Richard Lang is the primary teacher of a popular meditation technique known as Headless Way. He was a close friend of Douglas Harding, the philosopher who first invented this method, and is also coordinator of UK charity Shollond Trust.

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Dr. Cortland Dahl is a leading scientist at The Center for Healthy Minds, the top meditation research lab in the world. He also has decades of meditation experience and is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Tergar International, a global network of meditation groups and centers. We talk about what science has to say about unlocking the mind's full potential through meditation.

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At the age of 21, Tami Simon founded Sounds True, a large multimedia publishing house with a mission to disseminate spiritual wisdom. She is also a renowned meditation instructor and wrote Being True: What Matters Most in Work, Life, and Love.

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Dr. Mark Leary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University who has made significant contributions to his field. We discuss when and why self-awareness evolved in humans and how this causes problems today.

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Robert Waggoner is an expert on the science and practice of lucid dreaming.

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Marc Lesser is the CEO of ZBA Associates, the author of four books and holds an MBA degree from NYU. He was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years and helped develop Google's mindfulness and emotional intelligence program.

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Scott Ste Marie is the founder of Depression to Expression, a mental wellness company that has reached over 20 million people. We discuss the impact of social media on mental health, how to deal with depression, the importance of curiosity and more.

Scott’s research and work makes it clear that we need inter-personal connection in order to thrive psychologically.

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GMAC holds the record for surfing the largest wave in the world. We discuss flow states, what it's like surfing a 100-foot wave, and how to execute on a vision in life.

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Jordan Brown is a mental health advocate and social worker who started The Nerve 10 Mental Health Blog.

In this episode, we discuss Jordan's personal battle through mental health problems, specifically anxiety, and more general thoughts on the the mind in the modern world. Jordan's insights strike deep at some of the core issues regarding mental health today.

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Aiel Garten is a Canadian artist, scientist and psychotherapist who co-founded InteraXon and created Muse, a meditation biofeedback device that measures your brainwaves while you meditate.

In this episode, we discuss how you can measure your brainwaves in meditation and delve into the neuroscience of EEG devices used on advanced meditators. Garten's team is doing some fascinating research on monks in the Himalayas using the Muse headband.

When it comes to using biofeedback technology to improve your meditation practice, we're still in the early stages of development, but nonetheless, the Muse is an interesting first-generation meditation wearable to explore.

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