Dec 2025
End of an Era — Reflections on 11 Years of The Psychology Podcast w/ Annie Murphy Paul
After 11 years, 478 episodes, and countless conversations exploring the depths of human potential, this episode marks the final chapter of The Psychology Podcast in its current form. In this deeply meaningful farewell episode for Scott, he sits down with acclaimed science writer ... Show More
46m 52s
Nov 2025
How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum
This week, Scott sits down with his longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Alia Crum—one of the world’s leading researchers on the science of mindsets. Dr. Crum’s groundbreaking work investigates how our subjective beliefs and interpretations can produce real, measurable changes in b ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2025
The Gentle Power of Sisu w/ Dr. Elisabet Lahti
This week, Scott welcomes Dr. Elisabet Lahti—educator, applied psychology researcher, and founder of the Sisu Lab. Dr. Lahti is the world’s leading expert on sisu, a Finnish concept that embodies extraordinary courage, resilience, and determination in the face of adversity. Toget ... Show More
48m 45s
Oct 2022
How Highly Sensitive People Thrive | Elaine Aron, PhD
<p>So, what if being highly sensitive was actually a superpower, not something to be fixed?</p><br><p>If you've ever heard the term, “highly sensitive person,” or even been called highly sensitive and maybe even recoiled a bit when that happened, our conversation with today’s gue ... Show More
1h 8m
Jul 2021
Elaine Aron, PhD | Highly Sensitive People
<p>If you’re ever heard the term, “highly sensitive person,” or even been called highly sensitive and maybe even recoiled a bit when that happen, you’ll be deeply moved by the work of today’s guest, Dr. Elaine Aron. She first identified high sensitivity as a distinct character tr ... Show More
1h 8m
Jun 2025
Understanding Your Intense Emotions: 10 Signs You Might Be A Highly Sensitive Person & How to Harness It as Your Superpower
Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)? Roughly 1 in 5 people have the HSP trait, and in this episode, Mayim and Jonathan explore what it really means to be highly sensitive. They take the official Highly Sensitive Person quiz, share personal stories, and break down the science ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2020
Ep108 - Alane Freund | Understanding The Highly Sensitive Person
Do you have a keen imagination, rich inner life, and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential as air? Do others call you too shy or overly sensitive? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be a highly sensitive person or HSP. In this talk Licensed Marri ... Show More
47m 52s
Feb 2024
2063: What Is a Highly Sensitive Person - and Are You One? by Sharon Martin of Highly Sensitive Refuge on Emotional Intensity & Empathy
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2063: Sharon Martin delves into the world of Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), elucidating the traits that typify this uniqu ... Show More
10m 32s
Nov 2017
177 - 6 Ways to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person
Google “introversion” and you’ll come up with an alphabet soup of acronyms: INTJ, INFP, ISTJ, and many more. But another acronym went mainstream way before the interweb was littered with “16 Personality Type” quizzes: HSP. Fifteen to twenty percent of people identify as a Highly ... Show More
13m 6s
Dr. Elaine Aron is one of the world’s foremost experts on the highly sensitive person. She ought to be – she was its first researcher! In this episode, we cover this fascinating concept as it relates to a broad swath of psychological concepts like self-esteem, gender, love, leadership, personality, genetics and more. Roughly 20% of the population can be clas ... Show More
