The Prosperity Show Podcast

Joan Sotkin, from ProsperityPlace.com and author of Build Your Money Muscles, presents a holistic approach to business success and financial health. Discover Joan's unusual approach that developed over 25 years of helping people build a business, fix their finances, be their authentic selves, and find peace of mind. Joan is known from her intuitive insights and clear understanding of how a person's internal environment affects their external results. The Prosperity Show provides you with both unique theories and practical suggestions for improving every aspect of your business and personal life.

Get Your Money Issues Out of the Way - TPS588 02/27/2024

Feel Comfortable Talking about Money - TPS587 02/13/2024

Feel Comfortable Talking about Money - TPS587 Small business owners and many practitioners have trouble talking about money. Yet, if you want to be comfortable financially, then you have to learn how to talk about money with potential clients, vendors, and financial practitioners. Highlights Sex and money are the two hardest things to talk about. A lot of people would rather talk about sex than money. Both sex and money are about sharing personal energy, which can be scary especially when there is a lot of shame around both issues. Always remember, money issues are never about money. They are about the emotions you’re acting out through your money. People in every financial bracket don’t like to talk about money, especially how much they have or don’t have. It’s very freeing to be able to talk about money and to realize that you are not your money. It’s just something you use to interact with the world. How much money you have or don’t have doesn’t change your value as a human being. You have value even if you have no money. Having a lot of money is not necessarily easy because you have to make a lot of decisions and it’s not that easy to talk to people other than financial advisors for whom you are a source of their money. If you’re part of a peer group that struggles with money, when you start making more they might treat you like an outsider. People often feel validated when they receive money. But money is not the answer to anything. If you think you need more money, you actually need more people because money always comes from people. For people who are in business for themselves, there’s a lot of uncertainty about income and unless you train yourself otherwise, that causes a lot of anxiety. When you love, except, acknowledge, and appreciate yourself, you’ll make more money. It’s important to counteract negative self-talk. I talk about how to do this. Trusting and acknowledging yourself are important. Being comfortable asking for money is essential if you’re in business for yourself. How do you feel about talking about money? Understand the value of your uniqueness. Do you ever say, “ I don’t care about the money, I just want to help people”? As someone in practice or as a business owner you have to care about the money. That’s part of being in business. If you suffer financially commonly no one is going to rescue you. You have to rescue yourself. Links To set up a time to talk to me . /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/29930263

