The Love Expert: Why Women Are Addicted To F**k Boys & Why You Should "Have A 'Boring' Relationship Instead!" - The Diary of a CEO with Logan Ury

Are we our own worst enemies when it comes to romance? What if instead, we dated like a scientist, using equations and analysis, rather than feelings and attraction to find love. In this new episode Steven sits down with dating coach and behavioural scientist, Logan Ury. Logan is a behavioural expert, dating coach and Director of Relationship Science at the dating app, Hinge. She is also the author of the book, ‘How To Not Die Alone’, which outlines the scientific theories she uses with her clients to help them find love.

Rethink Your Approach to Finding Love

• Understand that you may think you know what you want, but you're often wrong. Many people struggle with modern dating because it's a relatively new phenomenon, and we aren't born knowing how to date.
• Challenge the idea of "the spark" (initial chemistry and fireworks) as it often leads to relationships that burn out. Instead, seek a "slow burn" with someone who will make a great long-term partner.
• Recognise that if you are single and don't want to be, you are likely choosing a set of problems through your patterns and blind spots. Your goal should be to get out of your own way and develop new habits.
• Avoid "dating for entertainment," such as seeking funny "horror stories," and instead focus on dating for genuine connection.

A Brand New Way to Understand and Treat Mental Health Problems - Dr Rangan Chatterjee with Dr Chris Palmer

Dr Chris Palmer is Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He shares some of the profound insights he's gained over almost 30 years as an academic psychiatrist. He combines years of clinical, neuroscience and metabolic studies into one unifying idea: that mental disorders are not caused by a chemical imbalance.

Limitations of Current Mental Health Paradigms

• The mental health field is currently struggling to understand the exact causes of mental illness.
• Many existing treatments, such as antidepressants, primarily offer symptomatic relief rather than a cure or full remission. These medications often lead to chronic conditions, requiring dose adjustments or changes, and frequently leave patients with low-grade symptoms.
• The belief that finding the "right pill" can achieve full remission for mental illnesses has proven discouraging and demoralising for many practitioners, as medications often stop working or are ineffective for the majority of patients.
• The prevalent view among many professionals that mental illness stems from a chemical imbalance in the brain (e.g., neurotransmitter imbalances like serotonin or dopamine) is widely disputed and described as "hogwash". Research indicates that 90-95% of the body's serotonin, for example, is produced in the digestive tract, highlighting a more complex gut-brain connection.
• Mental illness is not attributable to a single cause or solution; it involves multiple interacting inputs.

Supercharge Your Longevity - Modern Wisdom with Dr Gabrielle Lyon

Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine.

Most health advice focuses on shedding excess weight. But what if your longevity, healthspan, resilience and quality of life was more determined by gaining muscle than losing fat? This isn't a bodybuilder's coping strategy, it's new science backed by mountains of data.

Expect to learn why the quality of your life is a direct correlation to your muscle health, whether it's more dangerous to be over-fat or under-muscled, whether exercise is more important than nutrition, Gabrielle's favourite hacks for getting more protein in every day, whether protein timing matters, if it's possible to achieve this with a plant-based diet and much more...

Why Is Modern Dating Such A Mess? - Modern Wisdom with Sadia Khan

Sadia Khan is a relationship coach and a speaker

Dating in the modern world is more fraught than ever. Men and women are finding themselves confused and lost as they try to make sense of a mating landscape which becomes ever more difficult to navigate.

Expect to learn why Sadia’s Instagram has been banned 3 times, why nice guys have such a hard time in relationships, whether men and women can actually be friends, whether hot women tend to be crazier, how to stop being a jealous partner, whether body count actually matters, why married couples cheat, what Love Island is doing to our view of romance and much more...

How to Improve Your Brain Health as You Age - Dr Rangan Chatterjee with Dr Tommy Wood

Shift Your Mindset About Cognitive Decline

• Cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging; while it does occur on average, you can significantly change its trajectory.
• The brain, much like muscles, can adapt, make new connections, and even generate new cells in certain areas (like the hippocampus) if challenged.
• Stop telling yourself the story that your brain's function is beyond your control because of age, as this is "not true".
• Understand that age-related dementia, which is what most people fear, is influenced by environment, genetics, lifestyle, and general health, and is different from early-onset Alzheimer's.
• Cognitive decline often starts much earlier in life, possibly in your 20s or 30s, driven by a lack of continuous mental challenge rather than an uncontrollable biological process.
• View the brain's capacity like physical "headroom"; as function declines, your maximum capacity approaches what you do daily, leading to cognitive frailty where there is "no extra capacity".

The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households - Modern Wisdom with Melissa Kearney

Melissa Kearney is a University of Maryland economist professor, author of "The Two-Parent Advantage," known for her research in the field of economic demography. Declining marriage and birth rates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying.

The Decline of Two-Parent Households: A Societal Crisis

Kearney details a significant societal shift in the United States and other high-income countries: the decline in marriage rates and the corresponding rise in single-parent households. This trend is particularly pronounced outside the college-educated class, leading to a "two-parent privilege" where having a two-parent household has become an advantage primarily for highly educated, high-income individuals. For instance, only 12% of births to mothers with a four-year college degree are outside marriage, compared to more than half for women without a college degree. This disparity holds true across major racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., with the notable exception of Asian Americans, who maintain exceptionally high rates of two-parent households regardless of education or income. The decline is driven by a decoupling of marriage from the act of having and raising children, not by an increase in divorce rates (which are actually down conditional on marriage) or a rise in births among young or teen women (teen childbearing has plummeted by over 70% since the mid-1990s).

How to Raise Successful Kids Without Over-Parenting - Julie Lythcott-Haims

The Problem with Over-Parenting and the "Checklisted Childhood"

Julie Lythcott-Haims, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford, highlights a concerning trend in modern parenting where parents are so involved in their children's lives that they are "messing up kids" and "impeding their chances to develop into theirselves". While parental involvement is generally positive, an extreme form of over-parenting can be harmful. This style, which she refers to as a "checklisted childhood," involves parents constantly protecting, preventing, hovering, micromanaging, and steering their children towards a "small subset of colleges and careers".

A "checklisted childhood" is characterised by a relentless pursuit of external markers of success, where children are expected to achieve perfection. This includes ensuring they attend the "right schools," are in the "right classes," get the "right grades," and accumulate the "right scores, accolades, awards, sports, activities, and leadership positions". Parents even encourage children to "start a club" or "check the box for community service" specifically to impress colleges. Parents become their child's "concierge and personal handler and secretary," constantly nudging, cajoling, and nagging to prevent any "screwing up" or "closing doors" to a desired future.

Lying - Sam Harris

In Lying, author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie. He focuses on "white" lies - those lies we tell for the purpose of sparing people discomfort - for these are the lies that most often tempt us. And they tend to be the only lies that good people tell while imagining that they are being good in the process.

The Corrosive Nature of Deception

A central tenet of Harris's argument is that all lies, regardless of their perceived size or intent, are inherently damaging. He dismantles the common justifications for "white lies," asserting that they erode trust and intimacy in our relationships. When we lie to others, we create a distorted reality for them, preventing them from acting on the truth. This can lead to decisions based on false premises, ultimately causing more harm than the truth might have.

Harris emphasises that lying also harms the liar. It complicates our lives by forcing us to maintain a web of deceit, which is mentally taxing and emotionally draining. Furthermore, every lie we tell chips away at our own integrity, creating a dissonance between our actions and our values. This internal conflict can lead to a diminished sense of self-worth and authenticity.