What Is True Influence & How Can You Increase Yours w/ Yale Professor Zoe Chance
Here are three very popular topics that I don't think that many people are really driven by; Sell! Control! Lead! My experience however, is we all desperately want the ability to positively influence ...
3 Okt 20251h 10min
Preparing Yourself To Survive The Inevitable Huge Losses of Life w/ Screenwriting Teacher Colin Campbell
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". Said Benjamin Franklin. What are death and taxes? Arguably, losses. What is trauma and tragedy? I submit they are losses. And ...
29 Sep 20251h 23min
The Psychology Of Connecting To Your Authentic Self w/ American Psychological Association President Dr Thema Bryant
Who is the authentic you? Some people feel like they remember being an authentic self at some point, and I feel many never experienced it. But I feel we all long to just be comfortable being us. What ...
26 Sep 20251h
The Force Continuum of Believing In Yourself w/ Texas A&M Prof Wendi Zimmer
I feel we are experiencing a schizophrenic time in our culture where we adamantly believe in our opinions and perspectives, but we have very little true belief in ourselves. We are increasingly insecu...
22 Sep 20251h 13min
How You Act Trumps All - At Least At First w/ Andy Andrews
As you know I seldom talk about current events on this podcast. But a few years ago I did address one. It was the 2022 Oscars where actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock. I did not see it and d...
19 Sep 20251h 5min
Just Breathe - Can We Really Alter Our Physical & Mental States By Doing Breathwork w/ Francesca Sipma
I breathe just to live. I walk to live. I eat, drink, and sleep to live. Is there a benefit to breathing more or differently than necessary? I walk more than necessary for my health and fitness and go...
15 Sep 20251h 10min
The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It w/ Professor Ethan Kross
We all know we have an inner voice, whether it speaks out loud, you write letters in your head like I do, or it’s just the constant stream of thoughts and feelings running amok at all times. A frequen...
12 Sep 20251h 8min
Fawning: Our Appeasing & “Protecting” Others Is Hurting Us All w/ Dr. Ingrid Clayton
We all have a primary pattern of dealing with relational conflict. There are a scant few, in my experience, who do it with health and peace. The rest tend to fall into what psychologists have labeled,...
8 Sep 20251h 15min
