Beyond The Known

After days of meditating 10 to 12 hours a day on a silent retreat, Jitesh Vaswani came home with a letter he had written to himself from a place of deep clarity. In this solo episode, he reads it aloud for the first time. He unpacks two of its most powerful lines, tracing them back to old heartbreak, unconscious people-pleasing, and a quiet but profound realization about what winning on a spiritua...

Lahna Turner is a stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, and co-director of 'Come What May,' the documentary about her late husband Ralphie May. In this episode she speaks with rare honesty about what it is like to love someone through addiction, raise children inside that chaos, and then find the courage to rebuild. If you have ever tried to save someone who did not want to be saved, or you are...

Brad Sugars built the world's largest business coaching franchise from a single accidental phrase at a seminar. But the deeper lesson from 33 years coaching entrepreneurs isn't about systems or cash flow. It's about why most business owners are building a prison without knowing it, and what it actually takes to build something that can outlast you. From the four phases of a scalable bu...

Elan Gepner-Dales was 11 years old when a classmate died of leukemia and his world fell apart. What followed were years of depression, nihilism, burnout, and a relentless search for something that could hold. What he found was breath. Now as Executive Director of SKY Schools USA, Elan has brought breathwork and social-emotional learning into 265 schools across 29 states, responding to a youth ment...

Kanwal Rekhi was two years old when he stood alone in a flood during the Partition of India, separated from his family in a temple. Decades later, he would stand equally alone as the first Indian-American to take a venture-backed company public on NASDAQ. In this conversation with host Jitesh Vaswani, Kanwal traces the full arc: the glass ceilings he hit as an engineer, the moment a former employe...

Leanne Perice built MADE BY ALL from cold emails and zero connections into one of the most respected talent management companies in the creator economy, now overseeing a combined audience of 1.3 billion people. In this conversation with Jitesh Vaswani, she shares the spiritual practice that guides every business decision, the MBA framework she created to turn creators into household names, and the...

John Osborne has lived inside two worlds most people never enter separately, let alone together. He spent years in a Trappist monastery in silence, built a three-decade career in venture capital and investment banking, helped thousands of military veterans heal from PTSD through breathwork, and has traveled the world with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar since 1989. In this conversation, John traces t...

For over four decades, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been proving that peace is not an idea, it is a capacity. His breathing and meditation techniques have reached veterans, prisoners, former gang members, Yazidi survivors, and Iraqi widows, often in places almost every other NGO had already left. In this episode, Filiz Odabas-Geldiay, Executive Director of the International Association for Hum...

At 13 years old, Dr. Emily Letran was smuggled out of Vietnam in the middle of the night, spent 7 days at sea surviving on sips of water, and landed in America with almost no English and an entirely unwritten future. In this deeply moving conversation, she shares what that journey actually felt like from the inside, and how the love and gratitude she held onto in a refugee camp became the foundati...

Moe Rock, CEO of The Los Angeles Tribune and 2x Grammy-nominated producer, did the unthinkable: he secured a 2026 Grammy nomination for Milli Vanilli, 36 years after they were forced to return theirs. But this conversation isn't about pop culture nostalgia. It's about why he built a media empire that refuses to profit from fear, how one meeting with Gurudev rewired his understanding of power, and...

In this powerful solo episode of Beyond The Known, host Jitesh Vaswani speaks directly to the version of you who is tired, overwhelmed, doubting yourself, yet still refuses to quit. This is a deep dive into the self-growth journey, the personal development journey, and the invisible inner fire that shapes every true transformation. Drawing from ancient Vedic concepts like Tapas (the inner fire) an...

In this powerful and deeply emotional inspirational leadership story, host Jitesh Vaswani sits down with entrepreneur, mentor, and humble leader David Guttman, who shares the extraordinary real-life near-death experience that changed his entire life. At just 24 years old, David was told he had six months to live, and that moment became the greatest comeback story — transforming everything he belie...

In this deeply moving episode of Beyond The Known, host Jitesh Vaswani sits down with Yumi, who shares her extraordinary journey from losing everything to discovering the unshakable peace within. Once homeless and broken, Yumi found healing through meditation, compassion, and the quiet strength of presence. From surviving the streets to finding solace in silence, Yumi’s story reveals how life’s gr...

