Robert is an international Best-Selling author, App Designer, Entrepreneur and Trainer who has spent the past 18+ years traveling around the world sharing his passion. He has also shared the stage with and trained many of the top trainers and thought leaders in the world today.

With his high energy and heartfelt style, Robert draws on his journey from humble beginnings to financial freedom at the age of 32, to inspire individuals into tapping into their greatness. Realizing that he is not the only person that struggles, Robert’s “Clues” open individuals up to the possibilities that lie within them and that is why he is a highly sought after presenter.

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Heather has always been an entrepreneur and has over 15 years experience studying human potential and performance and a decade of coaching individuals and assisting them to get clear on their goals and make them a reality. Through self and business mastery we can truly live a life on our own terms, happy and fulfilled - that is OWNING IT! 

Join me as I talk with Frank Macri, founder of Thriving Coach Academy. When he started his own journey as a coach over 7 years ago, Frank did not have any prior business experience or a large online following. Yet, he discovered a unique process that allowed him to take his business from zero to multiple six figures before turning 30, making him one of the most successful Millennial coaches in the industry. 

Now, Frank has trained and mentored over 1,000 individuals looking to start their own coaching practices. He is also the host of the “Life Coaching Secrets” podcast.

In this episode she shares a story about a random encounter with an individual that wasn’t “supposed to” happen. Turns out, because she looked for a way to share her message rather than getting upset about her circumstances, she was able to have a powerful impact on another human in great need.

An Entrepreneur of 16 years, Kerry is the President of Book.Speak.Repeat - taking the work out getting booked as a speaker - and the Host of the Book.Speak.Repeat. Podcast. She is a highly sought-after Speaker on topics such as Leveraging your Publicity to Close More Deals, Bodies Don’t Lie-Body Language Basics,  and The Network Game - Making Networking “Work” for Your Business. 

Join Steve Pederson and his guest; transformational speaker, author, coach, a youth mentor Jeff Marconette Jr. as they discuss how Jeff's accident turned his dreams of being a BMX bike competitor into dreams of taking his message of making every second count to every continent on the planet! 

In this interview with healing artist and holistic life coach Lori Pino we discuss the opportunity we have to live intentionally and develop our own script, or "flip the script" as they say. 

We also talk about her book Haight Words and her mission to bring light to how we treat anyone who seems different from us. 

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Unfortunately our society devalues sensitivity. It could be holding you back, but knowing about it can empower you to make changes. Being able to manage this trait and create the proper boundaries is what my conversation with self-empowerment mentor DaLorean Marz is all about.

Wanna find out if you're a Highly Sensitive Person? Take Elaine Aron's self-test here.

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• The incredible story that inspired the song Hope and Faith
• How to develop hope and faith in the context of your personal life and dreams
• How to guard your hope and faith so that you don't lose your mind and give them up

• We've all said things like, "I'm such an idiot" or "I'm so stupid". Learn why that is so unhealthy and how to change that kind of thinking at the subconscious level. 
• Learn the difference between meditating and meditation and why that's important. 
• Can you achieve enlightenment? It may be easier than you think! 

Also, don't forget to grab your copy of my free blueprint! http://bit.ly/tdhp-49 

• The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
• Your Heart's Desire by Sonia Choquette 
• Live What You Love by Bob and Melinda Blanchard

