The Inner Frontier with Jonny Miller

In this conversation with designer, mindfulness teacher, and friend Jay Vidyarthi — we explore how to reclaim agency in the age of the attention economy without rejecting the magic of technology. We discuss why mainstream narratives about digital distraction often leave out empowerment, how to build healthier relationships with technology, the nuanced role of AI, the sacred responsibility of attention and why awareness is the first “spell” in your own defense against the dark arts of distraction. Listen to this conversation and learn how to enjoy the best of tech while setting boundaries around the worst of it!Connect with Jay📚 Check out Jay's brilliant book 'Reclaim Your Mind' 💌 Subscribe to Jay's free newsletter 'Attention Activist'Explore More from Jonny👋 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🎴 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode's show-notes + timestamps📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

This is a special one-off episode in which the tables are turned — Ocean Kiani interviews Jonny and leadership coach Ben Ward. We discuss how the training has evolved over time, including some of the teaching philosophies and experimental mindset that underpin everything we do, as well as explore the profound impact that nervous system work has had on our lives. ~~Explore More from Jonny👋 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🎴 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterLearn More About Ocean + Ben Ocean Kiani, alongside helping Jonny grow + run Nervous System Mastery, is a somatic movement practitioner, writer, and movement coach. Connect with Ocean on: oceankiani.substack.comBen Ward is an experienced leadership & organisational coach who partners with leaders and teams to navigate complexity, grow people, and unlock breakthrough progress. Connect with Ben on: explore-change.com🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode's show-notes + timestamps📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

Dylan is the founder of the ketamine-assisted therapy startup “Mindbloom” — He also shares what they’ve learned so far from running nearly 700 thousand guided ketamine sessions, his idea that "There’s no magic pill, but there is a magic program". and how he’s been dealing with a recent Wall Street Journal hit piece attempting to discredit his company. I also shared some of my own recent experiences with ketamine assisted somatic journeys and the impact that it’s had on my own life. Learn More About Dylan + Mindbloom⚡ See if you would qualify for Mindbloom's Psychedelic Assisted Therapy💬 Follow Dylan on twitter/XTime-stamps00:03:34 Growing up in poverty with a schizophrenic mother and severely mentally ill sister00:06:09 Finding escapism through fantasy books as a bullied child00:10:08 Breaking point: Fighting back against bullies and developing defensive mechanisms00:11:44 Discovering positive psychology and questioning his happiness for the first time00:15:56 First MDMA experience abroad - "one of the three most important moments of my life"00:17:18 Transformation from deep pessimist to rational optimist00:20:40 Family tragedies: Mother and sister's overdose deaths00:29:47 The critical importance of preparation, experience, and integration00:31:16 Why at-home therapy beats clinical settings00:35:00 Setting intentions as a forcing function for internal safety00:38:33 Evolution of Mindbloom's music program links to world-class compositions00:44:30 AI-powered journaling and integration tool00:56:57 Jhana meditation and combining somatic work with ketamine01:02:41 The concept of "super well-being" beyond just treating illness01:04:58 How mental health professionals underestimate what's possible for patients01:09:31 How J&J patented S-ketamine (Spravato) at 88x the cost of generic01:10:49 Media capture: Big Pharma provides 13-25% of news advertising revenue01:11:04 Mindbloom suing Wall Street Journal for false Matthew Perry death claims01:09:12 The biggest insight from ketamine: remembering the "why"01:21:44 50 million Americans on SSRIs vs. 200,000 on ketamine therapy01:24:55 Veteran suicides: 6,205 per year01:26:54 Dylan's father's suicidal depression and recovery through Mindbloom01:21:00 Transition to proactive healthcare and personalized medicine01:31:17 Mindbloom's new whole health offering beyond just ketamine01:51:10 Ultimate goal: Eliminating the mental health crisis entirely01:52:14 "Human capital is what drives everything on this planet"Explore More from Jonny👋 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🎴 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode's show-notes + timestamps📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

