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Blowing Up Your Life

Have you ever had a flash of insight that hit you when you least expected it? How did it change your life? This week, a look at the “jolts” that shake us out of our routines.

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Making the Most of Your Mistakes

When we’re learning, or trying new things, mistakes are inevitable. Some of these mistakes provide us with valuable information, while others are just harmful. This week, we kick off the new year with researcher Amy Edmondson, who explains the difference between constructive failures and those we should try to avoid.

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Featured Stories

Do You Have Trouble Sleeping?

We know that sleep deprivation can affect our physical health and our mood. But a chronic lack of good sleep can also affect how we make decisions and even what we value.

Why Am I Unhappy?

We often imagine that feelings of unhappiness come from outside us — in our circumstances or the difficult people in our lives. But what if the forces that erode our happiness come from within?

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

When historian Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she became fascinated by the ways people try to impose order on events they can't control. She joins us to explore what it means to live fully when life offers no satisfying explanation for the tragedies we may face.

How to Make a Difference: Part 2

In the second part of our conversation with Martin Seligman, he explains how we can strengthen our sense of agency and learn to see new possibilities.

How to Make a Difference: Part 1

Why do some people act on the possibilities before them, while others come to believe that nothing they do will make a difference? Psychologist Martin Seligman talks with us about his research on learned helplessness.

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