In this podcast, the hosts discuss their favorite interviews, including topics like minimizing negative effects of technology, using the head for ideas, tracking time as a resource, benefits of meditation, determining expert credibility, becoming more resilient, and the importance of habits. They also reflect on challenges during the global pandemic and the importance of finding calm and disconnecting from the digital world.
The podcast highlights the importance of finding calm and disconnecting from the digital world to improve productivity and well-being.
The hosts emphasize the need for sustainable change and habits, discussing the challenge of maintaining motivation and evaluating long-term habits.
Deep dives
Strategies for finding calm during anxious times
In this episode, the hosts discuss the importance of finding calm during anxious times, using strategies such as meditation, analog activities, and engaging with the present moment. They highlight the benefits of disconnecting from the digital world and connecting with nature. They emphasize the need to diversify sources of energy and take care of physical and mental well-being.
Reflecting on sustainable change and habits
The hosts reflect on the importance of sustainable change and habits. They discuss the challenge of maintaining motivation beyond the initial excitement and how it is crucial to revisit habits over time to see what really sticks. They use the example of transformational changes seen on cooking shows that often don't last. They emphasize the importance of being mindful about long-term habits and evaluating their sustainability.
Working on challenges like weight loss and procrastination
The hosts share their ongoing efforts to overcome challenges like weight loss and procrastination. They discuss the need for longer time frames for weight loss goals and the importance of accountability. They also mention strategies for combating procrastination, such as breaking tasks into smaller, more manageable steps and committing to short bursts of focused work. They acknowledge that these challenges require ongoing effort and self-awareness.
On this week’s podcast, my cohost Ardyn and I cover the biggest lessons we’ve learned from our experiments for the podcast, as well as our favorite nuggets of wisdom from the guests we’ve had on the show so far.
Just in case you’re curious to dig into them, here are the 10 favorite interviews we’ve conducted to date—I’ve bolded what you’ll get out of each conversation above the link to play each episode. There’s a link to this week’s episode at the bottom of this post, too, where we share a bunch of things we’ve become better at while doing the podcast.