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It Would Be Weird If This Didn’t Happen Nov 06, 2025

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You're not quite as productive. You're not as career-driven. Your boss or your friends or your peers or even your fans, maybe they wonder what happened to you.

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It’s About Learning How to Live Nov 05, 2025

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No child thinks they need a philosopher. Most adults don’t either. Yet no matter our age, we all have problems.

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The Problem is Trying to Do Two Things at Once Nov 04, 2025

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You tried to do two things at once, and now you’re getting frustrated with them, instead of yourself. That was your mistake.

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There Is No Right Way Nov 03, 2025

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When you read parenting books, it’s hard not to get the distinct sense that there is a right way to parent.

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Let the Past IGNITE Their Future | Doris Kearns Goodwin Nov 01, 2025

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In today's episode, Ryan and Doris Kearns Goodwin discuss how parents can teach history to their children, encouraging curiosity in kids, and the importance of maintaining the love for history in education.

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning presidential historian and bestselling author. Her latest #1 New York Times bestseller, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, is being adapted into a feature film, while her earlier works, Team of Rivals, The Bully Pulpit, and No Ordinary Time, have won some of the nation’s highest literary honors and inspired leaders worldwide. She has served as a White House Fellow to President Lyndon Johnson, produced acclaimed docuseries for the HISTORY Channel, and earned countless awards for her contributions to history and leadership.

She has a new book out called The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became Presidentsin which she shares the different childhood experiences of Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lyndon B. Johnson, and how they each found their way to the presidency.

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Why Can’t You Enjoy This? Oct 31, 2025

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You wanted this for so long. To have this happy family. And what are you doing with it?

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We Need This as Much as Our Kids Do Oct 30, 2025

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As parents, we need philosophy just as much as our kids do. Parenting demands the four Stoic virtues: courage (to do what’s hard), discipline (to follow through), justice (to do what’s right), and wisdom (to know what matters).

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It’s Good They Make You Do This Oct 29, 2025

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They make us sit down for meals. They pull us away from our desks. They made it harder, if not impossible, to multi-task. They get us to put the phone down.

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Are You Making Them Hungry? Oct 28, 2025

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For generations, some parents have tried withholding praise, withholding pride, withholding approval so that their kids don’t feel entitled to it. The idea is that this will make them hungry, make them really work for it.

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It Shifts Your Focus Oct 27, 2025

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Your focus may shift in parenthood, but that’s what’s meant to happen.

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