Good Questions

There's a wall that shows up at a very specific moment in my work. Not at the beginning. Not when things are hard. Right at the point when someone is actually stepping into their power — when the becoming is real and close — that's when it appears. I've seen it too many times to ignore it. This episode is about what's underneath that wall. About the fear that your full expression will cost you you...

A friend said something to me that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. Someone asked her how dare you. And she said - I dare just fine. This episode is about that. About the life that doesn't make complete sense to anyone else and doesn't need to. About the small dares - the quiet, sometimes silly ways we keep building something that's actually ours. And about what happens when you stop wa...

Most of us answer that question before we even hear it. In this episode, we slow that reflex down. We get into the neuroscience of why highly capable people are often the hardest to check on, and what Stephen Porges' work on neuroception and the social engagement system tells us about what actually happens in the nervous system when someone offers support and we deflect it anyway. And then I tell...

Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, and a moment that people across cultures have paused to honor for thousands of years. This is a short practice. Under ten minutes. I recorded it today because I wanted to invite you into a small ritual I do at the turning points of the year, a chance to look back at spring and set an intention for what summer holds. You don't need anything...

There's something I hear constantly from the people I work with. I know I need to slow down. I just can't. I feel better when I'm moving. And honestly? I think they're right. Not about needing to push harder — but about something the wellness industry keeps getting wrong. Stillness isn't one thing. And for high-functioning, deeply capable people, the conventional version of rest often doesn't work...

Your brain is not a neutral observer. It is one of the most sophisticated pattern recognition systems in the known universe — working constantly, beneath your awareness, to make meaning out of everything that happens to you. And sometimes the meaning it makes isn't true. In this episode, we get into the neuroscience of why — the default mode network, predictive processing, and what Stephen Porges'...

What if the problem isn't you? Most of us are moving through our lives oriented toward the next thing to fix, improve, or become. We're good at it. We've built whole identities around it. But the body keeps a different kind of record — and sometimes the most radical thing you can do is just stop long enough to notice it. In this first episode of Good Questions, we start with the question underneat...

A short welcome to Good Questions — a podcast for the part of you that already knows the answer. New episodes begin June 2. If something in the trailer lands, follow the show wherever you're listening so the first episode finds you. Here I am. And here you are. — Lauren