Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dive into the minds of the world’s greatest athletes, leaders, thinkers, and doers with Dr. Michael Gervais—a high performance psychologist and world-renowned expert on the relationship between high performance and the mind. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune 50 CEOs, Olympic medalists, internationally acclaimed artists, and more.
On Finding Mastery, Dr. Gervais sits down with the best at what they do, like David Goggins, Brene Brown, Toto Wolff, soccer legend Abby Wambach, neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — translating their life stories, mental skills, and personal practices into applicable tools you can use to unlock your potential.
Walk with us to the edge of human possibility and learn what you are capable of. New episodes every Wednesday.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 573
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Adventure Rock Climber Alex Honnold on Mindset, Progression, Pressure
This week’s episode is special. It’s from our first Finding Mastery “Live” recorded at the USC Performance Science Institute.
Seattle Seahawks head coach, Pete Carroll, USC Executive Director for En…
00:55:49 |
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Snowboarder Jake Blauvelt on Risk, Confidence, Flow
This week’s conversation is with Jake Blauvelt, one of the world’s best all around snowboarders.
He’s got a smooth, creative and effortless-looking style and it’s lifted him into an elite group of t…
00:57:08 |
Wed 07 Feb 2018
Author Gretchen Rubin on Happiness, Human Nature, Habits
This week’s conversation is with Gretchen Rubin.
Gretchen has spent the past decade researching and writing about happiness and is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Tim…
01:04:25 |
Wed 31 Jan 2018
UC Berkeley Rugby Coach Jack Clark on Team Building, Culture, Honesty
This conversation is with UC Berkeley rugby coach Jack Clark on team, culture, honesty.
Jack is the iconic rugby coach at the University of California. His team-building abilities are considered leg…
01:43:21 |
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Part 1: Nutritional Scientist Chris Talley on Maximizing Weaknesses and Minimizing Strengths
Nutritional scientist Chris Talley is my go-to for all things food science. We've worked together with hundreds of professional athletes and Olympians. We worked together at Red Bull with their high …
01:00:41 |
Wed 17 Jan 2018
Part 2: Nutritional Scientist Chris Talley on The Mechanics of Nutrition
For those of you who care deeply about what you’re putting in your body, you’ve come to the right place. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to part 1, I highly recommend giving that a listen first…
01:02:08 |
Wed 17 Jan 2018
MMA Fighter Vitor Belfort on Belief, Mindset, Overcoming Fear
This conversation is with MMA fighter and legend, Vitor Belfort, on belief, mindset, and overcoming fear.
I wanted to sit down with Vitor to understand how he has created command of his deep love fo…
01:20:51 |
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Rugby Union Coach Stuart Lancaster on Pressure, Resiliency, Culture
This conversation is with rugby coach Stuart Lancaster.
Stuart is currently coaching in Dublin, Ireland with Leinster Rugby. He was the former Head Coach of the England Rugby team from 2011-2015.
…
01:15:34 |
Wed 20 Dec 2017
Meditation Expert Sharon Salzberg on Being Present, Letting Go, and Having Faith
This conversation is with Sharon Salzberg on Being Present, Letting Go, and Having Faith
If you know her name, you know where this conversation will go: Mindfulness.
Sharon has played a crucial rol…
01:02:37 |
Wed 13 Dec 2017
Big Wave Surfer Tom Carroll on Being a Maverick, Honesty, Risk
This week’s conversation is with Tom Carroll on being a maverick, honesty, and risk.
Tom is best known as one of Australia’s great surfers and sportsmen.
I have known of Tom since I was a grom (st…
01:23:54 |
Wed 06 Dec 2017
USA Women's Water Polo Coach Adam Krikorian on Competition, Relationships, Sustaining Success
This week’s conversation is with Women’s Senior National Team Water Polo head coach Adam Krikorian.
Since taking over the Women's Senior National Team, Adam Krikorian has been just about perfect.
F…
01:14:17 |
Wed 29 Nov 2017
Boeing Vice Chairman Ray Conner on Courage, Servant Leadership, Imagery
**if you have any issues with a dead spot while listening, redownload the episode and you should be good to go. There was a technical glitch that occurred for a few people on the initial download.
T…
01:23:20 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Coach Anne Parmenter on Resiliency, Mindset, Ethics
Imagine being within striking distance of your lifelong dream, only to come to a fork in the road.
Continue onward but in doing so, put others lives in danger, or turn back and potentially never ha…
01:18:01 |
Wed 15 Nov 2017
USC Dean of Religious Life Dr. Varun Soni on Mindfulness, Leadership, Spirituality
Varun Soni is the Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California (USC) and the first Hindu to serve as the chief religious or spiritual leader of an American university.
In a time w…
01:23:08 |
Wed 08 Nov 2017
Author David Epstein on Sports Gene, Curiosity, Self-Discovery
This week’s conversation is with David Epstein.
David is author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene. He is a science writer and investigative reporter at ProPublica, and before that was…
01:30:31 |
Wed 01 Nov 2017
Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington on Well-Being, High Performance, Habit Development
This conversation is with Arianna Huffington.
Arianna is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including, most recently, Thrive and T…
00:35:26 |
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Luke Walton on Coaching, Leadership, Relationships
On this podcast, we get to hear from many different vantage points: artists, scientist, elite military, politicians, those who run highly successful businesses, and those who have been on the razor’s…
01:09:21 |
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Author Robert Rabbin on Fighting Cancer, Curiosity, Authenticity
In January 2012, Robert Rabbin was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and told he had a few months to live. However, in keeping with his contrarian nature, he took a non-conventional path.
Robert be…
00:57:34 |
Wed 04 Oct 2017
Army Major Mike Erwin on Optimism, Relationships, Transitions
Mike Erwin served in the US Army for 13 years, including 3 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
He is the Founder and President of The Positivity Project, a non-profit strengthening leadership and r…
00:49:58 |
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Victoria's Secret CEO Jan Singer on Authenticity, Confidence, Control
In this conversation we sit down with Jan Singer.
Jan is the Chief Executive Officer for Victoria’s Secret Lingerie, the world’s most recognized and beloved intimate apparel company.
There are thou…
00:55:30 |
Wed 20 Sep 2017
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