Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry, health, and spirituality for over forty years. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, he has published 18 books and has inspired readers all over the world. In 2016, he was named by ‘Watkins: Mind Body Spirit’ as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People and was also chosen as one of Oprah Winfrey Network’s SuperSoul 100, a group of inspired leaders using their gifts and voices to elevate humanity. He has been interviewed by Oprah multiple times, he’s been on Good Morning America, the list goes on!
Debra Poneman is a best selling author and world renowned speaker. In the 1970’s she studied at the feet of some of the greatest spiritual masters of the east. In the 1980’s she immersed herself in the knowledge of the Masters of western metaphysical thought and founded ‘Yes to Success Seminars’ bringing then radical ideas like “your thoughts create your reality” into the mainstream. Within a few short years her seminars were being taught in seven countries on four continents all before the days of the Internet. She appeared regularly in publications and on radio and TV around the world. Using the knowledge they learned from Debra her students went on to become New York Times bestselling authors, millionaires, billionaires and household names. She continues to take the idea of success and abundance to whole new levels with ground-breaking tools and techniques and cutting edge knowledge of how everyone can live a life they love.
Margot Anand is an international bestselling author and the world’s leading authority on Tantra who has been credited as being the first to bring Tantra to the West. She speaks and teaches all around the globe and is the founder of 9 SkyDancing Tantra Institutes worldwide which inspire ecstatic living through sexual-spiritual integration. She has worked with the likes of Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra, the later who says that she “has a great understanding of how sexual energy is the creative energy of the universe, and how to use that energy to bring about transformation and healing.”
Today I’m speaking with Mo Gawdat. For 12 years Mo studied every single book and idea on the topic of happiness and developed an algorithm or equation for happiness that allowed him to feel happy no matter what happened. However one day he unexpectedly lost his 21 year old son, Ali, to a simple medical mistake. Could he return himself and his family to their normal resting state of happiness even in such tragic circumstances? He could, and he wrote the book “Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy” in memory of his son and as part of a personal mission to deliver his happiness message to 10 million people around the world.
Kamal Ravikant is a successful entrepreneur and investor who has worked with some of the very best in Silicon Valley. He is also a bestselling author of the books ‘Love Yourself: Like Your Life Depends On It’, ‘Live Your Truth’ and his latest book ‘Rebirth’. He’s had some incredible experiences in his life including: trekking to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, meditating with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama’s monastery, walking 550 miles across Spain and bungee jumping out of a hot air balloon. However my 2 favourite things from his about page are: watching Ben Kingsley eat a sandwich in his boxers and being the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women’s writers’ group.
What really causes addiction? Everything from cocaine to smart-phones and how can we overcome it? Johann Hari is a British journalist who has seen our current methods fail firsthand as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do and if there might be a better way. Johann has spent the last 5 years researching the war on drugs and is the author of the New York Times best-selling book on this topic ‘Chasing The Scream’. His TED Talk, entitled ‘Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong’ is one of the most viewed.
Steve Farber is a world renowned author, mentor, and keynote speaker on the subject of leadership. He is the president and CEO of Extreme Leadership Inc. and is the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, an organisation devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in business, non-profits and education. His third book, Greater Than Yourself, debuted as a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. ‘The Radical Edge’, was hailed as “a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit” and his first book, ‘The Radical Leap’ is considered a classic in the field and was named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned transformational teacher and an expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. Her books include the international bestsellers ‘Love for No Reason’ and ‘Happy for No Reason’. Marci is also the woman’s face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history as co-author of six books in the ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ series. With total book sales of more than 15 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, she is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time. She is also a featured teacher in the international film and book sensation, ‘The Secret’ and the host of the national PBS TV show called ‘Happy for No Reason’.
Dr Dean Radin is the Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. After receiving his Masters in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology he spent a decade working on research and development for advanced telecommunications systems. For the last 30 years he has been researching the nature of consciousness and is the author or coauthor of over 250 scientific and popular articles and 3 books, including the award-winning and bestselling ‘The Conscious Universe’, ‘Entangled Minds’ and ‘Supernormal’. His work has appeared on dozens of television shows and film documentaries worldwide and he’s been invited to present his findings to organisations such as Google and the US Navy.
Today I’m speaking with America’s leading relationship experts Dr Harville Hendrix & Dr Helen LaKelly Hunt. Harville and Helen are the authors of 10 relationship books including 3 New York Times best sellers and have been published in over 57 languages. Harville is a couple’s therapist with more than 40 years experience as an educator, clinical trainer and lecturer whose work has appeared on Oprah 17 times. Oprah described his book ‘Getting the Love You Want’ as “the best relationship book ever!”. Helen – in addition to her partnership in the authorship of 10 books on relationships and her co-creation of ‘Imago Relationship Theory and Therapy’ is the sole author of ‘Faith and Feminism’, and has been installed in the Women’s Hall of Fame for her leadership in the global women’s movement.