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How To Say Goodbye to Your Pet
Dog dad Zak Rosen on preparing for the inevitable.
32 min
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How To Follow Your Small Business Dream
Coach Mae Chan on why finding joy is part of becoming your own boss
32 min
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How To Learn Any Language Fast
Polyglot Luca Lampariello on creating a language-learning system that’s functional and fun.
35 min
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How To Find Your People
Danielle Bayard Jackson on creating connections later in life.
38 min
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How To Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
39 min
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How To Fill an Empty Nest (Encore)
I got nauseous when I dropped my first kid at college. I have to do this again?
29 min
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How To Live Anywhere in the World
Dr. Nassim Assefi on making an international move work for you.
30 min
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How To Cope With Climate Anxiety
Dr. Britt Wray on turning anxiety into action.
28 min
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How To Show Up For a Friend With Cancer
Mia Birdsong on making treatment more bearable for everyone.
35 min
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How To Deal With a Difficult Parent
Nibarna Kannathasan on navigating tricky intergenerational relationships.
39 min
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How To Make Aging Easier for Everyone
Amy Goyer on caregiving and being cared for.
35 min
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How To Hack Any Bureaucracy
Marina Nitze on busting through government red tape.
42 min
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How To Stop Finding Your Self-worth Through You...
33 min
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How To Find Genuine Happiness
Samantha Clarke on finding fulfillment through balance
34 min
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How To Find the Gems in All Your Junk
Leila Dunbar on the true value of memorabilia and memories.
36 min
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How To Quit Your Calling
Daphne Gomez on leaving a job you loved to save your sanity, part two.
36 min
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How To Help Teachers Thrive
Daphne Gomez on supporting educators, part one.
31 min
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How To Sleep Apart to Save Your Relationship
Part two of Dr. Wendy Troxel’s tips for getting a good night’s rest.
29 min
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How To Sleep Like a Champ
Part one of Dr. Wendy Troxel’s tips for getting a good night’s rest.
31 min
120
How To Deliver Bad News Better
Dr. Robert Arnold on communicating with clarity and compassion.
32 min
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Expert advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
14 min
122
Dear Prudie: My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old So...
I don’t want to risk our son getting a concussion. Does my opinion matter?
36 min
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How To Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns
Melinda Wenner Moyer on breaking out of the ‘what-ifs’ and creating actual change.
34 min
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How To Face the A.I. Revolution
Kevin Roose on using A.I. chatbots intelligently.
37 min
125
How To Start Reading Books Again
Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.
34 min