Inner-U

Humanity's fine-tuned sense of fear served us well as a young species, giving us laser focus to avoid being eaten by competing beasts. But it's less wonderful when that same visceral, body-hijacking sense of fear kicks in in front of 20 folk-music fans at a Tuesday night open-mic. Palms sweat, hands shake, vision blurs, and the brain says RUN: it's stage fright...! In this charming, tuneful little talk, Joe Kowan talks about how he faced his fear of stage fright....

"In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us." Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness....'UBUNTU' -- defined as, "I am, because of you."

In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating ... Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. That's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64. Hear her story!

Hey it's Mike Chang and today I want to dig a bit deeper and explore why certain things happen to certain people. And I'm going to show you how to connect it to why people fail or succeed in reaching their fitness goals. I got this idea or information from a very interesting book called "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. One of my biggest take away in this book is a very interesting quote. It reads, "EVERYBODY BELIEVES THE "WORLD'S GREATEST LIE," WHICH IS THIS : 'AT A CERTAIN POINT IN OUR LIVES, WE LOSE CONTROL ON WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US AND OUR LIVES BECOME CONTROLLED BY FATE.' " The meaning I took away from this is that during our life, many of us lose our way and and began depending on fate.

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up...Figure out how to climb it, how to go through it, or work around it! " (Michael Jordan)

Our video's message: We are in no way saying that this is the finish line for Jim. This is just the first corner turned. We'd be crazy to think a makeover video would undo the internal damage of decades of poverty and alcoholism. Progress is rarely a straight line forward, especially when it comes to addiction. But it could be the start of something, and we're working hard to help walk him down this new path. For everyone else, we hope to give a hesitation to those that we tune out, a reminder of the potential that even our most down and out citizens will always carry with them. Donate to Degage Ministries to help other homeless veterans: http://www.degageministries.org/donat...

This week, we decided that in the essence of thanksgiving...we would go out and surprise somebody less fortunate than us with a nice meal.

For one of my classes, I had to write a speech about something that has inspired me. I didn't plan on filming this, but I showed up to class with two cameras...So, I asked two of my classmates to film me. Hope you enjoy!

RSPB: Give Nature A Home Where You Live....

Singer, Laurie Rubin, says that she's had to overcome people's preconceptions of what a blind person can and can't do both on stage and off. Laurie Rubin, opera singer and author of, "Do You Dream in Color? "doesn't let the fact that she's blind stop her from chasing her dreams & passions....

Multi-platinum recording artist Colbie Caillat talks about her personal life with World Wide Ed's Edward Sugimoto. For the complete article and interview, please visit: http://www.aroundhawaii.com/lifestyle/around_town/2009-10-colbie-caillat-a-star-is-born.html

Eric Thomas is a motivational speaker, author, activist, and a minister. Here is an awesome speech he gave to a group of students on the secrets to success!