Alive & Healthy

What Makes Humans Special?

We are the only species that can take care of all the other species. We are the only ones who can both preserve and destroy the entire world. We are the only ones that can consciously guide and control our body, breath and mind We are the only ones that can consciously relax and repair […]

Fear Is The Cheapest Room

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I’d rather see you in better living conditions. —Hafiz, Persian poet, 1315-1390 Today, Blair helps us acknowledge that most of us are already out of our comfort zone. Many teachers of self-improvement in the years past have encouraged their students to step up and get out of […]

Do We Really Have Time to Hate?

In this week’s Podcast, Blair recalls a story from his friend Fr. Joe Pereira on a conversation between Mother Teresa and some reporters. The story may be one you have heard before, but it’s a good reminder for us to contemplate in our daily lives.

Do We Really Have Time to Hate?

In this week’s Podcast, Blair recalls a story from his friend Fr. Joe Pereira on a conversation between Mother Teresa and some reporters. The story may be one you have heard before, but it’s a good reminder for us to contemplate in our daily lives.

Fear is as Natural as Rainfall

Fear is 100% true, and may even be factual, but it is only a very small portion of the whole truth. If we are able to step back and see the whole story of what the truth actually is, we would not be frightened anymore. “People can spend years focused and invested on their feelings. […]

A Choice of Attitude

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last […]

Running Toward the Familiar

It is natural for your mind to choose the habit or situation that is most familiar, even if it’s a habit or situation that is not desirable. It’s just easier to chose the path that is the easiest and fastest to understand, rather than to struggle with the unfamiliar. It is possible to overcome this […]

Rest & Relaxation For Social Change

We are living in a time of heightened social unrest and unpredictable behavior. As we witness shocking events going on all over the world, and here in our own communities, we are slowly picking up the residue of anxiety, fear, powerlessness and hopelessness. Even when the news seems overwhelming, we do not have to succumb […]

It’s Time for the Past to be Past

While nestling in during these quiet snow filled days of winter, it seems a good time to sip a cup of chai and listen to Blair share a story about the most hated man and loopholes in the law of karma.  Sit back and enjoy this inspiring story.

Homeopathy for Greater Clarity

Although homeopathic remedies can often times help with physical ailments, there is maybe a lesser known application. When you are searching to expand your self understanding, and more mental clarity is needed to reach these goals, homeopathy might be the answer. Listen today as Blair discusses his more than 40 years experience as a classical […]

Life Is More Important Than Solving A Problem

Happiness is a science, a psychology and a philosophy. It is a non-treatment model. When someone comes with a problem, they think they should not have that problem. They want to make it go away. Their mind fixates on the idea that they have a problem. That mindset is too ingrained into our culture. This […]

We are Unfamiliar With Ourselves

Blair starts this week by stating that we don’t really understand our true human nature. This is why we continue to get caught in cycles of suffering. Once we know our true nature, our great clarity and our peacefulness, we recognize that we need to organize our lives in some specific ways. Listen as Blair […]

Creating A Prototype Of Your New Life

As the New Year rolls out, Blair talks about creating a prototype of your new life. The complexity of our world reveals great opportunity to live a life of our own design. This concept was placed in Blair’s heart when his teacher told him, “You are the architect of your life and you decide your […]

Freedom In This World, Not From It

We are social scientists that are trying to make it through this world in a way that uplifts us, and that resolves that which other techniques couldn’t resolve. There is no need to escape and there is no escape… we have to go through this. Why not go through it together? Do you want to […]

What If Wall Street Went Mental? Part Three

What if all the techniques that are used in the marketing, advertising, and business world to bring them success were applied to the mental health, physical health and spiritual health arena? What would that look like? Listen to Blair share his ideas on the topic, in this third recording in a three-part series.

What If Wall Street Went Mental? Part Two

What if all the techniques that are used in the marketing, advertising, and business world to bring them success were applied to the mental health, physical health and spiritual health arena? What would that look like? Listen to Blair share his ideas on the topic, in this second recording in a three-part series.

