Season 1, Episode 153: Dr. Eric Maisel – Author, Creativity Coach & Workshop Leader

Today’s guest is Dr. Eric Maisel. His interests include creativity, the creative life, and the field of creativity coaching which he founded. He is the author of more than 40 books, including his latest, Life Purpose Boot Camp, and The Future of Mental Health, which is scheduled to be released on December 31st of 2015.

Dr. Maisel, widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach, maintains a coaching practice, trains creativity coaches, and provides core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association. He leads workshops nationally and internationally, presenting at workshop centers like Omega, Kripalu, Esalen, Hollyhock, and Rowe, at events like the Paris Writers Workshop, conferences of organizations like Romance Writers of America and the American Psychological Association, and sponsored events in venues like San Francisco, New York, London, Paris and Berlin.

To learn more about Dr. Maisel’s workshops, his books, or his creativity coaching go to www.EricMaisel.com. You can find out more about his upcoming book at www.TheFutureofMentalHealth.com. Here is a link to Robert Whitaker’s page, Mad In America, which is recommended by Dr. Maisel in the interview.

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Season 1, Episode 152: Alex Kip – Coach, Speaker and Podcaster

Today’s guest is Alex Kip. Alex is a coach, a speaker, and a leader, and perhaps most important of all – a cancer survivor on a mission to help you find your purpose, live in love, and spread your light. After being told he had a 15-30% chance of surviving cancer, he knows how important it is to live fully NOW!

Alex teaches you to how overcome “unbeatable” odds in your life, business, and relationships. He believes that “Someday” is today, and the world needs your spark of light to cut through the darkness. And while that spark can bring you everything you need, too often we’re taught to be “realistic,” to do what’s safe, or to never give your heart away.

Alex say “F’ that! You only have this moment!”

He knows what it’s like to lose everything and to regret not living fully… fortunately for him, he got a second chance. And now he pays it forward as a coach, a leader, and the host of the podcast Soul Feed.

You can find out more about Alex at www.AlexKip.com. OR… take advantage of his generous free offer:

5 FREE Breakthrough Strategy Sessions

  • To get clear on what you REALLY want
  • Break through inner blocks
  • Uncover what’s holding you back
  • Create a life of purpose

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Season 1, Episode 151: Nick Pavlidis – Attorney, Author, Coach & Podcaster

Today, I am happy to introduce Nick Pavlidis. Nick is an attorney living outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two young kids. As if practicing law wasn’t enough, Nick writes, speaks, and coaches highly motivated men and women on taking personal responsibility for improving their relationships. He also helps entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses without leaving their families behind.

Nick’s first book, Confessions of a Terrible Husband: Lessons Learned from a Lumpy Couch takes you inside the mind (and house) of a terrible husband who thought he knew it all. Nick thought he had tried everything to improve his relationship, but nothing worked – including nights on that old couch.  Nick soon realized he was not only the problem in the relationship, but also the solution.

Nick’s story is honest, funny, and hopeful. Both husbands and wives will enjoy the process he undertook to become a more loving and engaged husband and father – a process you can explore to grow your relationship, too, no matter how great it already is.

In addition to his writing, Nick hosts two award-winning podcasts: Confessions of a Terrible Husband and Five Minutes With Dad (which he co-hosts with his six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter). He has an unusual fear of sofas and spends his free time helping people pronounce his last name.

You can find out more about Nick at www.ATerribleHusband.com and www.FiveMinutesWithDad.com.

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Season 1, Episode 150: Pain and Pleasure

In this topical content episode, Michael is joined by Heather Hans (Episodes 11, 24, 100 & 122) to delve into the topic of pain and pleasure. What motivates you? Are you driven by the carrot or the stick?

In this episode, we’ll dig into motivational factors that have as their root the avoidance of pain or the acquisition of pleasure. We’ll discuss:

  • Swinging to the extremes on the Pain/Pleasure spectrum
  • The fine (and sometimes blurred) line between the two
  • How pain (on the surface) can still be a source of pleasure (subconsciously)
  • The importance of finding what it is that really motivates us
  • …and more!

Heather is an internationally renowned visionary, healer and teacher, and the author of the book, The Heart of Self-Love: How to Radiate with Confidence.

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Season 1, Episode 149: Guided Meditation #21 with Michael Neeley

This short guided meditation is a simple representation of how easy, yet important, it is to sit and meditate, even if you only have a few minutes, or feel that you are only capable of a few minutes.

Use this short session as a reminder when you are pressed for time, or use it as a daily practice to develop the habit of regular meditation.

Namaste.

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Season 1, Episode 148: Kay Sanders – Personal Development Coach & Author

Today’s guest is Kay Sanders. Kay is a certified Personal Development Coach, Sales Coach & Author. Her main focus is on helping veterans overcome the trouble they are facing from PTSD and helping them live a more fulfilling life.

