Tim Ferriss Is Changing His Mind: Mental Health, Psychedelics, & Transcending Productivity

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

A relentless experimenter and master of productivity, Tim Ferriss is the mega-best-selling author of The 4-Hour Work Week, Tools of Titans, and Tribe of Mentors. He’s also the host of the wildly popular Tim Ferriss Show—where he deconstructs the tools, mindsets, and practices of world-class performers across business, sports, and more. While Tim is known and revered for his wisdom regarding optimization and productivity, it’s his arc as a human that impresses me the most. He’s been through a lot. He’s grown considerably. And he’s shared his personal and professional struggles with a laudable degree of courage and vulnerability. Today’s exchange centers on Tim’s inward journey. How he grapples with anxiety and depression. The ways he learned to face difficult emotions. And the various modalities he has explored from silent meditation and psychotherapy to psychedelics. I hope you find this conversation helpful, and that it reframes how you think about, manage, confront, and heal your own emotional wounds. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Roka: ROKA.com/RICHROLL AG1: DrinkAG1.com/RICHROLL Express VPN: ExpressVPN.com/RICHROLL Indeed: Indeed.com/RICHROLL Plant Power Meal Planner: https://meals.richroll.com Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast
0:15.0	Once you have some of the success, make some of the money.
0:18.0	Once you have the relationship you thought you needed, once you have some of those things,
0:22.8	and you realize, wait a minute, my movie is still the same in my head.
0:27.8	Today, I'm very excited to welcome back Tim Ferris,
0:31.0	the mega best-selling author of an impressive collection of books.
0:34.2	I'm sure many of you have read Tim Ferris.
0:37.0	By the way, two R's, two S's.
0:38.4	The King of Self Optimization, New York Times best-selling author of three books.
0:42.8	So that's three times, number one times, New York Times best-selling author of times.
0:47.4	Nonetheless, right now I don't call myself a writer.
0:51.8	Although Tim is widely known and revered for his wisdom and his advice regarding productivity,
0:58.8	it's really his arc as a human that interests and impresses me the most.
1:03.8	It's an ongoing process, but don't believe everything you think.
1:07.8	We discuss mental health, anxiety, depression,
1:10.8	as well as the various modalities that Tim himself has explored from meditation and therapy
1:16.8	to a rather extended and also grounded discussion about psychedelics.
1:22.8	There are circumstances in which these things can have profound therapeutic effects.
1:27.8	We also discuss the ways and the wise behind how he is using his very large platform to help others
1:34.8	who may be going through similar struggles.
1:36.8	Plus, we talk about and discuss the current state of podcasting and many other topics.
1:43.8	And it's all coming up quick, but first.
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