Episodes

We often feel alone, but can you feel alone on a team with a like minded purpose? Can you be depressed and isolated while receiving high fives? Aren't we all looking for a team and like minded people in this world with a similar purpose? It's easy to feel isolated and small, but can you be when connected to a broader truth? Isn't that where purpose is found? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Recently retired economics teacher Mark Ryall. Age-Decoded is his first novel. It addresses the question: What could possibly go wrong with the advent of CRISPR genetic engineering technology? Genetic engineering is about to explode in our near-future world. Many applications will be very positive, such as possible eradication of Cystic Fibrosis, cancer, sight disorder, HIV, Alzheimers, to mention a few. However, as with any new technology, humans must be careful to harness it safely and huma...

Kira is the author of CONSTELIS VOSS, "The anime-inspired, psychological sci-fi trilogy nobody asked for, but everyone (probably) deserves. Karma's a bitch." Here is the summary: "Long after humanity reached the stars, and recreated earth in all its vices, one (totally unhinged) man finds himself lost not only in a robotic body, but in the chapters of his prior life (circa 1997). Knowing what came before—and finding familiar faces to help him—is the only way to survive. Not just for him, but...

Christian De La Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TedX stage. His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, was described by multiple Grammy...

A college dropout, Nate Rifkin was lost and suicidal, broke and bankrupt, standing on the street corner making minimum wage holding billboard signs when an ancient meditation changed his life. Now he's a successful marketer and author, married, and is studying to become a Daoist priest and get his Doctorate in Chinese Energetic Medicine. He is the author of The Standing Meditation. Listen to his story, it may just help you with your own.

So many people feel isolated, alone, and powerless, not living their most authentic selves, but their weakest. Why is this? The ego? Culture? Lack of fairness? Why isn't the world the harmonious place that many feel inside themselves? It often comes down to, are you interconnected or disconnected? Take a listen. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Dieter Randolph is a third-generation minister, writer, coach, and teacher. From his bio: "I am on fire to find ways to take the spiritual experience beyond the traditional church setting. With that idea in mind, I've spoken and taught in countless venues and formats, all over the country. Wherever I find myself, people find me.... I am here to help you find a life that you love, one that feeds you instead of making you feel tired. We’re all in this together. When you win, so does the world." ...

Are you expanding into the infinite riding on an energy wave? Or are you collapsing like a star upon yourself when the moment feels like a straitjacket you're stuck in. Take a listen. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Highly entertaining interview with "slightly deranged author" (as he puts it!) of the highly popular Nightlord Series. The series has orcs, dragons, wizards , witches, magicians, and vampires, and all with very interesting twists. These are monster sized books, many over 700 pages. He just released his 7th book in the series Nightlord: Fugue Once you listen to the interview you will understand how active his mind is and how he produces such sizeable tomes and such a funny fantastical world. ...

Fulfilled or Sad? Either way we're going to die. Time doesn't care, do you? Now that I turned fifty I care a WHOLE lot more. Check out my blogs and books at douglasrobbinsauthor.com

For many years Reyna practiced as an appellate court attorney with New York State's public defender's office before turning to writing full time. Her debut novel, UNREASONABLE DOUBTS, was named a finalist for the Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award in 2019. Her first novel for children, MY NAME IS LAYLA, came out in January, 2021, and Reyna's latest novel, BOTH ARE TRUE, will be published in October, 2021. To learn more, please visit reynamardergentin.com. Take a listen to our fascin...

A short and sweet nugget today. Did you earn that drink after work? Do you escape from the day and stress with dessert, pizza, alcohol or drugs? Have you moved your life and dreams forward first? Well, we've got to earn that drink and escape with couch credits. Listen why.

John Davis is one of a kind. He broke his back while helping a friend. A doctor told him that he would be paralyzed for the rest of his life. Learn how John healed himself and went on to become a stunt man and comedian as he traveled with the USO entertaining the troops in Iran and Afghanistan. He now speaks to audiences across the globe. "John inspires you to set and reach your maximum potential and awaken your Inner Action Hero!" Listen to his amazing story and check him out at www.corporatea...

Is your life out of control? Is your plate full? Do you need a platter or a table instead to pile it all on? Is time running away from you? We can change things. We can change ourselves. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Robert and I dive into the subject of Creativity, where it gets lost in the day to day and how to reclaim it. Robert Belle is a transformational speaker and mentor. He helps people who feel stuck in their career or life journey to break away from the “norm” and find new paths that reveal their true value. He has shared his secrets of creative success at his numerous speaking engagements He is the author of the book Blow the Lid Off. A book on transforming your life through creativity. Find hi...

What would you sacrifice for your child? Dreams? Ambitions? Everything? Jim Bowen is a single father who struggles with his ex-wife. He still loves her and wants it to work but her toxic personality is devastating to their sweet seven-year-old daughter, Lily. His grand ambitions of being an architect and building skyscrapers in a big city have eluded him. He’s on edge, working in a factory and living in a dying mid-west town while trying to raise his daughter and teach her right from wrong. Th...

My interview with Karl ranges from the 28th children's book he's written, many of them address lapses in our education system, childhood development, and to him being a media professor in a state college. We discuss his book Grow about our foods and where they come from. We also discuss the publishing industry and how to get your book into the world. Find Karl and his books at PremioBooks.com. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

We tried ignoring it as we walked along the inlet. But there was so much. What else do we try ignoring as we walk along in life? We are part of the problem and part of the solution. We also try ignoring the garbage within us that follows us every step we take. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

I wasn't going to do this but I woke inspired this morning. There is a light and darkness we all grapple with, but there is a deeper truth and a higher self we aspire to. Reuben the protagonist is lost going through his days while his alter-ego Claremone is fighting to be brought into the light. Tanz the Accountant, a seer who helps Claremone on his quest to battle these dark forces of the Toxic Whisperers that are cutting off the evolution of souls. They must reveal this plot or all will be d...

Daniel and I discuss how he got into making films, his production company totonyproductions, a production company that was created for and dedicated to his cousin and best friend Anthony, who had died of Cystic Fibrosis. We discuss topics ranging from why Americans want films to end with a happy ending, and Daniel's love of French cinema. Also, he reads a few poems from his recently released poetry book Just a Boy Blaming Himself which can be found on Amazon. sign up for my newsletter at dougl...

Are we bringing our bile or are we bringing our best? check out more of my work at douglasrobbinsauthor.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Are you writing or are your demons stopping you? Are you living your best life or are the demons filling your life with destructive thinking? Let's purge the demons so that we may live as we were intended. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)

Are you living the life of your dreams or stuck in the pains of the past? Have you ever felt at odds with yourself? There is more than meets the eye.

In the last podcast we discussed grappling with the darkness. This time it's the light. But why would you need to grapple with light? There are two sides of the same coin that must be dealt with. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/douglasrobbins)