Pursuit of the Impossible

Rich Maule and Jade Sarkhel
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Pursuit of the Impossible is a podcast exploring the intersection of ambition, consciousness and human potential. The show explores a central question: What happens when we pursue something beyond who we currently believe ourselves to be? Through long-form conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, creators, spiritual teachers and other extraordinary people, POTI explores how ambitious pursuits can expose limiting beliefs, challenge identity and become a pathway to deeper self-awareness and consciousness. Created by husband-and-wife Rich Maule (Host) and Jade Sarkhel (Producer).

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    How to connect with your highest purpose with Elle Watson

    Entrepreneur Elle Watson shares with us the technology of prayer, tapping into the divine energy in service to the greater good, the personal growth behind leadership and her vision for tackling plastic pollution through One Bali. Elle also opens up about deeper and more personal aspects of her journey including how her childhood shaped who she is today, her Netflix experience on reality TV show Byron Baes and the backlash she was met with that made her question who she was. This is an incredibly inspiring and expansive episode. We hope you enjoy the conversation! 00:00 Episode begins: introducing Elle Watson 01:33 Manifestation and inner alignment 08:28 Survival, identity and inner balance 18:41 The technology of prayer 25:18 Losing everything and choosing service 27:47 A calling to protect the water 36:34 Finding a home in Bali 43:40 Life after Netflix and online abuse 54:28 One Bali: turning purpose into business 1:00:37 Letting go of outcomes 1:05:17 Why businesses can’t outgrow their founders 1:09:40 Self-worth, money and receiving 1:19:53 Choosing a path of healing 1:25:41 Elle’s final message

  2. Oct 21

    Learn to Harness Your Intuition | Lianne Schwartz

    What can birth teach us about fear, control and change? This episode of Pursuit of the Impossible with homebirth midwife, conscious birth mentor, and somatic trauma therapist Lianne Schwartz explores intuition, nervous system regulation, pain versus suffering and finding purpose - alongside fathers’ transition into parenthood. Subscribe to ‪@pursuitoftheimpossible‬ for more conversations exploring ambition, consciousness and transformation. Guests bio: Lianne Schwartz - midwife, conscious birth mentor, and somatic trauma therapist Guests website: https://lianneschwartz.com/ Follow Lianne: https://www.instagram.com/conscious_birth_community/ Other places to listen Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1VGgJfIDMbyPYklNcdZwB8?si=OzDaEQgTT_2ucx_VtbLLIQ&utm_source=copy-link YouTubehttps://youtu.be/xz94CebtuAM 00:00 Episode begins: a midwife’s journey 09:59 Survival mode and inner safety 14:50 Preparing for parenthood 19:10 Fear or intuition? 23:42 You are more than your fear 30:56 What birth teaches about surrender 37:58 When life falls apart 44:31 Pain versus suffering 52:57 Listening to life’s whispers 56:16 Spirituality meets real life 1:04:42 Outgrowing your old identity 1:16:09 Finding your deeper purpose 1:25:07 Why fathers need support 1:32:27 A final message

  3. Oct 12

    Unusual Ways to Overcome Trauma, Fear and the Need for Approval | Brett Bailey

    What if the biggest obstacle to achieving your impossible goals isn't your ability, but your relationship with fear? In this episode of Pursuit of the Impossible, Rich Maule sits down with Brett Bailey to explore rejection, emotional honesty, nervous system regulation, flow and the inner transformation behind meaningful achievement. From Brett's confronting experiments with rejection to the relationship between ambition and surrender, this conversation challenges how we think about success, control and personal growth.What if achieving the impossible isn't just about what you accomplish, but who you become along the way? Subscribe to  @pursuitoftheimpossible  for more conversations exploring ambition, consciousness and transformation. Follow Brett: https://www.instagram.com/brettbaailey Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/thepursuitoftheimpossible 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:26 Seriousness and Impossible Goals 00:05:40 Brett's Most Confronting Experiment 00:09:27 What Rejection Taught Brett 00:11:46 Fear and the Nervous System 00:14:00 Teaching the Body Through Experience 00:19:33 Joy, Movement and Embodiment 00:24:56 Beyond the Comfort Zone 00:27:08 When Positivity Becomes Avoidance 00:30:49 Acceptance and Emotional Honesty 00:38:18 Flow and High Performance 00:41:40 Identity and Performance Pressure 00:49:24 Why We Lose Connection With Flow 00:55:10 Pursuing the Impossible From Presence 00:56:55 Brett's Million Dollar Goal 01:00:39 Goals, Surrender and Spiritual Bypassing 01:04:51 Brett's New Impossible Goal 01:12:21 What Makes a Goal Impossible? 01:14:21 Why Big Goals Should Serve Others 01:20:10 Learning to Accept Yourself 01:30:00 Rich Turns the Question Inward 01:31:32 A Moment of Vulnerability

