This was a wide-ranging conversation with emotional intelligence coach Emile Steenveld —previously an Australian model and actor traveling the globe for 12 years—he now works as a coach + facilitator, focusing on the inner workings of the relationship with the self and the mind. In this conversation we dive into: 🇮🇳 Emile's travels in India, learning lessons of simplicity... defining joy as the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens. 🦆 One of the most interesting tangents the topic of ...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
I talk with Andy Sparks, is the CEO at Holloway , they're building a new way to publish non-fiction books online (and it's gorgeous!) He's an incredibly genuine and self-aware human, it was a real pleasure spending time learning about his journey stepping into a position of leadership and forging his own path in life. Andy shares really dark moments early on in his career when he was trying to figure out where your sense of self comes from as a young person and figure out his place in the world....
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 18
If you haven't already heard of Breathwork, I think it's fair to say that you that you likely will have by the end of the year. It's exploding in popularity, in the same way that yoga and meditation has over the last decade, and I think for good reason. On a basic level breathwork is the practice of changing your breathing pattern to shift your mental, emotional and physical state... but what I deeply appreciate about Edward is his clinical approach that is backed by years of training, endocrino...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 17
I'm speaking with Andrew J Taggart, a practical philosopher, Zen Buddhist, and entrepreneur urging us to wake up to what we have so far taken for granted. In this conversation we discuss the thesis of his Total Work Manifesto and why we use our work and productivity to fuel our sense of self-worth and create meaning in our lives, as well as his compelling ideas for how we might break out of this Total Work prison that he calls Way of Loss and the Way of Wonderment . I should also mention that ab...
Dec 08, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 16
In this conversation we get into the meaty questions about his new book that's hitting the shelves this week called 'Why Are We Yelling', a whimsical and disarmingly powerful case and strategy guide for having what Buster calls productive disagreement. We cover three truths or misconceptions about arguments that you have uncovered, why he likes to eat knowledge, he coaches me through the process of engaging in a disagreement around climate change and we talk about some of the enemies of curiosit...
Nov 20, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 15
This was a real honour, Mike is trained as a magician and also the CEO at ' High Existence ' — a community and network of practical philosophy and for expanding human consciousness — and he's one of the most articulate and poetic people I've had the pleasure of meeting. If we can't fall in love with the privilege that we have to be alive, then anything that we try and do from this place of living, is is going to be limited." Mike and I riff on definitions of wonder, ambition, grief, the role of ...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 14
Anne-Laure is an ex-Googler, a talented writer and part-time neuroscience student. We bounce around between topics that resonated with me personally including: time anxiety, why we don't tend to take curiosity seriously as adults, a powerful technique for personal growth she's developed called 'Mindframing' and her recent decision to leave Google in order to go back to study neuroscience at Kings in London. Find Anne-Laure on Twitter , read her articles on Ness Labs or sign-up for her Maker Mind...
Oct 25, 2019•40 min•Ep. 13
I've been listening to Cory's podcast the Astral Hustle for years now so had so much fun being on the other end of the line and digging into his fascinating mind—he has an amazing gift for walking a line between being ridiculous and playful yet also filled with deep insights and practical tips on mindfulness. We didn't have time to cover it in this episode but Cory has a background in music and also produces Binaural Beats , which I've been using daily for the last few months to both meditate an...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 12
🙌I’ve probably said this before, but this feels like my favourite conversation on the podcast so far. ⏰ I woke up at 5am to take the call because of time-zone differences, but by the end I was practically bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm. 📝 Tiago is one of the deepest thinkers of anyone that I follow online, he’s a prolific writer, productivity coach and as you’ll hear in this conversation has built his business to fuel his own relentless curiosity. 🍄 You wouldn’t imagine that productiv...
Sep 13, 2019•49 min•Ep. 11
This was one of those spontaneous conversations that made me feel grateful for having started a podcast... it was with NASA astronomer Kevin Hainline, recorded sitting next to a stream up in the Spanish pyrenees. We went completely off the deep end and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that he changed the way I look up at the night sky and sent me into a rabbit hole of researching how different cultures around the world tell stories about the constellations they see. 🦖When Kevin was you...
