When you keep hearing that you need to love yourself, and nobody gives you instructions in how, its easy to feel stuck (and not any more loved). But self-loving people are not a different breed of human being: theyve just internalized certain lessons ea

If youve had an experience that overwhelmed your ability to cope, or when youve been in an environment where you were regularly unable to cope, youve experienced psychological trauma. In this episode, we share seven principles for living well with our

In this episode, we advocate for capital-letter Truth, Morality and Beauty in our purportedly post-modern world, and we argue that these ideals are not quaintly outdated, but necessary for society to function and for you (as an adult) to be at your happie

Since the dawn of time, philosophers have grappled with how to cope with our knowledge of death, both when it happens to loved ones and when it happens to us. In this episode, we do our best to answer this age-old question, referencing both traditional wi

If you do adult life well enough, eventually youll be considered such an exemplar of adult behaviour that your boss will ask you to lead other people, or you will naturally end up being a leader by virtue of having more skill or knowledge. But promotions

So many of us grew up hearing from adults that work is necessarily hard, or that money is necessarily hard to come by. Yet younger generations have exceeded their parents in many ways, and work does not need to be an exception. In this episode, we share s

For the first 18 years of your life, your parents were responsible for ensuring that you had adequate food, clothes and shelter. Once you reach adulthood, its you, not your parents, who hold this responsibility. But unless weve been show how to perform

By the time we reach adulthood, were expected to be responsible for our own thoughts and emotions: we cant just blame other people every time were unhappy or upset. But if you didnt learn how to be happy and relaxed in childhood, how can you expect to

Throughout this podcast, weve made the case (and we will continue to make the case) that living an excellent life requires us to abide by a set of principles that are universal enough that we could say they are in accordance with human nature. But why? A

You can find many people and traditions that will tell you to honour and respect your parents. In this episode, we make a case for why, in adulthood, you must exceed your parents too. Unless we do this, society will become more closed and intolerant, rath