The Ancient 4-Step Method to Clear Your Mind | Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi
14 October - 1 hour 15 minsYou keep making the same mistake because you haven't failed enough yet. That sounds harsh until you hear the reasoning, and then it feels like relief.
Shi Heng Yi, a 35th generation Shaolin master who has practiced kung fu since age four, sat down with Lewis and explained why manifestation stalls for most people. You can touch the hot plate five times and it still hurts, he says, and one day you simply stop. Lewis admits he touched it about 100 times across 15 to 20 years of relationships before he changed.
Then he gets practical. He walks through RAIN, his four step method for a restless or doubting mind: recognize it, accept it, investigate it, and stop identifying with it. He also teach...
How Stress Can Cause a Heart Attack (And How to Heal) | Dr. Tara Narula
Dr. Tara Narula is a board certified cardiologist and chief medical correspondent for ABC News. She argues that chronic stress damages the heart and that resilience is a learnable skill that protects it. Topics include takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, cognitive behavioral therapy, the Serenity Prayer, and the American Heart Association.
1 hour 19 mins
12 October Finished
A Divorce Lawyer on the Small Things That End Marriages | James Sexton
James Sexton is a divorce lawyer and the author of If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together. He tells Lewis Howes that marriage is a technology with tradeoffs, and that it erodes through small unaddressed disconnections around sex and money. They discuss Hit Send Now emails, Go Without or Go Elsewhere, prenups, joint and individual accounts, infidelity, and Mating in Captivity.
1 hour 17 mins
9 October Finished
Secret Service Agent: How to Get Anyone to Tell You the Truth | Brad Beeler
Brad Beeler, a US Secret Service agent for 25 years and polygraph examiner for 17, is the author of Tell Me Everything. He argues that people disclose the truth when an interviewer builds safety and curiosity, since body language is a poor lie detector. The conversation covers the Buddy framework, FEEL, the crime equation, horns and halos, tactical empathy, confirmation bias, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
1 hour 22 mins
7 October Finished
I Was a Champion on the Field and Broken at Home | Terry Bradshaw
Terry Bradshaw is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and a longtime host of Fox NFL Sunday. He argues that lasting change begins when a person accepts that the common factor in repeated failures is himself and speaks openly about depression. The conversation covers his memoir Looking for Terry, his ADD diagnosis after retirement, years of counseling, and a self-honesty exercise he calls mirror evaluation.
1 hour 13 mins
5 October Finished
Budgets Don't Work, Automation Makes You Rich | David Bach
David Bach, author of The Latte Factor and The Automatic Millionaire, spent nine years at Morgan Stanley and co-founded a registered investment advisory firm. He argues with Lewis Howes that automated saving and long term ownership of stocks and real estate build wealth, while get rich quick thinking keeps people broke. The conversation covers Smart Women Finish Rich, the Rule of 72, Acorns, and Federal Reserve data on emergency savings.
1 hour 16 mins
2 October Finished