Send us Fan Mail This is a distilled version of last year's conversation with the writer Oliver Burkeman. In it, you'll hear Oliver talk about our troubled relationship with time and how to more fully inhabit it. Oliver believes our obsession with productivity and efficiency is no route to happiness, quite the opposite. In order to inhabit time more fully, ... Show More
Mar 23
Season Trailer - Mortality & Meaning
Send us Fan MailA short trailer for the forthcoming season where we explore mortality, immortality, loss, grief and finding meaning in the wake of them. In the above clip you'll hear snippets from Lucy Hone, BJ Miller, Kathryn Mannix and Victor Strecher - with other episodes to f ... Show More
1m 47s
Feb 10
Flourishing in a Digital Age
Send us Fan MailWe explore what human flourishing means beyond quick hits of happiness and how attention, character, and community shape a life with depth. We offer practical ways to set tech boundaries, recover presence, and build habits that support meaning and stronger relatio ... Show More
42m 46s
Jan 26
Surviving Hard Times: The Stockdale Paradox And Everyday Resilience - ft. Terry Waite and Lucy Hone
Send us Fan MailWe trace how realistic hope sustains people through captivity and crisis, from the Stockdale Paradox to Sir Terry Waite’s agency in confinement, and preview Dr. Lucy Hone's reframe of resilience as steering through rather than bouncing back. A brief, grounded mess ... Show More
8m 12s
Oct 2025
OLIVER BURKEMAN: Trading Control for Peace
What if the key to a meaningful life isn’t doing more—but doing less, with intention? In this powerful conversation, Michael and Megan talk with Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks and Meditations for Mortals, about the myths of productivity, the illusion of control, a ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2025
How to Stop Overthinking & Start Living a More Meaningful Life with Oliver Burkeman #580
Many of us feel under constant pressure to optimise every moment, to become more efficient, more productive and somehow more worthy. But what if embracing our limits could be the key to living a calmer, more meaningful life? This week’s returning guest on my Feel Better, Live Mor ... Show More
2 h
Mar 2025
384. The Logical Case for Positive Thinking with Oliver Burkeman
Do you constantly feel like you need to control everything in your life? Like if you could just be more organized, more productive, more perfect, then you’d finally feel at peace? What if the real secret to feeling more fulfilled was actually letting go of that control? This week ... Show More
36m 22s
Dec 2024
095 How I Freed Myself From “Not Good Enough"
📺 Watch & Subscribe on YouTubeIn "A Changed Mind," our host David Bayer tackles the pervasive limiting belief of feeling "not enough," which hinders personal growth and fulfillment. Through a blend of neuroscience, spirituality, and personal anecdotes, David guides listeners on ... Show More
12m 18s
<p>Today it's my pleasure to sit down with the excellent Oliver Burkeman (<a href="https://x.com/oliverburkeman?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oliverburkeman</a>), author of the new book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Mortals-Embrace-Limitations ... Show More