How to Minimize the Effects of Toxic Stress – TPS586 02/06/2024

Doug Foresta: Problems Therapists Have with Their Money - TPS585 01/31/2024

Doug Foresta: Problems Therapists Have with Their Money - TPS585 I have known therapist Doug Foresta for a long time and we have been talking about how many therapists have money issues. In this episode we talk about that and an event we're planning to help people in the helper professions. Because we had such a rich conversation, I’m going to include most of the called transcript under the Highlights. Highlights Doug shares his personal background with money and why he was attracted to my work before he became a therapist. Doug talks about his emotional habits of disappointment and deprivation and how it affected his relationship with money. He realized that his problems were not about money but about his emotions. He also learned how to replace the habitual emotions for those that were more functional. It led to some business that he hadn’t expected. If a therapist can understand how they deal with money, or a doctor or any other kind of coach or practitioner can understand the money piece, they will find more inner peace because they're not going to be thinking about money all the time. As my money changes, I noticed that so has my identity. I no longer identified as a person who is screwed up about money. When I think about being prosperous, a big part of that is around love that I have in my life now. Doug tells the story of how his relationship with his first wife has changed since he’s been making the changes in his life. He talks about other things in his life that have changed and the new habits he has developed. When you worry, when you're in a hurry, when you're not able to stay in the moment, that's when you miss opportunities. Links If you are interested in learning more about the program Doug and I are putting together, sign up for my list at Here’s the Transcript Hi, everyone. Joan Saskin here. And welcome to the Prosperity show, where we explore a holistic and often alternative path to business and financial success, personal fulfillment, and peace of mind. And today, I have a special treat for you all. A good friend of mine with whom I'm putting a project together, we're going to talk a little bit about, so I want to get right to the interview. And so my guest is Doug Forrester, who is psychotherapist. How do you call yourself? I call myself a therapist. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, but. I'm a therapist. Okay. A therapist who is really smart and knows how to do therapy. And I met Doug years ago, and he's been listening to the podcast and following my system for more years than anyone else, and we've decided to do something. So, Doug, welcome to the prosperity show. Oh, it's such an honor to be here with you, Joe. Thanks for having me on. So what was it about what I do that attracted you? Yeah, it's a great question. I think my whole life, so, yeah, I mean, I go back to, like, it was either 2008 or 2009 when I started, when I really started following you. And so my whole life, I kind of have always had struggles with money, but, yeah, I mean, emotional stuff around money, and it was something about the way that you broke things down differently than anyone had ever done. You know, it was. It was always like, practical advice, you know, do this, do that, but, you know, save, you know, save more than you spend, but, I mean, everybody knows that. But I knew there was something else. There was something else because it's like, well, why am I having so much trouble? Why am I having so much anxiety around money? And so there was just something about the way that you spoke about things, the way that you used the combination of humor, and it just made sense to me, and it just resonated for me. All of a sudden, it was like, oh, yeah, that's me. Were you a therapist at the time? I wasn't practicing very much therapy at the time. I had a full time job working for the state, so I had, like, a state job with a pension and all that stuff. But I was always stressing about money. I always remember racing to the bank to try to desperately put $20 in so I don't overdraft. I don't think anyone else can relate to that. All right. You said what you liked about what I was doing, but it must have been the emotional piece that also attracted you. No, I mean, that's exactly it. It made me feel like, oh, okay, I see what's going on here. And it made me reflect on my own sort of family origin and stories that I had about money. So, yeah, absolutely. That's what really drew me in. It just made so much sense to me, and it spoke to. And Doug had a podcast called stand out and be heard, which is a lot of people's issue. He's not doing that anymore, but he's done a lot of different things along the way, and we hadn't talked in about five years, at least. And then he ordered something from me, and I said, let's talk. And here we are. And we've been looking at the market, because you have to do that in order to know what to do next. So tell the story of what we've decided to do. Absolutely. Well, in full disclosure, you've helped me tremendously. And what were talking about as a therapist, I see that a lot of therapists, when money is brought up in therapy session, a lot of therapists ignore it or they manage to conveniently not talk about it. Why? Because we're uncomfortable, as therapists with money. A lot of therapists have money issues. I would say most therapists have money issues. So if we can't deal with it ourselves, how are we going to help clients deal with it? And that was sort of where we started to think about how do we support other therapists, coaches, healers, in helping them work with people around money issues, which always come up right. And so we've decided to put together a certification course that's going to start with just a webinar in March. And that's all we're going to say about that at this moment. If you're on my mailing list, you're certainly going to find out about it. So if you want to know about it, just go to prosperityplace.com joinnow and you'll get on my list. But what I find interesting is that not only do therapists avoid talking about money, most of them have serious money problems. That a lot of practitioners have money problems. And it's like they get very caught up in being a good person and helping their clients, and somewhere along the line they forget to help themselves. I think many therapists become like, why do we become therapists? And I think part of the reason is our role in our family of origin might have been one where were helpful, and that got us attention. And so now we go out in the world, and I love what you said about we want