Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Today's guest is one of my role models, author and lecturer Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar. Tal taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world.Tal is a true ally in the shift to use science to legitimize the value of the pursuit of happiness. This episode is packed with practical takeaways on creating and mai...

In this episode, I speak with the extraordinary John Spence, an author, speaker, and executive coach recognized as one of the top business thought leaders and leadership development experts in the world. John has made a career out of simplifying and communicating very complex concepts (see his fantastic book, Awesomely Simple) and was named by the American Management Association as one of America’s Top 50 Leaders to Watch.I'm seriously impressed by John's work. Few thought leaders can recogni...

Today's guest is my friend and leading motivational speaker Kevin Abdulrahman, connecting from quarantine in Dubai. Kevin personally speaks to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies and is also the trusted advisor and go-to public speaking coach to CEOs, world leaders, presidents and even royalty. He is the host of How Do They Do It?, a show and podcast where he has candid conversations with leaders, great minds and game changers.Kevin is a fountain of hard-won wisdom. Having singled o...

In this episode, I speak with coach and mind-strategist Will Polston, the Founder of Make It Happen. Will's mission is to empower one billion people to transform their excuses into results to benefit themselves, their family, their friends, their community, society, humanity and the universe - what he calls the Ripple Effect.Will is a brilliant young man and a natural ally for my own One Billion Happy mission. Like many of us whose paths drifted toward self-development, Will grew up equating ...

In this episode, I speak with my wonderful Brazilian friend and happiness ally, Sandra Teschner. Sandra is an author, businesswoman, publisher, speaker, and certified Chief Happiness Officer.Sandra radiates a contagious joy and embodies the dancing, singing, laughing, and sharing spirit of Brazil. She changed her near-death experience into a driving force toward understanding what it means to be happy. Her social work with children with multiple amputations and serious diseases has made a dif...

I haven't met many people more admirably open than my friend Roxie Nafousi, an Emotional Health Advisor, Manifesting Expert, and Instagram Agony Aunt.Roxie is a champion of vulnerability, the epitome of an open book who courageously shares the wisdom learned from her struggles and triumphs having battled addiction, insecurities and mental health issues. She reaches and helps thousands of people on her platforms and runs monthly sell-out self development workshops. Roxie also hosts her own won...

I still feel an afterglow after my conversation with Dr. Maria Sirois, a brilliant psychologist, teacher, speaker, author, and friend in the pursuit of spreading happiness. Maria and I, like many other of my guests, were supposed to meet at the World Happiness Summit, but COVID-19 had other plans. I'm so glad and grateful that she granted me a conversation for Slo Mo, because she drops some serious wisdom in this episode.Maria is devoted to the science of well-being and the art of crafting a ...

In this episode, I speak with my dear friend Karen Guggenheim, a woman who embodies unwavering resilience and passion for making the world a happier place.Karen is the Founder and CEO of WOHASU (World Happiness Summit), an organization and annual summit that unites leaders, economists, academics, entrepreneurs, and the public to bring forth positive change based on the data-driven science of happiness. I've attended and spoken at the summit each year since 2017, and it is an incredibly specia...

Welcome to the first episode of Slo Mo. I'm your host, Mo Gawdat, and I'm so grateful to have you with me.I never expected to launch my podcast in the middle of a global pandemic, but I felt compelled to explore the bright side of the COVID-19 crisis with some of my wisest friends.My guest on today's show is the embodiment of wisdom and calmness. Thupten Jinpa Langri is an author, Tibetan Buddhist scholar, Founder of Compassion Institute, and former monk who has been the principal English tra...