High Performance Coach - Personal Development Strategist - Developmental Theorist - Bestselling Author

IN THE MEDIA

As Featured On Leading Podcasts & Platforms

Max Stephens has been a featured guest on dozens of podcasts and platforms exploring what lies beyond conventional success, having better conversations and integral introspection.

From high performance and personal transformation to deep developmental insights, these conversations go beyond the surface.

IN THE MEDIA

As Featured On Leading Podcasts & Platforms

Featured Clips

High-impact moments. 3-minute excerpts with powerful ideas.

"Addiction"

Host: Jason Rigby – The Recovered Addict Podcast

Max shares his personal backstory in wrestling with his father's drug addiction, and how he has alchemised that pain into the service of others.

"Success Without Purpose"

Host: Shemaiah Reed – I Am Refocused Radio

Max shares where most high performers are caught in attempting to have their business serve as a means of healing an emotional pain point, and lays out a path toward deeper meaning.

"Intrinsic and Extrinsic"

Host: The Club of United Business – A Digital Conversation

Max breaks down the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and how it affects the output and productivity to over 45 CEOs.

"My Role"

Host: Shaun Wallis – The Good Blokes Society

Max shares what he believes his role encompasses and the common trap of success chasing that many of his clients come to him caught in.

"Effective Conversations"

Host: Ged Roberts – Metronomics

Max breaks down the three components that comprise an effective coaching conversation.

"Better Marriages"

Host: Clara Lopez – Transformational Relationships

Max lays out the common conversational breakdowns within interpersonal relationships and marriages, and lays out a pathway forward for over 20 different couples attending the event.

"A Crisis of Meaning"

Host: Aaron Machbitz – Something for Everybody

Max speaks to the struggle many high performers face in crafting meaningful lives due to the memetic desires inherited by contemporary secular culture.

"You Are Not Built For Comfort"

Host: Amy Edwards – The Amy Edwards Show

Max challenges the contemporary cultural narrative that the highest pursuit of one's potential is materialistic comfort and hedonistic gratification, and lays out a more effective orientation in one's life.

"The Origins"

Host: Drew Griesel – The Primal Wellness Podcast

Max speaks to the origin of the high performer's journey being one of pain and insignificance, and what becomes the possibility of change. 

"The Journey of Significance"

Host: Jason Balara – The Know Your Why Podcast

Max challenges the contemporary cultural narrative that the highest pursuit of one's potential is materialistic comfort and hedonistic gratification, and lays out a more effective orientation in one's life.

"What You're Really Built For"

Host: Jason Rigby – The Self-Aware Leader

Max speaks of his experiences working with high performers in their justifications for their pursuit of success at the cost of time with their families.

"Worldview = Results"

Host: Kat Torre – Not Nice. Clever.

Max lays out the connection between the worldview that we hold and the results we get in our lives, businesses and relationships.

"The Chokehold of Your Business is Your Personal Psychology"

Host: Kat Torre – Not Nice. Clever.

Max lays out the connection between the worldview that we hold and the results we get in our lives, businesses and relationships.

"Our Problems Are Not Unique"

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"As Long As You Being"

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"Service To Others"

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"The Circle Of Empathy"

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If your audience is navigating high performance, personal development, or deeper thinking, book a conversation with Max to discuss a possible collaboration.

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