The Motivation Report

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A bi-weekly podcast by William Sterling designed to motivate, challenge, and inspire you. From motivational speaking to thought provoking interviews, and scripted content, Will keeps you on your toes. But you'll always be left feeling uplifted. From Straw Hut Media.

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Presenting...History. Rated...

01.28.2022

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01.28.2022 Presenting...History. Rated R. - EP2 - Andrew Jackson's Bandwagon and 6 Year Rum Campaign Motivation Report fans, have you listened to History. Rated R. yet?? Head on over to the showpage on apple, spotify, and wherever you get yuor podcasts to rate, review, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode of my new ...
01.21.2022 Introducing My New Podcast...History. Rated R. Motivation Report fans!! I'm debuting my new podcasting here to help move any of you who still have love in your hearts for ol' Will Sterling. Head on over to the History. Rated R. showpage on Apple, Spotify, and wherever ...
05.19.2020 The End is the Beginning After almost 4 years and 69 episodes, The Motivation Report has reached its final chapter. It has been an undeniably incredible adventure in producing this show. And before I moved on to something new, it was important to me to ...
03.06.2020 The Necessity of Suffering Is it possible to entirely eliminate suffering from your life? And even if you could, what would your life ACTUALLY look like? We tend to think that finding happiness or peace within our lives requires the elimination suffering. But if ...
02.07.2020 Perfection is Cancelled "Cancel culture" has come to represent a lot of things. For some, it's a necessity in order to remove from positions of influence and power, people who are toxic. But for others, it almost feels like no one is safe. ...
08.13.2019 What is SONDER? (Hint: It'll Change Your Life) Sonder is the new series I've co-created with my writing partner and guest this episode, Alex Wall. Sonder is defined as, "The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as ...
07.29.2019 Learn to Love the Struggle If you can be grateful for your life with you're at your lowest, imagine the happiness you'd experience when you're at your highest. There is no value to a life without struggle or hardships. Challenges are part of the path ...
07.15.2019 How You Become a Failure How exactly does someone become a failure? Separate from quitting, becoming a "failure" actually comes from taking shortcuts and taking advantage of others in an effort to benefit the self. Except, sooner or later, your being unqualified is going to ...
07.01.2019 How to Deal with Burnout It happens to the best of us. Myself included. What happens when we burn out; when the "grind" and the "hustle" just become buzz words for "you're never working hard enough!" The game, the "grind" is important. But most importantly, ...
12.04.2018 Make a Small Change Today, See Big Change Tomorrow Why is it so hard for us to take the smallest of detours in order to help those outside of ourselves? We get so accustomed to doing things the way we always do that we often ignore the suffering. Oftentimes, ...
11.19.2018 God is Love, A Thanksgiving Reflection I was 15 years old when I lost my mother. But despite the long, difficult road loss always proves to be, there can be light at the end of the tunnel. If "everything happens for a reason" or "God has ...
11.05.2018 Compassionate Conservatism with Dr. Craig Smith Dr. Craig Smith sits down with me to discuss what being a Conservative truly means, what it used to stand for, and how it's changed so drastically. How can we best reach across the aisle to help change the hearts ...
10.08.2018 Be a Person of Character Recorded Thursday, but Saturday saw a significant change. Though the sentiment can, and never should, change for you and I. There can be no debate for a person of character. Live your life knowing the legacy you wish to leave. ...
09.24.2018 For Once, Put God Second and Put Yourself First I said it. Maybe it's heresy. Maybe it's time you start listening to your own God and stop listening to everyone else's. When you seek authenticity and steer yourself down a path of centering yourself, then you will see the ...
09.10.2018 Live for Purpose, Not for Pleasure Are you living for purpose or for pleasure? You can't just screw around and think your purpose will fall into your lap. You have to work for it. When you're living a life purely for pleasure, you put your purpose ...
05.13.2018 Say "I Give Up" Out Loud How much is too much to take? Sometimes life can feel so heavy all we want to do is quit. But oftentimes admitting defeat is the very thing that may save us. You don't get to the dawn unless you ...
04.23.2018 "I Know That Guy!" with actor Larry Hankin Actor Larry Hankin joins me for this bonus episode of the Motivation Report before its hiatus. We talk about his VERY long career, projects like Home Alone, Escape from Alcatraz, Breaking Bad, and Seinfeld. Plus, he's got a one man ...
04.02.2018 Beautiful in Your Skin with Dr. Elliot Hirsch and Onika I sit down with board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Elliot Hirsch and his patient Onika to discuss her process of transitioning. Learn the importance these doctors play in helping Transgender patients become who they were meant to be. Learn more ...
03.20.2018 She Married a Junkie with Dr. Cali Estes The title says it all. Learn holistic ways to recover with Dr. Cali Estes and pave a path toward recovery. Check out her new book at imarriedajunkie.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.12.2018 Hypnotherapy with Frank Banos CHT Frank Banos, certified Hypnotherapist, explains our natural state of hypnosis and how hypnotherapy, alongside Neuro Linguistic Programming and talk therapy, can help you find life's compass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02.28.2018 The World's Greatest Superpower They call America the "World's Greatest Superpower". So why aren't we acting like it? We're too interested in our possessions, specifically our guns, to keep kids safe. What's it going to take to change hearts and minds of those who ...
02.12.2018 How to be a Gentleman Being a gentleman is about being respectful. When you respect you treat other people, especially women, as human beings and not objects. Let's learn to further the narrative about sex, consent, and what it means to truly be a gentleman ...
01.29.2018 Re-Writing our Scripts with Koorosh Rassekh Evo Health and Wellness founder and Master of Marriage and Family Therapy Koorosh Rassekh joins me to change the conversation on what addiction means. Rather than seek to treat the symptoms and the substances themselves, let's re-write our scripts to ...
