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The Science of Sin with Dr. Jack Lewis The seven deadly sins are: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Religious or not, most of us would like to avoid these behaviors, but modern technology has made the temptation almost irresistible. How do you not overeat with such brain-triggering processed foods laden with sugar, fat, salt, and flavors? How does a pubescent boy not spend hour...

The Joy of Movement  with Kelly McGonigal ------------------- Many of us chase happiness in life but happy states are fleeting anomalies largely out of our control. If you're experiencing true joy right now, swim and revel in it, but know that soon it will be gone. Instead of chasing happiness, what if we pursued states of "good" instead. You can feel good and happy at the same time, but you can a...

The Meritocracy Trap: How the Myth Feeds Inequality with Daniel Markovits ------------------- Every year I live outside the U.S. I'm able to better understand my culture simply due to my physical distance from it. I notice things like promiscuous use of peanut butter and cinnamon in American foods, the endless sports and war metaphors in colloquial language, the ubiquitous nostalgia for the post-W...

The Strength Therapist Sam Spinelli -------- Of all the muscles in your body, your heart muscle gets the most attention - and for good reason. Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in most countries, so any comprehensive fitness programs must address heart health. But all the other muscles matter too including your quads, your hamstrings, your glutes, and biceps. Ample...

How to Change Your Mind with Jon Venus -------------------------------------- "If it bleeds it leads" has always informed mass media, but for the past few years, the new thesis goes like this. "The more radical the viewpoint, the more reach it gets." Extreme groups of all types scream it out daily; and while collectively, they represent the minority fringe, they siphon off the majority of our band...

Meditation can reduce cortisol, increase telomere length, improve concentration, and foster feelings of unity. But it's also very, very hard to practice consistently. Stillness is a serious challenge. Despite the plethora of books and apps and mindfulness training programs, most of us still talk a good meditation game but fail to back it up with practice.  On this week's show, you'll meet an autho...

What do snoring, crooked teeth, and mouth breathing have in common? All these conditions can indicate or even predict a whole series of chronic health problems down the road. James Nestor began his study into breathwork in the extreme world of freediving and breath holding, but he eventually came full circle to focus on the power and necessity of healthy, balanced breathing - something often lacki...

The Power of Ritual with Casper Ter Kuile ------------------------------ After just five swipes of your newsfeed, and you'll immediately see ideology and groupthink dominate just about every conversation. As the world becomes more and more digital, we're simultaneously becoming more tribal. The negative fallout is obvious, but what about the positives? What about a sense of purpose, belonging, rit...

Time Off  with John Fitch ----------------- "You can have anything you want in life, but you can't have everything." Most of our biggest dreams are totally unsustainable, but they come with a price. Want six-pack abs? Are you willing to skip carbs and spend 2 hours a day in the gym each day? Want a 7-figure bank balance? Are you up for 70-hour work weeks for the next 10 years? Want to start your o...

The Children of the Future Jay Belsky, PhD ----------- "I don't know the meaning of life, but I know the purpose of life. It is to create more life." - Jay Belsky We're cavemen pretending to be academic, political, cerebral, and romantic when really we're mostly motivated by survival and procreation. This is simultaneously depressing and relieving since it explains away some of our most ridiculous...

Detox Your Thoughts with Andrea Bonior --------- The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news for months as a quiet crisis, one of mental health, has spread even faster and further. Depression, anxiety, and loneliness are at all-time highs. And what happens when you take away work, school, and social events on top of that? What happens when your usual support and self-care tools are unavailable to...

How to Control Your Attention  with Nir Eyal ---------------- How is it possible that with social distancing, telecommuting, and almost zero social events right now, you can still go an entire day and get nothing done. Exercise was forgotten, healthy meals didn't happen, and the work projects continue to pile up. Can you relate?  Distraction was endemic before the pandemic and will continue long a...

Understanding Madness with Susannah Cahalan  -------------------------- Susannah was an ambitious young adult starting an exciting life in New York City when she began having seizures, experiencing a bout of mania and depression, and even hallucinating. After nearly a month of hospitalization, she was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder before eventually being diagnosed with a rare auto-immune...

