{"id":24486,"date":"2025-10-21T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=24486"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:21:08","slug":"diana-hill-phd-how-to-discover-your-deepest-motivation","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/diana-hill-phd-how-to-discover-your-deepest-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Hill, PhD: How to Discover Your Deepest Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn how to move beyond trivial, distracting goals and tap into your hidden (and most fulfilling) motivations and latent &#8220;genius gifts,&#8221; with clinical psychologist Diana Hill&#8217;s research-backed &#8220;Wise Effort Method.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever felt on a gut level that you&#8217;ve been distracting yourself with &#8220;surface-level&#8221; goals\u2014rather than being passionately pulled toward what <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">truly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fulfills you? In this episode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights At The Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tami Simon joins Diana Hill, PhD, a leading psychologist and the author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wise Effort<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With them, you&#8217;ll learn and practice some of Diana&#8217;s most effective, research-backed exercises for discovering your heart&#8217;s deepest hidden motivations\u2014and your overlooked &#8220;genius gifts&#8221; for empowering those desires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t miss this exceptionally practice-rich episode to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between surface goals and deep motivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Deep Motivation&#8221; \u2013 Why willpower and discipline never win long-term, and how to let your true North Star values pull you passionately into your days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 questions for getting unstuck from unhealthy relationships, work situations, and addictive behaviors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to identify your &#8220;genius qualities&#8221; (yes, you have plenty of them!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An incredibly effective one-minute exercise: &#8220;To reveal your deepest values, just follow your pain.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Choice Points&#8221; \u2013 Tuning in to the daily crucial moments where our values and actions accrue a life of either joy or regret.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to gain &#8220;psychological flexibility,&#8221; the one science-backed strength crucial to positive emotional wellness, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrigued? Tune in now!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Listeners of\u00a0<em>Insights At The Edge<\/em>\u00a0get 10% off their first month at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhelp.com\/soundstrue\">www.betterhelp.com\/soundstrue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This interview originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of\u00a0<em>Insights at the Edge<\/em>\u00a0are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&amp;As with our guests. 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