01.22.2018 Dealing with Grief It's the hardest thing we can face. So how do we use it to move forward? Grief is a blessing and a curse. Re-framing loss as a gift is not easy, nor should it be. But it can be done. ...
01.12.2018 Shithole A spoken word poem for our commander in chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.08.2018 Tree House Recovery with Justin McMillen Tree House Recovery founder Justin McMillen and I discuss finding a sustainable path to addiction recovery. How can you heal yourself through the mind/body connection versus more pills? Learn to heal through finding yourself, not through finding more addictions. Learn ...
12.22.2017 Holiday Extravaganza 2017! It's the 2017 Motivation Report Holiday Extravaganza! Join me as I host a stable of my talented actor and musician pals to celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year with humor and good cheer! Learn more about your ...
12.11.2017 From Mobster to Rebel Rabbi with Mark Borovitz I sit down with the "rebel Rabbi" Mark Borovitz to discuss his history working for the mob, finding himself and God, and his important work to help addicts. To donate to the Beit Tshuvah visit beittshuvah.org. Learn more about your ...
11.27.2017 A Healthy Heart with Dr. Ernst R. Von Schwarz I sit down to discuss women's heart health with leading cardiologist and heart transplant specialist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Ernst R. Von Schwarz. Make sure you're equipped to spot problems before they happen and learn how best to ...
11.13.2017 Superman: Relative Dimensions Superman and Lois Lane must accept the help of a strange space and time traveler to prevent Lex Luthor from changing Superman's timeline forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.30.2017 The Witching Hour The Salem Witch trials, much like the Witch trials across the globe, were a horrifying time in history. And despite the fact that we no longer accuse, torture, and put to death women for witchcraft why are we still treating ...
10.16.2017 Working Actors with Brandon Hardesty Character actor Brandon Hardesty and I talk about his career in Hollywood, getting started as an OG YouTube sensation, his documentary series "No Small Parts", and how to persevere in the entertainment industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
10.02.2017 Love One Another StopTheHate After the tragedy in Las Vegas, despite the national conversation turning to arguments and finger pointing, what can our gut reaction be? Feel every emotion you need to feel, but perhaps if we start from a place of love we ...
09.26.2017 Me and C Jay Give Good Q&A Your questions, our answers! It's the Q&A episode of the Motivation Report! From music to social issues to relationship troubles to dirty jokes...here we are to guide you through life.Special Guest: C Jay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
09.11.2017 You're In Retrograde What if you had no astrological sign? What if, wherever the sun, the moon, and the stars are right now, that's where you are. Just as we often do with religion, astrology can be the thing we rely on too ...
09.04.2017 Have Faith In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, how do its victims and we as a country move forward? The answer is always easier said than done. But this is not a villain we can fight. Sometimes we're forced to fight nature ...
08.21.2017 C Jay and I Save The World C Jay and I talk about the events in Charlottesville, how to combat hate, understanding your privilege, and the difference between cultural appropriation vs appreciation.Special Guest: C Jay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.14.2017 What Are You Worth? You're worth more than you know. But oftentimes we associate our value with the material things we collect. There's nothing wrong in appreciating things that bring you joy but your worth in this world is determined by your actions, not ...
07.31.2017 Trans(ition) to Progress The President's recent ban on transgender service men and women should be wholly rejected. It is in direct opposition of our inalienable right and what it means to be an American. How do we find peace? We make the transition. ...
07.17.2017 Let's Be Romantic The Romantic movement of the 1800's lead to some of literature, poetry, and music's greatest works. It is a state of being and creating that is most linked to both the spirit and its relationship to nature. So, we want ...
07.03.2017 Thank You As I continue through a pretty busy time in my life I wanted to say thank you to all the listeners who have shown me such love and support after the release of "The Beauty of Being Broken." I love ...
06.19.2017 The Beauty of Being Broken Kintsugi is the Japanese art form of glorifying the breaks and cracks in our exterior. We should celebrate our hardships, not hide behind them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.13.2017 Life in 360 Life isn't about just what's directly in front of us. Sometimes, in order to reach our goal, we need to turn left, right, back up, or spin around. When we know how to let our paths with others intersect our ...
05.29.2017 Let's Talk About Sex with Dr. Chris Donaghue I sit down to talk with Loveline's Dr. Chris Donaghue about, you guessed it, sex. Society thinks it's a taboo topic, but it's the healthiest part of our day to day lives. So let's get comfortable talking about one of ...
05.22.2017 Nikki and C Jay Sittin' in a Tree Because you demanded it, Nikki Boyer and C Jay BOTH join me for an enlightening conversation about their similar personalities, his dislike for her before he met her, having compassion for those struggling with being different, building your best family, ...
05.08.2017 Therapy Therapy. It's no longer a dirty word. If we desire to heal what ails the body, why also don't we desire to heal what ails our mind? I'm joined by guests Robert Stohr and Shannon McFarlin to discuss why talking ...
04.24.2017 Booking the Job with Toby Lawless Session director, former actor, and casting coach Toby Lawless gives us the ins and out of getting the part. Want to better understand what it means to be an actor and the auditioning life? Listen in! Learn more about your ...
04.17.2017 Living in the In Between The past is finished and the future isn't yet set in stone. So live in the in between, that being the present. It's all you can do. Who you are today is enough to make the change and become the ...
04.03.2017 Receive, Process, Respond (RPR) We'd be a lot better off if we learned to process before responding. Life might not be simple, but we can make it simple. Learn to process your life before you complicate it with more mistakes. Learn more about your ...
03.27.2017 You Love that I Love Daria Benedict The girl with the heart to change the world joins me, none other than Daria Benedict! We talk about her being a refugee, what it means to have gratitude, how not to take away potential, and all the weird stuff ...

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