Yael Shy is a teacher of mindfulness and meditation. She spent years working at NYU, where, among many other things, she founded a program called MindfulNYU, which was the largest campus-wide meditation initiative in the country. She is the author of a book called “What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond” and currently teaches and consults on mindfulness for a wide range of organizations and individuals.

Listen to this interview in which Yael shares her insights on dealing with anxiety, her techniques for befriending the harsh inner voice many of us deal with, her favorite Jewish and Buddhist wisdom tales, and much, much more.

Alyssa Petersel is the founder and CEO of My Wellbeing, a platform that helps connect therapy seekers with therapists and coaches. She’s also an author and a therapist herself. Her work is motivated by a desire to help people find wellness.

Listen to this interview in which Alyssa shares tools that can help us live with greater self-compassion and balance. A self-described “recovered perfectionist” and “recovering workaholic”, Alyssa gives helpful insight on how to be gentler with ourselves, how to live with more mental wellness, and how to celebrate the winding roads of our journeys, challenging as they sometimes may be.

Kyle Berlin is a creator of documentary theater and was a cast member with the touring Bread and Puppet Theater troupe. He spends a lot of time thinking about compassion, community and how we might begin to build a more gentle and humane world.

Listen to this interview, in which Kyle reflects on the importance of art, on ambition, on the definition of “home”, on theater’s healing power, and much, much more.