to be good people. Of course, that alone is like, of course you can't be a good person and have money. I mean, good people are broke and destitute. Well, it's the Jesus model, right? Yeah. In order to be spiritual and in order to be a good person, you can't have a lot of money because money is the root of all evils. I mean, our gestalt beliefs are really screwed up around money, and everybody wants it. Yeah, absolutely. So will you share some of the things about yourself that you learned? Sure. That have helped you develop a different attitude and practice with money? Yeah, I was addicted to, I had developed a habit of disappointment and desperation with money. Money is something that was constantly disappointing to the point where, yeah, it's like, if I got $100, you'd be like, oh, only $100, why not 1000? And if it was 1000, it'd be like, oh, only $1,000. It's a cycle of desperation around. Money is something there's not enough of. It's hard to get, and it's very stressful. So of course, I just wanted to avoid it. I would avoid logging into my bank account because I didn't want to see how much money was in there. And again, just this constant feeling of never enough. And what you helped me realize is that I had a disappointment habit and a deprivation habit. That was a habit I grew up feeling that way. And then the habit filled my emotional life. And then I can see so many places in my life where if I had to go back there was no reason for me to go through the emotional trauma that I put myself through with money. Okay, so once you realized that it was not about money, it was about your emotions. And in recent years or a year, I think we looked at that feeling of being trapped. And you related to that? Yes, very much so. Yeah. Money was exactly just a general overall feeling of constriction. Yes. And that being contracted and being contracted. And it didn't take you long to not only understand what was going on, even though you had done a lot of work until then, but what was amazing to me was that new opportunity started showing up without you realizing it. That's right. Including what we're doing together. But, yeah, I give you an example. So as I started to develop a different habit, which was of appreciation and gratitude, and I can actually log into my bank account today, look at my money and go, I am grateful for every dollar that I have, and I never was able to do that before. And then all of a sudden, I had somebody call me and say, hey, could you work with me? Could you take me on and supervise me as a therapist? And so now I'm building a mentoring of other therapists, which is I'm going to do a fee split with them. And so it gives me an opportunity to supervise and help other therapists grow, but also to grow my practice way beyond what I could earn working just one one with clients. And that's the key, is finding out what to do other than one to one with clients. Yeah. And I had decided a long time ago that I didn't want to work alone anymore, that I didn't see that was healthy, that people did better when they were in joint ventures, when they had partners in their business, and that I had a habit of protecting myself by being alone. For me, having you show up and all you did was buy something from me. And I said, let's talk. This is where that instinct comes in. When you get a message, follow the message. It's not that hard to do. And we both feel, know that if a therapist can understand how they deal with money, or a doctor or any other kind of coach or practitioner can understand the money piece, that they will find more inner peace because they're not going to be thinking about money all the time. That's exactly right. I mean, it's actually the opposite. That you'll be able to help people more if you can work on your own money issues. Yes. I mean, all the stuff that I do is based on my experience. No one taught me what I know. And each of you out there has something you know or have experienced that no one else knows or has experienced. And when we can share that information, that's when we all prosper, when we stop trying to put gates around what we know, as if we're protecting diamonds, when in fact, the diamonds gain energy by being passed around. Yeah, I totally agree. And when you talk about energy, that's the other piece you got me to realize, is that money is just another form of energy. Yes. What does that mean? Well, it's like a dollar is just a piece of paper, right. But it's a form of currency and energy that we use in the world to get things to interact with people. And we put a lot of emotional energy into money. Yes. And the way I say it is, it's energy passing between two people or entities. So it's actually the energy of relationship. That dollar bill is a symbol of relationship. And in build your money muscles, I say that when you feel loved, accepted, acknowledged, and appreciated, that's when you're going to get paid. That's wonderful. And one of the things you helped me realize, too, was that one of the things you always say is that money comes from people. And so a fear of money is a fear of running out of people. And it's really funny, because you talked about how I bought something from you, and I think in my subconscious, that was my way of reaching out to you. Except it was like I was hesitant to just reach out and say, hey. Joan, that's very interesting. Yes, because it surprised me, because I was surprised when you did that. And this goes beyond what we're just talking about. It goes to that energy piece where you notice what's coming into your life and you don't put any value judgment around it. You just let things show up. Doug is a lot younger than I am. He's only 50. And I've said that I want to work with younger people because when I turn that exit, the knob on the exit door, I want someone else who can pass my knowledge around. And he just showed up. And it's amazing how many significant people can just show up. That's been my experience in my whole life. I mean, pretty much everything I've ever done or had in my life has been that. And what I realized, too, is that's the energy piece also was when I was in a place of deprivation and feeling deprived, I also pushed people away, and then that pushed opportunity away, and. That allowed you to continue to feel deprived. Right. We perpetrate those feelings when you say, I feel deprived. And you don't even have to say it, just have to have that feeling. You're telling your subconscious that's who you are. And your subconscious, which is running the show, says, oh, he must like that, let's keep him deprived. And it works that way. And once you understand that your emotions are the creative force behind your life stories, that you don't