Inka Immonen is an expert in meditation and mindfulness. She is a friend and colleague I've often had deep discussions with about the science of meditation, our practices, hardships and discoveries - I've learned immensely from our discussions. That's why this talk became such a treasure trove of information: Inka combines her personal transformation story of conquering severe migraine pain through meditation with her impressive knowledge of the science of meditation, her studies in psychology, as well as her experience of passing her knowledge on as a yoga teacher.

We talk about

- Inka's path into meditation

- How Inka has used meditation to conquer migraine pain

- The scientifically backed benefits of meditation

- The hardships and small victories of starting and keeping up a meditation practice

- How Inka and Simo use meditation and mindfulness techniques in daily life

- How life feels different after taking up meditation

- The three areas and styles of meditation that anyone can use

- What is morning priming and what benefits does it bring?

In this episode, I talk to Annastiina Hintsa, COO of Hintsa Performance.

After working in top management consulting and experiencing burnout, she was faced with profound questions about balance and meaning. She found answers in a transformation that involved running 250 km (155 miles) ultra races in places like the Gobi Desert and Antarctica, and joined Hintsa Performance as an entrepreneur, helping people unlock a life of meaning and sustainable high performance.

The holistic Hintsa coaching method has been used by Fortune 500 executives and world-class athletes like F1 Champions Fernando Alonso and Mika Häkkinen. 

Links and transcripts at https://ambronite.com/podcast

Trained as a physician, business consultant, and behavioral change therapist, Dr. Ali is what he calls a Happiness Engineer - an expert in helping people change their behavior for more health, happiness, and fulfillment in life. 

During the episode, I become the guinea pig in a live experiment with hypnosis. 

Dr. Ali is a licensed hypnotherapist and knows how to use hypnosis to help people stop cravings, addictions and other unhealthy habits, including fast food, sugar, chocolate, cigarettes and procrastination. Can a hypnotic induction with Dr. Ali reprogram my brain and stop my cravings for crappy hamburgers - one of my long time guilty pleasures?

In today’s episode of the Superhero Podcast with Simo T. Suoheimo: 

• How to design your life around happiness and meaning instead of money or power
• How to stop cravings for sugar, junk food, or any other food
• The lessons from the five areas that constitute a happy life and how to how to apply them in your life right now
• How to solve the conflict between career and relationships
• How to overwrite old habits and how to program new ones

Kiki Bosch is a record-breaking Ice Water Freediver and coach who helps people make transformations and overcome trauma through her own transformative experience.

We talk about

• Kiki's transformative journey into one of the top ice freedivers in the world
• Kiki's transformation after an experience of sexual abuse and how this became her superpower in helping others do the same
• Her programs and philosophy of Disturbing the Comfort" and Comforting the Disturbed
• Psychology and tangible effects of cold exposure that anyone can use to upgrade their mind and body
• How cold, breath, mind, nutrition and body are connected into performance and mind state
• Record-breaking freediving under ice
• How cold exposure can help people transform and overcome trauma

We turn the tables around in this episode. My cofounder and dear friend Mikko Ikola interviews me about my high altitude mountain expedition in Kazakhstan.

We talk about

• Why go on an expedition to climb a 6150m (18,000+ feet) mountain
• What Simo learned in one of the harshest high altitude regions in the world
• The nature of long mountain expeditions
• The most dangerous and frightening moments and how I survived them
• Lessons about human endurance and adaptability
• Training for alpinism and mountaineering
• Physical and mental preparation for mountain climbing adventures
• Food and nutrition for rock climbing adventures
• Psychology of pushing beyond boundaries

In this thrilling episode, I talk to Zsombor Deak, a professional long distance triathlete who has taken the world of triathlon by storm. The race that changed everything was the 70.3 Ironman Taiwan 2013 where he finished 4th, launching him to international fame.

Zsombor is a multiple top 5 World Cup finisher and multiple National Champion. Zsombor Deak is originally from Transylvania Romania and started his professional career in 2013 after moving to Australia. 

