Dr. Steve Maraboli

Today's show guest could not make it so the show turned into spontaneous feedback and rant show. Steve talked about life, our perfectly imperfect humanity, the self-help industry, relationships, living instead of existing, getting in our own way, and his own journey. Another great show!

Steve welcomes international best-selling author Gay Hendricks for a penetrating conversation about success, happiness, and life. Gay is the author of several best sellers including his new book, "Five Wishes". About the book: A cocktail party conversation changed Gay Hendricks’ life forever. A man he’d never met asked him to imagine himself on his deathbed, pondering the question “Was my life a complete success?” And if it wasn’t, the stranger wondered, why? “What would be the things you’d wish had happened that would have made it a success?” This odd encounter proved to be a life-altering experience. Hendricks created a list of five wishes, turning them into powerful affirmations that changed the course of his life, and which have guided his life ever since. Over the years, every one of his five wishes came true. Here, he passes the gift he received in that chance meeting onto others. He helps readers clarify their own wishes, and shows how to phrase them as affirmations. The result is a simple process that anyone can use to find wealth, wisdom, and a joyful, fulfilled life.

Steve is joined by best-selling author John Welshons for another uplifting conversation about life, love, and the human spirit. John is the founder and president of Open Heart Seminars, an organization born in 1981 dedicated to enhancing spiritual education and awareness in our society. Since the early 1970's, John has spent much time working with such notable spiritual educators as Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, Pat Rodegast, Judith Stanton, Dale Borglum, and others setting up meaningful lectures, workshops and retreats, many of which have been focused on people who were terminally ill as well as those in grief. He says his life was "dramatically changed" by his first meeting with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1976. Over the years, one of the main areas of investigation for John has been the grieving process. Through his workshops and one-on-one counseling, he has helped many people who are working with a terminal illness as well as the loved ones who are suffering about a death that has happened, or is imminent.

Steve is joined by listener favorite Daphne Rose Kingma for an empowering conversation about love, relationships, and personal growth. Daphne is an internationally best-selling author of numerous books including "Loving Yourself". About the book: All the self-help books and advice, all the therapy and support groups, even the most fabulous successful career in the world won't really help at all--until we learn to love ourselves.In Loving Yourself, Daphne Kingma claims that until we practice loving ourselves--and it takes a lot of practice--we will never be able to love others fully and completely.

Part 11 of this special series as Steve teams up with 'Celestine Prophecy' author James Redfield for a powerful discussion about life, success, environment, health, relationships, spirituality, and a myriad of other topics selected by you, the listeners. This special series welcomes all your feedback and questions! You can participate through AOL Instant Messenger - ScreenName: abtradioshow or at www.empoweredlivingradio.com and now you can CALL IN toll free: (877) 829-5035

Steve is joined by author Chetan Parkyn for a fascinating discussion about his book “Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be”. About the book: Forget your sign — what’s your design? Would you like a clear picture of your ideal life partner? Would you like to make better decisions, find your ideal career, and realize your highest potential? Would you like to know who you really are? More individually specific than horoscopes, Human Design is a revolutionary system that is changing people’s lives around the world. Using the date, time, and location of your birth, it reveals the person you were born to be and the life you were meant to lead. Chetan Parkyn presents the first comprehensive guide to Human Design, with free downloadable software to give you everything you need to map your own life chart — a personality blueprint as unique as your fingerprints. With this simple-to-use book, you can discover your own inside story as well as those of your friends, your family members, and a variety of intriguing public figures and celebrities. Prepare to meet the real you. It will change your life forever.

Join Steve and Mary Anne Radmacher as they kick off their new series “Practical Reflections”. Mary Anne brings her timeless wisdom and signature soothing style of conversation for an entertaining and inspiring conversation about life, courage, fear, goals, family, and love.. This week’s topic... "May Your Every Day Dawn with Purpose and Promise". Do not miss this special new series!

Steve welcomes best-selling author Guy Finley for an enlightening conversation about how to free yourself from fear and stress. Join Steve and Guy as they discuss Guy’s new book “The Courage to be Free”. About the book: We were not born with the persistent negative, self-doubting, self-limiting thoughts and feelings most of us carry around. Those limitations are not part of our "original equipment." In the words of bestselling author and beloved teacher Guy Finley, "When you realize no one else on this earth can be like you... that no other soul may know the beauty, sorrow, light and darkness you alone are given to see, then you will no longer want to be like anyone else on this earth. You will, at last, be the fearless individual your heart of hearts has called you to be." There is a world of wisdom in this small gem of a book. Guy Finley is a master at opening our eyes, ears, and hearts to the plain and simple truths of this life. We are not our sense of inadequacy, our compulsions, our defeated thoughts and feelings. We can choose the fearless path because we were, in fact, born fearless.

