Consciously Speaking

Today’s guest is Derek Loudermilk. After wrapping up his master’s degree in microbiology at Montana State in May 2014, Derek set off on a year-long adventure to explore the world and run his business. So far in his life, he have been to 27 countries and all 50 US states, and lived on four continents. Derek values traveling slowly and really getting to know and participate in a culture. He is currently living in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia where he surfs, does yoga, meditates, hikes, runs, reads, writes, gives talks, coaches, explores, SCUBA dives, and eats lots, in addition to hosting the Art of Adventure podcast! As someone who has a broad range of interests and multiple career transitions, Derek’s goals is to teach others how to learn what they need to know to navigate each new ‘ecosystem’ of life. You can find out more about him at www.DerekLoudermilk.com. This episode is being brought to you by Touched and Transformed. Get your free chart about your Enneagram type HERE! To learn more about Sponsorship Opportuni

Today’s guest is Aaron Anastasi. Aaron is a Southern California native who graduated with a master’s degree from Princeton where he studied philosophy and psychology. He is also the founder and coach of the internationally recognized, Superior Singing Method, an online singing lesson program that grosses 7-figures annually. With over 10,000,000 views and 100,000 subscribers, Aaron has the #1 singing/life lesson channel on YouTube. He is also a prominent life coach for clients in industry-leading roles ranging from film directors to marine biologists to TEDx speakers. His book, The Voice of Your Dreams, is available on Amazon.com now. You can find out more about Aaron at www.thevoiceofyourdreams.com. This episode is being brought to you by Touched and Transformed. Get your free chart about your Enneagram type HERE! To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! And don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode. Whil

Today’s guest is Orsolya Bartalis. Orsolya knows all about setting goals and achieving them! She decided at the ripe old age of 16 that she wanted to live in Australia, so just one year later she’d migrated there on her own. Since then she has discovered half of Australia and gained vast life experience in the customer service, hospitality and real estate industries.  With her driving desire to bring out the best in people, Orsolya has spent the last 12 years working in Human Resources with people in evaluating their career priorities and inspiring them to set goals for their personal development. She even took her career to the next level, completing the award winning coaching program of Beyond Success. Having created financial freedom and exiting the workforce on her own terms, she then set a personal mission to inspire 10,000 people to make a change from feeling stuck in their 9-5 job to creating a life filled with purpose, passion and prosperity. You can find out more about Orsolya at www.unlimited-result

Today’s guest is Jeremy Walker. Jeremy is the owner of Inspire Hypnotherapy, which operates in Brisbane Australia. His background is in Hypnotherapy, Psychosomatic Therapy and the Demartini Method. He has been practicing as a therapist since 2010 and has worked with 700 clients in one-to-one sessions. Jeremy focuses on helping people with addictions, weight loss, psychosomatic health and relationship conflicts. He is highly passionate about helping people to gain a balanced perspective in their life and return to an inspired way of living. Jeremy's mission is to share a message with 1 million people over the next 4 years and to impact 20,000 lives in consultations and trainings. As high as his business goals are, so too is his love of beauty and adventure. In September 2016, Jeremy will be hiking to Mt Everest Base Camp, something he is currently training for. You can find out more about him at www.inspirehypnotherapy.com. This episode is being brought to you by Touched and Transformed. Get your free chart ab

This Memorial Episode is dedicated to my mother, Billie Sue Borgmeyer, and includes a very personal look at my deepest "Why". Not the "Start with Why" that Simon Sinek made famous in his book with that title, but the deeper WHY that set me on a journey far from home in search of something of which I more frequently doubt the importance. While I challenge you to take up the question for yourself, I also want you to know that I offer no real answers here. It is something I am still exploring on my own. My mother was born with the name of Billie Sue, but grew up being called "Lizzie", "Billie" or just plain "Sue" - though she was always far from plain. She became Billie Sue Neeley when she married Bill Neeley, the brother of her best friend, Billie Sue Neeley (later Throneberry)... and this was just the start of the craziness that really was the essence of our family. Together they had six children, Theresa Sue, Larry Allan (deceased), Gary David (aka "Peewee"), William Paul (deceased - Season 2, Episode 251), M

Today’s guest is Devin Slavin. Conscious Webpreneur is Devin’s calling, and for the past 10 years, he has fully immersed himself in an exploration of leadership, sustainability, and online business. As the world becomes increasingly challenged by environmental and social issues, it has become clear to Devin that he is here to help conscious leaders gain traction in making their visionary projects a reality. He believes the Earth and all people need this new leadership to rise up and thrive while we still have a chance to turn around the crises we face. Luckily, Devin has been blessed with the opportunity to experience tremendous success in growing online businesses – building online platforms, creating just about every major type of online product or program out there – and now wish to use these skills and knowledge to empower others to do the same! Devin Slavin is a conscious business coach and consultant who helps leaders and change-makers create their online business platform, share their message with the

