Podcast Episodes

#589: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage

You know how good moving your body is for your physical health. You probably have a vague sense that it's good for your mental health too. But you li…

5 years, 10 months ago

#588: The Audacious Command of Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia at age 19. By age 30 he controlled an empire that spanned from Greece to India. In the two thousand year…

5 years, 10 months ago

#587: How to Get More Pleasure and Fulfillment Out of Your Reading

Do you have a goal of reading more, but any time you start working on that goal, it feels like a chore? The equivalent of eating your broccoli?

My gu…

5 years, 10 months ago

#586: The Story of the Skiing Soldiers of WWII

In the winter of 1940, a group of civilian skiers was sitting by a fire in a ski lodge in Vermont shooting the breeze about how the US Army needed an…

5 years, 10 months ago

#585: Inflammation, Saunas, and the New Science of Depression

I've dealt with depression in my life. My body temperature also seems to run hot; in fact my wife Kate has nicknamed me "the baked potato."

My guest …

5 years, 11 months ago

#584: How to Avoid Falling in Love With the Wrong Person

Why do people sometimes fall in love with someone who is all kinds of wrong for them? Their friends and family see lots of red flags about their part…

5 years, 11 months ago

#583: How to Stay Mentally Sharp and Fulfilled as You Age

Everyone gets old.

But not everyone experiences old age the same way. Some folks spend the last few decades of their life sick, sad, and stagnating,…

5 years, 11 months ago

#582: Essential Lessons From Great Wartime Leaders

War puts leadership to the ultimate test. During a war, a leader must make life or death decisions and be held accountable for those decisions while …

5 years, 11 months ago

#581: The Tiny Habits That Change Everything

We're a month into the new year now. How are you doing on your resolutions? Have you already fallen off the wagon? Maybe the goal you set for yoursel…

5 years, 11 months ago

#580: Why People Do (Or Don't) Listen to You

Some cultural observers have posited that we're moving from an information economy to a reputation economy. There's so much information to sort throu…

5 years, 11 months ago