The Mindvalley Podcast With Vishen Lakhiani

Our guest, Alex Echols was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at age 29. After doctors detected cancer in his system, he shifted his mindset and adopted new principles that helped him change his health and his life forever. Within 2 years, he was fully recovered and now, he is here to share the 7 practices he used to beat cancer with our founder, Vishen Lakhiani. Listen in.   A lifelong creator at heart, Alex's focus is at the intersection of emotional intelligence-based leadership, mindfulness, and wealth building. He is the best-selling author of The Two-Week Notice, an advisor, and investor for disruptive companies. He is also a certified teacher for Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI) which was incubated at Google. Alex is also cancer survivorship and prevention advocate, lobbying on Capitol Hill for greater support, care, and funding for those directly impacted by cancer.    Listen out for: - The story of how Alex was diagnosed with cancer.  - The 7 habits that helped Alex beat cancer.

In this episode, you’ll learn how your beliefs keep you from having the life you want and all about the power of positive thinking. Our speaker, Shelly Lefkoe, Founder of Empowering the Next Generation is going to show you how to eliminate a belief and how to get rid of negative emotions in the moment.   Shelly Lefkoe is the co-founder and President of the Lefkoe Institute, and the founder of Parenting the Lefkoeway. Using The Lefkoe Method she has helped thousands of individuals eliminate issues as serious as eating disorders, phobias, and depression as well as everyday problems like procrastination, shyness, fear of public speaking, and the inability to form healthy relationships. Shelly is a speaker, workshop leader, and author of Parenting the Lefkoe Way.    Listen out for: - The real definition of belief.  - An exercise to identify your big issue.  - The belief discovery process.  - The Lefkoe Belief Method. - Live Bonus Q&A Session.   Bonus:                                             - Subs

In this episode, our speaker, Paul McKenna explains the different happiness and emotional states. He also demonstrates the hypnosis practices we can use to scientifically increase our levels of confidence and inner joy that will eventually contribute to success in life.   Paul McKenna, PhD., is a widely recognized international bestselling author whose books have sold over 10 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. He is celebrated for his extraordinary ability to ignite dramatic changes in people’s behaviors and lives, through tools and techniques rooted in fields like hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Paul’s long list of clients includes high-profile entrepreneurs, professionals, and celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, Daryl Hannah, and James Corden. McKenna has been long sought-after for his one-on-one hypnotherapy sessions, and is recognized by The Times of London as one of “the world’s most important modern self-help gurus”. He currently holds the title

Our guest on this episode is the famous Oscar-winning actor, producer, and now bestselling author Matthew McConaughey. He first gained recognition for his breakout performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused. And after that, the hits followed: A Time To Kill, Contact, Magic Mike, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, We Are Marshall, Interstellar, Serenity, Frailty, and the list goes on. But if you ask him, McConaughey prefers to call himself a storyteller, and he is proving it with his new memoir, 'Greenlights.' Join Vishen Lakhiani and Matthew McConaughey as they talk about the stories and life lessons that fueled  Matthew’s success.   Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is a husband, a father of three children, a loyal son, and a brother. He considers himself a storyteller by occupation, believes it's okay to have a beer on the way to the temple, feels better with a day’s sweat on him, and is an aspiring orchestral conductor. In 2009, Matthew and his wife, Camila, founde

In this episode, peak performance expert, Steven Kotler, shares the top 15 things that peak performers know about focus that most people don’t. You’ll discover how to focus, how to improve your focus and concentration spans over time, and how to shortcut your way into paying attention. Steven also clearly describes flow state triggers, goal setting techniques, and other habits you can use to maximize peak performance.   Steven Kotler is one of the world’s leading peak performance experts. He is the New York Times bestselling author of books like Stealing Fire, Abundance, and The Rise of Superman. Kotler is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker with clients including Google, Cisco, Deloitte, a stable of professional athletes, and the US Special Forces. He has also been featured on Ted Talks, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal as well as a plethora of other world-renowned platforms. Steven’s new book, The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Prime, is now available to purchase.    Listen o

