What if your biggest money challenge isn't actually about money? For so many of us, no matter how much we earn or achieve, we still find ourselves feeling like there's never quite enough. Enough money. Enough security. Enough freedom. Enough. In this heartfelt video, Marci explores the hidden beliefs that quietly shape our financial lives and reveals two simple but profound shifts that can help you move from scarcity into true abundance. Drawing on the wisdom of The Soul of Money author Lynne Twist, her own personal awakening around receiving, and a beautiful poem by Kahlil Gibran, Marci invites you to rethink your relationship with giving, receiving, and the flow of abundance itself. You'll also experience a gentle guided practice designed to help you notice where scarcity may still be running the show and begin replacing it with gratitude, trust, and conscious stewardship. If you've ever struggled with guilt around receiving, felt trapped in cycles of "not enough," or found yourself buying things in hopes they'll finally make you feel complete, this episode offers a compassionate path toward a healthier, more joyful relationship with money and with yourself. In this episode, you'll discover: - Why money itself isn't the problem and what actually creates financial stress - How our culture conditions us to live from scarcity, regardless of how much we have - The surprising reason receiving can feel uncomfortable (even when you deeply desire abundance) - Marci's simple practice of "Gratitude Over Guilt" and how it transforms your ability to receive - The hidden difference between unconscious consuming and conscious stewarding - Lynne Twist's powerful principle that "what you appreciate, appreciates" - A beautiful perspective from Kahlil Gibran on the sacred relationship between giving and receiving - A calming guided meditation to help you shift your energy around abundance in real time Whether you're seeking greater financial ease, emotional freedom, or simply a more peaceful relationship with abundance, this episode offers practical wisdom you can begin applying today. Remember: Your true nature isn't scarcity…it's abundance. Key Takeaways - Money is neutral: it's simply an energy of giving and receiving. - Scarcity isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural conditioning that can be transformed. - Replacing guilt with gratitude opens the door to receiving more fully. - Conscious stewardship creates far more fulfillment than unconscious consumption. - The more you appreciate what you already have, the more abundance you're able to experience. Memorable Quotes "Money is a flow of energy of giving and receiving." "We are abundant. It's up to us to know it, feel it, and experience it in our lives." "It's not about what you spend. It's about how—and why—you spend it." "Choose to be a conscious steward of your money, your time, and your precious energy." "When you receive with gratitude rather than guilt, you bless the giver." "Your true nature is abundance." 🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI: Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone" 👉 https://themiraclezonebook.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 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. 💛 CONNECT WITH MARCI: Website: https://marcishimoff.com Your Year of Miracles: https://youryearofmiracles.com Instagram: @marcishimoff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarciShimoffFan

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.

🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI: Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone" 👉 https://themiraclezonebook.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 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.

💛 CONNECT WITH MARCI:

Website: https://marcishimoff.com Your Year of Miracles: https://youryearofmiracles.com Instagram: @marcishimoff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarciShimoffFan"

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.

🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI:
Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone"
👉 https://themiraclezonebook.com

✨ 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.

💛 CONNECT WITH MARCI:
Website: https://marcishimoff.com
Your Year of Miracles: https://youryearofmiracles.com
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.

🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI:
Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone"
👉 https://themiraclezonebook.com

✨ 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

What if the root cause of your pain, stress, and emotional suffering isn't what you think and the solution is already inside you?

In this episode of Living in the Miracle Zone, Marci Shimoff sits down with Master Mingtong Gu... internationally renowned teacher of Wisdom Healing Qigong, founder of The Chi Center and Southwest Sanctuary in New Mexico, and bestselling author of Coming Home to Embodied Awakening. .

In this conversation, you'll discover:
✅ Why disconnection from the body is the #1 root cause of ALL suffering
✅ The simple hands-on practice you can do right now to return to wholeness
✅ How Wisdom Healing Qigong healed Ming Tong's own incurable asthma and scoliosis
✅ Why healing isn't about fixing... it's about coming home to your body
✅ How to move from living in your head to living in the miracle zone
✅ What to do when discomfort arises (and why running from it keeps you stuck)
✅ The choice that unlocks deep healing on every level — body, mind, and spiritMing Tong shares a live guided practice in this episode. Place your hands on your heart and experience it yourself.

🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI:
Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone"
👉 https://themiraclezonebook.com

🌀 About Master Mingtong Gu:
Master Mingtong Gu is an internationally renowned teacher of Wisdom Healing Qigong and founder of The Chi Center and Southwest Sanctuary in New Mexico. His mission is to cultivate a worldwide community that lives, leads, and loves from fully embodied wisdom — especially critical in this age of AI and accelerating disconnection.

📖 Get his new book: Coming Home to Embodied Awakening
👉 mingtonggu.com/book

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction — Master Mingtong Gu & the Miracle Zone
2:08 Who Is Master Mingtong Gu?
4:00 Ming Tong's Personal Journey — Adoption, Asthma & Scoliosis
7:29 Discovering Wisdom Healing Qigong
9:26 Finding Qigong in Ohio (Not China!)
10:36 Coming Home to Embodied Awakening — The New Book
13:22 The #1 Problem: Mind-Body Disconnection
16:48 The 18 Inches From Head to Heart
22:24 Simple Steps to Reconnect Right Now
23:00 Guided Practice — Hands on Your Heart
29:14 What to Do When Discomfort Arises
31:15 The Choice of Connection
34:46 The Doorway Into the Miracle Zone
37:22 How to Find Ming Tong

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

Are you exhausted from saying yes when you mean no? Are you tired of putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own — and quietly watching your own life slip away? You're not alone. People-pleasing isn't kindness. It's a survival strategy that's costing you your truth, your health, and your joy.

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 coach and Georgetown University faculty member Julie Reisler to talk about what happens when you finally stop performing the role of the "perfect woman" and start listening to your own intuition instead.

Julie shares her story of being a recovering people-pleaser whose life looked perfect on the outside — loving family, marriage, two young kids — while she was secretly battling a sugar addiction, hidden shame, and a feeling that she was living someone else's life. Until one night at 3:33 AM, her body finally said: ENOUGH!

🌟IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:
- Why people-pleasing is actually a trauma response (not a personality trait)
- How to recognize when you're abandoning yourself for someone else's approval
- Julie's 3:33 AM wake-up call moment that changed everything
- The connection between people-pleasing and food addiction
- Why your body keeps the score when you ignore your truth
- How to start trusting your intuition (even if you've ignored it for years)
- A simple hand-on-heart practice that calms anxiety in seconds (backed by HeartMath research)
- How to make aligned decisions when fear is screaming at you
- Why "doing what's right for you is right for everyone"

🎁 FREE GIFT FROM MARCI:
Download "Manifest a Life of Miracles: 4 Steps to Living in the Miracle Zone"
👉 https://themiraclezonebook.com

⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 The hidden truth most people-pleasers can't see
01:10 Welcome to the Miracle Zone
03:09 Julie's story: People-pleasing, sugar, and hidden shame
06:42 The "looks fine on the outside" trap
09:55 The 3:33 AM wake-up call that changed everything
13:45 Following intuition into a brand new life
17:38 Julie's daily practice for living from the soul
21:11 How to actually trust your intuition
26:00 The hand-on-heart practice (and the HeartMath science behind it)
34:24 Julie's parting message

✨ ABOUT JULIE REISLER:
Julie Reisler is a master certified coach, two-time TEDx speaker, faculty member at Georgetown University, and the founder of the Intuitive Life Designer Coach Certification. She's the host of the "You-est You" podcast (4M+ downloads in 175 countries) and the author of "Get a PhD in You." Julie helps high-achieving women stop performing and start living from their soul.
Connect with Julie: https://juliereisler.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

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If you've been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like life just isn't flowing the way it should… this episode of Living in the Miracle Zone on spiritual awakening, the subconscious mind, and how to shift out of survival mode will completely change how you see your life.

In this episode, Marci Shimoff sits down with Dr. Sue Morter to break down the science and soul of awakening, why most people are living from subconscious survival programming, and how that keeps you trapped in cycles of stress, fear, and disconnection. You'll learn how to reconnect with your true self, regulate your nervous system, and step into a state of alignment where life starts to flow instead of feeling forced.

We go deep into why you feel stuck even when things "look fine," how your early conditioning shapes your reality, and the exact shift required to move into what's called the "miracle zone"—a state where clarity, peace, and purpose become your baseline.

Watch to learn more about spiritual awakenings, energy, mindset, and body awareness that you can actually apply in your daily life.

👉 FREE: 4-step Miracle Formula to manifest love, abundance, and joy:
🔗 https://themiraclezonebook.com

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