Provocative Enlightenment Radio

On December 28, 2012, Stephen Guise started doing at least one push-up every day. It was his first mini habit. Two years later, Stephen’s mini habits have him in peak physical condition, writing 4x as many words, and reading 10x more books.

Mini Habits combines Stephen’s life-changing experience above with science, logic, and humor. It rejects common self-help and habit formation advice in favor of smarter strategies that work with a modern, hectic lifestyle. Having mini habits enables you to move forward consistently, even on your worst days.

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Dr. Newberg has actively pursued a number of neuro-imaging research projects which have included the study of aging and dementia, epilepsy, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. He has been involved in the study of mystical and religious experiences as well as the more general mind/body relationship in both the clinical and research aspects of his career. His research also includes understanding the physiological correlates of acupuncture therapy, meditation, and other types of alternative therapies.

Dr. Andrew Newberg is the director of research at the Jefferson Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine and a physician at Jefferson University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and nuclear medicine.

Andrew has been asking questions about reality, truth, and God since he was very young, and he has long been fascinated by the human mind and its complex workings. While a medical student, he met Dr. Eugene d’Aquili, who was studying religious experiences. Combining their interests with Andrew’s background in neuroscience and brain imaging, they were able to break new theoretical and empirical ground on the relationship between the brain and religion.

Andrew’s research now largely focuses on how brain function is associated with various mental states—in particular, religious and mystical experiences. His research has included brain scans of people in prayer, meditation, rituals, and trance states, as well as surveys of people’s spiritual experiences and attitudes. He has also evaluated the relationship between religious or spiritual phenomena and health, and the effect of meditation on memory. He believes that it is important to keep science rigorous and religion religious.

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Howard Falco is a Peak Performance or “mindfulness” coach to college and professional athletes (MLB, NHL, NFL), CEOs and corporate executives, and individuals looking for a new way of overcoming life’s challenges and achieving exceptional results. He has authored two books about self-awareness and the power of personal creation. His first one is titled, I Am: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are and his second book is, Time In A Bottle: Mastering The Experience of Life.

In late 2002, in the middle of ordinary life, this married father of two went through a sudden and extraordinary expansion of mind. The dramatic depth and breadth of this shift unveiled the answers to many of the largest and deepest questions that humanity seeks answers for on a regular basis, such as, “Why am I here?”, “How do I create my deepest dreams and desires.” and “How do I achieve lasting peace and fulfillment?”

During his awakening the core essence underlying all human creation, action, reaction, joys and suffering was revealed to him. Stunned and inspired by this occurrence and the resulting powerful knowledge, Howard set out to honor what happened by sharing what he learned and teaching others how to tap into this state of mind and being.

For Howard, the most thrilling revelation of his new insight is that everyone has the opportunity to experience this awareness and the freedom it brings. He states, “The issue is not whether the answers to any of your questions exist, but only a matter of if you are ready to embrace the new way of looking at and experiencing the world that these answers will bring.”

Through his books, speeches and private coaching, Howard presents the wisdom regarding how to harness more of the creative energy we each have within us. Offered are the keys to taking complete control of the creative process of life and time from this precious moment forward.

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Roy L. Hill obtained his doctorate degree in clinical psychology. Roy has worked as a psychologist in corrections, both as a clinician and supervisor, for over 20 years. Following several life changing experiences, Roy delved into the topic of Near Death Experiences. A book followed his immersion, Psychology and Near Death Experiences: Searching for God, published by White Crow Books. As his mission and passion, Roy is currently writing more books on near death experience subjects. Roy enjoys speaking on various near death experience topics in person and by media interview.

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Mary Ellen O’Toole, Ph.D. has spent her career studying the criminal mind. One of the most senior profilers for the FBI until her retirement in 2009. Dr. O’Toole has helped capture, interview and understand some of the world’s most infamous people. Dr. O’Toole worked as an FBI agent for 28 years, spending more than half of her Bureau career in the organization’s prestigious Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)—the very unit that is the focus of the hit crime series “Criminal Minds.”

During her time in the unit, Dr. O’Toole developed an expertise in Criminal Investigative Analysis (CIA) as well as offender behavior. She has provided assistance to law enforcement and prosecutors on a wide range of violent and criminal behavior including serial and single homicides, sexual assaults, kidnappings, product tampering, school shootings, arsons and bombings and extortions. Dr. O’Toole is also a trained FBI hostage negotiator and has a unique expertise in the areas of targeted school violence, workplace violence and threat assessment.

