Best Stephen Lentini Podcasts (2024)

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 23 43:24

23h ago43:24

43:24

In this episode, I challenge the "small-minded" thinker in my head, who judges others and makes others wrong instead of celebrating our differences and embracing the miracle we live in—a Universe. God, the Creator, the Goddess, Abraham, Christ, Mohammed PBUH, the Buddha, and Brahma don't think like us. We, humans, reduce the Infinite to our level w…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 - episode 22 25:20

8d ago25:20

25:20

Are you willing to overcome the BS stories you tell yourself that hold you back in life? Are you willing to acknowledge that you created the mess in your life, which means you also have the power to create what you want more of? Are you willing to let go of all small-minded thinking or at least work on it? This episode is based on my new book, "NO …

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 21 41:56

2M ago41:56

41:56

My guest, Peter Alberding, is doing good things in life. He is on the Board of Silver Lining Mentoring and a co-founder of Generational Wealth Partners of Raymond James. He is an enthusiastic blues guitar player who performs regularly with his band. Silver Lining Mentoring is the only mentoring organization in Massachusetts that exclusively serves …

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 20 46:24

3M ago46:24

46:24

"Steve Lentini Podcast - "Different Thinking for Different Times Episode 20 Season 5 with Toni Will, Podcaster and GM of the Kalamazoo Wings Hockey Team. | Jul 2, 2024 001" - Tune in and enjoy! Toni and I discuss her role as GM of the Kalamazoo Wings, ACH Hockey Team and her new Podcast, "Women In..." Women In Executive Roles, Women in Entrepreneur…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 19 36:16

3M ago36:16

36:16

In this conversation, Steve Lentini and Greg Kettner discuss the importance of managing the little voice in our heads and finding ways to work happy. Greg shares his personal journey and how he discovered the power of humor in improving mental health and workplace culture. He emphasizes the need for open communication, putting people before profits…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 18 1:14:39

4M ago1:14:39

1:14:39

Listen in to hear and see my interview with Ken Cole as we discuss how small-minded thinking is prevalent today. Perhaps you will consider expanding your thinking into limitless thinking, and we discuss how to do this.

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 17 1:00:22

5M ago1:00:22

1:00:22

In this episode, I interview the Founder of Compassiviste, Ali Horriyat. His vision aligns with expanding small-minded, limited thinking we see all around us today, into limitless, Infinite thinking. More about Ali - ALI HORRIYAT, Founder of Compassiviste, left the lucrative, profit-driven world of finance in 2016 to devote himself to his vision of…

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Bonus Ep. 142 - I’m Sorry I Did This to You, with Eve and Julie 19:31

5M ago19:31

19:31

Why, oh why, does Eve make Julie take on questions that no person on the planet wants to be forced to think through out loud on air? (Three guesses who wrote this description.) The question this time: Is there free will? Julie's answer: .... Never mind. Skip Julie's answer and go straight to Eve's discussion of what professor of biology and neurosc…

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Different Thinking For Different Times - Season 5 Episode 16 44:30

5M ago44:30

44:30

Roben Graziadei, the author of Instinctology. Roben is an award-winning executive, highly successful motivational speaker, and management consultant/trainer. She has over twenty years of experience with higher education and Fortune 500 leadership, during which she trained over five hundred thousand people from the mailroom to the boardroom and deli…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 15 14:53

7M ago14:53

14:53

When we learn to embrace conflict and run toward it, we can come to an understanding with others through dialogue. Small-minded thinkers will not understand how to do this because they never want to "give any ground." Limitless thinkers understand that conflict is a natural part of a relationship. Listen in to learn more. Gratefully yours, Steve…

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The Habits of Top Producers and Happier People in Life 31:26

7M ago31:26

31:26

Happy people can be top producers in life because they live from the Inside Out. They choose to be happy and embrace life as a friend. They look for the gift in everything and especially in the challenges or challenging people they meet—people living from the outside look to life for validation of their worth. Titles, possessions, other people's op…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 14 33:52

8M ago33:52

33:52

My guest, Kimberly Quinn, talks about how to program your mind for success and overcome negative thinking. She talks about how holding a negative thought for more than 17 seconds programs the subconscious to make negative thinking a habit. Kimberly is the host of the podcast, Mindcraft and the creator of www.mindcraftuniversity.com where she has a …

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Different Thinking for Different Times - BONUS Episode 1 49:45

