The Daily Helping

Michael Clinton, former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines and current special media advisor to the Hearst Corporation CEO, joins us to rethink what it means to live a long life. An author, photographer, adventurer, and marathoner on all seven continents, Michael explores these ideas in his new book, Longevity Nation , examining how medicine, technology, and human behavior are r...

Dr. James Walsh is an Air Force veteran, retired Department of Defense civilian, educator, and author with more than four decades of leadership experience. Drawing from his military career, academic research, and years teaching leadership and management, he focuses on the practical skills leaders need to earn trust, strengthen teams, and produce meaningful results. We explore why leadership depend...

Dana Killion is an author, speaker, and trauma-informed guide whose work explores what happens after the worst moments of our lives and how we decide who we want to become next. Her newest book, Becoming Unbreakable: A Big Sister’s Guide to Trauma , grew from an eight-year period marked by betrayal, divorce, the deaths of both parents, and the devastating loss of her oldest son to fentanyl. We exp...

Mickey Z is a writer, speaker, activist, and the founder of Cheerful Giver NYC, a grassroots effort supporting people experiencing homelessness throughout New York City. A prolific author and longtime advocate, Mickey joins us to share how his upbringing, personal losses, spirituality, and years of direct service shaped a mission centered on helping others with humility rather than assumptions. We...

Karen Olson is the founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise, an organization that has mobilized more than a million volunteers and helped more than a million people experiencing homelessness. Her work has earned national recognition, including the Points of Light Award and the Jefferson Award, but her path began with something far simpler: stopping to offer a sandwich and conversation to a homel...

Scott M. Curran is a social impact lawyer, advisor, educator, and founder and CEO of Beyond Advisers. After serving as general counsel of the Clinton Foundation, where he advised a global nonprofit operating in more than 50 countries, Scott built a career helping leaders and organizations turn good intentions into lasting impact. In his new book, Better Good: A Simple System for Creating Lasting I...

Jamison Carrier is the founder of Team NavX, a leadership advisory and recruiting firm that helps organizations build high-performing teams through clarity, accountability, and execution. He is also the co-author of Building a Championship Team: A Practical Guide to Finding, Recruiting and Developing Top Performers , which distills lessons from years of hiring, leadership, and team development int...

Roger Dooley is an internationally recognized author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and expert in neuromarketing and behavioral science. His books include Friction , Brainfluence , and The Persuasion Engine , which examines how artificial intelligence is making sophisticated behavioral science tools accessible to businesses of every size. We explore how most human decisions happen beneath conscio...

Phil Cousineau is a writer, teacher, filmmaker, storyteller, cultural historian, and the author of more than 40 books, including The Art of Pilgrimage and The Hero’s Journey . Drawing on decades of studying mythology, working with Joseph Campbell, consulting for major film studios, and leading journeys through Greece, Phil joins us to explore his newest book, The Wisdom of the Odyssey: 24 Life Les...

Richard Moss is an internationally respected teacher, author, and visionary thinker who has spent nearly five decades exploring human consciousness, presence, and what he calls radical aliveness. After a spontaneous state of illumination ended his career in emergency medicine, he devoted his life to helping people understand how their thoughts shape their emotional experience and how awareness can...

DJ DiDonna is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and the founder of The Sabbatical Project, where he studies how extended time away from routine work can reshape our health, identity, and direction. In his new book, Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One , he draws on years of research to show why sabbaticals are far more than extended vacations. We exp...

In this episode of The Daily Helping, we’re joined by Paul Ingram, the Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and author of What Do You Really Stand For? The One Question That Will Transform Your Work and Life. Paul has received Columbia’s highest recognition for teaching, along with numerous teaching awards from students at Columbia and Cornell, and his research has appeared in...

Kevin Dias is the founder of Ambiki, an EMR and practice management platform built for pediatric speech, occupational, and physical therapy practices. His path has taken him from investment banking to teaching English in Japan, translation technology, and healthcare software, but the thread connecting it all is a deep interest in solving real-world workflow problems. In this episode, we explore Ke...

