Transcendence Extended Interviews By Gaia
In this series, we will be joined by a selection of experts from the original Food Matters TV docu-series, TRANSCENDENCE: Live Life Beyond the Ordinary by James Colquhoun & Laurentine ten Bosch. Throughout this series you will get to deep dive into the stories and interviews of the world’s most recognized doctors, scientists, high-performance athletes and thought leaders who are living a life of purpose through the power of food, mindset, education and self-discovery.
Each full-length interview includes unseen, extended interview footage with experts as they share their knowledge on how they have transcended the limitations in their own lives through practical and approachable tools, to now be able to shine light on our lives to help us step into our calling, follow our passions, and live the life of our dreams.
Featuring: Daniel Vitalis, Daniel Rushkoff, Kristina Karlsson, Vishen Lakhiani, Sadhvi Bhagawatiji, Ira Israel, Philip McKernan, Artie Wu, Shelly Lefkoe, Arielle Ford, Ken Robinson, Michael Beckwith, Kim Morrison, Dawson Church, Bradley Nelson, Nick Ortner, Jennifer Partridge, Dave Asprey, Nick Polizzi, Mike Sherbakov, Turia Pitt
Transcendence Extended Interviews – Season 1 Episodes
S1 E1 – How Your Thoughts & Emotions Can Shape Your Life with Joe Dispenza
1 hr 6 mins
Featuring: Dr Joe Dispenza
In this interview, you will hear from author, lecturer and educator Dr Joe Dispenza about how he went from the prime of his life, to in a single moment questioning whether he will ever be able to walk again.
S1 E2 – How I Overcame my Limiting Beliefs & Started My Own Business with Marie Forleo
1 hr 3 mins
Featuring: Marie Forleo
Join life coach, motivational speaker, author, founder of B-school, and web television host of Marie TV, Marie Forleo, as she unfolds her own experience of discovering and living out purpose.
S1 E3 – How I Turned My Defeat Into a Success Story with Lewis Howes
41 mins
Featuring: Lewis Howes
Join New York Times best selling author, life coach, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker, Lewis Howes for an interview about living out dreams, finding purpose, and creating true happiness in life.
S1 E4 – How Yoga, Meditation & Going Vegan Transformed my Life with Koya Webb
45 mins
Featuring: Koya Webb
Join internationally recognized yoga teacher, personal trainer, holistic health and wellness coach, author, and motivational speaker, Koya Webb, as she delves deep into the art of self-love.
S1 E5 – How Chris Beat Cancer Holistically with Chris Wark
1 hr 41 mins
Featuring: Chris Wark
For this interview, join Chris Wark, author, speaker, and health coach, as he shares his secrets for beating cancer, naturally.
S1 E6 – 50 Marathons, 50 States, 50 Days: Making the Impossible Possible with Dean Karnazes
18 mins
Featuring: Dean Karnazes
In this interview, American ultramarathon runner, New York Times bestselling author, and one of TIME magazine’s top 100 most influential people in the world, Dean Karnazes, tells his story of leaving his job, pursuing his dreams, and living passionately.
S1 E7 – Going Plant-Based & Tapping Into Your Hidden Potential with Rich Roll
39 mins
Featuring: Rich Roll
Join James Colquhoun in this exclusive interview with author, ultra-endurance athlete and wellness advocate, Rich Roll as they take things back to the beginning and unpack Rich’s journey to wellness.
S1 E8 – Healing Trauma & Turning Fear into Faith with Gabrielle Bernstein
52 mins
Featuring: James Colquhoun, Gabrielle Bernstein
Join James Colquhoun in this exclusive extended interview with author, motivational speaker and life coach, Gabrielle Bernstein as they discuss the process of healing trauma through spiritual connection and how you can turn your deep-seed fear into faith.
S1 E9 – The Power of Visualization for Weight Loss and Body Transformation with Jon Gabriel
30 mins
Featuring: Jon Gabriel
Join Jon Gabriel in this exclusive extended interview, as he shares his knowledge on visualization and how he has personally harnessed the power of the practice to transform his body and lose excess weight which previously held him back.
S1 E10 – How to Prevent & Reverse Autoimmune Disease with Josh Axe
24 mins
Featuring: Josh Axe
Join certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical nutritionist, Dr. Josh Axe, as he goes into the complexities of the gut lining and factors that lead to autoimmune disease.
S1 E11 – Using Breathwork to Make You Stronger & Calmer with Wim Hof
55 mins
Featuring: Wim Hof
Join Wim Hof, or more commonly known as the “Ice Man” in this exclusive extended interview as he shares his knowledge and journey on how breathwork and cold therapy has made him mentally and physically strong.
S1 E12 – Hormones, Stress, Weight Loss & the Art of Managing It All with Libby Weaver
46 min
Featuring: Libby Weaver
Join one of Australasia’s leading nutritional biochemists, author, and speaker Dr. Libby Weaver, as she shares her knowledge of stress and the detrimental effects it can have on the body.
S1 E13 – What I Learnt Holding My Breath for 22 Minutes with Stig Severinsen
1 hr 20 mins
Featuring: Stig Severinsen
Join Guinness World Record holder and 4x world free diving champion Stig Severinsen, as he dives deep into the unlimited power of the breath.
