Healthy Positive Lifestyle: Holistic Lifestyle and

Matt Schechner attended Arizona State University and graduated with a degree in Psychology. He is the author of Celebration and five other books including the novel Daring to Dream and two fitness books, Don’t Fear Fifty, and The High Intensity Way. His life’s mission is to awaken people to the powerful joy filled life that is possible for everyone to live, and to discover the great potential that lies within each one of us and use it to positively impact our world...

Great interview about Fear, Stress and Gratitude with Yogi Aaron, the co-owner of Blu Osa Yoga Retreat and the author of the book "The Autobiography Of A Naked Yogi"

Urban Monk is the name of the company created by coach Shay Vasudeva in Phoenix, AZ. She is combining martial arts, fitness and nutrition coaching to achieve the best results and meet the clients' goals. Episode #042: hpln.org/042-urban-monk-coaching/  

Michael TamEz is a Holistic Health Coach. He is teaching what is called Transformational Nutrition. That means he’s not just offering you to try another diet for a week or two. Michael is pointing at some underlying issues  and helping people to change them. That way adjustments become stable and permanent. And Michael has his own amazing story to tell you.

Alexander Heyne is the founder of the Modern Health Monk and the author of the book “Master the Day.” He has a great experience with mindfulness, meditation and martial art. But even though Alex is emphasizing weight loss and physical training, the principles he is describing are applicable to any areas of personal life and business where we may want to achieve success.   Episode #40: hpln.org/040-mindfulness-tiny-daily-habits-alex-heyne/   

John Vespasian is the author of seven books about rational living. He’s teaching people how to achieve happiness, how to deal with life when everything is falling apart, what are the keys to permanent stress relief, how to become emotionally unbreakable and how ordinary people can become extraordinarily self-confident.  Notes #39 of Healthy Positive Lifestyle Podcast hpln.org/039-become-unbreakable-john-vespasian/

Parul Agrawal is an International Bestselling Author, HuffPost Blogger, Wellness Coach, Medicinal Juicing Instructor, Engineer and a MOM. In this interview she is talking about green juicing and it's role in developing a better health for the whole family. Links to Parul's web site and juicers she's recommending, are on my site Episode #038: hpln.org/green-juicing-for-healthier-families-with-parul-agrawal  

Today we’ll talk about finding purpose and driving force in life. I see so many people who get stuck in a rut. I see those people all the time. They go back and forth with empty eye sockets, with no purpose and no hope for the better future. However, there’s a way out. This is what we’ll be talking about. Orsolya Bartalis is a coach from Australia. She is helping people to identify their goals and start moving towards their dreams. Episode 037: hpln.org/build-your-perfect-life-with-coach-orsolya-bartalis  

My guest is Steve Price, a Yoga and mindfulness teacher. Steve is a writer with many years of experience, and he is using writing as a practice. He is teaching this workshop in Phoenix. So no matter if you are interested in writing or not, this is quite interesting topic to listen to. Besides, your perspective may change after you listen to Steve. Episode #36 - hpln.org/mindful-writing-as-a-daily-mindfulness-practice   

Stress is one of the major issues in today's society. People are getting stressed because of money, personal and business life. How can we deal with it? Julia Mikk is a teacher from Ojai, California. She is specializing on helping people to deal with Stress and Anxiety. Find your Inner Peace with Julia. Download free meditation mp3's from her site. Episode 35 - hpln.org/finding-inner-peace-in-the-midst-of-chaos/  

Today we will talk about very serious topic. But relax! Serious does not have to be boring! Our guest speaker today is a conscious comedian, a teacher and an author of the book with funny name "Egos are like Farts." Yes, we will have fun. Serious fun. Are you ready? Download FREE pfd version of the book! Episode HPL034 - hpln.org/dealing-with-egos-easy-talk/  

Holidays are over, and now people start working towards their goals and Hew Year resolutions. Yes, we have another talk about setting and achieving goals. And today I have a special guest, Richard Scott, who is a world-renowned Mindset Coach, Therapist and Hypnotherapist with clientele in over 30 countries. Today Richard will be talking about setting and achieving goals. Are you ready? 

