Rewind with Dr. Maya Shankar: Don’t Change A ...

Dora remembers her first attempt at meditation and how quickly doubt crept in and told her she wasn’t cut out for it. But years later, she starts to notice something else: that voice isn’t proof she’s failing, it’s just trying to protect her. And when she relates to it differentl ...  Show more

A night out with friends turns into a quiet moment of reflection. Dora begins to notice how quickly comparison can take hold, even in moments of connection, and what it looks like to stay present instead of getting pulled into where she thinks she should be. Learn more about your ...  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 ...

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