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• Played sports as a kid, always wanted to be a star quarterback, but my body didn’t line up with my mind 
• That’s where my journey started - realizing that I wasn’t meant to be a pro football player - forced me to step back and rethink the direction of my life - that reality forced me to grow as a person.
• When you want something so bad and it doesn’t work out, it’s normal to be devastated at first. 
• Ever since I was young I feared that I would grow up and have a life of no impact, no influence on others and just kinda get lost in the shuffle.
• I said, “I don’t know what I’m doing, I don’t know what I’m supposed to, but I know it’s not here.” 
• There’s a lot of people who kinda know they’re not living the life they want to, but they’re afraid to feel uncomfortable.
• We all have a desire to be in the limelight, the spotlight, but I realized what was more important is that I wanted to make a difference, an impact. 
•  I see how short-sighted I was. I only saw myself as a football player. I didn’t see any other potential in myself. Now it’s a blessing. After all the places I’ve seen and the kids I’ve impacted - I would’ve missed all that had I only focused on being a football player.
• We all have the ability to be who we want, but we have to step out of our comfort zones to get there. 
• Those who have the courage to step out of their comfort zones - on the other side of that is your true potential. 
• Don’t wait for something to come along to force you into your dream. Own it now.
• So many people with potential get left behind because they need time to develop, but they don’t get it because we live in such a fast-paced world. Maybe they just needed the right person to come into their lives and see their potential - and when they see it they can then overcome the obstacles they’ve had in their lives and then leave their legacy. We all have that. Legacy is the same as impact. What impact did you have that can be carried on to future generations? 
• At the end of the day, life is very short. How do you want to be remembered? I want to be remembered as someone who gave other people inspiration to become the best versions of themselves.
• We don’t always know exactly what’s going to happen or what to expect. We see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we can’t always see what’s right in front of us or everything in between.
• You don’t have to have absolute clarity in order to start taking action. 
• I’ve always have enjoyed writing, but often would wake up and think - oh, I don’t want to do this today, I don’t even know if people will like this, what am I doing?
• If you want to be in a leadership position in our global environment, you have to be able to accept and adapt - accept each other’s differences and adapt to people’s motives.
• There are reasons we’re given the dreams we’re given, and it’s so important to pursue them, even if your dream is temporary. You may have been given that dream to get you on a certain path that you otherwise wouldn’t be on had you not pursued your original dream.
• Don’t silence the voice or the curiosity that’s saying, “man, I’d really love to do this thing over here.”
• In every situation where I’ve thought, “It’s about to collapse, the roof’s about to fall in on me” - God has never let me fall to the point where I couldn’t get back up.

• The source of our problems goes deeper than what we thought it was. Society has taught us to put a bandaid on it - look for the surface-level fix, the physical fix. 
• Anti-depressants in general are one example of a bandaid that are slapped on instead of helping people process the deeper things they’ve been through.
• Your body and soul are very capable of piecing things back together, but it needs a chance. 
• The body and the soul work together. Without the soul, the body is just a carcass. 
• Problems may start in the body or they may start in the soul - whichever one it starts in, it’s going to pull the other off.
• When God spoke - that’s vibration. He tells the energy he made, “This is where you’re going to go.” His vibration, his voice, his intention is running all of it.
• We were created in harmony with healing. God had a plan for this.
• You’re basically not here. You’re hardly solid at all. You are mostly energy.
• It’s your faith that heals you. That doesn’t mean that, if you’re not healing it’s because you don’t have faith, but that’s often the first place we go. 
• Broken Heart syndrome can literally kill a person though there is nothing physically wrong with them. 
• Taking care of the Spirit is super important - it could be the answer to all of this.
• Industry’s standard procedure for Lyme Disease is a year’s worth of antibiotics. Anti-bio means anti-life. God has given us solutions, we have to find them.
• With a lot of diseases, there is a lot of fear involved. Self-protective, high-adrenalin instincts/response kick in. 
• It’s a spectrum, and it’s not wrong to use the tools, but why start at the far end of the spectrum that is not natural?
• Maybe seek herbs first instead of having a knee-jerk panic reaction. 
• Brand name “New Song Wellness” - reference to the Psalms: “I will sing to the Lord a new song.” It has to do with the idea of songs being vibration or frequencies; energy.  
• The devil wants us to doubt ourselves. Our bodies are fearfully and wonderfully made. God was not kidding around when he put this thing together. Start listening to your body - it’s filled with the Holy Spirit. If we’re wrong, He’s going to salvage the mess.
• You can trust your own intuition and even verify it very simply on your own - we have lie detectors built right into us, we’re just not taught how to use it.
• What is a way we can test ourselves? If you’re bursting into your day or slogging into it, either way, you’re off. 
• Just reflect - what do you want to do? What are you grateful for? Every day is a gift, but it doesn’t have to be a big achievement. High achievers…relax! 
• Having a day off is an achievement. Not accomplishing something is an achievement. Stop the judgment on yourself.
• Ask: Is my gut in a knot? Are my shoulders super tight? How’s my posture? Am I pushing against a metaphorical brick wall?  
• Dreams? If you have it in your heart and/or mind, you should start chasing it, because that seed has been planted in you for a reason. Don’t get hung up on the end result. The journey is where you’re going to grow. Be happy along the way. 

