The InnerView with Mitra & Ben
The InnerView is a masterclass in applied spirituality between an entrepreneur who’s reached peak success and a wise teacher who’s learned to hold it all lightly.
Here, real-time transformation happens through radically honest dialogue as spiritual concepts and personal development approaches meet real-life challenges with practical applications.
Join us as we explore the messy but beautiful territory between external success and inner peace.
Hosts: Mitra Manesh & Benjamin Dadbin
Episodes
54 episodes
54. New Perspectives on Healing Your Wounded Inner Child
Do you sometimes lose it over small things yet handle much bigger challenges with ease?In this episode, Benjamin and Mitra explore how unhealed childhood wounds show up in your adult life—from perfectionism to relationship insecur...
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26:17
53. Transcending Your Most Stubborn Habits & Insecurities: A New Way to “Break” Free
Are there certain habits you have spent years trying to break but have made little to no progress? You know that pattern - in relationships, work, or social situations - that keeps repeating despite your efforts to fix it. In...
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33:44
52. Manifestation: The Hidden Conflicts Blocking You From Realizing Your Goals
Are there certain desires you have that seem to constantly evade you? In this episode, Ben and Mitra explore why manifestation works beautifully in some life areas while failing miserably in others. Through vulnerable sharing...
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33:48
51. The Gift of Feeling Lost and Unfulfilled: How to Navigate Your Dark Night of the Soul
What if your darkest moments in life are a doorway to your deepest transformation?In this episode, Ben and Mitra explore what happens when our usual ways of finding peace stop working and everything feels uncertain. They share per...
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40:47
50. When Love Becomes Self-Abandonment: How to Overcome Codependence
Are you tired of trying to manage other’s emotions while losing touch with your own needs?In this conversation, trauma recovery expert Mary Richardson joins Ben and Mitra to explore the hidden patterns of codependence that keep us...
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55:27
49. Death as Teacher: Facing Your Ultimate Fear
Does the thought of death trigger you ? What if that fear is secretly running your life and preventing you from finding the joy and inner peace you desire?In this episode, Ben reveals how his fear of dying was tangled ...
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36:04
48. Shadow Work: Understanding the Patterns You Can't Seem to Break
Are you tired of reacting the same way to certain people or situations, even when you know it's not helping?In this conversation, Ben and Mitra explore shadow work: turning toward the parts of ourselves we'd rather avoid. Ben shar...
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53:15
47. Creativity as Prayer: When Making Art Becomes Spiritual Practice
Are you looking for a way to release emotional “stuckness” without more thinking and analyzing? Ben and Mitra explore how art becomes a healing practice that helps you process emotions and get to clarity about almost any issu...
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37:03
46. The Art of Conscious Conflict: Fighting as a Spiritual Practice
What if the conflicts you're avoiding could become your greatest teachers?Ben and Mitra explore the difference between fighting to win versus fighting to grow. Through personal stories, they reveal how shifting from fear to curios...
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39:44
45. When Spiritual Bypassing Meets Real Life: How to Stay Grounded
Do you consistently use spiritual practices or mindsets to elevate your state? In this conversation, Ben and Mitra explore the subtle ways we can use spirituality as an escape route from our inner work rather than a path towa...
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30:50
44. Befriending Your Inner Critic: From Enemy to Ally
What if your inner critic is actually trying to protect you—and you can learn to work with it instead of against it? We all have that inner voice that tells us we're not good enough, smart enough, or capable enough. In this e...
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35:19
43. Tapping Into Your Body’s Wisdom: How to Listen When It Speaks
What if your body has been trying to give you answers all along, but you just haven't learned how to listen?In this intimate conversation, Ben and Mitra explore how your body holds wisdom that can guide your healing, help you make...
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42:46
42. Your Inner Masculine vs. Feminine: How to Find the Balance
Are you tired of trying to force your way through life, or frustrated by feeling unable to take action?In this honest conversation, Ben and Mitra dive into the masculine and feminine principles that shape how we move through life....
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52:42
41. Healing The Hidden Shame Behind Your Anxiety and Perfectionism
Do you secretly feel like you're somehow flawed and will never be good enough ? In this episode, Ben gets vulnerable about his years-long battle with what felt like endless anxiety and self-criticism before realizing it was a...
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35:00
40. The Power Conscious Endings (Season Finale)
In this episode, Ben and Mitra announce they're closing Season One to create space for a fresh start, which leads them into a conversation about why conscious endings matter so much in our lives. They explore how incomplete closures—whether fro...
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26:03
When Opportunities Knock and You Don't Answer
What if the very thing you've been praying for has already knocked on your door three times, but you missed it each time?You know that frustrating feeling when you're stuck wanting something to change in your life - whether it's f...
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14:43
38. Exploring the Hidden Lessons of Death
Are you faced with the anticipation of death of someone or something in your life?In this episode, we sit with the mystery of death—not just the death of a person, but all the endings and transitions that life asks of us. Mitra an...
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32:11
37. How to Stay Neutral and Grounded When the World Feels Divided
How do you keep calm and stay neutral when everyone around you is taking sides?In this thoughtful episode, Mitra and Ben dive into what it really means to stay neutral when emotions run high and opinions clash. They share personal...
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26:47
36. Making Peace with Your Negative Thoughts and Inner Critic
Do you have a tendency to be hard on yourself for your “negative” thoughts? In this episode, Ben and Mitra explore the difference between the small self that judges and the deeper self that sees with compassion. They unpack h...
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24:24
35. How to Transcend Your Mind Chatter and Access Your Wiser Self
Is your mind chatter driving you crazy ? If your inner world sometimes feels like a battleground of second-guessing, self-judgment, or overthinking, you’re not alone. In this episode, we explore how to notice the chatter with...
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27:57
34. Are You Still Triggered by the Same Person Despite All of the Inner Work You’ve Done?
Are there certain people who seem to always push the same buttons no matter how much work you’ve done on yourself?So many of us carry deep patterns in our relationships that can feel impossible to shake. Whether it's a close frien...
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30:22
33. How to Handle a Relationship That Is No Longer Serving You, With Compassion
Are you currently feeling unfulfilled by a friendship and you’re not sure what to do about it? In this episode, Ben and Mitra explore what to do when a relationship starts feeling heavy or out of sync. They talk about the sub...
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21:22
32. How to Harness Conflicts to Deepen Connection: A Step-by-Step Approach
What if conflicts can be used as an opportunity to deepen connection ? In this episode, we unpack a step-by-step approach for how to accomplish this. It doesn’t matter what the conflict is about or whether its a big or small ...
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43:15
31. Resolving Conflicts with Ease and Deepening Connection (Part 1)
Are you currently in a conflict with someone you care about and are looking for ways to find a resolution? In this episode, we dive into how we often slip into blaming and misunderstanding during conflicts, which makes coming...
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20:47
30. Do You Feel Like You’re Moving “Backwards” Recently ? These are the Hidden Reasons Why
Are you going through a period where you feel like you’ve moved backwards? In this episode, Ben opens up about a nagging sense of “moving backward” recently and his insecurities about being judged by others. Mitra gentl...
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