Dr. Alan Rozanski joins us to explore the deep connection between mindset, behavior, and long-term health. A cardiologist who has spent more than 40 years studying the mind-body relationship, Dr. Rozanski developed the six domains of health and vitality: physical, emotional, social, cognitive, purpose, and stress management. His work shows that health is not simply the absence of disease, but the...

Dr. Lisa Woodruff, founder and CEO of Organize 365 and host of the top-rated Organize 365 Podcast, joins us to talk about her new book, Escaping Quicksand: 10 Steps to Overcome the Overwhelm of Modern Home Life . Lisa brings both lived experience and academic research to the conversation, helping us understand why modern home life can feel so heavy, especially as responsibilities stack up in midli...

Today, we’re joined by RamDev Dale Borglum, author of How to Live So You Can Die Without Fear and executive director of the Living/Dying Project. A pioneering voice in the conscious dying movement, Dale has spent decades helping people face death, grief, caregiving, and healing with greater awareness. His work has been shaped by Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, meditation, mathemat...

Today, we are joined by Colin Hodge, startup founder, author, and co-owner of Down, a top 10 dating app in the U.S. Colin has led companies and growth teams responsible for more than 100 million users, and his new book, Outrageous Startup Growth , distills the hard-won lessons behind that success. In our conversation, Colin shares how personal loss shaped his willingness to take risks, move across...

Today, we welcome back Melissa Swift, a leading voice on the future of work and the author of Work Here Now and her new book, Effective: How to Do Great Work in a Fast-Changing World . Melissa’s work has been featured in outlets including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , NPR, The Economist , and The Washington Post , and her columns for MIT Sloan Management Review are often among the...

In this episode of The Daily Helping , we’re joined by Brian Weisfeld, a creativity and innovation thought leader, author, and passionate advocate for youth entrepreneurship. Brian helped build billion-dollar companies including IMAX and Coupons.com, and later co-authored children’s books designed to inspire kids to start their first businesses. He is also the founder of The Startup Squad Foundati...

Mandy Tang is a career coach, holistic healer, and author of Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace . She works with clients across big tech, startups, and the nonprofit sector, helping them bring more creativity, joy, and self-trust into their work lives. She is also the creator behind the popular TikTok account @careercoachmandy , where she has built a community arou...

Ian Sandler is the co-founder of Riley’s Way Foundation, a nonprofit he created with his wife, Mackenzie, after the tragic loss of their nine-year-old daughter, Riley. Built in honor of Riley’s extraordinary gift for friendship, the foundation empowers young leaders to use kindness and empathy to create meaningful change in their communities. In our conversation, Ian shares how Riley’s Way evolved...

Today, we welcome back world-renowned consciousness teacher Peter Russell, author of How to Meditate Without Even Trying , along with 11 other books including Letting Go of Nothing and From Science to God . Peter has taught meditation for more than 50 years, inspiring people around the world through his writing, retreats, talks, and online courses. In this conversation, we explore why meditation d...

In this episode, we speak with Roy Remer, executive director of the Zen Caregiving Project and author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. Drawing on decades of work in end-of-life care, mindfulness education, and compassion training, Roy shares a grounded, deeply human approach to caregiving that reaches far beyond clinical settings. His message is clear: caregivin...

In this episode, we sit down with Glen Galaich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation, co-host of Break Fake Rules , and author of In Control: Why Big Giving Falls Short . Glen brings a rare insider’s perspective to modern philanthropy, shaped by years in human rights, academia, fundraising, and foundation leadership. His work challenges some of the deepest assumptions behind institutional giving and asks...

In this episode, we sit down with Jeremie Kubicek, globally recognized speaker, author, leadership expert, and co-founder of Giant Worldwide. Jeremie has spent decades helping leaders and organizations build healthier cultures through trust, self-awareness, and practical people development. His latest book, The Voice Driven Leader , brings that mission into sharp focus by showing how better commun...