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Our guest, Cody Keenan, had a front row seat to history, serving as President Barack Obama's Chief White House speechwriter and post-presidential collaborator.  Cody has written about the experience in the New York Times bestseller, "Grace:  President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America".   It's a fascinating account of what he considers to be the ten most dramatic days of the Obama presi...

Women's leadership advocate Marianne Schnall joins us on this episode.  Marianne is the founder and executive director of Feminist.com which is a leading women's website and non-profit organization.  She's also the author of the book, "Leading the Way:  Inspiring Words for Women on How to Live and Lead with Courage, Confidence, and Authenticity".  And, she's also written a new book for girls calle...

Do you feel uncomfortable in some social situations?  Do you feel self-conscious and insecure and wish you could do something about that?  If so, you'll want to hear what our guest, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen has to say.  Ellen is a clinical psychologist who has helped millions of people overcome social anxiety.  She's the author of book, " How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Soci...

Friendship is the topic and our guest, Diane Barth,  is a psychotherapist and the author of "I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives". She writes the blog, 'Off the Couch' for Psychology Today. In addition, her articles have been published in the Clinical Social Work Journal, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Psychoanalytic Psychology, and other professional journals.  H...

Our guest, Dr. Corey Yeager, joins us as we explore some of the questions you may want to ask yourself to gain self-compassion, discover your purpose, and explore who you want to be.  Dr. Yeager is a marriage and family therapist who is the team therapist and Life Coach for the Detroit Pistons.  He is the author of a fantastic new book called, "How Am I Doing?: 40 Conversations to Have With Yourse...

Our guest, Mastin Kipp, is a best-selling author, speaker, and creator of Functional Life Coaching, a personal development company for people who are seeking rapid transformation in their lives.  Oprah Winfrey calls him, "a thought leader of the next generation of spiritual thinkers."   Mastin is the author of,  "Claim Your Power:  A 40-Day Journey to Dissolve the Hidden Blocks that Keep You Stuck...

If you're looking for ways to increase your self-worth and confidence, join us as we talk with our guest, Majo Molfino.  Majo is a Stanford University-trained designer and women's leadership expert, who uses her knowledge and training in design to help women build creative confidence.  She's the author of the book, "Break the Good Girl Myth: How to Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and...

Joining us on this episode is New York Times  bestselling author Bob Goff, who is on a mission to shake people into the version of their lives they dreamt about before someone told them it was impossible or incorrect.   Bob, who's known as an "encourager to millions",  is the creator of the popular Dream Big conferences and author of the new book,   Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It,...

Are you exercising and eating right to ensure you do all you can to live the longest life possible?  You may be surprised to learn that diet and exercise matter less, and your relationships, personality and emotions matter more in terms of influencing how long you live.   Joining us to explain more about that is science journalist Marta Zaraska, author of the book,  "Growing Young: How Friendship,...

With many meetings taking place remotely these days, it's more challenging than ever to communicate with our co-workers in the workplace. Our guest, Alissa Carpenter, is a workplace communications expert who joins us to talk about how we can connect with our team effectively online, how to have difficult and uncomfortable conversations and why differences in gender, age, race, religion and job fun...

Popular Nutritional Therapy Consultant, and fitness coach Steph Gaudreau joins us on this episode.  Steph is the author of the book,  "The Core 4: Embrace Your Body, Own Your Power",  which explains how food can support us and how to be active without doing exercise we hate. It features strength training workouts, meal plans, journal prompts and more, to help you feel energetic, active, confident,...

Have you ever been part of a team or an organization that accomplished amazing things? What is it about the culture in some organizations that makes them toxic and why does the culture in other groups lead to happiness and success? For the answers to those questions, we turn to bestselling author Daniel Coyle who's written, "The Culture Playbook" and  "The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Succe...

