Today we welcome Susan David, Ph.D., author of world-renowned ‘Emotional Agility’  and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. In this interview, Vishen and Dr. David show us how anyone can thrive in an uncertain world by becoming more emotionally agile. This serves as a roadmap for real behavioral change—a new way of acting that will help you to reincorporate your most troubling feelings as a source of energy and creativity and live the life you want.     Listen out for: - The 5 emotions we carry with us, their purpose, and their gifts. - How our emotions signal our needs. - The distinction between contempt and anger or hatred. - The importance of labeling your emotions accurately and dealing with all emotions in healthy ways.    ABOUT SUSAN DAVID  Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility was heralded as Harvard Business Review’s Management Idea of the Year and Thinkers 50 Breakthrough Idea Awarddescribes the process of navigating life’s twists and turns through the lens of our inner world, as well as the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 8 million people. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and a guest on national radio and television. Named on the Thinkers50 global list of the top management thinkers, Susan is a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, which includes the World Economic Forum, EY, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, NASDAQ, and many other national and multinational organizations. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is a Co-founder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate).    Bonus:                                                                          - Find out more about Susan David here 👉 https://www.susandavid.com/  - Watch Susan’s Ted Talk here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/6koPm_XT  - Free Emotional Agility Quiz 👉 http://go.evercoach.com/Fsm3pGGZ  - Find Susan’s podcast here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/vRIoQwSO           - Get your own copy of Susan’s book here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/5mpcAe4q       - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 60+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers, and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything we think, feel, or do is dependent on our brain cells and how they interact with each other. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains all there is to know about whole brain living and the 4 characters of our brain: how they show up in our daily life, how to integrate them, and how to identify these characters in others.     Listen out for: - How Jill’s stroke shaped who she is today. - The 4 characters of the brain and how they work. - How to use the brain huddle technique to detach from reactive emotions and move into a place of balance and observation. - Live bonus Q&A session.    ABOUT DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR   Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroscientist who, in 1996, experienced a severe hemorrhage in her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. She released a memoir called “My Stroke of Insight”, documenting her experience of having the stroke and eight-year recovery—it spent 63 weeks on the NYT bestseller list and is still routinely the #1 book about strokes on Amazon. In 2008, Jill gave the first TED Talk that ever went viral, which now has over 26 million views. She was chosen as one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and was the premiere guest on Oprah Winfrey’s “Soul Series” webcast.    Bonus:                                                                          - Get your own copy of Jill’s new book here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/VqGdqsBY  - Watch Jill’s viral Ted Talk here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/ulod1JiT                 - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 60+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers, and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As one of the most recognized faces of the Nickelodeon generation, Josh Peck has spent two decades in Hollywood…and he’s learned the life lessons that went with it. Featuring as one-half of Drake & Josh and starring in All That and The Amanda Show to name a few,  the transition from child star to adult actor wasn’t without struggle. In this episode, Vishen and Josh talk about his wonderfully candid memoir that’s peppered with his comedic wit and wisdom, why ‘happy people are annoying,’  and how Josh finally overcame addiction and found the real meaning of happiness.     Listen out for: - Josh’s struggles with body image and weight loss while growing up in the spotlight. - Tips on growing your social media following and creating content. - Josh’s revelations about happiness.   ABOUT JOSH PECK Josh Peck has established himself as one of Hollywood's rising talents, making the seamless transition from child actor to leading man. He is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon phenomenon Drake & Josh and has starred in many feature films and guest-starred on shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Mindy Project. Now, you can also catch him in Disney Plus’ Turner and Hooch series (a continuation of the 1989 Tom Hanks film) and the highly anticipated Hulu series, How I Met Your Father. Josh’s new book, "Happy People Are Annoying" explores his two decades in Hollywood, his struggles, and his path to redemption—and ultimately, happiness.   Bonus:                                                                          - Get your own copy of Josh’s book here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/_jOn-BTk  - Listen to Josh’s podcast here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/dS18Oa4n  - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 60+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers, and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Storey, an acclaimed author and life coach, shares transformative insights on overcoming setbacks. He introduces the 'miracle mentality,' a mindset shift that turns challenges into growth opportunities. Listeners will discover practical tips for staying hopeful during tough times and the three stages of navigating dilemmas. Tim recounts how Quincy Jones profoundly influenced his journey and encourages embracing unique strengths to foster resilience. Don’t miss the engaging live Q&A session where Tim offers personalized wisdom!

