Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Dr. Dan Siegel and I did not want to stop this incredible conversation, so this will be a two-part episode. Listen to Part 2 here. Dr. Dan Siegel is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he also serves as a co-investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Deve...

In this episode of Slo Mo, I speak with my friend Anne Therese Gennari, an ex-model, entrepreneur, sustainability coach, and stubborn believer in collective, positive change. In 2017, she co-founded Role Models Management, a talent agency that puts ethics, sustainability, and social justice at its core and gives models a voice to speak up about things they believe in, demonstrating that empowered...

My guest today is Michael Ventura, an accomplished entrepreneur, creative director, and author who specializes in empathy. He is the founder and CEO of the strategy and design studio, Sub Rosa, and also teaches design thinking and integrating empathy into the creative process at Princeton University. His first book, "Applied Empathy", puts empathy at the center of design, innovation, and problem s...

Today’s guest is my inspiring friend, Kim Ross. Kim is Director of International Productions at Warner Bros Entertainment, so I thought we'd be discussing the impact of media on our well being. This episode turned out to be so much more. Her story, both extraordinary and relatable, is exactly what Slo Mo aims to be about. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018, Kim began asking herself t...

In this episode, I speak with Dan Murray-Serter, a friend I admire for many reasons, particularly his commitment to live life and do business on his terms. Dan is the Co-Founder of brain health and mental wellness company Heights and the Host of the UK's number 1 business podcast, Secret Leaders. Dan's last business, Grabble, became the UK's number 1 shopping app, for which he won the UK's young e...

In this episode I speak with the amazing Rajshree Patel, a woman whose words alone paint the picture of a being who has tapped into their true potential. Rajshree began her career as a prosecutor living in Los Angeles until a fateful misunderstanding of an advertisement led her to attend an event by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - the spiritual leader, not the legendary sitar player she thought she...

The story of Dan Schneider, also known as The Pharmacist, will be familiar to anyone who’s browsed Netflix’s list of Trending Shows within the last few months. The must-watch docuseries, The Pharmacist, tells of Dan's perseverance in both independently solving the case of his 22-year old son's murder in a drug-deal gone bad and subsequent risking of his own life to expose the impending opioid cris...

In this deeply personal episode, I speak with my friend and tireless force for good, Dr. Scilla Elworthy. Scilla is nothing short of inspiring, and to listen to her discuss her work and life story is to hear a clear example of a human being who found and is living their purpose. I say it multiple times in our discussion, but the world needs more Scillas, more people saying "peace is possible."Scil...

Nothing I write here will capture the emotional magnitude of the conversation I had with world renowned photographer and artist, Jimmy Nelson. The world knows him as a storyteller primarily via his gorgeous photography, but here is proof that listening to Jimmy tell his story as a guest on a podcast is a masterpiece in and of itself. Jimmy Nelson has hauled his camera to the world's most remote co...

Today's guest is one of my role models, author and lecturer Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar. Tal taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world. Tal is a true ally in the shift to use science to legitimize the valu...

In this episode, I speak with the extraordinary John Spence, an author, speaker, and executive coach recognized as one of the top business thought leaders and leadership development experts in the world. John has made a career out of simplifying and communicating very complex concepts (see his fantastic book, Awesomely Simple) and was named by the American Management Association as one of America’...

Today's guest is my friend and leading motivational speaker Kevin Abdulrahman, connecting from quarantine in Dubai. Kevin personally speaks to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies and is also the trusted advisor and go-to public speaking coach to CEOs, world leaders, presidents and even royalty. He is the host of How Do They Do It?, a show and podcast where he has candid conversations wit...

In this episode, I speak with coach and mind-strategist Will Polston, the Founder of Make It Happen. Will's mission is to empower one billion people to transform their excuses into results to benefit themselves, their family, their friends, their community, society, humanity and the universe - what he calls the Ripple Effect. Will is a brilliant young man and a natural ally for my own One Billion...

In this episode, I speak with my wonderful Brazilian friend and happiness ally, Sandra Teschner. Sandra is an author, businesswoman, publisher, speaker, and certified Chief Happiness Officer. Sandra radiates a contagious joy and embodies the dancing, singing, laughing, and sharing spirit of Brazil. She changed her near-death experience into a driving force toward understanding what it means to be...

I haven't met many people more admirably open than my friend Roxie Nafousi, an Emotional Health Advisor, Manifesting Expert, and Instagram Agony Aunt. Roxie is a champion of vulnerability, the epitome of an open book who courageously shares the wisdom learned from her struggles and triumphs having battled addiction, insecurities and mental health issues. She reaches and helps thousands of people o...

I still feel an afterglow after my conversation with Dr. Maria Sirois, a brilliant psychologist, teacher, speaker, author, and friend in the pursuit of spreading happiness. Maria and I, like many other of my guests, were supposed to meet at the World Happiness Summit, but COVID-19 had other plans. I'm so glad and grateful that she granted me a conversation for Slo Mo, because she drops some seriou...

In this episode, I speak with my dear friend Karen Guggenheim, a woman who embodies unwavering resilience and passion for making the world a happier place. Karen is the Founder and CEO of WOHASU (World Happiness Summit), an organization and annual summit that unites leaders, economists, academics, entrepreneurs, and the public to bring forth positive change based on the data-driven science of happ...

Welcome to the first episode of Slo Mo. I'm your host, Mo Gawdat, and I'm so grateful to have you with me. I never expected to launch my podcast in the middle of a global pandemic, but I felt compelled to explore the bright side of the COVID-19 crisis with some of my wisest friends. My guest on today's show is the embodiment of wisdom and calmness. Thupten Jinpa Langri is an author, Tibetan Buddhi...