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Comparison can quietly turn into self-obsession, leaving us stuck inside our own stories. Rosie explores this “secret enemy,” why it shrinks our world, and how compassion helps us remember that we’re not alone. We’re part of something bigger. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis ...  Show more

What happens when you almost don’t try again? Rosie reflects on rewriting a book proposal four times and what that process taught her about fear, persistence, and trusting the slow unfolding of creative work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Maya Shankar sits down with Jay Shetty to talk about taking lessons from other people’s stories. While it is easy to inspire people to change when you have the tools and right environment to inspire them, it’s difficult to change a person’s mind. This is because our mind stick ...

Dr. Maya Shankar completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford, after receiving a Ph.D. from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a B.A. from Yale in cognitive science. She is currently the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google. Previously s ...  Show more

In this episode, my guest is Maya Shankar, Ph.D., a cognitive scientist, former senior advisor to the White House and Chair of the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team. She is the creator and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. We discuss how our identities ...  Show more

Maya Shankar is a cognitive neuroscientist and host of the award-winning podcast A Slight Change of Plans. As a girl, she struggles with taking things too seriously: herself, the sufferings of others, the hypothetical misfortunes she imagines for the future. She turns to her f ...