🌿 Begin your new year with Michael in Costa Rica! Sign up for his New Year's Meditation Retreat: https://events.agapelive.com/new-year-retreat/ Discover what becomes possible when fear is no longer a stop sign, but an invitation to move beyond the familiar, reclaim your potential, and become more of who you are here to be. Today Michael welcomes Monica Berg. Monica is an author, speaker, spiritual teacher, and co-director of the Kabbalah Center, a global nonprofit dedicated to making ancient spiritual wisdom practical and accessible. She is the bestselling author of Fear Is Not an Option and Rethink Love, and co-hosts the Spiritually Hungry podcast with her husband, Michael Berg. Through her books, teachings, masterclasses, and speaking, Monica helps people navigate fear, relationships, purpose, personal growth, and emotional resilience with greater awareness and compassion. See details below on Monica's new Fear Masterclass starting Oct. 27th! Conversation Highlights Include: -Why fear is not something to hide from or suppress, but something we can understand, face, and ultimately change our relationship with. -How staying in the comfort zone can quietly shrink our desires, limit our potential, and keep us from discovering who we are still becoming. -Monica shares how the birth of her son with Down syndrome forced her to confront one of her deepest fears and ask the empowering question, "If fear is not an option, what is an option?" -Why fear can function as a guidepost, pointing us toward the places where our greatest growth, possibility, and becoming may be waiting. -The difference between real fear, healthy fear, and illogical fear—and why learning to identify which one we are experiencing can change how we respond. -How naming our fears, questioning them, and taking small, consistent steps can help us stop giving fear the power to steal our potential. -Why certainty is not about knowing exactly what will happen, but developing a deeper trust that whatever unfolds can serve our growth. Next, Michael closes with a guided meditation on conscious evolution, asking what gift we are here to contribute and inviting us to become active participants in our own unfolding. 🪷 Sign up for Monica's new Fear Masterclass launching on 10/27.* This masterclass will unpack how to recognize fear in its many forms, and most importantly, how to overcome it and begin to live fearlessly; plus get her books, listen to her podcast, and more at https://rethinklife.today/. ✨ Got a question about life, love, money, or spiritual growth? Ask Michael at podcast@michaelbeckwith.com. Your question could be featured in an upcoming episode! ✍️ Love Take Back Your Mind? Help the podcast grow by leaving a 5-star review or comment. Your support helps more people discover the show. 🎧 Never miss an episode! Subscribe or Follow and turn on notifications for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday. 🌐 Stay connected with Michael: Visit https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and sign up for inspiration and updates. You'll also receive his guided meditation, "Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable." Discover more at https://agapelive.com/. 📱 Follow Michael: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@officialmichaelbeckwith YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w 🌟 Support the podcast by supporting Agape! Take Back Your Mind is sponsored by the Agape International Spiritual Center, a community dedicated to individual transformation and being a beneficial presence on the planet. 💖 Donate at https://agapelive.com/ and mention "podcast" 📱 Or text GIVE to 424-321-6243 with "podcast" in the message Your generosity helps us continue sharing conversations that uplift and transform! 🌿 Our secondary sponsor is NutriRise, the maker of Michael's AdaptoZen nutrition and supplement line. Explore the collection at https://nutririse.com/collections/adaptozen.
