“I would say the biggest failures I’ve had were at a time when I believed my own hype.” ~Simon Cowell

When I talk to audiences, I tell them that I want to do a quick quiz with them, and I’ll do the same with you…Let’s see how you do…

Question one: Is it better to live out of love and compassion toward others, or is it better to live out of fear and scarcity?

(I am guessing at this point you are picking option number one, like most people do)

Question two: If you know it’s better to live out of love and compassion toward others, why don’t we do it?

(Here is where I get mostly the sound of crickets chirping)

It’s a perplexing question — one that baffles and mystifies my audiences.  We know how we want to act — we know what’s the proper way to act, yet, for some reason, the human species seems hard-wired to be negative, full of complaints, prone to arguing, bullying, teasing, and many more negative behaviors.

Sometimes we just cast it off as “Well, everyone does it,” or even better, “That’s how my parents acted, so it’s no surprise I act that way.” Really?  That’s the best you’ve got?

It usually is the best we’ve got, because we have absolutely no clue as to why we aren’t living out of love and compassion for other people.  It’s as if we can’t help but not be that way much of the time, and we’re not alone — over ninety percent of the population can’t help it either, and they don’t even know why.

Fear and scarcity are protective mechanisms — mechanisms designed to help preserve us — to help us save our bacon when we’re exposed to dangerous or life-threatening situations.  This fear mechanism worked great for our cavemen ancestors, who, because of the fear mechanism, lived to see the next day of their lives, thus furthering the species, but also passing along the genes of being fearful and worrying about others taking things from us.

Because of this fear and scarcity mentality and the genetics that code for such, we have inherited a brain that is prone to looking out for potential threats and worrying about whether others are going to take something from us.  We don’t worry about people taking things like food from us anymore, but we worry about things like power, control, self esteem, proprietary knowledge, happiness, comfort, the status quo, and others, just to name a few.

When we fear that someone is going to take some of these things from us, we become self-centered in the interest of clutching tightly to what it is we fear losing.  Our inner contemplation as to why we are being “targeted” starts to chip away at our self esteem.  Fear sets in.  We start to listen to the ego as it tells us that we are not worthy or not good enough.  If we let our ego tell us we’re not worthy, we start to resort to letting our “false” or “external” self esteem get the best of us.  The result of this is that we are driven by what other people think, and we then become unauthentic and we live our lives to satisfy other people.  If we continue down this road, we won’t be happy.

At the same time, our ego takes a beating, and we start to over-compensate by defending our bruised ego with offenses directed at others.  We usually end up involved in judging, criticizing, teasing, or other behaviors that satisfy the ego and fulfill the inner “need” of reassurance that we are better than others, not the other way around.

Even though we inherited belief systems rooted in fear and scarcity, it doesn’t mean that it’s the best way to go for us, and it certainly doesn’t mean that we were hard wired to only operate in this fashion.

While it’s not an easy choice, on the surface, to make a change, it’s not the hardest choice either.  The first step is awareness — an awareness that we are serving the ego and letting it get between us and our personal greatness.  If we can awaken to the realization that we are acting like robots, automatically and unknowingly carrying out the programming we were genetically handed down by our caveman ancestors, we can then override this program and upgrade to the divine program — the program we were meant to run on our hardware.

We can all be great if we make one simple change — the change from caring so much about “me,” and start caring so much about “we.”

We weren’t designed to be mediocre; we weren’t designed to live our lives on auto-pilot, simply put here to be fearful and serve the ego.  We were designed to be great!  We are here to make a difference!  So, let’s get to it!  Make the change!

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Ready to “come back to life?” You are invited to take a seat and join me for my radio show on Monday, September 17 at 12 PM Central!

My guest will be Jodi Chapman, Creator of the “Coming Back to Life” e-Course!

Click below to listen to the interview!

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Are you tired of feeling numb and disconnected?  Are you ready to “wake up” and start living fully?

If you’re ready to come back to life, I have a wonderful interview to share with you that may be your ticket to guiding you back to your soul to help you reconnect with how it feels to be truly alive!

I’ve gotten to know Jodi Chapman over this past year, and I have been asking her to join me on my show for a few months, so I was thrilled when she agreed to join me this week!  Jodi is in the process of preparing to unveil her new program, called “Coming Back to Life,” and I wanted her to share her story and details of the program with listeners, so that she can get the message out there to those who need it!

