It’s OK That You’re Not OK with Megan Devine

Protecting Your Mental Health in the Healthcare Workplace, with the Burned Out Burnout Expert, Dr. Jessi Gold

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We know that healthcare workers are burned out and exhausted. Provider mental health is a huge issue… but are the institutions listening? This wee...

Over and Over Again: Illustrator Aubrey Hirsch on the Power of Storytelling

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The world is such a hot mess: every day a new disaster, a new human rights catastrophe. It can just feel… endless. Illustrator Aubrey Hirsch joins u...

Untangled: Suffering & The 8-Fold Path with Koshin Paley Ellison

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you look at social media with its reliance on meme-based psychology, you’d think that the Buddhist approach to life is to not let things get to y...

Other People Have It Worse: Veteran Jason Kander on PTSD & Recognizing You Need Help

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the outside, veteran Jason Kander had everything going for him: successful political career, lovely family, the respect of his peers. But on the in...

It’s Not Just Business: Healthcare Equity & Leadership with Dr. Errol Pierre

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Errol Pierre is a corporate executive, leader, mentor, and outspoken advocate for healthcare equity in the US and Haiti. HIs book, The Way Up, hel...

Pet Loss and Veterinarians Who Cry: with Veterinary Oncologist and Author Dr. Renee Alsarraf

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody likes to talk about pet loss… but everybody wants to talk about pet loss. What a difficult scenario that is! Veterinary oncologist Dr. Renee ...

Horse Barbie & Cultivating Trans Joy with Geena Rocero

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can you hide in plain sight? From trans beauty pageants in the Philippines, to the catwalks of New York City fashion week, to the Ted Talk mainstage –...

Real Self-Care with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever put on a face mask, expecting it to solve all your mental health problems? That seems…unrealistic, but it’s what self-care marketi...

Is There Any Good News on Climate Change? with Bill McKibben

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re in a massive climate crisis, but it’s hard to think about it, isn’t it? It’s a great temptation to shut our eyes to climate change. It...

A Renaissance of Our Own: The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Rachel Cargle

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can grief be an opportunity for growth and self-understanding? The answer, of course, is yes: but it’s a bit more complex than that. This week, auth...

Live Each Day Like It’s Your First: with Alua Arthur

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What would a meaningful life look like for you? According to Death Doula Alua Arthur, conversations about death can be the most enriching conversation...

More Anger Means More Joy: Part Two with Soraya Chemaly

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do we lose when we’re not allowed to be angry? In a lot of ways, anger is more taboo than grief. They’re deeply related, as you’ll hea...

Rage Becomes Her (and by “her” I mean US) with Soraya Chemaly

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do we lose when we’re not allowed to be angry? In a lot of ways, anger is more taboo than grief. They’re deeply related, as you’ll hea...

Do You Have to Be Friends with Everyone? with Dr. Alexandra Solomon (Part Two)

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What should you do if someone wants to be friends, but you’re not into it? Boundaries are part of all human relationships, but they are TRICKY. ...

Tricky Boundaries & Skillful Negotiation with Dr. Alexandra Solomon (Part One)

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when someone cuts you out of their life? How do you back away slowly from someone you really don’t want to be around? Boundaries are ...

Complex PTSD and the Art of Survival with Author Stephanie Foo

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve lived through horrific trauma or abuse, is it really fair of us to say that the ways you’ve learned to cope are “bad,” or to use cli...

Organized Grief = Social Movements with Malkia Devich-Cyril

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s no denying the grief that permeates everyday life. It’s in the news, in our communities, and in our personal lives. The thing is - we neve...

What’s the Deal With Prolonged Grief Disorder (and why should you care)?

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

PROLONGED GRIEF DISORDER! It’s everywhere - social media, The New York Times, The Washington Post… it’s the hot new medical condition everyone’...

Sam Sanders: Life Has Been Lifing

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Sanders is a well known and well loved radio and podcast host. He went a little extra-viral for a recent episode of his show, Vibe Check, in whi...

Connection Is The Best Medicine: with Dr. Rana Awdish

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder what doctors say about their patients when they think no one can hear? Dr. Rana Awdish doesn’t have to wonder - as a patient, she over...

Do I Stay Or Do I Go? Caregivers Under Stress; with the Co-Founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s no secret that healthcare professionals and caregivers of all kinds are stretched beyond their limits. We can’t look to healthcare systems th...

Is There Enough Love to Go Around?

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The world can feel like such a lonely place sometimes. You ever feel like there’s not enough love and support to go around? Like, there’s a severe...

