Re-Quilibrium Podcast
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Integrating perspectives on the many aspects of a rich human life toward a vision for well-being and flourishing. Originally active 2015-17, re-launched 2021.
Hosted by Salt Lake City’s Danielle LeCourt—science writer, research nerd, communication professor, mother of two.
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30: Forgiveness
December 31, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 51 MBForgiveness is a skill and a practice that we can embody to live more peaceful lives. Yet it’s not one that is often taught, leaving many people confused about the tasks involved with moving forward through unpleasant or even traumatic experiences. To go from being disturbed to being at peace with your life, to transition from an argument with life to an acceptance of life — this is the work of forgiveness. Essentially, forgiveness is making peace with the word no. Dr. Fred Luskin of Stanf...
29: Time Poverty and Time Affluence
July 19, 2021 15:07 - 54 minutes - 76 MBWhat if most of your conversations about time are actually conversations about feelings? 80% of working adults feel like they’re “time-poor,” but time is a tricky concept to pin down. What many people really mean when they say “I don’t have enough time” is that they feel stressed or overwhelmed by the demands of work and life. This truth has costly consequences—feeling time-poor can have stronger negative effects on happiness than being unemployed. Dr. Ashley Whillans of Harvard Business S...
28: Flourishing, Achievement, and Privilege
June 28, 2021 15:32 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBFlourishing provides a framework for how to live well by taking into account individuality, constraints, and systems. Yet what does it look like to apply this framework in education? Classroom-teacher-turned-positive-psychologist Nick Holton has been exploring the concept of flourishing through a performance lens to determine how to help students become the best versions of themselves. Nick; widely versed in various theories in positive psychology, well-being, and flourishing; includes conce...
27: Mental Health and Flourishing in Sports
June 07, 2021 14:47 - 46 minutes - 64.7 MBMental health in elite athletes is an elevated topic in 2021. In sports, there’s a fine line between growth and exhaustion, strength and breakdown, health and pathology—and this couldn’t be more true for athletes competing during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Yet sports also provide a unique playground for the development of mental tools, identity, and tolerance for discomfort. In this conversation with Beth Launiere, storied head coach of the University of Utah Women’s Volleyball team (a...
26: The Skill of Conflict
June 01, 2021 20:54 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBIn a time of great division, we become positional and put up our walls. So in this episode with the University of Utah’s Dr. Danya Rumore, we talk about how to attack problems instead of people, avoid zero-sum thinking, and manage our needs to come together in a time marked by cancel culture, aggression, and a breakdown of dialogue. We even dive into the mass migration to the rural Mountain West and how income inequality, housing affordability, and water issues necessitate greater skills in ...
25: Love, Spirituality, and Flourishing
May 24, 2021 01:51 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWhat does it mean to be well? In this conversation with Dr. Matthew Lee, Director of Empirical Research at Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, we run the gamut of subject matter—love, spirituality, inner peace, business—in search of the answer. A sociologist and former criminologist, Lee's research explores the pathways to human flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science and the humanities.
Episode 25: Love, Spirituality, and Flourishing
May 24, 2021 01:51 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWhat does it mean to be well? In this conversation with Dr. Matthew Lee, Director of Empirical Research at Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, we run the gamut of subject matter—love, spirituality, inner peace, business—in search of the answer. A sociologist and former criminologist, Lee's research explores the pathways to human flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science and the humanities.
24: The Rhetoric of Productivity
March 15, 2021 23:41 - 49 minutes - 48.9 MBTime management, productivity, high-performance—these buzzwords govern the way we view our roles in not only our jobs but society as a whole. But often, notions that center around the idea of “high performance” are just that: performative. In this conversation with Dr. Christine Seifert, we unpack what productivity really means and the assumption of morality that unpins it. A professor of communication and author of a number of books and articles, Dr. Seifert thinks deeply and often about ...
Episode 24: The Rhetoric of Productivity
March 15, 2021 23:41 - 49 minutes - 48.9 MBTime management, productivity, high-performance—these buzzwords govern the way we view our roles in not only our jobs but society as a whole. But often, notions that center around the idea of “high performance” are just that: performative. In this conversation with Dr. Christine Seifert, we unpack what 'productivity' really means and the assumption of morality that unpins it. A professor of communication and author of a number of books and articles, Dr. Seifert thinks deeply and often abou...
