What up team, I've missed you. Welcome to episode 142 of the Genius Life.

Hey guys, how are you doing? I'm so pumped to welcome you to another episode of the Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugavira, filmmaker, health and science journalist, and the author of the

New York Times bestselling book, Genius Foods, and the Genius Life.

Team, today's guest is the Light Watkins. I gratefully welcomed Light into the studio a few

months back, and I am beyond thrilled to finally share today's episode with you. With the holiday

hustle and bustle and full swing, the timing of today's episode is perfect. Light has been

active in the wellness space since 1998, first as a practitioner and later as an apprentice to

his Vedic meditation teacher, and then finally in 2007 as a meditation teacher himself. Light

became nomadic in 2018, and now travels the world giving talks on happiness, mindfulness,

inspiration, and meditation. He also hosts his own weekly podcast at the end of the tunnel,

and his book, Bliss More, How to Suceed in Meditation without really trying is out now.

In today's episode, Light and I chat through how the modern romantic expectation of perfection

from our intimate relationships often fails us, and what we might learn from examining what

love meant to our ancestors, even if, especially if it introduces challenges into the dynamic.

We share our feelings on monogamy and marriage as a contract that we enter into for the rest

of our lives, something that most of us would never agree to do with our careers, hobbies,

and other pursuits, and how we might find room to adapt within its structure.

We also cover how Light has found the motivation to send out a daily newsletter bright and early

every morning since 2016, in spite of initial reservations that he only would have enough content

for 30 days. Amazing proof that sometimes the largest obstacle in tackling our goals is ourselves.

Anik Donnelly, through friends and family, I find that the holiday season can bring up a lot of

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