What is a Good Life?

By Mark McCartney

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Episodes: 194

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What is a Good Life? is a podcast that invites us to question what we’ve been told makes for a good life, and to pay more attention to what really matters: our relationships, the moments that make us feel more human, and the experiences that connect us to one another. After more than 300 conversations over five years, I’m increasingly convinced that the good life we are sold and how people actually experience it are very wide apart. These conversations offer another way of seeing the world, and an invitation to live a little differently. New episodes every Tuesday.

Episode Date
Living Fully While You Wait with Matt Hoffar | EP194
Oct 20, 2026
Philippe Birker: Living Life With Open Arms | EP193
Oct 13, 2026
The Truth Will Set You Free with Kat Miles | EP192
Oct 06, 2026
Nikkolas Smith: Seeing The Humanity In Each Other | EP191
Sep 29, 2026
Harrison Gardner on Building Your Own Security | EP190
Sep 22, 2026
Toko-pa Turner: What Your Dreams Are Trying to Tell You | EP189
Sep 15, 2026
Your One Wild & Precious Life with Laura Costello | EP188
Sep 01, 2026
Artist, Merchant, Seeker with Ewan Townhead | EP187
Aug 25, 2026
OONA: Self-Sovereignty, Surveillance, and the Body as Art | EP186
Aug 18, 2026
Sarah Marquis on Fear, Instinct, and Surviving Alone in the Wild | EP185
Aug 11, 2026
Dr. Miriam Meckel: Resting in the Core of My Identity | EP184
Jul 21, 2026
When Fear Becomes My Partner with Ralf Wetzel | EP183
Jul 14, 2026
Lior Steinberg: Cities That Make Us Happier | EP182
Jul 07, 2026
Finding Peace Within Myself with Kadam Adam Starr | EP181
Jun 30, 2026
Karen L. Jacob, PhD: The Art of a Meaningful Life | EP180
Jun 23, 2026
Trust, Water & Rewilding with Daniel Allen-Hörnfeldt | EP179
Jun 16, 2026
The Courage To Be Heard with Lucinda Millward | EP178
Jun 09, 2026
Complicated Locks, Simple Keys with Sam Smith | EP177
Jun 02, 2026
What Is It About Dogs? with Doug Skoke | EP176
May 26, 2026
Jennifer Garvey Berger: Closing the Gap Between Values & Life | EP175
May 19, 2026
Being In The Pulse Of Life with Laura Beckingham | EP174
May 12, 2026
Dave Snowden: The Place Of Multiple Belongings | EP173
May 05, 2026
What If It Were Easy? with Dr Myriam Hadnes | EP172
Apr 28, 2026
Robert (Bob) J. Anderson: What Must My Life Be About | EP171
Apr 21, 2026
Recovering Right Relationship with Ally Kingston | EP 170
Apr 14, 2026
Sam Lee: Wonder, Wildness And Song | EP 169
Apr 07, 2026
What It Means to Be Fully Alive with Joel Monk | EP 168
Mar 31, 2026
Gifts, Rituals, & The Path To Belonging with Bruce Anderson | EP167
Mar 24, 2026
Living Your Own Version Of Success with Kaylyn Lehmann | EP166
Mar 17, 2026
Money Is Never Just Money with Bogumil Baranowski | EP165
Mar 10, 2026
The End Of All Seeking with Nicholas Janni | EP164
Mar 03, 2026
Dr Scilla Elworthy: Listening To The Mighty Heart | EP163
Feb 24, 2026
What Comes After Optimising with Jasper Walshe | EP162
Feb 17, 2026
Rasmus Hougaard: The Potential For Compassion | EP161
Feb 10, 2026
The Art Of Living With Coherence with João Sevilhano | EP160
Feb 03, 2026
Cultivating Interconnected Harmony with Cindy Forde | EP159
Jan 27, 2026
Finding Self-Love Beyond Achievement with Alan Wilson | EP158
Jan 20, 2026
How to Build Real Connection with Matt Zeigler | EP 157
Jan 13, 2026
Learning To Trust My Own Voice with Alejandra Guzmán González | EP156
