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Mark Nepo on Connecting to What Matters
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher and cancer survivor who has taught in the fields of poetry, health, and spirituality for 40 years. Mark is a New York...
Adreanna Limbach on Befriending our Difficult Feelings
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adreanna Limbach is a head-teacher at MNDFL Meditation Studios in New York City. Adreanna’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Women’s ...
Special Episode: How to Work with Anger
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
So many of us are feeling angry for a myriad of reasons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. To help us better understand and work with our anger, Eric reach...
Special Episode: Crisis Strategies for Mental and Emotional Health
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You can find all of the most up to date crisis help & support resources that Eric is making available through The One You Feed by going to www.oneyou...
Special Episode: How to Work From Home
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified earlier this week, Eric reached out to several previous guests of the show to ask them if they would be willing t...
Kristin Neff on Self Compassion
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Educational Psychology. With her partner Chris Germer, s...
Mini Episode: Fear: How to Cope in Uncertain Times
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric talks about how to best deal with fear during these uncertain times See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at ht...
Norman Fischer on Spiritual Growth through Imagination
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Norman Fischer is a poet, author, Zen Buddhist teacher and priest. He’s a graduate of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop and he’s been publishing poetry...
Kamla Kapur on Transformative Powers in Life
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kamla Kapur is an award winning author, poet and playwright. She was born and raised in India and studied in the United States. Kamla now divides her ...
Ryan Oelke on Awakening in Life
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Oelke is the co-founder of Buddhist Geeks and is the founder of Awakening In Life. Ryan is a meditation teacher with an MS.Ed. in Counseling Psyc...
Stephen Mitchell on the Questioning Mind
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Mitchell is an author and translator who has dedicated much of his life to Zen practice. Eric and Stephen have an in depth discussion about t...
Gretchen Rubin on Living Skillfully
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. Gretchen is known for her ability t...
Fleet Maull on Radical Responsibility
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fleet Maull is an author, consultant, trainer, meditation teacher and executive coach who facilitates deep transformation for individuals and organiza...
Mini Episode: A Reply to Mark Manson’s "Motherf*ckin’ Monday"
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I love Mark Manson's weekly newsletter called "Motherf*ckin’ Monday" where he discusses three ideas about the mind, life or the world. This weeks ...
Sarah Wilson on Anxiety
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Wilson is a New York Times Bestselling author, journalist and founder of iquitsugar.com. She has published 15 I Quit Sugar books in 46 countrie...
Steven C. Hayes on Developing Psychological Flexibility
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steven C. Hayes is one of the founders of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and this is his second time on the show. This time, he and Eric disc...
Pete Holmes on Discovering Spiritual Truths
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Holmes is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. He is both a hilarious comedian and a deeply contemplative, spiritual pe...
Linda Graham on Strengthening Our Resilience
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Graham is a licensed marriage and family therapist and her work focuses on helping people strengthen capacities to cope with the challenges and...
NEW! BJ Fogg on Tiny Habits for Behavior Change
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BJ Fogg teaches innovators about human behavior. He has a doctorate from Stanford and founded the Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab – now called the Sta...
Re-Release: Michelle Segar on Making Lasting Changes
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to make some changes in your life in 2020? Click Here to book your Free Strategy Session with Eric! Michelle Segar, PhD, is a motiva...
Re-Release: Tim Pychyl on Being a Procrastinator
29 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to make some changes in your life in 2020? Click Here to book your Free Strategy Session with Eric! Tim Pychyl is an Associate Profess...
Re-Release: James Clear on the Compounding Nature of Habits, Part 2
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to make some changes in your life in 2020? Click Here to book your Free Strategy Session with Eric! Chances are, you’ve heard the nam...
Re-Release: James Clear on the Compounding Nature of Habits, Part 1
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to make some changes in your life in 2020? Click Here to book your Free Strategy Session with Eric! Chances are, you’ve heard the na...
David Christian on A Big History of Everything
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Christian is a Distinguished Professor of History at Macquarie University and director of the school’s Big History Institute, which he founded...
Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digit...
Liz Fosslien on Embracing Emotions at Work
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Fosslien is the Head of Content and Editorial at Humu, a company that uses behavioral science to make work better. She leads interactive scientifi...
Greg Marcus on the Spiritual Practice of Good Actions
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Marcus is a practitioner, facilitator, and innovator of American Mussar which is a 21st-century spiritual practice for an authentic and meaningfu...
Dr. John Norcross on the Keys to Successful Behavior Change
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Norcross is an internationally recognized expert on behavior change. He is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scrant...
Loch Kelly on Effortless Mindfulness
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Loch Kelly is an author, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and the founder of The Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Loch works to help people acce...
