Behind The Human with Marc Champagne

Unpacking the stories and mental fitness practices of people living at the top of their game personally and professionally.

Behind The Human with Marc Champagne is a health podcast hosted by Marc Champagne, with 465 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Marc Champagne hosts Behind The Human with Marc Champagne, a health show with 465 episodes published.

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  Episode #462

  Personal Development Might Be Making You Miserable — The Difference Between Insight and Breakthrough (Ft. Britt Lefkoe)

  Oct 4, 202657 min

  Britt Lefkoe grew up surrounded by mindset work, learning from an early age that our beliefs shape our lives. But that awareness came with a cost: the feeling that every difficult emotion or limiting belief was another problem she needed to fix. In this conversation, Britt and Marc explore what happens when self-awareness turns against us, why emotions aren’t the problem but the stories we attach to them can be, and the profound difference between having an insight and experiencing a true breakthrough. Britt also shares the simple phrase she uses when life feels overwhelming and why personal development was never meant to become our life. It was supposed to help us live it. EXCITING STUFF! My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom Teachers Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here ! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas   Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne   Timestamps: 00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?” 01:44 — Why Britt burned her first business to the ground 05:21 — Growing up in a family where mindset was everything 07:32 — “Am I a fraud?” When you can help others but struggle to help yourself 08:42 — Finding her own voice after her father's death 11:08 — Stop asking “why” and start asking “what next?” 13:00 — The healing power of simply telling the truth 13:57 — Why you shouldn't psychoanalyze yourself when you're triggered 16:17 — Emotions aren't the problem—the stories are 19:07 — Learning to forgive yourself for being human 21:02 — What anger, envy and disappointment can teach us 23:54 — Why Britt doesn't want to neutralize negative emotions 27:25 — “The truth is always simple” 28:15 — How to rewrite the stories running your life 29:00 — “The truth is always good news” 33:17 — Finding truth after unimaginable trauma 35:16 — Untangling love from pain 36:43 — When “hard work” becomes part of your identity 37:44 — Why saying “this is hard” doesn't make life harder 39:20 — The question that helped save a client's marriage 43:33 — The difference between an insight and a breakthrough 46:53 — Why changing through insight alone is exhausting 47:12 — Personal development isn't supposed to become your life 49:48 — The two breakthroughs that changed Britt's life 51:48 — Healing through love instead of endlessly fixing yourself 52:04 — Why Britt stopped following conventional business advice 54:00 — Personal development beyond suffering: infinite possibility * Special props Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #461

  The Mind Reader’s System for Achieving Almost Every Goal He Sets (Ft. Wayne Hoffman)

  Sep 27, 202653 min

  Mentalist and illusionist Wayne Hoffman has built an extraordinary career reading minds, performing around the world and creating moments that make people question what's possible. But underneath the illusion is something even more interesting: an obsessive understanding of psychology, goal achievement, gratitude, risk and the small actions that quietly change the course of a life. Wayne and Marc explore why he chose an unconventional path, what he learned from the highest highs and loneliest moments of performing, his system for turning enormous goals into achievable steps, and why his future self keeps giving him the same instruction: do what you're supposed to do. And before the conversation ends, Wayne puts his mind-reading skills to the test on Marc! EXCITING STUFF! My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom Teachers Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here ! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas   Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne   Timestamps: 00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?” 02:12 — Discovering a hidden world inside a childhood magic shop 04:09 — Why Wayne became obsessed with creating wonder 08:16 — Turning an unusual passion into a career 10:13 — Choosing entrepreneurship instead of the “real job” 10:38 — The $10 business-card coupon that changed Wayne's life 13:13 — Who is your unsung hero? 13:58 — Honouring the man who unknowingly changed everything 17:21 — The moments Wayne realized: “This is actually working” 18:10 — Sitting beside Ellen and feeling like he'd stepped inside his television 20:26 — The strange loneliness behind enormous moments of success 21:29 — Fooling Penn & Teller — and barely remembering what happened next 22:59 — Reverse-engineering your greatest successes 24:15 — Why gratitude changed Wayne's life 26:01 — Could you be happy if everything you achieved disappeared? 26:43 — Is mind reading actually real? 29:55 — How psychology can make someone appear psychic 31:57 — What Wayne is actually doing when he “reads minds” 32:37 — How a professional mentalist trains his mind 35:45 — The one major goal Wayne still hasn't achieved 38:28 — Wayne's system for achieving enormous goals 38:46 — Feel. Define. Plan. 39:57 — The power of asking for the next doable action 40:56 — What would ten-year-old Wayne think of his life today? 42:39 — Meeting his future self 42:49 — “Do what you're supposed to do.” 45:05 — Wayne attempts to read Marc's mind 47:35 — The first impossible prediction 49:35 — And then things get even stranger 50:28 — Why Wayne would still do this work for free 51:19 — Why the world may need more wonder 52:11 — Adult recess and Wayne's deeper purpose * Special props Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #460

  What Are You Training For? The Real Point of Living Longer (Ft. David Stewart)

