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Gwyneth Paltrow x Susan Rice: What’s Worth Fighting For?
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ambassador Susan Rice has had an impressive career in service and government as a diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. She served throughou...
The Science of Self-Compassion
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many people find it difficult to exercise self-compassion, in part because we fear that being tender with ourselves will make us lose our edge. But Kr...
A Different Way to Live Virtuously
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Each of us, in our own infinite precious particularity, will be led to what’s to be done next in our own time and space,” says Cynthia Bourgeau...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Jay Shetty: What Happens When You Spend Time with Yourself?
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Shetty, author of the new book Think Like a Monk, is in part known as a former monk. Now, he serves as a coach, helping people identify and live ...
Proving Ourselves into Existence
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I grew up with this intense fear of failure,” says Cathy Park Hong. “And in retrospect, I can understand why my parents instilled that in me—...
What Makes a Good Apology?
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There is so much hurt that doesn’t have to remain unhealed,” says Molly Howes, PhD. “A good apology can go the distance to lessen that pain.”...
The Downstream Impact of ignoring Environmental Health
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Most of the diseases that we experience are not inevitable,” says Bruce Lanphear, MD. “They’re preventable.” Lanphear is a clinician scient...
Can We Create Our Own Good Luck?
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often view moments of serendipity, or happy accidents, as situations that we play no part in and can't control or influence. But author Christian B...
Finding Meaning in Transition
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably been fed the myth that your life will generally follow a linear path, with maybe a midlife crisis and a few other upheavals throw...
When Friends Matter Too Much
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Neufeld is a developmental psychologist and the author of Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. In his forty-plus...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Cameron Diaz: What to Cut Loose
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GP talks with her friend Cameron Diaz about the best part of turning forty, what affects our capacity to be intimate, taking responsibility for who yo...
The Science Behind Spontaneous Healing
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the medical community, miraculous recoveries are typically dismissed as flukes and outliers. Because they can’t be explained within the construc...
How We Can Save American Farming
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Philpott is a veteran journalist, a former farmer, and the current food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones. Philpott has spent years ...
The Trap of Being a “Good” Person
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dolly Chugh is a psychologist and professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU. She studies how—and why—most of us, however well-intended, are...
Do We Inherit Trauma?
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Wolynn is the director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. The focus of his work is healing trauma. Wolynn believes that the ...
The Uninhabitable Earth
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Wallace-Wells is a lifelong New Yorker. He is not a lifelong environmentalist—“at all,” he says. He came of age in the ’90s, drank a lot...
What’s Your Map to Arousal?
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“That taboo dark energy around our sexuality can be a place of great expansion,” says somatic sexologist andeducator Jaiya, who has spent the last...
Why We Need to Stop Checking Boxes
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“When you push people to be colorblind, not only are you pushing them to not see color; you’re pushing them to not see the harm that comes from c...
When We Stop Trying to Absolve Ourselves of Guilt
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The urge to absolve oneself is a kind of low-level thing where we’re trying to get away from our own complicity,” says psychiatrist Mark Epste...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Rick Doblin: What’s an MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Session Like?
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Whatever is emerging, we want to help people explore it and experience it,” says Rick Doblin. GP interviewed the founder and executive director...
How to Sleep Well
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The more logical you are in your approach to your sleep, the more you’re going to screw it up,” says sleep specialist Rafael Pelayo, MD. Pelayo...
The Chemistry of Connection
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If you get to some of the fundamental issues that are causing the unrest, you don’t need these Band-Aids,” says Julie Holland, a psychiatrist...
The Mini Minds inside Us
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We have all these mini minds that interact all the time,” says Richard Schwartz, PhD, the founder of the Internal Family Systems Institute. Sc...
Adapting Midsentence
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I like a lot of different topics, and I like to be around a lot of different types of people,” says Arlan Hamilton. “And that keeps me flexibl...
Thinking Like a Rocket Scientist
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Failure can be the best teacher if you know how to approach it properly,” says Ozan Varol, a former rocket scientist turned law professor. In...
What’s Making Us Sick?
