Good Life Project

How to Do an Annual Review That Genuinely Helps You | Tiago Forte

The year-end review most of us attempt starts with goals and ends in self-criticism. Tiago Forte has run one every year since 2008, and he has come to treat goal setting

Can Anxiety Be a Super-Power? Science Says Yes…ish. | Dr. Wendy Suzuki

Most of us treat anxiety as a malfunction to be fixed or medicated away, and the neuroscience points somewhere stranger. There is a narrow band, a razor's edge, where the

Harlan Coben: It's Never Too Late to Start Your Creative Life

Harlan Coben spent decades insisting his novels had nothing to do with his life. Then he went looking, and found his life inside every single one of them. With over 100

Inflammation, Aging, & How to Put Out the Fires Your Body Keeps Setting | David Furman, PhD

Every year you get your blood drawn, and someone circles a number that supposedly tells you your inflammation level. Turns out that number is barely more accurate than a

Jimmy Chin: The Cost of Risking Too Little

We spend a lot of time weighing the cost of risking too much. Jimmy Chin has spent most of his life on the harder question, which is what it costs to risk too little, qui

The Social Fear That Keeps Us Lonely (and the easy fix) | Nicholas Epley

Nicholas Epley studies how people misjudge each other, avoid conversations with strangers, and miss out on life-affirming relationships. It all started when he noticed so

47 Doctors, Data Galore, and a Problem Only She Could Solve | Giorgia Lupi

She measured everything about her illness. The measuring turned out to be part of what kept her sick. Giorgia Lupi is an information designer and a partner at Pentagram

How 7 Core Beliefs Shape Your Health, Happiness, & Success | Shawn Achor

Shawn Achor spent twelve years at Harvard studying the science of belief and success, and his TED talk has been watched more than 25 million times. His new book, The Powe

Good Life Jam: Parenting Burdens & Self-Help Book Burials | Leah Smart

Today, we’re introducing a new conversation format that we’ll be working into the mix called Good Life Jams. These sessions take on 2-3 hot topics and go deep. Today’s co

Getting Back Up After You’ve Been Brought to Your Knees | Mark Nepo

Martial artists spend years learning how to fall before they learn much of anything else. The rest of us just brace, then wonder why the landing does so much damage. Thi

He’s Spent 20 Years Trying to Change The World | Scott Harrison

Jonathan sits down with Scott Harrison, charity: water founder, for a wide-ranging reflection on his 20-year mission to bring clean water to everyone on earth. Scott revi

Sex in Midlife: It Doesn’t Have to Fade (and Can Even Be Great) | Susan Bratton

Susan Bratton has spent over two decades teaching people the passionate lovemaking and intimate communication skills that sex education (and life) never covered. At 42, a

The Endings You Don’t See Coming (Until They’re Gone) | Jonathan Fields

Somewhere in the past few years, you did something you love, with someone you love, for the very last time. And you had no idea when it happened. This solo episode is abo

Jodi Picoult: Why Every Villain is the Hero of Their Own Story

Every villain is the hero of their own story. That line opens part two of Jodi Picoult's thirtieth novel, and she'll tell you it's also how most of us get through any giv

Single at Heart: What if You Don't Need Someone Else to “Complete” You | Bella DePaulo, PhD

Bizarre fact, if you tell people you’re genuinely happy being single, they don’t believe you. You, in fact, may be among the doubters when it comes to your single-at-hear

The Midlife Curiosity Tour That Changed Everything | Allison Aubrey

Allison Aubrey walked into a longevity lab expecting a great story. She walked out believing she was failing at key parts of her own life. After 25 years as one of NPR's

Why Grit Alone Doesn’t Cut It: New Research From Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth on why grit is only half the story. Acclaimed researcher Professor Angela Duckworth returns to unpack a bigger idea behind grit: your environment matters

How to Make Better Decisions | Shane Parrish [Best of]

Most of us think good decisions happen in the moment. Shane Parrish says they’re already decided before you sit down. And most of them end up being bad, because you waite

Why Avoiding a Fight is Killing Your Relationship (and How to Fight Well) | Priya Parker

Priya Parker comes back to argue that the fights you're avoiding aren't threatening your closest relationships; they're the only thing that can save them. Priya Parker i

The Menopause Timeline Most Women Never Learn Until Midlife | Dr. Jessica Shepherd

Most women don't hear about perimenopause until they're already deep into it, sometimes a decade in. This week, guest host Karen Walrond talks with OB/GYN and Generation