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PULLING THE THREAD
Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

I'm the author of the NYTimes bestseller On Our Best Behavior and the host of Pulling the Thread.

On Mysticism & Spirituality

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Navigating a New Era (Carissa Schumacher)

Oct 2, 2026

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26 min read

Navigating a New Era (Carissa Schumacher)

Listen now (67 mins) | "So what the Alchemy Pathway provides is basically an ability for us to find the courage in putting death to some of these aspects..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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Our Gifts Are Emergent (Monthly Solo Episode)

Sep 28, 2026

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15 min read

Our Gifts Are Emergent (Monthly Solo Episode)

Listen now (32 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Mysticism & Spirituality

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The Core of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio, PhD)

Sep 24, 2026

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23 min read

The Core of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio, PhD)

Listen now (55 mins) | "But you enter the world of consciousness, not through high cognitive exploits, but rather the very simple avenue of feeling."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Healing Our Culture

The End of a Seven Year Cycle

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

The End of a Seven Year Cycle

What were you up to in September 2019?

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
Quarterly Online Energy Bath with Uta Opitz

Sep 22, 2026

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1 min read

Quarterly Online Energy Bath with Uta Opitz

Join us for the next one: November 7th at 10amPT on Zoom

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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What Almost All of Us Agree On (Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor)

Sep 17, 2026

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29 min read

What Almost All of Us Agree On (Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor)

Listen now (54 mins) | "They don't want a data center in their backyard. They don't like space faring billionaires. They don't like being under surveillance."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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The Difference Between Feedback and Criticism

Sep 16, 2026

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6 min read

The Difference Between Feedback and Criticism

What's supposed to be experienced wholesale, rather than dissected and taken apart.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
October Online Office Hours: Diagnosing Our "Good Girl" Patterns

Sep 14, 2026

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1 min read

October Online Office Hours: Diagnosing Our "Good Girl" Patterns

Come join me on Zoom: October 24th at 10amPT

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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Pleasure Principles (Richard Christiansen)

Sep 10, 2026

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27 min read

Pleasure Principles (Richard Christiansen)

Listen now (48 mins) | "Eliza Tibbits, she received cuttings from Brazil of two naval oranges. Every naval orange tree in California and the entire citrus industry..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
Understanding Logarithmic Power

Sep 9, 2026

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5 min read

Understanding Logarithmic Power

What we can learn from Dolly and Gloria.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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How to Pursue Your Goals—Without Suffering (Angela Duckworth, PhD)

Sep 3, 2026

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28 min read

How to Pursue Your Goals—Without Suffering (Angela Duckworth, PhD)

Listen now (50 mins) | "It's just incredibly hard to really resist these forces that are probably from evolution that we adapt to our circumstances. But once you have that insight, then you realize that you do have to shape your circumstances before they shape you.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
Something New is Afoot

Sep 2, 2026

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8 min read

Something New is Afoot

There's a different version of girl power in town.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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How this Hamster Wheel Stops (Monthly Solo)

Sep 1, 2026

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26 min read

How this Hamster Wheel Stops (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (62 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)

Aug 27, 2026

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30 min read

How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)

Listen now (54 mins) | "So it's not innate to be like, 'Yeah, keep doing that thing that I know is bad for you.' That's why it's hard. And so I think these resources are good because it gives you the language and the tools to do something that doesn't necessarily feel right...."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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Why Do We Devalue Aesthetic Intelligence? (Chloe Redmond Warner)

Aug 20, 2026

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23 min read

Why Do We Devalue Aesthetic Intelligence? (Chloe Redmond Warner)

Listen now (44 mins) | "I think AQ is what makes life worth living, and it is how your senses interact with the world and how I'm folding music and food and anything tactile, anything that has to do with the senses under the AQ umbrella. And yeah, I wish that institutions were more willing to consider elevating it, but for certain reasons, I think it has been ignored."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)

Aug 13, 2026

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34 min read

The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)

Listen now (58 mins) | "I think a good career is made from toggling between these two modes, what's called in some of the psychological literature, explore and exploit..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Episodes on Civics & Social Justice

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Is "Churn" Ruining Our Relationships? (Claude Steele, PhD)

Aug 6, 2026

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30 min read

Is "Churn" Ruining Our Relationships? (Claude Steele, PhD)

Listen now (55 mins) |"It sort of stiffens us up and this preoccupation interferes with our ability to perform in the immediate situation or function in the immediate situation. But it also affects these big choices in our lives like what's going to be my college major?"

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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Do You Need to Put Yourself in Order? (Monthly Solo)

Jul 30, 2026

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26 min read

Do You Need to Put Yourself in Order? (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (50 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
My Double Mastectomy Resources

Jul 29, 2026

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5 min read

My Double Mastectomy Resources

A few items—and healers—I found clutch for my recovery.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Healers

My Favorite Healers

Jul 8, 2026

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10 min read

My Favorite Healers

My go-to list of intuitives, astrologers, forensic mediums, energy healers, and body workers. Check back, I update this frequently.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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A Life Update (Monthly Solo)

Jul 2, 2026

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31 min read

A Life Update (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (54 mins) |

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Relationships

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Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)

Jun 25, 2026

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32 min read

Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)

Listen now (64 mins) | "Well, the first thing that's going on is we're creating new neural pathways in our brain of a new experience and really a new way our brain is performing."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)

Jun 18, 2026

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28 min read

Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)

Listen now (60 mins) | "And I thought, how am I going to stop what is now really a pattern? Three generations, this is a pattern. And how do I stop this for my kids?"

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Relationships

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What's Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)

Jun 11, 2026

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34 min read

What's Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)

Listen now (64 mins) | "Off the rails is a good description of the thing because if you look at the history of work in evolutionary psychology, there is precision about where..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)

Jun 4, 2026

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32 min read

Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)

Listen now (64 mins) | "And I have found certainly as I kind of look back at my own life that fairytales in lots of ways have mapped it. The particular stories and images..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
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