Franzi is someone whose work sits at the powerful intersection of nervous system health, emotional resilience, and embodied leadership. What I admire most about her is the way she weaves personal integrity, deep inquiry, and relational intelligence into every facet of her life — from parenting her three sons to working with founders navigating burnout and stuck emotions. We explore what it truly means to lead from a place of wholeness — and why she believes leadership should be a force for healing, not just productivity. Franzi shares how curiosity became her greatest ally through grief and trauma, and how movement became a portal into somatic healing. We also discuss the difference between performative boundaries and boundaries that foster deeper connection, how interoception builds relational capacity, and why numbness is often the most potent entry point into this work.Other topics we touch on include:🌿 The cost of chronic performance zones & reclaiming peripheral vision🧠 How somatics and neuroscience go hand-in-hand — and why embodiment is often mislabeled as “woo”🧒 Her radical, nervous-system-based approach to parenting and education💡 The power of practicing self-inquiry through the simple questions: Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?🫀 And what it means to live a life rooted in belonging, dignity, and safetyThis one is rich, spacious, and full of grounded wisdom — I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Connect with Franzi🖥️ Learn about Franzi's Work📝 Read Franzi's Writing Connect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode's show-notes + timestamps📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

In this episode, I'm speaking with Dan Shipper — Dan is a friend, the founder of Every, and someone who I consider to be a philosopher founder.This conversation didn’t go the direction that I thought it would, I had prepared questions exploring the future of AI and technology, but I’m glad we listened to the thread that was most alive — which ended up being exploring Dan’s personal journey with OCD ‌and recent deep dive into Jungian archetypal perspectives — and living on the borders of things — the Twilight Zone that he poetically described. Dan did manage to save me towards the end and loop the conversation back towards AI with a super interesting thesis around how it might allow us to make our intuitions more visible and reproducible in the world.Official Links👋 Follow Dan on Twitter💌 Learn more about Every🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode's show-notes + timestamps📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

In this episode, I'm speaking with Tom Morgan — who after 15 years on Wall Street and experiencing what he describes as a "hellish midlife transition" (which is putting it mildly) has emerged with profound insights about human development and — especially relevant for this podcast – the nature of curiosity itself.In this conversation, we explored:🧠 How we might navigate the delicate balance between intellectual understanding and embodied wisdom, especially for high-achieving individuals seeking deeper meaning in their lives🏔️ An insight about what he calls "intellectual recapture" — which is the tendency, especially among highly educated or successful people, to turn spiritual or embodied practices into yet another achievement to conquer. ⚡ Practical insights about designing personal experiments and the importance of what he calls "minimum viable woo" — finding ways to engage with transformative practices that don't require abandoning our critical thinking.Official Links👋 Follow Tom on Twitter/X @tomowenmorgan📝 Read Tom's Writing at The Leading Edge✏️ Apply to join the Leading Edge CommunityConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

I’ve been following River’s substack essays for a few years now and I feel a real kinship with his irreverent and genuinely unique perspectives — as well as his talent for self-experimentation and weaving together esoteric yet incredibly practical concepts which he uses for self-exploration.In this conversation, you can expect to learn:💬 How River was able to use somatic-based practices to go from experiencing an incessant inner-critic and suicidal ideation, to almost no inner-dialogue and opening up access to his emotions.🧠 We explore the dynamic between what he calls Systems Mode that dominates our culture vs. a more Spontaneous Mode of being.💀 We both riff on how the ideas of Bill Plotkin are essential for these times, and what it means to ‘die well’ in order to become genuine adults and experience a sense of aliveness. Official Links👋 Follow River on Twitter/X📝 Read River's substack essays👨‍🎓 Check out River'sexcellent course Somatic ResonanceConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF📝 Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

