The Meditation Expert: The KEY To Becoming A More MINDFUL Person

Today, I welcome my good friend Michael Acton Smith. Michael is the co-founder and co-Executive Chairman of Calm, the #1 sleep app and globally successful mental health brand. Captivated by neuroscience and technological advancements in mental health practices, he aims to further meditation into the mainstream.
Michael discusses Calm app collaborations with celebrities like Matthew McConaughey, challenging meditation myths, and the potential use of AI in promoting mindfulness. Throughout this episode, we tap into the future of mental health, exploring why sometimes we need to step back to find the answers. Patience has always been his secret to success.
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In this interview, we’ll discuss:
00:00 Intro
02:28 How Did the Calm Partnership Come About?
04:49 Making Meditation and Mindfulness More Accessible
09:30 The Impact of Daily Calm and Sleep Story on People
12:33 Putting an Entertainment Voice in Meditation
16:22 Myths and Misconceptions About Meditation
18:18 What is the Future of Mental Health?
21:52 Why You Need to Step Back to Find Answers
26:21 Why Patience is the Secret to Success
29:38 How Do You Combine Business and Creativity?
32:10 How Can AI Help Humanity?
39:28 The Potential of AI and The Next Evolution of Calm
41:58 How to Find Balance Between Digital and Physical Activities
45:54 The Benefits of Reacting Instead of Responding to Triggers
51:26 How to Positively Introduce Meditation to Children
55:42 How to Develop the Practice of Sitting in Silence
Episode Resources:
LinkedIn: / michaelactonsmith
Instagram: / michaelacton
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[@JayShettyPodcast.]

What an episode! It was great discussing mindful practices and mental health with Michael Acton Smith. Have you tried incorporating meditation into your daily routine? I’d like to invite you to join this community and subscribe to the channel. By hitting the 'Subscribe' button, you're not just becoming a subscriber - you're choosing to make a positive difference in your life.

[@kiefpief]

Really joyful interview! I truly enjoyed his humility. But no Jay Shetty final five at the end? 😳🤪

[@Mazid_pathan786]

I love you man ❤️ you have a great heart 😊

[@Unlocking_MindsetMastery]

Aww man! Was so looking to the 5 questions at the end. Great episode!

[@kaurjassu843]

❤❤❤

[@catherinevial9508]

I use the Calm app every night. Either listen to the DAILY Jay or anything narrated by Tamara. It puts me to sleep - reliably. The only problem is that I need to sleep with my phone next to me. I highly recommend it for people who have issues either sleeping or meditating. Thanks for the great interview.!

[@theotherway1639]

Anxiety wants to keep us awake, but sleep is sooooooo important. In the west, people pride themselves on going without sleep to get work done, but it causes sever health issues. What's helped me a lot has been cutting out coffee (I was very sensitive to caffeine), getting out in nature more, exercising more frequently, and mindfulness meditation (I use a book called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels, it has short and simple mindfulness exercises that relax me). It's so important to keep a calm frame of mind before bed. Sleep well everyone :) May your dreams be rejuvenating and healing.

[@shontaturner1208]

I enjoyed this podcast I have gotten in tuned with my mind by just doing breathing exercises and meditation before starting my day. I never in a million years would think I would be enjoying life now even by journaling. It’s time to really fine tune better living. Thank you

[@AcceptandAct]

I've been teaching meditation and mindfulness all over the world for the past 11 years now, and what this gentleman says is bang on. Meditation isn't about religion or perfection. It's about connecting with our True Self in the here and now so that we can open our hearts and minds to our reality and the amazing beauty of experiencing life from moment to moment 😍

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

I love this description ❤

[@AbidKhan-mj4dt]

❤

[@honestcomments8053]

But it is a religious practice.....meditation is the core of the Hindu sacred practice...whether you believe or not...please don't erase its history just because it makes you feel uncomfortable for practicing what Hindus created many years ago.

[@ramdasshetty8178]

Calm is what we need instead of chaos. Thank you Jay Sir

[@PeterNotSoWhite]

My morning routine is to listen to a podcast episode of yours or a few others while I do my morning stretch, then I use the calm app right after to do the daily calm. After I’m done I listen to the rest of the episode while I get ready for my day. It’s so amazing to hear the whole story on the calm app.

