Mighty Pursuit Podcast

Thousands of voices are telling you how to do modern dating and relationships.

Scroll through your feed and anyone with charisma and a microphone can become a relationship expert. Maybe you’ve grown disillusioned with those voices. You’ve tried to follow the advice, but still struggled in your own relationship — or wondered what, if anything, you can actually trust.

And the opportunity to speak into this moment is massive. Because ...

Penn Badgley has spent most of his life being watched — the star of two of the more successful TV shows in recent history: Gossip Girl and You.

And in these last five years, You became a cultural phenomenon. People fell in love with Joe Goldberg, and before that, Dan Humphrey. But what few knew what was happening in Penn’s real life while all of this was going on.

Behind the scenes, he was going through an existential crisis that f...

You’ll spend roughly a third of your life asleep — more than 200,000 hours in another world. The dream world.

Every night, your body lies still while your mind builds entire realities: places, people, and moments that feel as real as waking life. And yet, most of us forget almost everything we experience there.

Maybe you shrug off dreams as random noise. Maybe they terrify you — the nightmares, the paralysis, the strange symbols th...

Nothing is quite as soul-sucking as spending 40+ hours a week doing something you don’t like.

Maybe that’s your story. 

You feel like you’re trading your life for a paycheck just to get by. You’re not even sure how you’d get out or what else you’d even do.

What’s even more concerning is that this has become normal. The latest research shows only 31% of people feel engaged at work. That means nearly 7 out of 10 are just going throug...

How did we get to a point where stay-at-home moms became enemies of the feminist movement? Where the work of raising children is seen as less valuable than climbing the corporate ladder?

You know the moment. You’re at a social gathering and someone asks, “So… what do you do?” You say you’re home with your kids. And the room goes quiet. Blank stares. Maybe even judgment, especially from other women.

If that’s you, it can feel like y...

Weird, isn’t it?

We have more therapy than ever. More medications than ever. More awareness than ever. We’ve broken free from the stigma of the past — and yet, mental health struggles of every kind are still rising. In some ways, you could argue we’re worse off than before the so-called mental health revolution even started.

Maybe this is your story, or someone close to you. You’ve done all the right things, and yet somehow, it’s s...

Everywhere you turn right now, it’s about AI. Every headline. Every news segment. It feels like the story of the decade and nobody can escape it.

So of course you’d feel threatened. Is your job safe? Will your industry even exist? What does this mean for your kids, your future, your place in the world?

Everyone’s asking the same questions. But the louder the noise gets, the harder it is to know who to trust. Is this real or just on...

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably wrestled with the question: am I really cut out for this?

The fear of being the one who “messes your kid up” can feel overwhelming. In desperation, you search online, scroll through endless videos and land on posts stamped with the words evidence-based. It reassures you — until you realize most of that advice is built on the wrong goal.

Because a child who behaves on the outside but feels unseen ...

Few questions are more important to our existence than UFOs. If something nonhuman is among us, then everything we think we know about the world gets turned upside down.

Some dismiss it all as fantasy, shaped by decades of sci-fi. Others swallow conspiracies whole. But the middle road  that rejects both gullibility and cynicism is almost never walked. 

That’s the road where we hold nuance, examine the evidence with academic rigor, ...

How do you have great sex over a lifetime, especially in the context of a long-term relationship?

For many of us, it feels impossible. Passion that once came effortlessly fades into routine. Responsibilities pile up. One day you realize it’s been months (maybe longer) since you last touched each other.

It’s no wonder that nearly half the population is questioning whether monogamy really works, and up to 75% of couples report sexual...

What happens when God becomes a trigger word?

The very thing that was supposed to give you existential answers now feels like a source of pain. Maybe this is your story: you try to pray but the words won’t come out. You walk past a church and your body reacts before your mind does. You see a religious leader on TV and your brain flashes to harm caused by people like them.

Even thinking about religion makes you angry. And now you fi...

Marriage is one of the most debated topics in our culture right now. 

And seven months ago, we brought together two people often seen on opposite sides of the equation — a pastor and a divorce lawyer.

That full conversation has now been viewed over 400,000 times, with many people calling it one of the most compelling discussions they’ve ever seen.

But even after two and a half hours, there was still more to say. Hard questions left...

In the early 1990s, a group of nursing home residents in Boston were living what everyone assumed would be their final chapter.

At 90 years old, most were frail. Some couldn’t even stand on their own. Then came an idea that seemed absurd: put them on a workout regimen.

Eight weeks later, the decline of old age had been reversed in ways no one thought possible. This study laid the foundation for everything we’ve come to know about m...

We’re at a crossroads with the body image conversation.

“Love yourself” was the mantra of the 2010s. But today, many of the same voices who preached that message are turning to Ozempic, cosmetic procedures, and other forms of body modification.

So what’s really happening and where do we go from here?

In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Dr. Hillary McBride and plastic surgeon Dr. Gary Linkov — two people often seen as opp...

Nothing is going to impact your career more than AI. But what you’re about to hear could make or break whether it actually helps you or quietly destroys the very things that make you unique.

Right now, two camps are forming, and both are pulling you in the wrong direction. One group is avoiding AI entirely, convinced it’ll dilute their talent. The other is using it constantly, outsourcing their thinking in the name of speed. But th...

Ten years ago, the word “narcissist” exploded into the mainstream. For many, it was a breakthrough, finally putting language to toxic dynamics that had gone unnamed for years. But over time, that same word has been overused, misused, and weaponized — turning real pain into white noise.

In this episode, we sit down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Ramani Durvasula for what can only be described as a masterclass on abusiv...

Most of us were never taught how to handle conflict. We were taught to avoid it, suppress it, smile through it — or explode once we’ve had enough. And over time, that avoidance doesn’t just cost us peace. It chips away at our relationships, our health, and even our identity.

In this episode, we sit down with psychotherapist and bestselling author Terri Cole to explore why conflict feels so hard — and how to start handling it with m...

In 1979, a group of elderly men walked into a retreat center. One week later, they walked out stronger, faster — even biologically younger. 

There was no medication. No surgery.  The only thing that changed was the way they saw themselves.

That study launched one of the most groundbreaking research careers in psychology — and it changed how we understand aging, illness, limitations, and the possibilities that are available to all o...

For most of history, conversations about death and the afterlife were left to religion and philosophy. But recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, hospice care, and consciousness research are bringing new evidence to the table.

And what they’re revealing will change everything. In this episode, hospice nurse and New York Times bestselling author Julie McFadden shares what she’s witnessed across hundreds of deaths — patterns so consis...