Episode 23: Individuals and systems
February 25, 2021 15:49 - 54 minutes - 53.1 MBConversations about individuals and systems tend to veer into the realm of either/or. Yet in this episode, Francois Sauer and I explore how complex, dynamic systems can work to serve individuals and create an environment for human flourishing. Initially trained as a physician and having worked at the systems level with healthcare technologies, Francois is a polymath, philosophical thinker, and truly beautiful mind. We wander from topics like creativity and leadership, to how constraints ar...
23: Individuals and systems
February 25, 2021 15:49 - 54 minutes - 53.1 MBConversations about individuals and systems tend to veer into the realm of either/or. Yet in this episode, Francois Sauer and I explore how complex, dynamic systems can work to serve individuals and create an environment for human flourishing. Initially trained as a physician and having worked at the systems level with healthcare technologies, Francois is a polymath, philosophical thinker, and truly beautiful mind. We wander from topics like creativity and leadership, to how constraints ar...
Episode 22: Work and well-being during COVID
February 16, 2021 16:01 - 53 minutes - 52.3 MBAs we continue to navigate the difficulties of the pandemic, a shift toward care and empathy in the workplace, coupled with boosts in individual learning and creativity, could hint at lasting positive impacts on our post-COVID economy. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Eileen McNeely, Founder and Executive Director of the Sustainability and Health initiative for Netpositive Enterprise (SHINE) at Harvard University, about how the pandemic is affecting workers and the role of work in human flouri...
22: Work and Well-Being During COVID
February 16, 2021 16:01 - 53 minutes - 52.3 MBAs we continue to navigate the difficulties of the pandemic, a shift toward care and empathy in the workplace, coupled with boosts in individual learning and creativity, could hint at lasting positive impacts on our post-COVID economy. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Eileen McNeely, Founder and Executive Director of the Sustainability and Health initiative for Netpositive Enterprise (SHINE) at Harvard University, about how the pandemic is affecting workers and the role of work in human flouri...
Re-Q Return: Boy oh boy, it's been a while
January 28, 2021 23:30 - 4 minutes - 9.66 MBI'm back. It's been a few years. I've got a new name (Danielle LeCourt), a new logo, and a new take on an old question: What does it really mean to change? This episode was recorded in November of 2020.
21: Skills-based volunteering as a function of CSR
September 21, 2017 15:16 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB"We've got this dormant capacity-building resource in the skills and talents of corporate employees that, when deployed effectively, provides benefits to the community, nonprofits, and to the professionals themselves. It's there, and it's just a matter of waking it up and connecting it with the right organization." - Danielle Holly The nonprofit sector is charged with saving the world, yet it pursues this mission facing constant limits to resources and capacity. While corporate companies o...
Episode 21: Skills-based volunteering as a function of CSR
September 21, 2017 15:16 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB"We've got this dormant capacity-building resource in the skills and talents of corporate employees that, when deployed effectively, provides benefits to the community, nonprofits, and to the professionals themselves. It's there, and it's just a matter of waking it up and connecting it with the right organization." - Danielle Holly The nonprofit sector is charged with saving the world, yet it pursues this mission facing constant limits to resources and capacity. While corporate companies o...
20: The Business of Choice
September 05, 2017 15:20 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MB"Marketing is obsessed by being consumer-centric. I think the opportunity is for it to become more decision-centric... There's a lot of noise in being consumer-centric that may not be relevant to the choice. Start with the choice and work from there." -Matthew Willcox How much do you really understand how people choose? The past decade has brought to light a flood of research from behavioral science, neuroscience, and everything relating to the mind. Yet, the scope of the literature is bot...
Episode 20: The Business of Choice
September 05, 2017 15:20 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MB"Marketing is obsessed by being consumer-centric. I think the opportunity is for it to become more decision-centric... There's a lot of noise in being consumer-centric that may not be relevant to the choice. Start with the choice and work from there." -Matthew Willcox How much do you really understand how people choose? The past decade has brought to light a flood of research from behavioral science, neuroscience, and everything relating to the mind. Yet, the scope of the literature is bot...
