Yesterday
The Most Effective Strategies to Overcome Anxiety and Build Positive Habits
In this special episode, Eric coaches a listener named Tommy on the most effective strategies to overcome anxiety and build positive habits. Tommy struggles with low-level anxiety, self-doubt, and difficulty acting on healthy intentions. He knows exercise and social connection he ... Show More
54m 24s
Apr 14
How To Live with Uncertainty and Find Hope in the Midst of Chronic Illness with Marisa Renee Lee
In this episode, Marisa Renee Lee discusses how to live with uncertainty and find hope in the midst of chronic illness. Marissa shares her personal journey through long Covid, family loss, and prolonged uncertainty, exploring themes of hope, emotional endurance, and identity vers ... Show More
50m 50s
Apr 10
How to Have Better Conversations: Learn to Argue Less and Listen More with Jefferson Fisher
In this episode, Jefferson Fisher discusses how to have better conversations by learning to argue less and listen more. Jefferson emphasizes that winning arguments is counterproductive, as it damages relationships and breeds contempt. Instead, he advocates for approaching convers ... Show More
58m 33s
Jan 2017
414: Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have by Roger Housden
Roger Housden's work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and he has published over twenty books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, a ... Show More
10m 15s
Mar 2018
The Power of Poetry, with William Sieghart, Jeanette Winterson and Helena Bonham Carter
Poetry is the perfect medication against some of life’s challenges, so William Sieghart has found. In this accessible and warming exchange, from tea towel poems to T.S. Eliot, Sieghart brings to life a few of the experiences that inspired his book ‘The poetry pharmacy: Tried-and- ... Show More
1h 26m
Jun 2018
Elisa New on Poetry in America and Beyond
<p>Elisa New believes anyone can have fun reading a poem. And that if you really want to have a blast, you shouldn't limit poetry to silent, solitary reading - why not sing, recite, or perform it as has been the case for most of its history?</p> <p>The Harvard English professor ... Show More
54m 10s
Dec 2022
Cultural Favourites from the Archives – The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs
Continuing our series of cultural highlights from the Intelligence Squared archive, we revisit the event The Power of Poetry, which saw actors Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs bringing the words of the great poets alive onstage. The event also featured William Sieghart telli ... Show More
1h 30m
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 workshop center in England that introduced the work of Ram Dass and Thich Nhat Hanh and many others into Europe. You also might have seen his work featured in places like O Magazine, The New York Times and The Los Ang ... Show More
<p>Mary is joined by Melody Godfred to talk about how self-love shows up in our lives, especially post pandemic.</p>
<p>You will learn...</p>
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<li>how self-love shows up in motherhood and parenting</li>
<li>why achievements don’t always bring joy</li>
<li>the intrinsic power ... Show More
<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p><em>---</em></p> <p><br /></p> <p>How rethinking these often twee concepts can change your life and maybe the world. </p> <p><br /></p> <p><a ... Show More
