The Kevin Miller Podcast
by Kevin Miller | YAP Media
The big question - what is the meaning of life? The great quest - to find meaning in life. I devoted my life to filling all the roles, pursuing all the achievements, and engaging with all the relationships I thought would provide the greatest meaning to my life. Only to come to the reckoning that the world doesn't give meaning to my life. I do. Join me as I discuss how we make meaning from our lives and how we can satisfy ourselves in every moment, regardless of the circumstances. kevinmiller.co *Over 75 million downloads, 350 expert guests, 1,700 episodes...and the journey continues on the podcast evolution from 'The Ziglar Show' to 'The Self-Helpful Podcast' to 'What Drives You' to 'The Kevin Miller Podcast'...
Episodes
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Recognizing & Upgrading The Systems of Our Life For Better Results w/ Systems Specialist Ben Meer
My guest here talks about creating systems in our lives in order to get better results. When I hear this I immediately think about calendars and habits and check lists and a lot of things I don’t inspire myself with. Concepts that take time and confine me and I end up being a slave to some daily...
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Revisiting A Candid Moment During My Dad’s Death - In Memory of 48 Days’ Dan Miller
Four days ago we published my conversation with RamDev Dale Borglum who leads the Living/Dying Project, and we discussed how dealing better with fear of death, frees us up to live more fully, now. I’m taking the opportunity to bring back a podcast from nearly three years ago. I recorded the...
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How To Keep a Fear of Dying From Diminishing Our Joy In The Life We Are Living Right Now w/ RamDev Dale Borglum
This is not an episode, focused on death. As my guest will say, the point is right here and right now and our life in this moment. But he is showing how much we limit right now with the fear of death. If that sounds basic, I implore you to stay tuned in. I don't go around feeling that I fear…
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How Attuned Our We To The People & World Around Us w/ Collective Trauma Expert Thomas Hübl
Thomas Hübl is an Austrian teacher and author known for his work in the field of collective trauma. He’s known for integrating the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. He wrote a book, Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World. I’d…
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Building The Capacity To Just Be With Yourself w/ Consciousness Teacher Peter Russell
Most people I think have had the experience of no electricity for a while. I remember it back before cell phones, so when the electricity was out, everything was literally out. You were all of the sudden transported back to 1900 before most homes had electricity. Everything was just…quiet. Quiet....
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How To Be Happy Without Changing Anything w/ Arthur Brooks
In our culture today I feel the pursuit of happiness has become the pursuit of…more. The pursuit of something we don’t have that we must need. It’s become an external pursuit. And it doesn’t seem to ever end. I’ve not met anyone who finally, one day, got a big win and then said, “Boom. There it…
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Nourishing Your Nervous System w/ Vitalists Jared Angaza & Ty Clark
Research increasingly shows how much of our daily, lived experience is shaped by our nervous system. As a society, we seem to be living with dysregulated nervous systems, and it is taking a heavy toll on our overall well-being. We hear a lot about meditation, breathwork, exercise, cold plunges,...
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The Pros & Cons of Positive or Negative Change w/ Cognitive Scientist Maya Shankar
Continuing with my series on what drives people from when my book, What Drives You came out, I bring you cognitive neuroscientist, Maya Shankar. She is also the host of a hugely popular podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, named Apple Podcast of the year in 2021. Maya actually founded the…
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Healing & Thriving From Big T Trauma w/ Superhero Survivor Christy Marvel
Some people have lived through events that are almost impossible to reconcile, because they never should have happened to anyone. I think everyone has painful events in their life, and I don't mean to minimize anyone's experience. But some reach a higher level of tragedy than others, and I've...
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Maintaining Your Drive Amongst A Career of Overcoming Rejection w/ Hollywood Actor Matthew Del Negro
This is another story in my series on what drives people. Matthew Del Negro is a Hollywood actor who has appeared in many movies and held prominent roles in recent TV series like Showtime's City on a Hill, Paramount's Mayor of Kingstown, and, right now, Amazon Prime's Neagley. Matthew describes...
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Calming Yourself With Your Heart & Not Just Your Mind w/ HeartMath Co-Founder Deborah Rozman
I appreciate finding missing pieces within efforts we normally make, that show us why we may not be getting the results we desire, and give us tangible ways to hopefully get new and better results. So in regard to calming ourselves. Regulating our nervous system, I have always been impressed with...
