Calling someone by their name. Making eye-contact with strangers. What does science tell us about how acts of kindness benefit our well-being?

PLUS! OUR KINDNESS CHALLENGE! Tell us about how you make acts of a kindness a priority in your life. What sort of things do you do? How frequently do you do them? How does it make you feel? Email us at hello@allthewiserpodcast.com or DM us on Instagram @allthewiserpodcast

We will include your responses on-air and in our next newsletter! Bring on the kindness!!

Are mental health labels a good thing? Kimi talks about her experience having a peer-to-peer conversation with our latest guest, Joshua Walters, with whom she shares a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. She and Erica discuss the benefits and potential drawbacks of a given mental health label, why it's important to separate the person from the diagnosis, and how using the right language alongside a focus on gifts and talents can make a huge difference in living well with mental illness.

Sex trafficking is happening in your community - you just don't know about it. As our latest guest, trafficking survivor and advocate Rebecca Bender shared, sex for sale is rampant and it is hiding in plain sight. In this episode, Kimi and Erica share the typical profile of a trafficker, the types of victims that traffickers target, warning signs to look for in teenage girls, and what you should do if you suspect someone you know might be involved.

Kimi and Erica discuss our latest episode with Emily Stark and her formerly conjoined twin girls Lexi and Sydney. Topics include living with uncertainty, loss and adaptation, and how Emily managed the media circus around her kids.

Kimi and Erica discuss our latest episode with Emily Stark and her formerly conjoined twin girls Lexi and Sydney. Topics include living with uncertainty, loss and adaptation, and how Emily managed the media circus around her kids.

When it comes to treating addiction, what actually works? Kimi and Erica discuss our recent episode with Gary Mendell who tragically lost his son to substance use disorder, and share some of the latest research about the things that make a real difference in improving treatment outcomes, including the ways we can re-orient our healthcare system to address addiction early, often and effectively.

Kimi and Erica discuss our most recent episode with Sebastián Marroquín, and how the cartels have changed over the decades since his father, Pablo Escobar, was in power.

Various studies estimate that 5% of all prisoners are innocent. DNA evidence has exonerated several hundred people since it was introduced in 1989. These exonerations have helped identify disturbing trends and causes in wrongful conviction, the leading being the unreliability of eyewitness testimony. So why, despite all the news about misidentifications, do people continue to put such profound faith in the memory of eyewitnesses?

While A Little Wiser co host, Erica Gerard, is busy on a road trip to get married at sunrise in Arches National Park, Kimi calls on former ATW guest and recovering drug addict, Christopher Brune Horan, to co-host. Christopher opens up about his addiction and recovery story, and, together, they tackle shame, secrecy, and why addiction is a public health issue and not a moral failing.

Kimi and Erica share everything you need to know about stalking PLUS how-to tips for keeping yourself safe in this modern world.

Kimi and Erica discuss our latest episode with Tim Zaal and Matthew Boger, the racist skinhead movement of the 80's, the resurgence of the white supremacy movement driven by the rise of the alt-right, and how to facilitate a change in ideology (secret: it's not by yelling or punching someone in the face).

Where are we today in the evolution of prosthetics? Kimi and Erica discuss our latest episode with Obi Ndefo, and share some of the new developments in prosthetic limb technology.

When should you start dating again after the loss of a partner/spouse? Is it possible to fall in love with someone new while still grieving? Kimi and Erica discuss our most recent episode with Jason Rosenthal and some of the research about love after loss.

Kimi and Erica discuss our latest episode with Victoria Arlen and the condition known as Locked-in Syndrome.

Kimi and Erica discuss our most recent episode with Brad Brown, where the town of Paradise is today after a wildfire burned the entire town to the ground, and what caused the most destructive wildfire in California history.

Our very first guest Matt Long used his one-for-one charity donation to help an autistic boy, Trey DelGrosso, start a podcast. Kimi talks to Trey about becoming a public speaker, educating his peers about autism and how his motto "there is nothing wrong with me" helps him build his confidence every day. Check out his podcast Trey's Two Cents!

Kimi has a hard, real, and raw conversation with her long-time friend Paress, a black mom, artist, musician, and businesswoman about the different ways they experience the world, and the ways the world experiences each of them.

Kimi interviews four kids to hear their thoughts on the impact of Coronavirus. Also, Kimi and Erica discuss our previous episode on cults.

What makes for a memorable interview? Host of the All The Wiser podcast and award winning journalist Kimi Culp (Good Morning America, Oprah) speaks with New York Times best selling author and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets (over 11 million downloads!), Dani Shapiro, about the secret sauce of interviewing.