8M ago49:45

49:45

Hello! this is our first bonus episode and a continuation of You May Be Full of Shit If...re-hosted, re-imagined and put back into your pondering space for challenging those acorn brain thoughts. My guest for today’s episode is Warren Gibbons. Warren is a mentor to young people entering the workforce and my friend. He is also the host of the podcas…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 13 18:56

8M ago18:56

18:56

Learn how to reprogram your mind by looking at life as a friend. Learn more about exercising your mind by going to the PQ gym, the neuro gym. Gratefully yours, Steve

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Bonus Ep. 141 - When One Book Leads to Another, with Eve and Julie 17:16

8M ago17:16

17:16

Our theme for this episode is book connections—times when one book leads us to thoughts of another or inspires us to read further. It’s one of our very favorite aspects of reading: escaping into the world of one book, then tying it together with the world of another. Eve talks about two pairs of books—one of her all-time favorites, one a new discov…

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Bonus Ep. 140 - Roz Chast! 33:28

9M ago33:28

33:28

It's been a long time since you've seen an author interview here on Book Dreams, but we were recently given the chance to interview Roz Chast, and who could possibly say no to that?! Roz is a beloved New Yorker cartoonist with a style all her own, and Eve and Julie have both been big fans of her work for decades. She is as funny, insightful, and di…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 episode 12 40:51

10M ago40:51

40:51

In this episode, we sit down with Mark Borak, the CEO and President of Borax Paper, to delve into the core principles of running a successful business. Mark shares invaluable insights on conducting ethical and impactful business, emphasizing the importance of doing good while achieving success. From discussing fundamental business principles to exp…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 episode 11 20:04

11M ago20:04

20:04

We are crawling back to our caves when it comes to our small-minded thinking. We can see evidence of it everywhere. We first have to start with ourselves to expect society to model the Infinite Thinking of our Creator. Most people believe their thinking today, which has been the case since caveman days. We are somewhat better today and it seems lik…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 10 58:04

11M ago58:04

58:04

My fascinating interview with Tom Moore who expanded his thinking from small-minded to limitless, Infinite thinking and how it changed his life. You may find his journey inspiring and consider how his life expanded with many new possibilities for happiness. Gratefully your, Steve

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Bonus Ep. 139 - The Stephen King Novel That (Almost) Drove Us Apart, with Eve and Julie 13:56

11M ago13:56

13:56

“This is so bad that I feel like I'm in a Stephen King novel where there's just one thing off about my familiar world, but that one thing is a living nightmare.” In a Book Dreams first, Eve and Julie disagree wildly about a book. Can they resolve their differences? Find out in this episode where they talk about books they’ve both read, with the exc…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season Five Episode 9 1:19:38

12M ago1:19:38

1:19:38

Listen in to hear from Dr. Torkil Faero about his new book, The Pulse Cure, and a different approach to staying healthy. This book is a best seller in Norway and is now available in the US and worldwide in English. He also published "The Camera Cure", which was also a best seller in Norway. Dr. Torkil brings different thinking to staying healthy an…

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Bonus Ep. 138 - One Great Read After the Other, with Eve and Julie 18:05

1y ago18:05

18:05

Eve read so much during the weeks since our last episode, she gave herself a repetitive reading injury. But it was worth it! In this episode she shares thoughts about books with mesmerizing voice, memorable characters, sweeping scope, and poetic brilliance. Meanwhile, Julie--who has managed thus far to avoid reading-related injury--talks about a cr…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 8 19:15

1y ago19:15

19:15

Self-observation is one way to expand small-minded thinking into limitless, Infinite thinking that models the Creator's energy. Most people believe their thinking to the point that their thinking becomes their master. You can master most of your thinking by just noticing what triggers you. Don't take my word for it, try it. Listen in for more about…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 7 18:34

1y ago18:34

18:34

Is it possible that you don't have all the answers? Is there a level of thinking above your current level of thinking? Are you stuck in small-minded, limited thinking? Judging and criticizing others? Making others wrong because they are different than you for whatever reason? If you said yes to any, chances are you are a small-minded thinker, unlik…

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Bonus Ep. 137 - Talking Books to Honor the Legacy of a Constant Reader, Eve’s Dad, with Eve and Julie 13:42

1y ago13:42

13:42

What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode, in which Eve talks about the legacy of her dad, a constant reader, the brilliance of Helen Dewitt (again), the searing poetry of Louise Glück, and a light and highly readable beach read. Meanwhile, Julie’s been pursuing a reading vision, discovering the propulsive, min…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 6 18:02

