Caffeine for the Soul with Michael Neill
by Michael Neill
Michael Neill is an internationally renowned transformative teacher, author, broadcaster, and speaker, described as having the unique ability to "blend the sacred with the profane". The inside-out understanding at the heart of his work challenges the cultural mythology that stress, pressure, and other symptoms of "seriousness" are a necessary part of adaptation and growth in business or indeed any area of life.In his role as CEO of Genius Catalyst Inc. since its inception in the UK in 1990 to its incorporation in the USA in 2007, Michael has spearheaded its growth from consultancy to a multi-media organisation delivering services to tens of thousands of loyal customers each year through live training, online courses, and self-study programs.He has also spent more than three decades as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor, and creative spark plug to founders, CEO's, celebrities, royalty, and those who are up to something in the world. His global client base is wide and diverse, having s
Episodes
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The Override Button
We all have an override button — a switch that lets you disable an automatic process and take manual control. Join Michael to learn how to use your override button wisely and well. In this episode: How trusting scary thinking about imaginary futures can become our default setting The difference...
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Emotional Weather
How much control do you have over how you feel in any given moment? This week, Michael shares how his answer to that question has evolved over the years and how much more freedom it's possible to experience around your emotions. In this episode: How a conversation about moods came full circle Why...
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The First Step
What if there was a simple move you could make anytime you want to move in the direction of your dreams? Listen in as Michael shares lessons learned from one of his all time favorite books! In this episode: The book Michael loved enough to buy the publishing rights to Why the first step is always...
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What Makes A Problem A Problem?
How big a problem are your problems? Listen in as Michael shares how a simple shift in perception can change everything. In this episode: The source of ALL problems Why reframing isn't the same as insight Dropping your story without pretending things are "fine"...
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Michael Jordan, Syd Banks, and Me
Michael Jordan and Syd Banks have both been describes as mystics, albeit in very different ways. Join Michael this week to see how the kind of mysticism they shared is available to us all! In this episode: • Why knowing "what is" and "what isn't" is one of the most useful distinctions there is •...
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Can AI Make us Better Humans? Michael Neill interviews "Digital Michael" - his AI twin
What does an AI trained on 30+ years of Michael's coaching wisdom actually know about the human condition? In what he has called "the weirdest episodes I've ever recorded", Michael turns the tables and interviews "Digital Michael" -- his AI twin that in a matter of months has answered over…
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Business, Money and Thought
What if the reason thinking about money feels stressful has nothing to do with the money? Whether you run a business or work for one, this week Michael shares a misunderstanding of the mind that reveals both the actual source of the stress and some ways to break free. In this episode: The "mirror...
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Experiencing Presence
What if the peace you've been searching for was never somewhere else to find? Come along with Michael on an inner journey to the space within. In this episode: Why every major spiritual tradition turns out to be pointing to the same place The difference between the world of thought and the…
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Do You Believe In Your Dreams?
Do you actually believe in your dreams? Join Michael as he unpacks the difference between a dream, a fantasy, and a goal, and the difference that can make in creating your future. In this episode: The real difference between dreams, fantasies, and goals The two things that made a dream feel...
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The Wonderful Life Business
What if one simple idea could act as an organizing principle for the way that you live? Tune in for Michael's top tips for living a wonderful life, and find the ones that are perfect for you. In this episode: What it means to be in the "wonderful life" business Whose life is it anyways? A simpler...
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A Simple Metaphor for a Simpler Life
Mark Twain once wrote that "if people learned to walk and talk the way we teach them to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter. This week, Michael shares a simple metaphor for why life can seem so hard and how it's actually simpler than you might think. In this episode: An Army officer's...
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Three Keys To A Better Life
What if the simplest advice for a better life is also the advice nobody seems to give? Listen in as Michael makes the case that a better life starts not with doing more, but with using thought differently. In this episode: The difference between the storyteller in your head and the still, small...
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A Series Of Obviousnesses
What if most of life's decisions aren't really decisions at all? This week, Michael makes the case that our clearest thinking happens when we stop trying to get it right and trust the natural flow of our knowing. In this episode: Why trying to 'get it right' is usually what makes things go wrong...
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You Can. (No, Really.)
