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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.

Episodes

Feeling loved, rather than merely being loved, serves as the fundamental key to human happiness. This subjective experience requires individuals to move beyond passive reception and actively foster connection through five specific mindsets: sharing, listening to learn, radical curiosity, open heart, and multiplicity. B...

The Psychology of Being a Super Communicator | Charles Duhigg

13 May 2026

51m

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Effective communication relies on the "matching principle," where participants align their mindsets—whether practical, emotional, or social—to foster genuine connection. While generative AI excels at practical information exchange, it lacks the capacity for emotional and social nuance, making human soft skills like det...

5 Questions to Unlock Your Inner Potential | Dr. Mike Gervais - AMA Vol.29

06 May 2026

59m

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Navigating life transitions requires moving beyond "identity foreclosure," where self-worth is tethered to a single role like being an athlete. Growth necessitates shedding old, limiting shells to embrace new, uncomfortable phases of development. Purpose functions as an evolving, fundamental commitment to values that e...