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Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen — 307 episodes
The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)
Is "Churn" Ruining Our Relationships? (Claude Steele, PhD)
On Finding Our Soul’s Vocation (James Hollis, PhD)
Do You Need to Put Yourself in Order? (Monthly Solo)
Putting Action Before Contemplation (Richard Rohr)
When Stress Becomes Illness (Gabor Maté, MD)
Conflict as a Tool for Growth (Esther Perel)
Struggle Is Real—Suffering is Optional (BJ Miller, MD)
A Life Update (Monthly Solo)
Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)
Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)
What’s Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)
Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)
The Promise of Dark Retreat (Andrew Holecek)
Taking Your Foot Off the Gas (Monthly Solo)
Designing Your Own Ritual (Bruce Feiler)
The Most Dangerous Idea Ever Created (Ibram X. Kendi, PhD)
Not Operating by the Checklist (Stacey Lindsay)
Solving Medical Mysteries—and the Diagnosis Crisis (Alexandra Sifferlin)
Could We Accept Stillness? (Monthly Solo)
What’s Your “Why”? (Rachel Goldberg-Polin)
Changing Your Attachment Style (Amir Levine, MD)
A Numerologist Predicts the Future (Janine Slome)
How Change Really Happens (Eric Zimmer)
The Elements of Intuition (Monthly Solo)
Are You Mad at Me? (Meg Josephson, LCSW)
The Deep Need for Individuation (Satya Doyle Byock)
Remembering How to Play—Even When We're All Grown-Up (Cas Holman)
When We’re in the Middle of the Story (Terry Tempest Williams)
The 3 Great Insights of Kabbalah (Daniel Matt, PhD)
How Do We Respond to Evil? (Monthly Solo)
Past-Life Memories, Near-Death Experiences, and More (Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD)
Who Else Is in Our Cosmic Neighborhood? (Avi Loeb, PhD)
Life’s Lightning-Bolt Moments (Lucy Kalanithi, MD)
How to Matter—To Yourself and Others (Jennifer B. Wallace)
How Spiral Dynamics Can Help Us Respond Right Now (Monthly Solo)
Letting Money Stories Go (Tori Dunlap)
How to Grow Your Soul (Michael Meade)
Pulling The Thread Presents: Super Traits from Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Are You Always Saying “No” to Yourself? (Liz Moody)
What Every Astrological Sign Should Know for 2026 (Jennifer Freed, PhD)
3 Things to Leave Behind (Monthly Solo)
Here’s a Fun One for the Holidays (Nora McInerny)
Things That Are Hidden from Us (Anna Malaika Tubbs, PhD)
A Psychic Medium on What’s Ahead (Carissa Schumacher)
How to Release Your Burdens (Thomas Hübl, PhD and Richard Schwartz, PhD)
The 3 Major Bridges in Your Life (Lisa Miller, PhD)
Are We in the Presence of the Trickster? (Monthly Solo)
How to Let Go of the Desire to See People Punished (James Kimmel, Jr.)
How to Follow Messages from the Other Side (Laura Lynne Jackson)
Understanding the Masks we Wear (Satya Doyle Byock)
Psychic Espionage, Bending Spoons, and Going Back in Time (Dean Radin, PhD)
What I Realized While Doing a Manifestation Program (Monthly Solo)
A Deeper, Simpler Manifestation Process (Jessica Gill)
Getting Out of the Self-Justification Trap (Carol Tavris, PhD)
Do We Misunderstand the Point of Monogamy? (Dan Savage)
The Intrinsic Order that Emerges from Within Chaos (Elinor Dickson, PhD)
Using Triangulation to Better Understand Yourself (Monthly Solo)
Rebuilding a Life (Jen Hatmaker)
What’s Your Zone of Genius? (Katie Hendricks, PhD)
Chasing Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Stop Trying to Kill the Ego (Satya Doyle Byock)
7 Tools for Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness (Courtney Smith)
4 Things I Learned This Summer (Monthly Solo)
There Are Two Moves When Faced with Uncertainty (Francis Weller)
How to Fully Engage with the Rest of Your Life (Sharon Blackie, PhD)
The 63-Second Chance to Rewire Your Brain (Caroline Leaf, PhD)
When We’re Committed to the Most Extreme Reaction (Thomas Hübl, PhD)
So You Want to Write a Book? (Monthly Solo)
Who Am I If I’m Not Pleasing Anyone? (Meggan Watterson)
How to Be an Effective Idealist (Rutger Bregman)
