The School of Greatness: episodes

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1. Bruce Lipton: The Program Running 95% of Your Life

   Aug 12, 2026 · 1h 41m

   Cell biologist and former medical school professor Bruce Lipton discusses epigenetics, quantum biology, and the subconscious mind's role in shaping behavior, health, and belief. Lipton explains the theta brainwave programming window from conception to age seven, the biology of stress and immune suppression, and the four cultural myths from his book Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science,

2. The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler

   Aug 10, 2026 · 1h 22m

   Grief expert and bestselling author David Kessler, longtime collaborator of psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and author of Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, joins Lewis Howes to explain the sixth stage of grief, unattended grief, trigger work, and the Tender Hearts online grief support groups offered through Grief.com and AboutGrief.com.

3. Why Forced Positivity Is Making You Miserable | Susan David

   Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 30m

   Psychologist and emotions researcher Susan David, author of Emotional Agility and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness, joins Lewis Howes to explain forced positivity, emotion granularity, self bias, and why the World Economic Forum names emotional agility a core future skill, drawing on two decades of research into grief, resilience, values, and psychological safety.

4. How Jesse Cole Turned Baseball Into a Billion Dollar Show

   Aug 5, 2026 · 1h 50m

   Jesse Cole, founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas, author of Find Your Yellow Tux: How to Be Successful by Standing Out, discusses building Banana Ball from a wooden bat league into a billion dollar entertainment brand inspired by Walt Disney and P.T. Barnum. Cole details the Fans First Playbook philosophy, his family's foster care and adoption journey with wife Emi

5. The Trauma That Hurts People Most (And Never Gets Named) | Patrick Teahan

   Aug 3, 2026 · 1h 13m

   Patrick Teahan, clinical social worker and childhood trauma educator known for his YouTube channel and PatrickTeahan.com, joins Lewis Howes to break down inner child work, re-parenting, and a three-part healing framework: finishing business with family of origin, re-parenting the inner child, and intimacy work. The conversation covers the ACE study, hypervigilance, imposter syndrome, no contact bo

6. How to Design a Life That Runs Without You | Rob Dyrdek

   Jul 31, 2026 · 2h 16m

   Rob Dyrdek, professional skateboarder turned MTV personality behind Rob & Big and Ridiculousness, and founder of the venture studio Dyrdek Machine, breaks down the Machine Method, his 80-page Rhythm of Existence life operating system, and exits including Superjacket Productions and Street League Skateboarding. He details daily guided manifestation in a Soma Dome, quantified life tracking, Dr. Geor

7. The Neuroscience Behind Why You Can't Manifest What You Want | Dr. James Doty

   Jul 29, 2026 · 1h 42m

   Stanford neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Dr. James Doty, author of the New York Times bestseller Into the Magic Shop and his new book Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation, joins Lewis Howes to explain the brain science of manifestation, covering the salience network, executive control network, value tagging, hedonic happiness versus true fulfillment, and how the parasympathetic nervous sy

8. The Childhood Question That's Secretly Running Your Life | Aaron Doughty

   Jul 27, 2026 · 2h 6m

   Aaron Doughty, YouTube spiritual teacher with over 1 million subscribers and founder of the Shift Academy, joins Lewis Howes to unpack his SHIFT framework for identity transformation. Doughty discusses family constellation therapy, Dr. Mark Wolynn's book It Didn't Start With You, Psycho-Cybernetics, breathwork, the mother-father-child dynamic, and hypnotherapist Dolores Cannon's research on subcon

9. The Real Reason Stress Is Hurting You | Kelly McGonigal

   Jul 24, 2026 · 1h 36m

   Stanford University health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, author of The Willpower Instinct, The Upside of Stress, and The Joy of Movement, joins Lewis Howes to discuss the stress mindset effect, the biology of willpower, and depression recovery through exercise. McGonigal, founder of the Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training Program, also covers the pause and plan response, exercise induced endo

10. Fortune vs. Luck, and Why It Matters | Dr. Tina Seelig

    Jul 22, 2026 · 1h 14m

    Stanford professor, neuroscientist, and bestselling author Dr. Tina Seelig joins Lewis Howes to unpack the science behind luck, drawn from her book What I Wish I Knew About Luck: A Crash Course on Turning Aspirations into Achievements. Seelig, who also wrote What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 and runs Stanford's Entrepreneurship Center, breaks down her Risk-O-Meter framework, the three-part model fo

11. The 5 Hidden Layers Blocking You From Receiving Money | Jamie Sea

    Jul 20, 2026 · 1h 11m

    Jamie Sea, entrepreneur, educator, and author who built an eight-figure company after walking away from two seven-figure businesses, joins Lewis Howes to unpack the Wealth Container framework, the five layers of visibility, loyalty, responsibility, ease, and identity that govern financial growth. The conversation covers nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and Human Design as tools fo

12. He Turned Down $14.5 Million for a 3 A.M. Truth | Matthew McConaughey

    Jul 17, 2026 · 1h 35m

    Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey, author of the memoir Greenlights and founder of the just keep livin foundation, joins Lewis Howes to discuss his 20-month departure from Hollywood, the goals he handwrote in 1992, and the spiritual reckoning he experienced during a solo trip through the Amazon.

13. The Golden Equation That Turns Desire Into Reality | David Bayer

    Jul 15, 2026 · 1h 17m

    David Bayer, entrepreneur and author of A Changed Mind, joins Lewis Howes to unpack the Golden Equation, desire plus non-resistance equals desired result, along with the Two States of Being, the Core Program, and the Whole Human Framework, a twelve-step model for personal growth rooted in Alcoholics Anonymous. Bayer also details his Decision Matrix for rewiring limiting beliefs.

14. Neurosurgeon: How to Outthink Fear Under Pressure | Dr. Mark McLaughlin

    Jul 13, 2026 · 1h 21m

    Neurosurgeon Dr. Mark McLaughlin, author of Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon's Quest to Outthink Fear, joins Lewis Howes to break down the IRIS protocol and the F.E.A.R. framework he uses to dismantle fear under pressure. Drawing on over 1,000 brain surgeries and 8,000 spine surgeries across 25 years, McLaughlin covers the four fear quadrants, self-esteem versus self-identity, and lessons from

15. Why You Tolerate a Relationship You Know Should End | Gary John Bishop

    Jul 10, 2026 · 1h 24m

    Gary John Bishop, Glasgow-born author of Love Unfucked: Getting Your Relationship Shit Together and a longtime speaker alongside figures like Tony Robbins and Arnold Schwarzenegger, joins Lewis Howes to discuss relationship breakdown, blame, childhood identity patterns, vulnerability, and the mindset shift that helped him build what he calls authentic wealth in his fifties

16. How to Make $10,000 a Month Starting With Nothing | Chris Koerner

    Jul 8, 2026 · 1h 16m

    Chris Koerner, serial entrepreneur and host of The Koerner Office podcast, breaks down how to launch a business with no money, the barbell method for choosing what to build, Parkinson's Law, and the post and ghost strategy for beating fear of failure. Koerner also shares the story of his daughter's double lung transplant for pulmonary hypertension and the kidney he and his wife each donated to str

17. 5 Wealth Secrets No One Ever Taught You | Lewis Howes

    Jul 6, 2026 · 54 min

    Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness podcast and author of the book Make Money Easy, shares five wealth-building secrets on money mindset, the shift from active to leveraged income, multiple income streams, the proximity principle, and generosity as a wealth strategy. He cites the nonprofit Pencils of Promise, founder Adam Braun, and income categories including earned, investment, royalty,

18. 54 Days Alone in Antarctica, Pulling 375 Pounds | Colin O’Brady

    Jul 3, 2026 · 1h 4m

    Colin O'Brady -- world record holder for the Explorers Grand Slam (all Seven Summits plus both poles in 139 consecutive days) and first person to complete a solo, unsupported, unaided crossing of Antarctica (The Impossible First, approximately 1,000 miles in 54 days) -- discusses flow state training, Vipassana silent meditation retreats, and the daily mantra "you are strong, you are capable." He c

19. Sadhguru: How to Turn Pain Into Wisdom, Not Wounds

    Jul 1, 2026 · 1h 25m

    Sadhguru, New York Times bestselling author of Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny and Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy, joins Lewis Howes to reframe karma as memory and liberation rather than punishment, explain the yogic concept of vasana, argue that limited identity is the root of all crime, and teach the Shambhavi practice and Inner Engineering method for creating distance b

20. Shadow Work: The Hidden Part of You Running Your Life | Katie Clarke

    Jun 29, 2026 · 1h 17m

    Spiritual coach Katie Clarke explains shadow work, the process of making the unconscious conscious, detailing how unresolved childhood trauma creates shadow selves, protector parts including perfectionism, people-pleasing, and self-sabotage, and energetic frequency blocks to manifestation. Clarke introduces her Law of Displacement for belief rewiring, the Be-Do-Have order of creation from Genesis,