The Hidden Why Podcast

John Medina - Buys Houses!! My interview with John Medina discussing his passion and business in real estate. John shares his experiences, challenges, and strategy in starting up and operating a successful business. Please enjoy! Guest Bio. John is the owner and founder of John Medina Buys Houses. He has been married to my wife Yvette for 12 years and they have an 11-year son named Christian. When...

People First In this interview with Jackie and Three Carpenter, I discuss their new book People First. They outline their 5-step process for implementing a People First philosophy in any organization, where caring, connected leaders create loyalty, ownership, value, and excellence. This is about unleashing people's potential, sparking passion, and igniting purpose in a way that brings about amazin...

Dopamine Nation In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. We're living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting… The increased numbers, variety, and potency are...

Status Games This is the third time I've welcomed Loretta on the show. We've previously discussed her work around our happy chemicals and her book Habits of a Happy Brain. In this conversation, we focus on the happy chemical serotonin the role it plays. Loretta shares with us how we can rewire our brain to avoid the trap of comparison and status-seeking to achieve more contentment and satisfaction...

Radical Decency Radical Decency: A Values-Based Approach to a Better Life and World - a timely conversation with Jeff Garson. If we can practice decency to ourselves, to others, and to the world we will encourage a happier journey for everyone involved. In a culture driven by values like, compete, win, dominate and control, Jeff encourages perhaps we try the opposite and live into values of respec...

The Art of Impossible One of my favourite authors joins me in this interview to discuss his newest book The Art of Impossible. We delve into Steven's many years of research, work, and training that focussing on the art of peak performance and the state of FLOW. This idea of peak performance and ultimately succeeding in life is not just privy to a select few, it's available for us all and it is hig...

Letting Go of Nothing Attachment! Defined often as that which blocks one's ability to be truly happy with life. In this conversation, I speak with Peter Russell about the art and benefits of "Letting Go". Spiritual, yes! Impactful on the quality of one's life, absolutely! Please enjoy. Guest Bio. Peter Russell, author of Letting Go of Nothing and From Science to God, earned degrees in theoretical...

How to Talk to a Science Denier "Climate change is a hoax—and so is coronavirus." "Vaccines are bad for you." These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. They are not merely uninformed—they are misinformed. In my interview with Lee, we discuss science denial as a whole. Not only how to talk to people who disagree with science but insights into...

The Opioid Crisis In this interview, I speak with Dr Michael Presti who is the CEO of SafeRX Pharmaceuticals, a company that is focused on helping reduce the risk of prescription opioid overdose. Michael shares his views on the current opioid epidemic in the United States and the causes of it. Including insights into the functions of the FDA and how certain approvals have slipped past their gates....

Name That Mouse This is David's second time on the podcast and in this conversation, I had an opportunity to discuss his upcoming book Name That Mouse. It happens to most of us every day, something happens that annoys us and instead of naming it, we avoid it. Instead of responding with thought, we are triggered and react. David shares some insightful processes and ideas about how we can learn to r...

You Are More Powerful Than You Think Talk about being HEALED. What a very insightful conversation with Dr Fred Didomenico. A spiritual journey in finding purpose and discovering more about how we can transform our lives. We talk spinal energy and health and delve off into topics about the current global COVID pandemic. Amazing stuff! Guest Bio. Dr. Fred DiDomenico is an entrepreneur, author, thoug...

Money Mindset Chris and his wife Marlow have some pretty significant stories when it comes to money struggles. You are NOT alone! Money is a leading cause of divorce, and many couples think they are alone with their financial struggles or have given up. What Chris really explains with detailed routines in this conversation is that all the tools and resources we need to better manage money and crea...

The Serendipity Mindset Good luck isn't just chance—it can be learned and leveraged—and The Serendipity Mindset explains how you can use serendipity to make life better at work, at home—everywhere. My conversation with the Author of The Serendipity Mindset, Christian Busch, discussing the ins and outs of how we can all create more opportune moments in life. "A wise, exciting, and life-changing boo...

