Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

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Elise Loehnen Visit website › Education · EN · 323 episodes · latest 2026-11-12 · explicit

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Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world? Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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The Couples Therapist Who Dislikes the “Narcissist” Label (Terry Real)

2026-11-12 · 57 min · Episode 324

“I've been listening to women for 40 years—you do know more about relationships than most men,” says couples therapist Terry Real. “Here's the trap. You are not your partner’s teacher. You’re not their coach.” Today,…
How We Transform (Michael Meade)

2026-11-05 · 1 hr 1 min · Episode 323

“ I think we're stumbling towards a rediscovery of depth and meaning that has drained out of the contemporary world,” says storyteller Michael Meade. I’ve been reading Michael Meade’s books for a long time now, and I…
Losing Faith and Finding It Again (Jill Biden)

2026-10-29 · 57 min · Episode 322

I got to chat with Dr. Jill Biden about: the first draft of her memoir View from the East Wing; her new job and her forever love of teaching; her early family life; grieving, processing anger, and attempting…
What’s Meaningful in This Media Landscape? (Monthly Solo)

2026-10-26 · 44 min · Episode 321

In October’s solo episode, I’m sharing what I’ve read this month (including the rare novel, which I loved!), and what’s inspiring my latest attempts to resist the compulsion to overwork. I’m also sharing my takes on…
Joy for People Who Aren’t Happy (Kelly McGonigal, PhD)

2026-10-22 · 59 min · Episode 320

“Globally, across many cultures, across the lifespan, many people have a deep mistrust of joy and other positive emotions for different reasons,” says psychologist, teacher, and author Kelly McGonigal, PhD. In her new…
A Psychiatrist on Finding Magic (Ellen Vora, MD)

2026-10-15 · 58 min · Episode 319

“ I was raised in a culture that says it’s cooler and it's smarter to say this is just a material, senseless, random world where atoms are bouncing off of each other, and there's no meaning or order or divine wink to…
6 Archetypes That Shape Our Relationships (Galit Atlas, PhD)

2026-10-08 · 1 hr 2 min · Episode 318

In her private therapy practice, renowned psychoanalyst Galit Atlas, PhD, has identified six archetypes that shape our intimate relationships as adults. She says that every adult carries one of these archetypes with…
Navigating a New Era (Carissa Schumacher)

2026-10-01 · 1 hr 4 min · Episode 317

“The alchemy pathway brings back synchronicity, unity, harmony to all of these different parts of self,” says psychic medium Carissa Schumacher. Her book—The Alchemy Transmissions: A Pathway to Miracles—is out this…
Our Gifts Are Emergent (Monthly Solo)

2026-09-28 · 32 min · Episode 316

It’s just me today, sharing an update on my next surgery (I’m still doing well!), and reflecting on something that someone shared with me at a book event a few weeks ago. It got me thinking about how our gifts are…
The Core of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD)

2026-09-24 · 50 min · Episode 315

“Feeling is really the core of consciousness,” says Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD. “And it's giving you information about what it is like to be alive, and how your life is going, and what you need to do about it.” Damasio is…

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Owner: Lemonada Media
Oldest episode in feed: 08/2021 · over 5 years
Typical length: 55 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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