Questioning and Understanding Our Need to Achieve

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Manage Anxiety When It's Your Daily Companion with Alice Boyes

Is your anxiety something you need to eliminate or something you need to understand better? In this episode, I talk with psychologist Alice Boyes about the everyday patterns that can make anxiety worse. Alice shares why trying to control anxiety often backfires and how common tra ...  Show more

“College Is Your Best Four Years” And Other Lies We Need to Stop Telling with Dr. Alexis Redding

Are today’s college students really in a mental health crisis, or are you misunderstanding what it’s always been like to grow up? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Alexis Redding, a Harvard developmental psychologist and editor of Mental Health in College. Dr. Redding shares that ...  Show more

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