How to Focus | Shaila Catherine
Living as we do in an era that has been called the info blitzkrieg, staying focused can be extremely difficult for many of us. This can be true when we're working and trying to stay on task. It can al...
19 Touko 20211h 12min
What You Can Learn About Your Relationships from a Former Neo-Nazi | Shannon Foley Martinez
We've got a provocative but deeply practical episode today. All of us have people in our lives — whether it be our personal lives, our professional lives, or even just people we see on TV — with whom ...
17 Touko 202157min
The Gospel of Adequacy | Miguel Sancho & Felicia Morton
Often on the show, we bring on incredibly accomplished meditation practitioners or influential researchers who have deep things to teach us, based on their personal experience or professional pursuits...
12 Touko 20211h 4min
How to Change Your Habits | Katy Milkman
To state the blazingly obvious, creating healthy habits can be infernally difficult. But why? And what are the best strategies for getting around this? My guest today has spent nearly two decades rese...
10 Touko 20211h 11min
How to Handle Anger, Uncertainty, and Self-Loathing | Mushim Patricia Ikeda
When somebody wrongs you, what is the wise way to handle your anger? Is forgiveness possible? What about friendliness? My guest today has a lot of thoughts about how to handle anger and how to respond...
5 Touko 20211h 11min
What Everyone Who Meditates Should Know | Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken Williams
If you meditate (or do yoga, for that matter), you may have been taught by a Westerner, but you owe a gigantic debt of gratitude to the giants and geniuses in Asia who developed these practices. This ...
3 Touko 20211h 6min
The Science of Building Better Relationships | Marissa King
The idea of networking can be fraught. For some people, it might, at times, seem either icky or pathetic to deliberately try to make friends, either in a personal or professional context -- especially...
28 Huhti 20211h 4min
The Art and Science of the World's Gooiest Cliche | Barbara Fredrickson
One of our primary missions on this show is to rescue vital ideas that have lapsed into cliches. There are so many important concepts out there that many of us might be tempted to dismiss because they...
26 Huhti 20211h 8min
