{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Inner Frontier with Jonny Miller","title":"Minimum Viable Woo, Trusting Curiosity & Navigating a Dark Night of the Soul with Tom Morgan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4178,"description":"In this episode, I'm speaking with Tom Morgan — who after 15 years on Wall Street and experiencing what he describes as a \"hellish midlife transition\" (which is putting it mildly) has emerged with profound insights about human development and — especially relevant for this podcast – the nature of curiosity itself.\nIn this conversation, we explored:\n\n🧠 How we might navigate the delicate balance between intellectual understanding and embodied wisdom, especially for high-achieving individuals seeking deeper meaning in their lives\n🏔️ An insight about what he calls \"intellectual recapture\" — which is the tendency, especially among highly educated or successful people, to turn spiritual or embodied practices into yet another achievement to conquer.\n⚡ Practical insights about designing personal experiments and the importance of what he calls \"minimum viable woo\" — finding ways to engage with transformative practices that don't require abandoning our critical thinking.\nOfficial Links\n👋  Follow Tom on Twitter/X @tomowenmorgan\n📝  Read Tom's Writing at The Leading Edge\n✏️  Apply to join the Leading Edge Community\nConnect + Explore More from Jonny\n\n🐦  Follow on Twitter/X @jonnym1ller\n🫁  Learn more about Nervous System Mastery\n🪷 Order our deck of Calm Cards (these make great gifts)\n📱  Check out Stateshift — our brand new iOS + Android app\n📝  Take the Nervous System Quotient (NSQ) Self-Assessment (totally free)\n💌 Sign up to The Inner Frontier Newsletter\n🫁 Episode Sponsor — Nervous System Mastery\nThis is my flagship 5-week bootcamp designed to equip you with evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm and emotional regulation. Our 8th cohort will run in Fall 2025 ~ and applications are currently open. My sense is that if this conversation resonates with you, then you'd likely be a great fit for our upcoming cohort. This curriculum represents my attempt to distill everything I've learned in recent years about creating the conditions for our nervous system's flourishing.  It's...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8LnCDGUuXqxSA-5IDWkKVmhsl8zrXxsTdIzWeAw6mQo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYmI1/MTYwYWExYWIzYjhj/YzMxMGU1OTVlNjdm/NjhiNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}