April 21, 2009

Free Self Help Downloads

Interested in self help, but unsure of where to start? For years, LearnOutLoud has built a name for itself collecting the best self development audio & video resources from across the web. With this list of 20 free resources we showcase the biggest authors in the field, such as Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Steven Covey and more. Here you’ll find success advice from coach John Wooden, get healthy living tips from Andrew Weil and learn important Law of Attraction concepts from Wallace D. Wattles. Self Development is one of the pillars of LearnOutLoud.com’s ongoing mission, and we pride ourselves on providing the best ways to help you realize your best self. Click below to get started on your path to self improvement:

Self Help Free Audio & Video Directory

Self Help Podcast Directory

You can check out the top 20 free self help downloads by clicking below:

1. Inspiring Words of Encouragement Podcast
Zig Ziglar is one of the great motivational speakers of our time, and he’s been inspiring listeners to achieve their goals for over 35 years. This podcast contains excerpts from Ziglar’s recordings with advice and anecdotes on many topics. He began podcasting in 2006 and he’s kept all his podcasts up on his feed. Listen to dozens of Ziglar’s motivational podcasts today.

2. Tony Robbins Asks Why We Do What We Do

Self development expert Anthony Robbins speaks at the TED Conference on what motivates people. Robbins insists that he isn’t a motivator, but instead he is out to find what motivates people and what is it that makes the difference in the quality of people’s lives. He discusses briefly the core human needs that drive people. This talk is available on streaming video and MP3 download from TED.com.

3. 18 Self-Healing Exercises from Sounds True

Listen to 18 Self-Healing Exercises from Sounds True with their Guide to Energy Healing. In these exercises you’ll hear teachers such as Andrew Weil, Cyndi Dale, Caroline Myss, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and many more. Listen to Andrew Weil teaches his most powerful breathing technique for relaxation or to Shiva Rea as she leads a 20-minute yoga relaxation exercise covering the entire body. Enjoy these free self-healing exercises on streaming audio from Sounds True.

4. The Chopra Center for Wellbeing Podcast

From the The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California comes this podcast featuring a number of high quality meditations. The podcast of guided meditations is typically hosted by davidji, the master Chopra Center educator. He leads meditations complete with soothing sounds and music. In one podcast Deepak Chopra leads a Global Peace Meditation and Lecture. Listen to these soothing podcasts from The Chopra Center.

5. Personal Development for Smart People Podcast

One of our favorite personal development bloggers is Steve Pavlina. His popular blog at www.stevepavlina.com attracts over two million monthly readers. He also has a podcast featuring over 20 episodes which address many different areas of personal growth. Pavlina does not believe in any quick solutions to personal growth and knows that it takes a lot of time and hard work to improve in any area of your life. In his first podcast he presents his own story of personal growth which began over 15 years ago in a jail cell when he was 19 years old. These early podcasts can be played at www.stevepavlina.com/audio. In recent podcasts that are on the podcast feed he talks about finding your purpose, achieving your goals, nurturing loving relationships, and more. Enjoy these free podcasts from www.stevepavlina.com.

6. A Peaceful Warrior Brings His Zaadz to Life: Brian Johnson Chats with Dan Millman

In this special LearnOutLoud.com interview Philosopher Notes CEO Brian Johnson chats with Way of the Peaceful Warrior author Dan Millman. The discussion is around finding your life’s purpose and finding ways to get paid doing what you love. Brian and Dan share many stories about their path including a number of the setbacks they experienced along the way. Dan talks about the many teachers he has had including the person he met which is the character of “Socrates” in his book Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Enjoy this free conversation on MP3 audio download exclusively on LearnOutLoud.com.

7. The Game of Life and How to Play It

This free audio book download from Librivox is a self help classic. Florence Scovel Shinn was a New Thought spiritual teacher and in this book she teaches of the game of giving and receiving. With chapters on prosperity, love, karma, intuition, and more, she teaches how to apply the game of life to these areas. Throughout the book she gives real life examples of these principles in action. This 3-hour audio book is available on MP3 download from Librivox!

