Tag Happiness & Hope

Need a pick-me-up? These feel-good tales of people changing the world for the better will restore your confidence in humanity and put a spring in your step.

1 h 36 min watch

Play Isn’t Just for Kids: It’s the Fifth Pillar of Health! with Teresa Davis (Episode #243)

We all know the big pillars of health: food, movement, sleep, and connection. But what if we’ve been missing one that’s just as essential? Teresa Davis helps us rediscover play—not as silliness or wasted time, but as a powerful practice for creativity, resilience, joy, and becoming more fully ourselves.

8 min read

Swimsuit Heroines: Meet the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage!

Let’s dive in and learn how Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage are making a splash cleaning up Cape Cod’s ponds, and beyond!

1 h 28 min watch

How To Human: Why Colleges are Putting Life Skills on the Syllabus with Marjorie Malpiede (Episode #242)

Marjorie Malpiede, editor in chief of LearningWell magazine, explains how a committed group of colleges and universities helping students build belonging, resilience, purpose, agency, and lifelong wellbeing in their students.

1 h 25 min watch

When Technology Makes Us Better Neighbors with Michael Wood-Lewis (Episode #241)

When Technology Makes Us Better Neighbors with Michael Wood-Lewis (Episode #241) When we know our neighbors, the world feels more human and much less scary. Michael Wood-Lewis is the co-founder of one simple, moderated platform that has helped rebuild trust,…

5 min read

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Lost Your Faith in Humanity? Find It in This Lost and Found!

Can a story of human compassion be found within a sea of discarded umbrellas? We’re traveling to Tokyo to witness a treasure trove of kindness inside of the world's most efficient lost and found!

53 min watch

New Life for What We Have: Stewards of Our Abundance with Kenny Williams (Episode #239)

Kenny Williams, executive director of the Arkansas nonprofit Pedal It Forward, invites us to rethink generosity—not as charity, but as stewardship, as he shares how bikes become pathways to freedom.

1 h 48 min watch

What Dogs Teach Us About Life — with Master Storyteller Tom Schlesinger (Episode #238)

What if the antidote to stress, overthinking, and constant mental chatter has been quietly walking beside us all along? Tom Schlesinger, a master storyteller, consultant to the likes of Pixar, LucasFilms and Disney has tips on on quieting the noise, returning to the body, and rediscovering joy...all through the lens a dog.

3 min read

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Sticky Notes That Changed My Worldview

Sometimes a few sticky notes are all it takes to shift your perspective! Find joy in becoming the observer with the Society of Mundane Distinctions.

5 min read

How Do You Find the Right Words for Your Love?

Have you ever felt an emotion you didn't have the words for? This is where the beauty of other languages can step in. When it comes to love, there are a lot of feelings that English sometimes can't quite express, but other languages have captured that magic!

1 h 19 min watch

Look Up! Wonder is the Key To Unlocking Discovery with Dr. Macarena Garcia Marin (Episode #236)

The universe has been talking for billions of years, and we’re finally learning how to listen! Astrophysicist Dr. Macarena García Marín joins us to explore how the James Webb Space Telescope is expanding our view of the cosmos—and why it matters.

1 h 28 min watch

Digital Minimalism: How To Declutter Your Online Life with Chris Zeunstrom (Episode #235)

Most of us don’t realize how much time, money, and mental energy our digital lives are quietly draining from us until we pause and look around at all the overflowing inboxes, forgotten subscriptions, and hundreds of old online accounts still following us around. Chris Zeunstrom—founder of Yorba.co—wants to create a lighter digital future.

1 h 18 min watch

What Forests Know That We’ve Forgotten with Ethan Tapper (Episode #234)

We’re skimming through life—and it’s costing us hope. In this wide-ranging, deeply grounding conversation, forester and award-winning author Ethan Tapper shows how forests teach us to slow down, notice complexity, and recognize healing in motion. From the wisdom of old trees—and the life in fallen ones—to birds as messengers of possibility, this episode is an invitation to see the world, not as broken, but as quietly regenerating in ways we never realized.

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