Curious Humans with Jonny Miller

Jonny Miller

Deep dive conversations that celebrate self-experimentation and ask what it means to cultivate embodied wisdom.

  1. 21H AGO

    Minimum Viable Woo, Trusting Curiosity & Navigating a Dark Night of the Soul with Tom Morgan

    In this episode, I'm speaking with Tom Morgan — who after 15 years on Wall Street and experiencing what he describes as a "hellish midlife transition" (which is putting it mildly) has emerged with profound insights about human development and — especially relevant for this podcast – the nature of curiosity itself. In this conversation, we explored:🧠 How we might navigate the delicate balance between intellectual understanding and embodied wisdom, especially for high-achieving individuals seeking deeper meaning in their lives 🏔️ An insight about what he calls "intellectual recapture" — which is the tendency, especially among highly educated or successful people, to turn spiritual or embodied practices into yet another achievement to conquer. ⚡ Practical insights about designing personal experiments and the importance of what he calls "minimum viable woo" — finding ways to engage with transformative practices that don't require abandoning our critical thinking. Official Links 👋  Follow Tom on Twitter/X @tomowenmorgan📝  Read Tom's Writing at The Leading Edge✏️  Apply to join the Leading Edge Community Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our seventh cohort will run in Spring 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF📝  Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

    1h 10m
  2. 12/17/2024

    Meet the Man Reimagining Neuroscience: Michael Edward Johnson

    I’m speaking with theoretical neuroscientist Michael Edward Johnson — who, after spending seven years researching consciousness and writing the book Principia Qualia, has developed a revolutionary theory that could fundamentally change how we understand trauma, meditation, and human wellbeing. Mike’s theory of ‘latches’ — what he calls vasocumputation — may provide a testable and concrete biological mechanism for how trauma gets stored in the body, and how to release it effectively. This sounds nerdy and abstract, but it’s my belief that if his claims can be tested and validated — it would revolutionize the medical system and allow somatic modalities or MDMA-assisted therapy to be compared and tested side-by-side in their efficacy and we could harness the scientific method for ways to release trauma. Official Links 👋  Follow Michael on Twitter/X @johnsonmxe📝  Read Michael's Research + Writing on opentheory.net ✏️  Michael's deep dive twitter thread on Vasocomputation Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our seventh cohort will run in Spring 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF📝  Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

    1h 57m
  3. 09/11/2024

    Overcoming the Inner-Critic, Reclaiming Aliveness & Learning Somatic Intuition with River Kenna

    I’ve been following River’s substack essays for a few years now and I feel a real kinship with his irreverent and genuinely unique perspectives — as well as his talent for self-experimentation and weaving together esoteric yet incredibly practical concepts which he uses for self-exploration. In this conversation, you can expect to learn: 💬 How River was able to use somatic-based practices to go from experiencing an incessant inner-critic and suicidal ideation, to almost no inner-dialogue and opening up access to his emotions. 🧠  We explore the dynamic between what he calls Systems Mode that dominates our culture vs. a more Spontaneous Mode of being. 💀 We both riff on how the ideas of Bill Plotkin are essential for these times, and what it means to ‘die well’ in order to become genuine adults and experience a sense of aliveness. Official Links 👋  Follow River on Twitter/X📝  Read River's substack essays👨‍🎓  Check out River'sexcellent course Somatic ResonanceConnect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our sixth cohort will run in October 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF📝  Test out my favourite journaling app using journal prompts that have made a huge impact in my life.

    1h 31m
  4. How to Conquer Public Speaking Anxiety with Tristan de Montebello

    09/05/2024

    How to Conquer Public Speaking Anxiety with Tristan de Montebello

    In this conversation, I’m speaking with my good friend and cofounder of Ultraspeaking Tristan de Montebello. Tristan has an incredible story of training to become a finalist in the World Championship of Public Speaking in just seven months. In this conversation, you can expect to learn: 📣  Tristan's radical approach of focusing on impromptu speaking rather than scripted speeches 💬  Unlocking capacity for self-expression & why the key starts with learning to speak before you think🎴  How they developed games for practicing more authentic self-expression🧠  The magic of what Tristan calls ‘The Butler in your subconscious’ Official Links Inspired by Tristan's insights? Dive deeper into the world of authentic, powerful communication with Tristan’s ​Ultimate Speaking Playbook​. He created this free email course to offer practical tips and strategies to help you speak with confidence and clarity. 👉 ​Get the Ultimate Speaking Playbook 📣  Check out Ultraspeaking👋  Say hi to Tristan on Twitter/X Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our sixth cohort will run in October 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

