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Sep 2020
57m 34s

How to Change Your Brain

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
About this episode
Today, we're exploring the single most important skill we will ever teach on this podcast: How to change the brain in lasting ways. The dirty secret of the personal growth industry, and self-help and psychology more broadly, is that most of what we learn doesn't stick. So, what can we do to achieve the ‘holy grail’ of personal growth – lasting change in our ... Show More
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