This week's episode explores the felt sense of "I can" - not as an affirmation or a technique, but as a genuine state of knowing that lets you brings more of yourself to whatever it is that you're doing. By the time you've finished listening, you'll be able to trace where that feeling is already...
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The Millionaire Exercise, Revisited
Do you want to know what it feels like to be a millionaire? Would you like to? This week, Michael revisits one of his most-loved exercises from Supercoach, and shares a new layer of insight that landed for him over ten years after first teaching it. In this episode: The two-step millionaire...
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The 3 Words That Make Life Hard
Three small, ordinary words are quietly making your life harder than it needs to be. You use them every day. And once you see what they're actually doing, you can't unsee it. This week, Michael unpacks the three words, not as a linguistic trick but as a window into where we send our attention.…
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Did Jesus Have Bad Hair Days?
Has there ever been a single human being in all of history who never experienced a moment of self-doubt, self-recrimination, or self-loathing? Starting from a teenage memory of a debate about "hot Jesus", Michael explores what it might mean to simply be more fully yourself, including the moments...
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An Easier Way to Live
What if the thing that's making your life harder than it needs to be isn't your circumstances, your workload, or your relationships, but the quiet, almost invisible background project of trying to be somebody? In today's episode, Michael explores what happens when you stop trying to be a better...
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A Simple Secret for Business Enjoyment and Success
Do you find your business stressful? Almost everyone says yes — and almost everyone thinks the variable is how it's going financially. But what if it isn't? This week, Michael shares a personal breakthrough that shifted the way he relates to both business and money — one that led to him enjoying...
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A Free Will and a Free Mind
The Scottish mystic Syd Banks once said "When the good Lord made us, he gave us a free will and a free mind." But have you ever stopped to think about what those two things actually mean - and what we tend to do with them? Today, Michael explores the two gifts that make us human being, why…
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The Enjoyment/Income Paradox
There's a belief buried so deep in our culture that almost no one questions it: the more you enjoy your work, the less you should expect to get paid. But what if that's simply not true? Today, Michael revisits a deceptively revealing exercise from his coaching work - a nine-square grid used by a...
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This Vs That
What if you can say all the right words and still miss the point entirely? Drawn from a live training, this episode explores one of the most important distinctions in Michael's work - and why it matters whether you're a coach, a teacher, or anyone who shares this understanding with others!...
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Changing The Game In Business And Life
What if you've been winning at the wrong game? A round of golf with a single eight iron led Michael to a revelation that changed the way he thinks about his business - and his life. This week he invites you to ask yourself a different question that might just change the game for the better!...
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Making A Difference To Yourself
We talk a lot about making a difference in the world - but what about making a difference to yourself? Inspired by a book he found at 19 during one of the darkest periods of his life, Michael shares four simple questions that can change your day, your week, and over time, your life!...
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A Simple Shift to End Procrastination
Want to stop procrastinating today? This week Michael shares a deceptively simple shift that cuts through the noise and gets you back into action! ________________________________________ IN THIS EPISODE Why diagnosing why you're stuck often keeps you stuck The one question that switches your…
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Ego Vs Pride
What if confusing ego and pride is quietly costing you something important? This week Michael unpacks a distinction that turns out to matter a great deal. ________________________________________ IN THIS EPISODE The real difference between ego and pride Why cultural conditioning blurs the two…
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Does Pressure Work For You?
Do you perform better or worse when the pressure is on? In this episode, Michael challenges one of the most commonly held beliefs about high performance - and asks the question worth sitting with honestly. ________________________________________ IN THIS EPISODE Why pressure is thought, not...
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Falling Back Into The Formless
Beneath every thought, feeling, and experience, there's something deeper. Something quieter. In this more contemplative episode, Michael points to the stillness that's always available - always has been, and always will be! ________________________________________ IN THIS EPISODE What Syd Banks...
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Start With "Wow!"
Simon Sinek says "start with why" - Michael Neill says "start with 'wow!'" This week, Michael makes the case that the ideas that truly take on a life of their own rarely begin with a purpose - they begin with a feeling! ________________________________________ IN THIS EPISODE Why the most...
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Why I Don't Talk about Beliefs
What if beliefs aren't the problem - or the solution? Most personal development and self-help models puts belief work front and centre, suggesting that you can "change your beliefs, change your life". This week Michael makes the case that's the wrong game entirely - and in this episode he points…
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A Simple Experiment in Living a Guided Life
At the heart of Michael's teaching is the realization that human beings are made to thrive. Listen in to take part in a self-guided experiment that will allow you to experience this simple truth for yourself!