We’ve just successfully finished an amazing year 2015, can you believe that? And this is January 1st, 2016, as this episode goes out. Among many other things, first of the Year is known for starting New Year Resolutions. Yeah! We’ll talk about goals! And today I will introduce to you a great person, motivational speaker and a personal development coach Tarun Stevenson. He was certified by John Maxwell, a number one leadership teacher in the World! So that is my honor to have Tarun talk about goals and New Year Resolutions today.

A great interview with Lisa Kneller, a Yoga and Aromatherapy teacher in Phoenix, AZ. Lisa is giving great information about essential oils, their use in practice and emotions associated with different oils. Visit my show notes at http://hpln.org. In my Show notes I have links to resources mentioned by Lisa, as well as a link to her free report.

Let’s say you see yourself as 3 on the scale from 1 to 10 in whatever you want to pursue, and you want to become 9 or 10. It will take some effort to get there, some investment of time and money, it will take some education and practice. It will take level 9 or 10 investment in yourself. However if you see yourself as 3, you will never invest that much in yourself. It will look like too much of an investment to you just because of your belief level.      No we get a vicious circle. Raising belief requires actions, and people don’t take necessary actions because belief is low. That’s the reason people get stuck in life. My coach told me that there are two major obstacles on the way to success: fear and doubt. 

Today I’d like to have a very serious talk about… a toy. Yes, very serious toy. Most of people I am sure have seen it. You can google it under the name Roly-Poly Doll or Roly-Poly Toy, or under Tumbler Doll. In Russian it is very well know under the name Nevolyashka or Vanka-Vstanka. There are similar dolls in other countries. They look different, but they all have a similar feature: no matter how many times you knock them down, no matter how you throw them on the floor, they always get up. 

Today, I will introduce to you another great guest. You will hear from Paulette Bodeman, who is a great, well known Yoga teacher and a coach.   Paulette is teaching Anusara style, which is one of the modern schools of Yoga. I believe it was created by the American teacher of Iyengar Yoga style in 1997. That answers my question why I have not heard about it. I was introduced to Yoga in 1983. So at the same time when Anusara was becoming popular, I already pretty much found my style, and by the year 2000, I had reduced my Yoga practice to some basic asanas in favor of Martial Art, Qigong and couple of other Taoist practices.     But I still love Yoga, and I think of it as one of the greatest systems that have ever existed on the Earth. I love to learn new things, and I was blessed to meet people like Paulette. 

Today we will talk about mindfulness. My guest speaker is Steve Price. When I met him, he was a director and a teacher at A Mindfulness Life Center in Scottsdale, AZ. I did a video interview with Steve early this year. You can find it on my web site. Steve was talking about the Center and the practice of Mindfulness.      Recently he decided to move on. Being a writer and a yoga teacher, Steve is pursuing his own goals, he is writing and teaching workshops in North Scottsdale. So for this episode I took a part of his interview - about mindfulness only. 

Is there any connection between stress and nutrition? And if there is, what is it? Today you can get answers from the expert.   Recently I’ve done a number of podcast episodes about stress. Today we will continue this topic, and I have a great guest speaker for you, who is an expert in fitness and nutrition.    Lindsay Hunt is a Certified Nutrition Coach and a Certified Personal Trainer. She agreed to come to A Mindfulness Life Center in Scottsdale, AZ to talk about some stress related issues, and how we can avoid them.   Listen up! Almost everybody is talking about some stress today, so you don’t want to miss that!    This episode comes out both on Audio Podcast and Video Channel. You can find links to both on my web site HPLN.org    

In my previous episode I gave an analogy of a rain, meaning the rain of circumstances that keeps pouring on us non stop. We finished last time with the thought that sometimes we just have to bite the bullet and go through the rain, one step at the time. I will use the same analogy of the rain, and if you did not listen to the previous episode, I may suggest you do that so I will hopefully make more sense today.    Let’s start with several points regarding the mindset of going through the rain. Again, this is just my thought process, this is how I approach rainy day. This doesn’t have to be you.   But for me, the first question I would ask myself, is “what am I up against?” This brings us back to the previous episode where I was talking about stopping for a moment to assess the situation. So, what am I up against?      You see, often the rain may present a real problem, it may even be the main problem, but fighting with the rain may not be the best tactics to choose. Think about that for a moment. If somebody gets in a real storm, like a hurricane, they will not try to attack the hurricane. Most likely, that would not be the best use of our resources. So if stopping the rain is not an option we can use, then let’s just concentrate on what our goal really is, and try to accomplish it with minimal losses.