Unleash Your Potential Podcast

Why Do People Shame Each Other?

Why do people shame each other? And why od middle eastern people shame each other? And what are the negative consequences of shaming people? Is shaming effective in controlling bad behavior? Why do we think that the only way to motivate people to behave better is through shaming to keep individuals in obedience? I grew up with messages of conditional love, shame, and the need to hide. The middle eastern culture is to deal with your problems with secrecy, silence & shame. Whereas western cult...

How to get and stay motivated for longterm?

What is motivation and why do we need it? Why do some people experience high and low levels of motivation? Is motivation the ultimate fuel behind everything we want in life? Why do some people have more motivation while the vast majority struggle? The fact is we all have motives behind everything we want in life: 1. The motive to succeed 2. The motive to make money 3. The motive to create family and love 4. The motive to have health & physical well being ....And at times when we find...

Are Your Beliefs Helping or Hurting you?

A belief is not a fact, it is a feeling of something perceived as truth in the mind. Our Beliefs: are either moving us forward towards our highest goals or holding us back. Most of us are not even aware subconsciously which beliefs are getting us closer to our happiness and which ones are holding us back.

How one couple prevented divorce.

How one couple prevented divorce...there is always two sides to the story no matter how you look at it. Surfacing challenges are never the underlying reasons.

Young & Dying from Cancer

When someone dies close to us, it makes us think deeply about life and its meaning. Death can change our perspective towards life in a positive way, by not taking life and those we love for granted. Forgiveness, love, and peace help us live a better life.

Do you suck as a parent?

Can you make a difference in your child's future happiness? The quality of your relationship today with your child may determine the path to their happiness tomorrow.

How to communicate effectively with your children!

Today's generations of children respond better to an inspirational style of parenting rather than the old rules of discipline. At times we as parents could be very controlling thinking that would benefit our children. As a matter, a fact controlling our children takes their ability away to have their own voice, therefore, their own path in life.

Does true love exist?

Is your sexuality linked to your success?

Why is Sexuality a taboo in almost every culture? Sex & love are the next most important motivating forces besides other human primal needs such as food, air, and shelter. Sex is not a desire but rather a humanly need. Most cultures control this energy in order to control humans because it could be a very powerful source of power for creativity.

What's behind #depression?

Jealousy & Relationships

Jealousy is the signal that we have identified something we want AND believe we cannot have.  The problem, clearly, lies in the idea that we CANNOT HAVE what we desire. The solution just as clearly lies in changing that limited belief system. 

Rebuilding Trust in Intimate Relationships

Intimate relationships give us the ultimate joy but it also can give us the greatest pain. This episode is about one of the most important components of any relationship which is how to rebuild trust. Trust is important in any relationship because is the foundation for security and safety. Creating or recreating trust can transform any relationship. Trust gets lost during abuse, infidelity, deceit and financial manipulation. There are five stages of rebuilding trust. 1. Declare about your co...

Are men logical and women emotional?

Most couples difficulties center around one fact, that men and women are TOTALLY different. The differences are in the emotional energy where one person may have more of a muscular energy than female or vice versa. Its impairment to understand them, it is nearly impossible to have a happy relationship without learning about male and female energy.

How to win friends and influence people

If we want to win people and influence them in a positive way then the first step for any change to take place is to see people for who they can become tomorrow and not for who they are today. Its all about how you build the skill to make someone feel great about themselves.

3 Tips on How to Improve Your Relationship with Your Mother-in-law

In general, good people skills are defined as the ability to listen, to communicate and to relate to others on a personal or professional level. Good people skills also extend to include problem-solving abilities, empathy for others and a willingness to work together toward the common good. Having a great relationship with your mother-in-law creates a happy family dynamics for everyone including your spouse and children.

Mary & Sam Show # 24 Is Your Comfort Zone Holding You Back?

Jim Rohn said, "we generally change for two reasons, desperation or inspiration." Our comfort zone is our death zone, there is no room to grow if we stay in our comfort zone. All great progress happens outside of our comfort zone. Most people are afraid to fail so they never want to take the chance, stepping back to their comfort zone. There is no failing, only forward failing. Forward failing is when you fail but learn from your mistakes and do it differently next time. John Maxwell said "I...

Why do we care so much about what others think of us?

