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Ben Aldridge is a writer, teacher and musician from the UK. He writes about practical philosophy, comfort zones, mental health and adventure. His first book “How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: 43 Weird & Wonderful Ways to Build a Strong Resilient Mindset” is an exploration of unique ways to leave our comfort zones and face our fears. Heavily influenced by Stoicism, Buddhism, Popular P...

BJ Fogg is an American social scientist who is currently a research associate at Stanford University[1] and author. He is the founder and director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, later renamed as Behavior Design Lab. as spent 20 years researching and teaching insights about human behaviour. He turned this insight into his New York Times best selling book Tiny Habits. In this episode we...

Akira The Don is a globally renowned artist & DJ, and creator of Meaningwave Universe. Through the creation of his genre, 'Meaningwave,' he has collaborated with the likes of Jordan Peterson, Theo Von, Alan Watts, Joe Rogan & More. In this episode, we discuss: - The power of music - The Wisdom Of Jordan Peterson - How to live a more meaningful life & Much more Links: https://www.youtube.com/c/Free...

[02:21] What Makes A Life Worth Living? - Douglas Murray [06:14] What 3.5 Million Year Old Footprints Can Teach Us About Family & Love - Neil Oliver [14:50] How To Deal With Loneliness - Robert Greene [18:42] The Difference Between Sadness & Depression - Tal Ben Shahar [24:20] How To Live Longer - Dr Michael Gregger [28:20] How To Deal With Fear - Cristina Zenato [34:55] The Real Life Lord Of The...

Aaron Marino is a youtuber and entrepreneur. Since 2006, Aaron has helped millions of men from around the world realize their true potential and feel great about themselves. He has made it his life's mission to reach as many men as possible in an attempt to develop a community of happy, healthy, well-adjusted and confident men. Some people say you can't learn confidence, but Aaron knows for a fact...

#196: Marisa Peer - Award Winning Therapist's Advice For People That Don't Feel Enough by Freedom Pact Podcast

Fraser Wilson is an Australian fitness Youtuber with over 142 million video views, 1 million subscribers and 2 million social media followers, where he is producing informative and impactful content that helps millions of people achieve their health & fitness goals. At just 24 years old, Fraser has turned his passion in to a career and is truly living a life of purpose. In this episode, we discuss...

Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal—she has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Aca...

"The odds were stacked against us, but they were just odds..." Brian Wood MC, former Colour Sergeant, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. Brian Wood was awarded the Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat, by Her Majesty The Queen II, following his courageous leadership under enemy fire in Iraq. In the heat of a lethal close quarters battle, fighting outnumbered, he...

Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. Niall's latest book is called 'Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe'. Topics Discussed: - N...

Journalists have bestowed on Peter Singer the tag of “world’s most influential living philosopher.” Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in whi...

Professor Anthony Grayling (@https://twitter.com/acgrayling?s=20) is Master of the New College of the Humanities, and a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and is a frequent media contributor. Topics discussed: - Anthony's new book: The Frontiers of Knowle...

Darin Olien is co-host with Zac Efron on the widely popular Netflix docu-series “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” and host of the #1 Health & Wellness podcast "The Darin Olien Show." Darin is also a highly recognized exotic superfoods hunter, supplement formulator, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, “SuperLife: The five fixes that will keep you healthy, fit and eternally awesome." He...

Dr Robert Cialdini is known as the foundational expert in the science of influence. Robert is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, with over five-million copies sold in 44 different languages. He is the president and CEO of INFLUENCE AT WORK. Dr. Cialdini received his PhD from University of North Carolina and post-doctoral training from Columbia University. Dr....

Bryan Callen is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster. He has appeared in such TV and films as The Goldbergs, Hangover 1 & 2, Joker & More. A veteran Headliner, Callen performs in theatres and comedy venues across the world, but most often can be seen at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Callen is known for being the co-host of the top-rated iTunes podcasts The Fighter & The Kid, as well at Te...

Chloé Simone Valdary is an American writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning in schools and diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies. Chloe has lectured in universities across America, including Harvard and Georgetown. Her work has been covered in Psychology Today Magazine and her writings have appeared in the New York...

Dave Hollis is the CEO of the Hollis Company, a company that exists to help people build better lives. Dave was previously president of distribution for the Walt Disney Studios until he left to apply his experiences to the expansion of the Hollis Company. Dave is a member of the Motion Picture Academy and has been an advisor or board member of technology incubator Fandango Labs, philanthropy start...

Dr John Vervaeke ( @John Vervaeke ) is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John released a 50-part YouTube series entitled ‘’Awakening from the meaning crisis’’. Topics discussed: - What is the meaning crisis that we currently face? - What are the symptoms of the meaning crisis? - Are individual's highe...

Born country boy and farmer, with a longing for God – John Butler has led an extraordinarily interesting but largely unknown life, recorded only in notes, diaries letters etc which, for many years lay, half forgotten in the cupboard - until he published his first books, ‘Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment’ in 2008 at the age of 71, and ‘Mystic Approaches’ in 2012. Unexpectedly, in 2017, he was interv...

#180: Jonathan Pageau - Grand Narratives, Heaven and Hell, Evolution, Meaning and More by Freedom Pact Podcast

After obtaining a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, Andrew Steele decided that ageing was the most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. He worked at the Francis Crick Institute, using machine leaning to decode our DNA and predict heart attacks using patient's medical records . He is now a full-time science writer and presenter based...

David Heinemeier-Hansson, commonly known as DHH. David is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a best-selling author, co-founder and CTO at Basecamp and Hey, two software companies that our audience may remember from our chat with Jason a few months back. David was awarded the hacker of the year award in 2005, and interestingly was also named the ALMS rookie of the year award for his pursuit in race car...

Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In this episode, Robert joins the Freedom Pact podcast to discuss the events of the last year and what we've learned about the human condition. Topics Discussed: - Why Robert meditates on his own mortality - How to deal with Existential thou...

“It’s cancer.” Dr Philippa Kaye was 39 years old when she heard those dreaded words. The diagnosis of bowel cancer would change her life and mean crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient. She soon discovered that her years of training and experience had not prepared her for the realities of actually living with cancer. Phillipa's Links: https://www.drphilippakaye.com/ https://twi...

Dr Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as an author of both fiction and nonfiction. A year-long journey by renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, and his wife, esteemed feminist writer Marilyn Yalom, after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret. With the wisdom of those...