Life on Ten
Dr. Vanessa Walker and Angela Trapp discuss how to live your life to your fullest and various issues that may get in the way of living a Life on Ten.
Episodes
Some leaders are simply overwhelmed. Others are playing a darker game. We sit down with Dr Ashley Parrish, an organizational and leadership psychologist and Navy veteran, to name what many of us sense but struggle to describe: the difference between toxic leadership and dark leadership, and why that difference matters when your career, your confidence, and your team culture are on the line.
We start wit...
A lot of parenting debates about video games get stuck in extremes: either gaming is “brain rot” or it’s “the future, so who cares.” We take a different path and talk like real parents who are trying to raise healthy kids in a screen-saturated world while still letting them have fun. We share why we were nervous to introduce gaming, how today’s immersive games differ from the Nint...
Racism is usually treated like a simple diagnosis: some people are “racist,” end of story. We’re not satisfied with that framing, because it rarely changes minds or behavior. So we grab a glass of Moscato and dig into a sharper lens we heard from Neil deGrasse Tyson: what we call racism often starts as tribalism, an ancient human instinct to bond with people who feel familiar and to distrust the &l...
You can be exhausted and still feel unable to stop. That’s the tension we sit in today: the weird, body-level discomfort that shows up the moment we try to rest, like we’re doing something wrong even when we desperately need a break.
We talk about how high achievers can get hooked on achievement the way you’d get hooked on a feeling. Straight A’s, awards, being the best, being the depe...
One small critical comment can feel bigger than your entire track record, and it can follow you into the shower, your commute, and right up to the moment you fall asleep. We get real about that experience and why it happens, even when you know logically that you also received a ton of praise. The answer sits in a very human piece of psychology: negativity bias. Our brains are wired to prioritize threats, and social ...
“Do you have to do that right here?” sounds like a normal question, but it can quietly fail the moment someone answers it literally. That tiny gap between what we *mean* and what we *say* is where relationships get messy and where neurodivergent people often get unfairly labeled as “rude,” “too direct,” or “not getting it.” We talk about the phrase we keep seeing onlin...
Fear can make smart people do strange things. It can keep us quiet in rooms where we should speak, push us into chasing goals we don’t even want, and turn other humans into threats instead of neighbors. Angela and Vanessa pick up their fear series with a deeper look at what’s really underneath avoidance, anger, and the need to scapegoat, especially when people feel their identity or status slipping. We d...
Fear is not just a feeling, it’s a full-body survival response, and your brain doesn’t always know the difference between a broken bone and a broken heart. We talk honestly about what that means for real life: why rejection stings so much, why you freeze before a presentation, and why “playing it safe” can quietly shrink your world. Along the way, we start with something surprisingly connecte...
Boys barking at girls during a middle school PE unit sounds absurd until you hear it from a sixth grader who had to live through it. That moment is the starting point for a bigger conversation about the manosphere, the online ecosystem of misogynistic influencers and “alpha” content that teaches boys to devalue women and blame them for their own insecurity. And it’s not staying on the internet, it&...
What if the right number of friends isn’t more, it’s fewer—and deeper? We dig into how friendship shifts from childhood ease to adult intention, and what it really takes to keep the people who matter close without burning out. From standing monthly dates to “good enough” rituals at home, we share the small, sustainable habits that build trust, survive busy seasons, and make reconnection...
Want a calmer mind and a clearer path without adding another hour-long ritual to your day? We sat down with returning guest Jasmine Bailey, author of Healthy by Design, to unpack STOP—a four-part, one-minute framework that turns tiny pauses into real momentum. Think of it as a portable reset you can use between meetings, in the car, or right before bed to shift from frantic to focused.
We start with Sil...
A new year starts with joy and service and quickly opens into a frank, human look at AI: where it helps, where it harms, and how we keep our voice intact. We get real about the moments you feel the machine creeping in: your inbox tells you “AI is your companion,” your tools draft replies before you do, and the pressure to move faster starts to shape how you think, work, and relate.
We walk through...
A new year, a hard pivot: we talk frankly about why so many boys and men feel unseen, and how that vacuum gets filled by voices that promise strength but sell division. A Netflix story about a 13-year-old who kills a classmate sparked the conversation, but the thread runs through schools, social media, dating apps, and dinner tables. We trace how graduation gaps, higher male suicide rates, and manosphere influencers...
We unpack time poverty, the invisible squeeze that steals discretionary hours and erodes health, and map the cultural and structural drivers that push it hardest onto women. We share practical tools to buy back time, protect sleep, and keep prevention easy.
• clear definition of time poverty and discretionary time
• examples of unpaid labor and invisible workload
• health impacts including stress, anxie...
The temperature is rising, and not just in the headlines. We’re feeling the squeeze of creeping authoritarian habits—self-censorship, apathy, and the slow erosion of institutions we once took for granted—so we decided to do something about it. Using Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny” as our guide, we break down the clearest warning signs and turn them into practical, human-scale action...
The question "What do you do?" has become America's default conversation starter, but guest Lorna Owens believes we're asking the wrong question. "You are not your job," she states emphatically during this profound conversation. As a nurse, midwife, attorney, entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian, Lorna defies easy categorization – and that's precisely her point. Join Vanessa and Angela on this fascinating di...
Angela and Vanessa explore why humans struggle with feelings of perpetual dissatisfaction despite living with unprecedented comfort and abundance. We dive into the evolutionary psychology behind our restless minds and why contentment feels so elusive in modern life.
• The evolutionary advantage of dissatisfaction: it drives innovation and progress
• Research showing people would rather electrocute themselv...
Vanessa and Angela discuss a recent Walker family vacation and the subsequent shift in Vanessa's perspective after seeing the contrast of simple island life and the extravagance of the Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship.
Angela and Vanessa are joined by Vanessa's 11-year-old daughter Selma to give an update on her ADHD journey. We first listened to Selma in October 2022 when she described her personal experiences with being diagnosed with ADHD, navigating her world and how taking medications made her feel. Now we get an update 2.5 years later and this pre-teen is more neurospicey than ever!
Angela and Vanessa discuss the various changes women can experience before, during and after menopause. They also talk about the societal expectations and lack of general understanding of what 50% of the population experience as they age.
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