Judith Blackstone on Healing Trauma Through Consciousness
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Blackstone is an innovative and experienced teacher in the contemporary fields of non-dual realization and spiritual, relational, and somatic p...
David Richo on Navigating the Five Givens in Life
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Richo, PhD is a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader and writer who works in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, CA. He combines Jungian, poet...
Tony Wrighton on Managing Your Energy
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Wrighton is a regular on Sky Sports News, the author of 3 books, and the creator and host of the Zestology podcast. In this episode, Eric and Ton...
James Finley on Contemplation and Awakening
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Finley is a contemplative practitioner, clinical psychologist and faculty member of The Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing fro...
Reba Riley on Post Traumatic Church Syndrome
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reba Riley is a blogger, artist, and healer. She travels the world speaking about transformation, courage, health, and healing. Her book, Post Trauma...
Robin Hanson on Motives and Human Behavior
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford ...
Charlie Gilkey on Getting Things Done
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Gilkey is the author of Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done. An Army veteran and near Ph.D. in philosophy, Charlie is the founder o...
Mark Henick on Suicide and Depression
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Henick has appeared in hundreds of television segments and countless more radio, print and online features about mental health. Mark’s TedTalk,...
Essential Concepts: Key Strategies to Making a Change
21 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This mini episode is about the tactical and emotional aspects of changing behavior. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Priva...
Sarah Shockley on Living with Chronic Pain
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Shockley is a multiple award-winning producer and director of educational films including Dancing From the Inside Out, a highly acclaimed docum...
Eric Kaufmann on Conscious Leadership
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Kaufmann guides leaders to make better decisions and achieve better results. He has consulted for hundreds of leaders including executives and t...
Brent Williams on Recovering from Depression
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Williams suffered for a long time from depression and anxiety and during that time he kept a journal about his thoughts, feelings, and experienc...
Dr. Sue Johnson on Navigating Romantic Relationships
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sue Johnson is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, and an internationally recognized leader in the field of couple interventions. She i...
Gabe Howard on Mental Illness
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer, speaker, and host of the weekly Psych Central show who lives with bipolar and anxiety disorders. His new book,...
A Teaching, a Song, and a Poem 08/15/2019
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Everyone! Here is a mini episode that was made for our Patreon members called A Teaching, a Song, and a Poem (and sometimes a bad joke!) Teaching: ...
Lauren Zander on Your Inner Dialogue
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Zander is a life coach, university lecturer, public speaker and co-founder and chairwoman of The Handel Group. Her book, Maybe It's You: Cut th...
Father Richard Rohr on The Universal Christ
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Father Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennia...
Maia Szalavitz on Addiction - Re-Release
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Maia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. She is the co-author of Born for Love ...
Hal Gregersen on Asking Better Questions
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the Leadership Center at MIT. He is a prolific author and motivational speaker recognized by Thinkers 500 a...
Eric Tivers on ADHD in Adults
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Tivers is a licensed clinical social worker, coach, podcaster, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur. He specializes in ADHD and has worked exten...
Cindy Stulberg on Relationships
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy Stulberg is an internationally respected psychologist and is the Director of The Institute of Interpersonal Psychotherapy which provides psychol...
Claire Booth on Curing Achiever Fever
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Booth is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. She’s the founder and CEO of the market research firm Lux Insights with two decades of experie...
Adyashanti on Living in the Service of Truth - Part 2
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adyashanti is an American born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire...
Adyashanti on Living in the Service of Truth
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adyashanti is an American born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire...
Something Special
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Something Special See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...
Donna Hylton on Healing and Hope
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Hylton is a women’s rights activist and criminal justice reform advocate. Donna speaks publicly about the issues facing incarcerated women an...
David Kadavy on Getting Started
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Kadavy is a best selling author, blogger, podcaster and speaker. Through his blogging and podcasting, he helps people find satisfaction through ...
Alan Castel, Ph.D. on Successful Aging
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Castel, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of California Los Angeles. His research focuses on how cognition c...
Re-Release: Mary O'Malley on Practical Awakening
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mary O’Malley is an author, teacher, and counselor whose work awakens others to the joy of being fully alive. Her inspired and transformative appro...
Ruth Whippman on the Complexity of Happiness
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Whippman is a regular contributor to radio shows, television, and podcasts, having made appearances on shows including NPR’s Brian Lehrer Show...
Skip Prichard on Mistakes and Success
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Skip Prichard is the fifth president of OCLC, a global library cooperative that supports thousands of libraries in making information more accessible ...
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on Social Anxiety
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and be their authentic selves through her award-winning podcast,...
Sister Joan Chittister on Fruits of the Spirit
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sister Joan Chittister is a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania. She is the author of over 50 books and is the winner of 14 Catholic Press Associ...
