Everyday Better with Leah Smart
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Everyday Better is your guide to creating positive change at work, at home, in your relationships, and beyond.
Each week, Leah Smart, LinkedIn's Senior Editor and a certified coach specializing in self-improvement, shares inspiring conversations with trusted voices and curates research-backed strategies to help you navigate transitions, challenges, and uncertainties with clarity and intention. Because work and the rest of your life don’t exist in silos, and what happens in one always finds its way into the other.
Discover fresh perspectives, get unstuck, and take small steps every day, toward the life you want. New episodes every Tuesday.
Each week, Leah Smart, LinkedIn's Senior Editor and a certified coach specializing in self-improvement, shares inspiring conversations with trusted voices and curates research-backed strategies to help you navigate transitions, challenges, and uncertainties with clarity and intention. Because work and the rest of your life don’t exist in silos, and what happens in one always finds its way into the other.
Discover fresh perspectives, get unstuck, and take small steps every day, toward the life you want. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
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Aug 8, 2023 • 46min
Rediscovering Enchantment Everyday
Katherine May, internationally bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment, joins Leah Smart to talk about awakening wonder, rediscovering joy and experiencing awe in our everyday lives. Katherine emphasizes that enchantment can be found when we reconnect with our childhood fascinations and let ourselves be drawn to what restores us.Follow Leah Smart on LinkedInFollow Katherine May on Instagram
Aug 1, 2023 • 27min
Coming To Our Senses: Touch
Tammy Lung, ASMR expert, and founder of Tingles Bar joins Leah Smart to discuss the health benefits of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). They dive into the feelings of relaxation brought on by different experiences, such as visual, auditory, or tactile triggers, and how physical touch can make you feel better day to day.Follow Leah Smart on LinkedInFollow Tammy Lung on LinkedIn
Jul 28, 2023 • 11min
Bonus: Sound Bath with Sara Auster
Sara Auster, world-renowned sound therapist, meditation teacher and author, leads us in a sound bath experience to deepen the connection between sound, mind and the body. Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Sara on Instagram
Jul 25, 2023 • 34min
Coming To Our Senses: Sound
Sara Auster, world-renowned sound therapist, meditation teacher and author, joins Leah Smart to share her journey into the world of sound healing and the transformative power of sound baths. They discuss the connection between sound, mind and the body, the role of stillness and slowness in a fast-paced world, and why sound baths enhance well-being and deepen your connection to yourself, and the world around you.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Sara on Instagram
Jul 18, 2023 • 32min
Coming To Our Senses: Laughter
Francine Shore, Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor, co-founder and Creative Director of NYCs first Laughter Club promoting health and wellness, joins Leah Smart to discuss how laughter can be a healing tool, especially during challenging times. They dive into the health benefits of laughter yoga and how through laughter, we can find connection, joy, and a way to cope with trauma.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Francine on LinkedIn
Jul 11, 2023 • 39min
Coming To Our Senses: Smell
Dr. Rachel Herz, neuroscientist and a world-leading expert on the psychological science of smell, joins Leah Smart to discuss the importance of our sense of smell, and its impact on our identity, relationships, and emotions. They explore the connection between smell and memory and how consciously engaging with it can enhance our overall well-being and quality of life.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Rachel on LinkedIn
Jul 4, 2023 • 35min
Grubhub’s Founder on How We Redefine Success
Mike Evans couldn’t have predicted his success: he founded Grubhub because he wanted a snack and to pay off his student loans, and stayed with the company through a wildly successful IPO. But it’s what he’s done since that’s differentiated him from other startup founders: first, leaving Grubhub to take a transcontinental bike trip, and also his new company, Fixer, which aims to do social good even as it turns a profit. Leah and Mike get into all of that - and the story told in Mike’s new memoir, Hangry: A Startup Journey - in this rousing conversation in the arena.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Mike on LinkedIn
Jun 27, 2023 • 14min
Just Like Me: A Guided Meditation
Leah Smart guides you through a meditation practice meant to help you tap into radical empathy.Follow Leah Smart on LinkedIn
Jun 20, 2023 • 27min
The Nature Prescription
Jennifer Ackerman, award-winning science writer and New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and What an Owl Knows joins Leah Smart to talk about why finding solace in nature can help us reset, reduce stress, and they explore ways we can incorporate nature into our day-to-day lives.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Jennifer on Instagram
Jun 13, 2023 • 42min
The Anatomy of Friendship
Shasta Nelson, an expert on friendship and healthy relationships and Author of Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness, sits down with Leah Smart to dive into the three components every relationship needs to be healthy and how to nurture connections that truly last.Follow Leah on LinkedInFollow Shasta on LinkedIn
