116. Feeling Lost in Life? Here's How to Get Back on Track | Jamie Wheal

Jamie Wheal is an expert on peak performance and leadership, specializing in the neuroscience and application of Flow states. He is the author of the global best-seller and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs and Maverick Scientists are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work. His new book Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind, has been described as "a highly personal, richly informed and culturally wide-ranging meditation on the loss of meaning in our times and on pathways to rediscovering it".  ► Check out his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Jamie-Wheal/e/B06WVB6PG2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 In our conversation we talked about losing meaning in the world, the problems of traditional religion, new spirituality paths, finding salvation, finding Meaning 3.0, and much more. TIME STAMPS (0:00) Intro (1:10) What is happening right now in the world? (4:24) The downfall of religion? Meaning 1.0 (20:47) The market of redemption and connection (29:31) The transition through Meaning 2.0 and into Meaning 3.0 (37:22) How are we getting salvation? (52:05) Do we need suffering? (59:02) What can we do to find more meaning? (1:10:48) Hedonic engineering to have a better life (1:21:16) Music? Music. (1:29:19) Staying present and Meaning 3.0 If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and a rating on our Spotify show? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/38bZNAY Listen on Apple Podcast: https://buff.ly/2PycRL1 Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/growth-minds Follow me on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/heyseankim Learn Spanish by speaking it for free: https://www.jumpspeak.com Past guests on Growth Minds include: Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad), Steve Aoki, Robert Greene, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Steven Gundry, Neil deGrasse Tyson (StarTalk),  Dennis Rodman, Wim Hof, Robin Sharma, Vanessa Van Edwards, King Bach, Daniel Pink, Dr. William Davis, Doctor Mike, Lewis Howes (School of Greatness), Tom Bilyeu (Impact Theory), Andrew Yang, Dr. Paul Conti, Charles Hoskinson (Ethereum), Dr. Drew (After Dark), Jo Koy, Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street), Gad Saad, Adam Carolla, Louis the Child, Vishen Lakhiani (Mindvalley), Bret Weinstein (DarkHorse Podcast), James Nestor, Dave Rubin, Scott Adams (Real Coffee with Scott Adams), Dave Asprey (Bulletproof Coffee), Gabby Reece, Rich Roll, James Altucher, R3hab, and more.