Dr. O’Toole is recognized as the FBI’s leading expert in the area of “psychopathy.” Her work in psychopathy has put her on the forefront of mental health and law enforcement efforts to apply the concepts of this personality disorder to both violent and white collar offenders and their behavior and crime scenes. She lectures internationally on the application of the theory of psychopathy to real life situations. She continues to lecture at the FBI Academy on psychopathy and interviewing. She has served as adjunct faculty to the FBI’s Prestigious Leadership Development Institute (LDI) at the FBI Academy and also frequently lectures at the Smithsonian Institution about everything from Sherlock Holmes to personal safety. She is a Fellow with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

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Balancing the nature of ego and spirit and awakening to the Divine Self is the subject of three books by Dr Martin and his wife, Rev Linda M. Martin. Dr. Martin, is a licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, and social worker, has worked in clinical, university, public school, and private practice settings as a therapist, diagnostician, and educator.

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John Truman Wolfe returns to Provocative Enlightenment to discuss the rapidly approaching financial crisis the world is expected to experience. Wolfe discloses the Central Bank for the Central Banks that is senior to the Federal Reserve and their role in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. If you want to be prepared for what’s coming, you will not want to miss this show.

John Truman Wolfe is the creator and author of the award-winning Tom McKenna private eye series.

In the non-fiction genre, his book exposing the real forces behind global financial crisis, became an Amazon Best Seller. His latest release—The Coming Financial Crisis: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain, includes the expose of the source behind the Global Financial Crisis as well as their current agenda, now in full swing, to implement “Bail In” procedures by big banks that enable failing banks to confiscate funds in their depositor’s accounts and convert them to bank stock.

John Truman Wolfe is also the Editor and Publisher of The Hard Truth, an online investigative magazine that exposes government and corporate corruption and abuse. He has been a senior credit officer for two California banks: one in the San Francisco Bay Area, the other in Beverly Hills. He is the co-founder of a prestigious Los Angeles-based business-management company where he oversaw the business and financial affairs of some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

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From the world’s reigning expert on expertise, Anders Ericsson, comes a powerful new approach to mastering almost any skill. Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities.

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Everything we think, do and refrain from doing is determined by our brain. From religion to sexuality, it shapes our potential, our desires and our characters. Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, Dr. Swaab shows that we don’t just have brains: we are our brains. Then the big question, “Do we control our brains or do our brains control us?”

Dick Swaab was Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research from 1978 to 2005. Since 1979 he is Professor of Neurobiology at the Medical Faculty, University of Amsterdam. In 1985 he founded the Netherlands Brain Bank and was Director until 2005. He is Leader Research team Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Neth. Inst for Neuroscience, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and is appointed since 2011 Chao Kuang Piu Chair of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China. His major research interests focus on sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation, aging of the brain and Alzheimer’s disease and the neurobiological basis of depression and suicide. He has published over 560 papers in SCI journals, authored more than 200 chapters in books, and edited more than 60 books. Swaab mentored 84 PhD students from which 20 are now full professor. He is author of the 2 volume monograph The Human Hypothalamus that appeared in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, Elsevier and of the Dutch best seller We are our Brains, that sold more than 450.000 copies in the Netherlands that is translated in 15 languages. There is also a children’s version of the book (You are your brain) that is translated in Russian and Thai.

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Professor Larry Rosen joins us to discuss the addictive nature of today’s technology and some of the psychological disorders that result such as Obsessive Compulsive Behavior. Rosen will flesh out the ramifications of technology on our families and culture. He has studied this issue for some 30 years and is the past Chair of the Psychology Dept at California State University, Dominquez Hills.

Dr. Rosen has been featured extensively in television, print, and radio media and has been a commentator on The Daily Show, Good Morning America, NPR, and CNN. He has been quoted in hundreds of magazines and newspapers including USA Today, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times. He maintains an extremely active research program and his most recent investigations include: (1) generational differences in technology use and multitasking, (2) the distracted mind from the dual perspectives of psychology and neuroscience, (3) the impact of technology on health and sleep, (4) integrating technology in education, and (5) the impact of task switching during studying and in the classroom.

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