
The Human Flourishing Project
Hi, I'm Alex Epstein.
I started the Human Flourishing project to tackle the problem I care about most: human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge we need to flourish.
Latest episodes

Apr 24, 2020 • 27min
Episode 69: The disruption playlist
Alex Epstein shares a “playlist” of Human Flourishing Project episodes with helpful tactics for dealing with disruption. He also answers a listener question about how to productively deal with fear.

Apr 18, 2020 • 40min
Episode 68: Triumphing over disruption (part 2)
In the second Human Flourishing Project live workshop Alex Epstein guides participants through an updated version of the “Triumphing Over Disruption” exercise.

Apr 11, 2020 • 1h 1min
Episode 67: Triumphing over disruption (part 1)
In the first ever Human Flourishing Project live workshop Alex Epstein guides participants through the “Triumphing Over Disruption” exercise.

Apr 4, 2020 • 27min
Episode 66: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 2)
Alex Epstein discusses a powerful question for coming up with creative ways to improve life during a massive disruption.

Mar 28, 2020 • 28min
Episode 65: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 1)
Alex Epstein discusses strategies for transforming the massive disruption of our lives into the basis for significant personal growth.

Mar 14, 2020 • 19min
Episode 64: Flourishing during a pandemic
Alex Epstein discusses some tactics for overcoming the mental and emotional challenges of the current pandemic + recession.

Mar 14, 2020 • 43min
Episode 63: Insights on fasting and food frequency
Alex Epstein is joined again by nutrition expert Ray Cronise, who shares insights on Alex’s experiments with fasting and gives Alex a new fasting goal.

Mar 7, 2020 • 28min
Episode 62: An Invitation to Thoughtful
Alex discusses his new app, Thoughtful, with cocreator Brian Amerige, and shares an exclusive invitation for Human Flourishing Project listeners.

Feb 29, 2020 • 18min
Episode 61: Lessons From Fasting
Alex Epstein discusses what he’s learned in the attempt to incorporate more fasting into his life.

Feb 15, 2020 • 21min
Episode 60: The value of meditation, revisited
Alex Epstein discusses the new insights about meditation he gained from the Flow Meditation online course by James Brown.