Extraordinary Minds

Depending on the decade of television you grew up in, you might know Mayim Bialik from the hit show “Blossom” in the early 1990s or maybe you’re more familiar with her 9-year run on “The Big Bang Theory”, where she played Neuroscientist Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler. What many don’t know is that Mayim left acting for twelve years to earn a BS in Neuroscience from UCLA in 2000 with a minor in Hebrew & Jewish Studies. This actress-neuroscientist-mom is a force to be reckoned with within Hollywood. With over 3.5 million followers on Instagram alone, Mayim continues to use her platforms to educate and open the door to conversations on mental health - such as her online community “Grok Nation” or her new podcast, “The Breakdown”, where she breaks down mental health issues. Don’t miss this episode with Mayim Bialik and Vishen to meet the mind behind this powerhouse of a woman and go deep on the latest discoveries in mental health.  

Listen out for:

-  Why Mayim decided to leave acting for 12 years. 

- What made Mayim return to acting.

- Tips on dealing with mental health problems.

- Mayim weighs in on the question ‘are we living in a simulation?’

- Does Mayim think that aliens are real? 

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- Learn how to master your emotional states with cutting-edge hypnosis, NLP, and psychosensory techniques in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass with Paul McKenna. 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_bliss                          

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How can you be captivating, dynamic, and memorable on video? How about in emails or chats? Whether on endless Zoom calls, emailing VIPs, giving presentations over the video, or just chatting with friends and colleagues, learn how to captivate every time. In this episode, Vanessa Van Edwards, bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People gives you a toolbox of powerful people skills specifically for online use.

Vanessa is the Lead Investigator at ScienceofPeople.com. Her book, ‘Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People’, has been translated into 16 different languages, and more than 30 million people have watched her on YouTube. She regularly speaks at innovative companies including Google, Intel, Facebook,  and Microsoft.. and Her TEDx London Talk on the Science of Charisma has been watched over 2,000,000 times. Vanessa’s science-based framework for understanding different personalities is used all around the world by individuals and businesses seeking to improve emotional intelligence and better communicate with colleagues, clients, and customers.

Listen out for:

- How to make online meetings energy-giving instead of draining.

- Tips on how to make a better impression online. 

- Shark Tank best pitches patterns.

- The secret to creating oxytocin online.  

- The importance of seeing hands in online presence.

- What all the best Ted Talkers have in common.

- The key to using your vocal power to gain trust.

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- Become a master of human connection on this Mindvalley quest with Vanessa Van Edwards. Register to join the program here now 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/x9dHHeJd     

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Do you find it hard to strike a healthy work-life balance? Are you able to set actionable goals? If your answer is no to either of these questions,  join Vishen as he chats with legendary entrepreneur Payal Kadakia about her vault of groundbreaking goal-setting secrets that have propelled her to success. Tune in to learn the same tools that Payal used to shatter the stereotypes of female tech entrepreneurs of color.  

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- How to manage your time guilt-free.

- The secret to maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

- How to set actionable goals that are aligned with your dreams.

- Live bonus Q&A session. 

ABOUT PAYAL KADAKIA 

In less than a decade, Payal Kadakia built an impressive global fitness empire and shattered stereotypes for female tech entrepreneurs of color and she became the first unicorn of the decade. She is the Executive Chairman & Founder of the world’s most flexible fitness membership, ClassPass and she holds a degree from MIT in Operations Research and Economics. At the beginning of 2010, Payal was 26 and had no idea that she’d become an entrepreneur. She was living two lives - one was dancing and the other was working in the grind of Corporate America. While searching for a dance class, she casually came across a problem she knew she had to fight hard to solve, so she created a search engine to do it for her. 10 years later, that one class search has turned into millions of classes booked all around the world. ClassPass is now valued at over $1 billion and she has become an inspiration to many aspiring women entrepreneurs. Her new book “LIFEPASS” is ready to be purchased. 

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Are you scared of going to sleep? Suffer frequent nightmares? Learn five powerful practices to transform restlessness with Charlie Morley’s ground-breaking approach that’s been proven to help improve sleep quality in 87% of participants. In this episode, Mindvalley’s lucid dreaming expert Charlie joins Vishen to break down how to combat the harmful effects of stress and trauma to achieve restful sleep and healing dreams.

