Passion Struck with John R. Miles

You Can Be Successful and Still Feel Like You Don't Matter | Mick Hunt & John R. Miles – EP 830

What if you can be successful, needed, productive, and admired, and still feel like you don't matter? That's the paradox at the heart of John R. Miles' new book, The Mat

Do You Matter? The Question Behind Burnout, Loneliness, and Disconnection | John R. Miles - EP 829

What if the biggest problem in your life isn't what's wrong with you—but what's happening to you?Burnout. Loneliness. Disconnection. Exhaustion. The feeling that you're c

You’re Not Failing to Adapt. You’re Being Erased. | John R. Miles - EP 828

What if the way you’ve been taught to adapt is actually making you lose yourself?For weeks, The Adaptive Human has explored what it takes to navigate a world that keeps c

You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827

What if you're working harder and harder—but you're still moving in the wrong direction?Alec Litowitz learned this lesson during a mountain bike race in the Pyrenees, whe

Your Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826

What if the things we think are helping our children succeed are actually making it harder for them to become independent? Dr. Peter Gray has spent decades studying chil

Why What Matters Most Is Almost Never the Loudest | John R. Miles - EP 825

Why What Matters Most Is Rarely the Loudest What if the things getting the most attention in your life aren't actually the things that matter most? We live in a world t

The One Question You’re Avoiding Could Change Your Life | Scott Simon & Gregory Stock – EP 824

What if the question you’re avoiding is the one you most need to answer? We often think courage means doing something difficult or frightening. But Scott Simon says the

The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Make Terrible Decisions | Alex Edmans – EP 823

You're smart. You're informed. So why do you still make terrible decisions? We like to believe that intelligence and information protect us from bad decisions. They don'

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