A Conversation with Fleet Maull, PhD: Author, Zen master, Mindset coach, 2-time Inc. 5000 Entrepreneur, and Peacemaker, who works at the intersection of personal and social transformation; Founder - Heart Mind Institute, Prison Mindfulness Institute, and National Prison Hospice Association

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Fleet Maull, PhD.

Fleet Maull, PhD is an author, meditation teacher, mindset coach, entrepreneur and peacemaker who works at the intersection of personal and social transformation. He founded Prison Mindfulness Institute and National Prison Hospice Association, catalyzing two national movements, while serving a 14-year mandatory-minimum federal drug sentence, 1985 to 1999.

He also founded the transformational education platform Heart Mind Institute, a 2-time Inc. 5000 List company (#578 in 2024 & #1,305 in 2025), reaching more than 2 million people worldwide with transformational online summits, courses, and coaching programs integrating current neuroscience, positive psychology and mindfulness and featuring world renowned experts from these fields. As a mindset and executive coach, Dr. Maull works with entrepreneurs and CEO's to optimize their leadership skills and quality of life while helping them scale their businesses profitably.

He co-founded the Engaged Mindfulness Institute where he trains trauma-informed mindfulness teachers who work with individuals and communities impacted by trauma and marginalization. He has served on the leadership team for the annual Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat for the past 25 years and co-founded the Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat, training genocide survivors as volunteer trauma para-counselors working in villages throughout Rwanda.

He is a Roshi (Zen master - senior teacher) in the international Zen Peacemaker Community and a senior Dharma teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, leading meditation retreats worldwide. He developed Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness or NSM, a deeply embodied, neuroscience and trauma informed approach to mindfulness & awareness meditation practice that facilitates self-healing, self-regulation, and awakening.

Dr. Maull is the author of Radical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Live Your Highest Purpose and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good; Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull, and The Resilient C.O.: Neuroscience Informed Mindfulness-Based Wellness & Resiliency (MBWR) for Corrections Professionals.

LINKS:

Heart Mind Institute: www.heartmind.co

Fleet Maull website: www.fleetmaull.com

Linktree: www.linktr.ee/fleetmaull (social media links and more)

Business Owner Upgrade training https://entrepreneurialmasterymba.com/

Books:

Radical Responsibility Book: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good

Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writing of Fleet Maull

Radical The Resilient C.O.: Neuroscience Informed Mindfulness Based Wellness & Resiliency (MBWR) for Corrections Professionals

Prison & Action websites:

Prison Mindfulness Institute: www.prisonmindfulness.org

Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety: www.mindfulpublicsafety.org

Engaged Mindfulness Institute: www.engagedmindfulness.org

Zen Peacemakers: www.zenpeacemakers.org