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If You've Ever Doubted Whether Meditation Works, Listen to This Story | Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez

17 Oct 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- You may remember hearing a ...

George Saunders on: "Holy Befuddlement" and How to Be Less of a "Turd"

12 Oct 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- One of the great perils and...

Me, A Love Story: How Being OK With Yourself Makes You Better at Everything | Sharon Salzberg

10 Oct 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- It might be hard to find a ...

Seven Buddhist Ingredients for a Happy Mind | Pascal Auclair

05 Oct 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Are you interested in suff...

An Episode for Overthinkers | Tuere Sala

03 Oct 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Thoughts are not your enem...

The 5 Things That Are Ruining Your Meditation (and Your Life) – And How to Handle Them | Bonnie Duran

28 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- The Buddha was an invetera...

How To Stop Living An Artificial Life | Karen Armstrong

26 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Most of us come into the wo...

The Mental States That Steal Your Calm | Bhikkhu Bodhi

21 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers --- Ever have that experience wh...

Messiness Is Not a Moral Failing | KC Davis

19 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Today we're talking about ...

Malcolm Gladwell on: Working From Home, Kindness, Sacrifice, and Making Mistakes

16 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- In this previously released...

Unhappiness Is Not a Life Sentence | Christina Feldman

14 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Is it possible to be happy...

Why You're Not Seeing the World Clearly— and How to Fix It | Jessica Nordell

12 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Jessica Nordell is a scienc...

What "Getting Out of Your Head" Actually Means | Dawn Mauricio

07 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- It's such a common desire t...

How to Deal With Emotionally Immature People (Including Maybe Your Own Parents) | Lindsay C. Gibson

05 Sep 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Emotionally immature peopl...

Why Is Everyone Talking About the Enneagram? And What the Hell Is It? | Susan Piver

31 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- In the last couple of year...

How to Speak Clearly, Calmly, and Without Alienating People | Dan Clurman and Mudita Nisker

29 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Most of us talk all day lo...

You're Breathing Wrong. Here's How to Fix It | James Nestor

24 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- At times, self-improvement...

A New Way to Think About Your Money | William MacAskill

22 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Most of us worry about mon...

How to Create an Exercise Habit Without Driving Yourself Nuts | Kelly McGonigal

17 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- In this episode from our a...

Malcolm Gladwell on: Working From Home, Kindness, Sacrifice, and Making Mistakes

15 Aug 2022

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Since the start of COVID-19, more people are working from home, and with that, more people have strong opinions about whether or not it's the best rou...

How (And Why) To Lose Yourself | Jay Garfield

10 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Today's episode looks at o...

Can You Really Conquer Hatred Through Love? | Father Gregory Boyle

08 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- The idea of loving people ...

Do You Want to Be Happier or Not? | Mushim Patricia Ikeda

03 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Oftentimes Buddhism can ta...

Four Ways to Boost Your Mindfulness Muscle | Joseph Goldstein

01 Aug 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- These days, the word mindfu...

How to Break Bad Mental Habits | Carol Wilson

27 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- There are so many benefits...

What is Sadness Good For? | Susan Cain

25 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Many of us may have a refle...

How to Outsmart Your Pain | Christiane Wolf

20 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Sit in meditation for a fe...

Why You Keep Repeating Painful Patterns | Radhule Weininger

18 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- We all have long-standing ...

How to Actually Be Present | Matthew Brensilver

13 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Today we're gonna tackle o...

Run Towards the Danger | Sarah Polley

11 Jul 2022

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Often, when you're afraid of something, the best advice is deeply counterintuitive, not to mention inconvenient: to turn toward the source of your fea...

The Opposite of Depression | Samantha Boardman

06 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Depression is a debilitating p...

How a Buddhist Monk Deals With Anxiety | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

04 Jul 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Anxiety has long been a massiv...

An Episode About Anger | Jacoby Ballard

29 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- In this episode, the socia...

A Mystery That Matters | Anil Seth

27 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- How, on this planet, did w...

Five Ways to be Less Distracted | Shaila Catherine

22 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- One of the most common and ...

The Science of Handling Uncertainty | Maya Shankar

20 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- It seems like a design flaw...

How to Keep Friendships From Imploding | Esther Perel

15 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- "The quality of your relat...

Solutions to all of Your Moral Dilemmas | Michael Schur

13 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Life is filled with all ki...

The Science of Emotional Intelligence | Daniel Goleman

08 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- How much would your relatio...

4 Ways Not To Be Owned By Your Sh*t | Susan David

06 Jun 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- It's completely natural whe...

5 Ways To Get Over Yourself | Pascal Auclair

01 Jun 2022

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The phrase, "Get over yourself" is often used in a flippant way, but it's actually speaking to a deep human need to get out of our heads and off our o...

