Mads Friis Podcast

Have you ever meet someone who has such amazing energy that they affect you positively instantly? Today's guest is one of them. I first meet Peter Gould several years ago in Dubai and his presence, centeredness, humbleness, curiosity, and positive spirit hit me straight away. That he is also a very successful award-winning designer and creative entrepreneur, which came second for me. But I have fo...

This week, I’m really excited about the interview with Tine Jørgensen. Tine is a Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Nutrition. I was happy to have this conversation with her as it gave me clarity on topics like gut health and maintaining a healthy gut microbiome. Tine shared a lot of insights on Probiotics, and break down on how they work as well as what they do for our bodies. In our conversatio...

In today’s episode, we’re going to delve deeper into some of my favorite topics, which are happiness and meaning. We often ask ourselves what can we actually do that will make us happy? Or how to find meaning in life? I am so glad to have one of the most knowledgeable experts on this subject, Dr. Jonathan Robinson to be my guest for my 50th episode and shed some light on how we perceive happiness...

In this episode, we are going to delve into one of the most important, but often overlooked areas of our lives, our relationships. It’s something that I personally wanted to learn more about as I am no expert in this field. My guest today, Dr. Kirk Honda is a licensed psychologist and one of the very few experts that marry psychology with marriage and family therapy. Dr. Kirk Honda shares his expe...

Reflection is an integral part of the pursuit of constantly learning new things. This generally involves making connections between the theories you started to practice and your own learning experiences. In this episode, I will walk you through some of the key practices I implemented from the discussions with my guests that are experts in Psychology, Neuroscience, Medical practitioners, Biohackers...

How do you pursue the right goals and find meaning in life? Pretty big questions. My guest in the episode, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a big name globally in the humanistic psychology space and has a suggestion on this from a psychological standpoint. In our enchanting conversation, Dr. Kaufman told me what got him into psychology and described his most monumental rework of Maslow’s hierarchy of ne...

One of the biggest challenges in the modern world is maintaining high cognitive performance. My guest in this session is Dr. Tompkins, a licensed psychologist, sleep specialist, and mental health educator, and we delve into the mental health issues and contributing factors that play a significant role in how we sleep and the quality of the sleep we are getting. Our discussion loops around insomnia...

So far, Growth Island has been full of industry insight and awesome storytelling. In this short episode, I share my favorite lessons I learned from interviewing some of the knowledgeable experts, Martin Kremmer, Martine Kveim, Andy Mant, Michael Auchenberg & Johannes Hoseth. My pursuit to constantly learn and try new things drove me to try and implement these lessons into my regular practice. It m...

We live in a world driven by bias and stereotypes. Discover how a social justice advocate like Howard J. Ross defines the complexities of belonging, modern tribalism, and controlling stereotypes. I had a chance to talk to him about the importance of stereotype filtering, how to gain clarity about our own biases, and how to determine if that is something that helps us or holds us back. Howard expla...

Have you ever found yourself feeling anxious about your reaction in some situations? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, a nationally recognized parent coach and a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience in providing child, adolescent, couples, and family counseling. I get to pick his brain on anxiety, a field that he had explored in almost all of his previous work,...

Ever heard the advice to trust your gut? One of my goals this year is actually to get better at trusting my gut. That might however be a really bad idea, at least according to Dr. Gleb Tsipursky. He is an expert in behavioral science and the biases we as humans make. This expertise made him write the book “Never Go with Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Di...

Do you also love to work, but have friends or family often commenting that you properly work too much? Or are you one of the many people who have been hit by stress? Then this episode is for you. I love to work and see it as a calling, but I am also very aware that anyone can get hit by stress. And that it is not just a question of loving what you do. The number of people getting stressed has been...

I gotta be honest: it is much easier getting top grades at university in leadership and consulting, than actually practicing it! Anybody else got that experience? I thought I had a good take on leadership after studying a master’s degree on the subject. But becoming a leader definitely humbled me. Especially when facing the dilemmas where being responsible for the greater good of the organisation...

