What is a Good Life?

On the 82nd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Parneet Pal , MBBS, MS. Parneet is a Harvard- and Columbia-trained physician-educator who teaches skills and communicates ideas that advance personal, workplace, and planetary health. She is the founder of Systematically Well Advisory Inc., where she applies her expertise to enhance health and performan...

On the 81st episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Patrick McAndrew . Patrick, a global thought leader on productivity and performance, empowers professionals to escape the "Productivity Paradox" - the illusion that being busy equals progress. As the founder of HARA , an inner circle for exceptional entrepreneurs and leaders, Patrick equips individuals...

On the 80th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Jonny Thomso n. Jonny was a teacher for over a decade before he turned to writing full-time. He is a columnist at Big Think, where he writes primarily about philosophy, theology, and psychology, and is the author of three books. His first book, Mini Philosophy , is an award-winning international bestsel...

On the 79th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Jen Cohen . Jen is a Co-Founder and Director of Seven Stones Leadership, a leadership journeys company, and the Director of Coaching Education for Mobius Executive Leadership, a global boutique consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies. She is the co-author, with Gina LaRoche, of The 7 Laws of Enoug...

On the 78th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Simon van der Els, PhD. Simon is a student of the invisible realm. He holds a PhD in the empirical tradition of molecular microbiology and also explores the subjective realm of shamanism as a way of rediscovering the interiority of the living cosmos. He enjoys time in nature, dance, and other sensory em...

On the 77th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Tom Hirons. Tom is a poet and storyteller based in Devon, UK. He is the director of Feral Angels Press and editor of Clarion poetry magazine. He teaches poetry writing, both online and in person, and runs poetry-focused wilderness fasts. Tom’s piece, Sometimes a Wild God , is a subcultural poetry classi...

On the 76th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Parker J. Palmer . Parker is a writer, speaker, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change. He is the founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California at...

On the 75th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is best known for his book The Coaching Habit , which has sold over a million copies. His most recent book, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone , shows how to create psychological safety by building the Best Possible Relationship with key people at work. He founded Box of Cr...

On the 74th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Dee Mulrooney. Dee is a multi-disciplinary Irish artist. Inhabiting a female body, mythical imagination and story as medicine are the main preoccupations of her work. Exile, class, displacement, social history, longing, and belonging are some of the themes explored by Dee through painting, drawing, film...

On the 73rd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Sunil Malhotra. Sunil weaves together Vedic wisdom with the innovations of tomorrow. To unravel the mysteries of the human experience, he stands at the intersection of spirituality, technology, and design. Sunil's latest book, YOGAi: Interplays of Yoga and Artificial Intelligence , demystifies both 'tec...

On the 72nd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Reuben Christian. Reuben is an award-winning edutainer : a cocktail of event host, motivational speaker, facilitator, TV presenter and comedian. He's the founder and facilitator of Dream Rehab : a live show and curriculum that harnesses the power of community to help people achieve their personal goals....

On the 71st episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Mariana Louis M.A. Mariana is a professional tarot counsellor, scholar, and creator of Persephone's Sister , a platform for psycho-spiritual education and guidance. Following her academic study of analytical psychology and Western Intellectual Traditions, Mariana integrated her scholarship into her deve...

On the 70th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Holly Penalver . Holly is the founder of Indigo Volunteers , a remarkable charity that has made a significant impact on the lives of tens of thousands of refugees. By placing thousands of volunteers with grassroots partners, Indigo provides essential aid, healthcare, education, skills workshops, and vit...

On the 69th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Dave Gray . Dave is the author of Gamestorming , Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think , and The Connected Company . He is also an artist, an entrepreneur, and a possibilitarian. After selling his company, XPlane, in 2022, Dave established The School of the Possible...

On the 68th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Amy Elizabeth Fox . Amy is one of the founders and CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership, a global transformational leadership firm. She has served as a leadership and culture change advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Amy is considered an expert in healing individual, family, and collective trauma and has b...

On the 67th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, David Haskell . David is a writer and a biologist. His latest book, Sounds Wild and Broken , is a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. His previous books, The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees are acclaimed for their integration of science, poetry, and rich attention to the living worl...

On the 66th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Thomas Moore . Thomas is the author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller, Care of the Soul . Since then, he has written thirty books on matters of soul and spirit. His most recent book is The Eloquence of Silence . He lectures in many parts of the world and is also a psychotherapist influenced mainly by...

On the 65th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guests, George and Linda Pransky . In 1976, George and Linda stumbled upon a new way of helping people that was radically different from the traditional counselling methods they had been using in their work. The new principles they were learning had a huge impact on their personal lives, their relationship, an...

On the 64th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Johnnie Moore . Johnnie is the Founder of Unhurried, a movement to support deeper conversations and connections in work and life, the author of the book Unhurried At Work , a visiting tutor at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, and a guest columnist for Fast Company magazine.  In this insigh...

On the 63rd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Adah Parris . Adah is a futurist, artist, keynote speaker, and a visionary in the fields of technology, ecology, innovation, and art. She chairs Mental Health First Aid England and is a Fellow at The Royal Society of the Arts. She is recognised as a TED Talks Global Emerging Innovator and celebrated by...

On the 62nd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Julia Duthie . Julia is a partner at PEPCO LLP, the bestselling author of The House on Dogbone St , and the former CEO of both the Academy of Contemporary Music and The True School of Music. Simply put, I find Julia’s life story incredibly inspiring. She left home and school at the age of 16 after a tro...

On the 61st episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Duncan Moss . Duncan is a Clinical Psychologist, and Honorary Research Fellow at Plymouth University, whose approach draws from long-standing psychological perspectives and also from the methods of meditation and the traditions of contemplation and awareness. He has been a student in the Tibetan Traditi...

On the 60th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Matthew Zoltan. Matthew is a former monk, an author, and co-founder of Undo App - an app that helps you rediscover what makes us human through natural meditation. In this conversation, Matthew takes us on his journey from being a monk for much of his 20s before realising his practice and methods weren’t...

On the 59th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Julie Zickefoose . Julie is a writer and artist who illustrates her own books (Saving Jemima, Baby Birds, The Bluebird Effect). She is an Advising Editor for BWD Magazine and a naturalist at home in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio, where every day she roams the 80-acre wildlife sanctuary she lives on—...

On the 58th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guests, Dan Lawrence and Johann Botha . Dan is a Jungian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and a Social Dreaming Consultant, a former derivatives trader, and a lifelong practitioner of Zen and contemplative traditions. Johann is managing director of GSA Mindworks, a company cultivating a personal, participatory a...