Pursuing the Excellent Life

Episodes

How #Caturday helps us flourish
Oct. 27, 2021

How #Caturday helps us flourish

Craig’s favorite day of the week is Saturday, not just because it’s recording day, but also because it’s #Caturday! (It really is a thing.) Fun, seemingly silly activities like posting or viewing cat pictures (or dog pics, or...
Outrunning Depression with Nita Sweeney
Sept. 29, 2021

Outrunning Depression with Nita Sweeney

Andrea and Craig welcome Nita Sweeney, an author, distance runner, and meditator who shares her tale of overcoming depression and anxiety through long distance running with her dog Morgan. She details the first basic steps ev...
Flourishing through music with Bryan Toney
Sept. 1, 2021

Flourishing through music with Bryan Toney

Music is synonymous with emotion and beauty and is a vital part of life. This week Andrea and Craig welcome musician Bryan Toney as he gives us insight on how music can help us flourish. He explains why it’s important to find...
Grace and Grit with Filmmaker Sebastian Siegel
Aug. 18, 2021

Grace and Grit with Filmmaker Sebastian Siegel

In this episode Andrea and Craig welcome Sebastian Siegel, a British-American director, producer, screenwriter and author to talk about some of the themes and experiences from his new film, Grace and Grit , based on the book ...
Human Flourishing - Living the Excellent Life
Aug. 4, 2021

Human Flourishing - Living the Excellent Life

In the first episode of season two, Andrea and Craig discuss some of the differences in how Aristotle, Dr. Martin Seligman, and Harvard view flourishing and some of the overlapping concepts in philosophy, religion, psychology...