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Why You Shouldn't Finish Your Kid's Puzzle | Dr. Becky Kennedy Nov 12, 2026

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Your kid builds resilience in the exact moment you want to rescue them from something hard.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1586DM

Dr. Becky Kennedy, the clinical psychologist TIME called the Millennial Parenting Whisperer, told Lewis that resilience is simply the ability to tolerate hard things. The longer you can stay in the hard place, the more likely success finds you.

Her example is a three-year-old melting down over a puzzle, begging you to do it. Becky stays, wonders out loud where the pieces go, and refuses to take away the best feeling in the world: finding out you can do a little more than you thought.

A parent's words become a child's self-talk. Do it for them every time, and you may get a 25-year-old calling you to finish a work project.

Next time your kid falls apart, you will see it as your chance to dim the light instead of switching it off.

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Stop Waiting to Feel Confident Before You Speak | Vinh Giang Nov 11, 2026

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Confidence is a feeling, which makes it the hardest thing to chase head on.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/2002DM

Vinh Giang, communication coach, told Lewis that wishing you felt more confident before a speech or a job interview means reaching for the one thing you can't control. You can control how you look and how you sound, and those send your brain the signal that you are safe.

Stand tall with a smile and let your voice carry more melody, with real pauses. As Vinh puts it, if you look confident and sound confident, “it's only a matter of time before you start to feel it.”

Change your voice overnight at home, though, and your partner may say “Don't do that. That's weird.” So Vinh practices with neutral ears: strangers at the grocery store or in an Uber who have no idea how you usually sound.

The next time you wish you felt braver, you will reach for your posture and your voice first, then let the feeling catch up.

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Why Peanut Butter Is the Lectin to Quit First | Dr. Steven Gundry Nov 10, 2026

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The healthy food on your plate might be what's wearing down your gut health.

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Dr. Steven Gundry, a heart surgeon and author of The Plant Paradox, told Lewis that lectins act like guided missiles against the lining of your gut. He links them to acne and brain fog.

His sharpest warning is about peanut butter. Steven says 94% of people carry a preformed antibody against the peanut lectin, and he points to monkeys that developed heart disease on peanut oil until the lectin was removed.

A pressure cooker makes beans safe to eat. Peeling and seeding tomatoes and peppers removes most of the lectins, the way Italian cooks always did.

Gundry says peanut butter is the one to cut first, and almond butter is his replacement.

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Your Inner Child Is the Lost Self You Still Miss | Robert Greene Nov 09, 2026

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Your inner child saw the world with wide open eyes, and some part of you still misses it.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/2001DM

Robert Greene, author of multiple bestselling books, told Lewis that a young child gives about 90% of its attention to the world and only 10% to itself. By adulthood, those numbers flip to 98% on yourself and 2% on everything else.

Robert explains that the adult brain runs on inhibition, filtering out color and noise so you can get through the day. A baby has almost none of that filter, so a pet or the sky feels like pure enchantment.

He calls that child your lost self. You once knew that open mind, and he believes losing it is making you miserable without you even noticing.

Next time you step outside, look up from your phone and notice one thing as if you are seeing it for the first time.

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Every Big Change Has a Messy Middle | Price Pritchett Nov 08, 2026

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The moment you decide to change your life, your brain starts scanning for danger.

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Price Pritchett, who has spent decades guiding companies through mergers and layoffs, told Lewis that the fear of change works the same way inside you as it does inside a company. The future blurs and your trust in yourself drops, so the villain voice gets loud.

Price points to Daniel Kahneman's research: we weigh imagined losses twice as heavily as gains. So your mind will always argue for staying put unless the payoff feels real.

He compares it to redoing a kitchen. Day one feels exciting, then comes the messy middle with holes in the walls and wires hanging, and that's when most people quit.

Next time a big change has you griping, you will know it's a normal stage. Paint your promised land in neon lights and keep walking.