8. John Wooden on True Success

Hear some wisdom from a man who is often considered the greatest college basketball coach of all time: John Wooden. The legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden passed away last year at the age of 99. Under Coach Wooden, UCLA won a record ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period. John Wooden left a legacy of leadership wisdom through his numerous books including his conception of “The Pyramid of Success”. In this talk delivered at the TED conference a few years ago, Wooden talks about true success being the satisfaction of knowing you that put forth your utmost effort in the game despite whether you win or lose. He readily quotes poetry and other sources of his inspiration throughout his life. This 20-minute talk is loaded with wisdom from a lifetime of success, and it is available on streaming video and video download from TED.com.

9. Gary Renard Podcast

Listen to the Gary Renard Podcast co-hosted by professional voice artist Gene Bogart as he talks with author Gary Renard about the ideas in his books such as The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality: How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death. Renard’s books draw heavily from the ideas of A Course in Miracles and he provides insight into many teachings from A Course in Miracles in these podcasts. Renard has been podcasting for years now and there are now many podcast episodes to listen to. Check them out!

10. Be Unstoppable: The Essential Laws Fearless Living Podcast

Be Unstoppable: The Essential Laws Fearless Living Podcast features podcasts with speaker and best-selling author Guy Finley. Focusing on spiritual and emotional development, Guy Finley touches on issues which affect us all: relationships, fear, addiction, stress/anxiety, peace, happiness, and freedom. Listen to podcasts from Guy Finley on the Be Unstoppable: The Essential Laws Fearless Living Podcast.

11. The Art of Original Thinking

Author Jan Phillips is currently offering her audio book The Art of Original Thinking: The Making of a Thought Leader for free on MP3 audio download directly through LearnOutLoud.com. This unabridged 6-hour audio book sets out to inspire new thought leaders for the new global paradigm we are entering. She provides many insights from her own life and quotes other unique thought leaders to aid us in creatively thinking outside of the box. She also explores the new thinking that is emerging in the areas of business, politics, religion, the environment, and more. Download this free audio book generously offered by author Jan Phillips and feel free to check out her website: www.janphillips.com.

12. The Science Of Being Great

From the author of The Science of Getting Rich, we’re pleased to offer this free version of Wallace D. Wattles’ The Science of Being Great available on MP3 download from LearnOutLoud.com. This success classic explores how all individuals can be great through the use of their thoughts and actions. This special edition of the audio book is read by motivational author & musician Michele Blood. After each chapter she provides commentary and a snippet of her motivational music. We sincerely thank Michele Blood for offering this title for FREE on LearnOutLoud.com and we highly encourage you to download it!

13. Do What You Fear & Grow Stronger

Get this free 13-minute podcast by Project Management trainer & author Michael Greer. In this podcast Michael Greer begins with some quotes on overcoming fear and the importance of facing your fears. He tells a personal story of how he went from singing in the shower to singing for a rock band as a teenager, and the various steps he took to overcoming his fear of singing in front of a crowd. He also relates these methods of tackling fear to leadership & management and the ways leaders can encourage their teams to overcome fear. At the end of the podcast Greer recommends to get the audio book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers on LearnOutLoud.com (thanks Michael!) and to check out the wisdom he’s gained from PhilosophersNotes.com.

14. The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

You can now watch Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture on “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” in its entirety on YouTube. If you’ve not heard of this lecture it was a lecture delivered on September 18, 2007 by Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch who had been diagnosed with a terminal case of pancreatic cancer. In this lecture Professor Pausch talks about how to live your life through the many lessons he had learned in his quest for achieving his childhood dreams. With humor and upbeat energy, he also talks about the many ways in which he inspired his students to achieve their dreams, many of which he lived to see come true. Professor Randy Pausch passed away on July 25, 2008, yet this lecture continues to inspire millions through Pausch’s enduring lessons about life.

