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124 How To Train Your Mind To Let Go Of Unhelpful Perfectionism With Self-Compassion

124 How To Train Your Mind To Let Go Of Unhelpful Perfectionism With Self-Compassion

Letting Go of Perfectionism—A Meditation: After a quick recap on perfectionism, Dr. Juna leads listeners through a 5-minute guided meditation focused on self-compassion to help dial back unhelpful perfectionistic tendencies. An excerpt from episode # 104 with meditation teacher Elizabeth Pyjov JD and founder of Happiness Sangha gives instructions on how to make even short meditations a powerful practice. Self-compassion is key for productivity and achievement without burnout.

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123 Recovering From Perfectionism With Jordana Confino, Yale Law School Graduate, Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School

123 Recovering From Perfectionism With Jordana Confino, Yale Law School Graduate, Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School

A recovering perfectionist, Positive Lawyering Professor, graduate of the Yale Law School, Jordana Confino talks about her journey to becoming a mindset coach for lawyers and other high achieving professionals. Listen for real life applicable tips on how to not burn out from Jordana who was a top student at high school, Yale, and Yale Law, only to face burnout, discover positive psychology, and ultimately find her passion by helping other perfectionists thrive.

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119 Why Healthy Habits Need To Start As Young As Possible: Primordial Prevention

119 Why Healthy Habits Need To Start As Young As Possible: Primordial Prevention

In this week's episode, Dr. Juna discusses the different types of disease prevention - tertiary, secondary, primary, and primordial. She explains what each type means, focusing especially on primordial prevention and the importance of establishing healthy habits from a very young age. Main discussion points: - Definitions of tertiary, secondary, primary, and primordial prevention - Starting healthy lifestyle habits early, especially in childhood, can have lifelong benefits - Healthy habits positively impact wellness, performance, energy levels, and happiness

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The Importance of Family and the Future of AI, with Asha Saxena

The Importance of Family and the Future of AI, with Asha Saxena

In this informative episode, Asha Saxena, author of the best selling book "The AI Factor", successful tech entrepreneur and founder of WLDA, Women Leaders in Data and AI, shares her insights on the profound influence of AI and how anyone can get started on getting familiar with AI.

This episode is packed with wisdom and inspiration from Asha's long career as a successful entrepreneur in tech consulting. Asha also shares a heartfelt story about her biggest supporter who was also a role model in entrepreneurship—her mom.

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116 Four Basic Tools for Learning How to Fail Well According to Amy Edmondson, Author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well"

116 Four Basic Tools for Learning How to Fail Well According to Amy Edmondson, Author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well"

What are the four basic tools that we can master in order to fail well? This is a follow-up episode to highlight my interview with Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School Professor and author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well". Grab a pen and paper and let's practice failing well together!

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115 Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well with Dr. Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School
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115 Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well with Dr. Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School

If you're human, then you've felt the disappointment of failure. Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, helps us reframe the concept of failure, both in our personal and professional lives by sharing her research backed insights.

Whoever you are in the world, this episode will help you discover intelligent failure so that you can limit preventable failures, stress and thrive.

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82 McArthur Genius Recipient and Author of 'Grit' Angela Duckworth: Part I. On Parenting

82 McArthur Genius Recipient and Author of 'Grit' Angela Duckworth: Part I. On Parenting

You’ll be surprised to find out that according to research, two seemingly opposing components of parenting styles work best together. I'm so grateful to have Angela Duckworth as my guest on this podcast. You've probably heard her name before, because her TED Talk is one of the most watched TED talks of all time. She is also the author of the well known book on Grit, the power of passion and perseverance.

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112 How to Decrease Anxiety and Get Focused in a Hyper Texting Digital World with Caitlin Begg

112 How to Decrease Anxiety and Get Focused in a Hyper Texting Digital World with Caitlin Begg

In today's digital age, where texting and emailing have become the norms of communication, it's important to consider the effects of asynchronous communication.. Caitlin (Caity) Begg, the founder of Authentic Social, shares her unique perspective on how to stay focused in a hyperconnected world.

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