Consciously Speaking

In today's episode, I answer the question of "What is The Art of Forgetting all about". I'll explore, from the beginning, where we got our gift of an acute memory and where we crossed our wires along the way. In addition to giving you a feel for what my upcoming book is about, I'll provide you with some exercises you can put to use right away to start to unravel the automatic way in which we go about our lives. As you work with this episode, think about the things you hold to be true about your friends and loved ones, your co-workers and associates, anyone in your sphere of life. Then think about what you know that people believe to be true about you. And finally, examine the things you hold to be true about yourself. Please let me know your thoughts about this work and the basic exercises outlined. Post your comments and feedback and join in the conversation. By the way, here is the link to fill out our Audience Demographic Survey for LibSyn. Thanks! And don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so t

Today’s guest is TapasyogiNandhi . Siddhar yogi Nandhi is a visionary, humanitarian, artist, ecstatic chant musician, mystic, author and teacher. Nandhi represents the wisdom of the liberated. After being initiated through death, Tapasyogi Nandhi, undertook his spiritual journey through penance of yogic discipline (tapas) to attain his wholeness and come to understand a life of purpose. Nandhi spent the initial years through the depth of the spiritual wilderness of South India under the guidance of his Gurus through daily discipline, solitude in caves and pilgrimages while balancing a challenging active world as a householder. In the next phase, he was guided by his Gurus to come to the West to represent Siddhar consciousness and teach in order to help raise humanity to its pristine goodness. Nandhi’s teachings represent the wisdom of the Masters which has been passed on through an unbroken lineage of Siddhar Gurus for thousands of years. The Siddhars, the mystic yogis, are the enlightened Sages who journey b

Today’s guest is Angie Swartz. She is a Life Coach, Business Coach and Spiritual Counselor, as well as the founder of Life Purpose Advisor.  Angie’s mission is to empower people to find their life purpose and to improve personal mastery through knowing themselves, incorporating daily practices and transforming their bodies.  She believes that we all know our life purpose but can’t recognize it until the time is right in our lives.    Angie, a passionate speaker, trainer and writer, helps people step into their full potential with one-on-one courses, group courses and topic specific coaching.  She also hosts her own podcast called The Life Purpose Advisor podcast, where she asks spiritual leaders and difference makers the deep questions around living a life of purpose, meaning and joy. You can learn more about Angie at www.LifePurposeAdvisor.com. If you decide to sign up for the Life Purpose Advisor 4 Week Program, be sure to use Discount Code: CS200 to get $200 off (a special gift from Angie to all Conscious

Today’s guest is Julie Migneault. Julie is best known for catalyzing leaders into their next level of growth, personal fulfillment and contribution.  With a real devotion to live from inner truth, Julie supports her clients to explore their inner world so they can lead their lives with greater clarity, confidence and inner peace while making a meaningful impact through their work. After landing her dream job leading global social responsibility programs at a Fortune 500 Company by the age of 26, Julie found herself feeling surprisingly “off path”, like something fundamental was missing in her life.  She followed the voice of her heart and left the success and security of her career and began a deep and personal journey of growth, healing, and transformation.  With extensive training and some serious love and devotion, she refined her gifts as a very clear intuitive and energy healer. Combining these gifts with her extensive business acumen and strategic thinking, Julie now works with an international communi

Today’s guest is my long lost friend, Heather Gray. Heather is a life coach, an intuitive healer, an Akashic Records expert and the creator of Soul-filled Life.™  She has been in the Personal Growth field for over 15 years as a healer, coach, workshop leader, writer and spiritual seeker. Heather co-authored the award-winning book, Real Girl Real World: A Guide to Finding Your True Self; she founded the popular Soul-filled Cafe, a virtual gathering with expert coaches; and created Soul-filled Life for individuals who are ready to explore their true path and create their best life.   Heather works with clients from around the globe and recently moved into her own studio space at the Imagine Anti-Aging Boutique in Pittsford, NY.  You can learn more about Heather, book a session and download her free guide, 7 Signs Your Life is Off Track at www.soulfilledlife.com.   Don't forget to sign up for the FREE Holy Fool's Day teleconference HERE! Please be sure to fill out our Audience Demographic Survey for LibSyn. Than