  Sep 20, 202653 min

  David Stewart has spent much of his life looking closely at people. As a photographer, he worked around the world, shot his first Vogue ad in his twenties, and worked in New York during the Andy Warhol era. But as David got older, he began noticing something strange: while youth was marketed through aspiration, possibility and beauty, aging was increasingly framed through fear, decline and limitation. He decided to challenge that story. Today, David is the founder of SuperAge and AGEIST, building a new model around longevity that goes far beyond biomarkers or simply trying to extend lifespan. In this conversation, we explore what it actually means to stay fully alive as we age, why optimism may be essential to pursuing wellness, how social connection fits into longevity, the danger of turning health into an endless optimization project, and why David believes we need to move from consuming information to taking action. We also explore the creation of the Super Age Games , his personal practices for managing stress and mental fitness, and the simple morning ritual he uses to deliberately counter the negativity our minds naturally absorb. This is a conversation about making the life you have worth extending. EXCITING STUFF! My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom Teachers Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here ! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas   Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne   Timestamps: 00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?” 01:12 — Building a life around values instead of internal dissonance 04:22 — The photographer who turned down work that didn't align 05:53 — Vogue, Paris and working around Andy Warhol 07:34 — The realization that changed how David thought about aging 10:03 — Why brands misunderstood people over 50 13:17 — The health crisis that forced David to change his own life 16:57 — How AGEIST evolved into SuperAge 22:25 — Why information alone rarely changes behaviour 24:30 — Building trust before building products 26:26 — The spontaneous idea that became the Super Age Games 29:42 — Why friendship and social connection belong in longevity 32:38 — “I've been in a gym for 40 years. What am I training for?” 33:06 — Why biomarkers aren't the destination 34:37 — Turning longevity into something you can actually measure 37:33 — The 78-year-old who became competitor number one 40:43 — What David wants people to feel after the Games 43:18 — Why pursuing wellness requires optimism 45:49 — David's “battery” model for stress and energy 46:58 — The morning “brainwash walk” that resets his mind 49:45 — Counter-programming the brain's natural negativity bias 51:59 — Why the journey itself has to be enjoyed * Special props Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #459

  Why You Can’t Stop Chasing the Next New Thing (Ft. Eric Athas)

  Sep 13, 202641 min

  New York Times editor and  Saying No to New  author Eric Athas explores why our brains are drawn to novelty, how businesses remove the friction between desire and consumption, and why reclaiming a few moments to think could radically change the choices we make. From dopamine and social media to clutter, persuasion and the disappearing “new thing gap,” this conversation is ultimately about learning to say no to meaningless novelty so we can say yes to what actually matters. EXCITING STUFF! My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom Teachers Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here ! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas   Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne   Timestamps: 00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?” 02:44 — Why opportunities for deep thinking are disappearing 04:59 — Turning a childhood disadvantage into a strength 07:39 — Inside Eric’s work at The New York Times 10:09 — Navigating journalism, truth and trust in a chaotic era 13:09 — Why Saying No to New is a work of journalism 14:30 — The contradiction: an early adopter who learned to say no to new 17:13 — When new things start creating more problems than they solve 19:52 — Dopamine, discomfort and why our brains chase novelty 22:23 — Thinking as a superpower in a frictionless world 23:22 — The “new thing gap” — and why it has almost disappeared 27:07 — The sophisticated influence machine behind what we buy 30:52 — Decluttering as an audit of yesterday’s decisions 32:20 — What clutter and constant task-switching do to our attention 34:08 — Why saying no to new can help us discover the right kind of new 35:33 — The surprising relationship between exploration and happiness 37:24 — How to see novelty hiding inside familiar experiences 39:46 — Finding joy in what was hiding in plain sight * Special props Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #458

  A Psychologist’s 40-Year Lesson on What Actually Changes a Life (Ft. Dr. David Zelman)

  Sep 6, 202652 min

  After more than forty years working as a psychologist and executive coach, Dr. David Zelman has become fascinated by one question: how do we stop allowing the past to determine what we believe is possible next? In this conversation, David explores the internal dialogue shaping our decisions, why awareness has to come before another tool or technique, and how we can create conversations that pull us toward the lives we actually want. We also explore anxiety, meditation and self-awareness, why two competing conversations can't occupy the same mental space, and the remarkable story of how David transformed his relationship with his father by changing one deeply held interpretation. David also shares his definition of readiness—the moment willingness meets awareness—and why he believes asking "what?" and "how?" can sometimes move us forward more effectively than asking "why?" EXCITING STUFF! My second book now available for pre-order! You're Invited: A Life-Changing Conversation with History's Greatest Wisdom Teachers Get your MENTAL FITNESS BLUEPRINT here ! A special thanks to our mental fitness + sweat partner Sip Saunas   Connect with Marc: https://konect.to/marcchampagne   Timestamps: 00:00 — The question that opens every interview: “Who are you?” 01:41 — From struggling student and college dropout to finding psychology 04:33 — What becomes obvious about life when you reach your seventies 05:10 — How our internal dialogue shapes our experience of life 07:19 — The question David starts with: “Where do you want to wind up?” 10:15 — Why we keep trying to build the future using information from the past 12:36 — David's decades-long Transcendental Meditation practice 14:33 — Asking: “What future does this action create?” 16:01 — Why awareness needs to come before another technique 17:35 — A simple demonstration of who's actually telling you what to do 19:54 — How the listener participates in creating their reality 21:52 — Possibility versus the certainty of already knowing 23:40 — What riding a bicycle teaches us about psychological distinctions 25:20 — Conversations from the past versus conversations for the future 28:33 — Anxiety, specificity and getting underneath generalizations 29:48 — The five-minute experiment David uses with stressed clients 31:50 — Why two competing conversations can't occupy the same space 34:20 — Changing the conversation during conflict with someone you love 36:21 — David's difficult relationship with his father 38:00 — The reframe that transformed “dominate and control” into “access and contribute” 39:36 — How changing one conversation helped David recover his relationship with his father 42:37 — Readiness: when willingness meets awareness 44:29 — Why journaling and resolutions aren't always enough 45:55 — Why another person can help us hear our real commitments 47:45 — Integrity, contribution and the future you're actually trying to build 50:32 — Why David prefers asking “what?” and “how?” instead of “why?” 51:38 — David's books and where to go deeper * Special props Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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