15 Self-Help Podcasts for Motivation and Positive Thinking
If you’re searching to boost your business skills or magnify your motivation, there’s an app for that.
Podcasts are a great free resource where you can learn from the leading experts in an array of fields.
Whatever area you’re searching for success in, there’s probably a podcast available that will help you whether your goals are personal or professional.
We highlight 15 podcasts that'll help jump start your motivation and positive thinking:
1. Let It Out with Katie Dalebout
Launched in 2013, Let It Out was created by wellness and journaling enthusiast Katie Dalebout with the mission of inspiring and mentoring girls and women.
The show now has over 250 episodes that cover a wide range of topics such as spirituality and entrepreneurship. Let It Out now features long-form interviews from an eclectic group of accomplished guests.
2. Ted Radio Hour with Guy Raz
3. Dear Sugars with Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed
4. Help Me Be Me with Sarah May B.
Host Sarah May B. gives listeners helpful tools that can be used to combat emotional issues.
The advice she offers helps people move past initial roadblocks to find success. Every episode is divided into three sections, starting with context. By framing what’s happening, potential solutions are more easy to identify and implement.
5. Inspire Nation with Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
6. The Defattening with Jen and Omar Capra
7. Happier with Gretchen Rubin
8. The Positive Head Podcast with Brandon Beachum
9. How I Built This with Guy Raz
In this NPR series, Guy Raz interviews today’s most successful innovators and entrepreneurs.
During each episode, guests detail the trials and tribulations they encountered on their way to success. Stories braid into both what they did correctly and incorrectly on their journey to success.
10. Invisibilia with Hanna Rosin and Alix Spiegel
Award-winning journalists Hanna Rosin and Alix Spiegel study how thoughts and other invisible forces inform human actions.
Narratives are intertwined with the latest information from psychological science to illuminate how seemingly ordinary things can influence human behavior. Through their exploration, Rosin and Spiegel give listeners insight about how they can use this knowledge to reevaluate the ways in which they interact with the world.
11. Goal Digger with Jenna Kutcher
12. The Marie Forleo Podcast with Marie Forleo
13. Girlboss with Sophia Amoruso
Host Sophia Amoruso interviews some of the most innovative, powerful women including CEOs, journalists, activists, and actresses.
Informative and entertaining, each episode gives listeners solid takeaways gleaned from years of trial and error that guests have encountered on their journeys to the top of their fields. These conversations provide motivation to help millennial women define success on their terms and achieve goals of all sizes.
14. Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert, a bestselling author, acquires the help of her veteran creative guests to provide insight for novice creators centered around how to quash anxiety and rediscover the joy of creating.
Some episodes explore navigating the balance between parenting and maintaining a creative practice. Other episodes offer solutions to help listeners kick fear to the curb and do what they love.
15. The Daily Boost with Scott Smith
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Kayla Heisler is an essayist and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. She is an MFA candidate at Columbia University, and her work appears in New York's Best Emerging Poets 2017 anthology.
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