Crazy Wisdom

Does following your bliss lead to more success in work and life? - Bill Tai of Bitfury

Bill Tai is a very successful entrepreneur and investor. Not only is he successful according to external validators of success, but he is also humble and shares his knowledge and brilliance without expectation of reciprocation. It is a rare gift to be both successful and humble, and our conversation contains actionable wisdom to do this. Even though my podcast is primarily about meditation and its effect on creativity, we veered into talking about the history of work and how technology is contri...

This is your Brain on Nature - Julia Plevin Founder of the Forest Bathing Club

Julia Plevin is an author and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Forest Bathing Club in San Francisco. She started studying the mental health consequences that people suffer from when they don't get enough time in nature. After this she decided to dedicate her life to getting people back to a state of nature and thus the Forest Bathing Club was born. (0-10 minutes) Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address We respect your privacy. Thank you! What i...

Michelle Tsng - Can a robot love a human better than another human can?

She explains how she first got into mindfulness. She says that originally she didn't know what mindfulness was and thought it wasn't that cool. After quitting PayPal she started to look inward. She didn't know what mindfulness was but she did know how to practice self-love and self-care. She used to be really busy all the time when working. Once she quit she loved having the time to practice self-love and a more simple lifestyle compared to the working life. She would learn from people around he...

Aldric Negrier - CEO of ZenVow: Can you build a technology product that supports a meditation practice?

(0-10 minutes) Aldric is a serial entrepreneur from Portugal who owns a 3D printing company which builds 3D printers for designers all over Europe. They also make scans and designs which are all open source and come up with new concepts for 3D printable objects. Its kind of like a research and development company for 3D printing. How did Aldric first get into yoga and mindfulness? Aldric is originally from Mozambique where his mother first introduced him to Yoga. He went to the yoga teachers hou...

Corvas Brinkehoff, CTO & Cofounder of Meow Wolf - How does mindfulness set the conditions for creativity?

(0-10 minutes) Corvas is a founder and CTO of Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Meow Wolf is a psychedelic art installation that is a mix between Disneyland and burning man. Corvas runs their technology. Stewart taught Corvas yoga and meditation previously and they discuss how his practice has evolved over the last ten years as he has helped to build Meow Wolf into the thriving business and art collective it is today. Corvas explains how he doesn't think that he would be able to do what he does...

Francis Pedraza of Invisible Technologies - What do most people get wrong about meditation?

Check out Francis' Company Invisible Technologies (0-10 minutes) Stewart asks Francis: What does meditation mean for you? He says that being in the present is a bad response because it doesn't accurately reflect what the present is. The future merges with the present. He says you can continue to meditate when doing something mundane like thinking, planning, or abstract reasoning. He says that state of meditation is being connected to source or flow. When you are connected to everything else. Thi...

Hannah Knapp of Within Meditation - How does Meditation help us to evolve as an individual and as a species?

(0-10 minutes) Hannah introduces herself and Within Meditation . Within Meditation studio is in San Francisco and they offer 30 minute guided meditations to people who work in the financial district. Hannah talks about how she teaches beginners and how that is different from teaching more experienced meditators. Beginners have a lot of expectations and they aren't sure what exactly meditation is. This requires Hannah to be more present throughout the meditation with cues to come back to the brea...

Andrew Murray Dunn, CEO of Siempo, How can mindfulness and software help us to remain more present in times of rapid technological change?

(10-20 minutes) Andrew talks about his struggle with technology starting when he was 12. He grew up in the suburbs and had a sibling rivalry. Technology created a happy space where he could go to get away from these things. Technology helped Andrew connect with others, but the problem was that he was always on. At the time he thought it was great. He accidentally got disconnected from technology for a week and experienced presence and being aware of all the things that were going on when not con...

Charlie Huguenard of Meow Wolf - How do you create a Therapeutic Work environment?

Charlie talks about the Meow Wolf working environment and culture. He explains how its this weird progressive culture that actually supports the people working there as opposed to the stiff corporate environment that is present everywhere else. He says there is a punk angst to Meow Wolf that really draws people in. Everyone he works with gives him hugs and genuinely asks him how he is. Charlie talks about the difference between working in the tech world and working at Meow Wolf. Meow Wolf seems ...

Eric Fisher of Mindful Improv - How do you balance Chaos and Structure?

(0-5 minutes) Eric introduces himself and explains his current passion which is mindful improv. He teaches groups of people how to respond mindfully to social situations. He explains some exercises that he uses at the beginning of class. He talks about how he helps beginners get through initial blocks and past their fears of opening up in front of an audience. Stewart then brings up his experience as a beginner in Salsa and how when we begin anything we are only aware of a small fraction of the ...

Dave Fontenot of Mission Control - What are the benefits of ADD when it comes to making music?

Jeremy Riney - How do you tell the difference between a Psychotic Break and a Spiritual Crisis?

Damian Taggart of Meow Wolf - Creative Flow through Yoga - Episode #1

How Damian uses mindfulness to enhance his creative flow in business