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How did your experiences shape you?

April 06, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MB

“The same person can organize in different ways depending on the signals they get early in life. That’s why — What happened to you? — is so important. The timing and nature of these experiences plays a major role in how you unfold as a human being.” In this episode snippet, Dr. Bruce Perry, acclaimed neuroscientist, child psychiatrist, and co-author of What Happened to You?, illuminates how our experiences shape our brain development and thus our worldview and behavior. This week, when ...

Accelerating the Exponential Good

March 31, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

Genevieve Roth is a maximalist. She quit her dream job to be the Creative Engagement Director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Her team at Glamour Magazine sat teenage girls in the auditorium for an event with First Lady Michelle Obama, whilst dignitaries sat in the balcony. She takes the scenic route and celebrates business wins with chicken sandwich competitions. What inspires her zest for life? “I learned really young that the version of life I was living could be removed from ...

Slowing Down to Forge Deeper Connections

March 10, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

“If you slow down, I promise, pay attention and really look, you will fall back in love with the world and everyone in it.”When beloved illustrator Wendy MacNaughton was growing up, her grandmother showed her around museums and the city. The trips weren’t solely to expose her to art. Bernice had a deeper intention for her granddaughter: to teach her to pay attention. Decades later, looking, listening, and loving are pillars of Wendy’s life philosophy. As a graphic journalist — admired for her...

Why You Can't Focus

March 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB

Too often, we blame technology for our inability to focus; still, the issue is far greater than staring at our phones. It starts with pre-commitments we make to ourselves; and in 'Stolen Focus', Johann Hari does a masterful job of decoding the 12 causes of distractions and shares a framework to transcend them.

The Making of a Creative Life

February 24, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

In Debbie Millman’s new book, Why Design Matters, she curates interviews from her award-winning podcast, Design Matters, where for 17 years she’s explored what it means to live a creative life with the world’s foremost creators. Revered for her enduring impact as a designer, educator, and brand strategist, what sustains the aliveness of her own creative spirit? “Life,” she says. “I’m living. I can’t imagine not being able to make things; That’s the life force for me…Just even making a day is ...

The Cultivation of Human Flourishing

February 10, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

“If you’re not aware of what’s going on in your mind, you can’t transform it.” Dr.Richard Davidson has believed that strengthening our minds has the power to change the world since he was a teenager. He’s been a pioneer studying emotion, well-being, and our brain for decades. Yet, it was when he met His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the true seed of his life’s work was planted. The Dalai Lama encouraged him to study how practices like meditation impact our brain, and if they made a difference,...

Embracing Life’s Beautiful Surprises

January 27, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

Catherine St-Laurent and Rebecca Rottenberg Goldman believe that courageous choices are rewarded. This ethos has inspired their extraordinary societal contributions. Catherine’s as the Chief of Staff to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Executive Director of Archewell Foundation, and previously at Pivotal Ventures and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rebecca’s in helping found and lead Endeavor Global, Katie McGrath and JJ Abrams Family Foundation, Good Robot, and Time’s Up. Today,...

Unlocking Your Confident Gene

January 26, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

Often, what separates the world's elite achievers from the great ones is a level of inner confidence available to each of us, but unlocked by only a few. After 3+ decades of leading the U.S. Military's enhanced performance programs, Dr Nate Zinsser joins Moe to unpack the mind games that get in the way of increased confidence and elite performance.

Purpose as an Invitation to do More

January 13, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

“You can’t assume that you’ve got all the time in the world to make the impact you want. You’ve got to make it happen now.” A pioneer of the organic food movement, John Foraker is widely respected for his leadership of Annie’s, where he led their $820 million acquisition. Yet, once you sit down with him, you quickly learn that more than an industry leader, John is a devoted father striving to create a world where all children have the nutrition they need to thrive; A mission he continues to a...

Finding Your Center in the Present Moment

January 06, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

“Our bodies speak the truth. Our bodies don’t have the capacity to lie to us. But, our minds do.”What is the simplest way to be in the present moment? By being in our bodies, we learn from LCSW, psychotherapist, and Frame Co-founder, Sage Grazer. In the first of a series of mental wellbeing conversations, we explore how listening to our bodies can help us discern how we truly feel and make choices that support our highest wellbeing. We articulate how to discern what our baseline is to underst...

