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Matt Kielty

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1691 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

It's also like don't bully.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

What is fairness?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

Like there's a kind of like we're in a community of people element of it.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

I like that.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

But so...

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

One of the kind of amazing things about this is how weirdly Jennifer... Well, we should be careful about the kind of praise that we give.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

The researcher who spent her entire career looking at self-esteem kind of wound up in the same place for herself as like the schools have.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

What do you mean?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

So then what is, I mean, well, so I asked Jennifer, I was like, you know, being a kid in the 90s, I still have this question of like, but how do you feel good?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

It is good to feel good about yourself.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

How does one find self-worth in a way that's healthy?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

I think by not worrying about it.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

So am I a person of worth and value?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

It's not a helpful question.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

It just doesn't do anything for you to ask that question or for other people.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

And a much better or more helpful question is, how do I want to be right now?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

How might I support other people, for example?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

But really, what contribution, what thing that's larger than me is important to me?

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

So she told us about one of the studies she did.

Radiolab
You and Me and Mr. Self-esteem

It was looking at roommates.