Today’s podcast reviews a topic of conversation that came up last night with some colleagues in the behavioral science field. The question of how to get people on board to apply newer ideas like ours can be challenging, so I shared what I’ve learned as a useful frame for doing so. Curiously enough, the approach I share is quite generalizable across a number of situations, so I take some time to articulate it here. I hope you find it insightful! As always, thanks for listening. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

So much is going on right now. US Politics is rocking the country and the world around it. Major economic changes are reaching a cusp. AI continues to evolve and progress. And then all of us continue to try to work and live day to day as it unfolds. It’s a complicated time with a lot of processing we would benefit from doing, but without the time to do it, it would appear. I share my thoughts on where we are, including my concerns about those observations. I hope you find some value in what I share and that it makes you think. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack post, which you can find at https://mbest.substack.com/the-substance . I review the movie The Substance and share my five main takeaways. It was a very thought provoking experience, so I wanted to invest some time into reflecting on what I think it means for us. I hope you find it insightful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a follow-up to my most recent episode. The first week of March was an eventful one, both for me and Rio de Janeiro. Carnaval brings a special air to the city, along with over a million extra tourists from around the world who drink in the experience. I share what that experience was like for me this year and my observations, which I hope you enjoy listening to here. Thanks for your time. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

After spending an amazing week with close friends from the US here in Rio, I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on that time with them and what it meant to me. Friendship is such a special thing, and I value it so highly in my life. This time with them rejuvenated me and left me with feelings of deep gratitude and joy. I share a bit about why in today’s episode, which I hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest article on Substack, titled “The Shadow”, which you can see here: https://open.substack.com/pub/mbest/p/the-shadow . I dive into the concept of the shadow and how engaging with it can help us better understand who we are and become more integrated versions of ourselves. I hope you find it to be an insightful piece. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast reflects on what I used to be super fired up about, lost a bit along the way, and am now finding again as I start the year, but this time with more depth and nuance. These cycles in life are quite beautiful, in my view, which I hope you can perceive in this episode. Life truly offers so much to us. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, Run, which you can see here: mbest.substack.com/p/run. I’m the article, I talk through my journey to running and what the keys for me were to become a runner. In my post-read reflection, I share some of my thoughts on the way meditation has combined with running for me and the beauty of observing the mind with the body in motion. I hope you find some insights that you can apply in your own life in this episode. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection from Gabi and me on our wedding as we officially pass the two-year mark. We talk about what we remember from the day after our wedding, the wedding itself, and how we have changed since then. The conversation then turns to our views on personality growth and how malleable we are, meditation and its power, and Gabi’s “nervous legs” which turned out to be new for me. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find some value in it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a 2-part episode. I start with a little review of the weekend and the good stuff I got out of it, which then peels into a little monologue about the games we play socially and our lack of intimacy. We often perceive significant costs to being intimate with others, which I challenge here, given there are many unseen costs to avoiding intimacy. I hope you find some value in the message. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.