About

Michael Neill is an internationally renowned transformative teacher, author, broadcaster, and speaker, described as having the unique ability to “blend the sacred with the profane”. The inside-out understanding at the heart of his work challenges the cultural mythology that stress, pressure, and other symptoms of “seriousness” are a necessary part of adaptation and growth in business or indeed any area of life. In his role as CEO of Genius Catalyst Inc. since its inception in the UK in 1990 to its incorporation in the USA in 2007, Michael has spearheaded its growth from consultancy to a multi-media organisation delivering services to tens of thousands of loyal customers each year through live training, online courses, and self-study programs. He has also spent more than three decades as a coach, adviser, friend, mentor, and creative spark plug to founders, CEO’s, celebrities, royalty, and those who are up to something in the world. His global client base is wide and diverse, having served clients in North America, UK, Europe, and the Middle East in the fields of investment, sales, energy, manufacturing, the entertainment and media industry, and more. He has been consistently ranked alongside Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, and other legends in the field as one of the top 30 coaching thought leaders in the world, and continues to run a small private practice working with high performers in their fields of expertise. A gifted communicator, Michael has authored six best-selling books including Creating the Impossible, The Inside-Out Revolution, The Space Within, and Supercoach. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and his public talks, retreats and seminars have touched and transformed lives at the United Nations and in over 60 countries and on six continents around the world. His TEDx talks, ‘Why Aren’t We Awesomer?’and ‘Can a TEDx Talk Really Change the World?’ have been viewed by over two million people around the world and his blog and podcast, Caffeine for the Soul, has been entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world for more than 20 years.

  • My New Favorite Word
    Do you know what you actually want out of life? In today's episode, Michael shares his new favorite word and how it can help you get in touch with your natural thoughts, feelings, and desires.
  • A User's Guide to Mental Health, part five - You are the Expert on You
    In the fifth and final part of this series, you'll discover why you're the only one who can ultimately discover what works for you to experience and enjoy your own innate mental health and well-being.
  • A User's Guide to Mental Health, part four - Permission to Feel what you're Feeling
    In part four of this five part series, you'll discover why it's OK to feel bad when you feel bad and it's equally OK to feel happy no matter what's going on in your life or in the world.
  • A User's Guide to Mental Health, part three - What Feelings Are (and aren't)
    In part three of this five part series, join Michael for an exploration of what feelings are (and aren't) and why there's no such thing as a solution to a feeling.
  • A User's Guide to Mental Health, part two - A Whole New Way of Thinking about Thoughts
    In part two of this five part series, Michael shares one of his favorite metaphors for what a healthy relationship with our thoughts and thinking might look like.
  • A User's Guide to Mental Health, part one - What if There's Nothing Wrong With You?
    In part one of this five part series, Michael shares a bit of his own experience with anxiety and depression and how a simple understanding of where our mental struggles come from can help you to find your innate mental health.
  • In Search of Beautiful Feelings
    In this week's episode, Michael shares the two keys to higher consciousness and how the beautiful feelings we have inside us are the gateway to a more enjoyable, productive, and impactful life.
  • Agenda or Adventure?
    Are you more driven by outcomes or experiences? Listen in as Michael shows how much of what we want to have and get can come to us by getting even more enjoyment out of everything we do.
  • Made for Now
    Why is it that we can sometimes amaze ourselves with our own daring and creativity and at other times struggle to envision getting through the day? In this episode, Michael highlights how the past and the future aren't what we think they are, and what...
  • An Unexpected Way to Change the World
    Join in as Michael explores his favorite quote from the Scottish mystic Syd Banks and comes to a brand new and unexpected conclusion…
  • Feels, not Rules
    This week, Michael shares a simple distinction between what we think it takes to succeed and the thing that will actually take us all the way to success!
  • Your Only Job
    What if there was only one thing you needed to do in order to access the best you have inside you? Join Michael for an exploration of the simplicity of living from your soul.
  • Don't Feed Them After Midnight
    Listen in as Michael shares lessons learned from a 1980's Christmas movie and how we can stay clear and present in the face of our own scary thinking.
  • The Hot Air Balloon of Consciousness
    This week, Michael shares a simple metaphor for how you can immediately begin to do better in any area of your life.
  • The Many Games of Life
    Do you ever wonder why it seems like there's so much going on and so little getting done? In this episode, Michael takes you on a whirlwind tour of the many games of life and how to play them!
  • An Unexpected Key to Increasing Productivity
    With all the books of hacks and tips that have been written about productivity, there is one simple factor that plays a fundamental role in efficiency, effectiveness, and more. Join Michael for a quick peek under the hood of your own mind so you can...
  • A Whole New Way of Thinking about Now
    If you struggle to "be here now" and wonder if the present moment is all its cracked up to be, this week's episode will do exactly what the title suggests - share a whole new way of thinking about the only place you can ever really be!
  • There's No Such Thing as a Scary Thought
    The Scottish mystic Syd Banks said that "if the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their own experience, that alone would change the world." Join Michael for this exploration of how fear can become less and less of a factor in your...
  • Effing the Ineffable
    Wouldn't it be great if putting words to the music of life helped you to experience it more fully? Listen in as Michael shares multiple metaphors for spirit and its role in helping us come more fully alive!
  • Transformative Coaching, part three of three - From the Equipment to the Adventure
    Once you have a real feel for how amazing you actually are, it's time to take the equipment out into your life for a proper "field test". In the final part of this three part series, you'll get some practical tips on how to "unstick yourself" and...