Stellar Human Project

This long overdue final episode of the season is about the art of not doing all the things. In keeping with that theme, we decided just to post it and not write a clever, quirky, or pithy episode description.Enjoy.With love from Robin & StacyP.S. Check in every now and then for Stellar Human Summer Snacks - bitesize episodes that will keep us connected and accountable.Ten Percent Happier's Dan Harris interviewed Brother Chân Pháp Hữu: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/br...

This week we chat about why we all find it so difficult to be agreeable when we disagree. Either we acquiesce or we fight to be right. What's that all about, anyway? Of course, we touch on how the inter-webs may have played its part in this too. ('Cause we love to hate on the socials...) Join us for this, our second-last episode of the season!Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com Music Credit: Great Uncles of the ...

Full disclosure, Stacy and I are totally off the cuff this week. That said, we get into what happens when life throws us a curve ball and tries to knock us off course. Robin eats an entire cake, a bag of chips, and four cookies. Stacy gets logy.Then we get back on our respective horses and carry on. Giddy up!That last part is the hard part. Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com Music Credit: Great Uncles of the...

The inspiration for this week's episode comes from the many podcast interviews we tuned into recently featuring author Anne Lamott. She offers a plethora of quotable (and t-shirtable!) statements, each one catchy, honest, and poetic.A few examples:Help is the sunny side of control.No is a complete sentence.Life is an inside job.We sift through our favourites and chime in with our own reflections and interpretations.Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarh...

This week we look at the science of motivation to see if we can figure out where the hell to find it when we'd rather just not do the thing. Whatever that thing might be. Turns out there is some pretty cool science that enlightens and informs. Now to use that knowledge to fuel some action!Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com Music Credit: Great Uncles of the Revolution with my favourite tune "The Roustabout”Thanks to the amazing A...

Welcome to Part 2 of our chat about the pursuit of happiness. Let's get vulnerable! Arthur Brooks (author-speaker-academic) offers up two quizzes to help us better understand our motives as they relate to our personal journeys toward happiness. The Stellar Human Distinction prize goes to Oprah!This week's t-shirtable:"Social media is the junk food of social life"If you're a word junkie, listen to the end of the episode where Stacy regales us with a series of lost words, some of whic...

This week's episode is part one of two because there is just so much Happiness (or as Oprah likes to say, happierness) material to talk about. There's the science, the practical stuff, the stellar human efforts, and the lessons. Always the lessons. There is an awful lot out there about the pursuit of happiness, but this week we talk specifically about Arthur Brooks, his books, his prolific podcasting, and even his YouTube vids. The latest book: Build the Life You Want, The Art And Science of ...

This week we slide down the slippery slope into what it means to be truthful. Is honesty the best policy? Are there conditions or circumstances where a little white lie is better? That slippery slope was steep!What started this conversation was this short clip with Simon Sinek:https://youtu.be/S5h4h166OUE?si=vzyxGPmi4fyjhqaQ, coupled with the movie "You Hurt My Feelings" starring our newest best friend Julia Louis-Dreyfus*.Check out both and start a conversation with your closest peeps about ...

Ever wonder WHY? Us too. This week we explore why we devour books, podcasts, and seminars on self-betterment. I mean, it's not like we're a couple of hopeless hot messes... not always. What we are is committed to always trying to be better.Are you a little like us? We hope so and, that is why we do this podcast. Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com Music Credit: Great Uncles of the Revolution with my favourite tune "The Roustabou...

It's all well and good to make bold statements about what you're going to do to better yourself, but it's in keeping your word that the rubber meets the road (just one more in a plethora of obnoxious phrases that get used in this episode!) In this week's Sweet 16 episode, we revisit all our declared Stellarererrr activities to see where we hit the mark... and where we have fallen short. Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com M...

This week's episode was inspired by Cal Newport's work Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout(1) Do Fewer Things (2) Work at a Natural Pace (3) Obsess Over QualityWe talk bike riding, taking downtime, making the most of our time, busy making, our fear of being "lazy", and working smart, not hard... all in the construct of what it means to be productive. The Stellar Human Distinction Prize goes to Lionel Ritchie. Check out the Netflix special The Greatest Night ...

