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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Build resilience. Cultivate self-compassion. Live with purpose. The One You Feed brings conversations with leading thinkers — James Clear, Susan Cain, Tara Brach, and more — to help you navigate life’s challenges and feed your good wolf. No perfection, just direction, insight, and the small, consistent actions that make a meaningful life.

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Why Inner Peace Takes Practice—and How to Build It | Yung Pueblo
Nov 2026 · 4 books
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Journey: A Year of Daily Reflections
Diego Perez
“Diego's new book is Journey. A year of daily reflections”
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Appreciate Your Life
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
“I've been reading this book. It's called Appreciate Your Life by Taizune Mizumi Roshi”
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Heart Sutra
Unknown
“In the Zen tradition there's the heart sutra and in its Prajna Paramita, which is kind of the the ultimate wisdom”
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Seeing That Frees
Rob Burbea
“Have you ever read the book Seen That Freeze by Rob Burbia”
How to Stop Making Hard Things Harder | Noah Rasheta
Nov 2026 · 8 books
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Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist
Stephen Batchelor
“I had encountered the term secular Buddhism through Stephen Batchelor and he wrote a book, Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist”
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Buddhism Without Beliefs
Stephen Batchelor
“one of the first books I read, which was so hugely influential to me, was Buddhism Without Beliefs that he wrote”
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Rebel Buddha
Zogchen Ponlop
“I think one that I've revisited over and over again is Rebel Buddha by Zogchen Ponlop”
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön
“the one that I I have really been enjoying from her is when things fall apart”
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Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries
Noah Levine
“there was a teacher, Noah Levine. He wrote Against the Stream and Dharma Punks”
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Dharma Punks
Noah Levine
“He wrote Against the Stream and Dharma Punks”
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Buddhism Plain and Simple
Steve Hagen
“there's a book that I like called Buddhism Plain and Simple by a teacher Steve Hagan”
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A Path with Heart
Jack Kornfield
“A Path with Heart by Jack Hornfield is always a classic”
Why Your Mind Builds a Case Against You and How to Push Back | Owen Fitzpatrick
Nov 2026 · 3 books
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Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Throughout Turbulent Times
Owen Fitzpatrick
“I'm excited to have you on and we're gonna be discussing your book, which is called Inner Propaganda, Leading Hearts and Minds Throughout Turbulent Times”
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
“I read this in a book a long time ago called Crucial Conversations”
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“this is coined from Nassim Nicholas Taleb's work on anti fragile”
How to Discover Yourself, One Decision at a Time | Sara Kuburic
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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It's On Me: Accept Hard Truths, Discover Yourself and Change Your Life
Sarah Kubrick
“Her book is called It's On Me and it's all about taking personal responsibility”
Why Doing More Is Keeping You Stuck and What to Do Instead | David Epstein
Oct 2026 · 7 books
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Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
David Epstein
“I'm excited to discuss with you your latest book, which is called Inside the Box, How Constraints Make Us Better”
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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Brian Klaas
“have you ever read the the book Fluke? By Brian Kloss, I think that's how you say his name”
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The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
Michael J. Mauboussin
“He also works in finance and he wrote this book called The Success Equation”
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins
“I think he cites a study where come in the in the famous book Good to Great”
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Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
“Doctor Seuss famously wrote the book Green Eggs and Ham”
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
“Part of the impetus for the new book came out of the most common reader questions I would get from range. My previous book”
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
“You also brought in talking about constraints, the theory of constraints and the the book, the goal, which somebody gave me very early in my career”
You Don’t Need More Willpower: Change Is a Skill You Can Learn | Eric on The Happiness Lab with Laurie Santos
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life
Eric Zimmer
“chatting with Eric Zimmer about his new book, How a Little Becomes a Lot. The art of small changes for a more meaningful life”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
“There's a book out there called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield”
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Humor Me
Chris Duffy
“I'll ask him about some of my favorite takeaways from his new book, Humor Me”
What to Remember When You’re Forgetting: Living Well with Memory Loss | Dr. Zaldy Tan
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
American Psychiatric Association
“In fact the DSM, which is the Bible of psychiatry, is the first criteria that was developed. diagnosing what Alzheimer's disease is, right”
Are You Playing a Game You Actually Want to Win? | Seth Godin
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans
Seth Godin
“We are going to be discussing your latest book, which is called This Is Strategy, Make Better Plans”
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke
“It's from my friend Annie Duke. This will change your life. Here we go. We're doing a little telepathy right now. Think hard. About a decision, a good decision. You made in the last six months”
The Mattering Effect: Finding Your Way Back to Meaning and Connection | John Miles
Oct 2026 · 4 books
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The Mattering Effect
John Miles
“His new book, The Mattering Effect. is about why that happens and the path back to feeling like you count”
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
“I really started To look at the work of Jonathan Haidt. In his book. The Anxious Generation”