You Don't Have to be Miserable While Doing Important Work | adrienne maree brown

30 May 2022

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Our culture has oddly conflicting views about pleasure.  In this episode, author adrienne maree brown explores the importance of pleasure and how it...

Time Management for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman

25 May 2022

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In a culture that values persistent productivity, one can be left feeling chronically behind.  In this episode, author and recovering time managemen...

The Likeability Trap | Alicia Menendez

23 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Our guest this week is Alicia M...

An Ace Therapist Gives Dan A Run For His Money | Dr. Jacob Ham

18 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Sometimes part of healing ...

How To Live With The Worst Things That Ever Happened To You | Stephanie Foo

16 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- We've all had difficult, a...

The Science of Loss and Recovery | Mary-Frances O'Connor

11 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Very few of us will live a...

Jonathan Van Ness on Shame, Shopping, Bodies, and Hope

09 May 2022

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How do you find hope in a lifetime that has experienced more trauma than most?  Guest Jonathan Van Ness says that the key is to stay curious and foc...

Loss is Inevitable. Here's How to Handle It | Kathryn Schulz

09 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- There is an unstoppable fl...

The Science of Hope | Jacqueline Mattis

04 May 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- How does hope work?  In t...

The Science of Sleep | Dr. Sara Mednick

27 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- If you're trying to improve...

How to Sleep Better | Diane Macedo

25 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Sleep may be the apex preda...

Get Happier Without Losing Your Edge | Kamala Masters

20 Apr 2022

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Can you become happier, more balanced, and practice equanimity without losing your edge?  Guest Kamala Masters was one of the teachers at Dan's firs...

A Thing Most Men Won't Talk About | Aaron Flores

18 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Why is it that many men see...

How To Focus | Shaila Catherine

13 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Many of us find our minds f...

Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari

11 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- What is it about modern lif...

A New Way To Think About Your Time | Ashley Whillans (2021)

06 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- What if one of the keys to ...

Unseating the Inner Tyrant | Ajahn Sucitto

04 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Often, we are our own worst...

Brené Brown Says You're Doing Feelings Wrong

01 Apr 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Brené Brown has found that...

How to Argue Better | Oren Jay Sofer

30 Mar 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- This episode dives into our...

Mind-Blowing Sex | Dr. Lori Brotto

28 Mar 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. -- What role does mindfulness a...

How to Keep Your Relationships On the Rails | Kaira Jewel Lingo (2021)

23 Mar 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. This episode explores a Buddhi...

How to Suffer Well | Brother Pháp Dung

21 Mar 2022

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New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. -- In January 2022, Thich Nhat ...

The Joys of Insignificance | Ron Siegel

16 Mar 2022

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Many, if not all, of us have a nonstop, ambient thought-track running through our minds of: how am I doing? How do I look? Why did I say that? Am I ru...

How Do I Meditate When There's a War Going On? | Claude AnShin Thomas

14 Mar 2022

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How can we meditate when it seems like the world is falling apart? How do we titrate our news consumption? What do we do with our fears about World Wa...

From Evangelical Pastor to Buddhist Nun | Venerable Pannavati

14 Mar 2022

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Venerable Pannavati is a former evangelical pastor who has been ordained in three separate Buddhist traditions: Theravada, Chan, and Mahayana. She's t...

The Upside of Apocalypse | Lama Rod Owens

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're now entering year three of the pandemic, and even though we're in a very different stage of the game, there are still so many questions: Is it s...

Is It Possible You Are Irrational About COVID? | David Leonhardt

07 Mar 2022

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As we enter year three of the pandemic, the psychology of COVID is no less complex or consequential. This episode features one of the most prominent c...

Compassion Is the Ultimate Tool for the Truly Ambitious | Paul Gilbert

02 Mar 2022

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Dr. Paul Gilbert OBE is a professor of psychology at the University of Derby, Founder and President of The Compassionate Mind Foundation, the founder ...

A Serious Case for Humor | Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A common denominator among all of the great meditation teachers is a sense of humor. They take the teaching seriously, but they don't take themselves ...

Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We don't think about it this way, but as we move through the day, the various moods we inhabit — excitement, engagement, aggression, fear, dejection...

Climate Change as an Opportunity | Bhikkhu Anālayo

28 Feb 2022

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Today's guest makes an extremely convincing case that there are many self-interested reasons to look squarely at the reality of climate change. Bhikkh...

There's No Part of Your Life You Can't Make More Awesome | Jeff Warren

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It is very easy to think about your meditation practice as being quarantined to those minutes when you're dutifully sitting down with your eyes closed...

The Elephant in the Meditation Room | Christopher Ford

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is the culmination of a long search to find a countervailing force: a Buddhist Trump supporter. This search was born out of the Buddhi...

The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline | Arthur Brooks

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The unavoidable truth is that our skills change as we get older. We invest so much in our professional success, and then at some point, things change....