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Conventional medicine failed me. It is my mission to not have it fail other people as well,” says Amy Myers, MD. The New York Times–bestsellin...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Chelsea Handler: You’re Never Fully Cooked
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You’re never fully cooked,” says Chelsea Handler. GP catches up with her friend about her approach to activism, comedy, and self-discovery—...
Building an Antiracist World
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ibram X. Kendi—the number one New York Times–bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist, Stamped from the Beginning, and Antiracist Baby—...
Getting to the Root Cause
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There is a system that is a sustainable new business model in which health becomes the determinant,” says Jeffrey Bland, PhD. “Not just produc...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Nadine Burke Harris: How Does Childhood Trauma Impact Health Outcomes?
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You can’t grow up Black in America and not feel outraged by the terrible health disparities that are still going on every day,” says Nadine Bur...
Moving Forward Instead of Moving On
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Life is not just the beginning and the end,” says Nora McInerny. “It is all of these tiny things in the middle.” McInerny hosts the podca...
The Human Side of Negotiation
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often think the best negotiator is the toughest person in the room. Bring Yourself author Mori Taheripour explains why this is not true: “Our s...
Why We Need to Talk About Environmental Racism
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Historically in the US, progress has meant exploitation of someone, and usually people of color,” says Rhiana Gunn-Wright, director of climate p...
How Do We Untangle Depression?
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Functional medicine psychiatrist Jeffrey Becker, MD, takes an uncommon approach to depression, anxiety, and mental health. Becker, who is also a ...
Ending the War on Self
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The cause of all suffering is what we’re thinking and believing,” says Byron Katie. Katie is a legendary spiritual teacher, the author of...
How Science Is Manipulated
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s not really science,” says David Michaels, PhD. “It’s public relations disguised as science.” Today, the epidemiologist and author ...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Mark Hyman: How We Vote with Our Forks
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Our votes with our fork, our votes with our wallet, make a difference,” says Mark Hyman, MD. He sat down with GP to talk about his latest book, ...
Breaking the Downward Spiral of Loneliness
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We think about loneliness as a stereotype of the person sitting alone in a corner at a party,” says former surgeon general of the United States ...
How Do We Process Traumatic Memories?
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We are all meant to feel alive and to feel powerful,” says Peter A. Levine, PhD. “That’s what being a human is.” The psychologist and au...
The Culture of Busyness
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We’ve attached importance and status to busyness,” says Brigid Schulte. The director of the Better Life Lab at New America and the New York Ti...
How to Use Time in Your Favor
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Daniel Pink teaches us how crack the code of “perfect timing.” The New York Times–bestselling author of When and Drive explains that...
Does Everything Happen For a Reason?
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You’re desperate to find causality even where there is none,” says Kate Bowler. She’s a historian at Duke Divinity School and the author of...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Gwyneth Interviews Peter Attia about COVID-19
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GP got on a video call with Peter Attia, MD, data-focused physician, longevity specialist, and host of The Peter Attia Drive podcast. She asked Atti...
Why Less Is More
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I try to create the illusion of simplicity because life’s too complicated,” says Eileen Fisher. Today, the founder and clothing designer join...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Bob Iger: What Makes a Good Leader?
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The best way to get respect from people is through honesty and authenticity,” says Bob Iger, executive chairman of Disney (and one of GP’s id...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Why We Need to Take Our Partners On
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Pay attention to your vulnerable feelings and lead with those,” says therapist Terry Real, who comes back on The goop Podcast to help us navigate...
What Does Healthy Narcissism Look Like?
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s the fuel of fear that keeps these patterns going,” says Craig Malkin, PhD. The Harvard Medical School psychologist joins Elise Loehnen to ...
The Mythology of Personal Responsibility
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Elise Loehnen sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to talk about their new book, Tightrope: Ame...
SPECIAL EPISODE: What Are We Being Called to Do?
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“This is not outside us,” says Terry Tempest Williams. “This is alongside us.” Today, the conservationist, activist, and award-winning author ...
What Do We Need to Heal?
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Healing is always a surprise,” says Bill Bengston, PhD. Bengston, a sociology professor and researcher, sat down with host Elise Loehnen to talk ...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Cara Natterson: How to Have Awkward Conversations with Our Kids
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There’s no secret sauce to parenting that parents need to know that kids shouldn’t be let in on,” says pediatrician Cara Natterson, MD. Aft...
