Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

This week’s conversation is with Dean Karnazes, an acclaimed endurance athlete and  NY Times  bestselling author, who has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits.  TIME  magazine named him one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.”  Men’s Fitness  hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. Stan Lee, of Marvel Comics fame, called...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist and professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  Over the course of her career, she has worked with or advised dozens of organizations on how to encourage positive change, including Google, the U.S. Department of Defense, the American Red Cross, and Morningstar.  Her research is regularly fea...

This week’s conversation is with Joe de Sena, the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports and wellness brand. Throughout his lifetime, Joe has competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.  His racing resume is the stuff of legend – over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone....

This week’s conversation is with Ryan Holiday, the bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; Conspiracy and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition.  His work has been translated into over 30 languages and has appeared everywhere from the New York Times to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Comp...

This week’s conversation is with Joanne McCallie, better known as “Coach P” – one of the most highly decorated female college basketball coaches in the country.  Over the last 28 years, Coach P has coached at Maine, Michigan State, and most recently Duke. She’s the only Division I head coach to lead two different programs to 30-win seasons with three National Championship game appearances, an...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Peter Attia, a physician focusing on the applied science of longevity.  Peter earned his M.D. from Stanford University and holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. He trained for five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surgery, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including resident of the year, and...

This week’s conversation is with Tony Blauer, a coach in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades. He founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, and close quarter tactics & scenar...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Marv Dunphy, widely recognized as one of the premier coaches in the history of the sport of volleyball. He directed Pepperdine to four NCAA men’s volleyball titles and concluded his 34th and final season as the Waves’ head coach in 2017. He remains involved with the program as its head coach emeritus. Marv also had a long, successful coaching tenure with the U....

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Ethan Kross, one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind.  After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, Ethan earned his Ph. D. in Psychology from Columbia University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in social-affective neuroscience to learn about the neural systems that support self-control.  H...

This week’s conversation is with Max Lugavere, a filmmaker, health and science journalist and author of the The Genius Life and the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. Max appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show , the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors.   After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form o...

This week’s conversation is with Cal Newport, an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, where he specializes in the theory of distributed systems. Cal is also a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the intersection of technology and culture.  He’s the author of seven books, including Digital Minimalism and Deep Work , which have been published in over...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Trudy Goodman, the founding teacher of InsightLA and cofounder of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.  Trudy has trained in mindfulness and Zen since 1973, holds a graduate degree in developmental psychology from Harvard, and is one of the senior Buddhist teachers in the U.S.   She has taught at universities and retreat centers worldw...

This week’s conversation is with Morgan Housel, a partner at The Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal.  He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, winner of the New York Times Sidney Award, and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business a...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. David Rabin, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, health tech entrepreneur & inventor who has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for more than a decade. David has always been fascinated by consciousness and our inherent ability to heal ourselves from injury and illness. As such, he has specifically focused his research...

This week’s conversation is with Nneka Ogwumike the 2016 WNBA MVP, WNBA Champion, and 1st overall pick of the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2012 WNBA Draft. Nneka is on a mission to inspire others to discover their greatness with an open heart, enthusiasm, integrity, courage, and compassion. She is currently serving as President of the WNBA Players’ Association (WNBPA) and successfully led the group i...

This week’s conversation is with Alex Fiance and Ankur Jain, the co-founder’s and co-CEO’s of Kairos. Kairos is focused on solutions that can help solve the affordability crisis for the everyday consumer. Alex has been leading Kairos since 2013, transforming the company from its roots as a student-run organization into its current focus on building a family of brands designed to make life more aff...

This week’s conversation is with Jimmy Chin, an Academy Award winning filmmaker, National Geographic photographer and professional mountain sports athlete. He has led or participated in cutting edge expeditions around the world for over 20 years. Jimmy has climbed and skied Mount Everest from the summit and made significant first ascents on all seven continents including the coveted first asc...

This week’s conversation is with Alexi Pappas, an Olympic runner and an award-winning actor and writer. A Greek-American, Alexi is the Greek national record holder in the 10,000 meters. She graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College and also ran for the University of Oregon as a 5th year, leading the team to two NCAA victories. Alexi has been profiled on the cover of the New York Times Sport...

This week’s conversation is with Henry Fraser,  a talented artist, who paints stunning landscapes, animals, portraits, and more. There’s one caveat -- he draws using his mouth, as an accident years ago left him paralysed from the neck down. So that would beg the question, how did he learn to paint? He began by using a stylus on his iPad, which he held using his mouth to draw. He then taught h...

This week’s conversation is with Jack Kornfield, a PhD, who holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. He has trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, and the Spirit Rock Center. Jack is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the west and has taught meditation internationally since...

This week’s conversation is with Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, the Corporate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Microsoft.   From thought leadership, to operational execution, to employee engagement, Lindsay leads Microsoft’s strategic efforts on systemic solutions to advance diversity and inclusion guided by a commitment to be mission-driven, outcome-oriented, globally-informed, science-b...

This week’s conversation is with Owen Eastwood, a Performance Coach engaged by high profile teams around the world hunting for a competitive advantage through their culture. He currently works with the British Olympic and English football teams and has previously worked with diverse teams such as the Command Group of NATO, the South African cricket team, corporate leadership teams and in...

This week’s conversation is with James Clear, a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits. His work has appeared in Entrepreneur magazine, Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning. His website,  jamesclear.com , receives millions of visitors each...

This week’s conversation is unique – it’s with Lauryn Evarts Bosstick and Michael Bosstick, our first husband and wife duo on Finding Mastery and it definitely doesn’t disappoint!  Lauryn and Michael host a top podcast called The Skinny Confidential: HIM & HER Michael is also the CEO and Co-Founder of the Dear Media Podcast Network, the first and leading podcast network focused on female...

This week’s conversation is with Sergey Young, a longevity investor with a mission to extend healthy lifespans of at least one billion people. Building on his investment expertise, which spans over 20 years, Sergey founded the $100M  Longevity Vision Fund  to accelerate life extension breakthroughs and to make them affordable and accessible to all. The investment focus of Longevity Visio...