    1h 14m
  5. Optimizing Your Life for Enjoyment with Ali Abdaal

    08/26/2024

    Optimizing Your Life for Enjoyment with Ali Abdaal

    A few years back Ali decided to quit his job as a junior doctor in the UK to become a full time YouTuber. Since then his career and life has skyrocketed — he’s built a channel with over 5.5 million youtube subscribers and recently published a New York Times Bestselling book called ‘Feel Good Productivity’ In this conversation Ali shares:😨  His experience with imposter syndrome whilst writing his book🧠  Recent insights around 'leaving mental health on the table' ⚖️  How he’s been intentionally de-optimising his life❓  The radical question of what would life and business look like if you optimized for enjoyment?🎬  What advice would he give to me as someone in the very early stages of starting a new Youtube channel It’s a phenomenal conversation, also thanks to our friend Marc Koenig, recorded in beautiful 4K video which you can watch on youtube if you wish.Official Links 🎬  Ali's Youtube Channel 📚  Ali's Book Book Feel-Good Productivity Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our sixth cohort will run in October 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

    1h 11m
  6. Leadership and the Longing to Belong with Jerry Colonna

    08/21/2024

    Leadership and the Longing to Belong with Jerry Colonna

    I’m speaking with co-founder of Reboot Jerry Colonna. Jerry is one of the most infamous executive coaches in the world — with a reputation for making CEOs cry and asking devastatingly poignant self-reflection questions. In this conversation, we explore: 🕷️   Jerry's inner journey discovering his mythopoetic identity and how that has informed the coaching work he is so known for🙇‍♂️   The idea that one measure of a leader is the numerous of people who feel safe enough to belong🌍   The root causes of the global intimacy disorder that our culture is experiencing ❤️   The very human tension between longing and belonging that we all experience on some deep level. I walked away from this conversation deeply moved by Jerry’s sincerity and hope that some of his wisdom is passed on through this audio artifact that we are miraculously able to partake in. Official Links 📚  Jerry's latest book Reunion🙋‍♂️  Executive Coaching Company Reboot Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our sixth cohort will run in October 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

    57 min
  7. Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness with Ben Katt

    08/17/2024

    Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness with Ben Katt

    Ben is the author of the phenomenal new book: The Way Home: Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness at Midlife. I was really excited to talk to Ben because the hero’s journey has been a framework that I still use myself as a way of orienting and meaning making. Ben shares how his own life has been a series of spiraling journeys, embodying the hero’s path. In this conversation, you can expect to learn: 📚  Challenges of refusing the call to adventure🤷‍♂️  The transition between evasion and embracing the unknown.🧘  The work of Bill Plotkin, and how it's influenced his life 👣  Exploring the significance of wandering as a means of revelation 🎁  A powerful concept of giving your gift in a generative way Official Links 📚  Ben Katt's Book — The Way Home: Discovering the Hero's Journey to Wholeness at Midlife 👋  Follow Ben on Instagram Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series.📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free) 🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our sixth cohort will run in October 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking improved their sleep and quality of relationships and tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 1000 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth — so if you're intrigued at all, you can find more details and apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

    1h 3m
  8. Insights from Groundbreaking MDMA Research with MAPS Therapist Marcela Ot’alora

    01/29/2024

    Insights from Groundbreaking MDMA Research with MAPS Therapist Marcela Ot’alora

    Marcela Ot’alora worked as the lead co-therapist and principal investigator for all of the MAPS — which stands for  Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies — MDMA-assisted psychotherapy studies. She has also been designing curriculum and training therapists associated with MAPS. In this conversation, which we recorded together in our home here in Boulder Colorado, we explored how she found her way into this work over three decades ago, possible tension I perceived between the clinical aspect of these studies and the sacredness of the work, how she trains therapists in the rare art of being able to hold space for deep transformation, and what she believes is happening that has led to the extraordinary results that the MAPS trials have created — a 71% reduction in otherwise untreatable symptoms of PTSD. Official Links 👨‍🔬 MAPS MDMA Research and Resources (link) Connect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery🙋‍♂️  Join Five to Thrive — a zero-cost educational email series. Episode Sponsor // Nervous System Mastery This is my flagship five-week boot camp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our fifth cohort will run in April 2024 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything that I've learned in recent years about how to create the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's run in an intensive cohort-based way since this is, in my experience, the most efficient way to embody and practice the protocols. Previous students have shared how partaking not only improved their sleep and quality of relationships but also tapped into deeper states of joy, clarity, and confidence in their lives. We've had over 750 students have completed this training, and many have said that it has been the most impactful thing they've ever done for their personal growth. Apply to join this year's cohort over at nsmastery.com ~~ Further Ways to Support the Podcast: 🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations (it's so much better than zoom for podcasting!)🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps📹  Want to create a Hollywood-quality home studio? Get in touch with Kevin Shen here & save $500 with code JONNYSENT500OFF

    1h 9m
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