How would your life change if you truly believed that 'everything happens for a reason' and that most of the time, it's for the better? On this episode, we talk to Dr. Christian Busch, who's spent many years researching how we can use uncertainty as a path to more joyful, purposeful, and successful lives. Dr. Busch is the Director of the Global Economy Program at The Center for Global Affairs at N...

Our guest on this episode is the co-author of a great book called, "How to Navigate Life:  The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond".  Joining us is Belle Liang, professor of Counseling Psychology at Boston College.  Learn more about her work at  https://www.purposelabs.org/   Thanks to our sponsor of today's episode!:   Shopify is the all-in-one commerce platform that mak...

Netflix co-founder and veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Randolph is our guest on this episode.  He's mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs and helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures, in addition to many unsuccessful ones.  Marc is the author of the bestselling book, "That Will Never Work:  The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of An Idea".  His website is  https://marc...

Would you like to be more successful? Can you define what success really means to you?  Do you have a plan to achieve it? For some help with those questions, we talk with our guest, Wharton Professor G. Richard Shell, who's an award-winning author and the creator of a very popular Wharton School course on the meaning of success.  He's also developed a course on success for Coursera, the world's le...

Inspiration is the topic of this episode with our guest, Allison Holzer, who's spent years studying the science of inspiration to understand how it can be "summoned" through different actions.  Allison is a consultant, entrepreneur and coach who is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of InspireCorps.  Allison is also the co-author of the book, "Dare to Inspire: Sustain the Fire of Inspirat...

On this episode, the focus is on the relationship between parents and their adult children, which may be difficult at times. For some insight into that, we turn to an expert on the subject, social psychologist and author Jane Adams. Jane's books include, "When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us" and "I'm Still Your Mother—how to get along with your grown-up children for the rest of your life".  Her webs...

We talk with Dr. Mark McLaughlin, a neurosurgeon at Princeton Brain and Spine Care, who believes that all of us can benefit by taking the core principles behind brain surgery and applying them to any of life's problems.  It's a fascinating concept, and one that Dr. McLaughlin writes about in the book, "Out-Thinking Fear: A Neurosurgeon's Secrets for Making Life's Hard Decisions", which will be ava...

W e welcome back Andrew Tarvin, who calls himself "the world's first humor engineer", teaching people how to get better results while having more fun.  He's worked with hundreds of organizations around the world, helping them to use humor to achieve happiness and success in the workplace.  Andrew is the author of several books on humor, including his latest, "Humor That Works:  The Missing Skill f...

Starting your own business is the topic as we talk with Carol Roth, a well-known advocate for entrepreneurship and small business.  She's been an investment banker, business strategist and deal-maker, and is also the author of the best-selling book, "The Entrepreneur Equation".  You can learn more about Carol on her website at  https://www.carolroth.com .   Note: This episode was previously aired....

Do you struggle with making hard choices? Don't worry, you're not alone! Our guest on this episode, Greg Bustin, advises leaders of some of the world's most admired companies on how to make courageous decisions.  In this episode, we talk about how some of the best and worst decisions in history changed our lives today.  Greg is the author of several books on leadership, the latest of which is call...

We're thrilled to talk with our guest on this episode, actress, author and filmmaker Natasha Gregson Wagner.  Natasha is the daughter of the late actress Natalie Wood and film producer Richard Gregson. She is the stepdaughter of actor Robert Wagner and the co-producer of the recent documentary called "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind".  Natasha is also the author of the book, "More Than Love: An...

Girls are more anxious and prone to depression and self-harming than ever before.  On this episode, we'll explore why that's happening and what can be done about it.  Our guest is award-winning journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of the new book, "Girls on the Brink:  Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression and Social Media".  Her website is  donnajacksonnakaz...

Anxiety is the topic of this episode and if you find yourself feeling anxious as you go through your daily life, you're not alone!  Joining us once again is neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki, who is the author of the book, "GOOD ANXIETY: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion", now out in paperback.  Her website is  wendysuzuki.com .   Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!:   Gladsk...