# Mary Helen

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Edwidge Danticat on DÈY

Dèy by acclaimed writer Edwidge Danticat is multigenerational story of family, resilience, and hope in the wake of an unexpected tragedy. Edwidge joins us to talk about evolving ideas of the American Dream, the Haitian diaspora, ghost stories and expanding canon with host Miwa Messer. This episode…

52. The Death of Mystery: Why We Know Everything About Everyone (And Feel Connected to No One)

You know her skincare, her salary, her therapy journey, her childhood wound, her morning routine. You watched her engagement happen in real time. You've seen her cry. And you've never met her. Now think about the people you actually have met — how deeply do they know you? How deeply do you know…

51. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang: Thinking Beyond the Moment

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang. She is the Fahmy and Donna Attallah Professor of Humanistic Psychology at the University of Southern California, where she is a professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience and the founding director of the Center for Affective Neur…

156. Psychedelics, Ego & Success Hangover with Kelsey Kitsch

Canada's top female entrepreneur two years running, flying between magazine covers and global stages and privately rocking on the floor with the door locked. Kelsey Kitsch, former CEO of Mind Cure and author of Success Hangover, sits down with Dwayne to unpack the ego that built her empire, the psy…

How Our Brains Learn

Have you ever fallen asleep in school or during a work meeting? Maybe you felt your eyes glaze over as your boss or a teacher droned on and on about a topic that had no relevance to you. What's missing from these classrooms and conference rooms is engagement: A state of being absorbed, alert, and e…

Near-Death Experience: Spiritual Guides, Life Choices & Transformation (#178)

A near-death experience that changed everything. In this powerful episode of DEAD Talks, Mary Helen shares her transformative NDE following a devastating car accident in 1991. While out of her body, she gained insights that challenged her understanding of faith and death. She explores themes like s…

How do we teach kids to think critically in a world full of misinformation?

Send us Fan Mail As parents, many of us want our children to do well in school, but what if one of the most important skills they need is not memorizing information, but learning how to question it? In this episode, you and I reflect on what it means to raise critical thinkers in a world filled wit…

#53 What Does Affective Neuroscience look Like in Art Class? With Dr. Erwin Utchanah

What happens in the brain before a child truly learns?   Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Dr. Erwin Bryan Utchanah to the podcast. Dr. Utchanah is an international educator, Art Teacher, and a practicing artist with over four decades of teaching experience, including more than 25 years in internati…

Best of Identity with Mary Helen Immordino Yang

I is for Identity & Narrative. A helpful way to think about your identity is as an evolving story of your life, that incorporates who you are, to whom you belong, and your life experiences. Whether you are spiritual or religious– or somewhere in between – it’s important to consider what bigger stor…

How Our Brains Learn

Have you ever fallen asleep in school or during a work meeting? Maybe you felt your eyes glaze over as your boss or a teacher droned on and on about a topic that had no relevance to you. What's missing from these classrooms and conference rooms is engagement: A state of being absorbed, alert, and e…