Today’s guest is Alexander Heyne. Alex is the author of Master The Day: Eat, Move and Live Better with the Power of Tiny Habits, and the author behind Modern Health Monk - which shows ambitious professionals how to lose weight and feel awesome by changing tiny habits. You can find out more about Alex at www.ModernHealthMonk.com, and if you purchase his book on Amazon, you can email a copy of your receipt to Alexander@ModernHealthMonk.com to receive 2 hours of bonus training videos to go along with the book. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! And don’t forget 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,

In today's topical content episode, Michael goes back to the root of what the show is all about - Consciousness. He explores the working definition of it as it pertains to this podcast as well as to the Conscious Life Summit. In addition, he takes a closer look at how to make a conscious choice to tune-out as well as the how and why when it comes to doing that. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! And don’t forget 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 Sage Lee. As a child, Sage emerged as an artist. It was the closest thing that he could do to honor the oddness that was he. He didn’t fit into the world of his peers. He wasn’t interested in dating, sports, or academics really (except for a narrow group of things that interested him.) If there had been a school for wizards back then, he would have enrolled immediately. His list of accomplishments include being an Art Director and Brand Strategist for international Fortune 500 companies, teaching design at the University of California, creating award-winning work in the art field, including a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Yet, all the while he knew there was a greater calling that was pulling him along, influencing everything he did. This all lead Sage to create and become the headmaster of the School for Wizards, where he helps teach the science of magic to business owners looking for the next level they know is not going to come from business coaching alone. You can find o

Today’s guest is Terry Dika Volchoff. Terry works with both purpose driven entrepreneurs and healers who realize that there is more that they could be doing and are tired of being defeated by their very own mind. She’s a master at this because she knows first hand how frustrating and defeating it can be. She struggled for years with boom and bust and feelings of inadequacy ruling her life. Her mind would go blank and her body physiology would actually change with fear. She could see that there was something missing so… She searched on both sides of the pond, creating many adventures, to resolve her inner turmoil and frustration. But no matter how much work she did, what modality she tried, even though she improved with each new effort, she still felt her potential to realize her true destiny and personal freedom she so badly craved still eluded her. She studied meditation, tapping, Conscious Bars and more. Then, she finally cracked the code. Terry discovered a process that changed her mind chatter from negati

Today’s guest is Dr. Michele Summers Colon. Dr. Michele is a holistic podiatrist, Ayurvedic specialist and yoga health coach in the Greater Los Angeles area.  Dr. Michele is also an author and the creator of Body Wisdom: 10 Weeks to Transformation so You Can Get and Feel Healthy Again, a program which combines the best of Eastern and Western medicine. Dr. Michele found Ayurveda and yoga to be the keys to health on her own personal health journey, which we’ll talk about today. You can learn more about her at www.DrMichele.com. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! Become a patron of Consciously Speaking! To contribute, you can click on the Podbean link in the upper right corner of this page or simply on the word Podbean here. There are rewards available for all levels of patron sponsorships including t-shirts, coffee mugs,

Today’s guest is Rob Scott. Rob is a master coach known for hijacking people’s minds, rewiring their limiting beliefs, and leaving them completely transformed. Starting from a very difficult path, from abused to homeless, to sick, to breakthrough, to Youngest VP and now inspiring hundreds as a way of life, his story is as fascinating as he is if full of insights. You can find out more about Rob at www.RobScott.com. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! Become a patron of Consciously Speaking! To contribute, you can click on the Podbean link in the upper right corner of this page or simply on the word Podbean here. There are rewards available for all levels of patron sponsorships including t-shirts, coffee mugs, tickets to my live events and more. Thanks in advance for your support. And don’t forget to subscribe to Consci

For today’s topical show, brace your ears (well... eyes, if you're reading this) because Michael is calling Bullshit. That’s right. Bullshit! A particularly fitting word as it describes falsehoods that are typically decorated to look like the truth, but you can usually smell them a mile away. The very specific type of BS that Michael is talking about today, has to do with relationships and Hollywood - how Hollywood leans toward depicting unhealthy relationships and how we buy into it as the norm. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! Become a patron of Consciously Speaking! To contribute, you can click on the Podbean link in the upper right corner of this page or simply on the word Podbean here. There are rewards available for all levels of patron sponsorships including t-shirts, coffee mugs, tickets to my live events and

Today’s guest is Kristin Swarcheck. Kristin is an entrepreneurial powerhouse whose mission is to help high profile professionals and entrepreneurs exchange their overachieving personalities for true inner alignment so they can avoid burnout, thrive with ease and become an example of intentional living for others. Kristin is a leading expert on transformational coaching, author, speaker and syndicated radio show host on VoiceAmerica. Her cutting-edge transformational techniques teach her clients to consciously recognize when they're reacting to life’s circumstances, even in the most challenging moments, and know how to choose exactly how to act. You can learn more about her at www.KristinSwarcheck.com or email her at Kristin.Swarcheck@gmail.com Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! Become a patron of Consciously Speaking! T