1+ y ago18:02

18:02

The podcast stretches your thinking into limitless thinking that models what the Creator intended. Is for us to advance from our small-minded thinking and work to become more like the Infinite. We think we think like God, and we are so far off... as far off as the Incas or the Aztecs when they sacrificed princesses and babies to appease God. I had …

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 5 16:57

1+ y ago16:57

16:57

There is "no thing", no event in life that isn't designed to wake you up. It's our hubris and egoic thinking that keep us from seeing what is in plain sight, the lesson. Everything in a Universe is in order as it should be, designed by the "superior reasoning power" that created this unimaginable Universe, as Einstein would say. We do after all, li…

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Bonus Ep. 136 - What We’ve Read and Loved Lately, with Eve and Julie 21:28

1+ y ago21:28

21:28

What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode where we talk about loving old favorites even more the second time around, lessons Julie gleaned from a book about life in a picturesque German village during the Nazi regime, discovering an author whose novel is “dazzling,” and the joy and abundant rewards of overcomin…

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Bonus Ep. 135 - Good Books for Bad Times, with Eve & Julie 18:49

1+ y ago18:49

18:49

We’ve all been there: one of those tough times in life when it’s hard to get your mind to settle enough to escape into a good book. Yet that’s when we need books more than ever. Eve and Julie have both been going through rough patches recently. Here are the books that have been helping. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreams…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 - Episode 4 22:07

1+ y ago22:07

22:07

Ideas and commentary about expanding one's thinking from small-minded, limited thinking into limitless, infinite thinking that models the Universe we live in. The Life Force or God, whatever you call it, that created this Infinite miracle, would it be as small-minded and petty as we are? Perhaps that is one of our jobs in this temporary physical ex…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 3 19:37

1+ y ago19:37

19:37

The Dalai Lama says, "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." The acorn brain, as I call it, or the "little hooligan," as Rainer Maria Rilke, called it, is small-minded, and limited, at least for me. When I expand my thinking to match the limitless, infinite nature of the Universe, I …

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Ep. 134 - The Most Personalized Book Subscription Service in the World, with James Gilbert 32:50

1+ y ago32:50

32:50

Welcome to our last regularly scheduled episode of Book Dreams. We started the podcast because books, more than just about anything, bring us joy. So we thought, what better way to end the podcast than to spread that joy and talk about how to make great book recommendations for other people? Our guest, James Gilbert, is a bookseller at the Heywood …

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Ep. 133 - Fire Island: A Century in the Life of a Queer, Literary Paradise, with Jack Parlett 32:44

1+ y ago32:44

32:44

In this episode, Book Dreams producer and guest host Gianfranco Lentini takes us on a journey to a real-life literary paradise—a thin barrier island just 50 miles east of New York City—that has been a haven for authors, especially queer authors, for more than a century. Author and scholar Jack Parlett joins Gianfranco to discuss the subject of Jack…

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Ep. 132 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, with Angie Cruz 25:40

1+ y ago25:40

25:40

In this episode, we talk to author Angie Cruz, whose latest novel is the widely acclaimed How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. This irresistible book inspired a conversation about a myriad of topics: how the unconscious mind influences the creative process, the lengths women will go to escape a dangerous situation, invisible labor as it pertains t…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 Episode 2 14:00

1+ y ago14:00

14:00

Roger Teel says, "Our judgments mask us from ourselves by making us negative experts on people and things." We see so much evidence today that confirms what Roger says. Small-minded, limited thinking holds us back individually and collectively. Will you choose to overcome that with limitless, Infinite thinking? Hear more about that in this week's e…

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Ep. 131 - Keeping Family Secrets, with Margaret K. Nelson 25:12

1+ y ago25:12

25:12

What do family secrets show us about the times we live in, and how do they impact the people who safeguard them? These are questions that sociologist Margaret K. Nelson explores in her most recent book, Keeping Family Secrets, a study of more than 150 memoirs involving families hiding something of consequence during the 1950s. In this episode of Bo…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 5 - Episode 1 13:51

1+ y ago13:51

13:51

Life is a gift, always working to wake us up to our calling. Most resist, hoping to escape life unscathed. Is that truly living? Small-minded, limited thinking is very prevalent in today's world and has always been with us. In my latest book, "Sage Advice, Wisdom for living from throughout the Ages..." I found many examples, dating back to 300 BC, …

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Ep. 130 - Our 2022 End-of-Year Holiday Extravaganza! 45:58

1+ y ago45:58

45:58

Welcome to our 2022 end-of-year holiday extravaganza! In the spirit of holiday giving, we have a present for you, which, if we’re being honest, is also a present for us: BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS. Two dozen of them, in fact! At the end of almost all the interviews we conducted this year, we asked our guests, “What’s one book you love and why do you love…