On this episode of Beyond the Known, host Jitesh Vaswani sits down with his brother Sandeep Vaswani, a corporate leader, mentor, and Art of Living teacher, to explore a journey that bridges leadership, discipline, and deep inner transformation. From being an engineering student introduced to meditation by his father to becoming a global influencer guiding thousands through Art of Living courses, S...

In this reflective solo episode of Beyond The Known, host Jitesh Vaswani delves deep into one of the most challenging lessons in leadership and self-development: how to stop people-pleasing and lead with authenticity. Through powerful insights on authentic leadership, entrepreneur mindset, and emotional resilience, Jitesh explores how constantly seeking validation weakens your vision and disconnec...

In this episode of Beyond The Known, Jitesh Vaswani sits down with Scott Clary - entrepreneur, storyteller, and host of the Success Story Podcast - for an unfiltered conversation about ambition, failure, and the long road to redefining success and personal fulfillment. Together, they explore real lessons in entrepreneurship and business growth, the importance of authentic storytelling in business,...

In this intimate solo episode of Beyond the Known, host Jitesh Vaswani shares a deeply personal reflection on gratitude, belonging, and stepping into his true agency. Recorded from his childhood home in Vikaspuri, India, this conversation unfolds through stories of family, community, and the courage to align ambition with purpose. From the quiet power of fulfilled desires to practices that turn gr...

In this profound conversation with host Jitesh Vaswani, Dan Millman, world champion gymnast, Stanford coach, best-selling author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and global teacher, reveals how discipline, surrender, resilience, and awareness shaped his life’s philosophy. From winning championships against all odds to a life-altering motorcycle accident, Dan’s story is a masterclass in turning setb...

In this informative episode of Beyond the Known, host Jitesh Vaswani sits down with Dr. Steven Storage, a triple board-certified psychiatrist who left traditional academia to challenge the outdated models of psychiatry. Dr. Storage introduces us to a revolutionary perspective: mental health is brain health. Through advanced imaging, science-backed frameworks, and a focus on true brain function, he...

In this powerful episode of Beyond the Known, the host, Jitesh Vaswani, sits down with Paul Hutchinson, a man who walked away from a multi-billion-dollar empire to step into the darkest corners of the world. Once the co-founder of Bridge Investment Group, Paul traded boardroom prestige for undercover missions, risking his life to rescue children. His story fuels the global movement behind Sound of...

In this heartfelt episode of Beyond The Known, the host, Jitesh Vaswani, sits down with Sunny Promyotin, the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist of the band, Sunny and The Black Pack, to express his extraordinary journey, one shaped by trauma, transformed by music, and illuminated by the power of positivity. From writing his very first song to building an online community that connected millions th...

In this wellness episode of Beyond The Known, the host, Jitesh Vaswani sits down with natural foods pioneer Doug Evans, author of The Sprout Book and founder of The Sprouting Company. From his early struggles with food insecurity to building trailblazing health ventures, Doug’s story is one of perseverance and a lifelong mission to bring nutrition back to its purest form. Today, he champions sprou...

In this deeply reflective episode, Jitesh Vaswani, Beyond The Known host, sits down with Dean Kinzer, the founder of Kinzer Coins and the co-host of The Ancient Coin Hour, to explore the power of ancient coins and how they connect us to history, revolutionize ancient civilization and reshape the current world. From Ceaser’s bold propaganda to Brutus’s infamous denarius, Dean offers insights on how...

In this inspiring episode of Beyond The Known, Jitesh Vaswani reveals the effects of constant digital input, dopamine spikes and modern hustle culture and how it dysregulates our nervous systems, leaving us drained, unfocused and overwhelmed. Through personal stories and powerful insights, he explains that rest isn’t a luxury but a necessity for real clarity and performance. Discover the science b...

In this informative episode of Beyond The Known, our host Jitesh Vaswani sits down with Justin Hai, founder of Rebalance Health, to unpack what he calls the real pandemic: The cortisol overload. With deep scientific insight, Justin reveals how chronic stress and modern overstimulation are silently dismantling our health. From the biochemical impact of food and the necessity of strength training to...