Jessica Grose is an opinion writer at The New York Times who writes the newsletter On Parenting, and she joins us to talk about what successful parenting really looks like and the societal expectations we have for parents.
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Kids need to talk about death, too
Elena Lister, a senior consulting analyst for grief at Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center, talks about how parents and educators can talk about grief with a child in a nurturing way.
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How to kick your success addiction and love your work
Arthur C. Brooks discusses his research to understand how to move past waning opportunities for advancement and embrace aging with all its many wonderful possibilities.
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How countries treat mental health when there’s a scarcity of psychiatrists
Vox reporter Sigal Samuel talks about a new model for training mental health laypeople to treat underserved communities.
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Acting against your values can have a lasting effect on you
Writer Elizabeth Svoboda offers a primer on moral injury, new treatment methods and why Covid has health care providers suffering from it anew.
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You don’t need to be exceptional to live a good life
Avram Alpert, co-editor of Shifter magazine, discusses why our competitive nature makes us forget that there is enough success to go around – and how to find purpose in life just being OK.
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How to cope with multiple losses at once
Katie Reilly talks about cumulative grief – where one loss exacerbates the effects of another – how that effects health and relationships, and how to make it through.
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A sense of humor is good for your health
Health journalist Carolyn Todd joins Krys Boyd to discuss how well-being is tied to a mindset that embraces levity, and how humor can combat toxic stress.
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How to connect with people in a socially isolating world
Kim Samuel is founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the search for meaning in our lives, finding purpose in human connections and strategies for achieving happiness.
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The boy who survived a men’s prison
Ian Manuel joins us to discuss his crime, his quest for forgiveness, and why, he believes, we should not judge an entire life based on one’s worst day.
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You can be anorexic and fat, but not all doctors understand
Kate Siber discusses atypical anorexia nervosa, where people starve themselves but do not exhibit extreme thinness.
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What parents get wrong about teens and their phones
Emily Weinstein of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education talks about the ways teenagers navigate their online world and how parents can better understand their pull to be always connected.
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