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Sep 2020
57m 34s

How to Change Your Brain

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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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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