The Best of Everyday Better: Your Starter Kit for Creating Positive Change
Tue Feb 03 2026
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 Gervais: Rising Above Fear of Other People's Opinions
JP Crimi: Can’t Meditate? Try This with JP Crimi
Tal Ben-Shahar: Engineering A Happier Life
Michelle Thaller: Exploring the Universe: NASA’s Michelle Thaller’s Guide to Everyday Awe
Shasta Nelson:The Anatomy of Friendship
Julie and John Gottman: Making a Relationship Last
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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 Gervais: Rising Above Fear of Other People's Opinions JP Crimi: Can’t Meditate? Try This with JP Crimi Tal Ben-Shahar: Engineering A Happier Life Michelle Thaller: Exploring the Universe: NASA’s Michelle Thaller’s Guide to Everyday Awe Shasta Nelson:The Anatomy of Friendship Julie and John Gottman: Making a Relationship Last