Today our featured guest is don Jose Ruiz who coauthored The Fifth Agreement with his father don Miguel Ruiz. He's dedicated his life to sharing the ancient Toltec wisdom by translating it into practical, everyday life concepts that promote transformation through truth, love and common sense. In this episode, we discuss: The Toltec tradition is based on gratitude to be alive The Four Agreements Be impeccable with your word Don't take anything personally Don't make assumptions Always do your best The most challenging of The Four Agreements The Fifth Agreement Be skeptical, but learn to listen Being skeptical doesn't necessarily have a negative connotation Real happiness lies within you We all perceive the same things in life, differently We've been domesticated and how to reverse this There are two languages being spoken in this world... positivity and negativity Life is a vacation, how are you going to spend your vacation? You can never walk away from yourself You're the love of your life We're all artists, creating art, whether you're aware of it or not Links to things we mentioned: don Miguel Ruiz & don Jose Ruiz - The Fifth Agreement (book) United States*/Canada* Like don Jose Ruiz on Facebook don Miguel Ruiz's website don Miguel Ruiz - The Four Agreements (book) United States*/Canada* don Miguel Ruiz Jr. - The Five Levels of Attachment (book) United States*/Canada* don Miguel Ruiz Jr. - The Mastery of Self (book) United States*/Canada* Willow (movie) United States*/Canada Note: Links marked with an asterisk (*) are affiliate links. Making a purchase through these links won't cost you anything but we will receive a small commission. This is an easy, free way of supporting the podcast. How can you support our podcast? 1. Apple users, please subscribe and review our show on iTunes, we make sure to read them all. Android users, be sure to subscribe to our show on Google Play Music. Subscribers never miss any of the action ;) 2. Tell a friend about The Ultimate Health Podcast. They will surely thank you later. You can use the envelope button below to email a friend or tell them about TUHP in person. 3. Join TUHP Facebook group (FREE). This is where we all stay in touch and ask questions in between episodes. Join our community here. 4. Download our Habits app for iOS. You choose the healthy habits you want to implement and maintain and our app will help keep you on track. Download Habits app here. 5. Share using the buttons below. Thank you!