the goop podcast

On Mothers and Daughters (with Blythe Danner)

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special episode from our archives: In 2018, shortly after we launched The goop Podcast, Gwyneth sat down with her own mom, actress Blythe Da...

Examining Our Stories (with therapist Sahaj Kaur Kohli)

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The founder of Brown Girl Therapy and the author of But What Will People Say? joins Cleo Wade to talk about belonging, family, and identity. Kohli e...

How to Be a Practical Optimist (with psychiatrist Sue Varma)

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sue Varma, author of Practical Optimism, served as the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Prog...

Thoughts on Love (with author Anne Lamott)

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Legendary author Anne Lamott discusses the many ways love can transform us. She shares how she learned to break free from perfectionism, the spiritual...

Systems of Self-Care (with founder Katara McCarty)

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Katara McCarty is the founder of Exhale, an app focused on the mental wellness of Black women. Today, she shares her personal life story with Gwyneth....

How Does Menopause Change Your Brain? (with neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi)

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gwyneth is joined by Lisa Mosconi, author of The Menopause Brain. Mosconi is an associate professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and the d...

Quieting Your Mental Chatter (with Moments of Space cofounder Kim Little)

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re sharing a conversation from our last In goop Health summit. Kim Little is a software developer, lifelong meditator, and cofounder of Mo...

What's Our Grief Asking Us to Do? (with therapist Claire Bidwell Smith)

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The author of Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss joins Cleo Wade to discuss how we go about rebuilding a life, or fi...

Are You Languishing? (with sociologist Corey Keyes)

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Wade is joined by Corey Keyes, author of Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down. In today's conversation, Keyes expl...

How to Have Better Conversations (with author Charles Duhigg)

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gwyneth is joined by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Supercommunicators to talk about the art and science behind meaningful co...

Examining Your Faith (with author Cole Arthur Riley)

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Wade is joined today by Cole Arthur Riley to discuss her new book— Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human—and he...

What’s Your Shadow Trying to Tell You? (Special Episode)

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Psychotherapists Barry Michels and Kristan Sargeant lead this special episode—part workshop, part conversation—on the shadow. (Michels is perhaps ...

Committing to Yourself (with Lindsay Peoples)

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lindsay Peoples, the editor-in-chief of the Cut and cofounder of the Black in Fashion Council, says she was a people pleaser growing up. In today's co...

Moving from Inspiration to Execution (with Beatrice Dixon)

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gwyneth asks her friend Beatrice Dixon to share the incredibly unique personal story behind her brand the Honey Pot. It’s an unexpected, and awe-ins...

Getting Unstuck (with author Bonnie Wan)

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Bonnie Wan, creator and author of The Life Brief, which is her transformative three-step tool for helping people reimagine their l...

Reflections on Marriage, Stunts, and Dim Sum (with Michelle Yeoh)

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

GP is joined today by actress Michelle Yeoh. They talked about Yeoh's beginnings as a ballet dancer in England, which unexpectedly led to her career i...

The 5 Principles that Lead to Resilient Humans (with developmental psychologist Aliza Pressman)

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“We don't allow ourselves to just kind of let our shoulders go down and trust that we are enough and we’re exactly what our kids need and that it’...

Your Astrological Forecast for 2024—Plus Insights from an Enneagram Coach (Special Episode)

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re kicking off 2024 with something a little different: a conversation between Enneagram coach Courtney Smith and psychological astrologer Jenni...

Cleo Wade: Reflections, Resolutions, and Answering Listener Questions

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For our last episode of 2023, instead of being joined by a guest, cohost and New York Times-bestselling author Cleo Wade is doing a special round of ...

Separating Ourselves from the Ego

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing a special conversation from our archives. In January 2020, Gwyneth sat down with Eckhart Tolle, the legendary spirituality te...

Becoming a Better Listener

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“We cannot feel well physically or mentally unless we are feeling loved by the people around us and the way that we do that is by being good listene...

Gwyneth, Allyson Felix, Amy Griffin, and Cameron Diaz on Redefining Power

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this live podcast conversation straight from our In goop Health wellness summit, GP was joined by three inspiring women who shared the stories behi...