19: Cara Santa Maria on Science and Society
August 08, 2017 16:09 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB"Fundamental to science is a process and a worldview. It's a way to confront reality. It's how you establish what's real and what's not real; what's true and what's false. It's how we understand what is. Having a strong background in science and a basic amount of science literacy is really important for being a civic participant." -Cara Santa Maria Science communicator Cara Santa Maria knows what she's up against. A culture driven by the 24-hour political news cycle. Fake news. Entrenched ...
Episode 19: Cara Santa Maria on Science and Society
August 08, 2017 16:09 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB"Fundamental to science is a process and a worldview. It's a way to confront reality. It's how you establish what's real and what's not real; what's true and what's false. It's how we understand what is. Having a strong background in science and a basic amount of science literacy is really important for being a civic participant." -Cara Santa Maria Science communicator Cara Santa Maria knows what she's up against. A culture driven by the 24-hour political news cycle. Fake news. Entrenched ...
Episode 18: What if there was a safer way to play out our youthful transgressions?
July 27, 2017 23:30 - 33 minutes - 47.8 MB"Rather than having someone burn the finger and think "I'm not going to do that again", can we actually bring about an emotional response in a young person's mind using all of the tools of media?" - Paul Irwin Think back to your youth, to some memorable choices you made. If you're like the majority of people, your teen years were notably ripe with tricky situations. Situations in which the stakes were high, emotions were high, and tough decisions came at you from all sides. Yet what if th...
18: What if there was a safer way to play out our youthful transgressions?
July 27, 2017 23:30 - 33 minutes - 47.8 MB"Rather than having someone burn the finger and think "I'm not going to do that again", can we actually bring about an emotional response in a young person's mind using all of the tools of media?" - Paul Irwin Think back to your youth, to some memorable choices you made. If you're like the majority of people, your teen years were notably ripe with tricky situations. Situations in which the stakes were high, emotions were high, and tough decisions came at you from all sides. Yet what if th...
17: Technology, data, and the capital T Truth
July 16, 2017 20:22 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB"If we do the science right and we're really understanding what works, whether it's what we expect or not, it will be the truth... All we want to know is the truth." - Dan White Facts, the final frontier. We live in a weird time. While a major percentage of the world population carries access to the most sophisticated information technologies and scientific applications that have ever existed, we find ourselves constantly debating the truth. Terms like "facts" and "truth" have become ba...
Episode 17: Technology, data, and the capital T Truth
July 16, 2017 20:22 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB"If we do the science right and we're really understanding what works, whether it's what we expect or not, it will be the truth... All we want to know is the truth." - Dan White Facts, the final frontier. We live in a weird time. While a major percentage of the world population carries access to the most sophisticated information technologies and scientific applications that have ever existed, we find ourselves constantly debating the truth. Terms like "facts" and "truth" have become ba...
Episode 16: Challenging assumptions in global health research
March 07, 2017 00:03 - 35 minutes - 18.2 MB"We don't just dive into a country with predetermined solutions. We sit and talk to people about what the issues are." Gael O'Sullivan joins the podcast to discuss the challenges that come with confronting assumptions related to global health issues and the benefits of adopting a mixed-method research approach for behavior change.
16: Challenging assumptions in global health research
March 07, 2017 00:03 - 35 minutes - 18.2 MB"We don't just dive into a country with predetermined solutions. We sit and talk to people about what the issues are." Gael O'Sullivan joins the podcast to discuss the challenges that come with confronting assumptions related to global health issues and the benefits of adopting a mixed-method research approach for behavior change.
Episode 15: Strategic Social Marketing
June 03, 2016 06:04 - 34 minutes - 22 MB"The problems are complex, but the process is relatively simple. The trick is to get politicians to endorse the application of that process and practitioners to help deliver it." Professor Jeff French joins the podcast to discuss his recent work defining and advocating for strategic social marketing. Through the idea of strategic social marketing, Professor French challenges social marketers and policy makers alike to embrace social marketing techniques and theories when planning at the po...
15: Strategic Social Marketing
June 03, 2016 06:04 - 34 minutes - 22 MB"The problems are complex, but the process is relatively simple. The trick is to get politicians to endorse the application of that process and practitioners to help deliver it." Professor Jeff French joins the podcast to discuss his recent work defining and advocating for strategic social marketing. Through the idea of strategic social marketing, Professor French challenges social marketers and policy makers alike to embrace social marketing techniques and theories when planning at the po...
