The Psychology Of Feeling Loved | Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky
20 May - 1 hour 3 minsWhy is it that so many of us are loved... and yet don’t actually feel loved?
Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky is a Professor of Psychology at UC Riverside and one of the world’s leading researchers on happiness. Her newest book, How to Feel Loved, co-authored with relationship scientist Harry Reis, lands at a strange moment: a time when more people than ever say they are connected, and more people than ever say they don’t actually feel it. In this conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais, Sonja offers a quietly radical reframe. After 36 years of studying what makes a life happy, she has come to believe the answer lies in this: Feeling loved.
And here is where it gets interesting. Sonja’s research is sho...
The Psychology of Youth Sports | AMA Victoria Garrick Browne and Dr Michael Gervais
For this 30th installment of our popular series Ask Me Anything, Dr. Michael Gervais turns the microphone with co-host Victoria Garrick Browne, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, former Division I volleyball player, mental health advocate, and founder of the nonprofit The Hidden Opponent. Together they answer questions submitted by the community on identity, performance anxiety, burnout, and how to raise young people who know they are more than what they do.
1 hour 5 mins
5 August Finished
The Psychology Of Speaking Under Pressure | Matt Abrahams
Matt Abrahams breaks down what actually happens when we get put on the spot, the two simple tools to use when your mind goes blank, and why learning to see these moments as an opportunity rather than a threat may be one of the most useful skills you can practice.
48 mins
29 July Finished
The Psychology of Youth Mental Health | Ross Szabo
Ross Szabo breaks down a clear, working definition of mental health, why the more words you have for your feelings the better your mental health becomes, the neuroscience behind coping, and how parents, teachers, and leaders can help young people build mental health skills before they ever reach a crisis point.
1 hour 6 mins
22 July Finished
Women Are Not Small Men | Dr Stacy Sims
Dr. Stacy Sims, exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, and bestselling author of ROAR and Next Level, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share why so much of what women have been taught about training and nutrition was built on research that was never done on women, what actually changes during perimenopause and menopause, and how to work with your physiology rather than against it.
1 hour 47 mins
15 July Finished
The Psychology Of Building Team Culture | Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones, one of the most accomplished coaches in world rugby, who has led Australia, England, and guided Japan to one of the greatest upsets in the sport's history, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share how he builds team identity, learns from past mistakes, creates training environments where mistakes become learning, and gets people to become more than they thought they could.
1 hour 18 mins
8 July Finished
The Psychology Of Parenting | Dr. Dan Siegel
Dr. Dan Siegel, Harvard-trained clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, neuroscientist, and New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, joins Dr. Michael Gervais to share what four decades of attachment research reveal about the three things children need most from us, why repair matters more than perfection, and why understanding your own story may be the foundation of parenting well... and living a full life.
1 hour 33 mins
1 July Finished