sharing an audio excerpt  from the Living from the Inside-Out Self Study program. In less than a week, this program has gone from brand new to 'New and Noteworthy' to bestseller status on Udemy.

On this podcast, I share one of my favorite teaching stories from one of my pre-principles books, Feel Happy Now!

In recognition of all the people who love all the metaphors stories me and other 3P teachers share but wish we'd occasionally just tell them what the heck they should be doing if they want to be enlightened and successful and stuff, this podcast is built around the number one distinction between why some people get profoundly affected by the transformative conversation while others hear the same words but often fail to get impacted at the same level.

In this week's podcast, I begin an exploration about the perils of pursuing balance from the outside-in and some different ways of thinking about the whole idea of what makes for a life well lived.

In this podcast, I share an espresso-sized excerpt from one our most popular self-study programs, The Obstacle Course to Success. In it I share one of my all time favorite quotes about the secret to doing great work in the world.

​In this episode​, I share a bit of my thinking around #MeToo from a man's point of view, not on what it's like to be a woman but what ​might be helpful for us to think about as men.  ​

What's the one priority that will make everything you do work better? Is there a universal answer to that question or is it idiosyncratic for each of us?

This episode contains my reflections on yet another mass shooting here in the States, and what an understanding of the Three Principles can do for our ability to respond in a way that not only does no harm but might well make a positive difference as well.

In this episode, I share The Dragon Story. While this originally emerged as part of a client coaching session, I get emails and messages on a regular basis telling me about how this one story has changed their lives!

In this episode I share the core idea behind our most popular new program this year, The Advanced Course. It will help you to separate spiritual fact from fiction and be impacted more deeply by the principles.

This podcast is a​n exploration of our role in the daily creation of our lives, and how we can tilt the odds of success in our favor whether or not we're in control of the universe.

An espresso sized reflection on the nature of mindfulness as being awake to the spiritual essence of life as opposed to ​overly self-conscious about our wandering thoughts.

T​his week's podcast is about ​Staying in the Conversation, and describes what I've come to see as the three levels of understanding that inevitably come with a deeper understanding of the principles behind the human experience.​

This episode is an exploration of the false expectations we can set up for ourselves when we begin to think that any person, place, or condition can save us from the human condition.

In this episode I take on current events as best I can - it's a meditation on what racism is, where it comes from, and how we as a society can continue to evolve beyond it. 

This epsidode ​is a recounting of how something I read in a Dave Ramsey book really impacted the way I think about creating success, despite the fact that it turns out I misunderstood what he was trying to say!

In this episode I give an overview of The Nine Obstacles to Success, that I explore in our newest online self-study program, The Obstacle Course to Success. It's based on one of the most successful models I used in my coaching, the "obstacle analysis grid", where I coded the most common obstacle areas that my clients and students reported facing in their pursuit of success and collated strategies for getting over, through, or beyond them.

In ​this podcast​ I share some thoughts on how focusing on one thing (like, I don't know, the Three Principles? :-) can be a more powerful strategy for success than trying to find a hundred different tactics for a hundred different situations.

In this episode, ​I share ​an inside-out perspective on Byron Katie's "The Work", which played a significant role in my pre-principles explorations of how the mind works and how to live a rich and meaning-full life.

In this podcast ​I share my take on Anne Lamott's Three Essential Prayers and what they have to do with a life well lived.

In ​this week's podcast ​I share my take on the somewhat surprising relationship between circumstances and our thoughts and feelings.

This week's podcast features a five part interview with Mara Gleason, newly bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything.  In this final episode we talk about infinite problems and the one solution!

This week's podcast features a five part interview with Mara Gleason, newly bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything.  In this episode we talk about waking up to feeling.

This week's podcast features a five part interview with Mara Gleason, newly bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything.  In this episode we talk about what it is like to slow down to the speed of life.

This week's podcast features a five part interview with Mara Gleason, newly bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything.  In today's episode Mara shares her story of how being held at gunpoint led to a spiritual awakening.

This week's Caffeine for the Soul podcast features a five part interview with Mara Gleason, newly bestselling author of One Thought Changes Everything.  