SPECIAL EPISODE: How to Manage Money through a Crisis
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“What I know is that we’ve always recovered,” says Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and cofounder of Ellevest. The Wall Street legend and personal financ...
The IQ Debate
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s really important to draw attention to not only the physical but also the mental consequences of a rampant environmental poisoning,” says m...
How to Solve Problems Before They Happen
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate the heroes who save the day, but what about all the people who keep the day from needing to be saved? In his new book, Upstream, New Yo...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Ways to Ground Yourself in Uncertain Times
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer, MD, describes anxiety as a form of uncertainty. How do we bring some certainty to our lives when our world feels out of ...
Taking Collective Responsibility for Fixing Climate Change
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Climate change is a justice issue,” says journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, author of Inconspicuous Consumption. At In goop Health, Schlossberg sat...
SPECIAL EPISODE: What Happens during Prolonged Stress
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The reality is challenging, and then, of course, our fears about what might happen magnify immensely the actual situation,” says psychiatrist J...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Reducing Anxiety for Kids
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Family counselor, school consultant, and educator Kim John Payne shares tips, guidelines, and resources to help parents and children adjust to thi...
Stepping Out of Privilege
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We need people who are willing to turn within and see: How am I part of the problem?” says global activist Layla Saad. The New York Times–b...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Our relationships are the foundations on which we build everything else,” says Vivek Murthy, MD. And when they’re strong, he believes there’s...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Jhené Aiko: What We Turn To in Times of Grief
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We don’t deal with grief enough,” says Jhené Aiko. Today, the LA-born-and-raised singer and songwriter plays GP new tracks from her album Chi...
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Power of a Balanced Immune System
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Matt Richtel highlights what he learned about the immune system while researching his la...
Getting the Apology You Need
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Vagina Monologues author and playwright Eve Ensler joins Elise Loehnen to share her heartbreaking, honest, and hopeful story of healing her pe...
Where Pharma Went Wrong
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning investigative journalist and New York Times–bestselling author Gerald Posner is telling the wild, true, and urgent story behind Ame...
What’s More Powerful Than Fear?
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“There is always something one can do,” says former UN ambassador Samantha Power. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Education of an Id...
When You Quit Being Good
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“When we see a woman who stepped out of line, we want to put her back in her cage,” says Glennon Doyle. The New York Times–bestselling author...
Releasing Emotional Blocks around Food
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re fighting ourselves to get to a goal instead of getting into a flow state to get there,” says holistic nutritionist and author of Body Lo...
The Future of Addiction Treatment
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Ibogaine made them ready for change,” says researcher Deborah Mash, PhD. Mash has been studying the effects of ibogaine since 1992. A psychedeli...
The Dark Night of the Soul
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The trauma was playing out in my decisions because it hadn’t healed,” says spiritual writer Lalah Delia. The author of Vibrate Higher Daily j...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Kevin Systrom: Where Great Ideas Come From
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The thing all great ideas have in common,” says Kevin Systrom, “is that they all seem crazy at the beginning.” The cofounder and former CEO o...
Owning Our Awkwardness
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Why do I have to be super sweet to get something done?” asks Issa Rae. The actor, writer, and producer of Insecure joins Elise Loehnen to talk ...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Julia Louis Dreyfus: How Does Fear Push Us Forward?
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The fear is kind of like the gas in your tank,” says Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The actor and producer sits down with GP to talk about motherhood, fami...
The New Midlife Crisis
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“This generation of women has worked very, very hard,” says writer Ada Calhoun. “And yet, not everyone has what they want.” The author of Why...
How Dangerous Is Our Drinking Water?
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The good news, says New York Times–bestselling author Seth M. Siegel, is that we know how to fix our water systems and we can afford to do it. T...
Eating to Beat Disease
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“You don’t need to wait for biotechnology,” says William Li, MD. “Foods can actually activate and boost our body’s health defenses.” The...
Dismantling White Fragility
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“What part do I play?” asks Robin DiAngelo, academic and author of White Fragility. DiAngelo’s critical, urgent work asks us to question what ...
