He Went From Stress and Addiction to Global Meditation Teacher — Here's What Changed Everything

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Aug 26, 2025 · 32m

Tom Cronin was not always the calm. He was the burnout, the anxiety, the addiction that comes from running at a pace the nervous system was never designed to sustain. The meditation practice that changed everything did not arrive as a gentle lifestyle choice — it arrived as the only exit from a crisis that had nowhere else to go. As the creator of The Portal and one of the most recognized meditation teachers globally he has spent his career helping people find the same doorway he did — not as a spiritual pursuit but as the most practical thing a human being in overwhelm can do for themselves…