Today’s guest is Don Larson. The Founder & CEO of the Sunshine Nut Company and author of The Sunshine Approach, Don is a visionary leader with a "quadruple bottom line" business: adding a transformational bottom line to the financial, environmental and social bottom lines of corporate social responsibility. Don has over 25 years of experience in the food processing industry and was an executive for The Hershey Company. After leaving Hershey he built a cocoa processing plant for a group of private investors, where he was eventually promoted to acting-CEO, delivering a plant that produced $100 Million per year. The factory was the largest, fully automated cocoa processing line in the world.  In 2011, Don and his family left their lifestyle of abundance and material wealth for one of purpose. They sold nearly everything they owned - a big house with a swimming pool, luxury cars, and a hot air balloon - and poured their life savings into Sunshine Nut Company. Don and his wife Terri and their youngest son, r

Today’s guest is Justin Spyres. Justin is a Neuromuscular and massage therapist, spiritual mentor and nature guide. As a practitioner of Spirit Alignment Therapy, Justin uses an integrated mind-body-nature therapy and spiritual approach to joyful healing that can help you move freely in your body, connect to a deeper spiritual truth and heal your nervous system for greater love and ease. You can learn more about him at www.JustinSpyres.com.  Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. To learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com. Thanks! Become a patron of Consciously Speaking! To contribute, you can click on the Podbean link in the upper right corner of this page or simply on the word Podbean here. There are rewards available for all levels of patron sponsorships including t-shirts, coffee mugs, tickets to my live events and more. Thanks in advance for your support. And don’t fo

Today’s guest is Russ Elliot. Russ is the founder of and a principal consultant for the Conscious Culture Group, a company committed to linking culture to business performance by creating widespread ownership for shaping the culture and the business. They believe employees matter, leadership matters and culture is the bridge that creates the success. For more than 30 years, Russ has been bringing his expertise in human resources and coaching to organizations across the country. His work has extended from the manufacturing plant floor to technology and financial companies including Toyota, NUMMI, Texas Instruments, Easton-Bell Sports and Bridge Bank. While serving as a Senior Vice President and human resources executive, Russ not only brought his strategic skills to implement change, but his coaching skills as well. Russ is on the faculty of Global Institute of Leadership Development (GILD), Women in Leadership (WIL) and UC Berkeley extension. You can learn more about Russ and the rest of his team at www.Consc

Today’s guest is Beth Banning. Beth is a best-selling author, inspirational speaker, and spiritual catalyst who lives in California with her husband, their cat, and their six pound poodle. She has just published her new book titled, Interviewed by God, A Journey to Freedom and is also the author of numerous other books including; the Meditation for Life Series, and the Marriage Guide Series. Beth was born in New York City and from a very young age could sense the feelings of people around her, felt kundalini energy running through her body, and experienced other unusual events that she didn’t understand. As a young adult she recognized the same sense of confusion and loneliness in others and became passionate about helping people better understand themselves and those around them. Later in life she took this passion into her work with her husband Neill and co-founded Focused Attention, Inc. Together they co-authored The Art of Conscious Connection, Love On Purpose, and The Pathway to Personal Freedom, and co-

In today's episode, Michael shares his interview about The Art of Forgetting with JJ Flizanes from her podcast, Fit 2 Love. JJ's episodes are segmented into topic-specific days, and this episode was featured as her Sexy Saturday show. Michael shares his path from actor and knight in shining armor to personal development coach and podcast host. You'll also pick up on some great practices to bring more awareness into your own life. Today’s show is being brought to you by The Conscious Life Summit 2016! Reserve your spot today while it is still absolutely FREE. And if you enjoy summits, you can join Michael and 21 other experts as they share insights and strategies to create the most effective habits for success and happiness. Register for The Art of Personal Mastery and save your spot to listen in. It has already begun, so sign up today before it disappears. Please place your nomination for Consciously Speaking in the People’s Choice Podcast Awards (in Society – Culture, and for the People’s Choice – thanks!)

Today’s guest is Brian R. King. Brian is a social worker, a 27 year cancer survivor and the proud father of three boys with Asperger’s and ADHD. He, himself, also has ADHD and Dyslexia. For the past 10 years, Brian has poured his heart into teaching other parents of children with special needs, strategies to help prepare their children for the world. He’s also had the pleasure of speaking all over the country to various groups who wanted to learn his strategies. What Brian has learned over this time, is that what he does best is teach people how to authentically connect with each other. Whether it’s parent/child, teacher/student, husband/wife, employer/employee. He shows people how to remove the barriers between them so they discover how much they can accomplish together; that we are never alone when we know how to connect with those around us. Brian is also the host of the new podcast, Memoirs of a Mindful Life, which can be found on iTunes or watched live on Blab. You can find out more about Brian at www.Br