15. Law of Attraction Tips Podcast

Learn about the Law of Attraction on this podcast hosted by Karen Luniw. For many years now Karen has been sharing her experiences and tips about applying the Law of Attraction in everyday life. She also interviews people who’ve successfully employed the Law of Attraction in their own lives such as Bob Doyle from the movie The Secret, Bishop Christopher Wilson, and Multi-multi-multi Millionaire T. Harv Eker. This podcast includes video and audio podcasts on the feed. Learn about the Law of Attraction with Karen Luniw.

16. Monday Again?!: Four Essentials For A Healthy Lifestyle

Start your Monday with this free audio book titled appropriately enough Monday Again?!: Four Essentials For A Healthy Lifestyle by Marquese Martin-Hayes. In the 1-hour book Marquese lays out strategies to use thinking in order to change our perspective on Mondays and on everyday. Marquese published this titles through our TeachOutLoud service. It sounds like a very good listen.

17. Stephen R. Covey on Living a Principle-Centered Life

Dr. Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People gives an outstanding address at Montana State University on living a principally-centered life. He explains how those who live without principles tend to evaluate themselves according to what others think. He also encourages the incoming freshman he is addressing to not cram their studies in order to just get by in college, as that is a bad habit that Covey confesses he had which robbed him of much of the value of his early college education. This one is streaming video only on YouTube, but you have to watch it.

18. 25 Life Purpose Lessons from Sounds True

Sounds True has launched a wonderful new section of their site that features 25 Life Purpose Lessons to help you grow in your passions, your career, and your wealth in the coming year. With 5-15 minute audio lessons from Sounds True’s best business & wealth teachers such as Rick Jarow, Mark Albion, John Mackey, Fred Kofman, and Vicki Robin, these 25 life lessons will propel you with vision & motivation. Enjoy these 25 lessons from Sounds True! Note: These lessons are streaming audio only and not downloadable.

19. Thresholds of the Mind Podcast

Bill Harris is the creator of Holosync (an audio technology designed to enhance meditation), founder & director of the Centerpointe Research Institute, and a featured teacher in the movie The Secret. In his podcast Thresholds of the Mind, Harris lays out his ideas regarding personal growth and the stages one goes through in their human development. In the first podcast he describes his proposed stages of development including preconventional, conventional, postconventional, and transcendental stages. In subsequent lectures he elaborates on these ideas drawing from diverse thinkers such as Ken Wilber, Swiss psychologist & philosopher Jean Piaget, and the 9th century Zen master Tozan. Throughout the podcasts Bill Harris is quite articulate about these ideas and they are very interesting to listen to.

20. 11:11 Talk Radio Podcast

Browse 100 podcasts on the 11:11 Talk Radio Podcast hosted by Simran Singh who also publishes the 11:11 Magazine. She interviews many key authors in the areas of personal empowerment. In a recent interview author and Inner Visions Institute founder Iyanla Vanzant talks about her book Peace From Broken Pieces. Iyanla tells some of her remarkable story about how she rose to be the guru from the ‘hood’ and about the healing process she recently went through after the death of her daughter. Also on the podcast feed you’ll hear from Marianne Williamson who talks about her bestselling book A Course In Weight Loss. You’ll also find podcasts from authors like Gay Hendricks, Julia Cameron, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Sonia Choquette, Joan Borysenko, Thomas Moore, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Sylvia Browne, Don Miguel Ruiz, Neale Donald Walsch, Debbie Ford, and many other living luminaries.

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April 15, 2009

Learn How To Meditate with Free Meditations

LearnOutLoud.com invites you to learn about meditation and the different ways to meditate with this top ten list of free meditational resources culled from our Free Resource of the Day Emails. Over the years, we’ve featured several guided meditations, relaxation exercises, and mindfulness practice lectures as a part of our Free Resource of the Day Email service. From these emails we’ve compiled a brief selection of audio guides, videos, and podcasts that cover topics such as mindfulness in everyday life, transcendental meditation techniques, Christian-based practices and more. With these ten resources, you’ll not only learn how to meditate, you’ll also get the latest science on the health benefits of daily meditational practice. Click the links below to begin the process towards a more mindful, present-oriented life:

1. Meditation Class 1: Learn to Meditate

The Meditation Society of Australia has recently put up a meditation class on our site. This free program offers seven keys to meditation that will help those beginning meditation to reach what is referred to as the “intuitive state”. After the lesson, you are guided through a meditation with relaxing music to help you along. This program is available as a free MP3 download on LearnOutLoud.com.