  4. Oct 8 ·  Bonus

    Accessing Unlimited Energy + the difference between true joy & old trauma patterns

    Haha!! This is a test recording we did that we never intended to publish!!! but it turned out that a really beautiful conversations unfolded in the process so we thought we'd just put it out there and see if anyone wants to listen!We talked about following your joy, trusting your intuition, taking risks, navigating fear, letting go of expectations and learning to recognise the difference between genuine excitement and good old trauma patterns kicking in, including me (Jade) admitting to thinking I didn't "feel the spark" when I first met Rich haha. Anyways, if you watched this. Leave us a comment to let us know you were here and if you want more of this sort of stuff!!Jade xCHAPTERS00:00 First test recording 00:23 Bashar’s five principles for following your excitement 01:38 Making room for small moments of joy 02:02 Knowing the answer while fear negotiates 03:09 Taking the leap and staying aligned 04:20 How long would you keep going without visible success? 04:54 Setting a financial runway for the podcast 05:28 Why Jade wants to focus on one thing 06:20 The income opportunity she chose to turn down 06:49 Savings, security and fear of failure 08:03 Following joy when opportunities come up 08:38 When excitement comes from trauma, not joy 11:07 How to tell joy from trauma driven desire 11:41 Contraction, compulsion and unconsciousness 13:06 What joy feels like in the body 14:23 Wrapping up the first studio test

  5. Oct 5

    Train your body to handle anything | Mike Chang

    In this episode, Rich sits down with Mike Chang, founder of Flow60 and creator with an audience of over 4 million, to explore how the body, nervous system and consciousness shape our capacity to pursue impossible things. They explore fear, relaxation, self-trust, letting go of outcomes and why true fulfilment requires more than external success. Mike also opens up about the recent death of his mother and how he stayed present through grief, acceptance and loss. A conversation about training the body, expanding what we can hold, and learning to fully meet life as it comes. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 03:14 Why Relaxation Changes Your Emotional State 09:59 Relaxation Is a Skill, Not a Choice 15:06 The Body as a Vehicle for Success 20:07 Making Decisions Through the Body 21:35 Inner Presence vs Outer Presence 25:35 Creating Without Getting in Your Own Way 29:29 Goals, Attachment & Letting Go of the Outcome 42:26 Processing the Death of Mike’s Mother 47:28 Staying Present With Grief 54:56 Mike’s Spiritual View of Life & Death 01:03:13 What Happens to Our Awareness at Death? 01:11:16 Mike’s Mission With Flow60 01:17:17 The Daily Body Practice 01:24:36 How This Helps You Do Impossible Things 01:28:29 What Mike Is Struggling With Right Now