Most businesses aren’t gonna make it. But if you’re one of the many passionate entrepreneurs dreaming of moving from ‘starting-up’ to ‘scaling-up’...you’ve come to the right place. Our guest, Verne Harnish is here to lend a hand in helping your business and workforce thrive. Commonly known as the ‘Growth Guy’, and founder of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Verne certainly knows where it’s at when it comes to business. He is here to help you not to be a part of the 76% of businesses that fail!   Verne Harnish is a world-leading expert, speaker, author, and entrepreneur in the field of business growth. As part of his personal mission to support entrepreneurs, he co-founded Growth Institute, a premier online training company that has helped mid-market companies in over 50 countries learn and implement the latest business methodologies. He also founded the world-renown Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and chaired for 15 years. Verne is also the Founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education

When you're constantly fighting your fears, they actually start preventing you from achieving not just what you want, but also what you need. Our speaker, Kristen Ulmer, thought leader and fear specialist who is also a former professional extreme skier is here to talk about how you can overcome your fear by actually feeling it.   Kristen Ulmer is a thought leader, high-performance facilitator, and fear and anxiety expert. The Hall of Fame named her the most ‘fearless’ female extreme skier in the world for 12 years running. She has been studying Zen for 15 years and has facilitated over ten thousand clients on the subjects of fear, anxiety, and achieving flow states. Her remarkable work has been featured in NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Tim Ferriss’s Tribe of Mentors, The Robb Report, The Megyn Kelly Show, and over 150 podcasts. Kristen is the author of The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead, which radically challenges existing norms about what to do about t

Brendan Kane is an outside the box thinker who inspires brands to scale, expand and accelerate their businesses and influence. If you want to gain mass exposure for your content, business, or brand in order to connect with audiences around the globe; start here.. In this episode, Vishen Lakhiani and Brendan Kane, discuss how to gain over 1M followers by applying strategies that can help you thrive in the new micro-attention world where we live.   Brendan Kane is an out of the box thinker for Fortune 500 corporations, brands, and celebrities. He thrives on helping his clients systematically engage new audiences that reward relevant content, products, and services. Starting his career at Lakeshore Entertainment, Brendan oversaw all aspects of their interactive media strategy. He worked on sixteen films that generated a worldwide gross of $685 million and pioneered the first-ever influencer campaign to effectively promote Lakeshore’s movies. Brendan went on to build social media applications and digital platfo

This episode’s speaker is an international speaker, a social entrepreneur, an advocate of mental health and emotional health, a leadership coach, and most importantly a best-selling author. In this episode, Dr. Neeta Bhushan will help us write the words to our own story and teaches us how to create our very own book outline very quickly.   Dr. Neeta Bhushan is a former cosmetic dentist turned best-selling author, international speaker, social entrepreneur, an advocate of mental health and emotional health, and a leadership coach. As Co-Founder of Global Grit Institute, Neeta ignites the next chapter for leaders, entrepreneurs, and wellness-based companies and amplifies their message, tells their story, and scales their impact through passions and legacy building missions in the year-long incubator Success Partners.    Listen out for: - 8 reasons you need to have a book in your business.  - How to reframe your thinking about writing a book.  - Rapid-fire exercise to create your book outline.   Bonus: 

Lucid dreaming can be used to consciously direct the dream so that we can learn, train, meditate and gain answers to some of life’s biggest questions while we dream. The practice has been used for thousands of years by Tibetan Buddhists, Mexican Shamans, and Sufi Mystics who knew the powerful healing lucid dreaming could facilitate. In this inspirational talk, bestselling author and lucid dreaming teacher Charlie Morley explore how lucid dreaming can transform the third of our lives that we spend asleep!   Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming and shadow integration. He’s been lucid dreaming for over 20 years and was authorized to teach within the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche in 2008. He has since co-created a holistic approach to dreamwork called Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep alongside mindfulness pioneer Rob Nairn. He’s also written three books that have been translated into 15 languages. Charlie formally became a Buddhist at the age of 19, lived

