Unconventional Thinkers

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In this wide ranging interview, we talk with author and professor Barbara Oakley.  We talk about 

• Her journey from mathphobe to a professor of engineering
• Her book "A Mind for Numbers"
• Her Coursera course, "Learning to Learn" which is the new most popular massive open online course of all time   

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In this wide ranging interview, best-selling author David Burns who popularized cognitive behavioral therapy changing the mental health of people's lives. We talk about: 

• His interesting journey to Harvard Medical School
• The field of cognitive behavioral therapy
• His belief that antidepressants may be nothing more than a placebo

We talk to David Hanscom, author of Back in Control, a spine surgeon's roadmap out of chronic pain/ Among the topics we talk about include

• His 15 year old battle with chronic pain
• How writing reduces anxiety
• How expressive writing is the starting point of recovery
• Why it is often better NOT to discuss your problems
• Active meditation

Please be sure to check out his book at the following link: 

Back in Control

His website is also excellent.

http://www.backincontrol.com/

 We hope you enjoy this interview!

Active mediation

We talk to Gina Ryan, host of The Anxiety Coaches Podcast.  Among the topics we talk about include

• Gina’s 20 year  private struggle with anxiety
• Her work with eating disorder patients and the realization that anxiety was at the root of her client’s problems
• The importance of meditation

 We hope you enjoy this interview!

We talk to Chuck Culpepper, sports writer of the Washington Post. He has written everywhere including the Los Angeles Times, Sports on Earth and the National. Among the topics we talk about include

• His love of traveling
• Lessons learned from traveling
• His writing practice

We hope you enjoy this interview!

In this wide ranging interview, we talk with Stephen Warley, host of the podcast “Life Skills That Matter”. Warley teaches people things how to work for themselves. Among the topics we talk about include

• The power of self-awareness
• The benefits of a daily writing habit
• The inevitability for working for yourself

We hope you enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Stephen Warley. 

In this wide ranging interview, we talk with Mitch Horowitz, the definition of a polymath. He is a writer. A soon-to-be physicist. AND a professional boxer. 

• His book "Not Caring What Others People Think is a Superpower"
• Why he gave up alcohol
• Lessons learned from his first loss as professional boxer
• So much more

In this wide ranging interview, we talk with Mitch Horowitz, best known for the books "One Simple Idea" and "Occult America". We talk about: 

• The history of positive thinking
• Advice on persistence and procrastination
• How to live a good life
• His career trajectory as a writer

In this wide ranging interview, we talk with John Lee Dumas, host of Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast.  His guests have included Seth Godin and Tony Robbins. We talk about: 

• The lessons learned from interviewing over 1700 entrepreneurs
• The importance of being a person of value and not a person of success
• How he grew podcast to generating multiple seven figures of income

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In this wide ranging interview, we talk with author and professor James Pennebaker.  We talk about 

• Why writing is such a powerful weapon when dealing with trauma
• The backstory in discovering this powerful idea
• His book "The Secret Life of Pronouns", which talks about the importance of watching your words