Michael Neill: You Have Permission to Love Your Life

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“I want to love my life, but I can’t until…” It’s a mantra recited by millions of us on a daily basis. But is it true? Are we doomed to struggle, stress, and continually defer our fulfillment? In this podcast, join Tami Simon in conversation with celebrated wisdom teacher and bestselling author Michael Neill to discover how we can stop impeding the flow of our inherent joy, creativity, and sense of stability—and start loving life, for real.

Tami and Michael discuss: the high-functioning depressive and the dysfunctional depressive; the nature of insecurity; why the mind is more a projector than a camera; when “the mirage is real”; questioning your thoughts vs. thinking about them; the art and practice of dropping thought; taking things seriously without the “heaviness”; the intelligent aliveness of the natural world; universal consciousness vs. personal awareness; shifting from suffering to safety; how to love uncertainty; choosing happiness over misery; being yourself; feelings, fears, and the path to a quieter mind; looking to see “the formless in the form”; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	And it's not a choice between not caring and feeling good or caring and feeling miserable,
0:06.8	that you can actually care deeply and feel wonderful.
0:10.4	And I didn't know that was an option until I began to experience it.
0:17.1	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Michael Neal.
0:23.3	Michael Neal is an internationally renowned wisdom teacher, catalyst and coach, author and speaker.
0:32.5	He helps us realize our full human potential, and he challenges the cultural mythology that stress and struggle
0:42.9	are a prerequisite for creativity and success. Michael has written six best-selling books,
0:50.9	including the inside-out revolution and the space within. He created a TED Talk
0:57.9	called Why Aren't We Awesomeer? And he's also the creator of a successful blog and podcast called
1:07.0	Caffeine for the Soul. He's been inspiring and entertaining audiences with Caffeine for the Soul. He's been inspiring and entertaining audiences
1:13.3	with Caffeine for the Soul now for more than 20 years.
1:17.5	I'm meeting Michael here for the very first time
1:20.5	and I'm excited to do so.
1:22.2	Michael, welcome.
1:23.6	Thank you very much for having me.
1:26.0	A friend of mine who works with you, who I've been receiving coaching from, said,
1:33.3	oh, you know, I want to share something with you that I learned from my coach.
1:37.3	And I was like, who's your coach?
1:39.3	And she said, Michael Neal, and I was like, I got to find out who this person is.
1:43.3	I need to learn more.
1:44.7	So I've been watching many of your videos and reading some of your blog posts, and I'm impressed
1:53.4	and interested in your journey.
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