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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Apr 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 Apr 20211h 8min
The Science of Hope | Jacqueline Mattis
Today we're talking to a renowned psychologist who has come up with five strategies for cultivating hope. Dr. Jacqueline Mattis is a clinical psychologist from Rutgers University, where she is also a ...
21 Apr 20211h 10min
Why Buddhism Is Inherently Hopeful (Despite All the Talk of Suffering) | Oren Jay Sofer
Buddhism can get a bad rap as being hopelessly pessimistic -- in no small measure because one of the Buddha's first principal pronouncements was, "Life is suffering." But if you listen to the rest of ...
19 Apr 202150min
Discomfort: A Counterintuitive Source of Hope | Sebene Selassie
As you may know, we are in the midst of a two-week series on hope – a concept we are trying to rescue from the realm of rote cliche and empty bromides. Our belief is that hope, when properly understoo...
14 Apr 202157min
Hope Is a Skill | George Mumford
Spring is here. Vaccines are entering arms. But for many of us, hope can feel slippery and fleeting. Even with the pandemic seeming to abate, there's still a lot of uncertainty and suffering. That's w...
12 Apr 202152min