Daring to Be Affected

December 16, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

“The closest thing I can find to a meaning of life is finding a way to love. If we can all find a way to love life, to love reality, I have to believe that catapults our existence into some holy other place.” Decades of walking with patients through serious illness and end of life has shaped a personal goal for Mettle Health Co-founder and hospice and palliative medicine physician Dr.BJ Miller: ‘to love what he has while he has it,’ not to appreciate it when he’s lost it or is about to.A belo...

Feeling Our Way Through the Creative Process

December 02, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

“You can never hide the traces of yourself and your way of being: they always show up in your work,” Sarah Stein Greenberg writes in Creative Acts for Curious People. Executive Director of the Stanford d.school, encouraging students to feel is core to Sarah’s mission and her team’s design thinking philosophy. How do they achieve it when creativity is often a rollercoaster of emotions? By expanding our ability to see what is, imagine what can be, and navigate ambiguity as we create it. Sarah s...

Indulging in the Adventure of Life

November 18, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

When Norma Kamali visits kids at her high school she encourages them to imagine...How close to your dream can your life be?Renowned designer, Norma’s extraordinary life is an embodiment of not only realizing our dreams, but continuously expanding them. Her philosophy is an invitation to indulge in the adventure of life. We delve into her book I Am Invincible to explore the physical, mental, and emotional foundations that facilitate our becoming and hear pivotal stories that shaped hers. She s...

“Living Into Our Faith”

November 11, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MB

If Reverend Jen Bailey could share one message with her church it would be that: “They are beloved, no matter what they’ve done or where they’ve been. They are loved because of who they are.” Founder of Faith Matters Network and Co-founder of the People’s Supper, Reverend Jen is a compassionate voice in the new dawn of religion and spirituality. We delve into her book, To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope, to explore what it means to live into our faith and experienc...

Understanding Dopamine to Cultivate Inner Peace

November 04, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

How do we navigate life’s highs and lows without feeling like we’re on an emotional rollercoaster? By managing our relationship with dopamine, we learn from Stanford University Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Anna Lembke. In her book, Dopamine Nation, Dr.Lembke reveals how understanding our quest for dopamine empowers us to make choices that enable us to live in a state of equilibrium. The most important decision is the most straightforward: Choose enduring dopamine over cheap dopamine. Still, w...

What Happens When We Design Our Life Around Joy?

October 28, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB

Katia Verresen’s philosophy around inner power has made her a revered executive coach, advising leaders at organizations like Airbnb, WhatsApp, and Stanford. What makes her approach so impactful? It centers around living a life of joy. Katia affirms that achievement and fulfillment aren’t mutually exclusive and shares tools to use joy as a compass in our daily lives. Whereas society may cause us to lose our sense of imagination, she urges us to reclaim it: “Inner power is this self-cultivatio...

A Framework To Multiply Your Impact

October 22, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 48.3 MB

Often, the word 'potential' is more hype than substances - yet in every endeavor, a few outshine the rest. In this conversation - Moe is rejoined by Liz Wiseman to discuss the five characteristics that distinguish true Impact Players.

How We Contribute to Each Other’s Vitality

October 21, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB

“When you feel connected, you feel whole.”Child psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Bruce Perry is renowned for his pioneering research on trauma. Yet, his impact is equally made each time he sits down to color with a four-year-old to help facilitate their healing. This is the life-giving power of connection, and it is the enduring theme of his work. We delve into Dr.Perry’s most recent book, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, What Happened to You?, to understand how our experiences influence ou...

The Genius of Category Design

September 24, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 63 MB

Perhaps the single biggest distinction between the Silicon Valley elites & the rest of the world is their ability to design & dominate a category - and few understand that better than chief evangelist, Christopher Lochhead. He rejoins Moe to recap five years' worth of insights since the release of Play Bigger.

Beauty as a Compass

September 13, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

Every detail matters to Elisa Marshall — The tiny chips that give plates their character, the story behind every chair surrounding her 14-person dinner table, and the feeling evoking questions she asks gathered around it, like: What made you smile today? Driven to find the beauty in every day, Elisa lives by Elsie de Wolfe’s wisdom: “I’m going to make everything around me beautiful, and that will be my life.” She began by asking - What do I love to do? Who do I love to do it with? - to combin...