The Risk It Takes to Bloom

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raquel Willis is an activist, author, and media strategist whose work focuses on Black transgender liberation. Willis joins Cleo Wade today to tal...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Tara Brach: Reclaiming Our Humanity

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"There's probably nothing that feels more valuable than getting intimate with our own hearts," says Tara Brach. "We need it. We need it in this world....

Staying True to Yourself

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Folks were not used to seeing or hearing people that look like me delivering them the news, giving them the facts, helping them unpack and understand...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Halle Berry: Taking Back Your Power

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"I've earned the right to evolve into somebody different," says Halle Berry. The actor joins GP to talk about what her inner dialogue sounds like at a...

Filling Your Life with Meaning

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shiza Shahid is an activist, an investor, and cofounder of the Malala Fund and Our Place. Shahid sat down with cohost Cleo Wade in front of a live ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Cleo Wade: Remember Love

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A wide-ranging and tender conversation between our two podcast cohosts—that includes a sneak listen of Cleo's new, beautiful book Remember Love. ...

Gwyneth Paltrow: The 15th Anniversary Special Episode

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, instead of being joined by a guest, GP takes a trip down memory lane and answers questions—from her closest friends, colleagues, and mentors—...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Taz Bhatia: A 30-Day Plan for Balancing Hormones

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GP is joined by Dr. Taz Bhatia, a board-certified integrative medicine physician and the author of the new book, The Hormone Shift. They talk through...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Nicole Avant: Metabolizing Grief

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GP is joined by her friend, Nicole Avant. Avant is a producer, a philanthropist, and the author of Think You’ll Be Happy, her upcoming memoir which...

Cleo Wade: Ask Me Anything

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, instead of being joined by a guest, cohost and New York Times-bestselling author Cleo Wade is doing a round of Ask-Me-Anything, where she answ...

What Your Human Design Type Says About You

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Wade is joined by human design expert Jenna Zoe. Zoe’s new book, Human Design, explores the principles of the personality system and how to us...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Laura Modi: Evolving the Baby Formula Industry

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Bobbie, the first woman-owned, organic infant formula brand in the U.S. Before starting Bobbie, Modi was an ex...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Thomas Curran: The Social Psychology of Perfectionism

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Curran is a social and personality psychologist, a professor at the London School of Economics, and the author of The Perfection Trap. He join...

The Small Steps That Lead to a Big Dream

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Justina Blakeney is a designer, artist, New York Times-bestselling author, and the founder of Jungalow. She joins Cleo Wade today to talk about her e...

Creating the Space for Honest Conversations

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nina Westbrook is a licensed marriage and family therapist, host of the Relationship Chronicles podcast, and the founder of the digital wellness commu...

Can Creating Something Small Heal Something Big?

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, we’re sharing again one of our favorite conversations that we keep returning to. In 2019, GP and author Elizabeth Gilbert s...

Rebuilding the Bonds of Love

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Casper ter Kuile is the author of The Power of Ritual, which explores how people find meaning and connection through community and everyday practices....

Gwyneth Paltrow x Julius Few: The Holistic Plastic Surgeon

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julius Few, MD, is a top plastic surgeon known for his subtle approach. He joins GP today to answer her questions on aging, longevity, the future of t...

Playing outside the Rule Book

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Author and interior designer Athena Calderone is the internet's go-to resource for hosting tips, recipes, and advice on turning a house into a haven. ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Monique Melton: Critical Perspective Shifts

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Shine Bright School founder speaks with GP about internalized beliefs they’ve explored in their lives, friendships between Black and White women...

Quieting Your Inner Critic

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tara Mohr is a career coach and the author of Playing Big. In this special episode, Mohr guides us through an audio workshop on breaking free from ou...

An Intersectional Approach to Climate Change

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Leah Thomas is the author of The Intersectional Environmentalist and the founder of a nonprofit that focuses on climate education, advocacy, and inc...

On Big Friendships and What Makes Them Last

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aminatou Sow is the New York Times–bestselling author of Big Friendship, which she co-wrote with her best friend Ann Friedman. In today's conversa...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Katrina Lake: Allowing Yourself to Hold a Big Vision

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Katrina Lake is the founder, interim CEO, and executive chairperson of Stitch Fix, an online personal shopping service where human stylists and algori...

What Do Healthy Relationship Dynamics Look Like?

