Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington

Founder and CEO at Thrive

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Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive, a leading behavior-change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. She’s also the founder of The Huffington Post and the author of 15 books.

Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society the Cambridge Union.

Huffington has been named to Time‘s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and Forbes’ Most Powerful Women list. She serves on numerous boards, including those for Onex and The B Team.

Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being and Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time, both became instant international bestsellers. Most recently, she wrote the foreword to Thrive’s first book Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential with the New Science of Microsteps.

Almost two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. say they're burned out, depressed, or both. What do we do when the very people charged with safeguarding our health against the effects of burnout are themselves suffering from burnout?
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Arianna Huffington describes what she calls "the third women's revolution": a transformation of the world and its social values in order to suit both genders.
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No one should be plugged in 24/7, says Arianna Huffington. A commitment to mindfulness as a life strategy requires an easing away from our devices, especially before bedtime.
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Arianna Huffington explains to Maria Konnikova how mindfulness seeks to recreate "the Garden of Eden, but with consciousness."
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Arianna Huffington argues that mindfulness meditation is a necessary antidote to America's unhealthy work culture.
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Centuries-old mindfulness breathing and meditation practices have become an increasingly popular fad, but do they really have the power to transform lives? A growing body of scientific evidence says they do.
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In this introductory clip, Arianna Huffington discusses the importance of leading a well-balanced life. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. Her five-part masterclass, Learning How to Thrive, is available exclusively on Big Think+.
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Arianna Huffington treats us to a reading of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life […]
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Arianna Huffington discusses the importance of a well-rested mind and body. Huffington is the author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, […]
AOL, a formerly apolitical Web portal, now has an editorial director with a distinctly progressive point of view. And yet, in this Big Think interview, Arianna Huffington says she never […]
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A conversation with the co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post.
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As a mother in the media industry, the “Huffington Post” mogul is torn between her business and her daughters.
Thanks to online media, says Arianna Huffington, Bush’s torture practices will not easily be forgotten.
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Arianna Huffington says Obama must be more muscular with healthcare and the economy.
Arianna Huffington on prosecuting the former president.
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Huffington discusses the past, present and future of the Iraqi people and of the country itself.
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Arianna Huffington talks about the prospects of having both a Democratic Executive and Congress for the first time since 1994.
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Arianna Huffington on building one of the most popular blogs on the web.