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The Inciting Incident
The inciting incident and the dream are connected by one thing—a process I call dream tethering. Since I was a young man, I've always been fascinated by the transformative human journeys behind successful changemakers. As a successful writer behind some of today's most impactful books in the self-development industry, I continue to chase the next level of success, and I want to bring you the interviews and tools to help transform your life. These are the stories about how today's changemakers…
Episodes
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The Courage to Make Your Next Move with Ryan Berman | #79
What if the thing standing between you and your next chapter isn't a lack of talent, but a lack of courage? Ryan Berman spent three years studying courageous…
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How to Show Up When It Matters Most with Dr. Amy Athey | #78
What if performing at your best has less to do with confidence and grit, and more to do with how you care for yourself when life gets hard? In this episode of…
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The Alchemy of Healing Your Past with Adora Winquist | #77
What if the experiences that shaped your deepest wounds could also hold the keys to your greatest transformation? Modern alchemist and vibrational medicine…
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When You Stop Fighting, Everything Changes with Daryl Dittmer | #76
What if the life you're fighting against is actually asking you to let go? At 19, Daryl Dittmer was caught in addiction, fear, dishonesty, and a life that felt…
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The Healing You've Been Searching For with Christine Ruch | #75
What if healing begins not with fixing yourself, but with finally listening to yourself? After a lifetime of chronic illness, including asthma, severe…
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Your Angelic Ancestry and Higher Purpose with Dr. Alisha Doss | #74
What if the deepest part of who you are is something you were born to remember? Tim Shields welcomes back Dr. Alisha Doss, internationally recognized spiritual…
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Two Heart Attacks Changed Everything with AJ Jones | #73
What happens when surviving should feel like a second chance, but you still refuse to change? After surviving not one but two Widowmaker heart attacks, AJ…
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What Happens When You Wake Up? with Cesar Marin | #72
What if the life you've built is actually keeping you from the life you're meant to live? After nearly 25 years producing breaking news and world events for…
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Cancer Changed How She Shows Up with Ann Kiel-Dux | #71
What happens when the identity you built your entire life around suddenly disappears? Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and communications advisor…
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What If Everything Works Out? with Matan Cohen-Citron | #70
What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want is the question, "What if it doesn't work?" After a near-death experience transformed his…
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The Voice in Your Head Isn't You with Richard Waldman | #69
What if the voice in your head has been keeping you stuck without you even realizing it? Richard Waldman is a life coach, clinical pastor, veteran, speaker…
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The Body Knows Before You Do with Lauren Callahan | #68
What if the thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your mindset, but your body? Lauren Callahan went from therapist and chronic overachiever to…
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The Success That Nearly Broke Him with Dr. Whitney Wright | #67
He built a $150 million company, then panic attacks forced him to face the one battle he could no longer outrun. Orthodontist, entrepreneur, and Men Under…
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The Secret to Living at a Higher Frequency with J Johnson Jr. | #66
What if the moment that felt like a setback was actually the beginning of your life's purpose? When J Johnson Jr. was 17, getting grounded by his parents…
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The Skill That Changes Every Conversation with Christine Miles | #65
What if the biggest communication problem isn't how we speak, but how we listen? Christine Miles, founder of EQQQ and creator of The Listening Path, shares how…
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The Gift Hidden Inside Your Struggle with Mike Ogelsbee | #64
What if the hardest moments of your life are preparing you for the person you're meant to become? In this powerful conversation, Tim sits down with coach…
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What If School Unlocked Your Genius with Andrew Freeman | #63
What if everything you thought about education was backwards? Andrew Freeman walked away from a successful career in tech after a lifelong calling to transform…
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The Hidden Pain Men Never Share with Rosey Leopold | #62
What if the thing holding you back isn't weakness, but the armor you've spent your whole life wearing? Authenticity and intimacy coach Rosey Leopold joins Tim…
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When Cancer Became the Turning Point with Jennifer Greenhut-Tollin | #61
