Good Life Project
Episodes
Finding Home
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're answering a powerful question from a listener who writes:"...how do you find a sense of place and home, when we live in an increasingly m...
Danielle LaPorte: Truth, Devotion and the Evolution of Joy
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle LaPorte is soul-personified.I've known her for nearly a decade, and in that time, while so much has changed, one thing has remained consisten...
Selfishly Selfless
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Heard any of these?You have to take care of yourself, before you can take care of others.In an emergency, put your oxygen mask on first, or else you w...
Dan Lerner: How to Succeed (in school and life).
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To be amazing at any one thing, do you have to abandon everything and everyone else along the way? Or, is there a better way?That's the question that ...
How to Do What You Love When You Can’t Just Walk Away
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do you continue to grow, to honor the call of your "true self," when you're far enough into life that you've got responsibilities and people looki...
Dani Shapiro: On Life, Marriage and Creative Expression
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dani Shapiro is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels and four memoirs, including her latest, Hourglass: Time, Memory, Money.A rec...
Want to Live Longer? It’s a People Thing
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the last month, two annual reports have come out that offer guidance on who the happiest and healthiest countries in the world are. They rank each ...
Vanessa Van Edwards: Hacking Social Interaction for Good
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Vanessa Van Edwards , is a behavioral investigator and founder of human behavior research lab, the Science of People.She...
Don’t Just Ship It
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Comes a time you’ve gotta get out of your head and just act. Maybe you want to change careers, start a company, learn to paint, start a relationship...
Ayelet Waldman’s Really Good Day [on psychedelics]
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Suicide or psychedelics?Those were the options this week's guest, Ayelet Waldman, found herself facing.A married mother of four and novelist...
Certainty Anchors: Finding Calm in a Stormy World
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’re living in uncertain times. And, that can have a pretty life-stifling effect on us. It can impact everyth...
Michelle Gielan: Broadcasting Happiness
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research.Sh...
The Experimental Life
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this mythology. Go all in. Don’t dabble. Don’t play. Don’t make it a hobby, make it your “one thing.” From the very beginning. Eve...
Kute Blackson: Redefining Your Own Path to Freedom
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Born in Ghana, West Africa,Kute Blackson was the child of a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father who was a legendary faith leader with some...
The Unfortunate Middle
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are taught, from a young age, to exist in the middle. Everything in moderation. Don’t be a tall poppy, nor a shrinking violet. Good enough is goo...
She Created the Like Button, But Comics Were Her Salvation
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You know that little button on Facebook you click to "like" something? Well, as one of the early employees at Facebook, today's guest, Leah Pearlman, ...
Naked and Silent: Asking Is Not Receiving [encore]
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this odd thing that happens the moment after we ask for help. While we’re asking, we stand in a place of surrender. We hit a point, often ...
Dr. Frank Lipman: Questioning the Norms in Medicine and Life
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A pioneer in functional and integrative medicine, Dr. Frank Lipman is the founder and director of the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in New Y...
Social Risks: When is it Worth It to Say Hello?
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you take a social risk? Simple truth, we’re all wired for a certain level of human interaction. Some of us cannot get enough of ot...
Tiffany Dufu: What if the Power Move Was to Just Let Go?
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Tiffany Dufu left for summer camp as a teen, both parents dropped her off. Only one picked her up.She’d soon discover her parents had...
Reason and Passion
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this beautiful verse in Khalil Gibran’s book, The Prophet that speaks to the interplay between reason and passion. It reminds us that the...
Aviva Romm: Overcoming Survival Overdrive Syndrome
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Dr. Aviva Romm, has been referred to as “the face of natural medicine in the 21st century by Prevention Magazine.”She’...
Don’t Throw Good Money (or Love) After Bad.
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard the phrase, “don’t throw good money after bad?” It basically means, once you realize the thing you’ve invested in is not what y...
Tim Ferriss: The Story Beyond The Tools
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Ferriss is a man on a mission, driven to deconstruct mastery and excellence, then share what he’s learned.It began with his own relent...
Are You Happy, Or Afraid?
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“I’m good.” It’s a lie we often tell ourselves. Why? To avoid the fear and uncertainty that comes from owning the fact that things aren’t qu...
Dave Evans: Designing Your Life
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Dave Evans, is a lecturer at the famed Stanford d.School a theological scholar and management consultant. He is also a man on a ...
