An estimated 50-70 million US adults have issues with insomnia and wakefulness. On this episode of Fun Therapy Mike shares 5 ways to fall asleep naturally and how to improve your quality of rest. From establishing an electronic sunset to never using a King size pillow, Mike unpacks fascinating and myth-busting research to a good night of sleep.

Tired of waking up tired? Having trouble staying asleep? Feeling groggy at work? With music by Sleeping At Last and featuring the song "Lullaby," this episode is perfect for anyone who struggles to make friends with their pillow.

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Strongest: A 2-Day Event

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ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

Blake Mycoskie is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder of TOMS Shoes. In this episode, Blake shares about his passion for helping to end gun violence in America. He shares about the importance of listening to your heart as a leader and boldly taking on issues that matter to you. Mike also asks him about the raw emotion he showed on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and what triggered that powerful moment. Frances Moore Lappe once said, "Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want." Blake's passion and choices are a celebration of the world he wants to live in. This inspiring episode is for anyone who wants launch their own dream and live out their passions each day.

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End Gun Violence Campaign

Toms Shoes

Mike's Website

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ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

Kait Warman is a well-known dating expert, speaker, relationship coach, and host of the popular Heart of Dating Podcast. In this episode, Mike and Kait talk about the challenges of dating and how to recover from past disappointments. She shares about the feelings of not being enough and the pressure to perform in order to be chosen by a man. She also shares candidly about a past abusive relationship that she was caught in and how she finally escaped. This is a powerful and intense conversation that won’t soon be forgotten.

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Heart of Dating Podcast

Kait On Instagram

Mike's Website

Mike Foster Instagram

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800.799.SAFE

Crisis Text Line: Text the word CONNECT to 741741. (US Only)

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

Scott Harrison is the founder of Charity: Water and the author of NY Times Best-seller, "Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World." Scott sits down with Mike to talk about the death of his mother this year and how to find optimism in the midst of suffering. He shares about how he uniquely processed his grief and the pressures of balancing family and the mission to bring clean water to over 1 billion people.

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Charity: Water

Scott's New Book: "Thirst"

(All proceeds from Scott's book goes to support clean water projects)

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

On the Season Premiere of Fun Therapy, Mike and author Carlos Whittaker explore a limiting belief that keeps him from fully pursuing his calling. He talks about how a lie was planted inside of him many years ago still controls how he sees himself today. This episode is for anyone who is looking to break their own limiting belief and wanting to stop tolerating the lie of not-enoughness.

About Carlos Whittaker:

www.CarlosWhittaker.com

For more information on Mike Foster and the Fun Therapy podcast:

www.MikeFoster.tv

In this special Christmas episode, Mike shares how to manage the emotional and family dynamics of the holidays. He talks about why this is both a joyful and melancholy season and gives practical tips for emotional health. Mike is also joined by Sleeping At Last as they talk about holiday traditions and his new Christmas song, "When We're Together."

Sleeping at Last Christmas Album on Noise Trade.

Rescue Academy Workshop

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

Hey Friends. This is Fun Therapy. I’m Mike Foster and together on this podcast we dive into the messy, not-so-perfect parts of our stories, and we do it with a smile. This is a place of love, and warm hugs, and the beautiful possibilities that awaits each and every one of us. We talk about the hard things, the mysteries of life and loss, we share about the stuff from our stories that may not have an answer just yet. but most importantly around here, we discover that we are not alone, we don’t have to be afraid and that no matter what we might be fighting through right now there’s is something quite wonderful awaiting us. It is the a the gift of knowing how strong we are, how capable we are, and that the story that we are living….is a good, good story. My name is Mike Foster and this is Fun Therapy.

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

In the Season 2 finale of Fun Therapy, Mike dives into the teachings of Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) and why love must be the foundation for our lives. He also shares the four ways we deal with pain and a destructive belief that almost everyone carries inside of them.

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

In this session of Fun Therapy, New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff joins Mike to discuss his current challenge of giving himself permission to try new things. Jon is the author of six books including his most recent Wall Street Journal No. 1 best-seller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. In this episode, they talk about how to build the courage to be misunderstood and how taking the risk of being “average” is part of the journey toward finding our true joy.

ABOUT MIKE FOSTER

Mike Foster is an author, speaker and executive counselor helping people turn setbacks into super powers. His work has been featured on FOX, ABC and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife. You can learn more at www.MikeFoster.tv

Jedidiah Jenkins is a professional adventurer and the author of To Shake the Sleeping Self: A 14,000 Mile Bike Trip & One Man’s Quest to Live a Life With No Regrets. He is a storyteller who encourages people to choose their life well and writes about everything from the cartels of Mexico to the megachurches of the U.S. to the Amazon rainforest in Bolivia. In this episode, he sits down with Mike to discuss writing, how to match cruelty with kindness and coming to terms with his sexuality.