# Pulling the Thread by Elise Loehnen

> I read a lot and share what I learn. Spiritual seeker. Pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are so we can re-write a truer version. Host of the podcast Pulling the Thread, and author of the New York Times bestseller ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR.

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## Posts
- [Not Happy? Try Joy.](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/not-happy-try-joy): A very short homework assignment.
- [Joy for People Who Aren't Happy (Kelly McGonigal, PhD)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/joy-for-people-who-aren-t-happy-kelly-mcgonigal-phd): Listen now (59 mins) | "It's almost like a little microcosm that says everything else could be chaos, but this makes life worth living. Or that moment of joy says who you are matters, or that moment of joy says you are not alone."
- [A Psychiatrist on Finding Magic (Ellen Vora, PhD)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/a-psychiatrist-on-finding-magic-ellen-vora-phd): Listen now (63 mins) | "And then the other thing I want is that people don't miss out on the magic. And that's what I realized when my mom passed away is that I had been missing out on the magic."
- [Making Decisions Right](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/making-decisions-right-6c36): Why there's no such thing as the right decision.
- [6 Archetypes That Shape Our Relationships (Galit Atlas, PhD)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/6-archetypes-that-shape-our-relationships-galit-atlas-phd): Listen now (59 mins) | "Here we are talking about how the guilty child inside you, me, us, runs our adult relationships..."
- [Pruning Your Roses](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/pruning-your-roses): The perfect metaphor.
- [Navigating a New Era (Carissa Schumacher)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/navigating-a-new-era-carissa-schumacher): Listen now (67 mins) | "So what the Alchemy Pathway provides is basically an ability for us to find the courage in putting death to some of these aspects..."
- [Our Gifts Are Emergent (Monthly Solo Episode)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/our-gifts-are-emergent-monthly-solo-episode): Listen now (32 mins)
- [The Core of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio, PhD)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/the-core-of-consciousness-antonio-damasio-phd): Listen now (55 mins) | "But you enter the world of consciousness, not through high cognitive exploits, but rather the very simple avenue of feeling."
- [The End of a Seven Year Cycle](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/the-end-of-a-seven-year-cycle): What were you up to in September 2019?
- [What Almost All of Us Agree On (Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/what-almost-all-of-us-agree-on-naomi-klein-astra-taylor): Listen now (54 mins) | "They don't want a data center in their backyard. They don't like space faring billionaires. They don't like being under surveillance."
- [The Difference Between Feedback and Criticism](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/the-difference-between-feedback-and-criticism): What's supposed to be experienced wholesale, rather than dissected and taken apart.
- [October Online Office Hours: Diagnosing Our "Good Girl" Patterns](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/october-online-office-hours-diagnosing-our-good-girl-patterns): Come join me on Zoom: October 24th at 10amPT
- [Pleasure Principles (Richard Christiansen)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/pleasure-principles-richard-christiansen): Listen now (48 mins) | "Eliza Tibbits, she received cuttings from Brazil of two naval oranges. Every naval orange tree in California and the entire citrus industry..."
- [Understanding Logarithmic Power](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/understanding-logarithmic-power): What we can learn from Dolly and Gloria.
- [How to Pursue Your Goals—Without Suffering (Angela Duckworth, PhD)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/how-to-pursue-your-goals-without-suffering-angela-duckworth-phd): Listen now (50 mins) | "It's just incredibly hard to really resist these forces that are probably from evolution that we adapt to our circumstances. But once you have that insight, then you realize that you do have to shape your circumstances before they shape you.  
- [Something New is Afoot](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/something-new-is-afoot): There's a different version of girl power in town. 
- [How this Hamster Wheel Stops (Monthly Solo)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/how-this-hamster-wheel-stops-monthly-solo): Listen now (62 mins)
- [How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/how-do-we-help-people-with-addiction-stephanie-wittels-wachs): Listen now (54 mins) | "So it's not innate to be like, 'Yeah, keep doing that thing that I know is bad for you.' That's why it's hard. And so I think these resources are good because it gives you the language and the tools to do something that doesn't necessarily feel right...."
- [Quarterly Online Energy Bath with Uta Opitz](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/quarterly-online-energy-bath-with-uta-opitz): Join us for the next one: November 7th at 10amPT on Zoom
- [Why Do We Devalue Aesthetic Intelligence? (Chloe Redmond Warner)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/why-do-we-devalue-aesthetic-intelligence-chloe-redmond-warner): Listen now (44 mins) | "I think AQ is what makes life worth living, and it is how your senses interact with the world and how I'm folding music and food and anything tactile, anything that has to do with the senses under the AQ umbrella. And yeah, I wish that institutions were more willing to consider elevating it, but for certain reasons, I think it has been ignored."    
- [The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)](https://www.eliseloehnen.com/p/the-secret-ingredient-to-be-more-creative-david-epstein): Listen now (58 mins) | "I think a good career is made from toggling between these two modes, what's called in some of the psychological literature, explore and exploit..."