No Magic Pill with Blake Mycoskie

What if you already had everything you need to succeed in life? Today’s guest Jim Kwik believes your brain is your number one wealth-building asset. After suffering a traumatic brain injury as a child, Jim was written off by his teachers and peers as “the boy with the broken brain.” But he never accepted that. Jim has gone on to become one of the most respected authorities on unlocking your hidden...

A Jewish infant under Nazi occupation in Budapest, trauma expert Gabor Maté and his mother came close to extermination. At one point, she gave him to a stranger to save his life. It was an act of heroism and love, yet Maté experienced it as abandonment. He and Blake have a raw and personal conversation about how childhood wounds, however small or seemingly inconsequential, reverberate throughout o...

What do Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Love, Dr. Kristin Neff, Jewel, Alexi Pappas, and Dr. Paul Conti all have in common? You can consume all the self-help content in the world, but if you never act on it, nothing changes. In this special episode of No Magic Pill, Blake Mycoskie sits down with close friend therapist, author, and speaker Chris Orwig revisiting the most powerful breakthroughs and refle...

To say Jewel had a difficult home life is an understatement. Raised by an abusive father with addiction issues, she decided to move out at age 15. But her struggles didn’t stop there. Jewel takes us on a journey through panic attacks, sexual advances, shoplifting, and homelessness, and explains how she used her grit and perseverance to learn a new emotional language. She did this through methodica...

In this episode of No Magic Pill, Paul Conti and Blake Mycoskie pull back the curtain on why so many people seek help and still don't get better. From misdiagnosis and over-medication to the unconscious patterns driving every decision we make, Paul & Blake discuss frameworks for understanding the mind that most of the mental health system never offers.  #NoMagicPill #BlakeMycoskie #PaulConti Enoug...

After becoming an Olympian in 2016, runner Alexi Pappas was afraid to slow down. Her mother had died by suicide when Alexi was just four years old, and she feared that her own depression would become a death sentence, too. But with the support of friends and family, she found the strength to get help and heal. Alexi’s story is for anyone who wants to feel a little braver, to face the world new eac...

Chip Conley was driving to the Golden Gate Bridge to jump when a phone call with a friend and a song on the radio made him reconsider ending his life. He was in his late 40s, a time in which data shows we are generally at our unhappiest. Now, the former hospitality entrepreneur runs the Modern Elder Academy, which has helped more than 7,000 people embrace getting older. He and Blake discuss the ha...

Why is it often so difficult for people to practice self-compassion? Psychologist Kristin Neff is here to tell us. She works with top CEOs, entrepreneurs, and athletes to help them perform better, enter creative flow-states, and separate their success from their self worth. In this episode, Kristin pinpoints simple shifts we can make to be kinder to ourselves in order to achieve more. In this conv...

When the NBA’s Kevin Love had a panic attack on the court, in the middle of a game, he knew it was a wake up call. All his life he’d used basketball as an escape from debilitating anxiety and depression, and it had finally caught up to him. In the aftermath, he forged a new path that led not only to his healing journey, but to a new calling as a mental health advocate. The first step was being ope...

After losing his father and a dark year in Australia, actor Matthew McConaughey walked into the wilderness of his own mind to figure out how to be a man. He did so by writing long letters to himself, taking solo “walkabouts,” and purging the shame, guilt, and embarrassment of his younger years. He tells Blake about his methods (including what worked and what didn't work) and how they brought him b...

When Blake was at the lowest point in his life, a small dose of a psychoactive cacti called San Pedro showed him the truth underneath everything. He recorded the session and in this episode he shares certain moments with journalist Michael Pollan (author of How to Change Your Mind) to break down what happened. They discuss the power of pairing psychedelics with meditation, the breakthroughs that c...

TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie lost his community, purpose, and will to live after he sold his company. He then spent years trying to find a single 'cure' that would fix his mental health, only to realize there is no magic pill. Now, he’s traveling the world to meet guests with their own mental health journeys, from Matthew McConaughey and Michael Pollan to Jewel and Tim Ferriss. They get real about...