The Courageous Life
Founded by coach and teacher Joshua Steinfeldt, The Courageous Life invites you into a deep conversation about finding the courage to pursue what matters most in life, work, and love.
Episodes
251 episodes
On Freedom From Unreasonable Expectations | Jennifer Reid
What would life look like without the constant, crushing weight of guilt?Today’s guest, psychiatrist and author of: Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life From Unreasonable Expectations,&...
On the Power of Saying No to New | Eric Athas
New things are everywhere.And they keep pulling us away from what matters the most in our lives. In his revelatory book: Saying No to New,New York Times Edit...
On Music, Meaning, and Love | Vijay Gupta
By age twenty-five, Vijay Gupta had lived several lifetimes: he played Carnegie Hall at eight, studied at Juilliard and Yale before most had finished high school, joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at ninete...
On the Science of Second Chances | Jennifer Doleac
When criminal justice expert and Stanford-Trained economist, Jennifer Doleac thinks about reform, she’s not just hopeful, she’s optimistic that second chances are possible—fo...
On Tending to the Unfixable & Finding Beauty Anyway | Lisa Olivera
Emotional pain, of all kinds and magnitudes, is part of life. We’ll never be able to find ourselves free of it; no meditation or amount of therapy will cure us of the harder parts of being alive. Celebrated a...
On The Art of Living | Parker J. Palmer & Mark Nepo
Beloved Poet, spiritual teacher, and storyteller Mark Nepo,And Writer, speaker, activist, and founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal, Parker J. Palmer, Have touched ...
On Doing Work that Matters | Miroo Kim
Author and Leadership Coach, Miroo Kim, spent much of her life checking off every seemingly important box. From getting into the right schools, to a 20 year...
The End of Violence | Dr. Gary Slutkin
Violence is often regarded as an unavoidable fact of life. The truth however is far more hopeful: violence is a disease that can be cured. Using a bold new approach, Epidemiologist and violence prevention spe...
On the New Science of Pain and How to Heal | Dr. Rachel Zoffness
Every one of us will experience pain, be it back pain, the pain of childbirth, or living in an aging body. Not a single one of us will escape. But what if everything you thought you kn...
On Choosing Love (No Matter What) | Deeyah Khan
Two time Emmy and Peabody Award winning Documentary Filmmaker Deeyah Khan has dedicated over a decade of her life to making empathetic and unflinching
On Love and The Illusion of Separateness | Elias Amidon
For decades globally renowned spiritual teacher Elias Amidon has been keenly interested in the possibility of awakening to our most enlightened nature.This fascination has led him to live a...
On the Possibility of Meeting Hate with Love | Dr. Barbara Tint
How can we find the courage to come back to love in perilous times? To meet hate with curiosity? And to see, with greater clarity, what connects us, rather divides us?These are the deep and challenging questions w...
[Best of] On Awakening, Belonging, and Love | Henry Shukman
In his revelatory book Original Love, Zen meditation master, award winning author, poet, and renowned spiritual teacher Henry Shuk...
On Love, Storytelling, and Radical Curiosity | Baktash Ahadi
What does it mean to choose love in the times we're in?What will help us to open our hearts again after they close? And see with greater clarity, what connects us, rather divides us?These are the deep and challenging q...
[Best of] On the Power of Love | Stephen G. Post
Professor Stephen G. Post, one of the world’s leading scholars on altruism, love, compassion, and the science of giving, has a beautiful new book out:
On Science, Hope, and Humanity | Matt Kaplan
For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for The Economist. He’s seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the r...
On How to Speak Up When it Matters | Dr. Sunita Sah
Why is it so hard to speak up even when you know something's wrong? This is the question that physician, award-winning organizational psychologist, and tenured Professor at Cornell University,
On Flourishing Despite Life's Challenges | Richard Davidson & Cortland Dahl
In their powerful new book, Born to Flourish,Renowned neuroscientists and contemplative teachers
On Soul Work for Times of Uncertainty | Francis Weller
Over the course of his more than 40 year career,Renowned psychotherapist Francis Weller developed a unique style of practice. What he calls
On a New Way to Thrive in Uncertainty | Elizabeth Weingarten
In his book Letters to a Young PoetCelebrated author and poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote:“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms...
[Best Of] On Expanding Our Window of Tolerance | Dr. David Treleaven
Dr. David Treleaven is a a writer, educator, and trauma professional whose work lies at the intersection of mindfulness and trauma. At the heart of David’s work is the notion that mindfulness is ...
On the Underrated Power of Oversharing | Leslie John
We all know the feeling:That gut-wrenching post-conversation replay, cringing at how much we just revealed. Many of us live in fear of saying too much, so we keep our mouths shut, guard our emotions, and lock away...
[Best Of] On Wisdom & Love in Troubling Times | Mark Nepo & Elizabeth Lesser
In times of great division, disruption, and uncertainty, how can we find the ability to stay grounded? While each of us may find we have different answers, Here are a few that have been emerging for me recently:Th...
On Why We Suffer and How We Heal | Dr. Suzan Song
You may know people who are seemingly unflappable. Steadfast. As if they’ve somehow been inoculated with antibodies to render them able to survive, strive, and even thrive through major life stressors and transitions.&nb...
On the Remedy for a World on Fire | Dr. Joanna Cheek
What if the mental health symptoms we face aren’t the actual problem? What if they’re signals that can help us see and solve the real problem? Psychiatrist, award winning professor of medicine, journalist, and leading me...