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Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Inventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Play the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs Morning Guy with Jerry Seinfeld

Eric Zimmer is an author, teacher, speaker, and the creator of The One You Feed podcast—an award-winning show with over 50 million downloads across 80...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them⁠) with Dr. Ashley Alker

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026 This Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real).

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on 8/29/2025

After listening to the morning news podcast I treated myself to this show. My favorites that I use most days are the witchy water maneuvers, writing a letter instead of looking at your phone, touching grass, mind palace for your mind/ 9o’clock rule
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on 8/6/2025

Capsule wardrobe: yes. Minimizing your clothing's impact on your mental space: yes. Ordering things from Amazon: no. Throwing things in the trash as soon as they're stained or need light mending: terrible advice!! Mend before you spend, people, and don't shop on Amazon if you can avoid it at all (which can be done 99% of the time)
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on 2/4/2025

Zak manages to go deep into very helpful every day issues in very practical ways. Which is hard and rare. Thanks for making me feel inspired while giving me concrete steps to evolve.
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