S1 E14 – How to Set Yourself Free From Pain & Misery with Sean Stephenson
56 mins
Featuring: Sean Stephenson
Join Sean Stephenson, therapist, self-help best-selling author, and motivational speaker, as he takes us on his journey of setting himself free from pain and misery through the power of choice.
S1 E15 – What Is a Healthy Diet with Mark Hyman
30 mins
Featuring: Mark Hyman
It’s time to take back our health, starting with our food. In this interview, you will learn from the best. Dr. Mark Hyman believes that we all deserve a life of vitality and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves.
S1 E16 – How to Find Your Gift & Live a Meaningful Life with Philip Mckernan
40 mins
Featuring: Philip McKernan
Join inspirational speaker, author, and filmmaker, Philip McKernan, through his journey of finding his gift and his purpose in life.
S1 E17 – How Gluten Affects Your Mood, Skin & Gut with Tom O’Bryan
52 mins
Featuring: Tom O’Bryan
Join world-renowned expert in the field of gluten-related disorders, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, & celiac disease, Dr. Tom O’Bryan as he dives deep into gluten and the numerous effects it has on the body.
S1 E18 – How to Live a Longer, Happier & More Purposeful Life with John Robbins
53 mins
Featuring: John Robbins
Join James Colquhoun in this exclusive interview as he chats with John Robbins on how he turned away from his destined path of running his family’s multi-million dollar business and how he maintained his integrity to live a longer, happier and a more purposeful life.
S1 E19 – The Power of Belief to Transform Your Life & Health with Bruce Lipton
57 mins
Featuring: Bruce Lipton
In this interview, you’ll be hearing from Stem Cell Biologist and Author, Dr Bruce Lipton as he discusses the evolution of how we perceive genetics, the importance of early childhood thinking and how to condition the subconscious mind.
S1 E20 – How to Break Free From the Culturescape & Live an Epic Life with Vishen Lakhiani
28 mins
Featuring: Vishen Lakhiani
In this interview, we’ll be hearing from Vishen Lakhiani, entrepreneur, education activist, and author of the international bestseller, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind.
S1 E21 – How to Overcome Fear and Self-Sabotage with Ocean Ramsey
25 mins
Featuring: Ocean Ramsey
In this interview, Ocean will share a little bit about herself, her work, why she’s an advocate for shark conservation, and how she works through the challenges she faces along the way.
S1 E22 – Living a Life That Matters with Intention & Purpose with Brendon Burchard
1 hr 5 mins
Featuring: Brendon Burchard
Join Brendon Burchard, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and internationally renowned high-performance coach.
S1 E23 – Feeding You Lies: Secrets of the Food Industry with Vani Hari
35 mins
Featuring: Vani Hari
In this interview, you will hear why Vani began to consider the food she ate and their contribution to her health.
S1 E24 – From Broken Brain to World Leader in Learning with Jim Kwik
1 hr 15 mins
Featuring: Jim Kwik
In this interview, you’ll hear from world leader in accelerated learning, Jim Kwik, all about his journey, his struggles, and how he broke down the barriers within himself that were holding him back from who he wanted to be.
S1 E25 – Is Modern Wheat Making You Sick? With William Davis
54 mins
Featuring: William Davis
In this interview, you’ll hear from cardiologist and bestselling author William Davis, about his investigation into the link between the modern wheat we consume today and chronic illnesses, specifically diseases of the heart.
S1 E26 – Becoming World No. 1 with Novak Djokovic
59 mins
Featuring: Novak Djokovic
From childhood in war-torn Serbia to 5 Wimbledon championships, Novak Djokovic transformed his life by changing his diet.
Transcendence Extended Interviews – Season 2 Episodes
S2 E1 – How to Rewild Yourself with Daniel Vitalis
60 mins
Featuring: Daniel Vitalis
When we hear the word domestication, we immediately think of livestock or our furry companions. But how would you respond if it was said that humans are as equally domesticated?
S2 E2 – How to Reclaim Your Human Spirit with Douglas Rushkoff
60 mins
Featuring: Daniel Rushkoff
It’s commonly said that the digital revolution has left us more connected than ever before and as equally disconnected.
S2 E3 – Dreaming Big & Making Your Goals a Reality with Kristina Karlsson
36 mins
Featuring: Kristina Karlsson
What would you do if you couldn’t fail? It’s the question that drives Kristina Karlsson, the dreamer behind Swedish-design stationery company Kikki K, that went from an idea at 3 a.m. to her opening 100 stores across the globe.
S2 E4 – How to Redefine Your Life & Success with Vishen Lakhiani
25 mins
Featuring: Vishen Lakhiani
Vishen Lakhiani is on a mission to create a conscious world, and here Vishen explores the failures of our current education system and how parenting is a lesson in self.
S2 E5 – Discovering Inner Peace Through Connection with Sadhvi Bhagawatiji
1 hr 21 mins
Featuring: Sadhvi Bhagawatiji
When Sadhvi Bhagawatiji walked away from her Ph.D. in psychology, she wasn’t searching for anything. Destiny found her. She has spent the last 23 years living in India, exploring service, self, and spirituality.