  6. Sep 28

    What If Your Darkest Experience Is Actually a Gift? | Warren Roberts

    What if the experiences that break us are also the experiences that create us? After losing someone he loved, Warren Roberts spent seven years avoiding grief. Eventually, he became numb — disconnected not only from grief, but from feeling fully alive. Then something changed.Through an unexpected reconnection with nature, Warren began allowing himself to feel again. The grief he had spent years avoiding became something he describes as a gift — not because loss isn’t devastating, but because it revealed how precious it is to be alive. That experience eventually became Living Legacy Forests — Warren’s mission to transform cremated ashes so they can nourish trees, creating living forests where people can remember those they love through life, growth and beauty rather than loss alone. But this conversation goes far beyond grief.Warren and Rich explore intuition, synchronicity, creativity, the language through which we interpret reality, why pursuing something extraordinary can bring our deepest patterns to the surface, and what happens when we stop treating adversity purely as something happening to us. Warren shares a powerful metaphor for creation: an artist begins with a block of stone and an image in their mind. As they repeatedly shape the stone, the artwork gradually emerges — but at the same time, the process is shaping the artist.The art creates the artist. The conversation ultimately asks a much bigger question: what if the thing you’re pursuing isn’t only something you’re here to create — but something that is creating you?​  @pursuitoftheimpossible  explores what happens when ambition becomes a vehicle for transformation — and who we become in pursuit of the things that once seemed impossible. 00:00 Coming Up 01:48 Why Warren Is Trying to Change the Way We Experience Death 03:25 Seven Years of Avoiding Grief 05:49 “Grief Is a Gift” 08:20 How Nature Brought Him Back to Life 10:13 The Impossible Idea That Changed Everything 13:19 Holding Grief and Gratitude at the Same Time 17:58 What It Means to Turn Someone Into a Tree 19:51 Where Do Extraordinary Ideas Come From? 27:11 What If Reality Isn't Separate From You? 29:48 How Language Shapes Your Reality 58:13 Why Adversity Is an Initiation 01:01:21 The Act of Facing Your Fear Changes It 01:04:55 Warren's Vision for Living Legacy Forests 01:09:40 The Art Creates the Artist 01:11:45 Stop Chasing Big Goals — Do What Makes You Feel Alive 01:14:10 Finding the Thing You're Fascinated By 01:16:13 Why Doing What You Love Can Be Terrifying 01:19:11 Following Your Heart When Nobody Believes You 01:20:37 Creating Something Everyone Thinks Is Impossible 01:21:01 Why You Shouldn't Know What You're Doing 01:24:47 If You're Not a Little Scared, Are You Really Living? 01:26:43 Use Your Illusion — Or It Will Use You 01:29:20 The Trap of Conditional Happiness 01:31:19 How to Be Happy Without Getting What You Want 01:34:35 Final Thoughts

  7. Sep 28

    You Can’t Outperform the Parts of Yourself You Haven’t Faced | Christian Reyno

    What does it really take to build an extraordinary life, not just in business, but in who you become along the way? Christian Reyno is a successful entrepreneur and founder of The Nude Group, but this conversation goes far beyond business. He speaks with unusual honesty about the inner work that success has demanded of him, confronting childhood wounds, learning from failure, trusting his intuition and having the humility to recognise where he still needs to grow. Christian shares how the pressures of entrepreneurship became an unexpected catalyst for personal growth. In his words, business doesn't give you the luxury of pausing while you work on yourself: the challenge is happening now, and sometimes you have to grow quickly enough to meet it. The conversation explores ambition, vulnerability, fatherhood, relationships and what happens when your definition of success begins to change. Christian also opens up about the role his wife has played in his evolution — bringing a perspective and intuition he doesn't naturally possess, and challenging the idea that success has to be achieved alone. This is a conversation about the work nobody sees behind an extraordinary life — and why what you're building externally may demand that you evolve internally.  @pursuitoftheimpossible  explores what happens when ambition becomes a vehicle for transformation — and who we become in pursuit of the things that once seemed impossible. CHAPTERS 00:00 Coming Up 00:51 Meet Christian Reyno 02:18 When Ambition Stops Being Fun 09:29 The Reality of Chasing Impossible Goals 13:26 When Your Definition of Success Changes 16:38 Can Business Become Inner Work? 30:23 Why Business Forces You to Grow 43:56 “Why Would Anyone Care What I Have to Say?” 45:48 The Conflict That Changed Our Relationship 48:23 The Childhood Breakthrough That Changed Everything 57:33 Why Growth Can’t Wait 01:02:08 What Failure Is Really Trying to Teach You 01:05:28 Learning to Trust Your Instincts 01:09:20 Masculine, Feminine & the Power of Intuition 01:15:57 The Conversation That Nearly Broke His Marriage 01:18:26 How Fatherhood Changed His Ambition 01:21:14 How to Actually Access Your Intuition 01:44:49 When Your Body Holds the Pattern 01:51:55 The Skill That Changed How He Leads 01:59:40 What He’d Tell His Younger Self 02:02:14 One Thing to Take From This Conversation

  8. Sep 28

    Why You Need to Be Delusional to Do Something Extraordinary | François de Neuville

