The Mindvalley Podcast With Vishen Lakhiani

Courage is a virtue. And recently we’ve needed it more than ever. In this episode, one of the world's most renowned living philosophers, Ryan Holiday, breaks down fear and courage. Join Ryan and Vishen to learn how to conquer your anxieties and step into your bravery in ​your daily lives.   Listen out for: - Why we need more courage in the world. - 3 skills that help you conquer fear. - How to differentiate true courage from fake courage. - The importance of getting vaccinated. - Live bonus Q&A session.   ABOUT RYAN HOLIDAY Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s bestselling living philosophers and authors, including his #1 NYT bestseller, Stillness is the Key. His books ​have ​sold more than 4 million copies​ and​ spent over 300 weeks on bestseller lists.​ He is the founder of The Daily Stoic which has 250K subscribers to its newsletter and an Instagram account called “Daily Stoic” with more than 1 million followers. Ryan’s new book Courage Is Calling is the first book of an exciting new series on the c

In this short Mindvalley podcast episode, Vishen shares the winning formula of the 1% rule-- a simple but highly effective mindset that allows you to grow exponentially in a consistent way. Because every day, we make the choice of getting a little bit better--or a tiny bit worse.    Listen out for: - How to avoid wasting your time. - How a 20-minute morning routine will change your life.   ABOUT VISHEN Vishen Lakhiani is a world-class entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, our award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a serial New York Times bestselling author, with The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass selling millions of copies worldwide.    Bonus:                                                                               - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests,

Have you ever had that moment in your life when you realized you’re not where you’re meant to be? And that you were stuck in a job that you were never meant to end up in? That you were meant for something bigger and grander? Well, you are not alone. There was a time when the multi-passionate entrepreneur Marie Forleo felt the same. And she’s here to share her own journey to inspire you to start yours. In this episode, Vishen and Marie Forleo discuss what the infamous B-school is all about and the key to building a winning business.   Listen out for: - The story of how Marie became a coach. - The definition of a multi-passionate entrepreneur. - Why entrepreneurs need to learn marketing. - The key things you need to master to build an effective business.    ABOUT MARIE FORLEO 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

Compare the ‘you’ of the past to the ‘you’ now. The difference between the two is the series of breakthroughs you acted upon. In this episode, Vishen and David Nurse, NBA Mindset Coach, dive into the world of breakthrough formulas and winning mindsets. Get ready to learn how to redefine your achievements.   Listen out for: - The story of how David became the number one NBA mindset coach on Earth. - The Breakthrough Formula and how to use it.  - The SENSE model that helps you push through limitations. - How to understand and find your life’s ‘How.’   ABOUT DAVID NURSE David Nurse’s life is the blueprint for daily breakthroughs. As a former professional athlete, his ability to enter the zone and master his mindset led to two Guinness World Records for shooting. In 2016, the Brooklyn Nets hired him to help players improve their shooting; they went from being 28th in the league in 3pt shooting to 2nd overall. His training method was dubbed as building “athletes of the future”. With two books and a succes

The idea of a happy relationship doesn’t seem so unattainable when you’ve just started one. However, things change when you’ve been married for a while. Making sure your relationship is working is a long-term commitment that takes a lot of study and even more practice. In this talk, John Gray, the author of the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus," shared his knowledge about new relationships in today’s complex world and what women and men need to know about each other's hormones to make it last.     Listen out for: - How to find your feminine side again. - Why John believes women need to have a man in their lives. - The reason why love is such an expensive word. - The 3 kinds of love women need that produce estrogen.    ABOUT JOHN GRAY John Gray, born 1951, Houston, Texas, U.S., American self-help author and pop psychologist who built a business empire out of his most famous book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. As a teenager, Gray became involved in the Transcendental Meditation

Most people think that Feng Shui is all about decorating and arranging furniture. But there’s so much more to this ancient spiritual practice. In this episode, the Global Transformational Teacher and Feng Shui Master Marie Diamond explains how you can use it to align the energy of your environment with your goals and aspirations.   Listen out for: - The 3 levels of the law of attraction you must understand to attract the life you want. - The 3 places in your home that influence your abundance the most.   ABOUT MARIE DIAMOND Marie Diamond is a globally renowned transformational teacher, leader, speaker, and international bestselling author, creator of Diamond Feng Shui, Diamond Dowsing, and Inner Diamond Meditation programs. She uses her extraordinary knowledge of energy, quantum physics, the Law of Attraction, and ancient wisdom like meditation, Feng Shui, and Dowsing to support individuals, organizations, and corporations to transform their success, financial situation, relationships, motivation, and

How do you build up brands worth millions? It starts with disruptive innovation and fearlessly changing the game. While there are many ways to make your mark in the industry, the social entrepreneur Miki Agrawal managed to build multiple $100M+ companies from the ground up - most of the time with an initial capital of zero dollars. In this episode, this innovative woman challenges us to tailor her outside-of-the-box approach to our big dreams.    Listen out for: - How to make a ‘disruptive’ concept work. - The key to leaning into the uncomfortable. - How to get your customers to create ad campaigns for you.    ABOUT MIKI AGRAWAL Miki is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: TUSHY, THINX, & WILD. She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER. She was named "Fast Company's Most Creative People," “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and INC's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs.” She passionately speaks about her 15 years of entrepreneurial

