The Mindvalley Podcast

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 Impossible: A Peak Performance Prime, is now available to purchase.   Bonus:                                                                          - 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 - Learn what it takes to create a life that exceeds your expectations with Steven Kotler’s FREE Mindvalley Masterclass here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/thof_podcast        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

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 dreamwork called Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep alongside mindfulness pioneer Rob Nairn. He’s also written three books that have been translated into 15 languages. Charlie formally became a Buddhist at the age of 19, lived at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist Centre for seven years, and completed a 3-month solo meditation retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre in 2016. His new book, “Wake Up To Sleep,” shares more than 20 body, breath, sleep, and dreaming techniques proven to help reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality in 87% of participants and is available for purchase now.   Bonus:                                                                          - 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 - Explore the fascinating world of lucid dreaming with this FREE time-limited masterclass from Charlie Morley. Click here to watch it now 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/MQDFGV_a  - Purchase Charlie Morley’s new book here 👉 https://www.charliemorley.com/wakeuptosleep         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

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 consumption, and Communitas.     Bonus:                                                                          - 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 - Learn more about what Adrian Grenier is doing here 👉 https://www.ducontra.ventures/         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

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:                                                                          - 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  - Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance and problem-solving with Vishen Lakhiani in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/Silva       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

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. In 1979 he left the movement and moved to California, and in 1982 he married Barbara DeAngelis, who also became a best-selling self-help author. Together they began a business that specialized in weekend sex-and-relationship workshops.    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn to heal your heart, reclaim your power, and live happily ever after in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass with Katherine Woodward Thomas 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/CU   - 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

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, and INC's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs”. She passionately speaks about her 15 years of entrepreneurial adventures - from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way. Her creativity and disruptive innovation challenges the status quo and change the culture.      Bonus:                                                                          - Learn to build the business of your dreams with the woman who built multiple $100M+ companies in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/TWbg1J7y  - 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

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 Australia-listed iCar Asia operates auto-sales portals in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.      Bonus:                                                                          - 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

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 Canada at the age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place. The search for a home—what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace—was central to her early years. Nevertheless, she completed her education and went on to become a teacher as well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students, a group of young refugees, led her back to her original passion: writing. She began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students. Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016, Najwa has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide. Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination, and abuse, Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to live, love, and create fearlessly. Her new book “Welcome Home” was published in June 2021.       Bonus:                                                                          - Learn more about Najwa Zebian here 👉 https://najwazebian.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

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, and mental resilience than you’d think – and it’s not so heavily reliant on strategy. His passion and mission aim to help make the world a better place, one entrepreneur at a time.   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:                                                                          - Become a certified Business Coach with Ajit Nawalkha here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/q8gW6CCd - Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance and problem-solving with Vishen Lakhiani in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/Silva                                                   - 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

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 community and even lift the tide for all.      Bonus:                                                                          - 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