Personality tests have become a hugely popular way for people to figure out how they learn, communicate, work and more. They are often used in hiring. In this episode I will go over some of the most popular personality tests and unload some accuracy issues they have. I’ll also share the science behind personality testing and some more accurate ways to put these ideas to work for you.

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Resilience is actually a widely undisputed topic due to the extensive research and science that has been done to back it up. Follow along as I share some of the important info from these studies and explore further by questioning if resilience can be changed over time. I also introduce micro-resilience which is an awesome concept that I found out about and share some of the strategy and benefits of it.

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We tend to think of yoga as just stretching and holding poses, but in truth, it’s so much more than that. I’m fairly new to yoga, having started practicing regularly back in January, but it really has helped me decrease my stress and increase my patience, in addition to other notable benefits.

But since I’m certainly not an expert on the subject, I have Harvard- and Yale-trained psychiatrist, therapist, and certified yoga teacher Dr. Marlynn Wei on the show today. Co-author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga: 8 Weeks to Strength, Awareness, and Flexibility, Marylnn has been featured in Cosmo, Shape, Harvard Health, and Huffington Post, and she joins the podcast to share the amazing effects of yoga. Listen in to learn how even practicing for mere minutes a few times a week could have a major positive impact on your life.

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Organization is a pretty undisputed way to improve your life in many ways and is a huge part of the self-help world. This week I’ll be exploring what kind of effects being organized has on your life and what kind of research is out there (not a lot!) to back it up. I’ll also share my journey with organization – how I went from quite a slob to almost too organized and how I maintain balance.

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The world of weight loss is full of bad information, bias and confusion. I’m really excited to bring Dr. Katrina Ubell on the show today to help us understand what really works when it comes weight loss. She coaches busy doctors and helps them lose weight and has so much success with this that these doctors are going on to help their patients in the same way.

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There are so many coaches and self-help books out there talking about the Law of Attraction and urging you to adopt it into your life. In this episode I’m going to explore the fascinating research behind this concept and explaining how it does and does not work. There are a few scientific concepts that people use to validate it that don’t check out completely – I’ll explain this as well as what DOES actually validate it.

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I was socially awkward growing up and have figured out how to talk with people and position myself in better ways. I know a lot of people deal with insecurity or awkwardness when it comes to talking to and relating to people so I decided to dive into this topic and the science behind charisma. Taking some classic wisdom from Dale Carnegie and combining it with some more recent research, I dig up some great info on how to relate to your fellow humans better.

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Making decisions can be really tricky and we often have limitations that get in the way. Today I’m going to explore the science and facts behind intuition since it seems to have quite an important role in the self-help industry and decision making. We use intuition daily but can we rely on it to make important decisions? When and how can we rely on it and how does it work? All these questions will be answered.

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Life coaching and therapy have very different stigmas and misconceptions that are common to each area. Dr. Sasha Heinz joins me on the show today to explain the different methodology used in the two and shed some light on why she prefers coaching. Although coaching does not need a particular license, Sasha was drawn to the field and even got her PhD for it.

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We talk about things like happiness, sadness, and anger every day, but have you ever stopped to think about what an emotion is and where it comes from? Perhaps even more importantly, have you ever wondered if you can actively change what you’re feeling? This episode answers those questions and more.

I’ll explain the science behind emotions, how they’re generated in our brains, and how they impact the way we experience the world. While emotions are complicated and multi-faceted, research has shown that they're not hardwired into our brains—and that means we have the power to control them so they don’t control us. Tune in to hear how it all works now.

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