have to figure out why you're not making money. You have to figure out what you're feeling. You. It's really simple, but it's not easy. Well, no one said it would be easy. Yes, I'm amazed at how simple, the simple ideas that are behind money problems. But the act of getting people to take action to change is really difficult because people are wired to be afraid of change. So the first thing in build your money muscles, the first chapter is about adapting to change by doing things like changing where you put your toothbrush or the route you take to work or to go to the grocery store. Whatever you're doing, to do it differently and not do the same thing all the time because it gets disorienting. But you get to learn that after a couple of months, it's just as normal as the last thing you were doing. Yeah. I'll tell you one of the things that's also. We haven't really talked about this, but one of the things that's really changed for me, and it's not obviously every day or perfect, but I noticed a difference in my identity. I had developed an identity as a person who is screwed up with money. The phrase is, I'm not very good with money. That's what people say. I'm not very good with numbers. I'm not very good with numbers. That's what I usually hear. And it's nothing about the numbers. It's about your relationship with money. Right. And now I feel like I'm moving into a different identity of somebody who a. One of the things I learned from you is that my emotional life has nothing to do with my bank account. I don't want my emotional life to be determined by, if I have $1,000, then I'm happy. If I have $800, then I'm sad. Right. Money doesn't determine how you feel. But at the same time, I feel a much more expansiveness and possibility. And I notice more things are coming into my life, I think just because I'm noticing them and I'm more open to them. And like I said, my identity is changing from someone who's bad at numbers, I enjoy. I know. I track every dollar that comes in and out. Yeah. And it's really interesting to me, the way you're saying it, because it's like you're changing, but you're also changing how you think of yourself. And to me, that is the key, is to learn to be okay with what you're doing. And I'm wondering, I know you got into your current marriage later in your life, and I wonder. And you have two young daughters who love their father. I'm sure they've all popped into our Zoom calls, and I sent them all heart. Rose quartz hearts. And one of them holds the heart next to her. Last night. Yeah. And I'm wondering if that experience of having the children, the oldest is six, I think. Six. That's right. Six and five. Right. Whether that has allowed you to feel more loving towards yourself. Yeah, I would say that it does. Because when I think about feeling prosperous, a big part of that is around love. Right. It's about connection and feeling connected and feeling loved and feeling loving. And that, for sure, because I forget who it was. There was a woman who was a billionaire. She died from a malnutrition because all she would eat was like boiled chicken. She died alone and sad and lonely. Right. She had so much money, but it didn't add up to any kind of. She just felt this deep feeling of isolation and poverty. And I agree with you. I think definitely that is definitely connected. To what let you expand. Unfortunately, a lot of people think that if they have a partner or that there is love in their life, that they have a love object, that they'll be able to be happy. But it doesn't always work that way. You were just lucky you had to go through one marriage that didn't work. That right? That's right. But you want to know something? I don't think I've even shared this with you, Joan. But since I've been working with you, like many people, my ex, my first, just. We weren't compatible. That's okay. But for many years, I also had this thing about, oh, my ex is so mean to me. Why me? And actually, in the last two months or so, I've had this complete change. And we've been communicating better than we ever did when were married and certainly better than we ever did since we got divorced. And that really blew my mind, because that felt like something that was just a fact in my life. It was like the air or the sky or the water. And for that to change. That really made me feel like, wow, if this immovable object could change in my life, then anything could change in my life. That's such a good story. That is perfect. I remember when I had separated from my second husband, and there was a lot of contention there, and I just decided to talk to his soul. I call it soul to soul encounters. And I would send him love and light. And all of a sudden, he called me up one day and said, I have some money for you. And money was a problem with us. And it's true that life isn't hurting you. Life isn't happening to you. It's happening through you. And if you can understand that, then instead of saying, I wish that person would change, you can say to yourself, how do I have to change? It's so obvious to me now. I could look back to some of the. I'll share with you a story of one of the times I felt the most constricted in my life. It was summer of 2014, I'll never forget, and I was dating someone long distance. And so at that time, she was in New York. And so I stopped really working because I was working in Massachusetts, and so I was running out of money. And I remember being so desperate. I was like, I have no money. I have no money left. So I had my wedding ring for my first marriage, and I thought, well, I paid a good amount of money for this. I'll hawk this, and that'll give me at least, like, $1,000, and then whatever. So I went into the place, and the guy was like, this thing is just garbage. I bought it in New York, like, in the diamond district, and somebody just ripped me off and ripped me off, right? So they're taking it from me, and he goes, I can give you, like, $80. So he gives me $80. And I remember sitting in my car crying, just an emotional wreck. All I have is $80, even my ring, and I've got nothing left. It was like, maybe a kidney. Does anyone pay for a kidney? I can look back, and I could think of 100 ways in which I didn't have to do that to myself. Right. So what has changed that has allowed you to treat yourself so differently? Well, certainly working with you, for sure, but, I mean, the thing I got out of it is recognizing that the things I thought I didn't realize, how much I walked around in the world with a habit of deprivation, a habit of feeling trapped. And when you said to me, this is a habit, well, that made me realize, like, well, there's... /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/29737123

