Managing vs Suppressing Our Self w/ Stoicism Advocate Tanner Campbell
Stoicism has gotten much attention in recent years, making a comeback from the old school Stoicism, commonly criticized for promoting emotional suppression, fostering passivity in the face of injustic...
10 Apr 52min
The Benefits of High Heat & Discomfort w/ Health Science Journalist Bill Gifford
When a book came across my desk about the benefits of heat, my first thought was, “Really?” We’ve been in the age of cold plunges for quite a while, but now it’s heat? I also wondered, does it take an...
6 Apr 58min
Being Aware of But Not Controlled By Our Propensities w/ Enneagram Teacher Ian Morgan Cron
I grew up believing we are only who we make ourselves to be. Nature vs Nurture and I was all about nurture. Then, I had seven biological children. Four boys and three girls. And they came out of the w...
3 Apr 1h 14min
Redefining Hope & Why It Is The Greatest Predictor of Your Well-Being w/ Psychologist Julia Garcia
I think we’ve gotten to the point of defining hope as the expectation of something good happening in the future. But I’ve not found many, if any, people who I’d refer to as hopeful, who didn’t exude h...
30 Mar 1h 13min
Discovering A More Authentic Self When We Can’t Discount The Influence of Our Upbringing w/ Renowned Marriage & Family Therapist Vienna Pharaon
I have never wanted to give much credit to genetics or my upbringing. I wanted to feel, and really did, like I’m my own person. Until sometime in my 40s when I realized I kept repeating some patterns ...
27 Mar 1h 15min
How To Deepen Relationships With Well Constructed Questions w/ Experience Design Architect Topaz Adizes
Cultural testimony is that while we are in more contact with people than ever, but we are also feeling more isolated, disconnected, and lonely than ever. That’s not a broad brush opinion but I continu...
23 Mar 1h 10min
How To Recover When Things Can’t Ever Be The Same w/ Mental Health Celebrity Neeta Bhushan
I recorded this episode three years ago. Before I’d experienced the greatest traumas of my life. I make different meaning from the message now. The idea of recovering from a trauma or tragedy is diffe...
20 Mar 58min
How To Design A Meaningful Life w/ Stanford Prof Bill Burnett
“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is…to actually feel the rapture of being alive.” This is ...
16 Mar 1h 3min
