Profiles of Kate Sweeny's Work

• Fig. 1, University of California
• ​APA Profile of the Life Events Lab
• American Psychologist Award Profile
• ​NOVA's The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers profile (sample video below)

• UCR Experts on Demand
  
• APS Rising Star profile
  
• UCR Living the Promise profile

Newspaper and Magazine 

• How to train your brain to be more patient. TIME, Jan 2026.
• How planning for tomorrow can ease uncertainty today. The Atlantic, Nov 2020.
• ​You’re waiting for election results. It’s agony. Here’s what to do. NY Times, Nov 2020.
• When a little agonizing helps. Wall Street Journal, May 2017.
• While waiting for test results, worrying may help in the long run. NY Times, Nov 2015.
• Here's how to make waiting a little less excruciating. TIME, Dec 2014.
• Lean toward the sunny side, but don’t overdo it. NY Times, Sept 2011.

Podcasts

• A Better Way to Money. Aug 2025.
• Why Do We Do That? Mar 2024.
• The Art of Manliness. Apr 2023.
• Chasing Life. Oct 2021.
• NPR's Hidden Brain. Dec 2020.
• 10 Percent Happier. May 2020.
• NPR's Wow in the World. Dec 2018.
• ​The Existential Files (#57). June 2017.

Radio ​Interviews

• NPR's Morning Edition. Mar 2024.
• ​NPR's Morning Edition. Nov 2018.
• ​NPR's Science Friday. Apr 2017.

OWN Show videos, Oprah.com:

• The Right Way to Prepare for Bad News
  
• ​The Best Way to Deal When You're Waiting ​for Big News​