Today’s guest is Elizabeth Hunter. Elizabeth is on a mission to help people live more fully in their Genius. She is committed to helping people discover that sweet spot where expressing Genius creates lives of ease, connection, abundance and contribution. Or, as Frederick Buechner put it, “where our deepest gladness and the world’s hunger meet.” She has had her own circuitous path, from an outwardly successful yet deeply unfulfilling life, to one that now expands in ease, creativity and abundance every day. Elizabeth is known for igniting rapid transformation in those who spend just a little time with her. She embodies an uncanny sense of ease and spaciousness, with laser clarity about what most wants to be expressed, that creates the conditions for clients to ease-fully and gently discover their Genius and way forward.   You can learn more about her at www.GeniusJourneys.com. Don't forget to sign up for the FREE Holy Fool's Day teleconference HERE! Please be sure to fill out our Audience Demographic Survey f

In this topical content episode, Michael Neeley shares more aspects of his book, The Art of Forgetting, as it pertains to our expectations and the power of our beliefs. The topics covered include: Expectations and how they shape our lives The enormous power of our beliefs How we are perceived in the world and how that affects the way we show up This episode breaks slightly from the standard format in that there is also an assignment or exercise. Feel free to do it in your head; though for maximum benefit, it is recommended to use a notebook. Please be sure to fill out our Audience Demographic Survey for LibSyn. Thanks! Here's your link to sign up for the FREE Holy Fool's Day teleconference. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.Mich

Today’s guided meditation is a practice in quieting the mind and settling in to what is. The "thus"-ness of any given moment. The exercise here is to: Practice awareness to the point of moving into the position of your own witness (or observer) Let go of the trappings of thought and relax into the emptiness of now Realize that there is nothing to do, there is only to be Settle in and see how things are thus   Don't miss out on the FREE Holy Fool's Day teleconference on April 1st. Click HERE to register.   Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Today’s guest is Deborah Katz. Deb is an experienced and seasoned leadership consultant specializing in integrating Conscious Leadership Practices both one-on-one with leaders and organization-wide. Home-based in Portland, OR, she currently travels the country working with individual leaders and organizations to bridge the gap between leadership concept and leadership practice. Deb is an Executive Consultant and Coach with more than 20 years of combined experience as a complementary healthcare professional and Registered Nurse.   An avid traveler, Deb has sought out wisdom from diverse cultures and leaders the world over in service of her deepest passion: to shift our approach from problem-creating-solving into possibility consciousness. She has studied with some of the world’s premiere thought leaders to expand her understanding of the mind-body connection. You can learn more about Deb at www.Deb-Katz.com.  And don't forget to sign up for the FREE Holy Fool's Day call HERE! Please be sure to subscribe to Con

Today’s guest is Gail Larsen. Gail is a speaking coach and consultant and my newest mentor. She firmly believes that you can change the world—one audience at a time! Gail’s holistic blend of spirit and logic goes far beyond the standard format and with her uniquely inspirational approach, she reaches out to those who want to make a genuine difference in our world by changing minds through touching hearts. Today’s challenging times call for passionate visionaries who are authentic and articulate communicators, and Gail presents a proven program that liberates the “speaker within” and transforms even the most reluctant orator into an agent of change. Gail provides insightful advice on everything from defining your message and refining your delivery, to managing the dynamics of a room, handling logistics like a pro, and building a connection with an audience of any size. She has helped business executives and entrepreneurs, community and social change leaders, and healers and life coaches become active movers an

Today’s guest is Bez Maxwell. Bez is a dear friend as well as a Stanford-educated writer and Certified Life and Relationship Coach specializing in sex and desire. She leads TurnON Santa Cruz and is also an expert in Orgasmic Meditation She excels at using the fuel of both inspiration and desperation to turn your deepest dreams into a reality you can live right now. Her style combines straight-talking insight with desire-based research to take you all the way in the expression of your sex, your desire, and the ferocity of who you really are. Her coaching is not for the feint of heart, because she believes you are a master and that, as the master, you want nothing less than the truth. She is passionate about pushing limits, and undaunted by adventurous, progressive, or experimental territory. In her coaching, she will offer you fierce love, energy that won’t turn off, and a reverence for all aspects of the human experience, including the dark and unpleasant ones. If you’re ready to take meaningful action on hav

Today’s guest is Kevin Caldwell. Kevin is one of America’s leading personal achievement and performance experts. Whether keynote speaking or facilitating mastermind groups and workshops or coaching clients, audience members from America to Australia report that Kevin’s high energy, refreshing and original presentations exceed their expectations. Audiences everywhere have also mentioned that their quality of life improved because Kevin coached them to break through barriers that had been holding them back from achieving their goals and realizing their truest potential. Kevin’s philosophy is that success is not measured by the positions you have reached in life, but what mental obstacles you overcame to reach your desired goal. Using this philosophy, Kevin has written a book that is a ‘how to’ guide on reaching your potential daily, that is scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2015.   You can find him at www.TheKevinCaldwell.com. If you want to sign up for Holy Fool's Day, click HERE. Please be sure to sub

