How Do You Optimize Your Performance When Everything Sucks? | Pete Carroll & Michael Gervais
How do you optimize your performance when life is utterly disrupted by a pandemic? Are optimism and confidence trainable skills? Can we get over our fear of other people's opinions? These are some of ...
22 Jul 20201h 1min
The Case for "Doing Nothing" in a Time of Crisis | Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren
At a time of multiple, mutually-reinforcing dumpster fires, meditation can seem counterintuitive. Instinctively, many of us might prefer to rush to the barricades, or Twitter, or the fetal position. B...
20 Jul 202043min
The Upside of Desire | Cara Lai
In Buddhism/meditation circles, desire or wanting is often considered a no-no. But is this line of thinking sometimes taken too far — or simply misunderstood? Can we turn our desires — for food, sex, ...
15 Jul 20201h 5min
The Brain Science of Enlightenment | Rick Hanson
Today we're going to nerd out about what enlightenment (or, if that word is triggering, let's just call it "high doses of meditation") can do to your brain — and, more practically, how we can derive t...
13 Jul 202042min
The Buddha's Four-Part Strategy for "Ultimate Happiness" | Sally Armstrong
"Mindfulness" has become a buzz phrase. There are books on mindful parenting, mindful lawyering, even mindful sex. But what does the word even mean? And how do you actually do it? In one of his most f...
8 Jul 20201h 5min
Why We're All Suffering from Racial Trauma (Even White People) -- and How to Handle It | Resmaa Menakem
It's easy to think of racism as a virus that lives in your head. But my guest today makes a compelling case that it also lives, in very profound and often unseen ways, in your body. Resmaa Menakem is ...
6 Jul 20201h 15min
Can Faith Be Useful - Even for Atheists? | Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
Faith is a loaded word in some circles, but in this episode, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel makes her case for it - in ways that might surprise you. We also discuss: what she means by the phrase "being real...
1 Jul 20201h 3min
The Science of Happiness | Emiliana Simon-Thomas
In this episode, at this fraught moment in history, we're bringing on a leading scientist to help us tackle one of the most pernicious misconceptions that humans have ever fostered. The very roots of ...
29 Jun 202058min
