The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. Men often silently check their ‘manly enough’ thermometer the moment they feel anything other than resilience and poise. . In this episode, the world-renowned actor Justin Baldoni and our very own Vishen Lakhiani are about to talk about some very uncomfortable topics including vulnerability, father-son relationships, gender equality, and much more.        Listen out for: - The unwritten rules of ‘The Men’s Club’. - How to break free from gender stereotypes. - The key to opening your heart as a man. - What inspired Justin to write his book, ‘Man Enough.’. - Live bonus Q&A session.    ABOUT JUSTIN BALDONI Justin Baldoni is an actor, director, producer, entrepreneur, and changemaker whose efforts are focused on creating impactful media and entertainment. He is the creator and director of CW’s 'My Last Days,' an uplifting documentary series about life as told by courageous people living with a terminal illness, and of 'Man Enough,' the dinner conversation series about redefining masculinity.    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn how to master your emotional states with cutting-edge hypnosis, NLP, and psychosensory techniques in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass with Paul McKenna. 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_bliss                                       - 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

For many, starting a business feels like a gamble. Tremendous sacrifice and hard work are socially accepted fast passes to success. In this episode, Eric Edmeades joins us to show you why this isn’t true.    Join us for a powerful episode covering the key principles of starting, developing, and scaling your business while improving your financial and personal freedom.   Listen out for: - How to create the perfect plan for your business freedom. - The key to building the most effective teams. - The importance of finding your flow as an entrepreneur.  - What you should ALWAYS be doing in business. - The secret to turning your passions into profits.   ABOUT ERIC EDMEADES As a successful serial entrepreneur, Eric has started, bought, and sold many businesses in mobile computing, wireless networking, event management, military research, medical simulation, and Hollywood special effects. Eric Edmeades is also an award-winning international speaker, author, and pioneer in evolutionary biology, nutritional anthropology, and behavioral change dynamics. He guides people towards profound and lasting health breakthroughs through science-based protocols that deliver results far beyond the ordinary. His achievements have also earned him an award from the Transformational Leadership Council: a panel of 150 of America’s top visionaries in health, wellness, and peak performance. In 2017, Eric’s WILDFIT methodology was exclusively licensed to Mindvalley due to its dramatic effect on the health of over 100 Mindvalley team members.     BONUS SECTION:                                                                          - Learn more from Eric on how to transform your eating habits once and for all with his FREE Mindvalley Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_wf                                      - 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

Every day we’re sprinting to catch up with something. New technologies. New people. New ideas, fast changes, endless updates. In our business, industry, and even our daily personal life. In this must-listen episode, the leading memory & brain performance expert to elite CEOs, entrepreneurs, and celebrities Jim Kwik shares his latest powerful and proven strategies to mentally thrive and win in the face of fierce overload and competition.      Jim Kwik is a widely recognized world expert in memory improvement, brain optimization, and accelerated learning. He has dedicated his life to helping others unleash their true genius and brainpower. He is also the host of the top education training podcast Kwik Brain and instant NY Times bestselling author of “Limitless - Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, Unlock Your Exceptional Life.” His mission is to leave no brain behind.     Listen out for: - How to become limitless.  - One thing you need to stop doing now. - The definition of digital depression. - Motivation formula.    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn how to accelerate your reading speed & turn learning into your superpower with this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass. 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_sr                                   - 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

