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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Jun 14, 2022 • 37min
Finding Flow in the Kitchen with Julia Turshen
This week, acclaimed cookbook author, podcaster, and cooking teacher Julia Turshen joins Leah to talk about how embodied experiences like cooking soothe anxiety, and how food can be a form of caretaking.Follow Julia on InstagramFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Jun 7, 2022 • 30min
Five Principles to Live By with Reggie Fils-Aimé
In the Arena this week: Reggie Fils-Aimé, former COO of Nintendo and author of the book Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo. Reggie gets into his five life principles – originally delivered as part of a commencement address – and how being methodical helped him in his storied career.Follow Reggie on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
May 31, 2022 • 33min
The Non-Meditator’s Guide to Meditation
This week In the Arena: Meditation coach and founder of The Big Quiet, Jesse Israel. He joins Leah to talk about how his highest career high came crashing down, and how meditation has helped him be the person he wants to be in the world.Follow Jesse on LinkedIn and check out The Big QuietFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
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May 24, 2022 • 44min
Facing Imposter Syndrome with Lisa Orbé-Austin
This week, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re re-releasing an old favorite: Leah’s conversation with Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin on how to confront impostor syndrome head-on. Follow Lisa on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
May 17, 2022 • 34min
Exploring Men’s Mental Health with Sean Harvey
This week in the arena: men’s healing advocate Sean Harvey, leadership coach and founder of Warrior Compassion. He and Leah talk about his focus on men’s healing in particular and why getting into community is always the answer.Follow Sean on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
May 10, 2022 • 39min
Tunde Oyeneyin Is Living on Purpose
Leah sits down to talk with beloved Peloton instructor Tunde Oyeneyin about trusting that everything that’s for you will come exactly when it’s supposed to, how to keep showing up when life doesn’t go you way, and the internal “drumbeat” we can all follow. Follow Tunde on InstagramFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
May 3, 2022 • 30min
Rethinking Digital Ghosting with Erica Dhawan
This week In the Arena: author of Digital Body Language, Erica Dhawan. Leah and Erica talk about rethinking communication (and how we care for each other) in this new hybrid age, and an astonishing statistic about how often we just misinterpret each other.Follow Erica on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Apr 26, 2022 • 37min
The Courage to Create with Morgan Harper Nichols
This week In the Arena: influencer, artist, poet, and author Morgan Harper Nichols. Morgan shares how she got comfortable being creative, why your dream matters and the ways her community and curiosity drive her work.Follow Morgan on LinkedIn and check out her beautiful art on Instagram.Follow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Apr 19, 2022 • 28min
Finding Your Unicorn Space with Eve Rodsky
This week, Leah sits down with Eve Rodsky, speaker and author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space. They get into the delicious possibilities that can present themselves when we’re able to set aside our roles as someone else’s parent, colleague or partner and step into our own passions.Follow Eve on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Apr 12, 2022 • 30min
Deepak Chopra Wants You to Wake Up
Leah sat down in the studio with global spiritual leader Deepak Chopra to talk about his new book Abundance and how peace and joy can come out of tough times. Follow Deepak on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
