The Courageous Life

This episode offers an exploration of the science behind courage and overcoming fear, and focuses on how those findings might be used to live a more courageous life. The guest featured on this episode is Dr. Cindy Pury. Cindy sits on the faculty at Clemson University where she is a professor of psychology. Trained as both a clinical psychologist and a researcher, Cindy started out with an interest...

Paddy Steinfort is the founder of Toughness.com and a performance coach to elite athletes. A former professional athlete himself, Paddy stayed in the world of elite performance after his playing days ended, serving as a physiotherapist, coach, and manager for a variety of professional football teams in Australia. Through these experiences he saw a huge need to help talented people on the human sid...

Emilia Lahti, MsC, MAPP, is a doctoral candidate at the Aalto University School of Science and Technology in Helsinki. She is passionate about action research, social justice, and unearthing new, innovative ways to apply scientific knowledge to solve humanity's grand challenges. She holds master's degrees in social psychology (University of Tampere, Finland) and applied positive psycholo...