The Flow State with Steven Kotler

Published: July 16, 2021, 1 a.m.

Steven Kotler, executive director of The Flow Research Collective, has researched the flow state for decades. He joins us in this episode to chat about the optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and do our best.\nKotler shares what flow is and how people can get into this state of consciousness. We discuss the core characteristics of flow from psychologists and from The Flow Research Collective, flow triggers, common flow experiences, and if it's possible for people to force themselves into the flow state.\nWe talk about:\n\nWhat it actually means to be in the flow state\n\nPsychologists vs The FRC definitions of flow\n\nA common experience that people will know they\u2019re in flow\n\nNeurobiological changes that happen in the flow\n\nCan people force themselves into flow?\n\nThe most important flow trigger\n\nNonnegotiables for flow state