This was a wide-ranging conversation with emotional intelligence coach Emile Steenveld—previously an Australian model and actor traveling the globe for 12 years—he now works as a coach + facilitator, focusing on the inner workings of the relationship with the self and the mind.In this conversation we dive into:🇮🇳 Emile's travels in India, learning lessons of simplicity... defining joy as the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens.🦆 One of the most interesting tangents the topic of being a recovering perfectionist and what he calls duck syndrome💪  How to build the muscle of emotional intelligence🤷‍♂️  And some questions that have been running through my mind around Exploring new definitions of masculinity and how to express fully without fear of judgment.📝  Journal prompts that Emile uses when starting new projects.–– ––🔗 Find out more about Emile's work and coaching here.💌 Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >> jonny.life👨‍🎓 If our conversation resonates with you, I'm also running a masterclass with Studio D. in San Francisco on March 27—so if that sounds interesting check them out here: https://studiodradiodurans.com/products/emotional-resillience-masterclass

I talk with Andy Sparks, is the CEO at Holloway, they're building a new way to publish non-fiction books online (and it's gorgeous!) He's an incredibly genuine and self-aware human, it was a real pleasure spending time learning about his journey stepping into a position of leadership and forging his own path in life.Andy shares really dark moments early on in his career when he was trying to figure out where your sense of self comes from as a young person and figure out his place in the world.In this episode we also dive into:😦 What it was like making the decision to close his company (and how he navigated a deep depression that followed)🤣 The fun story behind his Calvin Hobbes tattoo👨‍🏭 Why getting an executive coach has been one of the most important things in his professional career🧰 Some powerful advice he received on how to build a support network from the founder of Masterclass👐 How he now aims to navigate conflict with his cofounder at Holloway🙋‍♂️ Taking responsibility for what we feel and why you don't have a choice about bring your kookiness and trauma to work🤓 We also nerd out on some of his leadership mental models and frameworks that he has gathered over the years of being a founder and CEO– –📚 Follow Andy's musings on Twitter @Sparkszilla // read his Medium essay on confidence or check Holloway (especially if you're a non-fiction writer).💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >> jonny.life👨‍🎓 If our conversation resonates with you, I'm also running a masterclass with Studio D. in San Francisco on March 27—so if that sounds interesting check them out here: https://studiodradiodurans.com/products/emotional-resillience-masterclass

If you haven't already heard of Breathwork, I think it's fair to say that you that you likely will have by the end of the year. It's exploding in popularity, in the same way that yoga and meditation has over the last decade, and I think for good reason.On a basic level  breathwork is the practice of changing your breathing pattern to shift your mental, emotional and physical state... but what I deeply appreciate about Edward is his clinical approach that is backed by years of training, endocrinology research and self-experimentation mapping out the human nervous system.The aim of this conversation was to create something of a comprehensive beginners guide to breathwork and some of the areas we dive into are: 🏂 Ed's personal journey from being trapped in an avalanche and nearly dying, which led him to being a highly functioning alcoholic and depressive.😬 His experiences curing anxiety through 1-1 breathwork sessions with his clients🌬️ Why our thinking is directly influenced by our breathing🗺️ How he has been able to map certain emotions onto specific breathing patterns. 🧙‍♂️ What he learnt from living with the Canadian Tribal Elders 🙋‍♂️ Some of my personal experiences lying on Ed's breathwork table📝 Defining capacity + resiliency from the perspective of the nervous system.😲 Some of the healing that he has witnessed in his time guiding sessions: from a man who relived and processed a near-drowning experience to stories of women who have been able to process experiences of sexual abuse.Links and Further Resources:📸 Follow @edwarddangerfield and @breathworkbali 🔗 Check out BreathworkBali.comEd's Upcoming Breathwork Practitioner Trainings are a 5 Day Training in Bali (Feb 15 – 21) and a 14 Day in-depth training in BC Canada (May 15 – June 1) I will be attending both myself!

I'm speaking with Andrew J Taggart, a practical philosopher, Zen Buddhist, and entrepreneur urging us to wake up to what we have so far taken for granted. In this conversation we discuss the thesis of his Total Work Manifesto and why we use our work and productivity to fuel our sense of self-worth and create meaning in our lives, as well as his compelling ideas for how we might break out of this Total Work prison that he calls Way of Loss and the Way of Wonderment.I should also mention that about one and half hours in, I ask Andrew to imagine an all hands on deck academy, or ecology of practices designed to become whole and integrated humans. His answer is insightful but the day after our conversation he wrote up an extended reply which he has posted on his blog with the title 'A Tentative Curriculum For Psycho-technologies Of Self-transformation' (it's well worth a read!)Show Notes:👋 Say hello to Andrew on Twitter 📝Subscribe to Andrew's ongoing Total Work Manifesto on Substack 👀 Read Andrew's philosophical writing🖋️ Follow his emerging conversations over on letter.wiki💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here: jonny.life