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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
“So in the tipping point, I first got introduced to the town of Rosetta, Pennsylvania”
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware
“it really mirror mirrors the work of Ronnie Ware, if you're familiar with her work, The Five Regrets of the Dying”
How to Stop Feeling Bad About Feeling Bad | Mariana Alessandri
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods
Mariana Alessandri
“Marianne is a philosopher and her book Night Vision is about dark moods and how to stop treating our own as evidence against us”
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On My Own Side
Eziz Gazapur
“We interviewed a guy his name's Eziz Gazapur, and he wrote a book. It's called On My Own Side”
The Quiet Age: How to Find Calm When Life Won’t Slow Down | Cory Allen
Oct 2026 · 4 books
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The Quiet Age
Corey Allen
“It's called The Quiet Age. It's a collection of short pieces you can read in a sit-in, which is exactly how I've been reading it”
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Appreciate Your Life
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
“reading right now is Appreciate Your Life by Mizumi Roshi, which is just an incredible book also”
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
“It's it's a little bit like the Dao Di Chin in that way. Right, the Dao Da Ching is a collection of I call'em poems”
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
“if we look at our relationship to thoughts, there's always an authoritative quality around us. Formating. our relationship to ourselves in reality. And so finally at a certain point when we're adults and sure we have general social guidelines of the police and cultural rules. But we also have this other voice going. Corey, you better do this, don't do that, this is what's happening. And we're so trained to just go, Okay, you know, yeah, that must be true because I've always had this th”
Enough as You Are: How to Grow Without Shaming Yourself | Scott Stabile
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Enough As You Are
Scott Stabile
“Scott has been on the show several times. He's one of my favorite guests, and his book is Enough As You Are, and it's the best of what he's learned”
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Big Love
Scott Stabile
“as an example, like the last book, Big Love As soon as I sign the contract. There was 10 minutes of joy and then panic”
How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live | Mark Nepo
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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The Language of the Soul: How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live
Mark Nepo
“You have a new book called The Language of the Soul, How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live”
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Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus
Neil Douglas-Klotz
“there's a wonderful scholar named Neil Douglas Klotz who wrote a book, The Prayer for the Cosmos, and he was fluent in ancient Aramaic, which is the language that it's believed Jesus spoke”
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The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Mark Nepo
“Okay, and this this brings up a a wonderful ancient Hindu teaching story that I talk about in the Book of Awakening”
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How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life
Eric Zimmer
“And it's interesting because in my book I'm talking about it, and I've been talking about it in in some keynotes, about the salt part”
How to Start a New Chapter When You Think It’s Too Late | Sari Botton
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York
Sari Botton
“so I created this anthology, goodbye to all that writers I'm loving and leaving New York”
How to Find Joy Even When Life Is Hard | Diane Shiffer
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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The Smallest of Joys: How to Create Your Own Magic, Let Your Best Be Enough, and Find Contentment Exactly as You Are
Diane Shiffer
“Her book is The Smallest of Joys. I'm Eric Zimmer, and this is The One You Feed”
Why We Fight the Changes We Know We Need | Jonah Berger
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind
Jonah Berger
“We are going to be discussing your book, The Catalyst, How to Change Anyone's Mind, and we might even get into a little of your previous book, Invisible Influence”
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Invisible Influence
Jonah Berger
“and we might even get into a little of your previous book, Invisible Influence, because there's some great things in there also”
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Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Luke Burgis
“We had an author on Luke Burgess who wrote a book about a concept of mimetic desire. You know, that desire is imitative, which is, I think, obvious that it is”
Why Feeling Insecure Doesn’t Mean You’re Back at the Beginning | Dr. Marisa G. Franco
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment
Dr. Marissa G. Franco
“Her new book is called Worth”
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Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make-and Keep-Friends
Marisa Franco
“when I wrote my book Platonic, which is on Being a securely attached friend, I had someone who said, it's really nice to know all these secure strategies”
Midlife Reinvention: How to Create Your Own Script for What Comes Next | Allison Aubrey
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love
Alison Aubrey
“Her new book, Your Turn, is what she went looking for instead”
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The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
James Hollis
“For me, he talks about this midlife passage, right? Where you pass to the stage of life where you're not living by societal expectations”
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The Vitality of Dreams: Decoding Your Soul's Wisdom
Lisa Marciano
“Lisa Marciano wrote this amazing book about decoding your dreams”
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The 100 Top Dreams
Ian Williams
“He's got this book called The 100 Top Dreams”
You Become What You Practice: How to Train Your Mind for the Life You Want | Jim Kwik
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Limitless Daily
Jim Kwik
“His new book is Limitless Daily. A year of short morning readings, each with a two minute practice”
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Limitless
Jim Kwik
“I called my book in twenty twenty Limitless”
How to Accept What You Can’t Change Without Giving Up | Jane Ratcliffe
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed
“neat. Oh my gosh. That came into my life. at the tail end of the terror years and I still I read that book all the time”
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