What if the life you're dreaming about isn't something you have to chase, but someone you're meant to become?

In this inspiring conversation, Marci sits down with visionary leader, author, and Decade Game creator Carolyn Buck Luce to explore a powerful shift in perspective: instead of living from your past or your fears, what if you started living from your future?

Carolyn shares how a vivid imagination, a deep sense of purpose, and the courage to think beyond today's limitations have guided every chapter of her extraordinary life; from serving as a diplomat in the Soviet Union during the Cold War to leading billion-dollar organizations and helping thousands of women design lives of greater meaning, impact, and joy.

You'll discover why your future self may already hold the wisdom you're searching for today, how neuroscience supports thinking a decade ahead, and why creating your life by design, instead of by default, can change everything.

In this episode, you'll discover:

● Why your future self may be your greatest guide
● The surprising neuroscience behind thinking 10 years ahead
● How imagining your future can quiet fear and expand possibility
● The difference between your purpose and your mission—and why knowing both matters ● Why ""no"" doesn't have to mean never
● How to begin creating your life by design instead of default
● The powerful question that can help you uncover your unique purpose
● Why your biggest dreams may actually be too small
● How one tiny step today can begin transforming your entire future
● Carolyn's inspiring Decade Game and how it helps people create extraordinary lives with intention

Whether you're entering a new season of life, searching for greater clarity, or simply wondering what's next, this conversation will inspire you to trust that your future is already calling and that every choice you make today can become a step toward the life you're meant to live.

About Carolyn Buck Luce

Carolyn Buck Luce is a pioneering leadership strategist, author of EPIC: The Women's Power Play Book, Managing Partner of Imaginal Labs, and creator of The Decade Game®, a transformational framework that has helped thousands of women, couples, and leaders envision and create lives of greater purpose, possibility, and fulfillment. Her work blends neuroscience, leadership, imagination, and human potential to help people design extraordinary futures.

Resources Mentioned
● Learn more about The Decade Game®
● Get Carolyn's book: EPIC: The Women's Power Play Book
● Explore Imaginal Labs If this conversation inspired you, please subscribe, leave a comment, and share this episode with someone whose future may be calling them, too.

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✨ ABOUT MARCI SHIMOFF:

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, transformational teacher, and expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. She is the author of the Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul series and Happy for No Reason, a featured teacher in The Secret, and the founder of Your Year of Miracles. Marci has taught and inspired more than a million people worldwide.

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What if the answer to your anxious mind, your racing thoughts, your endless to-do list… wasn't more thinking, more therapy, or more meditation, but a single ancient sound passed down for thousands of years? In this powerful conversation, a Grammy-nominated mantra singer reveals how the sacred sound that's been chanted across India for centuries can instantly calm your nervous system, dissolve mental noise, and reconnect you to a peace that doesn't depend on anything outside of you.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Marci Shimoff (Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, Happy for No Reason, The Secret) sits down with her dear friend Deva Premal — the internationally renowned mantra singer whose music plays in yoga studios around the world. With more than 25 albums and a Grammy nomination, Deva has shared the power of mantra with millions through her unique blend of ancient sacred chants and contemporary music.

Deva shares the extraordinary story of how her father sang the Gayatri Mantra to her in the womb — and how that single mantra became the foundation of her life, her music, and her 35-year love story with her partner Miten. She also leads a beautiful live OM meditation that you can do anywhere, in 2 minutes, to instantly recalibrate your entire energetic system.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed, scattered, anxious, or like you're searching for something more peaceful — this conversation delivers a tool you can use immediately. No background in spirituality required. No meditation experience needed. Just your voice, your breath, and a few sacred sounds.

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✨ ABOUT @DevaPremalMiten :
Deva Premal is an internationally renowned mantra singer raised in classical music, Eastern philosophy, and Sanskrit mantras from before birth. She followed her spiritual calling to India where she met her musical and life partner Miten. Together they've released more than 25 albums, earned a Grammy nomination, and shared the power of mantra with audiences worldwide. Their music is played in yoga studios across the globe.

