Jennifer Senior On: Grief, Happiness, Friends...

A hilarious chat about therapy, doomscrolling, being typecast in your own life, and finding yourself in middle age. Actor, comedian, writer, and producer Billy Eichner burst onto the scene in 2011 with Billy on the Street, a satirical TV game show he created and starred in, where ...  Show more

The world is insane. You don't have to be. These Buddhist practices can help you handle it without succumbing to fear, anxiety, hatred, and apathy. Tara Brach is a legendary meditation teacher and psychologist. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington ...  Show more

When we consider the qualities and traits passed down throughout our family tree, we may think of the curly hair we share with a sibling or a natural talent like singing. But what about the not-so-pleasant traits, beliefs, or patterns that appear generation after generation th ...

Krista Tippett’s early years aren't what you’d expect knowing who she is today. As a journalist and political aide in divided Berlin in the '80s, she led a life of importance, where she was surrounded by power, where every decision mattered. But when a window opened to step aw ...

Professional care manager for 4 decades and best-selling author of The Fragile Years Amy O’Rourke joins Jillian to discuss how to care for our aging loved ones. She dives in on how to make important health care decisions for them, find financial aid for their care, preserve their ...  Show more

Would you choose uncertainty over unhappiness? Happy Place Book Club novel, The List of Suspicious Things, is the first book Jennie Godfrey has written. She was working in a corporate job before she had a moment of clarity and quit her job with no plan B to become a writer.