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Mental Health

It’s time to check in with your senses

June 9, 2023 Mental Health, Upcoming

Author Gretchen Rubin joins us to discuss her awaking to relearn how to see, taste, touch, smell, and hear — and why she found life richer and more fulfilling when she slowed down.

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When social movements march into your relationship

June 7, 2023 Culture, Mental Health, Upcoming

Clinical psychologist Orna Guralnik talks about what she’s seen in her practice, where couples are bringing to the table issues of race and privilege and trauma like she hasn’t seen before.

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You should schedule more time to do nothing with your friends

June 5, 2023 Culture, Mental Health

Sheila Liming, author of “Hanging Out,” discusses why we need to ditch the calendars and find time to just sit with friends and strangers – and how that strategy is a potential solution to our epidemic of loneliness.

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Our dark moods have a lot to teach us

May 26, 2023 Mental Health

Philosopher Mariana Alessandri talks about reorienting our mindsets so that we don’t feel bad about feeling bad and instead interpret our suffering as a sign that we’re sensitive and in touch to the world around us.

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Workplace bullies and how you can stop them

May 24, 2023 Mental Health

Megan Carle gives workshops on handling workplace bullying, and she joins us to talk about why bullies act the way they do and how we can keep them from derailing our careers.

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Your brain is better on music

May 24, 2023 Health, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Larry Sherman is professor of neuroscience at the Oregon Health and Science University, and he joins us to talk about how music works in the brain and how it affects our emotions.

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Does it matter how long we work if it all gets done?

May 18, 2023 Culture, Mental Health

Fred Turner joins Krys Boyd to discuss the established workday patterns that the pandemic upended – and how workers can wrestle back control of the clock from their employers.

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How to experience moments of awe every day

May 18, 2023 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Psychology professor Dacher Keltner joins us to discuss a relatively new field of research studying awe, how it can transform the mind and body, and his own personal experiences with it.

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The superpowers of sensitive people

May 15, 2023 Culture, Health, Mental Health

Jenn Granneman talks about the joys of sensitivity, from creativity to intelligence, and offers ways for the sensitive to navigate through a harsh world.

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How we fail people with severe mental illness

April 24, 2023 Culture, Mental Health

Author Jonathan Rosen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his friendship with a man who developed schizophrenia in his 20s.

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Why so many adults feel traumatized by their adoption

April 20, 2023 Mental Health, Race/Identity

New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar tells the stories of adult adoptees grappling with their feelings of transracial adoption, international placement and even adoptions that on the outside look like a perfect fit.

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How learning a new skill helps you appreciate mastery

April 14, 2023 Education, Mental Health

New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins us to discuss what it takes to master a skill and to explain why the real benefit comes not in becoming a virtuoso but, rather, in just forcing your brain to try something hard.

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