After Lyme disease attacked Steven Kotler’s neurological system, he decided to commit his life to the scientific study of enhanced cognitive states like flow. Steven has been able to automate and articulate this previously mysterious state of productivity, and in this episode, he shares a few of his secrets about entering this elusive mindset.   Listen out for: - The real definition of flow and the importance of it. - What are mystical experiences? - 3 flow triggers that maximize your creativity.   ABOUT STEVEN KOTLER As one of the world’s leading peak performance experts, 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 is a New York Times bestselling author of Stealing Fire, Abundance, The Rise of Superman, and others. He has also been featured on Ted Talks, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and a plethora of other world-renowned platforms. Steven’s new book, The Art of Impo

Trouble sleeping when you are stressed? Learn five powerful practices to transform restlessness with this ground-breaking approach that’s been proven to help improve sleep quality in 87% of participants. In this episode, Mindvalley’s lucid dreaming expert Charlie Morley joins Vishen to break down how to combat the harmful effects of stress and trauma to achieve restful sleep and healing dreams.   Listen out for: - 5 steps to transform stress and trauma for peaceful sleep.  - How to take non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) during the day. - Breathing through nose vs. mouth. Which is better? - How to transform and reframe your nightmares. - The importance of having a nocturnal journal for better sleep.   ABOUT CHARLIE MORLEY 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 dre

Have you ever heard of business YBM? That’s yield beyond money. If you haven’t, you need to.  Get ready for an honest discussion on the intangible values beyond our calculator’s reach with actor-turned-activist Adrian Grenier, and discover how wiser investments can make a real impact on people and our planet.    Listen out for: - YBM: Yield Beyond Money. - How important is ROI as a metric in investment?  - The 4 verticals that help Adrian invest in a company. - Live bonus Q&A session.   ABOUT ADRIAN GRENIER Adrian Grenier hit mainstream notoriety as carefree and easy-going Vincent Chase on HBO’s hit show Entourage and he most recently returned to the screen in Netflix’s hit show “Clickbait.” He also has spent the last decade cementing his place in the world as an activist and a communicator on environmental issues. Adrian is a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and he has a social impact fund that focuses on matters that encourage human flourishing, such as psychedelics, mental health, sustainable co

Did your school ever teach you the skills that really count? Like how to live a happy human life, forge loving connections and safeguard your mental and physical health? Wisdom and knowledge are so much more than what you were told to read in a textbook as a child. In this short episode, Vishen reveals what the education system completely failed to teach you.    Listen out for: - 7 things that schools never teach us.  - The importance of unity consciousness in the world today. - What skills you actually need to live an optimized life.   ABOUT VISHEN Vishen Lakhiani is a world-class entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, our award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a serial New York Times bestselling author, with The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass selling millions of copies worldwide.      Bonus:                                                          

The idea of happily ever after doesn’t seem so unattainable when your relationship is fresh and you’re starry-eyed in the ‘honeymoon phase’.  But when you’ve been married for a while, things start to change. Making sure the sparks are still flying years down the line is a commitment that takes a lot of observation, patience,  and practice. Expert relationship counselor John Gray is here to teach you all the tools you need to keep your relationship healthy and fruitful.     Listen out for: - The most common reason why men want a divorce. - The reason behind some men’s aggressive behavior. - The key to moving towards a happy relationship.    ABOUT JOHN GRAY John Gray is an expert relationship counselor, bestselling author, and pop psychologist who built a business empire out of his most famous book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. As a teenager, Gray became involved in the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement and eventually became the personal assistant of TM founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. I

How do you build million-dollar brands from scratch? It all begins with the disruptive innovation to fearlessly change the game. The founder of several internationally acclaimed social enterprises, Miki Agrawal, built million-dollar companies from pizza, period, pee, and poop. She’s living proof that a breakthrough idea - and the business it grows into - can come from anywhere. While there are many ways to make your mark in the industry, in this episode Miki Agrawal explains the fascinating story behind each  ‘P’ of her businesses.   Listen out for: - Miki’s definition of fearlessness.  - What the disruptive market is and how it helps us grow as entrepreneurs. - The inspiration behind Miki’s business of infamous P’s.    ABOUT MIKI AGRAWAL Miki is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: TUSHY, THINX, & WILD. She’s also the author of the #1 bestselling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER. She was named "Fast Company's Most Creative People", “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum,