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Being Driven By Clear Motives Instead of Big Visions w/ Guy Kawasaki
When my book, What Drives You, came out, I brought a number of my past guests on to the podcast to hear their personal stories of what drove them. We habitually hear what people have done and achieved, but don’t often hear why they did it. I think the stories help us better understand not only…
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What You Are Saying Before You Say Anything w/ Nonverbal Communications Expert Linda Clemons
I put much focus on being aware of what I’m thinking. Then carefully considering what I say and paying close attention to how I say it. But my guest has shown me how much I’m communicating before I say anything at all. Linda Clemons is one of the world’s foremost body language experts. She…
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Revealing A Cultural Myth of Performance We Limit Ourselves With w/ Perfectionism Expert Thomas Curran
One of our primary cultural badges is being “busy”. We adopted the idea that busyness equals importance and status. I feel in the same way we’ve adopted a badge of perfectionism. This is now a wildly common label we give ourselves, as we all struggle with our “perfectionism” as we strive for...
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Using Our Imagination To Help Ourselves Instead Of Just Constantly Scaring Ourselves w/ Imagination Psychologist Cassandra Vieten
When a new book on imagination was sent to me for review, I initially began thinking how we have culturally seemed to decrease in being imaginative. We seem more black and white and limited than ever, lacking the imagination to consider other perspectives, alternatives, and options to evolve...
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A Fit Body From A Fit Mindset w/ Fitness Expert Don Saladino
Don Saladino is a famous fitness expert, in part due to being the trainer for celebrities, such as Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Emily Blunt, Sebastian Stan, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hugh Jackman. I appreciate that he has to know his stuff when he’s paid the big bucks to transform the...
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How Often Are We Fighting For Our Honor — Not About The Issue? w/ Relationship Coach Kim Polinder
If we look at any disagreement, whether you call it a fight or a conflict, we can ask, “What is at stake.” Sometimes there may be a real danger or consequence involved. However. What we find in therapy and counseling is that many times, actually the majority of our common conflicts, there is...
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Do You Rely On Yourself Too Much Or Not Enough w/ Renowned Mindvalley Coach Ajit Nawalkha
Of all the people we look to for guidance, expertise, counsel, and help, where do we figure into the equation? Are we a self we also rely on for guidance? This could sound like an elementary concept, but I find people more and more falling into two distinct sides: relying too much on themselves…
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How To Handle Climate Anxiety & Find Harmony In This World w/ Climate Activist Katharine K. Wilkinson
My focus here is as I say in the intro, how we make meaning in our lives. How we experience life. There are many great shows that deal with the specific issues we face out in life, as I tend to the issues we face in our minds. But what I found with my guest was not a focus purely on the climate...
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We Do It All - Until We Can’t w/ Burnout Expert Neha Sangwan
I once argued with the leader of a soul care institute who said you can’t live in the white water all the time, and that you must have some time of calm waters in order to live sustainably. I told him I was strengthening and equipping myself to endure the white water all the time. And I believed...
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Why You Are Often Better To Overshare Than Undershare w/ Harvard Biz Professor Leslie John
I’m going to assume you are aware that we are at a time when, even though we are often in communication with more people than ever, quantity wise, we are statistically connecting with fewer people than ever. The stats on loneliness and isolation are at equal or all time highs. I have been giving...
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Understanding Your Innate Design w/ Human Design Educator Erin Claire Jones
I appreciate personality profiles that help us better clarify some of the what and why we tend towards certain propensities and predispositions. However, I don’t like that people sometimes use them as an excuse for how they are. And, I don’t like that they are self-reporting. We can easily…
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Managing Your Relationship As A Human Who Engages Daily With The 7 Deadly Sins w/ Medieval Scholar Peter Jones
When I first laid eyes on a book with the title, SELF-HELP FROM THE MIDDLE AGES: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us About Living, I interested myself. Even more when I found out the author is an expert in medieval times. Peter Jones is a writer and academic specializing in the history of the...
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How The Pressure of Constant Performance Can Keep Us From Improving w/ Growth Mindset Expert Eduardo Briceño
I really appreciate finding commonplace practices that are leading us astray…that we can alter immediately. Imagine an olympic athlete that performed year round. They are always either prepping or recovering for the next event. Their performance would stall. Elite athletes count on having a…
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What Are We Really Addressing With Our Compulsions w/ Addiction Psychologist Adi Jaffe
My guest today is an addiction expert, but I interest myself more in the concept of compulsions. I may have something I habitually do that is not necessarily harming anyone else, and is arguably not harming me in a direct sense, which is generally how we define addictions. But a compulsion may be...
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Her Parents Let Their Dreams Die So She Committed To Making Hers Happen w/ Hint Water Founder Kara Goldin
This is another story of drive from when my book, What Drives You, came out. Kara Goldin was the youngest of five children and at the age of eight realized her parents had dreams they never pursued. She decided then, she would pursue hers. She went on to have a classic entrepreneurial story. She...
