The Positive Head Podcast

Brandon seeks to inspire the podcast audience and shares powerful quotes by Rumi and others, as well as a Teal Swan audio clip on fulfilling our own unmet needs, all reminders that we hold the ultimate creative power and that we are all mini-universes unto ourselves.

Frank is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project, and Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, been named as one of the 50 most innovative people by AARP, highlighted on the Oprah Winfrey show and honored by the Dalai Lama. In this episode, Frank shares the wisdom he has gleaned by sitting at the bedside of thousan...

Brandon follows up on a previous episode's theme and a comment he made on a public forum regarding negativity and anger, and he expands on this by referencing a scale of human consciousness and emotion as described in the work of Dr. David Hawkins, as well as play an Eckhart Tolle clip on the dynamics of the ego and the so-called "pain body".

Brandon switches things up by reading a negative one-star review; he also addresses a couple of questions from the Facebook group, in particular one regarding frustrated aspirations for an acting career, and he shares a Matt Kahn audio clip that seeks to elevate and inspire the listener by reminding them of their true divine nature.

Brandon delves into the idea that a simplistic "positive thinking" philosophy could actually do more harm than good by denying reality or repressing negativity, and comments on a blog post on this topic as well as offer his own perspective on the matter.

Brandon engages in a kind of game with members of the Facebook group and is given a random chapter to read from the book Oneness , one of his all-time favorite spiritual books by Rasha, in hopes that it will prove synchronistically timely and relevant for any listeners that need this message now.

Mike Clelland is a UFO researcher and author of the book The Messengers . In this episode, Mike takes us deep down the rabbit hole by recounting several stories of UFO encounters from his book, as well as several of his own personal stories, all of which suggest there is a synchronistic connection between UFOs and owls.

Brandon answers a listener's question about getting upset at other people's lack of manners, and weaves it into a theme of our collective growing awareness and how we can best experience what we want for ourselves without casting expectations onto others.

Brandon reads and comments on an article from Elephant Journal about the difference between nice guys and good men, as well as plug online fundraisers and other community projects that are worthy of attention.

Brandon and Erica comment on a listener's experience with a psychic reader and the whole realm of psychic experience, which has its own pitfalls to avoid but also an undeniable dimension of legitimate extrasensory perception that we all share in to some degree. They also play an excerpt from a Dolores Cannon lecture about noted seer Nostradamus.

Brandon is inspired by a listener's message to discuss the law of karma and other expansive universal-relativistic subjects which can be hard to understand or relate to from our human perspective, sharing audio clips that discuss these often-misunderstood principles by Abraham-Hicks and John Van Auken.

Ben is a top-writer over at medium.com, runs the Fully Rich Life blog and has written pieces for such outlets as CNBC, Thought Catalog and the NY Observer. In this episode Ben shares his own personal story of how he overcame anxiety and depression, why he walked away from a six-figure job to follow his passion of helping others, and how he has learned to confront fears and actually learned to thri...

Brandon answers a couple of listener questions in more detail and seeks to inspire and empower by talking about how we can attract what we desire even if it seems unlikely, and how we always attract people into our lives who influence us, or are influenced in turn, because they mirror some aspect of ourselves.

Brandon shares a very touching listener review/personal story and is inspired to talk about letting go of resistance, flowing with what feels good and thus changing our personal point of attraction, sharing an Abraham-Hicks clip that delves into the subject.

Brandon reads a listener review and addresses its message, from the point of view of someone stuck in a rut, and shares an entertaining and insightful Eckhart Tolle clip with a very simple but important question: "Can I be the space for whatever is happening now?"

Brandon circles back around to a previous daily episode where he commented on some traumatic and potentially very sensitive human experiences, which he admits he has not experienced directly, but which he is compelled to try and integrate for his own and all our benefit, from the most expansive and loving perspective possible.

Dean Radin is the Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which is dedicated to unlocking the scientific understanding of intuition, inspiration, and transformation. In this episode Dean discusses his evidence-based approach to exploring consciousness, the findings of his multi-decade journey experimenting and verifying the reality of psychic phenomena, and his latest book Supernormal...

Brandon delves into the subject of emotional wounds, our self-image and how we can rob ourselves of our own creative power by keeping the past alive, and he does so referencing quotes, playing an excerpt from a talk by Caroline Myss and sharing his own ideas, to help remind us of our essential truth.

Brandon shares a clip by Teal Swan that asks the question "what is love?" and answers it from Teal's unique perspective, which Brandon subsequently comments on and expands on the essential message, that love is the underlying reality and all other fearful manifestations are ultimately temporary illusions.

On this daily episode Brandon reads a heartfelt show review, shares some inspiring quotes, poems and a touching story sent in by a listener, and ties it all together with themes of dealing with loss, timelessness and how love can help us transcend limitations.

Brandon shares a review and personal story from a listener, a few Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley and a recent personal story which all remind us that our divine nature can help us deal with any challenge and find peace in any circumstance.

Samantha Fey is a practicing intuitive who co-hosts the popular podcast, Psychic Teachers. In this episode, Samantha shares a bit about her personal story, discusses how we can all tap into our intuitive and psychic abilities, gives Brandon a crystal reading where she makes a real-time verifiable detailed prediction, and also shares several of her own fascinating stories of synchronicity.

In this episode Brandon talks about life purpose and shares his thoughts on the subject, as well as relevant quotes and an Eckhart Tolle clip, all which point to the essence of this perspective, that we are all here to make peace with the present moment.

Brandon discusses aspects of this unique human interpersonal dynamic and offers some perspectives that hopefully will help us break from projecting and "expecting others into" showing up perpetually in the same ways, especially family and loved ones. He also shares a related Abraham-Hicks clip.

Brandon responds to a comment from a member of the Facebook group regarding his past use of the word "girl" to refer to a young woman; he offers his take that what matters most is the intention behind our words and that we should always examine said intentions, as well as being sensitive to the way our choice of words affects others.