Rutgers University professor Tracey Shors explains how the body processes trauma and the therapeutic approaches to help mitigate the negative effects it has on our lives.
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A YA Novelist Takes On Fatphobia
Author Crystal Maldonado joins us to discuss her YA novel about a young woman dealing with the typical subjects of boys and friends, but also a deepening understanding of how she’s viewed by the outside world.
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She kept her baby and lost her future
Author Merritt Tierce discusses her pregnancy at age 19, when she felt adoption and abortion were not options for her, and the dreams she gave up to have her baby.
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Looking for comfort? Build a routine
Harper’s Magazine writer Meghan O’Gieblyn explains what we can learn from habit, and how we can find freedom in even the most mundane tasks.
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When a difficult parent dies, grieving is complicated
Obed Silva discusses his father, who his family left behind in Mexico to escape his drunken violence, and what it means to grieve for a man who caused so much pain.
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It’s time to stop dismissing psychosomatic illness
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan discusses her travels around the world trying to understand seemingly odd or fantastical illnesses that spread in communities, and the very real humans who suffer from them.
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A scientific case for spirituality
Psychology professor Lisa Miller explains why prayer, mindfulness, even nature walks, improve brain function, resilience and, ultimately, our health.
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Making work from home work forever
Charlie Warzel discusses the takeaways from work-life balance that have come out of Covid working arrangements, and what the future of corporate HQ might look like.
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The global poor need mental health care, too
Vox reporter Dylan Matthews discusses the work of the Happier Life Institute, which found that access to psychotherapy should be central to foreign aid and charity work abroad in order to increase well-being.
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What it’s like to grow up undocumented
Author Qian Julie Wang joins us to tell the story of her childhood in an undocumented family, how the experience shaped her life, and how she now views the American Dream.
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Why we find pleasure in pain
Paul Bloom joins us to discuss why we sometimes seek out pain — in everything from scary movies to marathons.
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Anxious all the time? Here’s how to free your mind
psychotherapist Nancy Colier explains how excessive thinking to the point of stress is an addiction and offers tips on how practices like mindfulness can calm an overactive mind.
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