Passion Struck with John R. Miles

What If the Proof You're Waiting For Never Comes? | John R. Miles - EP 822

What if the proof you're waiting for never comes? The apology. The promotion. The recognition. Someone finally admitting they were wrong about you. Someone finally tell

Why Nothing You Achieve Will Ever Make You Feel Worthy | Marisa G. Franco – EP 821

Why do you still feel like you're not enough—even when your life looks successful from the outside? You can have a successful career, loving relationships, and people wh

How to Believe in Yourself When Everyone Tells You “You Can’t” | Cole Brauer - EP 820

What happens when someone tells you that you're too small to do the thing you've been working toward your entire life? For Cole Brauer, that moment could have been the e

The Agency Paradox: Why Real Adaptability Starts Inside the Box | John R. Miles - EP 819

What if having more freedom doesn't always make you more free? We tend to believe that adaptability means having more options, more resources, more independence, and mor

You Don't Need More Freedom. You Need Better Constraints | David Epstein - EP 818

Have you ever felt like you need more options, more time, more freedom, or a bigger opportunity before you can finally make progress? What if the opposite is true? Toda

World’s Most Influential Psychologist: The Hidden Force That Drives Human Progress | Dr. Martin Seligman – EP 817

Have you ever reached a point where you stopped believing that what you do could actually make a difference? Maybe you tried harder. Maybe you kept showing up. But after

You Are Not the Only Variable: When to Change Yourself and When to Change Your Environment | John R. Miles - EP 816

Have you ever worked harder and harder at something, only to wonder why nothing seems to change? You may assume the answer is that you need more discipline, more motivat

World-Renowned Historian: When Leaders Actually Change History | Jared Diamond - EP 815

What makes someone a great leader? Is it talent? Timing? Character? Circumstance? Or simply being the right person in the right place at the right moment? Today, John R

World-Leading Psychologist: How to Change Your Life by Changing What’s Around You | Angela Duckworth - EP 814

If you’ve been trying to change your life but keep falling back into the same habits, this episode is for you. Today, John R. Miles sits down with Angela Duckworth, one

How to Stop Feeling Like You’re Never Doing Enough | Caleb Campbell - EP 813

If you constantly feel like you should be doing more, achieving more, or becoming more, this episode is for you. Today, John R. Miles sits down with Caleb Campbell, a fo

30 Years of Research Reveals Why Midlife Isn’t a Crisis | Margie Lachman - EP 812

What if everything you’ve been told about midlife is wrong? If you’ve ever worried that your best years are behind you, that it’s too late to change, or that getting old

Duke Behavioral Economist: Why You’ll Regret the Risks You Don’t Take | Dan Ariely - EP 811

What if the thing you regret most someday isn't what you did—but what you never tried? In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with behavioral economi

How to Stop Caring What Everyone Thinks of You & Find Yourself Again | Josh Duhamel - EP 810

What would change if you stopped worrying so much about what everyone else thinks of you? Actor, entrepreneur, and father Josh Duhamel has spent decades in the spotlight

How to Change Your Brain's Destiny Before It's Too Late | Dr. David Perlmutter – EP 809

What if protecting your brain from cognitive decline starts decades before you ever notice a problem? In this powerful conversation, John R. Miles sits down with neurolo

Why You’re Not Changing Even Though You Know What to Do | Mark Manson - EP 808

Have you ever had a breakthrough that felt like it was going to change your life, only to find yourself back in the same patterns a week later? In this powerful conversa

Why Other People Have So Much Power Over You | John R. Miles - EP 807

Why do other people's opinions have so much power over you? You may think your beliefs, opinions, and reactions are entirely your own. But your brain has been quietly ke

You're Not Losing Time. You're Giving It Away. | Neal Schore – EP 806

Why do you never have enough time? Most of us assume that feeling overwhelmed is a problem with our calendars. But executive coach and leadership advisor Neal Schore offe

Why Don’t Facts Change People’s Minds? | Dr. Jay Van Bavel - EP 805

Why do good people become so divided? Most of us assume that if people simply had the right facts, they would change their minds. But research tells a different story. M

Why You're Not Stuck the Way You Think You Are | John R. Miles - EP 804

What if the biggest lie you've ever believed is that this is just who you are? Most of us think our personality, habits, fears, and limitations are fixed. We tell oursel

You Were Born to Flourish. Here's the Science That Proves It. | Dr. Richard Davidson & Dr. Cortland Dahl – EP 803

What if you've spent your whole life believing you needed to become someone different—when the qualities you need have been inside you all along? Most of us think flouri