• If you think doing nothing by "taking a breather" sounds boring, realize that that is just a thought. It may not be your reality.
• You have to completely detach from outcomes and be in the moment. Detach from the past, detach from the future. 
• Retreats and vacations are fun, but you need to unplug more than a couple times a year. And you really need to do it every day, and sometimes multiple times per day.
• The main thing that we need to take a breather from is our own thoughts and our own mind.
• Don’t wait until you’re worn out, wiped out and burned out to take a breather. Make it a part of your daily routine.

• She upended her life by moving to a city where she didn’t know anyone to pursue her career.
• Quarantine made her reflect on and take an inventory of her life - and realized she didn’t like what she saw. 
• She had to make a decision: Go after what you were taught - which was the formula: tow the line of the status quo, or take a risk and be an entrepreneur. 
• The struggle over why it seems to hard to go on a journey that you feel is God’s vision for your life: aka “The Desert”
• The results of taking a scary step - a leap of faith
• Everybody always asks, “How do I do it right?” There is no “right” way. 
• People may have gone before you in a general sense, but nobody has traveled your specific dream highway. 
• Everything you need is already inside you - rely on your intuition and the vision that you have. 
• “This is what I want my life to look like, and this is how I best use my gifts and how I best serve” - when you rely on that, you get the steps along the way. 
• Information is aplenty and accessible - but that doesn’t mean the steps are - you might have to figure out the steps on your own or with a coach - and that’s part of the fun.
• When you see the impact that you have, you want to keep doing it and serving in that way.
• There is a balance. You can serve yourself and serve others.  
• “I look forward to continuing to do this” vs hating to wake up
• Higher levels can bring new devils.
• You can do hard things. You can come out on the other side and be okay.
• Doing hard things for yourself, for your vision, for your dream is way easier than doing it for somebody else’s.
• Instead of praying, “Lord, just give me this bonus, this raise, then I’ll have more money and be happier,” pray, “Teach me how to serve.” 
• Do what needs to be done. Don’t live in fear. If you know that this is what you’re supposed to be doing, but you don’t understand what the pathway looks like from here to here, that’s okay, but take a step, take the first step, take any step! Even if it’s the wrong step, just move! 
• Do something! “Faith without works”…the works is the key.

• Just because you’ve achieved one of your goals, doesn’t mean you have to stop there! 
• We’re all in God’s arena, and he has gifted various people with different modalities to help and heal people. In other words, coaches and therapists are your friends. They are there to help you, not judge you. 
• Whenever you overcome a fear you go to new levels and wonder what else is possible. 
• She wouldn’t have realized her life passion if she didn’t push past her fears.
• How many people are held back from a greater level of serving people because of their fear?
• Opening up to people and being vulnerable about something you feel ashamed of or embarrassed about can be terrifying, but you can do it - even if you have to start small. 
• Takes self confidence and assurance that, in the end, I’m going to be okay. It’s a God thing: “God’s got me. He’s got eyes everywhere looking out for me.” 
• Don’t ware yourself out being a perfectionist. 
• Perfectionism is all about control, and when you have a bad childhood it’s easy to want to control everything.
• What we see on social media is everyone’s outsides, not their insides. 
• Even if you think you’re doing terrible and not making a difference, you probably are in some way, shape or form for somebody.

She then pivoted her career to pursue a Life Coaching practice to help women transform their lives and to discover who they are, what their mission in life is and the purpose for which they have been created. 

Highlights -  

• You might feel like your dream is “crazy” and you don’t want to go there, but dreams stick with you. They don’t go away. In fact, if it’s not going away, it may be a good sign that’s what you might really enjoy doing. 
• Sometimes people just need to see it in action in someone else to have an awakening, an a-ha moment, and realize what might be possible for them.
• A lot of people pursue careers because their parents expect it or fund an education for it, not because that’s where their heart is or dreams lie.
• Parents have an opportunity to help their children discover where their own dreams lie and not try to live vicariously through them or try to achieve their dreams through their children 
• Consider what’s going to effect your future for the long term, not just immediately.
• It doesn’t matter where you are in life, you can make changes and have a more meaningful life.
• Do a self-assessment. Ask yourself the tough questions and be open to whatever kind of responses come up. 
• You have to celebrate the little shifts, because sometimes, when we think about changing our lives or going after our dreams, all we can envision is terror, fear and the obstacles.
• Dig deep into your heart and listen to what’s going on on the inside. Dig Deep and see if the life you’re living now is the life you really want to live.  
• Be true to yourself, pursue your dreams, look for the things that give you joy, stay away from things that don’t give you joy. 
• We don’t need a lot of things to be happy, we just need the important things in life to be happy. 

