Behind The Human with Marc Champagne

Britt Lefkoe grew up surrounded by mindset work, learning from an early age that our beliefs shape our lives. But that awareness came with a cost: the feeling that every difficult emotion or limiting belief was another problem she needed to fix.In this conversation, Britt and Marc explore what happens when self-awareness turns against us, why emotions aren’t the problem but the stories we attach to them can be, and the profound difference between having an insight and experiencing a true breakthrough. Britt also shares the simple phrase she uses when life feels overwhelming and why personal development was never meant to become our life. It was supposed to help us live it.EXCITING STUFF!My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom TeachersGet your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here!A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne Timestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”01:44 — Why Britt burned her first business to the ground05:21 — Growing up in a family where mindset was everything07:32 — “Am I a fraud?” When you can help others but struggle to help yourself08:42 — Finding her own voice after her father's death11:08 — Stop asking “why” and start asking “what next?”13:00 — The healing power of simply telling the truth13:57 — Why you shouldn't psychoanalyze yourself when you're triggered16:17 — Emotions aren't the problem—the stories are19:07 — Learning to forgive yourself for being human21:02 — What anger, envy and disappointment can teach us23:54 — Why Britt doesn't want to neutralize negative emotions27:25 — “The truth is always simple”28:15 — How to rewrite the stories running your life29:00 — “The truth is always good news”33:17 — Finding truth after unimaginable trauma35:16 — Untangling love from pain36:43 — When “hard work” becomes part of your identity37:44 — Why saying “this is hard” doesn't make life harder39:20 — The question that helped save a client's marriage43:33 — The difference between an insight and a breakthrough46:53 — Why changing through insight alone is exhausting47:12 — Personal development isn't supposed to become your life49:48 — The two breakthroughs that changed Britt's life51:48 — Healing through love instead of endlessly fixing yourself52:04 — Why Britt stopped following conventional business advice54:00 — Personal development beyond suffering: infinite possibility*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mentalist and illusionist Wayne Hoffman has built an extraordinary career reading minds, performing around the world and creating moments that make people question what's possible. But underneath the illusion is something even more interesting: an obsessive understanding of psychology, goal achievement, gratitude, risk and the small actions that quietly change the course of a life.Wayne and Marc explore why he chose an unconventional path, what he learned from the highest highs and loneliest moments of performing, his system for turning enormous goals into achievable steps, and why his future self keeps giving him the same instruction: do what you're supposed to do.And before the conversation ends, Wayne puts his mind-reading skills to the test on Marc!EXCITING STUFF!My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom TeachersGet your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here!A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne Timestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”02:12 — Discovering a hidden world inside a childhood magic shop04:09 — Why Wayne became obsessed with creating wonder08:16 — Turning an unusual passion into a career10:13 — Choosing entrepreneurship instead of the “real job”10:38 — The $10 business-card coupon that changed Wayne's life13:13 — Who is your unsung hero?13:58 — Honouring the man who unknowingly changed everything17:21 — The moments Wayne realized: “This is actually working”18:10 — Sitting beside Ellen and feeling like he'd stepped inside his television20:26 — The strange loneliness behind enormous moments of success21:29 — Fooling Penn & Teller — and barely remembering what happened next22:59 — Reverse-engineering your greatest successes24:15 — Why gratitude changed Wayne's life26:01 — Could you be happy if everything you achieved disappeared?26:43 — Is mind reading actually real?29:55 — How psychology can make someone appear psychic31:57 — What Wayne is actually doing when he “reads minds”32:37 — How a professional mentalist trains his mind35:45 — The one major goal Wayne still hasn't achieved38:28 — Wayne's system for achieving enormous goals38:46 — Feel. Define. Plan.39:57 — The power of asking for the next doable action40:56 — What would ten-year-old Wayne think of his life today?42:39 — Meeting his future self42:49 — “Do what you're supposed to do.”45:05 — Wayne attempts to read Marc's mind47:35 — The first impossible prediction49:35 — And then things get even stranger50:28 — Why Wayne would still do this work for free51:19 — Why the world may need more wonder52:11 — Adult recess and Wayne's deeper purpose*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David Stewart has spent much of his life looking closely at people.As a photographer, he worked around the world, shot his first Vogue ad in his twenties, and worked in New York during the Andy Warhol era. But as David got older, he began noticing something strange: while youth was marketed through aspiration, possibility and beauty, aging was increasingly framed through fear, decline and limitation.He decided to challenge that story.Today, David is the founder of SuperAge and AGEIST, building a new model around longevity that goes far beyond biomarkers or simply trying to extend lifespan.In this conversation, we explore what it actually means to stay fully alive as we age, why optimism may be essential to pursuing wellness, how social connection fits into longevity, the danger of turning health into an endless optimization project, and why David believes we need to move from consuming information to taking action.We also explore the creation of the Super Age Games, his personal practices for managing stress and mental fitness, and the simple morning ritual he uses to deliberately counter the negativity our minds naturally absorb.This is a conversation