The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi

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Host Yara Shahidi sits down with incredible changemakers to unlock their secrets to conquering life, love, career, and everything in between with unwavering confidence and hope. We often discuss joy and happiness, but this podcast goes deeper. Optimism is where the magic happens! Join us as we find ways to cultivate the practice of optimism in our own lives.

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The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi

Episodes (29)

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The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi

Jul 16, 2025
1¼ hours
56 MB

🎬 Storytellers, Builders, and Believers—This One’s for the Architects of Culture Who Speak Truth and Shape Tomorrow. This week on The Optimist Project, Yara Shahidi welcomes Emmy-winning screenwriter, producer, and trailblazer Lena Waithe for a deeply introspective conversation on happiness, radical acceptance, and creative disruption. From navigating emotional impermanence to embracing the daily discipline of realism-rooted optimism, Lena shares her personal practices for cultivating inner peace—like meditation and silent retreats—and challenges our assumptions about what it means to be “happy.” Through powerful reflections on societal norms, capitalism, and representation in the arts, Lena...

The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi

Lena Waithe Redefines Legacy, Listening, and Radical Acceptance

SiriusXM Podcasts

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