Good Life Project
Episodes
Life-sucking Lie #1: I Don’t Have Time
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not the box society puts us in that limits who we become, it’s the box we put ourselves in.There's no secret to success. No magic bullet. No ...
Nilofer Merchant: Big Questions, Deep Faith and Real Power
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is sponsored by Camp GLP, the ultimate summer-camp for entrepreneurs, makers and world-shakers, recently featured in USA Today!+++"Bra...
In a World of Overwhelm, Be a Source of Ease
14 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Don't make people work to learn what you know."Today's short and sweet Good Life Riff is about the increasing value of ease and simplicity in a world...
Building a Living Around Your Creative Soul: Cynthia Morris
12 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"The creative act is surrendering to not knowing."There's this scene I have etched in my mind. This week's guest, Cynthia Morris is dancing ...
Working for Free: The Good, The Bad, The Truth
07 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After years of paying to wear your favorite shoes, you're getting paid to be seen in them.After years of speaking for free and paying to travel, you'r...
Killing Complexity: The Power of Simple Rules, with Don Sull
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this...A financial genius spends his life developing a complex financial model with the intention of telling you what stocks to buy and sell, ...
How Working With Your Hands Changes You.
29 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When you watch kids create something, it's like watching an artist who is given complete permission to explore, experiment, and express. There's ...
Sir Ken Robinson: The True Story of an Education Revolutionary
27 Apr 2015
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...
Life is a Contact Sport [6 mins]
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How much of your life are you living in your head?If you're like most people, an awful lot. It's great to have a rich inner life, but when that noggin...
Fueling Vibrant Health the Plantpower Way with Julie Piatt
21 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"One of the biggest struggles we deal with as parents is making decisions for our children that feel safe for US."I have been interested in getting to...
Facing Fear as a Gateway to Purpose and Possibility
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Will you step into purpose and connection and expression, or leave them for dead?"There's nothing quite like getting up on stage in front of a crowd ...
Overcoming Rejection: 100-Day Experiment That Changed Everything
14 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Creativity [happens] not necessarily because we have no limits, but because we have found ways to solve problems within limits."Growing up in China,&...
Why Some Entrepreneurs End Up Hating Their Lives (7 minutes)
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So many people head into the world of entrepreneurship with high hopes, only to end up miserable and running back to a J.O.B. We call this "entreprene...
The Surprising Science of Workplace Bliss
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Rather than making perfection the goal, make improvement the goal."If your work environment and culture empty you out, it will make it near impossibl...
The Killer App Is You: A Good Life Riff
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a Good Life Project "Riff."What's that? A short, punchy riff on one particular topic that matters to a life well lived. Generally no m...
One Woman’s Journey to Help Thousands Find Freedom
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Nothing about them without them."Sometimes you hear stories about the horrors of what people go through in other parts of the world and it just seems...
The Fine Art of Finding Your Calling, With Jeff Goins
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Your activity needs to flow from your identity."It seems that A LOT of people struggle with the question, "What should I do with my life?"So I was re...
9 Things: Dying For Fame, Manly Beards, Online Dating and More
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Over the next few months, we'll be testing a few different show and segment ideas. Not to replace our current weekly in-depth interviews, but to poten...
Gretchen Rubin: How To Build Habits That Change Lives
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Everything you've been told about building and breaking habits may well be wrong. Or, at the very least, missing a critical middle step.In this week's...
Time Is a Matter of Choice: Laura Vanderkam
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As busy, productive humans living in the 21st century, one of our most common responses to the question "How are you?" is "Fine. Busy."Especially if y...
From Bipolar And Suicidal to Living a Good Life: Ross Szabo
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"Someone who is stressed out needs mental health as much as someone who has bipolar disorder."There are few subjects as delicate as mental disorders a...
Location Independence, Freedom and the Good Life with Natalie Sisson
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
2015 Immersion Final Call – Only a handful of spots left! Join Jonathan, a team of gifted mentors and an intimate group of conscious co-conspirat...
Pixar Founder, Ed Catmull on Creativity, Culture and Steve Jobs
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember being a kid and loving to draw? But at some point early on you learned that your art wasn't good enough? So you stopped.What if you ha...
Romance Novels, Sultry Voices, Pacts with God and the Good Life
11 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever made a deal with God? I’m guessing that’s a yes. It’s pretty common to get to a place in your life where you want to something so ...
How Do You Live After You’ve Almost Died?
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"PTSD is less of a brain event than an existential event."We've all heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but we may not realize that we probably a...
The Power (and Heartbreak) of Being Called to Serve: Danielle Butin
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
"People who are not listened to need those who are listened to to fight like hell for them."How many times have you heard an inspiring story of incred...
