Best Jessica Conley Podcasts (2025)

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Here’s a Fun One for the Holidays (Nora McInerny) 57:45

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This week—for some joy, levity, and laughs—I asked my very funny friend to keep us company. Nora McInerny is an author and the host of the podcast Thanks for Asking. Today, she’s sharing some holiday traditions that would be fun to try out with your family or friends, along with a minimal gift-giving method that truly impressed me. We talk TV show …

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Things That Are Hidden from Us (Anna Malaika Tubbs, PhD) 35:31

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Anna Malaika Tubbs is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Three Mothers and Erased. Today, we talk about some of the cultural forces and figures that have certainly shaped us—but that have largely been hidden from us. For the show notes, head to my Substack. Get 50% off Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool, at www.monarch.com/thread. See…

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A Psychic Medium on What’s Ahead (Carissa Schumacher) 55:13

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This is an unusual episode with one of my favorite psychic mediums, Carissa Schumacher—who is also a channel for Yeshua, or Christ Consciousness. Wild, I know! Here, Carissa is sharing insights pertaining to what is going on in our upside-down world currently, and what is ahead for us in 2026 (and even beyond, going into 2027 and 2028). She covers …

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How to Release Your Burdens (Thomas Hübl, PhD and Richard Schwartz, PhD) 52:44

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Two of my favorite teachers started collaborating with one another to help us to individually, and collectively, release our burdens, heal, and deepen connection: Internal Family Systems (IFS) founder Richard Schwartz and group facilitator Thomas Hübl. Today, they share their process, helpful exercises and tools, and more from their new book, Relea…

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The 3 Major Bridges in Your Life (Lisa Miller, PhD) 1:04:19

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“ We know in clinical science, there is nothing that is a quarter as protective against suffering as spirituality,” says psychologist Lisa Miller, PhD, author of The Awakened Brain. Miller shares poignant research and patient experiences that changed the way she thought about mental health, and her life. She outlines three significant windows in ou…

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A Special Listen: Julia Gets Wise with Roz Chast 1:12:02

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This week we're sharing a special episode from a show we love, Wiser Than Me. Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 70-year-old New Yorker cartooning legend Roz Chast, whose humor and unforgettable illustrations Julia has adored for decades. They dive into Roz’s anxieties, obsessions, and the worldview behind her award-winning memoir “Can’t We Talk Ab…

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Are We in the Presence of the Trickster? (Monthly Solo) 36:20

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In November’s solo episode: A major reframe I had. What you might learn from the Trickster archetype. Little ways I’m finding meaning in the universe. Other ways of thinking about the process of evolution and change. How we might hold inspiration and discernment at once—and why this is crucial. Thoughts on the guru-ification of our culture and othe…

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How to Let Go of the Desire to See People Punished (James Kimmel, Jr.) 1:02:06

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James Kimmel, Jr., PhD, is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the author of The Science of Revenge. He’s known in part for identifying compulsive revenge seeking as an addiction. He explains how perceived wrongs, grievances, and revenge desires—and how we deal with them, or not—affect us all. Actually t…

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How to Follow Messages from the Other Side (Laura Lynne Jackson) 41:37

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Renowned psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson shares how each of us can use our own intuition and respond to messages from our teams of light, as she calls them, to live a more meaningful, connected, and fun life. She also shares the download she received from the other side that prompted her to write her new book Guided, which follows her New York T…

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Understanding the Masks we Wear (Satya Doyle Byock) 52:28

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“We’re in a time of masking and masks, whether we know it or not,” says psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock. “And my hope is that us talking about it draws that into greater consciousness for people to make decisions about when to put them on and when to take them off.” Today, we’re talking about persona, in the sense of the masks we wear for various…

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Psychic Espionage, Bending Spoons, and Going Back in Time (Dean Radin, PhD) 53:40

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“I believe basically what I’ve seen in the laboratory,” says scientist Dean Radin, PhD. “I'm driven by experience just like anybody else, except my experience is experiment.” Radin studies things like telepathy, consciousness, quantum physics, and more parapsychology. He shares some of the most fascinating discoveries from his lab, broader research…