In this episode we talk about all the aspects of Zsombor’s training strategies, including training, rest, schedules, equipment and food - Zsombor is known to follow a vegetarian diet and considers food and nutrition as a critical factor in athletic performance and success.

Our discussion is full of actionable tips, inspiration and practical tools and strategies for anyone who wants to improve as an endurance athlete, from beginners to pros alike.

After recording this, I was so pumped I just had to put on my running shoes, put on some epic training music (lately, Ætheric by Dimmu Borgir has often added a savage boost of energy to my workouts) and let the rubber hit the road, and I’m sure you’ll feel the same way!

- Superhero Simo

- The tools Zsombor uses to prepare for races

- Preparing for races

- Training schedule

- Favorite equipment

- Zsombor’s nutrition strategies for winning races

- Zsombor’s mental and psychological training 

- How to train optimally and safely to maximize results

- How to prevent the most common training mistakes in endurance, triathlon and Ironman races

- How to prepare for your first Triathlon or Ironman race

Full show notes at https://ambronite.com/podcast

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In this episode Simo talks to Olympic Athlete and hockey player Minttu Tuominen. We talk about winning championships, training, recovery, food, the psychology of winning athletes, and the road to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

How does Minttu eat, train, recover and maintain consistent performance before and after critical games? Minttu shares some of her personal routines, tips and tactics that make her a successful athlete, stay focused under pressure, and are highly useful to anyone reaching for peak performance in sports, work and everyday life.

In this episode, we talk about

- The 2018 Ice Hockey World Championships in the U.S.
- The experience of being an athlete in the Finnish and global hockey scene
- Tips to maintain consistent performance under pressure
- How to become a semi-pro and pro hockey player
- “No matter how old you are you play the sport because you love it”
- Sochi Olympics and the critical Finland - Sweden game
- The mental side and routines of training and winning
- Food and snacks to fuel optimal exercise and recovery in hockey
- How Minttu uses music to stay focused under pressure
- Minttu’s physical routine before a game
- The balance of sports and other life in an athlete’s lifestyle

How to hack the air we breathe at home and in the office to improve health, thinking, creativity, decision making and happiness? 

In most large cities, indoor air quality is destroying health and making people less productive, but there are simple steps anyone can take to improve air quality today.

In this episode, I talk to Aki Soudunsaari, CEO of NAAVA, the company changing the world's offices' and homes' indoor air with smart green walls powered by combining real plants and smart technology. We talk about what they have learned about improving and "naturalizing" offices and homes around the world, and what actions to take.

We talk about

- How Aki's personal struggles lead him to find solutions and create a novel science based solution for improving air quality
- Why the air we breathe affects are health, performance, decision making and happiness
- How toxins, fire retardants, excess carbon dioxide, pollutants, moulds and fungi affect air quality in modern buildings around the world
- Problems and risks arising from poor air quality, from brain fog to asthma
- Why millions of offices are suffering from poor air quality
- What are the leading causes for poor indoor air and how to eliminate them
- What steps anyone can take today to hack their home and office air for better health

Doctor Cate Shanahan, nutritional doctor of some of the toughest athletes in the world, Kobe Bryant and the LA lakers, and the author of Deep Nutrition, talks about the optimal human diet for thriving based on evidence from around the world, working with top athletes. Dr Cate has over 20 years of clinical experience and expertise in genetic and biochemical research. We talk about the hacking your diet with performance enhancing foods and diet for avoiding metabolic disease, reducing risks, gaining optimal body composition and boosting sports performance, including fats, probiotics, and surprising methods you can improve your nutrition easily and cost efficiently with methods used by pro athletes.

In this episode, I talk to Ryan Munsey, Chief Optimizer at NaturalStacks. We talk about nootropics, cognitive enhancement, reaching peak performance, what people often get wrong about nootropics, the steps for cognitive enhancement for beginners and vital tests that even most advanced brain performance optimizers and biohackers miss, avoiding common pitfalls, and the simple steps anyone can take to improve brain power, memory and cognitive performance.