If you could sit down with the person you used to be, what would you say? This episode explores the profound question of how you would mentor your younger self, unpacking the wisdom, regrets, and compassion that come with hindsight.
The Dragon in Your Brain: Let’s Talk About the Fear That’s Holding You Back
What’s the one dream you’d chase if you weren’t afraid? We’re diving into the neuroscience of fear to understand the one fear that holds you back, and how you can finally start to tame that ancient, powerful dragon in your brain.
Unmasking You: The Messy, Beautiful Art of Authenticity
It’s more than a buzzword. How do you define authenticity for yourself? Let’s explore what it truly means to be you and how to courageously close the gap between who you are and who you pretend to be.
The Superpower You’re Afraid to Use: Rethinking the Role of Vulnerability
Explore the surprising power that comes from embracing vulnerability. This isn’t about weakness; it’s about the courage to be seen and how that courage can transform your relationships and your life. What role does vulnerability play for you?
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Everyone tells you to find your authentic voice, as if it were buried somewhere waiting. It isn’t. Voice is assembled from imitation, refusal, and repetition, and the people who have the strongest ones are usually the people who copied the most. Here’s how it actually works.
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Our schools reward narrow expertise and treat broad curiosity as a lack of focus. But the evidence suggests the opposite: children who sample widely, connect ideas across fields, and resist premature specialization are the ones best equipped for a world that keeps rewriting the job description. Here is the case for range, the honest counterargument, and what to actually do about it.
Explaining Rules in English: How to Teach a Board Game Without Losing the Room
Learn the English of instructions — imperatives, must vs mustn’t vs don’t have to, the zero conditional for rules, and the precise language of rulebooks. Plus the teaching technique that fixes most bad explanations.
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A poetic dive into “sacrilegious”; a word that literally means stealing sacred things, and what it tells us about how we still designate the untouchable.