I’m Aware, and it’s Bumming Me Out. Now What?
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s GLP Riff, we’re sharing two powerful questions from one of our super-awesome podcast listeners. Turns out, we’ve received similar que...
Marianne Williamson: Transforming the Illusion
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, activist and multi-time New York Times Best Selling author....
Terri Cole: Real Love, Where It’s Hiding
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Love. It’s one of the most important fillers of our Connection Buckets. But, then there’s this special “type,” some people call it “real lov...
Claire Hoffman: A Journey Back to Life Transcendent
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Abandoned by her alcoholic dad when she was five, out of cash and evicted from their NYC apartment, Claire Hoffman, her mom and seven-year-old brother...
The Truth About Luck [a 4-part formula]
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Luck. It’s a source of envy, denial, opportunity, anger, frustration, creation and astonishing success. When it happens to us, we revel in it. When ...
To Succeed at Anything, Do This. (2017)
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Success is not just about knowing what to do. It is about doing it.All the information in the world, the best laid plans, the clearest, most-defined, ...
Motivation: Why You Can’t Change the One You Love [Best of]
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever try to help someone who had absolutely no interest in being helped? It’s one of the most frustrating experiences we can have. Maybe it’s a fa...
Simon Sinek: Serve Those Who Serve Others [Best of]
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On September 17, 2009, Simon Sinek stepped onto a small stage for a local gathering...and proceeded to blow away the world.The event was TEDx Puget So...
Annoyed or Blessed? It’s a Matter of Choice
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if the “perceived imperfections, quirks or annoyances” that triggered you in other people were the very same things that, viewed differently,...
Debbie Millman: Imagine Immensities [Best of]
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie Millman is a creative, design and storytelling force of nature.Millman was drawn into the world of news and print in her early twenties, cultiv...
Finding God in the Grain
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There’s something about working with your hands that changes you. Over the last generation, we’ve shifted largely to a “knowledge economy.” We...
Todd Herman: What Really Drives Elite Performance?
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How did a kid who grew up on a farm in Alberta, Canada end up an elite performance coach to Olympic athletes and CEOs?This is the story of today's gue...
Attention Rule-breakers: Not So Fast.
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Calling all rule-breakers, rebels and deviants from the norm… Before you run screaming from convention, consider why the rules, the norms, the cultu...
Mark Nepo: Being Faithful to the Truth of the Journey
05 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest, Mark Nepo, is a renowned poet, philosopher, author, master storyteller and spiritual teacher.He has appeared numerous times on...
Introvert Entrepreneurs: A Quieter Approach to Building Business
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can you start and build a business if you’re an introvert? This was a question from our someone in our listening community. Truth told, it’s a que...
Emily McDowell: Irreverent Art With a Huge Heart.
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Emily McDowell is a writer, illustrator, and entrepreneur who specializes in chronicling the human condition.In 2012, she left a successful career in ...
Happiness. It’s Complicated.
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if the quest to be perpetually happy was actually making us miserable? Who doesn’t want to be happy? Who doesn’t want to laugh all day? It’...
Gabrielle Bernstein: The Journey From Addiction to Awareness
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Bernstein is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back and numerous other books.She's been featured on Oprah’...
What Story Is Your Life Telling?
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a line in the Good Life Project Living Creed: “Life is a story, if you wouldn’t read the one you’re telling, write a different ending....
Radhanath Swami: The Path of Devotion and Service
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Radhanath Swami, a Vaishnava sanyassin (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga.He...
A Good Life is a Practice, Not a Place.
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
So often, we look at life as a game to win, or a journey to get from where we are now to that magical, far-off destination where, finally, we get to l...
Orly Wahba: The Kindness Boomerang
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Orly Wahba is a teacher, entrepreneur, and community activist passionate about inspiring and motivating people to make the world a kinder place.Orly b...
Are You Measuring Your Success With the Wrong Metric?
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Are you measuring your success by the wrong metric? It’s so easy to get caught up in vanity metrics. To measure how full your Good Life Buckets are ...
Panache Desai: On Teachers, Triggers, Presence and Grace
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest, Panache Desai, is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author of Discovering Your Soul Signature, and recent guest of Oprah Winfr...
Our Podcast Setup: In the Studio and On the Road
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Order your copy of Jonathan Fields’ new book, How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom, today! It’s ava...