What Would Happen If We Related to Money Differently? (Elizabeth Ralph)
The Gold of Midlife (Chip Conley)
Is This Our Push Up the Spiral? (Monthly Solo)
How to Think About Genius (Helen Lewis)
A Formula for Coming Alive (Shannon Watts)
Finding Faith in our Future (Krista Tippett)
Should Romantic Love Be at the Center of Our Lives? (Melissa Febos)
Moving Away from Hierarchy (Danielle Gibbons)
Managing Creative Energy and When to Say No (Monthly Solo)
Is It Time to Stop Optimizing? (Coco Krumme)
An Episode from Other People’s Problems: On Psychedelics
What the Next Big Astrological Shifts Mean for Us (Jennifer Freed, PhD)
Trusting in the Synchronicity of the Universe (Satya Doyle Byock)
But What If the Bible Doesn’t Say That? (Dan McClellan, PhD)
Another Way of Seeing Betrayal (Monthly Solo)
A System for Getting What’s Missing in Your Life (Laura Day)
Navigating Different Systems of Morality (Kurt Gray, PhD)
When Does Manifestation Work? (Anne Emerson)
The Desire for Miracles and Wonder (Elaine Pagels, PhD)
Are You Holding Yourself Back? (Monthly Solo)
Activating Your Life Force (Phil Stutz, MD)
How to Love Better (Yung Pueblo)
What Are Non-Speaking Telepathic Autistic Savants Trying to Teach Us? (Diane Hennacy Powell, MD)
Putting Action Before Contemplation (Richard Rohr)
When You Quit Being Defensive (Chelsea Handler)
Who Is a Prophet, and Who Is Profiteering? (Monthly Solo)
Understanding Archetypal Evil (Thomas Hübl, PhD)
How to Talk to People You'd Rather Hate (Loretta J. Ross)
Is this the Cure for Chronic Pain and Anxiety? (Nicole Sachs, LCSW)
What We Got Wrong About the Female Body (Cat Bohannon, PhD)
Avoiding the Temptations of the Blame Game (Monthly Solo)
Why We Go Along with Things We Don’t Like (Sunita Sah, PhD)
Becoming Untrapped (Pico Iyer)
Wintering with Our Feelings (Katherine May)
A 4-Step Process for Changing the Patterns That Hold You Back (Gabby Bernstein)
The Astrological Shifts to Know for 2025 (Heidi Rose Robbins)
The Real Meaning of Resolutions (Monthly Solo)
Finding Understanding in Impossible Times (Father Gregory Boyle)
Engaging with the Inner Life (John Price, PhD)
Tools for Contending with Fear (Courtney Smith)
How to Commune More Deeply with Nature (Maria Rodale)
My Unofficial Investigation of Male Podcasters (Monthly Solo)
The Life Review (Connie Zweig, PhD)
Doing Beautiful Things (Richard Christiansen)
How Do We Work with Our Darkest Energy? (Thomas Hübl, PhD)
Working with Your Enemies (Sharon McMahon)
Staying Rooted in What You Want (Monthly Solo)
The Women Who Raised Consciousness (Clara Bingham)
How We've Evolved to Care (Sarah Blaffey Hrdy, PhD)
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Thinking Impossibly (Jeffrey Kripal, PhD)
Evolving, Not Revolving (Edith Eva Eger, PhD)
The Neuroscience of Manifestation (James Doty, M.D.)
Creating from (False) Fundamentals (Sarah Lewis, PhD)
On Finding Our Soul's Vocation (James Hollis, PhD)
Why Cynicism is Not Smart (Jamil Zaki, PhD)
Finding Your Inner Mentor (Tara Mohr)
The Upper Limit Problem (Katie Hendricks, PhD)
Why We Overthink (Amanda Montell)
Being Better Leaders (Jerry Colonna)
Staying with Discomfort (Thomas Hübl)
Really Hearing Our Own Voices (Carol Gilligan): GROWING UP
Finding Shadow in the Body (Thomas Hübl)
Signs of High Intuition (Carissa Schumacher): GROWING UP
The Life-Saving Power of Friendship (Mark Nepo)
The Long-Term Implications of Sleep (Harvey Karp, M.D.): GROWING UP
The Deconstruction of Belief (Sarah Bessey)
The Critical Need for Deep Connection (Niobe Way, PhD): GROWING UP
What Makes a Good Relationship (Stan Tatkin)
Coming Soon: Special Series on Growing Up
Working With Your Energy System (Prune Harris)
Where the Brain and Mind Meet (Karl Deisseroth, M.D., PhD)
To Transcend and Include (Ken Wilber)
Working with the Divine (Nicole Avant)
Recovering Our Ability to Feel (Prentis Hemphill): TRAUMA
The Myth of Resilience (Soraya Chemaly)
Finding Fear in the Body (Resmaa Menakem): TRAUMA
Take Back Your Brain (Kara Loewentheil)
Where Trauma Begins (Peter Levine, Ph.D): TRAUMA
Choosing Wholeness Over Wokeness (Africa Brooke)
A Toolkit for Working with Your Trauma (James Gordon, M.D.): TRAUMA
The Complexity of Weight Loss Drugs (Johann Hari)
Coming Soon: Special Series on Trauma
Loving the End (Alua Arthur)
On Telling The Truth (Nell Irvin Painter)
When it's Time to Leave (Joy Sullivan)
Introducing: Million Dollar Advice
When Love Feels Unbearable (Anne Lamott)
Understanding the Drama Triangle (Courtney Smith)
The Power of Girls (Mattie Kahn)
Breaking Family Patterns (Vienna Pharaon)
The Upsides of Menopause (Lisa Mosconi, PhD)
When Spirituality and Science are the Same (Jeffrey Kripal)
Five Things I’m Thinking About: The Creative Process, Pricing Your Work, Inspiration vs. Discernment, Insanity, and the Etymology of Should
The Basics of Spiral Dynamics (Nicole Churchill)
On Being Basic (Kate Kennedy)
On Maintaining Desire (Emily Nagoski, PhD)
Why Conflict is Critical (John & Julie Gottman, PhDs)
Where Does Fatphobia Come From? (Kate Manne)
On Self-Regulation (Aliza Pressman, PhD)
Seeing Each Other’s Pain (Rabbi Sharon Brous)
Embracing the Shadow (Connie Zweig, PhD)
Five Things I’ve Learned this Year
What Actually Motivates Change? (Carrie Wilkens, PhD): ADDICTION
How Story Can Heal (Akiva Goldsman)
On Reducing Harm & Saving Lives (Maia Szalavitz): ADDICTION
The Malleability of the Brain (David Eagleman)
Breaking the Addiction Binary (Carl Erik Fisher, M.D.): ADDICTION
The Gordian Knot of Mental Illness (Rachel Aviv)
Reimagining Recovery (Holly Whitaker): ADDICTION
Grappling with Part X (Phil Stutz)
Coming Soon: Special Series on Addiction
On Cultivating Creativity & Abundance (Richard Christiansen)
The Risk It Takes To Bloom (Raquel Willis)
Human Design as a Road Map to the Soul (Chetan & Carola): MYSTICAL SYSTEMS
Does Love Require Complete Acceptance? (Jedidiah Jenkins)
The Mystical Roots of Tarot (Mark Horn): MYSTICAL SYSTEMS
Whose Pain Counts? (Susan Burton)
The Secret Astrological System (Jade Luna): MYSTICAL SYSTEMS
When We Hold Ourselves Apart (Chloé Cooper Jones)
The Practical Magic of the Enneagram (Courtney Smith): MYSTICAL SYSTEMS
Conflict as a Tool for Growth (Esther Perel)
Air the Griefances, not the Grievances (Yeshua, channeled by Carissa Schumacher)
Coming Soon: Special Series on Mystical Systems
Simplifying Wellness (Liz Moody)
Healing Our Money Fears (Farnoosh Torabi)
Feeling into Collective Presence (Thomas Hübl)
Thinking Our Way to Health (Ellen Langer)
Contending with Panic (Matt Gutman)
The Science of Failing Well (Amy Edmonson)
On What We Can Become (Kate Bowler)
Why Do We Expect Life to Be Any Other Way? (Nora McInerny)
Navigating Heartbreak (Florence Williams)
What We’ve Chosen to Forget (Baratunde Thurston)
Accepting the Invitation (Frank Ostaseski)
Contending with Fear (Jakki Leonardini)
Our Collective Psychological Development (John Churchill, Psy.D)
The WiFi of the Body (Lauren Roxburgh)
When Women Tell the Truth About Their Lives (Dre Bendewald)
Reconciling with What We Didn’t Receive (Minka Kelly)
Standing at the Edge (Roshi Joan Halifax)
Finding Our Desire (Emily Morse)
The Myth of the Linear Life (Bruce Feiler)
Being Transcendent (Geena Rocero)
How to Change the World (Austin Channing Brown)
The Making of On Our Best Behavior (my editor, Whit Frick)
What Makes Marriages Work (Stan Tatkin)
The Best Strangers in the World (Ari Shapiro)
Knitting Together our Lives (Peggy Orenstein)
A Fully Sensed Life (Gretchen Rubin)
Reconceiving Our Lives (Maggie Smith)
Igniting Creativity (Ozan Varol)
Making Sense of Time (Jenny Odell)
A Mapmaker for the Soul (Cynthia Bourgeault)
The Origins of Inequality (Angela Saini)
Falling in Love With the World (Katherine May)
Self-Healing In The Dark (Tara Schuster)
Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships (Nedra Tawwab)
The Friendships We Need (Will Schwalbe)
Learning to See Our Parents as They Are (Priscilla Gilman)
What We’re After (Solo Episode)
Understanding Spiritual Power (Carissa Schumacher)
It Begins and Ends with Breath (James Nestor)
In Search of Paradise (Pico Iyer)
Working with the Power of Earth (Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, PhD)
Where Self Meets World (Dan Siegel, M.D.)
The Kitchen Healer (Jules Blaine Davis)
Processing Our Collective Past (Thomas Hübl)
On Collaborating With Ourselves (Alexandra Grant)
Living a Committed Life (Lynne Twist)
The Boundaries We Need (Melissa Urban)
The Closet of Inauthenticity (Jessi Hempel)
Recovering Every Part of Ourselves (Richard Schwartz, PhD)
Decolonizing Wellness (Chelsey Luger & Thosh Collins)
The Power of Visual Thinkers (Temple Grandin, PhD)
Being a Good Enough Person (Dolly Chugh)
When Women Lead (Julia Boorstin)
A Map to Your Soul (Jennifer Freed, PhD)
What Makes Love Last (John & Julie Gottman, PhDs)
Embracing Uncertainty (Estelle Frankel)
When Stress Becomes Illness (Gabor Maté, M.D.)
What Makes Us Whole (Susan Cain)
The Fallacy of Time Management (Oliver Burkeman)
Touching the Other Side (Laura Lynne Jackson)
The Power of Myth to Heal (Kwame Scruggs, PhD)
Overriding Implicit Bias (Jessica Nordell)
The Power of the Enneagram (Susan Olesek)
Navigating Quarterlife (Satya Doyle Byock)
Understanding the Intelligence of the Universe (Jeddah Mali)
The Mystery of Spontaneous Healing (Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., M.Div)
Introducing History is US
The Map of Loss (Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD)
The Power of Boundaries (Nedra Tawwab)
Finding the Mother Tree (Suzanne Simard)
Don’t Wait to Live (Rabbi Steve Leder)
Finding the Sacred Pause (Jennifer Rudolph Walsh)
Bringing Our “Wise Adults” into Relationship (Terry Real)
From A Slight Change of Plans: "I Don't Feel Like a Boy, I Am a Boy"
The Beauty of Aging (Nigma Talib, N.D.)
Why Do We Suffer? (Carissa Schumacher)
Understanding Essential Labor (Angela Garbes)
Understanding Emotional Inheritance (Galit Atlas, PhD)
Where Are Our Huddles? (Brooke Baldwin)
When Illness is Not Validated (Meghan O’Rourke)
Navigating Conflict (Amanda Ripley)
Living Without Lying (Martha Beck, PhD)
Why Closure is a Myth (Pauline Boss, PhD)
Having Conversations We’d Rather Avoid (Celeste Headlee)
Passing as “Normal” (Katherine May)
What Our Anxiety Tells Us (Ellen Vora, M.D.)
Manifesting What We Actually Want (Lacy Phillips)
Why Design Matters—and the Courage to Create New (Debbie Millman)
The Psychology of the Body (Olivia Laing)
How Science Got Women Wrong (Angela Saini)
Understanding Our Sexual Potential (Ian Kerner, Ph.D)
Finding Balance in Our Bodies (Aviva Romm, M.D.)
Challenging the Stories We Tell Ourselves (Elizabeth Lesser)
Unblocking the Creative Self (Julia Cameron)
The Guru in Our Own Minds (Mark Epstein, M.D.)
Struggle is Real—Suffering is Optional (BJ Miller, M.D.)
Where Should Work Fit in Our Lives (Anne Helen Petersen & Charlie Warzel)
Why Don’t We Believe Women? (Deborah Tuerkheimer)
The Reprioritization of Relationship (Lori Gottlieb)
Solving the American Gun Crisis (Ryan Busse)
My Spiritual Teacher & Yeshua Channel (Carissa Schumacher)
How to End Zero-Sum Thinking (Heather McGhee)
Navigating an Addictive Culture (Anna Lembke, M.D.)
What Our Anger Teaches Us (Harriet Lerner, Ph.D)
Where Did the Patriarchy Come From? (Riane Eisler, PhD)
Healing Male Depression (Terry Real)
Women, Food & Hormones (Sara Gottfried, M.D.)
The Legacy of White Feminism (Kyla Schuller)
Finding the Line Between Savoring and Saving (Jamie Wheal)
Calling In the Call-Out Culture (Loretta Ross)
Building the House of Knowledge (Joy Harjo)
Introducing: Pulling the Thread