• Listen to Paul’s incredible story of overcoming the doctor’s prediction that he would never walk
• Be inspired by Paul’s tenacity to follow his dream of playing on the high school varsity baseball team
• Hear how Paul’s energy shift got the kids who used to bully and tease him to start rooting for him 
• Find out how Paul’s coworkers went from ignoring him to asking him how got to be so successful 
• Discover the one obstacle that Paul’s finds everyone struggles with 
• Learn the one secret that Paul found was the secret to having a successful coaching business 
• Paul says, “Don’t force yourself to be happy all the time - we’re all human beings and we’re entitled to feel angry and sad, but there will be times when you don’t want to feel that way anymore.” 
• Love yourself - give yourself love - look at yourself in the mirror and love that person 
• It is all about the journey - if you don’t love yourself now, you won’t love yourself when you’re making millions

• Trauma is not just something you find in the military
• Everyone deals with trauma, depression and anxiety
• Why it’s so difficult to advocate for yourself 
• You may never know the difference you can make in one person’s life 
• Everyone needs a hand 
• Hear the story of how Lee became a gospel playwright 
• Working as a co-worker with the Spirit 
• You have to take action on your dreams 
• Like a sailboat without a sail are dreams without action 
• The importance of celebrating your successes 

• Hear Greg’s amazing story of being put on the spot to do a 15-minute comedy spot in front of thousands of people at a sales conference in Las Vegas - only having 5 minutes of material as a novice comedian 
• What it really means to take a gamble on yourself 
• Why you should give yourself a standing ovation
• Greg’s life lessons: saying yes when you don’t have a plan, delivering and betting on yourself even if no one else will
• If you want the life of your dreams, you’re going to have to fail a lot, but every failure gets you closer to your goal

• What is the most important parenting advice you could give to fathers?
• What got you into guitars and when?
• How do older Christians not get stagnant in their faith?
• Is meditation a conflict with Christianity?
• How do airplanes fly?
• Why do you love singing Christian music with the girls?
• What are some of the biggest differences in your expression of guitar playing in the present day compared to how you played 20 years ago? What do you seek in your own playing now that you didn’t when you were younger, and vice versa?
• Why not?
• Do you take song requests?
• How do we heal the great divide? (Political and racial)
• When are you moving back to MN?!
• What number are you on the enneagram? 
• Which is your favorite podcast episode? 
• What podcasts do you listen to? 

Highlights

• What happens when we suppress our desires and who we really are
• Generational beliefs, habits, patterns etc and why they are important
• What it means to be a “supermom”
• What do people really want? 
• A great way to put your to do list in perspective
• What that desire to rearrange your furniture is telling you
• How you can have an active role in the results of your marriage, parenting, health

• There’s things you have in your home that carry an energy with them that you may be completely unaware of, and it is subconsciously effecting you somehow, either in a positive or negative way.
• Got objects in your home/office from an old relationship that hurt you? It’s a constant reminder of that energy.
• Having clutter laying around that you’re not using may be a negative affirmation. You may be declaring that you don’t need it but are afraid to let it go, which is an energy of lack.
• How to let things go: thank it and bless it. “Thank you for being in my life and serving me, now I want you to bless someone else and be of good service to them.”
• This year has been challenging enough. It’s time to let go of stuff that doesn’t serve you and stuff you don’t love. Give it a blessing and let it go.
• Don’t make your new year any worse by holding on to things that hold you down. 
• “From a spiritual perspective, letting go of physical ‘stuff’ equates with letting go of emotional stuff from your life. In truth, clutter clearing is never about the stuff; it addresses other things going on beneath the surface.” - Denise Linn

• What is something fascinating you learned this year? 
• What is one way you surprised yourself?
• What is a quote/verse/mantra that helped you through the tough times? 
• And many more! 