2. Mindfulness as a Foundation for Health

Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh recently led a 3-hour workshop on mindfulness at the Googleplex and this entire workshop can be viewed on YouTube. After about an hour of music and introductions, Thich Nhat Hanh gives a talk and answers questions for two hours. He provides many insights of how people can incorporate mindfulness into their daily lives from walking to eating to washing the dishes. Listen to the wisdom of 85-year-old monk Thich Nhat Hanh and his message of mindfulness and peace.

3. Introduction to Your Mind: Two Guided Meditations

Start you day off with these two free guided meditations. They were published by Mi Ka El Mindchanger through our TeachOutLoud self-publishing tool. Through these two 10-minute meditations Mi Ka El leads you through the practice of mindfulness meditation with insights on how to transcend your thoughts & feelings and come into awareness of your true Self. These excellent meditations can be downloaded on MP3 through LearnOutLoud.com and listened to again and again. Thanks Mi Ka El for this great free resource!

4. Alpha Break

Listen to this free 12 Min. MP3 download offered by Effective Learning Systems. This spoken word program is designed to put listeners in a relaxed state both mentally and physically. It can be used again and again at any time during the day. Download this free MP3 from LearnOutLoud.com.

5. Ceaseless Society: Is 24/7 Good for Us?

In this lecture from MIT, author & meditation teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn shares his perspectives on a society that is busy all the time. He provides insights into how we can regard time from the perspective of mindfulness, and suggests that in our effort to be technologically connected to everyone, we often lose connection to our true self. This lecture is available on streaming audio & video as well as MP3 download.

6. AM Focus

Listen to this 13-minute visualization & relaxation process for focusing in the morning from Dr. Patrick Porter. Dr. Porter guides you through positive affirmations for your day. Combined with soothing music, this audio program is a great way to begin your week. This free audio download is available on MP3 download through LearnOutLoud.com.

7. Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain

Filmmaker David Lynch shares his passion for Transcendental Meditation (or TM for short) in this lecture released on downloadable audio from WGBH in Boston. In a style uniquely his own, Lynch explains how the creativity displayed in his work over the years has been a direct product of TM; arguing that expanded consciousness necessarily leads to expanded creative insight. It is his impassioned belief that if more people used these meditation techniques, the effect would rub off on everyone else and consequently much of the world’s turmoil would cease. This talk is available on streaming audio & video and MP3 download from the WGBH Forum Network.

8. A Quiet Mind Podcast

Listen to spiritual wisdom from Robert Jackson on A Quiet Mind Podcast. He’s been podcasting for years now and all of his podcasts are up on the feed. Each podcast confronts a different spiritual topic, in relation to our striving for peace, happiness, and fulfillment. Browse all these podcasts on LearnOutLoud.com.

9. Coming to Our Senses

For decades now Jon Kabat-Zinn has been teaching mindfulness meditation as a technique to help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness. Along with his teaching, he’s also written the classic Wherever You Go, There You Are and most recently Coming to Our Senses. In this lecture from UCTV, Kabat-Zinn speaks about reintroducing you to yourself, and developing an awareness of this moment in a fast-paced, technologically advanced world. This video lecture is available to stream through YouTube.

10. The Meditation Experience

Sounds True is currently offering a free self-guided course entitled The Meditation Experience: Eight Pathways to Open the Heart and Mind. This eight session course features readings and guided audio & video meditations to teach you various methods of meditation. The course is taught by excellent meditation teachers including Shinzen Young, Jack Kornfield, Mark Thornton, Arjuna Ardagh, Rick Jarow, Anodea Judith, Kim Eng, Reggie Ray, and Lama Surya Das. It requires you to register on SoundsTrue.com as you will go through the stages of the course on their site. The audio & video meditations are available to stream and download.

