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Back to SearchSusan Chase Edgecomb, "Clearing in the West: Navigating the Journey Through Loss, Grief and Healing" (2021)
Episode 37
The untimely losses of her brother, her father, and her husband, make this author uniquely qualified to help support you through your loss and grief.…
4 years, 1 month ago
Daniel H. Pink, "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward" (Penguin, 2022)
Episode 95
Today I talked to Daniel H. Pink about his new book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (Riverhead Books, 2022).
After the emot…
4 years, 1 month ago
Jay J. Van Bavel and Dominic J. Packer, "The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities" (Little, Brown Spark, 2021)
Episode 159
If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing—often outside your c…
4 years, 1 month ago
Mental Health in Academia 4: The Science of Managing “Stress”
Episode 159
We are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All …
4 years, 1 month ago
Rejection Skills: How to Win or Learn
Episode 95
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How rejection is normal and even inevitable Skills to help you learn from and move t…4 years, 1 month ago
Kile M. Ortigo, "Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide to Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration" (Synergetic Press, 2021)
Episode 44
Kile M. Ortigo's Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide to Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration (Synergetic Press, 2021) addresses major issu…
4 years, 1 month ago
Oliver Burkeman, "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" (FSG, 2021)
Episode 157
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.
Nobody needs tellin…
4 years, 1 month ago
David Robson, "The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World" (Henry Holt, 2022)
Episode 158
The Expectation Effect: How your Mindset Can Change Your World (Henry Holt, 2022) is a journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset sh…
4 years, 1 month ago
Myisha Cherry, "The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 276
According to a broad consensus among philosophers across the ages, anger is regrettable, counterproductive, and bad. It is something to be overcome o…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Future of Sleep: A Discussion with Derk-Jan Dijk
Episode 8
Many people, at some stage of their life, worry about sleep: are they getting enough of it? Or even, too much? Derk-Jan Dijk is Professor of Sleep an…
4 years, 1 month ago