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A Compelling Case That Thriving Comes From A Shared Communal Endeavor w/ Celebrated Author & Journalist Daniel Coyle
I read an article yesterday about the fourth season of the tv series, Ted Lasso, coming out. The series was celebrated for bringing the concept of positivity to the forefront. But in this new season they feel positivity isn’t what the culture needs. They depict the populace this way: "People are...
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What Motivates Significant Life Shifts w/ Criminal Defense Lawyer Turned Chocolatier Shawn Askinosie
I have always interested myself in people who make significant life shifts. And not to minimize traumas and tragedies and difficult circumstances, but I intrigue myself with people who made big shifts that didn’t have to. But for various reasons they stepped back to audit their lives, and decided...
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Leveraging AI To Help Us Be Aware Of & Accountable To Ourselves w/ Cultural Architect Lyle Maxson
I’ll continue to preface anything regarding AI, or any tech for that matter, that I’m not convinced it will prove to be a net positive for overall human well being. As a tool however, I see some opportunities. Such as, I was sent a device that hangs around my neck like a pendant, that will record...
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The Specific Benefits of Maintaining Muscle Mass For Your Wellness & Longevity w/ Muscle-Centric Medicine Expert Gabrielle Lyon
I am not nearly as concerned about my lifespan as my health span. I’d rather live 10 years less but be very capable physically and mentally than to linger an extra 10 years while physically and mentally impaired. I’m not much for gimmicks and hacks that address one thing and are promoted as cure...
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For All Those Suffering From Loss That Is Not “Trauma” w/ Grief Specialist Lucy Hone
We have a culture that reports an almost all time high of human suffering. A predominant term this suffering gets labeled as is - trauma. But I just don’t think it’s the right term for many of us. Trauma is defined as - an emotional and physical response to a very stressful, scary, or harmful...
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How To Reveal The Most Important Priorities By Envisioning A Ridiculously Big Goal w/ Organizational Psychologist Benjamin Hardy
I’m a fan of mind games, because I feel most all of what we experience is just that, a mind game. But I’ve always helped myself by considering different angles to stories. And today I bring you one I’ve benefited myself with. You’ve probably heard of the concept of “10X,” as in 10 Xing your goal....
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Stereotyping People By Their Accents & Being Aware of Our Speech Patterns That Impact Our Connection With Others w/ Linguistics Professor Valerie Fridland
We tend to understand and acknowledge that what we say matters. But I find an increasing lack of attention to how we say things. And yet we make conscious and unconscious judgments about people regarding how they are talking, that sometimes become more important than whatever it is they might...
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Recognizing Our Limiting Emotional Patterns w/ Neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi
Every day we encounter the stimuli of our lives. Events and people. And we have feelings about most all of it. Some good, some bad, some fairly neutral, but we are processing everything through how we make meaning of things. Some of us have negative emotions about certain things that don’t serve...
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Why Are We Missing Out On The Irrefutable Health Benefits of Being Outside? w/ Renowned Internist & Chef John La Puma
As humans we have spent a majority of our lives outdoors until very recently, when in a short time, we spend almost all of our time indoors and even in our short exposures to the outdoors we are not opening ourselves to the true benefits of nature. I don’t believe in hacks and shortcuts and…
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Can You Express Confidence In Yourself Without Coming Across As Full Of Yourself? w/ Confidence Coach Heather Monahan
I feel we are at a time with a schizophrenic perspective of confidence. We would generally feel positive about a doctor who expresses confidence in their abilities before doing surgery on us, but if that same doctor was at a party and mentioned anything about their level of confidence in…
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Why Too Much Is Too Much And How We Benefit From Limited Options w/ Investigative Reporter David Epstein
From the restaurant menu that has 10 pages of entre options, to trying to pick out a new set of ear buds on Amazon, to telling kids they can be “anything they want.” The anxiety around our seemingly unlimited world continues to increase. Tactically I think we must become more discerning. But...
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Can You Have No Emotional Boundaries With No Bitterness? w/ Relationship Expert Terri Cole
I find almost everyone has some physical boundaries that they feel fine with. But emotionally I still find the culture, and historically myself, fairly uncomfortable and unclear on what emotional boundaries look like and what the purpose really is. It took so long for me to have some…
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Deconstructing & Navigating The Hero’s Journey w/ Strategist Peter Bailey
My focus here is not on being a hero in the fashion our culture uses the word, in regard to caretaking humanity and saving the world. A quick search for the hero’s journey says it is a universal story structure where a protagonist ventures out of their comfort zone, faces a major crisis, wins a...
