Ep40 Eames Yates—How to Find Peace When Every Achievement Still Feels Like a Fraud

What happens when the chase that built your entire career stops making sense? In this episode of The Pressures of Privilege, host Diana Oehrli sits down with Eames Yates, the journalist who landed interviews most reporters only dream of: CIA directors, Navy SEAL commanders, Alec Baldwin, and, eventually, the Dalai Lama himself, in his home in India. Then he walked away from all of it to open a yoga studio built on a single idea: love over fear. Eames opens up about the addiction that fueled his rise and the self-worth he tied entirely to professional achievement. Then he gets into the slow, humbling work of getting sober while becoming a father. He and Diana talk about the difference between happiness and peace and the danger of believing your own first thought. Forgiving yourself, he says, might be the most radical thing you ever do. Together, they show you how to separate your worth from your output and how to forgive the person you used to be without losing the progress you've made. If you've ever built a life that looked impressive from the outside while something quietly came apart on the inside, this episode was made for you. Chapters (00:00:00) - In the Pressures of Privilege(00:02:21) - Tony Robbins on His Time on Air(00:11:11) - In the Elevator With(00:12:36) - One Year of Sobriety(00:16:48) - Self-Care Yoga Studio(00:19:07) - In the Elevator With Sean(00:23:10) - White House Correspondent on Privilege(00:30:48) - How to Stay Clean: One Day at a Time(00:35:38) - Adam Levine on Success and the Higher Power(00:41:49) - The Dalai Lama on What Work Means(00:42:32) - How to Be Compassionate With Yourself