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True Privilege is Growing Up in a Low-Trauma Environment: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 566

Momma Kai returns to the podcast to share her vision for a world without poverty or homelessness.

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Helping the Unhoused – and Homeless – Move From Poverty to Prosperity: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 562

How can we end homelessness? Unhoused activist and visionary Momma Kai shares her experiences and solutions.

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Becoming a Brave Athlete – and Screen Writer! – with Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson: PYP 550

Five years after Lesley and Simon appeared on this podcast to talk about how to set and achieve athletic goals, Lesley just won a BAFTA for screenwriting. So let’s listen again to this 2018 conversation for clues about how to live a brave life.

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Are We Having Fun Yet?: Mike Rucker on PYP 548

We can get so caught up in duty and obligation and self-improvement that we neglect one of the key elements of a good life: plain old fun.

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Design the Long Life You Love: Ayse Birsel on PYP 540

What makes for a meaningful and joyful long life? Is it just random, or can you proactively design it?

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Is It OK to be Ordinary?: Dr Ronald Siegel on PYP 532

Our society tells us to excel; to be special; to reach for the stars. But what’s the cost of setting the bar so high? Does it make us happy, or allow us to connect with the people around us? Can we be OK with being ordinary?

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Relentless Solution Focus: Dr Ellen Reed on PYP 525

Our brains are brilliant at finding problems, and are great at keeping us alive by avoiding them. But this doesn’t work when our problems are in our heads. What does? Find out in this conversation.

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Can Business Heal the World? Michael J Gelb on PYP 509

How can humanity dig itself out of the giant mess we’re in? Do businesses have to balance ethics and financial success? And how can each of us begin to use our unique qualities and abilities in service?

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Six Truths and No Lie: Sid Garza-Hillman on PYP 507

Set an example. Don’t be a snowflake (or a bully). Don’t get sucked into social media. Simple advice for challenging times.

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On Mother Teresa, Burnout, and Belonging: Saskia Kremer on PYP 502

Saskia Kremer burned out after spending 13 years tending the sick, dying, and impoverished as a member of Mother Teresa’s order. How did she reinvent herself, and what can she teach us about a meaningful and heartfelt life?

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