I got to chat with Dr. Jill Biden about: the first draft of her memoir View from the East Wing; her new job and her forever love of teaching; her early family life; grieving, processing anger, and attempting forgiveness; caregiving and aging; and moments of divine intervention. P ...Afficher plus
What’s Meaningful in This Media Landscape? (Monthly Solo)
In October’s solo episode, I’m sharing what I’ve read this month (including the rare novel, which I loved!), and what’s inspiring my latest attempts to resist the compulsion to overwork. I’m also sharing my takes on some things that are happening now in the media landscape: chang ...Afficher plus
Joy for People Who Aren’t Happy (Kelly McGonigal, PhD)
“Globally, across many cultures, across the lifespan, many people have a deep mistrust of joy and other positive emotions for different reasons,” says psychologist, teacher, and author Kelly McGonigal, PhD. In her new book, Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking, she shares the research that ...Afficher plus
A Psychiatrist on Finding Magic (Ellen Vora, MD)
“ I was raised in a culture that says it’s cooler and it's smarter to say this is just a material, senseless, random world where atoms are bouncing off of each other, and there's no meaning or order or divine wink to any of it,” says psychiatrist Ellen Vora, MD. “I was missing th ...Afficher plus