In this conversation we get into the meaty questions about his new book that's hitting the shelves this week called 'Why Are We Yelling', a whimsical and disarmingly powerful case and strategy guide for having what Buster calls productive disagreement.We cover three truths or misconceptions about arguments that you have uncovered, why he likes to eat knowledge, he coaches me through the process of engaging in a disagreement around climate change and we talk about some of the enemies of curiosity and what he calls the voice of possibility.Then towards the end we explore some fun ground around:📖 Why he's writing a 'Codex Vitae'🎈 His 100th birthday plans💀 What death-bed points are 📷 Why he took a photo at exactly 8.36pm every day for almost a decade.Check out Buster's New Book // Why Are We Yelling: The Art of Productive DisagreementBuster's Website // busterbenson.comBuster on Twitter // @buster Buster on Letter Wiki // Letter.Wiki💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >> jonny.life

This was a real honour, Mike is trained as a magician and also the CEO at 'High Existence' — a community and network of practical philosophy and for expanding human consciousness — and he's one of the most articulate and poetic people I've had the pleasure of meeting.If we can't fall in love with the privilege that we have to be alive, then anything that we try and do from this place of living, is is going to be limited." Mike and I riff on definitions of wonder, ambition, grief, the role of inviting in the unexpected, the difference between purpose and destiny, and so much more.Get in touch with Mike on Twitter // where he cultivates wisdom & wonder @highexistence

Anne-Laure Le Cunff, an ex-Googler and neuroscience student, discusses time anxiety, the lack of curiosity in adults, the 'Mindframing' technique for personal growth, and her decision to leave Google for neuroscience studies at Kings in London.

I've been listening to Cory's podcast the Astral Hustle for years now so had so much fun being on the other end of the line and digging into his fascinating mind—he has an amazing gift for walking a line between being ridiculous and playful yet also filled with deep insights and practical tips on mindfulness.We didn't have time to cover it in this episode but Cory has a background in music and also produces Binaural Beats, which I've been using daily for the last few months to both meditate and focus at work – and you can find these as well as the lowdown on his new book 'Now is the Way' – which is available from today at nowistheway.com 📚This was another of those conversations that just lit me up 🔥it felt like the time flew by but we bounced between the role of humour in spiritual exploration and the 'upside of impermanence' to some of the more practical aspects meditation, how it changes the way we experience the world and how we can get out of our own way to risk being more human."The fragments of the self that are shattered you know the different pieces of you that exist within they’re the broken pieces of the mirror that been through the meditation or through creating the space they have the space to start to reconnect into one singular piece of mirror of yourself so that you can look into it and quote-unquote reflect and then begin to understand what you are and then begin to author your future." – Cory Allen***📝Read the full transcript with Cory here.📚Cory's new book 'Now is the Way' is officially out today and I would thoroughly encourage you all to head over to nowistheway.com and add it to your respective reading lists. 💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >>jonny.life

🙌I’ve probably said this before, but this feels like my favourite conversation on the podcast so far.⏰ I woke up at 5am to take the call because of time-zone differences, but by the end I was practically bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm.📝 Tiago is one of the deepest thinkers of anyone that I follow online, he’s a prolific writer, productivity coach and as you’ll hear in this conversation has built his business to fuel his own relentless curiosity.🍄 You wouldn’t imagine that productivity systems and psychedelics usually pair well in a conversation, but it turns out they do! 🏫Tiago also shares some powerful personal stories relating to his experiences using breathwork to process anger, how he is learning to tap into his intuition and a vision that came to him for building a school for future in Brazil.📝View the transcript of the episode here.🔗Links and resources mentioned:+ The home of Tiago's writing 👉 Forte Labs+ The online course we dive into 👉 Building a Second Brain+ Follow Tiago on Twitter💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >> jonny.life

This was one of those spontaneous conversations that made me feel grateful for having started a podcast... it was with NASA astronomer Kevin Hainline, recorded sitting next to a stream up in the Spanish pyrenees. We went completely off the deep end and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that he changed the way I look up at the night sky and sent me into a rabbit hole of researching how different cultures around the world tell stories about the constellations they see. 🦖When Kevin was young he had to choose between dedicating his life to studying dinosaurs or black holes. He chose black holes (although dinosaurs are still very near to his heart).🍃The surprising reason behind why we have seasons...🌟Why for Kevin: "The stars are like friends. They comfort me."🔭How astronomy helps you as a lens to understand yourself and why people should choose a way in which they want to look at the stars.📚Kevin's personal mission to communicate how important it is that we live in a diverse and interesting and weird world and to celebrate that.Listener Question >> “What are some of the gateways to awe and wonder for you in the world?”Find Kevin on the Interwebs+ Twitter @kevin_hainline+ His new video series The Stars Connect Us on YouTubeShow Notes:+ Full Transcript on Medium+ The Explorer Book+ The Exploratorium in San Francisco, a temple to curiosity.+ Infinite Games by James Carse + DK Encyclopedia homepage💌Be notified about new episodes and receive the Curious Humans newsletter here >> jonny.life