What is Inspiring Me...Got Me Thinking....

The Myth of Normal

Dr. Gabor Mate is a renowned speaker and best-selling author whose topics include addiction, stress, and childhood development. His newest book, The Myth of Normal: trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, is an incredible gift to mankind. You can get a sample of the contents from this podcast, where Tim Ferriss interviewed Dr. Mate on the release of his newest book.

To get a taste of the power of this book to heal, click here to listen:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/620-dr-gabor-mat%C3%A9-the-myth-of-normal-metabolizing/id863897795?i=1000578709207

Navigating Conflict With a Wise Heart

Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 1 - This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakening your understanding, flexibility, and compassion. We look at how to heal our own unmet needs and not be dependent on others changing and how to engage with another person when both are dedicated to mindful communication. We also extend our exploration to societal conflict. The talks are accompanied by reflections and meditations that can directly enhance your capacity to respond to conflict from the most wise and caring part of your being.

To listen, click here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/navigating-conflict-with-a-wise-heart-part-1/id265264862?i=1000578866109

Inspiring Way to Live to at Least 100!

Explore health, fitness, longevity & the pursuit of meaning through the lived experience of a human who has been walking planet Earth for a full 100 years.

Meet centenarian Mike Fremont, a retired engineer turned climate activist and life-long athlete who holds a slew of impressive age-group world records in the running, including the fastest recorded marathons for an 88-year-old, 90-year-old, and a 91-year-old.

At 96, he set the American one-mile record for the 95-99 age group, and as a lifelong canoe racer, at 99, he was the oldest person to race the Canoe National Championships.

And at 100, he's still out there getting after it. Every. Single. Day.

To listen to this amazing podcast, click here:
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/mike-fremont-697/

Breaking Surface by Mark Nepo

Breaking Surface

Let no one keep you from your journey,
no rabbi or priest, no mother
who wants you to dig for treasures
she misplaced, no father
who won't let one life be enough,
no lover who measures their worth
by what you might give up,
no voice that tells you in the night
it can't be done.

Let nothing dissuade you
from seeing what you see
or feeling the winds that make you
want to dance alone
or go where no one
has yet to go.

You are the only explorer.
Your heart, the unreadable compass.
Your soul, the shore of a promise
too great to be ignored.

Words to Shift From Distrust to Trust

Yes, AND day more about that....
Help me understand what led you to do it that way...
What would you
Yes, AND say more about that...

Help me understand what led you to do it that way.
What would you recommend?
What information do you need to help you succeed at doing your job?
Let's talk about what's getting in your way.
Help me to understand what is so important about..

The Map of Spirituality

Map of Spirituality is a complete overview of the realm of possible human experiences relative to the Levels of Consciousness (LOC). It covers everything from the lowest Victim/Abuser Consciousness to the bliss of the Absolute Self and all the levels in between. For an introduction to the Levels of Consciousness, click here:

http://www.mapofspirituality.org/what-are-levels-of-consciousness/

MORE INSPIRATION

From Prison Guard to Endurance Star: Ken Rideout

This is a personal transformation story.

In this Richard Roll podcast, you will hear the saga of Ken Rideout, a guy who has transcended a litany of seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become one of the world's pre-eminent master athletes. Now, at 51, he smokes his running competitors like a bad habit - and is only beginning to hit his stride.

It's a landmine-littered path that didn't come easy. A rough and chaotic childhood, a battle with addiction, learning harsh truths as a prison guard right out of high school, and later losing colleagues on 9/11 are just a few of the many obstacles he's faced and overcome.

Get inspired...

Click here to listen:

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/ken-rideout-701/

Happiness Break: A Note to Self on Forgiveness

The podcast from The Science of Happiness is a wonderful meditation to help you let go of regrets so that you can improve and grow. Alex Elle, a certified breathwork and writing coach, guides you through meditation to forgive and accept yourself.

Click here to listen:
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/alex_elle_self_forgiveness

Colin O'Brady and Jenna Besaw

How do you break free from the patterns holding you back? How do you rewrite the limiting beliefs etched into your psyche?

Here to offer you a prescription is world-record-setting adventure athlete and New York Times bestselling author Colin O'Brady, returning for his fifth appearance on the Rich Roll podcast—this time alongside wife and partner in all things.
Jenna Besaw.

Longtime listeners are well acquainted with Colin's long list of accomplishments as a ten-time world record-breaking athlete, arctic explorer, and expert on high performance and empowering others to reimagine the limits of human possibility.

Colin's feats include the world's first solo, unsupported, and fully human-powered crossing of Antarctica, speed records for the Explorers Grand Slam and the Seven Summits, and the first human-powered ocean row across the Drake Passage.

In his latest book, The 12-Hour Walk - he challenges us to find purpose and meaning.

This podcast was an inspiration for me. To listen, click here:
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/colin-jenna-694/

Fr. Richard Rohr

Contemporary theologian and best-selling author Richard Rohr spoke at TLU on Sunday, September 25, in Jackson Auditorium. Rohr spoke from the content of his book, "Falling Upward."

This is an amazing talk about the second half of life. It is worth the listen!

Click here to listen to this amazing talk...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1kXeklcmMI&t=808s

Quotes that inspire

It's hard to hate people close up... lean in! Brene Brown
"If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback."
Brene Brown

If you want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
Jim Rohn

When you know better, you do better.

AND...

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, I'm with you, kid. Let's go!
Maya Angelou

Let no one keep you from your journey, no rabbi or priest, no mother who wants you to dig for treasures she misplaced, no father who won't let one life be enough, no lover who measures their worth by what you might give up, no voice that tells you in the night it can't be done.

Let nothing dissuade you from seeing what you see or feeling the winds that make you want to dance alone or go where no one has yet to go.

You are the only explorer. Your heart, the unreadable compass. Your soul, the shore of a promise too great to be ignored. Mark Nepo