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Every guest on this show has been through something. A diagnosis. A loss. A decision that changed everything. Adam doesn’t let them stay on the surface — he asks the questions most hosts won’t, and creates the space for honest answers that most guests haven’t given before.
The Mindful Journey Podcast sits at the intersection of wellness, leadership, and the human condition. Doctors and scientists. CEOs and coaches. Athletes and military leaders. Real people doing real work on themselves — and willing to talk about it.
No performance. No polished talking points. Just what’s actually true.
Dr. Anna Lembke
Stanford Psychiatrist · Author, Dopamine Nation
Dr. Anna Lembke is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. Her book Dopamine Nation became an international bestseller and changed the way millions of people understand addiction, pleasure, and pain. Adam sat down with her to go deeper than most interviewers do — into radical honesty, the lies we tell ourselves, and what it actually takes to break free.
“The more willing you are to tell the truth no matter what, the sooner you can get to resolutions, get through addictions, and live a life free of internal contradiction.”
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“I’m not interested in the polished version of someone’s story. I want to know what they were really going through — and how they found their way through it.”
Every conversation on this show starts with the same intention: get to what’s actually true. I’ve sat across from Stanford professors and MLB managers, military officers and mental health pioneers, Fortune 500 executives and people just trying to make it through the week. What I’ve learned is that the struggles are the same. The root causes are the same. And the paths through them are more available than most people realize.
That’s what this show is for. Not to impress you with the names — but to give you something you can actually use.
— Adam James
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