This episode has me coming to terms with a piece of advice that Syd Banks reportedly doled out on a regular basis which makes perfect sense and I still find difficult at times ​to wrap my head around.

If you've ever got frustrated that it seems as though you're the only one not having life-changing insights into the inside-out understanding, this week's podcast A Guide to "Getting It", will hopefully be a welcome relief and friendly guide!

This episode is a recounting of a conversation I had with my nine year old godson last weekend about the mental game of tennis. As well as being relevant to performance at any age, people often ask "how do you talk about this stuff with kids?", so I hope this will prove helpful on both counts.

All this week on Caffeine for the Soul, we'll be sharing excerpts from the new audio version of The Space Within. Michael will be talking about insight, well-being, peace of mind, creativity, and high-performance over the course of the week. In the last episode in the series Michael talks our Mojo - how we lose it and how to get it back.

All this week on Caffeine for the Soul, we'll be sharing excerpts from the new audio version of The Space Within. Michael will be talking about insight, well-being, peace of mind, creativity, and high-performance over the course of the week. In today's episode Michael goes back to the drawing board...

All this week on Caffeine for the Soul, we'll be sharing excerpts from the new audio version of The Space Within. Michael will be talking about insight, well-being, peace of mind, creativity, and high-performance over the course of the week. In today's episode Michael goes deeper into Peace of Mind.

All this week on Caffeine for the Soul, we'll be sharing excerpts from the new audio version of The Space Within. Michael will be talking about insight, well-being, peace of mind, creativity, and high-performance over the course of the week. In today's episode Michael explores the idea of "Abandoning the Pursuit of 24/7 Happiness"....

All this week on Caffeine for the Soul, we'll be sharing excerpts from the new audio version of The Space Within. Michael will be talking about insight, well-being, peace of mind, creativity, and high-performance over the course of the week. Today's episode is taking from the Introduction and explains "How to Get the Most Out of Our Time Together"....

In today's podcast Michael shares what it seems to him is at the heart of both powerful coaching and personal transformation - the willingness to love and be loved unconditionally and to have your personal thinking about yourself and life disrupted, disturbed, and disrobed, revealing the creative source, potential, and power underneath it.  

On the Caffeine for the Soul podcast this week, Michael will be giving voice to the Supercoach rewrites with a few impromptu tweaks and additions as he goes.  

On the Caffeine for the Soul podcast this week, Michael will be giving voice to the Supercoach rewrites with a few impromptu tweaks and additions as he goes.  

On the Caffeine for the Soul podcast this week, Michael will be giving voice to the Supercoach rewrites with a few impromptu tweaks and additions as he goes.  

This week's podcast is a five part interview with best-selling author Robert Holden. Our theme was "Life-Work Balance", something that as overachievers who really care about their families has been an ongoing inquiry for both for many years now. In this final part Michael and Robert discuss the stillpoint and the action field.

This week's podcast is a five part interview with best-selling author Robert Holden. Our theme was "Life-Work Balance", something that as overachievers who really care about their families has been an ongoing inquiry for both for many years now. In part four Michael and Robert discuss how living for now vs. living for later can take us out of balance.

This week's podcast is a five part interview with best-selling author Robert Holden. Our theme was "Life-Work Balance", something that as overachievers who really care about their families has been an ongoing inquiry for both for many years now. In part three Michael and Robert discuss how your bank balance impacts your life-work balance.

This week's podcast is a five part interview with best-selling author Robert Holden. Our theme was "Life-Work Balance", something that as overachievers who really care about their families has been an ongoing inquiry for both for many years now. In part two Michael and Robert discuss living a balance life from the point of view of being writers.

This week's podcast is a five part interview with best-selling author Robert Holden. Our theme was "Life-Work Balance", something that as overachievers who really care about their families has been an ongoing inquiry for both for many years now. In part one Michael and Robert explore finding the life-work balance.    

In this week's Caffeine for the Soul podcast Michael explore the idea of "meditation without meditating" - one of the often unsung gifts of the inside-out understanding. In today's podcast Michael asks Are You There?

