Health and Wellness

Ep 230. Dana Suskind: Parent Nation

Ep 230. Dana Suskind: Parent Nation

Dr. Suskind is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and is Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health. . She is also the author of the bestselling book, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain. Stew and Dana discuss her latest book, Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise, and the ways parents can use developmental neuroscience to help their children grow and ultimately to build a society that works for families and for all of us…[Click for more]

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Ep 223. Larry Hirschhorn: A Father's Grief

Ep 223. Larry Hirschhorn: A Father's Grief

Larry Hirschhorn is a Principal and one of the founders of the Center for Applied Research (CFAR), a management consulting firm with offices in Philadelphia and Boston; a founder of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO); and the founder and director of Dynamics of Consulting, a program for experienced coaches and consultants. He has published several books and many articles linking organizational functioning to psychodynamics, among them The Workplace Within and Reworking Authority., both published by MIT Press. Larry has a PhD in Economics from MIT. Stew talks with Larry about his recently published book Grieving Aaron: Poems in Response to the Death of My Adult Son. Larry’s professional background makes him uniquely suited to offer profoundly useful insights for all those who are grieving losses and dislocations due to the death of loved ones, especially in pandemic times…[Click for more]

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Ep 220. Rob Cross: Breaking Free From Collaboration Overload

Ep 220. Rob Cross: Breaking Free From Collaboration Overload

Rob Cross is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College and the author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead and Restore Your Well-Being. He has studied the underlying network dynamics of effective organizations for more than 20 years. Rob is cofounder and Research Director of the Connected Commons business consortium and is the coauthor of five other books, including The Hidden Power of Social Networks. Stew talks with Rob about the causes of the epidemic of too much collaboration at work and how this problem has reduced productivity and well-being in all parts of our lives. Rob describes how to identify and reduce what he calls the now-common “micro-stressors” in our lives…[Click for more]

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Ep 216. Jen Fisher: How to Work Better Together

Ep 216. Jen Fisher: How to Work Better Together

Jen Fisher is Deloitte’s chief well-being officer in the United States and the co-author of Work Better Together: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines. Stew talks with Jen about relationships at work, how the pandemic as well as technology have had an impact on work connections and performance, and why it’s crucial to care for yourself if you’re going to succeed…[Click for more]

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Ep 215. Ulcca Joshi Hansen: The Future of Smart

Ep 215. Ulcca Joshi Hansen: The Future of Smart

Ulcca Joshi Hansen, a researcher and education advocate, is the author of The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive. Stew talks with Ulcca about what we want our children to learn, what they are actually being taught in our schools, what it means to be “smart” in today’s in today’s complex world, and how the educational system we have had for centuries has to change…[Click for more]

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Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Richard Culatta is author of Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World. He serves as CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE); senior fellow at NYU’s GovLab; and design resident at IDEO. Richard was appointed by President Obama as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education. Stew talks with Richard about practical ideas for how we can cultivate good digital citizenship in our children by developing five essential qualities: focusing on the quality and value of specific content and not on the amount of time spent online;…[Click for more]

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Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Latha Poonamallee is an Associate Professor, Chair of Faculty of Management, and University Fellow at the New School in New York City. She and Stew discuss her new book, Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World. Latha explains that meditation and mindfulness are tools that can change how we do business and are part of a new way to lead us to a better, more equitable world and how technology can be harnessed for good…[Click for more]

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Ep 209. Lauren Smith Brody: The Fifth Trimester

Ep 209. Lauren Smith Brody: The Fifth Trimester

Lauren Smith Brody is the founder of The Fifth Trimester and author of the bestselling book The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby. She was previously the executive editor of Glamour magazine. Stew talks with Lauren about practical advice for working mothers following their children’s arrival…[Click for more]

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Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Liya Shuster-Bier is the founder and CEO of Alula, a radically honest platform for cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors. She is a cancer survivor herself. Prior to Alula, Liya built a career in community development and impact investing, partnering with mayors and governors across the country to create innovative financing solutions that improved community outcomes. Stew talks with Liya about her inspiring leadership story of transforming an excruciating pain in your life into something of value to others…[Click for more]

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Ep 205. Katy Milkman: The Science of How to Change

