Everything dysfunctional about your thinking and behavior traces back to something you're avoiding. Most of us know this, yet the patterns persist. Today, I'm joined by Joe Hudson. He's spent years helping high achievers understand why achievement alone doesn't always translate to fulfillment.

Inspiration. Pass it on. Listen to my conversation with Andy Glaze. Wherever you listen to your podcasts + YT.

I did iboga therapy. And I've been sitting with my experience for a while now. This week, my wife Julie helps me finally share it, because what followed was the most confrontational experience of my life. And the most meaningful. Streaming in all the pod places + YouTube.

NEW TODAY ON THE POD: Andy Glaze, firefighter paramedic and ultrarunner, on addiction, resilience, and movement as a catalyst for healing. Streaming on all podcast platforms and watchable on YouTube.

Andy Glaze is known as the smiling ultrarunner.  But the smile is not the story. Excited to share this one with you all. Streaming tomorrow in all the pod places✌️

Protect your momentum. Extracted from my last solo episode "Pay Now, Love It Later." Listen on all podcast platforms + YouTube.

Five copies of Dr. Paul Conti’s new book are up for grabs. Enter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

There is always more right with us than wrong. We just have to be willing to look. Today on the pod, Dr. Paul Conti returns to flip the script on modern psychiatry and ask a more generative question: what's going right?

Three words that rearrange how you live if you let them: MOOD FOLLOWS ACTION. Solo riff on the podcast this week. Now available.

New today - David Epstein on why constraints, not freedom, drive creativity, productivity, and happiness. Listen in all the pod places + YT.

Self-obsession is the enemy of personal growth. The optimization trap is real. And the most radical thing you can do right now might be the simplest: stop fixing yourself and start showing up. Extracted from the latest Roll On episode with Adam Skolnick.

Today on the pod Dr. Stacy Sims discusses perimenopause, heavy lifting, and fueling female physiology. Listen now or watch it go down on YT.

Roll On, al fresco. Adam Skolnick, the backyard, the birds. No agenda. We get into the dork problem in modern podcasting, self-obsession as the enemy of growth, and why 14 years in, we're playing again. Now available everywhere.

New pod with Marcus and Amber Capone, subjects of the Netflix documentary “In Waves and War." Expect discussions on the veteran mental health crisis, ibogaine treatment, and the Stanford research behind it. Plus an experience of my own I've never spoken about publicly...

Does protein source impact your muscle gains? Listen to my convo with Simon Hill for nuanced information on protein, seed oils, processed foods, fiber, and the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

Consistency creates momentum. Once you have momentum, choices that at one point in time were difficult become second nature. Listen to the full pod. Streaming everywhere + YouTube.

Every powerful person you follow is selling you a story. Most of us never stop to ask whose story it actually is. Today on the podcast: Nick Bilton on how Silicon Valley's tech titans built their myths, why AI may be the most consequential thing we've ever built, and finding meaning amid all of it.

Hold your ambitions for your child loosely. Make sure that no matter what–they know they are loved unconditionally. Listen to my full solo episode on childhood trauma, parental expectations, and addiction.  Streaming everywhere you listen to podcasts.

If you're finding yourself chronically online and devoid of meaning in life, this episode with Arthur Brooks is for you. Listen now on the Rich Roll Podcast + watch on YouTube.

Make caring cool again. Loved this one with Max Jolliffe–go listen now on the pod.

New solo AMA episode on diet, training, and rebuilding my body after spinal fusion surgery. Streaming everywhere + YT.

Max Jolliffe on what becomes possible when you finally find your thing and go all in. Listen now on all podcast streaming platforms + YT.

A call for empathy and words for anyone currently suffering. Pulled from an episode on Tiger Woods, addiction & childhood trauma. Listen now.

This week: Max Jolliffe, Moab 240 course record holder & one of ultrarunning's more unlikely origin stories. We discuss multi-generational addiction, the opioid crisis, & what it means to be beaten into willingness.

Tomorrow is Max Jolliffe's 14-year sobriety anniversary. Couldn't think of a better day to release this one. Tune in for a conversation on addiction, willingness, obsessiveness put to good use, and what it really takes to build something out of nothing.