What If Wall Street Went Mental? Part One

What if all the techniques that are used in the marketing, advertising, and business world to bring them success were applied to the mental health, physical health and spiritual health arena?  What would that look like? Listen to Blair share his ideas on the topic, in this first recording in a three-part series.

Healing Pain & Sorrow

Today, Blair begins to discuss the idea that pain is caused by the resistance or disruption of flow.  Flow of energy in your body, flow of events throughout your day, flow of what you expected to happen versus what actually did happened. All of these disruptions of flow can cause irritation, anger or inflammation.  What […]

Don’t Let The Wheels Come Off The Bus

Working with a mentor or a coach is often a step people take at moments of crisis or chaos. It’s understandable and courageous for someone in that state to reach out for guidance. In fact, it’s encouraged. Times of upheaval in your life are a natural occurrence, and can not be avoided. But what if […]

Learn To Differ Well

With Thanksgiving at our doorstep, and a number of holiday gatherings with co-workers, family and friends sprinkled throughout the coming weeks, it may be uncomfortable for you to consider all the conversations you will be having with people who have very different views than you do. There is no better time to practice kindness and […]

4 Ways We Let The Mind Misguide Us

If we are really going to regain our courage and confidence, we will need to acknowledge some irrefutable facts about our relationship with our mind: 1. We are heavily dependent upon our mind until we step back and acknowledge our own existence. 2. The mind is the center of our world until we learn to […]

Stealing the Future (Podcast 92)

In pondering ways to live a more inspired life, today Blair discusses the act of theft and it’s effect on us all. Stealing in the most obvious sense, like a wallet or a store item, to stealing more ambiguous things like time or natural resources. Please ponder and enjoy.

H.A.L.T.

Breathing Away Momentum

If you’ve ever witnessed a shocking sight, or experienced a startling event, you may have noticed a shortening of your breath pattern. The first 24 hours after such an event is the best time to sit down and pay attention to your breath while working on re-lengthening it and making it long and smooth again. […]

Sometimes the Answer is “Know”

In seeking healing, wholeness, or happiness we have a tendency to rush.  We have expectations about what these things are supposed to look like, and expectations about what time frame they are supposed to present themselves.  Sometimes total healing is not always an options, but it is still important to seek out healing, improvement and […]

A Complete Failure

Just when you thought it was time to throw in the towel; to throw your hands in the air and surrender it all to the total fiasco that is your day, your year, your life… remember it is in these times of stumbling that we have the biggest opportunities for growth, knowledge, expansion and understanding.  […]

What Other Choice Do We Have

In order to realize our happiness, to uncover what already resides inside of us, unconditional acceptance is required.  We need to put all our cards on the table, from everything we love about our life to all the parts we hope no-one else notices.  All our creativity next to all our anger; all our shame […]

Confusion Drains Your Brain

Did you know that the brain burns a lot of energy in the form of calories and uses a lot of oxygen in comparison to its size and other parts of our body? This is why you can be sitting at a desk all day solving problems, expending almost no physical exertion, and feel completely […]

The Repo Man

We all know the Repo Man as the guy that comes to “re-possess” your stuff… your possessions. In today’s podcast, Blair tells a story of the real life Repo Man from his younger days, and the roll of the proverbial Repo Man of Change who may come knocking at your door.

Who Do You Need To Be A Hero To?

Sometimes the word hero has a connotation of possessing super human qualities, like unimaginable physical strength or the ability to fly.  The hero Blair is talking about in today’s podcast is a person who serves others that need them.  Simple, but not necessarily easy. You can be this kind of hero to the people around […]

Thoughts on Harvey & Internal Stability

Accept the Good AND the Bad – Part 2

You can have the peace that passes all understanding. There’s nothing you have to do to earn it. It’s available to us right now. If you want to help others in this world, it is time to reclaim your own joy and be an example of what is possible. Begin by learning to accept all […]