Dreaming as Hope in Action

August 26, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

“Abundance is living in your greatest place of peace and joy,” says nyakio and Thirteen Lune founder, Nyakio Grieco. How does she get there? By fulfilling her purpose in the “right now moments.” Grounded in her faith, we kick off exploring how Nyakio’s mother taught her to pray boldly, call upon her ancestors, and the belief that gives her hope during trying times. Nyakio continues to reinvent herself as a beauty industry veteran. She shares where she derives her strength, the courage to say ...

When Serendipity Meets Purpose

August 20, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

“Nature keeps moving on.” And, so does Chef Helene Henderson. Helene’s journey is marked by serendipity met by the courage to embrace opportunity. What began as saying ‘Yes’ to teaching cooking classes in her home evolved into farm dinners and what has become her global farm-to-table restaurant, Malibu Farm. Helene’s connection with nature stems back to childhood. We explore nature as a gateway to peace, how she grows her garden in rhythm with it, and the wisdom it offers in navigating our li...

Savoring Life

August 13, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

“Anything you do with purpose, passion, and true intent, people are going to feel that.”Take one look at Monteverdi Tuscany and you’ll share Executive Chef Giancarla Bodoni’s belief that it feels like heaven. Her only wish? Arriving there sooner. Nestled in the Italian hills, the sanctuary is a manifestation of the connection Giancarla has nurtured throughout her life; to nature as a leader in the farm-to-table movement, to her community through loving care, and to the world by living with a ...

Claiming Our Wholeness

August 05, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

“It is a spiritual discipline that is life-giving to understand the power of being conscious of why we do what we do.” Krista Tippett is beloved for catalyzing public dialogue around what it means to be human. Her calling to discover what matters continues to nurture an intimate space of belonging at The On Being Project, where, for the last 18 years, millions of us gather to explore the beauty and mystery of our shared human experience. Imbued with the wisdom of a spiritual life, and thousan...

Bigger Than a Game: The Birth of Angel City

July 28, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

When Julie Uhrman and her twin sister were nine years old, they brought a flyer home to join the basketball league at their local YMCA. To which their mom responded: You know, the ‘M’ stands for Men’s, right? “We weren’t concerned by that at all," Julie reflects. "We showed up at The Y. There were 80 boys and the two of us. The first thing that went through my mind was: Give me the ball. Let me show you what I can do. Then, let’s win the game.” She’s been a fierce competitor and change maker ...

Changing the Maternal Health Conversation

July 22, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Tovah Haim is a self-described private person. So, why would she choose to launch a business centered around the truthful realities of birth, pregnancy recovery, and breastfeeding? “The thing that helps me is my conviction in needing change,” she says. “I believe with all my heart that it’s not okay that we exist in this environment.” Bodily’s mission is to change the way mothers and families experience the transition to new parenthood. Because there hasn’t been an honest conversation about m...

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on Cultivating Peace of Mind

July 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

“When your heart says one thing and your head says another, it is simply a dispute between the different parts of your brain.”Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor had a traumatic brain hemorrhage that caused her to lose the functioning of her left hemisphere. Simultaneous to losing her ability to walk, talk, and remember the details of her life, she lived in the blissful state of peace and presence that we access in our right hemisphere. She chronicled her eight year recovery in her b...

The Heart of Big Friendships

July 08, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB

Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman have a shared goal: How can we do our best to stay in each other’s lives forever? In their book Big Friendship, they share the lessons they’ve learned in pursuit of it and illuminate our relationships as the essential ingredient to a meaningful life. They explore how their friendship shapes their becoming, gives them permission to achieve their dreams and confidence that, together, they can navigate life’s inevitable challenges. Twelve years in, they debunk the m...

Illuminating Our Shared Humanity

June 30, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

When Jessica Robertson was 20 years old, she boarded her second ever flight to NYC to embark on her dream job at Rolling Stone. She landed with $350 and no insight on how to build a life in the city. Her courageous step was the first in becoming a transformative storyteller whose work has impacted millions, most recently as the Chief Content Officer at TOGETHXR, where she’s sharing the dynamic stories of women athletes. Jessica’s life’s work continues to profoundly shift culture. In helping p...

What It Really Takes To Achieve Your Dreams

June 24, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to realize your vision, Hedley & Bennett Founder Ellen Bennett’s book, Dream First, Details Later, will show you the path. Fulfilling your dream is never easy. But, would you want to dedicate yourself to anything else? For Ellen, building a brand beloved by chefs around the world was more than worth it. We dive into her best stories, from the chef who gifted her the traveling apron to the team’s Hail Mary to meet their biggest deadline on the tarmac at LA...

