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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Mar 28, 2023 • 49min
Yung Pueblo on the Power of Self-Awareness
Leah Smart sits down with Yung Pueblo—author, meditator, and one of social media’s leading voices on the topics of healthy relationships and knowing ourselves. They discuss his new book Lighter, and explore self-awareness practices that can help us experience the world around us in crisp and vibrant ways.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Yung Pueblo on Linkedin
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Mar 21, 2023 • 34min
Navigating the Complexities of Our Emotions
Leah sits down with Marc Brackett, founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Author of Permission to Feel, to talk about what emotional intelligence really is, how to become an Emotion Scientist versus an Emotion Judge, and why it matters that we use words like trauma, gaslighting and narcissist accurately.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Marc on Linkedin
Mar 14, 2023 • 32min
The World Unfolding Ahead with Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett, the host of “On Being” an adventure in the mystery and the art of living, joins Leah Smart to examine and talk about life after the pandemic, economic challenges, events that have changed us and more. They dive into the importance of finding our meaning and how to manage the matter of our inner lives.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Krista on TwitterLearn more about On Being
Mar 7, 2023 • 30min
Understanding Yourself Using the Enneagram
This week, Leah chats with Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober, writer, community psychologist and certified Enneagram coach as they dive into the Enneagram, one of the most powerful personality typing system that helps you understand your core motivations, your biggest fears, your biggest desires, and the best ways to improve.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Ashton on InstagramGet Ashton's NewsletterBook a call with Ashton
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Feb 28, 2023 • 38min
Shawn Achor on Optimizing Happiness
In today’s episode, Leah sits down with Shawn Achor, author and happiness researcher who is best known for his book, The Happiness Advantage, as they discuss how happiness is a choice we can make each day. They explore ways we can focus on the positive aspects of our lives, why being mindful of our circumstances matters, and how to change the way you think to be content in your day to day.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Shawn Achor on Linkedin
Feb 21, 2023 • 37min
Dr. Mark Hyman on Exploring Longevity
In today’s episode, Leah sits down with New York Times bestselling author and international leader in the field of Functional Medicine Dr. Mark Hyman as they discuss how we can live a lifestyle that makes us feel 20 years younger than our chronological age. They dive into the four main pillars of longevity: diet, exercise, stress management, and sleep and how to make this a part of your everyday life.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Dr. Mark Hyman on Linkedin
Feb 14, 2023 • 40min
John and Julie Gottman on Making a Relationship Last
In today’s episode, Leah sits down with world-renowned relationship researchers and authors Drs. John and Julie Gottman as they discuss what they have observed in 40 years of research on couples and the small strategies you can use to improve the quality of your partnership or prepare for what’s around the corner.Follow Leah on LinkedinThe Gottman Institute on Linkedin
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Feb 7, 2023 • 50min
Finding Our Purpose Through Ikigai with Tim Tamashiro
Leah talks to Tim Tamashiro, author of “How to Ikigai” about finding your purpose. As an ongoing student and teacher, Tim shares the tools to find your ikigai, where most people get stuck, and how we tend to go wrong with purpose.Follow Leah on LinkedinFollow Tim on LinkedinAttend Tim Tamashiro's Class on Skill Share
Jan 31, 2023 • 27min
Dr. Myron Rolle on The 2% Way
In this episode of In the Arena, Leah speaks with neurosurgeon, author & former NFL Player, Dr. Myron Rolle about his 2% methodology. Myron’s philosophy of incremental improvement has taken him from Oxford to a Rhodes Scholarship, and the NFL to a residency at Harvard.Follow Leah On LinkedinFollow Dr. Rolle on Linkedin
Jan 24, 2023 • 46min
Can’t Meditate? Try This with JP Crimi
If you think you've found your favorite kind of meditation, maybe you haven't considered breath work yet. It can help reduce stress, restore your energy and improve your mental health. In this episode Leah and In the Arena’s former producer, Michele O’Brien, experimented with conscious connected breathing. Celebrity trainer and sober coach turned breathwork teacher, JP Crimi, has created a class where everyone gets an experience like personal training (for your breath) and leaves blissful. Follow Leah Smart of LinkedinFollow J.P Crimi on Linkedin
