Good Life Project

Elena Brower, a prominent yoga and meditation teacher for two decades, discusses her radical pivot toward quietness and presence work. After stepping back from her public platform, she trained as a chaplain and began sitting with hospice patients in silence. Drawing on the ancient Chinese sutra 'Welcome nothing. Refuse nothing. Reflect everything. Hold nothing,' she explores what happens when the drive to impact many gives way to the desire to impact few—and what presence, letting go, and preparation for mortality reveal about living well.

Vanessa Hill, a leading sleep scientist at CQ University, explores the science of bedtime procrastination—that compulsive urge to stay up despite knowing you should sleep. The episode debunks myths about blue light, reveals why willpower fails at night, and explains the hidden mechanisms driving this near-addictive behavior. Hill offers research-backed strategies to reclaim rest without relying on guilt or force.

Jonathan Fields explores how reactive life syndrome—the cycle of responding to others' demands at the expense of your own agency—traps us in endless busyness and disconnects us from our authentic selves. Drawing on decades of research on flourishing, he outlines six practical strategies to break free from autopilot reactivity, reclaim intentionality, and move from frenzy to grounded purpose. Essential for anyone who feels like a passenger in their own life.

The tiny moments you ignore may hold the key to it all.

Stop the cycle of chronic pain by fixing the signals in your brain. We’ve been told for decades that pain is purely a physical problem, born of bones and body parts. But the latest neuroscience proves that’s only one piece of the puzzle. Dr.

If you feel like the world is crashing down, you are not alone in that darkness. This moment of global contraction isn't necessarily the end of the story, but perhaps the beginning of a difficult birth.

Most of us think oversharing is the problem. It's not. New research from Harvard reveals that the bigger threat to your relationships, your health, and your sense of belonging may be all the things you're choosing not to say.

Humor won't cure depression. But it might save your life. That's not a metaphor for Jenny Lawson. It's the hard-won truth of more than two decades of living with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and the kind of dark seasons that make getting out of bed feel impossible.

You’ve reached a point in life where you thought you’d feel different. You’ve checked a lot of the boxes of achievement, happiness, even success. And, still, something is missing. It is a quiet restlessness that age or achievement cannot seem to quiet. What you’re missing is meaning.

Stop blaming willpower and start building the skill of making change stick for good. Pretty much every person wants to change something, about themselves, their lives, or situation. But, so few ever succeed at creating change, let alone sustaining it.

Turns out, "good vibes only" might be making you feel worse.

Want a deeper, more secure, fiercely connected relationship? Then, you’ll want to check out the power of relationship agreements. In this episode, we sit down with Krista and Dr. Will Van Derveer.

Being a super-communicator isn’t a gift, it’s a skill anyone can learn. Ever wish you were the person who could talk to anyone with ease? Like anyone you came in contact with became instant friends, confidantes, or trusted allies and collaborators.

How do you know when to leave a job or relationship? Look for the jolts. Ready to quit your job but unsure if it’s right? A single comment, missed opportunity, or subtle slight can suddenly make everything feel different. But is it really time to leave, or is something deeper happening?

Your mind is under siege. Every day, technology and noise fight to hijack your attention, leaving you feeling less present and more distracted than ever. In a word, unconscious. It’s time to stop the scroll and reclaim the most precious thing you own: your consciousness.

Your kids leaving isn’t an ending; it’s an open door to a more intentional version of you. Many of us spend decades organizing our entire identities around our children, only to feel a staggering sense of loss when the house goes quiet.

Tired of saying yes when you mean no and feeling resentful later? In this powerful compilation episode, you’ll learn how to set healthy boundaries without guilt, conflict, or losing the people you care about.

Trying to eliminate anxiety can make it worse. Do this instead… If you wake up with a tight chest, a racing mind, or a constant sense of unease, this conversation offers clarity, relief, and a more grounded way forward.

Your brain isn’t breaking. It’s rewiring in ways no one explained, and for many women, menopause is the moment everything suddenly feels unfamiliar.

The deeper the love, the more uncomfortable it gets, and learning how to work with that truth may change the way you relate forever.

What if excellence isn’t about winning, but becoming? For so many of us, the word excellence has become tangled up with perfectionism, obsession, and relentless hustle. No wonder it feels heavy, triggering, or out of reach.

When life upends everything, what still matters? When the future you assumed disappears, the questions get sharper. This conversation explores how meaning, values, and hope evolve when time feels uncertain and life breaks open in unexpected ways.

You can be deeply loved and still feel alone, even when your life is filled with people who care about you. Many of us assume that love automatically translates into feeling loved. But research shows that isn’t how it works.

What if chronic pain was caused by faulty wiring in your brain? And that one shift in understanding can open the door to relief many people never thought was possible. Chronic pain affects tens of millions, disrupts relationships, limits work, and quietly erodes joy.

You could be having better sex and the science explains why, not because you’re broken or doing something wrong, but because most of us were never taught how desire actually works or how intimacy evolves over time. Instead, we’re handed myths, silence, and a lot of quiet frustration.

If your life looks good on paper but feels flat, this is for you. Many of us follow the rules, build what appear to be successful lives, and still sense something essential is missing. That feeling sends us on a chase for more meaning or purpose, impact and clarity.

It's said, pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. But, is that true? Many of us live our lives in pursuit of certainty, believing that if we could just get things more stable - emotionally, financially, relationally - then we’d finally feel at ease.

Most new habits fizzle quickly, what if they didn't have to? We blame a lack of willpower, but what if the way we approach habits that's the real problem? Why does true, lasting habit change feel so hard to sustain? And, how can we do it better?

Elizabeth Gilbert shares the daily practice that transformed her life after grief: writing simple letters of love to herself. A conversation about self-compassion, creativity, and the practices that sustain us.

Fields presents his Good Life Buckets model: three domains (vitality, connection, contribution) that determine life satisfaction. Through exercises and reflection, he guides listeners to assess their current state and set intentions for each bucket.

Brene Brown discusses her research on vulnerability, shame resilience, and the courage to show up authentically in a world that rewards performance over genuineness.