A few years back Ali decided to quit his job as a junior doctor in the UK to become a full time YouTuber. Since then his career and life has skyrocketed — he’s built a channel with over 5.5 million youtube subscribers and recently published a New York Times Bestselling book called ‘Feel Good Productivity’In this conversation Ali shares:😨 His experience with imposter syndrome whilst writing his book🧠 Recent insights around 'leaving mental health on the table' ⚖️ How he’s been intentionally de-optimising his life❓ The radical question of what would life and business look like if you optimized for enjoyment?🎬 What advice would he give to me as someone in the very early stages of starting a new Youtube channelIt’s a phenomenal conversation, also thanks to our friend Marc Koenig, recorded in beautiful 4K video which you can watch on youtube if you wish.Official Links🎬 Ali's Youtube Channel 📚 Ali's Book Book Feel-Good ProductivityConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

Ben is the author of the phenomenal new book: The Way Home: Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness at Midlife. I was really excited to talk to Ben because the hero’s journey has been a framework that I still use myself as a way of orienting and meaning making. Ben shares how his own life has been a series of spiraling journeys, embodying the hero’s path.In this conversation, you can expect to learn: 📚 Challenges of refusing the call to adventure🤷‍♂️ The transition between evasion and embracing the unknown.🧘 The work of Bill Plotkin, and how it's influenced his life 👣 Exploring the significance of wandering as a means of revelation 🎁 A powerful concept of giving your gift in a generative wayOfficial Links📚 Ben Katt's Book — The Way Home: Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness at Midlife 👋 Follow Ben on InstagramConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.comFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

I'm choosing to republish this episode that I had with David Whyte four years ago, because I had found myself revisiting his timeless book Consolations’ and rediscovering wisdom that felt appropriate for these times — which has remained within an arm's reach of my bedside ever since I first discovered it. It ratcheted open my mind to a new perspective on the definitions of words like Ambition, Courage and Heartbreak, that I thought I previously understood.I’m not sure how to even begin to describe exactly what David does. On paper, he's an acclaimed poet, a writer, and a philosopher. But to my mind, after having spent a magical week with him on the Irish Atlantic coastline on one of his poetry walking tours, I feel like he's a true elder with a deep philosophical curiosity and gift for weaving together our inner and outer worlds in what he calls 'the conversational nature of reality’.It’s a wide-ranging conversation, and towards the end, we cover some really interesting ground on the questions he believes we’re living our way into as a society and how childhood is the act of growing older whilst adulthood is the act of growing younger back into body back into our birthright visionary experience of the world.Official Links👋 Follow David on Twitter, Facebook or Youtube 📝 Read the full transcript (with my photos of Ireland) over on Medium🚶‍♂️ Apply for one of David's upcoming walking tours in Ireland, the Lake District, Tuscany & New Zealand👀 Watch David's TED Talk 'A lyrical bridge between past, present and future'🖥️ Find out everything else David is up to at davidwhyte.comConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterEpisode Sponsors🩸 Inside Tracker — One of the things I've changed my mind on in the past year is the value of getting blood panels taken prophylactically (ideally every six months, according to Dr. Peter Attia) rather than waiting until you have a health issue. Inside Tracker recently added hormone testing alongside a bunch of other important biomarkers that aren't included in traditional blood panels (ApoB, for example). Despite generally feeling great, my most recent set of results showed that I have some work to do to reduce levels of inflammation, and I'll be following some of their dietary + supplement recommendations to address this asap. So I highly recommend making this something you make time for at least once or twice yearly. ​Save 20% here🥶 The Cold Plunge — I reached out to the founder of the plunge, Ryan after hearing his powerful ​story on the Danny Miranda podcast. I've shared how getting in icy cold water every day helped me to move through intense grief, and taught me what it meant to surrender. These days I use their plunge every, single, day. It's like a high-stakes meditation—a mirror into my own internal state. The Plunge team have done a phenomenal job architecting what I consider as the world's best cold plunge (it doesn't get grimy like the converted chest freezers that I used to use). For optimal health benefits, I recommend deliberate cold exposure for 11 minutes per week total. Save $150 with the code CURIOUS. ​Learn more about their revolutionary new Plunge​.🫁 Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com~~Further Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