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What I Realized While Doing a Manifestation Program (Monthly Solo) 37:16

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In my one episode sans guest this month, I’m reflecting on: how we might enjoy solitude more (and fear loneliness less), the manifestation program I just finished (called the Money Challenge), how I’m feeling about attention and power these days, and a couple of other micro and macro realizations that are surfacing right now. For the show notes, he…

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A Deeper, Simpler Manifestation Process (Jessica Gill) 48:41

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“There are so many blessings in the in-between,” says Jessica Gill, chief content officer at To Be Magnetic and cohost of the Expanded podcast with Lacy Phillips. “You can manifest amazing mini manifestations or just kismet opportunities or these things that you wouldn't even believe would transpire in the midst of doing this work.” Today, Gill bre…

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Getting Out of the Self-Justification Trap (Carol Tavris, PhD) 52:33

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Social psychologist Carol Tavris, PhD, breaks down cognitive dissonance, why it’s so hard for us to see our own blind spots, the power and danger of self-justification, and the pyramid of choice that can lead us to some unexpected places. She also shares some fascinating findings about anger and catharsis that turn a few assumptions on their head. …

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Do We Misunderstand the Point of Monogamy? (Dan Savage) 1:01:58

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Longtime sex-advice columnist and author Dan Savage shares how he thinks about monogamy, marriage, infidelity, and repair. We explore how sex and relationships get conflated. We get into identities, orientations, preferences, language, and how we’re raising kids today. Also, Savage’s take on heteropessimism, what makes a man an attractive partner, …

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The Intrinsic Order that Emerges from Within Chaos (Elinor Dickson, PhD) 52:50

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“We have to let go of our own patriarchy,” says Elinor Dickson. “And we’re afraid to because it represents control for us.” Dickson spent more than 35 years as a Jungian therapist, and she cowrote the seminal Dancing in the Flames with her good friend Marion Woodman. She’s one of the wise elders of our time. We explore the new universal mythos our …

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Using Triangulation to Better Understand Yourself (Monthly Solo) 44:04

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In this month’s solo episode, I’m exploring the parts of our culture and our collective that we can own—and impact. And I’m sharing more on the power of triangulation, and how you can use certain systems and tools to better understand yourself, your roles, and what you might be trying to do in work and in life. For ALL the show notes, head over to …

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Rebuilding a Life (Jen Hatmaker) 47:52

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The hilarious Jen Hatmaker (New York Times–bestselling author and host of the podcast For the Love) joins me to chat, in part, about her new memoir Awake. We talk about the moment in her life when everything seemingly dissolved (including her marriage of 26 years and her relationship to the church) and the much deeper awakening that she entered fro…

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What’s Your Zone of Genius? (Katie Hendricks, PhD) 51:32

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Katie Hendricks, PhD, is known for helping people use their body’s innate intelligence. She shares some of her most powerful tools and teachings, including: Her fear-melters for when we get caught in fight, flee, freeze, or faint mode. How to play with your pace so that you’re able to get present, instead of just feeling at the effect of everything…

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Chasing Love (Elizabeth Gilbert) 59:45

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“I don't think anybody manages to go through their experience incarnated in human form and not have chapters of your life that are like, what literally just happened?” says Elizabeth Gilbert. “How did I end up here and who am I? And where did the ground go beneath my feet?” Today, Gilbert shares the story behind her new memoir, All the Way to the R…

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Stop Trying to Kill the Ego (Satya Doyle Byock) 52:13

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“This waiting for approval from daddy—all of that is so antithetical to actually living your own existence,” says psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock. Today, Byock returns for a conversation about the ego, why it gets a bad rap, and why we need a strong sense of self to be in relationship with anyone. Also: our culture’s ascension myth, and why we ha…

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7 Tools for Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness (Courtney Smith) 1:03:54

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“What does it mean to make change in my life—not from a place that there was something wrong with me?” asks my coauthor Courtney Smith. “But I made choices that have gotten me here. I respect and value those choices. I understand I wouldn’t be here without them. And I'm also choosing to do something a little bit different going forward.” Courtney i…

