Podcast Episodes

Goals! How to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life,” Seneca says, “it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the fu…

4 years, 2 months ago

How to Live More Courageously Part 2

Quick reminder in case you need it…Even if you don’t feel like a particularly courageous person, you’ve acted bravely at some point in your life. May…

4 years, 3 months ago

How to Live More Courageously Part 1

We live in an age of cowards. Of people going along with the crowd because it’s the easy thing to do. It feels safer to throw stones at the other sid…

4 years, 3 months ago

The History of Thanksgiving (Encore)

Back by popular demand...

Happy Thanksgiving, U.S. listeners! This year about 54 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles during Thanksgiving,…

4 years, 3 months ago

How Long Will You Wait Before You Demand the Best for Yourself?

Janus is the Roman god of beginnings and endings, transitions and passageways, doorways and duality, amongst several other things. 

And he was one of …

4 years, 3 months ago

Montevideo, Uruguay: South American Style with a European Flair

Ever thought about visiting Uruguay? This small nation between Argentina and Brazil isn’t well known to people outside the region, and Karen Higgs is…

4 years, 4 months ago

Emotions: How They’re Made & How to Master Them

Where do these emotions come from? What are emotions? How can we cultivate healthy emotions that improve our own wellbeing, and thereby our positive …

4 years, 4 months ago

How to Manage Your Mind

Most of our suffering comes from thoughts that we let run wild in our brains. 

We spend a lot of time each day rehashing different conversations and s…

4 years, 5 months ago

Tbilisi, Georgia: What to Eat, Drink, & Do as a Traveler, Expat, or Nomad

Lately, I have been obsessed with the country of Georgia, and if you like beaches, mountains, charming old towns, wine regions, and off-the-beaten pa…

4 years, 5 months ago

Summer Break + Special Announcement

It’s my 10-year anniversary in England, and I want to give you a gift. But first, a story. 

In ancient Rome, when generals rode in on chariots during …

4 years, 7 months ago