Making and Breaking Habits, Sanely | Kelly McGonigal
For as long as she can remember, Kelly McGonigal has felt motivated to understand the causes of pain and suffering and find ways to relieve them. This motivation led her to pursue a career in psycholo...
26 Dec 20191h 21min
The Profound Upsides of Mortality | Nikki Mirghafori, PhD
Nikki Mirghafori has been an Artificial Intelligence scientist for nearly three decades. She never intended to become a Buddhist teacher, but after establishing herself in her AI career, she devoted h...
18 Dec 20191h 37min
The World's a Mess, But Don't Freak Out | Norman Fischer
Norman Fischer is a poet, writer, and Zen priest who has dedicated his life to studying, practicing and teaching Zen Buddhism. After graduating from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he moved to San Francis...
11 Dec 20191h 9min
How to Thrive Under Stress | Elizabeth Stanley, PhD
Elizabeth Stanley has a long history of stress and trauma. In this episode she talks about the adversities she has suffered, which include a near death experience and losing her eyesight for extended ...
4 Dec 20191h 16min
What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron
Thubten Chodron was born in Chicago and grew up near Los Angeles. She felt her life's calling was to help others, so she became a teacher, landing her first job in the inner-city schools of Los Angele...
27 Nov 20191h 16min
The Case for Devotion, Kittisaro and Thanissara
Kittisaro graduated from Princeton as a Rhodes Scholar and went on to Oxford before going to Thailand to ordain with Ajahn Chah in 1976. He was a monk for 15 years. Thanissara started Buddhist practic...
20 Nov 20191h 48min
Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel is recognized as one of today's most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Perel provides her insight on such topic...
13 Nov 20191h 9min
The Likeability Trap, Alicia Menendez
Our guest this week is Alicia Menendez, an award-winning journalist, who finds herself in a common position for many women: caring way too much about what others think of her. Be nice, but not too nic...
6 Nov 20191h 22min