Men with Meaning & Purpose with Connor Beaton -------- What do you call a man who cannot perform, provide, and protect? Many people would call him a loser. It's true that men have it easier in some areas with greater access to income and opportunities, but that often comes with the price tag of loneliness, isolation, and mental illness.  The stereotypical successful man is often work-torn with hea...

Heart Rate Variability Simplified Marco Altini ------------- "I know my body!" is something I hear from yoga students constantly. Sometimes they want to keep practicing and shouldn't (due to injury or illness) maybe they want to stop practicing and shouldn't (because the breakthrough is a few poses away). I wish we all knew and understood our inner world as well as our outer world, but most of us...

Water, Whiskey, Coffee - Yoga Breathing Made Simple With Lucas Rockwood   "It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." - Hans Selye Mental and emotional stress were at historic highs pre-Coronavirus. Today, the collective anxiety of the world borders on dangerous. How much uncertainty and loss can we tolerate? Is there an upper limit? The answers will unfold in real-time in the comin...

Losing it All in COVID-19 with Lucas Rockwood -------------- Greetings from Barcelona. We're nearly 2 months into COVID-19 lockdown, and instead of our usual expert interviews, I thought I'd share my experiences so far during COVID-19 with the hopes that I can glean some insight, and maybe you too.  Here's what I'll share:  How I lost my yoga studios How crisis unveils both strengths and weakness...

The Pleasure Gap - Women's Inequality in the Bedroom Katherine Rowland ---------------------- "Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex." - Hunter S. Thompson Most of us are highly-charged sexual beings doing our best to hide it all day long. Lost lust looking for a home. On this week's podcast, we'll explore the differences in men's and women's pleasure.    Listen & Learn:...

Adversity into Advantage Laura Huang ---------------------------- As I get older, I appreciate the struggles of my past almost as much as the successes, and here's my question for you: What if your greatest weakness could be flipped and leveraged as your greatest strength? What if your biggest problems could be reframed as your best assets? The world of leaders and heros is filled with people who...

How Successful People See the World with Emily Balcetis  ----------------- I ran out of laundry detergent last week and couldn't motivate myself to walk 20 steps to the store to buy more. Why? I can lecture for hours, interview an author for the podcast, answer 70+ emails, and spend time with all three of my kids in one day, but the laundry detergent errand felt impossible.  I have periods of mani...

Premature Sarah Digregorio ----------------- Once a month I have to tell a pregnant yoga student that she cannot practice in our studio, cannot hang upside down in the Yoga Trapeze, or practice long-hold, passive stretches in our Gravity Yoga classes. Why? We teach strong, athletic classes with inversions and deep stretches. It's not safe. I've been accused of trying to tell women what to do with...

The New Science of Self Actualization with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman --------------------------- When I feel frustrated with my place in the world, it's often because I feel I'm not living up to my full potential. I have more to offer, more to give - and yet I'm not making it happen. Maslow defined this desire to become our best self as the need to self-actualize. But how do we do this?  Achievement...

You're stuck at home, your economic future is uncertain, and it's difficult to plan more than one day at a time. To make things even more challenging, the people and activities that bring you the most joy might be unavailable. What do you do? How do you manage your emotional health during times of such unrest?  On this week's podcast, you'll meet a psychologist whose entire career has been focused...

I once had a yoga student with a prosthetic leg. I didn't realize until I attempted to push her heel to the floor in Downward Dog. I assumed that she wanted to simply blend into class and that's why she hadn't told me (or anyone at reception) before joining class. I was right. She just wanted to practice, and she did great. I've since had students with birth defects, different length legs, missing...

A close friend lost her husband tragically and suddenly, but she was back in the office just two weeks later. She shed a few tears that first month, but mostly, it was Beth as usual. She didn't fall behind on any projects or ask for help. "Beth is so strong. I think she can handle just about anything," they said. Except they were wrong, and so was I. Beth was mourning privately for months, and the...