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nedra Glover Tawwab, the New York Times-bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free, joins Cleo Wade to share her wisdom and p...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Bruce Feiler: Are You in a Workquake?

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Bruce Feiler's latest book, The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, he explores how people navigate through "workquakes," or wo...

Reimagining Our Lives

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Cargle is an activist and the author of A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining. Today, she joins Cleo Wade to talk ab...

Laura Dern and Diane Ladd on Their Most Vulnerable Conversations

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The iconic mother-daughter duo share the journey that led them from an unexpected health crisis to writing a book together: Honey, Baby, Mine. They c...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Peter Attia: Data-Backed Ways to Support Cognition As You Age

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Attia received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, trained for five years at Johns Hopkins Hospital in general surge...

What We Get Wrong About Manifestation

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Wade catches up with actor, producer, and director Sanaa Lathan. They chat about having gut instincts in friendships, how a spiritual guide chang...

The Light of the World

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“The love that can be between two people is actually a powerful life force that can do tremendous things if you circle it back out again,” says po...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Scarlett Johansson

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GP talks with the actor, producer, and now skin-care founder about what spurred her investigation into clean beauty, how she manages to stay off socia...

Cheryl Strayed on Being Brave Enough to Break Your Own Heart

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“So much of life is staying open to our own bewilderment,” says Cheryl Strayed. This week, Cleo Wade sits down with the Wild author to talk abou...

Alchemizing Grief into Purpose

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"That's the beauty of art," says Sade Lythcott. "It holds a mirror up to both your beauty and your pain, and it grabs you by the heart and hand and sa...

Gwyneth's New Cohost: Cleo Wade

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Wade—poet, author, and new cohost of The goop Podcast—joins GP to talk about the threads that inspire her and keep her curious and creative. ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Will Cole: Gut Feelings

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his new book, Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel, functional medicine practitioner Will Col...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Kerry Washington: Becoming the Protagonist of Your Own Story

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GP and Kerry Washington sat down in front of a live audience to talk about the impetus behind Washington’s new Hulu series, UnPrisoned. They chatte...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Katherine May: Finding the Fluid State

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Katherine May’s newest book, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, she explores our deep disconnection from the world around us and h...

A Restorative Sound Bath for Entering a New Season

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is guest hosted by Ambi Kavanagh, a sound healer, astrologer, life coach, and founder of Alchemy with Ambi. She joins us today to...

The State of American Motherhood

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I thought I had already failed at motherhood, and I did not even have a child yet,” says Jessica Grose, New York Times opinion writer and auth...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Whitney Wolfe Herd: The Business of Love

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of Bumble, a female-focused dating app she launched in 2014 after leaving another popular dating app called ...

The Changing Food World

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sophia Roe—James Beard award-winning chef and Emmy-nominated host of the food news show Counter Space—shares her personal journey into the culina...

Token Black Girl

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Prescod is the author of Token Black Girl, her memoir about her experiences as a Black woman in the beauty and fashion industry. She joins E...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Maya Feller: Eating from Our Roots

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maya Feller is a registered dietitian and author of the new goop press cookbook, Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultur...

Rediscovering the Joy of Dating

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Myisha Battle, certified sex and dating coach and the author of This is Supposed to Be Fun, explains her inclusive and values-based approach to sex an...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Katy Perry: Our Turning Point

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Katy Perry visited GP at goop HQ, where they sat down with De Soi (Perry’s line of sparking non-alcoholic aperitifs) and spent some time catching up...

An Astrological Forecast for 2023

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, psychological astrologer Jennifer Freed and intuition coach Mory Fontanez guide us through the astrological themes to expect ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Kim Kardashian: On Routines, Family, and Marriages

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Kardashian visited GP at goop HQ, where they sat down and talked about Kardashian’s inner life and how her adolescent years shaped the person sh...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Roya Rastegar: A Women-Led Iranian Revolution

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Roya Rastegar is an Iranian American academic and a founding member of the Iranian Diaspora Collective, which is a nonpartisan multifaith group amplif...

Breaking Free from Codependency

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Melody Beattie is the bestselling author of Codependent No More (which she originally published in 1986 and updated in 2022). "I believe codependent...

Examining Your Money Mind

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Duran, head of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, on his early life and how he reframed his thinking around happiness, success, and fina...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Cassie Holmes: Does More Free Time Make Us Happier?

