How To Change Your Personality

In this episode, Dr. K deconstructs the societal "scam" that hard work alone is the cure-all for your problems. He explains that true progress isn't found by simply pulling the "effort lever" harder, but by shifting your internal understanding to turn high-resistance struggles in ...  Show more

In this episode, Dr. K breaks down why the popular advice to "learn from your failures" is often the biggest mistake you can make. He introduces the clinical concept of mentalization—the skill of separating your internal thoughts from external reality—and explains how mastering i ...  Show more

We’ve all heard the axiom, the only constant is change. Many of us ‘fear’ change, because we’ve learned to associate change as a process to make up for what we lack, instead of changing with compassion and care. When we approach change with compassion, the process of changing bec ...  Show more

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How do we go into difficult conversations where we hold preconceived ideas? In today’s podcast, we learn how to be open to having our minds changed, rather than looking to convince the other person to share our views. Want more Andy? Try Headspace today! Learn more about your ad ...  Show more

If you could change anything about your personality, anything at all, what would it be? And why would you want to change it?Writer Olga Khazan spent a year trying to answer those questions, and documented the experience in her new book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of P ...  Show more