PsycHacks

Exploring the human need for recognition and the sobering reality that true recognition comes from those with expertise. Brilliance can go unnoticed without mastery. Pearls before swine. #recognition #mastery

If you have a habit that seems to cause you a lot of harm or difficulty, but that you still have trouble getting rid of, ask yourself this question: how is it good? How does it help you? It has to serve a function, or else it still wouldn't be there. Most likely, on some level, you believe that the habit is still a net positive, despite the suffering it causes you. To really change a behavior, you need to find other, more adaptive ways to provide the same benefit as your bad habit. #habit #selfdevelopment #selfimprovement

Exploring the challenge of changing ingrained patterns with the analogy of walking a familiar path through a field. Emphasizing the importance of initiating change now before it becomes more difficult.

Explore the concept of overpaying in your life and work through the captivating analogy of an auction house. Understand how the highest bidder often ends up overextending themselves, mirroring our own excessive investments of time and resources. Discover practical strategies for reallocating your resources to maximize your return on investment. This insightful discussion encourages listeners to reassess their commitments and strive for a more balanced existence.

"Have to" is a phrase that I have tried to eliminate from my vocabulary. Irrespective of what I'm doing, whenever I think that I "have" to do something, that something becomes onerous, aversive, and unpleasant. Instead, I try to replace the phrase "have to" with the phrase "choose to," and to connect the duty, responsibility, or assignment with one of my personally-relevant goals. It's a small change that makes a big difference.

In this episode, learn about the importance of believing in yourself even when you have no reason to. Discover how to approach self-confidence like a halftime pep talk from a football coach, strategize for a comeback, and cultivate unwavering belief for personal growth.

Delving into the concept of obstacle in romance, the podcast examines how barriers intensify passion in love. It draws parallels from historical tales like Tristan and Isolde to shed light on the effects of challenges in modern relationships.

Discover the tragic nature of romantic love as the podcast explores why it often ends in heartbreak. Delve into the concept of pursuing a perfect union with the beloved, culminating in mortality.

Exploring the historical roots of romantic love through chivalry and the pursuit of unattainable love interests. Discovering how the unobtainability of the adored enhances the purity and excitement of romantic relationships.

"Catastrophic thought cascade" is a term I coined to described the cognitive phenomena that generally precede any immediate and intense emotional reaction. It's a series of imagined events linked by an apparent causality that only holds true when viewed through the lens of the emotion that created it. The trick to overcoming these events is to practice mindful awareness to slow down the subjective experience of time and to disrupt the causal chain by offering reasonable counter-factuals. I provide an example of how to do this in this episode.