Investigative journalist Abigail Shrier reveals an uncomfortable truth: our culture's overwhelming embrace of therapy might be harming the next generation. In this thought-provoking conversation, she challenges conventional wisdom about mental health, drawing from extensive research and disturbing patterns among lifelong therapy patients.
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Sep 15
Tobi Lütke: The Skills AI Makes More Valuable
Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins Shane Parrish to discuss AI agents, better decision-making, and the future of work. He explains how he uses an AI council to examine his hardest decisions and why taste, judgment, and responsibility become more valuable as AI becomes more ... Show More
1h 5m
Feb 2024
427. Bad Therapy, Weak Parenting, Broken Children | Abigail Shrier
Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with best-selling author Abigail Shrier. They discuss her landmark first book, “Irreversible Damage,” as well as her latest publication, available now: “Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up". From this, they break down the state of the therapeuti ... Show More
1h 43m
Apr 2024
How Bad Therapy Can Harm a Generation (ft. Abigail Shrier)
If the story of humanity is about loss, privation, suffering, and resilience, why are kids having nervous breakdowns about bad grades? In today’s episode, I talked to Abigail Shrier about what parents and mental health experts are inadvertently doing to rob young people of the re ... Show More
1h 3m
Apr 2024
113: Too Much of a Good Thing: Bad Therapy
"We've never had a generation more focused on its feelings and, frankly, not one more tyrannized by their feelings." Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! Today, we're delving into Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy, a thought-provoking book which highlights the impact of ... Show More
1h 38m
Feb 2024
Why the Kids Aren't Alright
American kids are the freest, most privileged kids in all of history. They are also the saddest, most anxious, depressed, and medicated generation on record. Nearly a third of teen girls say they have seriously considered suicide. For boys, that number is an alarming 14 percent. ... Show More
1h 25m
Oct 2020
Abigail Shrier on the Teen Trans Trend, Feminism and Technology | Ep. 12
Megyn Kelly is joined by Abigail Shrier, author of the controversial book “Irreversible Damage," to discuss the explosion in transgender teens, her research on the topic, the oppressive messages being fed to young girls, and technology’s effect on kids.Follow The Megyn Kelly Show ... Show More
1h 35m