Today Dreamer

How determination, strength and focus can change your life’s path

In this episode I speak to Austin’s number 1 personal trainer, Izzy El-Ubaydy on the importance of intentional living. Intention is everything in this life and this young man’s story will show you the significance of intention. Intentionality is something we often overlook, but when it comes to lifestyle design and living a meaningful existence, there’s nothing that’s more important in our personal toolset.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you:

* want to hear an incredibly inspiring story about courage and determination

* Are confused about where to put your focus or energy

* Have been through a difficult time in life and want to make an intentional change

* Are in a transitional period in your life

* Looking for a new self-discovery podcast to add to your list!

* Curious and open to a fresh perspective on discipline and creating change

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This episode’s guest: Izzy is an award-winning personal trainer and social influencer based in Austin, Texas. His genuine desire is to make the people of this world healthier physically and mentally. He believes that fitness leads to other virtues, which then leads to the betterment and overall human growth.

Meditation Starts Here: An Expert’s Guide

A Meditation Expert’s Secrets on Creating a Mindful Meditation Habit

Susan Piver runs the world’s largest Sangha or online meditation community. We talk about mindfulness meditation and the benefits of meditation not as a self-improvement hack but rather as self-discovery method. Loving-kindness meditation and letting go of the stories we tell ourselves. Building confidence, kindness, love and gratitude while practising meditation consistently are all things Susan shares her insights on. We end the meditation-based conversation with a special 5-minute guided meditation exercise led by Susan. This was a hugely rewarding conversation with many special moments of meditation wisdom so I encourage you to listen and relisten to fully integrate these lessons into your own mindfulness meditation practice and visit The Open Heart Project, Susan’s online community for guidance and clarity on your own path.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re:

* Looking to try mindfulness meditation for the first time

* Wanting to deepen your meditation practice

* Hoping to focus on building consistency in your meditation habit

* After a guided meditation from a meditation expert

* Looking for a new self-discovery podcast to add to your list!

* Practising loving-kindness meditation

* Into trying a 5-minute meditation

* Struggling to Meditate

This episode’s guest: Susan has an international reputation for being an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, resilience, communication, relationships, and creativity. She has been a student of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004 and was authorized to teach meditation in 2005.

Known for her insight, clarity, and humor, Susan is as comfortable giving a 60-minute keynote to an audience of thousands as she is leading a day-long offsite for a small group. Whether in talks at Procter & Gamble, Google London, Google Paris, the Harvard Medical School Mindfulness and Psychotherapy conference or in interviews with Oprah, Ann Curry, Katie Couric, the New York Times, O Magazine, Redbook, and others, Susan’s mission is to teach everyone how to open up, give deeply, and create a life of wisdom, compassion, and courage.

Susan Piver is also the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including The Hard Questions, the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, and Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation. Her new book, The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships, is out now.

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Chelsea Dinsmore runs a huge online community called Live Your Legend. She helps people find their purpose and a sense of authentic happiness by aligning who they are with what they do. Finding your purpose or finding your passion starts by asking ourselves, “Am I Living My Best Life?”. Chelsea and I explore this question and the transition periods within our lives that often lead us to positive change. We talk about detaching ourselves from the outcome and the path to a more fulfilling journey.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re: Looking for your “passion” or your one thingConfused about which direction to go in life Working on a project that doesn’t seem to be going anywhereIn a transitional period of your lifeLooking for a new self-discovery podcast to add to your list! Curious to find out about an online entrepreneur

This episode’s guest: Chelsea Dinsmore is the Chief Inspiration Officer of Live Your Legend, a movement of over 200,000+ living passionate, purposeful lives. Live Your Legend hosts monthly in-person meet-ups in over 250 cities in nearly 70 countries, focused on creating in-person connections with like-minded living legends.More information: www.goodpeopleeffect.com (http://www.goodpeopleeffect.com)

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Jacob Cole is a world class percussionist who started drumming at the age of seven and has concentrated his skills on the handpan drum. The hang drum or handpan is an instrument that sounds like no other. Jacob shares the story of how his musical journey began and how he first came across the hang instrument and developed his own unique style. We discuss his new album ‘HOPE’, percussion and Jacob shares some tips and tricks on developing, learning and growing with the handpan.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re:

Interested in the handpan or hang drum

Want to find out more about the hang instrument

Looking to discover more about a well-known handpan player

Into the handpan drum and thinking about buying a handpan yourself

Looking for a new self-discovery podcast to add to your list!

Curious to find out about the life of a world-class percussionist

This episode’s guest: Jacob Cole is a professional drummer and world percussionist who began drumming at the age of 7 and continued on to study with some of the world’s best at Berklee College of Music.Drum set and world percussion were his main passion until he bought his first Handpan in late 2013. He instantly fell in love with its meditative vibe and melodic capabilities and is currently finishing up recording his second handpan album HOPE, due out Jan 2020.

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Want to hear a financial behaviorist’s advice on money and achieving true financial freedom?