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Ep. 129 - The Science Behind Heartbreak, with Florence Williams 32:43

2y ago32:43

32:43

Why, exactly, do we feel so shattered when someone we love leaves us? What is the science behind the physical changes we experience during heartbreak, such as weight loss and anxiety, and why do so many of us stop behaving rationally? In this episode of Book Dreams, we talk with acclaimed science writer Florence Williams about her latest book, Hear…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 4 Episode 18 21:43

2y ago21:43

21:43

How to model what the Creator of a Universe, an Infinite Universe thinks. Infinite thinking versus small-minded, limited thinking. Try it. Listen in for more tips here. Gratefully yours, Steve

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Ep. 128 - A Feminist Retelling of the Ramayana, with Vaishnavi Patel 31:47

2y ago31:47

31:47

What is it like to create a modern, feminist retelling of an ancient, foundational text? Vaishnavi Patel–author of the instant New York Times bestselling novel Kaikeyi, a reimagining of the Hindu epic the Ramayana–paints a vivid picture in this episode of Book Dreams. Vaishnavi’s novel “tells the story of the evil stepmother character [Kaikeyi], wh…

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Ep. 127 - Constructing a Nervous System, with Margo Jefferson 35:47

2y ago35:47

35:47

What are the raw materials of our lives? Who are the authors, the singers and songwriters, the actors and artists whose work resonates with each of us and makes us who we are? It’s a question that is brilliantly and masterfully explored by arts critic Margo Jefferson in her new memoir, Constructing a Nervous System, in which she weaves her personal…

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Ep. 126 - Read Dangerously, with Azar Nafisi 30:24

2y ago30:24

30:24

How can reading a novel become an act of political rebellion? This is one of the important questions we take up with Azar Nafisi, author of the memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran. Azar’s latest book is Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times. In it, she focuses on the parallels and connections between the totalitarian mi…

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Different Thinking for Different Times - Season 4 Episode 17 13:29

2y ago13:29

13:29

We see small-minded thinking in our leaders, in our press, and all over society today. How is that working out? Learn and listen here to have a dialogue about limitless, Infinite thinking, which models what we live in, an Infinite Universe. Do you think like the creator? I doubt it. It's our job to get over ourselves in life and embrace it as it is…

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Ep. 125 - South to America: Understanding the Soul of a Nation, with Imani Perry 32:28

2y ago32:28

32:28

If we want to understand America today, we must first understand the South. This is both a central premise of Imani Perry’s latest book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, which is a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and a proposition she explores in depth in this episode of…

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Ep. 124 - Trust, with Hernan Diaz 28:09

2y ago28:09

28:09

“I think the narratives about capital are an even more fundamental myth in America than those about the frontier.” Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Hernan Diaz takes on nothing less than American capitalism in his latest novel, Trust. In this episode of Book Dreams, he speaks with Eve and Julie about why he chose Trust’s innovative and surprising st…

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Ep. 123 - The Zen of Therapy, with Dr. Mark Epstein 31:32

2y ago31:32

31:32

“A monk asked, ‘What is meditation?’ The Master said, ‘It is not meditation.’ The monk said, ‘Why is it “not meditation”?’ The Master said, ‘It’s alive, it’s alive!’” –Chao-Chou, 8th century Buddhist master How can traditional psychotherapy, with its emphasis on the self, work with Zen practices like meditation, with their de-emphasizing of the ego…

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ATTENTION ALL BOOK DREAMERS 2:13

2y ago2:13

2:13

An exciting announcement from Eve and Julie about the past, present, and future of humanity! (And also a small schedule change.) Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com. We encourage you to visit our website and sign up for our newsletter for information about our episodes…

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Ep. 122 - How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, with Mónica Guzmán 33:45

2y ago33:45

33:45

“I get so upset during conversations about politics with certain family members, I feel like my body’s on the verge of explosion, with body parts flying off and blood splattering all over walls.” Do you ever feel like Julie does when you’re trying to have a meaningful discussion with someone with whom you vehemently disagree? Then you’re going to l…

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Ep. 121 - We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption, with Justin Fenton 31:30

2y ago31:30

31:30

We Own This City–written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Justin Fenton and the basis for David Simon’s HBO miniseries–tells the shocking, true story of a massive police corruption scandal. Baltimore had been struggling with high rates of violent crime for decades when, in 2007, the police department established the Gun Trace Task Force, a un…

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