Fear, Shame, and the Fight to Get Out of Your Own Way | Joel Kinnaman
27 May - 1 hour 27 minsYou can be wildly successful and still be quietly falling apart inside.
Joel Kinnaman has appeared in some of the most talked-about shows in Hollywood. He has starred in The Killing, Robocop, House of Cards, Altered Carbon, and is currently in his fifth season of For All Mankind. And he will be the first to tell you that none of that made the war inside his head any quieter.
Before every live theater performance for three straight years, he threw up. He kept a bucket backstage. The negative voices in his mind were relentless, and he spent years drinking heavily, using drugs, and force-feeding himself in a desperate attempt to hide the shame he felt about a physical condition that had left...
Series Episodes
Why You're Still Playing Small (And How to Stop) | Emmanuel Acho
Emmanuel Acho, former NFL linebacker, Fox Sports television host, bestselling author of Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits, and the only person outside of Oprah to publish multiple books under the Oprah Winfrey imprint, joins Lewis Howes to discuss reframing failure, releasing goal-setting in favor of objectives, navigating public criticism, building self-love through success, and the mindset shifts required to break through limits others cannot yet see.
1 hour 11 mins
29 May Finished
The Science of Doing Less to Achieve More | David Epstein
David Epstein, investigative journalist, science writer, and bestselling author of Range and Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, joins Lewis Howes to explore how strategic constraints unlock creativity, focus, and performance. The conversation covers the BCS Press Release framework, kind vs. wicked learning environments, the 10,000-hour rule myth, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, satisficing rules, the subtractive neglect bias, and research from MIT, Northwestern, and the Census Bureau on founder age and startup success.
1 hour 8 mins
25 May Finished
Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong Person (And How to Finally Stop) | Faith Jenkins
Attorney, television judge, and author Faith Jenkins joins Lewis Howes to discuss her book Sis, Don't Settle: How to Stay Smart in Matters of the Heart. Jenkins draws on her experience presiding over divorce cases, her own 10+ relationships before marrying at 42, and personal encounters with heartbreak, rejection, and radical acceptance to offer a practical framework for choosing love wisely, identifying red flags early, and building emotional maturity through each chapter of your dating life.
1 hour 15 mins
22 May Finished
The Sleep Doctor's 5 Rules for Your Best Night Ever | Dr. Michael Breus
Dr. Michael J. Breus, board-certified sleep specialist, clinical psychologist, and bestselling author, shares his five-step framework for transforming sleep quality through circadian rhythm alignment and chronotype optimization. Topics include adenosine and sleep drive, the 4-7-8 breathing technique developed by Dr. Andrew Weil, the Napa Latte protocol, non-sleep deep rest (Yoga Nidra), melatonin misconceptions, the Time Shifter jet lag app, thermoregulatory sleep pads, chrono longevity, PTSD and nightmare therapy, and how timing of caffeine, exercise, and alcohol impacts restorative sleep.
1 hour 33 mins
20 May Finished
The 5 Steps to Reprogram Your Mind and Break Every Ceiling | Lewis Howes
Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author and host of The School of Greatness, breaks down the five-step mental reprogramming process he used to move from winning on the outside while feeling empty on the inside. This episode covers default programming awareness, pattern interruption, identity shifting, subconscious rewiring through repetition and emotion, and mental environment protection, drawing on Lewis's personal transformation from fear-driven achiever to aligned and purpose-led leader.
48 mins
18 May Finished
