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Radio Headspace

Headspace Studioswww.headspace.com
Join us every weekday morning to take a few moments to step out of the internal chatter and external noise. We'll pause and reflect to consider what brings us together in this shared human condition and how we can live a life that best reflects our limitless potential.
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Episodes

The Cost of Doing Too Much: Why Rest Is Essential for Your Well-being

When we push too hard, something always gives. In this episode, Rosie reflects on her own struggle with overwork, the forced pause that illness brought, and the powerful reminder that rest doesn’t need to be earned. Learn why slowing down can restore your health, focus, and joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 20257 min

Dr. Tara Swart on Intuition: The Neuroscience of Trusting Your Gut

Should you trust your gut? Neuroscientist and MIT lecturer Dr. Tara Swart says yes. In this episode, she unpacks the science behind intuition — how it’s shaped by emotions, past experiences, and creativity — and shares tools to sharpen your instincts and live more authentically. Follow Dr. Tara Swart here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 202529 min

How to Work with Self-Doubt

Doubt can stop us from applying, speaking up, or taking the next step. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares how mindfulness helps us meet doubt with curiosity, uncover the fears beneath it, and move forward — even when the path ahead isn’t perfectly clear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 20255 min

How to Calm a Restless Mind

Restlessness and worry can feel like your mind is a browser with too many tabs open. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares how mindfulness helps calm the spin, uncover what’s beneath the busyness, and return to steadiness — one gentle breath at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 20256 min

How to Stay Awake in Meditation

Sloth and torpor — fatigue, fogginess, or low energy — can pull us out of meditation and daily life. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares how curiosity, light adjustments, and compassion can transform tiredness into an opportunity to restore, reconnect, and reawaken to the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 10, 20257 min

How to Work with Anger in Meditation

Ill will — resentment, irritation, or judgment — can cloud the mind in meditation and life. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares a personal story of meeting anger with compassion, and offers simple mindfulness tools to soften its grip, tend to underlying needs, and move toward peace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 09, 20256 min

How to Work with Desire in Meditation

Desire can feel like an itch we’re desperate to scratch, promising satisfaction but leaving us restless. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora explores how craving shows up in meditation and daily life, and shares gentle mindfulness practices to observe desire without being ruled by it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 08, 20258 min

Taming Our Thoughts

Today, Sam explores how mindfulness can help us interrupt unhelpful thought patterns and see ourselves and the world with more clarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 07, 20256 min

Opening Up

Today, Sam shares ways to connect more deeply with others by practicing openness and getting comfortable with lowering our guard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 06, 20258 min

Uncertainty Isn’t a Gap — It’s Potential

Uncertainty after job loss can feel like standing on shaky ground with no map. Our brains interpret not knowing what’s next as a threat, triggering fear and anxiety. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares a story about hiking without answers and discovering how mindfulness can help us meet uncertainty with calm and trust. You’ll learn grounding practices and simple ways to navigate the unknown — turning it from something to fear into a space for possibility. Learn more about your ad cho...

Sep 05, 20257 min

How to Find Calm in Confusion

Confusion after job loss can feel like the ground has shifted beneath you. It’s tempting to see that uncertainty as failure, but confusion is a natural part of adjusting to change. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares a Buddhist parable about getting lost in a forest and how slowing down can reveal the path ahead. You’ll learn how to meet confusion with patience, self-compassion, and trust that clarity will come in its own time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Sep 04, 20257 min

Turning Anger into Purpose After a Layoff

Anger after job loss can feel overwhelming whether it’s directed at a company, a decision-maker, or even yourself. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora explores how anger isn’t just destructive. It can be a powerful teacher when met with mindfulness. Through a Buddhist story and personal reflections, you’ll learn how to sit with your anger, listen to the values it’s pointing to, and transform that fiery energy into purposeful action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Sep 03, 20256 min

Feeling Angry After a Layoff? Listen to This

Frustration after losing a job can feel all-consuming especially when you worked hard for a role that felt like the perfect fit. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora explores how frustration often comes from the gap between expectations and reality, and how it can actually point you toward what matters most. You’ll learn three mindful steps to acknowledge your feelings, accept where you are, and take small, gentle actions toward healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Sep 02, 20257 min

The Mindful Way to Handle Sudden Job Loss

When a job ends suddenly, it’s more than a career change — it’s an emotional earthquake. Shock is often our body’s way of protecting us, buying us time to process what just happened. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares the story of someone navigating the first disorienting moments after a layoff, and explains how mindfulness can help you ground yourself when everything feels unreal. If you’re feeling frozen or numb right now, you’re not broken — you’re healing. Learn more about your ...