• It’s natural to feel unfulfilled after doing everything for others and yet neglecting your own dreams. 
• When you’re struggling, treading water, it’s hard to dream. 
• Even if you don’t know exactly what it looks like, start moving towards your dreams.
• Find the people that are “your people” to support your dream and join you on the journey. 
• Reach out and get the help you need from those who are farther along.
• Your mess is your message.
• Even if others are smearing you with lies, live your truth and they will see it.
• People “should” grow up and be mature, but often they don’t.
• Don’t make life any harder than it already is. Be there to support one another. 
• Your voice is you! How did your voice treat you today? 
• Train your inner voice to be your best friend. 
• You’ve got to get out of your own way and let the magic happen naturally. 
• Don’t let fear of failure hold you back. Turn fear into feedback. 
• It’s never too late to go after your dreams. Sit and listen to yourself. What makes you happy? 
• The best way to protect yourself is by creating an amazing life that so fulfills you that nothing can penetrate it with negativity.
• If you create your best life, everything falls into place, and nothing can take you down.
• Don’t settle for good. Go for great Go for amazing. Make your life everything you want it to be.
• Be better tomorrow than you are today. The cumulative effect will amaze you. 

• Kids: when you know who they are, they know who you are. Learn from them.
• Divine Sequences: the results of tiny decisions you’ve made because you’ve followed your heart/spirit 
• Priorities: turning down a job that will pay double because you love the people it would hurt
• The Chinese Farmer story: Good luck? Bad luck? You don’t know until you see the big picture. 
• Tragedy: If it happens, you’re going to have to do something. There’s no choice. Can’t quit. Gotta keep going.
• Death: Death doesn’t bother me. It’s the un-lived life that tugs at my heartstrings.
• Story: No one has your story. Listen to other people’s stories as well. If you can feel what they went/go through, it develops your own personal philosophy of who you are.
• Challenges: the key is, when you go through challenges, step back. How far can you step back to look at the big picture: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? The things that happen to you are for a specific reason. When you look for those reasons - like the farmer story - if you look for the good, as opposed to focusing on the bad, good will start coming to you - as opposed to playing the victim; “poor me.” 
• Responsibility: E+R=O. It seems like a simple concept, but it’s not, because not a lot of people do it. That’s why we need people who help others focus on their dreams, reasons and purpose - and stay focused on it, because we have two paths: ours, and the one others choose for us. 
• Taking Ownership: Mit Romney’s book came out and talked about his generation being the worst. He didn’t want that to be his story and asked, “How can I contribute and educate other boomers and turn this around?”  
• Giving Credit: It’s not about me. Even Jesus never took credit for anything he ever did but gave glory to the Father. 
• Entitlement: No one on this planet has any more right to be here than anyone else.  
• Obstacles: “Situations” vs “Problems”. Obstacles are like modules or packets of information that complete you, mature you and make you better and more equipped to go to the next level and accomplish your purpose. 
• Success: The most successful people in the world are those that fail the most. 
• Risk: The people that have it easy are the ones that get to the end of life and say, “I wish I’d taken more risks.” 
• Joy: The joy is in the journey

• Greatest memories from games are the feelings and emotions, not the plays 
• Do Sports Reporters ever get intimidated? 
• When you’re young, everything has to be perfect, yet, when you’re going through it, you’re not capable of making it as perfect as you thought you could, but you get closer to that perfection with the more reps and more experience and you get out of your head and it just becomes part of what you do
• Anyone can find out scores and highlights immediately. It takes relationships to be able to bring you the inside story and help you see the humanity. 
• Kids nowadays have it easier, but not easier than the competition
• Find out Joel’s unique solution to overcoming the challenge of breaking in to the business and how that ingenuity continues to serve him through overcoming other obstacles 
• The moment Joel discovered a deeper purpose to his career and how that has served him and others 
• The details and description of his compelling new book Small Ball, Big Results

Highlights

• Writing a contest-winning book on a depressed brain
• Shame, Faith and Depression
• Chemical imbalance controversy 
• Signs of clinical depression
• Difference between situational and clinical depression
• Science-based ways to alleviate depression
• Signs you may want to get tested or clinical depression
• Is “having Jesus” all you need to be happy? 
• Is depression a sign of a lack of faith or character? 
• Can a faith that doesn’t allow you to be human or honest with yourself and honest with God sustainable?
• You’re not responsible for being born with a condition. You are responsible for making adjustments. 
• If it fits your personality, you have talent for it and you love doing it - go for it! You’ll have a much better chance at success.  

