U Can Do It with Michael McGinnis: Inspiring Growth ~ Igniting Potential

U Can Do It with Michael McGinnis: Inspiring Growth ~ Igniting Potential

U Can Do It with Michael McGinnis provides hope, inspiration, insight, discussions, guidance, and community on the topics of personal and spiritual growth, self-discovery, and enlightenment. Life is filled with challenges; whether it is to overcome a challenging past and the unhealthy beliefs & patterns that continue to plague our life, increase our self-esteem, & self-awareness, or to ultimately find new meaning & purpose in life and beyond. Michael is noted for his true authenticity, candor, storytelling, humility, breadth and depth of his life experience, and humble nature. He offers a unique, welcome, and inspirational insight from a user's perspective to help connect with others and relate to their experiences. On U Can Do It, Michael’s goal and purpose is to engage with YOU in open and candid conversation to find greater levels of meaning, purpose, love, and joy, the ingredients often associated with living a great life. Life Mastery is about developing a strong psychological foundation in Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, and Enlightenment of what lies beyond. Michael believes with awareness we become our full potential and the ultimate feeling of meaning and satisfaction is using our gifts to help others grow. Together we put a ding in the Universe If either of these quotes relates to you…U Can Do It is the show for you! “Throughout your life, there is a voice only you can hear. A voice which mythologists label "the call." A call to the value of your life. The choice of risk and individual bliss over the known and secure. You may choose not to hear your spirit. You may prefer to build a life within the compound, to avoid risk. It is possible to find happiness within a familiar box, a life of comfort and control. Or, you may choose to be open to new experiences, to leave the limits of your conditioning, to hear the call. Then you must act. If you never hear it perhaps nothing is lost. If you hear it and ignore it, your life is lost.” ― Jennifer James “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” ― George Bernard Shaw https://growhumanpotential.com/

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March 28, 2025 29 mins

The Sedona trip and experience was amazing, unbelievable, overwhelming, mind-blowing, spiritual, with all the ingredients of an awakening. It would take years to process. I returned home to a part-time job that was much needed to help ground me and distract myself from the whirlwind of thoughts in my mind. I was also volunteering much of my remaining time which became a calling. 

I visited a friend I had met on one of the spiritual ...

