Today we have Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski on the podcast. Dr. Wrzesniewski is a professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. Her research focuses on how people make meaning of their work in difficult contexts, such as stigmatized occupations, virtual work, or absence of work, and the experience of work as a job, career, or calling. Her current research involves studying how employees shape their interactions and relationships with others in the workplace to change both their w...
May 24, 2018•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast “ Nature doesn’t care about our desire to have these clean political categories for legal purposes. ” — Alice Dreger Today I’m really excited to have Dr. Alice Dreger on the podcast. Dr. Dreger is a historian, bioethicist, author, and former professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Dreger is widely known for her academic work and activism in support of people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and those with ...
May 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today it’s an honor to have Dr. William Damon on the podcast. Dr. Damon is Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence and Professor of Education at Stanford University. Damon’s current research explores how young people develop purpose in their civic, work, family, and community relationships. He examines how people learn to approach their vocational and civic lives with a focus on purpose, imagination, and high standards of excellence. Damon also has written widely about how to educate for ...
May 10, 2018•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast “The happiest person is the person doing good stuff for good reasons.” — Kennon Sheldon Dr. Kennon Sheldon is a psychologist at the University of Missouri who studies motivation, goals, and well-being, from both a self-determination theory and a positive psychology perspective. He has authored or co-authored multiple books, including “ Optimal human being: An integrated multi-level perspective ”. Dr. Sheldon has been cited more than 30,000 times, and in 2010, he was named one of the 20 most cite...
Apr 26, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m delighted to speak with Patricia Stokes, an adjunct professor at Barnard College who studies problem solving and creativity/innovation. Stokes is author of the book Creativity from Constraints: The Psychology of Breakthrough , which was informed by her psychological research as well as her background in art and advertising. In this episode, we cover: – How Patricia went from art and advertising to creativity researcher – The importance of constraints and variability for creativity – Ho...
Apr 19, 2018•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s great to have Dr. Robert Leahy on the podcast today. Dr. Leahy completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School under the direction of Dr. Aaron Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy. Dr. Leahy is the past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, past president of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy , past president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, director of the Americ...
Apr 12, 2018•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m really excited to have Colin DeYoung on the podcast. Dr. DeYoung is associate professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota. He specializes in personality psychology but is especially interested in personality neuroscience. Besides being a prolific academic and researcher, I am also honored to count him as a dear friend and collaborator. In this episode we discussed wide-range of topics relating to personality, including: The modern day personality hierarchy The “Big Two”: Sta...
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we have Dr. Jordan Peterson on the podcast. Dr. Peterson has taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and business people, consulted for the UN Secretary General, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, served as an adviser to senior partners of major Canadian law firms, and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Peterson has published over...
Mar 29, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m really excited to have Max Lugavere on the podcast. Max is a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and brain food expert. He is also the director of the upcoming film Bread Head , the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle, and he is co-author, with Dr. Paul Grewal, of the just released book, Genius Foods . In this episode, we discuss the following: How he got into his line of work How Alzheimer’s may be prevented through diet The biomarkers of ...
Mar 22, 2018•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week I'm thrilled to welcome Mark Leary, Ph.D. to The Psychology Podcast ! Dr. Leary is the Garonzik Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University and author of The Curse of the Self . His research interests focus on social motivation and emotion, and on processes involving self-reflection and self-relevant thought. He has written or edited 12 books and over 200 scholarly articles and chapters. He was the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Career Award from the Internationa...
Mar 15, 2018•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m delighted to have actress Kathryn Prescott on the podcast! Kathryn is an actor and photographer, originally from London. Ms. Prescott got her first big break when she was 17 playing Emily, a young lesbian with a homophobic twin sister, in the cult UK TV show “Skins”. A few years later she moved to the US to play the lead role in the MTV teen drama “Finding Carter” and has since appeared in various other projects including ‘To The Bone’, ‘Reign’ and ’24: Legacy’. Ms. Prescott is current...
Mar 08, 2018•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melissa Dahl is a senior editor covering health and psychology for New York 's The Cut. In 2014, she cofounded New York ’s popular social science site, Science of Us . Her work has appeared in Elle, Parents , and TODAY.com . Her new book, Cringeworthy, is her first book. In our conversation, Melissa shares with us: - How awkwardness comes from self-consciousness and uncertainty - How doing improv can help you become less awkward - How we create more drama with ourselves than necessary - What we ...
Feb 22, 2018•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast “What is it in the human psyche that allows us to achieve, create, discover, and invent in ways that no other species can?” This is a question Jessica Tracy explores in her book Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success . Tracy is a professor of psychology, an emotion researcher, and a social-personality psychologist at the University of British Columbia. In our conversation we discuss the established and emerging research on: The 2 distinct expressions of pride (hubris...
Feb 15, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Mithu Storoni is a Cambridge-educated physician, researcher and author, interested in chronic stress and its implications on mental well-being, decision-making, performance, and brain health. In her latest book STRESS PROOF – the scientific solution to protect your brain and body and be more resilient every day , she takes cutting-edge research findings from over 500 published studies and distills them into hundreds of lifestyle-based tricks to help our brains achieve improved mental clarity...
Feb 08, 2018•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m really excited to have James and Suzann Pileggi Pawelski on the podcast. James is Professor of Practice and Director of Education in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania where he cofounded the Master of Applied Positive Psychology Program with Martin Seligman. Suzie is a freelance writer, Psychology Today blogger, and well-being consultant specializing in the science of happiness and its effects on relationships and health. Together, James and Suzie are co-a...
