Good Life Project

Mark Nepo is a renowned poet, philosopher, author, master storyteller and spiritual teacher.

He has appeared numerous times on Oprah, his Book of Awakening was a #1 New York Times bestseller and his n…

We are wired to run from the unknown, to flee anything that leaves us in that raw, exposed place of uncertainty.

When our ideas take us to this place, we feel it and many of us shut down. It stops our…

In November 2009, Bronnie Ware published a short essay entitled, Regrets of the Dying.

It was a reflection on the years she worked in palliative care, taking care of people in the final days of their …

You know the old question, "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a sound?"

What if we asked a similar question about pain, suffering, anxiety or any other "experie…

Lodro Rinzler is that increasingly rare Westerner who didn't find Buddhism through a later-in-life quest for answers, he was brought up in the tradition of Shambhala Buddhism and has lived its teachi…

What's more important for people to know, your face or your work?

This question came up at a recent dinner with a few author/founder types.

We were talking, in particular, about whether you should have…

Jadah Sellner and Jen Hansard are the founders of Simple Green Smoothies, a quest-driven company that has grown into a massive global community in an astonishingly short amount of time.

They're also t…

Today we're featuring a very special GLP Guest Riff with Lewis Howes.

Lewis is the founder of the School of Greatness podcast and author of the new book, The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to…

Tom Kelley is a partner at renowned design and innovation consultancy IDEO.

He's also a best-selling author, along with his brother, IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley, of a fanta…

We do the weirdest things to make people think we're worthy of their attention, or money.

No matter what you do or where you come from, there's this little voice in most of us that just wants to be wa…

Ever wonder what your mobile device is really doing to your relationships, your happiness...your life?

Today's guest, famed MIT Professor, bestselling author and researcher on how technology affects t…

We love to judge. To gossip. To belittle.

Not everyone, and not all the time, but enough for these feelings to fuel multi-billion dollar industries.

Even if we never say it out loud, we derive a certai…

At first glance, you might think Amy Stewart had an obsession with gardens and bugs. She's written a series of bestselling books on the topic and had her garden of poison plants hailed as one of the …

What if one of the biggest pieces of "success advice" was wrong?

There's a particular strategy that's become hot in the world of success and personal development. It's been hailed as the secret to acc…

So often, the way the world perceives us conflicts with the what we "think" we're saying and the way we want to be seen and heard.

Truth is, so much of what we communicate all day long has nothing to …

If you've been to the movies or watched cartoons, you've seen the word "Avatar" before. But, when we talk about building a career or company, it has a very special meaning.

Your avatar is the person y…

The thing most people fear more than spiders and death is the very thing this week's guest, Michael Port, loves with every fiber of his being.

What am I talking about?

Public speaking.

Port began his ca…

Pam Slim is one of those people.

You know, the ones who see the best in everyone. In everything. In every seeming barrier, she sees the lesson. The good. The opportunity to learn. To grow. To create. …

Elizabeth Gilbert exploded into the public's consciousness in 2006 with the release of her mega-bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love.

Since then, she's published a series of books, given a TED talk on cr…

This is the first episode I've ever wished I didn't have a reason to air...

On Sunday, a good friend of mine, an amazing man, husband, brother and son, founder of Live Your Legend and beloved member o…