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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais
Mental Health
Leadership
Resilience
High Performance
Mindfulness
Emotional Intelligence
Relationships
Personal Growth
Creativity
Olympics
NFL
Self-Improvement
Parenting
Olympic Games
Meditation
Super Bowl
Empathy
Performance Psychology
Team Dynamics
Mental Resilience

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.

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Recent Guests

Tom Bilyeu
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Quest Nutrition and founder of Impact Theory
Impact Theory, Quest Nutrition
Episode: The Psychology Of Money | Tom Bilyeu
Laurie Santos
Cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Yale; host of The Happiness Lab podcast
Yale University
Episode: The Psychology of Happiness | Dr. Laurie Santos
Michael Johnson
Legendary American sprinter, four-time Olympic gold medalist, nine-time world champion
Former professional athlete, entrepreneur
Episode: The Psychology of Winning | Michael Johnson
Sam Harris
Neuroscientist, philosopher, best-selling author
Waking Up, Making Sense; The Making Sense Podcast
Episode: The Psychology of Truth In a World of Lies | Sam Harris
Nir Eyal
Best-selling author of Hooked and Indistractable
Author/Writer
Episode: The Psychology of Limiting Beliefs | Nir Eyal
Michelle Khare
Creator and host of Challenge Accepted
Challenge Accepted / YouTube
Episode: The Psychology Of YouTube Success | Michelle Khare
Jeff Byers
Former NFL player, co-founder and CEO of Momentus
Momentus
Episode: Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28
Morgan Housel
Influential voice in behavioral finance and author of The Psychology of Money.
Episode: The Only Financial Advice You’ll Ever Need | Morgan Housel
Angela Duckworth
Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, best-selling author, and expert on grit and self-control.
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Why Young People Are Struggling | Angela Duckworth

Host

Michael Gervais
Host of Finding Mastery; renowned high-performance psychologist with a focus on mental skills and peak execution.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 2.9k ratings
  • Always learning

    I have been listening to Finding Mastery since the start and I learn something new with every episode. Dr. Mike is able to create great conversations that make it feel like I’m in the room with them.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Calendar maven
    United Statesa month ago
  • Dr. Gervais

    Dear Michael,

    I just listened to that episode you did with Nir Eyal on belief’s. I just wanted to tell you that I found this to be very true because in the past, I was having some difficulty falling asleep.

    I did not want to get into the whole medication thing. So what I did was take a white Tick Tack (knowing that it was placebo, but hoping it would work to give me some shut eye). To my amazement it did. Even though I knew it was a placebo.

    Alison Schuback

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ali Schuback
    United Statesa month ago
  • Dr. Gervais

    I love the Gottman’s (Julie and Jon). What great information to go into the new year with. Alison Schuback

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ali Schuback
    United States4 months ago
  • Love the podcast, hate the add

    Michael is a great interviewer, one of my favorite actually but it’s very annoying the amount of times the conversation is interrupted by advertisements. A lot of fast forwarding required.

    Update 2025 November

    Slowly the podcast host has been getting more and more egotistical. He interrupts guests with his thoughts , which he often changes to match the guests, and comes across as condescending and overly self absorbed. Also I still can’t handle the ridiculous amount of ads and promotions.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Mexico Julie
    Canada4 months ago
  • Great content. Too many ads

    Love the content and have been listening for a long time. Have noticed the number of ads go up, what feels to be exponentially.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    former fan 6754
    United States5 months ago

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The Psychology of Limiting Beliefs | Nir Eyal
Q: What is a belief, in your view?
A belief is a conviction that sits between fact and faith, open to revision based on new evidence, acting as a tool to guide behavior.
Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28
Q: How should people balance leadership responsibilities with personal growth and reflective time?
Schedule time for internal work, start with short, repeatable routines, and gradually extend the duration; treat reflections as non-negotiable investments in sustainable leadership.
Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28
Q: How do you work with anger—experiencing it without harming yourself or others, and without letting it derail performance?
Name the emotion, observe it, use a brief pause to downregulate, then choose a poised response; anger can be useful in performance if managed and directed toward purpose rather than harm.
Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28
Q: In the constant pursuit of perfectionism and the expectation to feel 100% 24/7, how do you protect the central nervous system from sending misfires after being legitimately ill?
Reframe life toward purpose rather than perfection, embrace discomfort as a path to learning, and build routines (breathing, meditation, peripheral vision awareness) to downregulate the nervous system when needed.
The Only Financial Advice You’ll Ever Need | Morgan Housel
Q: Why have you dedicated your efforts to the psychology of money and the psychology of spending? Why this domain?
I think like a lot of careers, it was accidental with a lot of serendipity. I graduated college in 2008 and the only finance job I could find was as a writer.

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A thoughtful deep-dive into high performance, mindset, and practical psychology with leading athletes, researchers, authors, and business thinkers. Episodes frequently center on mental strategies, resilience, self-talk, leadership, and well-being, often blending sports insight with mindfulness, neuroscience, and life-skills that translate across domains. A standout aspect is the breadth of guests—from elite athletes to renowned psychologists and wellness pioneers—sharing actionable takeaways grounded in personal experimentation and scientific frameworks. The show is likely to appeal to listeners who want rigorous, behavior-focused conversations that they can apply to work, sport, and personal growth, often framed around how to perform bette... more

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