246 - How to Go From Performance to Peace with Sid McNairy, Quantum Master Healer & World Peace Award Recipient

Sid McNairy is a Quantum Master Healer, spiritual teacher, author of The Warrior Within and The Secret Weapon: How to Peacefully Win at Life, and recipient of the 2024 World Peace Award. He’s also the visionary behind Inner Stand, a framework for conscious leadership and cultural renewal that’s rooted in indigenous wisdom, meditation, and energetic coherence.In this conversation, Sid and I explore the path from performance to peace—how we shift away from external validation and into true inner alignment. We talk about his journey from being a Division I football coach and yoga teacher at the White House, to becoming a global ambassador of peace, weaving together meditation, sacred plant medicine, music, and healing practices.Some of the big themes we cover:Redefining success as inner peace rather than external achievementsSid’s early near-death experience and how it shaped his spiritual pathThe role of meditation in cultivating presence, resilience, and humilityPlant medicine, vision quests, and the lessons they revealedHis personal experiences with blindness and physical challenges as spiritual teachersThe difference between understanding, inner-standing, and over-standingThe practices Sid teaches for cultivating peace every day (his CREATE framework)Music, storytelling, and creativity as tools for healing and connectionWhat it really means to be a “warrior for peace”This is a deep and moving conversation about peace, healing, and remembering who we truly are.Find Sid here:Website: https://sidmcnairy.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/sidmcnairyBooks: The Warrior Within, The Secret Weapon: How to Peacefully Win at Life, The Search for the Perfect Wave Please remember to rate, review, and follow the show – and share with a friend!Check out our new Comedy Wellness Podcast: Anything But Mid, cohosted with Whitney Stropp:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anything-but-mid/id1849386215https://www.youtube.com/@AnythingButMidFind Amy’s affiliates and discount codes: https://amyedwards.info/affiliatepageAll links: ⁠⁠⁠amyedwards.info⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@realamyedwards⁠⁠⁠Fight For Her: ⁠⁠⁠fightforher.net⁠⁠⁠TikTok:⁠⁠⁠ @themagicbabe⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠The Amy Edwards Show Podcast⁠⁠⁠Free Course:⁠⁠⁠ The Ageless Mindset⁠⁠⁠Full Course: ⁠⁠⁠The Youthfulness Hack⁠⁠⁠Work with Amy:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a Call⁠⁠⁠ Let’s get you to your HAPPIEST and most RADIANT! Book a call to apply to work together one-on-one: ⁠https://amyedwards.as.me/15mincall⁠Amy’s hair by ⁠https://www.thecollectiveatx.com⁠Sky Rock Sedona: https://www.skyrocksedona.com/20% Discount Link:https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1759866624184&key=CORP&app=resvlinkGet my FREE course "The Ageless Mindset: The Ultimate Guide to Look Younger and Feel Happier!" HERE: ⁠https://best-you-life.teachable.com/p/the-ageless-mindset-the-ultimate-guide-to-look-younger-feel-happier⁠Get the full course “The Youthfulness Hack: The Secret System to Reverse Aging Fast and Create a New, Radiant You!” Out now! ⁠https://best-you-life.teachable.com/p/the-youthfulness-hack⁠