Khe Hy is a dear friend, creator and philosopher in residence at Rad Reads, which is a business he started after leaving a 7-figure salary on Wall Street. He is a dedicated Father, host of the superb Examined Life podcast and makes time to get in the ocean and surf every single day. In this conversation, you can expect to hear:- How Khe has worked through his feelings of self-doubt - Exploring his insights from wrestling with desires for fame and validation. - The question of 'Winning the Game of Life' has evolved for him over the years into a pursuit of Aliveness.Official Links📝 Check out Khe's writing over at RadReads🎙️ Listen to his podcast The Examined Life🐦 Follow Khe on Twitter/X @khemaridh🎬 Watch his YouTube Videos @radreadsco Connect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterEpisode Sponsors🩸 Inside Tracker — One of the things I've changed my mind on in the past year is the value of getting blood panels taken prophylactically (ideally every six months, according to Dr. Peter Attia) rather than waiting until you have a health issue. Inside Tracker recently added hormone testing alongside a bunch of other important biomarkers that aren't included in traditional blood panels (ApoB, for example). Despite generally feeling great, my most recent set of results showed that I have some work to do to reduce levels of inflammation, and I'll be following some of their dietary + supplement recommendations to address this asap. So I highly recommend making this something you make time for at least once or twice yearly. ​Save 20% here🥶 The Cold Plunge — I reached out to the founder of the plunge, Ryan after hearing his powerful ​story on the Danny Miranda podcast. I've shared how getting in icy cold water every day helped me to move through intense grief, and taught me what it meant to surrender. These days I use their plunge every, single, day. It's like a high-stakes meditation—a mirror into my own internal state. The Plunge team have done a phenomenal job architecting what I consider as the world's best cold plunge (it doesn't get grimy like the converted chest freezers that I used to use). For optimal health benefits, I recommend deliberate cold exposure for 11 minutes per week total. Save $150 with the code CURIOUS. ​Learn more about their revolutionary new Plunge​.🫁 Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com~~Further Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

Brooks Barron is an experienced leadership coach specializing in nature-based initiations and rites of passage — to help the leaders he works with explore their vulnerability, find their inner wisdom, and surrender to the flow of what wants to come through them.In this conversation, you can expect to learn:- Brooks' definition of wholeness as a human being - The difference between the desire to make an impact in the world from above the line vs. below the line.- How he shifted out of victim consciousness and took 100% responsibility for his life.- The dynamics of being nice versus being kind - The importance of vulnerability and healing- The benefits he sees in going through a vision quest or wilderness-based rite of passage- How this enables us to transition into psychological adulthood.Timestamps[00:04:07] Positive impact, burning out, seeking purpose, profound change[00:09:22] Embrace all aspects, shift from fear to love.[00:14:04] Curious about the good versus bad dynamic.[00:22:06] Struggling with climate change; personal healing journey.[00:23:57] Driven by impact, trust, acceptance, and growth.[00:30:34] Vision quest: therapy vs. transformation, death and rebirth, shift into trust.[00:37:51] Unfamiliarity pushes people to embrace change and growth.[00:42:42] Sacred wound: discomfort that creates beauty.[00:51:45] Struggling to balance passion, responsibility, and self-care.[00:54:01] Ego keeps me from acknowledging my needs.[01:01:09] Importance of fitting in while embracing uniqueness.[01:04:44] "Awakening experiences lead to divine connection, but require rigor."Official Links💬 Follow Brooks on LinkedIn📝 Read Brooks' latest Substack writing ✨ Apply for the Power Awakening Leadership Program🙋‍♂️ Learn more about Brooks's upcoming leadership training + coachingConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterEpisode Sponsors🩸 Inside Tracker — One of the things I've changed my mind on in the past year is the value of getting blood panels taken prophylactically (ideally every six months, according to Dr. Peter Attia) rather than waiting until you have a health issue. Inside Tracker recently added hormone testing alongside a bunch of other important biomarkers that aren't included in traditional blood panels (ApoB, for example). Despite generally feeling great, my most recent set of results showed that I have some work to do to reduce levels of inflammation, and I'll be following some of their dietary + supplement recommendations to address this asap. So I highly recommend making this something you make time for at least once or twice yearly. ​Save 20% here🥶 The Cold Plunge — I reached out to the founder of the plunge, Ryan after hearing his powerful ​story on the Danny Miranda podcast. I've shared how getting in icy cold water every day helped me to move through intense grief, and taught me what it meant to surrender. These days I use their plunge every, single, day. It's like a high-stakes meditation—a mirror into my own internal state. The Plunge team have done a phenomenal job architecting what I consider as the world's best cold plunge (it doesn't get grimy like the converted chest freezers that I used to use). For optimal health benefits, I recommend deliberate cold exposure for 11 minutes per week total. Save $150 with the code CURIOUS. ​Learn more​.🫁 Nervous System MasteryThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing. It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols.Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com~~Further Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

