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Hosted by Sonya Looney · health · EN
Grow the Good, formerly The Sonya Looney Show, is your guide to continual personal growth, meaningful connections, and positive impact in the world. Challenge the idea that you are broken or need fixing. Instead, discover how to cultivate the good that already exists within you and amplify the strengths and potential you may not yet realize you have. Grounded in the science of positive psychology and guided by the pillars of purpose, vitality, resilience, hope, and connection, each episode is packed with tools, stories, and evidence-backed insights to help you create a more authentic and flourishing life.
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Signup to Generate a PitchGrow the Good, formerly The Sonya Looney Show, is your guide to continual personal growth, meaningful connections, and positive impact in the world. Challenge the idea that you are broken or need fixing. Instead, discover how to cultivate the good that already exists within you and amplify the strengths and potential you may not yet realize you have.
Grow the Good is hosted by Sonya Looney. The show has published 477 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Don’t You Understand Me? with Yael Schonbrun" (22 October 2026, 68 minutes), "How Connecting With Nature Changes Your Well-Being" (17 September 2026, 27 minutes), and "The Courage to Quit with Lindsay Crouse" (10 September 2026, 57 minutes).
Grow the Good publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 477 episodes.
Booking probability for Grow the Good is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Grow the Good requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Grow the Good's contact route on record: verified email.
Sonya Looney hosts Grow the Good, a health podcast with 477 episodes published.
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Episode #475
Why is it possible to listen carefully to someone and still completely misunderstand them? In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Yael Schonbrun, psychologist, couples therapist, and author of Why Don’t You Understand...
Episode #473
A lot of us spend time outside. We run, ride, hike, train, explore, and use nature as a place to play or pursue our goals. But does spending time in nature actually mean we’re connected to it? This episode was inspired...
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What if quitting was courageous? In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Crouse, a former New York Times journalist and producer who spent 15 years at the Times, where she worked in Opinion and helped commission...
Episode #471
A couple of days ago, I finished my first ultra trail running race: the Squamish 50K. This episode is a reflection on what it took to get there, what actually happened out on the course, and what I’m still processing...
Episode #470
This week, I’m bringing back a conversation from the archives with Ethan Kross, one of the world’s leading experts on the conscious mind and the author of Chatter and Shift . I wanted to replay this episode because it...
Episode #469
What does it actually mean to keep growing as an adult? In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Travis Macy for a conversation that is less of an interview and more of a real, honest exploration of adulthood...
Episode #468
In this Mindfulness in Action episode, we’re practicing patience in real time. If you listened to last week’s solo episode, I talked about impatience, rushing, and how so many of us move through life like our self-worth...
Episode #467
In this solo episode, I’m talking about patience, and really, about rushing. Rather than focus on time management conversation, I'm taking a look at what happens in our bodies and nervous systems when we move through...
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In this episode, I sit down with workplace well-being expert and author Jen Fisher to talk about her book, Hope Is the Strategy , and why hope matters so much in a world where so many people are burned out, languishing...
Episode #465
In this Mindfulness in Action episode, I’m exploring what it means to not only add value, but to let ourselves feel valued. So many of us are working hard to matter. We’re trying to contribute, perform, improve...
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What does it actually mean to matter? In this solo episode, I’m diving into a topic that has been occupying my mind for years and has become a central part of my research, workshops, and the book I’m writing: mattering...
Episode #463
What if the real value of achievement isn’t what it proves about us, but how it contributes to others? In this episode, I sit down with bestselling author, researcher, and publisher Tom Rath. Tom is known for books like...
Episode #462
This Mindfulness in Action episode is a real-time practice in mental agility: the ability to notice what’s happening in your thoughts, emotions, and body, and make small adjustments that help you stay aligned with what...
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What does it really mean to be mentally agile? In this solo episode, I’m talking about the emotional and attentional skills that help us notice what’s happening inside of us, create space, and choose our next move with...
Episode #460
What if so much of our suffering comes from trying to become who we think we’re supposed to be? In this episode, I sit down with meditation teachers Jeff Warren and Tasha Schumann for a wide-ranging, deeply practical...
Episode #459
In this Mindfulness in Action episode, I’m talking about one of the sneakiest forms of distorted thinking: shoulds. You know the ones: I should be doing more. I should have this figured out by now. I should be more...
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Ever catch yourself thinking, “I should be better than this. I should be doing more. I should have started earlier” and then spiraling? In this solo episode, I’m diving into the world of "should" and how it quietly...
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Flow is one of those words that gets used all the time, but what does it actually mean? And more importantly, how do we create more of it in real life, not just in elite sport or peak performance moments? In this...
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In this Mindfulness in Action episode, I’m recording on a trail run and thinking out loud about something I’ve been re-examining in my own life: the pressure to constantly optimize and get better. We hear it everywhere...
Episode #455
Sometimes it's hard to say what you mean. Oren Jay Sofer says, "Communication is a learnable skill and it’s one of the most powerful levers for making change in your life and the world." Non-violent communication is...
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Assistant Professor, Psychologist, author, faculty at Brown University, and podcaster, Brown University
Senior Staff Editor and OpDocs Producer, The New York Times
author of Shift: Managing Your Emotions So They Don't Manage You, University of Michigan’s Ross Business School
ultra endurance athlete, host of The Travis Macy Show, The Travis Macy Show Podcast
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