Tembi Locke: From Scratch

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tembi Locke lived an amazing love story: she met a handsome chef during a study abroad year in Italy when she was just 20 years old. They moved to LA ...

Why Do We Celebrate Trauma (aka: resilience)? with Dr. Gabor Maté

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did anyone teach you that understanding your grief is the key to being (or becoming) a healthy human being? Probably not. In this expansive episode,...

Collective Grief and Communal Joy: with Baratunde Thurston

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can you heal pain by focusing on joy? Baratunde Thurston gave what’s been called “the greatest TED talk of all time.” He’s written about bei...

The Full Experience: Fitness, Love, Death & Community with Supernatural Coach, Leanne Pedante

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wanted to just SMASH things? Leanne Pedante and her husband Miles’ relationship was built on bravery and communication - they worked s...

Holiday Debrief: Ghosting Therapists, New Year’s Breakups, and Holiday Angels

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are over - you made it. By the looks of our inbox, the season wasn’t easy. This week, a holiday debrief, including bad behavior from th...

New Year’s Resolutions vs “aggressive futurism” with Kate Bowler - Part 2

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is acceptance overrated? What happens when you have to face a new year without your person in it (or without the health you used to have!)? In this ...

New Year, Same Grief (and the Math of Suffering) with Kate Bowler - Part 1

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is acceptance overrated? What happens when you have to face a new year without your person in it (or without the health you used to have!)? In this ...

A Christmas Eve Tradition

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My dad used to read ‘‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” every Christmas Eve when I was a kid, after dinner and before we opened our Christmas pjs...

Your Holiday Survival Guide: Family Dynamics Edition

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday season is sometimes joyful, sometimes stressful - and to be honest, it’s usually a mix of both. Between external pressures and family dy...

adrienne maree brown: Can We Give Ourselves Permission to Be Free?

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if there’s nothing to fix? What if you could just, you know, be yourself - whatever that looks like today? When I told people that this week’...

Living with Chronic Illness: A Conversation For Everyone with a Body, with Sarah Ramey

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Look, there are some things in life - a LOT of things in life - that just can’t be fixed or made better, you have to figure out how you’re going t...

What Happens to Childhood Grief When You Grow Up? with Allyson Dinneen

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our early childhood experiences of grief - and how our family systems dealt with loss - have a huge impact on our adult behaviors and relationships. ...

Gun Violence, Graphic Imagery & The Washington Post; with Nelba Márquez-Greene

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recently The Washington Post released graphic images, videos, and audio recordings from mass shootings, in a report called “Terror on Repeat.” Sho...

Sometimes Loss Is Freedom: A Conversation with Rebecca Woolf

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if you were just about to get divorced, but your partner gets sick? Like really sick? Rebecca Woolf was just about to leave an unhappy marriage w...

Is It Time to Retire the Stages of Grief? (Spoiler: Yes)

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody knows the stages of grief. Even if you didn’t go to grad school, I bet you can rattle them off. Thing is - those stages don’t help anyon...

Can We Make This Place Beautiful? with Maggie Smith

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do we live in a world that’s at least half terrible, and that is a conservative estimate?If you recognize that line, you already know Maggie Smi...

Wonder In an Age of Violence: Valarie Kaur & See No Stranger

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Wonder is the root of love, the lack of wonder is the root of violence.” Valarie Kaur is no stranger to violence. As a Sikh, as a woman, as a per...

The Old Gays Talk Life, Joy, and the Missing Generation of Gay Elders

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Being fabulous can save your life. The Old Gays are a social media sensation: flamboyant outfits, lip synched dance parties, and risque theatrics y...

A Place Called Home: A Conversation with Child Welfare Advocate, David Ambroz

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The scene is 1990’s New York City. Young David Ambroz and his two siblings are homeless, sleeping in bus shelters and bathing in public restrooms, u...

Overachieving As a Cry For Help: with Laurel Braitman

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of smart, high achieving people learned to greet pain with stoicism: by being mature and responsible, even as kids. But what happens when yo...

Such Ferocious Beauty: with Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dementia means losing your person over and over again. Margo Timmins and her siblings watched their father lose pieces of himself for years. They...

Cruelty on Steroids: How We Talk to Each Other, with Jameela Jamil

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We fight hard for the things we believe in. But HOW we fight for those things causes more damage than we realize. Jameela Jamil is a lightning ro...