Donna Cameron on Kindness
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Cameron has spent her career working with non-profit organizations and causes as an executive, consultant, a trainer and a volunteer. She’s t...
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. on Mindfulness and Depression
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is the co-founder of the Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles and is the creator of the 6-month Coaching and Mentorsh...
Oren Jay Sofer on Mindful Communication
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Oren Jay Sofer leads retreats and workshops on mindful communication and meditation at retreat centers and educational facilities around the United S...
Dr. Tererai Trent on Incredible Perseverance
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tererai Trent is an inspiring and dynamic scholar, educator, humanitarian, motivational speaker, author and the founder of Tererai International. ...
A Teaching, a Song, and a Poem 03/22/2019
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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Oliver Burkeman on Modern Time Management
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Burkeman is an award-winning writer for The Guardian and his book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking exp...
Eli Jaxon-Bear on Your True Self
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eli Jaxon-Bear founded and currently teaches through The Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through uni...
Essential Concepts: Consistency and Taking Small Steps
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This mini episode is about the importance of taking small steps and how being consistent is not about being perfect. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Catherine Gray on Unexpected Joy
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Gray is a listener favorite guest on the show. She’s been on once before to talk about her book, The Unexpected Joy of being Sober and w...
Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. on Depression
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Rottenberg is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida where he’s the director of the mood and emotion labo...
Susan David, Ph.D. - Emotional Agility
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Susan David is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School. She’s also the co-founder and co-director of The Institute of Coaching at McLean...
Parker Palmer - Reflections from Getting Older
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Parker Palmer is a writer, teacher, and activist whose work speaks deeply to many people in many different walks of life. He’s the founder and senio...
Dean Sluyter on Fearing Less
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In This Interview, Dean Sluyter and I Discuss… His book, Fear Less: Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety, Anger, and Addiction Right View and how it rela...
Megan Devine- On Grief and Loss
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Devine is a pioneer in the fields of grief support and emotional intelligence. Since 2009, she’s been writing and talking about grief and love...
Jonathan Rauch on The Happiness Curve
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, the author of 6 books (and many, many articles) and is a contributing editor of The Atla...
John Zeratsky on Making Time Each Day for What Matters
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a career as a designer in the tech industry, John Zeratsky became obsessed with the idea of re-designing time. He’s a writer who has written m...
Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful, Powerful Poetry
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful, Powerful Poetry Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children’s book author. She’s a professor emer...
Roger Housden on Poetry for Difficult Times
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Housden is a second time guest on the show – you might remember him from episode 152. He founded The Open Gate which is a conference and works...
Steven C Hayes- Getting Out of You Mind
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Steven C Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. He is an author of over 35 books and over 5...
Paul Hannam on The Wisdom of Groundhog Day
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Hannam has started, owned and managed a number of successful businesses and he taught business and environmental management at Oxford University....
Tim Pychyl on Procrastination
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Pychyl is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Carlton University and hosts a podcast called I Procrastinate. His book that we discuss in this ...
Hilary Jacobs Hendel on How to Process Our Emotions
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hilary Jacobs Hendel is a psychotherapist who switched from practicing traditional talk psychotherapy to accelerated experimental dynamic psychothera...
Neil Pasricha on the Happiness Equation
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Pasricha is a New York Times bestselling author with books published in over a dozen languages. He’s spent 7 years (and counting!) on best-sell...
Omid Safi on Radical Love
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Ralph De La Rosa on the Mind as Your Teacher
14 Nov 2018
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Ruth King on Healing Racism
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth King is an emotional wisdom author, coach, and consultant. She's a guiding teacher at Insight Meditation Community of Washington and she's on th...
James Clear on the Compounding Power of Habits Part 2
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chances are, you've heard the name James Clear. Especially if you have done any research whatsoever about building habits. That's kinda his neck of th...
James Clear on the Compounding Nature of Habits Part 1
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Dr. Gabor Mate´ - Re-Release
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Dr. Gabor Mate´ about addiction A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expe...
Tara Brach- Re-Release
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Dorothy Hunt on The Heart of Awareness
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Miguel Chen on Punk Rock and Buddhism
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Miguel Chen is a meditation practitioner, a yoga instructor, a yoga studio owner and the bass player for a punk rock band. He has also published a boo...
Julie Simon on Emotional Eating
19 Sep 2018
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Scott Edelstein on Discerning the Role of a Spiritual Teacher
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Brandi Lust on Growth via the Present Moment
05 Sep 2018
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Chris Bailey on Focus, Productivity and Meditation
28 Aug 2018
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Terry Patten on Inner-Work and Outer-Work
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Jillian Pransky on Deep, Somatic Listening
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jillian Pransky is a Certified Yoga Therapist, a teacher and an author of the new book, Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm Your Body, Clear Y...