Paleo For Mortals, One Size Does Not Fit All – With Chris Kresser
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Kresser is a leading voice in functional and integrative medicine and a New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure. He maintains a wild...
From Addicted Teen to Acclaimed Therapist: The Inside Story
08 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's sooo wonderful to be back from our holiday season hiatus!And, do I have a powerhouse conversation to share with you today...By the time she got o...
Lewis Howes: A Big Man With a Dark Secret and Heart of Gold
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I'm rarely stunned. But this was one of those times...Lewis Howes is a radiant, towering hulk of a human being. Driven, energized, magnetic and succes...
Brene Brown: On Gratitude, Vulnerability and Courage
26 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a replay of a powerful conversation I had with famed author and grounded theory researcher Brene Brown.Brene and I met a few ...
Jocelyn Glei: Find Your Through-line and Make Your Mark
21 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We spend a lot of time thinking about the legacy we're building. What is the thing that threads everything you've done together? What is the mark you'...
JJ Virgin: Sugar, Addiction and the Good Life
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Fueling your body for optimal health, performance and vitality is an important part of living a good life. Question is, how?I don’t know about you, ...
Surprising People With An Extra Layer of Love – Tina Roth Eisenberg
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this myth about being a grown-up, especially, being a parent, that it’s a time where the play ends and the serious work begins. That laugh...
The Myth of the Sole Genius and the Power of Partnerships
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this legend about the sole creator.That person who goes into their creative cave, cloistered in solitude for days, months or even years, onl...
How to Release Criticism and Embrace Your Calling
23 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There a certain inertia that often takes hold of our lives when we hit a certain age.One that says “you know that dream, it’s just not that realis...
Closets Are No Place to Live: Ash Beckham
17 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear the phrase “coming out,” what do you think about?For most people, it’s telling the world you’re gay. Truth is, we’ve all got c...
Those Angsty Teen Years (and why they still control you)
09 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder why everything that happened during your teens has stayed with you for so long? And, for many, continues to control you to this day?In tod...
Bonus Episode: The Art of Revolution: Movement-Driven Business
06 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
So, I’ve got something different for you today. It’s a bonus episode that features a 90-minute audiobook version of something I published last wee...
Erin Moon: Walking The Path Back To Life
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you can do everything right in life. Give to others, live with compassion, love with every fiber of your being and fill your days with work ...
Chris Guillebeau – The Quest-Driven Life
25 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
10 years ago, Chris Guillebeau mounted a quest to do the impossible, to visit every country in the world.Along the way, he’s been hassled, deported,...
Life, Legacy and the Final Episode of GLP TV???
21 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Big surprise and a huge announcement about the future of the project.First, the surprise. Today's guest is ME!You guys have been asking for two and a ...
The Curse of Success and How to Avoid It
10 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The odd thing about success. It often breeds failure.An interesting thing happens when you start with nothing, work like crazy, take big creative risk...
Jesse Kornbluth: Curating Culture And Creating A Life
04 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Kornbluth is a force. Engaging, smart and deeply-invested in exploring life, ideas, people and art. Not just the art you hang on the wall, but t...
Little Moments That Awaken Your Humanity
27 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A few years back, sitting down with Brene Brown, I asked what living a good life meant to her. Her answer was that it was about acknowledging and exal...
Embrace The Thrash
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Every long-term creative endeavor requires you to cycle into "The Thrash."That window where everything you thought you knew gets thrown into the wind,...
Can You Feel a Maker’s Heart Through Their Art?
13 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever picked up, looked at or listened to something so beautiful, it left you in a state of awe? And then thought… I wonder what the person ...
Less Show, More Soul.
07 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
So, we're having a bit of fun in August, calling it the "GLP Summer Jam."Instead of our longer interviews this month, we're doing a full month of...
Be Your Own Guru
30 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What if the person you were looking for, the one with all the answers, the one who could help you feel better and give you direction was...you?We spen...
Eve Branson: The Adventurous Life
24 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You may recognize the last name of today's guest.Yes, Eve Branson is the mom of legendary entrepreneur, Virgin founder and adventurer, Richard Branson...
How One Doc “Biohacked” Her Hormones and Reclaimed Her Life
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What if you weren't just a statistic?What if you were a single human being, with unique genes, biology, chemistry and needs? And what if the "generic"...
Medicine 3.0: What Got Us Here Ain’t Gonna Get Us There
03 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
If the body is a whole, connected system, why does modern medicine so often treat it as a calamity of isolated causes, effects and symptoms?A blend of...