John R. Miles - Founder and CEO of Passion Struck ™

John Miles

John R. Miles's goal is to make passion go viral. He is a former combat veteran and multi-industry CEO turned entrepreneur and human performance expert. He founded Passion Struck to help the broken, beaten, and bored of the world regain their passion and unlock their hidden potential. Contact me at www.johnrmiles.com

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Overcoming the Connection Crisis: How to Stop Vanishing in Plain Sight

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Have you ever experienced a strange, persistent sense of existential vertigo? It is that sinking feeling that despite doing everything right—working long hours, managing chaotic schedules, and keeping every plate spinning—you are somehow vanishing from your own life. You sit at the dinner table surrounded by family, or stand in a crowded corporate office, yet […]

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The Surprising Reason You’re Exhausted All the Time | Dr. John La Puma

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Why you’re always tired may have less to do with your workload, your diet, or your willpower than you think. Many people wake up exhausted despite sleeping seven hours, exercising regularly, drinking coffee, and doing everything modern wellness culture tells them to do. By mid-afternoon, they are fighting brain fog, struggling to focus, and wondering

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Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Lose Their Humanity

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What causes organizations built on purpose, trust, and service to gradually drift away from the very values that made them successful? In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Lean Startup creator Eric Ries to explore why good companies lose their humanity. Drawing from his groundbreaking new

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Turning Adversity Into Contribution: How to Turn Your Pain Into Purpose

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What can a fictional prisoner from one of the most beloved films ever made teach us about living a meaningful life? In this episode of Passion Struck, I explore the story of Andy Dufresne from The Shawshank Redemption and the powerful lesson hidden within his quiet persistence. While most people remember Andy for his daring

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The Powerful Truth About Small Changes and BIG Results | Eric Zimmer

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We live in a cultural moment defined by optimization exhaustion. From social media feeds to the self-help bestseller lists, we are inundated with a relentless directive: transform your life, and do it by tomorrow morning. We are told to cold plunge, time box, meditate for an hour, keep a gratitude journal, and write morning pages

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The Alchemical Fire: Redefining Growth Through Personal Transmutation

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There comes a moment in every human life when the old version of ourselves no longer fits the reality we are standing inside. The habits, ambitions, identities, and emotional armor that once created safety begin to feel strangely heavy, leaving us caught between who we were and who we are becoming. Most people interpret this

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Blake Mycoskie: How the Founder of TOMS Shoes Stopped Chasing External Validation and Learned He Was Enough

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What does it actually take to learn how to stop chasing external validation in a culture built on performance, achievement, and comparison? In this deeply vulnerable conversation, Blake Mycoskie joins Passion Struck to share the emotional reality behind one of the most celebrated entrepreneurial success stories of the modern era. As the founder of TOMS,

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Amy Purdy on How to Overcome Adversity and Bounce Forward

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How do you overcome adversity when your entire life changes overnight? In this episode of Passion Struck, Amy Purdy shares her extraordinary story of resilience, emotional resilience, and transformation after surviving a life-threatening illness that resulted in the loss of both legs below the knee. Amy Purdy explains how to overcome adversity through intentional action,

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The Armor That Once Protected You Can Become Your Prison

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What if the very personality traits that helped you survive are now quietly preventing you from feeling connected, peaceful, and fully alive? In this powerful solo episode of The Passion Struck Podcast, John R. Miles explores the hidden architecture of the survival identity and how emotional armor forms in response to pain, rejection, chaos, abandonment,

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When Work Hijacks Your Life with Dr. Guy Winch

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Dr. Guy Winch reveals how burnout recovery begins by reclaiming your identity, emotional health, and life beyond chronic work stress. Modern work culture has quietly changed the way many people experience life itself. What begins as ambition, passion, or commitment can slowly evolve into emotional exhaustion, chronic activation, and a deep sense of disconnection from

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Healing What Adversity Leaves Behind with Dr. Paul Conti

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In this episode, psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Paul Conti examines the lasting impact that adversity and unresolved emotional pain can have on identity, self-worth, and mental health over time. He shares practical insights on how to rebuild mental health, heal emotional wounds, emotional recovery, self-awareness, shame, cynicism, and the psychological patterns that often leave

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