Jan 06, 2026
Julian Kirchherr: Making Your Impact Count | EP155
Dec 30, 2025
The Art of Making Meaning with Katie Elliott | EP154
Dec 23, 2025
When Being Becomes Service with Ethan Hsieh | EP153
Dec 16, 2025
Tim Leberecht: Living a Life of Intimate Beauty | EP152
Dec 09, 2025
Seeing What We’ve Been Missing with Olaf Lewitz | EP151
Dec 02, 2025
Moving From Fear To Love with Claire Goodey | EP150
Nov 25, 2025
Adam Mastroianni: Finding Your Unique Role In The World | EP149
Nov 18, 2025
Finding Silence In A World Full Of Noise with Leigh Marz | EP148
Nov 11, 2025
Karimu Samuels: Coming Home Through Movement | EP147
Nov 04, 2025
Steven D'Souza: The Hidden Gifts Of The Shadow | EP146
Oct 28, 2025
The Courage To Listen To Yourself with Marc Cinanni | EP145
Oct 21, 2025
The Quest For Balance In Life with George Thompson | EP144
Oct 14, 2025
Kimbra: Embracing The Fullness Of Life | EP143
Oct 07, 2025
Jim Palmer: Cultivating A Faith In Life Itself | EP142
Sep 30, 2025
Professor Megan Reitz: The Space To Truly Connect | EP141
Sep 23, 2025
A Life of Unfolding Possibility with Robert Poynton | EP140
Sep 16, 2025
Beyond Problems & Solutions with Simon Höher | EP139
Sep 09, 2025
Tending To What Emerges with Edie Pijpers | EP138
Sep 02, 2025
Diane Button: Exploring What Matters Most | EP137
Aug 26, 2025
Rootedness in a Changing World with Aadita Chaudhury | EP136
Aug 19, 2025
Stephen Jenkinson: Longing, Belonging, and Matrimony | EP135
Aug 12, 2025
The Beauty Of The Ordinary with Mike Moss | EP134
Aug 05, 2025
Dr. Richard Claydon: Navigating Complexity in Leadership | EP133
Jul 29, 2025
Navigating Life's Complexity with Kate Arms | EP132
Jul 22, 2025
The Art of Aligning with Purpose with Dave Bingham | EP131
Jul 15, 2025
Embracing The Unknown with Ella Fryer-Smith | EP130
Jul 08, 2025
Neale Donald Walsch: Conversing With God | EP129
Jul 01, 2025
Shai Tubali: The Cosmic Force of Questions | EP128
Jun 24, 2025
Finding Balance in Life’s Chaos with Andrew B Brown | EP127
Jun 17, 2025
Geneen Marie Haugen: The Wild Power of Imagination | EP126
Jun 10, 2025
Reclaiming The Sacred In Business with Nikki Trott | EP125
Jun 03, 2025
To Make a Difference for Another with Glenn Behenna | EP124
May 27, 2025
Jessica Böhme: Philosophy as a Daily Practice | EP123
May 20, 2025
When Our Messiness & Souls Meet with Felicity Reed | EP122
May 13, 2025
The Power of Enabling Dignity with Dave Gribben | EP121
May 06, 2025
Finding Meaning In Our Work with Mike James Ross | EP120
Apr 29, 2025
The Art of Responding to Life with Tom Asacker | EP119
Apr 22, 2025
Presence To The Moment & Humanity with Sue Heatherington | EP118
Apr 15, 2025
The Power Of Living With Intention with Jamie Bristow | EP117
Apr 08, 2025
Resting In The Arms Of Our Ancestors with Sue McDonnell | EP116
Apr 01, 2025
To Fully Integrate Our Spiritual Lives with Ariane de Bonvoisin | EP115
Mar 25, 2025
The Essence Of Freedom with Andrew Alexander | EP114
Mar 18, 2025
Minna Salami: The Key To Living Fully | EP113
Mar 11, 2025
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, PhD: From Linear Paths to Experimental Journeys | EP112
Mar 04, 2025
Sensing The Undercurrents Of Life with Dr. Senem Donatan Mohan | EP111
Feb 25, 2025
Unlocking The Power Of Intuition with Paul Davis | EP110
Feb 18, 2025
Awakening to a Life of Meaning with Fabrice Desmarescaux | EP109
Feb 11, 2025
The Creative Power Of Attention with Ruth McCarthy | EP108
Feb 04, 2025
