Hal Herschfield is a UCLA psychology professor, and author of some really interesting studies on the connection between what we do now and how we think about the future.
Specifically, he’s shown through brain scans that the more we think of our future selves as a person different from ourselves (and most of us do), the less we’re willing to sacrifice today to help that future self.
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The great 13th-century Italian writer Dante Alighieri fell in love at the age of nine with a girl in a crimson dress.
Beatrice Portinaro was just eight when Dante first laid eyes upon her at a gathering in her father’s palazzo. He wrote, “From that time forward love fully ruled my soul.”
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In 1514, Nicolaus Copernicus shared a 40-page manuscript with a few friends. In it, he described his radical theory that the earth orbited the sun, rather than the other way around. Copernicus knew that this hypothesis was dangerous, as it challenged the universal assumption that the earth was the center of the universe. Still, he…
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Michelle Cehn and Allison River Sampson have spent over a year creating a 12-day program designed to wean participants off dairy – permanently.
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Bradley Stulberg writes about the connections between exercise and human physiology and psychology. He’s interviewed many of the world’s elite athletes, and has synthesized their insights into valuable lessons for the rest of us.
Read MoreMy talk for the Detroit-based Plant Based Nutrition Support Group is now available on Vimeo for your viewing pleasure. My segment starts at about 28 and a half minutes into the video. Enjoy!
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Marta Zaraska is the author of Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Years Obsession with Meat, which was just published this year (2016).
Marta writes about science and health for some of the most influential and prestigious publications, including Scientific American, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. And now that she’s been published on the Plant Yourself Podcast, I suppose she’s reached the height of achievement 😉
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Heather Goodwin is fond of saying that she was born at her ideal weight, and that was the last time she ever saw it.
In her teens her weight was in the hundreds; in her twenties, the two-hundreds; in her thirties, the three-hundreds, and in her forties – well, you can see where this is going.
Read MorePart 1: DO When we want to change our destiny, we start by changing our behavior. Hence DO. I’ve literally wasted years of my life planning, pondering, weighing my options, thinking, considering, evaluating, and anticipating instead of doing. There’s nothing wrong with thinking, of course. Nothing wrong with planning, with anticipating mishaps and preparing for them….
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