Jan 18, 2018•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Fadiman is a Harvard-trained psychologist and writer, who is known for his extensive work in the field of psychedelic research. He co-founded, along with Robert Frager, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology , which later became Sofia University, where he was a lecturer in psychedelic studies. Fadiman is author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys . In this episode, we discuss: - Why he decided to scientifically study the positive effects of LSD - ...
Jan 11, 2018•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast “ Adventure and awe are key to the perpetuation of vibrant, evolving lives, and in combination with technological advances may bring marvels to our emerging repertoires. ” — Kirk Schneider Kirk Schneider is a psychotherapist who has taken a leading role in the advancement of existential-humanistic therapy and existential-integrative therapy. He has authored or coauthored ten books, including The Paradoxical Self , Humanity’s Dark Side , Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy , The Psychology of E...
Dec 27, 2017•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Money is incredible, but some of the things that make it incredible make it difficult to use.” — Dan Ariely Today I’m excited to welcome Dan Ariely to The Psychology Podcast . Dan is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. Through his research and his (often unorthodox) experiments, he questions the forces that influence human behavior and the irrational ways in which we often all behave. He is author of t...
Dec 20, 2017•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast The process of being happy has become painfully comically neurotic" - Ruth Whippman This week I am delighted to welcome Ruth Whippman to The Psychology Podcast . Ruth is the author of America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks . The book has been covered by New York Magazine , The New York Times , The New York Post , The Washington Post , and VICE, among others. Today we bring to you spirited discussion topics such as: The cultural differences betwee...
Dec 06, 2017•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Life is full of lessons, and 'playing the hand you're dealt as well as you can play it' is a good one." -- Elliot Aronson Today I'm incredibly excited to welcome the legendary Elliot Aronson to The Psychology Podcast . Aronson is an eminent social psychologist who is best known for his groundbreaking experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance and for his invention of the Jigsaw Classroom , a highly effective cooperative teaching technique which facilitates learning while reducing interet...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast I look at a man as a symbol of inspiration. Someone who looks to be of service along his journey. Someone who experiences fears but has the courage to face them and move forward anyway. Someone who’s loving to all people and creatures in world, including himself. Someone who can take care of his basic needs and teach others how to live in abundance. Someone who doesn’t judge people but looks for ways to lift others up. Someone who leaves this place better than the way he found it. That, to me, i...
Nov 01, 2017•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m excited to welcome Jordan Harbinger to The Psychology Podcast . Jordan is an entrepreneur, talk show host, and world-renowned social dynamics expert. As co-founder of The Art of Charm , he has helped develop one of the leading self-development programs in the world, with a special expertise in social capital, relationship-building, and authentic rapport. He is also the host of The Art of Charm Podcast , where he interviews leading entrepreneurs, celebrities, authors, and experts on psy...
Oct 26, 2017•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I'm glad to welcome Cheryl Einhorn to The Psychology Podcast ! Cheryl is the creator of the AREA Method, a decision making system for individuals and companies to solve complex problems. She is also the founder of CSE Consulting and the author of the book Problem Solved, a Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence & Conviction . Cheryl teaches as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has won several journalism awards for her investigative stories about int...
Oct 24, 2017•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week I’m excited to welcome Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness to The Psychology Podcast . Brad writes for Outside , Runner’s World , NPR and has a column in the Huffington Post about health and the science of human performance. Steve Magness coaches Olympians and marathoners, lectures at St. Mary’s University on Exercise Science, and writes for numerous publications including Wired , Sports Illustrated and NY Magazine on the science of performance. Together they are partners in peak performan...
Oct 11, 2017•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Power is given, not grabbed.” — Dacher Keltner Today I’m really excited to have Dr. Dacher Keltner join me for his second appearance on The Psychology Podcast ! Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the faculty director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center . A renowned expert in the biological and evolutionary origins of human emotion, Dr. Keltner studies the science of compassion, awe, love, and beauty, and how emotions shape our m...
Oct 04, 2017•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D. is board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology, and serves as the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his research have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the LA Times, CNN, U.S. News & World Report, TIME magazine, New York magazine, Newsweek, and elsewhere. In his latest book Popular: The Pow...
Sep 27, 2017•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast "What are the deliberate habits I can do consciously and consistently to keep getting better?" -- Brendon Burchard This week I'm delighted to welcome Brendon Burchard to The Psychology Podcast! After suffering depression and surviving a car accident at the age of 19, Brendon faced what he felt were life’s last questions: “Did I live fully? Did I love openly? Did I make a difference?” His intention to be happy with the answers led to his own personal breakthroughs, and ultimately to his life’s pu...
Sep 20, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we're delighted to have Gretchen Rubin on The Psychology Podcast ! Gretchen is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before , The Happiness Project and Happier at Home . She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold almost three million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. On her popular weekly podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin , she discusses good habits and happiness with her si...
Sep 13, 2017•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we're glad to welcome Maia Szalavitz to the podcast! Maia Szalavitz is one of the premier American journalists covering addiction and drugs. She is a co-author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog , as well as a writer for TIME .com , VICE , the New York Times , Scientific American Mind , Elle, Psychology Today and Marie Claire among others. Her latest book is Unbroken Brain , which challenges the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the simplistic notion of an "addi...
Sep 06, 2017•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we're excited to welcome Dr. Michael Shermer to The Psychology Podcast . Michael is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, a New York Times bestselling author, and a monthly columnist for Scientific American . He has also been a college professor since 1979 and is currently a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, where he teaches Skepticism 101. In our conversation, Michael sheds light on a smorgasbord of intersections between psychology and skepticism. This episode is also a great pr...
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