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

That sounds like a super beneficial routine!

[@simonpert2485]

Thanks for the video, I know I am suffering at the moment with lack of sleep and anxiety, struggling generally and this video has offered some great insight.

[@jazminekyarre]

I love this topic for Overall wellness, mindfulness and healing. This is now my second confirmation I need to get my blood work done. Gratitude 🙏🏽🌹

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

me as well! super important ❤

[@FA1L4LIFE]

One of my fave episodes of yours! Really great contemporary look at mindfulness and mental health. The comments on AI were really interesting!

[@Aesthatic_1]

A Lot Of Respect , From India

[@shamha1626]

Havent tried the app but now im going to try it !! Thanks Jay !

[@fusedart]

Been meditating daily for last 4 years. sometimes things around is so distracting that it completely takes over the mind every minutes of the day. Its difficult not to get distracted. I can't imagine what it is like for many who dont meditate at all.

[@topkorntopkorn1420]

This is so beautiful,thank u for this video ❤️So powerful and important topic

[@gabrielgkabelen4780]

So proud of finding your channel Jay...learn so much. I am Coach Gabby from Indonesia.

[@Diamond_Motivation]

I love this!! It spoke to my spirit!! Let's get it done!!!

[@DanielOkoedion]

Jay I have been watching your podcast for about 3 weeks now I see you have great idea or method to deal with stress and meditation

[@lynnewalker8920]

I find these podcasts lately are not inciteful for people. I was excited to listen to this podcast as I thought it would be more about mediation and how it would help people. Instead, it's about how this man is growing his company and promoting it. The last few podcasts have felt to me along the same line. Disappointing to say the least. Perhaps I need a break from Jay's podcasts promoting his friend's on their latest business endeavors.

[@gowthammatcha4226]

Yeah dude felt the same

[@meganoreo1839]

Exactly. Someone recommended me this podcast but honestly it's not what I expected. It seems like the whole podcast is about his friend's buisnesses + maybe like 2 minutes about the topic mentioned in the title.

[@zuhalkoc3750]

I’d felt the same and stopped watching it for a while, now has come back to see nothing has changed. 😔

[@janice2jocelyn]

Right, I was thinking the same

[@darceydiaries42]

Hmmm, was about to watch this podcast. I'll give it a miss I think

[@davesiddh2221]

Hello sir love from India keep it up

[@gracejasinthpriyadarsini2489]

My favourite speaker Jay genius l love his speech very much.

[@wild9641]

They both have such brilliant perspectives on health!

[@user-hh9kb2jj2z]

Hello and thanks form Canberra ❤

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

❤❤ Happy Holidays down under ❤❤

[@katherinebryden-wolke8210]

I really enjoyed this podcast. I hope you do more on meditation

[@Lifemandala]

You are amazing @jayshettypodcast love all your work nd you as a human being❤

[@radhikakumal8.9m47]

So amazing podcast sir We will always support.. From Nepal ❤❤

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

Hello Nepal! Happy Holidays Radhika ❤

[@chazchazz]

“It is the root we nourish, not the fruit” 🙏☺️

[@louisatorca]

Great episode!!

[@Osama11Em]

thank you ❤

[@DominionAnako-bb7ry]

Keep inspiring people and keep it up, Jay Shett

[@FlatWHDF]

No pun intended

[@willieknows2708]

Gratitude 🤲 Your Way.

[@jravikanth_]

More Powerful and Knowledgeable.❤❤❤

[@sidharthasatapathy3491]

Revolutionary ❤

[@Bill0102]

I'm completely enthralled by this. I recently read something similar, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. "Mastering Money Mindfulness" by Benjamin Hawk

[@user-fe7tg3ek3t]

Spiritual growths don't stop it processes in your Faith over time , 🙏🏼 and answers your altentiveness is too in study of how You seek vision creating fix reality 🥰😉❤🤍🙏🏼❤🙏🏼🙏🏼✊🏼

[@devinkaauwai8906]

I use calm everyday!!

[@pdivyapriya7956]

Thank you for this video jey sir 😊

[@ManishBairagi-st3oc]

Hare krsna!!!

