We Can Do Hard Things Podcast

419. How to Stay Human with Suleika Jaouad

Artist and New York Times bestselling author, Suleika Jaouad, returns to discuss the importance of creative processes for staying human.

-The surprising ways attachment theory shapes our creative expression and self-worth.

-Challenges artists face when promoting their workand how Glennon and Suleika resist the public pressures.

-A simple yet powerful journaling practice to unlock self-connection and creative clarity.

Suleika Jaouad is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Between Two Kingdoms. She wrote the Emmy Award-winning New York Times column and video series Life, Interrupted, and she is also the subject, along with husband Jon Batiste, of the Oscar-nominated documentary American Symphony. A visual artist, her large-scale watercolors are the focus of several upcoming exhibitions. She is also the creator of the Isolation Journals, a weekly newsletter and global community and her latest book, The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life, is available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

418. Why You Cant Pay AttentionAnd How to Get It Back with Dr. Amishi Jha

Director of Contemplative Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, Dr. Amishi Jha joins us to discuss how we can cultivate and develop our attention in a way that allows us to maximize the meaning, fulfillment, and joy in our lives.

-The three types of attentional systems and how we use them in our daily lives;

-Why attention is a limited resource and how to make the most of it;

-Why multitasking is a myth; and

-A mindfulness practice to fuel your attentional capacity in just 12-minutes.

Dr. Amishi Jha, PhD is Director of Contemplative Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami. She leads research on the neural bases of attention and the effects of mindfulness-based training programs on cognition, emotion, resilience, and performance in education, corporate, elite sports, first-responder, and military contexts. In her national bestseller, Peak Mind she shares her discoveries on how attention can be trained for optimal performance and well-being.

For the Peak Mind book, go to: https://amishi.com/books/peak-mind

For the Peak Mind Interactive app, go to: https://peakmind.media/

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We all want tools to navigate (and minimize!) family drama. 



Today, Nedra Glover Tawwab teaches us how we can create drama free families: 

 

How to speak up for yourself when it feels like going against the group; 

Why confrontation is often the kindest thing; 

When, exactly, we should bring up conflict & when to let it go;

The most loving way a parent can respond to a child in pain. 



For more with Nedra Glover Tawwab, check out: ⁠Episode 124 How to Say No: Boundaries with Nedra Glover Tawwab⁠.



About Nedra: 

Nedra Glover Tawwab is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Drama Free and Set Boundaries, Find Peace. A licensed therapist and sought-after relationship expert, she has practiced relationship therapy for more than fifteen years. Tawwab has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning Show to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice. Tawwab runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices, tools, and reflections for mental health and relationships. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family.



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1. Why it’s important to prioritize our own needs, wants, and feelings–and how that creates freedom and peace for those we love.

2. What Glennon says was the hardest thing about telling her kids that Craig and she were getting a divorce–and how truth telling frees us all.

3. Martha’s helpful strategy for how to choose freedom over fear when we’re faced with a tough decision.



About Martha:



Dr. Martha Beck is a New York Times bestselling author, life coach, and speaker. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one of the smartest women I know.” Martha is a passionate and engaging teacher, known for her unique combination of science, humor, and spirituality. Her newest book, The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, was an instant New York Times Best Seller.



Book: ⁠The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self⁠

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424. Living with Bipolar Disorder: Cameron Esposito

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and friend, Cameron Esposito joins us for a conversation about being diagnosed and living with bipolar disorder.

-Cameron takes us inside a manic episode and shares what it really felt like-The beauty and heartbreak of loving someone with a mental illness-What it means to be a witness to your own pain and your life-How comedy changes on and off medication for Cameron 

Cameron Esposito is a standup comic, actor & writer. A nationally and internationally touring headliner, Cameron has released three specials, including the culture-shifting Rape Jokes, and three albums, the award-winning Same Sex Symbol amongst them. As an actor, Cameron has been seen on Netflix, Max, Prime Video, Hulu & many more, as well as in big budget movies & Sundance indies.  Cameron is the author of the bestselling book, Save Yourself, about growing up very religious and very gay and hosted the long-running podcast, Queery.Cameron will be on tour with their next hour of standup in select cities this year before it debuts at Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater in the fall. Cameron Esposito released their newest standup special, Four Pills—about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 40 – on comedy streaming service Dropout to broad acclaim; it was featured in Variety, the LA Times and People. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices