The Best of Everyday Better: Your Starter Kit for Creating Positive Change

About this episode

This episode compiles impactful conversations from eight years of Everyday Better, offering a starter kit for personal growth and meaningful change.

In this special curated episode, you’ll hear the most impactful conversations from eight years of Everyday Better. If you’re looking for a practical starting point for personal growth, this episode is your starter kit. You’ll explore how to get to know yourself better through tools like the Enneagram and astrology, how to discover your purpose and passion, how to use breathwork and mental skills training to regulate stress, how to deepen your friendships and relationships, and through these practices, make meaningful change in your own life and your own corner of the world. Whenever you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or in transition, this collection is a roadmap that brings together the essential ideas, practices, and insights that define Everyday Better. For more from Leah Smart while Everyday Better is on hiatus, follow her on Substack, LinkedIn and Instagram. And if you loved the snippets in this compilation, you can find the full episodes here (in order of appearance): Carole Hopson: Second Acts: How Captain Carole Hopson Found Her ‘One True Thing’ Dr. Jennifer Freed: Astrology + Psychology = A Map to Your Soul Beatrice Chestnut: The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up Dr. Michael…

People in this episode

Host: Leah Smart

Guests: Carole Hopson, Dr. Jennifer Freed, Beatrice Chestnut, Dr. Michael Gervais, JP Crimi, Tal Ben-Shahar, Michelle Thaller, Shasta Nelson, Julie and John Gottman

Topics covered

• personal growth
• self-discovery
• stress regulation
• relationships
• meaningful change

Keywords

• Enneagram
• astrology
• breathwork
• mental skills training
• friendship
• personal development

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• The Year for Irrational Hope: Debbie Millman on the 10-Year Plan · January 13, 2026 · 36 min
• The Year for Irrational Hope: Bruce Feiler on Navigating a “Lifequake” · January 6, 2026 · 52 min
• Wintering: How to Weather Difficult Times · December 30, 2025 · 45 min