S2 E6 – How to Use Forgiveness & Compassion to Heal with Ira Israel
1 hr 32 mins
Featuring: Ira Israel
What are the stories that you tell yourself? The ones that you are convinced could be true and shape the way you live your life? Language creates reality, and you have a choice to live in the past or cultivate a brighter future.
S2 E7 – Aligning with Your Truth with Philip McKernan
56 mins
Featuring: Philip McKernan
Most of us are on a quest to achieve a deeper sense of peace, happiness, and connection, but instead of looking internally, we’re seeking validation from external inputs, which has led us to an “epidemic” of dissatisfaction and isolation.
S2 E8 – Finding Your Path to Healing & Bliss with Artie Wu
2 hrs 17 mins
Featuring: Artie Wu
What if you were told that your wound is the source of your greatest gift? That your wound basically throws a penny into the deep end of a pool, pushing you to dive down into the depths to retrieve it.
S2 E9 – Change Your Beliefs, Change Your Life with Shelly Lefkoe
1 hr 1 min
Featuring: Shelly Lefkoe
If we understood that every moment and interaction was setting our child up with beliefs in this world, what would we do differently? And how would we remove meaning from the moment?
S2 E10 – Finding, Keeping & Being Love with Arielle Ford
42 mins
Featuring: Arielle Ford
Arielle Ford never imagined herself becoming an expert on love, but after waking up in her 40s and manifesting the soulmate of her dreams, she was inspired to help others do the same.
S2 E11 – How to Educate Yourself for the Future with Sir Ken Robinson
1 hr 22 mins
Featuring: Ken Robinson
How has your education shaped who you are? Was the system attentive to your needs, or was your individuality cast to the side and ignored?
S2 E12 – How to Use Meditation & Life Visioning for Awakening with Michael Beckwith
52 mins
Featuring: Michael Beckwith
We are living in a high-tech, low-touch society that’s driven by attainment and consumerism. We have reached a point of spiritual bankruptcy, that has left us intentionless in our actions, deficit of attention, and ultimately unhappy.
S2 E13 – The Art of Self Love for Inner Happiness with Kim Morrison
53 mins
Featuring: Kim Morrison
Kim Morrison is, among many things, an athlete, aromatherapist, author, and a mother. Her journey to self-love and acceptance hasn’t been without challenge, but that’s the gift that makes her unique.
S2 E14 – How to Heal Emotional Trauma Using EFT with Dawson Church
58 mins
Featuring: Dawson Church
Explore how trauma shapes the mind and body — and discover transformative tools for deep emotional and spiritual healing.
S2 E15 – Free Yourself from Pain and Trapped Emotions with Bradley Nelson
1 hr 16 mins
Featuring: Bradley Nelson
Bradley Nelson is one of the world’s foremost experts in the emerging fields of Bioenergetic Medicine and Energy Psychology. Explore how you can re-discover this experience and begin to re-write your story anew.
S2 E16 – The Miraculous Power of Tapping with Nick Ortner
1 hr 18 mins
Featuring: Nick Ortner
What if you could immediately alleviate pain, stress and other health ailments, using a simple, proven technique accessible to you at any time? Learn how you can begin to heal through tapping.
S2 E17 – A Journey to Self-Acceptance & Healing with Jennifer Partridge
58 mins
Featuring: Jennifer Partridge
Tapping expert Jennifer Partridge how she used tapping to release and address the trauma from past experiences that held her back from finding peace in life.
S2 E18 – Mother Nature’s Smart Drugs & How to Use Them with Dave Asprey
54 mins
Featuring: Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey is a computer “hacker” turned biohacker, a realm he came to discover while on his own journey to weight loss and healing. Prepare to challenge your mind about plant medicine and discover a new way of being.
S2 E19 – Using Herbs, Mushrooms, & Adaptogens to Thrive with Nick Polizzi
1 hr 39 mins
Featuring: Nick Polizzi
Nick Polizzi, author and producer of The Sacred Science, shares a classic tale of a conventional American upbringing on a Standard American Diet (SAD) that propelled him towards a lengthy battle with chronic migraines.
S2 E20 – Finding Your Path to Greatness with Mike Sherbakov
56 mins
Featuring: Mike Sherbakov
Our quality of life depends on the quality of the questions we ask ourselves. Mike Sherbakov, a former marine, turned conscious entrepreneur, reveals the questions he asked himself to break free from the glass ceiling of limitations that we impose on ourselves.
S2 E21 – How to Bounce Back When Life Knocks You Down with Sonia Ricotti
1 hr 8 mins
What does it take to help you bounce back? Does it get harder each time, or does the resilience make you stronger? Sonia Ricotti has experienced the worst of it.
S2 E22 – Overcoming Adversity Through Mindset with Turia Pitt
1 hr 8 mins
Featuring: Turia Pitt
Turia Pitt is a superhero who has overcome challenges far tougher than any of us could imagine. At age 24, while competing in an ultramarathon in the Australian outback, she was caught in a wildfire and faced burns on 65% of her body.
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