For me in my life at the moment I am really into self-development. Self development can have different meanings for everyone. It can also be presented in many ways. It can be someone sharing a story, it can be self development tips, it can be simply be being more mindful about our thoughts and actions. I have compiled a list below of my top self development podcasts and the best thing is they are all created by women.
Learning these days is different from what it was 20years ago. Today we no longer need to go and find answers in a book at the library or head to a fancy college (although school is important). We have so many other learning resources at our fingertips. One of my favorite ways to learn is listening to podcasts. There are thousands of podcasts out there ranging from so many topics like men’s health, women’s health, pregnancy, motherhood, the list goes on.
7 Self Development Podcasts by Amazing Women
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The Happiness Lab podcast is brought to you by Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos. She takes us through the latest scientific research and shares some stories that are surprising and inspiring and will forever change the way you think about happiness. This podcast has 73 episodes and counting. She has also got mini seasons like Happiness Lessons of The Ancients. As for self development podcasts go Dr Laurie Santos will have you change your thought patterns around what really makes us happy.
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Cultivating H.E.R Space is by 2 amazing women, Dr. Dominique Broussard and Terris Lomax. Dr. Dominique is a college professor and psychologist. Terri Lomax is a motivational speaker and a techie. This podcast is for black women or women of color who are looking for inspiration. As well as healing, empowerment, and resilience (get it – H.E.R). There are currently 158 episodes on their slate and the podcast has been running since 2018. This is a must listen to in our list of self development podcasts.
What Self Development Podcasts Do You Like?
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How to Fail is a podcast hosted by Elizabeth Day. Every week she has guests share their failure stories. Through the exploration of their failures, they take away what they have learned from the experience. I love that this podcast shares these types of stories. I believe you can’t succeed until you have failed and that is ok to fail. If you don’t fail how can you grow. These types of self development podcasts are great to listen to when you are in a failure situation. Trust me they will help your mindset.
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Routines and Ruts is a podcast extension from Extraordinary Routines. The host is Madeleine Dore. The idea behind the podcast is to explore that creativity isn’t just something we do, but how we approach our lives. It’s about motivation and procrastination, resilience and rejection, successes and setbacks. It’s looking at the extraordinary lessons that can be found amongst it.
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Help Me Be Me is a self development podcast that breaks up each episode by the what, the why, and the how. It’s full of tools to help listeners overcome a mix of emotional issues. Sarah May the host states “start with context because once you understand why something’s happening, the solutions become logical”. There are over 150 episodes to get you started. Add this one to your self development podcasts to listen to.
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The Healthy Hustlers Podcast is by Australian Madelyn. While her primary focus is health and wellbeing she does have amazing guest speakers that really motivate.
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Chalene Johnson is a best-selling author, fitness expert, motivational speaker, and all-around badass. Her podcast The Chalene Show is a mixed bag of motivational stories, interviews, and insight. While not all episodes are on the self development side of things they sure are interesting and helpful in other areas of our lives.