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4 Things I Learned This Summer (Monthly Solo) 36:42

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Today it’s just me, sharing a few revelations I’ve had this summer around: The set ages we seemingly get stuck at. Emotions I’m connecting to for the first time in my life (and how certain codes of anger have helped me). How busyness impacts our physical patterns and the way we hold our bodies, or clench our weight. And practicing rejection and bui…

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There Are Two Moves When Faced with Uncertainty (Francis Weller) 55:27

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“We’re not empty containers just being filled up with fear and terror and trauma,” says psychotherapist Francis Weller. “We’re also medicine carriers.” Many of you will know Weller from his moving conversations about grief with Anderson Cooper, or his beautiful book The Wild of Edge of Sorrow. Weller’s new book, In the Absence of Ordinary, is exact…

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How to Fully Engage with the Rest of Your Life (Sharon Blackie, PhD) 48:44

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“If we stop transforming, and we try to hold ourselves back, we’re effectively stagnating and killing the life that’s ahead,” says psychologist and author Sharon Blackie, PhD. Today, we talk about what Blackie has learned from studying myths and fairy tales, and working to reimagine the stories that currently define women’s lives. She shares a much…

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The 63-Second Chance to Rewire Your Brain (Caroline Leaf, PhD) 38:50

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“We can’t change what’s happened, but we can change what it looks like inside of our mind-brain-body network,” says neuroscientist Caroline Leaf, PhD. Here, Leaf shares what she’s learned about how our minds work, and how we can change a thought, a habit, a pattern. And we get into the compelling 63-second intervention from her new book, Help in a …

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When We’re Committed to the Most Extreme Reaction (Thomas Hübl, PhD) 32:58

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Thomas Hübl (a frequent guest here) is a renowned teacher whose work has focused on resilience and healing trauma. In this conversation, we explore: Some of our biggest fractured interpretations of the world, and how we can gain more clarity and connection. The impulse to become very certain about something very quickly, and our tendency to see oth…

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Tools For Creating a Life Of Prosperity & Ease with Cathy Heller 57:50

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In this powerful and soul-shaking episode of Whiskey & Work, Kelsey sits down with one of her dearest friends and longtime creative collaborator, Cathy Heller—author, podcaster, business coach, and transformational teacher. Known for her radiant energy, fearless creativity, and deeply spiritual perspective, Cathy shares what it really means to live…

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So You Want to Write a Book? (Monthly Solo) 45:01

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In this month’s solo episode, I’m sharing some thoughts on why everyone seems to want a book under their belt, why that may or may not be the right move for you, as well as concrete tips and takeaways about what to think through before you begin putting words on paper. Most importantly, I share some tips and frameworks for getting you through the c…

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Who Am I If I’m Not Pleasing Anyone? (Meggan Watterson) 58:58

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Today, I’m talking to Meggan Watterson—theologian and author of The Girl Who Baptized Herself—about the importance of being embodied, the search for self, where we derive power, and the way that culture is edited and passed down to us. Watterson tells the incredible stories behind the Gospel of Mary (and what happened to Mary Magdalene), and the Ac…

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Hormones, Emotions, & Entrepreneur Health Hacks with Laura Conley 59:00

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In this episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey sits down with Laura Conley — certified life and weight loss coach, speaker, and creator of The Yummy Mummy Experience — for a refreshingly honest conversation about food freedom, self-trust, and why willpower isn't the answer. Together, they explore how mindset, not macros, is the key to sustainable weig…

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How to Be an Effective Idealist (Rutger Bregman) 57:42

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Rutger Bregman is the New York Times–bestselling author of Moral Ambition. Today, he shares his model for living a more meaningful life. It’s not about being an idealist, or following your “passions.” It is, in many ways, about effectively solving the problems in our lives using the talents we already have. For Rutger Bregman’s work (including that…

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Unleash Your Potential By Mastering The Art Of Self-Parenting with Albiona Rakipi 45:06