Prior to starting her coaching business, Kay was employed at the Warrior Resilience Center (WRC) on Ft. Bliss Army Base, a PTSD treatment facility. During her time there, she learned a lot about PTSD, holistic treatment methods, the struggle veterans go through each and every day, and how so many retired veterans try to get the support from the VA but can’t get the help they need due to the long backlog.

Kay is also certified as a Reiki Practitioner, Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner (EFT) and other Holistic Treatment Methods such as Aromatherapy, Self Hypnosis, Meditation and Homeopathy.

Her new book, The Coaching Business Blueprint is available now on Amazon.com.

You can learn more about Kay at www.kaysanders.com.

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Season 1, Episode 147: Dean Roberts – Author & Mentor

Today’s guest is Dean Roberts. Dean was born in 1939 Expelled from school in 1956, before joining the Navy in 1957. He then spent the next 40 years having 2 kids, 3 wives, and building and operating GreenLeafDollHouses.com.

He also spent a great portion of that time reading, writing, traveling, staying fit, learning how to control his head, and playing way too much poker. Now his plan is to help people see and actualize the many possibilities of life through his writing.

Dean’s book, I’ll Fix My Head Before I’m Dead, is both a memoir and a guide to other who may share the same goal in their bucket list.

You can learn more about Dean at www.boneyardexpress.blogspot.com.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Drop me a line at Admin at MichaelNeeley.com.

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Season 1, Episode 146: Sasha Laghonh – Clairsentient, Clairvoyant, Coach and Radio Host

Today’s guest is Sasha Laghohn. Sasha brings over fifteen years of experience in the spiritual realm by working with private and commercial clients globally of all faiths, backgrounds and lifestyle preferences. She provides spiritual counseling, life coaching and self-development services.

As an accredited CHC and CLSC professional, Sasha works with clients seeking alternative forms of Holistic, Wellness and Life coaching. Her coaching is tailored carefully to reflect the goals of her clients.

To compliment her practical endeavors, Sasha is a naturally born clairsentient and clairvoyant who began experiencing her gifts by the age of five. With time’s progression, her God-given gifts grew stronger leading her to encounter premonitions that were later proven to be true along her journey. As she caters to a global audience, she has experience working in private practice and on public platforms delivering intuitive reading services while also offering private life coaching sessions.

You can check out her radio shows “Sasha Talks Spirituality” on BlogTalkRadio, and “Sasha Talks” or “Awaken with Sasha” on BBS Radio.

You can learn more about Sasha at www.SashaTalks.com.

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Season 1, Episode 145: Melissa Fritchle – Sex Therapist, Author, Speaker

Today’s guest is Melissa Fritchle. Melissa has her Master’s degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University and is licensed by the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences as a Marriage and Family Therapist. She has training in Process Therapy, couple’s therapy, mindfulness & Buddhist Psychology, movement and dance therapies, and in the impact of nutrition on mood.

Melissa is also a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. She has completed extensive training specific to human sexuality and sexual health as well as an internship in a private practice devoted to sex therapy. She is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists and has experience working with a wide variety of sexual issues and concerns.

Melissa is the author of The Conscious Sexual Self Workbook published in 2014 and she writes the ongoing blog, Conscious Sexual Self.

An active sex therapist and educator, giving workshops regularly for both professionals and the public, in 2010, Melissa traveled to Uganda where she designed and taught the first Human Sexuality curriculum for two universities there. For this work, she was awarded a 2010 Sexual Intelligence Award. In 2014 she traveled to Kenya to work with a group of Catholic priest and nuns on addressing sexual issues within the clergy.

You can learn more about Melissa at www.mf-therapy.com.

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Season 1, Episode 144: Andrea Hylen – Author, Coach, Speaker

Today’s guest is Andrea Hylen. Andrea received the 2013 On Purpose Women award by the On Purpose Networking for Women organization in Baltimore, MD, in recognition for her work to empower everyday women and girls all over the world.

Andrea founded Heal My Voice through her own experiences with grief, trauma, and loss which lead to living from greater inner authority, purpose and leadership. Andrea’s journey with grief includes the loss of her brother, husband and son.

With more than thirty-five years of training and teaching experience, Andrea is a coach, author, speaker, and parent, with expertise in grief, and healing from sexuality and trauma. Her training includes, BSW from Temple University, Ordained Minister in the Beloved Community, Enwaken Coaching System and OneTaste Coaching program and ongoing trainings in energy healing.

In addition to serving as Heal My Voice’s Executive Director, Andrea is an Orgasmic Meditation Teacher and Sexuality Coach. Her books Sensual Voices, Feminine Voices, and many others are currently available on Amazon.com.

You can learn more about Andrea at www.HealMyVoice.org.

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