Hey gang! Wow, what a show. Yes, I drank the cool-aid, years ago. I KNOW that people are amazing inside. And when we believe in people, anything is possible.

Tony & his team did a great job of screening the participants from thousands of applicants. Lots of people say they want to improve their lives, but few are actually committed and will do the work. Tony doesn’t hold their hands. He asks them to do something he believes will improve their life and they DO IT, over a 30 day period. The rewards from their commitment was immense. You could really see that Frank felt like a man again, Kristen felt cared for, and their love & hope have returned.

I am so proud to be a coach and see real people breaking through to awaken who they really are inside. Millions of people may wake up because of this show and see that the life they wanted is there for them if they will only make the effort. Having a guide sure helps, of course. There are NO points from the Universe for struggling on our own. None!

Tony laid out six steps to these breakthroughs:

1. Change your story.
2. Confront your real issues.
3. Discover your inner strength.
4. Redefine what is possible.
5. Exceed your expectation.
6. Change your belief systems.

Here’s the full episode if you didn’t catch it last night. Click the ‘add a comment’ link below and let’s hear your take on the show.

http://www.nbc.com/breakthrough-with-tony-robbins/video/frank-and-kristen/1241055/

Well gang, spread the word, we’re about to see an experiment in positive television. Ever notice that TV is often about one thing: conflict. That conflict usually means someone must LOOSE in order for people to watch. Well, Tony has stayed out of it all these years because he only wants people uplifted. When the producers of Biggest Looser approached him about doing a show about real people being coached to conquer adversity, they came up with this show.

I was at the finale taping of the show and can say that it’s about real people, really challenging situations, and breakthroughs so the people find what’s within them to rise above the challenge. Some of the challenges the guests have faced in their life are unbelievable. Some challenges are happening to millions of regular people every week as a result of the 2007 banking speculation crash. All of them found more than they imagined.

I dedicated my life to helping people because I believe there is so much more in us than anyone can imagine. Watch along with me. Let’s cheer people on as they find their inner hero!

http://www.nbc.com/breakthrough-with-tony-robbins/

Ever seen an angry person? Yeah, dumb question right? Well what do we do?

We are taught in Western culture to meet anger with anger. Anything less is weakness, we are being trampled upon. But does this actually work? Have you ever seen it work?

When we realize the truth, that anger is just a cover for grief, loss, separation, we can see what to do. Gandhi met anger with compassion. He was one of the most powerful men in history.

This video could just transform your life…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-M8EAzLLC4

Thanks to my friend Chevy for posting this short video today! It’s the great Jack Lelanne sharing with his audience his notice of all the unhappy people in America, in the 1960s. Yes, it’s a TV show that ran from 1951 to 1985 and he noticed it back then. The guy is so happy and healthy, many people today would actually be turned off by him. What’s happened to us?

This brought back such found memories of Jack. When I was a little boy in the 60s, I used to watch Jack every day. Now I get where my love for a healthy mind and body probably came from.

The main point, eat natural food, exercise daily, be happy. Don’t be one of those grumpy Americans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEboAJf9UVc

Boy, am I a broken record yet? With 61% of Americans “obese” and 50% of all illness caused by obesity AND preventable, it’s going to take every single one of us being a broken record to get America healthy which is the real healthcare program that will save us economically. These percentages are from the Surgeon General, not me.

So the government (that means your representatives) have made all these cool iPhone apps to help out. This one will help you know your Body Mass Index in a few seconds. Also, note on the app that obese is the level PAST overweight.

OK. Click the link. Download the app. And check out all your friends and family today. http://apps.usa.gov/bmi-app

Be a hero today. Drop being liked for actually caring about the health of everyone around you.

With this one article, I hope you will understand why relationships create so much trauma. We see this trauma all around us. But by looking at the seed level, we can transform it.

A tweet from Dr. Wayne Dyer on Wednesday raised some great chatter about love in the community. Here’s his thought:

“In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people.”

