Malika Garib
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Digital editor associated with NPR’s Life Kit, contributing to the digital presentation of the episode “Beat performance anxiety with these quick tips.”
14 episodes featuring Malika Garib
Life Kit
Use the final quarter to reset your finances
A structured review can reveal cash-flow problems and turn remaining time into progress on savings, retirement, and debt.
Oct 1, 2026 · 19 min
Life Kit
Retailers use personal data to estimate what shoppers will pay
Personalized pricing can make everyday purchases less transparent, but shoppers can reduce the data signals retailers use.
Sep 29, 2026 · 23 min
Life Kit
Small routines protect hearing, vision, feet and skin
Everyday habits can help prevent avoidable strain and damage across the body, from excessive noise and screen time to poor footwear and hot showers.
Sep 28, 2026 · 23 min
Life Kit
Performance coaches replace pressure with deliberate choices
Pressure can distort thinking and self-assessment, but a small set of repeatable techniques can make stressful moments more manageable.
Sep 24, 2026 · 16 min
Life Kit
Choosing fertility treatment starts with the family you envision
Assisted reproduction involves consequential medical, financial, legal, and emotional decisions, and IVF is only one possible route to parenthood.
Sep 22, 2026 · 24 min
Life Kit
Start holiday saving before the spending rush
Early planning can turn holiday expenses from high-interest debt into deliberate choices that reflect what matters most.
Sep 17, 2026 · 17 min
Life Kit
Rewriting painful memories may change how safety feels
Emotionally charged memories can quietly shape self-worth, relationships and perceptions of the world, while this exercise offers a way to revisit them with care.
Sep 15, 2026 · 18 min
Life Kit
Quitting can be a disciplined decision, not a failure
The episode offers a practical way to distinguish wise persistence from costly inertia before more time, money, or opportunity is lost.
Sep 14, 2026 · 17 min
Life Kit
Parents should secure their finances before funding children’s futures
The episode shows how families can balance long-term gifts for children with the financial foundation that protects everyone in the household.
Sep 10, 2026 · 19 min
Life Kit
Priya Parker reframes conflict as a relationship skill
The episode offers a practical way to distinguish repairable disagreements from revealing incompatibilities and approach difficult conversations with more care.
Sep 8, 2026 · 21 min
Life Kit
Small rituals can shift a flat mood quickly
The episode separates promising, low-effort mood strategies from universal fixes, showing how movement, creativity, sensation, and memory may help on difficult days.
Sep 7, 2026 · 23 min
Life Kit
Adults reclaim school-year energy through five everyday rituals
The episode turns the back-to-school feeling of possibility into practical ways to refresh routines, pursue pleasure, and build connection.
Sep 3, 2026 · 15 min
Life Kit
Procrastination thrives on immediate discomfort
The episode reframes delay as a predictable response to short-term discomfort and offers ways to make action more appealing, meaningful, and flexible.
Sep 1, 2026 · 16 min
Life Kit
A calmer, more systematic way to find lost objects
Stress and habitual searching can hide items in plain sight, but a structured process can make the search more effective and less repetitive.
Aug 31, 2026 · 18 min