The Yes Theory Podcast
The Yes Theory Podcast is hosted by Thomas and Staffan from the YouTube channel Yes Theory. Every Sunday, they dive into stories and lessons that follow a yes, exploring courage, curiosity, and connection. The podcast also addresses unspoken struggles and quiet battles that shape us. It aims to create a community for reflection, journaling, and taking on small challenges together.
Episodes
An Unfiltered Conversation About Life, Change & What’s Next
Hi friends! Welcome to our new podcast and welcome to episode ten!! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we discuss our thoughts on 2025, and a glimpse into 2026. We hope that this podcast becomes a space where we can come together as humans to hang out, share and explore the mysteries of life a little
Ep 9. The Hard Truth About Real Friendship
Hi friends, Staffan & Thomas here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our ninth episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we discuss our thoughts on real friendships. We hope that this podcast becomes a space where we can come together as humans to hang out, share and explore the mysteries of li
Ep 8. Our Formula To Live a Life in Growth
Hi friends, Staffan & Thomas here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our eighth episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we discuss our thoughts on how to live a life in growth. We hope that this podcast becomes a space where we can come together as humans to hang out, share and explore the my
Ep 7. The truth about us being stranded on a deserted island
Hi friends, Staffan & Thomas here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our seventh episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we discuss how it felt for us to be stranded on a deserted island. We hope that this podcast becomes a space where we can come together as humans to hang out, share and exp
Ep 6. The Truth About Coming Home (after two months on the road)
Hi friends, Staffan & Thomas here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our sixth episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we discuss what settling back home is like for us after one of the longest travel trips we’ve done. completing 7 episodes across 6 countries!We hope that this podcast becomes
Ep 5. How We Really Feel & Deal With Negative Comments
Hi friends, Staffan & Thomas here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our fifth episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little podcast community of its own.In today’s conversation, we dive into how we deal with negative comments but as always, we also wander into a few deeper (and sometimes lighter) reflections about life itself. Hope you will find some
Ep 4. The Truth About Our Lives on the Road
Hi friends, Thomas and Staffan here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our fourth episode! :)We’re so lucky to have you with us and truly hope this can grow into a little community of its own.Thank you for showing up and listening. We’re excited to keep exploring this podcast together with you.In today’s conversation, we dive into what life on the road really looks like for us, the highs, the lows
Ep 3. The Secret to How Yes Theory Become Friends with Strangers
Hi friends, Thomas and Staffan here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our third episode! :) We’re so lucky to have you with us, and we hope this can grow into a little own community. Thank you for showing up and listening. We are excited to keep on exploring this podcast with you. In this conversation, we dive into the theme of energy. And exploring how we become friends with strangers. Our hope
Ep. 2 Through Fear, Into Courage. Confronting the messy truth of fear and acting anyway
Hi friends, Thomas and Staffan here! Welcome to our new podcast and to our second episode! :) We’re so lucky to have you with us, and we hope this can grow into a little own community. Thank you for showing up and listening. We are excited to keep on exploring this podcast with you. In this conversation, we dive into the theme of courage. What it means for us, the messy truth behind it and how it
Ep. 1 Losing My Mother - Thomas and Staffan discuss Thomas’s loss, grief and courage through the pain
Hi friends, Thomas and Staffan here and welcome to our new podcast. Thank you so much for being here and listening. This is not only a very personal topic close to our hearts, but also one I know many of you watching have or are currently experiencing. Grief is all around us, yet we're afraid to talk about it, acknowledge that it's there and helping each other through it. May this be a place that
American Dreams - Final Episode with this format
While we often seek discomfort, sometimes, it finds us. Our internal discomforts over the course of our careers have shaped who we are and how we deal with situations at hand. On today’s episode, we bring on our close friend, Eric Tabach. Eric, like many of us, has gone through his own internal discomforts over this past year and beyond that have overall landed him in a better place. So stick with
Growing Up Under a Microscope
Growing older is definitely an odd feeling. One moment we’re young 21 year olds starting up a YouTube channel, and then we seemingly blink and six years have flown by. On today’s episode we bring on the one and only, Tommy Dajer. Tommy is Matt’s little brother and has grown up with us along our journey of saying yes. So join us on this episode as we discuss our experiences growing up in Yes Theory
Our Secret Weapon For Long-Term Success
Mentors can be a huge driving force in how we carry out our life’s path. From teachers to coaches, parents and even friends, having someone to look to for guidance can help to set you on the right path with clarity and confidence. On today’s episode we bring on one of Ammar’s mentors, Maha Abouelenein. Maha is a fellow podcast host and one of the most fearless networkers we have ever met. So stick
Are We Spiritual?
Spirituality is a convoluted subject. With Ammar being raised as a Muslim and myself being raised mainly agnostic, we had two extremely different experiences growing up with religion. On today’s episode, we are also joined by Rotana Tarabzouni. Rotana was raised under Sharia law in Saudi Arabia and brings her own unique perspective to the table for this conversation. So join us today as we explore
How to Travel like Yes Theory
If you know Yes Theory, you know that we love to travel. On this episode we sit down with Lexie Alford. Lexie is the Guinness Book World Record holder for being the youngest person to travel to every country, and she has some amazing stories to share along with her journey. So join us to hear more about how getting out of your comfort zone can lead you to some of the most amazing experiences that
Are We What We Eat?
You are what you eat!
How We Turned Our Greatest Weaknesses into Strengths
Turn your weakness into a super power!
Introducing: HiberNation
HiberNation is out now from Headspace Studios. Binge the first season now.
A Global Identity Crisis
Identity...crisis? None of that here. Tune in to hear how Yes Theory deals.
Break Free From Your Old Ways
Feeling stuck can get you down. Here's how Thomas and Ammar break through it.
The Evolution of our Friendship
What have we been up to since last season? Well...
The End of a Chapter
Things are changing in our little Yes Theory world, as well as the broader world, and we aren’t sure what the future holds. Thomas is headed back to Europe for the foreseeable future, and Matt’s stepped back from hosting. It really feels like the end of a chapter (with a new one coming close behind).
To celebrate and close the last chapter properly, and to end the season on a high note, we took a
How to Make a Change
Have you ever seen someone staring back in the mirror that you didn’t like?
We all experience “mirror moments” -- where we see ourselves and the paths we’re headed down clearly. In these moments, we can decide to continue the course or make a change. Sometimes we are seeking big changes -- like choosing to pursue a completely new career or end a relationship. Sometimes we’re vying for simpler --
What Makes Our Friendship Work
Matt, Thomas, and Ammar have a picturesque kind of friendship. They’ve made memories on nearly every continent, built a business, and chased down their wildest dreams… together.
But what you don’t see on screen is that their friendship isn’t always easy. In fact, it rarely ever is. As is the case with many things in life, it’s leaning into the hard, uncomfortable parts that makes all of the beaut
Why We Seek Discomfort
From climbing up snow-capped mountains in our boxers to running marathons with no training, one of the core pillars of Yes Theory is seeking out the big heart-pumping, mind-bending physical experiences that force us beyond our limits.
But what’s the point of doing all this? Are big challenges effective at helping us build daily exercise and wellness habits? Or is it more for show?
The science --
The Problem With Productivity
Ever struggled to do your laundry, re-register your car, or make time to go to the dentist? It might make you feel like you’re terrible at “adulting,” but it turns out that’s actually more normal than you think and there might be a pretty solid explanation: burnout.
Anne Helen Peterson, author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, joins Matt in this episode to talk about t
The Courage to Hope
“Hope makes you follow your dreams,” says actress Dina Shihabi, from the Amazon Original Jack Ryan. “I would have nothing in my life if I didn't have hope.”
We’re living through a pretty dark time right now. There’s this constant stream of negative news coverage and criticism. It’s hard to feel certain or confident about anything. Which is why it’s more important than ever to tap into our collect
The Antidote to Anxiety
Pandemics and vast uncertainty aside, life is hard. And for whatever reason, it seems to be getting harder. Studies have shown that the average kid today experiences more anxiety than the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s.
It feels like there’s this undercurrent of anxiety to everything we do. But instead of dealing with it, we fill our calendars with back-to-back appointments and our live
The Path to a Kinder World
Remember the golden rule: treat others the way you want to be treated? You probably learned it in kindergarten.
Chances are you haven’t really upped your kindness game since. Most of us haven’t. The older we get, the more responsibilities, anxieties, and personal pursuits take over. And kindness simply doesn’t make the to-do list.
It’s not that we think kindness is any less important than in kind
How To Chase Your Dreams
Before Yes Theory, we were just three guys trying to figure out what we wanted to do in life. We didn’t know much, just that we didn’t want to walk predictable paths. Luckily, we each had mentors that inspired us to stop thinking and start doing--anything and everything outside our comfort zones.
In this episode, we call back two of those early mentors to talk about why having novel experiences i
Let's Turn This Year Around
If 2020 was a question, it would be… how the heck do you make the best of a situation when you can’t even understand the situation?
When we asked Harvard Professor and Atlantic columnist, Arthur Brooks, he said so matter of factly, “You have to be an entrepreneur about your life.”
And when we asked Ozan Varol, the self-described perpetual dropout (but more importantly the rocket scientist, lawye
Introducing: The Yes Theory Podcast
Welcome to Yes Theory — the audio experience. We’re your hosts Thomas Brag, Ammar Kandil, and Matt Dajer. You may know us from our YouTube channel with the same name, or maybe not.
We believe the best things in life are outside your comfort zone. We’re talking about meaning, connection, you know all the good stuff.
Over the last 5 years, we’ve made a habit of seeking discomfort and creating vid
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