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Transformative ideas from the best thinkers on the planet including guests like James Clear, Susan Cain, Michael Pollan, Deepak Chopra, Nicole LaPera, Yung Pueblo, Gabor Mate, Maggie Smith, David Whyte, Macklemore, George Saunders, Anne Lamott, Frank Turner, Mark Manson, Tara Brach, AJ Jacobs, Oliver Burkeman, Ryan Holiday, Parker Palmer. It’s not about perfection; it’s about direction.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 929
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Embracing the Full Spectrum of Emotions: A Guide to Mindfulness and Self-Discovery with Tara Brach
In this episode, Tara Brach explores embracing the full spectrum of emotions, providing a guide to mindfulness and self-discovery. She helps us experiment with a variety of approaches that are guided…
00:45:08 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
The Hidden Costs of Technology and Our Search for Selfhood with Vauhini Vara
In this episode, Vauhini Vara discusses the hidden costs of technology and our search for selfhood. She explains how we live in a world where technology functions as both a lifeline and a trap—offeri…
00:57:01 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Why Chasing Goodness Keeps Us Stuck with Elise Loehnen
In this episode, Elise Loehnen explains why chasing goodness keeps us stuck and how to choose wholeness instead. For so many of us, the drive to be “good” shapes how we show up – as friends, partners…
01:13:04 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Finding Hope When Life Isn’t Okay and the Power of Micro Joys with Cyndie Spiegel
In this episode, Cyndie Spiegel discusses finding hope when life isn’t okay and the power of microjoys. Cyndie shares her personal journey through profound loss and illness, explaining how micro joys…
01:02:30 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
The Science of Emotions: How Your Brain Predicts Your Feelings with Lisa Feldman Barrett
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett explains the science of emotions and how your brain predicts your feelings. She further explains that because emotions are made and not hardwired, this means…
00:46:39 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Be the Change You Want to See with Ukeme Awakessien Jeter
In this episode, Ukeme Awakessien Jeter explores the importance of learning to be the change you want to see. She shares her journey as an immigrant and Black woman in a predominantly white suburb, d…
01:07:35 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
How to Build a Family Culture That Brings You Closer and Makes You Stronger with Steven Shapiro and Nancy Shapiro Rapport
In this episode, Steven Shapiro and Nancy Shapiro discuss how to build a family culture that brings you closer and makes you stronger. They are a brother and sister duo, educators and creators of the…
00:55:00 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
When Success Hides Suffering: Understanding High Functioning Depression with Dr. Judith Joseph
In this episode, Dr. Judith Joseph explains what happens when success hides suffering, and the importance of understanding high-functioning depression. She explores why many people who look fine on t…
00:58:53 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Why Ethics and Joy Belong Together with Peter Singer
In this episode, Peter Singer explains why ethics and joy belong together. He offers a moral wake-up call as he shares his now-famous “drowning child” thought experiment: if we saw a child drowning r…
00:45:43 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
The Path to Inexplicable Joy: How Self-Friendship Can Change Everything with Susan Piver
In this episode, Susan Piver discusses the path to inexplicable joy and how self-friendship can change everything. She shares this powerful statement, “I can’t defeat my enemies, but I can strengthen…
01:00:26 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Finding Meaning Through Caregiving, Loss, and Writing with Nickolas Butler
In this episode, Nickolas Butler explores finding meaning through caregiving, loss, and writing. At just 20 years old, Nick became his father’s legal guardian after a sudden brain aneurysm — a role h…
01:05:25 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
How to Quiet the Inner Critic and Finally Get Unstuck with Michelle Chalfant
In this episode, Michelle Chalfant explores how to quiet the inner critic and finally get unstuck. She has spent 25 years developing practical tools for working with what she calls the other wolf. Mi…
00:59:06 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
From Divorce to Discovery: Nature’s Wisdom for Life’s Transitions with Lyanda Haupt
In this episode, Lyanda Haupt shares her journey from divorce to discovery and nature's wisdom for life's transitions. She challenges everything you might think you know about hope, about walking bar…
01:05:29 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Why We Resist Change (and What to Do About It) with Ross Ellenhorn
In this episode, Ross Ellenhorn explores the complexities of why we resist change and what to do about it. As Ross explains in this conversation, “staying the same protects you from the insult of sma…
00:55:06 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
How to Create Change at Work Without Losing Yourself with Melody Wilding
In this episode, Melody Wilding discusses how to create change at work without losing yourself. She challenges the idea that you’re powerless at work, even in tough cultures. If you’ve ever wondered …
01:03:17 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Can Radical Hope Save Us from Despair in a Fractured World? with Jamie Wheal
In this episode, Jamie Wheal explores the question of “Can radical hope save us from despair in a fractured world?” He argues that most of the feel-good positivity we are sold is useless when facing …
01:02:42 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Is Stress Speeding Up Your Aging? What You Can Do About It Today with Elissa Epel
In this episode, Elissa Epel explores how stress can speed up aging and what you can do about it. She explains telomeres, which are those protective caps on our chromosomes, shorten with stress and p…
00:33:29 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
From “Why Me?” to “What Now?”: A New Approach to Pain and Growth with Scott Barry Kaufman
In this episode, Scott Barry Kaufman challenges us to go from asking ourselves “Why Me?” to “What Now?” as he unpacks a new approach to pain and growth. Scott explains how the real work happens in th…
00:56:56 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Purposeful Living: Strategies to Align Your Values and Actions with Victor Strecher
In this episode, Victor Strecher discusses purposeful living and strategies to align your values and actions. Vic shares his imperfect journey back to meaning and to living for what matters most afte…
01:04:18 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Escape the Goal Trap: Embrace Curiosity and Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
In this episode, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, discusses how to go from procrastination to action using the power of tiny experiments. Most advice about self-improvement assumes you know where you’re going, b…
00:54:40 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
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