Growth Minds with Sean Kim

Sara Jane Ho is a Harvard Business School graduate, Netflix star, and the founder of Institute Sarita — China's first high-end finishing school — who spent 12 years teaching social intelligence to some of the most powerful people in Asia before pivoting to LA to launch a TCM-based wellness brand and host the viral podcast Hot Water. She is the author of the bestselling etiquette book Mind Your Manners and has been named Forbes' Women to Watch in Asia and one of BBC's 100 Women.In this episode, we discuss:0:00 Introduction2:36 Why Neglecting Social Fluency Is Literally Shortening Your Lifespan3:50 What Social Fluency Actually Means — and Why It Has Nothing to Do With Being Polite5:23 How to Develop Heightened Self-Awareness If Nobody Ever Taught You How10:32 How Sara Jane Ho Went From Harvard to Beijing With Broken Mandarin and Built China's First Finishing School15:29 What High-Status People Do Differently Once They're Inside the Room19:42 Reading the Air: How to Scan a Room's Energy in the First 30 Seconds23:30) How to Use Your Central Nervous System to Read People More Accurately Than Your Brain28:20 Carl Jung Said You Only Really Start Living at 40 — Here's What That Means30:34 Miss Manners With a Touch of Machiavelli: How to Say Anything With a Smile and Get Away With It41:36 The Chinese Phone Call Rule That Changes How People Perceive Your Respect44:15 Why Xi Jinping Always Lowers His Glass When He Toasts — The Hidden Language of Chinese Power50:58 The Saving Face Dynamic That Makes American Businessmen Leave China Thinking They Got the Deal53:33 The Highest ROI Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Social Fluency57:24 Tiger Mothers, Conditional Love, and Why Not Loving Yourself Attracts the Wrong Partners1:10:30 Why Hot Water Is the Foundation of TCM Longevity — and What It Actually Does to Your BodyLearn more about Sara Jane Ho here:Website: https://www.sarajaneho.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarajaneho/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BySaraJaneHoWatch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/thk4T9ukUos📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Blaine Anderson is a professional matchmaker and dating coach who built a thriving business helping over 7,000 men transform their dating lives — starting from scratch after losing her job during the pandemic with no formal psychology degree, no industry connections, and no outside capital. She appeared on Shark Tank Season 15, received an investment offer from Mark Cuban, and walked away from it on her own terms — making her one of the rare founders who has outgrown a deal most people would never turn down.In our conversation we discuss:
0:00 Trailer
1:36 Introduction3:11 Why High-Performing Men Struggle to Date3:47 How Attraction Evolved Differently for Men and Women6:44 How Social Media Is Distorting Women's Standards9:50 The #1 Mistake Men Make That Kills Attraction Over Time13:16 Lust vs. Attachment: Why Successful Men Lead With the Wrong System15:29 How to Create Chemistry on a First Date21:02 How to Give Compliments That Actually Work23:50 Why Flexing Your Status Is Repelling Women26:44 The Friend Zone: How to Escape It or Know When to Walk Away30:40 High-ROI Things Men Can Do to Become More Attractive35:51 Why In-Person Approaches Are the Biggest Competitive Advantage Left42:56 Chasing vs. Attracting: Where Men Go Wrong51:43 Why Dating Apps Are Built for Short-Term, Not Long-Term Compatibility58:33 How Social Media Created the Height Obsession and AI Girlfriend Crisis

Learn more about Blaine here:
Website: https://datingbyblaine.com/about
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@datingbyblaine?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datingbyblaine/Watch to this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-1J08lNUnh4📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Kyle Cease is a transformational comedian and New York Times bestselling author who walked away from a thriving stand-up career — including two #1 Comedy Central specials and over 100 film and TV appearances — to help people break through fear, heal their inner wounds, and live in alignment with their truest selves. His books I Hope I Screw This Up and The Illusion of Money have reached millions, and today he leads sold-out live events, weekly interactive sessions, and a global online community through his Infinite Expansion platform. Kyle's work blends humor, deep presence, and spiritual authenticity to guide people back to their own hearts — living proof, alongside his wife Amber and daughter Vivi, that when you follow your heart completely, you remember you already are everything you were seeking.

