The InnerView with Mitra & Ben

Ben Dadbin, Mitra Manesh
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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

  1. 6D AGO

    71. REWIND: Deepening Your Connection with God / Source / The Divine

    THIS IS A REPLAY OF EPISODE 24 What does it really mean to have a relationship with the divine—not as an abstract idea, but as a real, guiding presence in our lives? In this episode, we explore the difference between striving and flowing, control and surrender, and how recognizing divine alignment can make life feel almost effortless. Through personal stories of serendipity, deep reflection, and even moments of doubt, we unpack what it means to trust something greater than ourselves. If you've ever wondered how to tune into a deeper wisdom or find peace in uncertainty, this conversation might just change the way you see everything. What You’ll Learn:  Discover how to recognize when you're in alignment with divine flow—and how to course-correct when you're not.Learn an alternative approach to prayer that shifts from asking for specific outcomes to receiving deeper wisdomHear personal stories of serendipity and effortless manifestation that reveal the power of surrendering to life’s unfolding If you’re someone who …. Wants to deepen your connecting to God, but isn’t sure how, orWants to cultivate a stronger sense of trust and flow in life, orSeeks to create more synchronicity in your life, …then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : Opening & The Meaning of "God" 02:00 : Childhood Connection to the Divine 06:30 : Recognizing Divine Presence in Everyday Life 10:45 : Effort vs. Flow – When Life Aligns Effortlessly 15:20 : Signs You're Out of Alignment 20:10 : Surrendering vs. Controlling Outcomes 25:40 : The Power of Prayer & Asking for Clarity 30:15 : Seeing God Within Ourselves 34:50 : How Challenges Guide Us Back to the Divine 38:00 : Closing Reflections & Final Thoughts Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Ben Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    37 min

  2. MAR 5

    70. Rooftops, Revolutions, and Remembering: An Intimate Interview with Mitra

    Do you keep waiting for life to slow down before honoring that pull toward something deeper within you? In this episode, Ben turns the mic on Mitra and traces the real story behind her wisdom—from a childhood spent talking to God on rooftops in Iran to rebuilding her life as a single mother in a country where she knew no one. She opens up about what motherhood actually taught her about unity, why she stayed in a marriage for 11 years before finding the courage to leave, and what conscious partnership looks like when you stop chasing "perfect." This is a raw, intimate conversation about holding your spiritual hunger and your real-world responsibilities in the same hand. What You’ll Learn:  Why the life you're building might be keeping you from the life you're building it for.A simple inner reframe that changes how you relate to overwhelm when it hits.What Mitra learned about the difference between the love that hooks you and the love that actually lasts.If you’re someone who …. keeps putting your inner life on hold until things settle downis questioning whether your relationship has the depth to grow with yousenses the beliefs driving your life were inherited, not chosen…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : Introduction — Getting to Know Mitra's Story 01:20 : A Curious Soul From the Very Beginning 03:21 : Talking to God on Rooftops as a Child 06:22 : Feeling Different and Learning to Accept It 09:11 : Losing a Friend and Discovering Death as a Teacher 11:35 : Numbers, Philosophy, and a New Way of Understanding the World 19:19 : Leaving Iran and Meeting an Indigenous Chief 22:21 : "Take It to the Higher Grounds" 27:46 : Why She Got Married — And What Was Really Driving It 33:33 : Motherhood as a Mirror for Cultural Conditioning 36:03 : Unity, Separation, and What Holding Her Child Revealed 40:26 : The Struggle to Balance Inner Life With Outer Survival 46:15 : Arriving in Toronto With Nothing — and Starting Over 52:11 : What Survival Mode Taught Her About the Spiritual Path 59:44 : Meeting Henry and the Love That Comes From Truly Knowing Someone Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    1h 13m