Do you think it is possible to journal your way to a million dollars? In today’s episode, we are going to show you how it’s done. Leading entrepreneur in Pacific Asia, Patrick Grove, shares how the simple exercise of journaling can be used as a tool to set you up for incredible financial success.    Listen out for: - How Patrick Grove kicked Vishen’s butt. - The secret to how Patrick used journaling to achieve his goals. - How Patrick saved his company from bankruptcy. - The 6 ‘F’s method and how it helps to bring balance to your life.    ABOUT PATRICK GROVE Patrick Grove's on-demand video service Iflix operates in 22 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. He is the co-founder and group CEO of Catcha Group, which has interests in digital businesses. Grove's on-demand video service Iflix was sold to Tencent for $50 million in May 2020. His Australia-listed Frontier Digital Ventures has invested in 16 classified sites in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. His Australi

Najwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian activist, author, speaker, and educator who’s risen online through her insta-poetry, Tedx Talks, and interviews on Canadian news outlets. Najwa first began to write to connect with and heal her first students, a group of young refugees she found that she was also writing to heal herself. She went on to sell over 250,000 copies of her three books and recently launched a digital school, Soul Academy, and a podcast, Stories of the Soul. In this episode, you’ll learn about how Najwa's mindset shift led her to find her place in the world and help others to thrive. You’ll begin by rethinking your self-love and move on to learning how to cultivate your inner power.   Listen out for: - The inspiration behind Najwa’s ‘Welcome Home’ book. - 8 nuggets of wisdom to build a home within.  - The real definition of self-love.    ABOUT NAJWA ZEBIAN Najwa Zebian’s passion for language was evident from a  young age, as she delved into Arabic poetry and novels. When she arrived in Cana

In this fascinating Q&A, Vishen talks business with his former intern, now Co-founder of Evercoach, Ajit Nawalkha, about the 5 smart ways to boost your career as an entrepreneur. If you're looking for some business inspiration, this episode is for you. Get ready to ask yourself the one question that will change the trajectory of your life.   Listen out for: - What a dominant question is and why it’s important. - How Mindvalley finds their world-class teachers.  - The keys to making your company the best place to work.    ABOUT AJIT NAWALKHA Ajit Nawalkha is well-known throughout the globe as the guy who always builds booming businesses. After failing a startup, struggling with partnerships, and going from the ranks of an intern to a successful co-founder, Ajit has vast experience in the world of business--and he is committed to sharing the lessons he learned with budding entrepreneurs. Through these hard-hitting experiences, Ajit found that business is more about emotion, spirituality, physicality, an

This is an episode full of powerful actionable ideas you can apply today for a fast impact on your work and personal life. The host of Superhumans at Work Podcast and Mentoring at Work series on the Mindvalley Platform, Jason Marc Campbell, joins us to share some of the best insights from leaders he's interviewed over the last five years.        Listen out for: - How to become irreplaceable at work. - The importance of improving your communication skills. - 3 secrets to being more productive.   ABOUT JASON CAMPBELL 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 investment, 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

Can we live longer but stay younger? The aging population is one of the greatest challenges facing society. As more people reach older ages than ever before,  the focus shifts from simply surviving to create new means to long-lasting health, fulfillment, and independence. Join Vishen Lakhiani and longevity investor Sergey Young in this conversation about ways to adopt longevity-promoting lifestyles.        Listen out for: - The upcoming longevity innovations that are shaking up the health industry.  - The 4 killer monster diseases. - What is the downside of mRNA? - Is alcohol bad for us? - 5 tips for longevity. - The importance of fasting for your health. - Live bonus Q&A session.   ABOUT SERGEY YOUNG Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a mission to extend the healthy lifespans of 1 billion people. He is the founder of the Development Sponsor of Age Reversal XPRIZE, a global initiative designed to cure aging and age-related diseases, and the $100M Longevity Vision Fund, one of

In the era of busyness and productivity, some view sleep as a necessary waste of time. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Michael Breus—aka The Sleep Doctor—busts the biggest sleep myths and reveals the science behind why sleep is an essential factor in reaching your ultimate peak performance every single day.        Listen out for: - How to use sleep as a way to boost your productivity & cognitive performance. - How to know if you are sleeping enough. - How to calculate your bedtime.  - Why your body requires more sleep at certain points. - Can you recover from illnesses faster with more sleep? - How coffee and alcohol affect your sleep. - What a nap-a-latte is and how it helps you sleep.   ABOUT DR. MICHAEL BREUS Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Heis on the clinical advisory board of The Dr. Oz Show and is a regular contributor on the show (30+ times). Dr. Breus’ topic o

Want to learn the ultimate tool to stress less and accomplish more? In this refreshing interview, meditation expert Emily Fletcher reveals the truth about a practice many underestimate.  Among countless other benefits, meditation can increase our lifespan, decrease stress and help us achieve more in less time. Emily shares practical and powerful ways to incorporate meditation into our daily lives —even on a crowded New York subway! Find out how meditation single-handedly transformed her life and how it can do the same in yours.        Listen out for: - The biggest reason why meditation may not work for you. - How to make sure you are meditating the right way (for beginners). - The key to becoming a self-sufficient meditator.  - The difference between mindfulness and meditation. - What you need to do if you are too busy to meditate.   ABOUT EMILY FLETCHER Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the leading expert in meditation for extraordinary performance. The Ziva Technique is a powerf