Take Back Your Mind

Join Michael and Chaka Khan TODAY, December 19th @ 12 PM ET, for World Meditation Day sponsored by the United Nations and The Chaka Khan Foundation! Learn more at https://chakakhanfoundation.org/meditate/ .   Begin 2026 guided by spiritual clarity and energized by possibility! Join Michael for a powerful virtual New Year's Day Meditation, Visioning & Activation, livestreamed from Costa Rica! Sign...

Join Michael and Chaka this Friday, December 19th @ 12 PM ET, for World Meditation Day sponsored by the United Nations and The Chaka Khan Foundation! Learn more at https://chakakhanfoundation.org/meditate/ .   Begin 2026 guided by spiritual clarity and energized by possibility! Join Michael for a powerful virtual New Year's Day Meditation, Visioning & Activation, livestreamed from Costa Rica! Sign...

Our first Life Question comes from Sabina. Sabina keeps forming meaningful, platonic friendships with men, only to discover they want romance or sex, leaving her feeling blindsided and grieving the friendship. How do you navigate friendships with men when you value connection—but they want more? Our next Life Question comes from Les , who notices his mind defaults to negative stories—worry, confli...

Today on  Take Back Your Mind , Michael Beckwith welcomes Jeffrey Allen—spiritual thought leader, Mindvalley author and speaker, and a pioneer of online energy training. Known for practical, powerful **energy healing** tools, Jeffrey's mission is to make **higher consciousness** accessible so we can release conflict and pain and live with passion, purpose, and meaning. Through Mindvalley, he's int...

Our first Life Question comes from Jade in Alexandria, VA: After years of suppressing childhood pain, Jade is now confronting the truth about her father's long-standing dysfunction—infidelity, alcoholism, and a toxic blended family. She wants to have a healthy relationship only with him, but how can she navigate authenticity, boundaries, and spiritual growth when family pressure runs deep? Next, S...

Today, Michael welcomes Garry Lineham, co-founder of Human Garage, a global movement empowering people to restore health and alignment through self-directed healing. A former data encryption expert, Garry transitioned from designing secure communication systems to decoding the body's own network of fascia, discovering parallels between digital systems and human biomechanics. His groundbreaking app...

Our first Life Question comes from "MMM" in South Africa who asks a big-picture question at the heart of our show: What exactly are we "taking back" the mind from? Is it conditioning, distorted creativity, or something like The Matrix?  Next, Holly, who's never experienced a moment of feeling safe or loved, wonders how to enter meditations that begin with that visualization. Finally, Michael leads...

Today, Michael welcomes Dorota Stanczyk. Dorota is the author of the book, (Re)-Create Yourself: Embracing Greater Self-Love to Unleash Your Potential , a transformational artist, wellbeing creator, conscious creativity trainer, keynote speaker, meditation master, and Founder of Innerart Transformation Center. With over a decade of experience as an Executive Creative Director in the wellness indus...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here: https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   Our first letter comes from "M": How do you stay inspired and hold a high vision for your life and dreams without burning out, while you wait for your dreams to manifest?  Our next letter comes from Leigha in Los Angeles: After losing her best friend to a...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here: https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   Today, Michael welcomes Colette Baron-Reid. Colette is an internationally respected author, artist, educator, spiritual intuitive, medium, and oracle expert. Her best-selling books and oracle cards are published worldwide in 27 languages. She is the found...

Bring a Friend, Save $200 @ Michael's New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica:   https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   After a profound spiritual awakening, Gugu is learning to love her fundamentalist Christian family as they are—yet struggles to comfort them during crises without betraying her own soul's knowing. How can she be truly compassionate when the langua...