Ben Bushill: Holding The Hand Of Love | EP107
Jan 28, 2025
Exploring Meaning In The Universe with Mona Sobhani, Ph.D. | EP106
Jan 21, 2025
Exploring The Depths Of Listening with Colin Smith | EP105
Jan 14, 2025
Awareness Of Life's Fragility with Karen Maurice-O’Leary | EP104
Jan 07, 2025
Expressing The Whole Of You with Nathan Kinch | EP103
Dec 31, 2024
Building Conscious Collectives with Nadjeschda Taranczewski | EP102
Dec 24, 2024
Embracing The Season Of Life with Patrick Boland | EP 101
Dec 17, 2024
Living In Mutual Solidarity with Cormac Russell | EP100
Dec 10, 2024
Helping Spirit Flow with Darcia Narvaez | EP99
Dec 03, 2024
Nora Bateson: Embracing Ambiguity | EP98
Nov 26, 2024
Diarmuid Lyng: Rekindling Our Wild Nature | EP97
Nov 19, 2024
The Call Of Creativity with John Oliver | EP96
Nov 12, 2024
Fully Embodying Your Life with Madelaine Ley | EP95
Nov 05, 2024
Listening To The Story Of My Soul with Jennifer Murphy | EP94
Oct 29, 2024
Building Collective Community with Kemo Camara | EP93
Oct 22, 2024
Rachel Donald: Looking Beyond The Veil | EP92
Oct 15, 2024
Andrea Hiott: Navigating The Path of Curiosity | EP91
Oct 08, 2024
Exploring Your Own Truth with Seb Randle | EP90
Oct 01, 2024
Manda Scott: Connecting To The Web Of Life | EP89
Sep 24, 2024
Derek Sivers: Playing With The Edges Of Growth | EP88
Sep 17, 2024
Dr. Niobe Way: Seeing Yourself In The Other | EP87
Sep 10, 2024
Nic Askew: Knowing That We Belong | EP86
Sep 03, 2024
Jon Alexander: Becoming Connected Citizens | EP85
Aug 27, 2024
Engaging The Heart's Wisdom with Wakanyi Hoffman | EP84
Aug 20, 2024
Tom Morgan: Realising You Are Loved | EP83
Aug 13, 2024
WExploring True Health with Parneet Pal | EP82
Aug 06, 2024
A Journey To The Heart with Patrick McAndrew | EP81
Jul 30, 2024
Jonny Thomson: Finding & Following Your Path | EP80
Jul 23, 2024
What is a Good Life? #79 - Seeking Truth & Reality with Jen Cohen
Jul 16, 2024
Resting Into Being with Simon van der Els | EP78
Jul 09, 2024
Tom Hirons: Living Out Your Soul Image | EP77
Jul 02, 2024
Parker J. Palmer: Listening To Your Vocation | EP76
Jun 25, 2024
Michael Bungay Stanier: Knowing Your Worth | EP75
Jun 18, 2024
Dee Mulrooney: Holding The Light & The Shadow | EP74
Jun 11, 2024
Embracing The Flow Of Life with Sunil Malhotra | EP73
Jun 04, 2024
Feeling True To Who I Am with Reuben Christian | EP72
May 28, 2024
Mariana Louis (Persephone's Sister): Holding The Tensions Of Life | EP71
May 21, 2024
Building & Supporting Community with Holly Penalver | EP70
May 14, 2024
Dave Gray: A Life Of Purpose & Possibility | EP69
May 07, 2024
Amy Elizabeth Fox: Keeping Your Heart Open | EP68
Apr 30, 2024
David Haskell: Celebrating All Living Life | EP67
Apr 23, 2024
Thomas Moore: A Life Led With Soul | EP65
Apr 16, 2024
George & Linda Pransky: How People Actually Change | EP65
Apr 09, 2024
Making Sense Of This Life with Johnnie Moore | EP64
Apr 02, 2024
Being A Good Ancestor with Adah Parris | EP63
Mar 26, 2024
Feeling A Sense Of Belonging with Julia Duthie | EP61
Mar 19, 2024
Befriending What Is Here with Duncan Moss | EP62
Mar 12, 2024
Healing Through Feeling with Matthew Zoltan | EP60
Mar 05, 2024
Julie Zickefoose: Following Your Own Nature | EP59
Feb 27, 2024
Exploring Soul with Dan Lawrence and Johann Botha | EP58
Feb 20, 2024
Balancing Effort & Letting Go with Dr. Bettina Palazzo | EP56
Feb 13, 2024
Dr. Simon Western: Living An Enchanted Life | EP56
Feb 06, 2024
Finding Inner Stillness with Lauri Poldre | EP55