In this week's Caffeine for the Soul podcast Michael explore the idea of "meditation without meditating" - one of the often unsung gifts of the inside-out understanding. In today's podcast Michael explores Unconditional Peace of Mind  

In this week's Caffeine for the Soul podcast Michael explore the idea of "meditation without meditating" - one of the often unsung gifts of the inside-out understanding.

This week's podcast is a five part conversation with my one time coaching apprentice Jamie Smart, now a best-selling author in his own right and in my mind one of the most visionary thinkers I know. We discuss his new book, Results: Think Less, Achieve More, in this final episode we talk about Handling Uncertainty and Change What's the One Thing That Would Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life?   RESULTS. We all want them, yet many of us struggle to achieve them. Or we get results in one area, while failing in others. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can get results in a way that feels great. In this groundbreaking book by number 1 bestselling author, Jamie Smart, you're going to discover how to... • Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire • Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now • Amplify your influence and impact on other people • Get results in a way that's healthy, natural and enjoyable   You can download the first 2 chapters of RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More for free, simply by visiting the link below now:  www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults

This week's podcast is a five part conversation with my one time coaching apprentice Jamie Smart, now a best-selling author in his own right and in my mind one of the most visionary thinkers I know. We discuss his new book, Results: Think Less, Achieve More, in today's episode we talk about The Only Two Challenges to Creating What You Want.  What's the One Thing That Would Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life?   RESULTS. We all want them, yet many of us struggle to achieve them. Or we get results in one area, while failing in others. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can get results in a way that feels great. In this groundbreaking book by number 1 bestselling author, Jamie Smart, you're going to discover how to... • Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire • Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now • Amplify your influence and impact on other people • Get results in a way that's healthy, natural and enjoyable   You can download the first 2 chapters of RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More for free, simply by visiting the link below now:  www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults

This week's podcast is a five part conversation with my one time coaching apprentice Jamie Smart, now a best-selling author in his own right and in my mind one of the most visionary thinkers I know. We discuss his new book, Results: Think Less, Achieve More, beginning with today's episode, The Truth about Goals.  What's the One Thing That Would Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life?   RESULTS. We all want them, yet many of us struggle to achieve them. Or we get results in one area, while failing in others. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can get results in a way that feels great. In this groundbreaking book by number 1 bestselling author, Jamie Smart, you're going to discover how to... • Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire • Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now • Amplify your influence and impact on other people • Get results in a way that's healthy, natural and enjoyable   You can download the first 2 chapters of RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More for free, simply by visiting the link below now:  www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults

This week's podcast is a five part conversation with my one time coaching apprentice Jamie Smart, now a best-selling author in his own right and in my mind one of the most visionary thinkers I know. We discuss his new book, Results: Think Less, Achieve More, beginning with today's episode, The Source of Results.  What's the One Thing That Would Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life?   RESULTS. We all want them, yet many of us struggle to achieve them. Or we get results in one area, while failing in others. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can get results in a way that feels great. In this groundbreaking book by number 1 bestselling author, Jamie Smart, you're going to discover how to... • Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire • Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now • Amplify your influence and impact on other people • Get results in a way that's healthy, natural and enjoyable   You can download the first 2 chapters of RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More for free, simply by visiting the link below now:  www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults

This week's podcast is a five part conversation with my one time coaching apprentice Jamie Smart, now a best-selling author in his own right and in my mind one of the most visionary thinkers I know. We discuss his new book, Results: Think Less, Achieve More, beginning with today's episode, Reality, Results, and You.  What's the One Thing That Would Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life?   RESULTS. We all want them, yet many of us struggle to achieve them. Or we get results in one area, while failing in others. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can get results in a way that feels great. In this groundbreaking book by number 1 bestselling author, Jamie Smart, you're going to discover how to... • Clear your mind and increase your ability to get the results you desire • Eliminate the obstacles that have been holding you back until now • Amplify your influence and impact on other people • Get results in a way that's healthy, natural and enjoyable   You can download the first 2 chapters of RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More for free, simply by visiting the link below now:  www.JamieSmart.com/InstantResults    

In this week's podcasts, Michael will be talking about the nature of the transformative conversation using excerpts from the audio edition of his bestselling book to date, The Inside-Out Revolution.

