The 8 Best Self Improvement Podcasts
When it comes to personal growth and development, podcasts can be some of the most inspiring ways to learn how to lead a happier, more fulfilling life. From podcasts by licensed therapists to bestselling authors and researchers, the best self help podcasts will help you reconnect with what is most meaningful in your life through enlightening stories and honest conversations. The path to self growth can be intimidating, but you don’t have to go at it alone. These self development podcasts will be by your side — or in your ear — each step of the way. For the Podyssey community’s top self help podcasts, check out this list of recommendations and start your journey of self improvement.
Last Updated: Feb 10th, 2022
1. Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Listen to the incomparable therapist Esther Perel counsel real couples as they reveal the most intimate, personal, and complicated details of the conflicts that have brought them to her door. This season, she takes on open marriage, racism inside an ...Show More
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56:17 | Nov 21st, 2019
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
They’re a divorced couple whose two-household relationship may prove that a happy family doesn’t have to end with divorce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2. The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Master the best of what other people have already figured out so you can use their lessons in your life to create an unstoppable advantage. Shane Parrish is an entrepreneur and sought-after speaker. His newsletter (https://fs.blog/podcast) offers t...Show More
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#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
1:33:38 | Apr 10th, 2018
7 RECOMMENDATIONS
Just when I start to think I’m using my time well and getting a lot done in my life, I meet someone like Barbara Oakley. Barbara is a true polymath. She was a captain in the U.S. Army, a Russian trans...Show More
3. Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
I’ve spent over 20 years studying the emotions and experiences that bring meaning and purpose to our lives, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s this: We are hardwired for connection, and connecting requires courage, vulnerability, and conversa...Show More
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Harriet Lerner and Brené - I’m Sorry: How To Apologize & Why It Matters, Part 1 of 2
1:12:19 | May 6th, 2020
9 RECOMMENDATIONS
This two-episode special is based on a course that Dr. Harriet Lerner and I did together on her groundbreaking book, “Why Won’t You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts.” You can expec...Show More
4. Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to t...Show More
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03:01 | Mar 21st, 2016
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Gretchen Rubin remembers few specific facts from college. But she can recall a couple lessons vividly, and they both have this one thing in common. Brought to you by Audible, with 180,000 audio books...Show More
5. The School of Greatness
Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, 2x All-American athlete, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. The School of Greatness shares inspiring interviews from the most successful people on the planet—world-renowned leaders in business, ent...Show More
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06:14 | Feb 28th, 2020
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
“I would like to live in a world where it’s not the loudest voice that wins, but instead it’s the best idea that wins.” If you enjoyed this episode, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/...Show More
6. The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey—formerly Bulletproof Radio
For a decade, Dave Asprey, “the father of biohacking,” elevated what you knew about the capabilities of your mind and body across a thousand episodes of Bulletproof Radio. Now, he’s evolving it even further in his plan to upgrade humanity. You’re inv...Show More
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Think You Know Good Fats from Bad? 8 Oils to Avoid – Dr. Cate Shanahan with Dave Asprey : 713
53:35 | Jun 18th, 2020
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Clearing up the confusion about how fats affect your health, what kinds of fats your body needs and why seed oils aren’t ever the right choice.
7. Good Life Project
What does it mean to live a good life? Is it about happiness, health, friendship, love, or meaning? What about work, wealth, purpose, service, or something else? Can you live a good life even when things are hard? These are the questions and topics w...Show More
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Brene Brown: On Gratitude, Vulnerability and Courage
51:59 | Nov 26th, 2014
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
This week’s episode is a replay of a powerful conversation I had with famed author and grounded theory researcher Brene Brown.Brene and I met a few years back while speaking at a conference together. ...Show More
8. The Savvy Psychologist's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Mental Health
Welcome to psychology for the rest of us. Host Dr. Jade Wu takes the science of psychology and makes it both entertaining and relatable. Using a sympathetic ear and evidence-based research, she explains the ‘why’ behind emotions like joy, anger, fear...Show More
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249 - Why Some People Never Apologize
10:21 | Jun 27th, 2019
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Do you hate apologies that are mostly just defensive arguing? I’m sorry you feel that way. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen explains why so many people are resistant to apologi...Show More
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