How do you best protect yourself from the coronavirus? Something that is on most people's mind these days. I had a chat about this with Dr. Ulrik Hjerpsted who is a vascular surgeon and has been exploring the world of functional medicine since 2001. It was on the 8th of March, so before all hell broke loose with closing of borders. The interview is still very relevant and Dr. Hjerpsted predicted t...

I got to interview one of my personal inspirations :) Martin Bjerregaard is a big inspiration for me as he has been extremely successful in his professional life. But more importantly he is one of the strongest advocates in Denmark for changing the world with compassion by being present in the moment, kind, and loving. Something I believe we need to see more off and that I hope to be a small part...

In this episode, I’m discussing what I have learned from the first four episodes, how I’m implementing some of the things, what I didn’t managed to implement and what I've learned from that. Some key takeaways are morning smoothies, pomodoro technique, mushrooms, mindfully using tech and questions to ask yourself to find your direction with life. The guests were Niels Vium, Daniel Espeland, Alaxan...

5-20% performance increase might be the difference between success and failure. This is one of the promises of biohacking. In a high performing start-up culture, burnout is a real issue and often people are too stressed out to even see a doctor.  As a result, many fall into a vicious cycle of bad habits including energy drink, sleep/stress medication, quick and unhealthy meals and no time for exer...

How do we get everything we want out of life? For Dr. Ted Achacoso, one cornerstone is getting a good health foundation first before focusing on the pleasures of optimal performance. Dr. Ted Achacoso became a medical doctor at the age of 22. Ben Greenfield called him the smartest physician on the planet. Luke Storey calls him the Cosmic MD. He is the founding pioneer of the clinical practice of He...

Cognitive enhancers, smart drugs, also called nootropics are getting more and more traction these days. The promise of being more focused and being able to achieve more in less time is fantastic for many of us. However, cognitive enhancers can really cause harm if your fundamental health is not in order. I, therefore, got one of the pioneers of the field with me on the Podcast. Dr. Ted Achacoso be...

Ever felt the feeling of lack of focus? Do you suffer from migraine? Or do you are someone you know get the label ADHD? Well, then this episode is for you. Because there is a solution which does not include a lot of nasty drugs. It seems like one of the best-kept secrets the more I have a look into it. It is Neurofeedback and top Performers such as Tony Robbins, Ben Greenfield, Dave Asprey, etc ha...

Microbiome health has been getting into the consciousness of most of us lately. People talking about that microbiome, the gut, poop. Yep, it is not your normal dinner conversation, but it's starting to become so. So I found one of the really cool experts in this space that knows a ton about that. It is Roland Pankewich, CEO of Health Optimization Medicine (Canada). Roland has been advising pro ath...

More and more people are getting into a plant-based diet so I found an expert on the field to interview :) Tobias Schmidt Hansen is a medical doctor and co-author of the book "THE PLANT-BASED DIET". The book guides you through why a plant-based diet is good for you and how live a plant-based life. Tobias shares some of the highlights from the book in this interview. Find the podcast at www.growthi...

This is a special episode where we're going to go really deep, really fast into juice and smoothies. And to do that, I got Thomas Sylvest in, he has a master's in pharmaceutical sciences. So he really knows how chemistry works together. And he's also the CO-founder of something called ØkoLyst, the one seen in the video. They also have bigger juices. If you listen to the end you can even win a pric...

One IPO, another successful exit and 80 investments in startups are just some of the accomplishments of today's guest. Serial entrepreneurs and investor Martin Tobias has "retired" three times, but keeps finding interesting problems to solve. Currently CEO of Upgrade Labs which is one of the places in the world with the most awesome biohacking gear. Martin has started Upgrade Labs together with Da...

Who do the world's highest performers get help from? Well, I had the pleasure of meeting one of them :) Dr. Barry Morguelan who has helped people like Tony Robbins, Jay Abraham, and Dave Asprey. Dr. B is a world-class medical doctor and the only western Grand Master of a 5,000-year-old Chinese Source Energy discipline. He uses this mix of western medicine and the Chinese Source Energy discipline t...