In addition to the surprises, on today’s episode I answer four questions about the song Let There Be Light

• Why did I write this song? 
• How has the song impacted me personally? 
• What is the light? When you say “let there be light”, what are you saying? 
• Why is it so important to “let there be light”? 

Highlights  - 

• What really motivates songwriters? 
• Is positivity the answer? How we can use positive perspectives to empower us through pain and trauma?
• You are the light of the world - what does that mean? 
• Allowing light vs forcing light 
• Stories, stories and more stories! 

• Techniques, Tactics and strategies are important in growing your business, but more importantly - what are you doing to grow you?
• One of the biggest beliefs that people struggle with is “I’m not good enough”
• Triggers are a gift, the doorway to awareness of our highest self, our truest self, our authentic self
• It’s not what we’re doing in our business, it’s who we’re being when we’re doing what we’re doing in our business 
• The secret to an incredible mindset that can help you overcome any challenge 
• Each choice has a result. Ask: does this choice serve my highest good? Is this the next best move? 
• Meditation is the best practice to develop the skill of being present to be able to ask the best questions 
• When you are still and present with the now, what you need shows up - the clarity that you’re looking for is right there
• No matter what the challenge or obstacle is, the gift inside of it…is you! Your challenges bring you closer to who you really are. 

• Difference between hard and soft addictions and why some are more stigmatized than others 
• Dr Gabor Mate teaches us not to ask “why the addiction?” but instead to ask, “why the pain?”
• People want to get out of pain. How? By medicating. That’s normal. There’s nothing more normal than wanting to get out of pain.
• Learn what a “Musical Intervention” is and its role in healing 
• Using music as a way of grieving 
• To be voiceless is painful. To not be in full expression is painful.
• The concept of harm reduction in healing 
• Step into the unknown - it’s really not as our minds anticipate it to be 
• As human beings, we’re not supposed to stop learning, and why it’s so easy to forget 
• Persistence is the key to transformation 
• If there are no obstacles, am I on a path worth being on? 
• If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough. -Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Show Highlights: 

• If you follow a Christian around with a camera, you may find some good, bad and ugly. If you only explore the good, it’s flat and superficial - or unreal. 
• If you can create your own roles, you won’t have to settle for what someone else is proposing to you
• I would say, “I want to do this” and people would say, “It can’t be done”, and I would just find a way to do it anyway
• We can create a story or create a song, but what does it mean to get it out there in front of people, to build a team around it - those things are helpful to your career and to you as an artist 
• When you’re able to create that kind of experience for people - and get to see their reaction and hear them laughing…it’s like hearing a baby laugh - it’s contagious
• I would continue to do it if I wasn’t going to get paid, because it’s something that I really do enjoy - and I really enjoy when I get feedback from people - whether it’s positive or negative feedback 
• The negative feedback - critique - helps you grow - people may have something to bring that you haven’t thought about 
• Advice: Begin earlier - you don’t have to have everything together or the right people in place - just start doing it. People are attracted to success, and if you’re successful, people will join that bandwagon. And, if you’re not successful, but you’re doing it because you love it…people are still going to be attracted to that, because people are attracted to “wow, they’re doing it, and I wish I could do it.” 

• How to get so much accomplished AND maintain high levels of energy
• Being blessed means nothing if you don’t acknowledge it
• Connecting the dots: how previous experience can prepare you for your destiny 
• What it’s like to be a cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs
• The importance of validation in your calling 
• 4 elements of a personal “power pack” 
• Overcoming the obstacle of not getting paid what you’re worth
• The importance of valuing your self and what you’ve created 
• When to say No and when to say a “calculated yes” 
• Surprise a-ha moments springing from generational differences 
• When you should quit your soul sucking day job and be a truck driver 
• When you live in fear, you don’t see the beauty of what could be on the other side
• How you can find a gift even in loneliness 
• Never settle for anything less than what your heart is calling you to become