In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro
(01:43) Kyle's Transformation Since Last Appearance
(03:51) How His Father Shaped His Overdeveloped Feminine Side
(04:32) Discovering the Untapped Wolf Within — The Core Masculine
(06:12) Wound-Matching in Relationships — Why Broken People Attract Broken People
(06:59) Stop Asking "What Do I Do?" — Ask "What Am I?"
(09:14) Why Your Solution to the Wound Is Still the Wound
(12:28) 16,000 One-on-Ones: The Core Wound Beneath Every "Have To"
(13:19) "You're Allowed to Be a Failure" — The Permission That Changes Everything
(16:11) The Woman Who Hadn't Spoken to Her Mom in 8 Years
(22:19) How Neediness Attracts the Wrong Partners
(23:24) The Permission Slip That Made Him Complete Alone
(23:53) Dying Alone in the Woods & Dreaming of an Angel with Freckles
(25:20) The Moment He Knew — "That's the Answer to My Life"
(47:26) The Road Rage Sketch That Got 3.5 Million Views Without Trying
(52:46) The Four Stages of Consciousness That Explain Every Human Pattern

Learn more about Kyle here:Website: https://www.kylecease.com/"I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World": https://a.co/d/09cgNzSV"Evolving Out Loud" Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Wac7GzDVFMMdPiCofRiIj

Listen to this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/yqc0L-rGrZg📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Dr. Steven Storage is a triple board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Amen Clinics, trained at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Stanford, with access to nearly 300,000 brain scans — one of the largest neuroimaging databases in the world. He specializes in using SPECT brain imaging to uncover the root causes of conditions like ADHD, anxiety, and depression rather than relying on symptom-based diagnosis alone.In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro
(1:38) Why We Ignore Brain Health
(2:35) The Truth About Alcohol & Your Brain
(4:26) The Broken Mental Health Diagnosis System
(5:29) Misdiagnosed for Decades (Real Case)
(7:22) ADHD Misdiagnosis Is Rising Fast
(8:21) The 7 Types of ADHD (No One Talks About)
(10:36) Why ADHD Is Increasing
(11:59) Social Media Is Rewiring Your Brain
(13:27) Dopamine Addiction Explained
(15:23) Why You Feel Worse Without It
(16:44) Can You Reset Your Brain?
(21:38) What ADHD Looks Like on Brain Scans
(26:23) ADHD as a Superpower (Most Get This Wrong)
(46:03) The 3 Biggest Brain Health Mistakes
(1:08:45) You’re Not Stuck With Your Brain
Learn more about Dr. Steven Storage here:Amen Clinics: https://www.amenclinics.com/team/steven-storage-md/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevenstorage/Listen to this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xmh1E90dtPE📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Dr. Jon Kanevsky is a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Aura Aesthetica, known for his work in minimally invasive body contouring, fat transfer, breast explant surgery, and natural-looking aesthetic results. In this episode, he breaks down the science of beauty, attraction, facial symmetry, social media’s impact on body image, looksmaxing, Botox, breast implants, fat grafting, red light therapy, collagen, and the psychology behind plastic surgery. He also shares why true attractiveness goes beyond physical appearance — including confidence, health, mindset, relationships, and what he calls “aura.”In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro
(1:20) What Really Makes Someone Attractive?
(2:06) The Golden Ratio of Beauty
(3:23) Why Perfect Symmetry Looks Strange
(5:02) The Face Ratios That Shape Beauty
(6:50) How Beauty Standards Changed Over Time
(9:30) The Evolutionary Biology of Attraction
(15:16) Why Scent Changes Who We’re Attracted To
(17:41) The Science of “Aura”
(19:31) Why Imperfections Can Make You More Beautiful
(22:30) How Social Media Warps Beauty Standards
(31:57) Surgery, Confidence & Inner Work
(35:24) The Truth About Looksmaxing
(44:41) The Hidden Downsides of Plastic Surgery
(47:08) Why He Stopped Doing Breast Implants
(57:27) The Highest-ROI Ways to Look BetterLearn more about Dr. Jon Kanevsky here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjon.k/Aura Aesthetica: https://www.auraaesthetica.com/meet-dr-jonathan-kanevsky/Listen to this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/AehwA-uFZJo📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast