Mind Blend

Shaping Your Career for the Impact You Create - Mark Zides

We’ve been taught to think of a successful career as a ladder: work hard, move up, take on more responsibility, and keep climbing. But what happens when your career takes

Parenting for Independence - Raising Kids Who Can Handle Life on Their Own - Liz Nissim

What does it actually mean to raise a child who can handle life on their own? In the previous episode, Ryan Vet and I looked at parenting from the macro level: how our o

The Parenting Pendulum Explained: Why Your Kids Are Like That? - Ryan Vet

The way we were raised shapes what we value, what we question, and what we pass on. But when each generation responds to the world it inherited, what might that mean for

Are you Actually Thinking for Yourself ? Loretta Breuning

We like to think we make our own decisions. But how often are we actually following the crowd or our own patterns without realizing it? Dr. Loretta Breuning returns to M

When Your Own Story Breaks - Moments that Changed Everything - Carol Lin

On September 11, 2001, Carol Lin became the first American national anchor to report the attacks on the World Trade Center. Twenty-five years later, on the anniversary

Your Next Chapter Doesn't Start From Zero - Claire Handby

What if your next chapter doesn't require you to start over? In the final episode of The Human Side of Change, Dr. Claire Handby brings together many of the ideas we've

The Messy Middle of Reinvention - Joseph Liu

Reinvention rarely looks like a clean break from one life into another. More often, there’s a messy middle: questioning the path you’re on, letting go of something you’ve

Who Are You Without Your Job Title - Erris Langer Klapper

The Human Side of Change Episode 2 In episode 1, we explored what we should do when AI can do more of the work that once helped us develop our skills, judgement, and exp

What Should We Do When AI Can Do More - Craig Friedman

AI can write, analyze, create, research and solve problems faster than ever. So as these tools become more capable, what should we actually be doing ourselves? In this f

Beyond Mindfulness: Discover Soulfulness. Ancient Tao Wisdom for a Modern Life - Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha

Mind Blend is now on Patreon! If you like the episodes so far, please support Mind Blend to keep the conversations going. https://patreon.com/MindBlendPodcast. Tao Grand

What Grief Can Teach Us About Life - Jock Brocas

Death, grief, and loss are topics many of us avoid—yet they touch every life. In this episode, I sit down with grief counsellor, spiritual teacher, and researcher Jock

How to Think for Yourself in a World That Thinks for You - John Cuturilo

How do we navigate an increasingly complex world without surrendering our own judgment? We live in a world full of answers, yet many of us struggle with decisions, uncer

The Stress You've Stopped Noticing - Nika Brunet

In the last episode, Bruno Cignacco and I explored psychological safety and why people perform better when they feel safe, respected, and supported. In this episode, I

The Hidden Cost of Fear at Work - Bruno Cignacco

Layoffs, uncertainty, and relentless pressure have left many professionals feeling depleted. Yet many organizations still rely on fear, whether intentional or not, as a w

The Fine Line Between Resilience and Burnout - Ekaterina (Kate) Preobrazhenskaya

Ultramarathon runner, coach, and entrepreneur Ekaterina (Kate) Preobrazhenskaya didn't start running to conquer mountains or complete 125-kilometer races. Like many peopl

The Secret Isn’t Looking Young. It’s Feeling Alive through Your Passion - Dr Noelle Nelson

The final episode of the Aging According to Everyone Else mini series. In this episode, I mind-blended with Dr. Noelle Nelson, clinical psychologist, speaker, and author

Aging Well Has Less to Do with Your Body Than You Think - Tanya Leake

Episode 2 of the series “Aging, According to Everyone Else” We tend to think of aging as something physical — changes in how we look, how we move, how our body feels. B

The Truth and Humor about Aging - Mary Westheimer

First of three episodes in the “Aging, According to Everyone Else” series. What if aging isn’t the problem — but how we respond to it is? In this conversation, Karen si

Bonus Special - The mic flips. And so does the perspective. Karen Chong & Sai Ramachandran

The mic flips—and things get a little more revealing. In this episode, Sai Ramachandran puts Karen in the hot seat to explore what’s behind Mind Blend: the way she think

The Bag You Didn’t Know You Were Carrying - Raúl Pereyra

4th and final episode of the mini series - Rewriting the Script of Your Life. We all carry something—beliefs, assumptions, and patterns that quietly shape how we show up