Our mental health has taken a turn for the worse the past couple of years. We keep hearing that therapy can help, but it can be a big investment of time and money. So is it worth it? How often does therapy really help people? To find out, we talked to Jacquelyn Revere and psychologists Dr. Jonathan Shedler, Professor Bunmi Olatunji and Dr. Nancy McWilliams.

Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/2X9Ylzp 

Note: in this episode we discuss mental health. Please take care when listening to the show, and here are some resources:

SAMHSA's National Helpline US: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). 
International mental health hotlines: https://unitedgmh.org/mental-health-support 

Check out Jacquelyn Revere’s tiktok and Instagram accounts. 

This episode was produced by Meryl Horn with help from Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Nick DelRose, Michelle Dang, Taylor White, and Ekedi Fausther-Keeys. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly and Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Peter Leonard, Marcus Bagala, Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Thanks to the researchers we got in touch with for this episode, including Dr. Felicitas Rost, Dr. Bruce Wampold, Dr. David Taylor, Professor Julie Ancis, Professor Stefan, Hofmann, Dr. Erlanger Turner, Dr. Janee Steele, Professor Marvin Goldfried and Professor Elizabeth Lunbeck.

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Plants aren’t just sitting around looking cute; they’re doing all sorts of stuff, like defending themselves, and even warning other plants about danger. Today, we’re talking all about the weird and wily world of plants with Professor Beronda Montgomery from Michigan State University. She has a new book out called “Lessons From Plants.” 

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3kQ2bHg 

This episode was produced by Taylor White, with help from Wendy Zukerman, Nick DelRose, Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn and Michelle Dang. Fact checking by Taylor White and Nick DelRose. Mix and sound design by Catherine Anderson and Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bumi Hidaka and Peter Leonard. Special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.

The Secret World of Plants

Darwin’s tiny, priceless Tree of Life sketch is arguably the most iconic drawing in the history of science. 

“The Tree of Life notebooks are Darwin at his most radical,” says Professor Jim Secord, a world expert on the subject. “The theory of natural selection and evolution is the foundation stone of modern biology and much of the rest of the sciences.”

However, the notebooks were stolen in the early 2000s and were missing for two decades before their anonymous return in a pink gift bag on March 9, 2022 – alongside a very odd note!

Despite an investigation that involved the Met Police, Interpol and a global public appeal, we still don’t know who took Darwin’s notebooks or why.

But why would someone steal them in the first place? What makes Darwin’s Tree of Life notebooks so important that someone saw fit to spirit them away from Cambridge University Library then return them again – 20 years later.

In this first podcast from one of the world’s great libraries, you’ll find out about the notebooks’ great importance, the endlessly curious life and letters of Charles Darwin, and the end of a nearly 50-year mega project to transcribe and publish 15,000 letters to and from Darwin – making them freely available to us all.

With guests Professor Jim Secord and Stuart Roberts, Head of Communications at Cambridge University Library. Hosted by communications specialist Sue Keogh FRSA. For more information about Darwin’s life and letters, please visit https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/

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An extract from the audiobook edition of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, read by Hugh Laurie.

About the book:
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers thetrue nature of his 'great expectations'.

This audio book is available to download from Audible.co.uk and iTunes UK now. 

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (Audiobook Extract) read by Hugh Laurie

Neil and Li talk about how a boxing expression can be used in everyday life. Published on February 17, 2015.

Out for the count

Not a how-to book but a why-to book, EVERYTHING THAT REMAINS is the touching, surprising story of what happened when one young man decided to let go of everything and begin living more deliberately. Heartrending, uplifting, and deeply personal, this engrossing memoir is peppered with insightful (and often hilarious) interruptions by Ryan Nicodemus, Millburn's best friend of twenty years.

Listen to the first hour of this audiobook on SoundCloud for free, or download the entire five-hour audiobook on:

Audible: http://mins.pub/2kFsIFf
iTunes: http://mins.pub/2kFkrRI
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Everything That Remains (Audiobook)

HABITS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR MASTERY.

When I lived in Columbus, I knew that I wanted to make a lot of money.

So I took my TV out of my apartment.

If I wanted to watch a game, I went to a sports bar. If I wanted a break, I would go to the movies.

I changed my environment to help me reach my goals.

Habits will only work if you create a world that makes them easy.

If you have a pinched water hose and you want more water to come out, you can either create more water pressure or straighten the hose. Which one do you think is easier?

Habits will make or break you. That’s why I really enjoyed talking with my guest today who is an expert on habits: James Clear.

James Clear is an author, photographer, and entrepreneur. He writes about habits by combining scientific research (the why) with practical application (the how).

James tells us that our habits are influenced by our tribe and our environment.

He says the people who seem like they have the most self-control are the least tempted.

Learn how to make lifestyle changes that last on Episode 701.

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In this week's episode you will learn about: 

⦾ Healthy appreciation of money
⦾ Making your interests an investment
⦾ How to take complete control of your money
⦾ Sustainable habits to create financial wellbeing

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New Book by International Bestselling Author Rhonda Byrne. 

 Once you know, freedom is yours.

The Greatest Secret, the long-awaited major work by Rhonda Byrne, lays out the next quantum leap in a journey that will take the reader beyond the material world and into the spiritual realm, where all possibilities exist.  The book reflects Rhonda’s own journey, and shares the most direct way out for those experiencing hardship and the path to end pain and suffering endured by so many, and shines a light on a future without anxiety or fear. Filled with accessible practices that can be immediately put to use and profound revelations that take the reader on an incomparable journey, Rhonda’s discovery is reinforced throughout by the revelatory words of sages from around the world, past and present.

‘The Secret showed you how to create anything you want to be, do, or have. Nothing has changed – it is as true today as it ever was. This book reveals the greatest discovery a human being can ever make, and shows you the way out of negativity, problems, and what you don’t want, to a life of permanent happiness and bliss.’ – From The Greatest Secret

The Greatest Secret, By Rhonda Byrne, Read by Rhonda Byrne

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