
Akshay Nanavati
Elite adventurer, Marine Corps veteran, and founder of Fearvana. Explores suffering as a tool for spiritual awakening and peak performance.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 1h 41min
Find Your Edges, Engage Your Fear – A Radical Approach to Wisdom | Akshay Nanavati
Explore the philosophy of embracing suffering for growth with Akshay Nanavati, preparing for a 1700 mile ski journey in Antarctica. Delve into mastering stress, spiritual awakening, integrity in challenges, navigating suffering, and building resilience. Push boundaries, face fear, and embrace life's dualities for wisdom and growth.

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May 29, 2025 • 1h 15min
60 Days Alone in Antarctica: Amputation, Frostbite, and Lessons from Extreme Suffering | Akshay Nanavati : 1286
In this engaging conversation, elite adventurer Akshay Nanavati, a Marine Corps veteran and founder of Fearvana, shares his gripping experience of surviving 60 days alone in Antarctica. He reveals how he used extreme suffering as a catalyst for spiritual awakening and peak performance. The discussion dives into the neuroscience of pain, the paradox of joy found in discomfort, and the transformative power of solitude. Akshay's insights on navigating trauma, resilience, and the duality of life's challenges offer profound wisdom, encouraging listeners to embrace both fear and growth.

Jan 23, 2024 • 1h 44min
Akshay Nanavati | How To Love Your Fear: The (REAL) Secret To Unlocking Your Pure Potential
Akshay Nanavati, Adventurer and USMC Vet, shares how he uses fear to prepare for extreme conditions in nature, lessons learned from Polar expeditions, confronting darkness, fear in intimacy vs. fear in war, the power of awareness and acceptance, the gift of fear for personal growth and fulfillment, physical training and nutrition for Antarctica expedition, Joseph Campbell's hero's journey model in personal growth, and the joy of podcasting.

Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 12min
#430: Akshay Nanavati – The First Ever Solo Ski Across Antarctica?
Akshay Nanavati, a United States Marine veteran, speaker, entrepreneur, ultra runner and author, talks about mental talk, his tools for attempting the first solo ski across Antarctica, the spiritual aspect of endurance, training presence, and lessons learned in darkness.

Oct 26, 2021 • 1h 15min
Moving Through Fear’s Allure to Find Inner Peace – Akshay Nanavati : 871
Join Akshay Nanavati, author and entrepreneur, as he shares his riveting journey from battling addiction and PTSD to discovering the power of fear. He delves into his military experience, showing how confronting adversity became a source of strength. Akshay discusses transforming fear into a catalyst for growth and inner peace, the significance of embracing suffering, and how extreme experiences can lead to flow states. Tune in for insights on navigating fear to achieve resilience and personal fulfillment!