Living in Alignment

June 17, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

How do you feel when you are in alignment? Through her intuitive and highly individual lens, pilates pioneer Erika Bloom guides us to achieve that goal. Honoring ourselves begins with listening. We discuss how presence and embodiment help us develop an ongoing dialogue with our body, adding its signals to our “library of possibilities” of what we need to be well.To cultivate this awareness necessitates acceptance and openness. Erika shares her most significant personal journey, shedding the i...

When Trusting The Process is Not Just a Cliché

June 11, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MB

World-class organizations don't exist without world-class leadership - and no one embodies that more than HBSE CEO, Scott O'Neil. In this episode, he'll convince you that winning at any level starts by envisioning a future beyond your current reality towards a more meaningful North Star.

Carving Out Space For True Connection

June 10, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

“When you speak your truth, you speak to some universal truth.” Tiffany Shlain has a gift for asking questions that delve into the heart of our shared human experience. Enlivening them in her acclaimed book, 24/6, and many films, she catalyzes global conversations about what matters most, from character to connection to creativity. We dive into these questions in our chat, exploring topics such as: What moves us? When are we truly connecting? What does it mean to be human in the 21st century?...

Cultivating Unconditional Love

June 02, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

In the midst of her becoming, Shelly McNamara had a transformative dream about her sister, awakening her with a clear message: “It starts from the inside out.” Saying it aloud unveiled a realization that would go on to guide her journey: “I will not find happiness or peace unless it starts from within.” Chief Equality and Inclusion Officer at Procter & Gamble, Shelly writes about the heart of our human experience in her book, No Blanks, No Pauses. We discuss giving ourselves permission to liv...

Dr.Tarika Barrett on Anchoring in Joy

May 25, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB

“In all of it, I find joy.” Dr.Tarika Barrett spent her childhood growing up between Brooklyn and Kingston, Jamaica. It was during her formative years in Jamaica that she watched her mom launch the country’s first mentorship program; Unbeknownst that she’d too go on to lead one, Girls Who Code: A phenomenal non-profit that has reached over 450,000 young women. Dr. Barrett’s gift is her exuberant joy, unwavering in the face of both beauty and adversity. We explore gratitude as the genesis of o...

How will you take care of your memories?

May 18, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

How often do you think about your memory? As the Executive Director of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, Erin Mulcahy Stein doesn’t take her’s for granted. We explore ways we can be proactive about our brain health, prioritize mental fitness, and the importance of having conversations with our loved ones about caregiving. Erin’s dedicated her career to advocating for women. We discuss her compass for seeking meaning in her life, the value of knowing what you want, and speaking your truth to r...

Living As Your Whole Self

May 13, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Erin Gallagher wakes up each day to advocate for a world where we can all be our whole selves. Through the culture consultancy she co-founded, Have Her Back, and the honest conversations she catalyzes, the only way she can achieve her mission is to live it herself. We chat about being brave enough to be vulnerable, fight for what matters to you, and live a full life. To be whole is to honor our own needs. Erin encourages us to rethink the nature of selflessness and affirms that showing up for...

Unlocking Your Creativity

May 06, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

When do you feel most creative? For Rachel Pally, it’s while throwing pottery and salsa dancing. These passions aren’t related to her work as a designer, which is precisely why they’ve been instrumental to her success. We explore the tenets of living a creative life, staying true to yourself as an artist, and why change is often less scary than staying the same. Reinvention paves our path to fulfillment. Rachel highlights the importance of doing work that inspires us, cultivating heart connec...

Living in Integrity with Martha Beck

April 27, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Martha Beck has asked thousands of people: What makes you feel like the truth is coming home to you more than anything else? Harvard-trained sociologist and world-renowned life coach, she’s found a sentence “that makes people feel this ring of truth. It is: I am meant to live in peace.” In her latest bestseller, The Way of Integrity, she shows us how to get there. Martha’s integrity journey began with her courageous year of truth telling when she vowed not to tell a single lie. What began as ...

Building Your Love Army

April 22, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB

How would you approach what matters most if you truly grasped that time is finite? As a two-time cancer survivor in her early 30s, Liya Shuster-Bier puts her priorities at the center. Today, she views life through a venn diagram of fulfillment: “Investing every minute you have into your heart, your happiness, other people’s hearts, and other people’s happiness.” She credits her love army with inspiring her strength and orients her life around the “kaleidoscope of human connection.”Though Liy...