Accept the Good AND the Bad

You can have the peace that passes all understanding. There’s nothing you have to do to earn it. It’s available to us right now. If you want to help others in this world, it is time to reclaim your own joy and be an example of what is possible. Begin by learning to accept all […]

Inspired Resilience

Inspired Resilience, an essay read by its author, Blair Lewis. Listen along:

Inner Digestive Fire

Using a gentle breathing technique called the Abdominal Lift, or Agni Sara, will stoke the fire of digestion inside you. This fire is not only where we digest our food, but also our thoughts, feelings and emotions. In today’s podcast, Blair discusses what happens when the digestive fire is disturbed and what we can do […]

The Next Moment

Suffering happens when we are stuck between what IS happening and what we WANT to have happen. It is when we can transition from wanting a different situation, to accepting the situation that is, we can then look toward what hasn’t happened yet… the next moment.

You Have a Choice

The basic drives for food, sleep, sex, and self-preservation will always remain part of your experience in one form or another throughout your life, but they don’t have to be in the “Driver’s Seat.” As Blair explains in today’s podcast, you have options.

Deconstructing Stress

Words Images associated with those words Emotions/feelings Sensations When you begin to deconstruct stress down to it’s components, this is what you find. Listen to Blair in this week’s podcast explain this process of deconstruction and expose the root in which stress stems.

Time Factors

There will never be a time when it will not be ‘now.’ When you have a story in your imagination about the wonderful (or terrible) day that you are going to have next Thursday, you are not here in the ‘now.’ By doing this, you need to turn your attention away from ‘now,’ and turn […]

What Really Matters

Years ago, when Blair lived in Africa, the people would invite him to their homes saying, “You are welcome!” They asked from their hearts, and genuinely welcomed him into their space. Listen as Blair discusses the lessons he learned from this profound experience.

I Want You to Sleep Well

Listen along as Blair reads a short excerpt about sleep from his new unreleased book and corresponding online course.

Are You Feeling Stuck?

When we are stuck, we are forced to focus on the tiniest parts of our lives that we don’t want or we don’t like. In narrow, tight places, all other options seem unlikely… Today Blair discusses how we can simply move out of the spaces in which we feel most stuck:

Not Sin, But Sustainability

Our behaviors should not be chosen based on the questions of “is acting this way good” or “is acting this way bad,” rather the question should be about sustainability. What does this mean? Listen to today’s podcast to hear more.

All Problems Are Memories

Sounds a little strange, doesn’t it?  How can my problem be a memory?  In today’s clip, Blair shines a fresh perspective on our perception of what problems are, and the roll that our memories and imagination play in our “problem”.  After hearing this, the next problem you have might look a little different:

My Definition of Love

If you have a desire for someone to change, even if that desire has a very good intention behind it of health or success, it means you are not fully accepting who that person is right now in this moment. What does love mean, if not acceptance? At this point in his life, Blair is […]

Mind Body Connection

Discussion about the mind body connection is very popular today, but what is it really? What does it mean, and what facilitates the connection? In today’s podcast, Dr. Oswald and Blair shed a lot of light on the topic, and you may be pleasantly surprised with the answers.

Desert Storm

Dear Friends of Alive and Healthy, Today’s audio podcast is a reading of Desert Storm — a short essay I wrote over the weekend. As you may know, we are giving away (while supplies last) free copies of The Happiness Revolution. Before people toss me into that cesspool of online hooligans trying to snatch their […]

You Are Something Greater

You are something greater than your temporary thoughts, mind and body. In order to understand this “something greater,” you need to experience it in a tangible way. If your identity becomes more based in “something greater,” than in that which is fleeting, the result is undeniable safety. You can understand the world as it really […]

What Do We Do With Undesirable Urges?

Effective self-improvement exercises are designed to reveal the parts of ourselves that we might prefer to overlook, or even avoid. In this podcast, Blair discusses the best approach to this dilemma when it arises:

Mind the Collector

Why do we hold on to our stories of misery? And what roll does our mind play in our attachment to these stories? Sorting things out using our conscience invites a new perspective. Listen to Blair here in this week’s podcast.