Your immunity is the most effective when it's balanced. While supplements and medications can give a marginal gain to its functioning, some simple lifestyle habits such as sunlight exposure and movement at the right time can magnify these benefits tenfold. It’s not only important to know what works, but also how it works and how to implement solutions as part of your lifestyle. Learn what's behind the functioning of the immune system and discover Ronan’s best cost-effective daily habits.   Ronan Diego de Oliveira is Mindvalley’s Head of Health & Fitness and works alongside the world’s foremost experts in Health & Fitness. He also is the co-founder of Mindvalley course 10x. Ronan learned the science of Health & Fitness the hard way — by carefully dissecting raw medical studies and testing what he discovered — on his own body. By applying science, he regained his energy and focus, got strong and healthy, won 1st place out of 11,000 runners in the Viper Challenge, the largest obstacle circuit race competition

Many of us have been tricked into believing that the only ‘real’ thing in life is the cold hard, physical world reality we are all experiencing right now. But what if we were wrong? Did you know that by understanding your brain waves you could get closer to your spiritual awakening? That sex could be your ticket to altered states of being and deeper spirituality? That lucid dreaming was a trainable skill? Join the founder of Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani, to find out more.   Vishen Lakhiani is an entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, an award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass.    Listen out for: - How to tap into the power of Lucid Dreaming.  - The real definition of meditation.  - The secret depths of your brainwaves.  - A Guided Ultra Deep Meditation. - Practical exerci

This episode’s guest, Marie Forleo, was named by Oprah as a pioneering thought leader for the next generation. Marie is an American entrepreneur and a New York Times bestselling author, hosts the award-winning MarieTV Show and The Marie Forleo Podcast, and is here to tell you that everything is always figureoutable.   Named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation and one of Inc.’s 500 fastest growing companies, Marie Forleo has created a socially conscious digital empire that inspires millions. She’s the star of the award-winning show MarieTV, with over 52 million views, and host of The Marie Forleo Podcast, with nearly twelve million downloads. Marie has taught entrepreneurs, artists, and multi-passionate go-getters from all walks of life how to dream big and back it up with daily action to create results. She runs the acclaimed business training program, B-School, and the writing program, The Copy Cure. Her #1 New York Times bestselling book, is called Everything is Figureoutable.    Listen

Have you ever noticed that someone can have the same or less knowledge and experience as you, yet still make more money? Why is this? The difference is...that they’ve sold themselves as ‘the authority’. Best selling author, Robert Raymond Riopel, is about to give you the keys to unlock and open the doors to success with his ‘Authority Key Formula’.   Robert is a world-class trainer, author, and founder of AMENTORA INC. With his high energy and heartfelt style, Riopel has been blessed enough to travel around the world helping over 200,000 people find their passions and financial freedom. He has shared the stage with the Dahli Lama & Sir Richard Branson, and trained notables such as David Woods, Doug Nelson, Colin Sprake, Robert Yates, and thousands of other trainers. Robert's mission is to guide and assist individuals in identifying and living their purpose with passion. He is the author of Success Left A Clue: 6 Life-Changing Habits to Achieving Your Dreams While Keeping it Real, Relevant & Repeatable.   

This episode’s guest is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance and a highly sought-after trainer and speaker. We’re thrilled to welcome the legendary Steven Kotler to the Mindvalley Podcast. In this interview, the founder of Mindvalley Vishen Lakhiani, discusses Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, and the pair take a deep dive into how to adapt to the inevitable changes life throws at us.   Steven Kotler is one of the world’s leading peak performance experts. He is the New York Times bestselling author of books like Stealing Fire, Abundance, and The Rise of Superman. Kotler is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker with clients including Google, Cisco, Deloitte, a stable of professional athletes, and the US Special Forces. He has also been featured on Ted Talks, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal as well as a plethora of other