Jan 30, 2024
Exploring Our Conditioning with Gab Ciminelli | EP54
Jan 23, 2024
A Path To Conscious Parenting with Yvonne Smyth | EP53
Jan 16, 2024
A Journey Toward Co-Flourishing with Martin Ebeling | EP52
Jan 09, 2024
Space For The Unknown with Richard Merrick | EP51
Jan 02, 2024
Parenting, Meaning & Community with Claire McQuillan | EP49
Dec 28, 2023
Creating More Headspace with Dean Boland | EP49
Dec 19, 2023
Making Space For Meaning with Dr. Brennan Jacoby | EP48
Dec 12, 2023
Exploring Loneliness & Community with Monika Jiang | EP47
Dec 05, 2023
Love, Attention & Creativity with Dave Zaboski | EP46
Nov 28, 2023
Developing Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan | EP45
Nov 21, 2023
WhLiving A Connected Life with Danielle Donnelly Smyth | EP44
Nov 14, 2023
Pat Divilly: Reclaiming Who You Are | EP43
Nov 07, 2023
Pranay Sanklecha: Embracing The Mess Of Life | EP42
Oct 31, 2023
Mark Smith: Lessons From The Wild | EP41
Oct 24, 2023
Congruence With Yourself with Ladybird Morgan | EP40
Oct 17, 2023
Aidan McCullen: Listening To Life's Feedback | EP39
Oct 10, 2023
Breath, Death & Spirit with Anthea Grimason | EP38
Oct 03, 2023
Exploring Before Psychology with Piers Thurston | EP37
Sep 26, 2023
Dr. Susie Orbach: Engaging With Society | EP36
Sep 19, 2023
Marina Cantacuzino MBE: Exploring Forgiveness | EP35
Sep 12, 2023
Exploring New Ways Of Relating with Pablo Escorcia | EP34
Sep 05, 2023
Be The Change You Wish To See with David Dunn | EP33
Aug 29, 2023
Bassey Ikpi: Seeing Many Sides Of The Story | EP32
Aug 22, 2023
Being Intimate With Life with Alex Carabi | EP31
Aug 15, 2023
Stepping Into The Unknown with Lin Cassie Zhen | EP30
Aug 08, 2023
The Freedom To Be You with Cortney McDermott | EP29
Aug 01, 2023
Guido Palazzo: Creating A New Narrative | EP28
Jul 25, 2023
Julian Voss-Andreae: Exploring The Nature Of Reality | EP27
Jul 18, 2023
Comfort In My Own Skin with Angela Kirwin | EP26
Jul 11, 2023
Mountains And Valleys with Jamie Crawford | EP25
Jul 04, 2023
The Paradox Of Life with Robbie Stamp | EP24
Jun 27, 2023
Robyn O'Brien: Calling & Courage | EP23
Jun 20, 2023
Other Ways Of Existing with Craig Slee | EP22
Jun 13, 2023
Katrijn van Oudheusden: Beyond The Illusion of Self | EP21
Jun 06, 2023
PJ Milani: Living A Creative Life | EP20
May 30, 2023
Is It All A Dream? with Dan Lawrence | EP19
May 23, 2023
A Values-Driven Life with Hannah Genton | EP18
May 16, 2023
Bayo Akomolafe: Leaving Utopia | EP17
May 09, 2023
Diane Button: Finding Meaning in Life | EP16
May 02, 2023
Letting Go of Attachments with Benjamin Western | EP15
Apr 25, 2023
What is a Good Death? with Charlotte Wiedemann | EP14
Apr 18, 2023
David McQueen: Building A Life With Compassion | EP11
Apr 11, 2023
Alison Taylor: Going Your Own Way | EP12
Apr 04, 2023
Being Wisdom with Darragh Power | EP11
Mar 28, 2023
Seize the Day with Baiba Rubesa | EP10
Mar 21, 2023
Being Yourself with Jonny Camara | EP9
Mar 14, 2023
Science meets Art with Dr. Daria Chrobok | EP8
Mar 07, 2023
Purpose & Men's Mental Health with Alex Holmes | EP7
Feb 28, 2023
Building An Expedition Mindset with Paul Gleeson | EP6
Feb 21, 2023
James Cussen: Building A Personal Life Philosophy | EP5
Feb 14, 2023
Two Men's Tales of Therapy with Jindy Mann | EP4
Feb 07, 2023
Tom Goodwin: Celebrating its Simplicity & Challenge | EP3
Jan 31, 2023
Nora Dietrich: Breaking Mental Health Taboos | EP2
Jan 24, 2023
Laurence Barrett: A Jungian Approach to Life | EP1
Jan 08, 2023