Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively have backgrounds in academic medicine and life coaching. Their company, BrainOps Group helps professionals optimize their brain for stress management, productivity and performance.In this conversation they talk about ways to optimize your brain health and function through sleep, physical activity, nutrition and much more.This episode is brought to you by: Canva Setapp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Fast is a critically acclaimed international author, researcher, educator and sought after expert in the mental health field. She is regarded as a mental health pioneer for her groundbreaking, comprehensive approach to treating bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, anxiety and schizoaffective disorder using both mainstream and self created management strategies. She is also the author of Get It Done When You're Depressed, now with a 2nd edition.In this conversation Julie talks about easy to follow and practical strategies for anyone trying to live a more productive life when dealing with depression, like how to know when your brain is lying to you and many more strategies for keeping your life on track.This episode is brought to you by: Setapp Vidyard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ariel Garten is a Neuroscientist, former psychotherapist and cofounder of Muse - The Brain Sensing Headband. Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the “zone” and solving the problem most of us have when starting a meditation practice. Muse lets you know when you are doing it right.In this conversation, Ariel talks about: What meditation is What meditation is NOT How to get started The benefits of meditation How Muse works and helps meditation This episode is broguth to you by: Setapp Vidyard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Hyatt Miller is the chief executive officer at Michael Hyatt & Co. She is also the co-host of the Lead to Win podcast. Her new book, co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt is 'Win at Work & Succeed At Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself From the Cult of Overwork'.In this conversation Megan talks about work/life balance, the cult of overwork and implementing the double win in your organization and at home.This episode is brought to you by: Vidyard Textexpander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Dietrich-Chastain is a psychotherapist, an executive coach, and an organizational consultant at his firm Arc Integrated. He is also the author of the book CHANGES: The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability.Mentioned in this episode:[Blinkist - Get Shortcasts of this podcast!](beyondthetodolist.com/blinkist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. Productive Flourishing is routinely placed in the Top 50 websites for planning, productivity, creativity, and team development for creative folk.Charlie's book Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule.Check out shortcasts of this podcast on Blinkist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Foley founded Smartphone Video Production Academy and trains organizations how to produce and edit professional-quality mobile video. In addition, she consults with corporations on how to create better quality virtual meetings. Her new book is Virtual Meetings With Power And Presence: The Ultimate Guide To Online Meetings.In this conversation, Kim talks about how you can be your best in virtual meetings, from tech to clothing and apprearance.This episode is brought to you by: The Great Courses Plus - Get a full unlimited month free at TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/beyond Mint Mobile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. His first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success is available for pre-order now at UncommonSuccessBook.com.In this conversation John talks about lessons learned in podcasting, entrepreneurship, writing the book, and how discipline and mentorship helped him get started.This episode is brought to you by: The Great Courses Plus - Get a full month FREE at TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/beyond Vital Choice - Use Code BEYOND10 to get 10% off one order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cal Newport is the author of Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You and Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. Cal's new book is A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload. In this conversation Cal talks about the real problem with modern knowledge work, how email and other tech plays into it, how the problem started and how to start getting ahead in the new world of knowledge work that is coming soon.Tweet or DM me your questions for an upcoming Q & A episode with Cal!Make sure to check out Cal's article 'When Did Productivity Become Personal?' for further reading on this topic.This episode is brought to you by:Textexpander - Get 20% your first year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Partaker is a certified coach by the High Performance Institute. Eric coaches a limited number of entrepreneurs and leaders throughout the world, helping them reach peak levels of performance, in both their businesses and lives. He draws from his work experiences, cutting-edge research, and behavioral science from Stanford University, as well as the approaches and techniques used in the worlds of elite sports and the military - areas where peak performance is key.In this conversation Eric talks about his new book The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever.This episode is brought to you by: The Great Courses Plus - Get 1 month Unlimted for free! Vital Choice - Use code 'BEYOND10' for 10% of one order Otis - Get a free 14 day trial and $50 credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices