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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The Psychology Of Spirituality | Dr. Lisa Miller 10.06.2026 1sa 1dkDr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychologist, professor at Columbia University, and author of The Awakened Brain, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share the science behind our innate capacity for spirituality, why a strong personal spirituality is one of the strongest protective factors for mental health known to the clinical sciences, and how every one of us can strengthen it.
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The Psychology of Awareness | Jon Kabat-Zinn 03.06.2026 1sa 1dkJon Kabat-Zinn, molecular biologist, professor emeritus of medicine, and founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), returns to Finding Mastery for a conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais about presence, performance, and why mindfulness may be the most underrated human skill of our time.
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The Psychology Of Not Giving A F*ck | Mark Manson 27.05.2026 48dkMark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything Is F*cked, returns to Finding Mastery for a conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais about how to think clearly when nothing feels true, why sincerity has become the rarest signal of our moment, and the three principles Mark uses to navigate it all: radical ownership, radical honesty, and radical acceptance.
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The Psychology Of Feeling Loved | Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky 20.05.2026 1sa 3dkDr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor of Psychology and one of the world’s leading researchers on happiness, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share what 36 years of studying happiness finally taught her: the key isn’t being loved. It’s feeling loved. A timely, science-backed look at why so many of us are surrounded by love and still don’t feel it, and the small shift that can change almost every relationship you have.
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The Psychology of Being a Super Communicator | Charles Duhigg 13.05.2026 51dkCharles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators, returns to Finding Mastery for another conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais. A timely, science-backed look at why so many of our conversations break down, and the small shift in attention that changes almost every relationship you have.
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5 Questions to Unlock Your Inner Potential | Dr. Mike Gervais - AMA Vol.29 06.05.2026 59dkDr. Michael Gervais and co-host Jeff Byers, former NFL player and Co-Founder & CEO of Momentous, are back for another Ask Me Anything, tackling questions from the Finding Mastery community on identity transitions, the search for purpose, what to do when life feels like autopilot, and what our heroes and idols actually reveal about who we are.
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The Psychology of Performance Under Pressure |Andrew Whitworth 29.04.2026 1sa 25dkAndrew Whitworth, Super Bowl champion, four-time Pro Bowler, and one of the most respected leaders in NFL history, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share the unexpected superpower behind 16 elite seasons: empathy. This is a conversation about mastering yourself first, and what it actually takes to lead, perform, and stay whole at the very top.
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The Psychology Of Money | Tom Bilyeu 22.04.2026 1sa 6dkTom Bilyeu, entrepreneur, co-founder of Quest Nutrition, and founder of Impact Theory, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to challenge the assumptions most people carry about money, power, and the systems quietly shaping their financial lives, and to make the case that understanding the rules of the game is the first step to playing it on your own terms.
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The Psychology of Happiness | Dr. Laurie Santos 15.04.2026 1sa 12dkDr. Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist, Yale professor, and host of The Happiness Lab, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to unpack why we're so bad at predicting what will make us happy, and what the science says we should actually do differently.
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The Psychology of Hunger | Dr Jason Fung 08.04.2026 1sa 15dkDr. Jason Fung, physician, bestselling author, and one of the leading voices in metabolic health, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to challenge everything we've been told about weight loss, hunger, and why the "eat less, move more" approach so often fails the people who try hardest to follow it.
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The Psychology of Winning | Michael Johnson 01.04.2026 57dkMichael Johnson, four-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time World Champion, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explore the psychology behind performing when the stakes are highest, how he mastered the "call room" before every race, and what a life-threatening stroke taught him about control, relationships, and what really matters.
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The Psychology of Truth In a World of Lies | Sam Harris 25.03.2026 1sa 49dkWhat would change in your life if you stopped lying… completely? Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris joins Dr. Michael Gervais to explore honesty as a first principle, the mechanics of mental suffering, and how to find your footing in a world where truth is harder to locate than ever.
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The Psychology of Limiting Beliefs | Nir Eyal 18.03.2026 1sa 17dkNir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked, Indistractable, and his newest book Beyond Belief, joins Dr. Michael Gervais for a conversation about the hidden assumptions that shape motivation, resilience, and performance, and why the biggest barrier between us and our potential just might be a belief we’ve never questioned.
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The Psychology Of YouTube Success | Michelle Khare 11.03.2026 1sa 7dkMichelle Khare breaks down the psychology behind stepping into fear on purpose, why the best creators are also operators, and how trust, feedback, and strategic self-awareness have helped her build a serious, sustainable business around high-stakes challenges.
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Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28 04.03.2026 59dkJoin Dr. Michael Gervais and co-host Jeff Byers (Co-Founder & CEO of Momentous) for this Ask Me Anything episode as they tackle deep questions from the Finding Mastery community—exploring perfectionism vs. purpose, nervous system downregulation, anger and emotional skill, loneliness and connection, and how to build a sustainable rhythm for reflection when life feels full.
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The Only Financial Advice You’ll Ever Need | Morgan Housel 25.02.2026 1sa 9dkBestselling author Morgan Housel returns to explore a deceptively simple question: once the basics are covered, what is money actually for?
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Why Young People Are Struggling | Angela Duckworth 18.02.2026 56dkAngela Duckworth breaks down the difference between healthy perseverance and harmful grind, explains how passion develops slowly over time, and offers practical parenting insights on how environments shape behavior more than pressure ever could
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Why You’re Tired, Anxious & Inflamed I Dr Tim Spector 11.02.2026 1sa 19dkWorld‑renowned microbiome researcher Dr. Tim Spector challenges what we think we know about nutrition and reveals why gut health, not counting calories, may be the most overlooked key to better energy, mood, immunity, and long‑term wellbeing.
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The Moment You Have to Decide | Brandon Marshall 08.02.2026 24dkDr. Michael Gervais and NFL legend Brandon Marshall unpack how, in high‑stakes moments, data, intuition, and hard‑wired threat responses collide—and why the real edge is knowing which voice to trust and how to align them, on and off the field.
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The Weight We Carry: Ricardo Lockette on Loss and Healing 07.02.2026 28dkDr. Michael Gervais sits down with former NFL wide receiver Ricardo Lockette for a deeply personal conversation about loss, resilience, and the moments that still linger long after the game ends. Returning to the site of the Super Bowl loss brings unresolved emotions back to the surface—and at times, the conversation becomes an honest search for meaning.
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