Rewind with Dr. Maya Shankar: Change for the ...

A frustrating relationship dynamic leads Rosie to a deeper realization: beneath the irritation and exhaustion was the pain of feeling unseen. Once she stopped trying to override the feeling with logic, something inside her softened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho ...  Show more

Rosie explores the tension between emotional sensitivity and resilience. In trying not to dismiss pain, we can sometimes begin treating every discomfort like damage. But confidence isn’t built by avoiding every fall, it’s built by learning we can survive them. Learn more about yo ...  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 ...

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

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