Five Questions That Matter | Dr Mike Gervais AMA Vol.28
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
What questions are tugging at you right now, and how might exploring the answers help you live and perform with more clarity?
We’re back with a special edition of the Finding Mastery podcast: another Ask Me Anything episode, built from the deep, thoughtful questions submitted by our community.
In this AMA, Michael Gervais is joined by Jeff Byers, former NFL player, Co-Founder and CEO of Momentous, and longtime friend of Finding Mastery. Jeff has built something very special with Momentous, a supplement company grounded in transparency and integrity in an industry that can be full of noise and misinformation. He often says trust is earned, and he takes that responsibility personally.
His relentless approach to mastery, both for himself and for the team he’s building at Momentous—makes him an ideal co-host to help Mike wrestle with questions across a wide range of topics… how to perform with more clarity, how to work skillfully with strong emotions, and how to build a life that feels aligned with what matters most.
Key insights we explored:
- Shift from perfection to purpose… why “the constant pursuit of perfectionism” is a setup for burnout, and how purpose changes the whole frame.
- Downregulating the nervous system… practical ways to move from sympathetic “on” to parasympathetic “rest and digest,” including breath, gaze, laughter, touch, nature, and intentionally induced recovery.
- Anger and emotional skill… how to feel anger without outward harm or inward collapse, and why the goal is to build the capacity to be “unbothered.”
- Loneliness and connection… why loneliness can surge when you leave familiar people and routines, and how “time-boxing” the feeling can help you train it instead of letting it bleed through the entire day.
- Reflection when life is full… how to build a sustainable rhythm for inner work, from 90-second practices to scheduled retreats, and why scheduling and celebration matter.
If you find yourself wrestling with perfectionism, emotional spillover, loneliness, or a life that won’t slow down, this AMA is a strong reminder that mastery is trained—one choice, one practice, one reset at a time.
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| 0:03.2 | In the conversations I have with world-class performers, there's this theme that keeps coming up again and again. |
| 0:08.9 | How we choose to move through the world shapes the quality of our lives. |
| 0:13.6 | That's about mindset. |
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| 1:24.2 | I suffer from terrible loneliness. Where does that sudden and impelling loneliness come from? |
| 1:30.2 | I think the question is really important for this reason. What questions are tugging at you right now? |
| 1:36.4 | And how might exploring the answers to those questions help unlock your potential? The questions that |
| 1:42.3 | have come from our community, they're also real. Welcome |
| 1:44.7 | back. We're welcome to a special episode of the Finding Mastery podcast. I am your host, Dr. Michael |
| 1:51.0 | Jervaib. A high-performance psychologist named Michael Treveig, who Pete Carroll brought into work with the Seahawks. |
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