What psychology has to say about art, with Ellen Winner, PhD

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Encore: Learning to embrace winter, with Kari Leibowitz, PhD

Are you dreading the cold, dark months ahead? In Scandinavia, where the winters are among the coldest and darkest on earth, many people look forward to winter as a time of coziness, beauty, and rest. Psychologist Kari Leibowitz, PhD, author of How to Winter, talks about how cold ...  Show more

How competition drives our behavior, with Stephen Garcia, PhD

From classrooms to boardrooms, from sports to social media, we’re constantly sizing ourselves up against other people -- and being sized up in return. Dr. Stephen Garcia discusses what drives some people to be extremely competitive in their work, in relationships and in life; whi ...  Show more

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Did you know that just 20 minutes of art a day is as beneficial as exercise and mindfulness? Or that partici ...

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The Art of Perception: How to See and Say What Really Matters
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What if success was less about mastery and more about sight?

Simple truth: Most of us don’t see what is right in front of us.

Instead, we see mental models and imprints of what things “should” look like or what we’ve been told to see. And, we miss what's actually h ...

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Lisa Olivera on Why Making Art is Great for the World
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Today Amie had the pleasure of interviewing the author of Already Enough, creator of Human Stuff on substack, and one of our instagram heroes, Lisa Olivera.


Topics Discussed by Lisa and Amie: 

The magic of being introverted and ...

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