We’ve been sending out our Free Resource of the Day Emails for many years now. If you’ve not subscribed yet, we highly encourage you to do so.

February 27, 2007

The Secret & The Law of Attraction Teachers on Audio

I recently watched the DVD movie of The Secret, and it had a lot of interesting and inspirational ideas in it.

So for those of you interested in exploring The Secret more, I felt it necessary to point out that at LearnOutLoud.com here we feature many audio titles associated with The Secret.

First off we must mention that we now sell the The Secret on audio download!

Download The Secret by Rhonda Byrne featuring other teachers from the movie The Secret

And we must mention that if you are in the U.S. you can now watch the movie The Secret for free on Hulu.com:

Watch the movie The Secret for free with limited commercial interruption on Hulu.com

And we must also mention that we now feature the followup to The Secret book:

The Power by Rhonda Byrne

For a free introduction to many of the teachers in The Secret you might want to check out The Masters of The Secret Podcast featuring James Ray, Lisa Nichols, Dr. Michael Beckwith, Jack Canfield, & Joe Vitale:

The Masters of The Secret Podcast

Or check out this podcast from Exceptional Wisdom Radio featuring Law of Attraction teachers from The Secret such as Mike Dooley, Joe Vitale, Bob Doyle, Marie Diamond, and Marci Shimoff:

Law of Attraction Podcast

One of the teachers most prominently featured in the movie is author and speaker Joe Vitale. We feature a number of his audio programs on download here at LearnOutLoud.com including:

The Attractor Factor
The Seven Lost Secrets of Success
Expect Miracles

Also featured in The Secret is spiritual teacher Michael Beckwith. We feature a number of his audio programs on download here at LearnOutLoud.com including:

Spiritual Liberation
The Answer Is You
The Life Visioning Process
True Abundance

One other teacher featured in The Secret is Mike Dooley who emphasizes in the film that “thoughts become things”. We now feature a number of his audio books on download here at LearnOutLoud.com:

Notes from the Universe
Leveraging the Universe and Engaging the Magic
More Notes from the Universe

Also featured in the film is quantum physicist Fred Alan Wolf, also know as Dr. Quantum. We feature many title by him on audio download:

Dr. Quantum Presents: A User’s Guide to Your Universe
Fred Alan Wolf at The Mind, Matter, and Time Conference
Dr. Quantum and the Spiritual Laws of Physics

Check out audio books from these well known teachers featured in the movie as well:

Jack Canfield Audio
John Gray Audio
Bob Proctor Audio
Denis Waitley Audio & Video
Neale Donald Walsch Audio
Esther Hicks Audio
Lisa Nichols Audio

Also on the DVD, creator Rhonda Byrne explains that she got inspired to create The Secret after reading the 1910 classic The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, which just happens to be one of LearnOutLoud.com’s bestselling titles:

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

LearnOutLoud.com has also published a number of classic works which established the ideas behind The Secret. Thought Vibration, or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World by William Walker Atkinson is a cornerstone of the New Thought Movement. And Wallace D. Wattles’ The Science of Being Great does for personal growth, what his book The Science of Getting Rich has done for manifesting wealth.

We’ve also had a few audio books published through our TeachOutLoud service that pertain to the law of attraction entitled: The Believer’s Guide To The Law of Attraction and The Slender Path.

To experience the film version of The Secret visit www.thesecret.tv. Teachers from the movie have been featured on The Larry King Live Show, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Find out what all the fuss is about and what this “secret” really is.

April 3, 2006

John Wooden’s Legacy

I realize I run the risk of raising the ire of Florida students and alumni but I’ll admit that I’ll be cheering for the UCLA Bruins in tonight’s national championship game. After all, we’re located in Los Angeles and I’ve taken graduate business classes on campus so I’m a quasi-alumnus of the school.