Danette May is driven by passion and a powerful calling to serve Mother Earth and humanity. Our guest today inspires people around the world to step up into the true and complete expression of themselves. Her coaching, products, and programs have transformed the lives of millions of people, allowing them to live their happiest and healthiest lives. Join Vishen and Danette May on this episode about simple steps to attracting your soul contract partner in this lifetime, abundance, how to live out your passion, and effective communication tools anyone can use to avoid walls in any relationship and get the love you desire.      Danette is the Co-founder and CCO of Mindful Health LLC and Earth Echo Foods, best-selling author of The Rise and Embrace Abundance, founder of The Rise Movement, keynote speaker, high-level executive coach, fitness and nutrition expert, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. Since 2011 she’s helped transform the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lives of millions of people around the world by focusing on healing foods, healing movement, and a healing mind. She teaches students how to turn the “muck” of their lives into inner motivation, empowering them to transform their minds, bodies, and spirits. Her mission is to help others love the bodies they live in and love the life they live! Danette also shared her unique, inspiring message on national TV, including Access Hollywood, Hallmark Home and Family, CBS, and others.     Listen out for: - How Danette became Miss Bikini Body at the age of 40. - Tips on mind over body practices.  - The secret to how Danette defies aging. - How to manifest love, sex, and beautiful relationships in your life. - Danette’s secret to manifesting money. - Top 3 tips on manifesting wealth. - Live bonus Q&A session.    Bonus:                                                                          - Prepare yourself for a life-changing transformational hypnotherapy session with Marisa Peer’s FREE Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_rtha                                - 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 know how to be hypnotized? If your answer is NO, this episode is for you. At the beginning of the episode, world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer will teach you how to get into the hypnosis state to enjoy this hypnotherapy session and uncover your mind blocks on money, love, and health. If you practice this technique, you will get into this state deeper and deeper, which will help you uncover even stronger blocks and have insights that otherwise would take much longer to realize. Change for the better. If your answer is YES, it's even better! You're going to get even deeper into a state of hypnosis that will help you uncover, clear, and rewrite your beliefs. Your knowledge will help you enjoy this session fully on the first try. So get ready to get the best results.      Marisa Peer is the creator of multi-award-winning ‘Rapid Transformational Therapy® (RTT®)’ and the ‘I Am Enough’ movement founder. She also is an international bestselling author of 5 books, a motivational speaker, personal development expert, and leading celebrity therapist. She has been described as a “Great British pioneer” by Men’s Health magazine, and she is the only woman featured in an article on ‘The Best Of British.’ Marisa also lectures, writes columns, and appears on television and radio all over the world. She’s written four bestselling books, highlighting the wonders of transformational hypnotherapy in various fields, such as losing weight, getting pregnant, gaining confidence, and staying young.     Listen out for: - How it is like to be hypnotized. - Guided hypnosis session.    Bonus:                                                                          - Prepare yourself for a life-changing transformational hypnotherapy session with Marisa Peer’s FREE Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_rtha                                - 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

Did you know that the late CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, got his design ideas from tapping into his deeper realms of consciousness? With the help of Mindvalley’s founder Vishen, you will learn what your actual reality is when it comes to living a life filled with happiness. In this episode, Vishen explains how the main intention of life is to establish our very own stream of consciousness. Get ready to learn how to defy society’s conventions by going on your very own consciousness evolution journey.      Vishen is an entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, an award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass.     Listen out for: - The real definition of consciousness. -  The 4 different levels of evolution. - A map for understanding your personal growth.    Bonus:                                                                          - Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance & 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

A proper morning routine can change your life completely. We all have much more potential than we realize, and the right habits can bring out the best in us. Aubrey Marcus, CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy, joins Vishen in this episode to teach us the best routine practice we can add to our lives to help our bodies function in the most optimal way possible. Your latent superpowers will change how you work, heal, create, sleep, play, and have sex - all tied to simple practices like breath, cold, light, and nutrition.      Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an industry leader with products optimizing millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey currently hosts the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, science, relationships, and spirituality, with over 50 million listens. He regularly provides commentary to outlets like Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Tim Ferris Show, and The Joe Rogan Experience. He has been featured on the cover of Men’s Health, is the host of the Fit For Service Fellowship, and is the author of the NYT Bestselling book Own The Day, Own Your Life from HarperCollins. And if you ask him the cause he is most passionate about, it is raising awareness for psychedelic medicine through organizations like MAPS.org and Heffter Institute. He is a 20 year native of Austin, Texas, where he currently resides.     Listen out for: - The best morning routine. - Why you shouldn’t have coffee right after you wake up. - 2 powerful natural resources we have at our disposal. - The importance of taking a cold shower daily. - Live bonus Q&A session.    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn how to transform your eating habits once and for all with this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_wf                             - 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

