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A Bit of Optimism — 245 episodes · page 1 of 3
Revisited: The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis
Revisited: Why Relationships Are the Secret to a Long, Happy Life with Psychotherapist Esther Perel
Revisited: Your Instincts Know What You Want with Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks
Revisited: The Power of Saying "Screw It" with Rob Lowe
EWhat Mentally Strong People Do on Their Worst Days with Psychotherapist Amy Morin
The Dating Advice Making Us Worse at Love with Relationship Expert Amy Chan
Why Trying to “Sound Smart” is Losing You the Room with Strategic Story Producer Rob Willis
Your Limits Are Learned (And They Can Be Unlearned) with Brain Coach Jim Kwik
How to Trust Yourself When Everyone Has an Opinion with Love Thy Nader's Mary Holland Nader
What Happens When You Bet on Yourself with Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt
How to Say the Hard Thing and Keep the Relationship | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 5
Why Being Right Is Costing You Trust | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 4
What Is Your Team Afraid to Tell You? | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 3
The Secret to Better Conversations Isn't Talking | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 2
The Hidden Cost of Always Saying Yes | A Bit of Optimism: Feelings at Work | PART 1
Why We Fall for the Wrong Person with Couples Therapist Dr. Harville Hendrix
How to Tell If Fear Is Protecting You or Holding You Back with Extreme Athlete Nelly Attar
Remembering Bob Chapman: The Mentor Who Changed My Life
The AI Skills Nobody is Teaching (And Everyone Needs) with AI Expert Ethan Mollick
How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer
What Happens When You Stop Optimizing and Start Committing with Former LA Lakers President Tim Harris
Revisited: Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with Author Fredrik Backman
How to Stop Being Socially Awkward (According to Science) with Behavioral Scientist Vanessa Van Edwards
Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash
The Real Reason You Feel Empty (Even When Life Looks Good) with Musician Mike Posner
The Real Reason Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' for Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) with Generations Expert Dr. Eliza Filby
The Leadership Advice Nobody Follows (But Everyone Should) with Top Leadership Expert Don Yaeger
Why This Baseball Team Has a 4.2 Million Person Waitlist With Savannah Bananas Founder Jesse Cole
Ken Burns and the Art of Telling the Whole Story
What Happens When You’re Naive Enough to Try with KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky
AI Can Do Everything… Except This (Why Humans Still Win) With Restaurateur Will Guidara
Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur
Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver
Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier
The Confidence Conversation We Need to Have with Scott Galloway
28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture
When Pop Fandom Becomes a Force for Good with AJR’s Adam Met
What Grit Really Teaches Us About Happiness with Professor Angela Duckworth
Matthew McConaughey on How to Fall Back in Love with Your Life
Revisited: Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt
Revisited: Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy
Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins
Revisited: The Beautiful Brilliance of Boredom with Creative Polymath Elle Cordova
Revisited: Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with Happiness Expert Mo Gawdat
A Bit of Optimism Will Return in the New Year
Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox
How Losing Everything Taught Her to Help Everyone: Joan Howard’s Story
A Rebel With a Cause (and a Cone) with Jeni’s Ice Cream Founder Jeni Britton
The Culture That Converts Even the Biggest Cynics with former WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge
Choose Your Seven Humans Wisely with author Fredrik Backman
The Smartest Way To Be Stupid with comedian Matthew Broussard
The Man Who Proved Me Right with CEO Bob Chapman and the Barry-Wehmiller Team
Rob Lowe Names Names: The Power of ‘Screw It’
The Future You Avoid Is Riskier Than the One You Face with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman
What Your Love Life Can Teach You About Work Relationships with psychotherapist Esther Perel
Your Instincts Know What You Want with Author Arthur Brooks
The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis
Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke
The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova
The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim
The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson
Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur
The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt
Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat
We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal
The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer
This Is... A Bit of Optimism
Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi
Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride
Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger
Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman
The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch
(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards
(PART 1) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards
Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates
Who Are You, Really? with journalist Maria Shriver
The Search for Self-Love with podcaster Lewis Howes
Revisited: Why Awkward Is Awesome with psychologist Ty Tashiro
Does Gender Change How We Lead? with Retired Colonel DeDe Halfhill
The Myth of the Perfect Meditator with podcaster Jay Shetty
When Your 'Flaw' Becomes Your Edge with Comedian Hasan Minhaj
Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink
A Sweet Conversation About Dying with Death Doula Alua Arthur
The Secret Art of Micromanagement with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
You Are More Like Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier Than You Think
Kids (And Employees) Know More Than You Think with Dr. Becky Kennedy
Spite Is The Greatest Motivator with Watch Duty founder John Mills
The First Steps to Reducing Your Anxiety with author Mel Robbins
The Cure for Loneliness with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Trevor Noah Makes My Brain Hurt
Should You Work With Your Friends? with my friend Will Guidara
The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger
The First Steps to Find Love with Matthew Hussey
Dr. Mark Hyman: To Live Longer You Need...
Alexis Ohanian: Why I Left Reddit and Why Greed Can Inspire Good
What can we learn from a rural school in Kenya? with principal Carol Moraa
Peace Is A Process with negotiation expert William Ury
Creating Astonishment with Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren
A Lifetime of Leadership with President Joe Biden
Revisited: How To Be A Friend with chef and entrepreneur Christina Tosi