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In this episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey sits down with Albiona Rikipi — parent coach, speaker, and creator of The Parenting Reframe — for a conversation that will change the way you think about time, productivity, and your inner eight-year-old. Together, they unpack why feeling like you "never have enough time" usually isn't a scheduling proble…

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What Would Happen If We Related to Money Differently? (Elizabeth Ralph) 53:52

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“What matters is: Are you free?” asks Elizabeth Ralph. “Do you feel free?” Ralph is a former finance trader, and the founder of the Spiritual Investor, where she now helps people reach financial freedom in less traditional ways. Together, we explore some of my own (self-limiting) stories around money, and how our ego and identity gets wrapped up in…

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Get Your Foot In The Door & Grow Your Brand Through TedX With Corean Canty 55:44

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In this episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey sits down with Corean Canty — former COO, leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and co-founder of Shift to Play — to explore how reconnecting with creativity and play can revolutionize your life and your work. If you've ever thought you had to choose between being productive and having fun, this episode will ch…

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The Gold of Midlife (Chip Conley) 34:44

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“The midlife crisis is not a dark night of the soul,” says Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy. “It’s a dark night of the ego.” Conley, who is also the author of Learning to Love Midlife, outlines the main myths that we’re led to believe about midlife—and some optimistic data about what actually happens during this chapter of our lives…

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How We Hit 100K+ launch, With A Micro Summit Put Together In 1-Day (While Growing Our Email List & Creating 4-Months Of Repurposed Content) 1:44:40

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In this solo episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey Murphy pulls back the curtain on what it really looks like to build a fulfilling career and meaningful life. With her signature mix of honesty and encouragement, Kelsey shares raw insights and behind-the-scenes moments that most people don't talk about. If you've ever felt like you're doing everythin…

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Is This Our Push Up the Spiral? (Monthly Solo) 53:23

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In this month’s solo episode, I’m sharing: The tools and people helping me to manage my fear right now. Thoughts on growing up versus waking up. The most important things I’ve learned from the Spiral Dynamics theory of human development, and Ken Wilbur’s concept of holarchies. What makes me believe there is a way for many of us to expand our worldv…

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How to Think About Genius (Helen Lewis) 58:08

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In her new book, The Genius Myth, journalist Helen Lewis explores how and why we label certain people geniuses; and the impact this has on said geniuses, us, and culture at large. Today, we talk about our perception of the exceptional, and some of our more pernicious and dark misperceptions. For the show notes, head over to my Substack. See omnystu…

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Learn Your Unique Productivity Style To Master Energy Management Instead Of Time Management With Amber Deibert 57:37

6M ago57:37

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In this episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey Murphy sits down with the incredible Amber Deibert, a performance coach who teaches fast-paced professionals how to actually work smarter, not harder. We always hear this phrase, but Amber breaks it down into real, actionable steps you can start using today. Get ready to learn how to create more efficienc…

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A Formula for Coming Alive (Shannon Watts) 59:24

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“Living on fire is really a metaphor for figuring out two things,” says Shannon Watts. “What is limiting you. And what is calling you.” Watts spent 11 years as the full-time volunteer lead of Moms Demand Action, which she founded. Now, as she puts it, Watts continues to summon the audacity of other women. Today, she shares so many useful life nugge…

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The Guilt-Free Flexible Plan To Build Financial Wealth + Freedom With Aryeh Sheinbein 49:29

6M ago49:29

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In today's episode of Whiskey and Work, Kelsey sits down with Aryeh Sheinbein to have an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about the real costs of running a business and launching offers. This is not your typical money chat filled with spreadsheets and dry budgeting talk—instead, they explore the real numbers, the surprising expenses, and the …

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Finding Faith in our Future (Krista Tippett) 52:14

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“You're going to find a lot of people doing their best, revealing how beautiful and strange we are, and how remarkable we can be,” says Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and founder of On Being Krista Tippett. In this conversation, Tippett shares where we might turn for more hope and pleasure, and how she thinks about what shapes our presence in th…