In this week's podcasts, Michael will be talking about the nature of the transformative conversation using excerpts from the audio edition of his bestselling book to date, The Inside-Out Revolution.  

In this week's podcasts, Michael will be talking about the nature of the transformative conversation using excerpts from the audio edition of his bestselling book to date, The Inside-Out Revolution.      

In this episode Michael explores what it is to unleash excellence in yourself and others and then go beyond excellence to cultivating genius!

This week Michael will be exploring what it is to unleash excellence in yourself and others and then go beyond excellence to cultivating genius - in this episode he explores effortless effort.

This week Michael will be exploring what it is to unleash excellence in yourself and others and then go beyond excellence to cultivating genius - the highest and best expression available to us in our lives.

In the last instalment this week on fear, Michael talks about the kindness of the design in our experience of fear.

This week Michael will be speaking about fear. In today's episode Michael talks about fearlessness.

This week Michael will be speaking about fear. In today's espresso-sized instalment Michael talks about what our lives would be like if fear was irrelevant.

All this week Michael with be talking with New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani about her latest book - What If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth. In the final episode Michael and Anita discuss the myth of positivity.  “Having already faced death, I now know that spending a lifetime of always playing it safe —for example, by choosing the safest career, by pleasing people, worrying about what everyone else thinks of me, meeting everyone else’s expectations except my own, being what everyone else wanted me to be, etc.— is a totally wasted life.” – Anita Moorjani What If THIS Is Heaven? is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. In this book Anita debunks some of the biggest myths we have been buying into—myths that have prevented us from fully living our livessimply because they have been the dominant beliefs in our surrounding culture. Don’t wait to die to learn the true value of your life. This book is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. It’s an invitation to create heaven here and now.

All this week Michael with be talking with New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani about her latest book - What If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth. In this episode Michael and Anita discuss the Ego vs. Egotistical  “Having already faced death, I now know that spending a lifetime of always playing it safe —for example, by choosing the safest career, by pleasing people, worrying about what everyone else thinks of me, meeting everyone else’s expectations except my own, being what everyone else wanted me to be, etc.— is a totally wasted life.” – Anita Moorjani What If THIS Is Heaven? is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. In this book Anita debunks some of the biggest myths we have been buying into—myths that have prevented us from fully living our livessimply because they have been the dominant beliefs in our surrounding culture. Don’t wait to die to learn the true value of your life. This book is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. It’s an invitation to create heaven here and now.  

All this week Michael with be talking with New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani about her latest book - What If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth. In this episode Michael and Anita talk about discovering that we are not broken.  “Having already faced death, I now know that spending a lifetime of always playing it safe —for example, by choosing the safest career, by pleasing people, worrying about what everyone else thinks of me, meeting everyone else’s expectations except my own, being what everyone else wanted me to be, etc.— is a totally wasted life.” – Anita Moorjani What If THIS Is Heaven? is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. In this book Anita debunks some of the biggest myths we have been buying into—myths that have prevented us from fully living our livessimply because they have been the dominant beliefs in our surrounding culture. Don’t wait to die to learn the true value of your life. This book is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. It’s an invitation to create heaven here and now. Purchase your copy of What if THIS is Heaven here: www.WiTiH.com  

All this week Michael with be talking with New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani about her latest book - What If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth. In this episode Michael and Anita talk about loving yourself an unconditional love.  “Having already faced death, I now know that spending a lifetime of always playing it safe —for example, by choosing the safest career, by pleasing people, worrying about what everyone else thinks of me, meeting everyone else’s expectations except my own, being what everyone else wanted me to be, etc.— is a totally wasted life.” – Anita Moorjani What If THIS Is Heaven? is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. In this book Anita debunks some of the biggest myths we have been buying into—myths that have prevented us from fully living our livessimply because they have been the dominant beliefs in our surrounding culture. Don’t wait to die to learn the true value of your life. This book is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. It’s an invitation to create heaven here and now. Purchase your copy of What if THIS is Heaven here: www.WiTiH.com  

