The Calm & Free Podcast with Pooja Mottl
In a fast-moving, anxious world, the need to go inward has never been more urgent. This collection of deeply reflective conversations helps listeners cultivate the skills they need on the inside to find calm and freedom, no matter what’s happening on the outside.
What does a mentally healthy version of “success” look like? How do we define our self-worth? What self-awareness insights, time-honored wisdom and calming techniques can we utilize to better manage our emotions and egos, find inner peace, and perform at our very best?
Inspired by modern and ancient knowledge with a blend of science and spirituality from both East and West, this podcast features stories & voices of Olympic-level athletes, Fortune 500 executives, spiritual leaders, theologians, and entrepreneurs.
For more: www.calmandfreepodcast.com
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
#60 - Dr. Rebecca Heiss on the Biology of Stress, Stress Inoculation, Showing Up as You, and Intentional Breathing as the Bridge between the Conscious and Subconscious Minds
Dr. Rebecca Heiss is an evolutionary biologist, stress expert and keynote speaker, applying science to find solutions to ensure that our fears aren't holding us back from living full, happy, producti…
#59 - 3 Minute Thursday: The "Me" Mentality
Welcome to our new segment, "Three Minute Thursday" (#3MinThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirational a…
#58 - How Humans Manufacture Problems with Wisdom from Sadhguru
Welcome back everybody. I was listening to a podcast with Tony Robbins and Sadhguru recently and I heard Sadhguru – who is an Indian spiritual master – compare the human existence with the existence …
#57 - 3 Minute Thursday: Allowing the Past to Make You Wiser
Welcome to our new segment, "Three Minute Thursday" (#3MinuteThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirationa…
#56 - Luis Gallardo on the Freedom to Be, "Happytalism", Synarchic Systems for Common Good and Blending Spirituality & Science
Luis and Pooja begin by uncovering the fundamental tenants of Luis's World Happiness Foundation: Freedom, Consciousness, and Happiness.
More on Luis:
Luis is the Founder & President of the World Happ…
#55 - 3 Minute Thursday: 3 Tips for Staying Present
Welcome to our new segment, "Three Minute Thursday" (#3MinThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirational a…
#54 - Simon Alexander Ong on Choosing Success, Developing Purpose, Destination Addiction & Consistency
Simon and Pooja talk about several big ideas on enabling success including taking Responsibility for your own success, which gets you from being interested to committed, 2) Cultivating your passion v…
#53 - 3 Minute Thursday: Delaying Your Happiness
Welcome to our new segment, "Three Minute Thursday" (#3MinThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirational a…
#52 - Sandra Colhando on Life Coaching, Mind Traps, Ego Management & Self-Awareness in the Corporate World
In this conversation you’ll hear Sandra and Pooja talk about how investing in a life coach can help you “unearth the real you”, and about the downsides of living in what Sandra calls “artificial harm…
#49 - The Power in Shutting Down Your Phone
Hi everyone – welcome back to the Calm & Free Podcast. On Fridays like this one I share a short, under 3 minute monologue with you where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own rea…
#48 - State Senator Manka Dhingra on Mental Well-being, Defining Success, and Aligning with your Purpose
Pooja and Senator Dhingra touch on the social stigmas and conceptions of mental wellbeing versus physical wellbeing, finding a career that’s aligned with your inner true self, using nature as a mediu…
#44 - The Art of Rest, Part 4: with Wisdom from Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh
In the last episode, Episode #43, we looked at how rest is an innate, visceral part of being human and how we need to reset ourselves to be able to tap into our natural instincts of rest.
Now we’re go…
#43 - The Art of Rest, Part 3: with Wisdom from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
In this episode we’ll get into why rest is an instinctual, innate part of being human. Animals naturally rest - lions spend the majority of their days lying around and resting. And when an animal i…