Have you heard of Goalcast? If you haven’t, it might be time to check them out. With over 30 million fans and 500 million video views a month, Goalcast empowers millions of people to live a life of purpose and connects human beings seeking truth and authenticity. In this talk, the founders of Goalcast, Salim Sader, and Cyrus Gorjipour share their tips and insights on how to create videos that go viral.   When co-founders Cyrus Gorjipour and Salim Sader created Goalcast in 2016, they were both disillusioned by the traditional academic system. Cyrus had suffered through years of low self-esteem and depression before discovering a psychological concept called the internal locus of control, the belief that you are responsible for your own success. The powerful mindset reframe helped him turn his life around, and made him wonder why this sort of principle was not taught in schools.   Meanwhile, Salim was a physics teacher, and he couldn’t bear the thought of putting students into a box and limiting the extent

We have all been in relationships where, at the beginning, it feels like our partner is the one. But after a while, the sparks gradually disappear. But why? Does this have to be the case? Are we all doomed for failed relationships? Love and relationship expert, Arielle Ford, is here to show us why we shouldn’t give up hope just yet, and that love really can last forever.   Arielle Ford is a leading personality in the personal growth and contemporary spirituality movement. All her career, she's been living, teaching, and promoting consciousness through all forms of media. She is a radio host, relationship expert, speaker, columnist, and blogger for The Huffington Post. Arielle is a gifted writer and the author of eight books including Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships and the international bestseller, The Soulmate Secret: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction. She's been called "The Cupid of Consciousness" and "The Fairy Godmother of Love."

This time, both of our podcast hosts, founder of Mindvalley Vishen Lakhiani and the host of Superhumans at Work, Jason Campbell have come together to show you what it takes to flourish into a true superhuman at work. They’ll also share their favorite Mindvalley personal growth quests so make sure to listen till the very end.   Jason is the host of the Impact at Work interview series and Superhumans at Work, a popular Mindvalley podcast. Jason interviews hundreds of the world’s top thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives who share their techniques on how to create an extraordinary life in the workplace. Jason has a background in real estate investing, online marketing, and sales. His upcoming book on ‘selling with love’ shares how shifting from fear to love in selling can bring abundance to yourself, your community and even lift the tide for all.    Listen out for: - The 4 Pillars of Being a Superhuman. - Why you need a virtual assistant. - Jason’s favorite Mindvalley quest.   Bonus:           

When you wake up every day, what is your daily motivation? Do you need someone to push you forward or are you self-motivated? By understanding your very own law of attraction, success, motivation, and love will come into your life effortlessly; facilitating holistic living. In this episode, globally celebrated speaker Lisa Nichols explains why living holistically and treating yourself and others well will bring you success in all aspects of your life.   From a struggling single mom, Lisa Nichols has since become one of the world’s most-requested motivational speakers and went on to become a best-selling author of six books to date. As founder and CEO of Motivating the Masses, Lisa has now transformed thousands of lives and altered businesses across the world. Her extraordinary story of transforming her own life was the inspiration behind her bold mission to teach others that it is possible to do the same.    Listen out for: - The Story of Lisa’s interview for The Secret. - The definition of holistic suc

Money EQ is about transforming your fear-based relationship with money into one of love. The first step to a much happier life (and wallet!) is to understand your fundamental beliefs regarding money as well as the wide range of emotions it makes you feel. Not to be confused with IQ, Money EQ helps you transform the quality of the money that flows in and out of your life with renewed joy and appreciation. Ken Honda is the world’s expert on money and is here to help transform your negative beliefs about money into an attitude of gratitude, appreciation, and joy.   Ken Honda is Japan’s most recognizable and influential money teacher. Fondly known as the ‘Zen Millionaire’ in his home country, Ken has penned 58 books that have been translated into 15 languages and sold over 8 million copies. After surveying over 12,000 self-made millionaires in Japan, while being mentored by the late Wahei Takeda (the ‘Warren Buffett of Japan’), he began noticing a common pattern among the richest, happiest, and most fulfilled p