About this show
Passion Struck with John R. Miles is a health & fitness podcast from Passion Struck with John R. Miles. On Apple Podcasts it ranks #37 in United States (as of 2026-10-26).
You built the life you were supposed to want. So why doesn't it feel like enough? Passion Struck is the #1 Health and Fitness podcast — and it exists to answer exactly that question. I'm John R. Miles — Navy veteran, former Fortune 50 executive, bestselling author — and I built this show because I lived the "successful but empty" version of life myself, and I wanted to find a better way. Each week, I sit down with the world's top voices in neuroscience, psychology, medicine, and elite performance — including Angela Duckworth, Susan Cain, Robert Waldinger, Daniel Amen, and Ryan Holiday — to unpack what the research tells us about purpose, connection, and resilience, and how to apply it to your own life. Fridays, I share what I'm learning directly, in solo episodes built around the same ideas. New interviews every Tuesday and Thursday. Solo episodes every Friday.
Where it charts
Latest episode
2026-10-2324 min
3 Questions to Stop Letting Other People Define Your Worth | John R. Miles - EP 837
What happens when the next achievement matters more than the one you just reached? Even after The Mattering Effect landed on the USA Today bestseller list, John caught himself immediately checking where it might rank on the NYT bestseller list. That instinct…
Recent episodes
- 2026-10-2259 minWhy You Keep Doubting Yourself and How to Rebuild Your Confidence | Heather Monahan - EP 836What happens when you spend years proving yourself, only to find that the people around you make you question your worth? Heather Monahan knows first…
- 2026-10-2059 minWhy Your Workplace Turns Colleagues Into Competitors | Dr. Nir Halevy – EP 835Why do some teams bring out the best in people while others turn colleagues into competitors? The answer may lie in the way we structure power, statu…
- 2026-10-161h 6mWhy Success Can Leave You Feeling Like You Don't Matter | John R. Miles & Linda Hurtado – EP 834What happens when you achieve the life you thought you wanted, only to realize you no longer feel connected to it? For John R. Miles, that question b…
- 2026-10-151h 2mStop Being So Hard on Yourself. It’s Not Helping You | Dr. Kristin Neff - EP 833What if the voice you use to motivate yourself is the very voice keeping you stuck? You push harder after a mistake. You judge yourself for falling s…
- 2026-10-1354 minWhy You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns | Terri Cole – EP 832What if the behaviors that made you successful are the same ones keeping you from feeling fulfilled? You learned to be dependable. You became the ove…
- 2026-10-091h 14mHow Your Beliefs Shape Your Happiness, Success, and Future | Shawn Achor – EP 831What if the beliefs you hold about yourself, your future, and the world around you are shaping what happens next more than you realize? Shawn Achor…
- 2026-10-081h 0mYou Can Be Successful and Still Feel Like You Don't Matter | Mick Hunt & John R. Miles – EP 830What if you can be successful, needed, productive, and admired, and still feel like you don't matter? That's the paradox at the heart of John R. Mile…
- 2026-10-0623 minDo You Matter? The Question Behind Burnout, Loneliness, and Disconnection | John R. Miles - EP 829What if the biggest problem in your life isn't what's wrong with you—but what's happening to you? Burnout. Loneliness. Disconnection. Exhaustion. The…
- 2026-10-0217 minYou’re Not Failing to Adapt. You’re Being Erased. | John R. Miles - EP 828What if the way you’ve been taught to adapt is actually making you lose yourself? For weeks, The Adaptive Human has explored what it takes to navigat…
- 2026-10-011h 11mYou’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827What if you're working harder and harder—but you're still moving in the wrong direction? Alec Litowitz learned this lesson during a mountain bike rac…
- 2026-09-291h 17mYour Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826What if the things we think are helping our children succeed are actually making it harder for them to become independent? Dr. Peter Gray has spent d…