Just as Flordia has a storied tradition in football, UCLA has one in hoops. I find the legacy of John Wooden to be one of the most remarakable in all of pro sports. I had the chance to catch a few of the interviews with UCLA and LSU coaches and players before Saturday’s Final Four games and it’s amazing how much of the conversation focused on UCLA’s past championship teams and its legendary coach despite the fact that we’re more than three decades removed from Wooden’s last title.

If you’re interested in learning more about John Wooden and how his unique philosophy towards basketball and life has inspired so many people, I’d encourage you to check out some of the Wooden-related titles we have here on LearnOutLoud:

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court – A great audiobook narrated by Beau Bridges.

John Wooden: Values, Victory, and Peace of Mind – A DVD that gives an overview of Wooden’s philosophy.

Powertalk interview with Tony Robbins – An interview of Coach Wooden conducted by Tony Robbins.

It’ll be a fun game to watch tonight and regardless of who wins both teams have had amazing seasons and should be proud of how far they’ve gotten.

October 9, 2005

MP3 Downloads of Great Lecturers & Speakers

We just put up three new publisher pages for What Is Enlightenment?, The Great Lecture Library, & iAmplify:

www.learnoutloud.com/whatisenlightenment
www.learnoutloud.com/greatlecturelibrary
www.learnoutloud.com/iamplify

These are three great publishers that offer downloadable lectures from leading speakers in a wide variety of fields. What Is Enlightenment? features speakers that discuss the latest trends in spirituality, psychology, religion, politics, science, and other topics. For $10/month you can subscribe to them and have access to all their streaming audio and video as well as the ability to download all their audio content on MP3. They’ve got samples of all their titles and they offer a free one month trial that gives you access to all their content.

The Great Lecture Library is a digital audio library of 1200 lectures and sermons from over 600 speakers that have been recorded at the Chautauqua Institution over the past 35 years. These lectures cover a vast array of topics and can be purchased a $5.95 per lecture or for an annual subscription fee you have access to all their lectures through streaming audio as well as a set number of audio downloads. They have a 15 day free trial that gives you access to all their lectures through streaming audio.

iAmplify features MP3 audio downloads from fitness professionals, lecturers, spiritual leaders, and self help speakers like Marianne Williamson and Barbara De Angelis. Users can browse through 24 different topics with downloadable programs on personal growth, yoga, parenting, and a wide variety of exercises. Once programs have been purchased they can be downloaded as MP3s or played through streaming audio.

So check out these publishers for great original audio content that you can download and take with you.

June 22, 2005

Marianne Williamson

I had the distinct privilege of seeing Marianne Williamson speak in Santa Monica tonight. She has a wonderful presence and is a tremendous speaker. A couple of the quotes that I wrote down from the lecture:

(You can find some more cool Marianne Williamson quotes here.)

It was good timing that I went tonight because Seth just put up a new Marianne Williamson author page. He did an awesome job with the bio and assembling the wide array of her audio and video material that currently exists. You’ll definitely want to check it out.

I was also impressed with Williamson’s political involvement. She is working hard to lobbying for the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace which has to be one of the coolest and most refreshing ideas I’ve heard recently. For more information and to find out how you can join her campaign, click here.

What an amazing woman. It’s an honor to be able to feature her on LearnOutLoud.com.

(Note: I see that Seth and I both just posted blog entries on Marianne at almost the identical time. Ah heck, we’ll just leave ’em both up for you! :))

April 4, 2005

The Gargantuan Power of Anthony Robbins

We’ve put up I believe every single audio and video title that Anthony Robbins offers now. Today I finished putting up the individual PowerTalk! series that Audio Renaissance has released. These consist of one tape of Tony Robbins talking about a subject and on the second tape conducting an interview with one of the leaders in the field on that topic. And the people he gets are major in the self development and business fields: Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Leo Buscaglia, Dr. John Gray, Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Dr. Barbara De Angelis, former UCLA coach John Wooden, and a few others. You can get all these titles individually, you can get them in the Professional Series which focuses on financial goals, or you can get the Personal Series which focuses on relationships and emotional development, or you can get them as a complete set with PowerTalk I & II. So check them all out on our Anthony Robbins page:

Tony Robbins Audio & Video