Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen podcast

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world? Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media [https://lemonadamedia.com/] (https://lemonadamedia.com/)

Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world? Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media [https://lemonadamedia.com/] (https://lemonadamedia.com/)

 

#247

Chasing Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)

“I don't think anybody manages to go through their experience incarnated in human fo... more

11 Sep 2025

59 MINS

59:45

11 Sep 2025


#246

Stop Trying to Kill the Ego (Satya Doyle Byock)

“This waiting for approval from daddy—all of that is so antithetical to actual... more

04 Sep 2025

52 MINS

52:13

04 Sep 2025


#245

7 Tools for Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness (Courtney Smith)

“What does it mean to make change in my life—not from a place that there was s... more

28 Aug 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:54

28 Aug 2025


#244

4 Things I Learned This Summer (Monthly Solo)

Today it’s just me, sharing a few revelations I’ve had this summer around: The... more

25 Aug 2025

36 MINS

36:42

25 Aug 2025


#243

There Are Two Moves When Faced with Uncertainty (Francis Weller)

“We’re not empty containers just being filled up with fear and terror and trau... more

21 Aug 2025

55 MINS

55:27

21 Aug 2025


#242

How to Fully Engage with the Rest of Your Life (Sharon Blackie, PhD)

“If we stop transforming, and we try to hold ourselves back, we’re effectively... more

14 Aug 2025

48 MINS

48:44

14 Aug 2025


#241

The 63-Second Chance to Rewire Your Brain (Caroline Leaf, PhD)

“We can’t change what’s happened, but we can change what it looks like i... more

07 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:50

07 Aug 2025


#240

When We’re Committed to the Most Extreme Reaction (Thomas Hübl, PhD)

Thomas Hübl (a frequent guest here) is a renowned teacher whose work has focused on r... more

31 Jul 2025

32 MINS

32:58

31 Jul 2025


#239

So You Want to Write a Book? (Monthly Solo)

In this month’s solo episode, I’m sharing some thoughts on why everyone seems ... more

28 Jul 2025

45 MINS

45:01

28 Jul 2025


#238

Who Am I If I’m Not Pleasing Anyone? (Meggan Watterson)

Today, I’m talking to Meggan Watterson—theologian and author ofThe Girl Who Ba... more

24 Jul 2025

58 MINS

58:58

24 Jul 2025


#237

How to Be an Effective Idealist (Rutger Bregman)

Rutger Bregman is the New York Times–bestselling author of Moral Ambition. Today, he... more

17 Jul 2025

57 MINS

57:42

17 Jul 2025


#236

What Would Happen If We Related to Money Differently? (Elizabeth Ralph)

“What matters is: Are you free?” asks Elizabeth Ralph. “Do you feel free... more

10 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:52

10 Jul 2025


#235

The Gold of Midlife (Chip Conley)

“The midlife crisis is not a dark night of the soul,” says Chip Conley, founde... more

03 Jul 2025

34 MINS

34:44

03 Jul 2025


#234

Is This Our Push Up the Spiral? (Monthly Solo)

In this month’s solo episode, I’m sharing: The tools and people helping me to ... more

30 Jun 2025

53 MINS

53:23

30 Jun 2025


#233

How to Think About Genius (Helen Lewis)

In her new book,The Genius Myth, journalist Helen Lewis explores how and why we label cert... more

26 Jun 2025

58 MINS

58:08

26 Jun 2025


#232

A Formula for Coming Alive (Shannon Watts)

“Living on fire is really a metaphor for figuring out two things,” says Shanno... more

19 Jun 2025

59 MINS

59:24

19 Jun 2025


#231

Finding Faith in our Future (Krista Tippett)

“You're going to find a lot of people doing their best, revealing how beautiful and strang... more

12 Jun 2025

52 MINS

52:14

12 Jun 2025


#230

Should Romantic Love Be at the Center of Our Lives? (Melissa Febos)

In her new memoir, The Dry Season, Melissa Febos (award-winning author of Girlhood) examin... more

05 Jun 2025

55 MINS

55:45

05 Jun 2025


#229

Moving Away from Hierarchy (Danielle Gibbons)

Okay, this is a wild one. Danielle Gibbons is not a psychic, but she is a channel—she chan... more

29 May 2025

40 MINS

40:32

29 May 2025


#228

Managing Creative Energy and When to Say No (Monthly Solo)

In May’s monthly solo episode, I’m reflecting on: motherhood, my mom, the Performance of P... more

27 May 2025

50 MINS

50:33

27 May 2025


#227

Is It Time to Stop Optimizing? (Coco Krumme)

“I think both of those things are problematic—both that we’ve optimized too many things an... more

22 May 2025

35 MINS

35:14

22 May 2025


#226

An Episode from Other People’s Problems: On Psychedelics

Here, I'm sharing another podcast series with you, called Other People’s Problems. In her ... more

19 May 2025

41 MINS

41:52

19 May 2025


#225

What the Next Big Astrological Shifts Mean for Us (Jennifer Freed, PhD)

Psychological astrologer Jennifer Freed, PhD, shares: What’s happening, astrologically spe... more

15 May 2025

58 MINS

58:30

15 May 2025


#224

Trusting in the Synchronicity of the Universe (Satya Doyle Byock)

Satya Doyle Byock is a psychotherapist, author of Quarter-Life, and a great teacher of Car... more

08 May 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:54

08 May 2025


#223

But What If the Bible Doesn’t Say That? (Dan McClellan, PhD)

“It’s a shame that we lose so much of that history and we silence so many of those voices ... more

01 May 2025

58 MINS

58:19

01 May 2025


#222

Another Way of Seeing Betrayal (Monthly Solo)

For April’s guest-less episode, I’m looking back on the wild ride that was this month, and... more

28 Apr 2025

50 MINS

50:31

28 Apr 2025


#221

A System for Getting What’s Missing in Your Life (Laura Day)

“ Here are my real tools—because fantasy tools give you fantasy results,” says Laura Day, ... more

24 Apr 2025

57 MINS

57:28

24 Apr 2025