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Note: This is a rebroadcast. You may think of anxiety as a reaction, a feeling, or a disorder. My guest ...

Last week we explored Plato's allegory of the chariot, which the ancient philosopher used to explain the ...

Nothing is as fatiguing as the continued hanging on of an uncompleted task. —William James You probably ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” imagines a time in which the government enforces the ...

Has life been feeling flat?  Do you not get the same pleasure from activities you once ...

You walk down your driveway to your mailbox.  You open it up and start sorting through your ...

Twenty years ago, it didn't seem like a burdensome task to write a handwritten letter to a loved one. ...

Happiness is the subject of thousands of articles, podcasts, and scientific studies. Yet all this focus on ...

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The poem not ...

Within the space of just three decades, monumental episodes of exploration and expedition, politics and ...

In a world that celebrates overnight success, it's easy to forget that very often, achieving your dreams ...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ...

Emotions play a central role in how you experience life.  If you frequently feel angry, depressed, ...

Anyone who's ever tried to lose weight, curb their temper, quit smoking, or alter any other habit in their ...

Of the dozens of men who have served as US president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a particularly close ...

People sometimes ask me what I think of video games. I think that, in moderation, they're a fine source of ...

"I need your John Hancock." "He's the prodigal son of our family." "That job was like working in the ...

In 2016, David Sax wrote a book called The Revenge of Analog, which made the case that even as we marched ...

Over the years, I've tried to implement various morning and evening routines. The goal of these ...

You've heard of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But did you know that its author, ...