If you think men’s and women’s brains are different, you couldn't be more right. And knowing the gender differences in nutrition and exercise can help all of us have a better and healthier life. Today our guest is Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a Ph.D. is the founder and director of the Women’s Brain Initiative, associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, and associate professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine is the one who is going to help us with that today. In this episode, Vishen Lakhiani and Dr. Lisa Mosconi will be discussing how our genetics, environment, and lifestyle shape our brains, focusing especially on women. You’ll use this knowledge right now, tomorrow, and over the course of your lifetime.      Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., is the Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she serves as an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Department of Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. Dr. Mosconi holds a Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience and Nuclear Medicine and is a certified Integrative Nutritionist and holistic healthcare practitioner. Dr. Mosconi’s work has spoken at over 80 international conferences leading to press releases involving TV and radio networks worldwide (CNN, CBS, NBC, the Today Show, the Doctors show, etc.), and major print media including Associated Press, Reuters, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Psychology Today, and several international outlets. She is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller THE XX BRAIN: the Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease [Avery/ Penguin Random House] and of BRAIN FOOD: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power [Avery/ Penguin Random House].     Listen out for: - How are male and female brains different.  - The connection between menopause and women’s brains. - Things women can do to understand their brains through menopause. - Gender differences in nutrition and exercise that women need to be aware of. - The connection between stress and hormones.  - Nutrients that women need to pay attention to. - Live bonus Q&A session.    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn how to transform your eating habits once and for all with this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_wf                             - 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

⚠️Content Warning: Death⚠️    During COVID-19, many people's lives and identities were shattered. Some missed this as an opportunity for change, or rebirth. Our YouTuber guest today was one of the people who had to face her fears and go through a big awakening during this period. In this episode, Sorelle Amore talks about losing her identity as a travel influencer during a pandemic, and the rebirth that came from this transformation.      Sorelle Amore is a best-selling author, speaker, YouTuber, and ethical investor. She started her journey in 2016 as a YouTuber who traveled the world for 4 years, showing people the possibility of creating freedom in life through embracing the concept of being a Digital Nomad. In 2021, after a hard year of self-reflection and being forced to stay put for the first time in her life, Sorelle together with her partner Leon started Abundantia, a business on finance and freedom to help make prosperity accessible to all, something they both believe is a human right. Being disappointed with the world's destructive and fearful direction, Sorelle and Leon both believe there is a better way that is grounded in love and abundance. Abundantia is their current contribution, hopefully investing in productive land in the future to make organic food available to all.     Listen out for: - The inspiring story of Sorelle’s life journey. - The 2 dark secrets Sorelle was hiding behind her successful life.  - How Sorelle transformed her life during a pandemic  - How she rebuilt her life after losing her identity    Bonus:                                                                          - Learn the EASIEST way to meditation with Emily Fletcher in this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/MWord                            - 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

Kindness and compassion are trainable skills of the mind, and when we dedicate ourselves to cultivating those qualities, the difficult relationships in our lives are radically transformed. Those relationships are reframed as profound opportunities to practice letting go and forgiveness. . Forgiveness does make one a victim.  Instead,  it is about releasing ourselves from hurt and anger and learning to transform our relationships through freeing our minds. In this episode, Gelong Thubten will talk about how to establish a regular meditation practice, how that helps us to develop greater compassion for ourselves and others, and how to learn to forgive.  . Additionally, we will learn how to apply three practical tips in forgiveness. Get ready to acknowledge the hurt,  develop gratitude, and deeply understand others.      Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, and author from the UK. ‘Gelong’ is a title that means ‘senior monk’. Thubten was educated at Oxford University and then became an actor in London and New York. At the age of 21, tremendous amounts of stress led him to join a monastery. He was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1993 at Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery. He has trained under some of the world's most accomplished teachers of meditation and has spent six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years. Thubten is Director of Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough, Yorkshire. He is a Trustee of ROKPA International, an international humanitarian aid organization with medical, education, and cultural projects in some of the world's poorest regions. He is also a Director of Samye Foundation Wales, a mindfulness and wellbeing charity. Thubten collaborated with Ruby Wax and Ash Ranpura on the best-selling book “How to be Human”. His own book, “A Monk’s Guide to Happiness” was published in June 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton.     Listen out for: - Why is forgiveness important. - 2 main techniques for forgiveness. - The real definition of meditation. - 3 phases of breathing. - Guided meditation for compassion.   Bonus:                                                                          - Learn the EASIEST way to meditation with Emily Fletcher in this FREE Mindvalley Masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/MWord                            - 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