Jodi describes herself as being “passionate about helping each of us listen to and be guided by our soul.” But, as she explains, her life wasn’t always so overtly spiritual. She spent most of my life in the left side of her brain – focusing on logic, proof, and anything black and white. After receiving a degree in Technical Editing and Sociology with plans to become a statistician, she spent several years working for a publication that focused on debunking spiritual/mystic claims and several more working as a technical editor.  However, she just didn’t feel fulfilled.

In October of 2010, she experienced a spiritual awakening. (The complete story is detailed in her upcoming book, Coming Back to Life: How An Unlikely Friend Helped Me Reclaim My True Spirit.) Because of this, she slowly began to open up to the miracles that had always been all around her. And in doing so, her entire life changed – it became brighter and filled with love. She now knows that we are never alone, we are always taken care of, and all of the answers – every single thing we need to know about our time here on Earth – have always been inside of us.

I can verifiably say that if you are looking for someone to help get you “off the floor” and come “back to life,” Jodi is the one you want to have as a guide through the process.  I am blessed and honored to know her, and I am so excited to have her join me on my radio show this week to talk about her course!

The “Coming Back to Life” e-Course is a six-week journey that begins on October 1. It is a helping hand, a set of tools, and a community all wrapped up into one loving course to support you when you are feeling numb and unsure of which way to go. Itt’s packed with TONS of goodies to help you reconnect and feel alive again.

If you have ever felt disconnected from life – from your soul – this course is for you. If you’ve ever felt your light dim, this is for you. If you know that there is more to life than simply getting through the day, but you aren’t sure how to take the step forward out of the darkness, this is for you. If you are ready to plug back into this magical universe, reconnect with your soul, and open your heart again, this course is for you. If you are no longer willing to just “get by” and sleepwalk through your day, this is for you. If you are ready – truly ready – to start living fully – this course is definitely for you!

When you register for Jodi’s e-Course, you’ll receive instant access to over $150 in amazing bonus gifts—including books, affirmations, meditations, and more!

If you’re ready to:

♥ live fully and love fully.
♥ take responsibility for your life.
♥ push past your fears & reach your dreams.
♥ forgive, let go, and move forward.
♥ see the world with childlike wonder.
♥ reconnect with your soul.
♥ believe in miracles again.
♥ open up to this amazing universe.
♥ join a community of loving souls.
♥ be completely authentic and vulnerable (in a good way).
♥ join a course that comes from the heart and soul.
♥ come back to life.

…then this course is for you!

What you’ll receive:

♥ Over 150 pages of love – including weekly lessons + soulful activities. This is where you get to show up for yourself. This is where you get to reconnect with your soul and discover who you are deep down at your wisest, most loving core.

♥ Heartfelt Videos. Each week includes at least three videos – one from Jodi sharing that week’s message, one from an inspirational soul sharing their story, and one designed to teach, inspire, and offer concrete tools that you can apply to your own life.

♥ Guided Meditations. Each week contains a guided meditation that is specific to that week’s message. They are grounding and calming.

♥ Beautiful offerings from over 30 friends who are also on this journey of self discovery. Each week is filled with heartfelt messages from inspirational messengers who are on similar journeys and are brave enough to share their experiences with you. Whether they share their stories through video, audio, artwork, or writing – they all serve the same purpose: to help lift you up and see that you are not alone. We have all experienced the darkness, and we have all opened up to the light.

♥ A private Facebook community. In this community, we can all join to support each other on our journeys, ask questions, and share our experiences. This community will be available to you even after the course ends.

♥ Weekly chat sessions. This will be a space where we can go deeper into the material, truly support each other at the soul level, and really create a tribe filled with love and nurturing energy.

♥ Jodi’s guidance/story. Each week includes Jodi’s story and experiences and what she has learned along the way. She hopes that you can learn from some of her mistakes and also feel inspired to know that you’re not alone in feeling disconnected. She’s been there, too.

♥ Soul Art. Jodi has designed printable posters to go with each week’s message. Perfect for hanging up around your sacred space and filling your soul with love each time you see it!