The Problem with Expectations - TPS584 01/13/2024

Tips for Making Effective Changes in the New Year – TPS583 01/06/2024

Don’t Be Afraid of Being Who You Really Are – TPS582 12/30/2023

Henry Lopez: How Business Owners Create Their Own Chaos – TPS581 12/19/2023

Henry Lopez: How Business Owners Create Their Own Chaos – TPS581 Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and consultant who helps people start, run, and grow a small business. He also hosts the popular podcast, The How of Business. Highlights Joan Sotkin and Henry Lopez discuss chaos in business. They talk about how chaos becomes an identity for business owners and how they feed off problem-solving. Joan suggests that this mindset can lead to discomfort when trying to delegate and step back from the chaotic environment. Henry talks about the importance of taking time away from the business to allow it to grow and giving employees the freedom to make decisions. Joan mentions that fear holds entrepreneurs back from making changes and asks how they can give their brains a new message. Henry suggests focusing on identifying new roles and working away from the office to avoid micromanaging. They also discuss learning to trust oneself and finding satisfaction in one’s business journey rather than constantly chasing goals. Joan discusses how uncertainty in the financial world affects business owners. Henry expresses concerns about inflation, interest rates, and labor-force shortages, which create instability and hamper long-term planning. They discuss finding opportunities within chaos and embracing it to make positive changes. Joan shares her own experience of currently recreating her business with a focus on helping people find peace amid chaos. They also talk about the importance of enjoying what you do in business and making decisions that prioritize personal values. They discuss the importance of setting feeling goals instead of focusing solely on achieving external success. Henry and Joan discuss the importance of looking at one’s internal world and developing skills that are not traditionally taught. They also talk about how chaos can manifest in business. Joan shares her journey to self-confidence and her transition into being an Energy Activator, while Henry expresses his excitement for Joan’s new endeavors with minerals. Joan discussed her interest in working with minerals and crystals in a scientific way to help people find peace in the midst of chaos. Henry mentioned the challenge of comparing oneself to others and feeling like they haven’t accomplished enough. Joan discussed the concept of accepting what is and finding satisfaction in the present moment. Henry shared his belief that introspection and self-awareness are key to reducing chaos in business. Links /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/29142378

Elizabeth Ralph: The Spiritual Investor – TPS580 12/12/2023

Elizabeth Ralph: The Spiritual Investor – TPS580 Elizabeth Ralph is a high-level wealth strategist and intuitive investor who retired at the age of 39 to teach others how to reach financial freedom through non-traditional ways. She is the founder of The Spiritual Investor and the host of The Spiritual Investor podcast, the place where entrepreneurs transform from unsure investors to effortless wealth creators. Formerly a financial executive and energy trader, Elizabeth shifted her focus entirely in 2012 while feeding Cheetos to a kangaroo on a beach in Australia. She realized that to fulfill her purpose of saving unwanted horses from slaughter she needed to break free from the confines of the corporate world. So right then and there, she decided to go “all-in” and set up a strategy to achieve financial freedom within 10 years. Since then, Elizabeth has helped countless spiritual entrepreneurs to create their own strategies for financial freedom through The Spiritual Investor framework. Highlights Elizabeth Ralph shares her journey from corporate energy trader to spiritual investor, and the courageous steps she took along the way. First you have to get to the point of emotional neutrality about money before you can learn the principles of investing. People Elizabeth works with are usually already open to the idea of a spiritual path. If you already know that everything is connected, then you can bring that concept into investing. We talk about how to differentiate between your intuition and your “monkey mind”. Elizabeth’s clients usually have made the decision that they have to change their relationship with money. People who are already on the spiritual path often have trouble understanding the financial world as it is presented. Elizabeth helps to translate traditional concepts to ones that those on the spiritual path can understand. How do you go out in the world with the idea that money is energy? Everyone is different and it’s important to meet people where they are. Links /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/29041383

How to Get to Know Your SELF – TPS579 12/01/2023

Buried Feelings of Aloneness Can Affect Your Finances – TPS578 11/22/2023

Buried Feelings of Aloneness Can Affect Your Finances – TPS578 In today’s episode, I share something I went through recently that I hope will help you understand something about yourself. It’s about one of the five main feelings that people act out through their money – aloneness. Highlights The five main feelings I outlined in Build Your Money Muscles were aloneness, shame, anger, deprivation, and a sense of being trapped. Aloneness is one that is most common. I explain why. I talk about the difference between loneliness and aloneness and how I got in touch with a time in my life when I felt utterly alone. A friend helped me express and release those feelings. I explain how. Within an hour afterwards I felt entirely different, and I tell how my financial situation changed very rapidly – within a few days. Changes like this don’t always happen rapidly but rather after a series of smaller releases. Explain how the Healing Energy Activations I do speeds up the process. By allowing yourself to feel the feelings, you learn a lot about yourself and how your habitual feelings are affecting your financial outcomes. I talk about how your ethnic background can be the force behind your habitual emotions. Physical therapy has helped me shift my body and how it moves and that can affect your emotions. When you go through any kind of change, it can lead to feelings of disorientation because your brain has to be reprogrammed for the new way of being. The reason why a lot of people resist major change is because it is disorienting. I discuss how aging can affect your habitual thoughts, beliefs, and emotions and offer some ideas about how to recognize what’s happening. When you’re being authentic, then you feel better about yourself, and when you feel better about yourself, you’re going to reward yourself differently financially and in terms of what you’re accomplishing. Links to be notified of the groups that will start early next year. /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/28753873