Ep 205. Katy Milkman: The Science of How to Change

Katy Milkman is an award-winning behavioral scientist and the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She hosts Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology and is the co-founder and co-director of The Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center at the University of Pennsylvania with the mission of advancing the science of lasting behavior change. This work is being chronicled by Freakonomics Radio. Stew talks with Katy about her new book, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy shares her very practical advice about how to craft a way to get things done that is tailored to your own particular stumbling blocks…[Click for more]

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Ep 203. Joann Lublin: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

Ep 203. Joann Lublin: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

Joann Lublin was management news editor for The Wall Street Journal until she retired in April 2018, and she is still a regular Journal contributor. She shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for stories about corporate scandals and was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement from the Loeb Awards, the highest accolade in business journalism. Stew and Joann discuss her new book -- Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life -- which explores the emotional and professional challenges women face as they try to move forward in their careers while raising a family…[Click for more]

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Ep 202. Susan McPherson: The Lost Art of Connecting

Ep 202. Susan McPherson: The Lost Art of Connecting

Susan McPherson brings 25+ years of experience in marketing PR, and communications to her new book -- The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Stew talks with Susan about the very best question to ask -- How can I help you? -- and how to build relationships at work and elsewhere….[Click for more]

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Ep 197. Cal Newport: A World Without Email

Ep 197. Cal Newport: A World Without Email

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, a New York Times bestselling author on the intersection of technology and culture. He's written seven books, including Digital Minimalism and Deep Work. Stew and Cal discuss his new book, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload…[Click for more]

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Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Erik Peper, a professor in the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, is an internationally known expert on workplace health, stress management and holistic health. Stew and Erik discuss his book Tech Stress: How Technology Is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics and how to cope in ways that reduce stress and strain, increase energy and avoid burnout…[Click for more]

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Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Dr. Kristen Shockley is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia studying how companies adapted during the pandemic, or how they haven’t adjusted, to meet the needs of worker productivity and well-being. Stew’ and Kristen discuss how couples forced to handle childcare, housework, and their day jobs have divided the responsibilities, managed zoom fatigue…[Click for more]

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Ep 183. Uma Naidoo, M.D.: This is Your Brain on Food

Ep 183. Uma Naidoo, M.D.: This is Your Brain on Food

Dr. Uma Naidoo, Harvard based psychiatrist, chef, and author of This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, PTSD, ADHD, OCD and More, is regarded internationally as a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first US hospital-based clinical service in this area. Uma describes to Stew, in very practical terms, the ways that different kinds of food affect our moods, well-being, and productivity…[Click for more]

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Ep 171. Larry Hagner: The Dad's Edge

Ep 171. Larry Hagner: The Dad's Edge

Larry Hagner is the founder of the Good Dad Project and the author of The Dad's Edge: 9 Simple Ways to Have: Unlimited Patience, Improved Relationships, and Positive Lasting Memories.. Stew and Larry talk about men’s roles in their families; the obstacles they face at home, at work, and in society that conspire against them being the dads they want to be for their children; the changes occurring in men’s and fathers’ roles; how the pandemic is having an impact on dads at home and at work…[Click for more]

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Ep 170. Christine Beckman: Living, Working and Parenting in the Digital Age

Ep 170. Christine Beckman: Living, Working and Parenting in the Digital Age

Christine Beckman is The Price Family Chair in Social Innovation and Professor of Public Policy at the Price Center for Social Innovation in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, and the author of Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working and Parenting in the Digital Age. Stew and Christine talk about the pluses and minuses of technology for working families, especially during these pandemic times…[Click for more]

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Ep 161. Tom Rath: Life's Great Question

Ep 161. Tom Rath: Life's Great Question

Tom Rath, #1 bestselling author of non-fiction books in history, has a new book, Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute to the World. Stew and Tom discuss the importance — for one’s own health and well-being — of being focused helping others and contributing to the greater good…[Click for more]

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Ep 159. Suvrat Bhargave: A Moment of Insight

Ep 159. Suvrat Bhargave: A Moment of Insight

Dr. Suvrat Bhargave is the author of a new book called Moment of Insight: Universal Lessons Learned from a Psychiatrist's Couch. Stew and Dr. Bhargave discuss how shame, self-worth, the stigma of mental illness, how to raise children who feel good about themselves…[Click for more]

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