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Julia Hotz is a journalist and the author of The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging, which explores the concept of social prescribing. She joins Cleo Wade today to discuss the five key pillars that form the foundation of social prescriptions, finding okayness in difficult times, the power of flow states, and the potential for social prescribing...

Cleo Wade chats with the author of Fully Alive, which reframes the concept of the seven deadly sins as a framework to explore human nature, connection, and spiritual growth in modern times. They talk about Oldfield’s journey to religion, how her faith has shifted over time, why she wanted to examine sin and Christianity, and what it means to create a fulfilling life. Learn more about your ad choic...

Gwyneth catches up with her longtime friend, and they cover a lot of ground: friendship, motherhood, how Jones made her way to The Office, what is was like growing up in Los Angeles, and where to eat in Tokyo today. Plus, Jones shares a few stories from filming her new Apple TV+ show, Sunny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth is joined by her longtime friend to talk about learning from the wisdom of our bodies. Vlachonis shares her holistic approach to treating physical and mental pain and why she sees pain as a powerful teacher. They also discuss the tenets from her book, The Body Doesn't Lie, and the tools and practices she regularly leans on from her Greek heritage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

It's a special solo episode with cohost Cleo Wade. She catches up on some of your questions: what she's looking forward to this summer, how to ask a friend for space, tips on becoming more confident, advice on navigating pregnancy anxiety and stepparenting, the books that changed her life, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth is joined by a sought-after dating coach to talk about building a dating strategy based on core values and intentions, why first dates should be less than hour, ways for reframing rejection, what ghosting says about you, and how to know when you've found the right person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former executive editor of Teen Vogue and author of The Myth of Making It joins Cleo Wade to talk about the rise and fall of girlboss culture, quiet quitting, the complex relationship between feminism and capitalism, and turning workplace disillusionment into positive change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Times–bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful joins Cleo Wade to talk about her journey through divorce, the writing process, her view on forgiveness today, and what happens when we allow ourselves to hold contradictions and complicated feelings at the same time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cleo Wade is joined by the Wisdom of the Path author to talk about tapping into the power of your inner wisdom, ways for redefining your intentions, and the value of community and vulnerability in the healing process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we're revisiting a 2019 conversation from The goop Podcast archives with Gwyneth's longtime friend, the legendary yoga teacher Eddie Stern. They reminisce about the 1990s, when GP first walked into his studio, and discuss the connection between movement, emotion, and breath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his new book, Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything, James Doty explains the process of manifestation. He joins Gwyneth to talk about why we sometimes manifest things that are wrong for us, and how we can better emotionally regulate, and ultimately make space for and move toward what brings us happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Cleo Wade sits down with the Other People's Words author to talk about friendship, grief, and how the words of our loved ones live on—sometimes through us—after they're gone. Soep shares how, after losing two close friends in different ways, she discovered traces of their voices and language through voicemails, letters, and emails, and how these ordinary artifacts take on a different meaning after...

Gwyneth is joined by the author of Why We Remember to talk about how memory works, how it shapes our identities, and what makes something memorable. Ranganath explains what he's learned from studying the brain and how it processes certain events, and he shares the short- and long-term things we can do to improve our memory.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth talks with the fashion designer and entrepreneur about turning 50, the formula for a long marriage, and why she wanted to get into the fashion and beauty businesses. They talk about their families, what it's like to pivot from one career into another, and their favorite Spice Girls songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a special episode from our archives: In 2018, shortly after we launched The goop Podcast, Gwyneth sat down with her own mom, actress Blythe Danner. The two opened up to each other about old boyfriends, what it was like acting together, things they'd approach differently at this stage of their lives, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The founder of Brown Girl Therapy and the author of But What Will People Say? joins Cleo Wade to talk about belonging, family, and identity. Kohli examines her own experiences as a child of South Asian immigrants, and the pressure to present different versions of herself across different cultural contexts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sue Varma, author of Practical Optimism, served as the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program, treating civilian and first-responder survivors in the aftermath of 9/11. She shares how her work there led her to develop a framework for practical optimism. She explains what it means to be a practical optimist (and why it's different than blin...

Legendary author Anne Lamott discusses the many ways love can transform us. She shares how she learned to break free from perfectionism, the spiritual value of crying, the mantras that help ground her in self-love, and her new book Somehow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katara McCarty is the founder of Exhale, an app focused on the mental wellness of Black women. Today, she shares her personal life story with Gwyneth. They talk about how McCarty’s work has been informed by a unique survey she conducted in 2023. And what it means to hold space: “I think that holding space takes acknowledging the fullness of the person you’re holding space for,” McCarty says. Learn...

Gwyneth is joined by Lisa Mosconi, author of The Menopause Brain. Mosconi is an associate professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and the director of its Women’s Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program. Today, Mosconi explains how hormonal shifts during perimenopause and menopause can impact cognitive health and shares some of the clinical trials and brain-imaging work her...

Today, we’re sharing a conversation from our last In goop Health summit. Kim Little is a software developer, lifelong meditator, and cofounder of Moments of Space, a new meditation app that teaches an eyes-open technique. Little joined Gwyneth onstage to talk about how we can find deep connection throughout the everyday. (GP uses the eyes-open technique during her walks and has found it so benefic...

The author of Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss joins Cleo Wade to discuss how we go about rebuilding a life, or finding wisdom in grief. They talk about how men and women often process their emotions differently, and why it can be difficult to acknowledge loss and to sit with our grief. "We have to start by just being in it, and it's actually the hardest thing bec...

Cleo Wade is joined by Corey Keyes, author of Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down. In today's conversation, Keyes explains how he measures the states of languishing and flourishing, and what we get wrong about mental health. And he shares the personal story of his own search for meaning, which sparked his research all the way back in 2002. Learn more about your ad ch...

Gwyneth is joined by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Supercommunicators to talk about the art and science behind meaningful conversation. Duhigg explains the three types of conversations, what makes certain ones work, and the traits of highly effective communicators. He also shares a few tools for reframing difficult conversations and his most important tip for moving past smal...

Cleo Wade is joined today by Cole Arthur Riley to discuss her new book— Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human—and her personal journey through spirituality. Riley shares what led her to write a prayer book that embraces questioning as part of faith and what happened after she allowed herself to question her own spiritual beliefs. They talk about discovering spiritual c...