{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What Is A Good Life? #148 - Finding Silence In A World Full Of Noise with Leigh Marz","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3656,"description":"On the 148th episode of What is a Good Life?, I welcome Leigh Marz, a collaboration and leadership coach for major universities, corporations, and federal agencies. She has led training programs to promote an experimental mindset among teams at NASA and a decade-long cross-sector collaboration to reduce toxic chemicals in products, in partnership with Green Science Policy Institute, Harvard University, IKEA, Google, and Kaiser Permanente. Leigh coauthored Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise and cofounded Astrea Strategies, helping leaders bridge contemplation and action. \nIn this conversation we explore silence as a living presence—how inquiry, pauses, and shared quiet unlock better thinking, connection, and wellbeing. We cover mapping noise (auditory, informational, internal), flow states, and why slowing down in groups (even at work) sparks novel solutions. \nThis episode invites listeners to rediscover silence as a living teacher — one that reveals what truly matters when we’re quiet enough to hear it.\nFor more of Leigh's work:\nLink to the book: Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise\nAstrea Strategies: https://astreastrategies.com/\nHer website: https://leighmarz.com/\nFor more from Mark McCartney:\nNewsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/\nWebsite: https://www.mmcleadership.com/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcmccartney\n00:03 – Intro & why start with questions\n04:03 – Origins of the silence inquiry & HBR article\n09:00 – “What’s the deepest silence you’ve known?” \n12:41 – Freedom moment: “Silence teems with life” \n16:41 – Quiet together: practices beyond meditation\n24:44 – Mapping noise: auditory, informational, internal\n29:33 – Antidote: signals you need silence & “positive distractions”\n35:00 – Designing retreats for novel thinking \n38:21 – “Slow down, there isn’t much time.”\n46:13 – Silence & the nervous system\n52:00...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}