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Diana Hill, PhD: How to Discover Your Deepest Motivation


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Learn how to move beyond trivial, distracting goals and tap into your hidden (and most fulfilling) motivations and latent “genius gifts,” with clinical psychologist Diana Hill’s research-backed “Wise Effort Method.”

Have you ever felt on a gut level that you’ve been distracting yourself with “surface-level” goals—rather than being passionately pulled toward what truly fulfills you? In this episode of Insights At The Edge, Tami Simon joins Diana Hill, PhD, a leading psychologist and the author of Wise Effort. With them, you’ll learn and practice some of Diana’s most effective, research-backed exercises for discovering your heart’s deepest hidden motivations—and your overlooked “genius gifts” for empowering those desires.

Don’t miss this exceptionally practice-rich episode to explore:

  • The difference between surface goals and deep motivation.
  • “Deep Motivation” – Why willpower and discipline never win long-term, and how to let your true North Star values pull you passionately into your days.
  • 3 questions for getting unstuck from unhealthy relationships, work situations, and addictive behaviors.
  • How to identify your “genius qualities” (yes, you have plenty of them!)
  • An incredibly effective one-minute exercise: “To reveal your deepest values, just follow your pain.”
  • “Choice Points” – Tuning in to the daily crucial moments where our values and actions accrue a life of either joy or regret.
  • How to gain “psychological flexibility,” the one science-backed strength crucial to positive emotional wellness, and more.
  • Intrigued? Tune in now!

    This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Listeners of Insights At The Edge get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/soundstrue.

    Note: This interview originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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