Michael Acton Smith: Reduce Stress in 7 Minutes a Day & The Surprising Way the Founder of the Biggest Meditation Company Meditates and How We Can Easily Apply This Tip
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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4.7 • 30.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Do you want to reduce your stress in just 7 minutes a day?
Do you want to learn how to make meditation easy and accessible for you?
Today, I welcome my good friend Michael Acton Smith. Michael is the co-founder and co-Executive Chairman of Calm, the leading mental wellness brand with the #1 App for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Calm has grown to over 100 million downloads, was the Apple 2017 app of the year, and is the world's first mental health unicorn. Long fascinated by neuroscience, flow states and mental fitness, Michael is passionate about spreading meditation as a simple but valuable skill around the world.
Michael discusses the interesting twist of putting an entertainment voice in meditation, challenging myths, and misconceptions surrounding this powerful practice. We tap into the future of mental health, exploring why sometimes we need to step back to find the answers. Patience has always been the secret to success.
As the conversation progressed, we stirred into the potential of AI and its role in the next evolution of Calm and potentially address the question: How can technology be harnessed to serve humanity better? There is a future in AI and how it immensely helps spread mental health awareness and promote mindfulness practice.
In this interview, you will learn:
The many benefits of meditation
How to practice mindfulness
How to sit in silence and calm your mind
How to leverage your creativity
The connection between AI and mental health
It's an episode packed with insights, laughter, and a sprinkle of mindfulness. Together, let's explore the boundless possibilities of a calm and balanced life together!
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
02:18 How Did the Calm Partnership Come About?
05:26 Making Meditation and Mindfulness More Accessible
09:06 The Impact of Daily Calm and Sleep Story on People
11:53 Putting an Entertainment Voice in Meditation
15:27 Myths and Misconceptions About Meditation
18:27 What is the Future of Mental Health?
22:01 Why You Need to Step Back to Find Answers
26:29 Why Patience is the Secret to Success
29:46 How Do You Combine Business and Creativity?
32:19 How Can AI Help Humanity?
39:37 The Potential of AI and The Next Evolution of Calm
42:03 How to Find Balance Between Digital and Physical Activities
47:02 The Benefits of Reacting Instead of Responding to Triggers
51:41 How to Positively Introduce Meditation to Children
55:52 How to Develop the Practice of Sitting in Silence
Episode Resources:
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| 0:00.0 | There's a lot of talk about mindfulness these days, which is fantastic. |
| 0:05.0 | I mean, we all want to be more present and self-aware, more patient, less judgmental. |
| 0:10.0 | We discuss all these themes on the podcast, but it's hard to actually be mindful in your day-to-day life. |
| 0:17.0 | That's where calm comes in. |
| 0:18.0 | I've been working with calm for a few years now, with the goal of making mindfulness fun and easy. |
| 0:24.0 | Kama has all sorts of content to help you build positive habits, shift your self-talk, reframe |
| 0:29.3 | your negative thoughts and generally feel better in your daily life. |
| 0:33.0 | So many incredible options from the most knowledgeable experts in the world, |
| 0:37.0 | along with renowned meditation teachers. |
| 0:40.0 | You can also check out my seven minute daily series to help you live more mindfully each and every day. |
| 0:46.0 | Right now, listeners of on purpose get 40% off a subscription to calm premium at calm.com |
| 0:51.9 | forward slash jay. That's cay a l m dot com forward slash jay a y for 40% off calm your mind change your life |
| 1:00.9 | Do you remember how stigmatized it was no No one talked about it. Could you imagine telling your boss you were struggling with your mental health? |
| 1:07.0 | People did have so many misconceptions about meditation. They thought it was either religious or connected to the counterculture or sit for hours and hours in an uncomfortable position |
| 1:16.2 | And we just wanted to let people know that that is not true. You can literally start with one mindful |
| 1:21.8 | Before we jump into this episode, |
| 1:23.7 | I'd like to invite you to join this community |
| 1:26.2 | to hear more interviews that will help you become |
| 1:28.8 | happier, healthier, and more healed. |
| 1:31.5 | All I want you to do is click on the subscribe button. |
| 1:34.0 | I love your support. |
| 1:35.0 | It's incredible to see all your comments and we're just getting started. |
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