Dealing with the Discomfort of Change – TPS577 11/10/2023

Finding Inner Peace During Turbulent Times - TPS576 10/27/2023

Catherine Chadwick: Coping with the Current Worldwide Chaos – TPS575 10/13/2023

You and Your Relationship with Money – TPS574 09/29/2023

You and Your Relationship with Money – TPS574 It’s amazing to me how many small business owners don’t know how to manage their money. This affects their ability to make good business and financial decisions. In this episode I address this issue and offer some solutions. Highlights Many people are feeling financially uncomfortable due to fear about the state of the world. Remember, it’s not about the money, it’s about your feelings regarding money. During uncertainty, there’s a tendency to default to fear because your brain is trying to keep you safe. But giving in to fear means going back to what wasn’t working. Look at your financial fear and relationship with money your money reflects what’s going on inside you. Minimize fear by taking care of your money. Money likes to be counted track your numbers. Don’t hand off all financial duties. Entrepreneurs often don’t pay enough attention to their finances. You must track income, expenses, cash flow. Automate as much as possible use accounting software. Get help from a bookkeeper or accountant. If you avoid tracking your finances, you have a poor money relationship. Successful businesses track their numbers. Use tools like spreadsheets to measure cash flow, especially as an entrepreneur with fluctuating income. Make decisions based on your numbers what to pay, what to let slide, how much extra you need. This allows creative money solutions. Quiet time allows financial solution thoughts to come through. Worrying is a waste of time. Your thoughts, beliefs emotions affect your money outcomes. Train your brain towards prosperity. Make a commitment to learn about money practice basics like mental math. Read financial sites. Get to know your money by paying attention to it. Disorderly finances lead to poor outcomes. Download the free cash flow spreadsheet to start tracking your numbers. Improving your money relationship improves your life. Links /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/28176332

Saul Shaye: Chiropractor Turned Spiritual Healer – TPS573 09/22/2023

Saul Shaye: Chiropractor Turned Spiritual Healer – TPS573 Dr. Saul Shaye was a chiropractor for 18 years before closing his chiropractic practice in 1993 to follow his inner guidance to become a full-time spiritual healer. For 19 years, he worked with the National Football League as a spiritual healer, and helped over 100 players and coaches with the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Saul is the former Vice President of The Spiritual Healers Association of America and is the author of three books – He Who Walks on Two Worlds, Double-E Diet, and The Bigger Little Book of Miracles. He has also lectured in eight countries and over 250 Unity churches in the United States, Canada, and Britain. Highlights Dr. Saul Shaye grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn and always questioned spiritual concepts as a child. He got into a bad motorcycle accident at 20 which made him want to leave Brooklyn. He went to college in Louisiana on a track scholarship, even though he was told he'd never run again after his knee injury. He was determined to heal and did after 6 weeks. In his 20s, he read the Edgar Cayce biography "There is a River" which opened him up to metaphysics and spirituality. He started studying his dreams and has recorded over 19,000 of them. While a chiropractor, he started experimenting with spiritual healing and kept it secret for years. He eventually followed his calling to be a full-time spiritual healer, giving up his practice. For over 19 years, Saul worked as a healer for the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Kansas City Chiefs, helping injured players recover. He believes having been a chiropractor gave him credibility with the teams and allowed him to demonstrate his techniques. Saul emphasizes listening to your intuition and inner voice, even if you're skeptical. He and Joan feel they are here to follow their true paths. They discuss being willing to reinvent yourself multiple times when something is not working. Saul gave up chiropractic when he felt called to heal full-time. Joan sees them both as "old souls" who have been on earth a long time and are not afraid to follow their inner guidance. Links /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/28100939