Sep 05, 2019•54 min•Ep. 10
Our future is in good hands... it's the 'grown-ups' that have the catching up to do! 📷 Follow Hanalei on Instagram @ Hanaleiswan 👚 Check out her conscious fashion designs at http://hanaleiswan.com Connect + Explore More from Jonny 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller 🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery 🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts) 📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app 📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) ...
Aug 22, 2019•37 min•Ep. 9
🏄♂️Fergal Smith is a big-wave surfer and pioneering farmer, two words that don't often go in the same sentence. 👨🌾He juggles his time between growing veg and paddling into 30ft slabs of Atlantic ocean swells! I spent a couple of days helping out at Moy Hill, getting my hands in the soil and helping the team fill their 90x veg boxes to be sent out that week. 🌳 What I hope comes across in the conversation is Ferg's eloquent sincerity, the courage that it took and his vision to inspire a new ...
Aug 07, 2019•26 min•Ep. 8
Joel Levey was one of the first pioneers of mindfulness training back in the 70s, along with his partner Michelle, they worked with Google and NASA and co-designed a s ecret 'Jedi Warrior' program for the US elite special forces ... in this conversation we touch on: 🤔His thoughts on how to be curious in the face of suffering. 👤 Why he chose to embark on a year of silence with his partner Michelle. 🙏 Advice that received from the His Holiness the Dalai Lama. ❓Listener Question >> “ How c...
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 7
🌳 Dan has worked with some of the most innovative and inspiring brands, kickstarted a global movement to reconnect kids with nature, founded and built a global creative generosity network and guest lectures on Co-Creating the Emerging Future. 🎧 Oh and he’s also a former club DJ, as well as a trail running surf-loving dad! I was so grateful for the long walks and meandering conversations we shared in Portugal, Dan’s enthusiasm for life is contagious and he’s someone who believes in the extraord...
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 6
Anna Starkey is a genuine 21st century renaissance woman! In this wide-ranging conversation with dig into: 👨🎓 From lecturing on antimatter and working as the 'director of impossible projects' to performing stand-up comedy sketches... 🎙️ producing live arts shows for global cinema and gracing the TED stage with her talk: 'Do Not Press the Big Red Button'... her life is a testament to embracing curiosity as a career path! 👩🚀We dive deep into her zig-zag career (which begun with her dream of...
Jul 02, 2019•41 min•Ep. 5
I sat down with Austin in Portland, Oregon and we dive into some of his experience at the fascinating Wayfinding Academy. Hearing his vulnerable story gave me hope. We talk about the courage required to step outside the curiosity-crippling traditional system into what he called the 'space between stories' and develop new worldviews. I found it inspiring to see the path that he has now found which feels more aligned with the human he aspires to become. 📝 Show Notes: 🏫 I thoroughly recommend tha...
Jun 27, 2019•48 min•Ep. 4
Leo Babauta is the prolific writer of Zen Habits who is joining me from the distant island of Guam 7,400 miles away. Here are a few tasters for what to expect in this wide-ranging conversation: 😨 How Zen Habits evolved into his mission to help others push into their uncertainty. 👨🎓 How Leo unschooled and de-programmed his kids to facilitate their own natural state of curiosity. 🚀 Leo's compelling case for why a fully-optimised life would actually suck and risks being the most controlled bor...
Jun 22, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 3
There are maybe a handful to times in your life where you discover a book, that you want to keep by your bedside for the rest of your life. And for me that book is David's ‘ Consolations ’. It ratcheted open my mind to a whole new perspective on the definitions of words like Ambition , Courage and Heartbreak , that I thought I previously understood. I’m not sure how to even begin to describe exactly what it is that David does. On paper he's an acclaimed poet, a writer and a philosopher. But to m...
Jun 14, 2019•40 min•Ep. 2
Karina Guthrie is a yoga teacher at The Practice with a background in academia studying psychology and philosophy. We covered a lot of ground, touching on: 📚 why her parents would confiscate abridged books from her as a child and the book she would love to write one day. 🏫 the story of how she left a career in academia to follow her curiosity in the yoga world 🧘♀️ the importance of becoming more Kinaesthetically literate in the 21st century 📖 the difference between knowledge and lived wisdo...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 1
