I am completely hooked on podcasts lately. I’ve always been an avid reader because I love words and I love to learn, but it’s hard to read when you’re driving, washing dishes, or out for a walk.
What I am looking for listening to podcasts are education, inspiration (and some motivation too) and personal development. Each week I learn something new. And I’m often picking up book after book because the guest or host mentioned how life-changing it was for them.
Podcasts helped me to practice shifting my mindset and perceptions, to grow as a person, as a friend, and to think about who I am, who I want to be, and the impact I want to leave on the world.
Now, as long as you have a smartphone and access to the Internet, you can not only learn pretty much anything, you can create anything too.
I love podcasts so much, I even started my own.
I find myself constantly sharing podcasts shows and specific episodes with my friends, so I’ve decided to start sharing my favorite podcasts with everyone!
Here are 5 podcasts I’m loving right now:
1. The Mindvalley Podcast with Vishen Lakhiani
Mindvalley is the world’s leading personal growth education company with a mission to teach wisdom and transformational ideas that our education system ignores. The Mindvalley podcast brings the best minds under one roof to discuss powerful ideas in personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work.
Favorite episode: The 3 Core Concepts To Help You Make A Quantum Leap – Srikumar Rao
2. Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
This podcast is about Oprah’s selection of her interviews with thought-leaders, best-selling authors, spiritual luminaries, as well as health and wellness experts. All designed to light you up, guide you through life’s big questions and help bring you one step closer to your best self.
Favorite episode: Oprah and Lady Gaga: Your Life in Focus
3. The Lavendaire Lifestyle
The Lavendaire Lifestyle is a podcast on personal growth and lifestyle hosted by YouTuber and entrepreneur Aileen Xu, who shares weekly inspiration on how to create your dream life.
Favorite episode: Self Love + Believing “I Am Enough” w/ Marisa Peer
4. The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferris is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him “the world’s best human guinea pig,” and The New York Times calls him “a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.” In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from an eclectic area (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
Favorite episode: How Seth Godin Manages His Life – Rules, Principles, and Obsessions
5. Pursuit With Purpose
Melissa Griffin’s podcast is about the journey to meaning and fulfillment and how you can bring it into your own life – today and every day.
Favorite episode: How to Stop Listening to Your Inner Critic + Start Playing BIG in Your Life, with Tara Mohr
Podcasts have a big influence on my personal growth. I’ve learned a lot from podcasts.
In time you’d otherwise waste, just by listening to one podcast a day, you can transform your life.
You just might find something life-changing.
Yours,
Alexandra