Is caring too much about what others think of us healthy or unhealthy? In most cases, it's unhealthy since it creates an addiction to pleasing people to gain acceptance that we are good enough. In most cases, we want acceptance from those we love and care for so we feel loved and validated by them. It's our human survival instincts to gain acceptance.

Is Perfectionism Stealing Your Joy?

Life may never be perfect so do not delay your joy and happiness. There’s always more work to be done, more changes to be made, more things that we need. Life can never be perfect and we can always find different reasons not to be happy and satisfied. Most of us wait for a perfect moment to come so we can feel happy.

Is your life well balanced?

Mary & Sam Show #1 What Creates Distance Between Partners/Husbands/Wives

Realigning values and respecting each other's innate personality are the key to a long lasting relationship.  

Emotional Fitness with Reggi Goldman

Why Emotional Healing Creates a Happy Life? When we are not emotionally it, we are emotionally in pain. Emotional pain stems from not getting accepted or being loved.  Emotional pain takes much more time to heal than mental or physical pain. In fact most of the time emotional pain causes physical pain in the body as well as our mental pain which leads to depression, feeling anxiety and not being happy with ourselves.   Emotional pain is like cancer - we never know the existence of it i...

Determination, Desire, & Motivation

How to develop the ant philosophy.

How to Overcome Adversity

How to overcome adversity by strengthening your mental toughness & recognizing your inner power. 

I Have a Confession to Make

A great lesson learned from a homeless lady in downtown San Francisco about not having fear in regards to money or scarcity.

Retired Oakland Deputy Director, Debra Johnson

  Debra shares her life story about overcoming her perfectionist personalty through personal growth by embracing forgiveness, vulnerability & accepting herself as who she is. 

Do You Drudge Waking Up in the Morning to Go to Work? Do You Love What You Do for Living?

If the answer is YES & NO to the above questions then you have come to the right place to get some answers. Here are some facts on people and their dissatisfaction with their jobs. “Nearly 70% of people hate their jobs”, according to Gallup Survey. Her is another shocking news,“Most 80% of people according to Deloitte’s Shift Index survey -- are dissatisfied with their jobs.”     John Demartini said "Work can be a drudge, a dream or anything in between. Like everything else in your...

What motivates our children?

Why do some kids have a sense of directions in life while others make destructive decisions that don't make sense? Why do so many adolescents make communication so difficult that their parents cannot help them change their directions? And how can we influence our growing children even when communication is difficult and even when they are uncooperative?

Ep. 5: How to Build a Business You Love with AJ Mihrzad

AJ Mihrzad is the author of the best selling book, “The Mind Body Solution: Train your Brain for Permanent Weight Loss.” He studied Exercise Science and Nutrition due to his passion for health and earned a Masters degree in Psychology due to his fascination with the mindset of weight loss. His cutting edge approach to permanent weight loss insists that the key to a healthy body is a healthy brain. His clients are walking proof that this is true; there are hundreds of them! His writi...

Ep. 4: How to Get Out of an Abusive Relationship with Jane Fredrickson

Jane Fredrickson is an author and certified Health Coach. She's trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York. She has a BA in Communications with an emphasis in Journalism. She speaks at several organizations throughout the Bay Area on different Health Topics. Her most recent work includes the writing of her new memoir, Darkness to Light: One Woman's Story of Defeating Abuse and Living a Life with Zest again. She writes, speaks, and educates others on the importance of gett...

Ep. 3: 6 Human Needs Psychology - Why Do We Do What We Do?

In this episode, I will explain human behavior to get a clear understanding of why people do what they do. I will specifically discuss the 6 human needs and how it helps you recognize human behavior. When you master this, you will have the power to transform all aspects of your life to extraordinary! For more information or to request Mary Nawabi to speak at your next event, visit www.marynawabi.com

Ep. 2: Change Your Belief, Change Your Destiny

Have you ever felt envious of someone else's success? You're not alone. Learn how to tap into your greatest potential by closing the gap between where you are and where you want to go. It all begins with adopting a new belief system; learn how to create yours now! For more information or to request Mary Nawabi to speak at your next event, visit www.marynawabi.com

Ep. 1: What is Happiness?

What is happiness and how do you find it? Learn the psychology to unblock emotional roadblocks that limit your fulfillment. Don't fall into the crazy, vicious cycle of chasing happiness. Learn the simple formula for happiness in this episode.   For more information or to request Mary Nawabi to speak at your next event, visit www.marynawabi.com