Ep 12. Emma Seppälä: Cultivating Resilience

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Emma Seppälä is author of The Happiness Track and Science Director of the
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford
University. She is also Co-Director of the Yale College Emotional
Intelligence Project at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a
Lecturer at Yale College, where she teaches The Psychology of Happiness…
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Ep 11. Julie Foudy: Soccer Champion and Advocate for Gender Equity

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Julie Foudy, currently an ESPN analyst and proud mother of two, is one of
the most accomplished soccer players in the world. She competed in four
World Cups, three Olympics, and is former Captain of the U.S. Women’s
National Soccer Team. In 2007, Julie was inducted into the National Soccer
Hall of Fame. Her leadership extends beyond the soccer field…[Click for
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Ep 10. Dave Asprey: Becoming Bulletproof

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Dave Asprey is founder and CEO of Bulletproof, a company known for its
famous coffee, whose mission is to improve client performance through
cutting-edge nutrition. He founded Bulletproof after spending years and
over $250,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting
calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain…
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Ep 9. Tom Tierney: Co-Founder of the Bridgespan Group

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Tom Tierney is former CEO of Bain & Company and co-founder of The
Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit management consulting firm that assists other
nonprofits. He is chairman of the board at Ebay and serves on the The
Hoover Institution’s board and on the Harvard Business School Board of
Dean’s Advisors. On top of all that, Tom is a successful writer…[Click
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Ep 8. Scott Sonenshein: To Chase or To Stretch?

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Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at
Rice University. His award-winning work has helped Fortune 500 executives,
entrepreneurs, and professionals in many industries, such as tech and
healthcare. Scott holds a PhD in…[Click for Show Notes, Links, more]

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Ep 7. Cal Newport: Focus for Success in a Distracted World

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Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown
University who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. But
he’s not at all that nerdy, even though he earned his Ph.D. from MIT in
2009.  Newport writes about the impact of digital technology has on the
world of work.  His 2016 book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new…
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Ep 6. Emily Esfahani Smith: The Four Pillars of Meaning

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Emily Esfahani Smith is author of “The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life
that Matters.”  She writes about psychology, culture, and relationships, in
The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, and other
publications.   Esfahani Smith has researched the essence of what brings
meaning into our lives in our lives.  Her viral article “There’s More to
Life Than Being Happy,” published in The Atlantic in 2013, drew the
important distinction between…[Click for Show Notes, Links, more]

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Ep 5. Sam Polk: For The Love of Money

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Sam Polk is a former hedge fund trader left Wall Street to found two
organizations that help bring healthy food to poor communities in Los
Angeles: Everytable and Groceryships. He graduated from Columbia University
in 2002 with a BA in English, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) designation. Sam started his career on Wall Street as a trader but…
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Ep 4. Anne-Marie Slaughter: Caregivers and Breadwinners

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Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter is the President and CEO of New America, a think
tank and civic enterprise dedicated to renewing America in the Digital
Age. From 2009–2011 she served as director of Policy Planning for the
United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that
position… [Click for Show Notes, Links, more]

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Ep 3. Sarah Kagan: Caring for Aging Parents

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In this episode, Stew talked with Sarah Kagan, professor of Gerontological
Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. She is helping to destigmatize
aging in our society by… [Click for Show Notes, Links, more]

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