Are Any of Your Memories Actually Real?

Why does discipline feel so hard for you, while others seem to do it effortlessly? In this episode, I break down the two phases of discipline, explain why your brain resists change, and show you how to push through the identity lag so consistency becomes part of who you are. I’ll ...  Show more

Have you ever known exactly what you wanted to say, but still chose to abandon yourself instead? In this episode, I break down why you people-please, how childhood conditioning wires your brain for emotional safety, and what it takes to rewire it so you can finally choose yoursel ...  Show more

We rely on our memory to understand the world. But what if our memories aren't true? This week, we talk to psychologist Elizabeth Loftus about the malleability of memory — what we remember, and what we think we remember.

¿Has tenido recuerdos de tus vidas pasadas?  En este episodio, que publicamos por primera vez el 1 d febrero, compartimos tres historias de oyentes que han experimentado pensamientos o sueños que los conectan con vestigios de un pasado, que parece estar muy presente.

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The idea of repressed memories goes all the way back to Freud, through the 90’s when therapists accidentally implanted people with false memories, through the courtrooms, and into today where the idea of repressed memories is still popular among lay people and controversial am ...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that your memory is a liar. 

We tend to think our memory is telling us exactly what happened in the past but that’s never what it does. It adds details. It deletes details. It distorts details. Your memory is a r ...