Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why cynicism leads to not only a more dismal outlook on life, but deleterious health effects.
Read moreThe benefits of being in your feels
This hour, host Krys Boyd talks about how we can find fulfillment in experiencing the bittersweet parts of life, how sensitive people can use their temperament as a strength, and why being positive all the time isn’t actually very helpful.
Read moreThe foods that keep your brain young
Dr. Annie Fenn is the founder of the Brain Health Kitchen and, in partnership with the University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brain Health, she talks to host Krys Boyd about brain-friendly eating patterns, understanding how “good” and “bad” fats affect us, and offers simple recipe ideas for incorporating these foods into every meal.
Read moreWhy body positivity can be toxic
Bethany C. Meyers discusses how they came to embrace the body neutrality ethos, why we need to move away from body positivity, and the calm that can come from allowing yourself to just simply be.
Read moreThere’s no vaccine for the loneliness epidemic
Matthew Shaer is contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, an Emerson Collective fellow at New America and a founder of the podcast studio Campside Media. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how our phones and computers might have made the problem worse – but aren’t the root cause of our social disconnection.
Read moreCynicism won’t protect you from getting hurt
Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why cynicism leads to not only a more dismal outlook on life, but deleterious health effects.
Read moreMusic as medicine
Daniel Levitin is a neuroscientist, musician and visiting professor at UCLA. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the many ways the brain responds to music —from warding off disease to helping those who stutter to releasing oxytocin — and what science is uncovering about this phenomenon.
Read moreWhat makes a job worth doing?
Christopher Wong Michaelson joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the differences between career and calling and how we assign meaning to our vocation.
Read moreHow to survive your grief
The director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why grieving looks different than what we’ve been taught previously and strategies for finding your way back to hope and normalcy.
Read moreThe grief of institutionalizing a child
Jennifer Senior, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the story of her aunt Adele, who was sent away at age 6 because of intellectual disabilities.
Read moreStrategies to staying focused with ADHD
Jeff Karp, a professor at Harvard Medical School and MIT, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his strategies for lengthening attention span coming from his experience with significant ADHD.
Read moreWhen joy and heartbreak overlap
Leslie Jamison joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss her new memoir about the intense joy she felt watching her child grow coupled with the duality of sorrow as she faced divorce.
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