Why Do We Celebrate Trauma (aka: Resilience)? with Dr. Gabor Maté

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did anyone teach you that understanding your grief is the key to being (or becoming) a healthy human being? Probably not. In this expansive episo...

Sorry for your loss: comedian Michael Cruz Kayne

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you turn the worst thing that’s ever happened to you into a comedy show? Comedian Michael Cruz Kayne went viral for a tweet he posted on...

Elise Loehnen: The 7 Deadly Sins and the Crown of Sadness

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Should you stop being “good”? According to the 7 deadly sins, a “good person” needs no rest, has no appetite, has no desires, puts themse...

Tembi Locke: From Scratch

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tembi Locke lived an amazing love story: she met a handsome chef during a study abroad year in Italy when she was just 20 years old. They moved to LA ...

Sam Sanders: Life Has Been Lifing

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Sanders is a well known and well loved radio and podcast host. He went a little extra-viral for a recent episode of his show, Vibe Check, in which...

Steven Kotler: Peak Performance and Getting Older (for humans and for dogs!)

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When life feels hard, does “peak performance” mean anything? Steven Kotler is known as the NYT best selling author of books like Stealing Fir...

adrienne maree brown: Can We Give Ourselves Permission to Be Free?

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if there’s nothing to fix? What if you could just, you know, be yourself - whatever that looks like today? When I told people that this we...

Horse Barbie & Cultivating Trans Joy with Geena Rocero

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can you hide in plain sight? From trans beauty pageants in the Philippines, to the catwalks of New York City fashion week, to the Ted Talk mainstage ...

Book Bans, Grief, and Love: What Do These Have to Do With Social Movements? with Malkia Devich-Cyril

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you’re interested in social justice or not, there’s no denying the grief simmering beneath the surface of daily life. It’s in our person...

Real Self-Care with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever put on a face mask, expecting it to solve all your mental health problems? That seems… unrealistic, but that’s what self-care m...

Is There Any Good News On Climate Change? with Bill McKibben

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re in a massive climate crisis, but it’s hard to think about it, isn’t it? It’s a great temptation to shut our eyes to climate change....

A Renaissance of Our Own: The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Rachel Cargle

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can grief be an opportunity for growth and self-understanding? The answer, of course, is yes: but it’s a bit more complex than that. This week, auth...

Can We Make This Place Beautiful? with Maggie Smith

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do we live in a world that’s at least half terrible, and that is a conservative estimate?If you recognize that line, you already know Maggie Smi...

Wonder In an Age of Violence: Valarie Kaur & See No Stranger

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Wonder is the root of love, the lack of wonder is the root of violence.” Is there a way to create boundaries with someone who wishes to cause h...

The Things That Define Us, with Chase Jarvis: Part Two

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you try to not let something define you, can it define you anyway? You might know Chase Jarvis as an Emmy nominated photographer, founder of C...

The Grief of Getting What You Want: with Chase Jarvis

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever felt something, then immediately “disqualified” yourself from feeling it? As if you don’t have the right to feel what you’re fee...

Live Each Day Like It’s Your First: with Alua Arthur

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What would a meaningful life look like for you? According to Death Doula Alua Arthur, conversations about death can be the most enriching conversation...

What’s It All For? Loss and Meaning In Midlife with Chip Conley

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Midlife has a lot of messy stuff in it: divorce, the death of your parents, menopause, health scares, empty nests, career changes, feeling increasingl...

Living with Chronic Illness: A Conversation for Everyone with a Body, with Sarah Ramey

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Look, there are some things in life - a LOT of things in life - that just can’t be fixed or made better, you have to figure out how you’re going t...

Collective Grief and Communal Joy: with Baratunde Thurston

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can you heal pain by focusing on joy? Baratunde Thurston gave what’s been called “the greatest TED talk of all time.” He’s written about ...

Is There Grief In Politics? with Dr. Gabor Maté

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is there really a way to understand politics if you understand grief? In this bonus episode with Dr. Gabor Maté, we explore the interconnections of g...

Why Do We Celebrate Trauma (aka: Resilience)? with Dr. Gabor Maté

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did anyone teach you that understanding your grief is the key to being (or becoming) a healthy human being? Probably not. In this expansive episo...

It's Ok That You're Not Okay: Season 3!

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Season three begins Monday May 8th, with all new shows and amazing guests. Follow now so you don’t miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

It’s Ok That You’re Not OK: the podcast

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What would be different if we could all just tell the truth about our lives? Welcome to SEASON THREE of It’s OK that You’re Not OK: the podcas...