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RESONANCE

Auteur(s): Michael Trainer
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 Welcome to RESONANCE. I'm your host, Michael Trainer. For 30 years, I've traveled the world learning from the best minds in neuroscience, healing, and human potential—from traditional wisdom keepers to Nobel laureates, from elite performers to researchers at the cutting edge of brain science. What I've discovered: we've been optimizing the wrong thing. Peak performance isn't about doing more—it's about connecting deeper. RESONANCE explores the science and soul of transformative connection. Why some conversations change us while others leave us empty. Why certain relationships heal us while others drain us. What I call "the More"—that unmistakable quality when two minds truly meet. This show brings you the insights of the world's leading thinkers on connection, neuroscience, and what it means to be fully human in the 21st century.2019-2026, Peak Mind with Michael Trainer Développement personnel Relations Réussite Sciences sociales Spiritualité
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  • No More Nice Guy: Robert Glover on Shame, Initiation, and the Art of Building a Great Life

    No More Nice Guy: Robert Glover on Shame, Initiation, and the Art of Building a Great Life
    Mar 20 2026

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    In this episode:

    • What a nice guy actually is — and why they're often the least honest people in the room
    • Toxic shame, anxiety management, and the chameleon dynamic
    • Why boys raised without masculine initiation spend their lives seeking feminine approval
    • The New Warrior Training Adventure and what it means to be reborn in front of your father
    • The Temescal, the coals, and why challenge is the technology of transformation
    • Generation Z: the most informed, least initiated generation in history
    • Self-discipline vs. accountability — and why accountability wins every time
    • The Great Cake metaphor: purpose, men's community, challenge, exercise, spiritual practice, service
    • Why making a woman the cake — instead of the icing — is where men most reliably go wrong
    • The feminine as weather: why seeking approval from what has no structure will never work
    • "It's a sin to say no when you should have said yes"

    Resources mentioned:

    • No More Mr. Nice Guy — Dr. Robert Glover
    • The Way of the Superior Man — David Deida
    • 4,000 Weeks — Oliver Burkeman
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera
    • Touching the Void (film)
    • The Mankind Project / New Warrior Training Adventure
    • Scott Galloway — masculinity and the failure of elders
    • drglover.com
    • integrationnation.net

    Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection (March 31, 2026), co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.

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    1 h et 16 min
  • Don't Let Your Love Die on a Napkin

    Don't Let Your Love Die on a Napkin
    Mar 6 2026

    My grandfather was six foot four. Always in a suit. Captain in the US Air Force. A man of very few words. Throughout his entire life, he never once told my father that he loved him. Not once.

    That silence — the gap between what we feel and what we express — is the central wound of our time.

    In this episode, I share the story at the heart of my book RESONANCE: what happened when my father decided to break a generational cycle of unspoken love, what my grandfather did with a napkin that said everything his words couldn't, and what I found in my father's desk years later during his final days.

    I also explore what Dr. Matthew Lieberman's research at UCLA reveals about why this matters neurologically — how social pain activates the same brain circuits as physical pain, why the Surgeon General has declared loneliness equivalent to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day, and why the Harvard Study of Adult Development found that relationship quality predicts health and longevity more powerfully than diet, exercise, or genetics.

    This is not about self-improvement. This is about the question most of us are afraid to ask: can you let someone all the way in?

    RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection publishes May 5, 2026 with BenBella Books / Simon & Schuster. Pre-order at resonance.biz

    Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection (March 31, 2026), co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.

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    6 min
  • Awakened Sleep: Why a 5,000-Year-Old Science Says You've Been Sleeping Wrong — and What It's Costing You + How to Create Conditions for Epic Rest