Create Change Where You Are

April 20, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 53.3 MB

Rebecca van Bergen celebrated her graduation by asking a big question: How do you create agency and change through human to human work? She’s spent the last 14 years answering it through Nest: Her non-profit that’s connected hundreds of thousands of artisans, across 115 countries, to ethical home-based work with leading brands. She believes in creating change from where you are. We delve into articulating the difference you aspire to make in the world and continuously evolving your mission an...

Befriending Your Inner Voice

April 14, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MB

Ethan Kross has the most fascinating job: Studying the conscious mind. Director of the Emotion and Self-Control Lab at the University of Michigan, where he’s also an award winning professor, his new book Chatter, explores a topic that impacts each and every one of us: Our inner voice. Our inner voice influences everything we do, from our relationships to our physical health and performance. We discuss the ways it can empower or disempower us, and valuable tools to harness it for good.

Investing in Yourself

April 06, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 54 MB

Chief Co-founder Lindsay Kaplan wants you to be selfish. “Investing in oneself is spending the time to align your values with your goals, to reset and make sure that you’re not giving yourself away too much to your job. But, making sure that you have some feeling of wholeness," she says. What contributes to that feeling of wholeness? For Lindsay, it’s values-alignment in her work, cognitive diversity in her relationships, and creativity in her passion projects, like the screenplay she’s worki...

Your Life Vision

March 31, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 46.9 MB

When Expectful Co-founder Nathalie Walton was 17 she won a fellowship to study in Thailand and spent time at a Buddhist Ashram. It was there that she embraced the basic truths of love, compassion, and humility as her compass. A trip to India soon after would reveal the question that would shape her journey: How do I live by my Eastern beliefs in a Western culture? She explored this in her application to Stanford GSB which has become a governing article to live with intention and be the person...

When Business Becomes Art

March 27, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MB

Musicians are artists, and entrepreneurs are innovators - what happens when their thinking converge? IDEO senior partner R. Michael Hendrix, and Berklee College of Music senior VP, Panos A. Panay join Moe to discuss the intersection of art and business.

Becoming Free with Dr.Edith Eger

March 24, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 49.2 MB

“You want to liberate yourself from the concentration camp of your own mind.”Dr.Edith Eger is the embodiment of resilience in mind and spirit. In her books The Choice and The Gift, she details her extraordinary journey as a Holocaust survivor and the lessons it taught her to achieve freedom in our lives. She shares various prisons of the mind - from victimhood to the need to be right - and reveals that the key to free ourselves is within.Our relationship with ourselves is the throughline of D...

The Thinking That Powers The Amazon Machine

March 04, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 65.2 MB

Twenty years from now, the case study on Amazon will not only showcase an unparalleled customer obsession, and an always evolving invention machine - perhaps more importantly - it will shine a light on exemplary leadership. Two such leaders - Colin Bryar and Bill Carr chat with Moe about the methods & principles that make Amazon - Amazon.

Evolving the Conversation

March 03, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 53.4 MB

“To evolve the conversation, we have to first evolve the question.” For Laura Modi, that journey began at her kitchen table, where amongst her four siblings, she learned the art of having enriching conversations. Today, she’s harnessing those skills to create an inclusive dialogue around how families feed their babies through her category defining company, Bobbie. We have a fascinating conversation about self-discovery through Laura’s thought-provoking question: What makes us, us? We delve in...

Meeting Your Leadership Moment

February 10, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 58.9 MB

At an extraordinary moment in history, exceptional leadership is increasingly scarce. Leadership advocate & former faculty director of Stanford Graduate School's famed Interpersonal Dynamics course, Carole Robin rejoins Moe Abdou to explore the modern essence of leadership excellence.

The Case for Slowing Down

February 10, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 37.3 MB

To create with intention is to take your time. We know the benefits of this. So, why do we feel pressured to move so fast? Bearaby Founder Kathrin Hamm detached from these societal expectations — and it’s working. Daily naps. Creative flow. Fluid schedules. These habits enable her to design her day around when she feels best and, more importantly, to genuinely enjoy the process. What inspires that contentment amidst audacious goals? A sense of purpose. When you know where you’re going, the jo...

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