You can actually help the world. In a very real way.A few months ago, I was re-reading one of my favorite books, A Return to Love, when a line stood out to me. She wrote, "Angry people cannot create a more peaceful world."Angry people canno

#83: Should you be paid to follow your passion?

May 7th, 2018 18m 44s

What job should you take?In my experience as a millennial (and in particular, a white, middle-class millennial with a lot of privilege), I've heard a lot of messages about how I deserve to be paid to follow my passion. We live in a time of t

#82: How To Meditate

May 1st, 2018 26m 4s

Meditation is important.I think most of us have heard that message at some point in our lives.Some days it seems like half the articles I read about ~successful people~ include a nod to their meditation practice. My teachers not only cite m

#81: Achievement or Enjoyment?

Apr 23rd, 2018 22m 39s

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.E. B. WhiteSame.To achieve or to enjoy? To work or to play? To create or to savor?And right, I hear you

#80: The Validation Obsession

Apr 16th, 2018 24m 18s

This podcast wouldn't exist.If I let the answer to the question, "but what will they think?" govern my life, this podcast wouldn't exist. A few years ago, it came to me that it was probably time for me to start sharing all of the things I'd

#79: The Myth Of Romantic Love

Apr 9th, 2018 37m 40s

Have you ever felt that insane I-miss-you-all-the-time-and-can't-stop-thinking-about-you feeling?Yeah, me too.When you first start seeing someone you really like, it's like you temporarily lose your mind every time they take more than 5 min

#78: How to Do Mornings

Apr 2nd, 2018 27m 11s

You know that feeling after you've been to a good concert, or an inspirational talk, or a nice session with your therapist, or a promising first date, or... okay you get the picture.It's a feeling that says: "Wow. Things are actually okay. Li

#77: Season 4 Premier (or, Why Being Real Matters)

Mar 26th, 2018 14m 17s

Ever walk away from a conversation knowing you were completely fake?Right, same.So that happened to me, except for with the PODCAST.I recorded the season four opener in my car two weekends ago. I drove to this gorgeous mountain lake, wrote

#76: Two-Year Anniversary

Nov 8th, 2017 20m 50s

It's my two-year podcast anniversary.And what a year it's been.First, I find it hard to convey the full weight of my gratitude to each of you. For your support, for your attention, for your commitment to yourselves and to this world. It's a

#75: You Are Not Crazy

Oct 23rd, 2017 30m 25s

You are not crazy.Your feelings are facts.And oppression is real. This week's podcast is for every time your coworker said something offensive to you, and you thought you were being too sensitive. You are not crazy. This week's podcast

#74: The Story of My Spirituality

Oct 9th, 2017 22m 57s

My parents are great.It would be somewhat conceited to say they did a great job raising me (because the end product is, well, me)... but honestly, I think they did.What does this have to do with anything?This week on my podcast, I share t

#73: Why You Have More Control Than You Think

Oct 2nd, 2017 24m 4s

You have more control than you think.Yep.It's the truth.Over the big things. Over the little things. Over your own energy and thoughts. You have more control than you think.It's something called discernment.And it means that you get t

#72: When Personal Growth Doesn't Work

Sep 25th, 2017 23m 9s

Anyone else get tired of pursuing 'personal growth'?Just me? No? A few months ago, I got real freakin' tired of listening to podcasts telling me how to improve my life. And of buying all of the books of life-hacking tips. And of the journal

#71 The Inner Work: How to Be Excellent

Sep 5th, 2017 20m 27s

Have you ever worked towards excellence?Last week's podcast reminded us that we are already at the party. There's nothing we can do (no striving, pushing, winning) that will ever make us more worthy than we inherently are.And of course, the

#70 The Inner Work: You're already at the party... now what?

Aug 23rd, 2017 15m 18s

TODAY. Today, I am trying to figure out how to articulate what this podcast episode is about, and how to share a small nugget of wisdom on your browser... and I am struggling. Some things:1) This is my favorite podcast that I've ever record

#69 The Inner Work: What's your goal?

Aug 15th, 2017 13m 14s

What are you chasing?Has anyone ever asked you that question?Stop. Stop whatever you are doing and think about this for a minute. What's your goal, and what are you chasing? Are you after happiness? Are you after growth? Are you after wea

#68 Adulting 101: Career

Aug 7th, 2017 22m 2s

There's this belief that so many of us grow up with in America that we have to pick a career. Sure, we're past the days of expecting to go to work at the same phone book company for the next 45 years... but we still live with pressure and expec

#67 Adulting 101: Wealth

Jul 31st, 2017 26m 58s

This week's podcast episode is Part 2 of my series on Adulting 101. This series is an exploration on some topics that we must navigate as newly minted "adults," but are not often given direction on. *yay society* And it's impossible to talk abo

#66 Adulting 101: Health

Jul 24th, 2017 42m 7s

This week's podcast episode is Part 1 of my series on Adulting 101. This series is an exploration on some topics that we must navigate as newly minted "adults," but are not often given direction on. *yay society* So here's the deal:We take

#65: Hitting the Reset Button

Jul 17th, 2017 33m 37s

Inspired by my Alaskan vacation, I talked about what it means to reset and shared some ideas about what that could look like. Important notes:1) Before you do anything else, even if you do nothing else, chill. Turn all the social media and em

#64: Season 2 Finale: What's up with Annika?

Apr 4th, 2017 23m 28s

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#63: How to Stand in Failure with Leslie Nwoke

Mar 27th, 2017 49m 24s

Failed recently? Same. Failure is a beautiful, uncomfortable, discouraging, catalyzing, inspiring thing. Right? My growth relationship with failure was first inspired by a Conan O'Brien commencement address in 2010. He said:"It is our fa

#62: How To Podcast

Mar 20th, 2017 17m 26s

I've had a number of folks ask in the past few months about how to start a podcast... so many that I figured I would just, well, podcast about it.As many of you know, I started my podcast on accident. You'll have to listen to this week's epis

#61: How To Set Boundaries

Mar 6th, 2017 25m 37s

Is there something in your life that feels off?Is there something you've been complaining about a lot? Your partner, your boss, your dad, the fact that you are trying to balance a full time job and being an activist who keeps the country fr