In this powerful episode, I sit down with the remarkable Fleet Maull — a seasoned business strategist, meditation teacher, author of Radical Responsibility, and founder of multiple conscious leadership organisations. Fleet’s journey is one of profound transformation, resilience, and devotion to service.
We explore his early years growing up in a business-oriented family, and how that foundation later merged with psychology, meditation, and deep spiritual inquiry. Fleet shares his extraordinary story of navigating a life-altering series of events that led him into a lengthy prison sentence — and how that chapter became the birthplace of radical awakening and purpose.
During his time inside, he founded the first hospice program ever established in a U.S. prison — a courageous act of compassion that transformed the lives of countless individuals. From there, his path unfolded into decades of work blending mindfulness, trauma-informed leadership, entrepreneurship, and systems-level change.
Together, we talk about burnout, leadership fatigue, the entrepreneurial mindset, and what it truly takes to lead with clarity and emotional maturity in today’s world. Fleet’s presence is grounded, wise, and deeply human — a reminder that transformation is always available, no matter where we begin.
This conversation is for leaders ready to break free from survival mode, reclaim agency, and step into a new paradigm of inner freedom and outer impact.
Episode Flow:
00:00 — Welcome to the Visionary New Earth Leaders Podcast
00:58 — Meet Fleet Maull
02:28 — From business to psychology: Fleet’s early path
05:16 — Consulting, nonprofits, and systems transformation
06:18 — Founding Heart Mind Institute & entrepreneurial leadership training
09:22 — The entrepreneurial mindset as inner liberation
14:16 — Corporate cultures & conscious change
21:02 — The deeper search for meaning
24:54 — Rediscovering environmental magic
25:29 — Early spiritual roots & the discovery of Buddhism
26:53 — Naropa University & Tibetan Buddhist training
28:23 — Life-altering choices and a legal turning point
29:22 — Facing prison: accountability and surrender
30:37 — Service, transformation, and founding a prison hospice program
35:25 — Life after prison: rebuilding and leading
40:24 — Family reconnection, grief, and healing
45:06 — Closing reflections and resources
Connect with Fleet Maull:
Website: https://www.fleetmaull.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fleetmaull/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fleetmaull/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fleetmaull
YouTube (Heart Mind Institute): https://www.youtube.com/@heartmindinstitute