Rewind with Dr. Maya Shankar: Create New Oppo...

Whether it’s cooking, music, art, or simply how we move through the world, Andy reflects on how difficult it can be to create without attaching our self-worth to other people’s reactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Andy reflects on the common belief that people become more fixed over time, and why mindfulness suggests the opposite. From thoughts to emotions to the body itself, everything is constantly shifting which means change is always possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me ...  Show more

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 ...

Today we welcome Maya Shankar to the podcast. Maya is a cognitive scientist and the creator and host of the podcast, “A Slight Change of Plans”. It was awarded as the Best Show of 2021 by Apple and received an Ambie award from the Podcast Academy in 2022. Maya has a postdoctoral ...  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 ...

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