Today’s guest is Atasha Fyfe. Atasha has specialized in past life regressions, workshops and research for almost 20 years. She is the Hay House author of Past Lives and Magic Past Lives. In the course of her work, she has seen how past life therapy resolves an amazingly wide range of personal issues.  She believes that past life awareness helps to reconnect people to the great gifts of their past lives – the wisdom, abilities, knowledge, triumphs and joys that are such an important part of our greater whole self. You can contact Atasha through her website at www.pastlivesglastonbury.co.uk, where you’ll also find information about her talks, workshops, therapy work, articles and books. Sign up for Holy Fool's Day here. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know

In this topical content episode recorded in the rainforests of Santa Cruz (at least, the birds off my back deck make it sound like one), I share with you what is a blend of conversation and coaching with a dear friend and client, the cartoonist, Justin Thompson. Justin, the creator of the comic strip Mythtickle, has graciously agreed to let me make public some of the very personal issues that are coming up for him.   We will discuss: Who’s the Captain of your boat? Past life regressions Depression and the Nowhere Man Self-Love The Stories we tell ourselves … and more    “Self-love is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.” ~ William Shakespeare  (Henry V: Act 2, Scene 3)   Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to complete our audience demographic survey here? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com

Today's guided meditation is set in the Outback. A Subaru Outback. Listen as Michael Neeley guides you through a moving meditation at 65 MPH. The exercise here is to: Learn to relax while maintaining a heightened state of awareness Practice setting the mind at peace while the world around it is in motion Listen for the quiet amidst the noise Please do not listen to this meditation while driving. Learn these practices at home and then put them into action when you are traveling. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Today’s guest is Kylie Riordan. Kylie is a Pranic Healer and Angel Intuitive trained by Doreen Virtue in 2011 and 2013 and is currently studying for a Diploma of Hypnotherapy and Ericksonian Psychotherapy. She is known for her bubbly personality and her healing touch. Kylie’s passion in life is spreading light and love through her writing. She has three small children, Blade, Savannah and Scarlet, who have taught her the greatest lesson of all – to love unconditionally. Kylie is currently writing her first self-help book on lessons for living an extraordinary life and can usually be found soaking up the rays on the Sunshine Coast and filling her spare time with spiritual nourishment.   You can reach out to her via email lightnhealing@yahoo.com.au. And follow her blog at www.mindfulmummyhealing.com. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated

Today’s guest is Maritza Parra. Martiza is an author, speaker and trainer who is passionate about helping you unlock your spiritual potential and uncover your amazing value – the brilliant contribution ONLY you can uniquely make to other people in the world. As part of that process, she helps you to shine your brilliance in such a light that other people will see it and be willing to pay you for your full worth. If you’ve ever thought of starting your own heart-centered business or writing your own book on mindful living, but were afraid that you couldn’t make a living at it, Martiza is here to help. There is not, nor will there ever be anyone with the same blend of talents, gifts, skills, inspiration and extraordinary-ness as YOU, and Maritza knows you are here to do something big.     You can learn more about her at www.MartizaParra.com. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate ou

Today’s guest is Tom Condon. Tom has worked with the Enneagram since 1980 and with Ericksonian hypnosis and NLP since 1977. These three models are combined in his trainings to offer a powerful blend of therapeutic tools. His workshops concentrate on how to see and use the Enneagram dynamically, as a springboard to positive change. Most participants report personal and professional breakthroughs as well as a deeper sense of freedom and choice. Tom has taught over 800 workshops in the US, Europe and Asia and is the author of 50 books, CD’s and DVD’s on the Enneagram, NLP and Ericksonian methods. He is a certified coach and Practitioner of NLP and director of The Changeworks in Bend, Oregon. He can be found at www.TheChangeWorks.com and you can sign up for his upcoming workshop in North Carolina here. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!  

Today’s guest is Bob Berberich. Bob is a life success coach at Clear Choice Coaching, a company he founded in 2013, where he specializes in both business and personal relationships. He is a group facilitator, trainer, and speaker living and working out of Cincinnati. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Today’s guest is Bill Murphy. Bill has always been interested in our spiritual essence, our spiritual paths, what happens after death, and why we might decide to return to this physical form. He briefly studied religion in college, but also read and studied other spiritual belief systems.  He has always had a strong interest in learning about phenomena shrouded in mystery such as the Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis, Lemuria, the Pyramids, Extra Terrestrial civilizations, life force, and other subjects.  As his journey continues, Bill keeps writing about it. He is the author of the Amazon bestselling book: Driving with the Brakes On, and you can check out his blog at www.HighMesaLLC.com. Please be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.c