The Flourishing Experiment is dedicated to helping you live a life full of vitality, creativity, and deep relationships. Kari interviews leading Positive Psychology experts, authors, and practitioners giving listeners skills and techniques to feel better and do better. You’ll also hear solo episodes where you learn about the latest research on living a good life. The Flourishing Experiment podcast picked up after The Running Lifestyle Show crossed the finish line of 250 episodes.


Full List of The Flourishing Experiment Podcast Episodes

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281: Connecting to the Present

It can be so easy to let your mind run wild and catastrophize during this pandemic time. What history has shown us is for some people, they can make meaning out of a situation and it can propel them to living a life full of revelations about their thoughts, actions, and results. Today’s guest on the podcast is Myra Goodman, who co wrote her father’s memoir, Quest for Eternal Sunshine, a Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Darkness to Light. Mendek Rubin, Myra’s dad, not only survived . . .

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280: Self Care Really is Health Care

We know that we can’t give what we don’t have, but if there was ever a time where this really resonated, then these times of the COVID Pandemic really highlight the importance! Today’s guest is a highly sought after leadership coach and educator. Greg Hiebert graduated at the top of his classes at West Point and Harvard Business school and has worked for some of the most respected consulting firms in the world. He’s an Over Achiever, and his work is all around helping leaders take care of themselves so they can be even better leaders. . .

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279: What to Eat During Challenging Times

Our friend and go-to Real Food Dietitian, Serena Marie, RD is back on the podcast. Seeing as Serena is an RD in a hospital in NYC, it seemed fitting to hear what she is experiencing professionally and also personally. This episode is a roller coaster of emotions from frustration to anger to fear to love. During our conversation we discussed . . .

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278: It's OK to Feel Disappointed

Wow! What the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is going on?! This podcast episode was recorded on March 17, 2020, and as every day goes on, the COVID news both here in the U.S. and around the world seems to get scarier and scarier. At the same time, you may feel. . .

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277: How Not to Freak Out

There’s a lot of troubling news going on and it's easy to get swept up in fear. However, being a worrier instead of a warrior can make things much worse!  Hear how you can tap into your six senses when times are tough and there is a lot of uncertainty. . .

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276: Slaying the Dragon of Self-Doubt

Katherine Wintsch is the founder and CEO of The Mom Complex, where she works alongside Fortune 500 companies to help develop better products and services for mothers. In her book, “Slay Like A Mother: How To Destroy What’s Holding You Back So You Can Live The Life You Want,” Katherine combines more than 10 years of groundbreaking research on motherhood with. . .

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275: How to Manage Your Time to Lead a More Intentional Life

Today’s podcast guest is the epitome of being a lover of learning! Carla Aspesberger hails from the Netherlands and has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology in addition to being a registered yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner and meditation teacher. With all her experience and certification, Carla truly dances between the eastern and western modalities of healing. . .

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274: What’s Really Happening During the Moon Cycle & How It Can Affect Your Mood

Today’s podcast guest is the epitome of being a lover of learning! Carla Aspesberger hails from the Netherlands and has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology in addition to being a registered yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner and meditation teacher. With all her experience and certification, Carla truly dances between the eastern and western modalities of healing. . .

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272: How to Stop the Disease of Busyness

Jaime Weisberg, also known as JJ, is a “human potentialist” who uses science, heart and passion to help others be their best. She’s on a mission to help others slow down and do things that bring them more happiness, joy and contentment all while being a . . .

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271: Priming Your Day to Lead an Epic Life

Kristoffer Carter, also known as KC, is one of these guys you don’t forget—and in a very good way! I met KC when I attended Camp Good Life Project in 2016. KC was the camp’s emcee, meditation teacher, workshop facilitator, and . . .

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270: How Mindfulness Leads to Better Parenting

Hunter Clarke Fields, “Mindful Mama Mentor,” podcaster, and yoga teacher shares how applying meditation and mindfulness can help you become a better parent. Hunter’s catalyst to find better parenting skills happened when she found herself screaming at her then two-year-old daughter. . . .

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269: What’s the Latest and Greatest in Nutrition for Athletes

Serena Marie, RD is back! If you’re not familiar with Serena, she was the go-to dietician for The Running Lifestyle Show (now called The Flourishing Experiment). Serena and I ran multiple marathons together, took on some big goals, fell down a lot, had some big challenges in our lives, and much more while we podcasted together from 2014 to 2019. . . .

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268: How to Create Your Annual Ta-Da List

This is the third installment of a three-part series dedicated to helping you create an intentional new year. The first episode was about reflecting on your 2019, last week’s episode was around creating a theme for the coming year, and this week is all about making a list of experiences you’re hoping to . . .

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267: Select a Theme, Not Goals

How many times have you set a goal, reached it, and afterwards thought, “That’s it?” Or maybe you did feel that feeling you wanted, but it quickly disappeared? Or maybe by setting the goal, it took you on a route that didn’t reflect what you thought you wanted, but . . .

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266: Your Year and Decade in Review

Party time for YOU!!! Grab a pen or pencil you like to write with, a cup of your favorite tea, a journal, a friend (or friends, or go solo!) and let’s get cracking! Use this time to honor what you’re proud of, the amazing experiences you’ve had, the little things and everything in between. It’s not all roses, so I’m going to talk about the thorns and how to . . .

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265: Look at a Challenge as an Adventure

Paul Meyer was coached on-air in August and September and he is back with an update on how his first semester back in college (at 50!) went. Paul shares a ton of great nuggets on mindset, inspiration, and . . .

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264: How to Make Time To Follow Your Curiosity

Did you know that you can increase your wellbeing down the road just by creating a wonderful event? And when I say “wonderful event,” I’m not talking Martha Stewart-level logistics! Listen in to learn what really matters when planning an event, how to make it happen, and the potential . . .

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263: How to Make Special Events Special

Did you know that you can increase your wellbeing down the road just by creating a wonderful event? And when I say “wonderful event,” I’m not talking Martha Stewart-level logistics! Listen in to learn what really matters when planning an event, how to make it happen, and the potential . . .

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262: Gratitude and Gifts

Taking time to be grateful can make a HUGE difference on your stress levels, blood pressure, sleep quality and more. This week, learn how you can show appreciation through words as well as gifts . . .

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