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Part 6 finishes up in Sedona, AZ, where I was getting acquainted with "Spirituality". I was a sponge with an open mind, along with the appropriate discernment, learning about topics I had never heard about (e.g. near-death experience, crystals, numerology, past-life regression, energy, vortex, vibration, etc.). Most of all it was the people I met there that had the biggest impact. They came from all walks of life with a common inte...
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Part 5 continues with real-life stories about the segue I made from the Personal Growth stage to the Self-Discovery stage and now Enlightenment. As you may recall, I had two key intentions for this quest that were phrased as questions: 1) Why Did I Experience So Much Pain & Suffering?, and 2) What is The Meaning of Life? Synchronistic events and people continued to come into my life that were preparing me for the next adventure...
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Thank you so much for joining. What an honor it is that you chose to share time with me. This podcast series uses the art of story telling to share one of the most amazing adventures in life, what I refer to as “A Modern-Day Vision Quest.” The adventure was my journey of Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, and Enlightenment. 
To sum it up briefly, I had healed most of the wounds and impact from a traumatic childhood which I talk abou...
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening everyone. Thank you so much for joining. What an honor it is that you chose to share time with me. This podcast series uses the art of story telling to share one of the most amazing adventures in life, what I call “A Modern-Day Vision Quest.” The adventure was my journey of Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, and Enlightenment. 
To sum it up briefly, I had healed most of the wounds and impact from...
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening everyone. Thank you so much for joining. What an honor it is that you chose to share time with me. This podcast series uses the art of story telling to share one of the most amazing adventures in life, what I call “A Modern-Day Vision Quest.” The adventure was my journey of Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, and Enlightenment. 
To sum it up briefly, I had healed most of the wounds and impact from...
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening everyone. Thank you so much for joining. What an honor it is that you chose to share time with me. This podcast series uses the art of story telling to share one of the most amazing adventures in life, what I call “A Modern-Day Vision Quest.” The adventure was my journey of Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, and Enlightenment. 
To sum it up briefly, I had healed most of the wounds and impact from...
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I shared in my last podcast my own experience with death and dying and how this helped me to be more comfortable approaching this topic. One of my profound encounters with death I briefly discussed was as a volunteer in hospice care. "The vast majority of people die gradually, as most deaths occur due to chronic illnesses that progress over time, meaning the body slowly shuts down rather than experiencing a sudden, immediate death;...
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My life's research on the topics of Human Development and Human Potential culminated in the above framework. It has been nationally recognized for its simplicity and providing a structure for those aspiring to become their full potential.
The 3 stages of growth are outlined in the above image. This was the topic of my initial podcasts, providing an overview of the stages to becoming our full potential. We initially come to unde...
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Are you interested in “Squeezing All the Juice Out of Your Retirement?” If so, this Podcast is for YOU!!
During our last podcast we introduced you to Dr. Riley Moynes and his powerful research on the topic of the Four Phases of Retirement. We covered the first two phases, 1) The Vacation Phase, and 2) Disillusionment. We went from the honeymoon phase of retirement where we were delighted to throw away our alarm clock, travel, and ...
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Are you interested in “Squeezing All the Juice Out of Your Retirement?” If so, this Podcast is for YOU!!
Dr. Moynes had a successful 20-year career as an educator before turning his talents to the financial services sector where he launched and grew a multi-city wealth management firm. He was a recipient of the Dalbar Financial Professional Seal as one of Canada’s most trusted financial advisors. Riley Moynes, now in an active ret...
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Our lives change in many ways as we get older. As we move into the different phases of our life (e.g., infant, childhood, early adulthood, adult, and senior citizen, our overall human needs remain the same (e.g., need for security, safegy, belonging, love, esteem, and self actualization), HOWEVER, what these needs entail and focus are different. Our focus here is on the Senior Citizen and Retirement phase. To cover this topic, we w...
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In our last podcast we talked about the challenges associated with entering retirement. We shared two models to discuss this: 1) William Bridges Stages of Change to understand the 3 stages and how they relate to retirement, and 2) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Grief and Loss Model that describes the emotional roller coaster associated with change. This sets the stage for this podcast where we will zoom in and focus on emotions such as Shoc...
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As we enter into Retirement we once again realize that there are a number of new challenges we face, just as there were when we entered our earlier stages; adolescent, young adult, adult, and mid-life. Our ability to be adapt effectively and make the most out of each stage is a direct function of educating ourselves on the changes that willl likely occur and how to manage these transitions. For example, as we become a young adult, ...
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September 13, 2024 29 mins
As we enter into Retirement we once again realize that there are a number of new challenges we face, just as there were when we entered our earlier stages; adolescent, young adult, adult, and mid-life. Our ability to be adapt effectively and make the most out of each stage is a direct function of educating ourselves on the changes that willl likely occur and how to manage these transitions. For example, as we become a young adult, ...
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During our working years we dream about the day that we can retire. Our understanding of "retirement" is largely shaped by the billboards showing couples playing golf and traveling the world. Our only focus is on funding our 401K so that we have enough to retire. This however is challenged by having to use our funds marked for retirement to purchase a home, cover medical and other bills, or fund our transition between jobs. "Retire...
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QUESTION: What do those striving to be their full potential in this life have in common with the thousands of athletes at this year's Olympics?
ANSWER: A dedication to personal growth so that we can become the best that we can be!
Surprisingly, there are techniques that have been researched and used to achieve peak performance, that we can use too! When I visited the Winter Olympic Training Cener in Lake Placid, NY, I realized the ...
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  By using a tree as a metaphor for the growth process, we recognize that our capacity to attain our full potential stems initially from nurturing ourselves from the very seed from which we originated. It involves cultivating that seed into a flourishing, resilient, strong, and beautiful living life form, regardless of where our seed was planted or the early storms it had to weather. This is the first stage of growth, referred to a...
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  We have made the choice to grow, to realize our full potential, and to make the most out of this life. Our journey began in the Personal Growth stage, where we focused on identifying and rectifying unhealthy behaviors, beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes that led to negative consequences and patterns of pain and suffering. Using various tools, we have worked to develop our self-esteem, confidence, and self-worth by creating new, ...
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One of the core tenets for developing your life mastery is, “In order to master life, we must learn how to master change”. Growth requires change, otherwise we remain stagnant. And change, particularly when it comes to changing ourselves, is difficult. Part of mastering change is learning how to take leaps of faith as we leave what we have known, our prior self, and venture into the new and unknown as we pursue our dreams and becom...
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