How to Stay Calm, Focused, and Resilient When the World Speeds Up with Ishan Shivanand
About this episode
John Barrows interviews Ishan Shivanand about maintaining calm and resilience in a fast-paced world.
The world is getting faster, but your nervous system still has to make the decision. In this episode, John sits down with Ishan Shivanand, a yogic scholar, Vedic educator, and mental health researcher born into a 21-generation lineage of yogis, to talk about stress, focus, resilience, meditation, and what it really takes to stay regulated under pressure. From growing up inside a monastery to building research-backed protocols for modern life, Ishan brings a very different lens to performance than the usual sales playbook. If you are in sales, leadership, or any high-pressure role where the pace of change is starting to wear on your focus, this conversation gives you a practical way to think about breathwork, awareness, curiosity, and the human component that still matters in an AI-driven world. Want to build more resilience before the market moves even faster? Visit www.jbarrows.com and learn how you can Make It Happen. What You’ll Learn Why real joy is different from temporary achievement-driven happiness How unresolved experiences can shape fear, behavior, and decision-making Why the human component is still the failure point in any system Why breathwork can help train the…
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