Energy Healing and Using ChatGPT – TPS572 09/15/2023

Energy Healing and Using ChatGPT – TPS572 Lately, because I’ve been doing more energy activations, I want to learn more about the science and the different forms of what’s often called energy healing. In this episode, I talk about how I combine both energy healing and ChatGPT in my quest for information. Here is a summary of the key points from the transcript: I have been doing energy work for a long time but am now being more open about it. I don't like to use the word "healing" because it implies the healer does something to you. I believe energy work activates your own healing power within. It started for me in the 1970s when I got a message to buy crystals. I started selling them and doing energy treatments to help people use them. I saw astounding results even though there were no books or internet back then to learn from. I believe when you have energy work done, it activates your own healing power within. We all have that power - if you've ever had a cut heal, that's your healing power. It can work on emotional, physical, and spiritual levels. I'm interested in the science of how energy healing works. I've tried many techniques like acupuncture, cranial sacral, and polarity therapy. I believe our bodies run on energy and "dis-ease" is often caused by energy blocks. There are now schools for learning energy healing techniques - I never trained, I just followed my guidance. We all have psychic and energy abilities; it's finding what works for you. Trust your intuition when exploring techniques. Energy healing helps improve the energy flow in your body/mind/spirit. Energy healing can change financial results too because money is an energy exchange between people or commercial entities. When you feel drained, your energy needs a boost. In my Energy Activations, I intuit where to put my hands and can feel emotions stuck there. I make sounds to release the emotions and pain. I don't fully understand how this all works. But releasing stuck energies can relieve pain better than drugs that just suppress issues. I want to teach people not to fear their emotions. Feeling and expressing them helps you feel better in body, mind, spirit, and allows you to be yourself, not follow others blindly. Links if you want to chat about my Energy Activations the “conversation” I had with ChatGPT. Article: /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/28041108

Kute Blackson: The Magic of Surrender – TPS571 09/07/2023

Food, Depression, Anxiety & You – TPS570 09/03/2023

Building an Online Community and Relationships – TPS569 08/28/2023

How ChatGPT Can Help You and Your Business –TPS567 08/11/2023

Jeff Hood: Finding Refuge on the Rio Grande – TPS566 08/05/2023

My Unusual Connection with the Mineral Kingdom - TPS565 07/28/2023

Rachel Rider: Who You Are Is How You Lead – TPS564 07/24/2023

The Times They Are A-Change’n – Deal with It – TPS563 07/14/2023

The Times They Are A-Change’n – Deal with It – TPS563 In this episode, I acknowledge the difficulty people are having with the many changes that are taking place in our world and in our lives. Suggestions are offered for becoming comfortable with change, especially when you can’t control what’s happening. Highlights An important piece of my podcast equipment died, which precipitated unexpected changes. I talk about how I dealt with these changes and the many changes in the podcast world that have taken place over the past 10 years. If you don’t know how to gracefully deal with change, you can wind up anxious and depressed. Your brain is wired to let you know that you’re in danger when there is uncertainty. I talk about how your brain responds to uncertainty and change. You can’t stop the changes that are happening, but you can make plans and learn to deal with the changes. Older people often have more difficulty dealing with change. Technical changes, such as AI, are causing confusion because they’re happening so fast. It’s important to recognize when you feel uncomfortable with what’s going on – especially regarding things over which you have no control. I explain and offer some suggestions. Meditation can be just as effective as antidepressants. The idea is to make whatever is going on okay. When you are uncomfortable, talk to yourself as if there’s a coach in the room with you who can help you understand that whatever is happening is okay and you’ll get through it. It is your inner child that is upset and the adult within needs to soothe that child. Whatever is happening is just what’s happening; it’s not good or bad. It’s not about what’s happening, it’s about how you respond to whatever is happening and it’s your choice as to how you do this. Many things are going to come up in your life that are unexpected and that you can’t control. Now is the time to learn how to deal with those things. Being afraid is not going to change anything. Link To set up an appointment to talk to me about how we can work together in a way that works for you, . /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/27467949

