Everyday Better with Leah Smart
LinkedIn
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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Apr 5, 2022 • 35min
Finding the Love in Work with Marcus Buckingham
Leah sits down with world-renowned speaker and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham to talk about harnessing the power of your own uniqueness and making sure that you can find the moments of flow in your work.Follow Marcus Buckingham on LinkedinFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Mar 29, 2022 • 38min
Time Traveling Well with Dr. Sherry Walling
This week, Leah talks with clinical psychologist, podcast host, and author Sherry Walling about mental health, grief, and how entrepreneurs in particular can go all-out towards pursuing their passions while also avoiding burnout.Follow Sherry on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Mar 22, 2022 • 37min
Marc Champagne on Asking the Right Questions
This week, Leah dives deep with mental fitness expert Marc Champagne, author of Personal Socrates. Marc explains how a well-timed question can get to the heart of what you need, and why we should be aiming to be just 1% better every day.Follow Marc on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Mar 15, 2022 • 42min
Reshma Saujani on Finding Your Purpose
This week, Leah talks with Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. They dive into why it’s so important for people – particularly women – to find their purpose, and how to empower yourself even as you fight for systemic change.Follow Reshma on LinkedInFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Mar 8, 2022 • 47min
Dr. Jim Doty on the Science of Compassion and Manifestation
This week, Leah talks with neurosurgeon andbestselling author Jim Doty, author of Into the Magic Shop and founder of Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, CCARE. Dr. Doty’s work proves that compassion is more than just good to talk about, it can actually improve your health and lengthen your life.Follow Dr. Doty on LinkedinFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Mar 1, 2022 • 42min
Gretchen Rubin on Making Happiness Work for You
This week, Leah talks with bestselling author and podcast host Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project to get to the bottom of happiness – and why who you truly are may be your most important clue to how to be happier.Follow Gretchen on LinkedIn and check out her work at https://gretchenrubin.com/Follow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Feb 22, 2022 • 46min
Liz Fosslien on Big Feelings
This week in the arena, illustrator and bestselling coauthor Liz Fosslien joins Leah to talk about some of our Big Feelings, the subject of the book she co-authored with Mollie West Duffy. Liz and Leah get into the feelings we're not “supposed” to show – Uncertainty, Anger, Comparison, and Regret – and dig into why it’s important to work through, rather than ignore them, so you can show up better for yourself and those who matter.Follow Liz on LinkedIn and check out her work with Mollie West Duffy at https://www.lizandmollie.comFollow Leah and In The Arena on LinkedIn
Feb 15, 2022 • 46min
Jessi Hempel Jumps In with Amelia and Emily Nagoski
In an episode from the Hello Monday archives, Jessi Hempel talks with Amelia and Emily Nagoski, authors of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle about emotional exhaustion and how to fix burnout.
Feb 1, 2022 • 26min
Jessi Hempel Jumps In with Morra Aarons-Mele
While we focus on a revamp of sorts at In the Arena, we're sharing a few episodes from the Hello Monday archives. Today, Jessi Hempel talks with Morra Aarons-Mele, host of the HBR podcast The Anxious Achiever about (what else?!) anxiety.
Jan 11, 2022 • 41min
Michael Bungay Stanier on How to Begin
This week in the arena, bestselling author of The Coaching Habit, Michael Bungay Stanier is sharing how to start doing something that matters to you. In his new book, How To Begin, Michael blends coaching, motivation, and accountability to help you align with a goal that has the 3 characteristics he calls essential- important, daunting, and thrilling. No matter your vision, this formula will get you there.
