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Welcome to Open Book with Raj Shekhar. Every story comes straight from the heart and the mind. Here, you’ll find stories, real emotions, and the science behind what makes us human. Stories that help, comfort, and move you to think… and act.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity. In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat...

This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in “narrow-focus attention”: a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress - and which lies at the root of common ailments including anxiety, depression, ADD, stress-related migraines, and more.

“A masterpiece. . . . It teaches us how not to fear and repress, but to rechannel and harness the most powerful energies of life toward freedom and bliss.” —ROBERT THURMAN It is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and...

Why do people reject science and believe online conspiracy theories? How are people radicalized online and go on to commit acts of violence? Why is our society so politically polarized? Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence...

In this New York Times bestseller, Isaac Lidsky draws on his experience of achieving immense success, joy, and fulfillment while losing his sight to a blinding disease to show us that it isn’t external circumstances, but how we perceive and respond to them, that governs our reality. Fear has a...

Discover how mindfulness can help you with healing. More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn showed us the value of cultivating greater awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. Now, in TheHealing Power of Mindfulness, he...

For the misdiagnosed, the mystic, the misunderstood, and the moms just trying to make it through Monday. The Cosmic Eye Roll is a podcast for the beautifully burned out, spiritually sassy, and chronically invalidated. Hosted by two neurodivergent mothers raising neurodivergent kids, we explore the messy intersections of mental health, medical gaslighting, spirituality, divination, creative expression, and the absurdity of everyday life. Whether we’re venting, validating, or vibing out, we bring you raw conversations, witchy wisdom, hilarious meltdowns, and the occasional deep sigh that says ...