FitMind: Neuroscience, Meditation & Mental Fitness Training
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Expert insights on the science of mental fitness. Topics include psychology, neuroscience, mental health, mindfulness meditation, productivity, brain technologies, Stoicism, happiness hacking, and more. Liam McClintock, the Founder of FitMind, talks with leaders in their fields, from neuroscientists and psychologists to Buddhist monks and professional athletes. At FitMind, we believe that the next great human frontier is the mind. FitMind combines ancient techniques with western psychology to provide mental fitness training that is taught at Fortune 500 companies, addiction centers, schools, government organizations, and on the FitMind meditation app. Liam McClintock received a B.A. from Yal…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
FitMind connects meditation practice, mental health and neuroscience through interviews that press guests on mechanisms, ethics and lived experience.
Josh treats meditation as a subject to investigate, practice and argue over. His interviews connect contemplative traditions with contemporary research, moving between flotation and anxiety, theories of attention, and the mechanisms behind letting go.
Meditation meets its awkward business question: who gets to sell your calm?
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A grounded look at focus, stress, and practical ways to train attention.
This episode offers a steady, practical look at how multitasking can erode focus and what the brain seems to need instead. Dr. Therese Houston explains the tradeoffs clearly: weaker working memory, higher blood pressure and heart rate, and more mental effort just to keep hold of…
A patient case for forgiveness as relief, not weakness.
The piece treats forgiveness as a change in story and a kind of release, not a slogan. Dr. Fred Luskin makes the case that anger can linger in the same pathways as physical pain, and Josh's respectful framing keeps the discussion grounded in Stanford research on mental and…
A grounded look at meditation tools that could reshape practice while still facing real limits.
Steve Haberlin lays out a measured case for meditation moving into a newer phase, where brain scan technology, VR, and AI can give practitioners faster feedback than older methods alone.
A literal case for cellular memory and the body-brain link.
Kokushkin makes a literal case for cellular memory, tying memory and cognition to molecular tools that existed before brains, animals, and humans.
A grounded take on self-compassion as a bodily practice, not just a feeling.
The conversation treats self-compassion as something lived in the body, not just an idea to think about. It ties touch, nervous-system regulation, and small practices like a hand on the heart or a few supportive words to lower performance anxiety and a better shot at flow, which…
A calm, practical look at how everyday habits shape a brain that keeps changing.
The episode treats neuroplasticity as something lived, not merely explained: sleep, diet, stress, social connection, and attention all feed a brain that keeps changing. Dr.
A clear look at how breath, fear, and focus change under pressure.
The episode treats freediving as a hard test of composure, with William Trubridge framing it as a discipline that asks the mind and body to stay in step.
A science-forward take on letting go that stays grounded in practice.
This episode treats letting go as something measurable, not just a feeling. Shawn Press, a PhD researcher at the Monash Center for Consciousness and Contemptive Studies, uses a predictive-processing frame to make the ideas legible, and the discussion works best when it turns…
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
Josh sits down with Ian McGilchrist for a conversation about the divided brain.
Josh opens with Dr.
The conversation centers on multitasking, focus, and what happens when attention gets split too often.
Steve Haberlin explores how meditation is being reshaped by brain scanning, virtual reality, and AI.
Josh opens by treating connection as part of mental well-being.
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George Thompson and Josh talk through the Taoist and qigong view that people can become their own healers.
Josh opens with a simple idea: the brain is not fixed.
Josh and Kristin Neff talk about self-compassion as a practice with a real physiological side.
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William Trubridge describes freediving as a mirror for the way we respond to stress in day-to-day life.
Liam McClintock interviews Doug Kraft, a meditation teacher and psychotherapist, exploring consciousness, neuroscience, and Buddhist insights.
Liam McClintock interviews Dr.
Linda Thai connects her life as a former child refugee, immigrant, and trauma therapist to a larger argument about rites of passage, maturity, and collective collapse.
The guest treats meditation as a practice with deep historical roots.
Shawn Press joins for a conversation about what letting go might mean inside the brain.