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The Blueprint of Belonging: Assembling Meaning Through Shared Construction

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Many people experience a strange and unsettling moment after achieving what they once chased with everything they had. The promotion arrives. The milestone is crossed. The external markers say you have succeeded. And yet something feels off. This episode explores finding meaning after success, especially when the high fades and a quiet emptiness sets in. […]

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The Winner’s Curse: How Behavioral Economics Explains Why We Make Bad Decisions

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The winner’s curse describes a paradox that shows up everywhere in modern life. The moment we win an auction, land the deal, or beat the competition is often the moment we unknowingly overpaid, overcommitted, or misunderstood the true value of what we gained. In this episode of Passion Struck, Alex Imas joins John R. Miles

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The Cost of Conviction: Deepest Values, Taboo Tradeoffs and Better Thinking | Steven Sloman Interview

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We like to believe we make decisions by weighing evidence, considering outcomes, and thinking things through. But in reality, most of our choices are guided by something far more powerful and far less examined: our sacred values. In this episode of Passion Struck, I interview Steven Sloman, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists and

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Why the Architecture of Significance Matters More Than Success

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Many of us reach major milestones, such as the promotion, the dream house, or the moment the last child leaves home, and expect a surge of fulfillment. Instead, a strange quiet often settles in. This hollow feeling is not ingratitude or burnout. It is structural feedback. The ladder of success has reached its limit, and

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Mark Nepo on The Fifth Season: the Hidden Gifts of the Second Half of Life

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In January 2026, when so many of us are focused on resolutions, reinvention, and chasing a better version of ourselves, poet and philosopher Mark Nepo offers a different invitation. True awakening, he reminds us, is not found in outrunning the present or perfecting the future. It begins by immersing ourselves fully in the life that

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Dr. Stephen G. Post on How Pure Unlimited Love Heals the Human Spirit

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In this powerful and deeply reflective episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Stephen G. Post to explore the true meaning of Pure Unlimited Love and why it may be one of the most healing forces available to us today. Drawing from decades of research at the intersection of medicine, psychology, spirituality, and ethics,

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The Hidden Limit That Explains Why You’re Exhausted and How to Fix It in 2026

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Every January, we tell ourselves the same story. More connections. More productivity. More reach. More impact. We promise that this year will finally be the one where we keep up with it all. But what if the real breakthrough in 2026 comes not from adding more, but from choosing less? Not less ambition. Not less

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Sara Jacobs Egg Freezing Journey: Radical Vulnerability and Women’s Agency

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‘Sara Jacobs egg freezing‘ is not a headline about politics or policy. It is a deeply human story about choice, timing, and what it means to claim agency in a world that still asks women to contort their lives around impossible expectations. In this intimate episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Sara Jacobs,

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Unlocking the Flow Code Formula: David Nurse on Entering the 10-Hertz Zone on Demand

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Most people spend their lives trying to escape stress. We treat it like an enemy to defeat, something to manage away or outrun, believing that peace, clarity, and high performance must live somewhere beyond the pressure. Yet the truth is far more surprising. What if stress is not what is breaking us down, but the

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Why Teams Break Down Without These 5 Vital Roles

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What actually separates teams that thrive from those that quietly fall apart? In this episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles sits down with leadership expert and bestselling author Mark Murphy to challenge everything we think we know about teamwork. Instead of focusing on chemistry, trust exercises, or motivation alone, Mark reveals why building winning

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Before the New Year Begins, Let Something End

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As Christmas settles in and the year winds down, many of us naturally start planning ahead. We dream of new routines, fresh goals, and renewed energy. Yet this season invites something different first. To truly let go before new year begins, we often need to pause at the threshold and consider what we are ready

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Nir Bashan on Creativity as a Leadership Skill in an Overcomplicated World

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Most of us don’t feel stuck because we lack ability. We feel stuck because we’ve been taught to doubt our capacity to solve problems. In this episode of Passion Struck, I sit down with Nir Bashan to explore The Solution Mindset and why it changes how we relate to challenges in our work and our

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The Blueprint of Belonging: Assembling Meaning Through Shared Construction

The Winner’s Curse: How Behavioral Economics Explains Why We Make Bad Decisions

The Cost of Conviction: Deepest Values, Taboo Tradeoffs and Better Thinking | Steven Sloman Interview

Why the Architecture of Significance Matters More Than Success

Mark Nepo on The Fifth Season: the Hidden Gifts of the Second Half of Life

Dr. Stephen G. Post on How Pure Unlimited Love Heals the Human Spirit

Sara Jacobs Egg Freezing Journey: Radical Vulnerability and Women’s Agency

Unlocking the Flow Code Formula: David Nurse on Entering the 10-Hertz Zone on Demand

Why Teams Break Down Without These 5 Vital Roles

Before the New Year Begins, Let Something End

Nir Bashan on Creativity as a Leadership Skill in an Overcomplicated World

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