[@ada7079]

Title typo!!!

[@ChrisVirtualAssistant]

I was so confused. The title says "Mediation" and I thought AI was now a replacement for lawyers or something!! 😂😂

[@ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool]

😆

[@summi909]

So this was a one hour long Ad for Calm app. 😅

[@humairazafar6089]

Very insightful!

[@ryanwiley7894]

20 mins in and will need to turn this off, this tech guy is not what i would personally call a meditation expert and this felt more like an ad for their business, props too him though for making a nice app and still chasing that big money from big pharma something a real meditation expert would have no interest in. Deepak Chopra is a much better example of a meditation expert who might pop up in the West on a podcast, this guy is a salesman.

[@Bhavenjain2479]

❤❤

[@yolandawilliamson2454]

Misleading and a sale pitch for Calm. Jay, this is the only podcast, l was disappointed that you posted.

[@mohammodalimamun4727]

❤❤❤❤

[@puneetkulaiya2827]

please on english lyrics option.

[@Juan-tz8gc]

17:00

[@dinosemr8141]

💖❤️💖🙏💖❤️💖

[@blendedbyjavi]

🚀💈

[@OyatilloKomolov]

Cool🎉

[@bajo8743]

44:55

[@SaifKhan-rr3un]

Please upload Hindi language

[@PRIYAJAY-SHETTY]

Lots of question are putting

[@eddiedoesit206]

I’d believe anything he said about sleep lol he looks like he just rolled out of bed 😂

[@Surviving_With_Nthangeniph]

Who is getting Sam Atman voice vibe here?

[@ericbless]

Jesus Christ heals and saves.✝️

[@PRIYAJAY-SHETTY]

Yes JAY GHANASHYAM SHETTYJI weds Priya singh is am scared too much Long press to edit & lock

[@Bright123-fp3jl]