Work, rest, social life, exercise, books, learning... This week we look at building our life portfolio. Let's chuck out the idea of work-life balance and instead, craft our life portfolio to get more joy out of work and avoid burnout. The podcast we were inspired by this week is a must-listen. Here's the link:https://app.tenpercent.com/link/content?podcast_episode=c7197061-cb1d-4992-878d-9c0aaab5f0cbThe Stellar Human Distinction prize this week goes to the amazing Christina Wallace.This ...

Stacy tells the story of finally getting her first Barbie, Robin delights in her newest learnings, and we talk about the word 'authentic'. Has authentic become another overused buzz word or does it still have something to offer us?Have a listen and tell us what you think!Cattywampus: going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction.You're welcome.Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be friends. Shoot us a note!team@stellarhumanproject.com Music Credit: Great Uncles of the Revolution w...

This week we talk about the science of smell. Not that we know anything about the science of smell, but neuroscientist Dr. Rachel Herz does, and she was a guest on The Happiness Lab podcast talking about smell and memories, our response to scents-aromas-odors, and the impact that smells have on our lives. And that IS something we can talk about. The Stellar Human Distinction prize this week goes to the Harlem Globetrotters for their community impact work.The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Sant...

The Pursuit of Happy. You know all those online quizzes you can take, the ones designed to help you make your life better, to better know yourself, to help you figure out how to be "happy"? Well, Stacy went down the rabbit hole and brought Robin along for the ride. This week's T-Shirtable:"This is just my face"If you want to identify your most neglected sense, hit up the Gretchen Rubin website: https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/the-five-senses-quiz/Got comments, ideas, thoughts? Let's be fr...

What does it really mean to do 'nothing'? Despite Stacy's rainy weather-provoked grump, and Robin's unpreparedness for this week's episode, we do manage to dig into what it means to do nothing and how important nothing time really is. (Spoiler alert: we're not very good at it.) This week's Stellar Human Distinction prize goes to Robin for putting up with Stacy's sh*tty mood. Our T-shirtable is "What comes next is by design" (Action item: visualize a shiny red buzzer with STOP printed on it. S...

French women don't get a Brazilian wax job, but rather, a "ticket de métro." Croissants are not French, but Viennese. Robin and Stacy have now added 'meeting Julia Louis-Dreyfus' to their bucket lists. These are but a few of the things you will learn in this week's episode of The Stellar Human Project podcast. Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a podcast called "Wiser Than Me" in which she interviews older women to gain their wisdom about life, love, and aging. The show is poignant, candid, and hil...

Robin fulfils Stacy's mushy quota, Stacy shares her favourite thing about herself, and we talk Friendships. Stacy publicly asks Robin to hound her to floss her teeth—perhaps a regrettable request... listen in to Episode 8 next week to find out for sure. PLUS, if you brave us until the end, we could not NOT share Stacy's ski story. This week we were (well, Robin was) inspired by Simon Sinek's podcast with his friend Christina Tosi.https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a-bit-of-optimi...

Adventures in fat biking with Stacy and public crying with Robin are just the start of this week's episode! What we really get into is the idea of differentiating between self-confidence and self-worth. They are not the same thing. How do we build self-worth? And what brought this on? Robin is on a launch team for Jamie Kearn Lima's new book "Worthy."Check out this week's episode!You can pre-order Worthy here:https://www.amazon.ca/Worthy-Believe-Enough-Transform-Pre-Order/dp/140197760X/r...

"How you do anything is how you do everything."Well... is it really? We talk about a recent episode on the 10 Percent Happier podcast where Alex Toussaint, Peloton instructor and influencer, thinks it is. You can check out that podcast here:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-to-be-great-alex-toussaint/id1087147821?i=1000630933655This week we discover the horror that is Robin's unmade bed, Stacy's love of working from hers, and we take one of those online character assessment quizzes.&n...