Philippe Douyon, M.D.: Maximize the Power of Your Brain – TPS562 07/07/2023

Philippe Douyon, M.D.: Maximize the Power of Your Brain – TPS562 Dr. Philippe Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist who helps high-performance individuals and business leaders crack the code to hacking the most powerful tool at your disposal: Your Brain. From years of witnessing first-hand the disastrous effects of neurological disorders, Dr. Douyon discovered that the solution was simple: Take charge of your brain. Many of us don’t realize that you do not have to fall victim to your neurological makeup. Dr. Douyon believes that success in life and business starts in the brain and is on a mission to spread the empowering message that you CAN rewire your brain to create a life you were meant to live, regardless of age, all without prescribing a single pill. His book is . Highlights · A definition of neurology. · Who you are is, in reality, all about your brain. · During the first seven years of our lives, we aren’t thinking for ourselves. Our brains are being programmed as we are absorbing everything around us. · Our experiences inform the brain we have today. · We talk about how electricity and magnetism run body-mind systems and how they can be used to help the brain. · Dr. Douyon shares the morning routine that helps him maximize the power of his brain. He discusses meditation, affirmations, self-talk, exercise, and more. · When you say I Am, your brain believes whatever you say afterward. So be careful what you say. · Be mindful of what you’re doing and thinking when you first wake up. Your brain is in the alpha state and takes in everything. · Drink plenty of water, eat healthy foods, and take cold showers. · To be the best version of yourself, invest in yourself every day. · He shares how having two kidney transplants affected how he lives his life and takes responsibility for what’s going on in his body-mind. · Make your health a priority and don’t always believe what society tells you. · Awareness is the big thing. A lot of people don’t realize that they don’t feel well. · Don’t try to make big changes all at once. Make a series of small changes. Links Previous Interview: Book: PODCAST: Dr. Douyon’s Website: Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/27348231

Dr. Daniel Lieberman: Fairytales as a Key to Your Subconscious -TPS561 06/23/2023

Get in Touch with Your Self to Find YOUR Answers 06/16/2023

Get in Touch with Your Self to Find YOUR Answers Like many people, since the Covid pause, I’ve been trying to figure out where I want to go from here. In this episode, I share the process I’ve been going through and some of the techniques that have served me and are now serving others. Highlights I share a dental experience I had that led to a concussion. It took a long time for me to understand how the dental experience had affected me. When you’re trying to figure out what’s going on medically for you, it helps to remember that there isn’t just one answer. Look back at your personal medical history and notice when you recognize a connection to something. It’s complicated because there are so many interconnected systems in your body-mind, and only you can get in touch with what’s going on. I have come to trust that there is a solution for every problem. As a result of sharing this story with others, I’ve come to understand what in my heart I want to do – which is to help people understand who they are and how to communicate with inner guidance. I shared this story because you may not realize how valuable who you have learned to be can be to other people – if you believe in yourself. Many people recognize they have an inner voice, but they were afraid to follow it. I talk about the technique I taught someone for going inside to listen to your body-mind and how the inner voice can lead you to what you need. You have to try things out and don’t be afraid that they won’t work. That’s how you get to know what will work. The answers for you are within you. Let’s suppose you have been helping someone who is in a needy position and you don’t want to do it anymore. But you keep doing it so that you don’t abandon the person. Keep in mind that if you leave, someone else will fill that spot. Remind yourself, if one of us has to be uncomfortable, it doesn’t have to be me. And the corollary is NO is a complete sentence. You have the right to do what feels right to you. Getting in touch with your self is the key to comfortable living so you can be led to the right answers for you. Links Also, listen to this episode: /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/27176718

Audrey Holst: Dealing with Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Work Anxiety – TPS559 06/09/2023

Only You Know What’s Right for You – TPS558 06/02/2023

Only You Know What’s Right for You – TPS558 In this episode, I cover a number of topics including why exercise is just as good as medications for depression, why it’s important to get to know yourself, and understanding how you make the decisions that determine your life outcomes. Highlights What’s true for me might not be true for you. I talk about an article I saw that stated that exercise is more effective than counseling or medication for depression. How you make decisions and what you believe is true is true for you. These are different for every person. You may be using a high level of emotion to make your decisions when someone else may not. Critical thinking skills are important, and we aren’t teaching people how to develop those skills. How to examine what you believe to be true. We are living in a time when truth is sometimes buried in belief and many of our actions are based on what we believe to be true. Your brain is always trying to protect you and keep you alive but it may be leading you to make ineffective decisions. What do you believe that may not be serving you in the best possible way? Decide what you want to believe, then test the hypothesis. That’s the scientific method. Sometimes, I discover that what I want to believe is true isn’t, and I have to be willing to look for other answers. Test things out for yourself. Come to your own conclusions. I talk about using your intuition to find out what you need. Get to know yourself and your needs. Don’t believe everything you hear. Question authority. Question your own beliefs. You could never know what another person is thinking, so don’t assume that you do. When you are willing to look at possibilities, then you will be in the right place. We learn by trying things. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. There is no one who has your answers. Only you do. Explore the emotions behind your decisions because those decisions are defining your life. Don’t be afraid to be who you really are. You are unique – celebrate your uniqueness. Links /episode/index/show/theprosperityshow/id/27028353

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