#89 - Balance Ambition & Peace (Go Deeper Without Losing Your Drive) - Max Stephens - High Performance Coach & Author

Sign up to indiip for free by heading to indiip.com/podcastIf you’re interested in balancing ambition with inner peace, you’ll get a lot from today’s episode.Max Stephens is a coach and writer exploring deep meditation, self-transcendence and practical psychology for high performers.Today we covered a lot of ground including - growing up in an addicted household, Max’s India epiphany and early meditation experiences, family, forgiveness and gratitude to parents, building balanced drive without apathy through parts work and healthy scepticism. Circles of concern, altruism and what truly motivates top performers - the real purpose of meditation and working through inner conflict - deep practice, psychedelics and selflessness. The structure behind his book “What the F*** Do You Actually Want?” with client stories and practical starting points: forgiveness, mortality, radical honesty and how to forgive.I hope you enjoy the episode!#mindset #highperformance #psychologyFully Timestamped Chapter List 00:00:00 Intro Trailer for Max Stephens 00:00:33 Journey: Addicted Household, India Epiphany & Deep Meditation 00:08:14 Family, Forgiveness & Gratitude to Parents 00:22:49 Balanced Drive Without Apathy: Parts, Scepticism & Self-Transcendence 00:35:30 Circles of Concern, Altruism & Motivation in High Performers 00:50:59 Meditation’s Real Purpose & Working Through Inner Conflict 00:57:13 Deep Practice, Psychedelics & Selflessness 01:05:07 Book: What the F*** Do You Actually Want? Structure & Client Stories 01:15:22 Starting Points: Forgiveness, Mortality, Radical Honesty & How to Forgive 01:19:00 Closing: Mortality Reminder, Future Plans, Links & Outro***LINKS***Max’s Website:https://bit.ly/3KYWLJmCheck out indiip for free:https://bit.ly/indiippodcast15% Off Bare Bar (CODE: JASE):https://bit.ly/barejaseMY STUFF:Awaken Out Of Context Podcast (YouTube & Podcast Links):https://bit.ly/3tk8FVvFollow Me On Instagram (@awakenoutofjason):https://bit.ly/3RAkKQj