Podcast · Learning
by Dr. Michael Gervais · English · Learning
Dive into the minds of the world’s greatest athletes, leaders, thinkers, and doers with Dr. Michael Gervais—a high performance psychologist and world-renowned expert on the relationship between high performance and the mind. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune
14 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 11 minNew
Dr. Thema Bryant, clinical psychologist, tenured professor of psychology at Pepperdine University, director of the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory, former president of the American Psychological Association, and author of Matters of the Heart, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explore the relationship that shapes every other one, the one you have with yourself.
7 Oct 2026 · 59 min
IN-Q, spoken word artist, two-time Emmy-nominated lyricist, multi-platinum songwriter, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Inquire Within, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share why he thinks we leave all the art to the professionals, the three guidelines he gives people before they write, and what changes when a story gets witnessed.
30 Sep 2026 · 34 min
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation and author of Notes for the Journey Within, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share how much stress is actually useful, what he means when he says success is exhibiting your limitation, and why he believes peace is a state you return to rather than one you build.
23 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
Dr. Tom Walters, board-certified orthopedic physical therapist, strength and conditioning specialist, educator, founder of Rehab Science, and author of Rehab Science: How to Overcome Pain and Heal from Injury, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explain the difference between pain and injury, how fear and language shape the pain experience, and what to do when something hurts.
16 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 44 min
Dr. Masud Husain, clinical neurologist, neuroscientist, Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Brain, and author of Our Brains, Our Selves, winner of the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explain how the brain builds motivation, what happens to a person when that system fails, and why he believes the self is not set in stone.
9 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
Jamie Metzl breaks down the question behind his new set of ten principles, what happens when you read the original ten commandments literally, and why values collapse under pressure without the skills to hold them.
2 Sep 2026 · 59 min
Tamsen Fadal, Emmy Award-winning journalist, menopause advocate, executive producer of the documentary The M Factor, and New York Times bestselling author of How to Menopause, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explain what menopause actually is, why its symptoms are so often mistaken for anxiety or depression, and what women, partners, and leaders can do with better information.
26 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
Dr. Tommy Wood, physician and neuroscientist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, and author of The Stimulated Mind, returns to Finding Mastery to join Dr. Michael Gervais on what we can do today to minimize our chances of developing dementia, how much of the risk is modifiable, and the three buckets he sorts every risk factor into.
19 Aug 2026 · 40 min
This is a conversation about habits, the ones you want to build and the ones you want to get rid of.Jon Gordon has written more than 30 books on leadership, habits and mindset, including numerous bestsellers.Jon's most recent book is titled The Power of Positive Habits, and it tackles a critical issue so many of us face: how do I break the habits that no longer serve me, and how do I build ones that will help me flourish?Jon and Mike discuss the inward reflections that have helped them break the patterns that have held them back. Jon talks about how he needed to heal wounds from his…
12 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
What is the change you seek to make?On today's episode we go back to the Finding Mastery Vault for a conversation with Seth Godin, author, entrepreneur, teacher, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time on leadership, creativity, and making meaningful change. Seth has written more than twenty international bestsellers, including The Dip, Purple Cow, and The Song of Significance, alongside one of the longest-running daily blogs in the world. His claim is that naming the change you're actually trying to make is more than a branding exercise. It's what helps make every downstream…
5 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
For this 30th installment of our popular series Ask Me Anything, Dr. Michael Gervais turns the microphone with co-host Victoria Garrick Browne, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, former Division I volleyball player, mental health advocate, and founder of the nonprofit The Hidden Opponent. Together they answer questions submitted by the community on identity, performance anxiety, burnout, and how to raise young people who know they are more than what they do.
29 Jul 2026 · 49 min
Matt Abrahams breaks down what actually happens when we get put on the spot, the two simple tools to use when your mind goes blank, and why learning to see these moments as an opportunity rather than a threat may be one of the most useful skills you can practice.
22 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Ross Szabo breaks down a clear, working definition of mental health, why the more words you have for your feelings the better your mental health becomes, the neuroscience behind coping, and how parents, teachers, and leaders can help young people build mental health skills before they ever reach a crisis point.
15 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 48 min
Dr. Stacy Sims, exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, and bestselling author of ROAR and Next Level, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share why so much of what women have been taught about training and nutrition was built on research that was never done on women, what actually changes during perimenopause and menopause, and how to work with your physiology rather than against it.
