Curious Humans with Jonny Miller

I’ve been following River’s substack essays for a few years now and I feel a real kinship with his irreverent and genuinely unique perspectives — as well as his talent for self-experimentation and weaving together esoteric yet incredibly practical concepts which he uses for self-exploration.

In this conversation, you can expect to learn:

💬 How River was able to use somatic-based practices to go from experiencing an incessant inner-critic and suicidal ideation, to almost no inner-dialogue and opening up access to his emotions.

🧠  We explore the dynamic between what he calls Systems Mode that dominate...

In this conversation, I’m speaking with my good friend and cofounder of Ultraspeaking Tristan de Montebello. Tristan has an incredible story of training to become a finalist in the World Championship of Public Speaking in just seven months.

In this conversation, you can expect to learn:

📣  Tristan's radical approach of focusing on impromptu speaking rather than scripted speeches
💬  Unlocking capacity for self-expression & why the key starts with learning to speak before you think
🎴  How they developed games for practicing more authentic self-expression
🧠  The magic of what Tristan calls ‘The Butler in your subconscious’ <...

A few years back Ali decided to quit his job as a junior doctor in the UK to become a full time YouTuber. Since then his career and life has skyrocketed — he’s built a channel with over 5.5 million youtube subscribers and recently published a New York Times Bestselling book called ‘Feel Good Productivity’

In this conversation Ali shares:

😨  His experience with imposter syndrome whilst writing his book
🧠  Recent insights around 'leaving mental health on the table'
⚖️  How he’s been intentionally de-optimising his life
❓  The radical question of what would life and business look like if...

I’m speaking with co-founder of Reboot Jerry Colonna. Jerry is one of the most infamous executive coaches in the world — with a reputation for making CEOs cry and asking devastatingly poignant self-reflection questions.

In this conversation, we explore:

🕷️   Jerry's inner journey discovering his mythopoetic identity and how that has informed the coaching work he is so known for
🙇‍♂️   The idea that one measure of a leader is the numerous of people who feel safe enough to belong
🌍   The root causes of the global intimacy disorder that our culture is experiencing
❤️   The very human tension between lon...

Ben is the author of the phenomenal new book: The Way Home: Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness at Midlife. I was really excited to talk to Ben because the hero’s journey has been a framework that I still use myself as a way of orienting and meaning making. Ben shares how his own life has been a series of spiraling journeys, embodying the hero’s path.

In this conversation, you can expect to learn:
 
📚  Challenges of refusing the call to adventure
🤷‍♂️  The transition between evasion and embracing the unknown.
🧘  The work of Bill Plotkin, and ho...

Marcela Ot’alora worked as the lead co-therapist and principal investigator for all of the MAPS — which stands for  Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies — MDMA-assisted psychotherapy studies. She has also been designing curriculum and training therapists associated with MAPS.

In this conversation, which we recorded together in our home here in Boulder Colorado, we explored how she found her way into this work over three decades ago, possible tension I perceived between the clinical aspect of these studies and the sacredness of the work, how she trains therapists in the rare art of being able to hold space f...

I'm choosing to republish this episode that I had with David Whyte four years ago, because I had found myself revisiting his timeless book Consolations’ and rediscovering wisdom that felt appropriate for these times — which has remained within an arm's reach of my bedside ever since I first discovered it. It ratcheted open my mind to a new perspective on the definitions of words like Ambition, Courage and Heartbreak, that I thought I previously understood.

I’m not sure how to even begin to describe exactly what David does. On paper, he's an acclaimed poet, a writer, and a...

In this episode, I am speaking with Steve March — who is, although maybe lesser known in the public sphere, what he has created with Aletheia, which we will get into — is, to my mind, a revolutionary innovation in the realm of human development and how we orient to personal growth.

Expect to have your paradigm of personal growth turned upside down as we cover:

⚖️ Self-development vs. Self-unfoldment, which points to why so much of the personal development industry and individual efforts to self-improve are doomed to fail from the outset. And how might we make a New Ye...

Khe Hy is a dear friend, creator and philosopher in residence at Rad Reads, which is a business he started after leaving a 7-figure salary on Wall Street. He is a dedicated Father, host of the superb Examined Life podcast and makes time to get in the ocean and surf every single day.

In this conversation, you can expect to hear:

- How Khe has worked through his feelings of self-doubt
- Exploring his insights from wrestling with desires for fame and validation.
- The question of 'Winning the Game of Life' has...

Ryan Duey is an entrepreneur, podcaster, the founder + CEO of Plunge.com and as you'll hear in this episode, a remarkably self-aware and courageous human.

Over a decade ago, Ryan had what he calls his “greatest gift” — a head-on motorcycle accident in Thailand. This near-death experience catapulted Ryan into a journey of self-inquiry, leading him to the jungles of the Amazon, the inside of a float tank.

In this conversation, you can expect to learn:

⚖️ How to balance of selfishness and selflessness
❄️ His relationship with surrendering into the cold
🏫  The Importance of Reth...