about making the life you have worth extending.EXCITING STUFF!My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom TeachersGet your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here!A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne Timestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”01:12 — Building a life around values instead of internal dissonance04:22 — The photographer who turned down work that didn't align05:53 — Vogue, Paris and working around Andy Warhol07:34 — The realization that changed how David thought about aging10:03 — Why brands misunderstood people over 5013:17 — The health crisis that forced David to change his own life16:57 — How AGEIST evolved into SuperAge22:25 — Why information alone rarely changes behaviour24:30 — Building trust before building products26:26 — The spontaneous idea that became the Super Age Games29:42 — Why friendship and social connection belong in longevity32:38 — “I've been in a gym for 40 years. What am I training for?”33:06 — Why biomarkers aren't the destination34:37 — Turning longevity into something you can actually measure37:33 — The 78-year-old who became competitor number one40:43 — What David wants people to feel after the Games43:18 — Why pursuing wellness requires optimism45:49 — David's “battery” model for stress and energy46:58 — The morning “brainwash walk” that resets his mind49:45 — Counter-programming the brain's natural negativity bias51:59 — Why the journey itself has to be enjoyed*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

New York Times editor and Saying No to New author Eric Athas explores why our brains are drawn to novelty, how businesses remove the friction between desire and consumption, and why reclaiming a few moments to think could radically change the choices we make.From dopamine and social media to clutter, persuasion and the disappearing “new thing gap,” this conversation is ultimately about learning to say no to meaningless novelty so we can say yes to what actually matters.EXCITING STUFF!My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom TeachersGet your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here!A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne Timestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”02:44 — Why opportunities for deep thinking are disappearing04:59 — Turning a childhood disadvantage into a strength07:39 — Inside Eric’s work at The New York Times10:09 — Navigating journalism, truth and trust in a chaotic era13:09 — Why Saying No to New is a work of journalism14:30 — The contradiction: an early adopter who learned to say no to new17:13 — When new things start creating more problems than they solve19:52 — Dopamine, discomfort and why our brains chase novelty22:23 — Thinking as a superpower in a frictionless world23:22 — The “new thing gap” — and why it has almost disappeared27:07 — The sophisticated influence machine behind what we buy30:52 — Decluttering as an audit of yesterday’s decisions32:20 — What clutter and constant task-switching do to our attention34:08 — Why saying no to new can help us discover the right kind of new35:33 — The surprising relationship between exploration and happiness37:24 — How to see novelty hiding inside familiar experiences39:46 — Finding joy in what was hiding in plain sight*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After more than forty years working as a psychologist and executive coach, Dr. David Zelman has become fascinated by one question: how do we stop allowing the past to determine what we believe is possible next?In this conversation, David explores the internal dialogue shaping our decisions, why awareness has to come before another tool or technique, and how we can create conversations that pull us toward the lives we actually want.We also explore anxiety, meditation and self-awareness, why two competing conversations can't occupy the same mental space, and the remarkable story of how David transformed his relationship with his father by changing one deeply held interpretation.David also shares his definition of readiness—the moment willingness meets awareness—and why he believes asking "what?" and "how?" can sometimes move us forward more effectively than asking "why?"EXCITING STUFF!My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom TeachersGet your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here!A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne Timestamps:00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?”01:41 — From struggling student and college dropout to finding psychology04:33 — What becomes obvious about life when you reach your seventies05:10 — How our internal dialogue shapes our experience of life07:19 — The question David starts with: “Where do you want to wind up?”10:15 — Why we keep trying to build the future using information from the past12:36 — David's decades-long Transcendental Meditation practice14:33 — Asking: “What future does this action create?”16:01 — Why awareness needs to come before another technique17:35 — A simple demonstration of who's actually telling you what to do19:54 — How the listener participates in creating their reality21:52 — Possibility versus the certainty of already knowing23:40 — What riding a bicycle teaches us about psychological distinctions25:20 — Conversations from the past versus conversations for the future28:33 — Anxiety, specificity and getting underneath generalizations29:48 — The five-minute experiment David uses with stressed clients31:50 — Why two competing conversations can't occupy the same space34:20 — Changing the conversation during conflict with someone you love36:21 — David's difficult relationship with his father38:00 — The reframe that transformed “dominate and control” into “access and contribute”39:36 — How changing one conversation helped David recover his relationship with his father42:37 — Readiness: when willingness meets awareness44:29 — Why journaling and resolutions aren't always enough45:55 — Why another person can help us hear our real commitments47:45 — Integrity, contribution and the future you're actually trying to build50:32 — Why David prefers asking “what?” and “how?” instead of “why?”51:38 — David's books and where to go deeper*Special props 👇Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.