Episode 14: Building Capacity for Conservation
June 03, 2016 06:00 - 42 minutes - 28.3 MB"Ultimately, if we think about the people we're working with, they know their context best. They know the ultimate outcomes and goals they want to see in their communities." Alexandra Jabs, Training Director at Rare, and Claudia Quintanilla, Traning Director at Rare Brazil, join the podcast to discuss Rare’s approach to conservation through community partnership and capacity building. Through this model, Rare is able to create highly localized solutions to global conservation issues.
14: Building Capacity for Conservation
June 03, 2016 06:00 - 42 minutes - 28.3 MB"Ultimately, if we think about the people we're working with, they know their context best. They know the ultimate outcomes and goals they want to see in their communities." Alexandra Jabs, Training Director at Rare, and Claudia Quintanilla, Traning Director at Rare Brazil, join the podcast to discuss Rare’s approach to conservation through community partnership and capacity building. Through this model, Rare is able to create highly localized solutions to global conservation issues.
12: Planning for Climate Change
September 29, 2015 17:47 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MB"What does our future look like? We can't plan for the past anymore, we have to plan for our future climate." Dr. Danya Rumore joins the podcast to discuss how she and other planners are helping communities take action in response to our changing climate. Particularly, we focus a lot on her work helping coastal cities in the United States plan for and adjust to such challenges as flooding and rising sea levels.
Episode 12: Planning for Climate Change
September 29, 2015 17:47 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MB"What does our future look like? We can't plan for the past anymore, we have to plan for our future climate." Dr. Danya Rumore joins the podcast to discuss how she and other planners are helping communities take action in response to our changing climate. Particularly, we focus a lot on her work helping coastal cities in the United States plan for and adjust to such challenges as flooding and rising sea levels.
Episode 11: Social marketing and behavior change in conservation
August 18, 2015 14:29 - 40 minutes - 29.5 MB"Marketing is both a powerful and positive tool for shaping our perceptions, actions, and social norms. I encourage anyone who's working in any cause-based mission to embrace social marketing as an important tool, especially those working in conservation." Brooke Sadowsky and Kevin Green from Rare join the podcast to discuss how working in conservation informs their social marketing and behavior change approach.
11: Social marketing and behavior change in conservation
August 18, 2015 14:29 - 40 minutes - 29.5 MB"Marketing is both a powerful and positive tool for shaping our perceptions, actions, and social norms. I encourage anyone who's working in any cause-based mission to embrace social marketing as an important tool, especially those working in conservation." Brooke Sadowsky and Kevin Green from Rare join the podcast to discuss how working in conservation informs their social marketing and behavior change approach.
Episode 10: The super wicked problem of climate change
August 13, 2015 18:19 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MB"You've got to look at what people do about climate change, not what they think about it... Ultimately we're going to be judged on how effective we are, not whether people remember the brand or message of a program." David Meiklejohn joins the podcast to discuss wicked problems, super wicked problems, and climate change. David discusses his work with these topics and provides recommendations for how social marketers might address them in the future.
10: The super wicked problem of climate change
August 13, 2015 18:19 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MB"You've got to look at what people do about climate change, not what they think about it... Ultimately we're going to be judged on how effective we are, not whether people remember the brand or message of a program." David Meiklejohn joins the podcast to discuss wicked problems, super wicked problems, and climate change. David discusses his work with these topics and provides recommendations for how social marketers might address them in the future.
9: How do we really define social good?
August 04, 2015 09:30 - 40 minutes - 28 MB"Governments and other social actors need to take an ambidextrous approach—they have to at the same time try to eliminate [ill-being] while at the same time creating conditions for people to flourish and reach their potential." Hamilton Carvalho joins the podcast to discuss how we define social good and how social marketers can best take steps to facilitate it.
Episode 9: How do we really define social good?
August 04, 2015 09:30 - 40 minutes - 28 MB"Governments and other social actors need to take an ambidextrous approach—they have to at the same time try to eliminate [ill-being] while at the same time creating conditions for people to flourish and reach their potential." Hamilton Carvalho joins the podcast to discuss how we define social good and how social marketers can best take steps to facilitate it.