What if the worst thing that ever happened to you became the catalyst for the most meaningful chapter of your life? In this powerful conversation, Tim sits…
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What Your Pet Knows About You with Dr. Barrie Sands | #60
What if the animals in our lives are doing far more than keeping us company? In this thought-provoking episode, Tim Shields sits down with integrative…
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The Voice That Tried to Stop Him with Scott Lackey | #59
What if the biggest obstacle in your life isn't failure, but the voice telling you you're not enough? In this powerful conversation, Tim sits down with Army…
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What MDMA Reveals About Trauma with Jill Sitnick | #58
What if the anxiety, fear, and self-doubt you carry today were never really about today at all? After building a successful career and checking all the boxes…
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Psychedelics Change Everything with Zappy Zapolin | #57
What if the answers you've been chasing aren't outside you, but hidden deep within your own consciousness? In this mind-expanding conversation, Tim sits down…
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Breaking the Loop to Become You with David Dayan Fisher | #56
What if the life you're chasing is blocked by a story you keep repeating? In this powerful anniversary episode, Tim welcomes back actor turned author and…
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From Ivy League to Redemption with Ken Miller | #56
What if losing everything was the only way to find yourself? Ken Miller's journey defies logic and expectation, from a National Merit Scholar at Dartmouth to…
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Why Reinvention Beats Talent Every Time with Greta Blackburn | #54
What happens when you stop waiting for the phone to ring and start rewriting your life? In this episode, Greta Blackburn shares her journey from aspiring…
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Track Your Reality, Change Your Life with Leigh Richards | #53
What if your thoughts were leaving clues for you every single day? In this episode, Tim sits down with entrepreneur and Quantum Body founder Leigh Richards…
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You've Got God All Wrong with Neale Donald Walsch | #52
In this powerful conversation, Neale Donald Walsch shares the raw truth behind his journey from homelessness and a broken neck to becoming the voice behind…
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Curiosity Will Change Your Life with Ward Mailliard | #51
What if the right question could set you free? In this deeply reflective conversation, Tim reconnects with educator and visionary Ward Mailliard, whose…
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When Success Stops Feeling Like Enough with Donna Bond | #50
What happens when the life you built no longer feels like yours? Donna Bond joins Tim to share her powerful journey from award-winning corporate leader to…
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What's Really Driving Your Decisions? with Sherry Hopson | #49
Some people stumble into their life's work. Others get dragged there. This week, Tim sits down with Sherry Hopson, an international psychic counselor who works…
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Science, Spirit, and What Comes Next with Dr's J.J. & Desiree Hurtak | #48
Dr's J.J. & Desiree Hurtak are pioneers operating at the edge of cosmology, consciousness research, sacred sound, remote viewing, and ascension. This week, Tim…
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Emotional Sobriety with Dr. Andrea Vitz | #47
We've all had the moment: you say something you can't take back… and hours later realize you weren't acting like the person you believe yourself to be. This…
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Growing Up Psychic with Patty Davis | #46
Patty Davis started connecting with the supernatural at a very young age and has spent decades navigating the thin line between the visible world and the…
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The Inciting Incident That Changed a Doctor's Path with Dr. Bahar Esmaili | #45
In this episode, Tim sits down with Dr. Bahar Esmaili, a clinical dentist that became airway centered, whose daughter's health crisis became the catalyst for a…
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Healing as a Mission, Not a Prescription with Dr. Mark Sherwood | #44
In this episode of The Inciting Incident, Tim speaks with Dr. Mark Sherwood, former professional baseball player, SWAT officer, and law enforcement veteran…
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Your Nervous System Remembers Everything | #43
What if the reactions running your life aren't conscious choices—but unprocessed memories stored deep in your body? Licensed marriage and family therapist…
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What If Healing Starts in the Feet? with Victoria Salomon | #42
What if healing doesn't begin in the mind—but in the feet? This week, Tim sits down with Victoria Salomon, experienced practitioner of Systematic Kinesiology…
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When Reality Stops Making Sense with Adam Apollo | #41
What happens when you experience something no one ever taught you was possible? In this episode, Tim sits down with futurist and consciousness researcher Adam…
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When the Veil Thins: Angelic Ancestry with Dr. Alisha Das | #40