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Understanding Emotional Intelligence Through The Enneagram w/ Organizational Development Expert Scott Allender
I continue to find and place value in Emotional Intelligence. I spent much of my life misperceiving social intelligence as emotional intelligence. I felt I could read and cater to other’s emotions, but I was very ignorant and neglectful of my own emotions, which took a toll on myself, and others....
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In A World Bent On Achieving Destinations We Look At The Empowerment of Leaving Things Behind w/ Empowerment Expert Rosenna Bakari
I appreciate people who help us paradigm shifts. I have viewed life as progressing to the next goal. The next destination. Focused on what I can add to my achievements. And yet as I’ve gotten older and dealt with more things that have humbled and tempered me, I’ve started wondering if there is as...
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How To Move Through Modern Life With Inner Calm w/ Former Monk Dandapani
My guest is Dandapani. He became an ordained Hindu monk under the guidance of one of Hinduism’s foremost spiritual leaders of our time. For 10 years he lived a life of serious personal discipline and training at his guru’s cloistered monastery in Hawaii. Here he learned to control his mind. He...
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What Creates The Feeling of You? w/ Neuroscientist David Sussillo
“Could we really reduce your conscious mind to a set of underlying processes that, when composed, create the feeling of you, the view of right now?” This is what my guest questions and proposes. David Sussillo is a world-renowned neuroscientist, an adjunct professor at Stanford University and has...
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Are You Treating Your Anxiety As An Alert Or A Constant Passenger w/ Neuropsychotherapist Britt Frank
We have made anxiety a bad term. But anxiety is a normal response of the body to a worry or concern or perceived threat. Your anxiety in and of itself isn’t doing anything wrong. We just seem to be responding inappropriately. Britt Frank is a licensed neuropsychotherapist and trauma expert who is...
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Desensitized or Oversensitized: Why We Are So Anxious About Our Differences And How To Find Peace w/ Social Psychologist Claude Steele
We are more sensitive than ever to our differences. Most people I know are really striving to be aware, kind, considerate, and inclusive. But is this sensitivity also increasing our cultural anxiety around the issue? My guest in this episode is social psychologist Claude M Steele, and he feels…
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How To Be Your Authentic Self & Still Be Kind To Others w/ Mindvalley CoFounder Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani
We are tired of performing. We want to be our authentic selves. We want to have boundaries. But I see and have experienced two challenges. You finally just let it all hang out and tell everyone how you really feel and let the chips of dissension fall where they will. Or, you just fold at the...
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What Measures Whether You Matter Or Not w/ Philosopher Rebecca Goldstein
Do I, intrinsically matter? Do you? Based on...what? There is almost a saturation of information and ideas on what purpose is and having purpose in your life. But if you dig down, I find purpose to primarily be a pursuit to...matter. Do we matter just because we exist? Many religions say so, but…
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Living & Thriving With Pain of Loss That Will Never Go Away w/ Neurosurgeon Lee Warren
The concept of trauma has gotten more focus than ever, as of late, it seems. But I feel much of what gets labeled trauma is the pain of loss. Losses we don’t know how to, or maybe never will, reconcile. I don’t claim having trauma in my life, but I have loss that I don’t think I’ll ever get over.…
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Getting Clear On What Is Truly At Risk In Pursuing What We Want w/ Connection Expert Ben Swire
I don’t think we like to hear it, but there seems to be continual evidence that our culture is growing more risk averse, less willing to try new things, and as a result, becoming stagnant. Another data point on our reported, near all time low of subjective well-being. So I brought on an expert to...
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What Becomes Possible When We Quit Protecting Ourselves w/ Jordan Grumet
I believe much of what motivates our life perspective and choices is around protecting ourselves. It’s human nature. I’m not talking about self-absorption, but even amongst the most giving and serving and confident of people, I still experience a lot of motive and behavior around self-protection....
About this show
The big question - what is the meaning of life? The great quest - to find meaning in life. I devoted my life to filling all the roles, pursuing all the achievements, and engaging with all the relationships I thought would provide the greatest meaning to my life. Only to come to the reckoning that the world doesn't give meaning to my life. I do. Join me as I discuss how we make meaning from our lives and how we can satisfy ourselves in every moment, regardless of the circumstances.
kevinmiller.co
*Over 75 million downloads, 350 expert guests, 1,700 episodes...and the journey continues on the podcast evolution from 'The Ziglar Show' to 'The Self-Helpful Podcast' to 'What Drives You' to 'The Kevin Miller Podcast'...
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Kevin Miller | YAP Media