Episode 8: Research for Evaluation in Social Marketing
July 21, 2015 21:00 - 31 minutes - 24.5 MB"Understanding the persepctive of the people you're serving should be the most important benchmark for how you conduct research and evaluation activities." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, re-joins the podcast for the second episode of a two-part series on research in social marketing. In this episode we discuss theories, concepts, and strategies for conducting quality evaluation.
8: Research for Evaluation in Social Marketing
July 21, 2015 21:00 - 31 minutes - 24.5 MB"Understanding the persepctive of the people you're serving should be the most important benchmark for how you conduct research and evaluation activities." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, re-joins the podcast for the second episode of a two-part series on research in social marketing. In this episode we discuss theories, concepts, and strategies for conducting quality evaluation.
Episode 7: Research for Planning in Social Marketing
July 14, 2015 09:00 - 32 minutes - 25 MB"If you want to watch a lion hunt, don't go to the zoo. Go to the jungle." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, joins the podcast for a two-part series on research in social marketing. In this episode we discuss theories, concepts, and strategies for conducting quality research for campaign and program planning.
7: Research for Planning in Social Marketing
July 14, 2015 09:00 - 32 minutes - 25 MB"If you want to watch a lion hunt, don't go to the zoo. Go to the jungle." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, joins the podcast for a two-part series on research in social marketing. In this episode we discuss theories, concepts, and strategies for conducting quality research for campaign and program planning.
Episode 6: Can culture change the environment? Energy use and the military
July 01, 2015 18:18 - 29 minutes - 22.3 MB"We wanted people to understand that for the military, energy is not about being green... it's about the mission." Darrin Kayser of Booz Allen Hamilton joins the podcast to discuss his work to reduce military energy use and how culture change strategies provided the key to doing so.
6: Can culture change the environment? Energy use and the military
July 01, 2015 18:18 - 29 minutes - 22.3 MB"We wanted people to understand that for the military, energy is not about being green... it's about the mission." Darrin Kayser of Booz Allen Hamilton joins the podcast to discuss his work to reduce military energy use and how culture change strategies provided the key to doing so.
5: The Embrace Life Campaign
June 23, 2015 21:50 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MB“Behaviors around seatbelt use had been advertised for some 30 years, although people were still dying and being injured from non-use of seatbelts...Something was missing. Something needed to change." Neil Hopkins, previously of the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, joins the podcast to discuss the viral Embrace Life campaign and its legacy since being released over five years ago.
Episode 5: The Embrace Life Campaign
June 23, 2015 21:50 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MB“Behaviors around seatbelt use had been advertised for some 30 years, although people were still dying and being injured from non-use of seatbelts...Something was missing. Something needed to change." Neil Hopkins, previously of the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, joins the podcast to discuss the viral Embrace Life campaign and its legacy since being released over five years ago.
4: Mentorship and the academic track in social marketing
June 16, 2015 20:25 - 33 minutes - 26.7 MB"We are a community of social marketers. I think it's important to remember that we need to support each other in the work that we do and offer that support in a number of ways. One way is through mentorship, another way is by collaborating with each other." Dr. Nadia Zainuddin from the University of Wollongong joins the podcast to discuss mentorship and the academic path in social marketing.
Episode 4: Mentorship and the academic track in social marketing
June 16, 2015 20:25 - 33 minutes - 26.7 MB"We are a community of social marketers. I think it's important to remember that we need to support each other in the work that we do and offer that support in a number of ways. One way is through mentorship, another way is by collaborating with each other." Dr. Nadia Zainuddin from the University of Wollongong joins the podcast to discuss mentorship and the academic path in social marketing.
Episode 3: Rhetoric is not a dirty word
June 16, 2015 20:22 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MB"Rhetoric is how we use symbols, whether images or language, to make sense of the world around us and communicate our particular perspectives to each other." Teacher, scholar, and writer Dr. Christy Seifert joins the podcast to discuss rhetoric, how it both reflects and reinforces culture, and how rhetorical analysis can benefit social marketers and communication professionals.
3: Rhetoric is not a dirty word
June 16, 2015 20:22 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MB"Rhetoric is how we use symbols, whether images or language, to make sense of the world around us and communicate our particular perspectives to each other." Teacher, scholar, and writer Dr. Christy Seifert joins the podcast to discuss rhetoric, how it both reflects and reinforces culture, and how rhetorical analysis can benefit social marketers and communication professionals.