|†| I believe we are meant to be like Jesus in our hearts and not in our flesh. But be careful of AI, for it knows only things of the flesh which are our fleshly desires and cannot comprehend things of the spirit such as true love and eternal joy that comes from obeying God's Word. Man is a spirit and has a soul but lives in a body which is flesh. When you go to bed it is the flesh that sleeps, but your spirit never sleeps and that is why you have dreams, unless you have died in peace physically. More so, true love that endures and last is a thing of the heart. When I say 'heart', I mean 'spirit'. But fake love, pretentious love, love with expectations, love for classic reasons, love for material reasons and love for selfish reasons those are things of the flesh. In the beginning God said let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness. Take note, God is Spirit and God is Love. As Love He is the source of it. We also know that God is Omnipotent, for He creates out of nothing and He has no beginning and has no end. That means, our love is but a shadow of God's Love. True love looks around to see who is in need of your help, your smile, your possessions, your money, your strength, your quality time. Love forgives and forgets. Love wants for others what it wants for itself. However, true love works in conjunction with other spiritual forces such as patience and faith - in the finished work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, rather than in what man has done such as science, technology and organizations which won't last forever. To avoid sin and error which leads to the death of your body and your spirit-soul in hell fire (second death), you must make God's Word the standard for your life, not AI. If not, God will let you face AI on your own (with your own strength) and it will cast the truth down to the ground, it will be the cause of so much destruction like never seen before, it will deceive many and take many captive in order to enslave them into worshipping it and abiding in lawlessness. We can only destroy ourselves but with God all things are possible. God knows us better because He is our Creater and He knows our beginning and our end. The prove text can be found in the book of John 5:31-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Daniel 2, Daniel 7-9, Revelation 13-15, Matthew 24-25 and Luke 21. *HOW TO MAKE GOD'S WORD THE STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE?* You must read your Bible slowly, attentively and repeatedly, having this in mind that Christianity is not a religion but a Love relationship. It is measured by the love you have for God and the love you have for your neighbor. Matthew 5:13 says, "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." Our spirits can only be purified while in the body (while on earth) but after death anything unpurified (unclean) cannot enter Heaven Gates. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8). No one in his right mind can risk or even bare to put anything rotten into his body nor put the rotten thing closer to the those which are not rotten. Sin makes the heart unclean but you can ask God to forgive you, to save your soul, to cleanse you of your sin, to purify your heart by the blood of His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ which He shed here on earth - "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed", Isaiah 53:5. Meditation in the Word of God is a visit to God because God is in His Word. We know God through His Word because the Word He speaks represent His heart's desires. Meditation is a thing of the heart, not a thing of the mind. Thinking is lower level while meditation is upper level. You think of your problems, your troubles but inorder to meditate, you must let go of your own will, your own desires, your own ways and let the Word you read prevail over thinking process by thinking of it more and more, until the Word gets into your blood and gains supremacy over you. That is when meditation comes - naturally without forcing yourself, turning the Word over and over in your heart. You can be having a conversation with someone while meditating in your heart - saying 'Thank you, Jesus...' over and over in your heart. But it is hard to meditate when you haven't let go of offence and past hurts. Your pain of the past, leave it for God, don't worry yourself, Jesus is alive, you can face tomorrow, He understands what you are passing through today. Begin to meditate on this prayer day and night (in all that you do), "Lord take more of me and give me more of you. Give me more of your holiness, faithfulness, obedience, self-control, purity, humility, love, goodness, kindness, joy, patience, forgiveness, wisdom, understanding, calmness, perseverance... Make me a channel of shinning light where there is darkness, a channel of pardon where there is injury, a channel of love where there is hatred, a channel of humility where there is pride..." The Word of God becomes a part of us by meditation, not by saying words but spirit prayer (prayer from the heart). When the Word becomes a part of you, it will by its very nature influence your conduct and behavior. Your bad habits, you will no longer have the urge to do them. You will think differently, dream differently, act differently and talk differently - if something does not qualify for meditation, it does not qualify for conversation. *THE BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS (GOOD AND EVIL)* Heaven is God's throne and the dwelling place for God's angels and the saints. Hell was meant for the devil (satan) and the fallen angels. Those who torture the souls in hell are demons (unclean spirits). Man's spirit is a free moral agent. You can either yield yourself to God or to the devil because God has given us discretion. If one thinks he possesses only his own spirit, he is lying to himself and he is already in the dark. God is light while the devil is darkness. Light (Holy Spirit) and darkness (evil spirit) cannot stay together in a man's body. God is Love (Love is light) and where there is no love is hell, just as where there is no light is darkness. The one you yield yourself to, you will get his reward. The reward of righteousness to man's spirit is life (abundant life) and the reward of sin to man's spirit is death. Sin and satan are one and the same. Whatever sin can cause, satan also can cause. Sin is what gives the devil dominion or power over man's spirit. When God's Word becomes a part of you, sin power over you is broken, you become the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Where Jesus is, you are and when He went (to the Father), you went. In the book of John 8:42-47, Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” May God bless His Word in the midst of our hearts. Glory and honour be to God our Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our Helper the Holy Spirit. Watch and pray!... Thank you for your time and may God bless you as you share this message with others.

[@wilylaba6087]

Amen...🙏😇

[@1Kittet]

best comment in my opinion! It is long but worth to read ❤

[@kabir8854]

Love from bangladesh 🫶🫶☺️

[@honestcomments8053]

Meditation is a Hindu sacred practice. Why is it so hard for people to admit that! People want to practice meditation so they can feel good about themselves...but they do so by destroying its history and people who gave us this gift ...by not acknowledging them in the process we hurting the people who invented and gave this gift to the world called meditation. People should do whatever they want but they need to stop destroying the facts about the origin of mediation and appropriating just to they can feel better.

[@aziza000]

Because whyte people want to practice it without the religion element of it. Ridiculous really. It’s the fashionable thing.

[@AzebTalkshow]

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[@PRIYAJAY-SHETTY]

Please help

[@kunalmahagade1046]

It is something misnomer to this title you both not have discussed anything fruitful on this topic.

[@DanielOkoedion]

At least you appreciate the time it's not easy to use so much of your time to enlighten the masses.

[@kunalmahagade1046]

Absolutely right there is no scarcity of time for stooges

[@emdianna]

For me, this podcast was just a n advertise for CALM, disappointing

[@gigicherries]

App promotion. Sad

[@Peace10339]

[@ericbless]

Jesus Christ heals and saves.✝️