Don’t miss this entertaining, empowering, and powerful series with Steve and Colette Baron-Reid!!! Colette is an internationally renowned intuitive counselor, educator and bestselling author who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential and purpose. Colette uses her extraordinary spiritual gifts to empower her clients to live a life that is ‘awake and authentic’ and to create a reality that is spiritual, deliberate and meaningful. This series will welcome all your feedback...AOL Instant Messenger: abtradioshow or Instant Feedback at www.empoweredlivingradio.com or Toll Free: (877) 829-5035

Steve is joind by author Tricia McCannon for an interesting and entertaining conversation about Jesus and theories about his early life. Tricia's book "Jesus" is gaining popularity around the world. About the book: Where was Jesus for the first thirty years of his life? Where and what was he taught? Who were his teachers? This fascinating volume offers startling new evidence culled from hard-to-find Vatican texts, theosophical classics, legends and hermetic symbolism to construct radical new picture of Jesus and his times. McCannon postulates that Jesus spent at least seven years in Egypt, a number of years in England, and visited both India and Tibet before beginning his public ministry in Palestine. This is a wide-ranging examination of the direct links and similarities between Jesus’ teachings and the teachings of various mystery religions and sects that were popular during his lifetime, including the Essenes, Buddhists, and Druids. McCannon offers compelling evidence that places Jesus’ life and mission firmly in the context of the deeper spiritual teachings that came before him.

Steve welcomes author Dorothy Martin-Neville for a fascinating conversation about her book “Your Soul Sings, Your Body Dances” and the importance of harnessing the relationship that exists between your body and your soul. About the book: Our primary conversation, the most life-transforming, is the one that exists inside. It is the one that sings to you from the spiritual depths of who you are, calling you to find your own rhythm, your own style, your own grace. It is the conversation that calls to you as you go through the storms, the rainbows, and the sunshine of your journey. Your Soul Sings, Your Body Dances, will teach you how to listen to this primary, life transforming conversation. Discover how you can sort out that messages, how to remember who you are and where you fit in your life. Open yourself up to a life of passion, vibrancy, and aliveness. Let your soul out to play, dance, and sing again!

Steve welcomes author Marie Levit for an inspirational conversation about her book “Healing God”. About the book: How do we choose a life that is healthy and affirming, not only for ourselves but for all of Creation? Inspired by Neale Donald Walsch, Marie Levit, an immigrant to the United States, seeks the answer to that question and other difficult ones as well. She has been carrying on a dialogue with God for several years. This book contains excerpts from that conversation. Their conversations cover a wide variety of topics, from guilt and regret to love and fear, from compassion to suffering. Healing God is full of wisdom. One of the most startling revelations included within the pages of this book is that God needs us just as much as we need him. Since God is in us and in everything, if we need healing, so does God.

Steve welcomes author Meg Blackburn Losey for a fascinating conversation about ancient mysteries and consciousness. Her book "The Secret History of Consciousness" has captured the interest of people across the globe. About the book: What do the so called sacred sites all over the world have to do with consciousness? Is it possible that the ancients left us keys to who we really are and what we are capable of? What does sacred geometry really have to do with these sites, our consciousness and even the symbology of world religions? How does all of this tie together to literally solve the meaning of the Mayan Calendar? The Secret History of Consciousness answers these questions and more as the author simply and logically relates the tangible with the intangible from reality on the earth plane to worlds far beyond. As she weaves the facts together, the author shares her intimate story of finding her way out of third dimensional reality and into worlds beyond where she met and interacted with her "Guys" as she lovingly calls them, as they taught her about life, consciousness, the sciences, multi-dimensional reality, star gate systems, worm holes, genetic and conscious evolution and so much more. Finally, a book that pulls metaphysical reality into a clear and comprehensible set of information in conjunction with the sciences and tangible proof that will blow your mind.

Steve is joined by best-selling author James Baraz for an empowering conversation about his book "Awakening Joy". About the book:m Joy is not for just the lucky few–it’s a choice anyone can make. In this groundbreaking book, based on his popular course, James Baraz helps you discover a path to the happiness that’s right in front of you, offering a step-by-step program that will reorient your mind away from dissatisfaction and distraction and toward the contentment and delight that is abundantly available in our everyday lives. You can decide to be happy. For years, James Baraz’s online Awakening Joy course has offered participants from around the world the benefits of this simple but profoundly radical proposition. Grounded in simple Buddhist principles but accessible to people of all faiths–or no faith at all–this concept provides the jumping-off point for a transformational journey toward a richer, more meaningful, more positive outlook on life. Now readers everywhere can follow the same ten steps Baraz teaches to his program participants. In this practical down-to-earth guide, you will learn how to • make happiness a habit by inclining your mind toward states that lead to well-being • find joy even during difficult times and avoid the pitfalls that prevent you from achieving the contentment you seek • cultivate effective practices for sustaining joyfulness, such as reclaiming your natural sense of wonder and finding joy in the midst of everyday experiences

Part 10 of this special series as Steve teams up with 'Celestine Prophecy' author James Redfield for a powerful discussion about life, success, environment, health, relationships, spirituality, and a myriad of other topics selected by you, the listeners. This special series welcomes all your feedback and questions! You can participate through AOL Instant Messenger - ScreenName: abtradioshow or at www.empoweredlivingradio.com and now you can CALL IN toll free: (877) 829-5035