What Science Says about Fasting
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Valter Longo, PhD, author of The Longevity Diet, sat down with Elise Loehnen at In goop Health to share what he’s learned about our ability to opt...
Gwyneth Paltrow x BJ Miller: Processing Our Regrets
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“My job is not to tell you something,” says BJ Miller, MD. “My job is to help you receive something.” The palliative care physician and coaut...
Why Self-Esteem is a Fairweather Friend
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The reason we don’t change,” says Shauna Shapiro, PhD, “is because most of us are missing this essential ingredient of self-compassion.” Th...
Decoupling Shame from Sexuality
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We can decouple shame from your sexuality,” says sex therapist Michael Vigorito. Vigorito joins Elise Loehnen to talk about how removing judgment...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Eckhart Tolle: Separating Ourselves from the Ego
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Most humans live as if past and future—and especially future—were more important than this moment,” says renowned spiritual leader Eckhart To...
Determining Your Life’s Purpose
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Do what only you can do with your particular talents, gifts, and flaws,” says Jennifer Freed, psychological astrologer and author of Use Your P...
Why Certain Relationships Work
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Conflict is really what sharpens our ability to love,” says John Gottman, PhD, who is the cofounder, with his wife Julie, of the Gottman Institut...
Can We Slow Down The Aging Process?
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Only 20 percent of our longevity and health in old age is genetically determined,” says David Sinclair, “The rest is up to us.” The Harvard...
The Unexpected Upside of Movement
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Not only do we feel connected to one another, but we feel connected to something bigger than ourselves,” says Kelly McGonigal, health psycholog...
Investigating Instead of Reacting
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Investigating what’s underneath the rage can help us then articulate—more clearly—our values,” says Rhonda V. Magee, professor of law at...
Why We Are Not Our Emotions
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cleo Wade—poet, activist, and author of Where to Begin—joins Elise Loehnen to talk about why she’s hopeful. She reminds us that simple words c...
Recovering a Sacred Truth
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re not just fully human,” says theologian Meggan Watterson. “We’re also fully divine.” In her book Mary Magdalene Revealed, Watterson...
How Important Is It to Be Likable?
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s not as simple as choosing not to care—you’re caught in a bind either way,” says Alicia Menendez, MSNBC anchor and author of The Lik...
Becoming Color-Brave
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Courage is not an absence of fear,” says Mellody Hobson, co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments. “It’s overcoming it.” Hobson, who ex...
Why We Reduce Successful Women to One Thing
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Bush—actor, activist, and host of the podcast Work in Progress—joined Elise Loehnen on stage at the last In goop Health summit of the year...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Demi Moore: Dismantling Our Defense Mechanisms
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“I felt empty and alone,” says Demi Moore, “but oddly not lonely.” The actor and author of the new memoir Inside Out joins GP to talk about...
The Principles We Live By
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“How are you going to live your life in a way that is kind, and loving, and honest, and with integrity?” asks Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter...
Gwyneth Paltrow x Alejandro Junger: A Different Way of Detoxing
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
GP met functional medicine practitioner Alejandro Junger in 2007, and her journey into wellness was forever changed because of it. Junger, who fou...
Processing Our Childhood
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“You don’t want to live on someone else’s fumes,” says Lisa Brennan-Jobs, author of Small Fry, abestselling memoir about growing up in Si...
Finding Joy Again
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“When you put on your clothes, how do you feel?” asks Ingrid Fetell Lee, designer and author of the brilliantly researched book Joyful: The Surpr...
All That We Don’t Know
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“There are more and more academics and scientists becoming interested in matters that have to do with consciousness,” says Leslie Kean, journali...
Unsubscribing from Our Thoughts
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“I was fully stuck in this neurotic paradox,” says life coach Sasha Heinz, who has a PhD in developmental psychology. That paradox might be famili...
Demystifying Energy Medicine
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“There is a source energy that runs through all of us that animates us,” says Jill Blakeway, acupuncturist and author of Energy Medicine. Today, ...
Gwyneth, Elise, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey: When We Dare to Speak Up
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our cohosts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Elise Loehnen, sit down with Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor—coauthors of She Said and the New York Times inves...