• We all have our own unique channel that we can channel. In that sense we all have the potential to be spiritual teachers - not just people that have apprenticed or have a degree, because your experience speaks to your wisdom
• We don’t need to be certified to be validated or use our gifts 
• Often times, when you get certified, it means you’re taking someone else’s way and sharing that, instead of your own wisdom
• The spirit within us is our best spiritual teacher - that and our own unique experiences 
• Once you overcome your experiences, you can teach others how to do it
• Sharing our stories and experiences can cause an awakening in others 
• Myth: Just reprogramming our minds and beliefs is not enough 
• Reprogramming ignores and invalidates that part that needs to be addressed 
• Doing the reprogramming stuff is like taking a pill - it only works for so long, but it’s shifting your focus away from what’s actually there
• The goal is not to try to change yourself but to become more of who you actually are and unearth it - it’s all in there, it’s just covered up and blocked by layers of defense mechanisms, patterning, conditioning and wounding
• The finite mind cannot comprehend the infinite 
• The best thing all the spiritual leaders out there can do is point people inward to themselves 
• You’re a divine perfect being of light, you are perfect and complete on some level, start looking inward and start questioning everything - not everyone is bringing through perfect words. 
• Start trusting yourself. That which you’re feeling is valid and real and not something that needs to be changed. There’s a reason you’re feeling them. 
• Start digging a little deeper and get support. One of the wounds is that we try to do it on our own. Connection with others is huge.

• Dealing with the challenge of traditional role reversal 
• Making decisions with your most important partner and supporter: your spouse
• Your spouse may not be involved in any way with the business, but every success story is a success for them as well 
• The importance of defining success on your own terms
• Being a work-from-home dad in a pandemic
• The challenge of personal discipline 
• Getting accountability and support from others 

• Moira explains what an “awakening catalyst” is, and what it has to do with Donald Trump.
• Stop playing small and know that your voice matters.
• Women have a voice and a unique message - live your legacy now!
• Whatever the News is handing you, you have to find your own truth, wisdom and guidance within yourself.
• What is in alignment with your mission, your vision, your higher self? Keep asking the questions that reveal another layer - the peeling away the layers of an onion.
• There’s a gift in everything. For example, with the pandemic, people are slowing down and asking the question, is this what I really want to do? 
• Health, family and safety (and good food!) are much more important than having more stuff 
• What does it mean to have a full and rich life?
• Ask: what is the gift in this? What else is possible? What would it take to do this? Who do I have to become? The quality of our questions is huge. What are our stories? What are we saying to ourselves?
• We are not “hard-wired” we are “soft-wired”. We can retrain our brain.
• Dealing with the lie: “I can’t charge for my services!” 
• What are you really looking for? The opposite is going to show up and challenge you - are you ready to break through to the other side? Once you’ve broken through, like a caterpillar, you can’t go back. 
• We can create heaven on earth now.
• Never share dreams with naysayers.
• Invest in your emotional help.
• Cultivate appreciation and gratitude for all your feelings and emotions - they are navigators, there to indicate where you’re going.  

Moira is working on a new book entitled The Universe is Calling You: A Sacred Inward Journey to your Heart Soul and Self Love.

Be sure to visit the show notes to download Moira's free gift and learn how to connect with Moira and her work. 

• Her motto is Go. Do. Become. 
• Go. So what if they said you can’t do it. Still go.
• Do. Do what people might not expect you to be able to do.
• Then you will Become it. You don't need the validation first.  
• "I don’t believe ministry is ministry if I’m only speaking to people like me."
• "Christians can’t be cool? I have to change that stereotype!"
• "I was using teaching as a blockage because I didn’t know how I would make a living."
• "If I waste my energy on every criticism that I get, I would not be where I’m at, so, I guess, in a way, I use it as fuel to push me forward."  
• "I want to be the voice that I didn’t feel like I had growing up."

Check out the show notes to connect with and find out more about Traci. 

• The journey is more about the training than the actual race - the race, and crossing the finish line, is the icing on the cake
• There's only one way up the ladder - one step at a time
• The Lemonade Stand: From Sour to Sweet (compilation book) 
• I post what I need for myself in the morning - and it resonates with people 
• In the climate that we’re in right now, with so much negativity and division, I have to be a place of peace and grace 
• You have to talk yourself through the wall, and you have to get support from others
• So, your steps aren’t as big right now. It might not always be giant steps. Forward is a pace. I can celebrate the little steps
• God is teaching us lessons - we just have to open our eyes and see them, live them, learn them

Plus, Kristine talks about what it's like to be shut out of a faith community because of her divorce and having a gay son. 