Winning in The Middle of The Pack My interview with David Richman about his journey from being an overweight smoker in an abusive relationship to becoming an Ultraman triathlete. Setting measurable, attainable, and meaningful goals help get his life back on track to one that drove within rather than by external measures. David shares his concept of "winning in the middle of the pack" and discusses...

The Life Plan An inspiring conversation with Shannah Kennedy discussing her work and how we can find the path to the Ultimate Life. Many great life hacks and practices shared in this interview. Keep it simple! Guest Bio. With over 15 years experience to her name, Shannah Kennedy is one of Australia's foremost strategic life coaches. Her proven expertise enables clients to gain control of their liv...

Freedom Today I speak with Rachel Fiori on how to go about discovering real freedom. Enjoy! Guest Bio. Rachel is the CEO of The Masters of Self University, and the creator of Mystical Life Coach Certification™ (Mental & Emotional Master), The High Profile-Highly Sensitive Person Coaching Program™; and the breakthrough emotional intelligence training "How to Raise Your Emotional IQ." Rachel trains...

Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less In this interview, I speak with Leidy Klotz about his book Subtract. Blending evidence across science and design, Subtract The Untapped Science of Less: The Untapped Science of Less offers a revolution in problem-solving: proving why we overlook subtraction, and how we can access its true potential. Guest Bio. Leidy Klotz studies and writes about how we trans...

Radical Responsibility What is the greatest obstacle to your fulfillment, success, and happiness? "It's the belief," teaches Fleet Maull, "that your current situation, whatever it is, has the power to determine your future." This is my discussion with Fleet Maull - an invitation to discover personal freedom, authentic relationships, and limitless possibility Guest Bio. Fleet Maull, PhD, CMT-P, is...

Addicted to the Monkey Mind In this interview I speak with JF Benoist about his book Addcited to the monkey mind. A insightful conversation about how we can shift our programmed way of thinking and change our mindset to enhance our life. Come to understand your inner workings and from their aim to adopt new practices to change your conditioned responses. Guest Bio. JF Benoist was frustrated with t...

Essentialism & Effortless A great conversation with Greg Mckeown discussing his work and recent books Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. What if you could learn how to choose in both work and life what is essential and then make that which is essential become effortless? This is what Greg hopes to inspire us all to better understan...

Mental Immunity In this interview I talk with Andy Norman about his book Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think. Hailed as "a feast for thought," Mental Immunity melds cutting-edge work in science and philosophy into an "astonishingly enlightening and productive" solution to the signature problem of our age. A practical guide to spotting and rem...

Funky Wisdom: A Practical Guide To Life In this interview with Dennis Berry, he shares his personal journey with raw honesty and shows how he was able to overcome alcoholism and drug addiction, health problems, financial difficulties, relationship issues and basically just deal with "growing up" a little later in life. You will learn principles that you can apply in every aspect of your life to he...

Magenta Nation A discussion about creating a path to healing ourselves, and our nation. Joy shares ideas on how we can bring more hope, insight, and a roadmap to make positive change. Based on the power of intention, Joy's book, "Magenta Nation" will help you define your vision for yourself, your community, your nation, and your world, and to find and create "Third Force", out-of-the-box pathways...

Redefining Rich In our dysfunctional economy, "success" often comes at great personal cost . . . we're tired, we're stressed out, and we have no time for family and friends. It's time to redefine "rich." Perhaps there is need to redefine what a "rich life" looks and feels like to you. Shannon and her family have done it and she is here to share her story with you today. Pick up a copy of Shannon's...

Struggle In a world that's obsessed with fast hacks, quick wins, and Instagram-perfection (cue "Everything is Awesome"), struggle has become taboo. A sign that something's gone horribly wrong. But what if we've got it all wrong about getting it wrong? What if struggle isn't a battle to fight, a trap to avoid, or a sign of weakness? What if struggle is precisely where the magic happens - where we d...