Glennon Doyle: On Love, Life, Leading and the Limelight
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Glennon Doyle Melton is an author, activist, and founder of Momastery.com and Together Rising, a non-profit that has raised close to fi...
Before You Can Choose Joy, You Have to Choose You.
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever know someone who just radiates light? Someone who is unapologetically joyful? Even under the most challenging circumstances, there’s this heart...
How to Live a Good Life [BONUS EPISODE]
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if today was the day that changed everything? What if you didn’t have to wait to step into your good life and, instead, you could just start li...
Lori Harder: Transforming Anxiety Into Action and Elevation
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How does a fearful kid from the midwest with severe social anxiety and a struggling self-image end up on the cover of magazines and teaching women how...
Unbusy: A Manifesto
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Busyness. It’s a problem. But, what if there was something deeper happening? An epic battle between intention and surrender that is both a source of...
Beyond Coaching, What Really Matters: Michael Bungay Stanier
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Rhodes Scholar, Box of Crayons Senior Partner and bestselling author, Michael Bungay Stanier, has a bone to pick.It's about coachi...
Jocelyn Glei: Unsubscribing as an Act of Creation.
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jocelyn Glei knows how to get the right stuff done. The founding editor and a key member of the team that built the massive 99u community, website and...
Refuge in Grief: How Megan Devine Came Back to Life
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The day Megan Devine's partner died started like any other.The sun was shining as they walked to a favorite spot by the river. Matt waded in, as ...
You Don’t Have to Go Big to Make a Big Difference.
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this idea out in the world that if you want to make a real difference, to make meaning, you have to go big. Be massively public. Take the gi...
Lisa Sugar: The Making of POPSUGAR (and a very good life)
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A child of the 80s, Lisa Sugar grew up obsessed with pop-culture. Little did she know, her childhood fascination would become her career.Graduating co...
The Power of Personas: Unlock Your Inner Boldness
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could tap into the hidden superhero, savant or performer that lays buried deep inside us to do things we could normally never do? Not as a ...
Ali Handal: Music, Mastery, Meaning and Money [live performance]
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Quick note - be sure to listen to the end, we've got a live, acoustic performance by this week's guest that will rock your world!Ali Handal grew up lo...
When Ethos Meets Ability, Magic Ensues.
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re looking to build something real, something that matters, from a family or community, to a business or any other mission-driven endeavor,...
Mark Manson: On Pain, Possibility and Profanity
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The first time I stumbled upon Mark Manson's writing, I didn't know what to do. It was a complete pattern interrupt.The issues were raw and real, the ...
The Making of a Book: How to Live a Good Life
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard, I have a new book coming out. It’s called How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom. Yo...
Jenny Blake: Pivot Your Life (It’s no longer optional)
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to optimize your career for money and meaning simultaneously? Or does one always take the lead?We explore this and more in today's conv...
Work as an Act of Devotion and Expression (and, gulp, love).
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How does someone spend over five decades of their life fundamentally doing the same thing and still be so madly devoted and passionate and in love wit...
Sir Ken Robinson: On the Power of Creativity and Will [Best Of]
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2006, Sir Ken Robinson stepped onto the TED stage and delivered a scathing indictment of the modern educational system, entitled "How Scho...
There is no perfect moment beyond the one you create.
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We are constantly surrounded by imperfect circumstances that we perceive as barriers to our ability to act at the highest level. So, what do we do? W...
Elizabeth Gilbert: Creating Your Life In Real Time [Best Of]
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As we move into these final weeks of August, we'll be airing two extraordinary "Best Of" episodes, featuring powerful conversations from the last year...
The Tyranny of Always
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
*** Camp GLP Final Call: Come join us next week! *** Why do we hammer ourselves with life-stifling, defeatist absolutes attached to negative expec...
Think Grow Prosper: How Ruben Chavez Turned Struggle Into Success
14 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Facing a tough period in his life, this week's guest, Ruben Chavez, turned to books to both reconnect with curiosity and rekindle the spark of possibi...
Why the Best of the Best Always Have Teachers
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What does it ACTUALLY take to be great? Over the last decades, we’ve learned that practice, alone, isn’t enough. You need to make your practice “...
Jess Lively: What happens when you let intuition take the wheel?
07 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of masculine and feminine, do you naturally think "man" and "woman" respectively?Our guest today believes everyone can harness both mas...
How to be unmistakable (even when you’re falling apart): Srinivas Rao
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Srinivas Rao was following the typical life path for an American kid. Raised in a family steeped in high-expectations of professional success, he ende...