What happens when the world you thought you understood quietly falls away and something far larger steps in? This week, Tim sits down with Dr. Alisha Das, a…
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The Near-Death Experience That Changed Everything with Happy Ali | #39
What happens when a single moment shatters the life you thought you were living and reveals the one you were meant for? This week, Tim is joined by Happy Ali…
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The Battle For The Soul with Dr. Joanna Kujawa | #38
This week, Tim sits down with scholar, spiritual detective, and author, Dr. Joanna Kujawa. She breaks down why UFO encounters, Marian apparitions, psychedelic…
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The Council Has Entered the Chat with Christy Whitman | #37
This week, Tim sits down with transformational teacher and intuitive channel Christy Whitman for a conversation that moves from corporate burnout to quantum…
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The Neuroscience of Surrender and the Myth of the Self with Chris Niebauer, PhD | #36
This week, Tim sits down with cognitive neuropsychologist and author Chris Niebauer, PhD, for a mind-bending conversation about consciousness, the illusion of…
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Listen To Your Intuition with Dr. Victoria Shaw | #34
This week, Tim sits down with Dr. Victoria Shaw, Princeton- and Columbia-trained cognitive psychologist turned intuitive counselor and spiritual guide. Dr…
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Healing, Awakening, and the Power of Timeline Therapy with Billie Aadmi & Melissa Deally | #33
When two women from opposite worlds — a police officer turned "Brain Trainer" and a corporate executive turned "Friendly Toxin Slayer" — crossed paths…
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Following the Felt Path with Forrest B. Wilson | #32
When the systems he helped build no longer made sense, Forrest Wilson walked away from money, success, and certainty straight into awakening. In this episode…
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Fear, Love, and the Architecture of Consciousness with Sebastian Schelper | #31
This week, Tim sits down with Sebastian Schelper, CEO and founder of bq.Capital and former BMW strategist, to explore what it really means to lead and live…
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From Wall Street to the Edge of Consciousness with Garrett Stevens | #30
Every once in a while, life cracks open in a way that makes you question everything. What's real, what matters, and who you actually are beneath the story…
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Awakening Beyond the Known | #29
What if UFOs, consciousness, and creativity are all connected? In this mind-expanding conversation, Alan Steinfeld—author of Making Contact and host of the…
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Addiction, Redemption, and the Power of Music with Wes Geer | #28
From the chaos of the late '90s nu metal scene to the quiet clarity of meditation in Joshua Tree, Wes Geer has lived through extremes most of us only read…
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Following the Breadcrumbs of Creativity with Sam Bennett | #27
What does it mean to live a life led by creativity? In this episode of The Inciting Incident, I sit down with Sam Bennett, author, teacher, actor, and lifelong…
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Faith Over Fear with Katie Mares | #26
Katie Mares grew up fast, navigating challenges at home that most teenagers never face. Later, she found herself repeating cycles she swore she'd escape…until…
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Beyond the Rat Race with Erin Coupe | #25
What happens when the pursuit of success costs you your health, identity, and soul? In this episode, I sit down with Erin Coupe, a former Goldman Sachs and…
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Food as Medicine: Unlocking Your Genetic Potential | #24
What if the foods you eat could reprogram your body, mind, and future? 🌱 In this episode of Unlocking Our Higher Consciousness, host Tim Shields sits down with…
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Near Death, New Life with Jenna Phillips Ballard | #23
At 17, Jenna Phillips Ballard lay awake at night wishing she could watch her own funeral. A year later, she fell 14 feet through a hayloft, landed on concrete…
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The Habit of Happiness with Michele Phillips | #22
When life throws curveballs, do you let circumstances dictate your story, or do you write your own outcome? Michele Phillips, aka "The Light Lady," has spent…
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Rick Allen: Left Arm Lost. Rhythm Found. | #21
One split-second accident could have ended his career. Instead, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen transformed unimaginable loss into a life of music, art, and…
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Songs from the Unseen World with Lauren Monroe | #20
Lauren Monroe's journey began in a Queens, New York, Catholic household filled with folk songs, transcendental meditation, and whispered wisdom from the…
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Medicine Beyond the Veil with Dr. Greg Eckel | #19
When Dr. Greg Eckel followed the Grateful Dead at 17, he didn't know the trail would lead him through psychedelic awakenings, preschool classrooms, devastating…