In this episode, I talk to Ryan A. Bush, author of Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture and the forthcoming Become Who You Are: A New Theory of Self-Esteem, Human Greatness, and the Opposite of Depression. Bonus: Ryan is generously offering listeners two free ebooks from his website, called the Psychitect’s Toolkit and The Book of Self Mastery.

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Highlights

* What is Designing the Mind and Psychitecture?

* How Ryan’s background in design influenced his approach to self-improvement

* The main thing Ryan thinks people should learn to stop doing

* The philosophical influences on Ryan’s work

* How Ryan became interested in Stoicism

* How Ryan’s work draws on cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)

* The role of metacognition and meditation

* Ryan’s views about anger

* How his new book, Become Who You Are, differs from his previous book

Links

* Instagram