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cassie Holmes is a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focu...

Indigenous Teachings for Living Well

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsey Luger, coauthor of The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well, on ancient Indigenous practices for well-being, more thoughtful ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Phil Stutz: The Power of Small Things

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Non-attachment says I can go for this thing, I can work as hard as I want to on it, but I’m also willing not to have it,” says legendary psychi...

Caring for Aging Parents

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liz O’Donnell is an author and the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women navigating eldercare, career, family, relationships, and every...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Lake Bell: How We Sound

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

GP catches up with her friend, actress Lake Bell. They talk about Bell’s fascination with the human voice and what she learned while researching her...

Your Pleasure Potential

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liz Goldwyn is a filmmaker, the founder of The Sex Ed (an online community and podcast dedicated to sexual well-being), and an author (her latest b...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Julia Boorstin: When Women Lead

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“We all have the opportunity to unlock our personal traits that we may have discounted,” says Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s senior media and tech corr...

The Roots of Chronic Inflammation

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shilpa Ravella is a transplant gastroenterologist and the author of A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease, which explores the r...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Jennifer Freed: A Map to Your Soul

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, GP is joined by psychological astrologer Jennifer Freed, PhD. Freed is the author of the new book A Map to Your Soul. In it, sh...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Brad Falchuk: What’s to Come

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

GP sat down with her husband, Brad Falchuk, to talk about turning 50. Falchuk shares his perspective on navigating milestones and changes as we age....

A 7-Day Love Rx

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Julie and John Gottman are renowned marriage experts and the cofounders of the Gottman Institute, where they provide couples with the tools to help th...

Healing in a Toxic Culture

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Healing is becoming whole,” says Gabor Maté, MD. “You can cure something without that person becoming whole. Sometimes people become whole wit...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Becky Kennedy: Finding the Good in Us

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Parents don’t repair with their kids because they’re in such a shame spiral,” says clinical psychologist Becky Kennedy. “But until you can ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Kat Cohen: Navigating the College Admissions Process

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The majority of learning I really believe happens outside of the classroom,” says Kat Cohen. “And you have to be surrounded by people who are d...

How to Set Boundaries

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nedra Glover Tawwab is a licensed therapist and the New York Times-bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself....

Gwyneth Paltrow x Esther Blum: Balancing Your Hormones

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Integrative dietician and menopause expert Esther Blum joins GP today to talk about her approach for treating women during menopause. Blum shares her...

Understanding Your Brain

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chantel Prat is a brain researcher, a professor at the University of Washington, and the author of The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Differ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Michael Pollan: On Drugs

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“All societies have drugs that they’re okay with and they draw these lines and they draw them in ways that can seem very arbitrary,” says Michae...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Selma Blair: Developing Self-Trust

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“No one ever asked me if I was happy,” says Selma Blair. “And it’s such a big question.” The actress and author of the new memoir Mean Baby...

Finding Stability and Meaning in Early Adulthood

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“We don’t talk about this stage of life as being an exquisitely vulnerable time,” says psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock, author of Quarterlife...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Jane McGonigal: How to Think Like a Futurist

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The reason that I get so excited about future thinking and helping people play with future scenarios is that those are the habits that keep our min...

Embracing the Embarrassing

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Chidi is joined by comedian Catherine Cohen, author of God I Feel Modern Tonight. Cohen’s debut Netflix comedy special, The Twist…? She’...

The Key to Unlocking Creative Thinking

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Chidi is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel, author of Inspired: Understanding Creativity—A Journey through Art, Scienc...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Phillip Picardi: Changing the Conversation about Religion

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Phillip Picardi is known in part for his work as an award-winning journalist and editor. He rebranded Teen Vogue (where he became the chief content ...

Who Is Wellness For?

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Fariha Roísín’s book, Who Is Wellness For, she explores how wellness culture has been distilled and commodified from the cultural traditions o...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Terry Real: Moving Toward True Intimacy

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I teach people how to put themselves aside and listen and respond with generosity,” says therapist Terry Real. “Our culture doesn’t teach us ...

Gwyneth Paltrow x Kourtney Kardashian: The Competition Myth

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kourtney Kardashian joins GP to talk about what shaped her life before she and her family ever appeared on television. They discuss blended family dyn...