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Seeking Unemployment
When it comes to living a happy life, less is inevitably more. Join Michael to learn how little is required for the best you have within you to emerge!
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Living in the Now
Do you have to heal the past to create a better future? Listen in as Michael shares some thoughts from his own teacher, Syd Banks, on the freedom that comes from living in the now!
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Effortless Impact
Want to make more of a difference without trying so hard? In today's episode, Michael offers a few pointers on how to make a little bit of interaction can go a very, very long way!
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The Problem with Problems
Listen in to this week's episode as Michael shares the possibility of living a very real but problem-free life!
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Presence
What does it really mean to be yourself? Join Michael for this experiential exploration of your true nature!
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Understanding Signal Strength
This week, Michael revisits one of his favorite metaphors for the inside-out understanding and what he's been seeing new and fresh about our connection to the universal Mind!
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Getting Older
Do you ever worry about getting older? This week, Michael shares his own experience of aging and how it's becoming less of a problem the older he gets!
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The Fastest Way to Get Better at Pretty Much Anything
In this week's episode, Michael shares a simple way to accelerate your learning curve by focusing more on what works and less on what doesn't!
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There's No Such Thing as Resilience
Would you like to be more discouragement proof? Join Michael for this exploration of a whole new way of thinking about resilience that will help you come back to yourself in the aftermath of challenges faster than you might think possible.
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Next!
What if taking on life's challenges could start to feel fun instead of problematic or overwhelming? This week, Michael shares a simple metaphor for finding more joy in sport, business, and life!
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As You Are
Listen in as Michael shares the unexpected secret to being at your best without really trying. (If you've noticed a shift in Michael's work in recent times, this episode speaks to the heart of what's different!)
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The Mojo Formula
This week, Michael shares a simple formula that explains why your mojo appears to disappear and how easy it is to find it again (no matter how long it seems to have been gone!)
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The Unexpected Key to Transformation
What if the key that unlocked transformation was the realization that there's nothing wrong with us in the first place - nothing broken, never lacking, always alive, aware, and responsive? Join Michael to see the truth of yourself - no matter how beautiful it turns out to be!
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The Relative Impotence of Thought
You've probably heard about "the power of thought", but thought without your consciousness is like a tea bag without hot water - it has no power of it's own. Join Michael this week for this fun and liberating exploration!
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The Happiness/Success Connection
What if you didn't have to choose between happiness and success? Join Michael for this gentle guide to how to experience more of both in your life and work!
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Falling in Love with Humans
Want to make a difference in the world? In this week's episode, Michael shares how he found his way past his judgmental thinking and started to make a different kind of contribution to the wellbeing of the planet!
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An Unusual Experiment
This week, Michael shares an unusual experiment that will not only help you to enjoy your life more and more of the time, it will bring to light the hidden thinking that so often gets in our way!
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The Metaphorical Nanobots of Wellbeing
Have you ever wondered why our stickiest moods and problems seem to resolve themselves the minute we stop trying to fix them? Join Michael as he shares one of his favorite metaphors for our innate mental health, resilience, and wellbeing!
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Why Would I Be Scared?
Today's exploration of the learned, habitual nature of fear will give you a new way of understanding and being with what for so many of us can be a crippling emotion. Warning - you might just find yourself falling a teeny, tiny bit in love with it even as you find it easier and easier to let it go!
About this show
Michael Neill is an internationally renowned transformative teacher, author, broadcaster, and speaker, described as having the unique ability to "blend the sacred with the profane". The inside-out understanding at the heart of his work challenges the cultural mythology that stress, pressure, and other symptoms of "seriousness" are a necessary part of adaptation and growth in business or indeed any area of life.In his role as CEO of Genius Catalyst Inc. since its inception in the UK in 1990 to its incorporation in the USA in 2007, Michael has spearheaded its growth from consultancy to a multi-media organisation delivering services to tens of thousands of loyal customers each year through live training, online courses, and self-study programs.He has also spent more than three decades as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor, and creative spark plug to founders, CEO's, celebrities, royalty, and those who are up to something in the world. His global client base is wide and diverse, having s
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