Dr. Emma Seppälä, is a psychologist, bestselling author and faculty of the Yale School of Management where she directs the Women's Leadership Program. She is also Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and an international keynote speaker. Her areas of expertise are positive leadership, intuition, emotional intelligence, well-being and social connection. Her scholarly research has been published in top academic journals like Frontiers and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and featured in major news outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, ABC News, CBS News and more.

Today on the show we discuss: the science of intuition and how to use it to your advantage, whether or not she believes you should always trust your gut, how to know if you have a strong intuition, what it actually takes to improve your ability to trust yourself, why the most toxic relationship in your life is typically not your romantic partner, how to make better decisions in your life, common intuition misconceptions and much more.

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