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Pulling the Thread
I read a lot and share what I learn. Spiritual seeker. Pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are so we can re-write a truer version. Host of the podcast Pulling the Thread, and author of the New York Times bestseller ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR.
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A Life Update (Monthly Solo)
Listen now (54 mins) | "I spent the past month..."
Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)
Listen now (64 mins) | "Well, the first thing that's going on is we're creating new neural pathways in our brain of a new experience and really a new way our brain is performing."
Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)
Listen now (60 mins) | "And I thought, how am I going to stop what is now really a pattern? Three generations, this is a pattern. And how do I stop this for my kids?"
What's Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)
Listen now (64 mins) | "Off the rails is a good description of the thing because if you look at the history of work in evolutionary psychology, there is precision about where..."
Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)
Listen now (64 mins) | "And I have found certainly as I kind of look back at my own life that fairytales in lots of ways have mapped it. The particular stories and images..."
What Dark Retreat Offers (Andrew Holocek)
Listen now (58 mins) | "Because then it helps you see that, oh my gosh, I spend my entire life distracting from these primordial really uncomfortable feelings. And if I can bring them into the..."
The Trust Fall
I've really never, ever cared for these.
Taking Your Foot Off the Gas (Monthly Solo)
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Designing Your Own Ritual (Bruce Feiler)
Listen now (60 mins) | "I ran the numbers on this. You ran up births and deaths and marriages. The average person in 1800 had 80% more ritual occasions than we have today. So it took..."