Mary Fons: she quilted her way to health, now it’s time to write.
31 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Fons knew she wanted to be a writer from a young age, and was pursuing that path when a catastrophic illness nearly took her life, leading to sur...
He left his life to bike 46,000 miles around the world in 4 years. But, why?
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought about leaving everything behind and traveling the world? Of cashing out your savings to hit the road and create lifelong memorie...
Chris “Daze” Ellis: From Street Artist to Museum Collections
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Chris Daze Ellis, is a born-and-bred New York artist with a fascinating origin story. Although he began his prolific painting career ...
The Untold Story Behind GPS Girl and the Voice of Siri.
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How did an Australian woman who wanted to be the next Olivia Newton-John become the voice of SIRI and the confident giver of directions in than 400 mi...
The Mind Club: Who Is In, Who Is Out and Why It Matters
17 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Good Life Project, our guest is social psychologist and professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Kurt Gray. Kurt st...
How One Woman Built a Renegade Craft Movement.
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go from studying psychology and religion to founding the world’s largest outdoor renegade craft fair, with outposts in nine cities. Thi...
How Touch Can Make or Break Your Life, with David Linden
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder why the exact same touch by one person will give you the creeps, but by another will make you yearn for more?On this episode of The Good L...
When Life Partners Become Business Partners: Linda & Charlie Bloom
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
+++Come to Camp GLP: The Ultimate blend of learning and play! +++ Today, on Good Life Project, I have two very special guests joining me. Linda and Ch...
The Minimalists: Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine having just about everything you wanted – a great job, making a lot of money, being able to get as much “stuff” as you want – and then...
Jadah Sellner and Jeffrey Davis: On Legacy, Life and Laughter
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This time on The Good Life Project, I am joined by Jadah Sellner and Jeffrey Davis for a roundtable-style discussion of a few of the burning issues an...
How to Be Funny (Even When You’re Not): David Nihill
26 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our in-depth conversation features David Nihill. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, David, like so man of us, had a deep fear of public sp...
Jesse Browner: What If I’d Taken a Different Path?
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had chosen another path? Would you have been more successful in your craft? A better writer...
Rev. angel Kyodo williams: On Liberation, Justice and Love
19 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Love and Justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer chang...
Karan Bajaj: On Yearlong Sabbaticals and Real Jobs
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, my special guest is Karan Bajaj. Karan is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with a full-time corporate job and a rather unique approach...
Sharon Salzberg: Insight, Meditation and Lovingkindness
12 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Good Life Project, we welcome Sharon Salzberg, a renowned meditation and lovingkindness teacher and founder of Insight Medi...
Dr. Shefali Tsabary: Parenting as a Vehicle for Liberation
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, my special guest is Dr. Shefali Tsabary. If her name sounds familiar, you may have seen one of her appearances as the resident parenting ex...
Petra Kolber: The Perfection Detox
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if you had to live your life in the spotlight. With thousands of people watching not just your every move, but the things you said, the way you l...
The Art of Perception: How to See and Say What Really Matters
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if success was less about mastery and more about sight?Simple truth: Most of us don’t see what is right in front of us.Instead, we see mental m...
André Mack: Military Kid Turned Rebel Winemaker
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go from being a wine newbie to a sommelier at Thomas Keller’s famed French Laundry?That was the journey that our today’s guest, An...
Broken Open: From Silicon Valley to Street Kids in India
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Eileen Flannigan, the Founder and Managing Director of Girls on Fire Leaders, a non-profit that provides young girls in developing na...
Jeffrey Davis: Tracking Wonder and Loving Life
22 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is obsessed with wonder. In fact, it's his vocation.Jeffery Davis is the founder of Tracking Wonder, where he explores how to recon...
How Do You Craft Transcendent Collaborations?
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ features guests-in-residence Daniel Lerner and Gabra Zackman. This is session 3 in their three-week ...
Anders Ericsson: Dismantling the 10,000 Hour Rule
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever hear of the 10,000 rule? The idea that it takes 10,000 hours to become world-class at anything?Well, what if it wasn't true?And, what if the rese...
Melissa Ambrosini: The Joy of Missing Out
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're featuring a very special GLP Guest Riff with Melissa Ambrosini.Melissa Ambrosini is the bestselling author of Mastering Your Mean Gir...