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The One Path to Happiness Is Seeing This Truth | Krishnaji Nov 07, 2026

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Real happiness starts the moment you stop running from the truth about your own suffering.

Check out the full episode: https://lewishowes.com/podcast/krishna-ji/

Krishnaji, co-founder of One World Academy, told Lewis that all inner suffering comes from obsessive self-centric thinking. Get fired, and the real pain is rarely the job hunt. It is “who is this guy to fire me?” and dreading what you will tell your family.

He shared the story of a student diagnosed with stage three cancer who kept asking why God was punishing him. Once he saw he was only thinking about himself, the suffering lifted while his family focused on his treatment. He was cured.

Krishnaji says the freedom is automatic once you see the truth. Nothing else has to happen first.

Next time you feel that spiral, ask yourself who you are really thinking about. You may feel lighter as soon as you answer honestly.

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Relationships Take You Further Than Your Ego | Lewis Howes Nov 06, 2026

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When your relationships all fall apart at the same time, the common denominator might be you.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/2000DM

Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness, goes solo here to share the season when his life was all about him. He got injured as an athlete and asked why this was happening to him, then made money and still felt empty.

Then every relationship he had broke down at once, from business partners to romance. Lewis finally saw who the common denominator was: “I can't blame everyone anymore, because I'm at the center of all my problems.”

That honesty is why he turned down The Lewis Howes Show and named it School of Greatness, so the light would fall on other people. When you ask a good question and then stay quiet, people show you their soul.

Look at where you keep asking “why me” and turn that energy toward someone else. Service is the fastest way to relationships that take you further than your ego ever will.

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Your Best Retirement Planning Is Your Health Today | Bill Perkins Nov 05, 2026

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To lift a grandchild at 80, you need to be in the top 1% for health right now.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1529DM

Bill Perkins, the investor and gambler famous for planning to spend his money down to zero, told Lewis about the day his doctor, Peter Attia, asked what he wanted from the last decade of his life. Bill said he wanted to carry his grandkids around. Attia told him that meant being in the top 1% for health today.

Bill thought he was already in great shape. He admits he was delusional, the same way he was in his late 20s when he bought half a Lamborghini at a charity auction without even liking cars.

He puts it bluntly: $300 million at 70 is useless. So build a plan to spend it on what fulfills you while your body can still enjoy it.

You will finish this one thinking about your next workout and the trip you keep putting off.

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Inner Peace Means Giving Your Stress Space | Yung Pueblo Nov 04, 2026

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Inner peace is the room you make in your mind so stress can pass through without running your day.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1999DM

Yung Pueblo, a writer who meditates two hours every day, told Lewis that you can't buy that kind of calm. Success won't save you if you can't handle what's happening in your own mind.

His practice starts on a heavy morning. Be honest that the tension is there, then say it out loud to whoever is closest, the way he tells his wife, “I'm feeling a little heavy today.” Stress you ignore spills onto the people you love as arguments nobody needed.

After a 60-day silent retreat beside people with decades of practice, he saw it plainly. Every time he fights change, he creates his own stress.

The next time pressure shows up, you can name it out loud and let it breathe until it fades.

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Dr. Joe Dispenza: Your Body Relives Trauma Up to 100 Times a Day Nov 03, 2026

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Your body may be reliving your worst trauma 50 to 100 times a day without you even noticing.

Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1540DM

Dr Joe Dispenza, an author and researcher on mind and body healing, told Lewis that trauma freezes an image in the brain and the feeling follows it into your body. Every replay keeps you in emergency mode, with no energy left for repair.

The way out is a new inner event, a moment of gratitude or freedom felt so strongly that you start paying attention to a picture of your future instead. Dr Joe says that emotion signals your genes differently, and he points to research where people reduced inflammation in four days.

Your genes are “just a library of potentials,” he says. The feeling you practice decides which ones get read.

Next time the old replay starts, try to catch it early and hold a different picture of where you are headed.

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