Doing Diversity Work Without Shame, Self-Compassion Series, Sydney Spears
Dr. Sydney Spears is a professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and holds a PhD in Clinical Social Work from Smith College. As a woman of color, she tells us she has experienced ...
9 Loka 20191h 49min
A Radical Approach to Productivity, Self-Compassion Series, Jocelyn K. Glei
We are all guilty at times of taking on too much. Our guest this week, Jocelyn K. Glei, explains some of the benefits of taking a step back. She discusses the importance of slowing things down to prev...
2 Loka 20191h 33min
Finally... The Joseph Goldstein Episode
One of the first American Vipassana teachers and the co-founder of Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein, is a highly recognized name to many in western meditation. He has studied and practiced...
25 Syys 20191h 59min
Living on Overtime, David C. Fajgenbaum
David Fajgenbaum, a young, promising medical student, could not have imagined he would become a patient in the same hospital he was serving his residency. After being diagnosed with a very rare illnes...
18 Syys 20191h 10min
Love, Death, Tech and Psychedelics, Jack Kornfield, Meditation O.G.
As far as meditation teachers go, they don't come more highly regarded than our guest this week, Jack Kornfield. Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. H...
11 Syys 20191h 24min
Civility Pays, Christine Porath
For Christine Porath, meditation was one way of coping with a toxic work environment. Her own experience, paired with watching her father suffer a serious health scare tied to his own harmful workplac...
4 Syys 20191h 14min
Can Meditation Prolong Your Life?, Dr. Peter Attia
Editor's Note (February 2026): Since this episode was first published, documents released by the Department of Justice have revealed Peter Attia's connection to Jeffrey Epstein. We find these revelati...
28 Elo 20191h 30min
Doing "The Work," Byron Katie
At 43 years old, Byron Katie was unhappily married, suffered from depression and agoraphobia and was addicted to codeine and alcohol. In fact, she felt so much self-hatred, she slept on the floor beli...
21 Elo 20191h 10min