Tom Holland on taking strategic breaks from social media. Lifted from our conversation in 2024. Listen on all podcast platforms, including YouTube.

Negative thinking has more power than you think. Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood on future-proofing your brain from dementia.

When you've won everything and still don't feel worthy of love–what do you do? That's the real Tiger Woods story. And it's not just his. Today on the pod: a solo episode on addiction, self-sabotage, and childhood wounds.

We are in the midst of a psychogenic epidemic–a crisis of meaning driven by the very technology we can't put down. Arthur Brooks is in the house. Go listen to this one.

You can't build and maintain muscle on just protein alone. Tune into my episode with Simon Hill for a nuanced conversation about the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

Today on the pod: Arthur Brooks. A guy who will look you in the eye and tell you the thing you've been chasing? It's the reason you can't find what you actually want. We discuss the doom loop of technology, the crisis of meaning, and why love – not achievement – is the escape hatch. Now available.

The matrix is here. You are living in it. Tomorrow, Arthur Brooks shows us the way out. This is your escape plan. Don’t miss it.

You're probably not protein-deficient. For most Americans, fiber is the real shortfall. And the guidelines largely missed that. Simon Hill and I discuss what the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines got backwards on the pod.

On the pod, Simon Hill and I discuss the fine print on the guidelines: the contradictions, the omissions, and the downstream consequences of these decisions at a federal level. Tune in.

NEW TODAY: Simon Hill is back on the pod to help us decode the newly released U.S. Dietary Guidelines: what changed, what the evidence actually supports, and how the final document diverged from the advisory committee's recommendations.

When the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines dropped, I knew I needed Simon Hill in the room. What we found was a document at war with itself. New episode TOMORROW.

Self-compassion may be a more important brain health intervention than most people realize. Tune in to my convo this week with neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood on dementia prevention.

TODAY I'm joined by neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood for a deep dive into neuroplasticity, dementia prevention, and the lifestyle habits that actually protect the brain over the long term. Now available everywhere you listen to podcasts, including YT.

Most of us have a plan for our bodies. Almost none of us have a plan for our brains. Tomorrow I’ve got neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood on the pod to discuss dementia prevention, neuroplasticity, and the habits that protect your brain. This one is your brain longevity code, don’t miss it.

Put your phone down and find your purpose. Lifted from my convo with Adam Skolnick on looksmaxxing.

Katie Couric's approach to a challenging interview or conversation. Listen to the full episode on all podcast platforms.

Pain and suffering are often necessary catalysts for change. Lifted from my convo with Ken Rideout.

What if the feeling of “never quite satisfied” isn’t a problem to fix, but a sign that you’re still becoming?  Full episode with Dave Evans & Bill Burnett dives deeper. Listen in all the pod places.

Helping a loved one suffering from addiction is tricky. You can love a person without also enabling or being complicit in their behavior. You love the person, you don't love the behavior. And that's an important distinction to make.  Much more on this topic in the full episode.

Most people search for meaning. Few know where to find it, and nearly everyone suspects the window has closed. This week: Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Now available on YT and everywhere you listen to the pod.

Stop looking for meaning. Start building it.  That's the thesis of tomorrow’s episode.  If you’re struggling with what a life well-lived is supposed to “look” like, this one will land. Tune in tomorrow for a convo with Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

Extracted from my first solo episode. This one is a serious conversation about relapse, accountability, and what real change actually requires, including what it looked like in my own life. Listen on all podcast platforms including YT.

Just because you've identified the problem doesn't make it right. What are you going to do about it? As they say in the rooms of recovery, self-awareness will avail you nothing. That's what this whole conversation is really about. This episode with Ken Rideout will wake you up.

In my first-ever solo episode, I examine what addiction actually looks like from the inside and what it costs to come back from it. Available now in all of the pod places, and watchable on my YT channel.

Every good thing in my life almost didn't happen. My sobriety. My family. This podcast. All of it. Watching that Shia LaBeouf interview, I couldn't stay quiet anymore. Tomorrow. Solo. Something I've been needing to say for a long time.