Procrastination Expert: The Real Reason You Keep Getting in Your Own Way | Jon Acuff - EP 839

Harvard developmental psychologist Alexis Redding explores what decades-old student interviews reveal about college mental health, the enduring need for belonging, and how we can better support young adults through life’s transitions.

In this episode, John R. Miles explores how external scorecards become internal judgments and how to reclaim agency through self-compassion, intentional choices, and healthier environments.

Heather Monahan, bestselling author, speaker, and former chief revenue officer, joins Passion Struck to explain how self-doubt, toxic environments, and other people’s opinions can undermine our confidence and limit what we believe is possible.

Dr. Nir Halevy, Stanford professor and author of Level Up, explains how workplace hierarchies, forced rankings, and social comparison can turn colleagues into competitors, undermine trust, and damage performance and how leaders can redesign systems to build fairer, more collaborative teams.

In a live conversation with Emmy Award-winning journalist Linda Hurtado, John R. Miles explores why success can coexist with emptiness, burnout, and disconnection, sharing the experiences behind The Mattering Effect and a practical framework for rebuilding meaning, worth, and connection.