• Projects are like children: each has it's own character and matures over time
• How to get the most done in the least amount of time
• Overcoming racial, ethnic and language barriers as an immigrant 
• How to make sure you don't leave your dreams in the past 
• Sentiment needs to be followed by action
• Sometimes we want things to change, but we’re not willing to change anything - we expect a different outcome when doing the same things over and over.  And that’s when frustration sets in.
• You can complain all you want, but until you get serious about mastering social media you're going to have a hard time building an audience 

Sergio is an artist and art gallery curator. His work focuses on figurative realism. His works have been the subject of solo and group expositions all over the world. He is also the creator of the Art NXT Level Academy. 

Be sure to check out the show notes for links to connect with Sergio, his work and to download his free Artist Survival Kit. 

• Every single person craves a connection to nature and Mother Earth 
• Every artist is born with a mission, and we have to get the message out
• How Shilin found healing, peace and seeds of spirituality in nature 
• If we don’t care about the seed, it will be controlled by others, and we lose our power
• What to do instead of beating yourself up when hit with the unexpected 
• Flipping the script on what it means to be a girl and an artist 
• How your "morning meeting" can change everything about your outcomes

Be sure to visit the episode web page to get your free Morning Meeting Blueprint. 

• How nature plays a role in creativity and spirituality
• Being happy where you live has more to do with what’s going on internally than your external environment.
• Accountability is about how we show up for ourselves and what we can achieve when we do that.
• Challenges teach us about intention and what we can do when we put our minds to it, even though we may be distracted by other things.
• All art is telling a story. It may not be the story the artist has invested in creating the piece of work. There’s a story that emerges through the way we interact with that work.
• Learning how to be a better communicator through working with others
• The challenges of being a mom of an autistic child while trying to be an entrepreneur - expectations on mothers are very high
• Loving what you do begins with loving yourself
• Remember Love. Remember Compassion. It's transformative. 
• Love is not a passive thing - it is an active manifesting 
• What to do when the unimaginable or unexpected things happen and there are no guides
• Dealing with the solitary journey of being a freelancer

• My passion doesn’t have to consume yours, you don’t have to adopt mine - keep doing what you’re doing and lean in to the things you love
• Teach and educate yourself without expectation of financial yield - do it because you love it - not to be employed. You might need a second job.
• Advertisement for introverts not sure of their role in the community: plumb the depths and find the gold and bring it back to the world to offer as a gift  - that’s not something everybody can do - if you can sustain isolation for a period of time for that purpose you can bring out something really helpful 
• What would the world be without art? It would be sad. It would be dark. It would lack the spark necessary for people to be inspired, to make changes in their life, to elevate their view, to alleviate their pain, to have a place to pour out their sorrow.

Some topics we cover…

• Niches can be found in a combination of skills 
• The 5-part balance wheel of life
• Detaching from outcomes: “Not for me to determine what people want – I just have to continue to put out what is put in my spirit”
• Going through really difficult times makes you think about what you want your life to mean
• The best question you can ask yourself every morning

On this episode you will also discover…

• How to regulate the body with music
• The best music to manage stress
• The universal musical element that we all resonate with 
• Why loud music is a good thing! 
• A new category of science called “cardiac neuroscience” 
• A powerful mantra for community living 

• Letting go of things you like to get into things you love
• Decluttering your life of things that don’t feed the main dream
• Listening to “predetermined” calling vs following your curiosity
• Letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like, and making the best of what it is
• Your business/career is only as good as you are - a lot of personal development goes in to being a business owner

• Best advice from mom: Never grow up - always have fun and be playful
• The incredible power of story: your story lives on through your loved ones - creates a ripple effect
• If we don’t do anything with our gift, it’s like leaving the gold in the hills

• One of the things that makes us human is the ability to have spontaneous realization. It’s learning without the information distribution. It’s learning from within. Insight = Sight from within
• Subtractive psychology: Less thinking = more freedom
• Thoughts: The power of consciousness brings thoughts into reality. Thoughts, like notes, are neither right or wrong. Just because it comes from us doesn’t mean it’s true.
• Follow your wisdom, what makes you excited.