The great challenge in the world is that most people are walking around asleep but they think they are awake. They are looking at the world through unconscious programming, “models” of reality. The key model exposed here is that men and women are half people, incomplete until they find their “soul mate”. This is a dangerous model that leads to disappointment and so much divorce and resentment in couples.

We can trace this model all the way back to Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. You see, we forget that this story is NOT a love story, it is a TRAGEDY! Shakespeare wrote with incredible depth, not superficial motives. We forget his play is about a girl who is almost 14 and feels that she cannot live without her much older love (he’s maybe 15). Is a 13-year-old our model for love?

Now let’s look around at couples today. They meet and act like 13-year-old children, feeling torn apart if they can’t “have” the other person. If they can have them, they start to want to dominate them, as 13-year-olds do. The model commands that each feel like dying if they can’t be together. This is the test to know if they are feeling “true love”. This is so deep and unquestioned, some will even argue that you are “cynical” for not believing in “love”. Feel like dying or feel nothing, that’s choice the model gives us. Thus, if we are not creating a co-dependant relationship, it must not be love?

With the release of the latest Twilight movie, we are perpetuating this model to generations of girls and women. These women will be mothers and teach their sons and daughters this model of “true love”, which again is really a tragedy. Death or being a vampire that feeds off blood? Is that the choice of true love?

The first step in transforming, in awakening to true freedom, is awareness. As we step into Independence Day in America, let’s be aware of the bondage of tragic love and awaken to spiritual love. Spiritual love is whole people coming together to awaken the world in love. Whole people who see that more love can be awakened in the world with their partner by their side. Focus on being a whole person first!

Thanks to a friend for sharing this video. At some point in our life, we’ve each had a coach. Our father or mother, maybe a sports coach, or maybe it was a teacher or one of your friends. A coach doesn’t do it for you. They see what’s deep inside you and find a way for you to bring it out. They never stop believing in you, even though you may not believe in them at times.

One of the most inspiring things is to witness one human believing in another, never giving up on them. Coach your kids! Coach your friends. Let someone be your coach today. Let someone believe in you more than you believe in yourself.

When your belief is weak, borrow it from someone else!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vB59PkB0eQ

On December 29, 1913, the following advertisement was taken out in the London Times.

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness, constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in event of success."

Almost 100 years ago, just before the start of the 1st world war, this ad was taken out by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton to find men for his South Pole expedition. More than 5,000 men applied for the job! The ship, Endurance, was caught in an ice floe and was crushed during the expedition. Would men answer this ad today?

Long gone is the Great Generation. Those who fought in WWII and made America what it is today. Now deep into the Baby Boom generation, the generation of “more”, how many men would apply for this ad? Do you know anyone who would?

For Her:

"If you are already with a man, instead of waiting for his integrity to deepen, you can open right now and elicit your man’s depth with the openness of your love’s yearning. You can offer your depth of heart right now and attract from your man his reciprocal depth of presence."

~ David Deida

Ladies and gentleman, what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for others to change, not realizing the power of who you really are in spriit? Are you denying your own power to transform this very moment into love?

OK guys, listen up. We men are so clueless about women, and it is SO simple. We think we have to do all these complicated things. Maybe it’s from listening to our friends and family & watching too many movies and TV shows? The point is, there is one thing you are useful for that makes all the difference for a woman: your presence. I hear this confusion from men so often, it’s time for a refresher.

If she wants a friend, she can get a dog. She can make her own money. And, she can even take care of, well, you know, “other needs” herself. Your greatest gift to her, to the world even, is your presence.

So next time you’re in a challenging situation with her… Stop talking! Stop thinking! Take a deep slow breath and focus on the whole breath. On being alive. Feel your chest opening, your heart center becoming exposed and fearless. Just allow your eyes to meet. When she is feeling safe, touch her gently so you are connected. This will help her be grounded, help her mind also stop. Just be THERE with her and STOP talking. Like a great oak tree, grounded. Listen, smile, just feel what she needs in that moment. Watch what happens and tell us your experience here in the comments.

When you are with her, give her your presence, your touch to ground her. Five minutes of your presence is better that five hours of your mediocre chatty mind.