Listen out for:

- 5 steps to transform stress and trauma for peaceful sleep. 

- How to reframe and end your nightmares.

ABOUT CHARLIE MORLEY

Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming and shadow integration. He’s been lucid dreaming for over 20 years and was authorized to teach within the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche in 2008. He has since co-created a holistic approach to dreamwork called Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep alongside mindfulness pioneer Rob Nairn. He’s also written three books that have been translated into 15 languages. Charlie formally became a Buddhist at the age of 19, lived at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist Centre for seven years, and completed a 3-month solo meditation retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre in 2016. His new book, “Wake Up To Sleep,” shares more than 20 body, breath, sleep, and dreaming techniques proven to help reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality in 87% of participants and is available for purchase now.

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- Explore the fascinating world of lucid dreaming with this FREE time-limited masterclass from Charlie Morley. Click here to watch it now 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/MQDFGV_a 

- Purchase Charlie Morley’s new book here 👉 https://www.charliemorley.com/wakeuptosleep      

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Danette May is driven by passion and a powerful calling to serve Mother Earth and humanity. Our guest today inspires people around the world to step up into the true and complete expression of themselves. Her coaching, products, and programs have transformed the lives of millions of people, allowing them to live their happiest and healthiest lives. Join Vishen and Danette May on this episode about simple steps to attracting your soul contract partner in this lifetime, abundance, how to live out your passion, and effective communication tools anyone can use to avoid walls building up in any relationship.    

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- How to manifest love, sex, and beautiful relationships in your life.

- Danette’s secret to manifesting money.

- Top 3 tips on manifesting wealth.

ABOUT DANETTE MAY 

Danette is the Co-founder and CCO of Mindful Health LLC and Earth Echo Foods, best-selling author of The Rise and Embrace Abundance, founder of The Rise Movement, keynote speaker, high-level executive coach, fitness and nutrition expert, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. Since 2011 she’s helped transform the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lives of millions of people around the world by focusing on healing foods, healing movement, and a healing mind. She teaches students how to turn the “muck” of their lives into inner motivation, empowering them to transform their minds, bodies, and spirits. Her mission is to help others love the bodies they live in and love the life they live! Danette also shared her unique, inspiring message on national TV, including Access Hollywood, Hallmark Home and Family, CBS, and others.  

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Our guest today is known by many as the iconic villain, Mike Barnes, in The Karate Kid III. He has won a Daytime Emmy in 2021 and received various nominations for his work in television and film. Today, he’s here to share his philosophy on success and the concepts from his new book, ‘Way of Cobra.’ In this episode, Vishen sits down with legendary actor Sean Kanan to talk about his life and career, which encompasses many facets of the entertainment world, including as an actor, author, comedian, and producer. Sean also explains the insights in his book, from martial arts to raising awareness about bullying to his morning routine. 

Listen out for:

- Why the universe wants you to win and the 2 things you need to do to become successful

- Sean’s experience with being bullied

- How to turn the other cheek when facing an aggressor and how to de-escalate situations

- The idea behind ‘carpe mane’ and the morning ritual you need to achieve success

ABOUT SEAN KANAN 

Sean Kanan is an Emmy-award-winning actor who has appeared in more than a thousand episodes of network television and 20 feature films. He has appeared on the popular soap ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ and played Mike Barnes in The Karate Kid Part III. Sean’s acting career exploded with his breakout performance as the iconic villain, Mike Barnes, in The Karate Kid III, beating out over two thousand hopefuls in an open call. Sean has also written 3 books, ‘The Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan, ‘Success Factor X’, which became an Amazon #1 new release, and now ‘Way of the COBRA,’ drawing upon intimate personal stories and philosophies that Sean uses in his life. 

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Today we welcome Susan David, Ph.D., author of world-renowned ‘Emotional Agility’  and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. In this interview, Vishen and Dr. David show us how anyone can thrive in an uncertain world by becoming more emotionally agile. This serves as a roadmap for real behavioral change—a new way of acting that will help you to reincorporate your most troubling feelings as a source of energy and creativity and live the life you want.  

Listen out for:

- The 5 emotions we carry with us, their purpose, and their gifts.

- How our emotions signal our needs.

- The distinction between contempt and anger or hatred.

- The importance of labeling your emotions accurately and dealing with all emotions in healthy ways. 