All this week Michael with be talking with New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani about her latest book - What If This Is Heaven?: How Our Cultural Myths Prevent Us from Experiencing Heaven on Earth. In this episode Michael and Anita talk about how to live in Heaven in the here and now.   “Having already faced death, I now know that spending a lifetime of always playing it safe —for example, by choosing the safest career, by pleasing people, worrying about what everyone else thinks of me, meeting everyone else’s expectations except my own, being what everyone else wanted me to be, etc.— is a totally wasted life.” – Anita Moorjani  What If THIS Is Heaven? is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. In this book Anita debunks some of the biggest myths we have been buying into—myths that have prevented us from fully living our lives simply because they have been the dominant beliefs in our surrounding culture. Don’t wait to die to learn the true value of your life. This book is a reminder of who we truly are and why we came here. It’s an invitation to create heaven here and now.Purchase your copy of What if THIS is Heaven here: www.WiTiH.com  

Michael rounds up the final episode of this series on the master variable for success!

Continuing to explore the master variable for success, today Michael explores how you can find extra bandwidth.

Continuing to explore the master variable for success, today Michael explains why state of mind matters.

In today's episode Michael shares with you the master variable for success.

This week on Caffeine for the Soul, Michael explores the master variable for success - what it is and how to work with it to be on your game more of the time! 

Michael rounds off this week's exploration of the miraculous with 'A Creators Prayer'.

In this episode Michael shares the formula for miracles !

In this episode Michael introduces the idea of miracle setting and how that differs from goal setting!

Continuing this week's theme of miracles and the miraculous, Michael talks about goals, achievements and the idea of 'miracle setting'!

We'll be exploring miracles all week - what they are and how to experience more of them in your life! 

In the final episode this week, Michael shares the three basic truths about how life and the mind work, and why seeing them can help make sense of life in a whole new way!

Continuing this week's discussion on The Three Principles (and why you should care) Michael talks about our 'Inner Spark'

In this podcast Michael explore ​the Three Principles, and the different ways they're talked about and shared in the world.

In this episode Michael talk about becoming more fearless but even more helpfully, less afraid of being afraid.

In this episode Michael explains the real reason why predicting the future is difficult.

Continuing this week's theme on confidence, Michael explores where confidence really comes from.

In this episode Michael finishes the story of Confidence and the 3 Little Pigs 

The theme for week's podcast is confidence, and Michael begins with the metaphor of the Three Little Pigs....

In the last episode exploring the Facebook Feed of the Mind, Michael shares a very simple strategy that will make you more intelligent by the end of the day!

If you want to do better, if you want to be better and spend more time in 'the zone' then knowing about the only thing that stops that flow might be useful!

In this episode Michael shares his interpretation of 'Undistracted Non-Meditation' and how it can make a difference in your life.

Continuing the idea of the Facebook Feed of the Mind, in this episode Michael talks about the problem with Positivity and Mindfulness.

This week Michael explores how to become more intelligent by understanding how the mind actually works.

In this episode Michael explore what potatoes, eggs and coffee have to do with dealing with adversity.

In the last episode this week on the topic of success, Michael share what he has seen on just how long does it take to succeed!

What can we learn about success from the board game, snakes and ladders?  Join Michael for this episode and find out!

In this episode Michael talks about the law of compensation and how it relates to our success in life.

In this episode Michael shares some of the things that he has come to see that tilts the odds in your favor.

In this episode Michael explores control, in particular how much control we have in creating what we want in life and how much we actually need. 

In the last episode of this week exploring your amazing mind, Michael looks at brainstorming beyond the brain.

In this episode Michael talks about our built in GPS and how you can use it to navigate life.

In this episode Michael explores the Mind and the Brain.

Michael continues the conversation about your amazing mind to discuss how you can use your mind like a laser. 

In this week's podcasts, Michael explores 'Your Amazing Mind'.

In the final part of the series on 'what is caffeine for the soul' Michael talks about the soul.

In this episode Michael talks about 'waking up' as it is talked about in spiritual traditions.

In this episode Michael explores the relationship between the sacred and the profane.

In this episode Michael explores his thoughts on the 'Soul' as the place where our Humanity and Divinity collide.

Join Michael Neill, internationally renowned transformative coach and the best-selling author, for this first edition of 'Caffeine for Soul'.