Akshay Nanavati is a former Marine who has survived PTSD, depression, alcoholism, and suicidal ideation to build a global business, run ultramarathons, and explore the world's most hostile environments. He is also the author of Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth, and Happiness. ✍️ Full show notes and worksheet for this episode: https://jordanharbinger.com/289 📖 Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Akshay Nanavati Buy on Amazon: https://geni.us/ZoyLb Note: All proceeds from Fearvana go to a charity that helps women who have been the victims of human trafficking, forced prostitution, and other horrible crimes. What We Discuss with Akshay Nanavati: 🏃‍♂️ What going on a seven-day retreat in total darkness and isolation taught Akshay about himself that transcended rationality and the reality of his senses. 🏃‍♂️ Why Akshay believes that the single greatest barrier standing in the way of our well-being is our negative relationship to suffering — such as the way we demonize fear, stress, and anxiety. 🏃‍♂️ What does Akshay mean when he recommends finding “the worthy struggle” that will make our suffering meaningful? 🏃‍♂️ Stillness accompanied by consciousness and intention versus doing nothing, and what we risk by being afraid to confront what lurks in the space of our deepest darkness. 🏃‍♂️ Why Akshay considers the prevailing idea in the self-help world of “I am enough” to be nonsense, why we are not enough, and — most important — why that’s not a bad thing. 🏃‍♂️ And much more… The path we take in search of purpose isn’t always direct or obvious. It may be long and meandering, short and dotted with countless obstacles, an entirely wrong turn that never quite connects, or a seemingly endless circle. But to Akshay Nanavati, author of Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness, the destination is really just an ever-changing beacon of progress — and the path is simply the evolution that guides us toward it. In this episode we talk to Akshay about his own path, the bumps he’s endured while feeling his way forward, why he embraces fear and pain as the signposts that show him he’s going in the right direction, what he considers his own “worthy struggle,” how he armors himself to suffer well, and what we can do to prosper on whatever path we’ve chosen for ourselves as long as we’re willing to keep moving. Listen, learn, and enjoy! Subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show here: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe/ Follow Jordan and The Jordan Harbinger Show _______________________________________________ Website: http://jordanharbinger.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/thejordanharbingershow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanharbinger/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jordanharbinger/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordanharbinger/ Subscribe: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe/