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Podcast

How to Unlearn Bad Habits: Ana Gabriel Mann on PYP 521

Our bad habits can have deep roots, and superficial solutions only cause more distress. How can we pull out dysfunctional behaviors at the roots?

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Citizen Science and the Wisdom of Pain: Will Bulsiewicz, MD, on PYP 520

If you feel bad after eating a particular food, you should stop eating it, right? Not so fast; today’s guest explains FODMAPS, histamines, and what the largest microbiome study ever is teaching us about healing our guts.

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The Biology of Resilience: Taylor Sittler, MD, on PYP 519

What’s the connection between psychological and biological resilience? What tools do we have to increase our resilience, so we can bounce back faster and stronger to challenges, whether physical or emotional?

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From Investment Banking to Vegan Chocolate: Rym Selmi on PYP 518

Rym Selmi is the founder of Miiro, a company that makes vegan and healthy chocolates and baking ingredients.

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Food, School, and Politics: Maria Solanki on PYP 517

Maria Solanki is running for school board in Pinellas County, Florida, with a mission to improve the health and performance of students through better nutrition. 

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Can Marriage be More Than a Lifetime of Compromises? Ana Gabriel Mann & John David Mann on PYP 516

What’s the purpose of marriage? Is it to get happiness for yourself? Give happiness to your partner? Or something bigger and grander that encompasses yet transcends both?

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How to Make a Documentary Film: Charlie Morris on PYP 515

Charlie Morris is a self-taught documentarian who highlights environmental issues to help sway public opinion and affect policy. We talk about how he goes about his work.

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The Art of Insubordination: Todd Kashdan on PYP 514

Are you right in a world where almost everyone else is wrong? If so, do you know how to speak, strategize, and organize to change people’s minds? Todd Kashdan has studied what makes some people incredibly effective at significant social change.

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The Pissed-Off Entrepreneur: How to Turn Problems into Opportunities: Danny Warshay on PYP 513

Are you pissed off? Are there problems in the world you’d like to see fixed? Danny Warshay would like to teach you how to turn unsolved problems into opportunities to make a difference.

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Don’t Over-optimize Your Life: Glenn Murphy on PYP 512

Self-improvement is fine and good, but there’s a danger in over-optimizing our minutes and missing our lives.

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