The Weekend University

Updated: 24 Oct 2024 • 213 episodes
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The Weekend University aims to make the best psychology lectures available to the general public. To do this, we organise 'lecture days', on the last Sunday of each month, where you get a full day of talks from leading psychologists, university professors and authors. This podcast features in-depth interviews with our speakers, so you can learn more about their work. For more information, please see: http://theweekenduniversity.com

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Dr. Laurel Parnell is a leading expert on the therapeutic tool, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing which is more widely known as EMDR. She has trained thousands of clinicians nationally and internationally, and is the author of several bestselling books, including: “Attachment Focused EMDR”, “Tapping In”, an

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Michael Easter is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and professor at the University of Nevada. His books, The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain, explore how embracing discomfort and understanding our evolutionary roots can help us lead healthier, more fulfilled lives. Michael’s ideas have been adopted by

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Geoff Thompson is an BAFTA award-winning writer, screenwriter, and martial artist, who has authored more than forty books. Once a bouncer in Coventry, Geoff turned his life around by making a hierarchy of ”fears“ and directly confronting them, one by one. In this conversation, we explore: — Geoff’s life-changing encoun

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Anita is a New York Times bestselling author and an internationally renowned speaker, whose book "Dying to be Me" has sold over a million copies worldwide and received praise from the likes of Dr. Wayne Dyer and Dr. Gabor Maté. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer and falling into a coma, Anita experienced a prof

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Dr. Sabina Brennan is a neuroscientist, chartered health psychologist, and bestselling author. Known for her ability to translate complex neuroscience into practical advice, Sabina empowers people to take control of their brain health and manifest their goals more effectively. Her latest book, *The Neuroscience of Mani

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Roman Krznaric is a social philosopher and bestselling author whose books have been published in more than 25 languages. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing and the founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum. His latest book, History for Tomorrow, expl

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