The Blair Badenhop Show 291: Embracing the Cyclical Nature of Entrepreneurship with Jesse Israel
Known for founding The Big Quiet movement and leading some of the largest meditations on earth, Jesse is a renowned expert in human performance & wellbeing, a global keynote speaker and a leadership coach to today’s most influential business people and public figures.
From keynoting sold-out arenas on tour with Oprah Winfrey to becoming a 5X audible bestseller, Jesse has inspired audiences around the world with his message of mindfulness and leadership. Formerly a record label and tech fund founder, Jesse blends his entrepreneurial experience with his wellbeing expertise to help leaders, teams and organizations elevate their performance from within
I am so excited to kick off the 2025 season of the podcast with this incredible human - Jesse has a huge heart, is incredibly intuitive, and is so beautifully authentic in the way he lives his life and expresses his truth.
In our conversation, Jesse and I dive into his journey to founding the Big Quiet and then almost 10 years in letting it go.
In this episode, we chat about what it was like to birth this beautiful venture and watch it explode with growth, landing partnerships with Oprah and Deepak Chopra, how the pandemic shifted the trajectory of the company and why Jesse sensed it would soon come to an end, what it’s been like for him personally to really embody his truth and embrace all of himself again - especially after specific childhood wounding, how he’s navigating his own personal and professional evolution at 40 years old and how it sits in the messy middle, and more.
To learn more about Jesse Israel and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.