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Ken Page: Respect Your Gifts to Find Real Love
Simplify - July 01, 2021 09:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsAre you single—or in a relationship—and keep falling for people who almost love you right, but not quite? There's a reason why that happens, and Ken Page has figured out the formula behind these deeper physics of dating. Ken is a psychotherapist specialized in the search for intimacy, and autho...
Erica Dhawan: Master Your Digital Body Language
Simplify - June 28, 2021 09:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsDid you know that 50% of the time the tone over email, Slack, and text is misunderstood? This is because in the digital world, the cues we would usually send with our bodies are missing—facial expressions, gestures, vocal tone—and that can cause a lot of misunderstandings. And this is why Erica ...
Natalie Lue: Your Boss is Not Your Parent
Simplify - June 24, 2021 09:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsDo you sometimes find yourself replying to work emails late at night... from bed? Or maybe taking on another task that, almost as soon as you've agreed, you realize you don't actually have time for? Often, instead of behaving as if we’re exchanging our intellect, talent, and skills for money, ...
Kathryn Mannix: How to Die Well
Simplify - June 17, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsDoes talking about death freak you out? No wonder, it's something many of us avoid thinking about and prefer pretending it's not there. But it's an important topic, and if we can allow ourselves to sit with the truth that life will eventually end, it becomes a beautiful call to appreciate our li...
Diana Chapman: Take Radical Responsibility
Simplify - June 10, 2021 09:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsMost of us learned how to do relationships from a state of victimhood. According to Karpman's Drama Triangle, there are three different roles to play: the victim, the hero and the villain. Regardless of these parts we take on, we're avoiding taking full responsibility for our experiences and our...
Jim Dethmer: You're Allowed to Be Scared
Simplify - June 10, 2021 09:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsOne thing most leaders have in common is that they want to perform well. And that often leads them into the trap of believing that to be a great leader, you’re not allowed to be scared—or at least that you'd better not show it. In this episode, Jim Dethmer invites us to embrace the opposite: al...
Tina Payne Bryson: What Your Kid Needs Most is You
Simplify - June 03, 2021 09:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIf your child is having a meltdown or throwing a tantrum in the supermarket, you'll do almost anything to make them stop—including turning into MeanParent™. But there's another way! Dr. Tina Payne Bryson offers a different approach to discipline, free of threats and punishments, that is based ...
Erik Fisher: Get the Right Work Done
Simplify - May 27, 2021 09:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWorn down by your never-ending to-do list? Even though there’s been a shift towards a more holistic idea of productivity in the last years, a lot of people still think that being productive is all about efficient time managing and achieving more. And this is where Erik Fisher comes in. Over the...
Farai Chideya: You’re More Than Your Job
Simplify - May 20, 2021 09:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsFor a lot of us, our job is a profound expression of selfhood. That means that when we lose a job, or when a business fails, we might feel like failures, too. And in today’s uncertain economy this happens a lot more than anybody would like. In this episode, Farai Chideya, author of The Episodi...
Trailer: Season 7
Simplify - May 17, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsTo show you just how much we've missed you, season 7 of Simplify is extra large and extra excellent! This time, you'll hear from a dating psychologist on connecting at the deepest level, the ultimate productivity expert on working in seasons, and even a hospice physician on how to have a good de...
Liz Fosslien: Work With Your Emotions
Simplify - April 23, 2020 12:44 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWhy do we lose motivation in our jobs? How can we create a space of belonging and inclusion? What are the best ways to give and receive feedback? Liz Fosslien answers all of these questions, and more, in this thoughtful and pertinent interview. As she reveals, emotions in the workplace are not ...
Simplify Spotlight: Seth Godin on Meaningful Marketing
Simplify - January 25, 2020 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIn this special Spotlight Caitlin talks with teacher, author, and entrepreneur, Seth Godin, about his new release, This Is Marketing. According to Seth, marketing is no longer about hawking products that nobody needs, but instead about helping people find the ones that will actually make a posi...
New! 2 Minutes with Seth Godin on Blinkist
Simplify - January 13, 2020 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsAs evidenced by the many times we've spoken with him on Simplify or recommended his books to you, we love Seth Godin. And now, big news! Seth has created exclusive content for Blinkist—and we're giving you a preview. 2 Minutes with Seth Godin launches January 13th, only on Blinkist. Tune in, tw...
Sebastian Klein: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Business
Simplify - October 31, 2019 13:23 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsThe final episode of Season 6 features a special guest: psychologist, entrepreneur, publisher, ex management consultant and one of Blinkist's original co-founders, Sebastian Klein! In this interview, Caitlin and Sebastian discuss how businesses around the world are making changes that transfor...
Sonya Renee Taylor: Love Yourself, Save the World
Simplify - October 23, 2019 22:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWhat would the world look like if we were free of body shame and instead living in a state of radical self-love? Radical Self-Love Champion and author of The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor, explains what her utopia would look like in this week’s episode of Simplify. As Sonya explain...
Randolph Nesse: It's Not You — It's Evolution
Simplify - October 17, 2019 10:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIn this episode of Simplify, Caitlin asks Randolph Nesse why he believes that humans have evolved to experience hardships such as depression, anxiety and grief. As it turns out, while many of our most painful emotions often do not serve a proper function in our modern world, they may have a hist...
Ingrid Fetell Lee: Make Your Own Joy
Simplify - October 10, 2019 11:37 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsCreating joy in your daily life is much simpler than you’d think. Ingrid Fetell Lee, joy researcher and former IDEO designer, reveals how in transforming our spaces, we also have the power to transform our wellbeing. Find out how color brought life back into a struggling city, how you might be ...
Johann Hari: Depression's Not (Just) In Your Head
Simplify - October 03, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWe’ve got good news and bad news: depression might not be all in your head. In this episode of Simplify, journalist and two-time New York Times-bestselling author Johann Hari reveals the cultural causes of depression. Among them are loss of connection to meaningful work, a lack of meaningful re...
Susan Cain: It's Okay to be Quiet
Simplify - September 26, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWe kick off Season 6 of Simplify with Susan Cain, author of Quiet, and introversion's biggest rockstar. You'll hear how introverts and extroverts react differently to stimulation, why introverts often end up overlooked, and where the glamour around extroversion came from in the first place. C...
Trailer: Simplify Season 6
Simplify - September 19, 2019 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIn Season 6 of Simplify, we're going deep. Our authors and experts touch on how to harness joy from the world around us, why a lack of real human connection makes us depressed, and the evolutionary reasons we feel feelings in the first place. You'll hear from Susan Cain, Johann Hari, Sonya Renee...
Simplify Spotlight: Chris Hirst on No Bullshit Leadership
Simplify - May 09, 2019 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsChris Hirst's new book, No Bullshit Leadership, just hit stores. In it, the CEO of Havas Creative shares his jargon-free, straightforward approach to leadership, developed through years of hands-on experience with cutting the crap to get good work done. In this episode of Simplify Spotlight, Ch...
Help Simplify Win!
Simplify - April 09, 2019 12:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsBig news: Simplify's been nominated for a Webby Award—the internet’s most coveted prize, or the "Emmies of the Internet." Currently, we're in third place and you, dear listeners, can help us win by voting here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2019/podcasts/general-podcasts/health-wel...
Introducing: Self? Help! Episode One - featuring Susan Cain
Simplify - March 14, 2019 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsSelf? Help! is the new podcast out of Blinkist. Host Terence Mickey, Moth Storyteller and creator of Memory Motel, goes deep with people about the books that sparked their life-changing realizations. In season one you’ll hear five bestselling NYT authors—Johann Hari, Paula McLain, and Eli Finke...
Amanda Siebert: It's Just a Plant
Simplify - March 07, 2019 13:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsPicture a person who uses cannabis regularly. Did you imagine an Olympic medal-winning athlete, or a successful entrepreneur? Or did you think of someone who fits the standard stoner stereotype? If, like most people, you conjured up the latter, then today’s episode of Simplify might challenge so...
Robin DiAngelo: Think impact, Not Intention
Simplify - March 01, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsWhat does whiteness mean? If you're a white person, the occasions on which you've thought about it might be few. If you're a person of color, the time you spend reckoning with its meaning & consequences are likely far too many. Today's episode of Simplify is an invitation to grapple with what wh...
Jen Sincero: Believe Better Stories
Simplify - February 21, 2019 16:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsCoach & writer Jen Sincero tried every self-help technique out there, then condensed the most powerful practices into one straight-talking bestseller that thousands have used to kickstart their lives. Listen in as Sincero takes you through how to bust your own self-defeating beliefs to become th...
Melissa Hartwig Urban: Create Your Own Food Rules
Simplify - February 14, 2019 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIf you've got a pulse and like eating food, you've likely either been on a diet, or felt obligated to start one. Yet the fact remains that diets, in the traditional cut-and-count-calories format, rarely work long term. That's where Melissa Hartwig Urban comes in. On this episode of Simplify, th...
Ayelet Waldman: Microdose, Maybe?
Simplify - February 07, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsThe turning point came for Ayelet Waldman when she found herself frozen before her medicine cabinet, wondering "what's going to kill me fastest?" She knew it was time to try a new tactic to improve her mental health. In this episode, hear this bestselling nonfiction author (who also happens to ...
Dan Harris: One Minute Counts
Simplify - January 31, 2019 11:01 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsDo your negative thoughts race faster than Usain Bolt? Do you wish you were calmer, kinder, or more focused? Would you like to meditate, but just don’t think you have time? If you answered yes, then this episode of Simplify is for you. Dan Harris might be best known for his reporting on ABC New...
Trailer: Simplify Season 5
Simplify - January 17, 2019 10:55 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 259 ratingsIn season 5, you’ll learn how easy meditation can be with Dan Harris, how to change your self-defeating beliefs with Jen Sincero, and how to talk about race with Robin DiAngelo. You'll also hear what it's like to microdose LSD for a month and learn the surprising ways a little bit of cannabis ca...
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