I recently co-led a workshop in Portland called "You Be You". On the morning of the second day, I went on a ramble about the inside-out understanding that even some of my long-time students said felt like the first time they'd ever really seen it at that level of depth and clarity. At the risk of hyperbole, if you're willing to get a bit quiet and have a listen, it might just change your life forever… [0:00 - 1:30] Distinction between being overwhelmed (an experience) vs being overloaded (a condition). Overwhelm is a feeling, overload is having too much to do. [1:30 - 3:00] This distinction is fundamental to understanding how life works, as there are two things constantly happening - circumstances and experience. Circumstances have solidity but experience is completely subjective. [3:00 - 4:30] Experiences of the same circumstance can be completely different. Our experiences are not determined by circumstances. Experience is infinitely fluid whereas circumstances do not change as quickly. [4:30 - 6:00] Experience is made up of thought, which is a creative force that can change in an instant. We have accountability for our experiences but not circumstances. Experience is our domain to master through changing our thoughts. [6:00 - 7:30] If experiences are created by us, not circumstances, we have ultimate freedom. No circumstance can create fear - only our thoughts can. We can choose our experiences. [7:30 - 9:00] When we see we are 100% accountable for experience, the world opens up. We don't need to avoid "bad" circumstances or seek "good" ones, as circumstances don't determine experiences. [9:00 - 10:30] Our innate intelligence naturally guides us to higher experiences if we allow it. We are resilient but often repress ourselves for years until we bounce back. Change can happen in an instant. [10:30 - 12:00] Deeper peace is available to us beyond circumstances and experiences. As thoughts settle, this peace emerges. Babies live in this state until circumstances create discomfort pulling them from peace. [12:00 - End] We can check in on our internal state at any moment, without needing to change circumstances. Experience is ours to choose from moment to moment through thought. This realization can reduce much confusion. ❤️ Loving These Insights? Let’s Go Deeper! 🆓 **FREE Basic Course: Inside-Out Understanding** Discover a life-changing approach that flips traditional psychology upside down. In 12 simple yet powerful lessons, I’ll share three principles that reveal where your feelings really come from—and how your experience can shift in moments, no matter what’s happening around you. From feeling on top of the world to crushed by it, you’ll see why—and step into a space of infinite possibilities. Ready to jump in? ➡️Get Started Free: https://bit.ly/3UDEzq1 🌟 **Join My Inner Circle!** A community where miracles unfold—fast or slow, always real. For just $10/month, you’ll get: - Exclusive monthly webinars with me (ask anything!) - Hundreds of hours of on-demand resources - Discounts up to 100% off my programs All wrapped in love, insight, and a dash of wicked humor. Ready to ride the wave? ➡️Join Now: https://bit.ly/4agqSTq #MichaelNeill #ThreePrinciples #SpiritualPhysics #MindsetShift #InfinitePossibilities
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 served clients in North America, UK, Europe, and the Middle East in the fields of investment, sales, energy, manufacturing, the entertainment and media industry, and more. He has been consistently ranked alongside Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, and other legends in the field as one of the top 30 coaching thought leaders in the world, and continues to run a small private practice working with high performers in their fields of expertise. A gifted communicator, Michael has authored six best-selling books including Creating the Impossible, The Inside-Out Revolution, The Space Within, and Supercoach. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and his public talks, retreats and seminars have touched and transformed lives at the United Nations and in over 60 countries and on six continents around the world. His TEDx talks, ‘Why Aren’t We Awesomer?’and ‘Can a TEDx Talk Really Change the World?’ have been viewed by over two million people around the world and his blog and podcast, Caffeine for the Soul, has been entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world for more than 20 years.
A new series of short videos each one based on a spiritual teaching that's been meaningful in my own life.
Welcome to my Morning Ramble series! Started exclusively on my Instagram (@michaelneillcatalyst), I started these as an opportunity to help awaken your own connection with creative presence, kickstart your daily creative expression, and deepen your understanding of the magnificence at the heart of who and what you really are...have fun and learn heaps! ❤️ Love what you're learning? 🆓 Take my FREE Basic Course in the inside-out understanding Join me for this simple but life-changing program as I share an extraordinary new understanding of how life works that turns traditional psychology on its head. This revolutionary approach is built around three simple principles that explain where our feelings come from and how our experience of life can transform for the better in a matter of moments, no matter what we seem to be up against or dealing with in the world. Over the course of twelve easy to understand but surprisingly impactful lessons, you’ll learn these principles for yourself and gain insight into why some days you feel on top of the world while other days you feel like the world is on top of you. If you’re up for it, I will guide you over the edge of your current reality and into a space of infinite potential and infinite possibilities. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UDEzq1 Join my Inner Circle! Our memberships are a space where miracles happen – some dramatic, some slow and steady over time. Either way, they’re one of the best ways I’ve found to share the inside-out understanding in a community built around love, understanding, and a slightly wicked sense of humor… For as little as $10 a month, members get exclusively monthly webinars with me where they can ask me anything, hundreds of hours of on-demand resources, and discounts of 20%, 40%, or even 100% off my programs! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4agqSTq #michaelneill #threeprinciples #psychology #thoughts #powerofthought #mindfulness #philosophy #personaldevelopment #spirituality #thoughts #experience #circumstances #accountability #freedom #stress #emotions #mindset
This black and white video series is a new format where I am neither teaching nor pointing - just sharing what occurs to me about a variety of topics that came to mind when we began exploring. Think of it as a kind of "spiritual mailbag" - and feel free to offer up new topics for me to explore at support@michaelneill.org with the subject "Ideas for What Occurs to Me".
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These quick-hit (20-30 minute) video sessions will challenge your habitual way of looking at things to spark fresh ideas and new possibilities! Get the full series: https://geniuscatalystcafe.com
Internationally renowned transformation coach and bestselling author, Michael Neill, shares wisdom for overcoming stress in this inspiring talk for the Isbourne Holistic Centre

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