Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast 1264 - The Endings You Don’t See Coming (Until They’re Gone) | Jonathan Fields

Good Life Project is a podcast and video series for people navigating midlife with intention. Hosted by Jonathan Fields, each episode is a deep, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life that feels like yours, through the reinventions, reckonings, and reclamations that define your 40s, 50s, and beyond. Grounded in science, fueled by genuine curiosity, and always in service of the real work of living well. Often top-ranked, it’s been listened to and viewed more than 100 million times. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Good Life Project

Episodes

The Endings You Don’t See Coming (Until They’re Gone) | Jonathan Fields

Jodi Picoult: Why Every Villain is the Hero of Their Own Story

Single at Heart: What if You Don't Need Someone Else to “Complete” You | Bella DePaulo, PhD

The Midlife Curiosity Tour That Changed Everything | Allison Aubrey

Why Grit Alone Doesn’t Cut It: New Research From Angela Duckworth

How to Make Better Decisions | Shane Parrish [Best of]

Why Avoiding a Fight is Killing Your Relationship (and How to Fight Well) | Priya Parker

The Menopause Timeline Most Women Never Learn Until Midlife | Dr. Jessica Shepherd

How to Avoid Cognitive Decline & Dementia (starting in your 40s) | Dr. Tommy Wood

Sleep Doesn't Have to Get Worse With Age | Dr. Rebecca Robbins

The Self-Care Trap: Why Doing Everything Right Often Isn’t Enough | Jonathan Fields

What 10-Year-Olds Know About Mental Health That the Rest of Us Forgot | Dr. Niobe Way

Not All Pain Has a Purpose | Marisa Renee Lee

Top Headache Doc: Migraine Is Not What You Think

Time Anxiety: Beating the Dread That You’ll Never Get Ahead | Chris Guillebeau

The 3 Things Every Room You Live In Must Have to Be Okay | Leidy Klotz

How Much Money Is Enough? Your Confusing Money Questions Answered. | Leisa Peterson

Tapping: Surprising Science Behind Healing Claims (and how to do it) | Jessica Ortner

Why Plans Fail, and What To Do Instead | Midyear Reset Pt 2

Midyear Wake-Up Call | Part 1

Healing Family Estrangement: What To Say, And What Never to Say.

The Caregiving Conversation Everyone Postpones Until It's Too Late.

When You Can't Stop Thinking About Something, Here's What To Do. | Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Why More Choices Make You Less Happy | David Epstein

The Toll of Generalized Resentment (and What to Do About It)

You Spent Years Acting Normal Inside a Life That Never Fit | Sari Botton

The Midlife Muscle Loss Lie: How to Stay Strong at Any Age | Dr. Vonda Wright

The 4 Chemicals That Run Your Brain…and Your Life | Tj Power

What Lucky People Do Differently, According to Science | Tina Seelig

Why Rituals Matter More Than You Know, And How to Design Your Own | Bruce Feiler

Dating in Midlife…Oh My! | Bela Gandhi

Your Ambitions Might Not Be Yours | Tom Rath

Why Can’t Anyone Tell Me What’s Wrong? | Alexandra Sifferlin

How to Finally Have the Talk You've Been Avoiding | Jonathan Fields

Invisible Grief: How Hidden Loss Holds You Back (and how to release it) | Dr. Lucy Hone

Your Life in One Word? This Could Change Everything | Erin Weed

The 5 Types of Overthinking and How to Turn Each One Off | Emiliya Zhivotovskaya [Best of]

The Hidden Reason You Keep Putting Things Off | Jon Acuff

Your Childhood Patterns Are Still Running Your Life | Dr. Nicole LePera

You Probably Shouldn’t Say That. And Yet…(Groundbreaking Science of Disagreeing Well) | Julia Minson

Your Body Is Already Talking. Here's What It's Saying | Linda Clemons

The Science Behind Why Religion Actually Works | David DeSteno

The Practice of Holding Nothing | Elena Brower

Is Sleep Procrastination Messing With Your Health & Mindset? | Vanessa Hill, PhD

The Unbusy Manifesto: Life is Short, Live it Now.

Secure Attachment & The Good Life: Surprising Insights | Amir Levine, M.D.

An End to Chronic Pain? Surprising Science is Getting Us Closer. | Dr. Rachel Zoffness

How to Not Lose Hope in a World That Feels Increasingly Dark

The Upside of Oversharing, and the Surprising Downside of Restraint | Leslie John

How to Find Joy in Hard Times (and When Your Brain Lies to You) | Jenny Lawson