    What if the reason your biggest goal feels impossible is because the person you are today isn’t capable of achieving it yet? François de Neuville has spent much of his life deliberately stepping beyond the limits of comfort. A former commando paratrooper officer, extreme adventurer, author and founder of Man Uncharted, François has crossed remote wilderness, survived an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, paddled alone through the Amazon and repeatedly put himself into situations that demanded far more from him than he knew he was capable of giving. But this conversation isn’t really about extreme adventure.It’s about what happens to us when we deliberately pursue something that requires us to change.François and Rich explore why comfort can quietly limit our potential, why extraordinary goals sometimes require a degree of delusion, and how to distinguish between a challenge that will expand you and one that is simply reckless. François shares the extraordinary story of nearly drowning while paddling alone through the Amazon — and the moment he realised he was physically looking backwards at where he should have gone instead of focusing on the only direction still available to him: forward.They explore how to regulate yourself when fear takes over, the difference between real and perceived danger, why knowing something intellectually is very different from being able to embody it under pressure, and why the pursuit itself can matter more than reaching the destination. The conversation also goes deeper into ambition, ego, identity, emotional intelligence, self-ownership, vulnerability and the uncomfortable reality of pursuing something genuinely difficult: eventually, you will reach a point where you cannot do it alone. Because perhaps the real purpose of an impossible goal isn’t simply achieving it. It’s discovering who you have to become along the way. ‪@pursuitoftheimpossible‬ explores what happens when ambition becomes a vehicle for transformation — and who we become in pursuit of the things that once seemed impossible. 00:00 Coming Up 00:52 Meet François de Neuville 03:18 Why Too Much Comfort Makes Us Weaker 08:58 From Dreadlocks to Commando Paratrooper 10:44 Why You Need to Be a Little Delusional 15:24 The Real Reason We Avoid Impossible Goals 19:20 Alone in the Amazon 24:38 The Moment He Nearly Drowned 26:34 How to Think When Your Brain Is Panicking 27:40 Real Danger vs the Fear in Your Head 29:53 You Can’t Go Back — So Stop Looking Back 34:50 The Difference Between Knowing and Mastery 37:35 Why You Should Practise Being Uncomfortable 39:50 Surviving the Indonesian Tsunami 42:52 How He Stayed Calm in the Middle of Disaster 44:49 Why Modern Life Keeps Us Living in the Future 46:33 The Goal Isn’t the Destination 51:47 Is Your Best Day Ahead of You? 54:12 Why Acceptance Ends the Fight With Reality 58:31 Are Impossible Goals Just Ego? 01:00:58 “I Can” vs “I Need” 01:04:59 Is Anything We Do Truly Selfless? 01:11:24 Stop Identifying With the Outcome 01:12:47 Why He Signed Up for an Ironman He Hates 01:15:36 The Goal Is Who You Become 01:18:34 Become the Person Before You Achieve the Goal 01:21:44 Why Dreams Keep People Stuck 01:28:31 The Promise He Made After Nearly Dying 01:29:48 Why Regret Is a Lack of Ownership 01:31:41 The Power of Taking Full Ownership 01:33:12 Should You Trust Your Emotions? 01:36:58 Do You Want to Be Right — or Do What’s Right? 01:39:40 Your Identity Determines What’s Possible 01:41:23 The Language of a Victim Mindset 01:43:54 What to Do When the Goal Feels Impossible 01:47:30 The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make 01:48:10 François Gets Vulnerable 01:49:26 The Impossible Goal He’s Struggling With Right Now 01:53:59 Why It’s Okay to Feel Helpless 01:56:31 You Don’t Have to Do It Alone 02:00:07 Be Delusional — And Do the Work

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    Can We Build a Number One Podcast Without Getting Divorced?

    We’re husband and wife, we’ve never worked together before and now we’re trying to build a number one podcast together. After years of building separate careers and businesses, we’re combining our very different strengths to create Pursuit of the Impossible from scratch. We’re building the studio, finding extraordinary guests, learning how to make a world-class podcast and figuring out how to work together along the way.We have no idea where this is going to lead, but we’re going all in. Follow the journey to see if we can build something exceptional together… or get divorced trying.Pursuit of the Impossible A podcast exploring ambition, consciousness and human potential.

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Pursuit of the Impossible is a podcast exploring the intersection of ambition, consciousness and human potential. The show explores a central question: What happens when we pursue something beyond who we currently believe ourselves to be? Through long-form conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, creators, spiritual teachers and other extraordinary people, POTI explores how ambitious pursuits can expose limiting beliefs, challenge identity and become a pathway to deeper self-awareness and consciousness. Created by husband-and-wife Rich Maule (Host) and Jade Sarkhel (Producer).

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  • Creator
    Rich Maule and Jade Sarkhel
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Rich Maule and Jade Sarkhel
  • Show Website
    Pursuit of the Impossible

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