Oct 27
The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society
You can't help but notice, in yourself and in others, how much less people are reading these days. When it comes to content consumption, we're often replacing articles and books with videos and, well, podcasts.My guest says that this shift is having consequences, not only for our ... Show More
55m 34s
Oct 20
The Lost Art of Mingling: How to Talk to Anyone, Anywhere
It's always been intimidating to enter a room where you don't know everyone, or anyone, and to initiate conversation with people at a wedding, holiday party, or work event. But it's never felt more potentially awkward and anxiety-generating than in an age dominated by screen-medi ... Show More
41m 52s
Sep 2025
756 Extend Your Healthspan with Jeff Krasno
<p dir="ltr">What if the very thing we fear could actually make us stronger? In this powerful conversation, Terri Cole sits down with Jeff Krasno to explore how good stress can be a surprising ally for health, vitality, and longevity. Together, they uncover how challenges, when e ... Show More
47m 51s
Apr 2020
Using Death as Motivation to Live
Life is a limited time offer. Are you truly living each day to the fullest? Today’s guest, Kate Manser, pioneer of the movement YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW, believes that in order to truly live, we need to incorporate a certain level of “mortality awareness” into our lives. Only when ... Show More
26m 4s
Mar 2025
Why We Need to Embrace Stress
Most of us try to avoid stress at all costs. But Dr. Sharon Bergquist, author of ‘The Stress Paradox,’ says too little stress can be just as bad for you. Bergquist sits down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to explain the surprising science behind how some stress can make you healthier, and ... Show More
29m 23s
May 2024
How Good Stressors on the Body Can Improve Your Health and Well Being
Namaste, loves. Welcome back to our Thursday Q &A show, where today we're going to be talking about good stressors on the body, known as eustressors. Now, usually when we use the term stress, we're trying to reduce these impacts on our life. We all know the ravaging effects of th ... Show More
36m 24s
Jul 2024
Facing Mortality: A Stoic Death Meditation
A guided meditation on the one certainty we spend most of our lives avoiding. Drawing on Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca, this practice helps you sit with the fact of your own death, not to frighten yourself, but to loosen its grip and bring what matters back into focus.You ... Show More
15m 29s
Nietzsche's maxim, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," isn't just a sound philosophical principle. It's also a certifiable physiological phenomenon; toxins and stressors that could be deadly in large doses, actually improve health and resilience in smaller, intermittent ones. The ironic thing, my guest points out, is that it's the fact that we're not ... Show More
<p>bengreenfieldfitness.com/thewedge</p> <p>My guest on today's show, an immersive journalist and self-experimenter named <a href="http://www.scottcarney.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scott Carney</a>, first joined me for the fantastic episode entitled <a href=" ... Show More
