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The Wise Effort Show

The Wise Effort Show

By: Dr. Diana Hill
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The Wise Effort Show with Dr. Diana Hill is a show about how to live wisely. You’ll learn how to put your energy into places that matter most to you while making a difference in the world. This show is for you if: ...you’re a high achiever feeling burned out from tasks that don’t matter. ...you want to invest your energy in fulfilling and sustainable ways. ...you seek holistic living without the pressure of a rigid wellness checklist. ...you care about your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. ...you appreciate science but are open to exploring spirituality and contemplative practices. ...you have an open, beginner’s mind. ...you believe there’s a better way to live and are ready to apply your wisdom. We don’t have to burn ourselves out or engage in things that are not worth it. We can put our energy where it matters most and savor the good along the way. Join us at the Wise Effort Show!Copyright 2026 Dr. Diana Hill Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Secret Sangha: Growth

    Secret Sangha: Growth
    Mar 23 2026
    Welcome to another Secret Sangha episode of The Wise Effort Show. The group’s word this week is “growth,” chosen after Diana's 13-year-old son described feeling more comfortable in his skin, knowing what to prioritize, when to follow the script versus improvise, and when not to be the star. Dr. Diana Hill explores psychological models of development, including Erikson’s stages and Keegan’s model from the Harvard Adult Development study, emphasizing that many reach self-authoring while the work here points toward self-transformation and interconnection. She offers a non-hierarchical, circular growth model focused on becoming more authentic, in harmony, flexible, and focused. Growth is framed as being cracked open, getting lost, practicing radical acceptance, and stretching into connection, alongside teachings on bodhichitta and “don’t look down” as radical friendship that recognizes basic goodness.Listen and learn:When to follow structure versus improvise, and recognizing when not to be the “star.”How growth moves you towards self-transformation and deeper interconnectionThat real growth often emerges when life cracks you openSuggested Next Episode:You can also enjoy Diana's related Bonus Meditation: GrowthRelated ResourcesGet enhanced show notes for this episodeOrder my book, Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most, and receive special bonus gifts.Want to become more psychologically flexible? Take Diana's "Foundations of ACT" course.Diana's EventsReserve your spot in Diana's Costa Rica retreat in 2026!See Diana at an upcoming eventConnecting With DianaSubscribe for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Leave a 5-star review on Apple so people like you can find the show.Sign up for the free Wise Effort Newsletter.Become a Wise Effort member to support the show.Follow Diana on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Diana’s website.Thanks to the team, Craig and Ashley Hiatt, and Benjamin Gould of Bell & Branch for your beautiful music.
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    15 mins
  • Bonus Meditation: Growth

    Bonus Meditation: Growth
    Mar 23 2026

    Dr. Diana Hill guides a non-dual, open-awareness meditation beginning with listening to a bell, landing in the body through sound, contact with the ground, and breath (“Breathing in, I’m alive; breathing out, I’m here”). Participants visualize their life as a timeline stretching left into the past—through birth, ancestors, and even a star’s “cracking open”—and right into the future through their continuing influence. They are invited to meet a younger self from a moment of growth, bring that self to sit on the left, and then welcome an older, more authentic, flexible, focused, and harmonious self to sit on the right, offering stability while feeling “lost” in the unknown. The practice emphasizes presence, radical acceptance, and saying “I don’t know,” followed by a Shel Silverstein reading on “growing down,” and closes with the three refuges: being, becoming, and belonging.

    Suggested Next Episode:

    You can also enjoy Diana's related talk--Episode 193 Secret Sangha: Growth.

    Related Resources

    Get enhanced show notes for this episode

    • Order my book, Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most, and receive special bonus gifts.
    • Want to become more psychologically flexible? Take Diana's "Foundations of ACT" course.

    Diana's Events
    • Reserve your spot in Diana's Costa Rica retreat in 2026!
    • See Diana at an upcoming event

    Connecting With Diana
    • Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
    • Leave a 5-star review on Apple so people like you can find the show.
    • Sign up for the free Wise Effort Newsletter.
    • Become a Wise Effort member to support the show.
    • Follow Diana on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Diana’s website.

    Thanks to the team, Craig and Ashley Hiatt, and Benjamin Gould of Bell & Branch for your beautiful music.
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    27 mins
  • How A Little By Little Becomes A Lot with Eric Zimmer

    How A Little By Little Becomes A Lot with Eric Zimmer
    Mar 16 2026

    Do you keep trying to make big changes, only to burn out or get stuck at the choice point? In this episode of The Wise Effort Show, Dr. Diana Hill talks with Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed and author of How a Little Becomes a Lot, about why lasting transformation happens through small, consistent actions—shaped by clear values, a “middle way” mindset, supportive structure, and compassionate self-talk. Drawing from Eric’s recovery from heroin addiction, Diana’s pushup challenge, and everyday examples like food choices and pain language, they explore how to navigate motivation, self-doubt, autopilot, and other traps, and why meaningful change requires both inner skills and connection with others.

    Listen and learn:
    1. How “little by little” creates real change over time
    2. How to decide what is worth wanting and work with values conflicts
    3. How the middle way and self-compassion help you move through setbacks

    Share this episode with someone who needs a steadier, more sustainable approach to change.

    Related Resources

    Get enhanced show notes for this episode

    • Order my book, Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most, and receive special bonus gifts.
    • Want to become more psychologically flexible? Take Diana's "Foundations of ACT" course.

    Diana's Events
    • Reserve your spot in Diana's Costa Rica retreat in 2026!
    • See Diana at an upcoming event

    Connecting With Diana
    • Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
    • Leave a 5-star review on Apple so people like you can find the show.
    • Sign up for the free Wise Effort Newsletter.
    • Become a Wise Effort member to support the show.
    • Follow Diana on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Diana’s website.

    Thanks to the team, Craig and Ashley Hiatt, and Benjamin Gould of Bell & Branch for your beautiful music.
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    46 mins
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