Sep 01, 20257 min

Narcissism: Spotting Red Flags and Protecting Your Peace, with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

Narcissism isn’t just a buzzword. In this episode, psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula breaks down narcissism and gaslighting, shows how they appear in relationships and workplaces, and shares practical tools for spotting red flags, setting boundaries, and protecting your peace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 202542 min

Beyond Comparison

Today, Eve offers mindful ways to notice comparison, soften jealousy, and turn toward what makes you proud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 20256 min

Write the Next Chapter with Courage

When life doesn’t go as planned, it’s easy to think the story is over. Dora reminds us that we get to shape the next chapter, and it might be even better than we imagined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 20255 min

Let Go of the Story That Shrinks You

When fear says “stay quiet,” what story are you believing? Today, Dora shares how to stop shrinking yourself and start sharing your voice, even if it shakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 20255 min

You Are More Than Your Mistakes

Ever feel like you’re not “normal enough” to belong? Dora opens up about imposter syndrome and why being yourself — quirks and all — is what truly connects us to others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 27, 20255 min

Change Your Inner Voice, Change Your Life

That voice in your head? It’s not always right. Today, Dora shares how mindfulness helped her quiet her inner critic when dating, and how we can rewrite our thoughts to make room for more compassion and authenticity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 20256 min

It’s Just a Story — Not the Whole Truth

Our minds try to make meaning out of pain, but what if the story we’re telling isn’t the whole truth? Dora explores how to challenge unhelpful inner narratives and create space for something kinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 25, 20255 min

Find Your Anchor

When focus slips, adjust where you place your attention. Today, Eve shares simple ways to tweak your practice so it works for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 20256 min

Be at Home in Your Body

Today, Eve shows how to meet your body with openness, kindness, and steady awareness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 20256 min

How to Meet Uncertainty with Courage

We often think healing means escaping what hurts. But today, Dora offers a different approach: what if the very thing you’re avoiding is the path to clarity? Through a story about a pandemic meditation retreat, she explores how meeting discomfort with presence unlocks new resilience. Sometimes, the way out is through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 20255 min

You’re Not the Problem — the Room Is

Sometimes uncertainty isn’t about self-doubt. It’s about being in the wrong space. Dora explores how feeling misunderstood or unheard can fuel confusion, and why the answer might be to change rooms, not yourself. Today’s episode is a loving nudge to protect your voice, honor your clarity, and surround yourself with people who truly see you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 20255 min

Start Before You Feel Ready

We often wait to feel fully healed before we take the next step — whether in love, career, or personal growth. But readiness doesn’t always come first. In today’s episode, Dora shares a story about a friend, dating anxiety, and the myth of “being ready.” You’ll learn why courage is often found not before the leap but after it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 20, 20256 min

Feeling Stuck? You’re Not Behind

Dora reflects on a season when progress felt invisible, and how a fiddle-leaf fig tree taught her to trust slow growth. Just because you can't see progress doesn't mean it's not happening. If you’ve been doing the work and feel like nothing’s changing, this episode is a gentle reminder that becoming takes time, and that you might already be exactly where you’re supposed to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Aug 19, 20256 min

How to Handle Uncertainty

When life feels uncertain, our instinct is often to fix it. But what if the most powerful thing we can do is pause? In today’s episode, Dora shares a personal story about a time when everything felt up in the air, and what happened when she stopped trying to force clarity. Instead of chasing the answer, she learned to sit with the question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 20255 min

Harvard’s “Mother of Mindfulness” on the Unbelievable Mind-Body Connection

Dr. Ellen J. Langer — Harvard’s first tenured female psychology professor, bestselling author, and the world‑renowned “Mother of Mindfulness” — joins Rosie to explore the unbelievable mind-body connection. Hear how her groundbreaking research reveals that our thoughts can shape our health, aging, and even healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 202531 min
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