How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman

14 Feb 2022

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If you care about your long term health and happiness, the quality of your relationships is an area you should focus on. And the good news here is tha...

Why I'm Not a Buddhist | Evan Thompson

09 Feb 2022

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This episode features Evan Thompson, author of the book Why I Am Not a Buddhist. Evan Thompson is a writer and professor of philosophy at the Universi...

Hinduism 101 | Swami Tyagananda

07 Feb 2022

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One of the most consistent requests we get from listeners is to explore non-Buddhist forms of meditation. That's what we're going to do with this epis...

Why Self-Hatred Makes No Sense | Matthew Brensilver

02 Feb 2022

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This episode, with Matthew Brensilver, explores a compelling Buddhist question: does self-hatred, or self-love, make sense if the self is an illusion?...

What We Can Learn About Happiness from Babies | Alison Gopnik

31 Jan 2022

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Dr. Alison Gopnik is a psychologist at UC Berkeley and one of the world's leading experts in cognitive development. She is also the author of several ...

Buddhist Lessons on Anxiety | Leslie Booker (2021)

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

All week, we've been running  "best of" episodes as part of our Taming Anxiety series – and this is the final episode in that series.  Leslie Boo...

How to Break Your Anxiety Habit | Judson Brewer (2021)

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing some of the best episodes in our archives about anxiety. Dr. Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and deep dharma practitioner who...

Sara Bareilles: Anxiety, Anger, and Art (2021)

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're posting some of our best podcasts from the archives on a dragon many of us face internally – anxiety. The first episode of the seri...

The Science of Depression | Sona Dimidjian

19 Jan 2022

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  This episode features one of the world's leading experts in depression and how meditation can help. Dr. Sona Dimidjian is a professor in the Depart...

The Zen of Therapy | Mark Epstein

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Psychiatrist Dr. Mark Epstein, discusses his new book The Zen of Therapy, in which he explores how his decades of studying and practicing Buddhism has...

Are You Willing to Challenge Your Own Tribe? | Robert Wright

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why, from an evolutionary perspective, is it so terrifying for many of us to contemplate challenging our own tribe? How comfortable would you be hoppi...

Ways to End Bias That Will Also Make You Happier | Jessica Nordell

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Nordell is a science and culture journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times. She earned a B.A. in physics from Harvard...

For the Burned Out, Fried, and Exhausted | Emily & Amelia Nagoski

05 Jan 2022

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The final episode of our New Year's Getting Unstuck Series features Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Our goal with this episode, as it has been with all the ...

Can You Handle This? | Tara Brach

03 Jan 2022

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This is the third episode of our Getting Unstuck Series and we're kicking off the new year with a giant in the meditation world. Tara Brach holds a Ph...

How a Buddhist Teacher Gets Unstuck | Matthew Hepburn

29 Dec 2021

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It's the second episode of our Getting Unstuck Series. In this episode, Buddhist teacher and TPH fan favorite Matthew Hepburn offers a Buddhist lens o...

That Rut You're In – This One Word Could Pull You Out | Nedra Tawwab

27 Dec 2021

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This is the first episode of our Getting Unstuck Series. This episode, featuring social worker and NYT bestselling author Nedra Tawwab has some incred...

Karamo: How to Actually Do Self-Love (January, 2021)

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With the approach of the new year (and perhaps New Year's resolutions) we've decided to replay a very popular episode, featuring one of the most promi...

How to Change Your Habits | Katy Milkman (May, 2021)

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're almost at that time of year where we contemplate making New Year's resolutions. So we decided to rerun an episode about the blazingly obvious fa...

How You Can Help End Polarization and Inequality – and Get Happier, Too | Robert Putnam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett

15 Dec 2021

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In this episode, Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett discuss the recent book they co-authored, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century A...

What Is Nirvana? | Robert Thurman

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to make change in a world filled with all sorts of horrors and obstacles, does it help or hurt to stay cheerful while you go about your bu...

This Episode Will Make You Stronger | Sister Dang Nghiem

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's hard to be a human. No matter how good things are for you, being alive is still hard; whatever your life circumstances are, we're all subject to ...

How To Work Around Your Own Irrationality | Richard Thaler

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explores how to make the infernally difficult challenge of habit formation a little easier, with guest Richard H. Thaler, who won the Nob...

How to Embrace the Anti-Diet | Christy Harrison

01 Dec 2021

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This episode is the second in our two-part Anti-Diet Series, and features guest Christy Harrison. Christy is an anti-diet registered dietitian and nut...

Jameela Jamil on Mental Self-Defense

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest for our 400th episode is actor and activist Jameela Jamil, who you may have seen on such shows as The Good Place, The Misery Index, and Lege...

How to Get Out of Your Head | Willa Blythe Baker

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It is a common desire to get out of our heads, to escape the internal noise, the chatter, the Sturm und Drang, the sound and fury, etc. You hear about...