577: How to Stay Calm in a World Designed to Overstimulate You | Sam Yo
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Buddhist monk turned Peloton instructor Sam Yo joins Max to discuss overstimulation, doomscrolling, mindfulness, movement as meditation, and his new book A Monk’s Mindset — exploring how to cultivate calm, clarity, and presence in a world designed to hijack your attention.
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| 0:24.1 | When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body? |
| 0:27.3 | Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that. |
| 0:30.8 | Go on. |
| 0:31.9 | Tune into your body's energy levels. |
| 0:34.7 | Is your brain struggling to focus? |
| 0:37.2 | Are you about to let out a midday on? Or is your body crying |
| 0:40.7 | out saying, you've got to show me love. We know what your body's asking for. In store online on the app. |
| 0:51.7 | Back your body. Holland and Barrett. What's going on everybody? It's episode |
| 0:55.7 | 57 of the Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:59.8 | The Genius. A boomer. Max, look at me here. Max. Max. Max. What is the genius life? |
| 1:12.8 | The genius life. |
| 1:21.1 | What's going on, everybody? I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to the genius life. Today's guest is Sam Yo. He is a former West End performer turned Buddhist monk turned |
| 1:27.1 | globally beloved Peloton instructor, |
| 1:29.6 | an author of the new book, A Monk's Mindset. |
| 1:32.3 | And in this conversation, we explore what it actually means to cultivate calm in a world |
| 1:35.8 | that increasingly profits from your distraction. |
| 1:38.3 | This is a quieter conversation, but fantastic nonetheless, in which we talk about Sam's |
| 1:42.4 | incredible journey from London theater to a monastery in Thailand, why stillness can feel so uncomfortable in the modern world, |
| 1:49.2 | and how meditation isn't just about turning off your thoughts, but learning how to observe |
| 1:52.5 | them without letting them hijack your peace. |
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