  3. FEB 26

    69. Your Life Is a Vessel: A Kabbalistic Framework for Clarity and Alignment

    Are you wanting to create more balance and order in your inner and outer world ?  In this episode, Ben and Mitra introduce a metaphor rooted in Kabbalah — the idea that everything in your life is a vessel, and the quality of what you receive through it depends on how aligned that vessel is. They apply this lens to your physical spaces, your mind, and even your daily habits, getting specific about what's quietly blocking your clarity. What starts as an ancient concept becomes something surprisingly practical — a way of looking at your bedroom, your desk, and your phone that you won't be able to unsee. What You’ll Learn:  There's a specific reason you feel foggy and uninspired — and it has less to do with your mindset than you think.Mitra names the hidden force behind why we accumulate so much stuff, and it reframes clutter in a way you won't forget.Ben flags the trap that most spiritually-minded people fall into with a teaching like this — and it's the very thing that keeps the work from landing. If you’re someone who …. does the inner work but still feels scattered in daily lifesenses your environment is draining you but can't pinpoint whyturns every spiritual teaching into another thing to perfect…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : Introducing the Vessel Metaphor 02:23 : Your Spaces Are a Two-Way Street 03:59 : What Belongs in Your Bedroom and What Doesn't 08:16 : Why a TV in the Bedroom Is an Open Invitation 10:13 : Your Desk as a Vessel for Creativity and Productivity 13:09 : The Real Reason We Accumulate So Much Stuff 15:11 : Your Phone and Desktop Are Vessels Too 19:29 : The Mind as the Most Important Vessel 24:39 : When What You Want and What You Do Don't Match 29:02 : Why This Shouldn't Become Another Thing to Perfect Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    36 min

  4. FEB 19

    68. Accessing Your Higher Genius - A Kabbalistic Framework with Esther Lancaster

    Are you struggling to find solutions to a challenge your facing right now?  When life destabilizes — a financial hit, a relationship rupture, a career shake-up — most of us rush to fix it before we've found solid ground. In this episode, AI ethics expert and Kabbalist Esther Lancaster introduces a framework for receiving clarity instead of chasing it. Benjamin and Mitra explore what it actually looks like to sit with discomfort long enough to access a deeper intelligence — and why the chaos you're experiencing might be building something in you. This conversation gets practical, personal, and surprisingly relevant to the world we're all navigating right now. What You’ll Learn:  There's a specific reason your biggest challenges feel so intense right now — and it has to do with what you're being prepared to receive.Esther shares why the urge to figure it out is the very thing keeping clarity from reaching you — and what to do instead.Benjamin reveals the one question that helped him break a fear-driven loop during a real financial crisis — and it had nothing to do with finding an answer. If you’re someone who …. keeps making decisions from fear and regretting them laterbelieves everything happens for a reason but loses that when pain hitssenses deeper guidance is available but can't get out of your own way to receive it…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : What Is Kabbalah and Why Does It Matter Right Now 01:39 : The Baseline Belief That Changes Everything 04:10 : What Do You Actually Do When the Pain Is Too Much 08:00 : Breaking the Vessel to Receive More Light 10:30 : The Power of Knowing You Don't Have to Solve It Right Now 12:26 : Learning to Trust the Guidance You Can't Yet See 19:29 : Alignment Isn't Passivity — It's Structural Compatibility 25:50 : Your Challenges Are Fuel — Here's How to Use Them 26:31 : Walking Through It With a Real Example: Financial Loss 36:14 : Sitting With Shame Until It Gives You the Gift Links :  Esther’s Website : https://www.estherlancaster.net/ A simple alignment exercise you can practice today : https://tinyurl.com/2xst2men  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    48 min

  5. FEB 12

    67. Transcending the Imaginary Limits You’ve Put on Yourself

    Does some part of you know that you are living much more limited than you’re capable of? In this episode, Ben shares the story of a man who grew up with no education, no electricity, and no societal programming — and how meeting him forced Ben to confront the invisible rules shaping his own life. Together, Ben and Mitra unpack where our "I can't" beliefs actually come from and why we mistake what's familiar for what's true. They walk through a practical process for questioning the limits you didn't even realize you agreed to. This one includes a surprising way to use AI as a tool for breaking through your own blind spots. What You’ll Learn:  Discover where you could be limiting yourself in your life that you may not presently be aware of. Learn how to gently shift your perspective to allow you to transcend those limits with easeDiscover simple yet powerful practices to attune yourself to your higher potential. If you’re someone who …. feels like you're living more limited than you’re capable of is feeling unfulfilled after obtaining that thing you thought would make you happysenses the rules you're living by aren't yours but can't figure out where to start…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : The man with no education who got into Harvard 03:09 : Why 80% of your "I can't" beliefs aren't real 04:44 : The invisible rules society wrote for your life 08:24 : Ben's story — when money didn't equal happiness 09:35 : Chasing the symbol instead of the thing you actually want 12:48 : Familiar doesn't mean true — how to tell the difference 18:19 : Finding proof you've already broken your own limits 23:08 : Why asking the right question changes everything 27:54 : Using AI to surface the questions you've been avoiding 32:12 : The teacher who contradicted himself on purpose Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    34 min