ABOUT SUSAN DAVID 

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility was heralded as Harvard Business Review’s Management Idea of the Year and Thinkers 50 Breakthrough Idea Awarddescribes the process of navigating life’s twists and turns through the lens of our inner world, as well as the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 8 million people. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and a guest on national radio and television. Named on the Thinkers50 global list of the top management thinkers, Susan is a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, which includes the World Economic Forum, EY, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, NASDAQ, and many other national and multinational organizations. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is a Co-founder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate). 

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- Find out more about Susan David here 👉 https://www.susandavid.com/ 

- Watch Susan’s Ted Talk here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/6koPm_XT 

- Free Emotional Agility Quiz 👉 http://go.evercoach.com/Fsm3pGGZ 

- Find Susan’s podcast here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/vRIoQwSO          

- Get your own copy of Susan’s book here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/5mpcAe4q      

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Everything we think, feel, or do is dependent on our brain cells and how they interact with each other. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains all there is to know about whole brain living and the 4 characters of our brain: how they show up in our daily life, how to integrate them, and how to identify these characters in others.  

Listen out for:

- How Jill’s stroke shaped who she is today.

- The 4 characters of the brain and how they work.

- How to use the brain huddle technique to detach from reactive emotions and move into a place of balance and observation.

- Live bonus Q&A session. 

ABOUT DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR  

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroscientist who, in 1996, experienced a severe hemorrhage in her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. She released a memoir called “My Stroke of Insight”, documenting her experience of having the stroke and eight-year recovery—it spent 63 weeks on the NYT bestseller list and is still routinely the #1 book about strokes on Amazon. In 2008, Jill gave the first TED Talk that ever went viral, which now has over 26 million views. She was chosen as one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and was the premiere guest on Oprah Winfrey’s “Soul Series” webcast. 

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- Get your own copy of Jill’s new book here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/VqGdqsBY 

- Watch Jill’s viral Ted Talk here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/ulod1JiT                

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As one of the most recognized faces of the Nickelodeon generation, Josh Peck has spent two decades in Hollywood…and he’s learned the life lessons that went with it. Featuring as one-half of Drake & Josh and starring in All That and The Amanda Show to name a few,  the transition from child star to adult actor wasn’t without struggle. In this episode, Vishen and Josh talk about his wonderfully candid memoir that’s peppered with his comedic wit and wisdom, why ‘happy people are annoying,’  and how Josh finally overcame addiction and found the real meaning of happiness.  

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- Josh’s struggles with body image and weight loss while growing up in the spotlight.

- Tips on growing your social media following and creating content.

- Josh’s revelations about happiness.

ABOUT JOSH PECK

Josh Peck has established himself as one of Hollywood's rising talents, making the seamless transition from child actor to leading man. He is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon phenomenon Drake & Josh and has starred in many feature films and guest-starred on shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Mindy Project. Now, you can also catch him in Disney Plus’ Turner and Hooch series (a continuation of the 1989 Tom Hanks film) and the highly anticipated Hulu series, How I Met Your Father. Josh’s new book, "Happy People Are Annoying" explores his two decades in Hollywood, his struggles, and his path to redemption—and ultimately, happiness.

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- Listen to Josh’s podcast here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/dS18Oa4n 

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Having the right mindset always helps you find the silver lining in every challenge. But the big question is — how do we achieve that mindset?  Join us as we pick the brain of the author and life-coach Tim Storey to find out how. Grab a journal so you can note down Tim’s top tips for navigating life challenges and riding out relationship bumps with practical approaches that can lead to ‘miracle mentality’ transformation.  

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- What is the miracle mentality?

- The key to staying hopeful during challenging times.

- 3 stages of getting out of a dilemma.

- How Quincy Jones changed Tim’s life.

- Live bonus Q&A session. 

ABOUT TIM STOREY 

Tim Storey is an acclaimed author, speaker, and life coach, known for inspiring and motivating people of all walks of life, from entertainment executives, celebrities, and athletes to adults and children in the most deprived neighborhoods in the world. Tim has traveled to seventy-five countries and spoken to millions of people. He often meets privately to counsel high-profile leaders in various industries. Along with a rigorous speaking calendar and private life-coaching sessions, Tim regularly appears on nationally syndicated radio and television shows. Tim's new book ‘The Miracle Mentality’ is ready to be purchased. 

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