Lhamo left Tibet as a child, moved to India, then made her way to France for university. She studied medicine, dropped it, switched to business, graduated, and then did something most people in her position wouldn't consider: opened a Tibetan restaurant in Paris with her mom.

This episode goes into what it's like to build a life in a country whose language you don't speak, the moment she realized her academic success was partly an illusion, and why she chose a path she knew wasn't her dream just because it was the right thing to do right then. She talks about the Tibetan identity questions she carries in exile, the artistic side of herself that never got nurtured, and the fact that the thing she loves most, writing, is also the thing she's most afraid to do.

She closes with the best advice she's heard recently: ready is a decision, not a feeling.

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Corey Downey is an actor based in New Jersey. This conversation goes into self-worth, purpose, sexual alchemy, and what it means to fight for love, not as a concept, but as a daily practice.

Corey grew up watching his younger sister Charlotte spend 75% of her life in hospital. Born with special needs, she survived 15 years through two open heart surgeries, dialysis, and every form of medical support imaginable. She never stopped smiling. That shaped everything about how Corey moves through the world.

We talk about why men who are down bad are asking the wrong question, how to find your higher self through breathwork and presence, what Taoism gets right that stoicism misses, and the personal quote Corey lives by: smile at every stranger, be grateful for every breath, and from the bottom of your heart, fight for love.

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Anas grew up cutting hair in his garage in Montreal, then booked a one way flight to Dubai with no connections and built Backalive Barbershop into one of the busiest barbershops in the city by posting the whole journey on TikTok. Now he is building software that lets barbershop owners talk to their own data using AI. We get into the failed move to LA, the pivot to Dubai, and going from three barbers to seven in a matter of months.

We talk about curiosity as the skill that compounds over a lifetime, why knowledge means nothing without action, and the conversation Anas had with his mom before he left, where he asked her one question that changed everything. We also get into flow state, vibe coding with AI, and the books that shaped both of us.

The back half goes deep on fear of judgment, why almost nobody is thinking about you, and the Tao Te Ching, Naval Ravikant, and stoicism. We close on the best advice Anas ever received, and why most of the resistance to your dreams comes from people who never tried it themselves.

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Amber De Muyt is a Belgian fashion model, founder of Monique Models, and Europe scout for Respect Models Belgium. In this episode she talks about landing in China on a modeling contract, getting told to lose weight on day one, spending two months working hard, then getting sent home anyway.

We go into the two years she spent not eating carbs out of fear, the first agent she signed with who told her she could not run because her legs would get too big, and how she used a lawyer to walk away from that contract. She built Monique Models to be the kind of agency she never had.

The conversation ends on solo travel as the fastest way to find yourself, why the things that scare you most are usually worth doing, and the one piece of advice from her dad she still lives by.

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Tenzin Yeshi is a Tibetan-American actor, writer, and director from Queens, New York. He's the founder of Six Realms Production and his latest film Free Tea Bed is on Apple TV. In this episode, we get into what it took to follow a creative path with no roadmap, why he believes making bad work is the only way forward, and how a late-night conversation about Tibetan identity became the seed for his short film You Tibetan.

We go through how he dropped pre-med at City College to pursue acting, what the Meisner Technique changed in him, and how he made You Tibetan for $500 with his wife holding the camera. We talk about flow state, creating for yourself before thinking about the audience, the life lesson filmmaking gave him about asking for help, and the question every Tibetan diaspora person carries: if Tibet was free tomorrow, would you go back?

The back half covers how his definition of success has shifted over time, what the attempt means even when the outcome is uncertain, what it means to be a second-generation Tibetan building something in the West, and the message he has for young Tibetans figuring out their path. The episode ends with four words from a theater director that changed how he works.

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Yassin Mahhou is a young entrepreneur based in Belgium building a web development and audio-visual marketing business while co-founding Young Entrepreneurs, a podcast and community for young people building their own path. This is his second time on Courageous Ones.

He hit his first online income milestone and felt almost nothing. We talk about why that happens, why the goal line keeps moving, and what it means to track progress when you are early in the game. The conversation covers enjoying the process without forcing it, dealing with dark stretches, and a concept Yassine came up with live on the call: active patience.

We also get into intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, why journaling is the one habit Yassine keeps coming back to, and what he wants young people building something to understand about their own value.

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Nils Rydsmo is a 20-year-old Swedish creator in the men's health and hormones space who is currently serving in the Swedish Armed Forces. We met playing chess at Sam's Farm café in Canggu, Bali, became friends over a couple of weeks, crossed paths again in Chiang Mai, and this is the first time we sat down properly to talk.

The episode covers what military service does to your mind, the difference between discipline and self-discipline, why going through hard experiences raises your baseline so ordinary life feels easier, and the misogi concept. Nils also shares a sharp take on hope — why people living in the worst conditions often have the most faith — and the mice experiment from Goggins' book that explains what hope actually does to human endurance. The back half goes into materialism, comparison, journaling, and how to figure out what you want from life by first naming what you don't.

Two friends who met in Bali, catching up for the first time on record. If you want to build a mind that nothing can break, this one is worth your time.

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Amy Lindsay is a photographer, videographer, and creative director from Scotland who spent four years in London building a career across the creative industry. She worked with brands like Hypebeast, directed music videos, and freelanced across fashion and music. In late 2024 she decided to travel. She ended up in Chiang Mai, Thailand, found Dang Muay Thai, got a job there, and never went back.

In this episode, Amy and Tenzin talk about what it actually costs to leave a career that was working, how she started Muay Thai with zero experience in Australia and is now fighting competitively, and why she gets in the ring for her dad who passed away from cancer seven years ago. They also get into the London networking event she went back to after a year away, why she left after 10 minutes, and what that moment made clear about how much she had changed.

The back half of this conversation is about presence. Amy teaches yoga at Dang Muay Thai and sees it as the partner to fighting. Muay Thai forces you into the present moment. Yoga gives you the tools to take that into your daily life. She talks about protecting your energy, stopping people pleasing, and the advice she received about living with intention and being true to yourself. That note is what this episode ends on.

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