In this conversation about financial freedom and wealth creation, Jacquette Timmons shares her insight on the way we think about money and how it may be doing us more financial harm than good. She will help you identify the underlying beliefs and behaviors that shape your results and financial success. We discuss what a healthy relationship with money looks like and a few key considerations when working towards financial freedom. The true meaning of wealth and where money fits into the equation is analyzed as Jacquette and I share personal anecdotes about our own experiences with money and relationships.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re: Interested in financing your dreams soonerStruggling with finances and money and want to know what might be holding you backAfter financial freedom but feel a little lost or overwhelmedWant to dive deeper into the human side of moneyLooking for a new podcast to add to your list!Curious and feel like clicking on a random episode of the showWanting to hear from a financial behaviorist with years of experience

This episode’s guest: Jacquette M. Timmons is a financial behaviorist. She works with everyone from the middle class to the 1% helping them manage their choices around money. In particular, she integrates financial and behavioral analysis to help people blend the emotions of money with the math of money, let go of their money “baggage,” and start to move forward with financial goals more clear – feeling confident and more in control so they can save more, remove debt, invest smarter and earn more. Through direct, but unbiased, coaching (for individuals and couples), engaging training experiences (for corporations and non-profits), and aha-inducing speaking and writing, she helps her clients figure out the best actions to take and choices to make to ensure their money is working for them. Jacquette is the founder of Sterling Investment Management, Inc. and the author of Financial Intimacy: How to Create a Healthy Relationship with Your Money and Your Mate. Jacquette holds an MBA in finance from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business and a BS in marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Overcoming the challenges of life can often be painful and difficult. In this conversation with Jeral Tidwell a highly experienced creative artist we discuss how to face the struggles of life with a smile. We talk about overcoming obstacles and Jeral shares some life lessons and insights gained from his own life challenges. He shares some interesting, unique and even strange strategies to help face adversity and overcome anxiety, failure, pain, dark moments and hard times in life. Life should be faced head on according to Jeral and the universe always has a way of working things out in the end.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you:

Feel like you’re struggling with obstacles in your life constantly

Want to learn real strategies to overcome the challenges of life

Looking for ways to overcome anxiety, failure, depressed feelings and dark moments

Have recently gone through a break up or challenging moment in your life

Looking for a new podcast to add to your list!

Are interested in creativity or the life of an experienced painter and graphic artist

Want to start taking control of your life and overcoming adversity with positivity.

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This episode’s guest: Jeral Tidwell has been a professional artist since 1988 (31 years... whoa! ), he absolutely feels like the luckiest guy ever, loves life and appreciates every second of it. Has an awesome wife and son who are the center of his universe. Also, Jeral is a crazy mountain biker. He has a wonderful outlook on life and his positive energy and good vibes are contagious. A good human through and through with some great insights and life lessons to share!

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Active listening wisdom from the host of the Spark My Muse podcast. Lisa De Lay shares tips on improving your interpersonal presence with active listening

Active listening sounds easier than it is. Improve your active listening skills and you’ll deepen and strengthen your relationships with friends, family and loved ones. Lisa DeLay from the Spark My Muse podcast shares her active listening wisdom with us through this very special self-improvement podcast episode. When we learn to listen to others and ask the right questions we can help uncover the real root of their problems and strengthen the relationships around us.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you:

Want to strengthen your interpersonal connections

Struggle with active listening and want to improve your listening skills

Are enjoying the self-discovery journey so far and want more content

Have a friend or family member going through a hard time.

Looking for a new podcast to add to your list!

Listen to the Spark My Muse podcast and want to hear an interview with Lisa!

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This episode’s guest: Lisa DeLay is a teacher and author with a weekly podcast called Spark My Muse. She invites us to have deeper encounters in our interior lives and in our relationships using the contemplative tradition and practices such as deep listening, and interpersonal presence.

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The host of The Rainbow Brainskull Hour speaks to me about life lessons, self-discovery, smoking DMT, alternate realities, consciousness, Terence McKenna, Alan Watts and what happens after we die!  It’s a great conversation that I really believe will leave you feeling smarter, and more motivate to live your fullest life. Our chat goes in crazy directions but it’s a lot of fun and is a great listen for anyone who’s open to new perspectives and psychological horizons.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re:

Interested in getting motivated to take action in your life

In love with deep multidimensional conversations about the universe and life

Looking for the answer to what happens when you die

A creator or creative person

Looking for a new podcast to add to your list!

Curious and feel like clicking on a random episode of the show

A self-improvement junkie looking for your personal development fix

This episode’s guest: Ramin Nazer is an artist who puts deep and meaningful messages into crazy artwork. He makes cartoons, hosts The Rainbowbrainskull Hour podcast, does stand up comedy, makes games and writes books. He also listens to a lot of Terrence McKenna and Alan Watts on YouTube.

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Everyone’s journey is unique and special in its own way. There are many lessons we learn on the road to discovering who we really are and in this chat we shed light on some of life’s lessons for me. In this episode I get interviewed about my own transformative journey and how the handpan played a vital role in shaping who I am today. This is part 2 of a conversation on the simple joy of creating where Sylvain and I talk about the ups and downs of life that weave together leading us to where and who we are today. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out The Handpan Podcast for more interesting conversations with handpan players from around the world!

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re:

Interested in hearing about my journey

Love the handpan

Serious about conscious personal development

Looking for a podcast about the simple joy of creating

A creator or creative person

Struggling with living in the moment

In the handpan community

Interested in Sylvain Paslier and his beautiful handpan music

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Host of The Handpan Podcast & talented handpan player, Sylvain Paslier joins me to talk about the simple joy of creating, the history of the handpan (hang), Connection, Podcasting and life! He shares some insightful life lessons as well as interesting life experiences in this super interesting conversation. If you’re open to conscious growth and self-discovery this episode is a must-listen.

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You’ll find something great in this episode if you’re:

Into the handpan (hang drum), or percussion

Serious about conscious personal development

Looking for a podcast about the simple joy of creating

A creator or creative person

Struggling with living in the moment

In the handpan community

Interested in Sylvain Paslier and his handpan music

This episode’s guest: Sylvain is a French national and is a handpan performer, recording artist of handpan music and a great human. He moved to the US as an exchange student (senior year of college) 8 years ago. English is his 2nd language but he speaks it well. Sylvain’s always had this creative itch to scratch and the handpan has been that outlet for the past 13 years for him to experience and share the simple joy of creating

Make sure you check out The Handpan Podcast: www.thehandpanpodcast.com

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