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Do Something That Looks Nothing Like Success with Kevin Kelly Apr 18, 2023

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Kevin Kelly helped launch and edit Wired magazine. He has written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. His previous books include What Technology Wants and The Inevitable, a New York Times bestseller. He is known for his technological optimism. Currently he is a Senior Maverick at Wired and lives in Pacifica, California. His new book is Excellent Advice for Living.

Kevin was on this early TBAS episode discussion our life's work. - https://bestadvice.show/episodes/dying-with-kevin-kelly-799

Here's his seminal essay, 1000 True Fans. - https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

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Wonder is a Mental State with Dr. Erika Bocknek Apr 13, 2023

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Dr. Erika Bocknek (https://www.instagram.com/drerikaconvo/) is a university professor, family therapist, and mom of 3. She holds a master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy, a doctorate in Child Development, and two postdoctoral fellowships in Child Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health. She is the Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Adversity and Resilience Science and Infancy. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters for professional audiences, and she has also written articles for parents that have been seen in PBS Newshour, Marketwatch, the San Francisco Chronicle, and K’veller. She is a well-regarded trainer and has taught audiences as diverse as the psychology department at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, early childhood educators in Metro Detroit, family court judges across the state of Michigan, and the Detroit Pistons marketing department.

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The Venn Diagram of Partnership with Laura Cathcart Robbins Apr 11, 2023

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Laura Cathcart Robbins' STASH: MY LIFE IN HIDING is a propulsive and vivid memoir about how one woman abandoned herself for too many years and how she voluntarily built walls that separated her from everyone, most tragically from herself. With each flip of the page, Laura invites us on her journey to sobriety and self-love amidst addiction, privilege, racism, and self-sabotage. It’s a story worth sharing. There have been oodles of books about addiction, but they often tell the stories of privileged white women. In recovery, Laura couldn’t find a book that spoke to her own experience, so she wrote STASH. Laura also hosts the podcast, THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM.

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Laura's article, I Was The Only Black Person At Elizabeth Gilbert And Cheryl Strayed's 'Brave Magic' Retreat.

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A Hot Take and A Cold Take with Eric Silver Apr 06, 2023

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Eric Silver is Head of Creative @ Multitude and host/producer of Games and Feelings.

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Confronting Your Ego with Liz Alpern Apr 04, 2023

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Liz Alpern is passionate about reimagining tradition and bringing people together. Liz is co-founder of The Gefilteria and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods. She is also the creator of Queer Soup Night, a global event series highlighting the talent of queer chefs and raising tens of thousands of dollars for locally-based social justice organizations.

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Episode #500 with a Very, Very Special Guest Mar 30, 2023

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To help me make the next 500 episodes become a TBAS patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow

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You heard excerpts of Admit When You Don't Know with Merrill Garbus, Let Your Voice Break with Abigail Bengson and Tape Your Mouth with Kelly Travis
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Consider Doing Fewer Things Better with Jonathan Fields Mar 28, 2023

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Jonathan Fields—the Good Life Guy—delivers insights that spark purpose, possibility, and potential.

On a decades-long quest to discover what makes people come fully alive, Jonathan is an award-winning author, Webby-nominated producer, business innovator, and host of one of the world’s top podcasts, Good Life Project. The Wall Street Journal named Good Life Project one of the top self-development podcasts, and Apple featured it on-stage during its legendary annual product event. Jonathan is featured widely in the media, including The New York Times, FastCompany, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, CNN, The Guardian, O Magazine, SELF, Allure, Outside, Elle, Vogue, Fitness and thousands of other outlets.

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Don't Use the Words 'Love' or 'Passion' in your Cover Letter with Laura Weber Davis Mar 23, 2023

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Laura Weber Davis is the Executive Producer of Stateside. Laura is an audiophile with a public radio habit, a dusty-record music head with a crate-digger’s heart, a toddler wrangler, a beach goer, a Jane Austen lover, a horseback rider, a dog walker, and an active listener who loves to hear and tell a good story. Whatever she is doing at this very moment, she’d rather be listening to showtunes.

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Let Your Voice Break with Abigail Bengson Mar 21, 2023

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Artist, singer, actor, ritual builder, Abigail Bengson, is one-half of The Bengsons

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Help the Person Carrying the Box with Victor Varnado Mar 16, 2023

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Victor Varnado (born May 15, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is African American and albinistic. He was born legally blind due to his albinism. He grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. This bio is culled from his Wikipedia page to make you aware that he and co-host, Rachel Teichman, read another Wikipedia page on their podcast, WikiListen. He also hosts the Arts Academy podcast.

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