Connect with Deva & Miten: https://devapremalmiten.com

✨ ABOUT MARCI SHIMOFF:
Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, transformational teacher, and expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. She is the woman's face of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series (over 16 million copies sold in 33 languages), a featured teacher in The Secret, and the founder of Your Year of Miracles. Marci has taught and inspired more than a million people worldwide.

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Website: https://marcishimoff.com
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Instagram: @marcishimoff
Facebook: Marci Shimoff

Chapters:
⏰ CHAPTERS:
00:00 What you'll learn in this conversation
01:33 Meet Deva Premal: World-renowned mantra singer
04:22 Deva's miraculous life in Costa Rica
07:29 Growing up with mantras: A spiritual childhood
12:24 The Gayatri Mantra — sung to her in the womb
17:02 Deva sings the Gayatri Mantra
18:38 How mantras heal: The vagus nerve + cellular vibration
20:43 Why chanting works faster than meditation
22:21 Live guided OM meditation (try this with us)
27:02 How Deva became a Grammy-nominated artist
30:40 Miten's wisdom: "If you're having a beautiful time, you're doing the right thing"
36:30 Sing your own song

Have you been doing all the work... therapy, dating apps, manifesting, vision boards...and STILL can't find the love your soul knows you're meant for? You're not broken. You're not doing anything wrong. According to ancient Vedic astrology, there's a cosmic reason your soulmate hasn't shown up yet... and once you understand it, everything changes.

In this episode of Living in the Miracle Zone, #1 New York Times bestselling author Marci Shimoff (Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, Happy for No Reason, The Secret) sits down with master Vedic astrologer and relationship coach Carol Allen, a woman who has helped thousands of people find their soulmate, save their marriages, and finally understand why some relationships work effortlessly and others feel impossible.

Carol reveals the timing wisdom from ancient Vedic astrology (the astrology of East India) that explains WHY you might be in a "season of loneliness" right now — and how to know when your golden season of love is coming. Unlike Western astrology, Vedic astrology specializes in cosmic timing and karmic cycles, giving practical guidance about when love will arrive.

She also shares her newest discovery: how the birth order in your family is one of the single biggest predictors of whether your relationship will last (research shows up to 50% of relationship success or failure comes down to this one factor).

Marci shares her own stories of how Vedic astrology accurately predicted her #1 New York Times bestseller, her career rest cycles, and even The Secret coming into her life... years before they happened.

If you've been wondering why love feels so hard, why your relationships keep ending, or why you can't seem to find "the one," this conversation will give you the cosmic clarity you've been searching for.

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✨ ABOUT CAROL ALLEN:
Carol Allen is a master Vedic astrologer and relationship coach who has counseled thousands of people on love, compatibility, and cosmic timing. She has been featured in countless publications and is known for blending ancient Vedic wisdom with modern relationship coaching and birth order research.
Connect with Carol: https://soulmatestars.com

✨ ABOUT MARCI SHIMOFF:
Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, transformational teacher, and expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. She is the woman's face of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series (over 16 million copies sold in 33 languages), a featured teacher in The Secret, and the founder of Your Year of Miracles. Marci has taught and inspired more than a million people worldwide.

💛 CONNECT WITH MARCI:
Website: https://marcishimoff.com
Your Year of Miracles: https://youryearofmiracles.com
Instagram: @marcishimoff
Facebook: Marci Shimoff

Chapters:
00:00 What you'll learn in this conversation
01:25 Meet Carol Allen: Master Vedic astrologer
04:44 The biggest miracle: Living your dharma
09:41 How Vedic astrology predicted Marci's #1 bestseller
12:34 Why this works for relationships
14:45 Seasons of love vs. seasons of loneliness
19:21 The birth order discovery (50% predictor of relationship success)
24:21 Oldest, middle & youngest children explained
35:28 Carol's true story: Finding love at 71
40:23 Your next right step