Have you ever been in a situation where your reaction felt out of your control? Our special guest is about to give us a helping hand to navigate triggers with a sense of awareness and agency. Rhea Lalla is a Toronto-based Conscious Parenting and Relationship Coach who aims to help people create dreamy relationships with their loved ones. Join Vishen and Rhea in a captivating conversation on how to diffuse triggers for life.     Listen out for: - The real definition and source of trauma. - How to identify our traumas from childhood and how to fix them as adults - The 5 As that help mitigate wounds and trauma for ourselves and others. - Tools to help us understand our triggers and learn how they can guide us to deeper healing. - 10 powerful self-regulating practices to tame triggers, traumas, and terror. - Live bonus Q&A session.    ABOUT RHEA LALLA  Rhea Lalla is a Toronto-based Conscious Parenting and Relationship Coach, speaker, and author for parents who want to create dreamy relationships with their children and raise incredibly confident, happy, fully expressed kids who are thriving emotionally. Rhea has worked with The United Nations, UNICEF,  Mindvalley University, Children’s Aid, and Fortune 500 Companies. She creates the EQ curriculum for parents and kids at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Schools, Schools and helps parents discover and transform whatever holds them back from creating exciting and fulfilling relationships. Her articles, live events, courses, and books have been featured on CBC radio, newspapers, TV, and numerous magazines including Elephant Journal, Today’s Parent, CityLife, MindValley Academy, Pop Expert, and Udemy.    Bonus:                                                                          - Click here to read Vishen’s notes on this episode 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/zrTQ3onH  - Find out more about Rhea Lalla here 👉 https://buildgreatminds.com/                              - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers, and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us haven’t dealt with our childhood traumas, and it can seem like past anxiety and stress have no real cure—but that’s just not true. In this episode, Gabby Bernstein, teaches the techniques and tools she uses and details in her new book, ‘Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace’.     Listen out for: - Personal stories from both Gabby and Vishen about their past trauma. - The powerfully transformative therapy that changed Gabby’s life. - The first step to facing an unaware trauma.  - How to tap into your own ability to self-soothe and self-regulate. - Live bonus Q&A session.    ABOUT GABBY BERNSTEIN  Gabby Bernstein is a beloved spiritual teacher, motivational speaker, and bestselling author whose transformational work has spanned over 16 years. She was featured on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader” and is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back, Super Attractor, and six other books. Gabby’s mission is to help others discover and deepen their own spirituality to ultimately live out their true purpose.    Bonus:                                                                          - Get your own copy of Gabby Bernstein’s new book ‘Happy Days’ here 👉 http://www.deargabby.com/happydays      - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 60+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers, and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Vishen and author Agapi Stassinopoulos dive deep into how to unlock your inner strength and true self through prayer and spirituality.     Listen out for: - The reason why we don’t pray. - What spirit guides are. - How spirit guides communicate with us. - The difference between guides and our ego.    ABOUT AGAPI STASSINOPOULOS  Agapi Stassinopoulos is a bestselling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. She is the author of Wake Up to the Joy of You and Unbinding the Heart. She was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and received her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She teaches meditation and facilitates workshops for Thrive Global, a company founded by her sister, Arianna Huffington, changing the way we live and work. Her previous books on the Greek archetypes, Gods and Goddesses in Love and Conversations with the Goddesses, were turned into PBS specials.   Bonus:                                                                          - Get your own copy of Agapi Stassinopoulos’s book ‘Speaking with Spirit’ here 👉 https://wakeuptothejoyofyou.com/speakingwithspirit/                                    - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding the female body helps women to embrace the hidden challenges that still go undiscussed. Alisa Vitti is a women’s hormone and functional nutrition expert and pioneer in female biohacking. In this episode, Vishen and Alisa talk about the female body, discuss her highly anticipated new book In the FLO, and learn her 4-week solution for women to unlock peak creativity, performance and avoid burnout.       Listen out for: - The story of how Alisa found out she had polycystic ovaries.  - How the female second body clock, Infradian Rhythm, works. - Why workouts should differ for men and women. - The secret to making sure you, as a woman, are at your peak performance state.    ABOUT ALISA VITTI  Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP, is a functional nutrition and women’s hormone expert, the founder of modern hormone health care company FLO Living, bestselling author of WomanCode, and creator of MyFLO, the #1 paid period app on iTunes and the first and only period tracking and cycle syncing app. Vitti holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. As the founder of FLOLiving.com, she built the world’s first menstrual healthcare platform that helps women around the world put their period issues into remission naturally through using her highly effective FLO Protocol and the FLO Balance Supplements.    Bonus:                                                                          - Find out more about Flo and Alisa Vitti here 👉 https://www.floliving.com/                                      - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW      Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we chat with legendary entrepreneur Payal Kadakia about her vault of groundbreaking goal-setting secrets that have propelled her to success. Tune in to learn the same tools that she used to shatter the stereotypes of female tech entrepreneurs of color. Don't just set goals. Set the right ones.       Listen out for: - How Payal created her successful brand. - What made ClassPass stand out. - Overview of the LIFEPASS methodology. - How to break free from cultural expectations. - The key to making money work for you. - How to manage your time guilt-free. - The secret to maintaining a healthy work-life balance. - How to set actionable goals that are aligned to your dreams. - Live bonus Q&A session.    ABOUT PAYAL KADAKIA  In less than a decade, Payal Kadakia built an impressive global fitness empire and shattered stereotypes for female tech entrepreneurs of color and she became the first unicorn of the decade. She is the Executive Chairman & Founder of the world’s most flexible fitness membership, ClassPass and she holds a degree from MIT in Operations Research and Economics. At the beginning of 2010, Payal was 26 and had no idea that she’d become an entrepreneur. She was living two lives - one was dancing and the other was working in the grind of Corporate America. While searching for a dance class, she casually came across a problem she knew she had to fight hard to solve, so she created a search engine to do it for her. 10 years later, that one class search has turned into millions of classes booked all around the world. ClassPass is now valued at over $1 billion and she has become an inspiration to many aspiring women entrepreneurs. Her new book “LIFEPASS” is ready to be purchased.    Bonus:                                                                          - Get your own copy of Payal Kadakia’s new book ‘LIFEPASS’ here 👉 https://www.lifepassbook.com/                                     - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW       Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Baldoni, an actor and changemaker known for his work on 'My Last Days,' dives deep into the outdated expectations of masculinity. He uncovers the damaging 'Men's Club' mentality that discourages vulnerability. Justin emphasizes the necessity to redefine what it means to be 'man enough' by promoting emotional openness. Through cultural references, he showcases how pop culture impacts gender roles and advocates for a broader understanding that balances strength with compassion. Prepare to challenge your ideas about masculinity!