Bring a Friend, Save $200 @ Michael's New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica:   https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/ Today, Michael welcomes Dr Espen Wold-Jensen. Dr Espen is a researcher in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics, a Conscious Business Mentor, and a Multi 7-Figure 'SoulPreneur' who teaches his clients how to use the power of their own consciousness to tu...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here: https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/ Our first Life Question of the Week comes from Victoria who is deeply concerned about the state of America's democracy and wants to know how to hold these current events in the light of her spiritual understanding. Next, Selina in the UK is an actress who w...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here: https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   Over the past couple of years, Take Back Your Mind has received several questions about meditation including, what is it? Why do it? Who is it for? Am I doing it right? How do I reach deeper levels of awareness? Today, Michael talks about the art, science...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here: https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   Our first Life Question comes from India (a person, not the country 😊 ). India, who recently left a relationship, wants to know how do you honor your needs when you've been conditioned to put yourself last? Next, Patrick from Long Island, NY asks what to...

Join Michael at his New Year's Meditation Retreat in Costa Rica! Click here:  https://events.agapelive.com/awaken-to-a-new-year-of-possibility/   Today, Michael welcomes Lorna Byrne. Lorna is a renowned spiritual teacher and #1 international bestselling author of eight books. Her first book, Angels In My Hair: The True Story of a Modern Day Irish Mystic , sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Sinc...

Our first Life Question comes from Benjamin in Athens, Georgia. As a busy physician, husband, and dad who's on a journey of spiritual awakening, Benjamin is struggling to maintain a consistent daily spiritual practice. How can he stay present and centered when juggling so many responsibilities?  The next Life Question comes from Tasia. Tasia's a 25 year-old woman who's currently working and saving...

Today, Michael welcomes New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and teacher, Laura Day. Laura has spent four decades using intuition to help individuals and billion-dollar companies alike identify and achieve their goals. In her latest book, The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future ,  Laura reveals the seven points in our growth that can hinder us or help us thrive. B...

Our first Life Question comes from Raphaëlle in Canada who's in a relationship with someone they truly love, yet feels anxiety and doubts about the relationship although their partner does nothing to make them feel insecure. How can they build trust? Next, Rosa from Vancouver, Canada, asks how she can have faith in humanity when people, including those she knows and in general, keep letting her do...

Today, Michael welcomes energy master, transformational leader, and spiritual guide, Christy Whitman. For over 25 years, Christy has taught the Law of Attraction, manifestation, energy mastery, and soul blending through virtual and live personal development classes, meditations, and private sessions to help clients feel more aligned with the Divine Design of Love, support, well-being, abundance, a...

Our first letter comes from Beatrice in Kenya. She left her banking career of 16 years after the stress made her extremely ill, but she hasn't yet received the vision for her life and is unsure what to do now.  The next letter comes from Andrea who, despite living a life committed to spiritual devotion, sometimes feels a deep heaviness and sadness and wants to know why.  Finally, Michael leads a p...

Today, Michael welcomes back New York Times bestselling author, psychiatrist, and empath, Dr. Judith Orloff. Judith is the author of the new children's book, _The Highly Sensitive Rabbit,_ which is about a caring cottontail who was shamed for her sensitivities, but then learns to embrace them. Her other books include The Genius of Empathy, The Empath's Survival Guide , and Thriving as an Empath ....

The first Life Question comes from Ivana in South Africa, a mother of three young children, who wants guidance on teaching her children about God outside of religion. (See * below for resources.) Next, Andrea in Maryland wants to know what's a good balance between "acting as if" she already has what she desires, and "doing the spiritual work" to manifest her desires.   New Thought Resources for Ch...

In this episode, Michael welcomes acclaimed singer, songwriter, and entertainer, Lira. Her music career—which spans 18 years and includes six studio albums, four live DVDs, an autobiography, a feature film, and numerous accolades including 11 South African Music Awards—has established Lira as the foremost female artist in South Africa and a formidable presence on the global music scene. She is the...

Our first Life Question comes from Melissa. She wants to know how to find a place of forgiveness with someone who continues to repeat the same hurtful behavior and keeps apologizing for it.  The next letter comes from Darren H. in New Jersey who works as a long-term substitute teacher in inner city public schools. He wants to know how to show up for his students with peace, calm, and joy, even ami...