Beth Jacobs on Original Buddhist Psychology

In this episode, Adam Alter discusses the science of getting unstuck and learning to know when to keep going or when to let go. He explores why people get stuck in areas like work, creativity, and personal growth, and discuss the psychological and cultural factors behind feeling ...  Show more

In this episode, Amanda Montell explores the age of magical overthinking and why our minds keep doubling down. She discusses how cognitive biases and irrational thinking shape our perceptions and behaviors in the information age. Amanda also explains shine theory, zero-sum and su ...  Show more

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Willa Blythe Baker, a writer, translator, and teacher of meditation based on Himalayan Buddhist tradition. We talk about Willa’s early discovery of Buddhism with her mother, her time living as a nun, and our shared experience in graduate school a ...  Show more

Today’s episode is special, it’s a unique meditation deep dive that brings together the deep, research-driven insights from Daniel Goleman, best known for his work on Emotional Intelligence, as well as his book, Altered Traits. Daniel takes us into the science behind meditatio ...

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Welcome to Round II of the Meditation Party. The feedback we got from our first episode was overwhelmingly positive, so we're going ...

Casual talk about our experience at our first Meditation Party,  hosted by Dan Harris, Jeff Warren, and Sebene Selassie. Tisha and Kim recap the finer points of meditation they learned while on retreat at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, and share insight into how the diff ...  Show more