Behind the Brilliance
Behind the Brilliance is a long-form interview podcast for the intellectually curious and relentlessly ambitious. Host Lisa Nicole Bell curates conversations with bestselling authors, acclaimed creators, and industry leaders to weave together the frameworks behind their success and the personal stories that shaped them. Each conversation reveals practical wisdom on creativity, success, human behavior, and living purposefully.
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This recap episode distills the core ideas from this season of Behind the Brilliance with fresh perspective on building a meaningful life and career without burning out, numbing out, or deferring fulfillment to "someday."
Lisa recaps key conversations with hospice physician and author Jordan Grumet, wellness educator and actor Tina Lifford, tech ethicist Kate O'Neill...
In this expansive conversation, Lisa talks with executive coach and author Eric Nehrlich.
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Board-certified sleep specialist Dr. Michael Breus returns to Behind the Brilliance for a wide-ranging and deeply practical masterclass on the three biological essentials that keep most people from thriving: sleep, hydration, and breathing.
He reveals how to improve sleep, energy, and long-term health and goes beyond basic wellness advice to help us understand the f...
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Kate O'Neill is a strategist, futurist, and author who helps leaders navigate the intersection of technology and humanity. After building her career in Silicon Valley—including as one of Netflix's early employees—Kate has become one of the most thoughtful voices on how we can harness technological advancement to improve life and work without losing our humanity in th...
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Actress, author, and Inner Fitness Project founder Tina Lifford returns to Behind the Brilliance for a follow up years after her crowd-pleasing interview in episode 115. Fresh off the release of her new book The Inner Fitness Revolution, Tina brings decades of wisdom about building sustainable creative careers and developing the inner work that makes external success...
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Physician and author Jordan Grumet joins Lisa for a wide-ranging, deeply reflective conversation about what happens when the life you worked toward no longer defines who you are.
Jordan shares his personal journey through medicine, financial independence, and hospice care, including the unexpected panic that followed reaching financial freedom earlier than an...
In this special year-end episode of Behind the Brilliance, Lisa presents six evidence-based strategies for designing a year that feels good while you're living it. Moving beyond traditional goal-setting advice, this episode explores the psychological architecture behind sustainable achievement: why updating your self-concept matters more than willpower, how to engineer habits that survive bad days, and why strategic incompetence is...
Season 15 of Behind the Brilliance delivered a mix of leading voices in psychology, entrepreneurship, and life design. This special recap distills the most powerful insights into one place highlighting big ideas and useful tools on happiness, resilience, and building a life and business on your own terms.
Guests include Tal Be...
Chris Guillebeau, bestselling author and creator of The Art of Nonconformity, joins Lisa to explore what it really takes to build a self-directed life. He shares his unconventional pa...
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What happens when you build the company of your dreams, only to realize the dream came with tradeoffs you didn't see coming? In this candid conversation, Rand Fishkin — cofounder of Moz and SparkToro — shares the pivotal moments that shaped his career: turning a $39 side experiment into a multimillion-dollar SaaS, raising venture capital for the wrong reas...
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist, storyteller, and nature show host whose path to success defies every traditional metric of merit. In this candid conversation, Rae shares how she went from struggling in math and science classes to earning a PhD and becoming a leading voice in wildlife conservation.
We explore the pivotal role that belief, representation, and access played in shaping her journey from her first exposure to...
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Most of us are running on autopilot, checking boxes, chasing goals, and pushing toward some imagined finish line without stopping to ask if this is how we really want to spend our lives.
In this conversation, Jodi Wellman, author of You Only Die Once and founder of the 4,000 Monday...
Elaine Pofeldt, former Fortune Small Business editor, uncovered a hidden economy of one-person businesses quietly earning 7 figures and spent years interviewing the entrepreneurs behind them. In this conversation, she reveals the surprising industries dominating this space, why professional services often outperform tech, and the frameworks that actually work for ...
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Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Harvard-trained psychologist and author of multiple bestsellers including Happier, joins Lisa to explore the psychology and habits that lead to happiness in modern times. He uncovers the myths that keep successful people miserable and why our pursuit of the next achievement isn't the answer. He shares his personal journey from academic achievement to profound un...
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments: How ...
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Ahad Khan, CEO of Kajabi, shares how his Midwestern roots shaped his approach to building software for "regular people," his experiences navigating investment banking, startup acquisitions, and the creator economy. Ahad reveals his philosophy on people-first decisi...
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In this episode of Behind the Brilliance, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, clinical psychologist and author of
Lisa summarizes Season 14, Defying the Odds, with reflections on the strategies shared and helpful recaps.
240 – Dr. Andrew Newberg
241 – Cin Fabre
242 – Tyler Denk
243 – Jim Fielding
244 – Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter
245 – Simone Stolzoff
246 – Thomas Wedell-Wedellsb...
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Kevin Kelly is a modern creative pioneer. He was a polymath before it was cool. His career as a writer, founder, photographer, and editor extends across industries and continents. A world traveler and lifelong learner, Kevin's ideas such as 1000 True...
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