Dr. Maya Shankar completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford, after receiving a Ph.D. from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a B.A. from Yale in cognitive science. She is currently the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google. Previously she served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team and as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations under Ban Ki-moon.
On her podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a production of Pushkin Industries, she aims to hold intimate conversations that give an unvarnished look into how people navigate changes of all kinds and use that change to ultimately grow. Maya uncovers little-known personal stories and reflections from familiar names, like Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Haddish and Kacey Musgraves, and extraordinary stories from real-life inspirations, like a young cancer researcher in the throes of a stage 4 diagnosis and a Black jazz musician who convinced hundreds of KKK members to leave the Klan.
Sponsor: https://www.pushkin.fm/show/slight-change-of-plans/
Guest: Maya Shankar | https://www.instagram.com/aslightchange/
HB: Can Rejection Be Therapy?
731 - Stop Feeling Guilty
How to Deal With Change (feat. Dr. Maya Shankar)
730 - Eating After a Workout
729 - How To Define Success (Weekly Roundtable)
728 - Tiny Ways to Challenge Yourself
727 - 6 Tips to Get More Organized
Reignite Imagination & Finding Time for Play
726 - How to Overcome the Fear of Failure
725 - How to Overcome the Fear of Success
HB: Drink Coffee at 10:30 for More Energy
HB: Throw Your Hand In The Air
724 - 3 Resources to Stay Focused
723 - Why You Shouldn't Set Goals
722 - The Summer Self-Help Guide
HB: Tapping On Your Body
HB: Practical Breathwork
721 - How to Build Self-Confidence (Q&A)
720 - How to Build a Side Hustle (Q&A)
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