Sparked!

I don't get it! Tune into this episode for a short story about a little girl stating to the world what most of us feel every day. "I don't get it" comes up for me all the time, especially these days. How about you?

Giving thanks by practicing gratitude is good for you. But being grateful and "feeling" it is next level. Join me for a quick into and practice to how experiencing gratitude changes your physiology and why it matters.

Breathing will save your life. Take it from one who knows. Shallow breath. Chest breathing. Shortness of breath. These are all signs of chronic stress. If you want to improve your lifespan, then learn to breath properly, and in a way that promotes the balance of clarity and calm.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of breathing. Just because it's free, doesn't mean that it isn't important.

Today we talk about how to fix your gut. Now, I only have 6 minutes to give you a high level overview of how to get started. But it's better than living with an imbalanced gut (and brain fog and anxiety, and sadness and poor sleep, etc) When you rebalance your gut microbiome you also optimize your gut-brain connection. Some of these changes can happen quickly, some take more time. The point is to fix your gut because it's where mental fitness begins.Try my gut-brain protocolTo learn more read this book! Mental Fitness: Maximizing Mood, Motivation, & Mental Wellness by Optimizing the Brain-Body-Biome

Your biology drives your psychology. In other words, your body drives your mind. When your physiology is humming, and your systems are running smoothly, you feel mentally clear and calm more often. Experiencing this and taking action to know what systems in your body need attention can be the difference between plodding along or living in flow.

"The pain you feel is the breaking of the shell that encloses you" ~ Sufi poet Kabir. Buckle up folks! When you really start trusting your own intelligence, brilliance and intuition, life may get a bit (or a lot) uncomfortable. In all honesty, pain comes with the territory when start to wake up from the dream we've been living in.

Imagine having the courage to dare greatly every day. It's possible but it takes practice. In this message, I talk about how to begin a "dare greatly" daily practice and why it matters.

Read on for the infamous speech by Teddy Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

What do you need to do today? Where are you hesitating? Do it anyway. Don't hold back. Don't worry about the consequences so much. What is emerging for you? What has been tapping tapping at the door? What has been whispering in your ear in the early mornings and late evenings? Do it anyway.

What is it that you sense is the next step for you, for your soul, for your being? What is that creative spark you keep feeling? What is it that you are not doing? Take the first step to doing something today. And when that little bit of fear or doubt, or insecurity comes up... do it anyway.

Remember who you are--We are brilliant beings made of love and light. The busyness of life, however, causes us to forget who we are. This episode is a reminder to remember. 

Are you having a breakdown, breakthrough—or both? Are you agitated or feeling uncomfortable? If you are, you may be ready to step into a whole new way of being.

As Kabir said, "The pain you feel is the breaking of the shell that encloses you." Listen for more.