  6. FEB 5

    66. Envisioning a New World: From Isolated Living to Conscious Community

    Is your beautiful home still leaving you feeling fundamentally unfulfilled? In this episode, Mitra shares a vision of community that might sound impossible—until Ben reveals he's already invested in a company making it real. This conversation moves from Mitra's childhood in Tehran, where children belonged to entire neighborhoods, to concrete housing projects creating trust-based communities today. You'll hear how consciousness shifts and practical design can work together, and why the yearning you feel for something different isn't naive—it's the beginning of creating what comes next. Ben and Mitra invite you to add your voice to a growing vision of how we might actually live. What You’ll Learn:  What changes when a neighborhood is built on trust instead of fearDiscover a project that is making the new world vision a real possibility.Get a clear vision for the clear tenets of a community built on trust, unity, harmony, and love If you’re someone who …. feels isolated in your neighborhood and wonders if real community is even possiblewants your children to grow up in a village, not just a houseswings between believing change is possible and thinking it's naive…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 - Imagining a New World 01:22 - Can We Live Differently? 03:18 - How to Create the Shift 05:46 - Growing Up in Community: Tehran Story 09:26 - Building in Harmony with Nature 10:51 - When Neighborhoods Didn't Need Locks 27:45 - The Geoship Project: Vision Meets Reality 29:50 - What This Community Could Look Like 30:49 - The Art Studio Vision 33:27 - Your Invitation to Co-Create Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    35 min

  7. JAN 29

    65. The Simple But Profound Law of Giving and Receiving

    You give generously to others, so why does it leave you feeling drained instead of fulfilled? Ben and Mitra explore why being a giver isn't enough—and why your inability to receive may be sabotaging your relationships and energy. They unpack the hidden beliefs that block us from allowing good things in, and reveal how the laws of the energetic world work opposite to what we've been taught. Through personal stories and a powerful visualization, they show how giving and receiving are actually one continuous flow. This episode offers a fresh lens on generosity that could change how you experience every relationship. What You’ll Learn:  There's a reason you feel internal pressure when you give—it has to do with which end of the "tube" you've closed offThe more love you give, the more you have—but only when you understand how energetic exchange actually works.What you gave to one person doesn't need to come back from them—expecting it to is where resentment begins. If you’re someone who …. Prides yourself on being generous but secretly resents that it's never reciprocatedStruggles to accept compliments, help, or gifts without feeling guilty or uncomfortableNotices you're keeping an invisible scorecard in your closest relationships…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : Giving and receiving is one 02:36 : The scorecard we keep in relationships 06:11 : Perpetual kindness and the job seeker story 10:16 : Why generous people feel drained 12:56 : The hollow tube visualization 15:18 : Giving through thoughts and intentions 17:02 : The stranger at the bank 20:46 : Hidden beliefs that block receiving 22:21 : Why energetic laws work in reverse 23:59 : Closing thoughts Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Benjamin Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    26 min

  8. JAN 22

    64. Dealing with Indecision: A Framework for Finding Clarity

    Are you feeling stuck on making a particular decision right now?  Indecision isn't a lack of knowing—it's noise drowning out what's already clear. Ben and Mitra explore why we get stuck in loops, how other people's "clarity" sneaks into our heads, and what it actually takes to trust yourself when the stakes feel big. They break down a practical framework for working with your mind, heart, and body instead of letting them fight each other. If you've been waiting for certainty before you can move forward, this episode will change how you think about that. What You’ll Learn:  The clarity you're looking for might be buried under someone else's opinion of what you should do.Your mind and heart speak different languages—and knowing which one to listen to when changes everything.There's a reason salespeople don't want you to "sleep on it"—and it's the same reason you should. If you’re someone who …. has all the facts but still can't pull the trigger on a decision;notices your body tighten when you talk about the "responsible" choice;wonders whether you're following your intuition or just avoiding discomfort…then you’ll want to be sure to listen in on this episode. Enjoy! Chapters:  00:00 : Why we get stuck on decisions 01:28 : Separating clarity from noise 03:47 : The 6-step decision-making process 10:59 : A real example: when the "bad" idea lights you up 17:42 : Certainty is an illusion 20:06 : Imagining the worst case (and why it helps) 25:49 : Gathering facts without drowning in them 30:11 : What to do when your mind and heart disagree 35:23 : Asking the question that cuts through fear 37:07 : Why "sleep on it" actually works Links :  Learn more about Mitra’s self-coaching program: https://mitramanesh.com/  Social Media:  @mitramanesh_ (https://instagram.com/mitramanesh_) @bendadbin (https://instagram.com/bendadbin)  @theinnerview.live (https://bit.ly/4f61J0Q) Join our mailing list:  https://theinnerview.live Keywords :  Ben Dadbin, Mitra Manesh

    44 min
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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

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  • Creator
    Ben Dadbin, Mitra Manesh
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    71
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