Dr Michael Yang is an integrative medicine specialist based in Los Angeles who specializes in Ketamine treatment. I had an absolute blast with Michael and honestly feel a renewed sense of optimism for the medical system knowing that there are doctors like him treating patients.In this conversation, you can expect to learn:💊 Ketamine's clinical use and its role as a psychedelic in his clinical practice🧠 How to increase the squishiness of your brain😬 Why suffering might make us uniquely human🤔 A primer on Aztec existentialist philosophy😲 The incredible benefits of inducing awe in patientsTimestamps[00:02:31] Categorically curious; downfalls, psychedelics, and intellect.[00:07:58] Passion for history and diverse experiences.[00:12:49] Moved from Bay Area to LA for MBA. Ended up running mother's clinic. Frustrated with pace of medical development.[00:19:11] Capitalism triggers, struggling with community, broad picture. Ketamine and psychedelics require personal experience.[00:21:32] Book titled "Scared and Horny" explores human experience.[00:32:26] Ketamine's varying capabilities as a drug.[00:37:22] Exploring psilocybin and ketamine experiences - transcendent.[00:42:24] "Awe-inspiring experiences fuel transformation and growth."[00:51:33] Exploring cultural practices and personal transformation.[01:01:31] Struggle with global theory and meaning crisis: Suffering as a test for AI. Psychedelics and future of AI.[01:06:36] Suffering is critical to our survival.[01:18:47] Outline program, contemplate, change, be present.Official Links✉️ Email Michael at: drmichaelyang@gmail.com 👨‍⚕️ Learn more about his ClinicConnect + Explore More from Jonny🐦 Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller🫁 Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)📱 Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app📝 Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier NewsletterEpisode Sponsors🩸 Inside Tracker — One of the things I've changed my mind on in the past year is the value of getting blood panels taken prophylactically (ideally every six months, according to Dr. Peter Attia) rather than waiting until you have a health issue. Inside Tracker recently added hormone testing alongside a bunch of other important biomarkers that aren't included in traditional blood panels (ApoB, for example). Despite generally feeling great, my most recent set of results showed that I have some work to do to reduce levels of inflammation, and I'll be following some of their dietary + supplement recommendations to address this asap. So I highly recommend making this something you make time for at least once or twice yearly. ​Save 20% here🥶 The Cold Plunge — I reached out to the founder of the plunge, Ryan after hearing his powerful ​story on the Danny Miranda podcast. I've shared how getting in icy cold water every day helped me to move through intense grief, and taught me what it meant to surrender. These days I use their plunge every, single, day. It's like a high-stakes meditation—a mirror into my own internal state. The Plunge team have done a phenomenal job architecting what I consider as the world's best cold plunge (it doesn't get grimy like the converted chest freezers that I used to use). For optimal health benefits, I recommend deliberate cold exposure for 11 minutes per week total. Save $150 with the code CURIOUS. ​Learn more​.🫁 Five to Thrive — this is a free email course that I've created to teach anyone how to build nervous system regulation in just five days. It contains hundreds of hours of my own research distilled into five days of practical knowledge. Enrolment is totally free. You can sign up here: fivetothrive.email~~Further Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️ I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧 I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎 RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖 I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹 Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF