Podcast Episodes on Mental Health & Social Science

June 15, 2020

31. The Power of Clarity, Transitioning Careers, and WFH Predictions

Discover More is a weekly podcast that aims to accelerate the learning process together through intentional dialogues. In this episode, we talk about three big whys and three clarifying questions that helped us in career transitions. Please enjoy and thank you for listening. So we would like to …

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June 1, 2020

30. How To Find Calmness Amidst COVID through meditation and Stress L…

Discover More aims to accelerate the learning process together through intentional dialogues. This podcast was built on the foundation of approachable guests synthesized experiences and relatable lessons. We hope you enjoy and continue to Discover More. Major corporations are starting to realize…

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March 16, 2020

29. Serving Patients and Finding Purpose with Allison Hare

This week, we continue our conversation with Penn medical student Allison Hare. She shares a powerful story of a past patient's miraculous recovery, which helped her identify internal medicine as her true calling. We dive into the importance of examining personal motivations, reframing situations, …

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March 9, 2020

28. Babies on Netflix and Care through Music and Medicine with Alliso…

This week's guest is Allison Hare, a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. We also dive into the power of reflection, the necessity of creative outlets, and the importance of framing your self talk around behavior rather than identity. I worked for a lab for three or four years in c…

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March 2, 2020

27. Level Up Modern Dating with the 5 C's

Discover More will be synthesizing our collective experience from the past few years of modern dating. We compiled all of our experiences into Five C's in respective order chemistry, compatibility, comfortability, commitment, and communication. We hope that these C's simplify the complexities of mo…

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Feb. 24, 2020

26. Discover More Books: I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi

Discover More aims to accelerate the learning process together through intentional dialogues. This podcast was built on the foundation of approachable guests synthesized experiences and relatable lessons. We hope you enjoy and continue to Discover More. Sethi gives five steps of how to allocate …

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Feb. 17, 2020

25. Near Death Experiences and Divine Interventions with Christian Bu…

This week, we continue our conversation with Christian Buttrick. Christian tells the stories of the near death experiences that made him question his life and inspired his move to Chicago. This leads to a discussion around the fragility of life and the beauty of helping strangers. We hope you enjoy…

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Feb. 10, 2020

24. Embracing Conflicts, Managing the Ego, and Exercising the Mind wi…

This week's guest is Christian Buttrick, a high level athlete. He played college basketball at Penn State Altoona and now holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In this episode, he shares his strategies for dealing with conflict and managing the ego. We hope you enjoy this episode of Discover Mo…

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Feb. 3, 2020

23. The 5 Biggest Lessons Learned as a 25 Year Old with Aidan Weinmann

On today’s episode of Discover More, we share Aidan’s biggest lessons learned as a 25 year old. Every day for the last two years, Aidan has written down three lessons and three wins from each day. This episode is our effort...

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Jan. 27, 2020

22. Discover More Books. Stillness is the Key.

Discover More aims to accelerate the learning process together through intentional dialogues. Starting in 2020, we will do a book review at the end of the month for every episode. Let us know in the comments and reviews on both of our platforms about the new format. Ryan Holiday's new book, Seek…

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Jan. 20, 2020

21. Rwanda's Relationship with Time, Math's Contribution to Music, an…

In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Matthias Wuest, a gifted math teacher and endurance athlete. We discuss his recent move to Rwanda and how the new culture has impacted his relationship with time and...

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Jan. 13, 2020

20. Cycling the Elevation of Mount Everest, Completing Teach for Amer…

"Efficiency was born out of necessity and privilege." This week's guest is Matthias Wuest, a gifted math teacher and endurance athlete. After graduating from Northwestern University with a mathematics major, Matthias went on ...

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Jan. 6, 2020

19. 20 Hacks to Make 2020 the Healthiest of Your Life

Discover More is a weekly podcast from Benoit and Aidan. This week, they share 20 hacks to make 2020 the healthiest of your life. We hope you enjoy and continue to listen to Discover More. Work out because you have the privilege to, not because you hate yourself. Be grateful and have that gratit…

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Dec. 30, 2019

18. 7 Best Lessons from Discover More 2019

This week, we're not doing an interview, but reflecting on our time spent on the podcast. These seven lessons distilled and the biggest takeaways from our eight guests so far. Lesson three is commit to routines and habits. Not everyone is the same, not everyone's a morning person or a night pers…

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Dec. 23, 2019

17. Mental Health, Therapy, and Reframing Success with Will Pham

In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Will Pham, a licensed social worker who will be accumulating clinical hours to become a psychotherapist. Will comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience in mental...

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Dec. 16, 2019

16. Louisiana Center for the Blind and Downsides of Perfectionism wit…

This week's episode features the guest Will Pham, a licensed social worker who has been accumulating clinical hours to become a psychotherapist. When he was a child, he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, which is a rare...

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Dec. 9, 2019

15. Intuitive Eating and Finding Balance in Life with Anna Robinson

Anna Robinson is one of the most animated and illuminating humans that we know. Anna is a successful fitness entrepreneur, former Studio Director at F-45 Manayunk, Orange Theory Coach, and a lovely human who always seeks to b...

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Dec. 2, 2019

14. Discussing the Benefits of HIIT, Orange Theory, and the Idea of E…

Anna Robinson is one of the most animated and illuminating humans that we know. Anna is a successful fitness entrepreneur, former Studio Director at F-45 Manayunk, Orange Theory Coach, and a lovely human who always seeks to b...

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Nov. 25, 2019

13. Setting Intention in Life and The Power of Meditation with Andre …

In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Andre Llewdelyn MSW. We discuss Andre's interest in hiking, camping, and running, and what those activities have taught him about life and leadership. He also shares h...

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Nov. 18, 2019

12. Organizational Leadership, Cultural Ecosystems, and Social Work w…

This week's episode features Andre Llewellyn MSW, a program manager at an immigrant and refugee service non-profit in Philadelphia, discussing the key takeaways on how to cultivate a compassionate organizational culture and h...

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Nov. 11, 2019

11. Y Combinator Biotech Startup, Fitness, and FDA Process with Anup …

In this week's episode, we continue our discussion with Anup Singh, the co-founder of biotech startup InnaMed, who explains his decision to drop out of the biophysics Ph.D. program with UCLA and to fully pursue his passion an...

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Nov. 4, 2019

10. Y Combinator Funded Biotech Startup, Fitness, and FDA Process wit…

This week's episode features Anup Singh, the co-founder of biotech startup InnaMed, who explains his decision to drop out of the biophysics Ph.D. program with UCLA and to fully pursue his passion and career after being accept...

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Oct. 28, 2019

9. Reflecting on Intention and Impact in Our Podcast Journey

In this episode, hosts Benoit Kim and Aidan Weinmann discuss their podcast journey so far from the past 2 months by synthesizing their palpable lessons and skillsets that they learned along the way. They also share the import...

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Oct. 21, 2019

8. Balancing Happiness and Discontentment as Executive Chef with Alec…

This week's episode features Alec Lipschutz, an executive chef at one of Philadelphia's top workplaces, who highlights the mental health epidemic in the culinary world and shares the importance of finding a balance between ha...

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