8 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
Eddie Jones, one of the most accomplished coaches in world rugby, who has led Australia, England, and guided Japan to one of the greatest upsets in the sport's history, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share how he builds team identity, learns from past mistakes, creates training environments where mistakes become learning, and gets people to become more than they thought they could.
1 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
Dr. Dan Siegel, Harvard-trained clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, neuroscientist, and New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share what four decades of attachment research reveal about the three things children need most from us, why repair matters more than perfection, and why understanding your own story may be the foundation of parenting well... and living a full life.
24 Jun 2026 · 59 min
Dr. Valter Longo, professor and director of the Longevity Institute at USC and one of the world’s leading researchers on aging, nutrition, and lifespan, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share what decades of research reveal about how the body protects and repairs itself, why he’s challenging the common narrative around protein, and how fasting-mimicking approaches may reshape the way we think about food, disease, and healthy aging.
17 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
Mike Macdonald, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks and the youngest head coach in modern NFL history to win a Super Bowl, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share the principle at the center of his team’s culture: through, not around... they also dive into why confidence and self-efficacy are trainable skills, and what it takes to lead a locker room of world-class competitors.
10 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Dr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychologist, professor at Columbia University, and author of The Awakened Brain, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share the science behind our innate capacity for spirituality, why a strong personal spirituality is one of the strongest protective factors for mental health known to the clinical sciences, and how every one of us can strengthen it.
3 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Jon Kabat-Zinn, molecular biologist, professor emeritus of medicine, and founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), returns to Finding Mastery for a conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais about presence, performance, and why mindfulness may be the most underrated human skill of our time.
27 May 2026 · 48 min
Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything Is F*cked, returns to Finding Mastery for a conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais about how to think clearly when nothing feels true, why sincerity has become the rarest signal of our moment, and the three principles Mark uses to navigate it all: radical ownership, radical honesty, and radical acceptance.
20 May 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor of Psychology and one of the world’s leading researchers on happiness, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share what 36 years of studying happiness finally taught her: the key isn’t being loved. It’s feeling loved. A timely, science-backed look at why so many of us are surrounded by love and still don’t feel it, and the small shift that can change almost every relationship you have.
13 May 2026 · 52 min
Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators, returns to Finding Mastery for another conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais. A timely, science-backed look at why so many of our conversations break down, and the small shift in attention that changes almost every relationship you have.
6 May 2026 · 1 hr
Dr. Michael Gervais and co-host Jeff Byers, former NFL player and Co-Founder & CEO of Momentous, are back for another Ask Me Anything, tackling questions from the Finding Mastery community on identity transitions, the search for purpose, what to do when life feels like autopilot, and what our heroes and idols actually reveal about who we are.
29 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 25 min
Andrew Whitworth, Super Bowl champion, four-time Pro Bowler, and one of the most respected leaders in NFL history, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share the unexpected superpower behind 16 elite seasons: empathy. This is a conversation about mastering yourself first, and what it actually takes to lead, perform, and stay whole at the very top.
22 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Tom Bilyeu, entrepreneur, co-founder of Quest Nutrition, and founder of Impact Theory, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to challenge the assumptions most people carry about money, power, and the systems quietly shaping their financial lives, and to make the case that understanding the rules of the game is the first step to playing it on your own terms.
15 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
Dr. Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist, Yale professor, and host of The Happiness Lab, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to unpack why we're so bad at predicting what will make us happy, and what the science says we should actually do differently.
8 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
Dr. Jason Fung, physician, bestselling author, and one of the leading voices in metabolic health, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to challenge everything we've been told about weight loss, hunger, and why the "eat less, move more" approach so often fails the people who try hardest to follow it.
1 Apr 2026 · 57 min
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time World Champion, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explore the psychology behind performing when the stakes are highest, how he mastered the "call room" before every race, and what a life-threatening stroke taught him about control, relationships, and what really matters.
25 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 49 min
What would change in your life if you stopped lying… completely? Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explore honesty as a first principle, the mechanics of mental suffering, and how to find your footing in a world where truth is harder to locate than ever.
Dive into the minds of the world’s greatest athletes, leaders, thinkers, and doers with Dr. Michael Gervais—a high performance psychologist and world-renowned expert on the relationship between high performance and the mind. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune
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