Peter Russell has spent more than fifty years at the intersection of science, consciousness, and the revolution that's happening inside the human mind. He studied theoretical physics at Cambridge - with Dr Stephen Hawkins as his supervisor, then travelled to India to study meditation under some of its greatest teachers, and came home to take up the first research post Britain had ever offered on the psychology of meditation. His books, including The Global Brain, Letting Go of Nothing, and his most recent, How to Meditate Without Even Trying, have shaped how thousands of people think about awareness, presence, and what it means to live well.

In this conversation, we explore what leadership means when you strip away the performance, the hierarchy, and the ego. Peter talks about the difference between self-belief and ego, why forgiveness is one of the most underrated leadership practices, and what "letting go" really means when you have shareholders, a board, and a team depending on you. We talk about the monkey mind, the default mode network, exponential change, and why spirituality is not just compatible with business — it may be absolutely necessary for it.

Peter also guides us through a short meditation, live on the show.

His closing words: "Relax. Be kind.”
https://www.peterrussell.com/

This summer, millions are meeting Homer's Odyssey through Christopher Nolan's retelling. Phil Cousineau has been living inside the real story for forty years. In this conversation, he separates the myth from the movie: what Nolan's film gets right, what it leaves out, and why a 2,800-year-old poem about the long way home might be the sharpest leadership text we have.

Phil Cousineau worked with Joseph Campbell on The Hero's Journey, has consulted with Hollywood studios including Warner Bros., Pixar, and Lucasfilm on mythology, and has led pilgrimages to Homer's Greece for three decades. His new book, The Wisdom of the Odyssey, arrives in the same season as Nolan's big-screen version. In this conversation, he makes the case that real leadership isn't about willpower or hierarchy. It's about the wound you carry, and what you do with it.

Phil unpacks why every leader is "scarred, and we know them by their scar," why Odysseus doesn't get home through willpower but through six women, and why the true story here belongs to Penelope as much as her husband.

A conversation about trauma, love, memory, and the long road back to yourself.
Follow him and get the book here: https://www.philcousineau.net/works.htm

What if the biggest mistake founders make when raising capital is assuming investors know better than they do?

In this episode of The Sacred Art of Leadership, Del and Dip sit down with Ari Helgason, co-founder of Transition, the venture capital firm backing founders building the technologies that could reshape energy, AI, industry and the future of the planet.

Ari has lived on both sides of the table. He built companies before becoming an investor, and that experience gives him a blunt view of what really drives success: not hype, not perfect strategy, and not the approval of a venture capitalist—but exceptional people, strong conviction and the resilience to survive when everything starts going wrong.

The conversation tackles some of the biggest questions facing founders and investors today:

Why do brilliant investors still get it wrong?

Is venture capital actually right for your business?

Can AI growth and sustainability coexist?

What happens when founders lose confidence, investors overreach, or billion-pound opportunities slip away?

And why might indecision be more dangerous than making the wrong call?

Ari also opens up about working with his brother, managing ego, learning from failed investments, resisting market hype and backing entrepreneurs who believe they are building their life’s work.

This is a candid conversation about power, money, technology, responsibility and what it really takes to build something that matters.

https://transition.vc/