Ep. 111: Steven Kotler - Flow States, Grief, and Doing Impossible Things

Dear Life with Christina Rasmussen

On today’s episode, I have one of my favorite human beings. Steven Kotler has researched, studied, experienced, and presented the information about flow and peak performance in a beautiful way. We talk about how grief, tragedy, and loss is influential in making the impossible happen and creating new realities for ourselves. The flow state is accessible to everyone and is a universal experience.

After this conversation, you will understand how flow can benefit you, how grit and resilience are essential traits, and how fear is experienced by everyone (but you don’t have to see it as an obstacle).

I’d love to know what you think. Please share it with your friends and family, and be sure to tag me if you share it on social media so that I can say thank you. I’m @christinastars on Instagram and @ChristinaRasmussen2014 on Facebook.

More About Steven Kotler:

Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of ten bestsellers (out of thirteen books total), including The Art of Impossible, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Bold and Abundance. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, translated into over 40 languages, and appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, TIME and the Harvard Business Review. Steven is also the cohost of Flow Research Collective Radio, a top ten iTunes science podcast. Along with his wife, author Joy Nicholson, he is the co-founder of the Rancho de Chihuahua, a hospice and special needs dog sanctuary.

You can connect with Steven via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, or LinkedIn.

Relevant Links

• Official Site: StevenKotler.com
• Flow Research Collective
• Book: The Art of Impossible

• Book: Where Did You Go? by Christina Rasmussen
• Book: Second Firsts by Christina Rasmussen
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