Michael Neill is an internationally renowned transformative teacher, author, broadcaster, and speaker, described as having the unique ability to “blend the sacred with the profane”. The inside-out understanding at the heart of his work challenges the cultural mythology that stress, pressure, and other symptoms of “seriousness” are a necessary part of adaptation and growth in business or indeed any area of life. In his role as CEO of Genius Catalyst Inc. since its inception in the UK in 1990 to its incorporation in the USA in 2007, Michael has spearheaded its growth from consultancy to a multi-media organisation delivering services to tens of thousands of loyal customers each year through live training, online courses, and self-study programs. He has also spent more than three decades as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor, and creative spark plug to founders, CEO’s, celebrities, royalty, and those who are up to something in the world. His global client base is wide and diverse, having served clients in North America, UK, Europe, and the Middle East in the fields of investment, sales, energy, manufacturing, the entertainment and media industry, and more. He has been consistently ranked alongside Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, and other legends in the field as one of the top 30 coaching thought leaders in the world, and continues to run a small private practice working with high performers in their fields of expertise. A gifted communicator, Michael has authored six best-selling books including Creating the Impossible, The Inside-Out Revolution, The Space Within, and Supercoach. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and his public talks, retreats and seminars have touched and transformed lives at the United Nations and in over 60 countries and on six continents around the world. His TEDx talks, ‘Why Aren’t We Awesomer?’and ‘Can a TEDx Talk Really Change the World?’ have been viewed by over two million people around the world and his blog and podcast, Caffeine for the Soul, has been entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world for more than 20 years.
In this week's episode I explore "isness".
Most of us have heard about "loving what is", but what are we meant to do about "what isn't"? Listen in to find out why ignoring it might just be the most responsible thing you can do!
Winston Churchill once said "most men stumble across the truth from time to time, and then get up, brush themselves off, and carry on as if nothing happened". This week, Michael shares the surprising power of taking the time to truly basking in the truths and good feelings that overtake us from time to time in the midst of the apparent urgency of our daily life.
This week, Michael shares a bit of his own journey from "enforced gratitude" to finding a genuine love and appreciation for life and pretty much everything it brings to the table.
Would you like to feel more hopeful about addiction or addictive behavior, whether it's something you're dealing with directly or in the life of a partner or friend? This week, Michael introduces a radically different way of thinking about addiction that might just open up a whole new way of addressing it that's even simpler than you think.
When life gives you lemons, do you a) complain about how much you hate lemons, b) make lemonade, or c) leave them in the kitchen to deal with them later? Join Michael this week to find out why "c" might be the best answer of them all.
In part two of a two part series, Michael talks about wisdom - what it is and how we can make use of it to create a completely different experience of life and pretty much everything in it.
In part one of a two part series, Michael shares the difference between thoughts and thinking and why one of them inevitably works better and is of more use than the other.
Do you think you need to change the world to change your experience? Or are you a fan of ideas like "change your thinking, change your life"? This week, Michael shares a surprising alternative explanation for what changes the game and how to put it to work in your own life.
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
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Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.