♥ Surprises. Who doesn’t love surprises? Jodi has a few fun things up her sleeve that she’ll be sprinkling throughout the course – gifts of love that she can’t wait to share with you!

♥ Bonus gifts. When you register for this course, you’ll receive instant access to over $150 in amazing bonus gifts—including books, affirmations, meditations, and more!

Here are the weekly topics:

♥ Week 1: Starting Where You Are

In Week 1, we spend some time exploring where we are starting from. We pat ourselves on the back for being brave enough to begin such a powerful, life-changing journey. And we clear the way for lasting transformation to take place.

♥ Week 2: Getting Real

In Week 2, we recognize the importance of pure authenticity when reconnecting with our soul. We stand strong in who we have become, and we honor our past – while at the same time, we recognize that our present moment can be anything we want it to be. We can be anyone we want to be. And that’s so powerful.

♥ Week 3: Letting Go

In Week 3, we spend a lot of time healing, forgiving, and letting go. We leave behind anything that no longer serves us – anything that will hinder us from soaring toward our dreams and reconnecting with our soul.

♥ Week 4: Opening Up

In Week 4, we open up to the spiritual, magical world that has always been around us. We look for signs. We tap into our own intuition. We practice being still. We embrace the feeling of being completely open to it all.

♥ Week 5: At the Heart of it All

In Week 5, we drop into our core and recognize that we are all love. We honor the love within ourselves, and we embrace the love in others. We rejoice that we are no longer alone. We are completely surrounded by love.

♥ Week 6: Leaping and Dreaming

In Week 6, we push past our comfort zones and fully embrace faith. We leap with abandon toward our dreams. We listen to our soul’s desire, and rather than question what it is asking us to do, we just do it!

When you register, you’ll receive over $150 in bonus gifts that you can download immediately!

We all have a light inside of us that shines so brightly, and this beautiful ecourse will help you remove some of the veils that have been covering your light. Isn’t it time you allowed yourself to shine? To live fully? To feel completely alive? Isn’t it time for each of us to allow ourselves to have that?

If your Soul is jumping up and down saying YES, YES, YES…

Then, register by clicking the banner below:

I am so thrilled to speak with Jodi about this wonderful course!  Don’t miss this three-part interview!  It’s going to be fantastic!  Grab your seat now!

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“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” ~Tom Bodett

Last week, I heard my daughter say something that was absolutely music to my ears.   My older daughter,  Brianna, was playing with her younger sister, and they were engaged in a dialogue.  It’s not unusual for them, as they are playing with their “Barbie” dolls and various other toys for them to make comments about the dolls or how the dolls look or act.  My younger daughter, Ava, must have said something about the appearance of one of the dolls or something to that effect, and it must not have resonated well with Brianna.

The next thing I know, Brianna said to me, “Daddy, when Ava said that to me, I told myself that I didn’t agree with her, and if I don’t feel that way, then it’s not true, right?”

My jaw dropped.  I couldn’t believe it.  I responded with a cool and collected “Yes, your absolutely right, Brianna,” but inside I was jumping up and down and pumping my fist and hooting and hollering, just absolutely ecstatic that she got it!

She just turned seven, but she had just shown me that she actually gets it and understands it — she understands that when someone shares an opinion, we have a conscious choice.  We have the conscious choice to accept or reject the opinions (and thoughts) of other people.  If we don’t accept it, then it doesn’t get passed to our subconscious where it can be processed by our body and manifested to come true.

It  was so gratifying to hear her say those words, because we have been working so hard with her to understand and grasp that concept.  No doubt, as it served her well in this safe environment where she can test out these methods, it will serve her well as she continues to mature and deal with some of the social challenges she will no doubt as she continues school and deals with other people who sling insults and hurtful comments toward anyone who is close enough to hear.

As an afterthought, it was also very impressive to observe that she didn’t condemn or correct her younger sister.  She didn’t say that her opinion was wrong or that she shouldn’t say something like that.  She understood in that moment that her younger sister had the right to voice her opinion, and while she didn’t agree with it, she respected her sister’s opinion.  That in itself is another important skill to develop along the way.  I was so proud of her.  I always knew she was a great kid — a mature soul — and her mastery of these two important skills at such a young age is simply proof of that fact.

To hear what I heard the other day was just awesome.  It was the best music to a dad’s ears!

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