    Awakened Sleep: Why a 5,000-Year-Old Science Says You've Been Sleeping Wrong — and What It's Costing You + How to Create Conditions for Epic Rest
    Feb 27 2026
    Guest Bios Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda) One of the most academically accomplished Ayurvedic physicians in the Western world. Former personal physician to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Bestselling author of Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life and co-author of Awakened Sleep. Faculty at numerous integrative medicine programs. Trained in both classical Ayurvedic medicine and modern clinical research. His work bridges 5,000 years of Vedic wisdom with cutting-edge neuroscience and AI-driven health research. Renowned globally for his clinical expertise and his ability to make the ancient tradition accessible, scientific, and immediately practical. Dr. Sheila Patel, MD Board-certified family medicine physician and a leading voice in integrative health. Former Chief Medical Officer of the Chopra Center. Co-author of Awakened Sleep. Dr. Patel's clinical practice synthesizes conventional medicine with Ayurvedic principles, meditation, and mind-body approaches. She has spent decades helping patients understand the connection between emotional regulation, sensory awareness, and physical health — with sleep as the connective thread. Brought to you by MTE — More Than Energy, the performance formula designed for those who live life at full resonance. Trusted by top performers worldwide, MTE blends adaptogens, nootropics, and essential minerals to fuel focus, vitality, and flow — without the crash. Code Michael Elevate your day, sharpen your mind, and feel More Than Energy. 15% OFF YOUR ORDER:: https://getmte.com/products/mte-daily-energy-wellness?ref=MICHAEL Key Themes & Timestamps [00:00] Introduction — launching Resonance, the long tail of a book[02:28] What is Awakened Sleep? The Vedic perspective on sleep as a journey into consciousness[06:13] Modern science validates ancient wisdom — the convergence[08:13] The doshas explained — Vata, Pitta, Kapha and your sleep constitution[14:24] Universal sleep principles — temperature, light, timing, and the Stanford AI study[17:19] Personalized sleep — why one size doesn't fit all[20:00] The nervous system connection — parasympathetic tone and sensory overload[23:47] Your evening meal is your sleep prescription[25:50] The world has changed more since 1992 than in the previous thousand years[28:14] Orthosomnia — the new tech-induced sleep disease[29:09] Email apnea and text apnea — we literally stop breathing[30:15] Somniphobia — the fear of being alone in the dark (and why loneliness is the real insomnia)[37:47] Breath as medicine — the yogic prescription for sleep[40:11] Mantra, sound, and the neuro-associative conditioning of sleep[42:27] Creating your evening routine — the practice Michael is starting tonight[45:05] The dress rehearsal for dying — sleep as a journey into consciousness[51:17] Awakened Sleep as meditation's companion — the fourth state of consciousness[56:04] Geography, doshas, and the places that heal us[59:56] Vedic astrology, the eclipse, and the chapter we're entering[1:02:49] Closing — guiding us home in a noisy world Key Quotes Dr. Suhas: "We are doing a dress rehearsal of dying every night. We go to the same place where we were before we were born and long after we will be gone." "Sleep outweighs diet and exercise. If you rank lifestyle things, sleep is even higher ranked than diet and exercise and loneliness." "Orthosomnia — about 40% of Gen Z adults are experiencing sleep anxiety because of the gadgets they are wearing." "Where your attention goes, that's where the energy is flowing." "These techniques are not free. They are very expensive — because the most expensive commodity right now is me time." "An introspective sage is awake when the rest of the world is sleeping." — Bhagavad Gita Dr. Sheila: "Sleep is an active process. It's not just rest — it's an active rest." "So much of depression, anxiety is that disconnect from nature, disconnect from community. Everyone's all in their own individual bubbles." "Pick the weeds, plant some seeds, water them with gratitude." "We have so many tools within us — and with our breath, it's free." Michael: "I think a lot of us as humans have lost our way with all of the conflicting signals. And it's hard in a noisy world to find true signal that reminds us of who we are and how we can find our way home." Resources Mentioned Awakened Sleep by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar & Dr. Sheila PatelChange Your Schedule, Change Your Life by Dr. SuhasStanford Medicine AI Sleep Study (January 2025) — 65,000 participants, 600,000 hours of sleep data, predicting 130+ health conditionsOura Ring — wearable sleep trackingVedic Meditation / Mantra practiceTemescal (traditional sweat lodge) ceremonyBhagavad Gita — "Yānishā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṅyamī"Rathri Sukta — Vedic hymn to the twin sisters Usha (dawn) and Nisha (dusk)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Connect Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar: [website] | [Instagram] Dr. Sheila Patel: [...
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    58 min
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